About this podcast
Two regular American guys explore other people and cultures through the common holiday experience of Christmas. They enjoy festive movies and music, and look at both of these topics and feature a different country each episode. It’s like a global Christmas party! Bob Baker, of Trout Valley, is an attorney for a Chicago tech company, and Mark Chandler, of Cary, is a vice president for an IT management company. On their podcast, they talk about a different Christmas movie from around the world. They also listen to a song and discuss the holiday customs from each country.
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- Season 4, Episode 4 – El Día de la Bestia (Spain)
by e_xander on October 6, 2026Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) It is October, our second favorite time of year, where we like to skip the colorful lights and joyful noise for a few […]
- Season 4, Episode 3 – Dicing with Death: The Father Christmas of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)by e_xander on September 25, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) This is not your father’s typical Festive Fans show. We’re trading our usual sentimental exploration of Christmas […]
- Season 4, Episode 2 – A Child’s Christmas in Wales/A Child’s Christmases in Wales (Wales)by e_xander on September 6, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) It seems remarkable that after four years of traveling the world in search of Christmas, the Festive Fans hadn’t been […]
- Season 4, Episode 1 – Yotama Se Va Voldando (Venezuela)by e_xander on August 25, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) The Festive Fans are starting out the fourth season with Venezuela, but we are feeling a bit sheepish. We love the […]
- Festive Foreign Film Fans Third Anniversary and Ultimate Star-Spangled Smackdown (Part 2)!by e_xander on August 6, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) When we last left our Festive Fans, the dynamic duo faced almost certain doom. Their wives had been swayed by the beefy […]
- Festive Foreign Film Fans Third Anniversary and Ultimate Star-Spangled Holiday Smackdown! (Part 1)by e_xander on July 26, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Oops. We goofed but it is all fixed! Sorry we’re late. We just got back from traveling — time traveling. Oh, […]
- Season 3, Episode 21 – The Family Tree (Panama)by e_xander on June 25, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) What better way for the Festive Fans to celebrate the end of our third season, than by abandoning the snow-covered […]
- Season 3, Episode 20 – Nine Mornings (Philippines)by e_xander on May 18, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) Well, the Festive Fans have been toiling for three years, searching out celebrations, rich traditions, and delicious […]
- Season 3, Episode 19 – Snow Over Kigali: An African Christmas Tale (Rwanda)by e_xander on April 29, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) For this episode, our journey unfolds under warm African skies and rolling green hills, as we venture out of the […]
- Season 3, Episode 18 – Sabina K (Bosnia-Herzegovina)by e_xander on April 17, 2026
Festive Fans Unite! (send us a message) The Festive Fans are feeling a little tired. We have been woken up by a little one, relatively new to the world. Like […]
