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I'm Ben Sawyer, and this is the road to now.

Today we're re-airing an episode that is seasonal, that is actually one of our most popular episodes ever.

It's originally aired in December of 2017.

It is the history of Santa Claus and Christmas culture with James Cooper.

James, aside from being delightful, is an expert on Christmas and Christmas culture.

He runs the website, whychristmas.com, where you can go there and learn a lot about it.

And people have loved this episode.

And I just felt like after three years of having it kind of, you know, deep in the feed,

right now was a good time to share this with you guys

and put it back in the front where I feel like it belongs now that we're getting to Christmas.

And if my neighborhood is any indication, we are all even more into Christmas than we were before

because I've never seen so many lights in my neighborhood. And I actually love it because my neighbors

have become, you know, like a lot of us, our neighbors have become our social world right now.

And I'm very fortunate to have fantastic neighbors here in Nashville. And speaking of Christmas,

right now, I don't know about you guys, but I'm trying to figure out what to get everybody.

And I just want to say that a lot of people love coffee.

And if you're looking to get a nice gift for somebody, something that's thoughtful and

unique, check out Locoseca Coffee Roasters.

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