In this bonus episode, take a listen to some new British Christmas songs that I've found to be a delight this year and gift in your aural stockings (aka your ears) to check out this year and add to your playlists. 

It's the final super Christmas episode of 2025 from Merry Britsmas! Let's hear from some friends about the newest British Xmas adverts, an unconventional nativity in The Vicar of Dibley, and a glam rock festive song with The Darkness. 

The Darkness - Christmastime

Kevin Simm

Choir of Man 

The Toons 

The Darkness - I Am Santa

It's December! Let's get festive with the history of Christmas cards, a modern take on a classic carol by a British musician, and a TV combo of Shakespeare and Dickens for a festive special! 

First Ever Xmas Card Video 

In Dulci Jubilo:

Mike Oldfield 

Swimming 

The Little Unsaid  

Kings College Choir 

In our second November episode, we explore a very important anniversary! It's 40 years since Santa Claus the Movie came out and, due to it's British links, it's time to talk about it along with a festive friend of mine. I also share another seasonal poem from a Poet Laureate and share some under-heard British indie christmas tunes. 

Santa Claus the Making of Doc

The Feeling - Feels Like Xmas

Honey Hahs - Golden Xmas

The Tuts - Xmas Is In The Air 

Bubble & Squeak - The Xmas Stick 

It's November! Let's listen to yet another Band Aid take on Do They Know It's Christmas, a poem about the festive feast, and celebrate the season with a revival of a classic variety TV extravaganza called A Christmas Night With The Stars!

Band Aid 30 

Air Supply 

Allie Sherlock 

It's Christmas Podcast Day! Xmas Podcasters will be taking a peek at TV and film inspired by It's A Wonderful Life. On Merry Britsmas, we're taking on the mighty Basil Brush who wished he was never born in a festive episode of The Basil Brush Show called It's A Wonderful Brush!

https://christmaspodcasts.com/

It's Merry Spooksmas! Merry Britsmas dresses up as a creepy podcast for October and takes a look at Welsh Halloween traditions, creepy monstrous songs by British artists, and goes to Motherland for chaotic trick or treating. 

Spooky British Songs

Trick or Treatz by Metronomy

Vampire Jive by Mazes

Waking the Witch by Kate Bush

Recipe for Stump Naw Rhiw

In our first October episode of 2025, Merry Britsmas gets both seasonal and spooky. We will explore a haunted house sitcom with The Ghosts of Motley Hall, some creepily-named British bands and their festive tunes, and explore a Scottish Wintry monstrous legend in Beira, the Queen of Winter! 

Beastly Bands and their Festive Songs

Bird to Beast - Winter Snow 

Brutalligators - Drunk Xmas 

Bears Den - Christmas, Hopefully 

La Shark & Fiction - Snowballin' 

In the first Ber month episode of the year, we get super schmaltzy with a long-running nostalgic BBC tv show called Call The Midwife, explore British covers of Santa Baby, and take a look at a famous actor's father who wrote a festive poem! 

Covers of Santa Baby

The Puppini Sisters

Robbie Williams 

Katherine Jenkins 

Roo Pescod

In the August episode of Merry Britsmas, we take a look at a surreal seasonal episode of a sitcom about security guards called Nightingales, a festive poem from the wonderful Christina Rossetti, and the merry musical stardom of Elaine Page. And at the end, a little extra to celebrate a late metal legend. 

Elaine Page - Christmas