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It's finally here! All Christmas content all the time, all month long! And lets be real, also in to January! Emily and Ky are covering what's sure to be the next Christmas classic for your family: Pottersville! What's it about? Just a nice man running a general store in a small town, and his romantic troubles with his wife. That's all. Don't worry about literally anything else. Emily and Ky also discuss cryptids, alien theories, Jaws, and furries, but you don't need to worry about why. Just put this on, and settle in for a simple, and pure hallmark-esque classic.

Send us a textKen from the Sounds of Christmas talks about an article about the first Christmas songs traditional radio stations played this year when they flipped their format to All Christmas music. To delve into that, and other Christmas Song first, he was joined by Ashley from the Magic of the Season podcast, Robert from Behind the Bells, Scott from the Holly Jolly X'Masu podcast and Suzanne from Suzanne's Band!Radio Insight Article on First Christmas SongsMagic of the Season podcastBehind the BellsHolly Jolly X'MasuSuzanne's BandShow links:Listen to the Sounds of Christmas stationFind the Sounds of Christmas podcastConnect with the Sounds of Christmas on social mediaCheck out all the artists that are making the 2024 season of the Sounds of Christmas station possibleSupport the show

All Christmas movies! Sarah must choose from Jack Frost (1997), Black Christmas (1974) and Silent Night Deadly Night 2 (1987). And Carlos poo poos Sarah's agricultural aspirations.

On the last show of 2023, the Garden Guys discuss the top ten resolutions for your garden in 2024. Plus, big savings at the Rail City Garden Center! All Christmas inventory is 50 percent off and pottery is 40 percent off. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the last show of 2023, the Garden Guys discuss the top ten resolutions for your garden in 2024. Plus, big savings at the Rail City Garden Center! All Christmas inventory is 50 percent off and pottery is 40 percent off. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All Christmas songs, mixed for your holiday pleasure. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas :-)

t's our annual ALL Christmas show on Catching A Wave! Beth Riley (from Boppin' With Beth and her Catching A Wave segment here called Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break...hear one of their Christmas tunes this hour) co-hosts with me once again. We hear a Leon Redbone tune in our Good Time segment from the Elf soundtrack celebrating it's 20th anniversary this year and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, there's songs from JD McPherson, Joel Paterson, The Monkees, The Grip Weeds, The Tourmaliners, Phil Keaggy, Jim & The Sea Dragons, The Smithereens, The Tikiyaki Orchestra, The Breakers (with Dan Peters), Abyssal Lurkers, The Evergleams (feat. members of Black Flamingos), The Manakooras, The Surf Junkies and The Surfisticats! Intro music bed: "Catch A Wave"- The Beach Boys   The Grip Weeds- "Christmas Dream" The Tourmaliners- "Joy To The World" JD McPherson- "Every Single Christmas" Joel Paterson- "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" The Evergleams- "A Marshmallow World"   Good Time Segment: 20th Anniversary of Elf (Music From The Major Motion Picture) (2003) Leon Redbone- "Christmas Island"   The Manakooras- "Snowfall" The Surf Junkies- "Missing You On Christmas"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break The Beach Boys- "Christmas Day" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE   Phil Keaggy- "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" The Monkees- "House Of Gingerbread" The Surfisticats- "Santa Bring Me A Surfboard Please" The Tikiyaki Orchestra- "Wonderful Christmastime" The Breakers (with Dan Peters)- "Snow Storm Stomp" Abyssal Lurkers- "Fairytale Of New York"   Jammin' James Jukebox selection: Jackie & The Cedrics- "Silent Night Rumble"   The Smithereens- "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Jim And The Sea Dragons- "Candy Cane City"   Outro music bed: The Ventures- "Sleigh Bells"

All Christmas classics become a franchise and so this episode is our third annual Christmas Cracker. Despite it being a question that most guests moan about, and worryingly, most comedians try to cop out with 'I'm not good at telling jokes,' Cally persevered with it in 2023 and here are just some of our favourites including guests like Deborah Meadon, Kirsty Wark, Rev Richard Coles, Mark Steel, Al Murray, Phillipa Perry and more. If you haven't already, why not follow Namaste Motherf**kers  at https://auddy.co/shows/entertainment/namaste - that way you'll never miss a show! More about Cally Instagram: @callybeatoncomedian Twitter: @callybeaton Produced by Mike Hanson for Pod People Productions Instagram: @podpeopleuk Music by Jake Yapp Cover art by Jaijo Sales & advertising: advertising@audioboom.com Sponsorship: info@theloniouspunkproductions.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, Shelley and Phil sit down and have a great conversation with Rocky Pond winemaker, Liz Keyser, while tasting through four of their amazing wines! In this episode we learn about the new Rocky Reach AVA, which is located along the Columbia River Gorge and was officially recognized this past July, as well as Liz's story and how Rocky Pond came to be! Liz has worked in winemaking all over the world and she brings to this episode a wealth of knowledge! #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing Wines featured this episode:2022 Stratastone White ($45 at the winery)

Amos n Andy, originally broadcast December 23, 1951, 71 years ago, The Annual Christmas Show. Andy gets a job as a Santa at a department store, and Amos tells his daughter the meaning of the Lord's Prayer. Also the Bill Stern Sports Newsreel, originally broadcast December 21, 1945 with guest Ezra Stone. All Christmas stories in this program.Visit my web page - http://www.classicradio.streamWe receive no revenue from YouTube. If you enjoy our shows, listen via the links on our web page or if you're so inclined, Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyattcoxelAHeard on almost 100 radio stations from coast to coast. Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long-time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty-year newsman. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day's show with historical information on the day and date in history including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It's a true slice of life from not just radio's past, but America's past.Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day's broadcast is timely and entertaining!

Happy Holidays from your boys from "The BUG" The Bakersfield Underground !! DaBiggityBomb is joined by Dustin and Scotty on this special Christmas Edition of The BUG . Our broskie SR1 is out and about on a Christmas mission out to eliminate the names on the naughty list. Join us as we dive into bad Christmas presents , Favorite present of all time and Scotty gets into getting his Christmas bike STOLEN right in front of him by the neighberhood goons !! Stick around as we spread holiday joy and we toast the night away as we share our Christmas stories .BIG thank you to ILL Tiempo for the song "Intro" . Look them up on social media and all music platforms.Thank you to ALL our sponsors for joining us on this Santa Ride . Look up Martins Tacos , Fat Boys Barbershop , Juan Villatoro Car Wash Service , Truly Honeybee Charcuterie and Scotty Printing on all social media . Follow The Bakersfield Underground on IG @thebugpodcast for shout outs and comments and we will read them LIVE on the next episode. All Christmas songs heard on this episode are available for public domain . And last but not least . . . . .HAPPY HOLIDAYS from IBEINDUSTRY and THE BUG !!! CHEERS !!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebug/message

All Christmas classics have a sequel and in this episode our second annual Christmas Cracker. Despite it being a question that most guests moan about, and worryingly, most comedians try to cop out with 'I'm not good at telling jokes,' Cally persevered with it in 2022 (and will do so in 2023) and here are just some of our favourites including guests like Angela Barnes, Shaun Keaveny, Jon Holmes, Helen Russell, and more. If you haven't already, why not follow Namaste Motherf**kers  at https://auddy.co/shows/entertainment/namaste - that way you'll never miss a show! More about Cally Instagram: @callybeatoncomedian Twitter: @callybeaton Produced by Mike Hanson for Pod People Productions Instagram: @podpeopleuk Music by Jake Yapp Cover art by Jaijo Sales & advertising: advertising@audioboom.com Sponsorship: info@theloniouspunkproductions.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the annual Catching A Wave Christmas show! All Christmas all hour long! Santa brought a gift early which is my awesome wife Beth Riley co-hosting with me! She has a Christmas tune from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break, we spin the "wheel of Fun, Fun, Fun" to hear a Beach Boys Christmas cover by Davie Allan & The Arrows and I've got a holiday rocker by The Hi-Risers in the Jammin' James Jukebox! Plus, we get in the festive spirit with songs from The Surfrajettes, The Ventures, The Smithereens, Shaun Young, The Monkees, The Surfaris, The Tourmaliners, Chris Isaak, Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, The Krontjong Devils, Surf Zombies, The Courettes, The Grip Weeds, Cameronoise and The Linda Lindas!   Intro music bed: "Martin Cilia"- Oh Come All Ye Faithful"   The Surfrajettes- "Marshmallow March" *Christmas Vacation snippet The Linda Lindas- "Groovy Xmas" Shaun Young- "Blue Christmas" The Smithereens- "Christmas Time All Over The World" Chris Isaak- "Almost Christmas" The Monkees- "What Would Santa Do" The Courettes (feat. The Tremolo Beer Gut)- "Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)" The Grip Weeds- "Welcome Christmas"   Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break: The Beach Boys- "The Man With All The Toys" Follow "Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break" HERE   *A Christmas Story snippet Surf Zombies- "Sleigh Ride" The Surfaris- "Santa's Speed Shop" The Tourmaliners- "Hark The Herald Angels Sing"   Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun: Davie Allan & The Arrows- "Little Saint Nick"   Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets- "Winter Wonderland" *Elf snippet The Krontjong Devils- "Here Comes Santa Claus"   Jammin' James Jukebox selection of the week: The Hi-Risers- "Christmas Lights"   The Ventures- "Joy To The World" *How The Grinch Stole Christmas movie snippet Cameronoise- "And A Star On Top Of It All"   Outro music bed: Martin Cilia- "Oh Come All Ye Faithful"

The Least Haunted Digital Theater proudly presents, Oops! All Christmas! When Cody and Garth mess with The Backwards Carousel of Time in ways never intended, they are thrown into a dystopian nightmare. Now to find their way home they will need to team up with a not so jolly old elf to wage a war on Christmas itself! Featuring The Least Haunted Digital Theater Players: Cody Franks, Garth von Ahnen, Nate Nauseda, Alison Franks, Travis Alexander, and Gunner Franks. featuring Elmo! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We continue our 12 days of Murder series. All Christmas-themed True Crime cases that you probably never heard of. This multi-part episode is about the mysterious death of Elizabeth Ford Griffith. A 17-year-old girl caught up in a love triangle with her boss Dr. Christopher C. Schott and boyfriend Captain George Jordan. She was found, dead on the floor at her work. At first glance, it looked like a suicide, but upon further investigation, it appeared that something happened to this beautiful girl.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/okie-investigations-a-true-crime-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Fa-la-la-la guess, the freaking score! Playing another Rotten Tomatoes game where we guess the score of the movie, closest to it wins… furthest is Ninny… and this week we're bringing in the cheer with ALL Christmas themed movies.

We continue our 12 days of Murder series. All Christmas-themed True Crime cases that you probably never heard of. This multi-part episode is about the mysterious death of Elizabeth Ford Griffith. A 17-year-old girl caught up in a love triangle with her boss Dr. Christopher C. Schott and boyfriend Captain George Jordan. She was found, dead on the floor at her work. At first glance, it looked like a suicide, but upon further investigation, it appeared that something happened to this beautiful girl.Check out our Facebook page at Facebook.com/OkieInvestigationsand our Blog Truecrime.blogSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/okie-investigations-a-true-crime-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We continue our 12 days of Murder series. All Christmas-themed True Crime cases that you probably never heard of. This multi-part episode is about the mysterious death of Elizabeth Ford Griffith. A 17-year-old girl caught up in a love triangle with her boss Dr. Christopher C. Schott and boyfriend Captain George Jordan. She was found, dead on the floor at her work. At first glance, it looked like a suicide, but upon further investigation, it appeared that something happened to this beautiful girl. Check out our Facebook page at Facebook.com/OkieInvestigationsand our Blog Truecrime.blogSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/okie-investigations-a-true-crime-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is the first in our 12 days of Murder series. All Christmas-themed True Crime cases that you probably never heard of. This first case is called the Christmas Tree Murder Case. In Hornell, New York, on December 21st, 1925, Floyd Dennis was out cutting down a Christmas Tree for his family. Floyd didn't ask the landowner if he could do this, and it started a confrontation that ended with murder! Check out our Facebook page at Facebook.com/OkieInvestigationsand our Blog Truecrime.blogSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/okie-investigations-a-true-crime-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Henry Sutter, Communications Coordinator at Christ the King Manor, stops by to talk about the 2021 Light=Up Light! CTK is celebrating the Christmas season on Friday, Dec. 3 from 6 until 7:30 p.m. with a free drive-through light-up event. Come see the lights, wave to the residents, enjoy hot cocoa and snacks, and listen to the Sunny 106 All Christmas station! Henry also recaps the last month of their 50th anniversary and how CTK has been serving by giving.

All Christmas is about, is indulging in the flesh, in a religious way, and has nothing to do with our beloved Jesus spiritually. Here are the videos of David pawson on YouTube (The truth about Christmas part 1/2/3) Explaining the truth. Copy and paste. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfk5IZQHKovIpxd-x8XVFExKAOWkGD_g9 https://youtu.be/4pJZnDamlnk https://youtu.be/4pJZnDamlnk

Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas, this is a special ALL Christmas edition of Undebatable. In this hilarious episode of Undebatable, we discuss a variety of Christmas Topics, including: National Humbug Day, it’s the last day to be a scrooge and hate Christmas, YES it’s a real thing! We also debate when it’s appropriate to put up the Christmas Lights. Before Thanksgiving or after. Lastly, we discuss what to do with all those Christmas cards you receive. Keep them…or trash them? Our special guest today was a very big surprise visitor who know one expected. You will have to listen to find out who our visitor was!We want to hear from you!! We love to interact with our audience. Please be sure to join the conversation on our website and give us your thoughts on these hot topics. Tell us your thoughts on this episode here: https://www.undebatable.show/post/here-comes-santa-clausWe are giving away a $50.00 Target Gift Card. Enter to win! All you have to do is share this podcast on Facebook and or Instagram and vote for who has the ugliest Christmas Sweater (On our Facebook) and you will could win the $50.00 Target Gift Card. We are so incredibly grateful and blessed to own our very own podcast studio! www.marinaviewstudio.comInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Undebatable)

All Christmas music - all the time...from pretty to silly to beautiful we salute the season! Enjoy the music and stay safe!

Thrilled to co-host the annual "All Christmas" show with my lovely wife, Beth Riley (heard here weekly on her "Beth's Blues Break" as well as her own syndicated show called "Boppin' With Beth").  She has a Christmas edition of Beth's Blues Break and a great tune from Keb' Mo', we have an instru-Mental Breakdown courtesy of Hi-Tide Recordings with new tracks from The Volcanics and Slowey & The Boats, we'll take a stroll to the Doo-Wop Corner AND drop a coin in the Christmas Jukebox for a track from JD McPherson!  Hear NEW tunes from Dion, The Shootouts, Dallas Moore, Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys and April Mae & The June Bugs as well as classics from Elvis Presley, Dwight Yoakam, Slim Jim Phantom feat. Jennie Vee, Dale Watson, Brian Setzer Orchestra and Two Tons Of Steel!! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- "Rockabilly Christmas"   Two Tons Of Steel- "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Here Comes Santa Claus" Dion (with Mike Aquilina, Joe Bonamassa)- "You Know It's Christmas"   instru-Mental Breakdown: Slowey & The Boats- "O Christmas Tree" The Volcanics- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"   Elvis Presley- "Winter Wonderland" Dwight Yoakam- "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" The Shootouts- "Look Out The Window"   Beth's Blues Break: (Music bed: Buddy Guy- "Slow Blues") Keb' Mo'- "Merry, Merry Christmas" Follow Beth's Blues Break HERE   Buck Owens- "Home On Christmas Day" Dallas Moore- "Honky Tonk Holidaze" Dale Watson- "Christmas Without You" Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Drag Racing Santa"   Doo-Wop Corner- The Four Imperials- "Santa's Got A Coupe DeVille" The Drifters- "White Christmas"   Christmas Jukebox selection of the week: JD McPherson- "Hey Skinny Santa"   Slim Jim Phantom feat. Jennie Vee- "Have A Rockabilly Christmas" April Mae & The June Bugs- "It's Gettin' Kinda Chilly"   Outro Music Bed: Los Straitjackets- "Jingle Bell Rock"

All Christmas long we have been asking, What Child is this: Baby Jesus is King Jesus. Kiss Baby Jesus and King Jesus.

All Christmas, All the Time!

All Christmas long we have been asking, What Child is this: Baby Jesus is King Jesus. Kiss Baby Jesus and King Jesus.

Todays show is spotlighting All Christmas music and I will be playing a variety of Holiday music for your listening pleasure. (Happy Friday) from the Birdman show

The Twelve Days of Christmas is a song that was written during the Puritan Movement in England. During the years 1558-1829 Catholics were not allowed to practice their faith. The song has two meanings. The first is the literal meaning of each verse of the song and the second is the subtle translation that was known to those of the Catholic faith. The Twelve Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day, December 25th. The twelfth day ends at midnight on January 5th of each year. The Holy Day of the Epiphany - which means an illuminating discovery, or a realization) is followed on January 6. All Christmas decorations should be left up until the Epiphany. 1. The first day of Christmas - My True Love, the Partridge in a Pear Tree (Jesus Christ is my true love). In ancient times a partridge was often used as symbol of a divine and sacred king. 2. The second day of Christmas - Two turtle doves are the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. The doves symbolize peace. 3. The third day of Christmas - The three French Hens are Faith, Hope and Love. These are the three gifts of the Holy Spirit. 4. The fourth day of Christmas - The four calling birds are the four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 5. The fifth day of Christmas - The five golden rings describe the first five books of the Old Testament. 6. The sixth day of Christmas - The six geese a laying stood for the first six days of creation. 7. The seventh day of Christmas - The seven swans a swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit. These are Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership and Mercy. 8. The eighth day of Christmas - The eight maids a milking are the eight Beatitudes. These are Jesus' teachings of happiness. 9. The ninth day of Christmas - Nine ladies dancing are the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit. These are Charity, Joy, Peace, Patience, Goodness, Mildness, Fidelity, Modesty and Continency. 10. The tenth day of Christmas - The ten lords a leaping are the Ten Commandments. 11. The eleventh day of Christmas - The eleven pipers piping represent the eleven faithful apostles. 12. The twelfth day of Christmas - The twelve drummers drumming represent the twelve points of belief in The Apostles' Creed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/uirapuru/message

The dreaded office holiday party: For many of us, for MANY reasons, this is a situation fraught with difficulties. To go or not to go. To eat or not to eat. To discuss or not to discuss our religious/holiday/personal lives and plans. As IT folks with a strong religious/moral/ethical POV, navigating this ONE (supposedly optional) yearly occurrence can be the cause of more stress than any other event. In this episode we’ll unpack the what and why, and - like the IT pros we are, offer advice on how to navigate through this seasonal obstacle course. Listen or read the transcript below. Kate: 00:00 Welcome to our podcast where we talk about the interesting, frustrating and inspiring experience we have as people with strongly held religious views working in corporate IT. We're not here to preach or teach you our religion (or lack thereof). We're here to explore ways we make our career as IT professionals mesh or at least not conflict with our religious life. This is Technically Religious. Leon: 00:24 This is a continuation of the discussion we started last week. Thank you for coming back to join our conversation. Josh: 00:31 So up until a few years ago, I was one of those people where if you said "happy holidays" to me, I would say "Merry Christmas" back because you know, it's Christmas time and you got to put the Christ in Christmas, right? Leon: 00:45 Sure. Josh: 00:46 And my wife and I were talking about this just the other day yesterday, I think. And we have decided that regardless of what holiday someone wishes us, our response is going to be, "Thank you. You too." I mean, Holy crap, right? It's like mind blowing. Yechiel: 01:08 Radical. Leon: 01:10 What a crazy idea. Just saying thank you. Josh: 01:15 Ah, and she, she said, "Oh, I posted this to Facebook that I'm going to do this." And she's like, "I wonder how many people are going to be offended?" And I thought, Who in the world's going to be offended by saying thank you?You too. Leon: 01:27 Okay. And, and the answer is? Yechiel: 01:29 Well, it's is Facebook, so... Josh: 01:30 Right. Everybody. Leon: 01:34 I was going to say, how many hundreds of, of responses about "this is part of the war on Christmas!!" Have you gotten so far? New Speaker: 01:40 Um, I don't know. I don't go on Facebook, so I have no idea. Uh, I don't, I don't have an account anymore. Um, so I don't know. I get it right. I, I'm with Doug. Um, if, if you, if for you, Christmas is about the birth of the savior. Um, I mean, pro-tip: Jesus was born where there were shepherds who had their flock in the fields. It was not December, just saying. Um, anyway, so if, if that's the time of year in which you get aligned to your faith in Christ, go for it. But don't rob other people of the reason that they like to celebrate. For me and for people that I like to associate with Christmas is a time where we get together with friends and family, where we bring, you know, we, we bring in this idea of being, uh, increasingly generous with, um, those around us where we're reminded that we need to be generous. So it's, for me, it's not really this dueling religion thing at Christmas or, you know, whatever holidays happen to fall around this time of year. It's, Hey, you know, there's this spirit of generosity and camraderie. Let's just get together and hang out. Um, and we don't have to call it a Christmas party. Uh, yeah. All Christmas party planners, you know, corporate offices need to probably hear that message. It doesn't need to be a Christmas party. It can just be a party, Leon: 03:10 ...a party, right a part... End of year party and stuff like that. But w'ell, again, we're, we're gonna, we're gonna offer some, some insights based on this. Um, so as a non Christian, I think one of the challenges about this time of year also again - that comparative, uh, religion conversation in the worst possible setting ever - is the, the need of some folks to say, "But, but your holiday is just the same as ours!" Like to find equivalence where there isn't necessarily equivalence. Um, you know, Hanukkah isn't, you know, the Jewish Christmas, there's no such thing as a Hanukkah Bush. There is no such thing as a Hanukkah Charlie. That... And it doesn't need to exist. You know, it, it goes into, um, this homogenization of, "Well, everyone can celebrate Christmas in their heart." There's... No, no, there doesn't, no, we don't need to do that. I don't need to be included because that becomes a, unfortunately for me... And I apologize, I'm gonna get a little bit prickly here. It becomes a little threatening for me because that leads, you know, that dovetails into being proselytized to or at, in a very uncomfortable situation. Again, we're talking about an office party and to have a coworker or a boss suddenly raising this, you know, "But, but everyone believes in Jesus." No, everyone doesn't. And, and insisting that I do puts me in a very difficult position where, you know, my desire to be authentic as a Jew and my desire to be employed as a human are suddenly possibly in conflict. Josh: 05:05 I mean, I, I, uh, I don't know, maybe I'm a bit of a crap disturber but I would definitely recommend brushing up on, um, what historians are now calling the authentic Jesus. Um, and he was a real crap disturber so I mean, you could be like, "Oh yeah, let's talk about Jesus. Let's talk about how he did this and this and..." You know, you know, kicked over these tables and you know, made a mockery of, Oh wait, no, let's not talk about that because that's not really, yeah, Yechiel: 05:34 Something tells me that wouldn't go towards making the party more of a festive occasion. Josh: 05:40 I think it would make it very festive, actually. Leon: 05:42 I was going to say... "festive" in a very completely different way. Yeah. Josh: 05:47 Josh is never being invited to a party ever again. Right. Leon: 05:52 There's also an, and unfortunately this has happened to me, this desire again, this does that, you know, "everyone, everyone likes Christmas. Even in their heart, even if they don't know it" there's this insistence of, you know, you just, you just haven't tried it. You haven't tried the right one yet or whatever. And you know, "come take a look at this beautiful Christmas tree. Wouldn't you love to have a Christmas tree? Like this isn't this great?" You know, and right behind it is this wall full of crucifixes and then they take a picture and all of a sudden it becomes a picture of the Orthodox Jew. You looking up at an admiring, you know, a Christmas tree and a wall of crucifixes and it becomes this, you know, 'caption this photo contest'. You know, I'm not interested in being in your picture like that. Josh: 06:34 "Leon wonders why people put pine trees in their houses." That's, that would be my caption. Leon: 06:40 You know, it can get really prickly. It can, it can, you know, people, again, people get caught up in the holiday and in their love of the holiday, their enjoyment of holiday. When you discover spin class, which Joshua and I have said, you know, CrossFit is a cult, Josh: 06:54 It is. Leon: 06:54 ...you know, and but the desire to have everyone else involved in CrossFit or you know, veganism or whatever it is, like you love it so much, you need other people to love it. Just as much. Josh: 07:09 I will have, I will say, and maybe this is completely counter to what we've been talking about, but I have received a Christmas card from a Muslim friend this year already. Very first one I received. Um, and I have neighbors that are Muslim and they will without fail bring us a Christmas gift. We even have, we have a, uh, some Muslim friends, um, who were neighbors that are now friends cause they've moved a few blocks away, but they will make the Trek over to our house every year to bring us. Um, uh, and I authentic. Um, I, I believe they're from uh, Iran. So they will bring us an authentic Iranian festive dish to share at Christmas because they know that it's important to us. I, I don't know how to take that whole corporate thing though and make it like human beings act so good to one. Another one on one is when we get into these large groups that suddenly things get real awkward. Right? Yechiel: 08:14 Actually that's, that's an interesting point that I think like that people don't understand that the so called war on Christmas, um, like Jews, Muslims, we don't care that Christians celebrate Christmas, you know, good for you. Uh, it's fun. It looks nice and everything. Just don't make it the default and assume that everyone celebrates Christmas. Don't tell. Like when you tell me Merry Christmas, I'm not going to get offended. Of course, I know you mean well, but that's not my holiday. That's not what I celebrate. But on the other hand, I don't mind wishing you a Merry Christmas if I know you celebrate it and I don't mind sending you a Christmas card. Leon: 08:49 The example that's used a lot and I like it is, is the concept of happy birthday. That if you know, if it's birthday, we all show up. We tell Josh happy birthday, but we don't feel the need for everybody to say happy birthday to everybody else. It's not everyone else's birthday. So you know, it's your holiday. So Merry Christmas. Absolutely. You have a great time on your birthday, on your holiday. Um, but don'tto Yechiel's point. Don't insist that everybody celebrate, you know, their birthday on your birthday because that's not how things work. Josh: 09:23 I think after this episode we're going to have to start a business where we hire ourselves out as event planners for corporations that want to be both unoffensive or I mean reasonably unoff.... Nevermind. It would never work. Yechiel: 09:40 It's still 2019, you know. Leon: 09:43 Okay. So something that we hit on earlier that I just... Is interesting to me is again, trying to be unoffensive. One technique that especially HR departments try to do is again, to create this false reciprocality of things. So, you know, "We're going to put up, you know, trees, they're holiday trees, they're holiday wreaths, they're holiday baubles, you know, hanging from the ceiling and everything. But in order to be inclusive, we're also going to put a menorah next to the tree. I am here to tell you that at no time is a menorah next to a Christmas tree, an image that makes any sense to anybody except perhaps the people working in HR. It's not a thing. It does not make me feel more included. You know, again, Hanukkah was three weeks ago. Chad don't need to have them menorah there. You're not, you know, it's, it's your holiday. And, and I've actually gotten into conversations with HR, not in my current job. It was a while ago when I was a little bit more loud mouth about things and perhaps had less impulse control. You know, they... right! Less than I have now. I know it's a shock. And I actually got into it with the folks in HR and they said, but they're not Christmas decorations, they're holiday decorations. This is, there is no holiday that I celebrated anytime of the year that has decorations like this. Please, you know, let's be intellectually honest about this. Josh: 11:09 Even an authentic question. What would be your preference? So my heritage or my beliefs trend toward Christianity. Um, would you prefer for Christmas to just be, "Hey, like this work going to have Christmas stuff?" Um, but then how do, how do we handle it on the other side? Like, do we need to have a celebration for every holiday? Because I have noticed some companies doing that, right? They will, um, celebrate, you know, Diwali, they will celebrate, um, you know, Hanukkah, they will celebrate, uh, Kwanzaa. They will, they will have every single holiday represented. Is that the right route to go Leon: 11:57 To have an ofrenda for Dia de Los Muertos? Like yeah, I mean, so again, we're going to have, you know, we're going to have a section where we try to solve this, but I think that that what you're getting at is there seems to be, I'm not saying there is, but there seems to be two options. Do nothing or do everything. And I think there's some other options there. But my preference, and this is my personal preference, this is independent of a religious outlook or whatever, is that if the company feels it's important to make a display around the December time frame, great. You're talking about Christmas, go do it, Josh: 12:38 I like that. Leon: 12:38 Don't, don't pretend. That that would be my thing. And I am very much from a Jewish standpoint, I am very much a please include me out. Like I am actually more comfortable, personally, not having a company that isn't intrinsically a, a Jewish knowledgeable, uh, group of folks try to put something together, which is always back to the food conversation. You're going to work really, really hard trying to buy kosher food and you're not going to do it. And I'm going to tell you you missed and you're going to be offended because you tried so hard and I'm just ungrateful. So in the same way, like you're going to try really, really hard to decorate for my holiday and something is going to not match up somewhere you're going to. "But, but they were Hanukkah tree decorations. Doesn't that work?" You know, like no, that the tree was the problem, you know, and someone's going to feel frustrated that they had put this effort and I'm still being ungrateful. Josh: 13:36 I think if we were to look at this from the reciprocal, right. And so last week, Leon, we talked about your trip to Israel. Um, if, if we weren't in North America, if we were in Israel, would I, should I make the choice, um, to be offended by Jewish celebrations or celebrations of my Muslim coworkers because Christianity is not the predominant religion, right? Like, I, I, I think I, I think we need to think about things in that way, stops, you know, I need to stop saying, well, you know, because Christianity is the predominant religion in North America, blah, blah, blah, and say, well, what if it wasn't, how would I want to be treated? And then just act like that. I mean, there I go, trying to solve a thing. I know. Leon: 14:30 Okay. And it sounds like we're in the problem solving section, which is, which is great. And I think it's, it's about time, but actually I haven't lived in Israel enough during the holidays to even know what offices look like during any of the normative Jewish holidays Yechiel, I don't know if you have any experience with that. Yechiel: 14:48 Following Ben Greenberg's Twitter account. Um, it seems companies will have a Hanukkah party. Um, I don't think they have Christmas parties. They probably have a new year's party cause that's just universal. I mean, obviously everyone celebrates Hanukkah in Israel or at least the 80% of the country that's Jewish. So yeah, I would say Hanukkah and Israel is sort of like Christmas in America where it's just everywhere. Leon: 15:08 It's just a different times, different times of the calendar. Yechiel: 15:12 in terms of how pervasive it is. Leon: 15:14 All right. So Josh, I want to circle back to the question you asked before. You know what, now we're speaking directly to the company, what, you know, what are the correct options, what can we do to fix this? And again, we said there's the do nothing, which I think is an option. Right? You know, we're talking about the dreaded office holiday party, so we can say don't have them. Yechiel: 15:33 I'm definitely on that team. I mean, but that's due to not just a religious reason. Just you know, all the reasons you mentioned like also at the beginning of this stage, like I don't know, I feel like they're more trouble than they're worth. I mean before I got into programming, I worked at a Jewish company in Williamsburg and they didn't have a holiday party. Instead they gave a present around the, they would give everyone a pretty nice, decent, decently priced present around the holiday time. In addition, they also give like a holiday bonus around Passover and Sukkot, which was totally not tied to your performance bonus, which was a completely different thing. Like everyone would get, it was small. I think it was like $250 maybe, but it was just a nice extra, something special. I just think employees would be happier if instead of spending all that money on a party that no one wants to go to anyway, it would find some more creative way to use that money. But yeah, we're not talking about our work. Let's talk to companies who are having a party. Leon: 16:28 Well. Okay, but again, not doing it and you've just offered some alternatives of, okay, so if we're not doing that, like what, what are we doing? Do we just say it's a regular set of work days and you know, tough luck because that feels, to use a Christian concept, it feels free. Scrooge ish. 'Bah humbug.' You know, so, but you just said you recognize... Yechiel: 16:48 Well, correct me if I'm wrong, most holiday parties aren't on Christmas, are they? I mean, at least not on the companies. I've been to. Leon: 16:54 Correct. No, no, no. They're there. Usually the lead up to... Yechiel: 16:57 I mean, Christmas is a day off and new year's is they off. And sometimes the week in between is also off. So it's not like a regular work to, anyway. Josh: 17:03 So I'm completely on board with you heal on this one. I think that companies should really ask themselves, "Do we need to hold a a holiday party or Christmas party?" So I, you know, I work for new Relic. New Relic is a global company. I have colleagues that are in Europe and you know, me and Canada. Colleagues stretched across the United States. How do you get people together when a significant portion of your workforce works remote from their home offices? I mean, I can have a party, but it's going to be a party of one. Leon: 17:41 Oh, right. which may be the best party of all. New Speaker: 17:44 Right? So instead, um, I like the of saying to, um, to your employees, like "look in lieu of a party because it just doesn't work logistically, here's what we're going to do. We're going to give you some money you can do with it. What, what ever you want. If you want to use it to, you know, um, augment your, your own earnings, great. If you want to go out and donate it to charity, great. If you want to shred it, you, you do whatever you want with it." I mean, that allows people who want to amplify their, you know, their Christmas celebrations to do that or if they time it, right, their Hanukkah celebrations or their no celebrations at all. Leon: 18:33 Right. Okay. I'm just going to go in and I'm going to, I'm going to strongly correct you in this one. If you as a company decide, you know, if you as an individual who's received cash, your immediate urge is to shred that money. Please consider sponsoring an episode of Technically Religious. We will... Just send it to us. We will dispose of that money for you appropriately. Yechiel: 18:57 Alternatively, you can just sign it to me. I have a professional shredding service on the side. It'll be shredded completely. Nothing will be left within a few minutes. Leon: 19:05 How many kids do you have? Yechiel: 19:07 Five. Leon: 19:08 Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So that is, that is effectively shredding your money. Yeah. Right. It's, you know, diapers and tuition. Yeah. The whole thing. It's, it's gone. It doesn't, don't worry about how it got gone. Okay. Sorry, I just need to jump in. Like shredding money. No. Sponsoring Technically Religious. Absolutely. Or sent it to Yechiel and you know, you can find his information in the show notes. Josh: 19:28 Did you just equate giving, uh, giving us money to sponsor an episode with shredding your money? New Speaker: 19:34 No, I'm saying it's a BETTER option. New Speaker: 19:36 Oh, okay. I just wanted to make sure that you weren't insinuating the sponsoring an episode of Technically Religious was as worthless as, shredding your money. Leon: 19:44 No, not, I would never say something like that! Um, also as we were preparing for the episode, um, we also talked about again, part of the challenge with the holiday party is all the emotions and all the um, sort of expectations that come with it. And those are layered on top of the emotions and expectations that we have at this holiday time of year overall. And I think that someone brought up the idea of not having... Having a party just don't have it now have it, you know, at another time of year you can have a, you know, I'm not a big fan of Christmas in July, but having a summer kickoff holiday party, a pre-vacation pre, you know, to use the European term pre-holiday holiday party might be an interesting idea. Or you could do it at the company's fiscal end of year. If it doesn't match up with the calendar end of year. You could do that. So I think it would make the accounting department even more excited that their, that the, the rhythm that they hold to is something the company now acknowledging in a meaningful way. Josh: 20:49 I had friends that would celebrate the summer solstice and the winter solstice. Now granted the winter solstice happens to fall very close to, you know, the Christian Christmas. Uh, but you know, Hey, celebrate with them both. That's two parties, right? Leon: 21:09 Right at the, at both of them. And you can do the standing the egg up and you can do all those different things. Um, right. That would be, yeah, that's it. It's as meaningful or as exciting as some of the holiday traditions that we've developed over the last 50 years in America as well. So any other solutions that we have to offer organizations or HR departments that are trying to figure out this problem called the office holiday party. Yechiel: 21:34 So I would say assuming the holiday party is not going away, I think the one single thing that can go the furthest towards making parties feel more inclusive to everyone is cutting out the alcohol and not just for Muslims or people or Mormons or people who won't drink alcohol for religious reasons. I think just like so many of the problems that can come up at parties are either caused or exasperated by the presence of alcohol and people having a little bit too much. I think just that one little step can just go to a huge way towards making so many people feel much more comfortable. Leon: 22:12 Right. About attending at all. But yeah, absolutely. Josh: 22:15 Yeah. That, uh, T to that point, we're not just, it's not just a religious thing. You've got recovering alcoholics who maybe don't want to out themselves as recovering alcoholics at this holiday party, to all of their coworkers who maybe aren't friends, they're just coworkers. Um, you've got people who maybe have lost someone to drunk driving or have a spouse who's an alcholic. It's just the, the things that you on, um, that you uncap by having a, and again, this is a mandatory attendance right? There's, you must attend this holiday party cause you're part of the team, right? Josh, you like you're, you're going to show up and then we're also going to make this a alcohol-laden event. It just really problematic. Uh, you know, back when I didn't drink, I would attend events and then would always leave early. Always leave early because I was just like, okay, everyone's had enough alcohol that they're not going to remember that we left. And then you just leave and then just, it becomes a, an abbreviated evening for you. You know, you don't get to enjoy. I'm one of those people who I will go to a party. Yes, they are. I am an introvert. Mostly. They are rather exhausting for me. But I will go because I do enjoy getting out of the house every so often. Um, and just, yeah, I, I'm, I'm with you Yechiel. I, let's, let's either really curtail the alcohol or just not serve it at all. Leon: 23:50 Yeah. I'm, I'm a big fan of don't serve it at all. Just don't, okay. Any final words before we wrap up? Josh: 23:57 Um, did Adam Sandler's a song, um, about the Hanukkah song, uh, offensive, offensive or not? Leon: 24:06 I, it is not part of my, uh, Hanukkah playlist. It's, it's probably right up there with, uh, what is it? Uh, the, the Christmas donkey... Josh: 24:15 Dominic the Italian Christmas donkey. Yeah. Leon: 24:18 Yeah. No. Yeah. It's still also a no. Josh: 24:20 Okay. Yeah. I, I just, I was asking, I was curious. Yechiel, do you listen to it? Is Leon the only curmudgeon here? Yechiel: 24:28 Um, I would say it was entertaining, but yeah, I wouldn't say it's part of my Hanukkah celebrations. Josh: 24:37 Perfect. Leon: 24:40 Thanks for making time for us this week to hear more of technically religious visit our website, http://Technically Religious.com, where you can find our other episodes, leave us ideas for future discussions and connect to us on social media. Leon: 24:52 Hey, Josh, how was the last Christmas party you attended? Josh: 24:55 I passed through the seven levels of the candy cane forest, through the sea of swirly twirly gum drops, and then I walked through the Lincoln tunnel. Yechiel: 25:03 Wait, is there sugar in gumdrops?  

On this week's Episode...Merry Christmas!Christmas Everything... Bullshit, Hypothetical Situations, Games, and a Draft. All Christmas themed!Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram @WICKEDSMAHTPOD to interact with us.We really appreciate the support!Thank YOU! We hope you Enjoy!MUSICDance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270Artist: http://incompetech.com/Royalty free music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com and chrishayesmusic.co.ukNutcrack the Jingle game used "CHRISTMAS 2018 - GUESS THE SONG - HOW MANY CAN YOU GET?" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4uJVZprhOU

It's our annual ALL Christmas show with new tracks from Los Lobos, Erin Viancourt and Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys.  We stroll down to the Doo-Wop Corner (Christmas edition) with tunes by Dion and The Platters.  Nathan Belt tells us his favorite Christmas memories and we spin tunes by Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins, Los Straitjackets, Buck Owens, Hillbilly Casino, Dale Watson, JD McPherson, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Brenda Lee, George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones, Joel Paterson and Rio & The Rockabilly Revival! Intro Voice Over- Rob "Cool Daddy" Dempsey Intro Music Bed: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- "Rockabilly Christmas"   Los Straitjackets- "We Three Kings" Buck Owens- "Christmas Times A Comin'" Rio & The Rockabilly Revival- "Big Bad Santa" Christmas Vacation snippet Brenda Lee- "Papa Noel" Marty Robbins- "One Of You (In Every Size)" George Jones & Tammy Wynette- "Mr. & Mrs. Santa" Dale Watson- "Honky Tonk Christmas" Joel Paterson- "White Christmas" Elvis Presley- "I'll Be Home On Christmas Day" Elf snippet Erin Viancourt- "Christmas For Cowboys"   Nathan Belt on Favorite Christmas Memories Nathan Belt & The Buckles- "Run Run Rudolph" Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones- "Santa Claus Is Back In Town"   Doo-Wop Corner: Dion- "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Home Alone 2 snippet The Platters- "Jingle Bell Rock"   Los Lobos- "Feliz Navidad" JD McPherson- "What's That Sound?" How The Grinch Stole Christmas snippet Brian Setzer Orchestra- "Winter Wonderland" (live) Dave Del Monte & The Cross County Boys- "Cool Yule Boogie" Hillbilly Casino- "Up'n At'em Old Saint Nick"   Outro Music Bed:  The Ventures- "Sleigh Ride"

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All Christmas songs, all remixed :)

SURPRISE! Elise and Scott are back to deliver the Christmas present of ALL Christmas presents, a special episode of My Boyfriend Hates Musicals... at Christmas. They chat their fave shows of the year, a deep and meaningful discussion about mince pies AND they update you on their recent engagement. (Mainly because Elise can't shut up about it!) PLUS musical theatre actress Helena Blackman joins us for a chat about new original musical The Snow Queen! This episode is the perfect stocking filler ahead of the arrival of series 3 next year! Merry Christmas Everyone x

Best First Meeting Tips (0:00:00) Meeting people for the first time can sometimes feel like you're doing emotional gymnastics. You're trying to balance how nice you are without trying too hard, you want to act interested in their lives without asking an awkwardly personal question, and for some reason your hands are dancing at your waist, trying to decide whether they want to be folded or not. You end up walking away from the conversation not knowing if the person likes you or is terrified of you. These first impressions can be uncomfortable if we don't know what we're doing. Thankfully, there are strategies we can have going into these conversations that will calm our conversational fears. Harvey Deutschendorf, an expert on emotional intelligence, joins us to give us tips on how to make an emotionally intelligent first impression. Hanger Management (0:15:27) Hungry plus angry. Hangry. It's a real emotion! It can definitely cramp our style and make dieting, healthy eating, and skipping dessert nearly impossible. How can we stay happy when our stomachs are in a state of mutiny? Dr. Susan Albers, a clinical psychologist and author who specializes in body image and eating issues, joins us to share ways we can defeat hanger. Hygge (0:35:03) Friend of The Lisa Show Carrie Ann Rhodes shares ways we can embrace the cozy comfort of hygge. Thanksgiving Recap (0:50:37) Lisa and Richie talk about what they did to celebrate Thanksgiving. Funniest Christmas Cards (1:05:33) How many cliché Christmas cards do you get every year and how many have you sent out? All Christmas cards are nice, and we all smile when we get them from our loved ones, but so many of them seem the same. Paul Browning is a talented graphic designer who designs his family's Christmas cards in out of the box ways that leave everyone rolling on the floor with laughter. We saw some of these cards and just had to hear more about them. Sustainable Holiday (1:22:12) The holidays are known for being a time of excess. Between the piles of baked goods, the boxes of decorations, and all the giving and receiving, we tend to continue to buy more, collect more, and use more than we do the rest of the year. Amid all of the holiday craziness, the environment may not beat the top of your priority list, but making planet-conscious choices can be easier than you think! Kate Brandt is Google's sustainability officer. She's here to offer tips for how we can be more eco-friendly this holiday season. 

All Christmas long we’ll be discovering who Jesus really is and why He left the glory of Heaven to come to earth. From the depth of His sacrifice and greatness of His power to His most sufficient purposes and plans, this is a God who we stand in awe of each and every day, not just at Christmas time. And it’s our hope and prayer that you’ll join us on this extraordinary encounter every Sunday in December as we “Behold Our God.”

A listener tries to find out which taco story is true Wanker of the week – 3 guys in the US wrecked an entire store just to steal some soft drinks Tanya had ARIA’s anxiety Angus has another unpopular opinion. He hates ALL Christmas songs. Dylan goes through Angus’ phones without notice! Tanya has heard rumours The Simpsons will be ending in 2020. Give us your best Simpson impressions! Angus pranked his girlfriend Emily AGAIN. Now his gf and mum won’t speak to him. Tanya chats Lizzo’s tiny bag Dylan spreads the good news

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME! And that can only mean one thing, it's time for this year's Christmasiest Christmas Special EVER! We may very well have put together the best the best special EVER! A kid writes a savage letter to Santa, we celebrate Christmas with Ollie AND a Christmas play to end ALL Christmas plays, based on the 12 days of Christmas. We also talk about crazy gifts the list of which you can find here https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/weird-christmas-gifts-2017_us_5a1ede79e4b017a311ebaf05?section=us_weird-news. So sit back and enjoy the Smokin' Hot Toddcast Christmasiest Christmas Special EVER!

Our final 2018 All-Christmas show with: Tonia Hughes (Intro / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen), Sara Renner (Angels from the Realms of Glory), Kimberly Brown (Still Remember), The Quiet Science PICTURED (The Shepard’s Daughter), We Are Vessel (We Three Kings), Heart Song (Happy Birthday Baby Jesus), The New Song Kids Choir (I Wonder As I Wander), Mary Beth Carlson & Mark David Williams (The Miracle of Christmas), Dianne Esau Porter (The First Noel), Tides of Winter (Silver Bells), Mary Beth Carlson & Mark David Williams (Once And For All Time), The New Song Kids Choir (It Is Jesus - feat. Ryan Daniel), Ken Wanovich (The First Noel with Silent Night), Robert Robinson (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen), Tonia Hughes (In The Bleak Mid Winter), Heart Song (Away in a Manger), Dianne Esau Porter (Still, Still, Still) and Kimberly Brown (Merry Christmas To You).

Let's start down the Christmas trail (again compliments of www.QuoteGarden.com - formatting omitted) with a tradition from Betsy Cañas Garmon's family. She sits with her husband in a room lit only by tree lights and wants us to remember that our blessings outnumber the lights. Happy Christmas to all. Thomas Tusser also has advice for the season. At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year. Lenora Mattingly Weber is here as well to focus our perspective. Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide-bound hearts. Sing hey! Sing hey! For Christmas Day; Twine mistletoe and holly. For a friendship glows In winter snows, And so let's all be jolly! No one is quite sure who first said it but there's little doubt that we can all give it a hey! hey! of our own. Gertrude Tooley Buckingham is joining in, Christmas is coming; it is almost here! With Santa and presents, good will and cheer! Now that may be even better than one of those Hey! heys! In steps the realist to keep us from getting too carried away. Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money. It's not surprising that no one takes credit for that one. Fortunately, May Sarton is here to keep us on the Christmas rails, I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress. Dinah Maria Mulock is also here for us and for are sense of good will, It is the Christmas time: And up and down 'twixt heaven and earth, In glorious grief and solemn mirth, The shining angels climb. Fail not to call to mind, in the course of the twenty-fifth of this month, that the Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day; and then smile and enjoy yourselves for the rest of it; for mirth is also of Heaven's making. Thank you Leigh Hunt, that certainly brings the full spirit of Christmas into focus for us. John Kendrick Bangs sharpens our focus as well, Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no time on wreaths of green; Whose lips have words of comfort spread Needs not the holly-berries red. His very presence scatters wide The spirit of the Christmastide. You may think it was Charlie Brown who said, The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! but it was actually Charles N Barnard. Even so, it's so true. Let's give Edgar Guest a chance to get in his two cents worth, At Christmas a man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here; Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is less a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime. Woops, that pesky author unknown is butting in again with another dose of reality, Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money. Eric Sevareid puts us back on track though, As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is. Bob Hope expands on the point, When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things — not the great occasions — give off the greatest glow of happiness. D D Monroe is also on board with the sentiment, It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun."  Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis. Okay Benny Hill, go ahead,

Happy Holidays! As promised, my Christmas Special is here, in which I examine the origin of Christmas traditions with special guest Brian Earl of the Christmas Past podcast. Check out his show and his website at ChristmasPast.media.  All Christmas music on this episode is from composer Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com, licensed under Creative Commons. Attributions below:   "Wish Background" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Oh Holy Night" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Angels We Have Heard on High" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition features ALL Christmas-themed questions. And whom better to participate than the human candy-cane herself, actress/comedian Lauren Hobbs. Inject some insulin because it's about to get real sweet! Connect with us... You Go First: @yougofirstshow (IG) | @YouGoFirstShow (Twitter) Blair Peyton: @blairpeyton (IG) | @BlairPeyton (Twitter) Lauren Hobbs: LaurenHobbs.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yougofirstwithblairpeyton/message

00:00 - Introduction 05:44 - Free-for-All (Christmas wishes and regrets) 21:19 - Main Topic (Advent Revisited) On episode EIGHTY of Let the Bird Fly! Mike and Wade join forces with Pastors Brian Doebler and John Bortulin to discuss the season of Advent. You may be thinking "Hey, didn't you already do an episode on the season of Advent," and you'd be right. But we like the season so much, we're doing it again...so deal with it. This time around, the guys talk about the history of the season, what its focus is, preaching through it, and all sorts of other stuff associated with Christ coming to us. The Berg girls make an appearance in the Free-for-All to discuss what they're asking for Christmas and some of their favorite presents from years past. Wade adds a lesson learned from his own childhood as well (we're glad he got his presents back, but can understand his parents getting tired of his antics—we know the feeling!). Thanks again to Brian and John for joining us. We hope you have a blessed Advent! Let the Bird Fly! is supported by the 1517 Podcast Network, which is part of 1517.org. The 2018 calendar year has been one of tremendous growth for 1517 and plans for 2019 and beyond are well underway. In order to continue to grow and spread the message of that the death of Christ saves, 1517 has set a goal of raising $250,000 by December 31st. If you are able to help support all the great content being produced by 1517, please consider doing so with a regular monthly donation, or a one time donate. You can find more about 1517 on their website and you can DONATE RIGHT HERE. Thank you for your support! And as always, if you are enjoying the show, please subscribe, rate, and review us on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or TuneIn Radio. You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. You can also follow our Telegram Channel, where we post our new episodes as well as other content that we think you might enjoy. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! If you’d like to contact us we can be reached at podcast@LetTheBirdFly.com, or visit our website at www.LetTheBirdFly.com. Thanks for listening! Attributions for Music used in this Episode: “The Last One” by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. “Gib laut” by Dirk Becker is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. “Whistling Down the Road” by Silent Partner “Not Drunk” by The Joy Drops is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International License.

Was Aaron Judge's shoulder injury the cause for his extended slump (3:20)? Are the Yankees destined to get Shohei Otani (5:36)? And should steroids users be allowed in the Hall of Fame (9:25)? We've got some HOT TAKES for ya on today's show! ... One player who will be better and one who will be worse on KC (17:50), CHW (22:24) and DET (24:20) ... We're having some fun today as we unveil a listener-inspired All-Christmas team (28:20) and discuss a troubling Thanksgiving trend on the West Coast of the country (31:00) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All Christmas, but not all good will toward men.

It may be December 26th, but there's still one more chance to fill your stocking with Christmas cheer! Tonight on Sonic Echo we present "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" by Norman Corwin and Edgar Bergin and Charlie McCarthy with their version of Disney's "Snow White". Happy Holidays to everyone and have a very happy New Year! All Christmas shows came from the Christmas Selection on archive.org!