Total Christmas Podcast

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!

Listener Aron C sent in a message about his favourite Christmas decoration; Sparkle the Christmas Light, so I tell you a bit about it.

Next up it's Where Are You Christmas? and Bob Baker looks at a few places in Japan that celebrate Christmas all year round.

Then it's this episodes version of A Christmas Carol. This one is called Hook's Christmas and it's an episode of Peter Pan and the Pirates. It's not great but it does take a few quotes from the original novel.

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgSlyyROpXc

Then Bob returns with Do You Hear What I Hear? and he's talking about 'fixtures'.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

Next is The Christmas Quiz, I only managed 6, it seems all my guesses went the wrong way. Make sure to email me your score.

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!

We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This is a sketch from Saturday Night Live and features Jimmy Falon as a young Scrooge.

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb36BwPa7pQ

Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear? and Bob Baker is looking at the word 'row' (when it rhymes with 'cow').

Next up is The Christmas Quiz. I scored 9, make sure to email me your score.

Then Bob returns with Where Are You Christmas? and ,thanks to our Scandinavian American correspondent Benji Pearson, he's found it in Utah.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

As a little tribute to the late great Dolly Parton we look at one of here Christmas singles. It's called Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas and it features Micheal Buble. 

You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClqKogp7cCk

This episodes recommendation is The Necessary Aptitude A Memoir by Pam Ayres. Pam Ayres is the UKs favourite poet and the audiobook of her autobiography is a joy to listen to.

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!

We start the show with this episode's version of A Christmas Carol and it's an episode of The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange. The episode is called Orange Carol, and it's not great, but it's not bad either.

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWtp6h2HjAo

Next up it's Do You Hear What I Hear? and our resident barman Bob Baker takes a look at why us Brits say Tick and across the pond they say Check.

Then we have a look at a Christmas Not So Classic. It's 8 Days of Christmas by Destiny's Child and I wasn't aware of it, but it's possible it is a bit of a classic.

Have a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKdndMXIVXw

Listener Benji Pearson sent me some pictures of his favourite Christmas Ornaments and he's told me a little about them and I share them with you.

Then Bob Baker is back with Where Are You Christmas? and this time he's found it in Russia.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

Then it's The Christmas Quiz. I only managed 7, be sure to send in your score.

This episode I recommend a podcast called Crushed where comedians talk about their past unrequited loves.

Here's a link: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/crushed-by-margaret-cabourn-smith/id1615555767

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Merry Christmas!

Hello you beautiful people!

Last episode Benji Pearson asked me for some advice for his Christmas themed Halloween costume and this episode I give him some suggestions on how to dress up as the Elton John song Step Into Christmas.

Next up it's Bob Baker with Do You Hear What I Hear? and he's looking at the British Christmas meal of a Christmas Ploughman's Lunch.

Then it's a Christmas Not So Classic, and this one is a bit of a classic in the US, but is unheard of here in the UK. It's called Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg and I like it a lot.

Have a listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsvZ8P1QNk

Then it's The Christmas Quiz. I scored 9, make sure to email me your score.

Last episode I shared with you some of the ornaments on my Christmas tree and this episode I share some ornaments from listeners Ruby Holly Davies and Frank Talley.

Then Bob is back with Where Are You Christmas? and you get two this episode. One in New Jersey (thanks to Timothy Dumont), and one in Pensylvania.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is Episode 9 of Series 16 of Family Guy and it's called A Dickens of A Christmas.  I enjoyed it.

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Merry Christmas!

Hello you beautiful people!

The show begins with not quite a version of A Christmas Carol, called Jeff Dunham's Scrooged Up Holiday Special. The premise is that ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is going to do a version of A Christmas Carol and in this show he is casting the characters using some of his different characters. I watched it on Amazon, but this link gives you some more info:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33746385/

Then it's Do You Hear What I Hear and our resident barman, Bob Baker, talks about the British term 'Gaffer',

Next up is The Christmas Quiz and we've changed things a little bit.

Then it's Where Are You Christmas? and this time Bob has found it in Switzerland, home of a huge diorama of the Christmas story.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

This episode I have something a little different, and I share with you some of my favourite Christmas tree ornaments a tell you a little history about them.  If you want to tell me about your favourite ornament send me an email.

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Merry Christmas!

Hello you beautiful people!

We start the show with the second batch of Christmas songs from the US sent in by Jason Matusiak, and we see if I've heard any of them (spoiler, no I haven't).

Then Bob Baker talks about Christmas Adverts or Commercials in Do You Hear What I Hear?

Next up it's The Christmas Quiz and I scored 8. Make sure to email in your score.

Then Bob Baker returns with Where Are You Christmas? and this time he's found it in Slovenia.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

Back in the 90s Jim Henson's Workshop teamed up with Dr Seuss (or at least his estate) and created the Wubbulous World of Dr Seuss, we look at the episode Mrs Zabarelli's Holiday Baton. Sadly it's not half as good as it all sounds.

This episode's recommendation is Something Rhymes with Purple Podcast hosted by Gyles Brandreth and Susie Dent. It's all about the English language and is very interesting.

Also in the show I mentioned the Christmas Every Day Podcast, if you love Christmas you'll love this:

https://christmaseverydayshow.podbean.com/

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Merry Christmas!

Hello you beautiful people!

We've tried this before and we're doing it again. Listener Jason Matuziak has sent me a bunch of songs that he tells me are classic songs at Christmas in the US.  I'll let you know if I've heard any of them.

Then Bob Baker is here with Where Are You Christmas? and this time he's found it in Levenworth, Washington in the US thanks to listener Nettie Tebeau.

Then it's The Christmas Quiz. I managed 8, although in the episode I claim it was 9 (mistakes were made). Make sure to email in your score.

Then Bob returns and it's a bit of a milestone because Bob has recorded 100 segments of Do You Hear What I Hear? This one is extra special and he mashes all 100 hundred together in a lovely little rhyme. 

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

Then it's this episodes version of A Christmas Carol and it's a very loose version indeed. It's a special stage episode of The Honeymooners from 1977. I watched it on Amazon Prime, but here's some more info:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445437/

This episode's recommendation is the board game Telestrations. It was recommmended to us by Shelli Arnold and it's tons of fun, plue you don't have to pay to see who wins, you can just play it for laughs, so the kids don't get in a strop.

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Merry Christmas!

Hello you beautiful people!

We start the show with a version of A Christmas Carol. This one is from the sit-com A Different World, and the episode is from series 3 called, For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls. I watched it on Netflix and it was well and truly...  meh.

In Do You Hear What I Hear? Bob Baker looks at the British term 'A damp squib'. If you don't know what it means, you will when you listen to this.

Then its The Christmas Quiz. I scored 6, not my best score, but I've done worse. Make sure to send me your score.

Then Bob is back with Where Are You Christmas? and this one is a bit different, he looks at 7 locations around the globe.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

A while ago I covered a Christmas song by Neil Diamond, well thanks to listener Jason Matusiak we're looking at another one. This is a delightful song and it's called You Make it Feel Like Christmas.  

You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-kqf30kwbU

This episode's recommendation is the book Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. To quote Bob Baker 'This is a true Christmas book that is not about Christmas'. You can win a voucher for it on Audible, just make sure to email me and I'll put your name in the hat.

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!

It's a very special episode, because we welcome to the show Shelli and Frank Arnold. Shelli and Frank have been listening since the early days of the show and we've been chatting once a year about their Christmas village. Well they're here in the UK for the whole episode.

First it's Christmas All Over The World and Shelli and Frank share what Christmas is like for them in the US.

Then, thanks to a suggestion from listener Dave McCrae, Bob Baker talks about a place in Iceland where you can celebrate Christmas all year round in Where Are You Christmas.

Next up Shelli and Frank share their stories of how they found out the truth about Santa Claus,

Then Bob is back and this time it's Do You Hear What I Hear and he's talking about what us Brits mean by 'A wobbly'.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

Then it's The Christmas Quiz. See if you can beat Shelli and Frank's scores, plus my wife is in their as well for good measure.

While Shelli and Frank were over they visited Salisbury Cathedral, which is not far from me and they had a great time, so that's this episodes recommendation.

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas you beautiful people!

We start the show by looking at the Winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere. Is there an equivalent of Christmas in June when the South of the globe has its shortest day?

Then Bob Baker our resident barman looks at Wellington boots in Do You Hear What I Hear?

There's no Christmas Quiz this episode, instead we have the triumphant return of Santa Banter, don't worry it's only for this episode.

Then Bob is back with Where Are You Christmas? and he's looking at Bethelehem, but not the one you're thinking of.

Check out Bob's podcast here:  https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com

A couple of episodes ago I looked at the Alistair Simm version of A Christmas Carol, I talked about George Cole the actor who played the young Scrooge. He went on to have a great career and he even released a Christmas song with his Minder co-star Dennis Waterman. It's called What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors? and it's not great, but you can have a listen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP8bqOcj9H8

This episodes recommendation is the autobiography of the actor Brian Blessed. It's called Absolute Pandemonium and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

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Merry Christmas!