Truffles Meets Santa & the Parks That Hold Our Hearts

About this episode

In this episode, Truffles the dog meets Santa Claus at PetSmart while exploring the meaning of the holiday season.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Cornbread & Buttermilk, we do what decent people often do when the season turns—we put the dog in Jasper the Jeep and go looking for meaning in an unlikely place. Truffles, still young enough to believe the world is mostly good, is taken to meet Santa Claus at PetSmart, a bearded man dressed in red who smells faintly of pine, kibble, and human effort. The dog studies him carefully, as if deciding whether grace might come wrapped in a velvet coat. From t...

People in this episode

Host: Western C. Cain

Topics covered

• holiday season
• pets
• family outings
• Santa Claus
• finding meaning

Keywords

• Truffles
• Santa Claus
• PetSmart
• holiday
• family
• dogs
• meaning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PetSmart

Places: Jasper the Jeep

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