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  Santa Has A Podcast This Christmas He was once a distant, elusive figure accessible only through letters, parades and mall visits. Now, with the click of a mouse, Santa Claus can be easily reached via email, blogs and, yes, even podcasts.

"It's a whole new way for kids to interact with Santa on a more personal level to hear what's going on in the North Pole, to hear his voice," says Todd Hustins, co-creator of a Toronto-based website that posts a daily blog and free audio podcast from Saint Nick.

"If the kids know what they're doing, it is downloadable, but you just click on it and it starts playing. We're also in Apple's iTunes, so you can subscribe to Santa's podcast and story and then it gets downloaded right to your music player."

Podcasting, which distributes audio or video programs via the Internet, is a new phenomenon for Father Christmas, says Hustins. "There's been nothing like this done before."

At http://www.santasjournal.com, the podcasts contain holiday music underneath the voice of Santa telling personal stories, like how he and Mrs. Claus vacation in the winter months in colder climates so they can ski and eat la tire, a French-Canadian treat made by pouring maple syrup over snow.

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