Can't Wait for Christmas Podcast
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CWFC 068 – The Gift of The Magi

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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.”

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00:00 – 03:38 Intro and anniversary show announcement
03:38 – 05:52 We Need a Little Christmas Now
05:52 – 09:31 Five Golden Things (Best Santas in Movies)
09:31 – 12:09 Santa Babb’s Mailbag
12:09 – 13:29 Feedback From Our Last Show
13:29 – 23:02 The Gift of the Magi
23:02 – 23:36 Who Sang It Best? (Results)
23:36 – 38:10 A Bomb For Christmas (Act 2)
38:10 – 40:18 Wrap Up
40:18 – 43:32 Outtakes

“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band
“Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki

Music for “A Bomb for Christmas”
We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Fairytale Waltz, Jingle Bells Calm, Darkest Child & The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Link to Join Us For Our 5th Anniversary on Saturday, July 18th at 7pm (PDT)
https://zencastr.com/timbabb/cwfc5

Borden Eggnog on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Borden+Eggnog&i=grocery

VOA Reading Gift of The Magi
https://youtu.be/TXWMS4KFm1k

Brian Earl Reading Gift of The Magi on Christmas Past
https://christmaspast.media/ber-months-bonus-brian-reads-the-gift-of-the-magi/

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Christmas Time in the City
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Top 5 New York City Christmas Songs

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 Christmas in July. Stay tuned until the end for the results of the tote giveaway. Stay safe everyone!

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Music featured in this episode

Fairytale of New York – The Pogues

Christmas in New York – Joe

Silver Bells – Bing Crosby

New York Christmas – Rob Thomas

Christmas in New York – Lea Michele

Christmas in Hollis – Run DMC

Links

Fairytale of New York (Cover) – Ed Sheeran

Fairytale of New York (Cover) – Ronan Keating

Merry Little Bexmas – YouTube Channel

Christmas Time in the City Website

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Author: Chris & Kris
Title: Top 5 New York City Christmas Songs

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Snow in Southtown
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Happy Leon Day 2020

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Happy Leon Day 2020
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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 – https://www.facebook.com/snowinsouthtown

The following links were mentioned in this episode:

Rankin Bass Quiz – https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/have-a-holly-jolly-christmas-this-rankinbass-quiz

What Christmas Movie Best Represents Your Life? – https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/what-christmas-movie-best-represents-your-life-hsw

Rankin Bass Rankings – https://www.vox.com/2014/12/24/7446181/worst-christmas-specials

Ralphie’s Red Ryders – https://ralphiesredryders.bandcamp.com

 

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Merry Little Podcast
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Christmas of Puritans and Pilgrims

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 doesn’t help that old images like this are floating around to support their conclusion that Christmas just didn’t happen in New England:

Christmas banned

The very same publications that provide that image also provide the proof that Christmas was celebrated in New England and it had been since the arrival of the Mayflower.

Consider this: the Mayflower arrived in 1620. The so-called ban didn’t happen until 1659 — nearly 40 years later. What gives? If they had to ban it then Christmas was a problem, right? If they had to ban Christmas, then it had to have been NOT banned for those 39 years, correct?

So what’s the story? What Christmas a thing for Puritans?

And what about the pilgrims? What is the difference between a Puritan and a Pilgrim? Did those who were NOT Puritans in America celebrate Christmas?

In this episode we answer all these questions. We think you will walk away not only with a better understanding of both Puritans and Pilgrims but of the history of Christmas itself.

If you are American there are good odds that you are descended from someone who came as a Pilgrim in 1607 or as a Puritan in 1620. It is one of the great and positive trends of this weird year of 2020 — the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower. Many are finding out just where their roots are in relation to this great and historic event.

If you want to understand those ancestors, then come to know their Christmas. It explains a lot about them all as people.

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Sleigh Bells and Mistletoe Christmas Podcast
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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #26

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!

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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #26

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Christmas Clatter
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Please, Make A Christmas Album!

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.”

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Author: Todd Killian
Title: Please, Make A Christmas Album!

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Sleigh Bells and Mistletoe Christmas Podcast
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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #25

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!

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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #25

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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #24

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.

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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #24

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Merry Little Podcast
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Predictions for Christmas 2020

Covid for ChristmasPredictions for Christmas 2020 could ultimately prove to be an impossible task. Who foresaw what 2020 has been so far?

The mess that has been made of the world by way of Coronavirus and civil unrest no doubt means many things for Christmas. In this episode we take on that heavy topic and hopefully address some issues that perhaps folks just aren’t talking about yet.

We believe this Christmas will be far different than any other this century — including the Christmas of 2001, when Christmas fell in the shadow of 9/11. That Christmas was greatly impacted by world events. Christmas 2020 will likely be even more so affected. It will be, despite the news of June 2020, a Christmas in Crisis.

Take, for example, just the issue of Christmas trees. Have you any idea how expensive they might be this year?

Artificial trees come from China. The vast majority of them ship from China in the months of February and March. What was China doing in February and March 2020? Well, the were not shipping Christmas trees.

Real trees are grown locally for nearly every country in the world. But will those growers have survived the economic fall out of both Coronavirus and race riots? (Not to mention the naturally occurring disasters such as droughts).

Will folks be able to get Christmas trees in 2020?

It’s a real question — a question among dozens about Christmas this year.

Will we be able to attend Christmas concerts? Will Christmas lights be available to buy? Meat is already in supply — what about my Christmas turkey? Will planes be flying? Which stores are no longer bankrupt or looted? What about Santa? Will he wear a mask?

These are the questions of Christmas 2020 — and more.

What does Coronavirus mean for Christmas?

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Tinsel Tunes
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S2E11 – The Beatles Part 3 – Ding Dong Ding Dong and I Wanna be Santa Claus

Welcome back to the third and final episode in the Beatles in May series. In this episode I look at the Christmas offerings from George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

George Harrison has the single Ding Dong Ding Dong

While Ringo Starr released a whole Christmas album titled I Wanna be Santa Claus.

Plus some listener shared versions of John Lennon’s Happy Christmas (War is Over)

See more over on Tinseltunes .com

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Tinsel Tunes
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S2E10- The Beatles Part 2 – Happy Christmas (War is over)

Welcome back to our second installment of the Beatles in May!

This time we look at Happy Christmas (The War is Over) as sung by John Lennon.

I also introduce you to two new Christmas podcasts.

And a new song by Harper Denhard.

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Yuletide TV Podcast
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Bonus Ep. 5 – Justified

Brian takes over the podcast to talk about the pilot episode of the FX series Justified starring Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins. Over the course of the episode, the Yuletide boys also discuss the recent movies Jon has watched while quarantining, whether Chris is the Heat Miser or Cold Miser, Walton Goggins other great roles, Chris’s efforts to avoid infecting the elves at the North Pole as the Polar Express visits twice in one episodes, and what does or does not constitute the Midwest. 

IMDB for the pilot of Justified: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1522554/

 

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Can't Wait for Christmas Podcast
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CWFC 067 – Nat King Cole: A Christmas Song’s Best Friend

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On this episode, we’ll talk about the life and career of the golden voiced Christmas crooner, Nat King Cole. We’ve also got the top 5 inspirational Christmas quotes, we’ll put some Christmas “in your face,” and you’ll help us decide who sang Nat’s legendary holiday hit Christmas Song best.

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00:00 – 02:26 Intro and announcement
01:32 – 04:31 We Need a Little Christmas Now
04:31 – 08:45 Five Golden Things (Inspirational Christmas Quotes)
18:43 – 13:42 Feedback from Our Last Show
13:42 – 30:59 Nat King Cole
30:59 – 33:21 Who Sang It Best? (The Christmas Song)
33:21 – 35:22 Wrap Up
35:22 – 34:39 Outtakes

“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band
“Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki

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The Christmas Song – Who Sang it Best

Face Masks From the Can’t Wait For Christmas Store
https://www.zazzle.com/do_not_open_until_christmas_cloth_face_mask-256024087885225530
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https://www.zazzle.com/is_it_christmas_yet_cloth_face_mask-256695863338650429
https://www.zazzle.com/laughing_snowman_cloth_face_mask-256763273001163063
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(More coming soon)

Christmas stamps available to buy now
https://store.usps.com/store/results?Ntt=christmas+stamps

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Sleigh Bells and Mistletoe Christmas Podcast
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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #23

Many will struggle at Christmastime due to the loss of a loved one. Grief can dampen the merriest of spirits, making the holidays more difficult for loved ones. In this episode of the Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas podcast, we’re talking about how you can remember and honor your loved one who has passed, through a special evening of luminaries and cocoa. And, we also hear some tips from Mrs Claus for families staying home still because of the pandemic.

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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #23

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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #22

The family tree comes to life for the holidays with an ancestry tree donned with vintage photos, lights & the spirit of relatives & history long past.  And have you ever marked a Xmas season because you’re grieving? The holiday can become a harsh reminder of who you’ve loved and lost. Create a memorial tree of your own.  In this episode, we’re taking on a unique way of honoring our genealogy with an ancestral Christmas tree. Author, medium, historian Craig McManus shares his original creation of 3-generation ancestral Christmas tree with tips of creating your own.

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Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas #22


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Christmas Time in the City
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Social Distancing II: Lost in New York – Christmas Tourism and revisiting Home Alone

As the world slowly starts to think about opening up again, Chris & Kris close out their Social Distancing series by chatting about being tourists again. Kris delivers news about the future of Broadway and film/tv productions in NYC. They speculate about Christmas 2020 and how things might be different. In Listener Mail (14:08), they revisit Home Alone 2 and it’s filming locations. Stay tuned until the end for an update on the tote bag GIVEAWAY. Stay safe, everyone. Next month is Leon Day!

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Tinsel Tunes
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S2E9 – The Beatles Part 1- Wonderful Christmastime

Welcome to another episode of Tinsel Tunes

This episode is part 1 of a 3 part series on the Christmas offerings from the members of the Beatles. In this episode we look at Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime. I’ll show you 6 other versions you may like.

And I’ll touch on some changes being made to the format of Tinsel Tunes for the 2020 season. They’re all good, I promise.

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Author: DuaneBailey
Title: S2E9 – The Beatles Part 1- Wonderful Christmastime
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Weird Christmas
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Christmas and Zen Buddhism, a talk with Brad Warner

A talk with Brad Warner, author of the new book Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen. How Buddhism can help calm holiday stress, and just stuff about Brad and Zen in general.

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Author: Craig Kringle
Title: WC# 25 Christmas and Zen Buddhism, a talk with Brad Warner

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