On this episode, we’re going to learn about an Irish tradition known as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas. We’ve also got a tasty way to have some bite sized Christmas goodness right now, we’ll count down the top 5 Easter eggs in Christmas movies, and Tim will continue to enlist your help to name our Scrooge segment.
00:00 – 01:39 Intro
01:39 – 04:17 We Need A Little Christmas Now
04:17 – 12:11 5 Golden Things – Easter Eggs in Christmas Movies
12:11 – 20:51 Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas)
20:51 – 22:28 The Segment With No Name…yet
22:28 – 24:43 Wrap Up
24:43 – 27:23 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)
Cranberry Brie Bites Recipe (Delish)
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a56610/cranberry-brie-bites-recipe/
TikTok Version
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8SMq9L9/
What is Nollaig Na mBan? (“Women’s Christmas?!) – A Video by Clisare
https://youtu.be/JB0ZVZhcpq0
Paige’s TikTok About The Unseen Work Women Do At Christmas
https://www.tiktok.com/@sheisapaigeturner/video/7586483763064884493
Nollaig na mBan traditions: How different parts of Ireland celebrated Women’s Christmas (Irish Times)
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/on-the-woman-s-day-of-christmas-1.121479
Holiday PSA: Don’t Forget to Fill Mom’s Stocking, Too! (The Every Mom)
https://theeverymom.com/stocking-stuffers-for-wife/
Christmas Robe – SNL
https://youtu.be/FOVCtUdaMCU
Holidays After Dark
https://holidaysafterdark.com/
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I couldn’t think of a good name for the new segment on my own, I’m not nearly creative enough for this!
But I think Larry nailed it with Scrooge-A-Palooza or Choose Your Scrooge. Both of those names got a good chuckle out of me.
This is gonna be a long one…sorry (not sorry)
Women/Moms, for sure, deserve more credit for making Christmas magic. In fact, my daughter has written a children’s book about it. (not highjacking this to sell a book, but if you’re interested, “Was that you, Santa Claus?” by Aubrie Dimas-Paredes)
Regarding your Cranberry Brie bites, you can also get pop out “Crescent Roll Dough” in sheets with no perforations so you don’t have to pinch the seams.
About that Easter Egg in Gremlins, might the real Easter Egg have been hiding in the stuffed animals and then, just in case someone might miss the reference, the ET stuffy was put there. ORRRRRRR, maybe it’s a DOUBLE Easter Egg?!?
I think you have some good suggestions for the Scrooge segment, but can’t you just hear the song from the original cartoon with the words, “You’re the Real One, Mr. Scrooge”??
As to “Bigger Ding” not catching on. Many many years ago my sister was visiting and in the conversation she meant to say, “No big deal” or maybe she meant to say “No biggie” and it came out as “No Big Diggie” We still say that to this day, “Hey, don’t worry, it’s no big diggie” 😀
Can’t wait for the next episode. I need some Can’t wait for Christmas NOW!!!!!
Merry Christmas!
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