Greg Whitehead, with screams from the This American Life audience. (7 minutes)
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Act One: Does Santa Believe in Himself?
Producer Aviva DeKornfeld accompanies Santa Allen to his first “chair gig” to see whether all of his hopes, or all of his fears, or a little of both, will be realized. (16 minutes)
Act Two: Jews for Jesus, for Just One Day
Alex Edelman grew up in an Orthodox Jewish household in Boston.
Act Four: Single Bells
Scaachi Koul is commemorating a Christmas first of her own – and ON her own – this year.
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