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FELIKS BANEL

KIRO Radio presents ‘Stocking Full of Northwest Holiday History’

Dec 23, 2021, 3:07 PM | Updated: Dec 24, 2021, 2:18 pm
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Vintage longtime favorite Seattle Santa Claus John Casebier punches in for work in the 1930s. (Courtesy Feliks Banel)
(Courtesy Feliks Banel)
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Reporting live from Seattle's past

For Christmas 2021, KIRO Radio resident historian Feliks Banel presents an hour-long special looking back at favorite Northwest holiday history stories from Seattle’s Morning News.

Stories featured in the holiday special include:

You can hear Feliks every Wednesday and Friday morning on Seattle’s Morning News, read more from him here, and subscribe to The Resident Historian Podcast here. If you have a story idea, please email Feliks here.

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The ash cloud from Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980 brought darkness to Eastern Washington; this ph...
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Local music legend Chris Ballew’s bizarre story of surviving the eruption of Mount St. Helens

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All Over The Map: Searching for Washington’s historic smokestacks

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History of abortion laws and politics in the Evergreen State

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How Seattleites observed VE Day in 1945

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KIRO Radio presents ‘Stocking Full of Northwest Holiday History’