Tis the Podcast
Tis the Podcast is determined to keep the Christmas Spirit alive 365 days a year! Join Anthony, Julia, and Thom as they embark on a magical journey debating and discussing different Christmas movies, specials, and television episodes each week. Please visit www.tisthepodcast.com for the running ranking of all the movies they review, in addition to episode show notes and contact information.
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Episodes
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
2022 is in full swing, and the elves were excited to come together to discuss Netflix's 2021 original film, "A Boy Called Christmas". In this episode, they also dive into the film "Don't Look Up", television adaptation of Emily St. John Mandel's critically acclaimed novel, "Station Eleven", discuss the book of the same name that "A Boy Called Christmas" adapts, and debate whether the film is even a proper Christmas/holiday movie.
Be sure to visit our social media to share your thoughts on this jam-packed, fun episode! You can find links to all of our social media pages at https://linktr.ee/tisthepodcast!
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe this is the final episode of 2021 already? We can't! We hope you all had an amazing Christmas! And while those post-holiday blues are sure to be setting in soon as we begin our countdown to Christmas 2022, rest assured that we here at "Tis the Podcast" will be here to help you get through it!
This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony are joined by Gerry D. of "Totally Rad Christmas" and listener/friend of the show, April Ryley, to discuss the HBO Max original holiday film, "8-Bit Christmas" based on the novel of the same name. As this movie essentially serves as a remake of the classic and beloved 1983 film, "A Christmas Story", lots of comparisons between the two films ensue - pitting the elves against one another. With Thom and Julia on one side of the divide, joined by Gerry D. in their dislike of "A Christmas Story", that leaves Anthony and April on the other side of the divide, sticking up for "A Christmas Story" and insisting this modern day retelling will never come close to touching its greatness. The differing opinions make for a fun and interesting discussion, which you'll just have to listen to in order to find out just how high or low this '80s nostalgia fest ranks on our list! So settle in with your favorite holiday drink and bask in the glow of your Christmas decorations, before they go away into storage for another year, and enjoy!
Dropping in your feeds next Monday will be our episode in which Julia, Thom, and Anthony gather to discuss the Netflix original holiday movie, "A Boy Called Christmas" - based on the novel of the same name - and later that night, will be recording their episode on "The Preacher's Wife". So keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there's lots of great stuff coming up!
As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Happy Christmas Eve, everybody! Can you believe tomorrow’s the big day and that Santa’s already set out on his annual trip!?
To celebrate the occasion, our newest episode, “Christmas Eve 2021 Story - John Updike’s ‘The Twelve Terrors of Christmas'” - in which the elves read Updike's playful tales as first published in "The New Yorker" back in December 1992 as their annual Christmas Eve gift to y’all - is now live! So settle back with your favorite drink beside your Christmas tree and enjoy!
As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! And make sure to check your feeds this upcoming Monday, December 27th, for our episode on HBO Max's original holiday film, "8-Bit Christmas", based on the book of the same name, in which Gerry D. of "Totally Rad Christmas" and April Ryley join us for our discussion! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy Christmas Eve Eve! Happy the Day Before the Night Before Christmas! Happy Christmas Adam! Happy Tibb's Eve! Happy Festivus! Happy December 23rd - whatever you want to call it! We are officially two days away from Christmas 2021! Can you believe that? Where has the time gone?
This week’s final installment of "Another Christmas Story", the Epilogue entitled “Christmas All Over Again", will be read to you by the elf with the best voice - our very own Julia Colburn! We hope you like it! And we hope you enjoyed the entirety of "Another Christmas Story"! In honor of this final bonus Thursday episode, which rounds out his book, there are a few people Anthony wanted to thank for participating in this beautifully collaborative, year long effort:
His two cohosts, Thom and Julia, for not only letting him hijack the show once a week to release his story piecemeal, but also for contributing their voices and talents to helping him bring it to life.
His beloved wife, Sarah Houston, whom he loves dearly and who puts up with him and his crazy geeky, Batman, writing, Christmas, and political obsessions; she epitomizes that "Great Woman" that is behind every man.
Rebecca Boll
Gerry Davila of "Totally Rad Christmas"
April Ryley
Todd Killian of "Christmas Clatter"
Craig Brewer of "Weird Christmas"
Ron Hogan of "Film Strip Podcast"
Claude Bélanger of "Christmas Conversations"
Scarlett Alexandra of "NetfliXmas"
Mike Westfall of "Advent Calendar House"
Kendall Farrae of "For Forks Sake"
Michele Kidwell of "Michelle's Cozy Mystery Book Club"
Nicole Little
Mclean Sloughter
Charlyn Lewis of "Fashion Speaks"
Tim Babb of "Can't Wait for Christmas"
Steven Beech of "Uplifting House Sessions"
Jay Skipworth of "Film Strip Podcast"
Matt Eurich of "TGI Podcast"
Glen Warren of "Seasons Eatings"
Lauren Simone
Adam Parker Sibun of "Merry Britsmas"
Sean Sotka of "The Christmas Podcasts Podcast"
Robert Nickerson of "Behind the Bells"
Manny Torres of "Feliz Christmas Merry Navidad"
Kim Cooper of "Planning for Christmas"
Danielle and Jackie of "No More Late Fees"
Danielle Essary
And, of course, all of you listeners who turned in each and every Thursday from January to December to listen to this story and find out how it played out. We hope you enjoyed it! If you did, 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! In addition, make sure to share this installment for a chance to win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark “Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament”!
Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, December 27th, we will be covering the brand new HBO Max Original Christmas Movie, “8-Bit Christmas", on which we will be joined by Gerry D. of "Totally Rad Christmas" and April Ryley, who is making her long overdue return to the podcast! And, recording that same evening, the elves will be discussing the brand new Netflix original holiday movie, "A Boy Called Christmas" - based on the book of the same name! That episode will drop in your feeds on Monday, January 3rd! Before that, however, on Friday, December 24th - Christmas Eve 2021 - we'll be dropping our annual Christmas Eve bonus episode! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!
Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe this is already our final official episode before Christmas day 2021 itself? How crazy is that?
This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony travel back to the world of Rankin/Bass to discuss the 1974, traditionally animated television special, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"! How does it stack up to all of the past Rankin/Bass specials they've covered? Is Santa as big a jerk in this one as he is in many of the previous ones? All of this, and much more, will be revealed in this episode so you'll just have to listen to find out! So settle back with your favorite drink beside your Christmas tree and enjoy! And please accept our apologies in advance regarding the audio in this specific episode - there were microphone problems and echo problems throughout the recording. We tried to fix as much of it as we could during the editing process, but it's not anywhere near the sound quality we'd like it to be.
And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“ content this week, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday, December 23rd - Christmas Eve Eve; Tibb's Eve; Festivus; The Day Before the Night Before Christmas; Christmas Adam; pick your poison! - for the final installment of "Another Christmas Story": the Epilogue, entitled "Christmas All Over Again", which our very own, Julia Colburn, will be reading to y'all! As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Happy Friday, Christmas fanatics! Sorry we're a day late with this forty-seventh official installment of "Another Christmas Story", but hey - we are one week from Christmas, so time has a habit of running away from us!
This week’s second chapter, Chapter Forty-Six, entitled “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", will be read to you by published author, and listener of the show, Nicole Little! We hope you like it! If you do enjoy it, 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! In addition, make sure to share this installment for a chance to win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark “Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament”!
Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, December 20th, we will be covering the 1974, animated Rankin/Bass special, “'Twas the Night Before Christmas”! And, that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new HBO Max Original Christmas Movie, “8-Bit Christmas", on which we will be joined by Gerry D. of "Totally Rad Christmas" and April Ryley, who is making her long overdue return to the podcast! That episode will drop in your feeds on Monday, December 27th! Before that, however, on Thursday, December 23rd - Christmas Adam; Christmas Eve, Eve; Festivus; Tibb's Eve; the Day Before the Night Before Christmas; pick your poison - you'll get to hear the Epilogue of “Another Christmas Story”, which will be brought to y'all by our very own Julia Colburn! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!
Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Happy Tuesday, Christmas fanatics! Sorry we're a few days late with this forty-sixth official installment of "Another Christmas Story", but hey - we are less than two weeks from Christmas, so time has a habit of running away from us! And besides, it just means you get two installments this week, so silver linings, right?
This week’s first chapter, Chapter Forty-Five, entitled “The Christmas Song”, will be read to you by our very own Thom Crowe! We hope you like it! If you do enjoy it, 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! In addition, make sure to share this installment for a chance to win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark “Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament”!
Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, December 20th, we will be covering the 1974, animated Rankin/Bass special, “'Twas the Night Before Christmas”! And, that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new HBO Max Original Christmas Movie, “8-Bit Christmas", on which we will be joined by Gerry D. of "Totally Rad Christmas" and April Ryley, who is making her long overdue return to the podcast! That episode will drop in your feeds on Monday, December 27th! Before that, however, on Thursday, December 16th, you’ll get to hear the final chapter of "Another Christmas Story", which will be read to you by professional author and listener of the show, Nicole Little, and on Thursday, December 23rd - Christmas Adam; Christmas Eve, Eve; Festivus; Tibb's Eve; the Day Before the Night Before Christmas; pick your poison - you'll get to hear the Epilogue of “Another Christmas Story”, which will be brought to y'all by our very own Julia Colburn! So, keep your eyes on your podcast feeds because there’s lots of great stuff coming up!
Enjoy, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! There are just under two weeks to go until the big day! Can you believe that?
This week, join Julia, Thom, and Anthony as they discuss the brand new, Hallmark original Christmas movie, "The Nine Kittens of Christmas" - the sequel to "The Nine Lives of Christmas", which they covered on the podcast a few years back! If you remember, they were all fond of that one, but lamented the lack of holiday atmosphere! Does its sequel make up for it? You'll have to listen to find out!
Also discussed in this episode: the various Advent activities the elves have been participating in this year in addition to personal stories about the various pets they've had over the years! This is one fun episode you want to be sure not to miss, so settle back with your favorite drink beside your Christmas tree and enjoy!
And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“ content this week, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Tuesday – December 14th - for Chapter Forty-Five of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “The Christmas Song”, which our very own Thom Crowe will be reading to you, in addition to this upcoming Thursday - December 16th - for Chapter Forty-Six of "Another Christmas Story" entitled "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", which professional author and listener of the show, Nicole Little, will be reading to you!As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Happy Monday, Christmas fanatics!
This week, your favorite elves discuss the brand new, 2021, Netflix Original Holiday Film, "Love Hard"! And, in an astonishing twist of fate, this is the second week in a row where Julia, Thom, and Anthony all agree on the high quality of the film! How long can this streak last? You'll have to keep tuning in every Monday to find out!
Also discussed in this very fun episode: your hosts reveal how they spent Thanksgiving, and much, much more!
So, settle in with your favorite holiday beverage beside your Christmas tree, sit back, relax, and enjoy this fun episode! And if you want even more “Tis the Podcast“ content this week, make sure to check your podcast feeds this upcoming Thursday – December 9th - make sure to check your feeds for Chapter Forty-Five of “Another Christmas Story” entitled “The Christmas Song”, which our very own Thom Crowe will be reading to you!
As always, thanks for your love and support, y’all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Happy Thursday, Christmas fanatics! And Happy December officially! Welcome to the forty-fifth official installment of “Another Christmas Story”! Can you believe we're only a few short weeks away from the big day itself? Where has the time gone?
This week's incredibly long chapter, Chapter Forty-Four, entitled “Away in a Manger”, will be read to you by the author of this story himself, our very own Anthony Caruso! We hope you like it; it really does serve as the climax of the entire book. Everything prior has been leading up to this! So, if you do enjoy it, 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! In addition, make sure to share this installment for a chance to win a brand new, 2021 Hallmark "Stocking Stuffers Special Edition Keepsake Ornament"!
Coming up on the show this upcoming Monday, December 6th, we will be covering the brand new, Netflix original holiday film, "Love Hard"! And, that same night, we will be recording our episode on the brand new Hallmark Channel Original Christmas Movie, "The Nine Kittens of Christmas", on which we will be joined by the always hysterical and amazing Tim Babb of "Can't Wait for Christmas"! That episode will drop in your feeds on Monday, December 13th! Before that, however, on Thursday, December 9th, you’ll get to hear one of the final three installments of "Another Christmas Story" - Chapter Forty-Five, which is entitled “The Christmas Song”, and which our very own Thom Crowe 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! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️