42 Days Until Christmas! ("Silver Bells" 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] Yes, yes, yes! Hello everybody! Welcome to another episode of Christmas Morning

[00:00:30] It's your elf friend, Bram

[00:00:33] And I am joined by my elf friend, Scott

[00:00:36] Scott, Merry Christmas

[00:00:37] I find neither of us to be very elf-like

[00:00:41] Well, that's a stereotype, I think

[00:00:44] That you are trying to push forward

[00:00:46] It's true

[00:00:47] To figure a narrative

[00:00:48] I think we are quite elf-y in our joy of Christmas

[00:00:53] Yeah, but I'm 6'3 and bald

[00:00:55] You're about 6 feet tall with a big beard

[00:00:58] Neither of that is very elf-like

[00:00:59] But you're right, why perpetuate stereotypes?

[00:01:02] Well, and also, some might say that Santa is head elf

[00:01:06] Oh, that's true

[00:01:08] They have one at Home Depot this year

[00:01:09] 8 feet tall

[00:01:10] It's too big

[00:01:11] And we look at it and we're like

[00:01:12] Santa was supposed to be small

[00:01:14] He wasn't supposed to be

[00:01:15] I mean, he's larger than life in the metaphysical sense

[00:01:18] But not in the physical sense

[00:01:19] I don't know, anyway

[00:01:20] Man, you just got really deep really quickly

[00:01:23] Really deep there, yeah

[00:01:24] Let's get less deep with the mailbag

[00:01:27] Let's open that up

[00:01:28] Yeah, maybe the mailbag will save this train wreck

[00:01:30] Letters

[00:01:30] We get letters

[00:01:32] We get stacks, stacks, stacks of letters

[00:01:37] I've got an email from Emily Boyd

[00:01:39] Oh!

[00:01:39] Emily says,

[00:01:40] Hello to all my Christmas morning people

[00:01:42] On October 29th, I stopped by my local Bull Moose store

[00:01:47] That's hard to say

[00:01:48] Just to browse for a few minutes

[00:01:50] Imagine my delight when I turned a corner

[00:01:52] And saw a whole shelf of holiday-themed movies, CDs, and books

[00:01:56] Naturally, I started going through the DVDs

[00:01:59] To fill the gaps in my collection of Christmas movies

[00:02:01] I purchased some classics

[00:02:03] But I also saw a few Hallmark movies for sale

[00:02:05] Oh!

[00:02:06] Including Never Been Christ from 2023

[00:02:08] A Royal Christmas featuring Christmas morning favorite Lacey Chabert

[00:02:12] Brian, have I ever mentioned how much I like Lacey Chabert?

[00:02:14] You're not allowed

[00:02:15] I'm putting a stop to it

[00:02:16] We're not allowed

[00:02:17] And switched for Christmas

[00:02:19] In all seriousness

[00:02:20] I didn't know they put these out on DVD

[00:02:22] I thought they were just TV movies

[00:02:23] That's interesting

[00:02:24] No, if it's a good one

[00:02:26] Or if it's a bad one

[00:02:28] They'll put it on DVD

[00:02:30] Sometimes they bundle them together

[00:02:32] You get like a three-pack, a five-pack

[00:02:34] All on one

[00:02:35] You're telling me I can get a five-pack of Lacey Chabert movies?

[00:02:38] I'm almost positive that you can get a Lacey Chabert collection

[00:02:41] I don't know if you can, but people can

[00:02:44] Yeah, no

[00:02:45] Yes

[00:02:45] There's a picture at the register that says

[00:02:48] Do not sell to this man

[00:02:49] Emily goes on to say

[00:02:50] On my way to the register

[00:02:51] I spotted friend of the pod

[00:02:53] Alonzo Duraldi's book

[00:02:54] Hollywood Pride

[00:02:55] Wow

[00:02:55] Prominently placed on a queer media display shelf

[00:02:58] I reached the register

[00:02:59] And the cashier commented on my festive purchases

[00:03:02] I told him I am one of those people

[00:03:04] Who like to start celebrating Christmas early

[00:03:06] He replied

[00:03:07] Oh, same

[00:03:08] November 1st

[00:03:09] It's Christmas

[00:03:09] You get it

[00:03:10] All in all

[00:03:11] A successful and unexpectedly Christmas morning themed shopping trip

[00:03:15] If you're also looking to stock up on Christmas movies

[00:03:17] I suggest finding a shop that sells secondhand movies

[00:03:20] To find some inexpensive DVDs and Blu-rays

[00:03:23] Brand, I'm not familiar with Bull Moose

[00:03:25] But they definitely don't have them here

[00:03:26] There's one in my area called Second and Charles

[00:03:29] I think

[00:03:29] I've never

[00:03:30] Second and Charles

[00:03:31] I've never been in

[00:03:32] But I always drive by and think

[00:03:34] I wonder if they have any Christmas vinyl

[00:03:36] And I never stop

[00:03:37] I'm sure that they do

[00:03:39] I'm sure they do

[00:03:40] I always drive by

[00:03:41] And then I get stuck

[00:03:42] With the Charles in Charge

[00:03:44] Of our days

[00:03:46] And our nights

[00:03:47] So that's always how it goes for me

[00:03:50] I have been into a second and Charles

[00:03:52] Though

[00:03:52] I imagine it's very similar to a Bull Moose

[00:03:54] Right?

[00:03:55] I think I went to one that was in a mall in St. Louis

[00:03:58] And had some really cool stuff

[00:03:59] I had a blast looking around

[00:04:01] So I need to make this more of a priority in my life

[00:04:04] So thank you, Emily

[00:04:05] Thank you very much

[00:04:06] Hey, you got a joke for us, Scotty?

[00:04:08] I do

[00:04:08] How do you get Santa Claus to attend your Christmas party?

[00:04:12] Write him a letter?

[00:04:13] No, you request his presence

[00:04:16] Waka waka

[00:04:16] It's not your best

[00:04:18] It's not your best

[00:04:19] Actually, I thought that was the strongest one this week

[00:04:21] Really?

[00:04:22] This is not good

[00:04:22] Okay, well no, that shows though

[00:04:25] That people have different senses of humor

[00:04:28] I really liked Monday and Tuesday

[00:04:30] You really liked Wednesday

[00:04:31] So

[00:04:32] Well see, the joke is

[00:04:33] There's the word presence with a C

[00:04:34] For sure

[00:04:35] And then there's the word presence with a T

[00:04:36] Oh, I see

[00:04:38] Your request is presence

[00:04:39] I got it

[00:04:41] Maybe it works better in print

[00:04:42] Why don't we go to the countdown?

[00:04:50] 42 days until Christmas

[00:04:54] Have we thought about a Christmas morning zine?

[00:04:57] Scotty

[00:04:57] You said it would work better in print

[00:05:00] What if we made a zine?

[00:05:01] A little quarterly Christmas morning zine?

[00:05:05] Let's not

[00:05:05] How much work is that going to be?

[00:05:08] I'll do it

[00:05:09] I love a zine

[00:05:10] Oh my gosh

[00:05:11] Do not promise anything

[00:05:13] If people want the zine

[00:05:14] If people are willing to pay for

[00:05:16] I'm not going to do it for free

[00:05:17] This is Halloween evening all over again

[00:05:19] If people are willing to pay for a quarterly Christmas zine

[00:05:23] No, they are not

[00:05:24] They are here to listen to us

[00:05:26] Let me ask you this

[00:05:27] 42 days in

[00:05:27] Let me ask you this

[00:05:28] Would you pay for a monthly Christmas related zine?

[00:05:32] Possibly

[00:05:33] Uh-huh

[00:05:33] See, there we go

[00:05:34] It's just an idea

[00:05:35] I'm not saying I'm doing it

[00:05:36] It's just an idea I had

[00:05:37] Similar to how we had an idea to do Christmas morning

[00:05:40] And here we are now

[00:05:41] Not all ideas

[00:05:42] We don't do every idea

[00:05:44] I don't

[00:05:44] I have a lot of ideas

[00:05:46] Oh my gosh

[00:05:47] Here's an idea for you

[00:05:48] I gotta Google

[00:05:49] What ulcer symptoms feel like

[00:05:50] Here's an idea

[00:05:50] Do you want the news?

[00:05:52] No, I want to talk about 42 days until Christmas

[00:05:55] 42, the answer to life, the universe, and everything

[00:05:58] You're probably not a big Douglas Adams fan

[00:06:00] But I'm sure somebody out there in the Christmas morning family is

[00:06:03] And they know how important 42 is

[00:06:05] Do you want to

[00:06:05] So I'm excited

[00:06:06] Do you want to do a write-up on who that is for the zine?

[00:06:09] For the zine?

[00:06:10] Yeah, I'll get right on that

[00:06:11] Good

[00:06:11] See, that's nice

[00:06:12] We can do it together

[00:06:13] You can write a little quarterly of things that are interesting to you

[00:06:16] Yeah, we can have AI generating

[00:06:18] You're getting on board with this idea

[00:06:19] Strange Christmas images

[00:06:20] Yeah, some non-sequiturs

[00:06:22] Absolutely

[00:06:22] We would never

[00:06:23] News

[00:06:24] Let's do the

[00:06:25] Hey, how about we do the news?

[00:06:26] Let's do the news

[00:06:26] No zines

[00:06:31] Today is November 13th

[00:06:34] Here's the news

[00:06:36] Made himself laugh on that one

[00:06:38] It's weird

[00:06:39] Well, by now everybody is aware that Hallmark Christmas movies are off to the races

[00:06:46] They have been running for a few weeks now

[00:06:49] Basically a month at this point

[00:06:51] But you might be wondering

[00:06:52] What if I don't have it?

[00:06:54] What if I, you know, don't want to get Hallmark Plus?

[00:06:57] What if I don't want to stream cable?

[00:07:01] Like, what's my

[00:07:02] What are my options?

[00:07:03] Well, you could buy DVDs

[00:07:05] Something that Scotty learned about today

[00:07:06] You can do that

[00:07:07] Or there is

[00:07:10] Ten

[00:07:11] Hallmark Christmas movies

[00:07:12] That have been added

[00:07:13] To Netflix

[00:07:14] Now this is a pretty big deal

[00:07:16] Because for a while

[00:07:18] Netflix and Hallmark have

[00:07:20] Have not played nicely with each other

[00:07:23] Hallmark has done their thing

[00:07:25] Netflix has been like

[00:07:26] Hey, Hallmark's doing this thing

[00:07:28] Why don't we kind of try to do the same thing?

[00:07:30] And all that good stuff

[00:07:31] But then something happened this year, Scotty

[00:07:34] Someone you might know

[00:07:35] Lacey Chabert

[00:07:36] I heard her

[00:07:37] Is going to be in a Netflix Christmas movie

[00:07:41] As well as a Hallmark Christmas movie

[00:07:43] And when that news came out

[00:07:45] Everybody was like

[00:07:46] What? How? What?

[00:07:47] What does that mean?

[00:07:48] Well, I don't know if these two things are related

[00:07:51] But I can't imagine that they're not

[00:07:53] Hallmark announced that Netflix

[00:07:55] Is going to be adding ten of their movies

[00:07:58] Onto their platform

[00:07:59] So that those that have Netflix

[00:08:02] But maybe don't have any other way to watch Hallmark

[00:08:03] Can at least watch ten

[00:08:05] Hallmark Christmas movies from years past

[00:08:07] Including some Lacey Chabert movies

[00:08:10] Such as the Hall of the Holly

[00:08:12] Hold on, I'm upgrading my Netflix to 4K

[00:08:15] But then also some other ones

[00:08:17] Including Christmas on Cherry Lane

[00:08:19] From last year

[00:08:20] Christmas Island

[00:08:21] Andrew Walker's movie from last year

[00:08:23] A Heidelberg Holiday

[00:08:24] These are all recent movies

[00:08:27] As well as the other Lacey Chabert movie

[00:08:29] A Merry Scottish Christmas

[00:08:31] That she did with Scott Wolf last year

[00:08:33] That'll also be on the platform

[00:08:34] So, and the one that I'm most excited about

[00:08:37] A Biltmore Christmas

[00:08:38] I would love for as many people to see

[00:08:40] A Biltmore Christmas as possible

[00:08:41] So the fact that it is now out into the universe

[00:08:44] On Netflix is pretty exciting

[00:08:45] So this is an interesting development

[00:08:48] Is all I'm saying

[00:08:48] For people like me that really

[00:08:51] Study the ins and outs

[00:08:53] Of the made-for-TV Christmas movie space

[00:08:57] This is very interesting

[00:08:59] The fact that Lacey is doing a Netflix Christmas movie

[00:09:02] And Hallmark Christmas movies

[00:09:03] Have been added to the platform

[00:09:04] It seems too coincidental

[00:09:07] To not be related in some way

[00:09:09] We don't have those specifics

[00:09:11] But it's interesting

[00:09:12] And I'm happy that more people

[00:09:13] Will have access to some of these movies

[00:09:14] Including Biltmore Christmas

[00:09:15] But we can make a guess though

[00:09:17] A hypothesis

[00:09:18] So Lacey Chabert

[00:09:19] The official ambassador of Christmas

[00:09:21] Brought both sides to the table

[00:09:22] Is what I'm hearing

[00:09:23] I hope so

[00:09:24] I mean

[00:09:24] I think

[00:09:25] I would assume

[00:09:27] That Lacey

[00:09:28] And this is just me guessing

[00:09:30] Lacey got some sort of

[00:09:31] Offer from Netflix

[00:09:32] And she said

[00:09:32] I could never do that

[00:09:33] To Hallmark

[00:09:34] But how about

[00:09:34] We get in a room

[00:09:36] And we see if we can't

[00:09:37] Make something happen

[00:09:38] So

[00:09:38] I can't imagine

[00:09:39] Why this wouldn't be

[00:09:41] A win for Hallmark

[00:09:42] This seems like

[00:09:43] You know

[00:09:44] They're getting their movies

[00:09:45] Out there into a space

[00:09:46] Where

[00:09:46] You know

[00:09:46] The younger people

[00:09:47] Tend to live

[00:09:49] And so

[00:09:49] It's interesting

[00:09:50] You know

[00:09:51] I heard recently

[00:09:52] About this

[00:09:52] Age discrimination thing

[00:09:54] Where they said

[00:09:55] Lacey Chabert

[00:09:55] Was aging out

[00:09:56] And I say

[00:09:58] Kick rocks

[00:09:59] Yeah

[00:09:59] I hope that person

[00:10:01] Goes and farts in a phone booth

[00:10:02] And gets stuck

[00:10:03] I can't believe

[00:10:04] Somebody would say that

[00:10:05] Ironically

[00:10:06] The person who said that

[00:10:07] Used to be an executive

[00:10:08] At Netflix

[00:10:09] It's all related

[00:10:12] I did hear you

[00:10:13] Mention these

[00:10:14] Movies coming to Netflix

[00:10:16] On the deck

[00:10:16] Than Netflix

[00:10:17] I was listening to it

[00:10:18] While I was taking out

[00:10:19] The trash the other night

[00:10:20] And I was very excited

[00:10:21] To hear that

[00:10:21] It's a good time

[00:10:23] To listen to it

[00:10:23] You listen to it

[00:10:24] In small chunks

[00:10:24] Whenever you're

[00:10:25] Taking out the trash

[00:10:25] That's the best way

[00:10:26] To listen to the show

[00:10:27] I've been cleaning out

[00:10:28] The garage

[00:10:28] It's been wonderful

[00:10:29] It's the best way

[00:10:29] To listen

[00:10:30] Catching up

[00:10:30] You guys put a lot

[00:10:31] Of content out

[00:10:32] At this time of year

[00:10:32] It's hard to get through

[00:10:33] It all

[00:10:33] Some might say too much

[00:10:34] Nope

[00:10:35] I wouldn't

[00:10:36] Let's take a break

[00:10:37] We'll come back

[00:10:38] We'll get to the TV

[00:10:39] Listings

[00:10:39] And then

[00:10:40] Silver Bells

[00:10:41] Is the song

[00:10:41] That we're battling today

[00:10:43] I'm looking forward

[00:10:43] To a Silver Bells battle

[00:10:46] All that on the other side

[00:10:55] It is Christmas morning

[00:10:56] It's November 13th

[00:10:58] And you might be wondering

[00:10:58] To yourself

[00:10:59] Self

[00:10:59] I want to watch

[00:11:01] Some Christmas TV

[00:11:02] But where is it?

[00:11:04] What is it?

[00:11:05] There's only one person

[00:11:06] I know that can answer

[00:11:07] That question

[00:11:07] And it's TV Scotty

[00:11:08] So TV Scotty

[00:11:09] Let us know

[00:11:10] What we can look for

[00:11:11] On the TV

[00:11:12] Here are your Christmas TV specials

[00:11:14] For the next two days

[00:11:15] Courtesy of MostlyChristmas.com

[00:11:17] Wednesday 11am on BET

[00:11:19] Martin

[00:11:20] Holiday Blues

[00:11:21] 1pm on Comedy Central

[00:11:22] Seinfeld

[00:11:23] The Strike

[00:11:24] 8pm on Logo

[00:11:25] Married with Children

[00:11:26] The Worst Noel

[00:11:27] And 10pm on Catchy

[00:11:29] The Dick Van Dyke Show

[00:11:30] The Alan Brady Show Presents

[00:11:32] Thursday 10am on Hallmark

[00:11:34] A Very Vermont Christmas

[00:11:35] 11.30am on TBS

[00:11:37] Friends

[00:11:37] The One Where Rachel Quits

[00:11:39] 1.30pm on CMT

[00:11:40] Mike and Molly

[00:11:41] First Christmas

[00:11:42] 4.30pm on Cozy

[00:11:44] Married with Children

[00:11:45] You Better Watch Out

[00:11:46] 8pm on Hallmark Mysteries

[00:11:48] A Reason for the Season

[00:11:49] 9.30pm on Cozy

[00:11:51] The King of Queens

[00:11:52] Noel Cowards

[00:11:53] 10pm on Hallmark

[00:11:54] A Carol for Two

[00:11:55] 10.01pm on Hallmark Mysteries

[00:11:58] Five Gold Rings

[00:11:59] And 11pm on Pop

[00:12:00] NCIS New Orleans

[00:12:02] Blue Christmas

[00:12:03] And those are your

[00:12:04] Christmas TV specials

[00:12:05] For the next two days

[00:12:06] Courtesy of

[00:12:07] MostlyChristmas.com

[00:12:09] Thank you so much TV Scotty

[00:12:10] That was wonderful

[00:12:11] Today we are battling

[00:12:13] A song that I think

[00:12:15] You and I both

[00:12:15] Like a lot

[00:12:16] Silver Bells

[00:12:18] I don't know

[00:12:19] What records

[00:12:20] What Christmas records

[00:12:21] Specifically

[00:12:22] I had as a child

[00:12:23] But I am certain

[00:12:25] That Silver Bells

[00:12:26] Was on it

[00:12:27] Every once in a while

[00:12:28] I'll hear a stray song

[00:12:29] On maybe like

[00:12:30] Spotify playlist

[00:12:31] Or something

[00:12:32] And I'm like

[00:12:32] Oh gosh

[00:12:34] That reminds me

[00:12:34] Of childhood

[00:12:35] That box of

[00:12:36] Christmas records

[00:12:37] Is in a dump

[00:12:38] Somewhere I'm sure

[00:12:39] And that breaks my heart

[00:12:40] I would give so much

[00:12:41] Money to be able

[00:12:42] To know just

[00:12:42] What they were

[00:12:43] So I could recreate it

[00:12:44] Silver Bells

[00:12:45] Features prominently

[00:12:46] In the Scotty

[00:12:47] Origins story

[00:12:48] I don't know

[00:12:49] What version it was

[00:12:50] So I'll just be

[00:12:51] Chasing it for the

[00:12:52] Rest of my life

[00:12:52] I guess

[00:12:53] You should go to

[00:12:54] Some sort of

[00:12:54] Sleep therapy

[00:12:56] And see if they

[00:12:57] Can dig it out

[00:12:58] Of your subconscious

[00:12:58] And record it

[00:13:00] For the pod

[00:13:00] Please

[00:13:01] If we have any

[00:13:02] Hypnotists

[00:13:03] In the Christmas

[00:13:04] Morning family

[00:13:05] Let me know

[00:13:05] I'll come

[00:13:06] I'll get in your chair

[00:13:07] And we will open

[00:13:08] Up that Pandora's box

[00:13:10] And find out

[00:13:10] What's in there

[00:13:11] And we will record

[00:13:12] It for content

[00:13:14] For blackmail

[00:13:15] Probably

[00:13:15] Well yeah

[00:13:16] We'll see

[00:13:18] Let's get to it

[00:13:19] Silver Bells

[00:13:20] Is the song

[00:13:20] Today

[00:13:20] We got two versions

[00:13:21] First

[00:13:22] Let's do the version

[00:13:24] By The Appreciation Post

[00:13:27] City sidewalks

[00:13:29] Busy sidewalks

[00:13:31] Just in holiday

[00:13:32] Style Christmas

[00:13:37] And people passing

[00:13:41] Me

[00:14:34] Oh Brian

[00:14:35] Who doesn't need

[00:14:36] A little punk Christmas

[00:14:37] In their life

[00:14:37] And Silver Bells

[00:14:38] Is not a song

[00:14:39] You typically think of

[00:14:40] As a punk song

[00:14:40] No it is not

[00:14:42] But it was

[00:14:42] Wonderful

[00:14:43] Really

[00:14:44] Really like that

[00:14:46] Yeah

[00:14:46] Strange name

[00:14:47] The Appreciation Post

[00:14:48] Though

[00:14:49] Okay

[00:14:49] That's the appreciation

[00:14:50] Maybe they have a zine

[00:14:51] Maybe they

[00:14:52] That's what they call

[00:14:53] Their zine

[00:14:53] The Appreciation Post

[00:14:54] It is

[00:14:55] Let's get to

[00:14:56] The second version

[00:14:57] This is

[00:14:58] Silver Bells

[00:14:59] By Silver

[00:15:00] Biplanes

[00:16:00] Well I got bad news

[00:16:02] Brian

[00:16:02] Neither of those versions

[00:16:03] Reminded me

[00:16:04] Of my childhood

[00:16:04] So the

[00:16:05] The hunt

[00:16:06] Continues

[00:16:07] To the

[00:16:09] Hypnotist

[00:16:11] Hypnosis

[00:16:11] There you go

[00:16:12] The hypnotist

[00:16:13] You go

[00:16:14] To figure out

[00:16:15] Where that came from

[00:16:16] I

[00:16:17] Once again

[00:16:17] Anytime there's

[00:16:18] I kind of

[00:16:19] Pick up on an accent

[00:16:20] I try to find out

[00:16:20] Who that

[00:16:21] Who that's from

[00:16:21] That singer is from

[00:16:23] London

[00:16:23] London UK

[00:16:24] Is Silver Bells

[00:16:26] And Silver Biplanes

[00:16:27] Related

[00:16:28] Like do they have

[00:16:28] Other songs

[00:16:29] Or was that

[00:16:29] Was it a one off

[00:16:30] I

[00:16:31] No they have

[00:16:31] A lot of other songs

[00:16:33] Oh okay

[00:16:33] All have silver

[00:16:34] In the title

[00:16:35] No

[00:16:35] I know

[00:16:36] I went down

[00:16:37] The same trail

[00:16:38] No their most recent

[00:16:39] Song

[00:16:40] Traveling by Candlelight

[00:16:42] Silver Candlelight

[00:16:43] Silver Candlelight

[00:16:44] That's right

[00:16:44] You can work it in

[00:16:45] Anytime you want to

[00:16:47] We did it everybody

[00:16:48] Congratulations to us

[00:16:49] Another day

[00:16:50] Another Christmas morning

[00:16:52] And the good news is

[00:16:53] Another one's tomorrow

[00:16:54] We'll be back

[00:16:55] On a Thursday

[00:16:56] Until then

[00:16:57] Merry Christmas

[00:17:09] You're about to hear

[00:17:09] Some ads that help

[00:17:10] Pay for our trip

[00:17:11] Back and forth

[00:17:12] To the North Pole

[00:17:12] Feel free to listen

[00:17:14] Feel free to bail now

[00:17:15] But either way

[00:17:16] Thanks for being here

[00:17:17] Ho ho ho