{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"TMCP #633: The 2025 Christmas Show: 17th Annual Feature Interview with Santa Claus – Does The Sleigh Have Turbine Power?","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/tmcp-633-the-2025-christmas-show-17th-annual-feature-interview-with-santa-claus-does-the-sleigh-have-turbine-power","audioUrl":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/tmcpnetwork/The_MusclecarPlace_Podcast_Episode633_12172025_Robert_Kibbe____Podcast__0___.mp3","description":"’Tis the season, and it’s time once again for the Christmas episode of The Muscle Car Place—a tradition now 17 years strong. We’re thrilled to welcome our most exclusive guest of the year, known by many names around the world, but to us he’ll always be Santa Claus. 2025 was a whirlwind year filled with unforgettable moments alongside the Holley MoParty and the Kibbe & Friends gang, from epic parking lot steak dinners to incredible interviews with creators and automotive legends, capped off by the best SEMA experience I’ve had since debuting my Chevelle. We came home with a mountain of great content, lasting memories, and gratitude for the amazing community that continues to surround this show.\nAs always, this episode also pauses to remember the real reason for the season—the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. If the noise of Christmas has made it easy to miss that truth, Linus Van Pelt said it best long ago by reading Luke 2:8–14, which we share again in this episode. If that message stirs something in your heart—whether it’s brand new or something you’ve drifted away from—know that you can always come home, and Christmas is a perfect time to do it. If you’d like to learn more about accepting Christ’s gift to you, I or anyone on our staff would be honored to talk with you.\nThe post TMCP #633: The 2025 Christmas Show: 17th Annual Feature Interview with Santa Claus – Does The Sleigh Have Turbine Power? first appeared on The Muscle Car Place."},"annotations":[{"startTime":673.0,"endTime":684.0,"type":"concept","title":"Legends car","url":"/glossary/legends-car","quote":"[673.0s] 2025 was just developing. He and I probably logged about 15,000 miles in my truck between April to October and he ran almost 30 races in a Legends car.","canonicalId":"concept:legends-car","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.95,"source":"openai/gpt-oss-20b","data":{"explanation":"A Legends car is a low‑cost, 1/5 scale stock car used in grassroots racing series. 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