Since Murray was s child traveling with his parents to Los Angeles to watch the Hollywood Christmas Parade, he dreamed of one day being in the parade himself. Well, this year, Santa delivered a special gift to little Murray and he got his wish. Well, it wasn't without hard work. It didn't really just "fall out of the sky", but he tells how he worked to achieve his dream so he could be in the Hollywood Parade this year. He also talks about the health conditions of his friend, Michael Giles, and his stage four pancreatic cancer. There is a GoFundMe account set up for Michael and you can link to it through this week's podcast blog. Among other stories, Murray shares a "disaster" story of something that went wrong during a live taping of the "Masters of illusion" TV show.

You can watch a couple great videos of Murray (one "behind the scenes' during the Parade and another one with him helping the Las Vegas homeless), see some photos, read the blog, enter the new contest, listen to the podcast online and download the MP3 file at: https://www.themagicwordpodcast.com/scot......uck-2016

Congratulations to Joe Jubilado who won two free months of At The Table lectures from The Great American Magic Company. Be sure to enter this week's contest by registering on the blog. The prize will be a surprise but I will say it is a collector's item. So even if you don't use it, it has value to collectors.

And if you plan to purchase anything from Amazon.com this year...or next, then please visit The Magic Word Podcast and click through the link to Amazon where a small portion of each purchase helps support The Magic Word Podcast.

Thank you and have a Murray Christmas!