22 Weeks / 154 days until Christmas! (“Merry Christmas - I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight” Song Battle)

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

[00:00:05] Live from the North Pole, it's time for Christmas Morning

[00:00:17] The Daily Show where every day is Christmas

[00:00:22] Here are your hosts, Brand and Scott

[00:00:28] Well wow wow wow hello everybody and welcome to another episode of Christmas Morning

[00:00:37] It's your good friend Brandon I am back with my good friend Scottie Scottie

[00:00:42] Merry Christmas

[00:00:43] Merry Christmas Brandon I'm gonna go by Tired Scottie today

[00:00:48] Tired Scottie, why are you tired Scottie?

[00:00:52] Well we had an incredible weekend together which sounds salacious but it wasn't

[00:00:56] We had Bramble Fest and it was amazing

[00:00:59] I mean we're not saying it wasn't salacious

[00:01:02] Well there were salacious details but I was not involved in those

[00:01:06] Oh no of course not you, not salacious Scottie

[00:01:09] The judge said I can't do that anymore

[00:01:12] I had so much fun doing our live episode with you that we're gonna hear later this week

[00:01:17] Yeah I think tomorrow in fact it's right here

[00:01:21] Right in front of us

[00:01:22] Oh it is you're right

[00:01:23] Can't believe it I can't believe we're already to the

[00:01:25] The month has gotten away from me

[00:01:27] It's gotten away from me too

[00:01:29] So much so in fact that I was driving on the road this morning

[00:01:32] And I was like where are we supposed to go daily in July or something like that

[00:01:37] We stopped doing that two years ago when we started doing the party episodes instead

[00:01:41] Are you sure brother?

[00:01:42] Yes I'm sure everybody can stop trying to talk me into early daily episodes

[00:01:48] I love this show but I don't want to do that

[00:01:50] Are you 100% sure we didn't do it last year?

[00:01:53] Yes I'm 100% sure

[00:01:54] Alright okay alright I'll go with what you say

[00:01:57] Don't send me the emails I didn't do anything

[00:02:00] I don't know I'm sure of this

[00:02:02] Why don't we get into the mail bag before I get talked into something I don't want to do

[00:02:05] Let's do it

[00:02:06] Letters, we get letters

[00:02:08] We get stacks and stacks of letters

[00:02:12] I've got a couple today

[00:02:14] The first one is from Jennifer Clemmer who says

[00:02:16] Merry Christmas in July

[00:02:18] I wanted to send a picture of my tree that I've put up for the month of July

[00:02:22] Look at that Brent, Jennifer doing it right

[00:02:24] Look at that it's so patriotic this tree

[00:02:28] I decided this year to decorate it with some of my beach and mountain vacation ornaments

[00:02:32] as well as some of my bird ornaments

[00:02:34] Note the Santa and a hammock towards the bottom

[00:02:36] A perfect Christmas in July ornament

[00:02:38] And I've added a little patriotic touch with the garland and the tree topper

[00:02:42] I also get out my Christmas placemats and napkins and dishes to use

[00:02:46] And I have sprinkled a little Christmas throughout the rest of the house with various knickknacks

[00:02:50] My 15 year old son said

[00:02:52] And this is why I can't have friends over

[00:02:54] But I secretly know he loves a little Christmas showing up in the summer

[00:02:58] Thanks for the weekly dose of Christmas and the monthly parties

[00:03:02] And she included a photo of this great Christmas in July tree

[00:03:06] I'm gonna post that on Instagram

[00:03:08] It's very nice and I gotta say if we stop doing everything that would quote unquote

[00:03:12] Stop our teenage kids from their friends coming over

[00:03:15] We wouldn't be able to do anything

[00:03:17] So you do what you want to do

[00:03:19] And they'll figure it out

[00:03:21] Teenagers are just mad in general, you know?

[00:03:23] Yeah, I don't have a teenager yet

[00:03:25] But this is great idea for keeping the noise level down in my house

[00:03:28] So thank you, Jeff, I appreciate it

[00:03:30] Yeah, little do you know that that's exactly what Scott wants

[00:03:33] Yeah, exactly

[00:03:35] Email from Joe Fulton

[00:03:37] I just finished listening to the July 17th episode of Christmas Morning

[00:03:40] I agree with Chad

[00:03:42] How can we as an audience let Christmas biscuits lose the Christmas music battle?

[00:03:48] I'm so disappointed the listeners let this amazing song lose

[00:03:52] Maybe they didn't see the official music video

[00:03:55] I encourage everybody to submit this song for next month's original music battle

[00:03:59] Gotta stop you there, Joe, not allowed

[00:04:01] If we actually battle it, it cannot be used again

[00:04:04] That's right, you can't just keep doing it until it wins

[00:04:08] If you submit it and I don't choose that one

[00:04:10] You are welcome to submit it again

[00:04:12] And also, and I'm not just saying this because I won the original Christmas music battle

[00:04:15] But if you need a music video in order to get the song across the finish line

[00:04:21] It might not be the best song

[00:04:23] It might be the best music video, but this is an audio format

[00:04:28] So we've just got to go with what we can hear

[00:04:31] Right, I've got an email from Jill Garcia who says

[00:04:33] Hello, Brandon Scott

[00:04:35] I was so excited to see my first signs of Christmas at Albuquerque's Costco on July 20th

[00:04:40] Whoa, Costco

[00:04:42] They had a few fiber optic Christmas decorations and holiday wrapping paper on the shelves

[00:04:47] I wasn't the only one who was excited

[00:04:49] A little boy in his parent's shopping cart burst out in a loud voice singing jingle bells

[00:04:54] When he saw the wrapping paper and bows on display

[00:04:57] Cutest little boy ever, I had to join in

[00:04:59] His excitement was in his outside voice

[00:05:02] I love that, Brandon

[00:05:04] I love the enthusiasm

[00:05:05] I was in my local Costco

[00:05:07] They didn't have quite this much, but there was ribbon

[00:05:10] Ribbon's an easy early Christmas sign to start seeing

[00:05:14] That's right

[00:05:15] I gotta get out to the Costco and see what's going on there

[00:05:18] I feel like it came early last year too

[00:05:22] So hopefully this is a sign of good things to come

[00:05:25] Yeah, they're one of the early stores that's not Hobby Lobby

[00:05:28] Where it's good to see it

[00:05:29] I mean, what a day, right?

[00:05:30] You get a hot dog, you get a slice of pizza

[00:05:33] I think it's some Christmas

[00:05:35] Man, isn't that the dream?

[00:05:36] Man, I'm going right now

[00:05:38] Man, I just got so...

[00:05:39] That's the American dream right there

[00:05:41] Everybody's like, oh yeah, do whatever you want to, that's the American dream

[00:05:44] Yeah, the dream is hot dog, pizza, Christmas

[00:05:47] That's the American dream

[00:05:48] Jill finishes the email saying

[00:05:50] I meant to write last month after my husband and I took a fun trip

[00:05:53] To Denver and Boulder

[00:05:54] Well, thanks for visiting me, Jill

[00:05:56] I don't know if Scott knows about the Celestial Seasonings Tea Factory tour

[00:06:00] But we got a blast of Christmasy cheer in Boulder

[00:06:02] If you take the tour, one of the stops is in the Peppermint room

[00:06:05] Where Celestial Seasonings stores all of the fresh mint

[00:06:08] For their candy cane-lain tea

[00:06:10] Among other blends that use mint

[00:06:12] Some minty, fresh blast of peppermint

[00:06:14] When they rolled up the enormous warehouse door

[00:06:16] After the tour, we stocked up on holiday mugs

[00:06:19] And our Christmas tea blends we love

[00:06:21] Candy cane-lain and gingerbread tea

[00:06:23] But sadly, sugarplum has been discontinued

[00:06:25] The tour guide did recommend making your own sugarplum blend

[00:06:28] With Bengal spice and blueberry, which I will try

[00:06:31] This is a really fun thing to do in Boulder

[00:06:33] And the collection of artistic teapots from around the world

[00:06:35] An original art that is featured on the box labels

[00:06:38] Is in the area where you sample teas

[00:06:40] And the tour leader, along with a giant teddy bear

[00:06:42] Who's on the sleepy time box, I love that bear

[00:06:44] I'm enjoying Christmas in July so much with my Christmas mugs

[00:06:48] A Christmas movie or TV show episode every day

[00:06:51] Christmas music, and it's just what I needed in this hot, hot summer

[00:06:54] Thank you so much for bringing the holiday spirit to listeners

[00:06:56] On Christmas morning, and it's a adjacent podcast

[00:06:58] And I've got to say, the Christmas Dis Episode with Scott was hilarious

[00:07:03] Thank you for bringing us the weekly podcast

[00:07:05] The monthly parties and the podcast within the DTH family

[00:07:08] And I appreciate the kind words. I've never heard of this tour brand

[00:07:11] But I asked my wife about it and she said, oh yeah, I know about that

[00:07:14] And I said, why am I finding out about this now?

[00:07:17] I think it has something to do with the fact that your wife

[00:07:20] Knows you enough to know that in order to get you to leave the house

[00:07:23] It has to be more than a tea tour

[00:07:26] Well, I don't know, I think I was sold when we first

[00:07:29] See the giant teddy bear, and I think what she's afraid of

[00:07:32] Is I'm going to find a way to purchase the giant teddy bear

[00:07:35] And she doesn't want that. That's what I'm assuming

[00:07:38] Yeah, I'm not a big tour fan, nor am I a big tea fan

[00:07:42] So I think I would probably be out on this

[00:07:45] But I am thrilled that it exists

[00:07:48] And if you do go, Scotty, please take a picture of the giant bear

[00:07:50] Because that doesn't treat me

[00:07:52] Okay, well thanks for all the emails everybody

[00:07:54] Brian, how are we doing in our reviews?

[00:07:57] Well, I have one to read but it's a leftover

[00:08:00] Because we're stuck at 253, Scotty

[00:08:04] You know what that means

[00:08:05] What does it mean?

[00:08:06] It means this

[00:08:13] This is boring

[00:08:15] Oh, this is what you get when you don't review

[00:08:17] Can you believe that Scotty?

[00:08:19] People just not reviewing

[00:08:21] And yet if you don't like that clock

[00:08:23] You had it coming

[00:08:25] It's going to get longer next week if we don't get a review

[00:08:27] That's more where that came from

[00:08:29] More where that came from

[00:08:30] But I do have a review from WendySBW

[00:08:33] That says love this podcast

[00:08:36] Thank you for bringing the excitement of Christmas

[00:08:38] Every week throughout the year

[00:08:41] A very short but a very sweet review from Wendy

[00:08:44] They don't have to be long

[00:08:45] No

[00:08:46] We're not judging based on length here

[00:08:48] Thank you, Wendy, I appreciate that

[00:08:49] It's fantastic

[00:08:50] Thank you so much

[00:08:51] Scotty, you got a joke for us

[00:08:53] I do have a joke

[00:08:54] Are you ready for it?

[00:08:55] I'm ready, I guess

[00:08:56] Why doesn't Santa use reindeer milk in his coffee?

[00:08:59] Reindeer milk?

[00:09:00] Oh gosh

[00:09:02] Reindeer

[00:09:03] They have antlers

[00:09:04] Oh, don't overthink this

[00:09:05] Because he ain't slur into it

[00:09:08] No, he's on a deer-free diet

[00:09:11] Waka waka

[00:09:13] That's a good one

[00:09:15] Yeah

[00:09:16] I like that, Scotty

[00:09:17] That was on the 1038 Jokes site

[00:09:21] Which we'll be on for a while

[00:09:22] That's good, I like that a lot

[00:09:24] Let's do the countdown

[00:09:30] 154 days until Christmas

[00:09:35] 154, Scotty

[00:09:38] 22 weeks

[00:09:39] Now I don't want to spoil anything

[00:09:41] But if anybody is sitting there doing the quick math

[00:09:44] You will know that next week is a monumental week

[00:09:47] Oh, because we're going to be under 150

[00:09:49] That's exactly right, Scotty

[00:09:51] That's a big week

[00:09:52] It is a big week

[00:09:53] That feels really big to me

[00:09:55] I don't know if it's just me

[00:09:56] But I'm very excited about that

[00:09:58] And how...

[00:09:59] Do I dare even ask how far we are from

[00:10:02] Or I guess I should say how close we are to October 1st

[00:10:05] 69 days

[00:10:07] Whoa!

[00:10:08] Whoa, whoa, whoa

[00:10:09] And it's nine weeks

[00:10:10] Now here's the thing that I've really been enjoying lately

[00:10:13] On Instagram brand

[00:10:14] Yeah

[00:10:15] You know the joke about Americans will use anything

[00:10:18] Except the metric system

[00:10:19] So it's like a hole in the highway opened up

[00:10:21] And it's nine cows wide

[00:10:23] People have been posting things about

[00:10:25] Like how many Sunday mornings it is

[00:10:28] Until fall or until whatever

[00:10:31] So nine weeks

[00:10:33] That seems so close when I see that

[00:10:35] And it really is getting me through these

[00:10:38] I don't know if it's the dog days of summer

[00:10:40] I know that has something to do with astronomy

[00:10:41] I can't remember

[00:10:42] But we're getting there

[00:10:44] Slowly but surely one foot in front of the other

[00:10:46] We're getting through the summer

[00:10:47] We're heading toward fall

[00:10:49] And fall is really my favorite

[00:10:51] Because we have all the holidays

[00:10:53] Christmas is the giant awesome end piece to that

[00:10:56] But I'm happy starting with just seeing leaf decorations at Michael's

[00:11:00] It's all good to me

[00:11:01] 100%

[00:11:02] It's all, it's the little things

[00:11:04] It just kind of give you that little boost

[00:11:06] Throughout the week

[00:11:07] That's all we ask for

[00:11:08] I don't need much

[00:11:09] I really don't

[00:11:10] I do need some news though

[00:11:11] Me too

[00:11:17] Today is July 24th

[00:11:20] 2024

[00:11:21] Here's the news

[00:11:24] Scotty it's always a big

[00:11:26] A big day, a big time of the year

[00:11:28] When

[00:11:29] Manheim steamroller puts out their Christmas

[00:11:32] Tour schedule

[00:11:34] And it happened this week

[00:11:36] Scotty, Manheim steamroller

[00:11:38] If you can believe it or not

[00:11:39] They are going out on tour this Christmas

[00:11:42] I know, shocking

[00:11:44] I know

[00:11:45] But what I was surprised to find out

[00:11:47] Scotty maybe I shouldn't be surprised

[00:11:49] But they have two tours

[00:11:51] Going on simultaneously

[00:11:54] They have the green tour

[00:11:56] And they have the red tour

[00:11:57] So it's two

[00:11:58] Whoa

[00:11:59] Separate bands

[00:12:00] And they are playing

[00:12:03] You know

[00:12:04] Two shows a night basically

[00:12:06] Just at different parts of the country

[00:12:08] So like November 12th

[00:12:10] They're kicking off the green tour in Florida

[00:12:12] But the red tour is up in South Dakota

[00:12:15] And so on and so forth

[00:12:18] So the red tour is mainly in the west coast

[00:12:20] Green tour is mainly in the east coast

[00:12:22] And I think that that is

[00:12:25] Interesting

[00:12:26] It seems like cheating a little bit

[00:12:28] But I like it

[00:12:30] It sounds pretty cool

[00:12:31] I would like to see Manheim steamroller

[00:12:33] Live sometime

[00:12:35] I don't want to see him in August

[00:12:37] That's not going to do it for me

[00:12:39] I just want the Christmas stuff

[00:12:41] I know they have more than that

[00:12:42] I'll be honest, I'm just not interested

[00:12:44] In that

[00:12:45] I looked at the tour schedule

[00:12:46] And Greenville, South Carolina

[00:12:48] It's on there

[00:12:49] Guess what's not on there

[00:12:50] Anything near Scotty

[00:12:52] No, no, no, that's not true

[00:12:53] Where? What are you saying?

[00:12:54] You didn't look at the red tour

[00:12:56] They're in Denver, December 6th, 7th and 8th

[00:12:59] Wait a minute, which is the good one then?

[00:13:01] I think they're both the exact same

[00:13:03] It's just like, yeah

[00:13:04] But I thought you said it was two different bands

[00:13:06] It's two different bands

[00:13:07] But they're playing the same exact set

[00:13:09] But I want the music

[00:13:11] I want Chip Davis, I think his name is

[00:13:13] Okay, let's see

[00:13:15] I've listened to a live album

[00:13:16] That he introduces people

[00:13:17] That's the only reason I know that

[00:13:19] Which tour is Chip on?

[00:13:21] I'm not a huge Chip Davis stan

[00:13:22] But I like them

[00:13:23] For me

[00:13:24] Yeah, you would think that

[00:13:26] That would matter to people, right?

[00:13:27] Especially the big fans

[00:13:28] Well they're not going to tell you

[00:13:29] You're just going to find out

[00:13:30] With massive disappointment when you get there

[00:13:32] Although you could tell me

[00:13:34] You were Chip Davis

[00:13:35] And I'd have to say okay

[00:13:36] Because I have no idea what he looks like

[00:13:38] Yeah, I have no idea either

[00:13:40] But yeah, Greenville, South Carolina

[00:13:42] They're going to be in Greenville

[00:13:43] On November 27th

[00:13:45] Which is like, right

[00:13:47] That's like prime times

[00:13:48] Right after Thanksgiving

[00:13:50] Oh perfect, yeah

[00:13:51] People are really in the spirit then

[00:13:52] I love it

[00:13:53] They start on November 12th

[00:13:54] For both of their tours

[00:13:55] So they're with you

[00:13:56] Like they don't want to be out there

[00:13:58] In August or whatever

[00:13:59] Okay, let me check something real quick

[00:14:01] With you here, okay?

[00:14:02] Okay

[00:14:03] This band is going out on a concert spree

[00:14:05] What do you call it?

[00:14:06] A tour

[00:14:07] A tour

[00:14:08] Yeah, a tour

[00:14:09] Okay, how do you spell that?

[00:14:10] It's T-O-U-R

[00:14:11] Okay, now what is the bicycle race

[00:14:12] Called?

[00:14:13] The Tour de France

[00:14:14] You said it differently

[00:14:15] I didn't

[00:14:16] You did

[00:14:17] It's the Tour de France

[00:14:18] Yeah, you actually got the U in there

[00:14:19] On the bicycle race

[00:14:20] I'm hearing they're going on tour

[00:14:22] Tour

[00:14:23] It's the Tour de France

[00:14:24] Tour

[00:14:25] I understand how people pronounce it

[00:14:27] I don't say it like that

[00:14:28] I don't think I said it any different

[00:14:30] With the bike race

[00:14:31] I don't know

[00:14:32] Maybe you did

[00:14:33] Playing in slow motion side by side

[00:14:34] Let's see it

[00:14:35] Let's see it

[00:14:36] Pick apart the differences

[00:14:38] Tour schedule

[00:14:41] It's the Tour de France

[00:14:47] Okay, if I was right

[00:14:48] I will do it

[00:14:49] If I was wrong

[00:14:50] I'm gonna blast right by that

[00:14:51] Yeah, yeah, yeah

[00:14:52] More than fair

[00:14:53] Let's take a quick break, Scotty

[00:14:54] And we will come back

[00:14:56] We'll get to some TV listings

[00:14:57] The final week for Christmas in July

[00:14:59] I believe

[00:15:00] And then we will get to

[00:15:01] This week's Christmas music battle

[00:15:02] Here on Christmas morning

[00:15:05] Welcome back everybody

[00:15:11] It is great to be back here

[00:15:12] Today

[00:15:13] July 24th

[00:15:16] Which is the Christmas eve of July

[00:15:19] And it's very exciting

[00:15:20] Because Christmas in July is still going on

[00:15:22] There's lots that we can watch

[00:15:23] And TV Scotty is here today

[00:15:25] To fill us in on what is going on

[00:15:27] On the TV listings

[00:15:30] You made a good point here

[00:15:31] About Christmas in July

[00:15:32] Ironically, this is the time of year

[00:15:35] Where there are the most TV listings

[00:15:38] In a single episode

[00:15:39] Because by the time we get to November

[00:15:41] We're doing daily

[00:15:42] So we're only doing one or two days at a time

[00:15:44] This goes on a little too long

[00:15:46] So I've cut some of them down

[00:15:48] I've only gone through Sunday

[00:15:50] We learned some lessons last week

[00:15:51] So the first couple days

[00:15:53] Have a few sitcoms

[00:15:54] And episodic things sprinkled in

[00:15:56] By the time we get to the end

[00:15:57] It's all Hallmarked

[00:15:58] So here are the Christmas TV specials

[00:16:00] For the next couple of days

[00:16:01] Courtesy of mostlychristmas.com

[00:16:03] 9am on Hallmark

[00:16:04] Christmas of the Golden Dragon

[00:16:06] 10am on Movies

[00:16:07] Christmas Carol from 1951

[00:16:09] 10am on Up

[00:16:10] Walker Texas Ranger

[00:16:11] A ranger Christmas

[00:16:12] 1030am on IFC

[00:16:13] Three's Company

[00:16:14] Three's Christmas

[00:16:15] 10am on Hallmark

[00:16:16] Once upon a holiday

[00:16:17] 1155am on Movies

[00:16:18] An American Christmas Carol

[00:16:19] That's the one with Henry Winkler

[00:16:21] 1pm on Hallmark

[00:16:22] Holiday Hearts

[00:16:23] 4pm on Movies

[00:16:24] Mrs. Santa Claus

[00:16:25] 5pm on Hallmark

[00:16:26] Magic and Missalto

[00:16:27] 6pm on Movies

[00:16:28] 12 days of Christmas Eve

[00:16:29] That's a real old one

[00:16:31] 2004

[00:16:32] Wow

[00:16:33] You were in elementary school

[00:16:34] 7pm on Hallmark

[00:16:35] A built-more Christmas

[00:16:36] 7pm on Hallmark Mysteries

[00:16:38] Murder She Baked

[00:16:39] A Plum-Putting Mystery

[00:16:40] 9pm on Hallmark

[00:16:41] An Unexpected Christmas

[00:16:42] And 11pm on Hallmark

[00:16:43] Christmas of the Golden Dragon

[00:16:44] 11pm on Hallmark

[00:16:45] Christmas of the Golden Dragon

[00:16:46] 10am on Hallmark

[00:16:47] 9pm on Hallmark

[00:16:48] Christmas Under Raps

[00:16:49] Thursday

[00:16:50] 140am on Movies

[00:16:52] A Christmas Memory

[00:16:53] 345am on Movies

[00:16:55] The Night They Saved Christmas

[00:16:57] Look at Movies getting in

[00:16:58] On their Christmas in July action here

[00:17:00] I think they're having a little bit

[00:17:01] Of a marathon, Scotty

[00:17:02] Good job Movies

[00:17:03] And a lot of ones that I've never seen

[00:17:05] In a lot of cases never heard of

[00:17:06] 9am on Hallmark

[00:17:07] Christmas on Cherry Lane

[00:17:08] 11am on Hallmark

[00:17:09] The Holiday Sitter

[00:17:10] 1pm on Hallmark

[00:17:11] Jelly Good Christmas

[00:17:12] 5pm on Hallmark

[00:17:13] Take me back for Christmas

[00:17:15] 7pm on Hallmark

[00:17:16] Snow Bride

[00:17:17] 7pm on Comedy Central

[00:17:18] The Office

[00:17:19] Secret Santa

[00:17:20] 9pm on Hallmark

[00:17:21] A Royal Christmas

[00:17:22] And 11pm on Hallmark

[00:17:23] The Christmas Note

[00:17:24] Friday

[00:17:25] 8am on Comedy Central

[00:17:26] Future Rama

[00:17:27] A Tale of Two Santas

[00:17:28] 9am on Hallmark

[00:17:29] Christmas She Wrote

[00:17:30] 11am on Hallmark

[00:17:31] Christmas in Rome

[00:17:32] 1pm on Hallmark

[00:17:33] A Kiss Before Christmas

[00:17:34] 2.30pm on Antenna

[00:17:35] The Facts of Life

[00:17:36] The Christmas Show

[00:17:37] 3pm on Hallmark

[00:17:38] Christmas Wonderland

[00:17:39] 3.30pm on Kechi

[00:17:40] Mama's Family

[00:17:41] Santa Mama

[00:17:42] 5pm on Hallmark

[00:17:43] A Christmas Detour

[00:17:44] 7.30pm on Comedy Central

[00:17:45] Christmas Detour

[00:17:46] 7pm on Hallmark

[00:17:47] Time for me to come home for Christmas

[00:17:49] 9pm on Hallmark

[00:17:50] Time for him to come home for Christmas

[00:17:52] Oh gosh

[00:17:53] And 11pm on Hallmark

[00:17:54] Long Lost Christmas

[00:17:55] Okay, all the rest of you are on Hallmark Channel

[00:17:57] 6am a Royal Queens Christmas

[00:17:59] 8am never kiss a man in a Christmas sweater

[00:18:01] 10am Christmas Town

[00:18:03] 12pm a very Vermont Christmas

[00:18:05] 2pm Christmas Made to Order

[00:18:07] 4pm Three Wise Men and a Baby

[00:18:09] 6pm Picture a Perfect Christmas

[00:18:11] 8pm an Ice Palace Romance

[00:18:13] Ooh that's new

[00:18:14] Yeah, it was a

[00:18:16] Hallmark movies now

[00:18:18] Release in 2023

[00:18:20] But it's making its Hallmark Channel

[00:18:22] debut in 2024

[00:18:23] Oh interesting

[00:18:24] They listed as 2024

[00:18:25] Antenna 1pm on Hallmark

[00:18:27] Rescuing Christmas

[00:18:28] Another one that's listed as 2024

[00:18:30] Yeah, that's the same thing

[00:18:32] I was a premiered on Hallmark Channel

[00:18:34] This year but technically it came out last year

[00:18:36] What about the one at 12pm

[00:18:37] A very Vermont Christmas

[00:18:38] That's also listed as 24

[00:18:39] That is new

[00:18:40] That premiered this past week

[00:18:42] All right so Saturday

[00:18:44] You're a perk up

[00:18:45] Go back hit the back 30

[00:18:47] And go listen to that again

[00:18:48] Last day Sunday

[00:18:49] 12 o'clock 1am on Hallmark

[00:18:51] Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas

[00:18:52] 2pm they're all on Hallmark

[00:18:54] A Christmas together with you

[00:18:55] 4 o'clock 1am Coyote Creek Christmas

[00:18:57] 6am Christmas at Castle Hart

[00:18:59] 8am Christmas Island

[00:19:00] 10am a Heidelberg Holiday

[00:19:02] 12pm a Mary Scottish Christmas

[00:19:04] 2pm Christmas in Notting Hill

[00:19:06] 8pm a World Record

[00:19:08] A World Record Christmas

[00:19:10] 6am on Hallmark

[00:19:11] Crown for Christmas

[00:19:12] And those are your Christmas TV listings

[00:19:15] For the next few days

[00:19:16] And it won't be like this next week

[00:19:17] I promise courtesy of MostlyChristmas.com

[00:19:20] Thank you TV Scotty

[00:19:23] It is

[00:19:24] If you Scotty's exhausted

[00:19:25] I should get paid extra for just these weeks

[00:19:27] Yeah, you should

[00:19:28] And listen I don't know

[00:19:29] I should get paid

[00:19:30] I don't know what it is

[00:19:31] You get paid

[00:19:32] You get paid

[00:19:33] It's coming trust me

[00:19:34] Regular Scotty doesn't pay me

[00:19:35] Oh, Regular Scotty doesn't pay you?

[00:19:37] Yeah

[00:19:38] Oh man

[00:19:39] Yeah, you should

[00:19:42] I don't know about you

[00:19:43] But I'm having a harder time

[00:19:45] Talking today

[00:19:46] Yes

[00:19:47] Okay

[00:19:48] My mouth feels like I've been eating peanut butter

[00:19:50] And I actually started drooling

[00:19:52] While I was reading the TV listings

[00:19:54] I had to stop and dab my mouth there

[00:19:56] Unpleasant for everyone

[00:19:58] Including the listener

[00:19:59] We're doing well

[00:20:00] Hopefully the listeners are

[00:20:01] Going to give us a little bit of grace this week

[00:20:03] If we sound drunk or whatever

[00:20:05] We're not

[00:20:06] It's time for the Christmas music battle

[00:20:08] Let's get to last week's battle first

[00:20:10] It was instrumental week

[00:20:12] In last place

[00:20:13] A travesty if you ask me

[00:20:15] It is White Christmas by Maurice Brown

[00:20:17] I brought it

[00:20:18] 13 votes, get out of here

[00:20:19] Listen to this little horn

[00:20:21] No, Bran

[00:20:22] I'm going to tell you what happened

[00:20:23] This week with the votes

[00:20:24] It was an embarrassment of riches

[00:20:26] We had three great songs

[00:20:28] And it's hard to tell

[00:20:29] Which way that's going to go

[00:20:31] This could have won on any week

[00:20:33] Just not this one, okay bud

[00:20:35] This is nice

[00:20:36] It's beautiful, isn't it?

[00:20:37] Just give me a second

[00:20:38] I'm listening to it

[00:20:39] I'm enjoying it

[00:20:40] I'm having a good time

[00:20:41] This is exactly the kind of thing

[00:20:42] I want to hear at night

[00:20:44] While I'm winding down

[00:20:45] In July especially

[00:20:47] Oh, gosh

[00:20:48] That's good

[00:20:49] At Bramblefest

[00:20:50] That really awesome production crew

[00:20:51] That was doing the audio

[00:20:53] Kept putting on a Spotify playlist

[00:20:55] Called a Cozy Jazz Christmas

[00:20:57] And I loved it so much

[00:21:00] Can't wait to pull it up on my own

[00:21:02] Save that

[00:21:03] In second place

[00:21:04] They only lost by just a few votes

[00:21:06] This is God Rest, You Merry Gentlemen

[00:21:08] By Marvin McNeugh

[00:21:10] 35.7% of the votes

[00:21:13] This was brought by me

[00:21:15] It's nice, it's nice

[00:21:17] I don't know

[00:21:18] I liked it

[00:21:19] I thought it was a little anonymous feeling

[00:21:21] Like there wasn't a lot that stood out about it

[00:21:23] Let's get to the winner though

[00:21:25] The winner with three more votes than that

[00:21:28] And 41% of the vote is We Three Kings

[00:21:30] By Lester Leroy

[00:21:32] I can see why this song won, Bran

[00:21:35] I think this is so cool

[00:21:37] I was calling it Salsa

[00:21:40] Yeah, Alonzo said Latino, Salsa

[00:21:43] Oh, Bossa Nova

[00:21:45] That's what he reminded me

[00:21:47] And he's right, it's different

[00:21:49] It's upbeat without being obnoxious

[00:21:51] I really, really like this

[00:21:53] Lester Leroy, I want to hear more of his music

[00:21:56] Very nice

[00:21:57] And that means the listeners brought that one

[00:21:59] Which has them taking the lead, Scotty

[00:22:01] They now have 10 wins

[00:22:03] You have nine and I have seven

[00:22:06] How about that?

[00:22:07] How about that, Scotty

[00:22:08] You got to win this week

[00:22:09] If you don't want to get away from it

[00:22:11] That's okay

[00:22:12] If I lose to the listeners

[00:22:13] At least I lose to someone great

[00:22:15] That's right, fair enough

[00:22:16] The collective listeners

[00:22:18] Someone great

[00:22:19] Good job, listeners

[00:22:20] That was brought to us by listener Mitch Moll

[00:22:22] Thank you, Mitch, good job

[00:22:24] Very nice

[00:22:25] Let's get to this week's battle

[00:22:27] Which is Merry Christmas

[00:22:28] I don't want to fight tonight

[00:22:30] By the Ramones

[00:22:32] I'm going to play a little punk rock for you

[00:22:34] In Christmas and July

[00:22:35] You got a fun fact for us, Scotty?

[00:22:37] This one was a little harder to find a fun fact on

[00:22:39] So I really just have some dates for you here

[00:22:42] The song was a B-side to the Ramones

[00:22:45] 1987 single I Want to Live

[00:22:48] And was later released on the 1989 album

[00:22:51] Brain Drain

[00:22:52] I had no idea the song was this late

[00:22:54] I thought it was late 70s

[00:22:56] Completely wrong

[00:22:57] That's interesting

[00:22:58] And you don't see many artists putting out

[00:23:00] Christmas songs in the midst of regular

[00:23:02] Non-Christmas songs

[00:23:04] From what I read in a lot of the little blurbs

[00:23:07] This was the beginning of the end

[00:23:09] For the Ramones

[00:23:10] They had been arguing and fighting

[00:23:12] And it really all started to fall apart

[00:23:14] Some people were saying this was

[00:23:16] The lyrics were actually prescient

[00:23:18] For what was going on in the band

[00:23:20] Interesting

[00:23:21] That's the thing, punk rock bands

[00:23:23] Once they start doing Christmas songs

[00:23:25] It's the beginning of the end

[00:23:26] It's over

[00:23:27] It's all done

[00:23:28] Wrap it up, folks

[00:23:29] We've got three versions

[00:23:30] Let's see if we get weird with it

[00:23:32] This is the first one

[00:23:33] Is by a group called Strong Zero

[00:23:36] With their take of Merry Christmas

[00:24:06] Merry Christmas

[00:24:27] Merry Merry Merry Christmas

[00:24:29] All the children are touching their bed

[00:24:31] Drunk bumping

[00:24:32] Well that was a little bit of a

[00:24:40] Like a ska punk kind of version, Brian

[00:24:42] It was

[00:24:43] That bass sounded almost like it wasn't plugged in

[00:24:47] And they just like put a mic up to the bass

[00:24:49] That's a very interesting sound

[00:24:51] Yeah, that happened during our live episode too

[00:24:54] Not with a bass with a microphone

[00:24:56] Yes

[00:24:57] Okay, what's next?

[00:24:59] Up next we've got a Merry Christmas

[00:25:01] I don't want to fight tonight

[00:25:02] By King Youngblood

[00:25:04] Wow, what a name

[00:25:55] Oh, I'm enjoying this battle so far, Brian

[00:25:58] That's good

[00:25:59] King Youngblood

[00:26:00] Do you want to vote against King Youngblood?

[00:26:02] That's intense

[00:26:03] I sure do

[00:26:04] Oh, last but not least

[00:26:06] Future Adiots with their version

[00:26:59] That's not the first time Future Adiots have shown up on our program before, Brian

[00:27:14] No, I don't think so

[00:27:16] I think you're right about that

[00:27:18] They did Very Tale of New York and it was also really good

[00:27:21] So three great choices here

[00:27:23] It's hard to go wrong when it's a punk song

[00:27:25] I don't know about you, Brian

[00:27:27] It's not like I found a piano instrumental version of this song

[00:27:29] I did not find anybody trying to change this song too drastically

[00:27:35] Yeah, Future Adiots, we did there was an original

[00:27:39] That was Future Adiots

[00:27:41] Oh, that's right

[00:27:42] It was like Unwrap My Present or something with Question Baller

[00:27:46] So they've won one battle, they've lost one battle

[00:27:49] So let's see what happens today

[00:27:51] The other artists I believe are both new to the program

[00:27:53] So you can vote right now

[00:27:55] I'll leave the link in the description for which of these versions of the punk rock song you like more

[00:28:02] It's a tough one, Scotty

[00:28:03] And we got listener submissions this week from Joe W, Katie Leapack and Lance Garmin

[00:28:07] Thank you all for submitting

[00:28:09] How about that? Scotty, what should we do next week, you think?

[00:28:12] Well, it's your pick

[00:28:13] I thought it was mine so I actually spent about 15 minutes trying to find a song that we have not done

[00:28:19] I'll throw this out as a possibility for you but it's still your pick

[00:28:22] Would you believe that we have not done Do You Hear What I Hear with the listener?

[00:28:26] I want to make sure I'm clear on this

[00:28:28] You and I battled it on the daily episodes in 2022

[00:28:31] But we've never battled it with listeners

[00:28:34] So I think it's still fair game

[00:28:35] I wonder if there's other songs like that

[00:28:37] We have done over 500 songs now

[00:28:40] Wow

[00:28:41] When you add all the versions of all the songs

[00:28:43] Right, right, right

[00:28:44] We've played over 500 songs, I think it's like 515

[00:28:47] Everything I was thinking of and searching brand

[00:28:50] We've done it

[00:28:51] I'm sure there are songs out there that we haven't done

[00:28:54] But I sure can't find them

[00:28:55] So that was the only one

[00:28:56] I mean, we've done Christmas shoes guys

[00:28:58] Where we've, I think we've done a lot

[00:29:00] We've been Dominic the donkey for gosh sakes, you know

[00:29:03] Continue to send in recommendations

[00:29:05] Like I think at some point there's underneath the tree

[00:29:07] Kelly Clarkson is in the back catalogue

[00:29:10] There's a parody week that's in the back catalogue that we can do

[00:29:12] But I do like the idea of Do You Hear What I Hear

[00:29:15] A more traditional track that we haven't battled

[00:29:18] And the nice thing about that was we've only battled it once

[00:29:21] Right, Scotty?

[00:29:22] And it was just you and I

[00:29:24] Which means that there are still so many versions of this song

[00:29:27] Available on Bandcamp which I like

[00:29:29] I like when there's a slew to choose from

[00:29:31] Yeah, and when you and I do the daily episodes

[00:29:33] We don't have the luxury of time to spend looking for versions

[00:29:37] So it's usually more of a quick hit

[00:29:39] Find one we like

[00:29:40] There might be more out there

[00:29:42] And I'd be surprised if there aren't

[00:29:43] So go to bandcamp.com

[00:29:44] Find a version of Do You Hear What I Hear

[00:29:46] That you like

[00:29:47] Email it to me at ChristmasMorningPodcast at gmail.com

[00:29:50] Very nice, Scotty

[00:29:51] We did it!

[00:29:52] We did it!

[00:29:53] But if you want to hear more of us

[00:29:56] The good news is we're going to be back tomorrow

[00:29:58] With our Christmas party episode live from BrambleFest

[00:30:01] We had so many wonderful guests

[00:30:03] Join us on stage

[00:30:05] To talk about some Christmas memories and traditions

[00:30:07] And it's a lot of fun

[00:30:08] We're going to have a musical guest

[00:30:09] Yes, I think you're really going to enjoy it

[00:30:11] Obviously it's live

[00:30:13] So sound is not going to be

[00:30:15] As good as it is when we're...

[00:30:16] I put a little disclaimer to begin with

[00:30:18] But I still think it's a good listen

[00:30:21] So I think people are really going to enjoy it

[00:30:23] It was a great listen

[00:30:25] And even I enjoyed it listening back

[00:30:27] And I was there

[00:30:28] There you go

[00:30:29] That's how you know it's good right there

[00:30:30] And then of course we'll be back next week

[00:30:32] With another episode until then

[00:30:34] Merry Christmas

[00:30:35] You're about to hear some ads that help pay

[00:30:47] For our trip back and forth to the North Pole

[00:30:49] Feel free to listen

[00:30:50] Feel free to bail now

[00:30:51] But either way, thanks for being here

[00:30:54] Ho ho ho