UBMC 129: EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS & THE POLAR EXPRESS
This week, Leigh tag-teams it with Fact Check Jake, diving into the history of Chanukah through the 2002 comedy/musical film Eight Crazy Nights, while Lori unearths the truth behind Santa and the North Pole through 2004's fantasy/family film The Polar Express.
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- EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS (2002)
- HANUKKAH: STORIES, TRADITIONS, AND ORIGINS
- THE OIL THAT FUELED THE HANUKKAH MIRACLE
- JEWISH HOLIDAYS: CHANUKAH
- ANCIENT JEWISH HISTORY: THE MENORAH
- ALEXANDER THE GREAT
- THE REAL REASON AMERICAN JEWS GIVE GIFTS FOR HANUKKAH
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THE POLAR EXPRESS (2004)
- WARNERBROS.COM | THE POLAR EXPRESS | MOVIES
- HOW AND WHEN THE NORTH POLE BECAME PART OF CHRISTMAS
- HOW ST. NICK BECAME SANTA CLAUS AND MOVED TO THE NORTH POLE
- HOW GERMAN REFUGEE THOMAS NAST INVENTED HOW SANTA CLAUS LOOKS BACK DURING THE CIVIL WAR
- A CIVIL WAR CARTOONIST CREATED THE MODERN IMAGE OF SANTA CLAUS AS UNION PROPAGANDA
- HISTORY OF SANTA CLAUS
