Entries by e_xander

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Making A Christmas Single with Suzanne’s Band (Part Three Of Three)

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas concludes his three-part conversation with Suzanne from Suzanne’s Band about the making of their new single, “Underneath The Tree”, which is out today! Listen to this episode of the Sounds of Christmas Podcast Author: Ken Kessler Title: Making A Christmas Single with Suzanne’s Band (Part Three Of Three)

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”Another Christmas Story” – Chapter Forty – Silent Night – As Read By Sarah Houston

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the forty-first official installment of “Another Christmas Story”! This week’s chapter, Chapter Forty, entitled “Silent Night”, will be read to you by Sarah Houston – the incredibly amazing wife of our very own Anthony Caruso! (Behind every strong man is a better and stronger woman, and this marriage is […]

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Episode 35: A Midnight Christmas Mess

Special guest Gerry D. from Totally Rad Christmas joins us to discuss the obscure album “A Midnight Christmas Mess”. Artists include Plan 9, The Cheepskates, The Yard Trauma, The Point, The Tryfles, and The Dogmatics. https://jinglejank.com/episodes/035.html Listen to this episode of Jingle Jank Podcast Author: Scott Newman and Jay LaChapelle Title: Episode 35: A Midnight […]

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Krampus Part 1: Christmas Monsters, Shadow of St. Nicholas, Orgins of Krampus and Rise on the Internet

“It’s Christmas. Nothing Bad is going to happen on Christmas!” Happy Halloween!! Before we go into the movie, learn of Krampus’ origin in Alpine Pagan Winter Traditions, how Christmas Cards gave him expansion, how the Austrian political climate may have stoped any further attention and how the Internet may have brought him to the public […]

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Who is Grandfather Frost? Let’s Explore Russian Santa Claus!

In this episode we kick off the Christmas season (the -ber months) first with a new feature! I’m giving a Christmas movie recommendation, a TV episode/special recommendation and a Christmas book recommendation at the start of each episode, please commend and email us with how you think the recommendation went! Next, we take a look […]

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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Part 2: Beginning of Rankin Bass, Expanding the Song, Japanese Puppeteering, and TV Airing

“Rudolph, with your nose so bright, will you guide my sleigh tonight?” We get to the point where Arthur Rankin Jr. and songwriter Johnny Marks meet to discuss turning the classic song into an animated TV special. Time to learn how General Electric paid for the entire budget, which meant the elves were now selling […]

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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Part 1: Stop Motion Animation, From a Department Store to the North Pole, Nazi-Hunting Songwriter and a Singing Cowboy

“Whats the matter with misfits, thats where we fit in!” Time to dive into the stop motion world of Rankin/Bass! Before we get into the special itself, it’s important to go into the history of the story and song…which explains why we never see Rudolph in Santa’s gang even though he’s famous Learn how the […]