Entries by e_xander

Mari Lwyd with Benito Cereno

Benito and I discuss the traditions surrounding the Mari Lwyd, getting into similarities with other European wassailing and hobby horse traditions. A recording of the Mari Lwyd rhyme in action by the BBC. Benito’s Links: Benito’s Christmas history videos Benito’s writing at Gumroad Apocrypals podcast Friends ‘Till the End podcast Progressively Horrified Music: “Here Comes the Mari Lwyd” by […]

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December 19th – 6 Days Until Christmas

IT’S CHRISTMAS WEEK! WAKE UP! LET’S GO! 🎄Vote on today’s daily Christmas Music Battle: https://pollforall.com/p3826ow6 🎄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/ — 🎄Email us: christmasmorningpodcast@gmail.com 🎄Subscribe to Christmas Morning here: www.christmasmorningpodcast.com 🎄Follow us on social media: @xmasmorningpodcast […]

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S4E7 – Baseball Bats and Hula Hoops

Reviews: Fred Claus (2007) Something Fun: Rewritten Christmas songs Notes: Santa by the Minute podcast – https://santabytheminute.podbean.com/ The Home Alone Show (2017) – https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-home-alone-show Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/snowinsouthtown Email – snowinsouthtown@gmail.com Twitter – @snowinsouthtown Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/snowinsouthtown https://ia904706.us.archive.org/24/items/snow-in-southtown-s-04-e-07-baseball-bats-and-hula-hoops/Snow%20in%20Southtown%20-%20S04E07%20-%20Baseball%20Bats%20and%20Hula%20Hoops.mp3 Listen to this episode of the Snow in Southtown Podcast Author: snowinsouthtown@gmail.com (Snow in Southtown Podcast) Title: S4E7 […]

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Backstory — Panettone

It’s fluffy, sweet, and studded with raisins and candied fruit peel. It’s the Italian Christmas cake known as Panettone. Get ready to talk with your hands, along with me and Max Miller of Tasting History as we dig in. Mentioned in This Episode Tasting History Music in This Episode “Bushwick Tarantella” — Kevin MacLeod, via […]

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Bob Sirois on John Denver and the Road to Twilight, The Magic Of Christmas

Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to folk new age guitarist about his new Christmas album, his fifth, Twilight, The Magic Of Christmas.  They also talk about his journey from playing guitar in a rock band to John Denver’s influence, which led him to a four-album deal (all Christmas albums). Bob also shares […]

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51: The Christmas Song

Scott and Duane discuss Nat King Cole’s beloved song “The Christmas Song”. Cole’s Versions we played: The original from 1946 The second from 1946 with strings The 1953 version The definitive 1961 version Notable Versions we played: Mel Torme Michael Bublé The Carpenters Tony Bennett Natalie Cole duet with Nat King Cole Andrea Bocelli with […]

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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: A Hearth’s Warming Tail

🎄 It’s 2016, and a Scrooge-like unicorn is brewing a potion to eliminate Hearth’s Warming Eve from the calendar. That’s how potions work, right? Join us for a Scrooge Sunday canter through a “Christmas Carol” adaptation set in Equestria, the world of “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.” **** 🎙 Guests: Jon and Bin (Bin’s […]

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Christmas Podding- Noel Narcissists -We fight back against those who claim to LOVE Christmas more than everyone else.

This is Christmas Poddings 12 Days of Christmas Podcasts. A Podcast a day every day from now till Christmas Day. Today we fight back against Noel Narcissists, those people who claim to LOVE Christmas more than anyone else and rob us of the joy we all feel and deserve. We have a new idea of […]