For the start of the new school year your hosts take a look at the 2006 comedy, Accepted, starring Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively, and Lewis Black. Along the way we discuss karaoke bars, other Comedy Central classics, Brandy Old Fashioneds, and the comedy of Kyle Kinane.
Wikipedia entry for Accepted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accepted
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Author: Chris, Brian and Jon
Title: Bonus Ep. 8 – Accepted
Welcome to Episode 7 of Holly Jolly X’masu! In this episode, I cover the 2014 compilation, “Flying Dog Christmas,” from Flying Dog records. I figured this would be a good choice for August, expecting to be in the dog days of summer, but ended up recording it during a stretch of fall-like weather.
I didn’t realize it at the time I chose it that all the songs were taken from Anime. I’ve never really gotten into Anime so I’m not familiar with any of the shows or characters. Forgive me if I messed up some of the pronunciations.
I also have to apologize for how I sound, at least in the first part of the episode. I was coming out of a horrible stretch of insomnia when I recorded it and I didn’t realize how much I sounded like a zombie until I was editing it.
As we enter the Ber Months, I’ll be covering some absolutely exceptional albums. I’ve been learning the ropes over the last few months and feel a lot more comfortable with this than I did back in April. I’ve also added some really remarkable albums to my collection and I’m eager to start sharing them with you. As much as I enjoy the music I’ve already discussed, I’m extremely excited about the albums I have in store. A couple of them are albums I’ve mentioned already, or that are somewhat familiar to real diehard Christmas music collectors, others are albums that are obscure even in Japan. I’ll be discussing everything from Jazz and Funk, to early 70s Now Sound Pop and one of my favorite 80s compilations. A bit further down the road, I’ll be covering a couple of early 70s boy bands and one of the top Japanese female vocalists of the 20th century.
As always, thanks for listening. Next month, I’ll be featuring the album, “Christmas Tenor Mood” by the Nakamura Hachidai Quintet and Hidehiko Matsumoto. This is one of the best Japanese albums I own. It’s an exceptional Christmas Jazz album, and something you don’t want to miss. In the meantime, if you have any suggestions or recommendations, feel free to send them my way.
Any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If you’d like to recommend an album for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know.
Remember, I’ve added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you’d like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. Any donations received will be put towards purchasing new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Thanks!
Listen to this episode of the Holly Jolly Xmasu Podcast
Author: Holly Jolly X’masu
Title: Episode 7 – Flying Dog Christmas
On this episode, we’ll look at what some folks consider to be the kick off to Christmas season, the “Ber Months.” We’ll also count down the top 5 people who should be in the Christmas hall of fame, learn how to make an edible Christmas card, and we premiere chapter 4 of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie, “A Bomb For Christmas.”
00:00 – 02:01 Intro
02:01 – 04:44 We Need a Little Christmas Now
04:44 – 09:30 Five Golden Things (More Obvious Choices For the Christmas Hall of Fame)
09:30 – 14:20 Feedback From Our Last Last Show
14:20 – 16:26 All I Want For Christmas Is News
16:26 – 20:54 BER Months
20:54 – 34:55 A Bomb For Christmas (Act 4)
34:55 – 37:03 Wrap Up
37:03 – 39:38 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 links)
Holiday Cookie Cards – Country Living Magazine
https://www.countryliving.com/food-drinks/recipes/a1197/holiday-cookie-cards-3303/
Christmas Hall of Fame
https://christmashalloffame.net/
Dolly Parton Releases “Mary, Did You Know?” From Her Upcoming Album “A Holly Dolly Christmas”
https://dollyparton.com/life-and-career/dolly-parton-releases-mary-did-you-know-from-her-upcoming-album-a-holly-dolly-christmas/17865
Why does Christmas in the Philippines start in September?
https://rappler.com/brandrap/lifestyle-and-entertainment/shakeys-ber-bundle-christmas
HallMark & Jess podcast
https://hallmarkandjess.libsyn.com/
Music for “A Bomb for Christmas”
We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Wish, The House of Leaves, Hitmen, Nerves, and The Chamber by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sounds for for “A Bomb for Christmas”
Coffee shop (binaural): Speedenza, People talking at cafe ambience: priesjensen, Gun shots.wav: Audionautics, Empty Gun Shot: KlawyKogut, BMX Skatepark Sample Pack » Indoor bails – body hits.wav: crazy_freerider, Footsteps running on the floor.mp3: Caitlin_100, lightapplause.mp3: shelbyshark, small group laugh 7.flac: tim.kahn, Door sounds » Opening Door 1: SeanSecret, Metal Impact: Rickplayer
All music and sound in “A Bomb for Christmas” licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Author: Tim Babb
Title: CWFC 070 – The Ber Months
Happy Birthday to us. This episode marks 2 years of Tinsel Tunes!
In this episode I’ll look at the song Winter Wonderland. I also tell you about three, yes three new Christmas podcasts. Feliz Christmas Merry Navidad Jingle Jank Podcast A Cozy Christmas Podcast
Also birthday wishes from: Brian from Christmas Past Tim from Can’t Wait for Christmas Podcast Chris and Kris from Christmas Time in the City Podcast Adam from Merry Britsmas Podcast Todd from Christmas Clatter Podcast Jerry from Total Rad Christmas Podcast Art from A Cozy Christmas Podcast
Background music used with permission from https://www.nubeat.org/
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Author: DuaneBailey
Title: S3E1 Second Birthday and Winter Wonderland
“And visions of sugar plums danced in their heads”
Join host, Glen Warren, as he goes away with the fairies and explores the history and origins of the forgotten Christmas treat, sugar plums.
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This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony journey into the realm of made-for-TV movies to discuss the 2001, family, holiday film, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, based on the famous song of the same name! Once again, as so often happens, Anthony finds himself a man alone on an island on one side of the debate – his opinion fueled by nostalgia – while Thom and Julia find themselves together across the divide. Also revealed this episode – what each of the elves feel about the Christmas song in question in general, as well as what their favorite covers are; their feelings on Dylan and Cole Sprouse and their acting abilities; and – in response to a question of the week posed by GaryBlauman – what television shows that are no longer producing new episodes they’d like to see come back for a one-off Christmas reunion special. All of this, and much, much more – including fierce debates and laughs a plenty – make this one episode you do not want to miss! So settle back with those Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Dunkin, blast that air-conditioning, and enjoy!
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Author: Anthony
Title: Episode 161: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Rikki chats with Michael Wardle, the pilot coordinator of BackCountrySanta.org, about their volunteer efforts to bring supplies and Covid-19 relief to the Navajo Nation.
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Author: Rikki Meece and Mary Richards, Christmas Podcasters
Title: SBMX Flying High with Backcountry Santas
It’s Episode 11 and you know what that means… nope, neither do we.
We revisit young Robin and she belts out what some would refer to as a wonderful Christmas song, but others would consider the ramblings of a madman. Plus her little sister gives her interpretation of Jingle Bells.
This episode’s version of A Christmas Carol is Rich Little’s Christmas Carol, a TV special from 1978. Rich Little is a famous impersonator and he plays all the characters in the story, each one as a different famous person including such greats as W C Fields, Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart and plenty more.
You can watch it on YouTube, here’s a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AdkFdOs-Vs&t=2109s
Then we get to learn a bit more about our US correspondent Scott Newman who tells us about his favourite Christmas things.
Do you want to lose weight?
Do you want to see the fat fall off?
Then follow the Spoon Licker diet!
Yes, this episode the Yule Lad we look at is Spoon Licker, he’s spindle thin, and you could be too if you follow his brand new fad diet.
The recommendation is Jingle Jank, starring none other than our US correspondent Scott Newman. It’s a great new show that takes a look at some of the random Christmas songs that you never knew existed.
Here’s a link to the website:
https://jinglejank.com/
If you want to get in touch or send me some junk mail, the email address is:
totalchristmas@gmail.com
or you can visit the facebook page or the website: totalchristmaspodcast.com
Merry Christmas
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Author:
Title: Episode 11 – Impressions of a Christmas Carol
Love Christmas, then you’ll LOVE this Podcast.
Is Christmas really a bad time to break up, or the best time of year to be single and ready to mingle?
When you take a nice bottle of expensive Xmas wine to a friends house Is It Rude if they DON’T open it in your presence?
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The Beckhams have a new Christmas Tradition and we think its a Game Changer. What are they now doing every year that will make your Christmas even more special?
Find out in this EP of Christmas Podding .
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Author: Liam Renton
Title: Christmas Podding – Is Christmas the worst time of year to Break Up or a Clever Exit Strategy
Welcome to a very special bonus episode of Tis the Podcast in which Julia, Thom, and Anthony celebrate 3-years(!!!) of friendship, family, laughs, everlasting Christmas spirit, and tons, and tons, and tons of holiday movies and television specials!
Join the elves as they travel back through time with the Ghost of Christmas Past to reflect on how far they’ve come, recount their biggest mistakes, and reveal their personal Top-10 lists of movies they’ve covered and Top-5 lists of television specials they’ve covered; while their movie lists differ substantially more this year than in past years, there are still a few staples across all three! Also – learn whether they’re happier with the current state of their Christmas movie canon list or their Christmas television canon list!
Then, journey with the hosts and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Be as they look ahead to what Year 4 might bring – including the unveiling of their official bucketized headings for their Christmas movie canon list, a tease about future podcast mascots, and hints about content that will be coming your way! And as if all of that wasn’t enough, listen through to the end to hear the debut of the new, official, and totally rad Tis the Podcast Christmas Carol, written and performed by Gerry Davila of Totally Rad Christmas!
So blast that air conditioning, settle back with your Pumpkin Spice Lattes (which – along with other delicious pumpkin-flavored drinks – are officially back at Dunkin!), and enjoy this celebration of the podcast which has spawned the most amazing community of listeners anywhere on the internet; a community that has spanned lifelong friendships and is really more like a family. Thanks for 3-years, y’all! Here’s to year 4!
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Author: Anthony
Title: Episode 160: The Tis The Podcast 3-Year Anniversary Special! A.K.A. They Call It Tis The Podcast
We’ve got a great minute this week! Join us on this journey of elf discoveries, elf music, more clock talk, the origins of Santa’s suit color, and debating if an elf’s name is “Gooba” or “Goober”? Join us as we talk about Minute 21 of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985).
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Author: santabytheminute
Title: Minute 21 – Elf Karaoke
The elves take a trip through an alternate history this week, which includes an imagined history of St. Nicholas and his sidekick Peter, as they discuss the 1999, made-for-TV movie, Santa and Pete. Spoiler Alert: their discussion is way more interesting the movie. So cuddle up by the fire (or the air conditioning) and enjoy an episode that serves as a good reminder that Christmas is on the way!
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Author: Anthony
Title: Episode 159: I Think I Just Lost My Job
With tourism more or less cancelled in New York City this summer, and the Bermonths right around the corner, Chris and Kris take a trip down memory lane and talk about the history of Coney Island. Chris makes a “chilling” announcement. In the News, they talk about the closing of the Rockettes show and the opening of the Top of the Rock Observation Deck. In Listener Mail, Kris talks about living away from family and how to make it work. And finally, in Christmas Confidential, the Chris’s read a couple more anonymous Christmas confessions. Subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode. Stay safe everyone
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Listen to this episode of Christmas Time in the City
Author: Chris & Kris
Title: The History of Coney Island
What’s up, dudes? This week I’ve got Mike and Rusty from the Snow in Southtown podcast talking Will Vinton! Yep, it’s the Claymation Christmas Celebration breakdown. We get into the rights issues, the composer, the waffles and waddles. Oh yeah, and the California Raisins come out! Check out the latest episode, and don’t forget to vote for your favorite in Gag Me with a Spoon!
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Author: Gerry D
Title: Ep 22 – Claymation Christmas Celebration (w/ Mike and Rusty)
The Victorian Christmas is named after England’s Queen Victoria. Victoria very famously and quite unexpectedly became Queen around the age of 18 or so. She was young, pretty and different compared to England’s royalty of the past. Her coronation took the world by storm and was big news, especially in America.
She was an iconic figure during an expansive time. But did she really do anything for Christmas?
Modern historians on both sides of the Atlantic credit Victoria and her German husband, Prince Albert, for influencing Christmas in the 19th Century. Biography.com, Wikipedia, History.com, the BBC and Victoriana Magazine are all examples of credible publications making such claims.
In this shocking episode we have to debunk that and expose the truth that when it came to Christmas England’s Queen Victoria and Prince Albert actually contributed little.
Victoria’s story was pushed by an American woman’s magazine who used a London newspaper’s image of Victoria’s Christmas and changed it. The magazine “Americanized” the Royal family shown in the picture. Here are the pictures side-by-side:
Is this 19th century “fake news”? Can you spot the differences? Did the new image actually mean anything? How many people of 1850 actually saw the picture? And more importantly did the image inspire Americans to actually go out and bring Christmas trees into their home?
This episode explores what actually happened with the evolution of the Christmas tree in America – and what really drove it. We take a look at Christmas ornaments of the time — and how they differed between the UK and the US.
This episode tells the story of the Little Match Girl, the Holly and the Ivy, and the “rugged individualism” of American Christmas decorations and Christmas Eve traditions. Exposed as well is yet another version of the Christmas pickle story and just what stocking stuffers during the 19th century looked like.
And, back by popular demand, is another salute to the American Christmas tradition of pumpkin, including a classic American story of General Ulysses S. Grant that you just have to hear.
In all, this is a surprising episode of the Christmas stuff of the Victorian Christmas. And there’s more yet to come!
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Listen to this episode of the Merry Little Podcast
Author: Merry Podcaster
Title: The Victorian Christmas, Part V
Scott and Jay discuss Ska-Punk Christmas songs from the type of bands that were popular in the mid-1990s.
Songs featured:
Listen to this episode of Jingle Jank Podcast
Author: Scott Newman and Jay Lachapelle
Title: Episode 3 – Ska-Punk Christmas Songs
Todd answers your questions in this second installment of Clatter Chatter.
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Author: Todd Killian
Title: Clatter Chatter Vol 2
The Victorian Christmas had it all. In this episode, it takes a dark turn thanks to the powerful lessons brought on by the American Civil War.
Is it wrong to say this is an important episode?
Candidly, I tell you few episodes have affected me as emotionally as this one did. It was necessary to dig deep into journals and letters from this time period. What they went through, how they felt and what they said is frankly haunting.
Christmas was, up to the time of the war, a more joyous time.
For these years, what happened with the war turned Christmas into a sobering, reflective time for everyone.
Nobody was immune and all had to endure Christmases that were frankly painful for what they missed. But Christmas was also a heartfelt teacher during these years. Their lessons are ones we simply cannot ignore.
Nobody teaches us more about the tragedy of the times and the meaning of Christmas — and Thanksgiving — than the singular and surprising figure of Abraham Lincoln.
We explore Lincoln’s personal Christmas history like few have ever done. While it is not noted at all by most historians we give Lincoln his due not because he was a huge fan of Christmas but because he understood the joy and the pain of Christmas to nearly every generation around him.
He saw it — and he reacted to it in brilliant, significant ways.
Lincoln partnered with a much younger but infinitely talented man named Thomas Nast. The Victorian Christmas would be marked by the imprint of Santa’s image that Nast left behind.
Though Lincoln’s tenure was brief his impact on both Thanksgiving and Christmas should never be forgotten. He helped shape what we call today the American Christmas.
The Civil War was also a huge turning point in technology. We explore all of that in this episode. How trains changed mass transportation — and Christmas. And how what was bought for Christmas shifted so quickly after the power of industries adjusted to post-war life. We learn that Christmas turned from the homemade to the store-bought largely due to the advances brought on by the war.
We explore how the war left emotional scars that are still felt today. We dig into the numbers of the Civil War. And we break it all down to a very personal level, as well.
If you listen to only one episode in this series about the Victorian Christmas, make it this one. That’s how important it is.
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Author: Merry Podcaster
Title: The Victorian Christmas, Part IV
