Tis the Podcast

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twenty-fourth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Matt Eurich of "TGI Podcast" will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-Three of our tale, entitled "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree". Within this chapter, we switch back between the points of view of multiple characters, including Hudson Jackson, Officers Dwyer and Lee, and...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope you're all having a great long weekend and that you all enjoyed your Canada Day and 4th of July!  To kick off Christmas in July month, join the elves as they travel back in time to discuss two classic and beloved, black-and-white television shows, "I Love Lucy" and "The Addams Family" - specifically, their holiday episodes entitled, "The I Love Lucy Christ...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Happy first day of July to all of you, Happy Canada Day to all of our Canadian family and friends, and welcome to the twenty-third official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Jay Skipworth, the man who is as iconic as the podcast he's hosted for over a decade, "Film Strip Podcast", will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-Two of our tale, entitle...

Happy Leon Day, Christmas Fanatics! We are officially halfway to the big day itself! As of tomorrow, we will be closer to Christmas 2021 than Christmas 2020, and if that's not something for us to celebrate and get excited about, we don't know what is! As a special treat to celebrate the occasion, Julia, Thom, and Anthony gather around their mics to discuss the 2014, American, stop-motion animated,...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twenty-second official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, the author of the book himself - our very own, Anthony - will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-One of our tale, entitled "Sleigh Ride". Within this chapter, Joey and Mary grow closed as they take a ride in a horse drawn carriage throughout a wintry Central Park! (We apolo...

This week, Santa's brother himself, Todd Killian of "Christmas Clatter Podcast" stops by to join the elves in a....lively discussion of the 2007 Patrick Swayze film, "Christmas in Wonderland". In what very well may possibly be our most contentious episode with a guest to date, poor Todd sustains a barrage of attacks from Anthony for his love of this movie  - will his love survive this episode? And...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twenty-first official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, long time listener and good friend of the show, Steven Beech (a.k.a. Disco54 !) of "Uplifting House Sessions" will read to all of you Chapter Twenty of our tale, entitled "Silver Bells". Within this chapter, President Emily Williams plays tour guide to her foreign guests as...

Due to life getting in the way prior to Julia departing for Florida on a family vacation, the elves came up one episode short to cover her absence! As such, there is obviously no new episode this week. However, we didn't want to leave y'all hanging, so we've decided to share one of our Patreon-Exclusive "Christmas Movie Commentaries" segments with y'all! In our "Christmas Movie Commentaries", the...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twentieth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week the always hilariously amazing Tim Babb of "Can't Wait For Christmas" will read to all of you Chapter Nineteen of our tale, entitled "Jingle Bell Rock". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Joey Nazario and Mary Holiday as they explore one of Manhattan's m...

It's Monday, which means it's time for another episode of Tis the Podcast! This week, the elves are taking a trip across the pond (and back in time) to cover the Christmas episodes of one of Thom's favorite tv shows, "The Vicar of Dibley" - a show that follows the townspeople of Dibley who reluctantly grow to accept and love Geraldine Granger as their local vicar.  These episodes follow some trope...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the nineteenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week listener, Charlyn Lewis of "Fashion Speaks" will read to all of you Chapter Eighteen of our tale, entitled "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Elizabeth Meyer and Noah Clarke!  We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy Memorial Day to all of our American listeners! We hope you're having a great long weekend! Can you believe we're already at the end of May? This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they catch up with beleaguered, former NYPD officer, John McClane, as he takes on a bunch of terrorists at a snowy airport on Christmas Eve in 1990's "Die Hard 2"! While th...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the eighteenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week listener, McLean Sloughter, will read to all of you Chapter Seventeen of our tale, entitled "(It Must've Been 'Ol) Santa Claus". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspective of Aaron Rankin as he meets the Santa Claus at Macy's Herald Square!  We hope you like it! If...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves cover their first Christmas satire (?) film,  "A Christmas Movie Christmas". How will they like a completely self-aware movie that is made using the formulaic Hallmark equations? Tune in and find out! And keep an eye on your feeds this upcoming Thursday for the seventeenth official chapter of "Another Christmas Story" - "Chapter Seventeen: (It...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the seventeenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, published author, Nicole Little, will read to all of you Chapter Sixteen of our tale, entitled "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Joey and Mary as they slowly begin to get reacquainted with one another as they visit...

Happy Monday, Christmas aficionados! This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they journey back to the wonderful world of Rankin/Bass to discuss the 1975 holiday special, "The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow"! Can the incomparable Angela Lansbury not only save this special for the podcast's Rankin/Bass skeptics and - dare-we-say - actually make this production an enjoyabl...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the sixteenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Michelle Kidwell of the extremely hilarious "Horribly Genius" podcast will read to all of you Chapter Fifteen of our tale, entitled "O Christmas Tree". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of President Williams and her foreign guests and catch-up with them a...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves journey back to the wonderful world of Disney to cover the 1997, straight to VHS, animated midquel, "Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas"!  Does the midquel conceit work better than Disney's other straight to home video sequels they did in the '90s, or does it ruin the charm of the original 1991 masterpiece? And while Anthony has a l...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fifteenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Kendall Farrae of the extremely fun "For Forks Sake" podcast will read to all of you Chapter Fourteen of our tale, entitled "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Elizabeth Meyer and Noah Clarke as they brave Times Square to...

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy May! We are officially one-third of the way done with 2021 already! Can you believe it? The most wonderful time of the year - the Ber months - will be here before you know it! We're already closer than halfway to Halloween, which means we're that much closer to Christmas! This year is flying! This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they discuss the 2...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the fourteenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Mike Westfall of the always amazing, nostalgic, informative, and hilarious "Advent Calendar House" will read to all of you Chapter Thirteen of our tale, entitled "Christmas Time is Here". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Aaron Rankin and his classmat...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And welcome to the final official episode of April! Can you believe that? We are officially a third of the way through the year! Time is flying!  This week, journey with the elves back to the wonderful world of Rankin/Bass to discuss the 1968 holiday special, "The Little Drummer Boy"! As is always the case when the hosts cover a Rankin/Bass special, opinions are a...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirteenth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, Scarlett Alexandra of the always amazing and hilarious "NetfliXmas Podcast" will read to all of you Chapter Twelve of our tale, entitled "Christmas Wrapping". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspectives of Joey Nazario and Mary Holiday as they cross paths again fo...

This week the elves are joined by their good friend Sean Sotka from Christmas Podcasts Podcast, a podcast about all of your favorite Christmas podcasts. Together, have a good time talking Wisconsin, the classic Christmas-made-for-tv-movie A Flintstones Christmas Carol, and unpopular Christmas takes. Also - make sure to keep your eyes on your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday for the next chapte...

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twelfth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! This week, listener Claude Bélanger will read to all of you Chapter Eleven of our tale, entitled "We Three Kings". Within this chapter, we switch back to the perspective of President Emily Williams as she and her entourage arrive in New York City on Christmas Eve to greet her foreign visit...