Advent Calendar House
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🎄 A podcast salute to all holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones by @makewistful.com. Mind the icy patch.
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Advent Calendar House | The Year Without a Santa Claus
🎄 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...
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🎄 Warn the people, tell the paper,
It’s our 200th podcast caper!
It’s a Christmas Eve fever dream with “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” our final Rankin/Bass Christmas special.
With @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @christmaspod.bsky.social, @theycallmedigio.bsky.social, & @theaceofknaves.bsky.social!
It’s our 200th podcast caper!
It’s a Christmas Eve fever dream with “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” our final Rankin/Bass Christmas special.
With @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @christmaspod.bsky.social, @theycallmedigio.bsky.social, & @theaceofknaves.bsky.social!
🎄 Warn the people, tell the paper,
It’s our 200th podcast caper!
It’s a Christmas Eve fever dream with “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” our final Rankin/Bass Christmas special.
With @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @christmaspod.bsky.social, @theycallmedigio.bsky.social, & @theaceofknaves.bsky.social!
It’s our 200th podcast caper!
It’s a Christmas Eve fever dream with “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” our final Rankin/Bass Christmas special.
With @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @christmaspod.bsky.social, @theycallmedigio.bsky.social, & @theaceofknaves.bsky.social!
Advent Calendar House | The Year Without a Santa Claus
🎄 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...
adventcalendar.house
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🎄 Warn the people, tell the paper,
It’s our 200th podcast caper!
It’s a Christmas Eve fever dream with “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” our final Rankin/Bass Christmas special.
With @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @christmaspod.bsky.social, @theycallmedigio.bsky.social, & @theaceofknaves.bsky.social!
It’s our 200th podcast caper!
It’s a Christmas Eve fever dream with “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” our final Rankin/Bass Christmas special.
With @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @christmaspod.bsky.social, @theycallmedigio.bsky.social, & @theaceofknaves.bsky.social!
1979’s “Jack Frost” has an evil king with abandonment issues, a groundhog dressed like a pro wrestling manager, and the neighbors of those angels your grandma told you were bowling during a thunderstorm.
With @lostchristmaspod.bsky.social, @theaceofknaves.bsky.social, & @radchristmas.bsky.social.
With @lostchristmaspod.bsky.social, @theaceofknaves.bsky.social, & @radchristmas.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Jack Frost (1979)
The harbinger of winter gets friend-zoned. Guests: Gerry Davila, Matt Spaulding, Jeff Loftin.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
1979’s “Jack Frost” has an evil king with abandonment issues, a groundhog dressed like a pro wrestling manager, and the neighbors of those angels your grandma told you were bowling during a thunderstorm.
With @lostchristmaspod.bsky.social, @theaceofknaves.bsky.social, & @radchristmas.bsky.social.
With @lostchristmaspod.bsky.social, @theaceofknaves.bsky.social, & @radchristmas.bsky.social.
The very last special Rankin/Bass produced was in 2001.
Eartha Kitt’s the voice of the cat.
This is an old podcast with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social & @christmaspod.bsky.social.
Eartha Kitt’s the voice of the cat.
This is an old podcast with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social & @christmaspod.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Santa, Baby!
The last ever Rankin/Bass Christmas special flew under the radar.
Guests: Tim Babb, Andre Bennett
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December 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The very last special Rankin/Bass produced was in 2001.
Eartha Kitt’s the voice of the cat.
This is an old podcast with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social & @christmaspod.bsky.social.
Eartha Kitt’s the voice of the cat.
This is an old podcast with @andrebennettgo.bsky.social & @christmaspod.bsky.social.
“The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow” is about neither of those things.
Advent Calendar House | The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
An underrated and redundantly titled Rankin/Bass special about neither the first Christmas, nor the first Christmas snow.
Guest: Mike Troxell.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow” is about neither of those things.
And now, the Rankin/Bass Christmas classic that dares to answer children’s questions about Santa Claus while illegally opening his mail.
With @mserinmevans.bsky.social, @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @brandonmedley.bsky.social, @michaelmay.bsky.social, & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
With @mserinmevans.bsky.social, @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @brandonmedley.bsky.social, @michaelmay.bsky.social, & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
Put one foot in front of the other, and soon you’ll hit 100 episodes.
Guests: Michael DiGiovanni, Erin Evans, Michael May, Brandon Medley, Joey O.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
And now, the Rankin/Bass Christmas classic that dares to answer children’s questions about Santa Claus while illegally opening his mail.
With @mserinmevans.bsky.social, @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @brandonmedley.bsky.social, @michaelmay.bsky.social, & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
With @mserinmevans.bsky.social, @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @brandonmedley.bsky.social, @michaelmay.bsky.social, & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
Young Conan the Barbarian meets baby Jesus.
With @brandonmedley.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
With @brandonmedley.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Little Drummer Boy
Young Conan the Barbarian meets baby Jesus.
Guests: Michael May, Brandon Medley.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Young Conan the Barbarian meets baby Jesus.
With @brandonmedley.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
With @brandonmedley.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
“The Stingiest Man in Town” features my favorite spooky Marley head in the door knocker, Tom Bosley as an insect named H.H. Humbug, and a song about Santa Claus for no reason.
Here’s a podcast about it with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Here’s a podcast about it with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Stingiest Man in Town
Rankin/Bass’s unoriginal crack at A Christmas Carol.
Guests: Michael DiGiovanni, Michael May.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
“The Stingiest Man in Town” features my favorite spooky Marley head in the door knocker, Tom Bosley as an insect named H.H. Humbug, and a song about Santa Claus for no reason.
Here’s a podcast about it with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Here’s a podcast about it with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Y’all want to hear me find out what a Waitrose is?
(Publix. It’s Publix.)
(Publix. It’s Publix.)
Merry Britsmas 85 out now! A super festive episode all about a nativity in The Vicar of Dibley, a glam rock festive tune from The Darkness, & some thoughts on the newest British Christmas adverts!
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#xmas #christmas #podcast #vicarofdibley #thedarkness
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#xmas #christmas #podcast #vicarofdibley #thedarkness
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Y’all want to hear me find out what a Waitrose is?
(Publix. It’s Publix.)
(Publix. It’s Publix.)
I’m convinced “The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold” only exists because Rankin/Bass had the rights to use the song “Christmas in Killarney” and wrote around that.
Here’s a podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Here’s a podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
Banshees have weirder rules than Mogwai.
Guests: Michael DiGiovanni, Michael May.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I’m convinced “The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold” only exists because Rankin/Bass had the rights to use the song “Christmas in Killarney” and wrote around that.
Here’s a podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Here’s a podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Rankin/Bass’s Avengers assembled in theaters in 1979. This movie opens with Rudolph’s shine blipping out of existence, and what happens to Frosty and his whole family is even worse.
Here’s an old podcast with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
Mr. Snowman, I don’t feel so good.
Guest: Brandon Medley.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Rankin/Bass’s Avengers assembled in theaters in 1979. This movie opens with Rudolph’s shine blipping out of existence, and what happens to Frosty and his whole family is even worse.
Here’s an old podcast with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
“Frosty’s Winter Wonderland” is the “Weird Science” of Christmas specials.
with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
The Weird Science of Christmas specials.
Guest: Brandon Medley.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Frosty’s Winter Wonderland” is the “Weird Science” of Christmas specials.
with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Nothing about “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year” makes sense, but that’s not a bug. It’s a feature.
Here’s an old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
A sequel special bonus for your oversized ears.
Guest: Brandon Medley, Joey O.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nothing about “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year” makes sense, but that’s not a bug. It’s a feature.
Here’s an old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
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i had to drop what i was doing to make this
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i had to drop what i was doing to make this
Was Santa just hangry? Why was the doll on the Island of Misfit Toys? Why weren’t you at elf practice? These questions and more answered in this old podcast with @brandonmedley.bsky.social & @imgonnadj24.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Time to address the spotted elephant in the room.
Guests: Brandon Medley, Joey O.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Was Santa just hangry? Why was the doll on the Island of Misfit Toys? Why weren’t you at elf practice? These questions and more answered in this old podcast with @brandonmedley.bsky.social & @imgonnadj24.bsky.social.
Rankin/Bass’s first Christmas special after Rudolph was the traditionally animated “Cricket on the Hearth.” This version takes a hard left turn into a song about fish ’n’ chips performed by a burlesque cat, and it only gets weirder.
So here’s an old podcast about it with @christmaspast.bsky.social.
So here’s an old podcast about it with @christmaspast.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Cricket on the Hearth
Rankin/Bass presents a Dickens of a story, but not that one.
Guest: Brian Earl.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Rankin/Bass’s first Christmas special after Rudolph was the traditionally animated “Cricket on the Hearth.” This version takes a hard left turn into a song about fish ’n’ chips performed by a burlesque cat, and it only gets weirder.
So here’s an old podcast about it with @christmaspast.bsky.social.
So here’s an old podcast about it with @christmaspast.bsky.social.
In 1980, Rankin/Bass unleashed “Pinocchio’s Christmas” from its wood-burrowing earworm factory. I’ve had “Knock on Wood” stuck in my head for over 40 years. Send help.
Anyway here’s an old podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Anyway here’s an old podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | Pinocchio’s Christmas
Rankin/Bass’s wood-burrowing earworm factory.
Guests: Michael DiGiovanni, Michael May.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
adventcalendar.house
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In 1980, Rankin/Bass unleashed “Pinocchio’s Christmas” from its wood-burrowing earworm factory. I’ve had “Knock on Wood” stuck in my head for over 40 years. Send help.
Anyway here’s an old podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
Anyway here’s an old podcast with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social & @michaelmay.bsky.social.
This podcast is about a Christmas special narrated by Roger Miller so of course I had to go off about “hey remember the hampster dance”
And @ieatvideogames.bsky.social was there, and @brandonmedley.bsky.social was there…
And @ieatvideogames.bsky.social was there, and @brandonmedley.bsky.social was there…
Advent Calendar House | Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Extend your ears as we revisit a lesser-known Rankin/Bass special from 1977.
Guests: Lindy Kempe, Brandon Medley.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
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December 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This podcast is about a Christmas special narrated by Roger Miller so of course I had to go off about “hey remember the hampster dance”
And @ieatvideogames.bsky.social was there, and @brandonmedley.bsky.social was there…
And @ieatvideogames.bsky.social was there, and @brandonmedley.bsky.social was there…
Rankin/Bass went delightfully nuts with its last-ever stop-motion Christmas special in 1985, based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.”
Here’s an old podcast with @paxholley.com & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @paxholley.com & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
From the author of The Wizard of Oz comes one of the craziest Santa origin stories ever.
Guests: Paxton Holley, Brandon Medley.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
adventcalendar.house
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rankin/Bass went delightfully nuts with its last-ever stop-motion Christmas special in 1985, based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.”
Here’s an old podcast with @paxholley.com & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @paxholley.com & @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
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With Christmas fast approaching, let's put the spotlight on some of the voice actors and actresses from your favorite holiday specials such as Rudolph, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, and more!
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #voiceacting
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #voiceacting
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
With Christmas fast approaching, let's put the spotlight on some of the voice actors and actresses from your favorite holiday specials such as Rudolph, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, and more!
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #voiceacting
#Christmas #Christmas2025 #voiceacting
The best example of search engine optimization I’ve ever seen was a copy of Rankin/Bass’s “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo or wherever that was just titled “mouse christmas cartoon.”
Aw heck, here’s our podcast from 2018 with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social.
Aw heck, here’s our podcast from 2018 with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | ’Twas the Night Before Christmas
The one with the mouse. Turn back the clock till it goes kerplooey for Rankin/Bass’s 1974 Christmas classic.
Guest: Joey O.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
adventcalendar.house
December 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The best example of search engine optimization I’ve ever seen was a copy of Rankin/Bass’s “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo or wherever that was just titled “mouse christmas cartoon.”
Aw heck, here’s our podcast from 2018 with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social.
Aw heck, here’s our podcast from 2018 with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social.
Today I’m sharing all our Rankin/Bass podcast episodes, starting with Episode 1, from 2017, with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
I can hear my own nerves.
I can hear my own nerves.
Advent Calendar House | Frosty the Snowman
Happy birthday! Join us as we begin our salute to all holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones by attempting to answer questions no one asked about the 1969 Rankin/Bass TV special, Frosty th...
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December 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Today I’m sharing all our Rankin/Bass podcast episodes, starting with Episode 1, from 2017, with @brandonmedley.bsky.social.
I can hear my own nerves.
I can hear my own nerves.
The first appearance of early Disney Channel imports The Raccoons was an anti-deforestation-themed Christmas special from 1980, narrated by Rich Little in his boring, resting Rich voice.
Here’s an old podcast with @hunkburger.bsky.social & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @hunkburger.bsky.social & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
Advent Calendar House | The Christmas Raccoons
We may all exist in the dreams of 2 kids and their dog.
Guests: Michael DiGiovanni, Christian Nielsen.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
adventcalendar.house
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The first appearance of early Disney Channel imports The Raccoons was an anti-deforestation-themed Christmas special from 1980, narrated by Rich Little in his boring, resting Rich voice.
Here’s an old podcast with @hunkburger.bsky.social & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
Here’s an old podcast with @hunkburger.bsky.social & @theycallmedigio.bsky.social.
There’s a lot going on in this Walt Disney World Christmas special from 1978:
Mimes pretending to be robots! Off-model Geppetto! Phyllis Diller as a fairy godmother! A band completely ignoring a woman’s screams for help while being chased by pirates! Jerry Lawler’s entrance theme for some reason!
Mimes pretending to be robots! Off-model Geppetto! Phyllis Diller as a fairy godmother! A band completely ignoring a woman’s screams for help while being chased by pirates! Jerry Lawler’s entrance theme for some reason!
Advent Calendar House | Christmas at Walt Disney World (1978)
It’s mime time at the Most Magical Place on Earth!
Guests: Drew Crowley, John Dedeke.
Find show notes at https://adventcalendar.house
adventcalendar.house
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
There’s a lot going on in this Walt Disney World Christmas special from 1978:
Mimes pretending to be robots! Off-model Geppetto! Phyllis Diller as a fairy godmother! A band completely ignoring a woman’s screams for help while being chased by pirates! Jerry Lawler’s entrance theme for some reason!
Mimes pretending to be robots! Off-model Geppetto! Phyllis Diller as a fairy godmother! A band completely ignoring a woman’s screams for help while being chased by pirates! Jerry Lawler’s entrance theme for some reason!
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December 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Simply
Having
A wonderful
Having
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