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🎄 A salute to all holiday specials, but mostly the Christmas ones. It’s a podcast on the internet by @makewistful.com. Mind the icy patch. 🎧 https://adventcalendar.house
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RIP to a real one.

Oops I’m winning at least 2 of these by default.

đź’ť @radchristmas.bsky.social and I carved this podcast out of the side of a mountain just for you, Valentine.

💝 A Valentine’s gift from the archive: a now 6-year-old podcast about the 1974 pilot for what would eventually become “The Muppet Show.” Featuring @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, @brianarnold.bsky.social, and the story of why I thought my biological parents exploded and turned into me.

Pardon-Me Pete at it again.

“Actually, Dad, it’s 2025.” @christmaspod.bsky.social’s dad: Aww. Me: SAME.

IT HAPPENED.

You wondered if it would actually happen this year. IT DID! SWEET LORD JESUS IT FINALLY DID! weirdchristmas.com/2025/01/06/2...

🎉 In this house we ring in the New Year by watching this baby own his big, beautiful, boingy ears. Here’s our podcast from the archive on Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social and @brandonmedley.bsky.social.

Now’s a good time to recommend any Christmas or other holiday specials I haven’t covered yet. And if there’s one you really would love to talk about, I want to hear about it!

CHRISTMAS CAROL VERSIONS: A TRADITION WITH REVIEWS. 1.) A Christmas Carol (1997)

The '70s adaptations of A Christmas Carol get weird, and here is some hard evidence. The BBC, Sesame Street, and Rich Little all get in on the adaptation game, and there are plenty of head-scratching moments. open.spotify.com/episode/0dUx...

The end of the Star Wars Holiday Special, explained:

Good morning from the filming location of “Ernest Saves Christmas.”

One time Rankin/Bass made a Christmas special starring Pinocchio, featuring ear-worms strong enough to burrow into wood. Here’s our podcast from the archive with @theycallmedigio.bsky.social and @michaelmay.bsky.social.

In 1980, Filmation gave us “A Snow White Christmas,” a bizarre, one-off special in which Snow White’s daughter, also named Snow White, meets Seven Friendly Giants. Here’s our podcast from the archive with @badprincessmovies.bsky.social and @wallabri.bsky.social.

Here’s an obscure one from 1983: “The Christmas Tree Train,” starring Buttons and Rusty, who’d much, much later get their own series called “Chucklewood Critters.” Here’s our podcast from the archive with @teeaitchare.bsky.social.

Remember when Yogi Bear had never heard of Christmas and then failed upward till he was basically in charge of Christmas? Here’s our podcast from the archive with @sundownmotel.bsky.social.

Muppet Family Christmas >>>>

Your semi-annual reminder that in a special full of jerks, Clarice not only went for the outcast, she basically made the first move 💗🦌💗

We didn’t plan this. Our timing’s just that good.

Pretty happy with how my Christmas cards turned out

How the Justice League spent their Christmas vacation. 🎧 Full Episode: adventcalendar.house/episodes/jus...

For kids growing up in the '70s, one of today's adaptations may have been their introduction to A Christmas Carol podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Saw the original meme and made this immediately

So you have a successful toyline and want to advertise some more to the children of the world? Why not make a Christmas special? It's Pillow People Save Christmas, the commercial disguised as entertainment to sell lame pillows with faces. Enjoy!

Some X-Men for your X-Mas: A podcast from 2021 with The Hourchive.

In 1997, the redesigned and rebranded “New Batman Adventures” debuted with this collection of stories from around Gotham City at Christmastime. Here’s our podcast from last year with @imgonnadj24.bsky.social and @andrebennettgo.bsky.social.

One time Superman stopped the Jeffersons from ruining Christmas, and that’s the least weird thing about this episode of Lois and Clark. Here’s our podcast from last year with @radchristmas.bsky.social, @paxholley.com, and Jeeg.

NEW PODCAST ALERT- If you grew up in the 80’s, give Cor Memories a shot. Here is our first episode, all about Christmas!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Exactly 10 years after The Simpsons’ premiere, Matt Groening presented this misheard but not forgotten doggie treat. Here’s our podcast on Olive, the Other Reindeer, with @mserinmevans.bsky.social and @imgonnadj24.bsky.social.

What do you get when you combine the kid from Pet Semetary, America's grandpa Dick Van Dyke, and Hanna Barbera animation? You get an underrated, early 90s Christmas special that makes Grimey & Derek get misty-eyed! Listen here -> leftoverpizzaclub.com/listen

“The Simpsons” is 35 years old today. Here’s our podcast on the first episode, which I’ll still call “The Simpsons’ Christmas Special” because that’s how they advertised it. With @mserinmevans.bsky.social, @imgonnadj24.bsky.social, and @brandonmedley.bsky.social.