The Dear Santa Podcast
If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, why limit it to the imaginary margins of Thanksgiving and New Years? The Dear Santa podcast unwraps the wonder and magic of the holiday season through all the seasons. Yuletide super fans Jason M. Burns and Kate Kasch have set out to experience a holly jolly jubilant journey through the past, present, and future of Christmas, with their good friend Saint Nicholas helping to deliver a new episode under the tree each and every Monday.
Episodes

Aug 25, 2025
Aug 25, 2025
28 min
Those sets won't Christmas themselves. We learn what it takes to make a holiday movie look like the holidays with writer/director John Stimpson.

Aug 18, 2025
Aug 18, 2025
24 min
Christmas can be a classroom. Don’t believe us? Our chat with Dr. Diane of Dr. Diane’s Adventures in Learning may just teach you a thing or two.

Aug 11, 2025
Aug 11, 2025
20 min
Society has been using the phrase, “You’re such a Scrooge!” all wrong. We get to the reasons why with author and creative strategist CJ Casciotta.

Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
19 min
Traditions vary from house to house. For some, gathering around the table and interlocking tiny, incomplete images is a holiday habit that is centuries old. We're talking Christmas puzzles with Elizabeth LoVecchio of Buffalo Games.

Jul 28, 2025
Jul 28, 2025
20 min
Stockings. They’re hung by the chimney with care and dangling from our memories. We sit down with Garbage Pail Kids artist Joe Simko to discuss those tiny treats tucked inside on Christmas morning.

Jul 21, 2025
Jul 21, 2025
23 min
We’re trekking across the globe as part of our Destination Christmas series. The sleigh is making a stop at the Madisonville Christmas Company this time around for chat with its founder, Ashley Rentz.

Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
21 min
You trimmed it, but how did that Christmas tree find its way to your living room? We explore the seed-to-Santa journey of your exquisite evergreen by chatting with a real-life Christmas tree farmer.

Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
23 min
He’s a self-described Grinch, but we think Nathan Witte’s heart grew three-sizes bigger during this interview. He's also starring in Unwrapping Christmas: Mia’s Prince, so holiday points regardless!

Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
22 min
When it comes to holiday movies, Santa leaves more tropes under the tree than toys. We’re breaking down the best and worst Christmas movie clichés with special guest, screenwriter Nate Atkins!

Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
23 min
Just in time for Christmas in July, we sit down with Hallmark star Kathryn Davis to discuss her new movie, Unwrapping Christmas: Mia's Prince.







