Hey, it's Brian, back with a bonus episode and a little check-in and update on the rest of this season's programming.

We're just over a week into the official Christmas season, and I'll be back in just a couple of days with an all-new backstory to one of your favorite Christmas traditions.

But today, we're taking a little break from the action as I like to do whenever I have

something special to share with you.

But before we get into it, let me remind you that I would love to send you a handwritten

Christmas card and an official Christmas past sticker.

All you need to do is rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, and then reach out to me with your mailing address.

Contact me at Christmas Pass Podcast at gmail.com.

That email address is also where you can send a Christmas memory.

If you've been listening to the season so far, you know that I pre-recorded a bunch of episodes over the summer

because I knew that I'd have a newborn in the house right about now. So that means that I'll be publishing several episodes this season

dedicated just to you and your Christmas memories. Normally I put out one of those episodes a year,

but this season there will be at least three, possibly more. Because even though it's still

early in the season, I've gotten so many memories

from the Christmas Past family, and that's exactly what I was hoping would happen, and will continue

to happen. This year, more than any in recent memory, we need your Christmas spirit. So be on the

lookout for the first All Memories episode sometime next week. And if you want to share one of your

own,

just record a voice memo into your phone and send it to Christmas Past podcast at gmail.com.

Just keep it reasonably short, clean and family-friendly, and be sure to say your name, and where

you're from. Now, today's episode deals with a topic that's near and dear to Christmas past,

and that's writing letters to Santa.

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