It may be warm and summery where you are but Mrs. Claus, aka Bernadette Dimitrov, reminds listeners to her podcast show, Conversations with Mrs. Claus, that Christmas is only six months away. The Christmas in July special podcast series celebrates the season by bringing guests that share information, insights, and good will. The five week series starts off with the show’s regular holiday and spirituality expert Nina Amir discussing Independence Day from a spiritual and transformational perspective. Then Christmas in July kicks off with Michael Rielly, a third generation Santa Claus. The following three weeks Mrs. Claus visits with three more Santas; Santa Oz, the Wizard in New York; Santa Scott E Bananas, a young healthy Santa who wants to be a role model for children; and finally Phil Wenz who has been called the most experienced Santa in the world who gives highlights of behind the scenes happenings at the 2009 Celebrate Santa Convention. As always, Mrs. Claus answers Christmas questions that come in from all over the world.
This month's podcasts start with Mrs. Claus speaking with Nina Amir, the show’s regular holiday and spirituality expert at making life and holidays meaningful and spirit-full no matter what your beliefs. On this call Amir takes listeners on a journey to discover a deeper understanding and celebration of Independence Day. Listeners will discover its history, celebrations and unique traditions around the world. Amir gives tips on how to celebrate this holiday at a deeper more meaningful level to transform listener’s lives to a new level; a deeper level to live life more fully. PureSpiritCreations.com is Amir’s website.
The second week of the series kicks off the ‘Christmas in July’ special podcasts with Mrs. Claus speaking with Michael Rielly, who has portrayed Santa Claus for over 18 years and is a third generation Santa Claus. He is the grandson of Rhode Island's most famous Santa, James D. Rielly, Michael was also the Media and Public Relations Director for Celebrate Santa 2009. He is the founder of ClausNET.com the internet's largest online resource and social network for Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, and Elves. Listeners get up-close and personal, fun and joyous, memories and stories that will warm their hearts this Christmas in July. Rielly’s website is Clausnet.com
The third week of the series Mrs. Claus speaks with Vernon Phillips aka Santa Vern. Phillips is also known as Sergeant Santa and Santa Oz the Wizard. He’s been a Santa for more than 43 years and he and his Bonnie Claus are the owners of ‘Santa’s Place’ in New York. He is a member of The 157th New York State Volunteer Civil War Re-enactors and is their Civil War Santa Sergeant Santa! As Santa Oz the Wizard, he paid homage to the Wizard of Oz Parade during its 100 year anniversary and was honored to be its special Santa. Listeners will enjoy a unique experience with a real bearded Santa, as he shares insights into his life, loves and talks about his recently released book ‘A Reindeer Named Flag’! Phillips website is: aSantaPlace.com
The fourth week of the series host Mrs. Claus visits Santa Scott E Bananas. He is a young Santa on a mission to make a difference. He’s been declared the ‘real’ Santa Claus by many people in Aruba, a place he dearly loves. Santa Scott is also hoping to be a catalyst for an image change of Santa, moving away from the traditional round belly to a healthier, trimmer and fitter Santa to inspire and model good health habits and exercise routines for children. He’s promoting a new sport called Beach Tennis based on Santa's premise of "unlimited giving" with equipment and tournament proceeds going to charity. He wants to see it as the first Olympic sport founded on the principle of charity. He believes it’s time that Santa Claus, the greatest icon of giving, wins the Nobel Peace Prize and would like to get started on projects that will do a lot of good while at the same time having a lot of fun! Listeners will discover how they can get involved and support this Santa’s vision.
The fifth week of the series sees Mrs. Claus visit Phil Wenz, Executive Producer and Special Projects Chairperson for the history-making Celebrate Santa Convention that was held in Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA in March 2009. Wenz is also a renowned legendary Santa Claus, and author, who has appeared on TV, radio and in print media. He’s been dubbed as the most experienced Santa Claus in the world. On this show Wenz recaps and shares highlights from behind the scenes at the historic first Celebrate Santa Convention, the biggest gathering of Santa Clauses, Mrs. Clauses and helpers from around the world. The gathering was the first of a new annual event that began on the 70th anniversary of the very first official gathering of Santas held in New York 1939. The convention in March of this year was a celebration that made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The convention attracted national and international media attention as it cemented itself into the history books. CelebrateSanta.com is the convention’s website.
Each week children and adults have the opportunity to send a Christmas-related question to Mrs. Claus. Here are some of the questions answered in this series:
Panna from Mumbai, India asks Mrs. Claus:
"Is it true that birds get a special Christmas dinner in some countries?"
Ken from Derby in England asks Mrs. Claus:
"Can you share some fun Christmas facts?"
Alice from Fiji asks Mrs. Claus:
"What is an old Christmas drink tradition?"
Donna from Adelaide in Australia asks Mrs. Claus:
"How and when did Santa come to be in department stores?"
Earl from Georgia in the USA asks Mrs. Claus:
”What are some insights you can share about the new Santa Clause Coat of Arms?”
Each week Mrs. Claus reveals a magic secret from the North Pole that will reveal how listeners can transform their life. Christmas is revealed as being not just about one day of the year, but about living and projecting the 'spirit' of Christmas every day for a truly fulfilled and great life from the inside out.
Dimitrov is anAustralian Christmas author, inspirational speaker, workshop leader and podcast show host who embodies the spirit of Christmas with her joy and generousity.'Conversations with Mrs. Claus' podcast show is a family show that is heard in more than 90 countries and found on global media network Yaktivate.com’
Listeners can win prizes including the world's best Christmas e-Book and audio book "The HoHoHo Factor" by Bernadette Dimitrov. Listeners will find it full of Christmas insights, symbols, meanings, history, fun trivia, controversy, traditions, Santa's wisdom and inspirational tools for a fulfilled and happy life. Also in this series are added extra prizes from guests but listeners will have to listen to the podcasts to find out how to get them!
Sponsors for this series:
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Total health mastery: www.THMastery.com
Raphael Cushnir: www.LivingTheQuestions.org & www.HeartonFire.org
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