This show is packed to the gills. We have it all, bad editing, poor sound quality, boring content, you name it, we've got it. First up is Santa Claus is NOT Coming to Town, and Katie Gibson shares the story of how she kept the magic alive for her younger sister. Rich Chambers shares another Christmas memory and we listen to his take on The Snow Miser and The Heat Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus. Check out Rich's album here: https://richchambers.com/santa-s-rockin-band Then we...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 43
You're here! And it's great to see you. In this episode we start with another story and song from Rich Chambers. The song this week is called Hold On Santa and you can hear the whole thing here: https://richchambers.com/santa-s-rockin-band Then we have an interview with Ed Daly about his fantastic new book, The Christmas Book: The Ultimate Guide to Your Favorite Holiday . Here's a link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HS14DFM He's also on the Baller Lifestyle Podcast, check it o...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Hooray for another episode of The Total Christmas Podcast. First up we look at The Eye of Sauron Yule Log from The Lord of the Rings. A 2 second loop of a flaming eye playing for 5 hours. It's riveting stuff. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q23_LCri1Kw&t=201s This episode we have 4, count'em 4, Top Ten Christmas Movies Lists. Where will they land on our chart? You'll have to listen to find out. Then we look at the Gavle Goat. It's a Swedish traditio...
Oct 23, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 41
OI YOU. YEAH YOU, I'M TALKING TO YOU. COME AND LISTEN TO MY PODCAST. DO IT NOW! It's another episode of the TCP and we have loads of crap for your lovely ears. First off it's our Top Ten Christmas Movies Lists. We've had a team of scientists develop a formula to calculate the best list in Jack's opinion. This episode we have lists from Anthony Caruso and Mike Westfall. Where will their lists chart? Then it's time for the Yule Log. If you love Nick Offerman from Park...
Oct 09, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Hooray, it's another "great" episode of the TCP. This show is loaded up to the eyeballs with the usual drivel. Fist up we have a brand new segment where Rich Chambers, singer and songwriter, shares one of his Christmas memories and then we play a clip from one of the songs from his Christmas album, Santa's Rockin Band. To check out the full album, here's a link: https://richchambers.com/santa-s-rockin-band Then we have the return of Robin Sings. This episode she sings an...
Sep 25, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Hello, good to see you. This episode we have Top Ten Christmas Movie Lists from Katie Gibson and Art Kilmer from The Cosy Christmas Podcast. If you want to check out Art's podcast, here's a link: https://cozychristmas.libsyn.com/ Then we talk about Scrooge The Musical starring Albert Finney. Not only was this the first movie length musical version, but also the first colour version as well. It's very good so have a watch, here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Pk1jc...
Sep 11, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Hooray, it's another episode of this stuff. First up we look at 2 of our listeners' Top Ten Christmas Movie Lists. First up is Benji Pearson and then it's Scott Newman, where will they appear on the chart? Then we look at one of the worst versions of A Christmas Carol that has ever been conceived. It is abysmal and a travesty and a blight on humanity. Want to watch it? Why? I've just told you how bad it is. Well here's a link then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzpKepA...
Aug 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 37
This episode was hastily scrambled together to get to you on time because I'm on holiday at the moment. We start with a book review of Mr Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry. Here's a link: Then we look at the Muppet special of Mr Willowby's Christmas Tree, starring Robert Downey Jr, Leslie Nielsen and Stockard Channing. It's not great, but you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gvT4x2IkDU&t=1074s Then I have an interview with Gerry Davila, the...
Aug 14, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 36
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 out: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-bells-podcast/id1543653907 Then we have the firs...
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 35
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 you really must, here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LdUtugLbK4&t=3s We have an...
Jul 17, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 34
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 La Befana, the old lady who delivers presents to all the good children of Italy. Here's a clip o...
Jul 03, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 33
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=zEgcLrgxUOw&t=193s Then we discuss the tale of Babushka and the 3 Kings. It's about an old lady who ...
Jun 19, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 32
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 version of Jingle Bells Batman Smells. Should a 5 year old really be sprouting this filth? The answer is...
Jun 05, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 31
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 We have another joke from our listener Benji Pearson, will it match the hilarity of last episode's j...
May 22, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 30
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 great Christmas Story of Shame. Checkout Jingle Jank here: jinglejank.com This episode's version of...
May 08, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 29
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 to find out if you know as much as you think you know about this great classic. Then we look at Bugs B...
Apr 24, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 28
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. Then we have the triumphant return of Robin Sings. Our darling songstress entertains us all with two...
Apr 10, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 27
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 elfing from Ali and a very funny story of shame from our American Scandinavian correspondent Benji. Th...
Mar 28, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 26
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? Not me, I'll tell you that for nothing. Next up we listen to some of the 'wonderful' son...
Mar 14, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 25
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 could be worse. Last week we discussed the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol starring George C Scott. This ...
Feb 28, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 24
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 host of British actors in the supporting roles. It's a fantastic version and if you've never ...
Feb 14, 2021•47 min•Ep. 23
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 Bells. Then we have an interview with the wonderful Tilly Smith who runs the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre i...
Jan 31, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 22
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 1 Fan Bjorn Hannibal our Scandinavian Correspondent Benji Pearson our American Scandinavian Correspo...
Dec 24, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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? We also have our first ever book review and it's for Skipping Christmas by John Grisham, Thi...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 20
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 to you. Sometimes you just need to give them a gentle hint. Here's a link: www.theillustratedsay...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 19
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 chance to visit the zoo or sanctuary for free, plus it's helping a good cause. Because it's Christ...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 18
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 the words right... who'd believe it. The song this episode is the seldom heard Christmas In Smurf...
Nov 15, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 17
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 next year. It's the gift you keep giving. Thanks to a listener suggestion, this episode I give a ...
Nov 01, 2020•57 min
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 everyone. Then our Anonymous Technology Correspondent shares the story of the worst Christmas present hi...
Oct 17, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 15
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 only 10 minutes long, so have a watch of it. Here's your link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj...
Oct 03, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 14
