00:00 This podcast episode discusses the possibility of Santa Claus being associated with psychedelic mushrooms.

04:37 Santa Claus may have been inspired by the rituals surrounding psychedelic mushrooms, particularly the fly agaric mushroom, which were collected and given as gifts during the winter solstice by shaman in Northern Finland.

09:06 Santa Claus may have been inspired by the rituals surrounding psychedelic mushrooms, particularly the fly agaric mushroom, which were collected and given as gifts during the winter solstice by shaman in Northern Finland.

13:35 "It's a Wonderful Life" was initially a box office flop and received negative reviews, but it gained popularity and became a holiday classic after entering the public domain in 1974.

17:57 "It's a Wonderful Life" gained popularity and became a holiday classic after entering the public domain in 1974, leading to TV stations showing the movie repeatedly in Christmas marathons until 1993 when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of republic pictures, who regained ownership of the film's copyright.

22:36 Haven Gillespie wrote the hit song "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in about 15 minutes on the back of an envelope, and it quickly became a huge success, selling half a million sheet music copies in a day.

26:49 The heirs of the guy who wrote the music for "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" regained the rights to the song in 2016 after a court ruling based on copyright law.

31:22 There is a subculture of people who like to make it look like it snowed inside their house, and there are companies that sell fake snow for this purpose.

35:32 In Finland, the city of Turku has been reading a declaration of Christmas peace every year since the 1300s.

40:01 The declaration of Christmas peace in Turku, Finland, has been read every year since the 1300s, encouraging people to be peaceful and harmonious during the Christmas season or face monetary fines.