The Santa Problem

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Every year, like clockwork, we start getting questions about how to do, or not do, the whole Santa thing. We’ll answer a listener's question and muse on the nature of belief. We’ll also check in on where the hosts are this week – and then, if you’re coming to hang out on the Slate Plus Playground, we’re honoring peak holiday meal szn with a round of food would-you-rathers. If you’re not part of the Slate Plus community, we hope you’ll consider joining! Keep reading to learn how. Jamilah’s check-in: Wicked and a cold Elizabeth’s check-in: terrifying VR jungle trek Zak’s check-in: Noa’s accent work Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.5	And we're also talking about making holiday magic today. So if you've got little ones listening
0:36.9	with you right now,
0:37.9	you might want to come back later. Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together.
0:46.3	I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast that's called The Best Advice Show, and I am dad to Noah
0:51.3	who's seven and Ami who's four. We live in Amsterdam.
0:55.3	My name is Jamila Lemieux.
0:57.3	I'm a writer, cultural critic, contributor to Slate's care and feeding parenting,
1:02.4	column, and mom to Naima, who's 11, and we live in Los Angeles.
1:07.8	I'm Elizabeth Newcamp.
1:09.0	I write the family travel blog, Dutch, Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo, Japan.
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