Holiday Movie Episode

The Insomnia Project Holiday Episodes are back! 

Every day in December we will feature a different holiday themed episode with a festive feel. Some will be from Holidays past and some will be from Holidays present. Regardless sit back with a warm cup of cider, tea, cocoa, vin brulé, latte with pumpkin spice and enjoy the cheer we share with you. 

Today our guest is Lucy Di Rosa joining us from Brooklyn, New York. We discuss Hallmark Holiday Movies and Lucy is our resident expert. 

A Sneak-Peek:

• Sub-genres of the holiday movie.
• Our favourites.
• So bad they are good.
• Last Christmas.
• Love Actually.
• Movie Magic.

We discuss our delight on watching these films and would love to know which holiday film is your favourite. 

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The Nutcracker Episode

The hosts head to the ballet for this holiday episode.

This is an episode from 2021 which caused a great deal of controversy when it aired because our listeners didn’t get the full version that Amanda wanted to tell….fear not we will have a 2022 follow up.

We hope you have many delicious dreams with multiple Sugar Plum Fairies dancing in your dream. 

A Sneak-Peek:

• [2:00] Amanda tells why she loves the Nutcracker
• [3:45] Amanda tries to explain the plot to Marco.  
• [5:59] Marco doesn’t love the nutrcracker. 
• [8:00] Amanda explains the Nutcracker Ballet. 
• [12:42] Uncle Drosselmeyer moment.
• [15:55] Marco and Amanda discuss Christmas cards they hate.  
• [18:30] Amanda offends all our British listeners.
• [19:48] Marco tells of his favourite handmade gift. 
• [22:25] Amanda tells of her favourite handmade gift.

However you celebrate the holidays we wish you a calm and peaceful season and we are here for you and if you wanting to share the joy please tell people about The Insomnia Project.

Quotes:

“Don’t nutcracker me” - Amanda

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Stockings by the Firelplace

The Insomnia Project Holiday Episodes are back! 

Every day in December we will feature a different holiday themed episode with a festive feel. Some will be from Holidays past and some will be from Holidays present. Regardless sit back with a warm cup of cider, tea, cocoa, vin brulé, latte with pumpkin spice and enjoy the cheer we share with you. 

We get warm in front of a fireplace with stocking mostly hung with care. 

A Sneak-Peek:

• [1:25] Amanda talks about her love of fireplaces. 
• [4:00] Mantle talk.  
• [8:16] Amanda talks about her home made stockings. 
• [9:28] Marco talks about his holiday stockings. 
• [11:35] Amanda Santa-splains to Marco how Santa and stockings work.
• [14:22] The Lifesaver book chat.  
• [17:48] Santa doesn’t wrap Amanda’s stocking stuffers.  
• [18:25] Amanda sings “Getting Shape Girl” as a jazzy tune. 
• [22:15] Amanda has a problem with citrus as a gift from Santa.
• [23:00] Terry’s chocolate orange talk.

Thank you for listening and joining us for the holidays we wish you a calm and peaceful and sleepful season. We are here for you and if you wanting to share the joy please tell people about The Insomnia Project.

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Father-in-la-la-la

The Insomnia Project Holiday Episodes are back! 

Every day in December we will feature a different holiday themed episode with a festive feel. Some will be from Holidays past and some will be from Holidays present. Regardless sit back with a warm cup of cider, tea, cocoa, vin brulé, latte with pumpkin spice and enjoy the cheer we share with you. 

Today we are in Florida talking to my father-in-law Dan Barker and his holidays in all parts of the world. He tells his bump in with a famous Christmas celeb and also a story about this father-in-law

A Sneak-Peek:

• [1:49] Dan talks about the Holiday’s in New Brunswick
• [2:31] Dan talks about the Holiday’s in Florida and the odd gator that swims by.  
• [4:16] Christmas in Nashville. 
• [8:17] Dan tells of his time performing on New Year’s Eve while his wife is having contractions. 
• [12:42] Christmas in the Smokey Mountains and Dollywood.
• [14:42] Dan’s favourite Christmas tunes.  
• [16:30] Dan’s famous Mel Tormé story.  
• [22:00] Dan tells the Lionel train toy he once received for Christmas. 
• [28:05] My father-in-law’s father-in-law Santa story.

• However you celebrate the holidays we wish you a calm and peaceful season and we are here for you and if you wanting to share the joy please tell people about The Insomnia Project.

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The Gingerbread Episode

The Insomnia Project Holiday Episodes are back! 

This episode was from last year and we are recycling it for the holidays. We discuss a tasty treat and that is synonymous with the holidays.  

A Sneak-Peek:

• Gingerbread man, Gingerbread woman, or Gingerbread people?
• Gingerbread lattes. 
• Lois and the case of the mysterious cold. 
• The Gingerbread house.
• Amanda and Marco watch a lot of British TV.
• The levels of Gingerbread construction.
• “Home is where the nicely placed icicle is forming”
• Why Amanda is the Gingerbread Queen.
• Gingerbread controversy.
• The Shim Sham during the holidays.
• Candy or Chocolate on a gingerbread house?

However you celebrate the holidays we wish you a calm and peaceful season full of gingerbread and we are here for you and if you wanting to share the joy please tell people about The Insomnia Project.

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The Holiday Cupboard

The Insomnia Project Holiday Episodes are back! 

Every day in December we will feature a different holiday themed episode with a festive feel. Some will be from Holidays past and some will be from Holiday present and if you give us your idea for an episode they will be featured in a Holiday future episode. Regardless sit back with a warm cup of cider, tea, cocoa, vin brulé, latte with pumpkin spice and enjoy the cheer we share with you. 

Today we are sipping on Ruby Hot Chocolate as we discuss what is in our Holiday cupboard or cabinet whichever you prefer.

A Sneak-Peek:

• [1:49] We go to our holiday cupboard or cabinet? 
• [4:31] Paring down our Holiday decorations. 
• [6:42] Marco talks about his love for Board games. 
• [8:17] Marco explains the game Poleconomy.
• [11:09] Holiday Wreath and Holiday Doormat replacement.
• [13:39] Amanda and Marco discuss their Faux Christmas Tree. 
• [19:05] Highlighting Kacey Musgraves brilliant Christmas Carols.  
• [21:35] What a wonderful Hanukkah song by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings is discussed. 
• [23:15] Marco tells a his Christmas Carol story.
• [26:23] Amanda tells her St. Lucia Breakfast story.
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However you celebrate the holidays we wish you a calm and peaceful season and we are here for you and if you wanting to share the joy please tell people about The Insomnia Project.

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Today is the 1st of December that means we start our 31 days of the Holidays!!

Thank you for listening to The Insomnia Project.

Thank you for your kind words, messages and reviews!

These episodes may be a little peppier then our usual episode but we recommend grabbing a warm cup of your favourite beverage, sit, back, relax enjoy the lights of the season as we do our best to bring you some holiday cheer!

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Have a wonderful holiday and thank you for spending some time listening to us!

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We celebrate the last episode of this season with some of our favourite quotes.

Amanda reads one of her favourite poems.

We wish you all the best until next season.

Enjoy the upcoming holiday episode

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It's ok to be exhausted...

Today's episode is a solocast. Marco will be your sole host and he begins with sharing that he is exhausted and it is ok to be exhausted.

We dive deeper to hear what things Marco uses when he is exhausted to ease his mind.

Here are some of the things mentioned on todays episode:

• Vegas Starfish on instagram
• Harvey Fierstein's book: I Was Better Last Night.
• Cue Cards
• treadmill with location screens
• Pentel pens
• Clairefontaine paper
• snowtires

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First Snowfall & Lip Balm.

On this episode Amanda and Marco talk about the first snowfall which just hit their city.

Also in the episode:

• Marco's favourite flavour of lip balm
• What is Canadian Tire money?
• Electric Fireplaces
• Hand warmers
• using coupons for gifts
• Amanda has a book recommendation
• Stowe, Vermont

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