3 Days Until Christmas! (Random Song Battle)

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

[00:00:11] It's the Christmas Morning Podcast

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

[00:00:18] Christmas greatest fans

[00:00:20] Scott and Bram

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

[00:00:25] Well hello everybody, happy Sunday to ya

[00:00:29] That's right, this is a special Sunday edition of Christmas Morning

[00:00:33] We are every day at this point until Christmas

[00:00:36] We didn't want to let a day go by

[00:00:38] I'm Brandon, I'm here with my good friend Scott

[00:00:40] Scott, Merry Christmas

[00:00:42] Merry Christmas, Brandon, good to be back

[00:00:44] Especially on a Sunday

[00:00:45] I know, and I gotta be honest

[00:00:46] The traffic is easy on a Sunday

[00:00:49] I think my trip was like 20 minutes shorter today

[00:00:53] Oh yeah, I was through a security check in no time

[00:00:56] You'll love to see it

[00:00:57] We got a lot to get to today, so let's open up that mailbag

[00:00:59] Let's do it

[00:01:00] Letters, we get letters

[00:01:03] We get stacks and stacks of letters

[00:01:07] I have an email from Tim Dumont

[00:01:09] Do you remember back in November, Bran?

[00:01:13] One of our listeners wrote in asking for suggestions for reindeer games

[00:01:16] I do remember this, yes

[00:01:18] And I didn't write down who it was

[00:01:20] And I was very tired last night when I did these

[00:01:23] And I apologize

[00:01:24] Oh, that's okay

[00:01:25] We'll forgive you

[00:01:26] Tim was the only person that responded

[00:01:29] With any suggestions for reindeer games

[00:01:32] So I want to read them

[00:01:32] Number one, on Amazon

[00:01:34] They sell inflatable reindeer antler ring toss games

[00:01:37] That's easy and fun

[00:01:38] That's a fun one

[00:01:39] I've done that before

[00:01:39] That's pretty good, yeah

[00:01:40] Number two, 12 drummers drumming

[00:01:41] It's a drum solo competition with Twizzlers

[00:01:44] Or Red Vines

[00:01:45] And Pots and Pans

[00:01:47] That sounds pretty fun

[00:01:48] That's funny, I like that

[00:01:49] That's good

[00:01:50] Number three, six geese a-laying

[00:01:52] A relay race to carry plastic Easter eggs a set distance

[00:01:55] The catch?

[00:01:56] You have to carry them between your thighs

[00:01:58] If you drop them, you have to go back to the beginning

[00:02:00] Oh, dang

[00:02:01] Yeah

[00:02:01] And then finally, a cookie decorating contest

[00:02:04] But you only have 60 seconds

[00:02:06] Everyone must decorate the cookie to the same theme

[00:02:09] Like Rudolph, Santa, gift, etc

[00:02:11] Yeah

[00:02:11] That sounds pretty good

[00:02:12] One game that I saw on the social media

[00:02:16] The soch, if you will

[00:02:17] That I'm going to be trying with my kiddos this year

[00:02:19] Is you have the kids put their hands

[00:02:22] Or adults

[00:02:23] You put your hands in plastic cups

[00:02:27] Okay?

[00:02:27] Okay

[00:02:28] So you have a plastic cup on each hand

[00:02:29] And then you have a bunch of marshmallows on the table

[00:02:32] And you're trying to lift the marshmallows up

[00:02:34] And put them on your plates

[00:02:35] Like you're a reindeer

[00:02:37] Yeah, your hooves

[00:02:38] So whoever gets the most marshmallows on your plate wins

[00:02:40] So that's a fun one that I saw

[00:02:42] That I'm excited to try out myself

[00:02:44] So I hope that helps

[00:02:45] The person who wrote in

[00:02:46] I apologize for not remembering who you are

[00:02:49] But I'm old

[00:02:49] And I have one more email from Chris LaFontaine

[00:02:52] Chris says, hello, Scott and Brian

[00:02:53] I love the Christmas morning pod

[00:02:55] As always

[00:02:55] And your request for holiday traditions

[00:02:57] I just discovered a fantastic trivia game

[00:03:01] Called You Will Never Guess

[00:03:02] Which is all about Christmas

[00:03:04] He does say

[00:03:05] I am not related to the game developer

[00:03:07] I just thought it was an awesome Christmas activity

[00:03:09] And wanted to share it

[00:03:10] So he says

[00:03:11] My family and I played for the first time over Thanksgiving

[00:03:14] And we agreed this would become a new holiday tradition

[00:03:16] For us moving forward

[00:03:17] The game is simple

[00:03:18] But that makes it all the more fun

[00:03:20] It's a card-based game

[00:03:21] That asks participants to answer Christmas-related questions

[00:03:24] Connected to six categories

[00:03:26] Which include entertainment, history, movies, music, stories, and traditions

[00:03:29] If you're the first person to get it right

[00:03:31] You get the card and a point

[00:03:32] The first person to reach whatever winning number you select

[00:03:35] Before the game starts is the champ

[00:03:37] The trivia is so much fun

[00:03:38] And can be played whether you're 8 or 80

[00:03:40] Wow

[00:03:41] They also have an expansion pack

[00:03:42] And a Hanukkah trivia game called Who Knew

[00:03:44] Although I haven't played those yet

[00:03:46] It can be found on Amazon

[00:03:48] Or you can Google

[00:03:49] You will never guess

[00:03:51] Bran, this sounds like a lot of fun

[00:03:53] It does sound like a lot of fun

[00:03:54] I do love some Christmas trivia

[00:03:56] And I might have to pick it up

[00:03:58] And see if

[00:03:58] See what my

[00:03:59] What damage I can do, Scotty

[00:04:01] I feel like this could be

[00:04:02] A good Friday activity for Bramble Fest

[00:04:05] It could be

[00:04:06] Or for a future episode of Christmas morning

[00:04:09] A bonus episode

[00:04:10] We play it and see

[00:04:12] Oh, a bonus with some peep

[00:04:15] We get some guests

[00:04:15] We get some guests

[00:04:16] We see which Christmas podcaster

[00:04:19] Knows the most about Christmas

[00:04:20] You know, we could do our own

[00:04:22] Finding Mr. Christmas

[00:04:23] We could invite some of the Hallmark

[00:04:25] Hall stars that you know

[00:04:27] And we could test their trivia chops live

[00:04:30] And then we just

[00:04:31] And we put Chad from Christmas Cousins

[00:04:33] Oh yeah, absolutely

[00:04:33] Yeah, but he would win

[00:04:34] He's a ringer

[00:04:35] Can't do that

[00:04:35] He's a ringer

[00:04:36] We can't do that

[00:04:37] That's true

[00:04:37] That's true

[00:04:38] You got a joke for us?

[00:04:39] I do

[00:04:41] As I mentioned yesterday

[00:04:42] These are submitted by listeners

[00:04:44] Today's was submitted by Kim Gazarek

[00:04:46] And I have to tell you, Bran

[00:04:48] This one

[00:04:49] She took a picture of the card

[00:04:51] That had this

[00:04:52] I think it might only work in print

[00:04:54] But I'm still gonna try, okay?

[00:04:56] Okay, alright

[00:04:56] Let's give it a shot

[00:04:57] What is the Grinch's secret talent?

[00:05:00] Oh man

[00:05:01] Um

[00:05:02] I have no idea

[00:05:04] He can hula hoop

[00:05:06] It's W-H-O

[00:05:08] Like the Hoos

[00:05:09] Yeah, yeah, I got it

[00:05:10] Yeah

[00:05:10] Now it's very funny in print

[00:05:12] I tried

[00:05:13] I tried my best

[00:05:13] No, you did great

[00:05:14] Okay, thanks

[00:05:15] You did great, Scotty

[00:05:16] Hula hoop

[00:05:16] Hula hoop

[00:05:18] Or you could do

[00:05:19] You could go with

[00:05:20] A Hula

[00:05:21] It all works

[00:05:23] Anything that starts with H

[00:05:24] Anything that

[00:05:25] Yeah, that's exactly right

[00:05:26] Let's see the countdown

[00:05:33] Three days until Christmas

[00:05:40] Three French hens, buddy

[00:05:41] That's nuts

[00:05:42] And yes, I know the 12 days of Christmas is after Christmas

[00:05:46] We're just having fun, everybody

[00:05:48] Three

[00:05:49] Three

[00:05:50] Three

[00:05:51] Three

[00:05:51] Three

[00:05:53] Man, that's crazy

[00:05:54] That's a big one

[00:05:55] I feel like we've run out of things to say about the number of days until Christmas comes

[00:05:59] But three is pretty exciting

[00:06:01] This is that oh no period

[00:06:03] Like when you're remembering the last things you need to do

[00:06:06] I need to pick up some egg nog

[00:06:08] I need to get cinnamon rolls for Christmas morning

[00:06:10] All that kind of stuff, you know?

[00:06:11] Yeah, more than four days of Christmas

[00:06:12] Fair

[00:06:12] A lot of

[00:06:13] It's a lot of panic shopping going on today

[00:06:16] Panic, yes

[00:06:17] The Christmas panic is setting in

[00:06:18] Yes, yes, it absolutely is

[00:06:20] Let's get to the news

[00:06:21] Today is December 22nd

[00:06:28] Here's the news

[00:06:31] Scotty

[00:06:32] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

[00:06:34] In fact

[00:06:35] You know, a week ago

[00:06:38] When the forecast models started to kind of pull in December 25th

[00:06:43] Around then

[00:06:44] I was looking at them and there was like a day where there was a chance that we were getting snow

[00:06:49] And I was like, it could happen

[00:06:50] I don't think it's gonna happen

[00:06:52] But

[00:06:52] Have those hopes been dashed?

[00:06:54] But I do have some information about white Christmases

[00:06:58] One, apparently at least one inch of snow needs to be on the ground on December 5th in order for it to count as a white Christmas

[00:07:07] No, that's bull flop right there

[00:07:08] It doesn't necessarily need to fall on the same day

[00:07:10] Nope

[00:07:11] We've talked about this

[00:07:12] We have a bit of a disagreement

[00:07:13] Although I will say

[00:07:14] At the time when we talked about this

[00:07:16] I think it was like two weeks ago

[00:07:18] I said

[00:07:18] I wanted to be snowing on Christmas

[00:07:20] I think

[00:07:21] If I had snow on the ground on Christmas

[00:07:24] I'd be like

[00:07:24] We have a white Christmas

[00:07:25] It's so rare

[00:07:26] It's so rare

[00:07:27] That's what I said at the time

[00:07:29] Like you would take anything

[00:07:30] And you were being all greedy

[00:07:31] Like I want it

[00:07:32] It's gotta be falling

[00:07:33] Now for me

[00:07:34] I just wanna see it falling from the sky

[00:07:37] I don't care if there's any on the ground

[00:07:38] And I don't care if there's an inch

[00:07:40] That doesn't matter to me

[00:07:41] To each their own

[00:07:42] That's exactly right, Scotty

[00:07:44] And so you might be wondering to yourself

[00:07:46] Self

[00:07:47] What are the odds

[00:07:50] Where I'm living

[00:07:51] That I see a white Christmas

[00:07:52] Well

[00:07:53] Hey, Brian

[00:07:53] What are the odds

[00:07:54] I see one where I'm living

[00:07:56] Thanks for asking

[00:07:57] If you want

[00:07:58] Who the heck was that?

[00:07:59] I don't know

[00:08:00] I like that guy though

[00:08:00] He's fun

[00:08:01] Jerry

[00:08:01] If you want a white Christmas

[00:08:03] In a city setting

[00:08:04] Your best bets historically

[00:08:06] Are Minneapolis

[00:08:08] About a 70% chance

[00:08:10] That you see a white Christmas every year

[00:08:12] Or Burlington, Vermont

[00:08:14] Around a 60-65% chance

[00:08:17] The Chicago City

[00:08:20] Is the

[00:08:21] You know

[00:08:21] When you think of like the big cities

[00:08:23] Chicago's one of those big Christmas cities

[00:08:25] They have a 35-40% chance

[00:08:27] Of seeing a white Christmas each year

[00:08:28] But New York and Philly

[00:08:30] It's pretty low

[00:08:31] Lower than you might think

[00:08:32] The movies lie to you

[00:08:33] A 10-15% chance

[00:08:35] That you will see that snow

[00:08:37] Oh wow

[00:08:38] Might as well go to Miami

[00:08:39] Or Bogota

[00:08:40] Or something

[00:08:40] For that chance

[00:08:41] You might as well

[00:08:42] New York City

[00:08:44] Philly

[00:08:45] And Washington D.C.

[00:08:46] Have not experienced

[00:08:47] A white Christmas

[00:08:49] Since 2009

[00:08:51] Chicago and Minneapolis

[00:08:52] Had a white Christmas

[00:08:54] Back in 2022

[00:08:55] So they've had it

[00:08:56] Very recently

[00:08:56] And us over here

[00:08:58] In the south

[00:08:59] 1% chance

[00:09:00] 1% chance

[00:09:01] So you're saying

[00:09:02] It's not zero

[00:09:03] That's right

[00:09:03] Let me look up

[00:09:05] Let me look up

[00:09:05] Denver real quick

[00:09:06] Let me see what

[00:09:07] Denver has going on

[00:09:08] I would say

[00:09:09] It's about a 60% chance

[00:09:10] I'm guessing

[00:09:11] Maybe 50

[00:09:12] 50 to 60

[00:09:12] Oh no

[00:09:13] Okay

[00:09:13] So the further west

[00:09:15] You go in Colorado

[00:09:16] The better it seems

[00:09:17] I'm east

[00:09:18] Southeast of the city

[00:09:19] Yeah

[00:09:19] So this is

[00:09:20] Looks like more like

[00:09:21] A 50% chance

[00:09:23] Yeah

[00:09:23] I would say

[00:09:23] That sounds about right

[00:09:24] From my experience

[00:09:25] And then obviously

[00:09:25] In the mountains

[00:09:26] Oh yeah

[00:09:27] I forget that

[00:09:27] Yeah

[00:09:28] Easy

[00:09:28] There you go

[00:09:29] But Denver proper

[00:09:30] Is pretty low

[00:09:31] It's like 35 to 40

[00:09:32] Yep

[00:09:32] How about that

[00:09:33] So there you go

[00:09:34] If you want to just

[00:09:35] Obviously

[00:09:36] The forecasts are out

[00:09:37] You could probably

[00:09:38] Have a pretty good idea

[00:09:38] If you really want

[00:09:39] To make it happen

[00:09:39] But if you're looking

[00:09:41] At next year

[00:09:42] Minneapolis

[00:09:42] Might be where

[00:09:43] You might want

[00:09:44] To spend some Christmas

[00:09:44] All right

[00:09:45] Let's go

[00:09:45] Let's go

[00:09:46] Scott let's take

[00:09:48] A quick break

[00:09:48] We'll come back

[00:09:48] We'll get to the TV

[00:09:50] Listings

[00:09:50] And today's

[00:09:51] Christmas music battle

[00:09:51] Here on

[00:09:52] Christmas morning

[00:09:57] Welcome back everybody

[00:09:58] It's time for the

[00:09:59] TV listings of the day

[00:10:01] TV Scotty is here

[00:10:02] To give us the rundown

[00:10:02] Of what we can expect

[00:10:03] To see on TV today

[00:10:04] A lot of goodies

[00:10:05] So TV Scotty

[00:10:06] Take it away

[00:10:06] Here are your

[00:10:07] Christmas TV specials

[00:10:08] For the next two days

[00:10:09] Courtesy of

[00:10:10] MostlyChristmas.com

[00:10:11] Sunday 945 a.m.

[00:10:13] On AMC

[00:10:14] Jack Frost

[00:10:14] From 1979

[00:10:16] 12pm on Hallmark

[00:10:17] Hanukkah on the Rocks

[00:10:18] 12pm on MeTV

[00:10:20] A Very Merry

[00:10:21] Bugs Bunny Christmas

[00:10:22] 12.30pm on NBC

[00:10:24] The Top 12

[00:10:25] Greatest Christmas

[00:10:26] Movies of All Time

[00:10:27] 1pm on Own

[00:10:28] 24 Carat Christmas

[00:10:30] 140pm on Movies

[00:10:32] A Christmas Carol

[00:10:33] From 1951

[00:10:34] 2pm on Turner Classic

[00:10:35] Movies

[00:10:36] The Holly and the Ivy

[00:10:37] 3pm on MTV

[00:10:38] Scrooged

[00:10:39] 3.35pm on Movies

[00:10:41] Mrs. Santa Claus

[00:10:42] 5pm on Up

[00:10:44] A Novel Christmas

[00:10:45] 5.45pm on Turner Classic

[00:10:47] Movies

[00:10:48] The Bells of St. Mary's

[00:10:49] 6pm on Hallmark

[00:10:50] Happy Howl-a-days

[00:10:52] 6pm on Lifetime

[00:10:53] A Carpenter Christmas

[00:10:54] Romance

[00:10:55] 8pm on Lifetime

[00:10:57] Engaged by Christmas

[00:10:58] 8pm on Ovation

[00:10:59] A Holiday Hideout

[00:11:01] 8pm on Turner Classic

[00:11:02] Movies

[00:11:03] Christmas in Connecticut

[00:11:04] 9pm on Fee TV

[00:11:06] It Happened on Fifth Avenue

[00:11:07] 10pm on ABC

[00:11:09] CMA Country Christmas

[00:11:10] And 10pm on Hallmark

[00:11:12] Mysteries

[00:11:12] Trading Up Christmas

[00:11:13] Monday

[00:11:14] 12am on Ovation

[00:11:15] A Holiday Hideout

[00:11:16] 12am on Up

[00:11:18] North by North Pole

[00:11:19] A Dial S Mystery

[00:11:21] 1201am on Lifetime

[00:11:23] Engaged by Christmas

[00:11:24] 1am on Comedy Central

[00:11:26] South Park

[00:11:27] Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics

[00:11:29] 130am on Comedy Central

[00:11:31] South Park

[00:11:31] A Very Crappy Christmas

[00:11:33] 330am on AMC

[00:11:35] Prancer

[00:11:35] 12pm on Hallmark

[00:11:37] Mysteries

[00:11:37] 5 Gold Rings

[00:11:38] 4pm on Hallmark

[00:11:40] Private Princess Christmas

[00:11:41] 4.30pm on Cozy

[00:11:43] Married with Children

[00:11:44] It's Abundiful Life

[00:11:45] Part 1

[00:11:46] And 5pm on Cozy

[00:11:47] Married with Children

[00:11:48] It's Abundiful Life

[00:11:50] Part 2

[00:11:50] And finally

[00:11:51] 10pm on TNT

[00:11:52] Office Christmas Party

[00:11:54] And those are

[00:11:55] your Christmas TV specials

[00:11:56] for the next two days

[00:11:57] courtesy of

[00:11:57] MostlyChristmas.com

[00:11:59] Thank you TV Scotty

[00:12:00] It is Sunday

[00:12:01] It is a Christmas music battle

[00:12:03] This is a free for all

[00:12:05] today Scotty

[00:12:05] We can bring whatever

[00:12:06] we wanted to

[00:12:07] We gave ourselves no limitations

[00:12:09] And so let's see what we got

[00:12:11] Hopefully

[00:12:11] Surely it's two of the best

[00:12:13] If we have no limitations

[00:12:14] Surely it's two of the best songs

[00:12:17] you'll ever hear

[00:12:18] I don't think that's the case today

[00:12:20] Let's find out

[00:12:21] Up first we have

[00:12:22] I Saw Three Ships

[00:12:24] by Twelfth Tide Trio

[00:12:26] All three ships come sailing in

[00:12:47] On Christmas Day

[00:12:48] On Christmas Day

[00:12:50] Saw three ships come sailing in

[00:12:52] On Christmas Day

[00:12:53] In the morning

[00:12:54] And what was in those ships

[00:12:56] Saw three on Christmas Day

[00:12:58] On Christmas Day

[00:12:59] What was in those ships

[00:13:01] Saw three on Christmas Day

[00:13:03] In the morning

[00:13:04] Jesus Christ and His Lady

[00:13:06] On Christmas Day

[00:13:08] On Christmas Day

[00:13:09] Jesus Christ and His Lady

[00:13:11] On Christmas Day

[00:13:12] In the morning

[00:13:24] I like that song, Brian

[00:13:26] I like Three Ships

[00:13:27] I like it too

[00:13:29] I think it's an underrated Christmas tune

[00:13:31] I think so too

[00:13:32] Up next we have

[00:13:33] I Want a Hippopotamus 2

[00:13:35] Like T-O-O

[00:13:36] Not the number two

[00:13:37] By the Aquabats

[00:13:39] I want a hippopotamus

[00:13:42] For Christmas too

[00:13:44] If you get one

[00:13:45] I should get one too

[00:13:48] I never

[00:13:52] To have an exclusive hippo

[00:13:54] That I wouldn't have to share

[00:13:56] I want a hippopotamus

[00:13:58] For Christmas too

[00:14:00] Hey Santa Claus

[00:14:01] Now what are you gonna do

[00:14:04] We both know that

[00:14:08] Santa's out here giving people

[00:14:12] I can see me

[00:14:13] Merry Christmas too

[00:14:43] Well that was something, Brian

[00:14:45] I can see why it had to wait

[00:14:48] For the exhibition

[00:14:48] Free for All Day

[00:14:49] It's a random

[00:14:50] It's a random one

[00:14:51] Random boy

[00:14:52] I don't even know

[00:14:53] What you call that

[00:14:53] Is that a cover

[00:14:55] Or is it original

[00:14:56] It truly is kind of

[00:14:57] It's own thing

[00:14:58] Is it a parody

[00:14:58] I have no idea

[00:15:00] It's it's own thing

[00:15:01] So there you go

[00:15:02] Two songs that you can battle

[00:15:03] Right now

[00:15:04] Link is in the description

[00:15:05] Please vote, vote, vote

[00:15:07] Like we'll be live

[00:15:08] Until New Year's Eve

[00:15:09] At midnight

[00:15:10] Scotty, we did it

[00:15:11] Only three more days

[00:15:12] Until Christmas

[00:15:13] Only three more episodes

[00:15:14] For us in 2024

[00:15:16] Let's close it out good, okay

[00:15:18] Let's do it

[00:15:19] We'll be back tomorrow

[00:15:19] With another one

[00:15:20] Until then

[00:15:20] Merry Christmas

[00:15:31] You're about to hear some ads

[00:15:33] That help pay for our trip

[00:15:34] Back and forth to the North Pole

[00:15:35] Feel free to listen

[00:15:36] Feel free to bail now

[00:15:38] But either way

[00:15:39] Thanks for being here

[00:15:40] Ho ho ho

[00:15:41] Whoa.