In the thirty-eighth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss how Toy Story 4 is overrated, the importance of cool animation styles, and Dan tries his hand at a J.K. Simmons impression!
What’s up, dudes? What do get when you cross 2 countertenors and a tenor with 2 baritones and bass? Probably the same thing as when you cross Mozart and Christmas! Thom Crowe from ‘Tis the Podcast and I dive into the British choral group and their Wolfgang inspired repertoire! There’s Christmas standards and regional classic! So grab your bow tie, arrange your music, and immerse yourself in this episode!
Welcome to episode 65 of Holly Jolly X’masu! For my second “Big In Japan” episode, I’ll be talking about the Ventures and their 1965 album, “The Ventures’ Christmas Album.”
I was on the fence about covering this album since it was originally a US release, but considering how big the Ventures have been in Japan for nearly six full decades, I wanted to make sure I included them in my “Big In Japan” month. I’ve taken some liberties with my editing this episode, but I hope you’re still able to enjoy the album, and that it encourages you to seek out more from the Ventures.
Be sure to listen in on the 25th as I wrap up my “Big In Japan” month with a selection of records from a variety of artists, including a couple of the more sought-after Japanese Christmas records. This is one episode you don’t want to miss!
As always, any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If have any suggestions, or if you’d like to recommend a song or album for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know.
Remember, I’ve added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you’d like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. I’ve also opened a Redbubble store. I only have a couple designs up, but keep an eye on it as I’ll be trying to add more. Half of any proceeds or donations received will be donated to support the people of Ukraine, while the rest will be used to purchase new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Thanks!
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Hey everyone! Today we talk all about Superheroes at Christmas. From live action movies & TV shows to comic books I dive in to celebrate the heroes we love to watch & read at Christmastime. This is a very special episode to celebrate my late sister Steffany, who sadly passed away November 17, 2005 at age 17. I think we all have loved ones who we miss during the holidays and I have been wanting to do something special for my sister. Being the anniversary of the day she passed, I thought this would be a great way to celebrate her life and her super powers! Please send me your thoughts, feedback, memories of your lost loved ones, anything you’d like to share, send it my way!
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Anya Cheng is the Founder and CEO of Taelor, a men’s clothing rental subscription box. Anya is also the former product head of Target, eBay and Meta. As we get closer to the holidays, Anya joins Christmas Clatter to discuss gifting trends this year, the best way to save money while shopping for loved ones, the significance/growth of experience-based and sustainable gift gifting options and running a Bay Area business during the holidays.
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In a word, Christmas is love. Love for family, love for friends, love for all those that we are most grateful for. In this episode, Eric and Danny count down each of their top 5 favorite Christmas love songs. Plus, the guys welcome in Hallmark Channel’s Andrew Walker who chats about his new holiday movie, Three Wise Men and a Baby, what it’s like shooting Christmas movies, his family’s holiday traditions and much more!
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Ken Kessler talks to Kevin McGrath about the pair of collections he’s put together to benefit the homeless charity Crisis UK. “Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas” is in two volumes, and each one contains fifty-four original songs! Kevin talks about what it took to get all these songs from so many artists and the guidelines he used. He also invites you click the Bandcamp links below and listen to some (or all) of the songs yourself. And while he’d like to take a break, he hints that a third volume is not out of the question (and he invites indie artists to reach out to him for details)!
Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume I: https://v4velindre.bandcamp.com/album/have-yourself-a-merry-indie-christmas-volume-i
Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume II: https://v4velindre.bandcamp.com/album/have-yourself-a-merry-indie-christmas-volume-ii
Crisis UK: https://www.crisis.org.uk/
Kevin on Tumblr: https://redsoapbox.tumblr.com/
Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevonhissoapbox
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Hello everyone – today we are talking poetry. I have the amazing North Pole Poet Laureate with me today, Amy Marschak. She was named by Santa himself to spread Christmas cheer throughout the world by her improv poetry. That’s right – improv! So in today’s episode I talk to her about life as Santa’s poet, and then she kindly demonstrates her talent and comes up with several poems for me with just a few prompts. You will be captivated by her Christmas cheer! There is a video version of this interview on my youtube channel if you’d like to see the interview.
Gracie and I then get together and see if we can’t do some improv poetry too… it turns out it was a bit harder than we thought, but we had a lot of fun!
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What’s up, dudes? Remember struggling to make that trip home for Thanksgiving? Anthony Caruso from ‘Tis the Podcast and CJ Bélanger from Christmas Sessions remember! That’s right! It’s all “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles!” We talk about that time Neal (Steve Martin) and Del (John Candy) have holiday hijinks as they race to get to Chicago by Thanksgiving Day via different forms of transportation! Are there planes? Yep. Trains? You betcha. Automobiles? Only if they’re on fire! So book your travel plans, grab some shower curtain rings, and book it to this episode!
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Welcome back! This week we are going back to a podcast favorite – covering ‘No Fat’ from Everybody Loves Raymond!
This week Matt finds himself strangely sympathizing with Marie Barone, he understands where Ray is coming from when it comes to Thanksgiving, and, as always, he determines whether or not this should be deemed a holiday classic!
Home for the Horrordays enters extra innings this week as we finally tackle a little film called SANTA JAWS!
You see, it’s Jaws, but the shark wears a fun little Santa hat. Not surprisingly, this comes from the Syfy Channel stable of original movies, but somewhat surprisingly, this actually looks and feels like a real movie. Granted, that’s not much to hang our hats on, but we’ll take what we can get! Come join us as we discuss gross Mountain Dew flavors, how Santa Jaws stacks up to Regular Jaws, the shenanigans going on over at Twitter, and more!
The holidays are upon us! And what a better way then finish our dive into Miracle on 34th Street. Now it’s time to see how Fox managed to get Macys and Gimbels to agree to use their names for the movie. Learn how the movie’s filming of the annual Thanksgiving parade would be the first time a lot of people around the world would see it.
Also learn how Maureen O’Hara was forced by contract to do Miracle, how Natalie Wood was already a pro actress at age 8 and Edmund Gwen was so perfect for the part that many of the children actors believed he was Santa. We also look into how Fox insisted on a Summer release… and it’s strategy would make it a bit hit.
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One thing that all of us Christmas obsessed people have in common: we LOVE finding the best, most festively fun holiday themed websites and social media pages. In this episode, Eric and Danny count down each of their top 5 favorite Christmas content pages.
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This episode is sponsored by Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas, featuring all-new original holiday movie premieres every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8/7c.
It’s an annual tradition on Christmas Past: The game of Christmas trivia where you have to spot the lie! Join Todd Killian from Christmas Clatter and I as we quiz listeners Ashley and Laura about Christmas in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Play along and put your Christmas spirit and lie detection skills to the test!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to singer-songwriter Grant Maloy Smith about his new album “The Christmas Heart” – how he picked the songs that are on it, and how he made them his own. They also talk about his American Stories albums, including the one he’s currently working on. And they talked about his previous Christmas release, which was about a possum!
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