On this episode, we’re going to honor the late Dolly Parton. We’ll talk about her Christmas book, the multiple ways she kept the spirit of giving alive, and we’ll look at her Christmas music,…

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On this episode, it’s our 11th anniversary listener feedback special. I’ll be reading your messages from you and we’ll be talking about the phenomenon of the little red truck hauling a Christmas tr…

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⚠️ Warning: Our wartime yuletide takes a grimmer turn in this episode, which includes the death of a man hit by a sniper. But since it’s Christmas, we’re all going to do the best we can to find a b...

On this episode, we’re going to go way, way back to the year 1776 and we’re going to learn about America’s first Christmas. We’re also going to list the top 5 American Christmas traditions that see…

(Album art image uses a photo by Steve Knight and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.) On this episode, we’ll talk about The Trafalgar Square Christmas Tre…

On this episode, we’ll travel all the way to the West African country of Liberia and learn about their popular Christmas figure, Old Man Bayka. We’ll also countdown the top five songs from the Jack…

On this episode, we’re going to learn about an Irish tradition known as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas. We’ve also got a tasty way to have some bite sized Christmas goodness right now, we’ll …

On this episode, we’ll learn the story of president Ulysses S. Grant making Christmas a national holiday in the United States. We’ll also talk about a quaint town in California where you can get a …

On this episode, we bring you a special presentation of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future.” All 5 acts together in one, as well as outtakes an…

🎄 It’s the 200th episode of the Advent Calendar House, but more importantly, it’s Christmas Eve! So we’re celebrating with a salute to the last remaining special we have left to talk about in the R...

On this episode, we bring you a special presentation of act 5 of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future.” Brief Synopsis: Last year, detective Trac…

On this episode, we bring you a special presentation of act 4 of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future.” We will be releasing a new act every Tues…

On this episode, we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of a Charlie Brown Christmas with Senior Vice President of Global Brand and Communications for Peanuts Worldwide and host of the You Don’t Kn…

In “The All New Mickey Mouse Club Christmas Special,” the gang reads Mouse Mail, the Party jams, and Lurleen makes some crazy crafts!

On this episode, we bring you a special presentation of act 3 of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future.” We will be releasing a new act every Tues…

On this episode, we bring you a special presentation of act 2 of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future.” We will be releasing a new act every Tues…

On this episode, we bring you a special presentation of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas 2: Past, Present, and Future.” We will be releasing a new act every Tuesday until…

On this special, super-sized Christmas Podcast Day episode, Jimmy Hawkins (Little Tommy from It’s a Wonderful Life) stops by to talk about his new book, The Heart of It’s a Wonderful Li…

On this episode, film critic, podcaster, and author Alonso Duralde joins Tim for the entire show. We’ll be talking about his new book, Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, Revised and Updated Ed…

On this episode, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 2000 adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey. We’ll also countdown the top five Naughty or Nice s…

On this episode, we’re going to take a look back at the 1970 Rankin/Bass classic Santa Claus is coming to town. We’ll also use some of that wintery Christmas magic to keep your drink cold, learn a …

On this episode, we celebrate 10 years of the podcast and 5 years of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie, A Bomb For Christmas…with a cast reunion. We have a conversation about the making of…

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A Christmas Eve car chase with Michelangelo and a kitty named Klunk. (Guests: Jaime Hood, Shawn Robare, Anthony Strand)

On this episode, we continue the the 5th Anniversary presentation of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas” with parts 3 and 4. We will be releasing two parts of the movie eve…

On this episode, we bring you the the 5th Anniversary presentation of our made-for-podcast Christmas movie: “A Bomb For Christmas.” We will be releasing two parts of the movie every Wednesday leadi…

On this episode, we’re going to look at the surprisingly complex history of one Christmas’ most popular plants, the poinsettia, aka the cuetlaxōchitl, aka Flor de Nochebuena. We’ll also give you a …

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On this episode, we’re going to explore the very colorful history of Scandinavia’s favorite Christmas animal, the Yule Goat. We’ll also count down the top 5 corporate Christmas marketing fails, giv…

On this episode, we’re going to hit the beach and answer the question, what does a sand dollar have to do with Christmas? We’ll also count down the top 5 Christmas yacht rock songs, get an expensiv…