Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy December officially! Welcome to the forty-fifth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”! Can you believe we’re only a few short weeks away from the big day itself? Where has the time gone?

This week’s incredibly long chapter, Chapter Forty-Four, entitled “Away in a Manger”, will be read to you by the author of this story himself, our very own Anthony Caruso! We hope you like it; it really does serve as the climax of the entire book. Everything prior has been leading up to this! So, 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 6th, we will be covering the brand new, Netflix original holiday film, “Love Hard”! And, that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new Hallmark Channel Original Christmas Movie,  “The Nine Kittens of Christmas“, on which we will be joined by the always hysterical and amazing Tim Babb of “Can’t Wait for Christmas“! That episode will drop in your feeds on Monday, December 13th! Before that, however, on Thursday, December 9th, you’ll get to hear one of the final three installments of “Another Christmas Story” – Chapter Forty-Five, which is entitled “The Christmas Song”, and which our very own Thom Crowe will be reading to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Friday, Christmas fanatics – Black Friday, to be exact! And welcome to the forty-forth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”! We hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving with your loved ones and are enjoying a lovely long weekend!

This week’s chapter, Chapter Forty-Three, entitled “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, will be read to you by the always amazing and talented Mike Westfall, of “Advent Calendar House“, who has instilled this installment with awesome voices and fun sound effects that really enhance the story!  We hope you like it! If you do, 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! (And stay tuned through the end of the episode for some funny bloopers from Mike’s recording!) 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, November 29th, we will be covering the 2003, family holiday movie, “Eloise at Christmastime”! And, that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new, Netflix holiday film, “Love Hard“, which will drop in your feeds on Monday, December 6th! Before that, however, on Thursday, December 2nd, you’ll get to hear Chapter Forty-Four of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Away in a Manger”, which the author of this story himself – our very own Anthony Caruso – will be reading to y’all! Trust us when we say it’s one chapter you want to be sure not to miss, because it’s really the climax of the entire book – everything’s been leading up to it! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! And, once again, we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy the rest of your long weekend! We’re thankful for all of you! 🍂🦃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Can you believe it’s already the week of Thanksgiving here in America? Time is flying!

As a special holiday treat for our listeners, please enjoy our hotly anticipated “Home Sweet Home Alone” episode! In a rare alliance, Anthony and Julia find themselves on the same side of the divide during this discussion, with both of them disliking this new original movie from Disney +, while Thom does his best to defend it as he self-medicates with a seasonal Rogue Ale called Santa’s Private Reserve, which he highly recommends! What does everyone’s favorite contrarian like about this film? What does everyones favorite Pollyanna not like? And why does everyone’s favorite New York Christmas podcaster think this film is the embodiment of modern day Disney Studios’ creative bankruptcy? You’ll just have to listen to find out!

Also discussed in this very enjoyable episode: spy videos from the set of Disney +’s highlight anticipated, long-awaited sequel, “Hocus Pocus 2“; the new trailer for the MCU’s latest installment, “Spider-Man: No Way Home“; each of the elves’ Thanksgiving plans; and much, much more!

So, settle in with your favorite holiday beverage beside your Christmas tree, sit back, relax, and enjoy this fun episode!

And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday – November 26th – to hear a special Thanksgiving bonus episode: the once Patreon-exclusive discussion about Freeform’s original holiday film, “Turkey Drop“! And, on Black Friday – November 27th – make sure to check your feeds for Chapter Forty-Three of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, which the amazing Mike Westfall of the always awesome “Advent Calendar House” will be reading to you!

As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! We hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving with your loved ones and remember that we are thankful for each and every one of you! 🍂🦃🥧🍽️🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Sorry this episode is dropping a few hours late – we had some technical difficulties with one of our audio tracks! But, we’re hoping this is still early enough where we can make your Monday!

Can you believe we’re already halfway through November as of today? To celebrate the occasion, we are covering the brand new, 2021 original Hallmark film, “Next Stop, Christmas” which features Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson! As we’re all aware, Hallmark films are very hit or miss for our elves, and they all tend to like different ones. So how exactly does this one fare? You’ll have to tune in to find out the answer to this question and hear much more interesting discussion related to things besides the movie itself!

So, settle in with your favorite holiday-themed beverage, kick back, and enjoy this fun episode! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all!

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Now that we’re officially in the most wonderful time of the year, we hope that you’re knee deep in preparing for Christmas – planning your menus and wrapping your gifts in your fully decorated home while watch holiday films on TV!

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by Claude Bélanger – formerly of “Christmas Conversations” – to discuss one of the most heartwarmingly perfect Christmas episodes of a television show that any of them have ever seen: Season 2, Episode 4 of Apple’s hit television show, “Ted Lasso” entitled “Carol of the Bells”! In what is one of their favorite episodes of the podcast to date, listen as the four gush over this hilarious series, lavish praise on the talented cast and the entertaining characters they bring to life, commend its incredible writing, and throw around quotes galore! In addition, they talk about how they each individually spent Halloween, delve into a conversation about mental health, and reveal what movies and television specials they like to watch on Thanksgiving to celebrate Turkey Day!

So, settle down in front of the glow of your Christmas tree with your favorite, just-returned holiday drink from Starbucks in this year’s Red Cup, and enjoy this extraordinarily festive episode we can guarantee you that you will not want to miss!

And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday – November 11th – to hear Chapter Forty-One of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Christmas in Hollis”, which listener Danielle Essary will be reading to you!

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

Happy November. With spooky month behind us, we are in full-on Christmas mode at the Tis the Podcast workshop. This week, the elves subjected themselves to the 1964 comedy(?) Santa Conquers the Martians. No spoilers here, but the length of the episode may allude to how they felt.

Sit back with your favorite holiday beverage pill, turn on the sleeping spray, and drift off to paradise with the Ladies’ Choice winners of the Christmas Podcast Awards.

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fortieth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

This week’s chapter, Chapter Thirty-Nine, entitled “Santa Baby”, will be read to you by the author of this holiday tale himself, our very own Anthony Caruso! We hope you like it! If you do, 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 listen to the entire episode to hear us launch a new contest and find out how you can win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark “Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament”!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, November 1st, we will be covering the infamous film, “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”! And later that same night, we will be recording our episode on Season 2, Episode 4 of the hit show, “Ted Lasso“, entitled, “Carol of the Bells”, which will drop in your feeds on Monday, November 8th!
Before that, however, on Thursday, November 4th, you’ll get to hear Chapter Forty of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Silent Night”, which Anthony’s wife, Sarah, will be reading to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Can you believe we’ve already reached the official final installment of 2021’s Spooky Month? We sure as heck can’t! Nevertheless, we planned all along on going out with a bang! So, to celebrate the occasion, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by the always awesome and insanely knowledgeable Jay Skipworth of the extraordinarily fun, “Film Strip Podcast” to discuss the iconic, 1978, John Carpenter film, “Halloween“! Join the four of us as we take a deep dive into the cult classic and explore the impact that Carpenter, the film franchise he spawned, and the boogeyman himself – Michael Myers – have had on the film industry today, and help us bid Halloween adieu as we creep ever closer to November and the official start of the Christmas season! This is one fun and fascinating episode you want to be sure not to miss – especially if you’re a fan of horror films and slasher films! So don your sweaters, grab your pumpkin spice lattes, take a stroll down the leafy streets of Haddonfield with us, and enjoy this fun episode!

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-eighth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

Due to some unforeseen scheduling confusion last week, this week’s installment of our tale, Chapter Thirty-Seven, entitled, “Fairytale of New York”, will be read to you by Kim Cooper of “Planning For Christmas” and “Tis the Podcast’s” very own Thom Crowe! We hope you like it! If you do, 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!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, October 18th, we will be continuing our journey through Spooky Month by covering the beloved, 1985 cartoon, “Garfield’s Halloween Adventure”! And dropping in your feeds on Monday, October 25th, will an episode we’re recording on Wednesday, October 13th, in which we will be joined by Jay Skipworth of “Film Strip Podcast” to talk about the iconic, 1978 horror film, “Halloween“! Meanwhile, on Thursday, October 21st, you’ll get to hear Chapter Thirty-Eight of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Please Come Home For Christmas”, which will be brought to life for you by the amazing duo, Jackie and Danielle, of “No More Late Fees“! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️