🎅🎄🎁 Santa, Stand-Up & Seasonal Shenanigans | What’s Up Big Rapids Ep. 43 (11-6-25)

It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year on What’s Up Big Rapids!
Chris & Pat are dressed as reindeer 🦌, Dom’s on his best behavior (mostly), and their very special guest is none other than Santa Claus himself 🎅 — straight from the North Pole!

They ask the questions everyone’s wanted to know:
🎁 How does Santa deliver to every child in one night?
🤔 What about kids who don’t celebrate Christmas?
💫 And what advice does he have for adults struggling to find their holiday spirit?

Plus: election updates 🗳️, community news, Seussical the Musical, Light Up the Night, Spicy Stand-Up ticket giveaways, and a peek at what’s coming for Big Rapids this winter ❄️.
Stay to the end for Santa’s dad-joke of the day 🎅😂 and a heartfelt farewell message.

0:00 – Intro & Welcome 🎬
1:00 – Season flip! Why are Chris & Pat dressed like reindeer? 🦌
2:30 – Please welcome Santa Claus! 🎅
4:09 – How does Santa deliver gifts in one night? 🕒
6:05 – What about kids who don’t celebrate Christmas? 🌎
7:10 – Advice for adults who’ve lost their holiday spark ✨
8:07 – Are adults ever surprised by their own belief? ❤️
8:50 – Too old to believe? Never. 🎁
9:45 – Santa’s most touching moments in the red suit 💫
13:07 – Chris & Santa recall their viral video 📹
15:15 – Best & worst gifts ever received 🎁
16:35 – Pat’s worst Christmas memory 😅
18:25 – Dom’s first bike 🚲
19:34 – Chris’s childhood drum-set dream 🥁
20:52 – Local talk: elections, Pat’s office move, Chris vs trees 🌳
23:50 – Community food-resource list 🍽️
28:27 – Bad news for Escanaba – Go Cards! 🏈
29:07 – Local gossip: Burlington Coat Factory? 👀
30:00 – Light Up the Night reminder ✨
31:00 – Big Rapids running on Dunkin’? ☕
33:55 – Old pawn shop → community center? 🏛️
35:00 – Jason Hanson at FSU Arts & Lecture 🏈
38:18 – Michigan Works Resource Expo 🤝
40:05 – Seussical the Musical this weekend 🎭
41:31 – Amateur Comedy Night Nov 13 🎤
42:20 – Santa’s Christmas dad joke 🤣
42:50 – Spicy Stand-Up ticket giveaway 🌶️
44:10 – Free concert @ Sawmill 🎶
46:08 – Next 5K benefits Mecosta 4-H 🏃‍♀️
48:45 – Farmers Market season wrap 🧺
49:20 – Home for the Holidays Dec 11 🛍️
50:30 – Santa vs the Grinch 💚
51:15 – Wish-list gifts for Big Rapids 🎁
57:20 – Craft season & Halloween recap 🎃
58:35 – Chris finally fixes that 4-year home-project 🛠️
59:35 – Dom’s corrections 📚
1:00:54 – Santa’s farewell message 🎅❤️
1:01:28 – Outro & goodbyes 👋

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