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The Muppets – Single All the Way

🎄 It’s been 10 years since the Muppets’ 2015 TV series gave us the gift of a Christmas episode, so it’s time to stay Up Late with Miss Piggy and find out if we can take it seriously, or if it left us because we couldn’t stop making jokes about it.

Becca Petunia and J.D. Hansel of ToughPigs.com join the chaos including, but not limited to: a rigged Secret Santa! Gross and unhelpful mistletoe strategy! And, of course, Echosmith!

📺 You can find “Single All the Way” on Disney+.

Becca’s also on A Prairie Dawn Companion and Here Comes Tomorrow.

J.D. is also on The Great Muppet Fandom Panel and Stick to Shorts.

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💬 Topics & Tangents:

ToughPigs’ review of “Single All the Way” (2015)

The Muppets at Midseason: The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly (ToughPigs.com, 2016)

70 Years, 70 Muppets: Yolanda the Rat and Chip.

The Muppets’ a cappella cover of “Cool Kids” by Echosmith.

“Bright” by Echosmith.

Sam the Eagle’s paintball-themed minigame in “Muppets Party Cruise.”

The Swedish Chef is married because one time Steve Whitmire forgot to take off his wedding ring and they just decided it’s canon now.

Chip has synesthesia.

An extremely rare one-on-one scene with Miss Piggy and Fozzie.

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📼 Commercials:

Pizza Hut “4 for All” Pizza Commercial starring the Muppets (2004)

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Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
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Top 10 Christmas Song Duets

Grab your cocoa and warm up those vocal cords — it’s duet time on Christmas Countdown!

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In this gigantically jolly episode of the hit holiday podcast, Eric Petersen and Danny Jordan are counting down their Top 10 Christmas Song Duets, celebrating the festive pairings that make the season sound so magical. From modern hits to timeless classics, the guys break down their 10–1 picks, why each duet made their list, and what they love most about these perfectly paired holiday voices. Prepare for harmonies, hilarity, and maybe a little friendly disagreement.

Eric and Danny also catch up on everything happening in their lives as they gear up for Christmas 2025, then team up (or face off!) in a round of the beloved Nearly Impossible Trivia Game with Producer Chris. And of course, things get wonderfully sidetracked with random holiday (and non-holiday) stories, laughter, and classic Christmas Countdown chaos.

Whether you’re into jazzy crooners, pop power couples, country collabs, or legendary throwback duets, this episode hits every festive note.

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When the Current Was Turned

In 1882, inventor Edward Johnson set up a one-of-a-kind Christmas display in his New York City home…and it changed the face of Christmas as we know it.

Music in This Episode

 

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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)

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Where Would We Be Without Magee? (Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol)

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony gather to discuss the long-awaited return of Wayne and Lanny in the brand new, 2025, Disney Plus original Christmas Special, “Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol“.

Opinions are all over the place with this one. One elf absolutely loved it, one liked it well enough, and one is a complete curmudgeon about this one (three guesses who) – but that just makes for fun conversation!

So settle in with your favorite holiday drink beside the Christmas tree, relax, and enjoy this festive episode that we guarantee is the perfect way to kick off your week!

As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

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It’s Christmas Time with Mellani Day

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Horror For The Holidays Episode 74: ATM

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Jeff and Jay battle their way through the field of plot holes and wasted opportunities to withdraw some cash! Was it worth it? You decide! Also there will be an in memoriam segment for the hosts at the end as they both tragically passed away trying the Thanksgiving Dinner Oreos.

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S7E6 – Attaboy, Santa

Almost an entire handful of Christmases!

  • Four Christmases (2008)
  • Cast of Starting Here, Starting Now – I Don’t Remember Christmas (1993)
  • Little Cori – Picture of Mommy Twisting With Santa (1962)
  • Christmas Eve

Closing songs (by us and friends):

Vista Blue – Why Does It Take Forever?

Rusty – There’s a Star

Tambourine Girlfriend – Do I Use an Apostrophe?

Dicaculis – X-Mas Eve

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18 Days, Olentzero

18 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I’m talking about 7 lesser known Christmas characters.

Today’s episode is all about Olentzero

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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It’s the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar! December 7

Thank you for joining us! See what we find behind today’s door on the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar.

Merry Christmas!

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Darcy Marta: Star of “A Mouse, a Mystery and Me”

What’s up, dudes? I’ve got Darcy Marta, star of “A Mouse, a Mystery and Me” here with me to tell me about her experience with this cute Christmas special! Not only was she fun to talk to, but she also answered quite a few questions I had with the special! Was it conceived as a lead-in to a series? Was it always just a half hour special? What was it like on set? Yes, she filled me in on all of it! A consummate professional, Darcy, who’s also super kind and sweet, really fielded my relentless questions with ease! So grab your mouse co-author, shove him in your purse or backpack, and go investigate this episode! Also, be sure to check out Darcy’s Frame of Mind Hypnotherapy to help with  anxiety, fear, or anything else you need to feel better and succeed!

Frame of Mind Hypnotherapy

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Episode 147 – Christmas Sarnie Smackdown

It’s December, so it’s Christmas and we start the show with this episode’s version of A Christmas Carol. It’s one I saw at The Theatre Royal Winchester. It’s an old time radio stage performance and it started past Dr Who Colin Baker.

Then it’s Do You Hear What I Hear and Bob Baker is talking about the word ‘Publican’.

A couple of episodes ago we had Mary Polte on the show, well this episode she shares the story of how she found out the truth about Santa Claus.

Then it’s The Christmas Sarnie Smackdown, Jeanie Mulligan, from Ireland, comes on to talk about where to be the best festive sandwiches.

Then Bob is Back with Where Are You Christmas, and this time it’s in Frankenmuth, Michigan.

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

Then it’s The Christmas Quiz and you can compare your answers with our US correspondent, Scott Newman.

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19 Days, Snegurochka

19 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I’m talking about 7 lesser known Christmas characters.

Today’s episode is all about Snegurochka

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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It’s the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar! December 6

Welcome to the Christmas Every Day Advent Calendar! Join us to see what’s behind today’s door!

Thanks for checking in with us, and Merry Christmas!

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Sonic Christmas Blast

🎄 If you thought Christmas was fast approaching, hang onto something as we zip back to 1996 and do our best to keep up with Sonic the Hedgehog on a mission to save Christmas.

Mike (Bitter Karella) and Ethan (The Hungry Reader) from A Special Presentation, or ALF Will Not Be Seen Tonight join the quest to rescue Santa from the evil Robotnik Claus, obtain the Secret to Ultimate Velocity, and find a gift for Sonic’s girlfriend from another universe.

📺 You can watch “Sonic Christmas Blast” for free on YouTube.

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💬 Topics & Tangents:

How Sonic scored two different animated series at the same time (Polygon, 2020)

This specially was originally called “An X-tremely Sonic Christmas” to promote a Sega Saturn game that ended up getting canceled.

Jay Brazeau (Santa) as the referee in “Air Bud” who says the line.

The robot queen in “The Great Mouse Detective.”

“Let the Heartaches Begin” by Long John Baldry (Robotnik).

The original “Ugly Sonic” movie trailer.

Dr. Robotnik’s in-game design looks like both an Eggman and a walrus.

The other cartoon’s theme song.

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📼 Commercials:

Sonic & Knuckles Christmas Elves Commercial (1994)

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“Sonic Christmas Blast” © 1996 DIC Productions, L.P.

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
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Christmas Memories 2025 – vol 1

The Christmas season is in full swing. The tree is up. The carols are playing. The shopping and baking merrymaking of all sorts is here once again. We’re all doing a lot of the stuff that Christmas memories are made of.

And Christmas memories are what bring us together here today. This season on Christmas Past, I’m sharing your Christmas memories in special episodes dedicated just to them…like this one.

I want to share one of your memories in one of the several other episodes like that will arrive in the coming weeks. Listen to the episode for details on how to be on the show!

Music in This Episode

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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)

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December Events

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William Shatner, Jane Monheit, and Kelly Finnigan

We’re in December now, and this week we have three conversations. William Shatner’s face is on the pop culture Mt. Rushmore, and when I had a chance to interview him for The New Orleans Advocate in advance at his appearance at Pop Expo in town, I couldn’t pass up the chance to ask him about 2018’s Shatner Claus. It’s a short interview, but I have it so you get to hear it.

The interview begins with us talking about You Can Call Me Bill, a documentary from 2023 about his life and career. The story I wrote for the Advocate deals with the way that his career has opened up opportunities for him late in life.

The episode also features a new song, “I am Falling Snow,” from Sara Noelle. In 2023, Sara was a guest on 12 Songs to talk about her body of Christmas music.

Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit has become well known for Christmas music with two Christmas albums and a yearly holiday season tour that will bring her to New Orleans on Sunday night.

This conversation is an edited version of a longer conversation that we’ll run in its entirety next season

Finally, singer Kelly Finnigan has a new Christmas single. Earlier this season, I talked to Shawn Lee about recording “Say It Again” with soul singer Kelly Finnigan.

I first talked to Finnigan in 2020 when he released A Joyful Sound, which I consider to be a modern Christmas music classic. It sounds like a lost R&B record from the late 1960s or early 1970s with psychedelic and moody touches. We talk more about that album five years later and his new Christmas single, “I Can’t Wait (for Christmas Time).”

Finally, we revisit the new A Strange Daisy Christmas, a collection of Christmas songs by members of the New Orleans indie rock community. A week or so ago I featured Loucey’s “Christmas (bAbYpLeAze CoMeHoMe), and this week’s show ends with The Self-Help Tapes’ version of Christmas Treat.” The song started as a late-in-the-show Saturday Night Live sketch that The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas remade as a rock ‘n’ roll Christmas standard.

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20 Days, Tomte

20 Days until Christmas. This week on the podcast, I’m talking about 7 lesser known Christmas characters.

Today’s episode is all about Tomte

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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