The Hallmark brand is famous for greeting cards, keepsake ornaments, movies, and so much more. Holidays would not be the same without it! This episode features a conversation with Samantha Bradbeer, company archivist and historian for Hallmark. She takes us through the long history of this incredible company. And it starts more than 110 years […]
Christmas 1920 was a transformative time. The war was over and the deadly pandemic had subsided. Life could finally return to normal. In this merry episode we take a long look at this epic Christmas of Tinker Toys, Prohibition, Lincoln Logs, Raggedy Ann, and getting a new car for Christmas. We also discuss a bit […]
This week, the elves cover the Christmas episodes of the family-comedy, Everybody Loves Raymond! While Anthony is a huge fan, and believes that it’s an accurate description of family life in a New York Italian family, Thom and Julia haven’t really seen it before and this is a first time seeing multiple episodes for both […]
On this episode of Christmas Clatter Todd has a great Christmas Conversation with Thom Crowe from Tis The Podcast. Tis The Podcast Listen to this episode of Christmas Clatter Author: Todd Killian Title: Typecast As A Wise Guy
This month we go dark and look at the 20017 album “from Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)” from ex Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen. We also have a short listen to three obscure songs bought to us from a listener. Listen to this episode of Tinsel Tunes Podcast Author: DuaneBailey Title: S2E12 – […]
We are celebrating our one year anniversary! It was in July 2019 we got this labor of love off the ground, and talked about Christmas in July. This episode includes a conversation with Jeff Westorver about Christmas in July 2020. He runs MyMerryChristmas.com. Listen to this episode of the Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast […]
It’s the 7th Episode of The Total Christmas Podcast and we’ve received another email from a listener. Hard to believe but true. This episode’s version of A Christmas Carol is a seldom seen animated one from 1991 produced by Fuji Television and Saban International Services. They play fast and loose with the story line, but […]
In the final installment of “Screw You, Watch This,” Chris hops back in the saddle and has Brian and Jon watch the original Magnificent Seven from 1960. Along the way they discuss hand sanitizer, killing the coronavirus with fireworks, taking back the term UFO, the fact the hosts are three dumb white guys, Jon struggling […]
Bring us some figgy pudding, and we won’t go until we get some. This episode covers the history of figgy pudding and why we sing about it during the holidays.
On this episode, we discus the classic Christmas story, Gift of the Magi. We’ll also tell you how to get your hands on some eggnog in the off season, countdown the top 5 movie Santas, and we premiere act 2 of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie, “A Bomb For Christmas.” Download here! 00:00 – 03:38 Intro […]
Happy Leon Day everyone! We’re officially halfway to Christmas and to celebrate, Chris and Kris are marking the special day by presenting the Top 5 New York City Christmas songs! They break some big podcast related news, read a listener review, and answer a couple questions from the mailbag about their potential plans for celebrating […]
We celebrate Leon Day 2020 by reviewing Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July, in addition to discussing other Rankin Bass specials and 2020 life in general. Please consider leaving us a review wherever you get your podcasts. We’ll be back to begin Season Two in November! Email us at snowinsouthtown@gmail.com Twitter – @snowinsouthtown Facebook – […]
Christmas of Puritans and Pilgrims is the stuff of legends. Unfortunately, most get what is real about the Puritan Christmas wrong because they believe the media and lazy historians. This article, for example, is a good example of the bad history that out there. It is a mix of truth and just stupid assumption. It […]
On this episode, we learn all about “The Santa Box” – a new film made in Utah by Spanky Dustin Ward. It’s about a girl who thinks she’s cursed by Christmas, and what happens next when she moves to a neighborhood that goes all out for the holiday. Plus, this week’s Christmas News! Listen to […]
The debut of the new segment called “Making A List.” This month’s list is Artist We Wish Would Make Their First Christmas Album” Also a “Do You Hear What I Hear” in which Todd reviews the Muppets’ 2006 Christmas album A “Red And Green Christmas.” Listen to this episode of Christmas Clatter Author: Todd Killian […]
Flying behind Santa on Christmas Eve is like watching your favorite Christmas movie. Now you don’t have to dream about. You can hear about it from the Elf who actually does it. Imagine being the elf who follows Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. His name is Elf Crash Murphy and he sees everything Santa does […]
His history goes back through the ages…and he has several names and depictions…and it isn’t Christmas without him. Our vintage Christmas contributor Benjamin Bradley is back this episode to discuss Santa Claus! Listen to this episode of the Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters Title: Sleigh Bells […]
What about children with hearing issues…and how they interact with Santa? Or when a child asks, “Santa, do you visit daddies in prison?” We have so much to talk about in this episode we call, Santa Hears you. Listen to this episode of the Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, […]
