Santa Claus: The Movie was released in 1985, and it chronicled the origin of the Jill old elf himself. Eventually, it transitions into anDudley Moore vehicle as his elf character Patch takes center stage. Patch feels unappreciated and sets out into the world to prove himself.
The novelization fills some plot points the movie left out due to time constraints. For example, the elves used to deliver the gifts themselves, but stopped as it grew harder. Also, in preparation for the big flight, they built a simulator for Santa. The novelization even explains why Santa has to go down chimneys due to modern manโs lack of trust in one another. Oh, and Patch returns to the Pole and shares Santaโs assistant duties with Puffy.
Sleigh flight simulator? Check. Confirmation of Corneliaโs adoption? For sure. Kids writing letters to Santa apologizing for their lack of faith? Definitely! So grab your stardust, eat some magic candy canes, and fly into this episode on the novelization of Santa Claus: The Movie!
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Whatโs up, dudes? Thereโs nothing like a Christmas jazz house song to kick off a party. Iโve got Steve Beech of Uplifting House Sessions with me to dive into the opening track of Winter Warnerland! Yes, weโre talking Jeff Lorber โGod Rest the House!โ
Jeff Lorber is an American keyboardist and composer specializing in jazz and fusion. After attending the Berklee College of Music, he played with Michael Brecker and John Scofield. Eventually he started Jeff Lorber Fusion and released his first album in 1977. He frequently played on Rhodes, Minimoog, and Prophet 5 keyboards. He subsequently went solo and had several singles on Billboard Dance charts.
As the Winter Warnerland liner notes state:
โHe’s the guy who first brought you Karen White with their smash hit, The Facts of Love. Kenny G, his former sax player and right now is one of the hottest session cats out there. You can hear his magic touch on current hits from U2, Pebbles, New Edition, Giant Steps, New Shoes, The California Raisins, Sheena Easton and Jeffrey Osborne. Those are just the ones he’s played on this month. And you know he’s saving up the good stuff for his next WB LP due sometime in 89. Even though he’s a busy guy, he managed to crank out a hot house mix version of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen for us. Turn it up!โ
Driving bass line? Check. Syncopated version of the melody? Got it. Minor pentatonics, blues scale embellishments, and occasional chromatic triplets? Definitely! So grab your Yamaha GS-1, and jam out to this episode on Jeff Lorber โGod Rest the House!โ
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29 Days until Christmas.ย This week on the podcast, since we are approaching December, I want to take the time to talk about advent calendars this week.
Today’s episode is all about Advent Calendars and World War 2
If you would like to pick up the Closer to Christmas Coloring Book that I released, for yourself, or as a gift for someone, you can do so, by clicking here:ย โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ https://a.co/d/7n5QjOrโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ …ย can follow me here: @closertoxmas You can also email me, I would love to hear your feedback. Email me at closertochristmaspodcast@gmail.com Please rate and review the podcast wherever you are listening, it helps spread the word, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. To check out any visual component to this epidode, check out my Youtube page: โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ย ย ย /ย @closertochristmasโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ …ย ย
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And finally, and HUGE thank you to my brother, Kevin, for allowing me to use his music throughout my show. If you like what you hear, you can pick up his album on Itunes, which can be found here:ย โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ A solstice night on Apple music or A Solstice Night on Amazon (https://amazon.com/music/player/album…)
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) made itself part of this year’s music story with AI acts The Velvet Sundown, TaTa Taktumi and Breaking Rust making news one way or another.
This week, Ken Kessler of the podcast The Sounds of Christmas and Gerry D from the Totally Rad Christmas podcast join me to talk about the way AI Christmas music foreshadowed some of this. We talk about an early effort created by University of Toronto researchers, “Rudolph the All-Gracious King” and it’s companion how-it’s-done video), and the heavy metal “Christmas Overdrive.” We also talked about faux-vintage Christmas songs posted at the RAI Music page.
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The holidays are officially in full swing, and the Christmas Cousins are celebrating the only way we know howโby cracking open some questionable seasonal brews with some people we love.
Join Cousin Seth and Cousin Chad as they welcome back fan favorites:
Joe the Christmas Aficionado (holder of just as many festive opinions as he has ornaments),
Festive Bob (whose holiday spirit is legally measurable),
Lee, King of the Super Fans (all rise),
and this yearโs distinguished new guest of honorโฆ
DAN from the Deck The Hallmark Podcast โ Could he be the missing piece that finally makes this the perfect holiday weekend kickoff show?
Together, this merry band embarks on the Third Annual Christmas Beer Tasting, sampling what we hope are the finest Yuletide brews in all the land. Will they be amazing? Will they be โgingerbread-adjacent regretโ? Who knows! Last year we struck gold with a 10/10 Christmas beer, and the quest to find another begins now.
Itโs the perfect way to kick off your Thanksgiving weekend, your holiday party season, or your gentle slide into festive chaos.
Raise a glass, tune in, laugh alongโand rememberโฆ
Happy Thanksgiving, and always ALWAYS drink responsibly!
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30 Days until Christmas.ย This week on the podcast, since we are approaching December, I want to take the time to talk about advent calendars this week.
Today’s episode is all about the first paper advent calendar
If you would like to pick up the Closer to Christmas Coloring Book that I released, for yourself, or as a gift for someone, you can do so, by clicking here:ย โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ https://a.co/d/7n5QjOrโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ …ย can follow me here: @closertoxmas You can also email me, I would love to hear your feedback. Email me at closertochristmaspodcast@gmail.com Please rate and review the podcast wherever you are listening, it helps spread the word, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. To check out any visual component to this epidode, check out my Youtube page: โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ย ย ย /ย @closertochristmasโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ …ย ย
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And finally, and HUGE thank you to my brother, Kevin, for allowing me to use his music throughout my show. If you like what you hear, you can pick up his album on Itunes, which can be found here:ย โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ A solstice night on Apple music or A Solstice Night on Amazon (https://amazon.com/music/player/album…)
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On this episode, we bring you a special presentation of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: โA Bomb For Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future.โ We will be releasing a new act every Tuesday until Christmas! Brief Synopsis: Last year, detective Tracy Chabert helped her partner, Holly, foil a plot to blow up a small town Christmas festival. This Christmas, someone is out to get revenge on Holly and itโs up to Tracy to save herโฆand sheโll be getting a little help from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Future. Itโs the movie that answers the question no oneโฆ
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On this episode, Straight No Chaserโs Seggie Isho stops by to talk about the groupโs new album and tour called Holiday Road. Weโll also give you a tip on how to shop small this Christmas by going virtual, and weโll countdown the top five ways to get some holiday cheer without spending money. Download here! 00:00 โ 02:29 Intro 02:29 โ 03:59 We Need A Little Christmas Now 03:59 โ 08:45 5 Golden Things โ Free Ways to Celebrate Christmas 08:45 โ 41:54 An Interview with Straight No Chaserโs Seggie Isho 41:54 โ 45:13 Wrap Up 45:13 โ 47:45 Outtakesโฆ
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This week on the TGI Podcast, weโre talking the Season 7 Home Improvement episode โThanksgiving,โ where the Taylors head to a Lions game, cross paths with Rodney Dangerfield, and still manage to squeeze in plenty of holiday chaos.
As always, we’ll determine if it should be a holiday classicโtune in! ๐ฆ๐๏ธ
This dish has its beginnings in Austria. It’s perfect as a treat after a day skiing down the mountains or shopping at all the Christmas markets during the holiday season. The original recipe contained raisins, but now there’s a whole list of toppings you can add. We’re exploring the history and origins of kaiserschmarrn.
This episode is with Ron from the Film Strip Podcast! We really dig in deep to Christmas and pivot to some way off topic subjects in this one. Enjoy our ADHD brains as we discuss Christmas, traditions and a lot of… Death? ๐
I always try to keep the topic bright but this time we just had to go with the flow and really tap into the discussion of depression and other things. We bare our souls a bit here. So if it makes you sad, I apologize, but it’s us!
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Welcome to The Naughty List! We have two more offenders to add to the list in this final episode of the year. Next Monday, December 1st, we switch over to The Nice List, where we will highlight two (or more) Christmas items, foods, movies, songs, and more that we love, and we will do a Nice List segment every Monday in December.
Thank you for checking us out, and try to get on the Nice List!
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31 Days until Christmas.ย This week on the podcast, since we are approaching December, I want to take the time to talk about advent calendars this week.
Today’s episode is all about Where advent began
If you would like to pick up the Closer to Christmas Coloring Book that I released, for yourself, or as a gift for someone, you can do so, by clicking here:ย โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ https://a.co/d/7n5QjOrโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ …ย can follow me here: @closertoxmas You can also email me, I would love to hear your feedback. Email me at closertochristmaspodcast@gmail.com Please rate and review the podcast wherever you are listening, it helps spread the word, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. To check out any visual component to this epidode, check out my Youtube page: โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ ย ย ย /ย @closertochristmasโ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ …ย ย
If you would like to check out my ko-fi page, and support me as an artist, you can follow this link:ย (5) Ko-fi.com – Your Ko-fiย and click on the shop page to get some free, or pay what you like christmas phone wallpapers!
And finally, and HUGE thank you to my brother, Kevin, for allowing me to use his music throughout my show. If you like what you hear, you can pick up his album on Itunes, which can be found here:ย โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ A solstice night on Apple music or A Solstice Night on Amazon (https://amazon.com/music/player/album…)
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Grab your eggnog and settle in as all three elvesโJulia, Thom, and Anthonyโare back to break down the brand new holiday release, “A Very Jonas Christmas Movie”! Was this one a festive treat or a yuletide disaster? Let’s just say opinions were… strong.
From magical mishaps and celebrity cameos to two plane explosions and a holiday dash across Europe, not even the Jonas Brothers themselves can bring our hosts together on this one! Expect plenty of laughs, savage hot takes, and nostalgic tangents as the elves debate brotherly love, Hallmark-level Christmas vibes, and what makes a truly great Linus moment.
Are you a ride-or-die Jonas Brothers fan? This is the episode for you! Not so much? Well, Julia, Thom, and Anthony have got you covered with all the snark, holiday chaos, andโof courseโa little Thanksgiving gratitude.
So pull up a chair, get comfy, and join the fun as we continue our countdown to Christmas! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! ๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ฆโ๏ธ๐
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