Merry Christmas in July, everybody! (And on behalf of the entire “Christmas Podcast Network”, Merry Gerry in July!) Can you believe we’re officially five months away from Christmas? This year is flying! As it tends to happen to the best of us around the holidays themselves, “Tis the Podcast’s” Christmas in July plans were derailed […]
On this episode, we’re paying respect to the late Richard Donner by remembering his 1988 Christmas classic, Scrooged. We’ll also count down the top 5 Christmas episodes of the Simpsons, give you a recipe for Rudolph pancakes, and hear what your favorite Christmas decorations are. Download here! 00:00 – 00:44 Special Dedication to Nammie 00:44 […]
In the conclusion of their two-part Christmas in July special, the boys wrap up their journey with Dash & Lily (streaming on Netflix). Did their enthusiasm from part one carry through to call this a Christmas Classic? Listen to find out! Non-Christmas topics in this episode include: the Ambiguously Gay Duo, the heat, Jon’s ski […]
In the Christmas in July episode, we get a little bit summery and sunny! Check out my thoughts on a Benidorm christmas special, the tradition of mummering (which is not carolling!), & some indie summer-adjacent christmas songs! Listen to this episode of Merry Britsmas Author: Adam Parker Sibun Title: Merry Britsmas 19: A Sunny Summer […]
This shepherd’s hook can be found everywhere during the holiday season. In fact, according to the National Confectioners Association, they are the No. 1-selling non-chocolate candy during the month of December. But just when and how these sweet treats got their start is a bit more uncertain than their popularity. It’s a story of rowdy […]
Welcome to Episode 22 of Holly Jolly X’masu! In this year’s Christmas in July episode, I once again cover a variety of summer-themed or summery-sounding Christmas songs from a diverse group of artists. I had a lot of fun tracking down these songs, adding them to my collection, and then learning a bit more about […]
Welcome to July’s episode. In this episode I’ll talk about the song Up on the House Top. We’ll take a quick listen to a listeners suggestion from last month’s song The Friendly Beasts. We touch on an idea for next month’s 3rd birthday episode. We close the episode out with another snippet of The Christmas […]
In the fifteenth episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss the game “Who Me?,” agree that Yesmare Before Christmas would be an excellent title for an episode, and share a very special voicemail from Ron Howard. Friends, we’ve missed you so much. We hope you love this episode as much as we love […]
This is part three of The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. It’s the Christmas holidays at Penlyon Place! In part three of the story, there are several Christmas meals and celebrations that Sir John, Danby, Miss Hawberk and the three children attend. Sir John and the youngest child Moppet continue to form a loving […]
We close out another countdown to Christmas in July with a sleigh ride back to the Stone-Age Year of Our Lord 1977 to watch Santa fall off the roof and a guy who acts like a caveman take over his job. Full show notes with links at https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-flintstone-christmas. **** 🎙 On This Episode: • Mike […]
Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twenty-sixth official installment of “Another Christmas Story“! This week, Lauren Simone will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-Five of our tale, entitled “My Grown Up Christmas List”. Within this chapter, we catch up with Megan, Jake, and Amy Rankin as they continue their attempts to get to […]
It’s a snail mail party. In this episode, get all your questions answered about participating in a Christmas card exchange! Rikki talks with Jeff Westover, a fellow Christmas podcaster, and the man in the big red suit over at MyMerryChristmas.com. Listen to this episode of the Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast Author: Rikki Meece […]
How will Patch tell the people about his “something special”? Advertise! Patch and BZ then discuss the cost and advantages of advertising on the “tele-whats-its”. Were “a horse in a hoop skirt” and “if you give extra kisses, you get bigger hugs” existing sayings? Does Patch already know what television is? What is inside BZ’s […]
🦃 We’re talking turkey as we dig up and dig in to a 1983 Thanksgiving special from puppeteer Paul Fusco, the creator of ALF. Find links and complete show notes at: https://adventcalendar.house/episodes/a-thanksgiving-tale **** 🎙 On This Episode: • Mike Westfall (@fallwestmike), nearsighted, hard-of-hearing turkey with a dream of making it in showbiz. • Chad Young […]
Welcome back to another CHRISTMAS IN JULY episode! This week we are diving into Scrubs for the first time! Matt talks about his newfound love of Scrubs, how Donald Faison absolutely CRUSHED it in this episode and how the Christmas feels really are top-notch in this one. As always, be sure to leave us a […]
Welcome to episode 21 of Holly Jolly X’masu! In this episode, I cover Ryoko Moriyama’s 1975 album, “Christmas Hymnbook II.” This is the third of four episodes dedicated to Ryoko Moriyama, and the second of her two hymnbook albums. This album features more traditional hymns in her classical style, and has a couple wonderful songs […]
Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony cover the questionable holiday special from the year 2000, “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” – based on the Christmas song of the same name! Though there’s some debate and trolling regarding who actually put this cartoon on the list, the elves are all in […]
Get your frying pan ready and join us on a journey to what feels like 60 million years ago back to 1991 to observe the most wonderful time of the year for the Jim Henson Company’s Dinosaurs, which by some Fridge Day miracle is the Advent Calendar House’s first TGIF episode. Full show notes with […]