Today we go over a short list of must-see foreign holiday films. These films take us to Mexico, from France to Finland, and to Japan and South Korea, circling the globe to provide some holiday hits to brighten up your Christmas season. Finally, we cap off this episode with part 3 of Santa and his Sleigh from The Lost Years of Santa Claus.
Special thanks to:
The Christmas Song/Heaven/Slow 3/4 Song by Peter Evans, Tom Blancarte, and Brandon Seabrook – CC by 3.0
Santa Claw11010s is Coming by Ergo Phizmiz – CC by 3.0
holiday by Dee Yan-Key – CC by 3.0
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Elf Crash answers questions in this latest episode of the North Pole Podcast.
He tackles the issue of how to see reindeer fly, what a teacher should and should not say in the classroom about Santa and even why Santa occasionally misses someone’s house.
These questions come from site visitors to SantaUpdate.com. We get them by the thousands.
We will try to keep up with providing answers to the questions via more podcast episodes, the North Pole Radio News reports and via additional Santa updates as we go along this year in trying to tell the story of Santa and the North Pole.
In this episode, Eric and Danny chat with Devin Ratray, Buzz from Home Alone, Home Alone 2, and the new Disney + movie, Home Sweet Home Alone. The guys talk with Devin about the experience of making the Home Alone films, Devin shares some fun (never before heard) insider information about the movies, and we learn more about the new Home Alone moving releasing exclusively on Disney + on November 12th.
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In this twenty-first episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss stereotypical New York accents, the literary allusions that inspired this film, and how much they both rather be watching Princess Diaries 2.
If you’re loving this second season of the podcast, be sure to screenshot where you are listening to it from and post it on your socials! You can tag us at @12dayspod both on Instagram and Twitter. Sharing your love for the pod means so much to us and we can never thank you enough.
What’s up, dudes? My brother Danny is back to talk all about “The Karate Kid”! Daniel v. Johnny! Can’t you still hear the song “You’re the Best”? It rules!! There’s candy canes, Santas, and tinsel garland all around! Well, all around the background of one scene! But either way, we wax on about how great this movie is! See what I did there? So grab your gi, play some mini-golf and casual beach soccer, and crank up this episode on your boom box!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas concludes his three-part conversation with Suzanne from Suzanne’s Band about the making of their new single, “Underneath The Tree”, which is out today!
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Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the forty-first official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!
This week’s chapter, Chapter Forty, entitled “Silent Night”, will be read to you by Sarah Houston – the incredibly amazing wife of our very own Anthony Caruso! (Behind every strong man is a better and stronger woman, and this marriage is proof!) 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 8th, we will be covering Season 2, Episode 4 of “Ted Lasso” entitled “Carol of the Bells” with guest, C.J. Bélanger! And later that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new, 2021 Hallmark Original Christmas Movie, “Next Stop, Christmas“, which will drop in your feeds on Monday, November 15th!
Before that, however, on Thursday, November 11th, you’ll get to hear Chapter Forty-One of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Christmas in Hollis”, which listener Danielle Essary will be reading to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!
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Special guest Gerry D. from Totally Rad Christmas joins us to discuss the obscure album “A Midnight Christmas Mess”. Artists include Plan 9, The Cheepskates, The Yard Trauma, The Point, The Tryfles, and The Dogmatics.
Patch confirms to BZ that by adding more stardust to the candy formula will cause people to fly.BZ gets VERY excited and immediately starts planning a sequel to Christmas for March 25th!
Join us as we discuss Minute 82 of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985).
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Author, Ed Daly, joins Christmas Clatter to discuss his new book The Christmas Book. In The Christmas Book, Ed answers some of the biggest questions that surround Christmas. Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? What on earth is figgy pudding? In what country is Kentucky Fried Chicken a Christmas delicacy? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? What sitcom had the greatest Christmas episode? What are the best adaptations of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol?
The Christmas Book answers those questions and many more. Readers will learn everything from the holiday’s humble origins (it’s not what you may think) to the commercial behemoth we know today. Every aspect of Christmas is lovingly explored — global traditions, food, fashion, books, music, movies, TV shows, toys, and of course, Santa.
North Pole Radio News has added a new voice to the reporting team. Elf Victoria Wassail will broadcast from London on assignment through out the next 7 weeks.
This is a very unusual arrangement. Most news elves are at the North Pole and only work on remote assignment on Christmas Eve. Elf Victoria will be permanently stationed in England where she will report the news from a studio set up there by North Pole Radio News.
You can hear her first report below.
Elf Victoria is a seasoned radio reporter with many years of experience in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. She is married, has a family of several children, 2 goldfish and a dog named Lacey.
North Pole Radio News will likely continue to expand its staff as the demand for more North Pole news grows.
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Happy November! We have officially flipped the calendar to a new month and that means we’ve moved on to Thanksgiving episodes!
This week we cover our first episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In this episode, Matt discusses his history with the beloved show, he has a gripe with how the assignments to make food were handled and he isn’t too happy with how they set Will and the kids up to fail. As always we also determine if this should be deemed a holiday classic!
Be sure to sing along to the theme song in this episode and hopefully it will get you in the mood for some turkey and stuffing later this month!
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In this episode, Eric and Danny continue counting down each of their top 10 favorite Christmas movies of all time. The guys chat about why they picked each movie, then share a clip from each of their picks, from 5 down to 1. From It’s A Wonderful Life and White Christmas, to Home Alone and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; these holiday movies lists are packed full of holly jolly cheer!
Eric also suprises Danny with a guest who appeared in one of the most loved holiday movies ever made!
*We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Author, Ginger Bolton, stops by to tell us all about her new book “Deck The Donuts.” So grab a cup of hot cocoa, and cuddle up as Ginger and Kensington Publishing’s Cozy Mystery collection bring us a Christmastime treat to read.
It’s Christmastime again in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin. Emily has truly decked the halls of her donut shop and decorated her donuts with festive designs from green and red frosting to snowflake sprinkles. For the annual Ice and Lights Festival, she’s commissioned a sculpture with three ice-carved donut shapes to form a holey snowman, Frosty the Donut. She has one Christmas wish this year—to spend some time under the mistletoe with a certain detective.
But the holidays just aren’t the same without an unexpected disaster or two. A tour bus on its way to the festival has crashed and a snowstorm has left all the shaken passengers stranded and shivering. Emily and her friends open their homes to shelter the traveling families, while the bus driver is admitted to the hospital for his injuries. But the following morning, Emily discovers his body—buried beneath Frosty the Donut.
The bus passengers show little sympathy for the man who dashed through the snow so badly, some claiming he was under the influence while behind the wheel. Emily also discovers that the driver had a history with folks in Fallingbrook. With multiple motives for murder piling up, it will take a Christmas miracle for Emily to solve this crime…
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Welcome to Episode 3 of Holly Jolly X’masu! In this episode, I discuss the classic 1976 album, “Christmas,” from For Life Records. This was my introduction to Japanese Christmas compilation or omnibus albums, and it got me hooked on tracking down similar releases.
I was hoping to have this episode out much sooner but had a lot of delays due to issues related to the stay at home order. Once I finally had an opportunity to record it, I ran into even more problems. After recording the whole episode, I found that the input on my mic was turned all the way down. No matter what I did, I couldn’t make it sound decent, so I re-recorded it. My voice was rather hoarse the second time around, and I adjusted the audio a bit during editing, so that affected the sound quality a bit. Amusingly, in a couple spots it sounds like my voice was taken off an old vinyl record. Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse, the program I use to edit the show crashed multiple times. Thankfully, I was able to recover it each time.
Below, I’ve included pictures of some of my favorite Christmas compilations from my personal collection, including For Life’s “Christmas,” and the two Firestone albums I mentioned in the episode, “Popular Christmas Classics” and “Home for the Holidays.” The other two albums are two of the best Japanese Christmas albums from the 80s, “Mint Sound’s X’mas Album,” and “Winter Lounge.”
Any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If you’d like to recommend an 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. Any donations received will be put towards purchasing new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. Thanks!
It’s finally November, and we’re back with Season Three! This season, each episode will feature a new theme, and we’re kicking things off with Rankin Bass.
Reviews: The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974), and The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
Also discussed: the Yule Cat, Rankin Bass auctions
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If this form is still open, then we still have zines available. They’re free but are limited to 50. This form will be closed when they’re gone.
Don’t forget to check out #ChristmasPodcastDay on social media to find lost of cool shows being released and/or shared today (November 1st).
We have a couple of mugs and some playing cards in our Zazzle store. We may add a few items throughout the season. Let us know if there is anything specific that you want us to make available.
