32 weeks / 224 days until Christmas! (Instrumental Christmas 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

[00:00:24] Bran and Scott

[00:00:34] Wow

[00:00:36] Hello everybody, it's another episode of Christmas morning. I'm your good friend Bran. I'm here with my good friend Scott Scott

[00:00:43] Merry Christmas, buddy

[00:00:45] Merry Christmas Brandon. How are you doing? Great? We're smack-dab in the middle of May Scott and I gotta be honest

[00:00:53] Some people might think that May is tough. It's hard to get through May I say not for me because I

[00:01:01] Finally got invited on the Christmas cousins podcast. Oh you did

[00:01:05] I know it's it's a big deal for me and I'm just so happy that I finally got to be on that show

[00:01:12] It's a great one and I know you've been on it and so many of our friends have been on it

[00:01:16] And so finally I get the invite after all the other good people have have been on the show

[00:01:21] There's finally finally time for me. I don't mean to take anything away from you, but I've been on there several times

[00:01:26] So it's proof that they'll take just about anybody

[00:01:29] So it probably an oversight that they hadn't had you on yet

[00:01:33] I think it's uh, it's just what I needed though for the middle of May

[00:01:36] And so I think if you enjoy us and enjoy the show you'll enjoy that show

[00:01:41] So go give it a listen, you know why the middle of May is a good time. Why is that because it's my birthday week Wow

[00:01:48] Happy

[00:01:50] Saturday the 18th don't go using that to steal my identity, but it's also Alonzo Duraldi's birthday

[00:01:55] Is that all that I would need to seal? That's my understanding. Yes

[00:01:58] Don't don't give out your birthday. All you need is someone's birthday and you can steal their identity. That's right

[00:02:02] You heard it here first. Well, happy early birthday to you and

[00:02:06] Even though it is not this coming Saturday next Saturday Scotty

[00:02:10] We'll already be the 25th Wow, and it'll be time for another Christmas party. So please please please please submit some stuff

[00:02:18] We would love to hear from you and what you're doing to

[00:02:21] Stay in the Christmas spirit here in the middle of May that would make us happy

[00:02:25] And so lots to look forward to between between the Christmas cousins podcast

[00:02:30] Scott and Alonzo's birthday and a and a and a Christmas party episode coming up. Yeah, you're pretty well covered

[00:02:36] I think I think so. Yeah, uh, you know what wouldn't hurt though mailbag mailbag

[00:02:47] Okay, I've been holding on to this email for a few weeks but you're gonna be pretty excited about it are you ready?

[00:02:53] Okay, this is from the band a little red ambulance. Yes, they say Scotty Brandon Jacks

[00:02:59] This is in response to last month's Christmas party episode. What an episode we totally loved being featured

[00:03:05] Thank you. Let's collab. Let us know if you have any ideas, of course you very cleverly and

[00:03:12] Manipulatively Volin told us live on air to pull together a new theme song

[00:03:17] Don't worry fills already 50% there with the lyrics

[00:03:21] But he needs to work with Dave on the tune before hopefully being able to record it and let Lloyd loose on the production

[00:03:26] We love the idea and it's a challenge. We will keep you updated

[00:03:30] Dave's made great ground this week sowing the seeds for Christmas song number 12 for us

[00:03:35] So we'll be setting a date for the studio soon

[00:03:37] And we're also up to our necks in the thick of the run-up to the release of the very special non Christmas

[00:03:43] Sorry tune that is pretty emotive. But hey bramble fast sometime in the future never say never

[00:03:49] We'd like to know more and look forward to hearing about this year's event when you get there

[00:03:54] We are really grateful for the love a little red ambulance. Isn't that nice brand about that?

[00:03:59] It sounds like we might have a new theme song for this season. That's exciting

[00:04:03] That could be very exciting

[00:04:06] I tell you what when you you know, you've arrived when the little red ambulance is making your theme song for you Scotty

[00:04:12] Yeah, that's pretty cool right there. So I was very happy to hear from them

[00:04:15] I also want to give an update on mug may mug may has been going great. By the way, I've been following along

[00:04:21] Yeah mug may is a lot of work because I have to set a reminder every day to post another picture and here's the thing

[00:04:27] Brian it's inspired more people to keep sending in their photos this thing may go into mug June

[00:04:32] I don't know

[00:04:35] Wow

[00:04:36] Maybe we just become a mug

[00:04:39] That's right if we could just figure out how to monetize this

[00:04:43] Only Christmas mugs. We've gotten some great pictures. We even one person even said I don't use mugs, but I use Christmas dishes

[00:04:52] Allow it, you know, I don't I don't know what to call it

[00:04:54] It's a lot of work, but I'm happy to do it for dish December Scottie this December. That's right

[00:05:00] How are we doing in the review department?

[00:05:02] We're right where we were last week in the week before that. We're at 247 nothing new. I do have another

[00:05:09] International review that I was able to dig up Scottie. So at least we have something to read

[00:05:13] Okay, this is from hashtag Jaina with a smiley face emoji from Canada. That says love Christmas

[00:05:21] I think that you are the best Christmas podcast I ever seen slash

[00:05:28] Listen little smiley face emoji Santa emoji Christmas tree emoji mrs. Claus emoji

[00:05:32] You sound like Siri reading a message to me with all the emojis

[00:05:36] How about that the best Christmas podcast I ever seen slash listen, that's high praise right there

[00:05:42] There are a lot of wonderful Christmas podcasts out there and I'm honored that somebody thinks that we're the best in their feed

[00:05:48] I'm not sure how they have seen us though. I did the scene part of the scene slash listen makes me a little concerned

[00:05:55] Well, that's okay

[00:05:56] Maybe they're hanging out at the store and watching to see what we buy

[00:05:59] It's one of the elves the elves could have left a review. Oh, it could be a Jana the elf

[00:06:03] Could be Jana the elf. I know I know that person. Yeah joke for us by chance. I

[00:06:08] Do have a good joke now. I'm sitting on one more listener supply joke

[00:06:12] But I'm gonna hold that one until probably next week. I feel like I can't use them up all at once

[00:06:17] I don't know. I'm feeling like I have to be stingy with them. So I have one from the joke book. Are you ready?

[00:06:22] I'm ready. What do you call Santa when he loses his underwear?

[00:06:27] Under naked without a claw no st. Nickerless

[00:06:34] Boy I gotta be honest kudos to you. I wouldn't have been bold enough to try that one. I would be worried

[00:06:41] Really? Well done. Well spoken by you and good job all around by everybody. Well, thank you. I practiced with my cat pumpkin

[00:06:48] She agreed that I had the inflection exactly right Nickerless. You did great job gonna be quick with it

[00:06:53] Yeah, gotta be quick with it. Beautiful. Well done Scott. Thank you. You want a countdown always?

[00:07:08] To 24

[00:07:11] 24 yeah, I like the sound of

[00:07:14] 224 days I'm excited about that only 32 weeks

[00:07:17] That's what I'm starting to see on Instagram more Christmas past the official

[00:07:21] I don't know the Christmas past official whatever the the Instagram account is. They've got some beautiful graphics

[00:07:26] They're putting up every week and every week

[00:07:28] I see it and the numbers ticking down obviously because that's how time works

[00:07:31] But it's getting me really excited and I think we're starting to hit that tipping point where it feels like it's closer

[00:07:39] Than it's not. I don't know how to say that exactly right, but I'm getting pretty darn excited about it

[00:07:46] Me too, I'm thrilled I

[00:07:49] It's just gonna but we're gonna be a going daily before you know it Scottie before we know it. I should also mention

[00:07:54] It's only 139 days until October 1st

[00:08:00] 19 weeks so what I hear you saying is that we're gonna go daily starting October 1st this year. Absolutely not

[00:08:05] No, thank just think about it. November

[00:08:09] November first just think about this thing up. No, no, just think about it

[00:08:13] No, no, no people don't want that much Scotty and Brandon. How many emails do we?

[00:08:18] Know I'm not committing to anything every single person on earth could email me and I'm not committing to anything

[00:08:23] Why don't we do the news? Oh, I hear Larry the elf. He's at the door

[00:08:33] Today is May 15th. Here's the news

[00:08:38] Start October 1st. No Wow another one for you. All right, Scotty

[00:08:44] I'm gonna need you to take off your earphones for this one. I don't hear your thoughts. I don't want to hear any

[00:08:50] sounds no moaning

[00:08:53] from Scotty

[00:08:55] Lacey Chabert is taking the leap to Netflix folks

[00:09:03] That she is gonna be starring in a movie called a hot frosty a holiday rom-com

[00:09:10] Oh my gosh, I have the vapors starring all sorts of different people

[00:09:14] But here's it is written by Russell a hain line who wrote the Santa summit one of my favorites from last year on Hallmark

[00:09:22] Sounds very funny

[00:09:23] The film picks up with Kathy two years after losing her husband as she magically brings a handsome snowman to life

[00:09:30] through the naivete

[00:09:32] The snowman helps Kathy to laugh feel and love again as the two fall for each other just in time for the holidays

[00:09:40] and

[00:09:41] before he melts

[00:09:43] Sounds like there's a little red ambulance song

[00:09:47] For this movie already out there in the ethers hot frosty. Yeah hot fro- hot frosty

[00:09:54] It sounds like it's a lot of fun what this means for

[00:09:58] Lacey Chabert and Hallmark moving forward. I don't know

[00:10:02] It is the first that I've seen of her trying to go anywhere else in quite some time

[00:10:09] And so this is a big move. I will say for what it's worth

[00:10:12] I don't have any insider information here, but she did post about it on her social media and in the comments on Instagram

[00:10:19] I spied a few folks that that are from Hallmark proper, you know higher-ups that were saying congrats

[00:10:27] This is amazing. So maybe they have not cut ties

[00:10:31] Maybe they will continue their relationship and this was just too good of an opportunity to pass up

[00:10:36] whatever the case may be hot frosty coming to a Netflix near you this holiday season and

[00:10:43] Unless you're Scott you're not allowed

[00:10:45] I like this all joking aside because I like the idea of the the absurdist element to it

[00:10:51] I'm definitely not into bummer Christmas movies

[00:10:54] I like Nikki Delos as an actress, but she's always in those bummer roles. I don't want anything to do with those

[00:10:59] I still have not seen that movie with Eddie Murphy where all the things come alive

[00:11:03] But this gives me that same same kind of feel like wait a minute

[00:11:07] This stuff isn't supposed to be live and that really piques my interest. I want to check this out and obviously Lacey Chabert

[00:11:15] Very intrigued by this movie and I think it sounds like a lot of fun

[00:11:19] Of course we'll be covering it this holiday season over on deck that a deck the Hallmark and so

[00:11:25] Stay tuned for more information as we get it for hot frosty. Maybe I could guest chair on that episode

[00:11:30] I've I've just gotten word. I don't know. No, they said no

[00:11:35] Nothing you can do a quick break Scotty and we'll come back

[00:11:38] We'll find out if there's anything on the TV's over the next couple days

[00:11:41] And of course get to the Christmas music battle here on Christmas morning

[00:11:49] Welcome back everybody TV Scotty is in the house

[00:11:53] Looks like he got some a good bit of listings to get through today TV Scotty

[00:11:59] Oh my goodness brand little quick insider information on this one

[00:12:03] so I told you I wrote a program that goes to mostly Christmas comm and puts these all together for me because otherwise the

[00:12:09] Copying and pasting and formatting is a bunch of work

[00:12:11] Well, it turns out my script has been broken for weeks

[00:12:14] And I've only been getting like half the listings and it took me about an hour and a half to fix it last night as

[00:12:19] I was trying to do the show notes for this episode and I didn't need that not not late at night, but I persevered

[00:12:26] The irony is we still have about the same amount of listings

[00:12:29] But we would have had many many less had I not fixed it. So we're in good shape here

[00:12:33] Listen, not all heroes wear capes some right that's right that break and then you got to fix them

[00:12:38] Yeah, broken code is the story of my professional life

[00:12:40] So here are the Christmas TV specials for the next couple of days courtesy of mostly Christmas comm Wednesday 11 a.m

[00:12:47] On Hallmark mysteries monk. Mr. Monk in the secret Santa 5 p.m

[00:12:51] On Paramount two and a half men Santa's village of the damned 8 30 p.m

[00:12:54] On decades all in the family the bunkers go west

[00:12:57] There's a new one and 9 p.m. On up last man standing wedding planning Thursday 1 30 a.m. On cozy the nanny

[00:13:05] The Hanukkah story boy, I couldn't deal with that at 1 30 in the morning

[00:13:09] 430 a.m

[00:13:10] On Nick at night Mike and Molly tis the season to be Molly 12 p.m

[00:13:14] On logo threes company threes Christmas 2 p.m. On Hallmark family little house on the prairie

[00:13:20] Christmas at Plum Creek 3 p.m

[00:13:22] On Hallmark mysteries a little Christmas charm 4 p.m

[00:13:25] On Paramount two and a half men give Santa a tail hole. Oh, that's filthy

[00:13:29] 4 30 p.m

[00:13:30] On ovation midsummer murders ghosts of Christmas past 5 p.m

[00:13:34] On Hallmark mysteries project Christmas wish 7 p.m

[00:13:37] On Hallmark mysteries time for them to come home for Christmas and 9 p.m

[00:13:41] On Hallmark mysteries a season for family. I just want to pipe in I'm sorry for being a little late on the snore there

[00:13:46] I was too busy looking ahead at four

[00:13:50] Hallmark Christmas movies playing on Hallmark mysteries this Thursday three five seven and that's a Thursday

[00:13:56] That's not not four in a row. They usually have one

[00:14:01] Well, maybe we're heading toward that dream of ours where the channel just becomes the Hallmark Christmas. You just keep adding one more

[00:14:08] That's right, that's right. It's like the heat in the water while the toads in it finally Friday 3 a.m

[00:14:13] On Hallmark family, dr. Quinn medicine woman Mike's dream a Christmas tale 9 a.m

[00:14:17] On Hallmark family highway to heaven Merry Christmas from grandpa 1130 a.m

[00:14:22] On antenna hazel just 86 shopping minutes till Christmas 1 p.m

[00:14:26] On bounce in the heat of the night. My name is Hank 3 p.m

[00:14:29] On BET Tyler Perry's a Madea Christmas 7 p.m

[00:14:32] On Hallmark a royal Christmas crush 7 30 p.m

[00:14:35] on inspiration gunsmoke

[00:14:36] Magnus 9 p.m

[00:14:38] On Hallmark family the Waltons homecoming and finally 9 p.m

[00:14:41] On Hallmark time for us to come home for Christmas

[00:14:44] And those are your Christmas TV specials for the next couple of days courtesy of mostly Christmas comm it is time for the Christmas

[00:14:51] music battle

[00:14:54] Let's get to the results

[00:14:57] It last place is jing jingling by the Christmas cards with only

[00:15:04] 19.6% of the vote

[00:15:05] I'm not surprised it just came last place. I don't think you are either Scotty. Yeah, I thought it was a good song

[00:15:11] That's a nice little tune

[00:15:12] in second place losing by only one vote

[00:15:17] It's my song Christmas sandwich by winter ball. Come on one vote

[00:15:22] I was really surprised as well. I call shenanigans Scotty. Well, what does that mean Brandon? It means that you're the winner

[00:15:30] one more vote

[00:15:34] Jenny don'ts and disperse you gotta admit this is a good song though, right?

[00:15:39] Christmas sandwich Scotty

[00:15:42] The thing about Christmas sandwich is it feels like a novelty song because it's about a sandwich

[00:15:48] And

[00:15:49] So I can see why this one not eeked out a win what song way if you had to pick one to listen to Scotty

[00:15:55] Which one are you picking? Oh, it would be this one. It's a nice little tune all day every day twice on Sunday

[00:16:00] I like that song the Christmas card song was brought to us by listener Brad Adams. Thank you Brad. Sorry Brad

[00:16:06] tough week

[00:16:07] Let's get to this week's

[00:16:10] Instrumental song battle. It's always a good time and we have a first it appears. I'll get to that in a cell. Yes

[00:16:15] But Scotty you got some trivia for us, I guess just generic trivia generic trivia

[00:16:21] Yeah, that's that's a great name for this segment really draws the people in generic

[00:16:26] Generic trivia that no one asked for it. What's alright, so I thought of this one as well

[00:16:30] I'm running out of sites that give me just interesting facts about them. So now I have to come up with them on my own

[00:16:36] So here we go Bing Crosby's white Christmas is the best-selling Christmas song on record

[00:16:42] But Elvis Presley's

[00:16:44] 1957 album Elvis's Christmas album is the best-selling Christmas album of all time

[00:16:49] It contains Elvis's iconic version of blue Christmas so far. It is sold

[00:16:55] 20 some odd million copies, but you might be asking brand. Well, who's the second and third and fourth?

[00:17:01] There's a second third and fourth

[00:17:02] Yeah, thanks Kenny G is the second on the list at 7 million albums followed by Nat King Cole and Mannheim steamroller

[00:17:08] So I thought that was kind of neat

[00:17:10] We obviously knew that white Christmas was the best-selling Christmas song

[00:17:13] But I didn't know that Elvis's album was the best-selling album. I did not know that either

[00:17:18] Unpopular opinion here. I don't think it's that great

[00:17:21] I would second that and it's not even really that close 20 million and then Kenny G with 7 million

[00:17:27] I would much rather listen to the Kenny G Christmas albums or Mannheim steamroller. It's not even close with the

[00:17:34] Records. Yeah, no, not even close. Yeah, I think I think his record is safe

[00:17:38] Let's get to this week's battle instrumental. I mentioned that this is a first

[00:17:43] Because we have two songs from the same

[00:17:47] Artist, yeah, so it's allowed. It's not the same song. It is allowed. It is allowed

[00:17:53] It is allowed there from the same album too. That's the funny album, I guess I guess so good

[00:17:58] So let's start with the one that's not by Pat Stosser

[00:18:02] Here is sleigh ride dub by Mato versus Santa Claus

[00:18:07] The song

[00:19:12] Sleigh ride dub I was prepared for some dubstep

[00:19:16] I was too, but that's not what we got, but I like what we got

[00:19:20] It was a fun like reggae inspired kind of thing. It is very fair. It is very fun

[00:19:26] Alright, it's time for the double feature of Pat Stosser an artist

[00:19:30] I I don't think we've ever had Pat Stosser before now

[00:19:34] We've got double Pat Stosser this week, which is just good week for Pat Stosser

[00:19:37] Pat Stosser is gonna be looking at the band cam and just being like what is going on this week. Yeah. Hi Pat

[00:19:44] Up first is Oh come Emmanuel by Pat Stosser

[00:19:48] All right, I gotta admit. I really like that one. I like that too. That's pretty fun

[00:20:55] I wonder if we'll get more of the same here. We'll find out this is do you hear what I hear also by Pat Stosser?

[00:21:01] Brain that was a good song, but I got to be honest. I liked it better when that band was called Banheim steamroller. Oh

[00:22:15] Come on

[00:22:17] Christmas Scotty. Hey, I guess what is it?

[00:22:21] Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Well, they've done it. I like it

[00:22:26] I like and I gotta be honest. I am gonna go and download Pat Stosser's entire album sounds

[00:22:31] I I really liked it. Even if it sounds like Banheim steamroller

[00:22:36] I love Manheim steamroller and that's a little bit contentious

[00:22:39] I know not everybody does my buddy thinks that Manheim steamroller is the scourge of the earth and I okay Chad

[00:22:46] I feel the same way about Manheim steamroller that I feel about Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I like the hits but I

[00:22:54] Don't like the albums. Oh, I love the albums really

[00:22:57] I don't know. I just kind of get lost there and I'm just like just do the thing like do the one good one

[00:23:02] It's a sonic tapestry, which is largely the same

[00:23:05] I agree on that one there and it it's hard to differentiate the songs from each other

[00:23:09] But man, there's a Manheim steamroller live album that I really like

[00:23:13] Is there a bigger bait-and-switch than Trans-Siberian Orchestra? No, I don't think so. I'm not a fan of

[00:23:19] I don't think it exists you listen to the carol of the bells

[00:23:23] You're like this is awesome. And then you put on the album and it's like a rock opera and you're like what's happening?

[00:23:29] Yeah, yeah, it does feel like some kind of 70s rock opera album great live live show though. You saw it great use of lasers

[00:23:35] Yeah, oh, you gotta have the lasers at Christmas, but it is very similar

[00:23:39] You're sitting there and you're watching the laser and you're like, this is great

[00:23:42] But you know, it would be better carol the bells

[00:23:46] They have the nerve to call it Christmas Eve Sarajevo or whatever as if we don't know it's carol of the bells

[00:23:52] Yeah, very very weird. I want to mention that we got listener submissions this week from drew basic tia king and lance garmin

[00:23:58] Thank you all for submitting. Absolutely

[00:24:01] You can vote right now link is in the description. We've done our originals song battle. We've done our instrumental battle

[00:24:07] So we are back to picking songs from the old catalog Scotty. I believe it's your turn

[00:24:12] And do you have one that you would like us to do this week? Yeah, I feel like I have to redeem myself after that

[00:24:17] Horrible horrible. What was that thing that happened that jingling man? That was bad

[00:24:21] I'm still reeling from that one bad

[00:24:24] So I'm going to go with one of the backlog items rather that way if it sucks, it's not my fault

[00:24:29] Oh, I like what you're doing here like a like a true leader

[00:24:32] We're gonna go with snow miser heat miser as suggested by listener Lance Garmin. Okay

[00:24:37] I remember going to band camp and seeing a lot of choices for this one

[00:24:41] but I think the one catch is how you type that in because I

[00:24:46] Searched it as snow miser slash heat miser

[00:24:49] So, I don't know just search heat miser search snow miser search different things use your creativity

[00:24:55] Yeah, I think that either one will work like they're technically two different songs

[00:25:00] Just to the same melody

[00:25:02] So I imagine that there's some that just do the snow miser some that just see the heat miser and we're saying it's a all-play

[00:25:08] Here, it's all good anything as long as it's miser ish miser ish. That's right fair enough

[00:25:14] Scotty this was so much fun per usual and guess what we get to do it again next week twice

[00:25:19] Oh brand put out the call though

[00:25:21] We've got to get some content in for the Christmas party episode because we've got nothing right now

[00:25:27] We got nothing I got nothing. I might have an email or a straight email or two, but please we really need your contributions

[00:25:34] Tell us of a good cookie to make in May tell us what you do to keep the Christmas spirit alive

[00:25:40] Whatever you want to do. We want to hear from you. Tell us what you did last year. Let's let's walk down memory lane

[00:25:46] I'm fine with that. It doesn't have to be up to date. Tell us what you did. That's fun

[00:25:50] What was your best Christmas ever? What was your worst Christmas ever? We want to hear it all

[00:25:55] Oh, yeah, I would love some worst Christmas ever ones as long as it ends up happy

[00:25:59] We don't want like dead grandma or something. But otherwise, yes

[00:26:02] So, please send that in that is coming up next week. It's gonna be here before you know it Scotty

[00:26:07] Always good to hear your voice and of course see your face here in the North Pole YouTube bud until next week. Merry Christmas

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[00:26:32] Oh