{"id":6996,"date":"2025-12-18T09:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=6996"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:43:24","slug":"a-geek-christmas-story-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2025\/12\/18\/a-geek-christmas-story-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"A Geek Christmas Story (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2025\/12\/AlbumArt-AGCS-2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chuckchat.com\/images\/AlbumArt-AGCS.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cMattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80\u2032s, dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9445\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6996-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/chuckchat.com\/media\/fit\/AGCS-2009.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/chuckchat.com\/media\/fit\/AGCS-2009.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/chuckchat.com\/media\/fit\/AGCS-2009.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/chuckchat.com\/media\/fit\/AGCS-2009.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AGCS-2009.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Written By:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spyndle.com\/\"><br>Kreg Steppe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/douglasewelch.com\/\">Douglas E. 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