{"id":1283,"date":"2019-12-18T04:36:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T04:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2021-04-11T16:37:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T16:37:24","slug":"s509-the-santa-claus-man","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/episode\/s509-the-santa-claus-man\/","title":{"rendered":"S509: The Santa Claus Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A con artist saves Christmas.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV4820008495\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Earl with the Christmas Past podcast shares a Christmas story you\u2019ve probably never heard before. \u00a0In the early 1900s, children&#8217;s letters to Santa Claus never made it to the North Pole. 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