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Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Can you believe it's already the week of Thanksgiving here in America? Time is flying!

As a special holiday treat for our listeners, please enjoy our hotly anticipated "Home Sweet Home Alone" episode! In a rare alliance, Anthony and Julia find themselves on the same side of the divide during this discussion, with both of them disliking this new original movie from Disney +, while Thom does his best to defend it as he self-medicates with a seasonal Rogue Ale called Santa's Private Reserve, which he highly recommends! What does everyone's favorite contrarian like about this film? What does everyones favorite Pollyanna not like? And why does everyone's favorite New York Christmas podcaster think this film is the embodiment of modern day Disney Studios' creative bankruptcy? You'll just have to listen to find out!

Also discussed in this very enjoyable episode: spy videos from the set of Disney +'s highlight anticipated, long-awaited sequel, "Hocus Pocus 2"; the new trailer for the MCU's latest installment, "Spider-Man: No Way Home"; each of the elves' Thanksgiving plans; and much, much more!

So, settle in with your favorite holiday beverage beside your Christmas tree, sit back, relax, and enjoy this fun episode!

And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday – November 26th – to hear a special Thanksgiving bonus episode: the once Patreon-exclusive discussion about Freeform's original holiday film, "Turkey Drop"! And, on Black Friday - November 27th - make sure to check your feeds for Chapter Forty-Three of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, which the amazing Mike Westfall of the always awesome "Advent Calendar House" will be reading to you!

As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! We hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving with your loved ones and remember that we are thankful for each and every one of you! 🍂🦃🥧🍽️🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Saturday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the forty-third official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

This week's chapter, Chapter Forty-Two, entitled “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, will be read to you by the author of our story himself, our very own Anthony Caruso! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! In addition, make sure to share this installment for a chance to win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark "Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament"!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, November 22nd, we will be covering the brand new Disney + original movie, "Home Sweet Home Alone"! And already recorded and in the bag is our episode on the 2003, family holiday movie, "Eloise at Christmastime", which will drop in your feeds on Monday, November 29th! Meanwhile, later that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new, Netflix holiday film, "Love Hard", which will drop in your feeds on Monday, December 6th!

Before that, however, on Friday, November 26th - Black Friday - you’ll get to hear Chapter Forty-Three of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”, which Mike Westfall of "Advent Calendar House" will be reading to y'all! Why is it coming a day later than when new chapters normally drop? Because on Thursday, November 25th - Thanksgiving Day - we will be dropping a once Patreon exclusive in which we discuss the Freeform original film, "Turkey Drop"! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! And have a very Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful for all of you! 🍂🦃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Sorry this episode is dropping a few hours late - we had some technical difficulties with one of our audio tracks! But, we're hoping this is still early enough where we can make your Monday!

Can you believe we're already halfway through November as of today? To celebrate the occasion, we are covering the brand new, 2021 original Hallmark film, "Next Stop, Christmas" which features Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson! As we're all aware, Hallmark films are very hit or miss for our elves, and they all tend to like different ones. So how exactly does this one fare? You'll have to tune in to find out the answer to this question and hear much more interesting discussion related to things besides the movie itself!

So, settle in with your favorite holiday-themed beverage, kick back, and enjoy this fun episode! As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! 

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the forty-second official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

This week's chapter, Chapter Forty-One, entitled “Christmas in Hollis”, will be read to you by listener Danielle Essary! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! In addition, make sure to listen to the entire episode to hear us launch a new contest and find out how you can win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark "Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament"!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, November 15th, we will be covering the brand new Hallmark Original Christmas Movie, "Next Stop, Christmas"! And later that same night, we will be recording our episode on the 2003, family holiday movie, "Eloise at Christmastime" with Kim Cooper of "Planning For Christmas", which will drop in your feeds on Monday, November 29th! Meanwhile, on Tuesday, November 16th, we will be recording our episode on the brand new, Disney + sequel that nobody asked for, "Home Sweet Home Alone", which will drop in your feeds on Monday, November 22nd!

Before that, however, on Thursday, November 18th, you’ll get to hear Chapter Forty-Two of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, which Holli Cuomo of "NetfliXmas" will be reading to y'all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Now that we're officially in the most wonderful time of the year, we hope that you're knee deep in preparing for Christmas - planning your menus and wrapping your gifts in your fully decorated home while watch holiday films on TV!

This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by Claude Bélanger - formerly of "Christmas Conversations" - to discuss one of the most heartwarmingly perfect Christmas episodes of a television show that any of them have ever seen: Season 2, Episode 4 of Apple's hit television show, "Ted Lasso" entitled "Carol of the Bells"! In what is one of their favorite episodes of the podcast to date, listen as the four gush over this hilarious series, lavish praise on the talented cast and the entertaining characters they bring to life, commend its incredible writing, and throw around quotes galore! In addition, they talk about how they each individually spent Halloween, delve into a conversation about mental health, and reveal what movies and television specials they like to watch on Thanksgiving to celebrate Turkey Day!

So, settle down in front of the glow of your Christmas tree with your favorite, just-returned holiday drink from Starbucks in this year's Red Cup, and enjoy this extraordinarily festive episode we can guarantee you that you will not want to miss! 

And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday - November 11th - to hear Chapter Forty-One of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Christmas in Hollis", which listener Danielle Essary will be reading to you! 

As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the forty-first official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

This week's chapter, Chapter Forty, entitled “Silent Night”, will be read to you by Sarah Houston - the incredibly amazing wife of our very own Anthony Caruso! (Behind every strong man is a better and stronger woman, and this marriage is proof!) We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! In addition, make sure to listen to the entire episode to hear us launch a new contest and find out how you can win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark "Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament"!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, November 8th, we will be covering Season 2, Episode 4 of "Ted Lasso" entitled "Carol of the Bells" with guest, C.J. Bélanger! And later that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new, 2021 Hallmark Original Christmas Movie, "Next Stop, Christmas", which will drop in your feeds on Monday, November 15th!

Before that, however, on Thursday, November 11th, you’ll get to hear Chapter Forty-One of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Christmas in Hollis”, which listener Danielle Essary will be reading to y'all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy November, Christmas fanatics! With spooky month behind us, we are in full-on Christmas mode here at "Tis the Podcast" workshop! This week, the elves subjected themselves to the 1964 comedy(?) "Santa Conquers the Martians"! No spoilers here, but the length of the episode may allude to how they felt. 

Sit back with your favorite holiday beverage, turn on the sleeping spray, and drift off to paradise with the Ladies' Choice winners of the Christmas Podcast Awards! 

Happy Halloween, Christmas Fanatics! We couldn't let Spooky Season 2021 come to an end without one final Halloween-themed episode for you! So, travel back in time with us and enjoy this once Patreon-exclusive episode in which Julia, Thom, and Anthony discuss the iconic, 1988 film, "Beetlejuice"! 

How does this movie hold up over thirty years later? Is Michael Keaton's portrayal of the infamous bioexorcist a work of genius or just plain annoying? All of the questions, and more, are answered in this fun discussion! So settle back with your Pumpkin Spice Lattes, enjoy, and get excited - because we are officially in the Christmas season as of midnight tonight! 

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fortieth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

This week's chapter, Chapter Thirty-Nine, entitled “Santa Baby”, will be read to you by the author of this holiday tale himself, our very own Anthony Caruso! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! In addition, make sure to listen to the entire episode to hear us launch a new contest and find out how you can win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark "Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament"! 

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, November 1st, we will be covering the infamous film, “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”! And later that same night, we will be recording our episode on Season 2, Episode 4 of the hit show, "Ted Lasso", entitled, "Carol of the Bells", which will drop in your feeds on Monday, November 8th!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Wednesday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-ninth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”! 

In this installment, the amazing Danielle and Jackie of "No More Late Fees" will read to y'all Chapter Thirty-Eight of our tale entitled, "Please Come Home For Christmas"! Full disclosure, we fully meant to drop this one last week - Anthony had recorded the intro. and outro. for this episode prior to going on vacation, and Danielle and Jackie had gotten their recording to him in plenty of time to edit and put it all together, but while on vacation, time just got away from the Christmas Podcast Network's resident New Yorker and it never got posted last week. So, as such, there's no reference in the episode to this chapter dropping late or us actually being closer to Christmas than the countdown mentions at the end! But no matter, we hope you still enjoy it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it in front of as many ears and eyes as possible!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, November 1st, we will be dropping our episode covering the infamous film, “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”! And dropping in your feeds on Monday, November 8th, we'll be dropping our episode in which we discuss Season 2, Episode 4 of "Ted Lasso" entitled "Carol of the Bells"!  Meanwhile, tomorrow - on Thursday, October 29th - you'll get this week's official installment of “Another Christmas Story”, Chapter Thirty-Nine entitled “Santa Baby”, which will be brought to life for you by the author of the book himself, our very own Anthony! (That's right - you're getting two chapters of the book this week! There are perks of missing a week!) So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️