A Visit from St. Nicholas
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Sep 9, 2026
Rob KingHOST
You know, obviously you guys are on the offensive side, but, I mean, Dick LeBeau to me is one of those guys that's just, they're just certain human beings who are just different, you know.
Rob KingHOST
And he just, of course, I never played for the Steelers, but just hearing the stories, I mean, what kind of guy can sit down in a room and do Twas the Night Before Christmas to a football team.
Rob KingHOST
A group of, you know, super aggressive alpha males, and they're all like, yes, that hit the spot, man.
Rob KingHOST
I mean, just, you know, great golfer, Hall of Fame player.
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Max StarksHOST
And he's just always had that.
Max StarksHOST
And like you said, you know, one of the fondest memories, of course, is Christmastime, Will.
Max StarksHOST
When Coach LeBeau would get in front of all of us, and Rob, you can appreciate this as an author and writer, he pinned his own open for Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Max StarksHOST
He wrote his own intro in verbatim and in the context and cadence of of Clement Clark Moore.
Neeve KellyGUEST
But, um, yeah, so, so he was i- influenced by him as like a jolly, old, fat guy, you know what I mean? Um, with the red suit and stuff.
Neeve KellyGUEST
So he like took the, the, you know, the, the, w- whatever it's called, the lyrics of the poem and he, um, interpreted him as, uh, Santa.
Neeve KellyGUEST
And because Coke was so ubiquitous and because Coke's advertising was everywhere, it was in like the Saturday Evening Post, it was in the most popular, you know what I mean, publications, that like we accidentally, um, transformed what Santa looks like in the minds of the world.
Neeve KellyGUEST
Do you know what I mean? And, uh, we didn't, it wasn't intentional, but we, we get a lot of credit for that.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
And as they sat talking before the fire, Anne Caraway suddenly remembered Nicholas's present and gave it to him.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Untying the red cord, Nicholas drew from its wrapping a flat red book with A Visit from Saint Nicholas printed on the cover.
WaffleVOICE_ACTOR
"It's a jolly book,"
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Said he.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
When they had all eaten as much as they could, the wishing table disappeared, and as they sat talking before the fire, Anne Caraway suddenly remembered Nicholas's present and gave it to him.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Untying the red cord, Nicholas drew from its wrapping a flat red book with A Visit from St. Nicholas printed on the cover.
WaffleVOICE_ACTOR
"It's a jolly book,"
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
said he.
Miles EadieHOST
When Elfman as Jack sings, "There's something out there far from my home, a longing that I've never known," the lyrics have the same honesty as John Lennon crying out for help or Lady Gaga telling us that she was born this way.
Miles EadieHOST
The story started life as a poem written by Tim Burton during his early days as a Disney animator.
Miles EadieHOST
Once Burton had proved himself with mega hits like Beetlejuice and put the goth in Gotham in 1989's Batman, Disney was better able to understand this project.
Miles EadieHOST
It was released under the adult-friendly Touchstone label, as if to say, "This one's not for the princess crowd." The story rejects the typical Disney binary.
Miles EadieHOST
It's both Halloween and Christmas, both horror and musical.
Miles EadieHOST
This is a film for the goths who love glitter and for anyone who lives between the categories.
Miles EadieHOST
[suspenseful music] In 1982, when the young Tim Burton was working as an animator for Walt Disney Productions, he wrote the first iteration of The Nightmare Before Christmas as a three-page poem.
Miles EadieHOST
Burton struggled to find his role at Disney.
Jonathan GreenGUEST
But yeah, generally some of them are very, very loosely based on things.
Jonathan GreenGUEST
So 'Twas the Krampus Night Before Christmas is based on A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore, which is the poem "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." So obviously there's only so much you can do with that.
Jonathan GreenGUEST
But for me the main thing is that you need to hit certain story beats, otherwise what's the point in adapting that story? So for example, when I did Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland, that is written as if it's a sequel, and to begin with, it starts off very like the original, but then it quickly diverges and it's following the nature of a dream in that Alice doesn't remember having been there before, but other characters in Wonderland do, and she gradually pieces the puzzle together.
Jonathan GreenGUEST
So you've got to meet the Cheshire Cat, you've got to have the Mad Hatter and the tea party.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
And as they sat talking before the fire, Anne Caraway suddenly remembered Nicholas's present and gave it to him.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Untying the red cord, Nicholas drew from its wrapping a flat red book with A Visit from St. Nicholas printed on the cover.
speaker_34VOICE_ACTOR
"It's a jolly book," said he.
speaker_34VOICE_ACTOR
"You read it to us, Anne Caraway."
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Christmas Eve in Chelsea.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
"Will you ride down to the night before Christmas country in our orange taxi, or must we leave you at the Pennsylvania Station?" said Anne Carraway to John Moon as they came out of the Favorite, loaded down with presents.
Aaron SproullVOICE_ACTOR
"I'd love to come to Chelsea with Nicholas,"
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
John Moon replied.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
"I'd like to be a postman," said Nicholas.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
"It sounds wonderful."
Jen BrodaVOICE_ACTOR
"We're coming to the night before Christmas country," Anne Caraway exclaimed at 24th Street.
Jen BrodaVOICE_ACTOR
"Prepare for surprises, Nicholas.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
And as they sat talking before the fire, Anne Caraway suddenly remembered Nicholas's present and gave it to him.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Untying the red cord, Nicholas drew from its wrapping a flat red book with "A Visit from St. Nicholas" printed on the cover.
WaffleVOICE_ACTOR
It's a jolly book.
Lynette CalkinsNARRATOR
Said he.
speaker_0HOST
And it inspired him to write a three-page poem.
speaker_0HOST
He borrowed heavily from the acoustic rhythm of Clement Clarke Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, and the thematic style of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
speaker_1HOST
That classic meter.
speaker_0HOST
He essentially wrote a few stanzas about Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, getting bored and deciding to hijack a holiday he doesn't understand.