Advent Calendar House
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🎄 A podcast salute to all holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones by @makewistful.com. Mind the icy patch.
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Advent Calendar House | The Cabbage Patch Kids’ First Christmas
🎄 Put on your cute little helmet and join us on a journey back to 1984 for a Christmas special based on the toy craze that turned holiday shopping from a winter wonderland to a warzone. Julia (Tis...
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🎄 Today’s podcast is about “The Cabbage Patch Kids’ First Christmas,” a 1984 special from Ruby-Spears that dives headfirst into the totally official, extremely bonkers lore of the Cabbage Patch Kids.
With @stevenstaples38.bsky.social & Julia from @tisthepodcast.bsky.social!
With @stevenstaples38.bsky.social & Julia from @tisthepodcast.bsky.social!
In 1978, Chuck Jones dug Raggedy Ann and Andy out from the bottom of the toy box to save Christmas from the Big Bad Wolf.
Here’s an old podcast with @yoretown.bsky.social & @hojukoolander.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @yoretown.bsky.social & @hojukoolander.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper
Talking dolls save Christmas from being shrink-wrapped by palette swapped Wile E. Coyote.
Guests: Molly Patton, Adam Pope.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In 1978, Chuck Jones dug Raggedy Ann and Andy out from the bottom of the toy box to save Christmas from the Big Bad Wolf.
Here’s an old podcast with @yoretown.bsky.social & @hojukoolander.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @yoretown.bsky.social & @hojukoolander.bsky.social.
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ITS PARTY TIME! Come celebrate our 100th episode as we get into our feelings about PURE MOODS! ostparty.podbean.com/e/episode-10...
Episode 100: Pure Moods | The OST Party
Ladies and gents, welcome to episode 100 of the O/S/T Party!
Now that we've hit triple digits, let's slow things down and relax with the dulcet tones of PURE MOODS!
Released in 1994, Pure Moods is a c...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
ITS PARTY TIME! Come celebrate our 100th episode as we get into our feelings about PURE MOODS! ostparty.podbean.com/e/episode-10...
Garbage Day!
Advent Calendar House | The Adventures of Pete & Pete: O’ Christmas Pete
Garbageman is here for your Christmas spirit.
Guests: Tom Coombs, Chad Young.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Garbage Day!
How old is “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”? Where in New Jersey is Gotham City? Why didn’t Batman think to check the Laffco Toy Factory for the Joker?
These questions and more on this old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @sludgecentral.bsky.social.
These questions and more on this old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @sludgecentral.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Batman, the Animated Series: Christmas with the Joker
An episode nobody wanted to see, but everyone will hear.
Guests: Jay Ryan, Joey O.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How old is “Jingle Bells, Batman Smells”? Where in New Jersey is Gotham City? Why didn’t Batman think to check the Laffco Toy Factory for the Joker?
These questions and more on this old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @sludgecentral.bsky.social.
These questions and more on this old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @sludgecentral.bsky.social.
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For today's installment of The Nostalgia Spot Christmas Special Countdown we have a mix of wholesome and funny, old and not that old, and we're hitting Disney, Fox, Nickelodeon, and more. Plus we're doing 11 instead of 10. In other words, it's a full day!
Dec. 11 – The Nostalgia Spot Christmas Special Countdown #126 – 116
We've got another 11 special slot for you today. After all, it is the season of giving, is it not? And once again, we're mostly sticking to the land of children's fair or G-Rated content. In fact, our most aggressively G-rated special leads things off today. 126 - Bluey - Verandah Santa
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December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For today's installment of The Nostalgia Spot Christmas Special Countdown we have a mix of wholesome and funny, old and not that old, and we're hitting Disney, Fox, Nickelodeon, and more. Plus we're doing 11 instead of 10. In other words, it's a full day!
Mister Rogers’ Christmas special from 1977 may not seem “Christmassy,” but it takes you places.
Here’s an old podcast about the wacky adventures of a mysterious Music Man, A Very Young Dancer, and Happy Gilmore’s grandma.
Here’s an old podcast about the wacky adventures of a mysterious Music Man, A Very Young Dancer, and Happy Gilmore’s grandma.
Advent Calendar House | Christmastime with Mister Rogers
The wacky adventures of a mysterious Music Man, A Very Young Dancer, and Happy Gilmore’s grandma.
Guests: Guy Hutchinson, Tim Lybarger
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December 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Mister Rogers’ Christmas special from 1977 may not seem “Christmassy,” but it takes you places.
Here’s an old podcast about the wacky adventures of a mysterious Music Man, A Very Young Dancer, and Happy Gilmore’s grandma.
Here’s an old podcast about the wacky adventures of a mysterious Music Man, A Very Young Dancer, and Happy Gilmore’s grandma.
I can’t make this tonight, but if you want to give it a go, reach out to @collinmurr.bsky.social in like the next hour.
This December, I'll be hosting 2 Christmas trivia games over Zoom where contestants will raise money for their favorite charities. Whether you love Christmas, trivia, game shows, giving, or just hanging out with friends, it's for you! Dates & times at the end of this video. DM me to sign up!
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I can’t make this tonight, but if you want to give it a go, reach out to @collinmurr.bsky.social in like the next hour.
Oh look a year-end recap that includes last December. See, every other website and app? It can be done.
The most viewed Baseball Reference team page in each U.S. state this year!
Which team page had the most views in your state? 🤔
See all the full recap here: info.baseball-reference.com/25-br-mlb-se...
Which team page had the most views in your state? 🤔
See all the full recap here: info.baseball-reference.com/25-br-mlb-se...
December 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Oh look a year-end recap that includes last December. See, every other website and app? It can be done.
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#Xmas 1925
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Between 1920 & 1943, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote & painted Christmas letters to his children from #FatherChristmas, who told of goings-on at the North Pole, often the doings of the North Polar Bear ('N.P.B.')
This one from 1925
#JRRTolkien #Holidays #Christmas #Natale
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Between 1920 & 1943, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote & painted Christmas letters to his children from #FatherChristmas, who told of goings-on at the North Pole, often the doings of the North Polar Bear ('N.P.B.')
This one from 1925
#JRRTolkien #Holidays #Christmas #Natale
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#Xmas 1925
🧵👇
Between 1920 & 1943, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote & painted Christmas letters to his children from #FatherChristmas, who told of goings-on at the North Pole, often the doings of the North Polar Bear ('N.P.B.')
This one from 1925
#JRRTolkien #Holidays #Christmas #Natale
🧵👇
Between 1920 & 1943, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote & painted Christmas letters to his children from #FatherChristmas, who told of goings-on at the North Pole, often the doings of the North Polar Bear ('N.P.B.')
This one from 1925
#JRRTolkien #Holidays #Christmas #Natale
🎄 Today’s podcast is about “The Cabbage Patch Kids’ First Christmas,” a 1984 special from Ruby-Spears that dives headfirst into the totally official, extremely bonkers lore of the Cabbage Patch Kids.
With @stevenstaples38.bsky.social & Julia from @tisthepodcast.bsky.social!
With @stevenstaples38.bsky.social & Julia from @tisthepodcast.bsky.social!
Advent Calendar House | The Cabbage Patch Kids’ First Christmas
🎄 Put on your cute little helmet and join us on a journey back to 1984 for a Christmas special based on the toy craze that turned holiday shopping from a winter wonderland to a warzone. Julia (Tis...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎄 Today’s podcast is about “The Cabbage Patch Kids’ First Christmas,” a 1984 special from Ruby-Spears that dives headfirst into the totally official, extremely bonkers lore of the Cabbage Patch Kids.
With @stevenstaples38.bsky.social & Julia from @tisthepodcast.bsky.social!
With @stevenstaples38.bsky.social & Julia from @tisthepodcast.bsky.social!
In 1984, Mr. T took a humbuggish Webster on a Christmas tour of New York City that rivaled the most romantic date. It ruled.
Advent Calendar House | Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream
Mr. T takes a humbuggish Webster on the most romantic date through New York City.
Guest: Guy Hutchinson.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In 1984, Mr. T took a humbuggish Webster on a Christmas tour of New York City that rivaled the most romantic date. It ruled.
If you taped A Muppet Family Christmas off the TV in 1987, you’ve seen a promo for this Christmas episode of “The Charmings,” in which Snow White’s evil stepmother attempts to spoil Santa for her own grandkids.
I talked about it with @komakesthings.bsky.social & @wallabri.bsky.social.
I talked about it with @komakesthings.bsky.social & @wallabri.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Charmings: Yes, Lillian, There Is a Santa Claus
Snow White’s evil stepmother attempts to spoil Santa for her own grandkids. (Guests: Kristi and Bri from Bad Princess Movies)
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December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you taped A Muppet Family Christmas off the TV in 1987, you’ve seen a promo for this Christmas episode of “The Charmings,” in which Snow White’s evil stepmother attempts to spoil Santa for her own grandkids.
I talked about it with @komakesthings.bsky.social & @wallabri.bsky.social.
I talked about it with @komakesthings.bsky.social & @wallabri.bsky.social.
“The Small One,” from 1978, was Don Bluth’s last project for Disney, and it’s gorgeous.
Here’s a very old podcast about it with @ieatvideogames.bsky.social and @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s a very old podcast about it with @ieatvideogames.bsky.social and @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Small One
Part 2 of our Christmas donkey double feature covers Disney’s 1978 short.
Guests: Lindy Kempe, Brandon Medley.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“The Small One,” from 1978, was Don Bluth’s last project for Disney, and it’s gorgeous.
Here’s a very old podcast about it with @ieatvideogames.bsky.social and @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s a very old podcast about it with @ieatvideogames.bsky.social and @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Y’all want to hear @poparena.bsky.social and me talk about the time Doug’s dog almost got a death sentence for Christmas?
Advent Calendar House | Doug’s Christmas Story
Doug uses weaponized cupcakes to break Porkchop out of doggie death row.
Guest: Greg Stevens (Pop Arena).
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Y’all want to hear @poparena.bsky.social and me talk about the time Doug’s dog almost got a death sentence for Christmas?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s first appearance in animation was a short cartoon by Max Fleischer in 1948.
That’s before the song was written!
I watched it with @theaceofknaves.bsky.social and @radchristmas.bsky.social.
That’s before the song was written!
I watched it with @theaceofknaves.bsky.social and @radchristmas.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)
A #ChristmasPodcastDay deep dive into Rudolph’s original animated adventure.
Guests: Gerry Davila (Totally Rad Christmas), Matt Spaulding (North Pole Radio).
Find show notes at https://advent...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s first appearance in animation was a short cartoon by Max Fleischer in 1948.
That’s before the song was written!
I watched it with @theaceofknaves.bsky.social and @radchristmas.bsky.social.
That’s before the song was written!
I watched it with @theaceofknaves.bsky.social and @radchristmas.bsky.social.
Here’s 1 of 2 podcasts with @michaelmay.bsky.social and @spidey004.bsky.social about a musical version of A Christmas Carol.
Part 2 will drop this coming Scrooge Sunday.
Part 2 will drop this coming Scrooge Sunday.
In the first part of a sort of crossover with @adventcalendar.house, @makewistful.com joins @michaelmay.bsky.social and @spidey004.bsky.social to talk about a version of A Christmas Carol with Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and bunch of questionable songs.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here’s 1 of 2 podcasts with @michaelmay.bsky.social and @spidey004.bsky.social about a musical version of A Christmas Carol.
Part 2 will drop this coming Scrooge Sunday.
Part 2 will drop this coming Scrooge Sunday.
🎄 Today’s podcast is about The Muppets: The Sitcom: The Christmas Episode, which aired 10 years ago today.
It’s got badly singing Mindy Kaling, barely singing Echosmith, an ok Secret Santa bit, an awful mistletoe bit, and our very special guests: @tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social & @jd11pc.bsky.social!
It’s got badly singing Mindy Kaling, barely singing Echosmith, an ok Secret Santa bit, an awful mistletoe bit, and our very special guests: @tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social & @jd11pc.bsky.social!
Advent Calendar House | The Muppets - Single All the Way
🎄 It’s been 10 years since the Muppets’ 2015 TV series gave us the gift of a Christmas episode, so it’s time to stay Up Late with Miss Piggy and find out if we can take it seriously, or if it left ...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🎄 Today’s podcast is about The Muppets: The Sitcom: The Christmas Episode, which aired 10 years ago today.
It’s got badly singing Mindy Kaling, barely singing Echosmith, an ok Secret Santa bit, an awful mistletoe bit, and our very special guests: @tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social & @jd11pc.bsky.social!
It’s got badly singing Mindy Kaling, barely singing Echosmith, an ok Secret Santa bit, an awful mistletoe bit, and our very special guests: @tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social & @jd11pc.bsky.social!
The Flintstones did A Christmas Carol. Even the “who made lame beggars walk” line. Don’t worry about it.
Advent Calendar House | A Flintstones Christmas Carol
Community cave theatre feeds Fred’s ego as his supporting cast battles the Bedrock Bug.
Guests: Michael May, Anthony Strand.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Flintstones did A Christmas Carol. Even the “who made lame beggars walk” line. Don’t worry about it.
Don’t sleep on My Little Pony’s version of A Christmas Carol… “A Hearth’s Warming Tail.”
Advent Calendar House | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: A Hearth’s Warming Tail
A Scrooge Sunday canter through Equestria’s equivalent of “A Christmas Carol.”
Guests: Jon and Bin (Bin’s Toy Bin, Santa by the Minute).
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Don’t sleep on My Little Pony’s version of A Christmas Carol… “A Hearth’s Warming Tail.”
Y’all want to hear about the time the Ghostbusters accidentally saved Scrooge and killed Christmas?
With @horrormoviebbq.bsky.social and @thepopdaddy.bsky.social.
With @horrormoviebbq.bsky.social and @thepopdaddy.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Real Ghostbusters: Xmas Marks the Spot
The Ghostbusters accidentally save Scrooge and kill Christmas.
Guests: Tom Coombs, Chad Young.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Y’all want to hear about the time the Ghostbusters accidentally saved Scrooge and killed Christmas?
With @horrormoviebbq.bsky.social and @thepopdaddy.bsky.social.
With @horrormoviebbq.bsky.social and @thepopdaddy.bsky.social.
Happy Back to the Future Day from me, @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @cordialwombat.bsky.social, and the Ghost of Christmas All of the Above.
Advent Calendar House | Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas
Happy Back to the Future Day!
Guests: Joey O., Joseph Wade.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Happy Back to the Future Day from me, @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @cordialwombat.bsky.social, and the Ghost of Christmas All of the Above.
Technically Fozzie’s mom is the Muppet I have, historically, quoted the most.
It's episode 68 of '70 Years, 70 Muppets', where this week we spotlight the surfing matriach of the Bear family, Emily 'Ma' Bear!
70 Years, 70 Muppets – Ep. 68. Emily ‘Ma’ Bear - ToughPigs
This week we spotlight the surfing matriach of the Bear family, Emily 'Ma' Bear!
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December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Technically Fozzie’s mom is the Muppet I have, historically, quoted the most.
I only started watching Doctor Who in the last few years. This was the episode everyone told me would be my favorite. They were correct.
Here’s a podcast from last year with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social, @durwoodclapper.bsky.social, & Jack from the Total Christmas Podcast.
Here’s a podcast from last year with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social, @durwoodclapper.bsky.social, & Jack from the Total Christmas Podcast.
Advent Calendar House | Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
The Doctor prescribes what’s been missing from A Christmas Carol: A flying shark. Guests: Andre Bennett, Jack Ford, Anthony Strand.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I only started watching Doctor Who in the last few years. This was the episode everyone told me would be my favorite. They were correct.
Here’s a podcast from last year with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social, @durwoodclapper.bsky.social, & Jack from the Total Christmas Podcast.
Here’s a podcast from last year with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social, @durwoodclapper.bsky.social, & Jack from the Total Christmas Podcast.
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If you’re in the mood for something Christmas-y but want to try something different I’ve made a playlist of some of my favorite Christmas episodes that are on YouTube.
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Best of Christmas TV - YouTube
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December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If you’re in the mood for something Christmas-y but want to try something different I’ve made a playlist of some of my favorite Christmas episodes that are on YouTube.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
A friend in Australia recommended this Christmas special to me. What he didn’t know was I somehow also had seen it as a kid.
This thing takes a hard turn out of nowhere from “flying around the world with Santa, maybe” to “circuses are bad!”
This thing takes a hard turn out of nowhere from “flying around the world with Santa, maybe” to “circuses are bad!”
Advent Calendar House | Around the World with Dot
Also known as “Dot and Santa Claus,” Australia’s most festive anti-circus PSA. Guest: Dan MacPherson
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December 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A friend in Australia recommended this Christmas special to me. What he didn’t know was I somehow also had seen it as a kid.
This thing takes a hard turn out of nowhere from “flying around the world with Santa, maybe” to “circuses are bad!”
This thing takes a hard turn out of nowhere from “flying around the world with Santa, maybe” to “circuses are bad!”