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I was born with a special gift.

The ability to mentally transform any situation into the worst case scenario.

In my own brain, my therapist calls my gift catastrophizing.

And that's why I'm uniquely qualified to scrutinize and analyze history's greatest disasters.

And find out who's to play, play, play.

They say history repeats itself.

Not on my watch.

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and I am the alarmist.

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into the alarmist.

A comedy podcast where we talk about history's greatest tragedies and figure out who's to blame.

Today we're discussing the nightmare before Christmas.

Here's what you need to know.

It was a long time ago, longer now than it seems.

In a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.

For the story that you're about to be told,

took place in the holiday worlds of old.

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