Episodes

Happy Friday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy October 1st! Welcome to the thirty-sixth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

In this week’s episode, the Queen of Spooky Season Patreon Content  – Ms. Kendall Farrae of "For Forks Sake" – will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-Five of our tale, entitled “Baby, It's Cold Outside”! 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, October 4th, we will be kicking off Spooky Month with our first official Halloween episode of the year, in which we discuss the Disney Channel Original classic, “Halloweentown”! And later that same night, we will be recording our episode on the 1996, iconic ‘90s satirical horror film, "Scream", which will drop in your feeds on Monday, October 11th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 7th, you’ll get to hear Chapter Thirty-Six of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”, which everyone’s favorite Christmas Podcast Network heel, Mr. Thom Crowe, will read to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics!

Travel with Julia, Thom, and Anthony to the Sesame Street of yesteryear to discover the origins of its sunny disposition and learn why we leave cookies out for Santa Claus in the 2016, HBO/PBS Special, "Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas"! As per usual when the muppets are discussed on this show, there's a lot of gushing from all three hosts over the wholesome, family-friendly content! Also discussed in this episode: The newest addition to this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; the band trip to Ireland that Julia's kids will be taking; casting the "Sesame Street" version of Charles' Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"; the choosing of the hosts "Spirit Muppets"; and much, much, more! This is one fun, holiday-cheer-filled episode you want to be sure not to miss! So settle in with your Pumpkin Spiced Latte, enjoy, and get excited - for we are officially entering October, which means we'll be taking a break from Christmas content for a month and diving into Spooky fare. First up next week, Disney's made-for-TV classic, "Halloweentown"!  As always, thanks for your support, everybody! And keep your eye on your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday for Chapter Thirty-Five of "Another Christmas Story", which will be read to by the queen of Patreon, Ms. Kendall Farrae of "For Forks Sake"! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔🚂 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-fifth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

In this week’s episode, everybody’s favorite unofficial fourth elf  – Mr. Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas" – will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-Four of our tale, entitled “The Little Drummer Boy”! 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, September 27th, we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the 2016, HBO/PBS joint-production, "Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas" ! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 28th - due to overwhelming popular demand - we will be kicking off Spooky month, in which we will be taking a break from recording episodes covering Christmas movies to cover Halloween films, by recording our episode on the classic, Disney, made-for-TV movie, “Halloweentown” which will drop in your feeds on Monday, October 4th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 30th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 35 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Baby, It's Cold Outside”, which Patreon Queen Kendall Farrae of "For Forks Sake" will be reading to you! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! 

This week, join Anthony, Thom, and Julia as they travel to West Covina, California to cover the one Christmas episode of the CW's musical-comedy show, "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" - Season One, Episode Eight: My Mom, Greg's Mom and Josh's Sweet Dance Moves! 

Also discussed this episode: Thom's Birthday, the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the Broadway musical, "Come From Away", the first few episodes of FX's adaptation of "Y: The Last Man", and much, much more! Also, stay tuned through the end of the episode when another Christmas Podcast host interrupts the proceedings with an announcement!

This is one fun episode you want to be sure not to miss! So settle in with your favorite pumpkin flavored drink and enjoy! Also, if you want more "Tis the Podcast" goodness, make sure to keep your eye on your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday for Chapter Thirty-Four of "Another Christmas Story", which will be read to y'all by the unofficial fourth elf of the show, Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas"! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔🚂 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-fourth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”!

In this week’s episode, everybody’s favorite elf – our very own Julia Colburn – will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-Three of our tale, entitled “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”! 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible!

Coming up on the show this upcoming September 20th we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the Christmas episode of the musical-comedy show, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” – Season 1, Episode 8, “My Mom, Greg’s Mom and Josh’s Sweet Dance Moves!” ! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 21st, we will be recording our episode on the 2016 film, “Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas” which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 27th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 23rd, you’ll get to hear Chapter 34 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “The Little Drummer Boy”, which the unofficial fourth elf of “Tis the Podcast” – Gerry Davila of “Totally Rad Christmas“– will be reading to you! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! 

In this week's episode, Julia, Thom, and Anthony hop a plane across the pond to cover the 1991, British-animated holiday special, "Father Christmas" - based on the book by Raymond Briggs. Does this cartoon do more for Anthony and Thom than "The Snowman" did? Does Julia, who is normally the most kind to these foreign specials, find her heart warmed by the most curmudgeonly Santa covered since perhaps Ed Asner's in "Elf"? Tune in to find out the answers to these questions, in addition to much more random discussion, in this fun, festive episode that will give you all of the Ber Month feels!      

And if you want more "Tis the Podcast" goodness, make sure to check your feeds this upcoming Thursday, September 16th, to hear Chapter 33 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “I'll be Home for Christmas”, which everybody's favorite elf, Julia Colburn herself, will be reading to you! Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔 🚂🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-second official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! In this week's official episode, our very own Anthony Caruso - the author of the story himself! -  will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-Two of our tale, entitled "No Place Like Home For The Holidays"! 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! 

Coming up on the show this upcoming September 13th we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the 1991, British Cartoon, “Father Christmas”! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 14th, we will be recording our episode on the eighth episode of the first season of the 2015 musical-comedy-show, “Crazy Ex Girlfriend” entitled “My Mom, Greg’s Mom, and Josh’s Sweet Dance Moves!” which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 20th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 16th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 33 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, which the elf with the best voice – everyone’s favorite, Julia – will be reading to you! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up! Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Labor Day, Christmas freaks - and happy birthday to Anthony's wife, Sarah! We are officially in the Ber months! This week the elves visit San Ernesto, California for ABC Family's 2004 movie "Snow"! A new take on the Santa with its own origin story, this movie focuses on Santa tracking down his lost reindeer. The elves delve into the difference between ABC Family (now Freeform) and Hallmark, Santa origin stories, and the Christmas feels that this film elicits. Also, Anthony needs your help with his family Halloween costume ideas!

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-second official installment of "Another Christmas Story"!

In this week's official episode,  Art Kilmer of "A Cozy Christmas Podcast" will read to all of you Chapter Thirty-One of our tale, entitled "Do You Hear What I Hear?" 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! And make sure to check your feeds today for last week's official installment of "Another Christmas Story" - Chapter Thirty, entitled "O Come, All Ye Faithful", as read by listener Rebecca Boll! (Hopefully you already saw it and listened to that one first, as it precedes this one!)

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, Labor Day, September 6th – which just so happens to be Anthony's wife Sarah’s Birthday, so happy birthday in advance to her! -  we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the ABC Family original Movie, "Snow"! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 7th, we will be recording our episode on the 1991, British Cartoon, “Father Christmas”, which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 13th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 9th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 32 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “No Place Like Home For The Holidays”, which the author of the story himself will be reading to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y'all!    

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the thirty-first official installment of "Another Christmas Story"!

In what was supposed to be last week's episode,  listener Rebecca Boll will read to all of you Chapter Thirty of our tale, entitled "O Come, All Ye Faithful". 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! And make sure to check your feeds today for this week's official installment of "Another Christmas Story" - Chapter Thirty-One, entitled "Do You Hear What I Hear?", as read by Art Kilmer of "A Cozy Christmas Podcast"! (That's right - there are perks to missing a week! This week, you get two chapters!)

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, Labor Day, September 6th – which just so happens to be Anthony's wife Sarah’s Birthday, so happy birthday in advance to her! -  we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the ABC Family original Movie, "Snow"! And this upcoming Tuesday, September 7th, we will be recording our episode on the 1991, British Cartoon, “Father Christmas”, which will drop in your feeds on Monday, September 13th! Before that, however, on Thursday, September 9th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 32 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “No Place Like Home For The Holidays”, which the author of the story himself will be reading to y’all! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!

Enjoy, y'all!    

Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics! Can you believe we are already at the end of August? We are officially only one day away from the most wonderful time of the year - the Ber Months! How exciting is that? To celebrate the end of the month, join the elves and special guest host - and OG listener - Charlyn Lewis of Fashion Speaks as they discuss the 2013 film, The Best Man Holiday! It's a fun filled episode filled with plenty of backstory on the original film, courtesy of Charlyn, so settle in and enjoy!

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope you're enjoying the return of your favorite Fall flavored drinks at Dunkin' and are looking forward to the return of those Autumn-y treats at Starbucks later this week!

In this week's episode, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by not one, not two, but three special guests to discuss the (2) Christmas episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series", the (1) Christmas episode of "The New Adventures of Batman", and the (1) Christmas episode of "Justice League"! Joining them to geek out over the Caped Crusader are Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas", Mike Westfall of "Advent Calendar House Podcast", and Matt Spaulding of GreenMountainSanta.com and cohost of two podcasts, "Two Broke Geeks" and "The F.B.I.'s Most Unwanted"! If you want to follow along at home, the episodes discussed are:

• "Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 1, Episode 2: "Christmas with the Joker"
• "Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 2, Episode 2: "A Bullet for Bullock"
• "The New Batman Adventures" - Season 1, Episode 1: "Holiday Knights"
• "Justice League" - Season 2, Episode 23: "Comfort and Joy"

This is one fun, lighthearted, nerdy episodes full of musical interludes you do not want to miss! So, settle back with those Pumpkin Spice Lattes and enjoy! And if you want more "Tis the Podcast" goodness, make sure to check your feeds this upcoming Thursday, August 26th, to hear Chapter 30 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “O Come, All Ye Faithful”, which listener Rebecca Boll will be reading to you! Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

In this week's episode, which is obviously coming to you a little late (thanks Thom, you're the worst!), the elves cover the 2006 romantic comedy, "Last Christmas", starring Queen Latifah. Though the topic is somewhat morose, the film and the elves discuss it with a lot of light-hearted humor. Tune in for a not-so-Christmassy, Christmas laugh!

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twenty-ninth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"! In this week's official episode, Manny Torres of "Feliz Christmas Merry Navidad" - which is celebrating its anniversary! - will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-Nine of our tale, entitled "Run Rudolph Run". Within this chapter, we catch up with Hudson Jackson in addition to 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible! Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, August 23rd, we will be joined by not one, not two, but three special guests to discuss the (2) Christmas episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series", the (1) Christmas episode of "The New Adventures of Batman", and the (1) Christmas episode of "Justice League"! Joining them to geek out over the Caped Crusader are Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas", Mike Westfall of "Advent Calendar House Podcast", and Matt Spaulding of GreenMountainSanta.com and cohost of two podcasts, "Two Broke Geeks" and "The F.B.I.'s Most Unwanted"! If you want to follow along at home, the episodes we will be discussing are:

• "Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 1, Episode 2: "Christmas with the Joker"
• "Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 2, Episode 2: "A Bullet for Bullock"
• "The New Batman Adventures" - Season 1, Episode 1: "Holiday Knights"
• "Justice League" - Season 2, Episode 23: "Comfort and Joy"

And this upcoming Tuesday, August 24th, we will be joined by Charlyn Lewis of "Fashion Speaks" to discuss the film "The Best Man Holiday"! Before that drops in your feeds on Monday, August 30th, however, on Thursday, August 26th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 30 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Run Rudolph Run”, which listener Rebecca Boll will be reading to you! Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! Welcome to the twenty-ninth official installment of "Another Christmas Story"!

In this week's official episode, Robert Nickerson of "Behind the Bells" will read to all of you Chapter Twenty-Eight of our tale, entitled "The First Noel". Within this chapter, we switch points-of-view between Aaron Rankin and his classmates rehearsing for their big show at Radio City Music Hall, and Megan, Jake, and Amy, who are hopeful that the stranger named Gabe can get them through Elsa's storm and to the Music Hall in time for Aaron's performance. 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 in front of as many ears and eyes as possible!

Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, August 16th, we will be dropping our episode in which we discuss the 2006 film, "Last Holiday"! And on Tuesday, August 17th, the elves will be joined by not one, not two, but three special guests to discuss the (2) Christmas episodes of "Batman: The Animated Series", the (1) Christmas episode of "The New Adventures of Batman", and the (1) Christmas episode of "Justice League"! Joining them to geek out over the Caped Crusader are Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas", Mike Westfall of "Advent Calendar House Podcast", and Matt Spaulding of GreenMountainSanta.com and cohost of two podcasts, "Two Broke Geeks" and "The F.B.I.'s Most Wanted"! If you want to follow along and watch at home, the episodes they will be talking about are:

• "Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 1, Episode 2: "Christmas with the Joker"
• "Batman: The Animated Series" - Season 2, Episode 2: "A Bullet for Bullock"
• "The New Batman Adventures" - Season 1, Episode 1: "Holiday Knights"
• "Justice League" - Season 2, Episode 23: "Comfort and Joy"

Needless to say, it's sure to be an extremely fun, if crowded, episode full of holiday cheer and gushing over the Dark Knight. Before that drops in your feeds on Monday, August 23rd, however, on Thursday, August 19th, you’ll get to hear Chapter 29 of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “Run Rudolph Run”, which Manny Torres of “Feliz Christmas Merry Navidad” will be reading to you!

Enjoy, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️