20 Days Until Christmas! ("Let it Snow" Song Battle)

[00:00:02] This is a Bramble Jam Podcast

[00:00:12] It's the Christmas Morning Podcast

[00:00:14] Everyone join if you can

[00:00:18] Christmas greatest fans

[00:00:21] Scott and Brent

[00:00:23] Here for you and me

[00:00:25] Hi everybody! Happy Christmas to ya!

[00:00:29] It's December 5th, I'm Brent and I am here with Scott. Scott, Merry Christmas.

[00:00:33] Merry Christmas, buddy. How's the Christmas vibe today?

[00:00:36] Couldn't be higher.

[00:00:37] This is the week after Thanksgiving

[00:00:41] The first week of December, yeah.

[00:00:43] It is the sweet spot, I would say.

[00:00:45] I know. I got my local Christmas parade this weekend.

[00:00:50] It couldn't be colder here in Greenville.

[00:00:53] Back in Greenville, obviously we're in the North Pole

[00:00:55] but back in Greenville it's still cold

[00:00:57] so it's nice. The vibes are great.

[00:00:59] How about out there in Denver?

[00:01:01] Where you're from?

[00:01:02] You know, we had that massive dumping of snow

[00:01:04] and then we've had very big dumps.

[00:01:07] Yep. And we've had very little since then

[00:01:09] so I'm of the opinion

[00:01:11] that I don't like the feast or famine

[00:01:13] I'd rather have just a little bit of snow

[00:01:15] all the time

[00:01:16] than one massive bit

[00:01:18] and then a drought for a while.

[00:01:20] How many times have you gotten

[00:01:22] like a Christmas Eve snow?

[00:01:25] I've lived in Denver for 10 years

[00:01:27] I would say

[00:01:28] two, maybe three.

[00:01:30] Okay. That's gotta be pretty magical.

[00:01:32] When you actually get a white Christmas

[00:01:34] like not just snow on the ground

[00:01:35] but it's actually snowing.

[00:01:37] That's gotta be pretty great.

[00:01:37] Yeah, there's that debate

[00:01:38] about what constitutes a white Christmas.

[00:01:41] Does it have to be falling from the sky?

[00:01:42] For me, having it just on the ground doesn't count.

[00:01:45] I agree. I'm with you there.

[00:01:47] We get that all the time.

[00:01:48] That doesn't feel magical.

[00:01:49] But if I had to put myself in your shoes

[00:01:51] I bet you'd say

[00:01:52] yeah, absolutely that counts as a white Christmas

[00:01:55] because you don't get it.

[00:01:57] Yes, I would absolutely take it.

[00:01:59] I would absolutely take it, of course.

[00:02:01] But when I hear white Christmas

[00:02:02] as we did yesterday with the battle

[00:02:03] what I'm thinking of is

[00:02:06] it's snowing.

[00:02:07] Like I'm dreaming of it snowing at Christmas.

[00:02:09] Oh, I'm thinking of the scene

[00:02:10] at the last scene of A Christmas Story

[00:02:12] where the husband and the wife are sitting

[00:02:14] watching the snowfall

[00:02:15] listening to Silent Night.

[00:02:16] That is the ultimate.

[00:02:19] I'd like to do that with you.

[00:02:21] It'll be fun, wouldn't it?

[00:02:22] Feels pretty intimate.

[00:02:24] I mean like in a platonic kind of way, of course.

[00:02:28] Yeah, as we do.

[00:02:31] Let's open the mailbag.

[00:02:32] Letters, we get letters

[00:02:34] We get stacks and stacks of letters

[00:02:38] I've got two emails today.

[00:02:40] The first one is from Aaron Ward.

[00:02:41] Aaron says, hello, Brandon Scott.

[00:02:43] Hello, Aaron.

[00:02:44] My daughter Beatrice and I

[00:02:45] were listening to the November 20th episode.

[00:02:47] Brandon, this is like the third email

[00:02:48] we've gotten about that particular episode.

[00:02:50] That was a big episode.

[00:02:51] We really liked the joke

[00:02:53] What does Rudolph call his girlfriend dear?

[00:02:57] Then Beatrice asked,

[00:02:58] but more importantly,

[00:02:59] who is Rudolph's girlfriend?

[00:03:01] It is a really good question.

[00:03:02] Any guesses?

[00:03:03] I bet you know it off the top of your head, Bran.

[00:03:05] It's Clarice.

[00:03:06] It's Clarice.

[00:03:07] Yeah, so there you go.

[00:03:08] Now Beatrice,

[00:03:09] it is a very good question

[00:03:10] just because I know it off the top of my head.

[00:03:12] You have to discount my answer

[00:03:14] because I am a Christmas lover.

[00:03:16] I bet if you ask the average person,

[00:03:19] most people would not get it.

[00:03:21] But also,

[00:03:21] what does that say about Rudolph

[00:03:23] that he's still just dating her

[00:03:25] after all these years?

[00:03:26] Come on, Rudolph.

[00:03:27] Settle down, pal.

[00:03:28] Aaron goes on to say,

[00:03:29] thought you and the listeners

[00:03:30] would enjoy her follow-up question

[00:03:31] and it was Beatrice's 10th birthday

[00:03:33] on November 20th.

[00:03:34] So one more happy birthday to her too.

[00:03:37] Beatrice,

[00:03:37] this is for you.

[00:03:38] Happy birthday.

[00:03:39] Thank you for listening.

[00:03:40] Happy birthday!

[00:03:42] Oh, you did it like Frosty.

[00:03:44] That's smart.

[00:03:45] Thanks for all you do.

[00:03:45] We love the podcast.

[00:03:46] Thank you, Aaron.

[00:03:47] And then I've got one more email here.

[00:03:48] This is from Joe Fulton.

[00:03:50] Bran, hold on to your pants.

[00:03:51] This is amazing.

[00:03:52] Too late.

[00:03:52] Joe says,

[00:03:53] Happy Thanksgiving.

[00:03:54] This is obviously from a couple weeks ago.

[00:03:56] I wanted to follow up

[00:03:57] and show you my Peanuts Thanksgiving

[00:03:58] yard decorations that I made.

[00:04:00] It features the scene

[00:04:01] from a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

[00:04:02] where the gang eats toast,

[00:04:04] jelly beans, pretzels,

[00:04:05] and popcorn for Thanksgiving dinner.

[00:04:07] A classic.

[00:04:07] The table is 12 feet long,

[00:04:09] broken out into three pieces of plywood.

[00:04:11] Each peanut gang is cut out separately

[00:04:13] and attached to the back

[00:04:14] to make it look like

[00:04:14] they're sitting behind the table.

[00:04:16] While I love the Christmas characters I made,

[00:04:18] this is my favorite yard decoration.

[00:04:20] My neighbors will stop by and take pictures

[00:04:22] and I love looking out

[00:04:23] as people take selfies.

[00:04:24] Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving

[00:04:26] and let's start counting down to Christmas.

[00:04:28] What do you mean start, Joe?

[00:04:29] Bran, I'll see you at Christmas Con.

[00:04:31] Can't wait, buddy.

[00:04:32] Bran, I put these photos

[00:04:33] on our Instagram already

[00:04:35] because I've been slow

[00:04:36] to post some of these

[00:04:37] and I figured just do them ahead of time.

[00:04:39] So that's my new MO.

[00:04:39] So this looks like I paid admission

[00:04:43] to see these.

[00:04:44] These are absolutely stunning

[00:04:48] and I'm not being hyperbolic about this.

[00:04:50] I am blown away by these.

[00:04:52] I don't understand.

[00:04:53] I don't understand how he does it.

[00:04:55] They're perfect.

[00:04:56] I feel like I'm at zoo lights or something.

[00:04:58] That's how good these are.

[00:05:00] They could be part of something

[00:05:01] you would pay to see.

[00:05:02] That's how good they are.

[00:05:04] And I'm really not exaggerating.

[00:05:05] Please go to our Instagram account

[00:05:06] and look at these.

[00:05:07] Joe, phenomenal.

[00:05:09] I'm blown away.

[00:05:10] They're amazing.

[00:05:11] They're amazing.

[00:05:12] I love it.

[00:05:13] Thanks, Joe.

[00:05:13] Thank you so much for sharing.

[00:05:15] You got a joke for us?

[00:05:16] I do.

[00:05:17] This is a good one.

[00:05:18] Are you ready for this?

[00:05:18] A little word play on this one.

[00:05:20] Okay, I'm ready.

[00:05:21] What's the difference

[00:05:21] between Santa's reindeer

[00:05:23] and a knight?

[00:05:24] Knight with a K.

[00:05:26] Santa's reindeer and a knight?

[00:05:27] I have no idea.

[00:05:29] One slays the dragon.

[00:05:30] The other is dragon the sleigh.

[00:05:32] Waka, waka.

[00:05:34] Unbelievable.

[00:05:35] I'm dragging the sleigh.

[00:05:37] Unbelievable.

[00:05:38] Let's see the countdown.

[00:05:44] 20 days until Christmas!

[00:05:48] 2-0!

[00:05:49] You kidding me right now?

[00:05:51] I'm sure people are getting tired

[00:05:53] of hearing about math, Scotty,

[00:05:54] but I like 20, Bryn.

[00:05:55] Who doesn't like 20?

[00:05:57] We got 2 times 10.

[00:05:59] We've got 5 times 4.

[00:06:01] There are just so many ways

[00:06:02] you can get to 20.

[00:06:03] I like this number.

[00:06:05] We're under three weeks.

[00:06:06] That's the important part right now.

[00:06:07] I just, I don't know.

[00:06:09] I just, I don't know.

[00:06:10] Holy cow.

[00:06:11] It's a big one.

[00:06:12] It feels real.

[00:06:13] And I need to go shopping fast.

[00:06:16] Yeah, Walmart has probably

[00:06:17] already got Valentine's Day stuff out

[00:06:18] or 4th of July by this point.

[00:06:20] Get out of here, Walmart.

[00:06:21] Get out of here.

[00:06:22] I got some news if you want.

[00:06:23] Yeah.

[00:06:29] Today is December 5th, 2024.

[00:06:33] Here's the news.

[00:06:34] You know, I talked a little bit about this,

[00:06:37] but my town's Christmas parade

[00:06:40] is coming up this weekend.

[00:06:41] And I think many parades will be happening

[00:06:43] over the next week or so

[00:06:45] across this great country.

[00:06:48] And the same is true across the world,

[00:06:51] including New Zealand,

[00:06:53] where there's a little bit of a hubbub going on

[00:06:56] in the city of Christchurch.

[00:06:59] Is that a city?

[00:07:00] Yes.

[00:07:01] Of the city of Christchurch.

[00:07:02] Apparently, Santa and his elves

[00:07:06] must wear seatbelts

[00:07:09] at the Christmas parade

[00:07:11] following new health and safety advice.

[00:07:14] A move labeled by some city councilors

[00:07:18] as quote unquote

[00:07:20] woke nonsense

[00:07:22] and over the top.

[00:07:24] And I gotta be honest with you, Scotty.

[00:07:26] I found this story to be quite encouraging

[00:07:30] as an American that feels like

[00:07:33] we're the only ones

[00:07:34] that have these type of things going on.

[00:07:37] New Zealand is over there

[00:07:40] fighting about whether or not

[00:07:41] Santa should wear a seatbelt.

[00:07:43] And I found that to be quite funny.

[00:07:45] Now, I do have some more information,

[00:07:46] but do you have something

[00:07:47] you would like to say?

[00:07:48] No, this just I'm not going to wade

[00:07:50] into the woke waters,

[00:07:51] but this feels like

[00:07:52] this feels like California

[00:07:54] having like cancer advisory stickers

[00:07:56] on avocados or something.

[00:07:58] You know, like,

[00:07:59] do we really need this?

[00:08:00] What was the event

[00:08:01] that precipitated the need for this?

[00:08:04] Like the big traffic accident

[00:08:05] with Santa and his reindeer

[00:08:07] at the last parade?

[00:08:07] What happened?

[00:08:09] It was an audit, in fact.

[00:08:11] An audit of the parade

[00:08:13] came in and suggested

[00:08:15] that the parade floats

[00:08:17] should have seatbelts installed.

[00:08:21] And so once that happened,

[00:08:24] kind of forced their hand,

[00:08:25] at least that's what

[00:08:26] the parade director says.

[00:08:28] He says, quote,

[00:08:29] with today's health and safety rules

[00:08:31] and with WorkSafe,

[00:08:33] I don't really know what that is,

[00:08:34] the way that they are,

[00:08:35] once they have something

[00:08:36] brought to our attention,

[00:08:37] if we don't show

[00:08:39] that we've done mitigation,

[00:08:41] we will be held liable

[00:08:43] should something happen.

[00:08:44] So we were put between

[00:08:45] a rock and a hard place there.

[00:08:47] And so there you go.

[00:08:49] Santa will be strapped in

[00:08:51] at the parade.

[00:08:52] Okay, so I can tell you

[00:08:53] what happened here.

[00:08:54] Some Christmas stinker

[00:08:56] was like, you know what?

[00:08:57] I'm going to stick it

[00:08:58] to the parade here.

[00:08:58] I'm going to call and say

[00:09:00] that they're not wearing seatbelts

[00:09:01] because they just wanted

[00:09:02] to see the world burn

[00:09:03] on this one.

[00:09:04] And then the whole

[00:09:05] insurance thing happened.

[00:09:06] That's the real problem.

[00:09:07] It's not woke.

[00:09:08] It's that you have to have

[00:09:10] insurance for all this stuff.

[00:09:11] The insurance was like,

[00:09:12] I'm not covering Santa

[00:09:13] flying out of the sleigh

[00:09:14] into a elementary school bus

[00:09:17] or something like that.

[00:09:19] I'm making up what happened,

[00:09:20] but that could happen.

[00:09:22] It could happen.

[00:09:22] It's bloody woke nonsense.

[00:09:24] That's what the counselor,

[00:09:26] Tim Scandit said.

[00:09:28] Oh man, what a mess.

[00:09:30] But I got to be honest,

[00:09:31] I kind of love it.

[00:09:32] I love it.

[00:09:33] It is a pretty funny story.

[00:09:36] This reminds me of the

[00:09:36] flight attendants coming by,

[00:09:38] looking at everybody's lap

[00:09:39] before the plane takes off.

[00:09:41] Hey, put your seat up.

[00:09:43] You can't recline.

[00:09:44] Put your seatbelt on.

[00:09:45] Apparently at cities nearby,

[00:09:48] they have reached out

[00:09:49] to different councilmen

[00:09:51] and they will not be requiring

[00:09:54] Santa to wear seatbelts

[00:09:55] at their events.

[00:09:56] So do with that what you will.

[00:09:58] Okay, well, at least the people

[00:10:00] really mad at this

[00:10:00] have alternatives.

[00:10:02] That's right.

[00:10:02] Brandon, you want to go

[00:10:03] to the non-seatbelt parade?

[00:10:04] That's right.

[00:10:05] I hear they're not making you

[00:10:07] show off your seatbelt card.

[00:10:09] Before you walk in.

[00:10:12] We're having fun, aren't we?

[00:10:13] We're having fun.

[00:10:14] We really are.

[00:10:15] Let's take a break.

[00:10:16] We'll come back

[00:10:16] and we'll get to

[00:10:17] the Christmas specials

[00:10:19] and today's Christmas music

[00:10:21] battle of Let It Snow.

[00:10:23] It's a humdinger.

[00:10:24] Here on Christmas Morning.

[00:10:30] Welcome back, everybody,

[00:10:32] to Christmas Morning.

[00:10:33] 20 days until Christmas.

[00:10:35] It is hard to believe.

[00:10:36] But what that does mean

[00:10:38] is that there are plenty

[00:10:39] of TV specials for you

[00:10:41] to choose from today and tomorrow.

[00:10:42] And TV Scotty is here

[00:10:43] to lay them out for you.

[00:10:44] TV Scotty, take it away.

[00:10:45] Here are your Christmas TV specials

[00:10:47] for the next two days,

[00:10:48] courtesy of MostlyChristmas.com.

[00:10:51] Thursday, 9 a.m. on AMC,

[00:10:52] The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold.

[00:10:54] 9.30 a.m. on AMC,

[00:10:56] The First Christmas,

[00:10:57] The Story of the First Christmas Snow.

[00:11:00] 10 a.m. on Hallmark,

[00:11:01] Tis the Season to be Irish.

[00:11:02] 10.30 a.m. on Freeform,

[00:11:04] Christmas with the Cranks.

[00:11:05] 12 p.m. on Hallmark,

[00:11:07] T'was the Date Before Christmas.

[00:11:09] 12.30 p.m. on Freeform,

[00:11:10] Disney's A Christmas Carol.

[00:11:12] 2 p.m. on Hallmark,

[00:11:13] Christmas with the Sings.

[00:11:14] 8 p.m. on ABC,

[00:11:15] The Great Christmas Light Fight.

[00:11:17] 8 p.m. on AMC,

[00:11:19] Elf.

[00:11:19] 8 p.m. on Hallmark Mysteries,

[00:11:21] A Dance in the Snow.

[00:11:22] 8 p.m. on NBC,

[00:11:23] How the Grinch Stole Christmas

[00:11:24] from 1966.

[00:11:26] 8 p.m. on TNT,

[00:11:27] A Christmas Story.

[00:11:28] 8.20 p.m. on We,

[00:11:30] National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

[00:11:32] 8.30 p.m. on ABC,

[00:11:33] Frosty the Snowman.

[00:11:34] 10 p.m. on Hallmark,

[00:11:36] Believe in Christmas.

[00:11:37] 10 p.m. on TNT,

[00:11:38] A Christmas Carol from 1999.

[00:11:40] And 10.01 p.m. on Hallmark Mysteries,

[00:11:43] Christmas Under the Lights.

[00:11:44] Friday,

[00:11:45] 12 a.m. on Freeform,

[00:11:46] Holiday in Handcuffs.

[00:11:47] 12 a.m. on TNT,

[00:11:49] A Christmas Story.

[00:11:50] 2 a.m. on Hallmark,

[00:11:52] Trivia at St. Nick's.

[00:11:53] 8 a.m. on Hallmark,

[00:11:55] Rescuing Christmas.

[00:11:56] 12 p.m. on Freeform,

[00:11:57] Arthur Christmas.

[00:11:58] 4 p.m. on Bounce,

[00:12:00] A Family Matters Christmas.

[00:12:01] 4 p.m. on Hallmark Mysteries,

[00:12:03] My Sweet Austrian Holiday.

[00:12:05] 5.45 p.m. on Freeform,

[00:12:06] Home Alone.

[00:12:07] 6 p.m. on FX,

[00:12:09] The Santa Claus.

[00:12:10] 6 p.m. on Hallmark,

[00:12:11] To Have and To Holiday.

[00:12:12] 7 p.m. on Up,

[00:12:14] Festival of Trees.

[00:12:15] 8 p.m. on FX,

[00:12:16] The Santa Claus 2.

[00:12:18] 8 p.m. on Hallmark,

[00:12:19] Private Princess Christmas.

[00:12:21] 8 p.m. on NBC,

[00:12:22] Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

[00:12:24] 8.15 p.m. on Freeform,

[00:12:26] Home Alone 2,

[00:12:27] Lost in New York.

[00:12:28] 10 p.m. on FX,

[00:12:29] The Santa Claus 3,

[00:12:30] The Escape Clause,

[00:12:31] and finally,

[00:12:32] 10.01 p.m. on Hallmark,

[00:12:34] Debbie McComber's

[00:12:34] Joyful Mrs. Miracle.

[00:12:36] And those are your

[00:12:37] Christmas TV specials

[00:12:38] for the next two days,

[00:12:39] courtesy of

[00:12:40] MostlyChristmas.com.

[00:12:41] Thank you, TV Scotty.

[00:12:42] It is time for the

[00:12:43] Christmas music battle

[00:12:44] of the day.

[00:12:45] Today,

[00:12:46] we are battling

[00:12:47] Let It Snow.

[00:12:48] I love this song.

[00:12:50] Yeah,

[00:12:50] I love this song too.

[00:12:52] Until I looked at

[00:12:53] your choice,

[00:12:55] and I was...

[00:12:56] What do you mean?

[00:12:56] You brought

[00:12:58] Jose James.

[00:12:59] Hold on!

[00:13:00] Hey!

[00:13:00] Hey!

[00:13:01] No, no, no.

[00:13:02] You...

[00:13:02] This is a sacred,

[00:13:04] sacred battle.

[00:13:05] You pulled a slippery

[00:13:07] one here.

[00:13:08] A couple weeks ago,

[00:13:09] I said something like,

[00:13:11] oh,

[00:13:11] Ricky Lee is,

[00:13:12] you know,

[00:13:12] undefeated in the battles.

[00:13:14] You know who else

[00:13:14] is undefeated?

[00:13:15] The undisputed champion

[00:13:16] of the Christmas

[00:13:17] morning music battle

[00:13:18] is Jose James.

[00:13:19] And I can't...

[00:13:20] I mean,

[00:13:21] I am faulting you for it.

[00:13:22] It's a decision

[00:13:24] that's allowed.

[00:13:24] You can certainly bring it.

[00:13:26] So let's listen to

[00:13:27] Let It Snow by

[00:13:29] Jose James

[00:13:30] because Bran brought it.

[00:13:31] Oh,

[00:13:31] the weather outside

[00:13:32] is frightful.

[00:13:34] Oh,

[00:13:34] it's good!

[00:13:35] But the fire

[00:13:35] is so delightful.

[00:13:38] Since we've

[00:13:39] no place to go,

[00:13:41] let it snow,

[00:13:42] let it snow,

[00:13:43] let it snow.

[00:13:45] It doesn't show

[00:13:46] signs of stopping.

[00:13:48] And I brought

[00:13:49] some corn

[00:13:50] for popping.

[00:13:52] Lights

[00:13:53] are turned

[00:13:54] way down low.

[00:13:55] Let it snow,

[00:13:57] let it snow,

[00:13:58] let it snow.

[00:13:59] When we finally

[00:14:00] kiss goodnight,

[00:14:03] how I'll hate

[00:14:04] going out

[00:14:05] in the storm.

[00:14:06] But if you

[00:14:07] really hold me tight,

[00:14:10] all the way home

[00:14:12] I'll be warm.

[00:14:14] The fire

[00:14:15] is slowly dying.

[00:14:17] My dear,

[00:14:18] we're still

[00:14:19] good-byeing

[00:14:20] Long as

[00:14:22] you love me so

[00:14:23] Let it snow,

[00:14:25] let it snow,

[00:14:26] let it snow.

[00:14:31] It's so good,

[00:14:32] it hurts.

[00:14:33] He's the voice

[00:14:33] of our generation.

[00:14:34] And by our generation,

[00:14:36] I mean Christmas morning.

[00:14:37] So I saw this

[00:14:38] and I said,

[00:14:39] well,

[00:14:39] how do you compete

[00:14:40] with Jose James?

[00:14:41] And the answer is

[00:14:42] you can't.

[00:14:43] So I brought

[00:14:44] Let It Snow

[00:14:45] by Ivanhoe

[00:14:46] Elementary Music.

[00:14:48] Oh no!

[00:16:07] You can vote right now,

[00:16:08] link is in the description,

[00:16:09] we'll be live.

[00:16:10] I'm only mad

[00:16:11] that I didn't bring

[00:16:12] Jose James,

[00:16:13] that's the only thing

[00:16:14] I'm mad at.

[00:16:15] I did what I did.

[00:16:16] Nope, it's fine.

[00:16:17] You did,

[00:16:18] early word gets the word.

[00:16:19] That's right.

[00:16:20] Let's be done for the day.

[00:16:22] Let's do it.

[00:16:22] The good news is

[00:16:23] we're gonna be back tomorrow

[00:16:23] with the Friday episode,

[00:16:25] final episode of the week,

[00:16:26] but I think it's gonna be a doozy.

[00:16:27] I think it's gonna be

[00:16:28] a real good one,

[00:16:28] so come on back tomorrow.

[00:16:29] It's gonna be fun.

[00:16:30] Until then,

[00:16:31] Merry Christmas.

[00:16:31] Merry Christmas.

[00:16:42] You're about to hear some ads

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[00:16:44] back and forth to the North Pole.

[00:16:46] Feel free to listen,

[00:16:47] feel free to bail now,

[00:16:48] but either way,

[00:16:49] thanks for being here.

[00:16:51] Ho, ho, ho!

[00:16:52] Ho, ho!