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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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
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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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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
Title:
Predictions 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.
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Author: Merry Podcaster
Title: Predictions for Christmas 2020
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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Author: DuaneBailey
Title: S2E11 – The Beatles Part 3 – Ding Dong Ding Dong and I Wanna be Santa Claus
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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Author: DuaneBailey
Title: S2E10- The Beatles Part 2 – Happy Christmas (War is over)
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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Author: Chris, Brian and Jon
Title: Bonus Ep. 5 – Justified
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.
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
(The embedded player for the episode is bellow the poll and the links)
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
https://www.zazzle.com/santas_smile_cloth_face_mask-256358173853695887
https://www.zazzle.com/is_it_christmas_yet_cloth_face_mask-256695863338650429
https://www.zazzle.com/laughing_snowman_cloth_face_mask-256763273001163063
https://www.zazzle.com/do_not_open_til_xmas_white_cotton_face_mask-256026294215711935
(More coming soon)
Christmas stamps available to buy now
https://store.usps.com/store/results?Ntt=christmas+stamps
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Author: Tim Babb
Title: CWFC 067 – Nat King Cole: A Christmas Song’s Best Friend
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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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
Title:
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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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
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Author: Chris & Kris
Title: Social Distancing II: Lost in New York – Christmas Tourism and revisiting Home Alone
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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Author: Craig Kringle
Title: WC# 25 Christmas and Zen Buddhism, a talk with Brad Warner
Enjoy some laughs and warm feelings as SBMX honors Moms and the Matriarch of the North Pole, Mrs. Claus. Episode #21 begins with a compilation of holiday memories from listeners/contributors sharing Christmas moments made special by their Moms. Then Mrs. Claus joins Rikki Meece for some inspiring advice of helping others during these often difficult Corona times.
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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
Title:
The Christmas Hall of Fame launched in 2019 to give the true Christmas enthusiast a voice and a place to memorialize the best of Christmas.
In this merry episode of the Merry Little Podcast we discuss how the Christmas Hall of Fame works by extending a conversation that began with Tim Babb of the Can’t Wait for Christmas Podcast. Tim nominates and argues for Sesame Street and Muppet Creator Jim Henson for the Christmas Hall of Fame. We argue against him.
Well, it’s not really all about Jim Henson. It is about the many discussions we need to have about the Christmas famous — and who belongs and why.
This project begins a massive Christmas community outreach. We have contacted Christmas museums, websites, social media channels, podcasts and forums of all type to help spread the word and to nominate people, places, events and things related to Christmas. We need to hear from thousands as voting begins and continues in the years ahead.
Who would you nominate and why?
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Author: Merry Podcaster
Title: The Christmas Hall of Fame
Jon takes the reins in the first edition of “Screw You, Watch This” by making Chris and Brian watch the final three episodes of Cowboy Bebop (available on Hulu). The boys talk anime for almost an hour while Chris tries to figure out what he just watched, Brian tries to say some words, and Jon tries to be the best podcast host around. Also there’s a small Digimon update.
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Author: Chris, Brian and Jon
Title: Bonus Ep. 4 – Cowboy Bebop
On this episode, not rain nor sleet nor snow shall stop us from talking about the folks who bring a lot of Christmas to our door, the United States Postal Service. Well also countdown 5 Christmas movies currently streaming, show you how to play some Christmas games any day of the year, and it’s the world premiere of part 1 of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie, “A Bomb for Christmas!”
00:00 – 01:32 Intro
01:32 – 03:37 We Need a Little Christmas Now
03:37 – 10:12 Five Golden Things (Christmas Currently Streaming)
10:12 – 17:53 Salute to the US Postal Service
17:53 – 18:43 Who Sang It Best? (Results)
18:43 – 31:29 A Bomb For Christmas (Act 1)
31:29 – 33:27 Wrap Up
33:27 – 34:39 Outtakes
“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band
“Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki
Music for “A Bomb for Christmas”
Deck the Halls A, Chase, & Wish Background by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
(The embedded player for the episode is bellow the links)
Christmas stamps available to buy now
https://store.usps.com/store/results?Ntt=christmas+stamps
USPS How To Back A Box Video
https://youtu.be/b4xGpzn2s5k
A History of Holiday Mail Services
https://uspsblog.com/holiday-mail/
69News WFMZ-TV Report on the Bethlehem, PA Post Office at Christmas
https://youtu.be/A3UCmTr5RBk
Google Santa Tracker
https://santatracker.google.com/
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Author: Tim Babb
Title: CWFC 066 – A Salute to the US Postal Service
Chris joins Rikki to chat about his podcast, Yuletide TV. Chris and his cohosts, former college friends, review a wide variety of TV holiday episodes ranging from years gone by to current times. Each host gives his very candid opinion about each featured episode followed up with their custom ratings of “Classic” for the whole family to watch year after year, “Socks” which its OK to have on in the background while wrapping gifts, or “Coal” which is self-explanatory. All episodes are found on streaming services so you can watch and decide for yourself if you agree with the guys from Yuletide TV podcast.
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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
Title:
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Author: Chris & Kris
Title:
