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Dec 2021
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EP150: The Christmas Store, The Bigger t...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Jonathan Mattox of the Oxford-Ole Miss Rotary Club shares how The Christmas store originated and the impact it has had on the lives of thousands of children; Mike Leven was President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. One of the great hoteliers of all time—a legend in his business. Rikk Dunlap has always been a writer, and writing has even become a way for him to come to grips with tragedy. He never dreamed, though, that his work would be a regular feature on the biggest holiday movie channel around.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Christmas Store

10:00 - The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer

23:00 - The Chicago-area Maintenance Man Who Wrote a Hallmark Christmas Movie

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