🎄 Santa’s sleigh is grounded in the original video game crash. 

The Advent Calendar House kicks off another Christmas countdown by rewinding back to 1982, when Santa found himself stranded in Pac-Man’s neighborhood. 

🎙 Lindy and Alicia join us for a stroll through “Christmas Comes to Pacland,” where no one knows about Christmas, but somehow the Ghost Monsters know the words to “Jingle Bells.” 

🚨 Warning: Santa spoilers from 11:25 to 13:30. 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

Santa is flying with 8 reindeer, including Rudolph. Who got the night off? 

Why some reindeer actually have red noses. 

This might be the first time a Christmas special shows Santa using a computer. 

Russi Taylor’s Pac-Baby has the same voice she later used for Robin in “Muppet Babies.” 

Absent from this special is the Ghost Monsters’ boss, Mezmaron. 

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📼 Commercials: 

Pac-Man Cereal (1984) 

Chef Boyardee Pac-Man Pasta (1984) 

A Bomb for Christmas, made for podcast Christmas movie by Tim Babb of the Can’t Wait for Christmas Podcast, co-starring Mike as “Captain Willis.”  

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“Christmas Comes to Pacland” © 1982 Hanna-Barbera Productions.  

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