Beyond Santa Claus and Ded Moroz, the real Arctic winter wizard is Yamal Iri, the “Grandfather of Yamal,” a localized Christmas figure from the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. We uncover his unique powers: not just gift-giving, but utilizing a shamanic drum made with ancient Nenets technology to drive away evil spirits and bestow positive energy. Discover why this Siberian hero wears a functional reindeer-skin malitsa, carries ancient mammoth bone jewelry , and how his tradition, rooted in Indigenous culture, offers a spiritual alternative to the global legend of Santa Claus.

 

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Title: Arctic Shaman Santa?! Meet Yamal Iri, The Grandfather of the End of the World
Lost Christmas Podcast

Closer to Christmas

41 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I am talking about 7 iconic brands that release Christmas themed products, or designs each year.

Today’s episode is all about Coca Cola Christmas cans

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…)

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Author: Charles Ague
Title: 41 Days, Coca Cola Christmas cans
Closer to Christmas

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You are going to love how magical this episode is with my friends Keri, Duke and Beau. I also have fun gift ideas and a surprising life update. Enjoy!

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Mary’s Merry Christmas Podcast Season 4 Making It Magical!

Mary's Merry Christmas Podcast

Welcome to Christmas Every Day! This is the podcast that keeps the spirit of Christmas alive all year. Join us this week as we spotlight a new Christmas Character, and a very special Christmas Carol of the Week, plus the countdown and more!

You can find the Christmas Every Day Christmas Carol of the Week Spotify playlist at the link below:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0fKGUzItOL8ouAexvzkuFm?si=28b6b9a2f8654d43

You can find Kristian Pedersen’s Christmas EP on BandCamp at the link below:

https://akristiankindachristmas.bandcamp.com/album/songs-about-christmas-akkcxiii

Listen to this episode of Christmas Everyday
Author: Christmaseverydayshow
Title: Episode 22 – some new musical artists to spotlight! 🎄🎅🎄🎅
Christmas Everyday

This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth! Use promo code CHRISTMAS to get 40% off at cozyearth.com

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Listen to this episode of Christmas Morning
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Title: 41 days until Christmas (Instrumental Christmas Song Battle)
Chrismas Morning

Today, we welcome back a frequent guest on Christmas Past. Thomas Ruys Smith is a professor of American literature and culture at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. He’s also a frequent guest on Christmas Past and the author of several books about Christmas history and literature. His latest is Searching for Santa Claus: An Anthology of the Poems, Stories, and Illustrations that Shaped a Global Icon.

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Jazz Christmas Music” — Pulsebox, via Pixabay

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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: Interview: Thomas Ruys Smith, author of Searching for Santa Claus
Christmas Past

Merry Britsmas

It’s November! Let’s listen to yet another Band Aid take on Do They Know It’s Christmas, a poem about the festive feast, and celebrate the season with a revival of a classic variety TV extravaganza called A Christmas Night With The Stars!

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Air Supply 

Allie Sherlock 

Listen to this episode of Merry Britsmas
Author: A Parker Sibun
Title:

Merry Britsmas 82 – Do They Still Know It’s A Christmas Night With The Stars?

Merry Britsmas

Have you ever wondered how does Santa make all the toys? How does he keep track of the naughty and nice list? Where is his village located? In today’s episode, I’m reading the cozy children’s story “Lill’s Travels In Santa Claus Land” by Ellis Towne, Sophie May, and Ella Farman. In this charming story from 1878, a young girl named Lill discovers the magical Santa Claus Land and finds the answer to these questions and more! This is the perfect story to put you in the mood for Christmas.

If you would like to read more stories by these authors, you can find the collection online for free at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20112/20112-h/20112-h.htm

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Author: ArtK
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Lill’s Travels In Santa Claus Land: A Christmas Story

A Cozy Christmas'

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In the eighty third episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss bad queer Christmas movies, product placement driven plot, and Canadian pride.

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Author: 12 Days Pod
Title: 83. Task Rabbit Presents: Single All the Way
12 Days Pod

Sounds of Christmas

Listen to this episode of the Sounds of Christmas Podcast
Author: Ken Kessler
Title: Cliff Beach On New Christmas Music and More Christmas Music To Come
Sounds of Christmas

I started thinking about how to address Brian Wilson’s death on the podcast since we learned of his passing. “Little Saint Nick” and The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album are Christmas classics that needed to be addressed, but how or with who? The answer came when Oglio Records announced that it planned to reissue a 25th anniversary edition of Brian Wilson: Live at the Roxy. The promotional efforts behind that release put a number of possible interviews at my disposal.

This week, writer David Leaf talks about Brian in 2000 and 1963’s The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album. Leaf has written liner notes for numerous Beach Boys and Brian Wilson releases, and wrote The Beach Boys and the California Myth (1978) and SMiLE: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Brian Wilson, which was released earlier this year.

In the episode, I mentioned the new Beach Boys’ holiday EP A Little Saint Nick Christmas with The Beach Boys. It’s all previously released songs and mixes, but it’s on sale now.

I also mentioned the upcoming Strange Daisy Christmas, a compilation of Christmas songs by the New Orleans indie community on Strange Daisy Records. You can order it now online from Bandcamp.

I featured Loucey’s version of Darlene Love’s “Christmas (bAbYpLeAze CoMeHoMe)” in the episode, and earlier in the year I interviewed Cherie McCabe of Loucey after the release of their debut album, Participation Trophy Wife.

Next week, I’ll be back with more on Brian Wilson when I talk to musician Probyn Gregory about playing in Brian’s band in concert and in the studio when he recorded his 2005 solo Christmas album, What I Really Want for Christmas.

Listen to this episode of The Twelve Songs of Christmas
Author: Alex Rawls
Title:

Remembering Brian Wilson Pt. 1: “The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album”

The Twelve Songs of Christmas

Closer to Christmas

42 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I am talking about 7 iconic brands that release Christmas themed products, or designs each year.

Today’s episode is all about Bath and Body Works holiday collection

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…)

 

 

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Listen to this episode of Closer to Christmas
Author: Charles Ague
Title: 42 Days, Bath and Body works holiday collection
Closer to Christmas

Wondering what to buy for the billionaire in your life? The Christmas Cousins have you covered.

 

This week, Cousin Chad and Cousin Seth are joined by everyone’s favorite (and fabulously wealthy) Cousin Lee for a deep dive into Oprah’s Favorite Things 2025. From $400 slippers to gold-plated everything, we’re walking through Oprah’s closet — metaphorically, of course (the security guards wouldn’t let us in).

 

We’re separating the “Wow!” from the “Why?” and finding the perfect gift for everyone — billionaires, millionaires, and even a few “hundred-aires.”

 

Expect laughs, luxury, and light roasting as we crown our own “Christmas Cousins Approved” favorites.

 

Listen to this episode of the Christmas Cousins podcast
Author: Christmas Cousins Pod
Title: Oprah’s Favorite Things Gift Lift 2025: The Cousins Visit Oprah’s Closet Again!
Christmas Cousins

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42 days until Christmas (“Last Christmas” Song Battle)

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Christmas Countdown Show 2022

It’s another jingle-filled edition of Merry Minutes, the weekly holiday news show presented by the #1 ranked Christmas podcast, Christmas Countdown, hosted by your favorite festive duo — Eric Petersen and Danny Jordan!

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In this massively merry episode, Eric and Danny unwrap the latest can’t-miss Christmas stories lighting up the season, including:

🏠 Major renovations happening at the Home Alone house in Chicago! There’s a new owner in town, and rumor has it something very merry may be coming later this holiday season…
💰 A closer look at how the current economy is impacting holiday shopping trends — and what it means for Christmas lovers looking to spread cheer without breaking the bank.
🎥 A very special guest appearance from Reagan Elkins, the director of the new A Christmas Story-adjacent documentary Fragilé! That’s right — we found him! Reagan joins the show to share insider details about the 50-foot-tall leg lamp in Oklahoma and how it’s brought new life to his hometown.

As always, Eric and Danny sprinkle in their signature holiday humor, heartwarming insights, and merry mischief, making Merry Minutes your one-stop sleigh ride through all things Christmas!

🎅 Big News Alert! The wait is over — Season 5 of Christmas Countdown is officially live on all podcast platforms and YouTube! Tune in now for brand-new countdowns, festive games, and the most wonderful laughs of the year.

Show Some Christmas Spirit: If you love what you hear, don’t forget to rate and review the show wherever you listen, and follow @ChristmasCountdownShow on social media for daily doses of holiday cheer!

So grab your cocoa, cue up the carols, and join Eric and Danny for another episode packed with nostalgia, joy, and Christmas magic!

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Listen to this episode of Christmas Countdown
Author: A Countdown Network Production
Title:

Merry Minutes: Home Alone House Update, 50-Foot Leg Lamp & Christmas Shopping Outlook

Christmas Countdown'

What’s up, dudes? Mike Westfall of Advent Calendar House and Tim Babb from Can’t Wait for Christmas are with me to talk all about the genius that is Al Yankovic! Even Caleb Cote from Insert Reference Here pops in to dive into Weird Al “Christmas at Ground Zero!”

The song is a throwback to the Phil Spector “wall of sound” era, full of bari sax and keyboard layers. Of course, in Al fashion, he copies the style to perfection. Harmonically, it’s a simple I-vi-ii-V chord progression reminiscent of the 1960s.

Lyrically, the song is awash in Cold War nuclear disaster tropes. Yankovic’s label, Scotti Brothers Records, insisted that he record a Christmas album. However, after Yankovic presented the song to his label, they relented, because it was “a little different from what they were expecting.” After the song was written and recorded, Yankovic wanted to release the song as a commercial single, but Scotti Bros. refused. Eventually, Scotti Bros. released the song as a promotional single and then commercially.

Sleigh bells ringing? Check. Trimming the tree? Uh huh. Atom bombs dropping? Only if it creates new mutants! So load your gun and suck and cover to this episode on Weird Al “Christmas at Ground Zero!”

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Author: Gerry D / Mike Westfall, Tim Babb, Caleb Cote
Title:

Weird Al “Christmas At Ground Zero” (w/ Mike, Tim & Caleb)

12 Days Pod

Behind the Bells

” The pumpkins on the tree were not mere pumpkins.”

Sorry for the tardiness of this episode, but Robert is still in the Halloween spirit in November, so let’s pull a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror-style delay and explore the classic adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novella, The Halloween Tree

Join Robert as he breaks down the 1993 special, how the story dwells in the true meaning of Halloween, how the special almost got made by Chuck Jones in the 1960s, how a Ray Bradbury superfan got it back on track and how Disneyland would eventully instal thier own Halloween tree.

Music by Purple Planet and Musicloops

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Author: Robert Nicholas
Title:

The Halloween Tree: Halloween Memories, Ray Bradbury, Hanna-Barbera & A Disneyland Tribute

Behind the Bells

Closer to Christmas

43 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I am talking about 7 iconic brands that release Christmas themed products, or designs each year.

Today’s episode is all about Hallmarks Keepsake ornaments

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…)

 

 

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Author: Charles Ague
Title: 43 Days, Hallmark Keepsake ornaments
Closer to Christmas