Total Christmas

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!

It’s our last episode of the year and it’s packed in like 50 elves in a single Christmas stocking.

We start the show with Santa Claus is Not Coming To Town and Todd Polte shares the story of how he found out the truth about Saint Nick.

Next up it’s our yearly visit to see Shelli and Frank Arnold’s Christmas village. It’s a spectacular sight and if you check out my facebook page there should be some pictures there.

Then it’s Where Are You Christmas, and Bob Baker looks at Christmas in Lapland.

This episode’s version of A Christmas Carol is one of the worst yet. It’s a modern day version with Dean Cain and it’s just awful.

Here’s a link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37266428/?ref_=fn_t_10

Ever wondered what the term ‘Guv’nor’ means, well Bob Baker is going to explain it all for you in Do You Hear What I Hear.

Check out Bob’s podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com/

Then it’s The Christmas Quiz and you can test your Christmas knowledge against Jeanie Mulligan from Ireland. It was a low scoring episode for both of us.

This episodes recommendation is I’m Not Complaing with Robin and Juno. Each week my two young daughters aged 10 and 5, tell jokes, talk about what they’ve been up to and argue. I think you’ll enjoy it.

Here’s a link: anchor.fm/notcomplaining

Get in touch:

Email: totalchristmas@gmail.com

Web: totalchristmaspodcast.com

Merry Christmas!

 

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Author: Jack
Title: Episode 148 – Merry Christmas
Total Christmas

Christmas Podding

Today on Australia’s ONLY Christmas Podcast we have a Podcast a day, every day from now till Christmas.

We battle it out to discover which is the supreme box of Christmas Chocolates. Which one wins the vote for Best Christmas Chocolates?

We ask the question is it ok to travel and holiday with friends over family at Christmas, Plus

We uncover those weird Christmas Gift requests. Those requests that has Santa saying “I’ll see what I can do”

With your Aussie Hosts Liam and Ness talking all things Christmas every day with a daily podcast from now till Christmas Day

Tune In to Christmas Talk Radio. Our 24/7 Christmas Radio Station talking All Things Christmas, Non-Stop every day of the week.

Find us on the I Heart Radio Ap or

Click on the link to listen below

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Author: Liam Renton
Title: Christmas Podding – Christmas Chocolate Battle Royale -Which is the Supreme box of festive Chocolates.
Christmas Podding

Closer to Christmas

5 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I’m talking about the songs of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special

Today’s episode is all about What Child is this

If you would like to pick up the Closer to Christmas Coloring Book that I released, for yourself, or as a gift for someone, you can do so, by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/7n5QjOr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠… can follow me here: @closertoxmas You can also email me, I would love to hear your feedback. Email me at closertochristmaspodcast@gmail.com Please rate and review the podcast wherever you are listening, it helps spread the word, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. To check out any visual component to this epidode, check out my Youtube page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   / @closertochristmas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…  

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And finally, and HUGE thank you to my brother, Kevin, for allowing me to use his music throughout my show. If you like what you hear, you can pick up his album on Itunes, which can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A solstice night on Apple music or A Solstice Night on Amazon (https://amazon.com/music/player/album…)

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Author: Charles Ague
Title: 5 Days, What child is this
Closer to Christmas

Thank you for joining us! Come see what’s behind today’s door on the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar!

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Author: Christmaseverydayshow
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It’s the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar! December 20

Christmas Everyday

🎄 Fresh from 1996 comes a Christmas tale that’ll make you cry, but only because it’s being told by an onion.

Anthony Strand hops along for the ride as we buzz back to the VeggieTales’ first Christmas special, in which the only children’s toy that comes with a working circular saw embarks on a quest to find the true reason for the season.

📺 You can watch the official version of “The Toy That Saved Christmas” for free on YouTube, or the original 1996 version on the Internet Archive.
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💬 Topics & Tangents:

Differences between the original and the reanimated version from 1997.

Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus.”

Most folks call ’em green onions, but they’re really scallions.”

This Mr. Nezzer is not the previously seen Nebby K. Nezzer, but his brother, Wally P. Nezzer, who’s not as cleverly named.

The original vs. the new, improved Bunny Song.

The shelves of Buzzsaw Louies predate the shelves of Buzz Lightyears in “Toy Story 2.”

Ken Cavanagh (Buzzsaw Louie) may have authored this Medium post from 2020: “Leave Jesus Out of It. Viruses don’t care what you believe.”

The Dead Sea Squirrels,” by Mike Nawrocki.

Today’s TV Trope: Blatant Burglar.

Doctors in the hallway in “Muppets From Space.”

What do you call a group of penguins?

Two More Eggs: CGI Palz.

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📼 Commercials:

VeggieTales: “The Incredible Singing Christmas Tree” album (2005)

The Incredible, Edible Egg: Wisecracks (1991)

Mouse Trap (1990)

The Studio Demands It!

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“VeggieTales” and “The Toy That Saved Christmas” © 1996 Big Idea Productions.

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
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Title: VeggieTales – The Toy That Saved Christmas
Advent Calendar House

We’re at the end of the last full week of the Christmas season. Christmas 2025 is right around the corner. And today, we’re back with another family gathering to reminisce about Christmases past. It’s another visit dedicated to you and your Christmas memories!

Music in This Episode

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Books

Of Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It’s Christmas as you’ve never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life.

Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday’s Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

Listen to this episode of the Christmas Past
Author: Brian Earl
Title: Christmas Memories 2025 – vol 3
Christmas Past

What’s up, dudes? It was the show that taught us how the 1% lived! Bob Baker from Festive Foreign Film Fans and William Bruce West from Remember That Show? and West Week Ever join me to talk Dynasty “That Holiday Spirit!”

Blake and Crystal visit their premie in the NICU and see that their prize horse up for sale. Meanwhile, Alexis and Dex fly to London for their wedding, along with Amanda. Things are awkward due to Dex and Amanda’s intimate encounter. Jeff is pining over Fallon and refuses to engage in a treasure hunt.

During all this, Daniel Reece offers Blake the prize horse (his ulterior motive still hidden). Claudia reveals her infidelity to Steven who takes it poorly. Also, Dominique lays claim to the Carrington bloodline despite Blake’s refusal to believe. Subsequently, at the Christmas party, she storms out as Blake shares that he is Amanda’s father. Alexis barges in and demands Amanda back.

Poofy dresses? Check. Melodrama? Of course! Slaps? Only one?!?! So grab your tux, listen to the carolers, and live like the Carringtons with this episode on Dynasty “That Holiday Spirit!”

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Author: Gerry D / Bob Baker, William Bruce West
Title: Dynasty “That Holiday Spirit” (w/ Bob and William)
12 Days Pod

In this episode, we explore the most compelling Christmas-themed novels from the past 20 years, spanning mystery, thriller, fantasy, horror, romance, and literary fiction. From snowed-in murder games and gothic holiday thrillers to dark reimaginings of Santa Claus, heartfelt romances, and magical Christmas fantasies, these books prove that holiday fiction goes far beyond cozy clichés.

We discuss why Christmas makes such a powerful setting for suspense and transformation, how modern authors use the season to heighten stakes and emotion, and which novels have become modern Christmas classics for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers alike.

Whether you love holiday mysteries, dark Christmas fantasy, romantic winter reads, or literary stories of hope and redemption, this episode offers a curated guide to the best festive fiction of the 21st century—and plenty of inspiration for your winter reading list.

 

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Author: The Chronicler
Title: From Wintry Rom-Coms and Cozy Crimes to Dark Fantasy: The Best Modern Christmas Novels You Should Read
Lost Christmas Podcast

Christmas Podding

Today on Australia’s ONLY Christmas Podcast we have a Podcast a day, every day from now till Christmas.

We uncover the best Christmas Sandwich Combination of all time. We look at all the best flavors and fillings that come out at this time of year and see what matches best for the ultimate Sarni.

Our Tinsel is in a Tangle with a new Holiday Travel Trend that can make your next trip super uncomfortable and may even get you a little hot under the festive colour Plus

Are you an annual Ornament Collector. The cute tradition of collecting the same type of decoration year upon year and why it ads to the joy of the season

With your Aussie Hosts Liam and Ness talking all things Christmas every day with a daily podcast from now till Christmas Day

Tune In to Christmas Talk Radio. Our 24/7 Christmas Radio Station talking All Things Christmas, Non-Stop every day of the week.

Find us on the I Heart Radio Ap or

Click on the link to listen below

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Listen to this episode of Christmas Podding
Author: Liam Renton
Title: Christmas Podding – What is the best Christmas Sandwich Combination of all time?
Christmas Podding

Closer to Christmas

6 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I’m talking about the songs of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special

Today’s episode is all about Hark, The Herald angels sing

If you would like to pick up the Closer to Christmas Coloring Book that I released, for yourself, or as a gift for someone, you can do so, by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/7n5QjOr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠… can follow me here: @closertoxmas You can also email me, I would love to hear your feedback. Email me at closertochristmaspodcast@gmail.com Please rate and review the podcast wherever you are listening, it helps spread the word, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. To check out any visual component to this epidode, check out my Youtube page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   / @closertochristmas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…  

If you would like to check out my ko-fi page, and support me as an artist, you can follow this link: (5) Ko-fi.com – Your Ko-fi and click on the shop page to get some free, or pay what you like christmas phone wallpapers!

And finally, and HUGE thank you to my brother, Kevin, for allowing me to use his music throughout my show. If you like what you hear, you can pick up his album on Itunes, which can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A solstice night on Apple music or A Solstice Night on Amazon (https://amazon.com/music/player/album…)

Listen to this episode of Closer to Christmas
Author: Charles Ague
Title: 6 Days, Hark, The Herald Angels sing
Closer to Christmas

Thanks for joining us today! Come see what’s behind today’s door on the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar!

Listen to this episode of Christmas Everyday
Author: Christmaseverydayshow
Title:

It’s the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar!

Christmas Everyday

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Listen to this episode of Christmas Morning
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Title: 6 days until Christmas (Instrumental Christmas Song Battle)
Chrismas Morning

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

 

Order your copy today! Of Christmases Long, Long Ago

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Books

Of Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past (2025, Lyons Press and Recorded Books) It’s Christmas as you’ve never seen it before, and it makes a great gift for all the Christmas lovers in your life.

Christmas Past: The Fascinating Stories Behind Our Favorite Holiday’s Traditions (2022, Lyons Press and Recorded Books)

Listen to this episode of the Christmas Past
Author: Brian Earl
Title: The Silent Night
Christmas Past

What’s up, dudes? Is it BAB-ar or BaBAR? Michael May from After Lunch, Crestwood House, and Hellbent for Letterbox and I try to figure it out. Yes, we’re talking about “Babar and Father Christmas!”

Arthur, Pom, Flora, and Alexander, the royal elephant children, are playing with their monkey pal, Zephir. Soon he tells them that in man’s world, Father Christmas delivers presents to good boys and girls on Christmas Eve! After their amazement subsides, they write Father Christmas a wish list letter, but are disappointed when they don’t get a reply. Ultimately, this leads to Babar’s realization that the Elephants’ Country needs to be included in Santa’s regular route.

The King goes to heroic lengths to make his children’s’ wishes come true. First, he goes to the city and befriends an artist’s model. From there, he meets a geography professor with a map to Santa’s workshop. Babar makes the trek up north, and he and Father Christmas become fast friends. Father Christmas even gets to take a much needed rest in the tropical climate of Babar’s country. He also gifts Babar a magical flying suit to distribute presents on Christmas Eve.

Saxophone-playing Rhino antagonists? Check. Barbarian Babar? In a joke. Elves who’ve never seen a flamingo? Only if they look like gnomes! So grab your crown, hop on a train to the city, and check your maps to this episode on “Babar and Father Christmas!”

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Author: Gerry D / Michael May
Title: Babar and Father Christmas (w/ Michael May)
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In the eighty eighth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss purity rings, boy bands, and Jonas-con.

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Title: 88. A Very Merry Jonas Family Christmas Movie Musical Concert!!!
12 Days Pod

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 to produce A Life in Rhythm: The Ray Conniff Story about her father.

The episode also includes new Christmas music from Kristian Noel Pedersen, who appeared on the podcast earlier this season. You can find his new album, Bullshit & Gift Wrapping at his Bandcamp page.

In the episode, we also hear music from the late Raul Malo of The Mavericks. I wrote about the Mavericks’ return in 2013, but never got a chance to interview Malo, whose Marshmallow World & Other Favorites is a wonderful introduction to his charms as a singer.

The episode also includes “Two XMAS” by New Fools from the New Orleans indie Christmas compilation, A Strange Daisy Christmas.

If you’d like this year’s Christmas mix, email me at Alex@myspiltmilk.com. If you have a cool mix yourself, send it or a link over. I’d love to hear it.

Listen to this episode of The Twelve Songs of Christmas
Author: Alex Rawls
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“Asalto Navideño” with Miguel Zenón, and the Ray Conniff Singers

The Twelve Songs of Christmas

Christmas Podding

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 eat this time of year. You won’t believe what made the list Plus

What is something you miss from a Christmas of the past. The things we used to love that meant the world to us that we just don’t seem to do or celebrate anymore. Join us as we take a trip down memory lane.

With your Aussie Hosts Liam and Ness talking all things Christmas every day with a daily podcast from now till Christmas Day

Tune In to Christmas Talk Radio. Our 24/7 Christmas Radio Station talking All Things Christmas, Non-Stop every day of the week.

Find us on the I Heart Radio Ap or

Click on the link to listen below

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Listen to this episode of Christmas Podding
Author: Liam Renton
Title: Christmas Podding – The Worst Gift List of all Time. What NOT to buy the ones you love this Christmas.
Christmas Podding

Closer to Christmas

7 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I’m talking about the songs of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special

Today’s episode is all about Skating

If you would like to pick up the Closer to Christmas Coloring Book that I released, for yourself, or as a gift for someone, you can do so, by clicking here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/7n5QjOr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠… can follow me here: @closertoxmas You can also email me, I would love to hear your feedback. Email me at closertochristmaspodcast@gmail.com Please rate and review the podcast wherever you are listening, it helps spread the word, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. To check out any visual component to this epidode, check out my Youtube page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   / @closertochristmas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…  

If you would like to check out my ko-fi page, and support me as an artist, you can follow this link: (5) Ko-fi.com – Your Ko-fi and click on the shop page to get some free, or pay what you like christmas phone wallpapers!

And finally, and HUGE thank you to my brother, Kevin, for allowing me to use his music throughout my show. If you like what you hear, you can pick up his album on Itunes, which can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A solstice night on Apple music or A Solstice Night on Amazon (https://amazon.com/music/player/album…)

Listen to this episode of Closer to Christmas
Author: Charles Ague
Title: 7 Days, Skating
Closer to Christmas