Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! More importantly, Happy “The Batman” week for all those that celebrate! And, *most* importantly,  Happy Final Day of February! Can you believe that, as of tomorrow, we’re already in March? The year is flying! Were that much closer to the Ber Months!

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by two very special guests – Gerry Davila of “Totally Rad Christmas” and Chuck Mireles of “Just Another Friday Night” – to discuss the *very* festive and *very* Christmassy 2021 holiday film, “Spider-Man: No Way Home“! As Thom expresses incredulity that this movie somehow even made it onto the schedule in the first place, Julia, Anthony, Gerry, and Chuck gush over Marvel’s latest – and arguably, *greatest* – installment in their long-running franchise. As always with films like this, however, the questions hanging over the episode are: is there enough Christmas within the movie to qualify it as a holiday film? And if not, how will it impact its final rating? To get the answers to those questions, you’ll just have to tune in to find out!

Side-Note: Julia is absent for the first 40 minutes of this nearly two hour episode. This is because she had nothing at all to contribute to the conversation for the first half of this. Once her commentary began to add to the discussion, we decided to put her back in. *Checks notes* Wait a minute…it wasn’t supposed to be Julia’s audio we cut! It was supposed to be Thom’s! We’re so sorry, everybody!

We kid, of course! It was merely due to issues with our recording software that we didn’t realize until after the fact that Julia’s audio wasn’t being captured. But, she’s still in over half of the episode! We just wanted to give you all a heads up as to why you don’t hear her for the first 40 minutes or so!

Anyway, make sure to let us know what you think of this episode, and this movie, on any of our social media pages which you can easily access from our new Linktr.ee at the following link: https://linktr.ee/TisThePodcast.com.

So settle in and enjoy this fun episode that’s full of geeky discourse and Christmas Cheer, despite the content that’s being covered. As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy Valentine’s Day!

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony dive deep into the 2021, Made-For-TV film, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas” – which served as the series finale for the short-lived television show, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist“! This one took all three elves by surprise – not only by being so quirky and witty, but also by the surprisingly powerful way it dealt with the topic of grief against the backdrop of the holidays!

Having never seen the show, however, all three hosts had some questions regarding character history and how exactly Zoey’s powers work! So if you’re a fan of the TV show, fill us in with some context and let us know what you thought of this film, on any of our social media pages, which you can easily access from our new Linktr.ee at the following link: https://linktr.ee/TisThePodcast.com.

So settle in and enjoy this fun episode! Thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics!

This week is a milestone episode for “Tis the Podcast” as it’s taken us nearly five years to cover anything with the Olsen twins in it! So journey with Julia, Thom, Anthony, Mary-Kate, and Ashley to Edgemont in order to visit Great-Grandma Mimi as they cover the 1992, made-for-TV classic(?), “To Grandmother’s House We Go“!

Also touched upon and discussed in this jam-packed episode: our anticipation for “The Batman“; HBO Max’s/James Gunn’s “Peacemaker” being the most streamed show *in the world* right now; Elizabeth Mitchell reprising her role as Mrs. Claus alongside Tim Allen’s Santa in the upcoming Disney+ Limited Series; losing the original voice of Charlie Brown, Peter Robbins, to depression; Cancel Culture; the efforts of both Thom and Anthony to train their dogs; and much, much more – including two questions of the week!

1. With the announcements of “The Santa Clause” miniseries and the return of both Tim Allen and Elizabeth Mitchell to the project, the *official* sequel to “A Christmas Story” with Peter Billingsley reprising his role of Ralphie Parker also coming down the pike, and Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy reprising their roles of The Sanderson Sisters in “Hocus Pocus 2″ this upcoming October, do we think Hollywood will try to get the original casts of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and “Elf” back for official sequels to those movies soon? And, if so, what are the odds the casts agree to them?

2. Courtesy of Mr. Steven Beech – a.k.a. Disco54 – “We’ve just gone through a couple of the worst Christmases in most people’s living memory, really the worst since World War II. Has it made you reevaluate what Christmas is and should be, and if so, will you spend less or will you go harder on Christmas going forward?”

Let us know on any of our social media pages, which you can easily access from our new Linktr.ee at the following link: https://linktr.ee/TisThePodcast.com.

Needless to say, this is one fun, jam-packed episode you want to be sure not to miss! So settle in and enjoy, and – as always – thanks for your love and support, y’all! We’re looking forward to counting down 2022 to the next holiday season every week with all of you! (And make sure to take joy in the fact that we’re already one month down already!) 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics!

After a week off, the elves are back to brighten your new year by discussion the Denzel Washington/Whitney Houston holiday vehicle, “The Preacher’s Wife“! What do you they think of it? Is it actually a Christmas movie or a movie set at Christmas? And how does it stack up compared to other films when it comes to “angel metaphysics”? To find out the answers to all of these questions, and much more, you’ll have to tune in!

So, settle back with your favorite beverage, open those windows to let the cold air in, and pretend it’s still the Christmas season, and enjoy this fun episode! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe this is the final episode of 2021 already? We can’t! We hope you all had an amazing Christmas! And while those post-holiday blues are sure to be setting in soon as we begin our countdown to Christmas 2022, rest assured that we here at “Tis the Podcast” will be here to help you get through it!

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by Gerry D. of “Totally Rad Christmas” and listener/friend of the show, April Ryley, to discuss the HBO Max original holiday film, “8-Bit Christmas” based on the novel of the same name. As this movie essentially serves as a remake of the classic and beloved 1983 film, “A Christmas Story“, lots of comparisons between the two films ensue – pitting the elves against one another. With Thom and Julia on one side of the divide, joined by Gerry D. in their dislike of “A Christmas Story“, that leaves Anthony and April on the other side of the divide, sticking up for “A Christmas Story” and insisting this modern day retelling will never come close to touching its greatness. The differing opinions make for a fun and interesting discussion, which you’ll just have to listen to in order to find out just how high or low this ’80s nostalgia fest ranks on our list! So settle in with your favorite holiday drink and bask in the glow of your Christmas decorations, before they go away into storage for another year, and enjoy!

Dropping in your feeds next Monday will be our episode in which Julia, Thom, and Anthony gather to discuss the Netflix original holiday movie, “A Boy Called Christmas” – based on the novel of the same name – and later that night, will be recording their episode on “The Preacher’s Wife“. So keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

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

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy Christmas Eve Eve! Happy the Day Before the Night Before Christmas! Happy Christmas Adam! Happy Tibb’s Eve! Happy Festivus! Happy December 23rd – whatever you want to call it! We are officially two days away from Christmas 2021! Can you believe that? Where has the time gone?

This week’s final installment of “Another Christmas Story“, the Epilogue entitled “Christmas All Over Again”, will be read to you by the elf with the best voice – our very own Julia Colburn! We hope you like it! And we hope you enjoyed the entirety of “Another Christmas Story“! In honor of this final bonus Thursday episode, which rounds out his book, there are a few people Anthony wanted to thank for participating in this beautifully collaborative, year long effort:

• His two cohosts, Thom and Julia, for not only letting him hijack the show once a week to release his story piecemeal, but also for contributing their voices and talents to helping him bring it to life.
• His beloved wife, Sarah Houston, whom he loves dearly and who puts up with him and his crazy geeky, Batman, writing, Christmas, and political obsessions; she epitomizes that “Great Woman” that is behind every man.
• Rebecca Boll
• Gerry Davila of “Totally Rad Christmas“
• April Ryley
• Todd Killian of “Christmas Clatter“
• Craig Brewer of “Weird Christmas“
• Ron Hogan of “Film Strip Podcast“
• Claude Bélanger of “Christmas Conversations“
• Scarlett Alexandra of “NetfliXmas“
• Mike Westfall of “Advent Calendar House“
• Kendall Farrae of “For Forks Sake“
• Michele Kidwell of “Michelle’s Cozy Mystery Book Club“
• Nicole Little
• Mclean Sloughter
• Charlyn Lewis of “Fashion Speaks“
• Tim Babb of “Can’t Wait for Christmas“
• Steven Beech of “Uplifting House Sessions“
• Jay Skipworth of “Film Strip Podcast“
• Matt Eurich of “TGI Podcast“
• Glen Warren of “Seasons Eatings“
• Lauren Simone
• Adam Parker Sibun of “Merry Britsmas“
• Sean Sotka of “The Christmas Podcasts Podcast“
• Robert Nickerson of “Behind the Bells“
• Manny Torres of “Feliz Christmas Merry Navidad“
• Kim Cooper of “Planning for Christmas“
• Danielle and Jackie of “No More Late Fees“
• Danielle Essary

And, of course, all of you listeners who turned in each and every Thursday from January to December to listen to this story and find out how it played out. We hope you enjoyed it! If you did, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! In addition, make sure to share this installment for a chance to win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark “Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament”!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, December 27th, we will be covering the brand new HBO Max Original Christmas Movie,  “8-Bit Christmas”, on which we will be joined by Gerry D. of “Totally Rad Christmas” and April Ryley, who is making her long overdue return to the podcast! And, recording that same evening, the elves will be discussing the brand new Netflix original holiday movie, “A Boy Called Christmas” – based on the book of the same name! That episode will drop in your feeds on Monday, January 3rd! Before that, however, on Friday, December 24th – Christmas Eve 2021 – we’ll be dropping our annual Christmas Eve bonus episode! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Friday, Christmas fanatics! Sorry we’re a day late with this forty-seventh official installment of “Another Christmas Story“, but hey – we are one week from Christmas, so time has a habit of running away from us!

This week’s second chapter, Chapter Forty-Six, entitled “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, will be read to you by published author, and listener of the show, Nicole Little! We hope you like it! If you do enjoy it, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! In addition, make sure to share this installment for a chance to win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark “Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament”!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, December 20th, we will be covering the 1974, animated Rankin/Bass special, “’Twas the Night Before Christmas”! And, that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new HBO Max Original Christmas Movie,  “8-Bit Christmas”, on which we will be joined by Gerry D. of “Totally Rad Christmas” and April Ryley, who is making her long overdue return to the podcast! That episode will drop in your feeds on Monday, December 27th! Before that, however, on Thursday, December 23rd – Christmas Adam; Christmas Eve, Eve; Festivus; Tibb’s Eve; the Day Before the Night Before Christmas; pick your poison – you’ll get to hear the Epilogue of “Another Christmas Story”, which will be brought to y’all by our very own Julia Colburn! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! There are just under two weeks to go until the big day! Can you believe that?

This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they discuss the brand new, Hallmark original Christmas movie, “The Nine Kittens of Christmas” – the sequel to “The Nine Lives of Christmas“, which they covered on the podcast a few years back! If you remember, they were all fond of that one, but lamented the lack of holiday atmosphere! Does its sequel make up for it? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Also discussed in this episode: the various Advent activities the elves have been participating in this year in addition to personal stories about the various pets they’ve had over the years! This is one fun episode you want to be sure not to miss, so settle back with your favorite drink beside your Christmas tree and enjoy!

And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“ content this week, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Tuesday – December 14th – for Chapter Forty-Five of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “The Christmas Song”, which our very own Thom Crowe will be reading to you, in addition to this upcoming Thursday – December 16th – for Chapter Forty-Six of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, which professional author and listener of the show, Nicole Little, will be reading to you!

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