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Welcome to The Moth podcast. I'm Suzanne Rust, curator at the Moth and your host for this episode.

We're going to be doing something a little bit different for these next two stories. And to do that,

we're going to need you to hide your small children. Don't worry, both of these stories are PG.

We're just going to be spilling some holiday secrets if you catch my drift.

I'll give you a couple of seconds to find the pause button on your smartphone or speaker.

Okay. Kids are Okay, kids out of the room?

Great, because this episode we're going to be talking about Santa,

with two stories that expose one of the most loving betrayals of all time.

Normally, we don't air any stories that reveal that Santa Claus doesn't exist,

just in case kids might be listening. But on this episode, we decided to showcase stories all about Santa and the secret behind him, the real secret Santa, if you will. First up is

Jeannie Cologne, with the story about how that first Santa betrayal can really sting and stay with you.

She told this at a New York City community showcase where the theme was, where the heart is.

Here's Jeannie, live with the mouth.

I have many fond childhood memories growing up on Hunts Point Avenue in the South

Bronx. It was a melting pot of multi-generational first generation kids like myself of Puerto

Ricania growing up in the hood.

It was a community that was built around people from many walks of life, no judgment,

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