Xena: Warrior Princess – A Solstice Carol

🎄 Rise and shine while you still can! Since this year’s December Solstice falls on a Sunday, I’ve come bearing the gift of an unexpectedly very merry Scrooge Sunday episode of “Xena: Warrior Princess” from 1996.

April Ryley and Sammy Hain join the mission to warm the cold heart of a king who’s banned all Solstice celebrations on an almost wibbly-wobbly timeline that manages to smash together “A Christmas Carol,” the Three Fates of ancient Greek tradition, a Santa Claus origin story, and the Nativity. It even throws in some “Home Alone” style shenanigans, as a treat!

📺 As of this recording, “A Solstice Carol” is available to watch on Prime Video.

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💬 Topics & Tangents:

Lucy Lawless in “Spider-Man.”

“Ebenezer and the Invisible World,” the video game.

Moirai: The Three Fates.

The Simpsons: “Desperately Xeeking Xena” from “Treehouse of Horror X” (1999)

Inside Senticles’s toy closet, and his King Friday XIII lookalike jack-in-the-box.

The song: “Solstice Night.”

Karl Urban as Cupid in a Valentine’s Day episode.

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📼 Commercials:

7up: Holiday Celebration (1996)

Bad Princess Movies.

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“Xena: Warrior Princess” and “A Solstice Carol” © 1996 MCA Television Limited.

Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
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