The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t visits Chris and Charlotte in the middle of the night to talk about adequate holiday movies, big acting choices, delightful ponies, sad ducks, and terrifying descents.

The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t (Il Natale Che Quasi Non Fu) (Rossano Brazzi, 1966): MST3K Wiki. IMDB. HBO promo spot.

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Dead 2 Rights: Ed Wood Wednesdays.

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Paul Tripp: The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (soundtrack album).

Tubby the Tuba (George Pal, 1947).

Tubby the Tuba (Alexander Schure, 1975).

Danny Kaye: Tubby the Tuba.

South Pacific (Joshua Logan, 1958).

My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936).

We discuss Hellzapoppin’ in our episode on The Rebel Set.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, 1989).

The Limelighters: Things Go Better with Coke.

Hark! A Vagrant.

We mention: Chopin and Liszt, Strong Female Characters, and Straw Feminists. The Pride and Prejudice vs. Wuthering Heights comic doesn’t seem to be on the website, but here’s one with Jane Austen and Emily Brontë.

Kate Beaton: Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside, Pops!. The Princess and the Pony. Ducks: Two Years on the Oil Sands.

Small Fat and Mighty mug.

Kate Beaton’s New Yorker cover.

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

Turns out Sleep No More is closing in a few days!

Update: Some people do live on Ellesmere Island, where the North (geomagnetic) Pole currently is, though the only non-research settlement is on the very southern tip of the island.

Canada Post promises to get letters to Santa, despite their recent strike.

Charlotte at the North Pole.

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