Total Christmas Podcast

Woo hoo!  Here we are for another wonderful episode. We have the harrowing tale of how Lee Maher, the shows number 1 fan, found out the truth about Santa, plus also how his brother found out. Then we have an interview with Robert Nicholas from Behind The Bells Podast who lists his 10 favourite films of all time, and then I judge the list.   If you're not listening to Behind The Bells check it...

Hello you beautiful person! It's another fun filled episode of the TCP. We start with a very crappy version of A Christmas Carol. This was part of the 'Tales from Dickens' TV series and stars Basil Rathbone as an actor who's career has fallen so far that he's reduced to wearing a traffic cone on his head to play Ebenezer Scrooge. I don't recommend watching it, but if...

Well blow me down if it isn't a brand spanking new episode of The TCP. Well, it is if you're listening to it when it's just come up out, if not then it's an old episode.  I don't know when you're listening, but I hope you enjoy this rubbish. Thanks to Benji Pearson we find out that the story of Babushka from the last episode is actually just a rip off of the story of...

Hooray!  It's me, The Total Christmas Podcast and I'm here to spread some joy and a load of old drivel.  Hooray! First up it's our Christmas Not So Classic and we look at All I Need Is Love, the CeeLo Green and The Muppets Christmas song from 2012.  It has a fantastic video (and needs it cause the song ain't so special). Check it out here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEgcL...

Just when you thought the podcast was improving I go and break my microphone, so girls and boys we're back to poor quality sound. Add that to the poor content and it's a killer combination that everyone is talking about. Anyway, it's an episode so at least there's that. First up we have Robin Sings and the songstress has been busy in the playground at school creating a new vers...

Hello you beautiful person.  It's here, Episode 30, was it worth the 2 weeks wait? Probably not. We start by discussing At This Time of Year by Big Brother UK winner Craig Philips.  As songs go, let's just say it's as good as you'd expect from a reality show winner, but it is for a worthy cause.  Fancy a listen?  here's a link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhxbP5o9DoE...

Here we go again, it's another "wonderful" episode. We've got loads of the usual stuff. First up it's Robin Sings and the girls have their first song request.  Thanks to our lovely listener Nancy, they'll be singing 'I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas'. It's the return of my favourite segment when Jay La Chapelle from Jingle Jank podcast tells us a gre...

It's Episode 28 and if my knowledge of numerology is correct, I foresee that this show will be full of the usual stuff. After last week's wonderful rendition of Jingle Bells, Batman Smells we revisit the song to learn a bit about it's origins and Robin sings some of the numerous versions of the song. We have a fantastic quiz about the book A Christmas Carol.  It's your chance t...

It's Episode 27, and it's our birthday, 1 glorious year. This episode we have our anniversary spectacular and believe me when I say we have spared every expense celebrating 12 months of this drivel. We begin the show with Santa Claus is NOT Coming to Town, and our newly (self) appointed Most Valued Listener, Eddie Honan, tells the tale of how his dad let slip the truth about Saint Nick....

After the fiasco of last episode things can only get better. Well rest assured they do (by a very small amount). This episode we look at the British dessert of trifle.  If you've never had trifle you are seriously missing out.  Since its heyday of the 1970s the popularity of trifle has waned somewhat, but don't let that stop you. We have 2 stories from listeners, a wonderful story about...

Episode 25?  That's a quarter century...  hard to believe. This episode we focus on the wonderful tradition of the Christmas Pickle. First up we discuss the history of the tradition, does it date back as far as the days of the real St Nicholas, is it from the American civil war or was it just the clever idea of some marketing executive who had too many pickle ornaments left over?   Who knows?...

Here we are with a bunch more of the usual stuff. First off we have an exciting book review.  Is 'The Funniest Christmas Joke Book Ever' the funniest Christmas joke book ever?  The short answer is 'no' but listen to the review anyway. Then we find out about Band Aid 2.   5 years after the first Band Aid, a collection of popstars got together to record the song again, and it cou...

It's Episode 23 and it's great to be alive. We start with a Story of Shame form one of the co-hosts of Jingle Jank, Jay Lachapelle, will the young ever learn that no good will come from peeking at your Christmas presents? Hard to believe, but this is the first time we look at one of the major versions of A Christmas Carol.  This is the 1984 one starring George C Scott as Scrooge and a ho...

We're back baby! and don't pretend you haven't missed us. It's a brand new year and what better way to get the new season off to a start than having some technical problems.  That's right kids, you'll be sure to notice some sound issues with this one and there's a simple explanation. . .   I'm crap. First off Robin and Juno sing the all time classic Jingle B...

This episode is here to wish you a very merry Christmas. If you've liked the Facebook page this year, you'll get to hear your name as part of one of the most bizarre versions of Carol Of The Bells you are ever likely to hear. We have a Christmas message from each of the team, thats: Scott Newman our US Correspondent Our Anonymous Technology Correspondent Lee Maher the show's Number...

It's the last full episode before Christmas, and do we have a show for you? Yes... the answer is yes. We've had lots of emails and stories from listeners so we start the show with some of those and we have a brand new member of the team, our self-appointed CEO of Correspondents Britton Wilson. Then our US correspondent tries a mince pie for the first time.  Will he love it, will he hate...

It's episode 19 and once again it's packed to the gills. We have not one, but two Santa Claus is Not coming to town stories for you, plus Benji Pearson shares his story of decorating the family Christmas tree. The gift suggestion is for those ungrateful kids who 'forget' to send a Thank You card.  It's a pack of Thank You cards for the kids to colour in and then send back...

It's Episode 18, and this one is actually over an hour long.  Who'd have thought we'd have enough exciting stuff to fill an hour?  Well we don't it's about 3 minutes of gold and the rest is drivel, but don't let that stop you. The present suggestion is to adopt an animal on behalf of someone.  They'll get a pack of pictures and stuff and usually you get the chanc...

It's another packed show, it's packed in tighter than sardines wearing their thick Christmas jumpers, and it's just as cosy. There's a bunch of messages from listeners and finally one of those listeners has a suggestion for a Christmas gift.  Plus we introduce you to our brand new Scandinavian correspondent Bjorn. Robin sings Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, and gets nearly all t...

It's Episode 16 of The Total Christmas Podcast and this show is packed to the rafters. We have the worst present ever.  It's a secret Santa gift, and this secret Santa should be thoroughly ashamed of himself. The perfect gift idea is a personalised wine, beer or coffee glass.  There's an endless selection and it'll probably break within a year so you can buy them the same gift...

Welcome Back, you beautiful people.   It's Episode 15 and this show is jam packed with the usual stuff. I've roped in an expert gift-buyer to suggest 3 different gifts that are perfect for anyone, then Robin and Juno each make up a Christmas song. Then it's my idea for a Christmas gift.  Why not get your loved one a personalised plant pot and a plant ?  There are plant pots to suit...

It's Episode 14 and Robin is back and so is a Christmas Carol. We suggest another fantastic Christmas gift, and this episode it's a Bluetooth Beanie Hat.  The perfect gift for anyone with a head who likes to listen to stuff. We look at The Energy Carol. Produced by The National Film Board of Canada in 1975 this version of the Dickens classic aims to make you save electricity.  It's...

It's back kids, the Christmas Movie Quiz returns and this time with 3 times as many questions.  Think you know your Christmas movies?  Well test your knowledge against our guest, Gerry Davila from The Totally Rad Christmas Podcast. If you'd like to check out Gerry's podcast, here's a link:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/840331 We all know how difficult it is to choose the perfect...

Hello you beautiful people, you have been sorely missed. It's Episode 12 of the podcast and this week we're proud to announce we have a Number 1 fan (self-appointed) and he shares his Worst Christmas Present Ever.  As mentioned in the last episode, the wonderful Rachele Teasdale sent through some Aussie Christmas Songs and we find out if your host is familiar with them (spoiler alert: no...

It's Episode 11 and you know what that means...   nope, neither do we. We revisit young Robin and she belts out what some would refer to as a wonderful Christmas song, but others would consider the ramblings of a madman.  Plus her little sister gives her interpretation of Jingle Bells. This episode's version of A Christmas Carol is Rich Little's Christmas Carol, a TV special from 19...