Ira introduces us to Santa Allen. A man who is NOT the real Santa Claus but who will – for the first time ever – be sitting in a chair, dressed as Santa, asking little children what they want for Christmas this year. He’s nervous. (4 minutes)
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Act Four: Single Bells
Scaachi Koul is commemorating a Christmas first of her own – and ON her own – this year.
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.
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