Welcome to Santa Talk. It's beginning
to look a lot like Christmas.
And as the elves are packing the sleigh
with gifts to be distributed around the
world,
Santa is spending time here
with us at W MBS Radio five 90
am 1 0 1 0.1 fm. This evening,
you will be able to call and
talk to Santa over the phone,
and you will also hear some interesting
stories and messages from some of our
elected officials. And now
the host of tonight's program,
representative Matthew Dowling.
Well, good evening. Good evening, and uh,
thank you for joining us tonight for
Santa Talk. I'm Matt Dowling, and, uh,
joining me in the studio
is, uh, Santa himself.
Good evening, everyone.
Now, uh, Santa right
off the top of the show,
I know we already have a couple people
that are on hold and I want to get to
those calls. Um, but I wanted to
get the telephone number out again.
It's (724) 438-4593, uh,
Santa. The first guest we have
on the line is Keyshawn. And uh,
he went to talk to you.
Hello there. Keyshawn, are you there?
Hi.
Hi. Merry Christmas. Have
have you been good this year?
Merry. Have you been good this
year? Tell the truth. Yeah.
I know. You have been very
good this year. Santa knows.
What would you like for
Christmas this year? Keshawn.
Skateboard? No, A skateboard.
A skateboard. That
sounds like a lot of fun.
Snack.
Is that all you want? Anything else?
He's fine. Oh, we don't,
there's six of them all
trying to talk to you. That's.
Oh, that's wonderful.
That's a handful there. Six.
Well, Santas so glad to talk
to all your boys and girls.
Well, thank you so much for calling
in Keshawn and, uh, and crew.
We're gonna get to some other boys
and girls on the telephone. Uh, Santa.
We have Bella and Billy
on the line as well.
Hello, Bella and Billy?
Yes. Hi.
Hi. Thank you for
waiting to talk to Santa.
Have you been good this year?
Yes.
I know you have. And what
would you like for Christmas?
A present pop.
Okay. Anything else?
No.
Okay. Well, we'll see
what we could do for you.
I'll talk to my elves about that.
They've been working very hard this year.
I'll be looking forward to coming
down your chimney on, on Christmas.
Will you have some cookies for me?
Yes. Yes.
Okay. I can't wait. Merry
Christmas to you and your family.
Okay, here's little Billy. He
wants to talk to you. Santa.
Hi Billy.
Say hi. Say hi buddy. Hi. You have to.
Say hi. Merry Christmas. Billy.
Say Merry Christmas.
You know my sleigh bells.
Yeah. Listen.
How you doing, Billy?
Tell me about the sleigh
bells that you have.
Santa, he has one of your sleigh
bells that you lost in our,
our woods last year when.
You were.
Coming house. I was
wondering where that, when.
I'm glad you're taking
good care of it, Billy.
No, we.
Can pick it up. Maybe you can pick
it up on Christmas Eve from him.
He'll be waiting for you. Okay. Santa.
Maybe I'll do that. Yes. I I can't
wait to come to your house. Uhoh.
Okay.
Well, bill and Billy, thanks so much for
calling in Santa. I think we have, um,
some interesting things to share
with our guests, uh, of the story,
the history of Santa Claus. And, uh,
it's read by our good friend Ella Holly.
Who have a call.
Oh, we're gonna go ahead and
take, uh, take that call.
We have on the line Emerson. Emerson,
thank you so much for calling in. Santa.
You have Emerson on the line.
Emerson, how are you my friend?
Good.
Good. Merry Christmas to you.
Merry Christmas to you too.
It's so nice to hear your voice. How,
what would you like for
Christmas this year?
Today I want an airplane.
An airplane? Yes. I know you've
been very interested in that.
Anything else that you'd like? Yes.
A watch. A watch.
A watch. Very nice. Are
you good at telling time?
Yeah.
That's good to hear. Good to hear.
I know you've been working
very hard this year and,
and doing your best to be
a good and Santa will, uh,
will do my best to help
you out for Christmas.
Okay.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Merry Christmas to you.
Ho ho ho.
Well, Santa, it sounds like a lot
of the little boys and girls, uh,
are interested in talking to you and
calling in. Uh, do we have another call?
Okay. Well, Santa,
why don't we learn a little bit about
your history as read by Ella Holly?
The story of Santa Claus can be traced
back hundreds of years to a monk
named St. Nicholas.
It is believed that Nicholas was
born sometime around 280 AD in
modern day Turkey, much admired
for his coyote and kindness. St.
Nicholas became the
subject of many legends.
It is sad that he gave away all of
his inherited wealth and traveled the
countryside helping the poor and sick.
The name Santa Claus evolved from
Nick's Dutch nickname Sin Claus.
A shortened form of Saint
Nicholas Dutch for St.
Nicholas gift giving,
mainly centered around children has
been an important part of the Christmas
celebration. Since the early 19th century,
stores began to advertise Christmas
shopping in 1820. And by the 1840s,
newspapers were creating separate
sections for holiday advertisements,
which often featured images of
the newly popular Santa Claus.
Perhaps the most iconic department
store Santa is Chris Kringle in the
1947 classic Santa Claus
movie Miracle. On 34th Street,
a young Natalie Wood played a little
girl who believes Chris Kringle when he
says he is the real Santa Claus.
The Macy's Santa has appeared at almost
every Macy's Thanksgiving day parade
since it began in 1924.
And fans of all ages still line up to
meet the Macy Santa in New York City
and its stores around the country where
children can take pictures on Santa's
lab and tell him what they
want for Christmas. In 1822,
Clement Clark Moore, a minister,
wrote a long Christmas poem
for his three daughters,
entitled An account of a
visit from St. Nicholas,
more popularly known as twice
the night before Christmas.
Moore's poem,
which he was initially hesitant to
publish due to the frivolous nature of its
subject, is largely responsible for our
modern image of Santa Claus as a right
jolly old elf with a portly figure
and the supernatural ability to
ascend a chimney with a
mere knot of his head.
Although some of Moore's imagery was
probably borrowed from other sources,
his poem helped popularize
the now familiar image of
a Santa Claus who flew from
house to house on Christmas
Eve in a minute to slay,
led by eight flying reindeer to leave
presents for deserving children.
Now dasher, now dancer,
now PR and vien on.
Come on Cupid on Donna,
and blitzing to the top of the porch
to the top of the wall. Now dash away.
Dash away, dash away.
All in 1881,
political cartoonist Thomas Nest
drew on Morse poem to create
the first likeness that matches
our modern image of Santa Claus.
His cartoon, which appeared
in Harper's Weekly,
depicted Santa as a rotunda
cheerful man with a full white beard
holding a sack laden with
toys for lucky children.
It is Nest who gave Santa his
bright red suit trimmed with white
fur North Pole Workshop
elves and his wife Mrs.
Claus in the United States.
Santa Claus is often depicted as flying
from home to home on Christmas Eve to
deliver toys to children.
He flies on his magic sleigh led
by his reindeer, dasher dancer,
PRR Vixen, comet Cupid, Donner Blitzen,
and the most famous reindeer
of all Rudolph Santa
enters each home through the chimney,
which is why empty Christmas
stockings once empty socks.
Now often dedicated stockings made
for the occasion are hung by the
chimney with care in hopes that
St Nicholas soon would be there.
As Clement Clark Moore
wrote in his famous poem,
Santa Claus keeps a naughty list
and a nice list to determine who
deserves gifts on Christmas morning.
And parents often invoke these lists
as a way to ensure their children are
on their best behavior.
The lists are immortalized.
In the 1934 Christmas song,
Santa Claus is coming to.
Towns.
Santa.
Rudolph
Was born over a hundred years after
his eight flying counterparts.
The red-nosed wonder was their
creation of Robert Al. May.
A copywriter at the Montgomery
Ward Department store in
1939 may wrote a Christmas
themed story poem to help
bring holiday traffic into his store.
Using a similar Ron pattern to Moore's
was the night before Christmas May
told the story of Rudolph a young
reindeer who was teased by the other deer
because of his large glowing red nose.
But when Christmas Eve turned foggy and
Santa worried that he wouldn't be able
to deliver gifts that night,
the former outcast saved
Christmas by leading the sleigh
by the light of his red nose Rudolph's
message that given the opportunity,
a liability can be turned
into an asset proved popular.
Montgomery Ward sold almost two and
a half million copies of the story
in 1939 when it was reissued in 1946.
The book sold over three and a half
million copies. Several years later,
one of May's friends Johnny Marks
wrote a short song based on Rudolph's
story in 1949.
It was recorded by Gene Autry and
sold over 2 million copies Since
then.
The story has been translated into
25 languages and been made into a
television movie narrated by Pearl Ives,
which has charmed audiences
every year since 1964.
And that's the history of Santa Claus.
Oh, Santa, you got to learn
a little bit about yourself,
here're a little bit of your
traditions around the world. Um,
we have another caller, uh, right now
and I believe we talked to some of,
uh, this young lady's siblings
a little bit ago. Yes. Yes.
And this is Brynn Lee Brynn. Hi Brin Lee.
Say hi Santa. Say hi. Say
hi Santa. Hurry up. Hi.
Say.
Hi. Hi, Briley. Merry Christmas Briley.
You were wor you were worried that
Santa would forget about your Santa will
never forget about you.
Say hi. Hi.
Hi. Hi Briley. Have you
been good this year?
Morning, me.
Merry Christmas.
What, what could my elves
get for you this year?
What do you want for
Christmas? A baby doll.
A baby doll.
That's little girls Have little girls
have been asking for baby dolls for many
years. We What else would you like.
Single?
Oh, you're a good singer.
She just wanted to sing
bells for you. Santa.
Thank you. Thank you Ley
Mar. Merry Christmas.
I can't wait to visit your family. Well.
Santa. Bye Kendall.
I think we have some.
Other phones.
On. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Brinley.
We.
We have Jenna and JT on the line.
Now. Santa.
Jenna and jt. It's Santa
Claus. How are you?
Good. We're good.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Tomorrow's Christmas Eve. And I'll be
visiting you. What, what would you like?
I would like nana cards
and go play cards and
some, some Nerf guns.
Nerf guards. That's a lot of fun.
Santa's Santa's done some
Nerf Nerf wars before. Yeah.
So I'll, I'll I'll see what
I could do for you guys.
Okay.
Merry, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Merry Cen. Merry Christmas.
Now Santa, your elves are
back at the North Pole. Uh,
they're getting ready
for your big day. Uh,
what are some of the things the elves
are taking care of and preparing?
Well, they're, they're working hard.
We have everything divided into,
into different stations.
We've been working,
we've been honing in the system for
years, and so we're very efficient.
And our elves are socially
distanced. They're,
they're operating through this pandemic
just fine. So boys and girls out there,
you have nothing to worry about.
Santa's Santa's workshop is operating
at full functionality this year.
Now Santa, uh, you mentioned that we are
in the middle of the pandemic and, uh,
the boys and girls, they, they
may have some questions about, uh,
some of the things they're
seeing or feeling or, you know,
what would you recommend to them, uh,
living through this pandemic and a
little bit of a different Christmas this.
Year? Well, boys and girls,
it's been a hard year for
everyone and Santa included.
We've had all had different, different
challenges to deal with this year,
but I'm so proud of the way that, that
you boys and girls did this year with,
with school. Some of you weren't able
to go to school and see your friends.
But boys and girls, this is only
for a short time. Things will be,
things will be back to normal again.
And the one good thing about Christmas
is the magic of Christmas never goes
away. So we're all going to have a
wonderful Merry Christmas this year,
even though it might be a little
bit different. And boys and girls,
if you're ever scared about the world
around you or a little worried about
what's going on, don't be afraid
to talk to your mom and dad.
Well, Santa, thank you for those, uh,
words of wisdom. We have another caller,
we have Jenna on the line. Um.
Hi Jenna. Hi. I'm sorry, did, was there
something else you wanted to tell Santa?
Um, can I get the Faber
fright books for Christmas of.
Of course. We could look into
that for you. Sure, sure.
Thank you.
You're welcome. Merry Christmas Jenna.
Merry Christmas.
Well, once again, we wanna remind
everyone of the telephone number
(724) 438-4593.
Santa has had lots of calls this evening
and you may get a busy signal if you
do, just, uh, try back in a few
moments. Also, when you call in,
you may have to sit on hold for,
uh, just a little bit of time. Um,
but Santa likes how patient the, uh,
boys and girls are waiting for their
chance to talk to Santa on the telephone.
So Santa, what is your
favorite Christmas cookie?
Oh my goodness. Now Santa gets to try
a lot of different cookies every year.
And, uh, I I tell you, I
love the snicker doodles.
I've always liked the snicker doodles.
One of my favorites as well.
Again, that telephone number,
Santa (724) 438-4593.
Uh, and if you're calling in,
uh, if you get a busy signal,
try us again in a few moments. Um, it's
a great chance for us to be down here.
So how did you get down this evening to
w mb S's studios from the North Pole.
Santa? Oh, a little bit of Christmas
magic Santa doesn't tell all his secrets,
but rest assure Santa
gets where he needs to go.
We have a lot of deliveries to make here
in the next day or two. And, uh, we'll,
we'll make it happen. We'll
make it happen. What about.
Those people that have been
helping you out this year? Uh,
they help you out more and more every
year. Uh, those postal delivery people,
uh, FedEx guys, they've,
they've really been hustling.
Recently. That's right. They
get the letters to Santa.
So I make sure I hear from everyone
and, and don't miss anyone. And, uh,
they're, they work very hard. So
be nice to your postal carrier.
Maybe consider leaving
them a little treat, uh,
when they come to get your
mail or, uh, you know,
a lot of lot of people working hard at
this time. You, you're garbagemen even,
you know, I, you can leave a
cookie for your garbage man.
Just like you leave a cookie for Santa.
You know, they, they work very hard.
Well, I think we are,
we're waiting for some more calls
to come in that telephone number?
(724) 438-4593.
Uh, Santa, what do you do in the
rest of the year after Christmas?
Oh, <laugh>. Well, it, I like
to rest for a little while.
It's just a little while. Maybe till
the, till the start of the new year. And,
and then we get back to
work, making gifts. You know,
we have a lot of research
that goes into, uh,
into what little boys and girls
want each year cuz there's,
there's new toys and we have to be up
on the latest and greatest toys at the
North Pole. So we do a lot of research
too to see what the boys and girls are.
Are interested in. What's the hot
toy this year? Santa? Do you know?
Oh, my, there's a lot of different,
lot of different hot toys.
Nintendo's always popular, different
gaming. And, uh, and also, uh, you know,
some baby dolls for the little
ones. That's always popular.
My kids like Minecraft. A.
Lot of people ask. Oh yes. Minecraft.
Minecraft, Fortnite is very popular.
Roadblocks. Yes. Santa Santa
hasn't done much gaming himself,
but I know this is very popular.
Well, Santa, we thank you for coming
down and, and spending some time with us,
uh, here at W Nmb s Radio.
We're gonna be on the, uh,
line with you until 7:00 PM We're gonna
take a quick stop for the news at the
top of the hour. Uh, find out what
the weather's gonna be like for, uh,
for those Christmas deliveries
you have coming up. Uh, again,
our telephone number
here is (724) 438-4593.
And, uh, there's a lot of people
that, uh, wanted to wish everyone, uh,
a merry Christmas. And, uh, we have a,
a clip from some of our elected officials
and, uh, I'd like to go to that, um,
because they wanted to wish everyone
a merry Christmas this year.
Hi, this is Congressman Guy Rez Aller.
I'd like to wish you and your
family a merry Christmas,
happy Hanukkah and a healthy
and prosperous New Year.
This is Fayette County Commissioner
Scott Dunn. In these trying times,
please try to remember what's
important in life, faith, and family,
and from my family to yours. A Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hello, this is State
representative Matt Doley.
On behalf of my family, Rebecca Pierce,
Preston and Brooks, we wanna wish
your family a very happy holidays,
a merry Christmas, and
the happiest of New Years.
This is Senator Patte
representing the 32nd
District in Pennsylvania.
That's all of Somerset fifth and
parts of Westmoreland County.
As we get to the end of
this unforgettable year,
I just wanted to take a moment
and wish you and your family
a very healthy and happy holidays.
Hope you enjoy your Christmas time,
and as we get into the new year,
let us put 2020 behind us and look at 2021
and get back to some type of normalcy.
And then all of you remain healthy
and your family stay healthy.
And I wish you all the best.
We'll see you soon in 2021.
Happy holiday.
Merry Christmas everybody,
and a happy New Year.
This is Commissioner Dave Lore and just
wanted to wish everyone a great new year
coming up and to enjoy this Christmas
season and just have a great time with
your family and everyone around
you. So once again, Merry Christmas,
happy New Year. Looking forward
to seeing you all next year.
Hi, this is Representative Ryan
Warner from my family to yours.
Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas
and a happy New Year. Be safe.
You are listening to Santa
Talk on W MBS Radio five 90 am
1 0 1 0.1 FM with host Matthew Dowling.
Call in to talk with Santa by calling
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
Now back to the show.
Well, Santa, we have some,
uh, little ones on the line.
We have Frankie and Kendall
that wanted to talk to you,
and I believe they're on the same
telephone. Frankie and Kendall.
Hi, Frankie and Kendall.
Say hi.
Hi. Hi. Make sure you talk nice
and loud. So sad I can hear you.
Merry Christmas to you guys.
Say Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Have you, have you been good
this year? Frankie and Kendall?
Yeah.
I know you have. I know you haven't.
All of us slip up sometimes there's
always times when we're not good,
but the best thing to do is to say
you're sorry when you mess up and just go
back to being good boys and girls, what
would you like for Christmas this year?
I would like a Moana doll.
Moana. That's what a, that's
what her saddest favorites too.
What else would you like.
Frankie? What would you
like Monkey Check that one.
Monster Trucks.
Monster trucks that, have you ever
been to a monster truck rally? Frankie?
Yes. <laugh>.
Those are a lot of fun. Well, sad, sad.
Don't see what he could do for you.
Is there anything else? What was that?
Sorry.
Well, Merry, Merry Christmas.
Frankie and Kendall Santa.
Can't wait to visit you. Make sure you
have some cookies for me. Santa Fine,
if I remember right. Santa, uh.
You were talking about Monster trucks
one time your sled was in the, uh,
shop <laugh> and you, you were driving
a monster truck around, weren't you?
That's.
That's right. Santa's gotta
do what Santa's gotta do.
Well we have Bryce on the line now. Santa.
Hi Bryce. Hello Bryce.
Can you hear me? Bryce?
Hello? Yeah.
Oh, Merry Christmas my
friend. How are you?
Good.
Have you been good this year?
Yeah.
That's good. That's good. And,
and how's your family doing?
Everybody doing okay?
Yeah.
That's good. What would you like,
like for Christmas this year? Bryce?
Um, a tow truck and a car.
A real car. <laugh> real.
Car. A.
Toy car. A toy car. That's what I
thought. A tow truck and a toy car. Sure.
My elves make a lot of those so I will,
I will let them know that's what you
want and we'll see what we can do.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Merry.
Christmas. We'll see you soon.
Make sure you get to bed nice and early
and you might wake up and hear the
pitter patter of my reindeer on your roof.
Now Santa, a lot of people leave
cookies and milk out for you.
Do you like milk or hot cocoa?
I like both very much
representative darling.
I also like chocolate milk.
Chocolate milk. One of my favorites.
We have Madeline on the, uh,
line right now. Santa, you
wanna talk to Madeline? Sure.
Madeline, it's good to
hear from you. How are you?
Good.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you.
And what could I get you
for Christmas this year?
Madeline, what would
you like for Christmas?
Well, well I, I live in,
I live in Pennsylvania
and Maine and for Maine,
I don't really have much on my
list. I have Shopkins, Hatchimals,
and a present pup.
Okay. Shopkins. Those are
and the, the, the Hatchimals,
those are both very popular?
Yes. Yes. Mm-hmm <affirmative>.
And how about for Pennsylvania?
Well.
That's, what's that.
What's, what's the weather
like, uh, up there in Maine?
Well, probably cold.
Probably cold.
<Laugh>.
Do you go back before between
Maine and Pennsylvania? A lot.
Okay. Yes.
The one thing about Maine though, it's
not quite as cold as the North Pole.
Yes.
<Laugh>.
Well Santa, I think we have some other
callers, uh, that we're gonna get to.
But we want to thank our, our guests
for calling in and talking to you.
Just remember everyone, you can call
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
I could have printed that number
a little smaller on my paper.
<Laugh>.
Uh, 7 2 4.
You need glasses like Santa Claus.
4, 3, 8, 4, 5, 9, 3. If
you get a busy signal,
try back in a few minutes. Uh,
we do have a lot of people calling in
this evening and you may have to hold for
just a minute or two. So, uh,
Santa do you have a favorite reindeer?
<Laugh>. The reindeer are listening.
I can't give away that, that secret.
They're all special in their own way,
but I tell you Rudolph really comes
in clutch sometime with that nose.
<Laugh>, he helps you when it's dark.
He sure does. He sure does. And,
uh, some of the other reindeer,
that's a a it's a touchy subject
cuz some of the other reindeer are,
are jealous that he has his own song.
<Laugh>. Yes. Yeah, the
rest of the reindeer. They
have to all fit in one song,
Rudolph gets his own. Right. Uh,
we heard a little bit about the history
of Rudolph when we were listening to the
history of Santa earlier
today. Uh, interesting, uh,
information about that Montgomery
Ward company and uh, I.
Believe there used to be a
Montgomery Ward here in Uniontown.
Yeah, there was in Fayette County.
Yeah. Dunbar, maybe.
So Santa, uh, what's Mrs. Claus
working on this time of the year?
Mrs. Claus is a very busy lady. Uh,
but she works behind the scenes
When Santa's not there, you know,
the elves don't travel on
the sleigh with me, so Mrs.
Claus has to keep the elves
in check while I'm gone.
So she does a very nice job with that.
And she also helps Santa
exercise throughout the year
because all those cookies,
you know, it's uh, you, you can't just
can't do that all year. So, so she helps,
uh, cook for Santa and helps me to, to
work out throughout the year to keep.
Healthy. What's your favorite exercise
regime there, Santa since you brought it.
Up? <laugh>. Oh, Santa. Santa
likes to do Santa Jacks.
They're like jumping jacks, but
I spell out Santa <laugh>. Yes.
How about swimming? Do you
swim at the North Pole.
<Laugh>? Oh, uh, I not a whole lot
of swimming. I do some ice fishing.
That's not really exercise, but,
uh, the water isn't really good.
Swimming temperature.
Well, again,
if you wanna call in tonight you can
Seven two four four three eight four five.
Oh, I hear the phone ringing.
Now it sounds like they're ringing.
They're gonna let me know. Uh,
we have a little boy or girl that wants
to talk to Santa Claus here in just a
moment. We should have a name for
you here Santa, unless it's, uh,
a wrong number or maybe someone
trying to update my Google listing.
Oh, <laugh>. Well, they called,
they called me and they said, Santa,
your car's extended warranty is
expired. I said, I have a sleigh.
I don't even have a car.
Uh, you have that monster truck.
<Laugh>. I do have the Monster truck.
Well, perhaps it was a wrong number.
<Laugh>, that happens sometimes.
It's so good to hear from all the
boys and girls today. Thank you for,
for calling Santa. And you know, if you,
if you can't get through, like, like,
uh, Matt said, just hold on.
If you get a busy signal,
we're going to be here for
another hour and 15 minutes or so.
So just be patient and
Santa will talk with you.
Now Santa with, uh,
with Covid and the pandemic this year
you didn't get to see as many kids as
maybe you, you normally do at our
shopping centers and at our malls. Um,
people were social distancing
a little bit this year. Um,
so this is a great opportunity for you
to be able to talk to the lo the boys and
girls, uh,
that you might not have been able
to see at the shopping centers this.
Year. Yes. I year I've missed
everyone very much. You know,
sometimes Santa even gets to take pictures
with pets at the mall or the shopping
center.
Okay. We have, uh, we have some
people on the line here, serenity,
destiny and Riley. And, uh,
they wanna talk to you Santa.
Hello, serenity. Destiny
Riley. Hello everyone.
Hi.
Merry Christmas. Thank you.
Thank you for calling Santa today.
It's so good to hear from you.
Have you all been very good this year?
Have you been good? Yes.
Oh, that was spent very enthusiastic.
Yes, I know. You've been very good.
You've been very good. You've tried very
hard and worked very hard this year.
Yes. And what would you like
for Christmas this year?
Do you remember me? Remember he me?
Yes he does, but he's asking you
what you want from Christmas.
Happy Apple. That was my girl.
Oh, <laugh>.
Santa. Someone's really excited.
To talk to you.
Oh yes she is.
Of course. I remember you first of all,
I remember all the little boys
and girls and that's a I we can,
we can make your Christmas wishes
happen. I, I'm pretty sure.
I'm pretty sure we'll see
what, what our elves can do.
<Laugh>, <laugh>. That was Serenity.
Thank you Serenity. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Did just see what headphones.
Headphones.
Did.
What.
Now for computer? Uh, hi.
Just you want necklaces?
Well, that's a very good C Christmas
list. You know, you asked that Riley.
Hi Riley. You know,
you asked for headphones and
Santa's wearing headphones
right now because I'm on
the radio. So we're wearing
headphones here in the studio.
Santa does fit kind of awkwardly with
that red cap you have. Well, yes, yes.
We can only do so much.
Okay. And there's Destiny.
Hi, destiny.
I, uh.
Easy bake.
And then, um.
Book one through four, four kids.
Okay. Okay. That's a very good
list. You know the Easy Bake Oven,
that's been a classic
for many, many years.
Little girls and little boys have been
asking for the Easy Bake Oven for many
years, so we'll see what we can do for
you Girls, it's so nice to talk with you.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Ta thank.
You. Thank you.
We'll see you on Christmas Eve.
Again.
You can call in by calling (724) 438-4593
Santa. I think we have another
prerecorded, uh, message.
We're going to go to a holiday
message, uh, for us, and, uh,
we'll be back with some more calls.
And just a couple minutes. Again,
that's 7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 93.
I heard the bells on
Christmas day. They're old,
familiar carol's play and wild and sweet.
The words repeat of peace on earth,
goodwill to men and
thought how as the day has
come,
the Ries of Al Cri Sodom
had rolled along the
unbroken song of peace on
Earth, Goodwill to men.
This is representative Matthew Dowling.
I heard the bells On Christmas Day
is a Christmas carol based on the
1863 poem,
Christmas Bells by American
poet Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow.
The song tells of the narrator's
despair upon hearing Christmas bells
that hate is strong and mocks
the song of peace on earth.
Goodwill to man in 18 61,
2 years before writing
this poem,
Longfellow's personal peace was shaken
when his second wife of 18 years
to whom he was very devoted was
tragically burned in a fire.
Then in 1863 during
the American Civil War,
Longfellow's oldest son Charles
Longfellow joined the Union Cause as a
soldier without his father's blessing.
Longfellow was informed by a letter dated
March 14th, 1863 after
Charles had already lefted.
I have tried hard to resist the
temptation of going without your lead,
but I cannot any longer.
I feel it to be my first duty to do
what I can for my country and I would
willingly lay down my life for
him if it was me of any good.
Charles soon got an appointment
as a lieutenant, but in November,
he was severely wounded in the
Battle of New Hope Church Virginia.
Charles eventually recovered, but
his time as a soldier was finished.
Longfellow first wrote the
poem on Christmas Day 1863.
Christmas Bells was first
published in February, 1865.
This poem rings true today in
a time where we seem to be more
divided than ever political
party against political party,
man against man,
our hearts yearn for a renewed
vision of peace on earth,
goodwill among men. As this
season of hope approaches,
it is my hope that peace will
begin in our hearts and our
homes. And that peace will
spread among these communities,
our commonwealth and our country.
Peace.
Is no peace
for strong
peace
on earth men.
That was Bur Ives and this is
Representative Matthew Dowling.
Wishing you a joyous holiday
season and a prosperous new year.
You are listening to Santa
Talk on W MBS Radio five 90 am
1 0 1 0.1 FM with host Matthew Dowling.
Call in to talk with Santa by calling
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Now back to the show.
Will say Santa, hear that
telephone ringing as uh,
well as your sleigh bells ringing. You
are gonna be here for another hour until,
uh, seven o'clock.
We are gonna take a break at the top
of the hour for the news and sports and
weather. Um, and then we'll
get more calls on. Uh,
people can call in and talk to Santa
Claus, the good little boys and girls,
you've had, uh, a good time talking to
some of them already. Santa. Oh yes.
Oh yes. They're so, they're so chipper
and cheery. Our Santa loves to hear it.
Well, we wanna get that
number out there again.
(724) 438-4593.
Call in to talk to Santa Claus here.
Live on Wmb s radio. Uh, Santa,
we've, we've talked a little bit about
some of your favorite things. Uh,
what's your favorite food other than
cookies? Oh, hmm. Other than cookies.
Santa likes, uh, some hot apple cider.
I guess that's a drink, but that's, uh,
Santa likes that very much.
Uh hmm. I don't know. Well,
I tell you what my reindeer like, they
like sugar cubes sometimes. Sugar cubes.
They do, uh, they like, uh, they,
they sometimes sneak a cookie
or two carrots. I always
carrots left carrots out.
They do like carrots. They do
like carrots and, uh, Santa not,
not so much a fan of the carrots.
Carrot cake. Carrot cake.
Is carrots good cooked carrots or raw
carrots? Usually the reindeer like,
like raw carrots? Yes. Uh, what did,
what did you leave for them
when you were a little boy? Uh,
it was always rock carrots. Rock carrots.
Mm-hmm. <affirmative> rock, carrots.
Yeah. So Santa, we're gonna be
on for a little longer tonight.
We're gonna, uh, have some
additional people calling in.
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Uh, and Santa, tell us a a little
bit about what those elves are,
are working on back at the North Pole.
They're, they're working very hard.
They're working very hard and,
uh, they, as I said earlier,
they like to do some research to see what
little boys and little girls want each
year. Cuz every year there are some
new toys that come out. And no North.
Pole has to be up on the latest toys.
We have to have all of the
latest and greatest. And, uh,
but there's some classics. We,
I heard someone ask earlier
for an easy bake oven.
Everyone has loved the Easy Bake
oven for years and baby dolls,
things like that. So those things never
go out of style. But the, uh, the elves,
they, uh, they work hard. They have
to get, they have to get some rest.
You know, there are, there are labor
laws. I can't work them around the clock,
but, uh, they're, they,
they're, they've worked very,
very hard for all the boys
and girls. Well, we have, uh,
a boy and a girl on the telephone right
now. Uh, and they wanted to talk to you.
Santa. Hello. Thank you for calling Santa.
Who? Hi.
Hi. Who, who's on the line here?
Finnigan.
Hi, Finnegan. And what would,
what would you like for
Christmas this year?
Let me think.
There's a lot of options, huh?
A new book series would be nice.
A new book series. Did
you have any in mind?
Something you wanted to start reading?
What type of.
Books do you like? Book A lot
of adventure stuff like that.
Adventure books. Yes.
Yes. That sounds good. I,
I think we could come up
with something for you. Yes.
And you've been good this year. I know.
Thanks Santa. You're.
Welcome. Thank you for calling.
Good to hear from you Finnegan.
See ya.
Bye. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas. Finnegan.
Did you have someone else
with you there on the line?
Yeah, Bremer's right here.
Oh, hey Brinley.
Hi Santa.
<Laugh>. I know you've been
very good this year. Brinley.
Was there anything else? Was there
anything you wanted to say to Santa?
Um,
that real soon that was
at that the house we,
we did at the.
Uhhuh. <affirmative>.
See everything? That's what I would
like for Christmas. Thank you.
Santa Merry. That's what I
would like for Christmas. Thank.
You. Okay, Brinley. All
right. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas little one. Well,
Santa, we have Parker. Hello.
On the line as well. Uh, let's go
ahead and take Parker. Hello Parker.
Hi Santa.
Thanks for calling. How
are you today, Parker?
Good. How are you?
Have? Great. What would you
like for Christmas this year?
I would like some new Ous
Stilton books, please.
Geronimus. Stilton. Yes. That's
a, that's very popular series.
And the ocean exploration
ship. Lego Set. Oh.
Santa loves to build Legos. That's a
very good choice. Ocean exploration.
I haven't done that one. Yes,
very good. Anything else, Parker?
Um,
I would also like the
Ninjago skull. So Dungeons,
like I said. Oh.
Oh, that's a good one too. I could tell
you really like the Legos. That's a,
that's a fun thing to play with. Well,
Santa will do, do my best to, uh,
to get that for you. Merry Christmas
Parker to you and your family.
Merry Christmas Anna. Thanks.
For calling. Merry Christmas. Bye.
Okay, Santa, it looks like we have uh,
Kenley and Easton on the line as well.
Hi.
Kenley and Easton, are you there?
Hi.
Hi. Hello. Thank you for calling
Santa. How are you today?
Good. Are you all done with school now?
Yeah, before? Yeah. Yeah.
That's good. That's good.
You have a little break for
Christmas and what would you like?
Hi.
What would you like for
Christmas this year.
And what do you I wanna
fight anything. That's it.
Could you're, say it one more time.
Santa was having a little
bit of hard time hearing you.
Barbie, Dreamhouse Barbie, Dreamhouse.
Barbie, Dreamhouse. Of course, of course.
Barbie's had a lot of
those dream houses over.
The, the years, huh? That's right.
That's right. Anybody else? Did.
They trust me?
Trucks? Mm-hmm <affirmative>.
Very good. Very good. Well I.
Can on their street.
<Laugh>. Oh,
well Santa knows you've been very good
this year and I can't wait to visit you
for Christmas Eve. I hope,
I hope you and your family have a very
merry Christmas. You you're welcome.
Merry Christmas for Santa. We Bye-Bye.
Santa.
We have just a couple minutes before
our break at the top of the hour and uh,
we want to remind everyone you
can call in after the news.
Actually you could could
call in while it's on.
We'll get you on hold and we'll
get you on, uh, as soon as we can.
It's 7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
We will be taking that break at the top
of the hour to learn about the news,
sports and, uh, weather
coming up so you can plan,
plan out your next couple
Christmas days. There. Santa.
That's right. Santa of particular
interest to Santa is the weather.
It's always important. Now we can make it.
We are like you mentioned the postal
service earlier, Matt. And you know,
they say the postal service, our,
our male carriers travel in hail in
slee and snow and rain. Well, Santa was,
Santa came up with that idea, you know,
well even before the postal service
Santa's been doing that so, but uh,
our postal service is very good, but
little boys and girls, not to worry.
No matter what the weather is, Santa
can Santa can get there to you.
Christmas magic can't be stopped.
So again, Santa talk 7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
We'll be here for another hour. We
are gonna take that break here, uh,
in just a couple moments.
All right guys. Thanks so much.
Santa talk here on five 90
am and 1 0 1 0.1 FM W M B
S checking out the weather.
Watch 52 degrees right now.
Clear skies but cooling down considerably
the next couple of days on the
overnight. 38th, the high at 51 Thursday.
But dropping to 17 above
for a low Christmas Eve.
A chance of rain and snow
after midnight. Snow Friday,
21, 22 on Saturday.
And moving up to the thirties on Sunday.
40 on Monday hour two of Santa talk
with representative Matthew Dowling is
on the air coming up starting at six 15.
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As covid 19 cases surge
doctors across the country,
including this one in
California, a hotspot,
are pleading with people to avoid
travel and holiday gatherings. You're.
Still out there shopping for your loved
ones for this holiday season or your
planning a holiday get together,
then you are missing the
gravity of the situation.
Despite those warnings.
CBS's Elise Preston says,
millions are still running the risk.
Some 80 million Americans are expected
to head somewhere for Christmas or New
Year's. We're.
Just gonna spend time see
my grandparents, my cousins.
On to Chicago to visit an on for.
Christmas. Compared to a year ago.
Far fewer people are traveling by air,
but with less flights
available, the planes are.
Often fulled. For Covid, that
was just too close for comfort.
I couldn't move Harley.
Here in New York, officials are also
concerned about overseas travelers.
Following the discovery of a new
more infectious coronavirus strain.
President Trump has vetoed
a national defense Bill.
C b s military analyst Jeff McCaslin.
The president has offered a series
of rationales for vetoing the bill.
He is called for lawmakers to include
limits on social media companies.
He claims are biased against him.
The fate of the covid relief
bill remains up in the air.
The president saying he might not sign
it because the checks for Americans
aren't big enough. And CBS's
Skylar Henry says, without the.
Provisions in that bill,
millions of Americans will lose
their federal unemployment benefits.
The day after Christmas.
With President Trump at odds
with Congress over that bill,
small businesses are concerned.
Lindsey Munson is executive director of
a Montessori school in Charlottesville
and she says that government help
would keep their doors open, allow.
Us to continue not only paying our staff,
but maintaining their healthcare.
Munson says that her small school had
to refund money to parents so they could
pay other bills.
A winter storm in the eastern part of
the Dakotas and Western Minnesota is on
track to make moves across the country.
Hand produce winter like weather events
for much of the Midwest and eastern
parts of the country. C b s
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Alwin is gonna develop around
the New York City, Philadelphia,
Boston area on Christmas Eve
night into Christmas morning,
KU see wind gust to 70 miles an hour.
The likelihood of power outages as well.
So keep that in mind.
In the south,
more than 4 million people near the Gulf
Coast will be at risk for severe storms
and the possibilities of tornadoes.
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Wes,
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Welcome to Santa Talk. It's beginning
to look a lot like Christmas.
And as the elves are packing the display
with gifts to be distributed around the
world,
Santa is spending time here with
us at W MB MBS Radio five 90
am 1 0 1 0.1 fm.
This evening you will be able to
call and talk to Santa over the phone
and you'll also hear some interesting
stories and messages from some of our
elected officials. And now
the host of tonight's program,
representative Matthew Dowling.
Well, Santa thanks for
joining us for a second hour.
We're here at W N B S Radio in Uniontown.
We're talking to the good little
boys and girls. I guess, uh,
the naughty ones could call
in too. Oh, oh. But, uh,
but we have Grace Riley and JT on the
line and they wanted to talk to you.
Santa.
Hello, Grace Riley. Jt, good to
hear from you all. How are you?
Hi. Hello her.
Oh, ho ho. Merry Christmas.
Hi C.
Have you all been very good this year?
Yeah.
I think you have. Yes.
Very good. Very good.
So what would you like for Christmas?
IPad pocket
l a bubble one
I iPad.
Okay.
A toy kitty. A to.
Okay. Anything else? Well, you've,
you've given Santa a
lot of good ideas. Well,
I'll do my best to to to
get these things for you.
And I know you've been
very good. Merry Christmas.
I hope you have a wonderful day with
your family and I can't wait to visit you
on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas. Merry C.
Merry Christmas.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Santa. We also, we also have
Caris on the line. Santa.
Hello Caris.
Hi.
Hi. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
How are you today?
Good.
Good. All done with school?
Yeah.
Yeah. That's gonna feel good. How,
what would you like for
Christmas this year?
TV for my bedroom.
A TV for your bedroom. Okay.
What's your favorite TV show?
Bunk.
What was that? Bunk. Oh, okay. Okay.
Anything else you'd like this year?
A Barbie Dream.
House. A Barbie Dream House.
Very good. Very good. Well,
I will tell my elves your list here
and we'll see what we can do for you.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Thank you for calling
Santa today. Ho, ho, ho.
Well, Santa Ho.
Ho <laugh>. Hi.
Bye.
Santa's gonna be with us
until seven o'clock tonight.
You can call in to talk to Santa.
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MBS Radio. Now Santa, um,
there were a bunch of people that
helped put today, today together,
uh, when we got it on your schedule and
you came down from the North Pole. Um,
we have a great staff here at W MBS
Radio. We want to thank them, uh,
for all the help tonight. Uh, we also
have some sponsors that help make, uh,
today, uh,
the radio time available and help promote
it over the last couple weeks. Um,
and we have some holiday
messages from those sponsors. Uh,
and we're gonna put those on here and, uh,
let them wish you a Merry
Christmas themselves.
Yes.
Thank you to our sponsors for making it
possible for me to talk to the little
boys and girls today here on w Nmb. S.
Hi, this is Congressman Guy Reall.
I'd like to wish you and your
family a merry Christmas,
happy Hanukkah and a healthy
and prosperous New Year.
This is Fayette County Commissioner
Scott Dunn. In this trying times,
please try to remember what's
important in life, faith, and family,
and from my family to yours. A Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hello, this is State
Representative Matt Dowling.
On behalf of my family, Rebecca Pierce,
Preston and Brooks, we wanna wish
your family a very happy holidays,
a merry Christmas, and the
happiest of New Year's.
This is Senator Pat representing the 32nd
district in Pennsylvania,
that's all of Somerset bed and
parts of Westmoreland County.
As we get to the end of
this unforgettable year,
I just wanted to take a moment
and wish you and your family
a very healthy and happy holidays.
Hope you enjoy your Christmas time,
and as we get into the new year,
let us put 2020 behind us and look at 2021
and get back to some type of normalcy.
And then all of you remain healthy
in your family, stay healthy,
and I wish you all the best.
And we'll see you soon in 2021.
Happy.
Merry Christmas everybody
and a happy New Year.
This is Commissioner Dave Lore and just
wanted to wish everyone a great new year
coming up and to enjoy this Christmas
season and just have a great time with
your family and everyone around
you. So once again, Merry Christmas,
happy New Year. Looking forward
to seeing you all next year.
Hi, this is Representative Ryan
Warner from my family to yours.
Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas
and a happy New Year. Be safe.
You are listening to Santa
Talk on W MBS Radio five 90 am
1 0 1 0.1 FM with host Matthew Dowling.
Call in to talk with Santa by calling
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Now back to the show.
Well.
Santa, we have uh, some people here on
the line that wanna talk to you today.
Again, you can call in. Sandra
will be here until seven o'clock,
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
If you get a busy signal, try back
in a few minutes. Uh, we do have, uh,
only a couple lines here, but um,
I believe we have a young lady
[inaudible] on the, on the.
Line.
Hello there.
Hi Santa.
Hi. Thank you for calling Santa. Thanks
for waiting around. How are you today?
Good.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
What would you like this
year for Christmas today?
Um, I would say I want, I really,
really do want an iPhone.
Okay.
And some nice winter
clothes for winter.
Yes. Nice winter clothes. It's very warm
today, but we might see some more snow,
so it's good to have warm clothes.
Yep.
Yep. Well, very good. Santa's dressed
very warm today. In fact, I'm a little,
I'm a little warm here visiting
Union Town cuz I'm, it's, I'm in my,
my my woo suit and it's just very,
it's very warm here in the studio,
but Well, you're sitting next to that
fireplace. That's right, that's right.
I have a fireplace behind me. Well,
I know you've been very good this year
and I'll do my best to get what you want
for Christmas. Merry Christmas. Thank.
You.
You're welcome. Merry
Christmas. Well, we have, uh,
some other callers with us.
We have Ava and Quinn Santo.
Want to talk Tova and Quinn?
Sure. Hello there, Eva and Quinn.
Um.
Hi. Merry Christmas.
Hi Santa.
Hi there. Um.
Do you have your reindeers
and all kind of goodies?
The reindeer are here and Yes.
And I have all kind of goodies.
I have a big sack full
of goodies and, and, uh,
our reindeer are ready
to go for the big trip.
Santa.
Yes.
When you're coming, giving us presents,
we're gonna give you some
cookies and chocolate milk maybe.
Wonderful. Santa loves chocolate milk.
And I'm gonna fill up
the basket with lots of
carrots for the.
Reindeer. Oh, very good. Very
good. Thank you. Thank you. The,
the reindeer will appreciate that.
Do you think you can name
all of Santa's reindeer?
Um.
It's okay if you can't <laugh>.
It's okay if you can't. I have,
I have nine reindeer
including Rudolph. So,
well, Merry Christmas to you all.
Was there anything else that,
that you wanted or anything you had to
say to else you had to say to Santa? I.
Wanted, I wanted, um, another
bicycle. Maybe I wanted a,
maybe I wanted
my sister. Okay. And
I'm a Nutcracker. Okay.
Oh, Nutcracker.
A Nutcracker. Very nice. Merry
Christmas then. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Okay. Bye.
We'll see you soon. Bye-Bye. Santa. We
also have Abigail on the line. Okay.
Abigail, how are you today?
Hi.
Hi. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
What would you like
for Christmas? Abigail?
Um, ACE?
No, I don't know.
It's okay. I know
there's a lot of choices.
A.
Computer. A computer? Okay.
Okay. We have some of the,
we have some of the highest skilled
elves to build our computers. Mm-hmm.
<affirmative> the North Pole.
Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. That's right.
Anything else?
Legos.
Legos. Very good. Anything else?
Um, Yoda Monopoly.
Ooh, Yoda Monopoly. That
sounds like a lot of fun.
Santa Santa likes like Star
Wars, <laugh>. All right. Well,
Merry Christmas to you and,
and I look forward to visiting you and
I'll tell my elves what you want this
year. We'll see what we can do.
Thank you. You're.
Welcome. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Well, Santa, uh, there.
Byebye.
There definitely have been a lot of good
little boys and girls that called in
today. Uh, but at Christmas
time, sometimes it's,
it's good to stop and reflect and to
think of all the things that we should be
thankful for this holiday season. Um,
we mentioned earlier in the show that
we are still in the midst of this
pandemic, and we have a lot of frontline
workers that have been keeping, uh,
keeping our stores open and, and, uh,
working out there when
some other people have,
have been quarantining or
maybe not going out as much.
And we also have some wonderful
healthcare workers that are out there.
That's right. Uh, taking care of, uh,
those who are ill and
infirm this holiday season.
That's right. We're here in the
Uniontown Hospital Studios and,
and I know that there are many
here in Uniontown and at other, uh,
hospitals and doctors' offices and
everything around the area here who are
working hard for us to keep us all safe
and healthy. And Santa appreciate you.
And I want you to stay safe and just
know that we're thankful for you and we
love you.
Well, Santa, uh, I, we have
another recorded piece, uh,
that we're going to go
to here in a moment.
And I believe it's one of your
favorite Christmas poems. Uh,
you wanna introduce.
That? Oh, yes. This is
called the Christmas Guest,
and it tells us a lot about the
true meaning of Christmas and
how we should behave at Christmas and
how we should treat others in general.
So hopefully you'll like
it very much like I do.
It happened one day near December's end,
two neighbors called on an old friend
and they found his shop so meager and
lean made gay with thousand bows of green.
And Conrad was sitting with a face of
shine when he suddenly stopped as he
stitched a twine. And he said,
old friends at dawn today,
when the cock was crowing the night away,
the Lord appeared in a dream to me
and said, I'm coming your guest to be.
So. I've been busy with Feister,
strewing my chop with branches of fern.
The table is spread and the kettle
is shined. And over the rafters,
the hawley is twined. Now I'll wait for
my Lord to appear and listen closely.
So I will hear his step as
he nears my humble place.
And I'll open the door
and look on his face.
So his friends went home and left Conrad
alone. For this was the happiest day.
He had known for long since
his family had passed away,
and Conrad had spent
many a sad Christmas day,
but he knew with the Lord as his Christmas
guest this Christmas would be the
dearest and best. So he listened
with only joy in his heart.
And with every sound,
he would rise with a start and look
for the Lord to be at his door like the
vision he had had a few hours before.
So he ran to the window
after hearing a sound,
but all he could see on the snow
covered ground was a shabby beggar whose
shoes were worn. And all of his
clothes were ragged and worn.
But Conrad was touched and he went
to the door and he said, you know,
your feet must be frozen and sore.
I have some shoes in my shop for you and
a coat that will keep you warmer too.
So with a grateful
heart, the man went away.
But Conrad noticed the time of day and
wondered what made the Lord so late
and how much longer he'd have
to wait. When he heard a knock,
he ran to the door, but it
was only a stranger once more.
A bent old lady with a shawl of black,
with a bundle of kindling
piled on her back.
She asked only for a place to rest,
but that was reserved
for Conrads great guest.
But her voice seemed to
plead, don't send me away,
let me rest for a while on Christmas day.
So Conrad brewed her a steaming cup and
told her to sit at the table and suck.
But after she left,
he was filled with dismay for he saw
that the hours were slipping away
and the Lord hadn't come
as he said he would.
Then Conrad felt sure
he had misunderstood,
went out of the stillness. He heard a cry,
please help me and tell
me where am I? So again,
he opened his friendly door and
stood disappointed as twice before.
It was only a child who wandered
away and was lost from her family.
On Christmas day again, Conrad's
heart was heavy and sad,
but he knew he shouldn't
make the little girl glad.
So he called her in and he wiped her
tears and quieted all her childish
fears. Then he let her
back to her home once more.
But as he entered his own darkened door,
he knew the Lord was not coming today
for the hours of Christmas had passed
away. So he went to his
room and knelt down to pray.
And he said, dear Lord, why did you delay?
What kept you from
coming to call on me for?
I wanted so much your face to
see when soft in the silence,
a voice he heard lift up your head.
For I kept my word three times
my shadow crossed your floor.
And three times I came
to your lonely door.
I was the beggar with bruised cold feet.
And I was the woman you
gave something to eat.
I was the child on the homeless street.
Three times I knocked and
three times I came in.
And each time I found the
warmth of a friend of all the
gifts, love is the best.
And I was honored to be
your Christmas guest.
You are listening to Santa
Talk and W MBS Radio five 90 am
1 0 1 0.1 FM with host Matthew Dowling.
Call in to talk with Santa by calling
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
Now back to the show.
Well, Santa, we've got to talk to a
lot of good little boys and girls,
but there's still some time for people
to call in and talk to Santa Claus.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3. Now, uh,
they just let me know that if all the
lines are busy, it just continues to ring.
There's no busy signal as I had informed
you before. But if you just get a ring,
a ring, a ring, we are here. We're trying
to answer you. Um, so call back, uh,
in a few minutes. If, if you
don't get someone right away,
we have Trip and Harper
on the line. Santa.
Hello, trip and Harper.
So hi.
Hi. Hi. Merry Christmas.
Hey, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
Thank you for being so good
and waiting to talk to Santa.
Hi. I want a talking doll.
A talking doll. Okay. Okay.
What do you want for
Christmas chip? Um, A what?
A present. A present. Yeah. What
do you want in there? Yeah. Chuck.
A tractor. Yeah. Helen
<affirmative> truck. And a tractor.
Okay. A truck and a tractor.
Very nice. Very nice.
Well, Santa will do his best
to get these things for you.
And I appreciate you being so good
this year. Continue to be good and,
and kind to others. And I look forward.
And I want some makeup.
Oh, some makeup. We
can't forget that. Real.
Makeup. I want real makeup.
Real makeup. Okay.
Christmas. Well.
Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
We'll see what we can do for you. And,
and I can't wait to visit
you for Christmas Eve.
Don't forget to put out the cookies.
Okay.
Merry Christmas.
Well, Santa, we also Merry
Christmas. We also have True.
And Taylor on the.
Line. True. And Taylor,
are you there? Yes. Hi,
it's Santa Claus. How are you?
Good.
Good. Well, it's so good to hear from you.
Thank you for holding to talk to Santa.
Mm-hmm.
<Affirmative>, what would you
like for Christmas this year?
Uh, I'm on a.
Computer. A computer, anything else?
And a VR headset.
A VR headset. Say, got to
play around with one of those.
One time the elves were working
on that and I said, Hey,
let's Santa try that on. And I got to
play some games. That's a lot of fun.
Yeah. What else would
you like? Anything else?
Actually? Yeah. Count. Uh, I would like,
okay, Taylor, you talk to Santa, say hi.
Hi, Taylor.
Tell him what you want. I want a bicycle.
A bicycle?
Yeah.
Okay. What.
Coming? Pink.
Pink bicycle. Okay. That's
very important detail.
I'll make sure to make a
note for the elves on that.
Tell me, have a safe trip. Have a safe.
Check. Thank you very
much. Thank you very much.
Hopefully we don't have too much
snow. Just enough snow to, to, uh,
to get the slate. But we don't
even need snow. The, the, the,
the Christmas magic is still there,
even if we don't have snow. So I'll,
I'll look forward to visiting you
and have a very merry Christmas.
I take care of the rain
here. Take care of.
The rain here. I sure will.
I sure will. Bye-bye now.
Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Thank.
You.
Thank you. You.
Well, Santa, you have a busy
couple days coming up. Uh,
it is kind of your on season
at the time when you, uh,
spring to your Christmas
cheer. That's right. And, uh,
and get all the work done.
Uh, last minute preparations.
I'm sure the elves are taken
care of those tonight. Uh,
back at home and getting the
sled all packed up. Um, I feel.
Like a tax accounted in April.
<Laugh>, representative <laugh>.
Oh, Santa, you're funny. Um,
telephone number tonight if
you want to talk to Santa, uh,
if you want to ask him about a
bad joke or anything like that,
<laugh> 7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
Santa's here with us for about
another half hour. Uh, Santa,
thank you so much for coming down
to w Nmb s here in Uniontown. My.
Pleasure. My pleasure.
It's great to hear from the little boys
and girls all around Fayette County.
Well, (724) 438-4593.
And you can call in and
talk to Santa Claus. Uh,
phone lines look like they're open
right now, so, uh, dial that number.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3. And
you can talk to Santa.
Can't wait to hear from
you. And don't worry if you,
if you can't get through today, Santa
still has an idea of what you want,
don't worry.
So Santa, uh, the, the telephone, um,
has been around for quite some time now.
There's email in all kind of
other technology, uh, Santa.
Do people reach out to you, uh, through
email and text messaging or, uh,
do they still write the
old traditional letters?
We still get a lot of letters and Santa
likes to get the letters. And, you know,
even if you spell something wrong, Santa
understands, Santa knows what you mean.
So don't worry about about that, just
do your best. But we get some letters,
we get some emails,
and I have a whole department of elves
that are my communications department.
So they help Santa sort the letters,
sort the mail that I get. And, uh,
and so it all gets read. Don't worry,
everything that you send gets read.
Does Mrs. Claus do a lot of, of help.
With that? Oh, Mrs. Claus does it all.
She does it all behind the scenes. Yes,
she helps me very much. And as you can
see, those of us watching on Facebook,
Santa Wears glasses. Mrs.
Claus wears glasses too,
but her eyesight is a
little bit better than mine.
So sometimes she will help
me to read the letters.
Well, Santa,
we have just about another half hour
for anyone who wants to talk to you.
Call into w Nmb, S (724) 438-4593.
I hear the lines.
I hear it ringing. I hear it.
Ringing. So it could be a little, uh,
boy or girl that wants to talk to Santa
Claus and we'll get 'em on the line, uh,
with him in, in just a couple minutes.
You know, Matt, I heard a few boys
and girls ask for Mike Bicycles today,
and I just wanted to remind everyone to
be very safe when you're out riding your
bike. If you can wear a helmet that
really helps, you know, you could fall.
And that helps you from, from having a,
a pretty serious boo boo on your head.
So I want everyone to re remember to wear
your helmets and be very careful when
you're out riding your bike.
Do you ride a bicycle? Santa Claus.
<Laugh> not too much in the
North Pole. Not too, too much.
It's hard to ride over, over
top of the snow and the ice.
You're more of a roller blader.
Oh, that's right. That's
right. Very much so.
A long time ago I visited a roller
rink here in, in Fayette County.
It was called Wheels of eight.
Wheels of eight. Is that
cuz there were eight wheels.
Eight wheels on a roller skate.
Yes. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>.
So you're a big roller skater.
So roller skate and ice skate of course.
Oh, of course. Yes. But
that may make more sense.
A little bit. But Santa
doesn't always, you know,
Christmas magic doesn't always make sense.
<Laugh> Well, we still
have open phone lines.
(724) 438-4593.
And it looks like Sophia
is on the line. Santa.
Sophia. Good to hear from
you. Merry Christmas Smith.
Merry Christmas.
Thank you for calling Santa.
What.
What can I get for you
for Christmas this year?
Barbie.
Barbie. Okay. Any special Barbies.
Come. Barbie.
Taylor. Taylor Swift.
A Taylor Swift Barbie.
Is that what you said?
<Laugh>? I did.
Okay.
What else do you.
Want? Um, baby doctor.
Okay.
Thank you doing that.
Okay, thank you.
Yes.
Who all in the room there with you today?
What?
Who's all there with you
today? Pop. Pop. Oh, very nice.
Anna Sissy.
And her sissy.
Well, Santa visited Santa visited
Pat Pap when Papp was a little boy.
You know that Santa's been
around for a long time and maybe,
maybe one day you'll have your own
kids and Santa will visit. So yeah.
Merry Cali. Okay.
Sissy.
Okay for sissy. Well,
Merry Christmas to you.
Merry C.
We'll see you soon. Ho ho ho.
Well, Santa, we wanna get
that number out there again.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3. Uh,
you can ring those lines, ring those
bells and talk to Santa this evening. Uh,
he'll be with us for just about
another 20 minutes or so. Um,
we've had a,
a couple interesting stories that
we've played throughout the night. Um,
we shared your, one of your favorite
poems, the Christmas guest Santa and, uh,
we have another poem that I think we're
gonna cue up here in just a moment
that's gonna talk about the
true meaning of Christmas.
Once in a manger a long time
ago before there was Santa
and reindeer and snow,
a star shown down on humble
beginnings below of a baby just born.
Who the world would soon know.
Never before had there been such a sight,
would the son of a king
have to suffer this flight?
Aren't their enemies to lead?
Aren't their battles to fight?
Shouldn't he conquer the world
and demand his birth? Right?
Know this frail little infant asleep
in the hay would change the whole
world with the words he would say
not about power or demanding his
way,
but mercy and loving and
forgiving God's way for
only through humbleness.
Would the battle be won as shown
by the actions of God's only
true son who gave up his life
for the sins of everyone who
saved the whole world
when his journey was done.
Many years have now passed
since that night, long ago.
And now we as Santa and reindeer and snow,
but down in our hearts,
the true meaning we know it is
the birth of that child that makes
Christmas.
So you are listening to Santa
Talk on W MBS Radio five 90
am 1 0 1 0.1 FM with host Matthew Dowling.
Call in to talk with Santa by calling
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
Now back to the show.
Well, we're back Santa and uh,
we actually have a caller on
the line that wants Oh good.
You Bentley's with us now. Few.
Bentley's.
With Hello Bentley. Can you hear me?
Bentley, can you hear me?
Yeah.
Merry.
Christmas my friend.
Merry Christmas, my friend.
Merry Christmas.
What would you like for
Christmas this year? For.
Christmas this.
Year? A dinosaur pen.
A dinosaur pen.
Dinosaur. That's a pen.
That sounds like a good idea.
Uhhuh, what else would you like?
What else would you like?
Hey, hey, Bentley. There's
a little bit of an echo.
Maybe you could turn your radio down.
Your radio down.
And Santa you'll be able
to hear Santa on the phone.
Santa on the phone. Oh,
we don't have a radio. Oh.
We don't have a radio on.
Okay. Uh, we, I'm sorry. We were just
getting some, I'm sorry. Santa Echo.
Santa. No problem. As long
as you can hear Santa Okay.
Hear Santa. Okay.
So you would like a dinosaur
pen? Anything else you'd like?
Anything else you'd like?
Uh, a horse.
A horse? Okay.
A horse. Okay.
Santa and.
Some.
Ducks. Santa.
And some ducks.
And some ducks? Mm-hmm.
<Affirmative>. Oh, okay. That's, that's
an interesting list. Well, I will, uh,
I'll see what I can do for you.
I can do for you.
And, uh, I hope it's gonna be a very
merry Christmas for you and your family.
Merry Christmas for you and your family.
Thank you.
You're welcome. Merry Christmas. Merry.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Well, Santa, we've talked to lots of
good little boys and girls tonight.
If you want to call in to talk to
Santa directly, you can do that.
7, 2 4 4 3. 8, 4, 5, 9 3.
Santa's been with us, uh, since
five o'clock. That's right. And, uh,
he left the elves and Mrs.
Claus, uh, back at home.
They're getting everything ready.
And he's with us in Uniontown.
They're the real MVPs. Matt.
He's, he's with us here in
Uniontown, at w mbs, uh,
talking to the little boys and girls.
That's right. That's right. It's so good
to hear from everyone. I'm so happy.
So many of you called today. And remember,
even if you can't get through today,
Santa still has an idea of what you
want. So don't, don't fret little ones.
Santa knows. And I'm, I'm so proud
of you again for the many ways that,
that you've, you've done
very well this year.
It's been a hard year for everyone, for
mom and dad too. And everyone's just,
just done very well. And, and things will,
things will get back to normal slowly.
So don't, don't worry little ones.
Well, Santa, we still have some time to
take, uh, some additional phone calls.
(724) 438-4593. And, uh,
Santa, what kind of vacation do
you take after Christmas? Ho ho ho.
Well, some, some would say think
that I go to the South Pole just to,
for a little bit of change of pace.
Cause I would live in the North Pole,
but no, it's pretty cold in the
South Pole too. So, uh, Santa, uh,
some don't know that Santa's a big Jimmy
Buffet fan and I, I go down to, uh, uh,
to the Cayman Islands sometimes.
Hmm. Little relaxation.
<Laugh> Little relaxation.
That's right. That's right.
So do you cut the beard and grow it back
or, or does the beard stay year round.
Santa? The beard stays. We, we might
trim it a little bit, but, but the beard,
the beard has to stay. That's
part of, that's part of Santa's.
Magic. It's, it's a signature piece
of, uh, of the ensemble. Huh? Santa.
Right, right now I i I drop
some of this wool when I,
when I take my vacation, that's for sure.
You don't wear the red.
Suit? No, no. A red bathing suit.
Red bathing suit. Red bathing suit.
So we still have time if you wanna
call in and talk to Santa Claus.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3 Santa
talk on W M B S radio. Um,
and we wanna thank again,
our sponsors for this evening's
program, allowing us, uh, the time to,
uh, talk to some of the young, uh,
boys and girls that wanted to call in
and talk to Santa Claus. As we said,
it is, uh, a little bit of a,
a different year. Santa, uh,
was still in the malls
this year, right? Santa?
We were in, we were at a good
many malls. Yes. But, uh.
So people weren't traveling
or, or aren't out, uh,
as much maybe as they
have been in the past.
So you can call in and talk to Santa
tonight. Uh, and as Santa keeps saying,
if you don't get to talk to him, he
still knows what you want. He still, uh,
encourages you to, uh, be on your best
behavior, especially this holiday season.
Right. It can be hard
with everything, you know,
a lot of us are in the house a lot more,
so it can be easier to fight with your
brother and sister or not to listen to
mom or dad or your grandparents, but
just try to be, try to be good. It'll,
it will pay off. And, uh,
and I hope to get you all
something very nice for Christmas.
Well, again, Santa Talk
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
You know, Matt, I was just
thinking about how, you know,
there's all this talk about social
distancing. Well, I was the first,
I was the original social distance
deliverer. You know, just the, the whole,
the whole chimney method
of dropping off gifts.
That's social distancing in a
nutshell. We got it down. We got it.
Down. It really is. And,
and, and I guess, uh,
you start a lot of trends because the
whole FedEx thing, uh, took off after.
That's right. After your package.
That's right. Delivering.
So we still have time
if you wanna call in.
(724) 438-4593.
Talk to Santa Claus right here
at WMDs, uh, on the radio live.
And, um, you know, we've, we've had a,
a good opportunity to be here together,
um, to enjoy this holiday season. Um,
what are some of your wishes for the,
uh, the families that are out there?
Santa?
I hope that our families remember that
no matter how many things that you get,
and Santa, you know, we have a slave full
of things. I have a big sack full of,
full of treats and full of goodies for
everyone. But no matter what we get,
the most important thing is the time
we spend with our families. The,
the time we spend with those,
those people that we love.
So it's very important to take the
time to put down that, that the phone,
put down the video game that you're
playing and just enjoy the company of,
of mom or dad or your brothers or
sisters and all those that you're around.
I just enjoy being together and spending
time cuz that's really what life and
what Christmas is all about.
Well, Santa, we have Savannah on the
line and she just talked to you a little.
Bit. Hello Savannah.
Kill Santa. Hi.
Hi. Hi, it's Santa Claus.
How are you? Savannah?
Morning.
It's good to hear from you. I've been,
I've been watching and you've been,
you've been a good girl this year.
Yes, she has Santa.
Oh, well, Santa Santa wants to hear
what you want for Christmas this year.
Tell Santa what you want.
I want a, I want.
Talk where Santa can hear you, baby. So.
I wear blue amper and I.
Want lol glamp and.
I want a ride on thing.
And a she wants lol, glamp
and a ride on thing. All.
Right. All right. Well those are
very, those are popular toys and,
and popular items. So, uh, Santa will
see what he could do for you. And,
and thank you for being such a good
girl and continue to be a good girl.
And I look forward to visiting
on Christmas Eve. Don't
forget the cookies. Okay.
I'll time him. We will have him.
Lots of cookies of milk. Wow.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Milk Milk helps keep Santa's
bones healthy and strong.
Oh, yay.
<Laugh>. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas Santa. Thank you.
Thanks for calling. Bye-bye now.
Bye Santa. Bye bye.
Bye sweetie.
You're listening. Bye. Santa.
You're listening to
Santa Talk on W MBS Radio
(724) 438-4593.
You can call in and talk
to Santa directly. Uh,
he is visiting us here in Uniontown, uh,
straight in from the North Pole, right,
Santa.
That's right. It was a long
trip, but it was worth it.
It was worth every minute.
Well, we definitely appreciate
you coming out and, uh,
and being with us this evening
so that people can call in and,
and talk to Santa Claus right here
on the radio. It's been a lot of fun.
Have you enjoyed.
Yourself tonight? Absolutely, absolutely.
I don't get to do radio very often,
so this is nice. Yeah.
It's, uh, I,
I know it's interesting for the kids to
be able to call in and hear themselves,
uh, on the radio as well. And
our Facebook feed is up there,
so mom and dad could even pull that
back up and you can rewatch, uh,
rewatch yourself if you like. Our
telephone lines are still open.
(724) 438-4593 at w n
s with Santa. So Santa, um,
big day is tomorrow.
Big day is tomorrow. And we've been, we've
been getting ready all year for this.
Now how do you get all the
rest in before? Like, do you,
do you get a good night's sleep
before, uh, before Christmas.
I, I tried to do that. I
listened to some soothing music,
maybe some Christmas carols sung by,
sung by Enya or someone like that,
that has a really, really
mellow, mellow vibe. And I just,
I just go to sleep and,
and then I'm ready to go.
Santa doesn't need a whole lot of
sleep, but I'm ready to go and,
and we make all the deliveries and then
I come back and then I've got the rest
of the year to, to rest. Although we,
we have to keep on top of things with
our elves, but, but it can all, you know,
for those couple, couple of days of, of
Christmas delivery, I'm on my A game.
You don't have to worry about
Santa. I'll get it all done.
Well, you know, you,
you talked a little bit about the
importance of spending time with, uh,
with people, um, this holiday season.
Some people may not be having, uh,
the big celebrations that
they normally have, uh,
because there are a lot of people
who are, are sick right now with, uh,
with Covid 19 and, and they're social
distancing like we've talked, uh,
a little bit tonight. Um, but it's also
if, if we can't be with people, uh,
it's good to reach out to them and and
to call them. Um, you know, we have a,
a portal, um, now at home. Yes. And, uh,
we can talk to my grandmother
right on that. Do you have a,
you have a portal at the North Pole?
I do. And some of the little ones have
asked for a portal this year. That was a,
that was a popular request.
You know, technology,
we can be very thankful for
technology. Without technology,
I wouldn't be able to talk to all the
little boys and girls on the radio right
now. But, but yes, we can, uh, we
can call our loved ones. We can,
we can do video calls if
we're able to do that. Uh,
we can write letters and loves
to receive letters of course.
So just make sure that even if
you can't see someone in person,
you reach out and let them know
that you care about them. Well.
Uh, we have a few more minutes
to take some more calls.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3. If you
want to talk to Santa Claus,
tell 'em what your last minute
Christmas gift, uh, wishes are. Um,
or just wish him a merry Christmas. Santa
loves talking to, uh, all of you, uh,
on the radio here.
Today. All ages too. And you're
never too old to talk to Santa Claus.
I hope you remember that. Never
lose that Christmas magic.
Again. 7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5, 9 3.
I'm gonna be saying that, uh,
telephone number in my
sleep tonight. I think so.
That's right. That's right.
So you have already talked to, uh, a
lot of, of young boys and girls and,
um, you know, you're, you're
kind of finishing up the list.
They're packing up the sleigh.
What do you think the most
popular to is gonna be this year?
Santa? You know, I think that, uh, those,
uh, I, I, I mentioned the video games.
That's, that's a big one. You know, a
lot of people like the video games. Uh,
boy, the, the young lady she
mentioned the l o l that's,
that's popular and the
Hatchimals, those are still,
there's some still like the
Hatchimals on. And like I said,
there's those classic toys that, uh,
classic things that
people ask for every year,
like the Easy Bake oven or
the baby dolls. And, uh,
Santa's always happy to provide
those things. And, uh, you know,
our elves are very clever and
creative. So if you think, oh,
I don't know if Santa
can get that for me. Oh,
there might be a chance that
Santa can make it happen.
Well, I know you always try to do
your best and you work with, uh,
with moms and dads to try
to make sure that, uh,
everyone gets what they need for
the holiday season. Um, you know,
uh, Santa, we have a few more minutes
and, uh, we can take another call or,
so if someone wants to
call in and talk to Santa.
7 2 4 4 3 8 4 5 9 3.
Hope to hear from you.
So Santa, when you leave here tonight, uh,
you're heading back to the North Pole? I.
Am, I am.
We'll get to take a very short rest and
then we're hitting the road and there's
something called the NORAD Santa Tracker.
So you might wanna look that up and it'll
tell you where Santa is at any given
time.
So they can follow you and,
uh, and make sure everything's.
Good with you. That's right, that's right.
Now, uh, what kind of navigational
devices do you have there? Oh.
Uh, we have it all. We have it all.
We have all the systems just in
case one of them goes down. Uh,
we got the garment, we got
the Tom Tom, we got it all.
Uh, I had a one of the first
TomToms when they first came out,
and I don't know what I would do without,
uh, <laugh> without GPS nowadays.
Santa Claus. Well, we wanna thank
you again for coming down. Uh,
we do have a couple more minutes.
Seven two four, four three.
I hear the phone ringing, Matt.
Four five nine three four five
nine three. Uh, give us a call.
You can talk to Santa Claus. Uh,
let 'em know what your last minute,
um, gifts are gonna be.
Well, Matt, what do you want
for Christmas? We haven't
asked you that yet. Well.
That's a good question. Santa, you know,
I, um, I'm kind of hard to buy for.
I think, uh, you know, I,
there's not much I need. Uh,
I do en enjoy, uh, time with friends
and family and, um, you know,
so sometimes just, uh, nice evening, uh,
with the people that I love. Is, is
what means the most at the holidays.
Well, Santa can help make that happen
for you. That's, that's a good,
that's a good request.
Well, Santa, we have, uh,
just a couple more minutes.
7, 2, 4, 4, 3, 8, 4, 5, 9, 3.
I hear the line ringing. Uh,
hopefully we can try to get a couple
more kids on the program this evening.
We want to thank our sponsors again.
Uh, they have, uh, generously,
uh, provided the airtime for us and,
and some of the promotional, uh,
items that happened before the show.
Um, Santa, we want to thank you.
We want to thank the great staff at w
Nmb s uh, cuz we came in and, you know,
we are not radio experts. I,
I don't know about you saying.
That. Oh no.
But, uh, they've helped us
through tonight's program and, uh,
doing a fantastic job. Um,
earlier in the program we talked
about our frontline workers,
our healthcare workers, those
postal delivery people. Um,
just thankful for what
everyone, uh, does and, and, uh,
especially during these
holiday times. Yes.
Matt? I wanna say I'm an
expert of, of two things,
making toys and eating
cookies. That's all. Not radio,
but it's been very nice to be here
and we are thankful. Okay. Oh,
we have some folks on the line.
We do. We have Trinity,
uh, Charlotte and Robert.
All on the same line. I believe
so. Hello everyone. Hello. Trinity
and Charlotte. Charlotte and
Robert. And Robert. Hello everyone.
Hello.
Merry Christmas.
Merry.
What would you all like
for Christmas this year?
I, I want something for Christmas.
Okay. What would you like?
Um, I like your baby doll with clothes.
Baby dolls with clothes, huh?
Yeah. And all also our doll too.
Okay. Who else?
What else would you
all like? Hi. Hi there.
Merry Christmas. I.
Would like, I would
like, um, a baby grow up.
Okay. Baby grow up. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>.
Yeah.
Very good. Very good. Hello there.
Is that you Robert?
Yep.
Good to hear from you. What
would you like for Christmas?
I'm on PS four five.
PS 4 0 5. Okay. Okay. We'll see what we
can do for you all. Well, thank you for,
thanks for calling to talk
to Santa Merry Christmas.
Merry.
We'll see you soon.
Bye-bye.
Now. Merry Christmas.
Bye Santa.
Bye-bye. Bye. Little ones.
Well Santa, we have just a
moment or two, uh, left. Oh,
we actually have another
call. Blake is on the line.
We're gonna take Blake real quick.
Hello, Blake. Hi. Hi,
it's Santa. How are you?
Good.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
What can I get you for
Christmas this year?
Maybe a Nerf gun.
A Nerf gun. Okay. Anything else?
Yes.
Okay. Let's hear it.
Oh yes. And a metal detector.
A metal detector. That
can be a lot of fun. Okay.
Anything else?
My sister might one stuff,
but she can't talk yet.
Okay. Well Santa Santa has
some ideas for your sister too,
so I know you're, I know you are
very good to your sister too,
so thank you for that.
You're welcome.
Merry Christmas to you and your
family and we'll see you soon.
Okay.
Well, Santa wants to thank everyone.
That's, that's called in today.
I have the list here of everyone that
I've talked to. So I wanted to mention,
uh, Keshawn, Emerson, Jenna
and jj. Frankie and Kendall,
Finnegan and Brinley. Kenley and Easton.
Caris Bella and Billy Bryce Parker.
Serenity, destiny and Riley.
Grace. Riley and jt. Len. Ava and Quinn.
Abigail. True. And Taylor, trip and
Harper, Madeline, Sophia, Bentley,
Savannah Trinity,
Charlotte, Robert and Blake.
It was so nice to talk
to you boys and girls.
You've all been so good this year and
you have so many good ideas for things
that Santa could bring you. And I'll
do my very best for you this year.
Keep being good boys and girls,
and we'll see you on Christmas.
Eve. Well, thank you so much
for coming out tonight, Santa.
This was a special treat for
us to be able to talk to, uh,
all the boys and girls
here at W Nmb s Radio.
We wanna thank everyone for tuning in,
uh, and uh, from my family to yours.
A very merry Christmas and God bless.
You all. Merry Christmas.
Santa Talk is a production
of Coordinated 360.
Special thanks to our air
talent, Dave Susar, Ella Holly,
Kristen Anini, Sarah
Hara and Krissy Smith.
Our executive producer
and host is Matthew Doley.
W mb S'S Station Manager
is Brian Maik. The poem,
once in A Manger, was written by Tom
Krause and was used with permission.
The history of Santa Claus was adapted
from the history channel and history.com.
The story of the Christmas guest was
written by American poet Helen Steiner
Rice, and was read in the
style of Reba McIntyre.
Santa Talk was underwritten through the
financial support of representatives
Ryan Warner and Matt
Doon, Senator Pat Stefano,
commissioner Scott Dunn and Dave Lore
and Congressman Guy Russian Dahler.
This program was not funded
with taxpayer dollars.