34 days until Christmas! ("Little Saint Nick" Song Battle)

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

[00:00:12] It's the Christmas Morning Podcast, everyone join if you can

[00:00:18] Christmas greatest fans, Scott and Brent, here for you and me

[00:00:26] Welcome everybody to another episode of Christmas Morning. It's Thursday, it's November 21st. I'm Brandon and I am here with Scott. Scott, Merry Christmas.

[00:00:35] Merry Christmas, Brandon. I got a question for you today. What's that?

[00:00:39] Do you eat before you come up to the North Pole every day?

[00:00:42] No, I don't and I regret it every time to be honest with you.

[00:00:46] The food up here, not so good. Did you know elves eat kibble?

[00:00:50] No, the problem is the time that we start, I'm not hungry but by the time we're done, I'm very hungry.

[00:00:59] I got real bad news for you. The mailbag is full of food-related emails today.

[00:01:05] This couldn't come at a worse time. Let's do it.

[00:01:08] Alright, let's get through it.

[00:01:09] Letters, we get letters. We get stacks and stacks of letters.

[00:01:16] Eat kibble?

[00:01:17] Yeah, it's like dog food but elf food. The first email today is from Kent.

[00:01:22] It's four elves though, right? They're not eating dog food.

[00:01:24] They're not eating actual dog food. It's elf food but it's not good for humans.

[00:01:30] Okay, so the first email is from Ken. Ken is from the Chris Mawin YouTube channel.

[00:01:34] Ken says, hi guys.

[00:01:35] Yes, hello.

[00:01:36] After listening to you talk about Tony's gingerbread chocolate that you hang on the tree,

[00:01:41] I went to Aldi's food shopping and they had their Santas and ornaments that come in a bag, so I grabbed them.

[00:01:47] Unfortunately, the ride home was 30 plus minutes because of traffic and they didn't make it all the way.

[00:01:51] They were delicious but I never got to find out how long they would last hanging on the tree.

[00:01:55] Oh well, I will try again next week.

[00:01:58] And perk your ears up. The P.S. he added is very exciting.

[00:02:02] He said, P.S. Starbucks has the Tony's chocolate trees.

[00:02:05] Do they have the trees that we were looking at, Brian, with the really cool shapes on them?

[00:02:10] I don't know, but do they?

[00:02:12] I'm looking into this.

[00:02:13] Okay, Christmas morning people unite.

[00:02:15] If you have seen the Tony's chocolate trees that you can hang on the tree at Starbucks, please write in.

[00:02:22] Christmasmorningpodcast at gmail.com.

[00:02:23] We would love to know.

[00:02:25] Select.

[00:02:26] Yeah.

[00:02:28] Sorry, I've gone down a bit of a rabbit trail here.

[00:02:31] No, no.

[00:02:31] We've put it out to the people.

[00:02:33] We'll solve this, Brian.

[00:02:34] Okay, okay.

[00:02:34] Okay.

[00:02:35] I did Google it, and it does say that apparently there was some sort of purchase.

[00:02:40] One of the CEOs, I don't think it's the current CEO, but he purchased a 2% stake in Tony's chocolate.

[00:02:46] So I believe that may be why we're beginning to see Tony's chocolate in Starbucks, even though that CEO is no longer with the business.

[00:02:54] Well, I hope that's the case because I would love to pick one up.

[00:02:56] Me too.

[00:02:56] All right.

[00:02:57] The other email is from Adam Parker.

[00:02:58] And Adam is from the Merry Britsmas podcast.

[00:03:01] He was on a Tinseltoons episode with me earlier this summer.

[00:03:04] Check it out.

[00:03:05] He says, hey, guys, listening to you eat some British food this morning, the Cadbury Christmas puds are amazing.

[00:03:10] But did I just hear someone eat a Christmas pudding without steaming or microwaving?

[00:03:15] Oh.

[00:03:16] If so, that is not the way to eat it.

[00:03:19] Ideally, it's steamed with either custard or ice cream for a balance of flavors and heat.

[00:03:25] Just a bit of British advice, cheers, and keep up the jolly vibes.

[00:03:29] Okay, Brian, I told you that I had tried the pudding and didn't like it.

[00:03:32] You tried the pudding, didn't like it.

[00:03:36] Brian tried the pudding.

[00:03:37] We know he didn't like it, but he was nice about it.

[00:03:39] He wasn't nice about it.

[00:03:40] We all ate it cold.

[00:03:41] We did it wrong.

[00:03:42] I didn't know.

[00:03:43] I didn't either.

[00:03:44] So I opened up the box of half the goodies that Jill and Xavier sent that you sent to me.

[00:03:50] And I looked at the side of it.

[00:03:51] It indeed says to heat it up.

[00:03:54] So later in December, I am going to do that and I will provide a full report.

[00:04:01] Okay?

[00:04:02] Oh, poor Brian.

[00:04:03] We didn't read.

[00:04:04] We didn't read.

[00:04:05] And so in our defense, we don't do that over here.

[00:04:09] Yeah, that's true.

[00:04:10] The food comes and I expect to be able to eat it.

[00:04:14] Exactly.

[00:04:15] If food came out of, on a conveyor belt trough, I would eat from that.

[00:04:19] So we didn't have time to be right.

[00:04:21] Ain't nobody got time for that.

[00:04:22] Well, I'll get back to you on the, the heated up Christmas pudding.

[00:04:26] Okay.

[00:04:27] Steamed.

[00:04:28] Come on guys.

[00:04:29] It's a snack.

[00:04:30] It seems like this is a full-time job.

[00:04:32] I'm going to microwave mine, but it should be better.

[00:04:36] How about that?

[00:04:36] And you know what?

[00:04:37] You know, it might be really good on it though.

[00:04:38] Eggnog ice cream.

[00:04:40] Sure.

[00:04:40] That could be, Hey, why don't we just go do that now?

[00:04:43] Okay.

[00:04:44] All right guys, we'll be back tomorrow.

[00:04:46] Merry Christmas.

[00:04:47] No, no, no, no.

[00:04:49] So that's our emails for today.

[00:04:51] You know what doesn't take any explanation that came in the box from Jill and Xavier is,

[00:04:56] is the joke.

[00:04:58] That box of jokes.

[00:04:59] And that's an easy crack open and read situation.

[00:05:02] You don't got to steam these jokes.

[00:05:03] No, you don't.

[00:05:04] Have we tried though?

[00:05:05] They might be better.

[00:05:06] All right.

[00:05:07] Are you ready for it?

[00:05:08] I'm ready.

[00:05:08] What do you get when you cross a snowman with a baker?

[00:05:12] A snowman and a baker?

[00:05:14] Mm-hmm.

[00:05:15] I don't know.

[00:05:16] Frosty the Dough Man.

[00:05:17] Waka, waka.

[00:05:20] That's bad.

[00:05:23] That's tough.

[00:05:24] That's a tough one.

[00:05:25] Boy, we really tried on that one.

[00:05:26] We tried to sell it as hard as we could.

[00:05:28] But I guess, I guess we'll go do the countdown.

[00:05:30] Yeah, I love it.

[00:05:36] 34 days until Christmas.

[00:05:41] 34?

[00:05:42] Crazy.

[00:05:43] Feels like it was just 35.

[00:05:45] I know.

[00:05:45] It's crazy how that works.

[00:05:48] 34.

[00:05:48] You know why I like 34, Brad?

[00:05:50] Why?

[00:05:51] This is for all the homeschool kids.

[00:05:53] It's 17 times two.

[00:05:54] Okay.

[00:05:55] There you go.

[00:05:55] Wow.

[00:05:55] Look at you.

[00:05:56] Mm-hmm.

[00:05:57] How about that?

[00:05:57] What's your math lesson for today?

[00:05:58] You know what I'm excited about?

[00:06:00] What?

[00:06:00] And again, I'm taking it one day at a time.

[00:06:02] But next week is going to be a pretty big week.

[00:06:04] Yeah.

[00:06:05] When we hit the 20s?

[00:06:06] Yeah.

[00:06:07] Good golly.

[00:06:08] I can't even think about it.

[00:06:09] Can't think about that yet.

[00:06:10] No, no, no.

[00:06:11] I don't want to do it.

[00:06:12] Let's just stop right there.

[00:06:13] Stop thinking about it and get into the news.

[00:06:15] Let's do it.

[00:06:22] Today is Thursday, November 21st.

[00:06:26] Here's the news.

[00:06:29] It has been a big year, I think, for the Kelsey family.

[00:06:33] You know, you know you're Travis and you're whatnot.

[00:06:35] But here's what I'm going to do.

[00:06:37] We're not going to talk about Travis today.

[00:06:39] We're going to talk about Jason.

[00:06:40] Oh, thank goodness.

[00:06:40] Kelsey.

[00:06:41] Some are saying the superior Kelsey.

[00:06:43] Why is that, you might be wondering?

[00:06:45] I'm not.

[00:06:45] Because something that has happened over the past few years

[00:06:51] that we've actually talked about on their show before

[00:06:54] is a Philly special Christmas.

[00:06:57] An album that members of the Philadelphia Eagles put out

[00:07:03] and it actually was surprisingly good.

[00:07:06] Oh, I remember that.

[00:07:07] And that came out, I think, two or three years ago.

[00:07:10] And since then, they've updated it with a song or two.

[00:07:13] This year, they are putting out another single.

[00:07:17] And this is a fun one.

[00:07:18] It is a collaboration between Jason Kelsey and Stevie Nicks.

[00:07:23] Wow.

[00:07:24] Stevie Nicks.

[00:07:26] And I've heard the song.

[00:07:29] It is wonderful.

[00:07:31] And a real nice listen.

[00:07:33] And it is surprisingly like just a really, I've come to really enjoy the Philly album

[00:07:41] because it's like this, I don't know, it's just like hanging out with a bunch of bros

[00:07:44] singing Christmas songs, which you don't get a lot.

[00:07:47] So it's kind of a fun album to listen to.

[00:07:49] And it's surprisingly good.

[00:07:51] You wouldn't think about a bunch of football players coming together

[00:07:54] and doing this thing and it being good.

[00:07:56] The album is out on November 22nd and it's got some new songs for the year.

[00:08:03] Apparently, what they're saying is this is the last of the updates.

[00:08:08] We're not going to get any more Philly special Christmas after this year, but we'll see.

[00:08:12] Where there's money, there's more things to be made.

[00:08:14] So we'll see what happens.

[00:08:15] But a fun collaboration.

[00:08:17] Stevie Nicks, Jason Kelsey, the Philly special Christmas.

[00:08:21] It's real good.

[00:08:22] So there you go.

[00:08:23] When does the song come out?

[00:08:24] The song's already out, but the album itself comes out tomorrow, the 22nd.

[00:08:29] Got it.

[00:08:30] Okay.

[00:08:30] Boy, you know, if we could just get Travis Kelsey, Jason Kelsey, Kelly Clarkson,

[00:08:35] and Mariah Carey all together to sing All I Want for Christmas Is You,

[00:08:38] that's all I need for Christmas this year.

[00:08:40] I've heard that you can rig it.

[00:08:41] I think you could push it activated.

[00:08:43] So every time you walk by, you hear my favorite Christmas song,

[00:08:45] All I Want for Christmas Is You.

[00:08:46] That would be incredible.

[00:08:47] That's exactly right.

[00:08:48] And I think the big takeaway from these albums is that Jason Kelsey is a big fan of Christmas.

[00:08:54] And so I'm a big fan of him.

[00:08:56] Interesting story.

[00:08:58] Let's do this.

[00:08:59] Let's take a break.

[00:08:59] We'll come back and we'll get to the TV listings and today's Christmas music battle of Little

[00:09:04] Saint Nick.

[00:09:06] You're on Christmas morning.

[00:09:11] Welcome back, everybody.

[00:09:13] How you doing?

[00:09:14] How you doing?

[00:09:14] How you doing?

[00:09:15] How you doing?

[00:09:16] It's Bran and I am here with TV Scotty.

[00:09:19] TV Scotty walked in and it looks like you got your hands full today, bud.

[00:09:22] I sure do.

[00:09:23] Lots of specials.

[00:09:24] So take it away, buddy.

[00:09:25] What can we look forward to on the TV today?

[00:09:28] Here are your Christmas TV specials for the next two days, courtesy of MostlyChristmas.com.

[00:09:33] Thursday, 10 a.m. on Hallmark Mysteries, My Sweet Austrian Holiday.

[00:09:37] 11 a.m. on IFC, Coach, Christmas of the Van Damned.

[00:09:41] 12 p.m. on Hallmark, Holiday Mismatch.

[00:09:43] 8 p.m. on CBS, Nugget is Dead, A Christmas Story.

[00:09:47] I never heard of that.

[00:09:48] 8 p.m. on Hallmark Mysteries, A Novel Noel.

[00:09:51] 10 a.m. on Hallmark Mysteries, A Reason for the Season.

[00:09:55] And 11 p.m. on USA, It's a Wonderful Life.

[00:09:58] Friday, 12 a.m. on Hallmark, The Christmas Charade.

[00:10:01] 10 a.m. on Hallmark Mysteries, Five Gold Rings.

[00:10:03] 5 p.m. on CMT, The King of Queens, Noel Cowards.

[00:10:07] 5.30 p.m. on TV One, A Different World, For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls.

[00:10:12] 6 p.m. on Hallmark, Tis the Season to be Irish.

[00:10:15] 8 p.m. on Hallmark, Christmas on Call.

[00:10:17] 8 p.m. on TBS, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

[00:10:20] 10 p.m. on TBS, Elf.

[00:10:22] And 10 a.m. on Hallmark, Jingle Bell Run.

[00:10:25] And those are your Christmas TV specials for the next two days, courtesy of MostlyChristmas.com.

[00:10:31] Thank you, TV Scotty.

[00:10:32] That was wonderful per usual.

[00:10:34] I don't even know why I have to keep saying it's wonderful.

[00:10:36] Everybody knows it's always wonderful.

[00:10:38] So thank you for your continued work.

[00:10:41] It's time for today's Christmas music battle, Scotty.

[00:10:44] And we're battling Little Saint Nick.

[00:10:46] Your thoughts on Little Saint Nick?

[00:10:48] Tough battle today, Bran.

[00:10:50] We've gone through almost all the good ones.

[00:10:52] I know.

[00:10:53] There are not a lot left.

[00:10:55] Let us never battle this song again.

[00:10:58] You think so?

[00:10:58] You think we're retiring Little Saint Nick?

[00:11:00] We need five more years of songs to build up.

[00:11:02] I don't really love this song.

[00:11:04] Sure.

[00:11:04] I used to really like it.

[00:11:05] The Beach Boys stuff, I like the Beach Boys quite a bit.

[00:11:09] But the Christmas stuff is just, this is the one they just play to death on the radio.

[00:11:15] And I just don't enjoy it anymore.

[00:11:17] Okay.

[00:11:18] Well, let's see if maybe a new version will.

[00:11:20] But I had to get to like page seven before we got to ones that either you or me or the listeners had not sent in before.

[00:11:28] I got bamboozled a couple times.

[00:11:29] I found one that I like.

[00:11:30] I found one and I was like, oh, this is great.

[00:11:32] I'm sure no one has sent this in.

[00:11:34] Oh, yeah.

[00:11:35] I played it like three years ago.

[00:11:37] Yeah.

[00:11:37] Yeah.

[00:11:38] But here we are.

[00:11:38] We got two new versions never featured on Christmas morning before of Little Saint Nick.

[00:11:42] Let's get started by a version by Snap Infraction.

[00:11:46] See, see, see.

[00:12:21] You know, it ain't Nick, but you're welcome to find candy apple red with a ski for a wheel.

[00:12:29] And with Danny.

[00:12:46] That was something.

[00:12:47] I liked it a little.

[00:12:48] Oh, here we go.

[00:12:50] You know, sometimes the annual with your buddy is like, I wonder what Little Saint Nick's

[00:12:53] doing.

[00:12:54] Snap Infraction.

[00:12:55] You got bricks real hard.

[00:12:57] I'll get your new text phone.

[00:12:58] That's right.

[00:12:59] As somebody who loves that song and the boss.

[00:13:05] I'm with Daniel on this one.

[00:13:06] Maybe it comes as no surprise that I didn't hate the Snap Infraction.

[00:13:10] Up next, we got Little Saint Nick by Cody.

[00:13:14] Okonski?

[00:13:15] Okonski.

[00:13:16] Okonski.

[00:14:15] Oh, a little poppy punky there.

[00:14:17] I liked that one.

[00:14:18] Yes.

[00:14:19] It sounded like Green Day.

[00:14:19] You always, you love it when a singer sounds like he's doing an impression of another singer.

[00:14:24] I don't know.

[00:14:25] I can't quite hit it.

[00:14:26] He was doing an impression of Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day.

[00:14:30] Yes.

[00:14:30] There you go.

[00:14:31] Two different versions of that song.

[00:14:33] Both a little bit more upbeat.

[00:14:34] Both a little bit more rocky.

[00:14:35] But two different styles of singing for sure.

[00:14:38] You can vote right now.

[00:14:39] Link is in the description.

[00:14:41] And that is going to take us to Friday's episode, Scotty.

[00:14:45] And everybody knows this by now.

[00:14:46] But Friday's instrumental day, which is always a lot of fun.

[00:14:49] Best day of the week.

[00:14:50] So come on back tomorrow.

[00:14:52] Enjoy today.

[00:14:53] Do something Christmassy.

[00:14:54] Watch something Christmassy.

[00:14:56] Whatever it is.

[00:14:57] Slow down and enjoy the season.

[00:14:59] Because it's happening.

[00:15:01] We're here.

[00:15:01] We're in it.

[00:15:02] Come back tomorrow.

[00:15:03] We'll be here.

[00:15:03] Until then.

[00:15:04] Merry Christmas.

[00:15:15] You're about to hear some ads that help pay for our trip back and forth to the North Pole.

[00:15:19] Feel free to listen.

[00:15:20] Feel free to bail now.

[00:15:21] But either way, thanks for being here.

[00:15:24] Ho, ho, ho.

[00:15:25] Ho, ho.