On this episode, the two mightiest end of year holidays go head to head as we compare and contrast Halloween and Christmas. You’ll also learn about a new twist on a snickerdoodle recipe, hear a count down of 5 great ways to add a personal touch to your ornaments, get Tim’s hot take on the possible return of Toys R Us, and hear the latest synopsis of a new tv movie with ALl the Halmakes of a Great Christmas Movie.
00:00 – 01:28 Intro
01:28 – 04:28 We Need a Little Christmas Now
04:28 – 08:23 Five Golden Things (Best ways to personalize your ornaments)
08:23 – 10:27 Feedback From Our Last Show
10:27 – 13:13 Santa Babb’s Mailbag
13:13 – 14:50 All I Want For Christmas is News
14:50 – 23:39 Halloween vs Christmas
23:39 – 24:25 Who Sang It Best (results)
24:25 – 26:23 Hallmarks of a Great Christmas Movie
26:23 – 28:48 Wrap Up
28:48 – 32:40 Outtakes
“We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band
“Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki
(The embedded player for the episode is bellow the links)
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Snickerdoodle Recipe
https://cantwaitforchristmaspod.com/2018/10/25/cinnamon-toast-crunch-snickerdoodle-recipe/
Ornaments From the Can’t Wait For Christmas Podcast Store
https://www.zazzle.com/cantwaitforchristmas/products?dp=252980704774124324&qs=
Listener Ron at the 1988 Very Merry Disney Christmas Parade
https://youtu.be/KsUpuMD2njU
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Toys R Us is still having commercials on Swedish TV.
They must exists somewhere.
http://www.toyrus.se
They have an online cataglogue.
I love candy corn and candy pumpkins!
Have to buy them for Halloween and keep them until Thanksgiving.
Make mini cornacopias with ice cream cone on its side and fill with candy pumpkins and candy corn.
I have 5 comments (don’t nod off)
1. You can make candy corn turkeys with candy corn, flat cookies and frosting. Some even with mini peanut butter cups and malted milk balls. Google candy corn turkeys and go to town.
2. Those 2 boys are the cutest ever!!!!! CANDY, CANDY
3. While I agree that Andy Williams’ song is great, Johnny Mathis singing “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is SO GREAT. It even ties into Halloween with “…there’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago…”
4. Do you have a personalized ornament of your vacation to Washington State this year? Is it a picture of everyone smiling around your removed appendix?
5. It’ll be too late to announce on your next podcast, but TCM Big Screen Classics Presents in selected theaters on 11/11 & 11/14 “Die Hard”. It’s the 30th anniversary (yikes). Please don’t open up that can of worms again.
Lovely to listen to, can’t wait for November’s podcast.
Now that Halloween is over, let the festivities begin! I usually have to explain to people November is like the pre-Christmas for myself! Being in the holiday spirit, I was wondering what are some things you do to get ready for the holiday? For me, in the New Jersey area we have a radio station across the river in Philadelphia called B101 (changed it’s name to MoreFm101 and recently back to B101) have what they called the Christmas Survey. That’s where they give an selection of at last 248 Christmas songs to choose from that you want to hear during the holiday season and also choose the date you would like the music to start on. They use to just begin the music on November 1st, but I am sure folks who always scream “let Thanksgiving have a chance!” cause them to hold off. They usually play the music about the Thursday before Thanksgiving, yet for I consider Thanksgiving apart of the Christmas season and think they merry well together! Also a heads up this year Freeform’s 25 days til Christmas has lost a lot of properties to AMC, such as Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and Rankin/Bass specials just to name a few! AMC is launching what they’re going to call The Best Christmas Ever on November 26th-December 25th, that gives folks 30 whole days of holiday joy and can watch some of their favorite shows and movies!
I prefer Christmas a million times over Halloween.