In this special edition Griddlesode:

1. We hear a Christmas Greeting from Bruce Murray of The ZedCast.
2. We read “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore (1823)
3. Then we read a New York Sun editorial from 1897 entitled: “Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus.”

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Both songs used in this show are not only from the PodSafe Music Network but are also from the same artist Charlie Crowe.

On today’s Griddlesode, we share some more listener feedback, play “The Twelve Days of Podcasting,” talk about Wikipedia-gate, and lastly, finish up with a sketch that shows how our founding fathers had to deal with the exact same problem when it came to documenting American history.

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Thanks to Scott Fletcher from Podcheck Review for sending me the ID used at the beginning of the show.

Thanks to the cast of The Twelve Days of Podcasting, which include:

• John and his wife Carin from The M Show
• Rob from Podcast411
• Jason and his wife Michelle from History Podcast
• Clinton from Comedy4Cast
• Mary and Karla from The Mary and Karla Show
• CC Chapman from Accident Hash
• Franklin McMahon from Media Artist Secrets
• Corey from Redjazz Radio
• Steve Webb from LifeSpring Podcast
• Bruce Murray from The ZedCast

And lastly, thanks to listener Christy for providing the voice of Thomas Jefferson’s Secretary in the sketch called “Ye Olde Wikipedia.”

In this Griddlesode we thank some listeners like:

• John in Plano, Texas
• Josh from California
• Dave in San Ramon, California
• Tom from Kansas

We answer a question from Eric from Champlin, MN

We hear our first Audio Feedback from Michael Kreidler of Disciples With Microphones Podcast or his blog Disciples with Microphones News

And we read an email from Nick of Birmingham, UK and The Grassroots Channel

Next, we talk about some things that have been happening over the past couple of weeks since Griddlecakes created the iDog sketch for Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code (DSC#275)

And lastly, we hear the Third Edition of “Daddy Don’t Catch on Fire: And other useful advice” where Ron tells a story entitled: “The Summer that I learned that Life Wasn’t Fair.”

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