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.
Welcome to episode 19 of Holly Jolly X’masu! In this episode, I cover Ryoko Moriyama’s 1969 album, “Ryoko’s Christmas.” Ryoko Moriyama is one of the most beloved and influential singers in Japan. Known as the Joan Baez of Japan and the Queen of College Folk, she has a career that has spanned six decades. She is still active today and will soon be re-embarking on a retrospective concert tour that was delayed due to COVID.
Ryoko’s Christmas – 1968
I’d been wanting to get her Christmas album for quite a while. When my sister donated to my Ko-fi page for Christmas, I decided to finally get it. I knew she’d released a few Christmas LP’s, as well as an earlier EP (I mistakenly stated it was from 1967 in the episode—it’s actually from 1968). I got what I thought was a later re-release of her 1969 album, only to find out it was a Christmas greatest hits album. Considering how often her original album has been released, though, the confusion was understandable.
Ryoko’s Christmas – 1969
It took me a while to figure it out, but I was finally able to determine which album each of the songs had come from, and just how much of her music I was missing. The 1976 album includes 21 songs, taken from three different albums. Those albums include a total of 40 songs, so I was missing nearly half her Christmas songs. And that’s not including her 4-song EP, or her 10-track LP from 1981. Her albums are generally affordable, though, so I decided to get all five. I considered getting them on CD, but from what I could tell, the songs from her EP have never been rereleased, while the three earlier albums have only been released in their entirety in a pair of extremely costly boxed sets.
Christmas Album – 1976
The pictures above are the ones I purchased. The pictures below are a variety of covers from the rereleases of the 1969 album. I believe this is all of them, not counting the CD releases. I’ll post pictures of her other albums with their respective episodes.
Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoyed Ryoko Moriyama’s music as much as I have. I look forward to covering her other albums in the coming weeks. Be sure to listen in. And don’t forget that my regularly-scheduled Christmas in July episode should be available on the 25th. I have some really great songs planned for that, and you don’t want to miss it.
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. Any 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!
Santa finishes learning about Patch’s departure. Then, back in New York, Patch reappears to see store employees removing all B.Z. Toys from their window display. Patch misinterprets this as a sign of the popularity of B.Z.’s toys. The elf then magically disappears much to the confusion of a nearby “wino”. B.Z. returns to his office to be greeted by Patch. This is a jam-packed minute! We meet new characters, prove the A-Team takes place in the same universe as this movie, discover another “lost” elf pun, and much, much more! Join us as we discuss Minute 64 of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)!
Happy Christmas in July everyone!! If you love Christmas movies, especially Hallmark, then this is the episode you must listen to. I have on author Rachel McMillan, author of the book “A Very Merry Holiday Movie Guide”. She’s back to talk about Hallmark Christmas movies with me, and gives us some ideas on how and where to watch the coziest Christmas movies ever made. Then I read a poem called December by John Clare.
There’s a contest going for Christmas in July going on, I will give one lucky listener a handmade Christmas coffee cup cozy so you can decorate your mugs year round. You can enter the contest by leaving a review, liking and sharing one of my social media pages, sending me a story or memory, and by donating to the show on ko-fi.com – you can get three or more entries! Just let me know if you’d like to be entered into the contest I’ll sign you up.
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Randy “The Santa Dad” Powers joins Todd to talk about his Christmas blog, The Santa Dad. As always, they take a deep dive into the origins of Santa Dad and Randy’s Christmases growing up. Be sure to follow Santa Dad on all his socials and check his websites SantaDad.com and Randall S Powers.
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Burny not only gathered his best crew, he assigned people to whichever character they wanted. So why did Disney not want them to hire back the original voice of Donald Duck?
Learn about how characters from Pinocchio and Sword in the Stone were replaced, how they almost made the short into feature length and how the short (and it’s movie’s it related with) got competition from…The Smurfs.
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You don’t know outdoor Christmas lights until you see animated lighting! In this episode, Rikki chats with Ron Howard from xTreme Sequences, he provides a holiday lighting experience, and does a holiday light show on his own home where you sync up with holiday tunes as you drive by.
Ken Kessler from the Sounds of Christmas talks to Jeff from MyMerryChristmas.com about upcoming Christmas In July events (and the easy way you can be a part of it)!
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Join Chris & Kris as they chat and play some games with Sean from the Christmas Podcasts Podcast about all things Christmas and New York City. Stay safe and Happy Holidays!
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The boys are back to tackle their first assignment that’s too big to be contained within one episode. To celebrate Christmas in July, they’re watching all of Dash & Lily, covering episode 1-4 in June and then the second half of the series in July. This 2020 Netflix streamer catches them by surprise but does the first half of the series have enough holiday spirit to carry them through until July? The only way to find out is to listen in!
Non-Christmas topics discussed in this episode include: Mare of Easttown, Jupiter’s Legacy’s budget, the heat, New York City being a character again, Joni Mitchell, great side characters, YA stuff, backtracking, Law & Order: SVU, and web privacy.
