Advent Calendar House

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A salute to all TV holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones.

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  • The Soulmates in The Gift of Light
    by e_xander on December 4, 2023

    🎄 It’s 1991, and Santa Claus is fighting with a talking dog over a park bench. By some Christmas miracle, this obscure special was rediscovered over 30 […]

  • Christmastime with Mister Rogers
    by e_xander on December 2, 2023

    🎄 It’s 1977, and Happy Gilmore’s grandmother is surrounded by dancing chickens. It’s a beautiful day for a podcast, and this season of the Advent […]

  • Trailer
    by e_xander on November 30, 2023

    This holiday season, experience the joy of rewatching the same TV specials you watch every year in podcast form! It’s the Advent Calendar House: A salute to […]

  • Animaniacs: A Christmas Plotz / Little Drummer Warners
    by e_xander on November 1, 2023

    🎄 After spending 3 months locked in a water tower, the Advent Calendar House has escaped in time for Christmas Podcast Day, a fake holiday originally made […]

  • A Flintstones Christmas Carol
    by e_xander on July 23, 2023

    🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we watched a cavemen take over Santa’s job after he fell off the roof in “A Flintstone Christmas.” This […]

  • ALF: Turkey in the Straw
    by e_xander on July 21, 2023

    Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we let the goofy alien puppet with the jokes toy with our emotions in “ALF’s Special Christmas.” 🦃 This time, […]

  • The Little Drummer Boy, Book II
    by e_xander on July 19, 2023

    🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we went on an apocryphal adventure with the story of The Little Drummer Boy. This time, Rankin/Bass drums up an […]

  • Elmo Saves Christmas
    by e_xander on July 17, 2023

    🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we spent Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Hanukkah on “Shalom Sesame,” and even uncovered the oddity, “A […]

  • It’s Punky Brewster: Christmas in July
    by e_xander on July 15, 2023

    🎄 Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we saved Punky Brewster’s Christmas spirit in “Yes, Punky, There Is a Santa Claus.” This time, join Punky […]

  • Claymation Comedy of Horrors
    by e_xander on July 13, 2023

    Previously on the Advent Calendar House, we flew a sleigh made out of a dumpster into space with the California Raisins in “Will Vinton’s Claymation […]

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