Merry Christmas, Sneakers. Welcome to the podcast that was as good a friend, good a master, and as good a podcast as the good old internet knew!

This week: a closeted Christmas; drinking and fucking; numerically interesting; Christmas is now; oily boids; special delivery; eccentric restaurants; unusual orderer guy; grinchy thoughts; loose Suess; coo-coo kids classic; shut down volume two; tired of the bear; Xmas workout; surprise nuts; ding-dongs at the wheel; hoarding turn signals; too much pressure; forced family; big fan of adultery; hermit dads; controlled truth; debonding moments; director’s commentary; Kubrick glare; you need the suffering; it’s a gift; no abhorring wombs; no to Gnostics; Top 5 Christmas songs; jingle bell blechh!; The Little Drummer Boy trivia; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; drinking snowballs; eggno; renumberation; putting off reading emails; Parmesan theme; pinball wizard; cumbersome, obscure and convoluted sentences; best at yakking; and, finally, unboxing day.

Top 5 Christmas Songs!

* Louis Armstrong & the Commanders – “Cool Yule” – Brunswick Records single b-side to “The Gypsy”, 1953 – 2:07:43* The Flirtations – “Christmas Time is Here Again” – Deram Records single b-side to “Nothing But a Heartache”, 1968 – 2:14:59* Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva – “I Wish You a Merry Christmas” – Dimension Records single b/w “The Christmas Song”, 1963 – 2:19:38* Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – “Jingle Bell Rock” – ¡Something Festive!, 1968 – 2:28:53* The Tokens – “The Little Drummer Boy” – The Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 5, 2000 – 2:35:28

Question of the Week: What is something good that has a terrible name?Sub-question of the Week: What’s your favourite Christmas [or winter] song?

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