Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Email | RSS | More
It’s Christmas Time! That means movies and music (and more). This is a special episode – it’s live and we discuss our favorites for Christmas.
To start we cover a most important topic – what is the difference between a Christmas movie vs a movie set at Christmas?
We quickly delve into our favorite movies and traditions that revolve around movies. A list of movies is below.
Holiday Inn (warning it’s considered not PC nowadays)
Hallmark Christmas Movies and the Alicia Witt movies
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Charlie Brown Christmas – The Piano Guys (Charlie Brown and Angels We Have Heard on High)
MacGyver – Titus – X-Files – MASH – Bob Hope – Doctor Who
Star Wars LEGO Christmas Special
And of course, we have to talk about music. Music at Christmas is a given – but we like a lot of music that isn’t as mainstream. List below and a spotify playlist at the bottom:
Polly Anderson’s Christmas Party
Harry Simeone Chorale
Very Special Christmas
Do The Know it’s Christmas – Band Aid
Mannheim Steamroller – Little Drummer Boy – and what the term means in music
Pentatonix
Straight No Chaser
Keith Emerson
Rick Wakeman
Jethro Tull
Greg Lake
Merry Axemas
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – First Snow – and the original guys Savatage
Annie Lennox
Melissa Etheridge
Joan Osborne
Cheap Trick
REO Speedwagon
Billy Idol
AC Jones
Brian Setzer
Neil Diamond
Johnny Mathis
Time Life Christmas
John Denver and the Muppets
Christmas at Ground Zero and The Year Santa Went Crazy
Alice’s Restaurant
Jim Nabors
David Letterman Cher
Cartman Oh Holy Night
James Brown Funky Christmas
ELP Legacy
Duke Ellington Nutcracker
Kinks
Ramones
Christmas Lithuania
Snow Miser vs Heat Miser
Snoopy Christmas
And we talk about books a bit:
Christopher Moore – the Stupidest Angel
Skipping Christmas – Which Cousin Dan likes better than the movie
Some of our traditions we enjoy:
First Night Akron – which is sorely missed
Advent Calendar – LEGO mini-figures – Funko pop
Frankenmuth, Michigan– Bronner’s
Nutroll
