Christmas Alphabet is a podcast about Christmas, in alphabetical order. Every two weeks we’ll have another letter, and more festive feelings and facts.
In this, our first post-Christmas episode, Wayne keeps the Christmas spirit alive with topics all beginning with the letter D.
We’ve got D for Dickens, the man who some say invented Christmas as we know it. We have D is for Decorations, and we Dare to look into the controversial subject of D is for the date of Christmas.
Our D song is ‘Ding Dong Merrily‘, a song that is more about bellringing than it is about Christmas.
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2022 is in full swing, and the elves were excited to come together to discuss Netflix’s 2021 original film A Boy Called Christmas. In this episode, they dive into Don’t Look Up, Station 11, discuss the book that inspired this movie, and debate whether it’s a proper Christmas/holiday movie.
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Welcome to the season finale of A Cozy Christmas Podcast! Today, we’re going to consider Charles Dickens’ Christmas Tree, as well as a special announcement for a reading challenge.
In 1850 Dickens published a reflection piece for Christmas entitled “A Christmas Tree”. And in typical Dickens fashion, he has a lot of words to say about his tree and the memories from his past that it conjures up. Though at times the story is a bit strange, who hasn’t occasionally gotten lost in nostalgia while enjoying the lights of their Christmas tree?
I also am announcing a group reading challenge for us this year! As you know, I love to read, so I created 12 reading challenges based on Christmas movies. Check out my social medias for the check list or go to www.cozychristmaspodcast.com and you can download the check list there. Every Wednesday I’ll be posting about what books I’m reading for the challenge and I’d love to hear from you as well. Take a listen and find out what prompt we’re doing first for January!
See you all on the socials every Wednesday – let me know if you’ll be reading the prompts and which books you pick.
Season 3 begins January 24th! See you then…
Keep an eye out for a bonus midseason story on or about January 14th…
A big thank you to my volunteer readers this season: my work buddy Lisa and LW Salinas (@sithwitch), both of whom stepped in at the very last second. Otherwise, almost all the authors wanted to read their own work this year, which was fun!
Chris & Kris are closing out the year with the latest news about the scaled back New Years ball drop in Times Square. Kris talks about an AirBnB with an unusual view. Happy New Year! We’ll talk to you in 2022!
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Welcome to episode 39 of Holly Jolly X’masu! In this year-end bonus episode, I talk about Singaporean Christmas music.
One of the things I’ve really enjoyed over the years is finding just how much “undiscovered” Christmas music is really out there. Forgotten old nuggets from the US are becoming increasingly rare due to how many people have been searching them out and sharing them over the past few decades, but there’s tons of new Christmas music being created each year, and some of it is quite good.
Outside of the US, there’s a wealth of music to be found. I primarily focus on Japanese music, but during my searches, I find records from all over the world that I’ve seen listed anywhere else. I’ve seen records from all over Europe, Korea, Trinidad, Indonesia, Africa and elsewhere. If I had unlimited funds, I’d pick up a few of them.
Other than a few domestic releases each year, I seldom buy Christmas music anymore outside of my Japanese purchases. These Singaporean albums really struck a chord with me, though, and I wanted to get copies I could listen to without skips, scratches, pops and hiss. There are a few other Singaporean and Indonesian records I’ve heard with some great music on them, but the ones I discussed in this episode really are the cream of the crop, as far as I’m concerned.
I’d have liked to have found a decent amount of biographical information about each of the bands. The lack of information about the Silverstones and the Spiders was disappointing, but I was glad I was able to find as much as I did about the others, and I was happy to see that Ernie Djohan is still going strong.
I hope you enjoyed this foray into Singapore, and that it helped enliven your New Year’s celebration. Join me back here next month as I kick off 2022 with a pair of fantastic folk albums. First up is “Merry X’mas with the Shandracks” from 1970. Then, on the 25th, I’ll be covering one of my absolute favorite albums, “Christmas Best Hits,” from Chewing Gum. It’s an absolutely wonderful album and you don’t want to miss it.
Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed Ohashi Trio as much as I did. Be sure to listen in next week to my special Halloween episode where I discuss the 1978 sci-fi thriller, “Blue Christmas – Blood Type: Blue,” and its soundtrack.
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. Any proceeds or donations received will be put towards purchasing 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!
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas thanks you for listening to this podcast and to the Sounds of Christmas station, and reminds you that both will be continuing, year-round, through all of 2022. Whenever you need a Christmas music fix, or some Christmas Spirit, the Sounds of Christmas will be there for you!
Last week we pit the original Home Alone against its 2021 remake. Of course the remake didn’t hold a candle to the original, but there is still a bit of unfinished business we need to discuss.
On this podcast, we attempt to rank all of the traps from both films. First we rank all the traps in the original Home Alone. Then we do the same for Home Sweet Home Alone. How does the iron to Marv’s face stack up against the blowtorch to Harry’s head? A billiards ball to the face vs a barrage of thumb tacks to the face; which is worse?
This episode attempts to answer these questions, and more!
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas revisits nineteen of his earlier podcasts with singers and musicians for a composite of some of the Christmas music that just might be in the works for Christmas 2022! Artists appearing (briefly) in this episode are Brynn Stanley, Cliff Beach, Corinne Cook, Karla Bonoff, David Browning, Judy Pancoast, Deb Bowman, Michael Sinatra, Linda Imperial, Paul Kelly, Dan Ashley, Noreen Braun, Pete Hopkins, Rosalie Drysdale, Liz Kennedy, Sarah Reeves, T.J. Winterbrook, Suzanne from Suzanne’s Band and Rehya Stevens!
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Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe this is the final episode of 2021 already? We can’t! We hope you all had an amazing Christmas! And while those post-holiday blues are sure to be setting in soon as we begin our countdown to Christmas 2022, rest assured that we here at “Tis the Podcast” will be here to help you get through it!
This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by Gerry D. of “Totally Rad Christmas” and listener/friend of the show, April Ryley, to discuss the HBO Max original holiday film, “8-Bit Christmas” based on the novel of the same name. As this movie essentially serves as a remake of the classic and beloved 1983 film, “A Christmas Story“, lots of comparisons between the two films ensue – pitting the elves against one another. With Thom and Julia on one side of the divide, joined by Gerry D. in their dislike of “A Christmas Story“, that leaves Anthony and April on the other side of the divide, sticking up for “A Christmas Story” and insisting this modern day retelling will never come close to touching its greatness. The differing opinions make for a fun and interesting discussion, which you’ll just have to listen to in order to find out just how high or low this ’80s nostalgia fest ranks on our list! So settle in with your favorite holiday drink and bask in the glow of your Christmas decorations, before they go away into storage for another year, and enjoy!
Dropping in your feeds next Monday will be our episode in which Julia, Thom, and Anthony gather to discuss the Netflix original holiday movie, “A Boy Called Christmas” – based on the novel of the same name – and later that night, will be recording their episode on “The Preacher’s Wife“. So keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!
As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
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Title: Nintendo – A Maze Of Rubber Wiring And Electronic Intelligence So Advanced, It Was Deemed Not A Video Game But An 8-Bit Entertainment System. (8-Bit Christmas)
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Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas reminds you that the Twelve Days Of Christmas actually come AFTER CHRISTMAS! He talks about this, the origin (and changes of the song “The Twelve Days Of Christmas”) and how it’s used to compute the True Cost Of Christmas. Most importantly, he wants you to know you don’t have to stop listening to Christmas music, just because the calendar date for Christmas has passed.
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