Welcome to a special bonus episode of A Cozy Christmas Podcast.
Today, I’ll begin reading one of my favorite Christmas novellas, The Christmas Hirelings by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
Though it was published closer to the end of the Victorian period in 1894, it captures all the hallmarks of a Victorian story, overflowing with sentimentality – but there are some wonderful Christmasy scenes as well.
It tells the story of a lonely, gruff widower Sir John Penlyon as he spends Christmas with his friend Danby and his niece Adela. Danby points out how Christmas is dull without children around, and Sir John agrees. Danby quickly hatches a scheme to find some children to hire to bring into Sir John’s lonely house. Will the children bring some much needed joy to Sir John’s life?
In today’s episode, we begin with the prologue that sets the story up, and then chapters 1-2 explain Sir John’s backstory and why he has become so withdrawn and gruff. In next week’s chapters, we will pick up where the prologue left off and find out what happens when the children arrive at Penlyon Place.
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Join us on a sleigh ride back to the ancient year 2014 to find out why the fate of Christmas is in the hands of Murray Weiner (it rhymes with “diner”), who lives in a hidden town that’s home to more than a couple dozen holiday mascots… but mostly just the American ones.
The Advent Calendar House can also be found creating paddle balls out of pizza and meatballs on Twitter (@adventcalhouse) and Instagram (@adventcalendarhouse).
Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twenty-fourth official installment of “Another Christmas Story“!
This week, Matt Eurich of “TGI Podcast” will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-Three of our tale, entitled “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”. Within this chapter, we switch back between the points of view of multiple characters, including Hudson Jackson, Officers Dwyer and Lee, and Joey and Mary!
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! Make sure to check your main feeds on Monday as well to hear all three elves discuss “Merry Christmas, Johnny Rose” – the one Christmas episode the beloved Canadian sitcom, “Schitt’s Creek” made – with Kendall Farrae of “For Forks Sake” podcast, in addition to checking it next Thursday for the twenty-fourth official chapter of this story – “Chapter Twenty-Four: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, which Glenn Warren of “Season’s Eatings Podcast” will be reading to you!
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Patch continues to introduce himself to B.Z. As Patch pops up around the room, we manage to talk about the FTC, the age difference between Dudley Moore and John Lithgow, the existence of fairies in the movie’s universe, and two elf puns of varying quality. Join us as we discuss Minute 65 of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985).
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Hop, hop, hop with us back to 1981 for our first trip to Bear Country, which it turns out was built on top of the Easter Bunny’s industrial nightmare factory.
Happy Christmas in July! To kick off this fun month we have planned we are covering the one and only Christmas episode from Blossom!
This week we talk about how Joey Lawrence may only be able to act when his character has his own name, how this episode gave us Married With Children vibes and, of course, determine whether or not this should be deemed a Christmas classic. As always, be sure to rate and review the podcast if you haven’t already and follow us on both Instagram and Facebook.
Don’t forget we will be back each week this month with a special Christmas in July episode!
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What’s up, dudes? John and Pat from the 30something Podcast join me to talk the action-movie-set-at-Christmas “Die Hard”! It’s Bruce Willis in his breakout role taking on Alan Rickman pre-Snape! There’s terrorist thieves, “Christmas in Hollis,” and yuppies galore! Even Beethoven is in this one….well, sort of. So come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…and dig this episode!
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Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope you’re all having a great long weekend and that you all enjoyed your Canada Day and 4th of July!
To kick off Christmas in July month, join the elves as they travel back in time to discuss two classic and beloved, black-and-white television shows, “I Love Lucy” and “The Addams Family” – specifically, their holiday episodes entitled, “The I Love Lucy Christmas Show” and “Christmas with the Addams Family”! Enjoy this nostalgic trip down memory lane as they discuss their histories with the show, this simpler time, and these two iconic families we all wished we could be a part of! Fair Warning though – there are a few adult jokes in this one that would earn this episode a PG-13 rating and may not be appropriate for the youngest of ears!
So settle in beside the air conditioning, close your eyes picturing that most wonderful time of the year, and enjoy, y’all! And make sure to check your feeds this upcoming Thursday for the twenty-third official installment of “Another Christmas Story” – “Chapter Twenty-Three: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, which Adam of “Merry Britmas Podcast” will be reading to you!
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Sina Skates, playwright from the Birmingham Children’s Theater, is back on the show today and we’re talking about keeping the magic of Christmas alive – 365! Well at least that’s what we started talking about. As usual the conversation wanders – we talk about what’s coming this Christmas at the BCT, how to get through the difficult Christmases, what keeps us in the mood for Christmas all year round, and all kinds of other topics. Sina wants to be the Christmas light in a dark world and she brings plenty of that to our episode today! Make yourself cozy and enjoy this interview!
I’ll see you on Friday with the first of a 4 part story – The Christmas Hirelings, by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. There’s a lot of fun coming this month in the podcast!
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We’re mysteriously floating back to 1983 on an unseasonably warm Christmas adventure through Mexico on a Saturday morning cartoon that lasted a shorter amount of time than the fad it tried to cash in on.
The Advent Calendar House can also be found dangling from the side of a cliff above an eagle’s nest on Twitter (@adventcalhouse) and Instagram (@adventcalendarhouse).
This week on Australia’s ONLY Christmas Podcast we uncover the MOST given Christmas Gift of all time. And why it’s still one of the best gifts to receive.
Would you ever consider buying second hand decorations? They are in high demand online at the moment and we want to know why? Plus
We want to start sending Christmas in July Christmas Cards, who’s with us? We are determined to make them a THING this week where we talk all things Christmas ALL YEAR LONG.
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Christmas Podcasts Roundup - June 12th through July 2nd 2021
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New Podcast added this week: Behind the Bells Podcast. Join Robert Nicholas, your expert film scholar, as he takes you on a one-horse open sleigh ride into the world of Christmas movies. He’ll go into a deep dive into your favorite holiday classics and what impact they had on the season. Not your typical movie review podcast as he brings info from behind the scenes of these holiday favorites.
These are the new episodes that dropped the weeks of June 12th through the 25th.
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Well blow me down if it isn’t a brand spanking new episode of The TCP.
Well, it is if you’re listening to it when it’s just come up out, if not then it’s an old episode. I don’t know when you’re listening, but I hope you enjoy this rubbish.
Thanks to Benji Pearson we find out that the story of Babushka from the last episode is actually just a rip off of the story of La Befana, the old lady who delivers presents to all the good children of Italy. Here’s a clip of Orson Welles telling the legend:
Next up we look at the Christmas Not So Classic Have A Cheeky Christmas by the Cheeky Girls. It’s not awful, but it’s not good either.
Actually, it is awful, plus they traumatise a reindeer in the video (I’m not kidding watch the video):
This episode’s Joke is once again provided by Benji Pearson? Was I misguided in given him a chance to return. Only you can decide…
Then it’s Ebenezer Sanford an episode of the 70s sitcom Sanford & Son.
It’s okay. If you want to watch it, here’s a link:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6chy3q
This week’s recommendation is Behind The Bells. It’s a podcast hosted by Robert Nicholas that looks at the making of classic Christmas movies. From inception to script, casting and production. Have a listen, you might learn something:
https://podbay.fm/p/behind-the-bells-podcast
I also appeared on an episode of Jingle Jank where Scott and Jay battle it out to find out who sang it better. I got to judge the competition and my ruling was just and fair:
https://jinglejank.com/episodes/027.html
If you want to get in touch, the email is totalchristmas@gmail.com
By special request, this episode of the official podcast of teaching aliens about Christmas takes you on a domesticated goose chase back to 1977 through the first fully animated feature by Canadian studio Nelvana.
Once again, we’ve compiled all of our Something Weird segments from last year.
In these clips, we discuss saying “Christmas gift,” K-mart’s Christmas programming, the science behind Rudolph’s red nose, Vic Berger’s Paula Deen Christmas edits, Christmas Movie Bot on Twitter, the Christmas sandwich, Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas, and Frosty the Slaw Man.
The segments here are not complete, so be sure to check out the episodes in Season Two to hear Something Weird in its entirety.
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Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Happy first day of July to all of you, Happy Canada Day to all of our Canadian family and friends, and welcome to the twenty-third official installment of “Another Christmas Story“!
This week, Jay Skipworth, the man who is as iconic as the podcast he’s hosted for over a decade, “Film Strip Podcast“, will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-Two of our tale, entitled “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”. Within this chapter, we catch up with Officers Seamus Dwyer and Andrew Lee in addition to the beleaguered animal control employee, Hudson Jackson!
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! Make sure to check your main feeds on Monday as well to hear all three elves discuss “The I Love Lucy Christmas Show” and “Christmas With the Addams Family” in addition to next Thursday for the twenty-third official chapter of this story – “Chapter Twenty-Three: Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, which Adam of “Merry Britmas Podcast” will be reading to you!
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It’s time for toys and time for cheer as the Advent Calendar House begins another 12-episode countdown to Christmas in July, starting by rewinding at twice the normal speed back to 1981 to revisit the Christmas special that helped kick off the revival of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
