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Welcome to the twenty-seventh class of the Fall 2025 semester. This is the original live stream, which was broadcast on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at Penn State’s University Park Campus. 📓Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET. Join SOC 119 every Tuesday and Thursday (ET): 🏖️ August to 🍂 December: 1635-1750 (435-550pm). ☃️ January to 🌷 May: 1505-1620 (305-420pm). 🧑🏫Fall 2025 Full Lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9EkWAQ2KMIIOnF_T7pdqZ6ZxOh_aOEM3 📌Fall 2025 Office Hours: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9EkWAQ2KMIJq6ug8A4bv3Vz9HVrBKrqV 📺Watch Highlight Videos from this lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Ju3rJ2gh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6XQorz8H9Q Class PowerPoints: https://www.soc119.org/25fa-slides STAY IN TOUCH! 🎥Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live 🖥️Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/about 📱Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcast: https://www.soc119.org/podcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/soc119 Twitter: https://twitter.com/soc119 Instagram: https://instagram.com/soc_119/ 📣This video will have English subtitles edited by our team📣 Subtitles will also be available in Arabic, Korean and Spanish through AI translators. 🚨🚨🚨Timestamps🚨🚨🚨 0:00:00 Topic & Volunteer Introductions 0:03:35 Santa Joins SOC 119 0:04:34 What is Your Job? | Keeping the Magic Alive 0:12:27 Going In and Out of Character | Wanting to Believe 0:20:12 The Sociology of Being Characters 0:27:00 How Do You Know When the “Magic” is Real? 0:38:07 Which Santa Would You Pick? 0:39:40 Negative Psychological Impact with Characters 0:42:39 Dealing with Unbelieving Children 0:46:54 How’s the Pay? | Why Do You Do It? 0:49:14 What Happens With Sad Moments? 0:52:53 Who Can Believe in Magic? 0:58:10 What Have You Learned? | Has This Impacted You? 1:02:16 Best Christmas Movie | Final Thoughts 1:04:07 A Message for Parents #SOC119 #Character #DisneyPrincess
