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, Christmas musical television special, " Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas "! How does this adaptation ...
Jun 25, 2021•51 min•Season 5Ep. 229
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 apologize in advance for the awful "British" accent(?) that Anthony uses when reading the part of Mary!...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min
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 where do you find yourself landing at the end of it - Team Anthony or Team Todd? Make sure to co...
Jun 21, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 228
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 they swing by snowy Central Park to visit Bethesda Fountain and Strawberry Fields! We hope you li...
Jun 17, 2021•34 min
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 elves provide a commentary as they gather to watch one of the marquee Christmas films that everyone ...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 227
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 most famous Christmas markets! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and ...
Jun 10, 2021•54 min
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 tropes common to many holiday specials, but is the vicar able to add enough of a unique spin on them to...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 226
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 share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment is posted, to get it i...
Jun 03, 2021•55 min
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 the original " Die Hard " is a constant subject of debate regarding whether or not it's a Christmas ...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Season 5Ep. 225
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 you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this installment i...
May 27, 2021•48 min
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 Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus", which listener, Seamus McLean, will be reading to you! In it, we s...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 224
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 the winter wonderland that is Macy's Herald Square! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to s...
May 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min
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 enjoyable experience for them? Or, like so many of the stop-motion-animated specials before it, does this ...
May 17, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 223
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 as they make an official visit to the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree! We hope you like it! If ...
May 13, 2021•29 min
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 lot of nostalgia wrapped up in this one, Thom and Julia don't, so how does it play for them? Either ...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 222
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 interview a Salvation Army Santa Claus for their school's streaming service. We hope you like i...
May 06, 2021•42 min
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 2016 comedy-drama film Almost Christmas - their long overdue, first truly diverse, black-led holiday ...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 221
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 classmates on their Christmas Eve field trip to New York City! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure...
Apr 29, 2021•32 min
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 all over the place with this one, with one elf defending the special, one elf enjoying it more than ...
Apr 26, 2021•52 min•Season 5Ep. 220
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 for the first time in the decade since their Christmas Eve blowout. Trust us when we say, Scarlett...
Apr 22, 2021•53 min
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 chapter (Chapter Twelve!) of Another Christmas Story as read to you by Scarlett Alexandra of " NetfliXma...
Apr 19, 2021•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 219
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 visitors from Canada and England. We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and o...
Apr 15, 2021•46 min
Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves gather at the North Pole to discuss the classic 90's television comedy, Home Improvement , for the last time! For those of you who want to join along and watch at home, the last batch of Christmas episodes we talk about are the following: Season 5, Episode 12 - 'Twas the Flight Before Christmas Season 7, Episode 11 - Bright Christmas Season 8, Episode 11 - Home for the Holidays How do these Christmas episodes compare to the first two batches...
Apr 12, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 218
Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the eleventh official installment of " Another Christmas Story "! This week, our very own Anthony Caruso will read to all of you Chapter Ten of our tale, entitled "Carol of the Bells". Within this chapter, we switch back to Aaron Rankin's point of view as he and his classmates arrive in New York City for their Christmastime class trip! We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episode and our website, upon which the text of this instal...
Apr 08, 2021•33 min
Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! We hope you had an incredible Easter weekend and the Easter Bunny was good to you all! This week, the elves gather to discuss the two Christmas episodes of the hit 80's show, "ALF" ! For those of you who want to watch along at home, the episodes discussed are: Season 1, Episode 12 - Oh, Tannerbaum Season 2, Episodes 11 and 12 - ALF's Special Christmas When it comes to the infamous Season 2 holiday special in particular, the elves take a pretty deep, extensive di...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 217
Happy Easter, Christmas Fanatics! With the weather outside finally warming up, signaling the arrival of Spring, we here at " Tis the Podcast " wanted to show our appreciation for you by sharing a very special Easter episode of the show in which Julia, Thom, and Anthony cover the 1977, Rankin/Bass stop-motion-animation special, " The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town " - the quasi-sequel to 1970's Christmas classic, " Santa Claus is Comin' to Town "! This once Patreon-exclusive episode is a blast fr...
Apr 04, 2021•44 min•Season 5Ep. 216
Happy April 1st (and April Fool's Day!), y'all! This week, in this short, foolish episode, Gerry, Thom, and Julia's discussion gets cut short when an unwanted intruder joins their Zoom meeting unexpectedly. Enjoy! And don't forget to check your feeds for the other episode of Tis the Podcast that dropped today, in which Ron Hogan of Film Strip podcast - a.k.a. President Hotdog - reads to y'all Chapter 9 of Another Christmas Story !
Apr 01, 2021•5 min•Season 5Ep. 215
Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the tenth official installment of " Another Christmas Story "! This week, Ron Hogan - a.k.a. President Hotdog - of the always hilarious " Film Strip Podcast", will read to all of you Chapter Nine of our tale, entitled "A New York Christmas". Within this chapter, we switch back to Joey's point of view as he arrives in New York City to spend the holiday. It's honestly the perfect episode to drop on April Fool's Day, just for the mere fact that Ron doe...
Apr 01, 2021•27 min
Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! This week, the elves once again gather at the North Pole to discuss the second batch of Christmas episodes that the classic 90's television comedy, Home Improvement , produced! For those of you who want to join along and watch at home, the episodes we talk about are the following: Season 3, Episode 12 - 'Twas the Blight Before Christmas Season 4, Episode 11 - Some Like it Hot Rod Season 4, Episode 12 - 'Twas the Night Before Chaos How do these Christmas episodes...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 214
Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the ninth official installment of " Another Christmas Story "! This week, Craig Brewer, of the always fascinating " Weird Christmas ", will read to all of you Chapter Eight of our tale, entitled "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas". Within this chapter, you'll meet the character of Hudson Jackson, an employee of Animal Control Services of New York, and his beloved mother, Violet. We hope you like it! If you do, make sure to share this episo...
Mar 25, 2021•29 min
