Entries by e_xander

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6 days until Christmas (Instrumental Christmas Song Battle)

🎵 Vote on today’s daily Christmas Music Battle: https://pollforall.com/p3mj252q 🗞️ Check out today’s news item: https://nypost.com/2025/12/09/us-news/wandering-black-bear-crashes-christmas-parade-in-tennessee-stunning-spectators-video/ — 🎄 Keep track of all of the battle songs: https://www.christmasmorningpodcast.com/songs 🎄 Listen to the Christmas Battle Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4L8i6OUEAKUn1Z32nJ45Tp?si=87e41e380cc940a8 🎄 Stay up to date on Christmas TV: http://www.mostlychristmas.com/christmastvschedule/1/ Contact Us: 🎄 Email us: christmasmorningpodcast@gmail.com 🎄 Subscribe to Christmas Morning […]

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The Silent Night

During the Great War, the fighting briefly ceased on Christmas on some parts of the front line. The so-called “Christmas Truce” has become almost legendary. What really happened? Read some of the newspaper articles from 1914 and 1915 reporting on the story at the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America archive. Music in this Episode “Drum […]

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“Asalto Navideño” with Miguel Zenón, and the Ray Conniff Singers

This week’s episode features two interviews—one with Grammy-winning jazz saxophone player Miguel Zenón helping us appreciate the salsa Christmas classic Asalto Navideño by Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe. Asalto Navideño was reissued on vinyl this holiday season by Craft Recordings. The other is with music industry veterans Jonathan McHugh and Tamara Conniff, who worked together […]

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Christmas Podding – The Worst Gift List of all Time. What NOT to buy the ones you love this Christmas.

Today on Australia’s ONLY Christmas Podcast we have a Podcast a day, every day from now till Christmas. We uncover the all time terrible gift list. A complete guide of presents you must NOT give this year. We have the most popular sweet treats list. Every sweet festive favourite we know the world loves to […]

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7 days until Christmas (Instrumental Christmas Song Battle)

🎵 Vote on today’s daily Christmas Music Battle: https://pollforall.com/p388vpvx 🗞️ Check out today’s news item: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20251208-the-anti-materialist-christmas-rituals-around-the-world-that-swap-gifts-for-meaning — 🎄 Keep track of all of the battle songs: https://www.christmasmorningpodcast.com/songs 🎄 Listen to the Christmas Battle Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4L8i6OUEAKUn1Z32nJ45Tp?si=87e41e380cc940a8 🎄 Stay up to date on Christmas TV: http://www.mostlychristmas.com/christmastvschedule/1/ Contact Us: 🎄 Email us: christmasmorningpodcast@gmail.com 🎄 Subscribe to Christmas Morning […]

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Merry Minutes: Home Alone Gingerbread House, Little Nero’s, & Mitch Wood Interview

It’s another holly-jolly edition of Merry Minutes, hosted by your favorite festive duo — Eric Petersen and Danny Jordan! 🎄 ⁠TAP TO LISTEN TO CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY 🎄 TAP TO JOIN OUR PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎄 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TAP TO FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIALS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎄 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TAP TO WATCH THE SHOW⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎄 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TAP FOR OUR MUSIC PLAYLISTS⁠ In this […]

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Motown Merry Christmas (w/ Ken Kessler)

What’s up, dudes? Motown! The sound defined the ‘60s, the acts brought joy to everyone. Ken Kessler from Sounds of Christmas and I dive into the wonderfully odd “Motown Merry Christmas!” From the Temptations to Smokey Robinson, this one celebrates Christmas the Motown way…with several non-Motown acts?! Hosted by Miami Vice’s Philip Michael Thomas, the […]