Hi, this is Ruthie Rogers, host of our podcast, Ruthie's Table 4.

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Happy holidays, friends.

This year, December 25th, marks both the start of Hanukkah and Christmas Day.

Feeling in the festive spirit, Daniel and I decided to dig into some of the science behind these holiday stories.

To the parents with kids who will be staying up late waiting for Santa this year,

you may want to consider whether your children's holiday experience would be enhanced or diminished

by putting these magical stories under a scientific lens.

So today we'll be asking ourselves questions like,

how does Santa manage to go fast enough to deliver toys to all the Christian kids in the world

in just one night?

And how does Rudolph produce that light to guide the way?

Does he have a bad bacterial infection?

And how does time dilation perhaps account for the Hanukkah oil burning for eight long days

and nights?

Welcome to Daniel and Kelly's extraordinarily festive universe.

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