Old holiday, new ideas

<p>This week, Christopher Spata joins the podcast.</p><p>Spata, a features writer for the <em>Tampa Bay Times</em>, is particularly adept at finding stories that others might never think about or overlook, and particularly at the holidays.</p><p>Read the stories mentioned in the podcast: <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/how-do-you-rent-a-reindeer-in-florida-its-complicated/2305517" target="_blank">How to rent a reindeer?</a> <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/want-to-be-santa-get-used-to-tough-questions-and-heartbreaking-requests/2340912" target="_blank">Want to be Santa?</a> <a href="https://www.tampabay.com/data/2017/12/20/the-2017-santa-census/" target="_blank">The Santa census.</a> </p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>