HolidayMoons

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

What will Punxsutawney Phil predict this year? Last year, he predicted an early Spring - only the 19th time in 133 years. Will 2020 have more Winter, or an early Spring?

This week's episode covers Winter sports and hobbies, as well as Groundhog Day. There are many odd sports the people come up with in Winter to keep active and break the boredom, including shovel and wok races, snow kayaking, and more. And, if indoors is your thing in the cold, then we also look at the many options for filling your time during the Winter season. We then discuss the roots of Groundhog Day, and how a little varmint got so famous. So much fun and many interesting Winter topics on this week's HolidayMoons podcast!

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

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Twitter: @holiday_moons

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Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

Where's the snow? Not at our home, yet! But, there's good news! Our Winter podcasts continue, with or without the snow.

This week, we fill our Winter topics up first with the long history of snowmen. We then address the recent viewpoint of some that snowflakes aren't unique (spoiler alert: they are very unique). And finally, appropriate for our winter months, which are dark and cold, we look at the Danish hygge lifestyle. Hygge (pronounced hue-guh, not hoo-gah) is a Danish word used when acknowledging a feeling or moment, whether alone or with friends, at home or out, ordinary or extraordinary as cozy, charming or special. The undefinable feeling of hygge is a way to find moments to celebrate, acknowledge and break up the mundane or harsh. By creating simple rituals without effort {such as brewing real tea with a little china cup every evening, to stopping at the flower shop every week} the Danes see both the domestic and personal life as an art form and not a drudgery to get away from. We then apply hygge to our US lifestyles.

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

It's probably time to start putting away the Christmas decor, right? In this week's episode, we talk about ways to recycle your Christmas tree, from lakes and coast restoration, fish and bird habitats, to mulch and coasters (yep, coasters). And, as we close out the Yuletide season, it's time to replace our Santas, Nutcrackers, and Mangers with Snowmen, snow flakes, and winter scenes. And, we share another international holiday, as Cole discusses Sadeh, an ancient Persian festival.

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne, And surely you will buy your cup, And surely I'll buy mine, And we'll take a cup o'kindness yet, For auld lang syne...

As the HolidayMoons say goodbye to 2019 and the decade of the 2010s, we sing (and describe) the most famous New Year's song, Auld Lang Syne. And since this song is Scottish in origin, thanks to its author, Robert Burns, we look at Hogmanay, which is Scotland's multi-day New Year's celebration, with many fascinating traditions and festivities. And, we are still within the 12 days of Christmas, which are the 12 days between Christmas and Epiphany on January 6th, we talk about the celebration of Orthodox Christmas around the world. And, finally, we wish you a happy and healthy 2020 to you and your families!

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

It's Christmas time at HolidayMoons, which means lots of fun traditions packed into a short period of time! And, it's a good time for us to thank all of you, our listeners, for taking the time to download and listen to our podcasts! Our final Christmas episode this season includes several Christmas tree ornament traditions that you have probably heard of (and maybe one or two that you haven't). Beth finishes her segment on the varieties of Christmas trees. And we finish by discussing one of our favorite musicians and actors for the season, Bing Crosby.

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

What type of Christmas tree to you pick out each year? A Fraser or Canaan fir? A Blue Spruce or Virginia Pine? In today's episode, Beth walks through the differences in the varieties of Christmas trees. How are those Christmas cards coming along? Sydney talks about origins of the Christmas card from England. And finally, do you, or your family or friends, have kids in a Christmas play this year? Cole shares the story and history of Nativity plays. The Christmas Season is moving along quickly - enjoy it with us on the HolidayMoons Podcast!

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

What are your earliest Christmas memories? How old were you? This week HolidayMoons look back at 1972, when Randy and Beth were little kids, specifically talking about Christmas gift planning and the thick Christmas catalogs that were common for so many decades (pre-Internet!). Sydney discusses the origin of the Christmas tree skirt. And the Cole leads us on a fun discussion of gag gifts. The Christmas Season is now in full swing - enjoy it with us on the HolidayMoons Podcast!

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at HolidayMoons! We start our season by looking over last year's Christmas topics, including some of our favorites. We begin our seasonal topics with St. Nicholas Day - a specific day to celebrate an important man during this holiday season. We also talk about the origin story of Christmas wreaths - the Aquaman of Christmas decor - not the most important decoration but when done right, adds a lot to the atmosphere. Christmas begins here!

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

We went to the first ever Christmas Con! And on today's episode, we give you a brief overview of this unique and heavily-Hallmarked, holiday event. We talk about the stars, the panels, the decorations, the vendors, and all of the special events that took place in Edison, NJ. Will we go again? Find out more, on this episode. We also finish out our Thanksgiving topics by talking about the ubiquitous cornucopia - why? and what? and huh? This, and more, can all be found on another HolidayMoons Thanksgiving (and some Christmas) podcast!

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, ad-free, and free-in-general, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.

This podcast was created to share our love of the holidays, year round, with you.

Why aren't there more Thanksgiving Songs? Can you think of any? More than two? On this Thanksgiving episode of the HolidayMoons podcast, we talk about Thanksgiving songs (there are actually quite a few) and why no one is singing them. We talk about the names of the Fall full moons, when those full moons occur, and where their names came from. And we discuss the 2015 Thanksgiving made-for-TV movie Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow, which I'm sure is a classic in your home just like ours!

Join us, won't you, for this fun and informative, Thanksgiving-themed, HolidayMoons podcast!

And you can follow us on the below social media sites:

Twitter: @holiday_moons

Instagram: @holidaymoons

Facebook Page and Group: holidaymoons

Website: randalmoon.wixsite.com/holidaymoons

HolidayMoons was created because we love and celebrate holidays and seasons throughout the year, and we want to share our love with you. It includes decorating, going to festivals and events, watching related TV shows and movies, listening to seasonal music, cooking and eating, seasonal shopping, and best of all, enjoying how others, like you, have celebrated too.