Happy Monday, y’all! After a week off due to circumstances beyond our control, we are back!

Journey with Thom, Julia, and Anthony to Smurf Village to discuss the 1982 TV Show, “The Smurfs Christmas Special“! Listen as they discuss their histories with this race of blue people, three apples high, and pose a question to the listeners about what each of their Smurf names would be!

This is a fun, festive, and nostalgic episode you want to be sure not to miss! So, settle back and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y’all!

Happy Leon Day, Christmas Fanatics! That’s right – we are officially halfway to Christmas 2022! Can you believe it? Where has the time gone? It’s all down hill from here! So, buckle in, because time is only going to speed up from this point out!

As a special treat to celebrate the occasion, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they break format a little bit and just talk in a free-for-all type of manner! What’s discussed? Christmas content coming our way later this year – on the podcast schedule, and more broadly in terms of music and via services like Disney Plus! In addition, they discuss Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, Christmas shopping, recent pop culture news, and Thom even shares an embarrassing – albeit heartwarming – story about Anthony!

If you like our weekly beginning-of-the-episode banter, this is one fun episode you want to be sure not to miss! So, settle back and enjoy, y’all!

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

This week, the elves are joined by Brother Christmas himself, Todd Killian of Christmas Clatter to discuss the questionably Christmassy movie, L.A. Confidential, starring Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and Kevin Spacey. Hear the joyful debate on the status of this movie, our take on film noir, and multiple attempts to end the episode.

Grab a chilled Christmas drink, sit by the pool, and enjoy!

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy Memorial Day! We hope that as you’re all enjoying your barbecues this long weekend you take a moment to reflect on all of those who died during active military service.

To celebrate the end of May (if you can believe we’re there already!), Julia, Thom, and Anthony journey back to 1947 to discuss the holiday classic, “The Bishop’s Wife“! How does it compare to the 1996 remake, “The Preacher’s Wife“? And which film do the elves not only prefer, but feel is more Christmassy? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

So settle in and enjoy this fun episode which will serve as the perfect way to bring your long weekend, and the long month of May, to a close! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! And get excited – because we are nearly HALFWAY TO CHRISTMAS! 🎅🏻 🎄 🎁 🦌 ⛄️ 🦉 🔔 🚂 🤶🏻 ❄️ 🎀

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Can you believe that we’re already over halfway through May?! Where is time going?!

Journey back 30 years through time with the elves, all the way to the year of 1992, to discuss the Romeo Muller Christmas special, “Noël“, which was marketed as “a Christmas story for all generations”! Does the little red Christmas ornament, who has a happiness, live up to the tagline that describes his short film? Can he spread holiday cheer and share his happiness with all of the elves, or is this special just too surreal? How does having a history and nostalgia with this cartoon affect Anthony’s rankings, and how does it play for Thom and Julia who had no idea this cartoon existed and are seeing it for the first time? All of these questions, and more, will be answered in this fun filled, “Mystery Science Theater 3000“-esque episode that’s sure to bring a smile to your face!

So settle in and enjoy this fun episode which will serve as the perfect way to kick off the week! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻 🎄 🎁 🦌 ⛄️ 🦉 🔔 🚂 🤶🏻 ❄️ 🎀

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy May! Can you believe we’re in month five of the year already? We are officially over Halfway to Halloween, which means we’re over Halfway to our beloved ‘Ber Months! On top of which, we’re just under two months from the Halfway point to Christmas – Leon Day! This year is flying, so make sure to enjoy every second of it because we’ll be on that official downward slope before you know it!

This week, the elves travel back to the land of Hallmark Christmas movies to cover the 2020 original, “One Royal Holiday” – one of many that feature a fictional European kingdom that, for some reason or another, features a royal family that sounds British! As longtime listeners of the show will know, Julia, Thom, and Anthony all have a love/hate relationship with Hallmark films. How does this one fare with our hosts? Is it a massive win or a swing and a miss? You’ll just have to tune in to find out! Just make sure to let us know what you think of this film as well, and whether or not you agree or disagree with our takes, on any of our social media pages, all of which you can access at https://linktr.ee/TisThePodcast.com !

In addition, we’d like your help with preparing for our upcoming 5 year (!!!!!) anniversary episode/Christmas in July Spectacular! How, you may ask? Well, much has been said about our list and our rankings over the years – and how low or high some movies are rated, or how harsh or lenient we were with certain specials. Well, now is your chance to weigh in! Because to celebrate our 5 years, we will be hosting “The Oscars” of Christmas movies, dishing out awards such as “Best Movie”, “Best Score”, “Best Lead Actor”, etc. And guess who wants to choose the winners? All of you!

So, if you have a few minutes during your day today, please allow your voice to be heard and cast your votes for your perceived winners of each category at the following link:

https://forms.gle/4mPRDHSfERhRHTEP9 .

You’ll notice that there are a lot of nominees in each category, so there will be two rounds of voting. This initial round will be open until Mid May. After which, you’ll get a chance to vote again on all the same categories that have less nominees, which will be narrowed down and chosen based on this round of voting. Then, on July 25th, you’ll find out who’s won in our joint Christmas in July/Anniversary episode!

In addition, if you have any favorite memories of Tis the Podcast from over the five years, or want to share your thoughts on the show, we’d love you to share those with us via a voice memo/recording so we can play it in the anniversary episode as well! Just make sure to include your name in the recording (Which you can do using the voice memo app on your phone!) and email it to us at elves@tisthepodcast.com.

In the meantime, settle in and enjoy this fun episode that’s full of Christmas warmth and feels! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope y’all had a fantastic Easter and hope the Easter Bunny was good to every single one of you!

Once again, life got in the way for the elves this past week. But, not wanting let two weeks go by without an episode dropping in your feeds, they pulled this once Patreon exclusive, Easter-themed episode from 2021 to share with you all!

Journey back into the past in this episode with the elves as they cover the 1976, Rankin/Bass, traditionally animated special, “The First Easter Rabbit“!  How does it fare amongst the other Rankin/Bass specials the hosts have covered over the course of the show? Does it fall amongst the worst, or does it rank high like the also traditionally animated “Frosty the Snowman”? Also, why do the elves think that Rankin/Bass had more success with their Christmas specials than the other holiday fare they put out over the years?

Tune in to find out the answers to the above questions, and more, and enjoy this once-a-year foray into the realm of Springtime and Easter! And never fear, because next Monday we will be back in your feeds with a brand new Christmas episode, per usual!

The elves are back this week with April Riley to talk Sabrina, the Teenage Witch again. They discuss the college years, figgy pudding, Anthony’s new podcast, and Julia’s real feelings about the Golden Girls.

For those of you who want to follow along at home, the episodes covered are:

– Season 4, Episode 12: Sabrina Nipping at Your Nose

– Season 5, Episode 10: Sabrina’s Perfect Christmas

– Season 7, Episode 9: It’s a Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot Christmas

So travel with us and the Spellman family to the Other Realm to celebrate the holidays in this magical episode! And make sure to let us know what you think of this episode, these episodes of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch“, and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” in general on any of our social media pages, all of which you can access at https://linktr.ee/TisThePodcast.com

In the meantime, settle in and enjoy this fun episode that’s sure to fill your Monday with a healthy dose of Christmas Cheer! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all!

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!

This week, we continue our journey through Women’s Month with an egregious sin – by doing so sans everyone’s favorite elf, Julia! Unfortunately, she and one of her children were sick this week, and to make sure we got this episode out on top, she told us to go on without her especially because – *GASP* – she’s not a fan of “The Golden Girls“! Never fear though! She’ll be back next week! And to keep Anthony and Thom in check this week, the amazing Charlyn Lewis of “Fashion Speaks” joins the boys to discuss the four iconic older women and their Christmas celebrations!

For those of you who want to follow along at home, the installments we discuss in this episode are:

– Season 2, Episode 11: ‘Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas

– Season 5, Episode 12: Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas

So take a journey with us to the Miami of the ’80s as we fondly reminisce about this influential comedy in the same way Rose wistfully talks about St. Olaf and Sophia constantly pictures Sicily! And make sure to let us know what you think of this episode, these episodes of “The Golden Girls“, and “The Golden Girls” in general on any of our social media pages, all of which you can access at https://linktr.ee/TisThePodcast.com !

In the meantime, settle in and enjoy this fun episode that’s full of Christmas cheer and quotes galore! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! Or, perhaps more fittingly for this episode, “Thank You for Being a Friend”! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️