Just here in the dark podcast is based on scary and strange stories found around the internet.
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Welcome to The ridgeVIEW, the officially unofficial podcast of Ridgeview Church in Rockwall, TX. In our episodes, we highlight and celebrate people in our church and local ministries.
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Each week podcaster, life long Christmas nerd and professional Santa Matt sits down with one of his fellow Santa performers or Christmas lovers and talks about all things Christmas including the art of representing Santa, movies, music, decorations and more.
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"Christmas Story" With Robert Baker
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This episode, Matt is joined by Robert Baker of the "Festive Foreign Film Fans" podcast to discuss the Finnish Santa origin film "Christmas Story". Not to be confused, of course, with "A Christmas Story".بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The Legacy of 'The Santa Clause'" With Stuart Deacon Jr.
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This episode, Matt is joined once again by his friend Stuart Deacon Jr. This time, they discuss the legacy of "The Santa Clause" and its impact on our art form!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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Bonus Episode: "Reading From My Brand New Book!"
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I published my Christmas book, "Santa In His Own Words" and I'm reading a few excerpts from it to grab your attention, then telling you where you can get it if you're interested!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Holiday Photo Magic" With Jessica Rosa
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Matt is joined this episode by one of Santa's favorite photographers, Jessica Rosa! Hear her journey and learn about how you, too, can get magical photos for your Christmas performer business!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Mrs. Claus Vintage" With Shawn White
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This episode, Matt is happy to welcome Shawn White to talk about being a working solo Mrs. Claus.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Santa and Phineus" With David Milmine and Myke Hutchings
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Matt is joined this week by returning guest Myke Hutchings and new guest David Milmine to discuss working as a duo as Santa and elf Phineus!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"A Clausing Couple" With Kelly and Anita Ford
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This week, Matt is joined by another wonderful Santa and Mrs. Claus as part of his "couples who work together" series.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Be Kind To Your Costumer" With Angie Landerman and Barbara Emery
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In this "tough love" episode, Matt is joined by seamstresses Angie Landerman and Barbara Emery to discuss the rough treatment the costumers in the Claus community have been experiencing from Christmas performers.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The Clauses Down Under" With Neil and Keryn Bower
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Matt is joined by another fabulous Claus couple who live and work in Australia!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Meet The Clauses" With Bruce and Kathy Norred
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This episode, Matt is joined by Bruce and Kathy Norred, who have been portraying Santa and Mrs. Claus together since the beginning of their performing journey. They share their story and their views on the strengths of working together.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The Business Side of Things" With Dan Greenleaf
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This episode, Matt is joined by Dan Greenleaf to discuss the thing every Christmas performer wants to talk about but no Christmas performer wants to talk about: business. How to market, what to charge, etc. Dan ran a Santa agency and he knows his stuff!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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Jeff sits down with his beautiful bride to talk about marriage, kids, and ministry.بقلم Jeff Lowe
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"Turning Hate Into Joy" With Chris Kennedy
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This episode, Matt is joined by Chris Kennedy, who responded to a hateful letter from a neighbor by becoming Santa and spreading unconditional love and joy.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Coke's 2023 Santa" With Kevin Curtin
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On the first episode of 2024, Matt is joined by a very special guest, Kevin Curtin, who stared as Santa in Coke's very popular "Anyone Can Be Santa" ad.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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Shawn Carlson, a member of Ridgeview Church and local missionary sits down to talk about missions, family, and his love for the cold weather.بقلم Jeff Lowe
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North Pole Radio is sponsoring Christmas Performers Workshop "Performing Fundamentals" in South Burlington, VT March 8-10بقلم Matt Spaulding
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Christmas Eve Bonus Episode: "Reading From Matt's Books"
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Merry Christmas Eve! Can't believe it's here already! On this bonus episode, I read a few chapters from the book I wrote this year, "Santa In His Own Words". I only get to three different chapters, but I just wanted to share a little bit of what I have been working on and the lore I have created. Have a fantastic Christmas!…
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"'The Santa Clauses': Season 2, The Rest of the Episodes" With Anthony Caruso
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Matt and Anthony are back after life got in the way to finish reviewing season two of "The Santa Clauses"! What did we think overall? What parts did we like? What didn't we like? It's all here as we talk about the remaining four episodes.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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[get to know] Deacon Ashton Jordan
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In this episode, Jeff sits down with deacon Ashton Jordan to discuss being a girl dad, his time in the military, apologetics, and much more.بقلم Jeff Lowe
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"The Reverse Interview" With Stuart Deacon Jr.
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Matt is joined once again by his friend Stuart Deacon Jr., but this time Matt is the one being interviewed! Stuart asks Matt all about his Santa journey and a few other fun things!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"'The Santa Clauses': Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2" With Anthony Caruso
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"The Santa Clauses" is back on Disney+, so Matt and Anthony are back to review it just like they did last year! Hear what we think of the first two episodes: "The Kribble Krabble Clause" and "Floofy".بقلم Matt Spaulding
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Christmas Podcast Day Special: "The Muppet Christmas Carol" with Gerry, Ashley and Robert!
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Happy Christmas Podcast Day! This year, the shows of The Christmas Podcast Network are celebrating Christmas Podcast Day by cover different versions of "A Christmas Carol"! So, on this special bonus episode, Matt is joined by Gerry of "Totally Rad Christmas", Ashley of "Magic of the Season" and Robert of "Behind the Bells" to discuss the classic fi…
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"Garfield's Halloween Adventure" With Mike Westfall
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It's the second annual North Pole Radio Halloween Special! This year, Matt is joined by returning guest, "Advent Calendar House" host Mike Westfall, to discuss the classic special, "Garfield's Halloween Adventure"!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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[get to know] Deacon Aaron Gonzalez
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In this episode, Jeff sits down with deacon and worship team member Aaron Gonzalez to discuss soda, growing up as a pastor's kid, and missions work.بقلم Jeff Lowe
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[get to know] Associate Pastor Dave Anderson
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Jeff sits down with Associate Pastor Dave Anderson to discuss ministry, Star Wars, and family life.بقلم Jeff Lowe
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Just a quick ad for Christmas Podcast Network's "Christmas Podcast Day" event.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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[get to know] Youth Pastor Brian Rushing
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Jeff sits down with Youth Pastor Brian Rushing to discuss discipleship, travel, music and much more.بقلم Jeff Lowe
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"We Don't Know What We Don't Know: Expanding Your Horizons" With Ed Taylor
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This week Matt is joined once again by Ed Taylor, this time to discuss the idea of "we don't know what we don't know" in an attempt to give Christmas performers new ideas of types of jobs they can do, skills they can learn, etc.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Digital Fruitcake: Underappreciated Christmas Songs" With Ramsay Cowlishaw
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This week Matt is delighted to be joined by Santa and Christmas music collector Ramsay Cowlishaw, who curates a Spotify playlist titled "Digital Fruitcake" which collects all sorts of underappreciated and forgotten Christmas songs!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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Matt is joined this episode by the first elf he has had on the show, Myke Hutchings, Phineas the elf, who tells him all about what it is an elf does and how it helps Santa.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"All About Reindeer" With Matt Feeney
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Get your notebooks ready, this week Matt is joined by Matt Feeney of Reindeer Acres farm who teaches us all kinds of facts about the amazing creatures that pull Santa's sleigh!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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Matt is joined by Mrs. Claus Robin Ferra this week who tells him about being a solo Mrs. Claus who does a lot of work in a hospital!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Kringle University" With Jeff McMullen
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Matt is joined by the wonderful Jeff McMullen who talks about clowning, building a Santa house, and his Kringle University.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Love, Joy and Respect" With John Schimmel
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This week Matt is joined by John Schimmel to offer some tough love to the Christmas community by addressing the problem of LGBTQ+ intolerance. It's a touchy subject for some, but I promise you we come at with all the respect and love in the world.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Making Dreams Come True" With Allan Siu
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This week Matt is joined by Allan Siu, who talks about becoming Santa after being raised by Chinese immigrants who didn't celebrate Christmas, working at the Mall of America, and how Santa being diverse really does make a difference.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"A Hippopotamus For Christmas" With John McCarty and Jenny Watt
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Matt is joined on this episode by Jenny Watt and John McCarty who are here to talk to him about their new book "A Hippopotamus For Christmas".بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Skiing With Santa" With Nicholas Gillotte
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This week Matt is joined by his friend and fellow New England Santa Society member Nicholas Gillotte who talks all about his Santa journey, his after-Christmas "ski with Santa" gig, how he came to star in his own special copy of "The Night Before Christmas" and which mega-star's grandchildren he got to be Santa for!…
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"The Future of Christmas Performing" with Santa True
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This episode, Matt welcomes back Santa True, who lays out some potential futures for the art of Christmas performing. Some are great, some are not so great, and we talk about ways to make the great reality and avoid the not great.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The History, Importance and Practical Use of Christmas Music" With Bruce Kotowich
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It's time to go to music class as Matt is joined once again by his friend Bruce Kotowich who, this time, brings his expertise as a music professor to the podcast to teach us all about Christmas music, why it's important and how we can use it when performing as a Christmas character.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The Official Rankin/Bass Biographer" with Rick Goldschmidt
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Matt is super excited this week to sit down and talk with official Rankin/Bass biographer Rick Goldschmidt, who had the distinct pleasure of being friends with Arthur Rankin, Jules Bass, Paul Coker and more of the Rankin/Bass crew and has written several books on the subject.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Top Christmas Commercials" With Gerry D, Mike Westfall and Charlie Ague
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Matt is joined by his friends Gerry Davila from Totally Rad Christmas, Mike Westfall from Advent Calendar House and Charlie Ague from Closer to Christmas to count down each our top five favorite Christmas commercials!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"A Nostalgic Santa" With Chris Parada
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On this episode Matt welcomes his pal Chris Parada who not only built his own beautiful Santa shack complete with custom sleigh, but keeps the spirit of classic Santas like Charles W. Howard and Jim Yelig alive and well.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The Storybook Writing Santa" with Mike Facherty
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Matt is joined on this episode by another U.K. Santa, Mike Facherty, who very cheekily waited to almost the end of the episode to share that he wrote some fun Christmas storybooks! Ho ho ho! Plus, he teaches Matt about a Christmas song that apparently doesn't exist in the U.S.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Santa-ing Around the World" with Ian Thom
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Matt is joined this week by U.K. Santa Ian Thom who talks about not only being Santa in England, but in Denmark and Japan as well!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Santa's Younger Brother Santa" With Liam Grob
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This episode, Matt welcomes another young Santa, Liam Grob, who at 18 has already been Santa for four years and is fortunate enough to have a mentor who is an amazing, well-known and respected Santa.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The Professional Santa" With Doug Eberhart
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This week, Matt is joined by Pro Santa Shop and Pro Santa School founder Doug Eberhart, who talks about his beginnings as Santa at a very young age all the way up through starting a company that makes high-end Santa suits and a school to help Santas up their game.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"Beginner's Crash Course" With Brendan Low and Santa True
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After some time off for post-Christmas recovery, Matt is back with an exciting new episode for you! In this episode, Matt's friend Brendan is back after his first season being Santa, and they are joined by Santa True of Christmas Performer's Workshop for a little crash course in starting out as Santa. Lots of good information here for beginners, bu…
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"NORAD Tracks Santa" With Master Sergeant Benjamin Wiseman
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On this very special bonus episode Matt welcomes Master Sergeant Benjamin Wiseman, one of the many people at NORAD who track Santa each and every Christmas Eve and make sure his journey is shared with believers everywhere!بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"'The Santa Clauses' Episodes Five and Six" With Anthony Caruso
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Matt and Anthony wrap up reviewing the first season of Disney +'s series "The Santa Clauses".بقلم Matt Spaulding
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"The Heart of a True Santa: Starting the Journey" With Brendan Low
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Matt is super happy to be joined by his friend Brendan Low, who has always loved Christmas and Santa and who has recently been inspired to start his own Santa journey.بقلم Matt Spaulding
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