IT'S CHRISTMAS 2024 ("Joy to the World" 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

[00:00:26] Hello everybody and Merry Christmas

[00:00:29] I am Bram and I am here with my good friend Scott

[00:00:32] Scott, Merry Christmas buddy

[00:00:33] Merry Christmas buddy

[00:00:35] We have a lot of fun on this show

[00:00:37] We like to goof around

[00:00:38] But I really mean it today

[00:00:40] I couldn't be happier

[00:00:41] My heart is full

[00:00:43] Merry Christmas to you

[00:00:44] And Merry Christmas to all the morning people

[00:00:46] Everybody who has taken the time out of their schedule

[00:00:50] I mean, you have a choice in podcast travel

[00:00:52] And you've made the right one

[00:00:54] It just means so much

[00:00:56] And this is it

[00:00:57] We made it to the big day

[00:00:59] Yes, and I also just want to say

[00:01:01] I'm always honored when I hear from other Christmas podcasters

[00:01:05] That listen to us every day

[00:01:07] Oh, that's shocking to me

[00:01:08] I still can't get my head around that

[00:01:10] It's crazy

[00:01:11] Still waiting for that call from Brian Earle though

[00:01:13] Haven't heard from him yet

[00:01:14] I would love to talk to that guy

[00:01:17] And Tim Babb from Can't Wait for Christmas

[00:01:19] I'm putting it out in the universe

[00:01:21] I would love to have both of them on a party episode

[00:01:23] Well, separately

[00:01:24] We don't want a gang war

[00:01:25] No

[00:01:27] Gang war

[00:01:29] We don't want to have a very long episode today, Scotty

[00:01:31] So let's get to the mailbag

[00:01:32] And then we'll see what else we got planned

[00:01:33] Letters

[00:01:34] We get letters

[00:01:36] We get stacks and stacks of letters

[00:01:39] I feel like this is a big deal, Scotty

[00:01:42] Who's going to get the Christmas morning email selected?

[00:01:45] The first one's from Sarah Shoup

[00:01:46] She sent this in mid-December

[00:01:48] But I've been sitting on it

[00:01:50] And I think today is a perfect time to read it

[00:01:53] She says

[00:01:53] I've been listening to the daily episodes each morning

[00:01:55] And they really get me in the Christmas spirit

[00:01:57] However, I keep hearing how sad you'll be

[00:01:59] When Christmas is over after December 25th

[00:02:01] I wanted to give you some good news

[00:02:03] That the actual Christmas season

[00:02:04] Isn't over until January 6th

[00:02:06] The 12 days of Christmas are not the 12 days

[00:02:09] Leading up to Christmas Day

[00:02:10] But actually start on Christmas Day

[00:02:12] And run until Epiphany on January 6th

[00:02:15] Epiphany is the day to celebrate the kings

[00:02:17] Or wise men visiting Jesus

[00:02:19] And it's also sometimes called King's Day or Twelfth Night

[00:02:22] Where I'm from in Louisiana

[00:02:23] We all know that January 6th is not a reason to be sad

[00:02:26] Because it's the beginning of the Mardi Gras season

[00:02:28] Hope this helps keep you in the Christmas cheer

[00:02:31] For a little bit longer

[00:02:32] Good reminder there, Bran

[00:02:34] A great reminder from Sarah

[00:02:36] And I know that I'm going to get sad anyway

[00:02:39] It's going to happen

[00:02:40] But last year it was a record short amount of sadness for me

[00:02:46] It was only a couple of days for the Christmas blues

[00:02:47] So I'm hoping that if I do get sad

[00:02:50] It's for a small amount of time

[00:02:51] Knowing, Scotty, that we're going to kick this thing off again

[00:02:54] In January and the countdown begins again

[00:02:57] That's right

[00:02:58] And if you're feeling the Christmas blues

[00:03:01] In the next few days

[00:03:02] Send me an email

[00:03:03] I'll commiserate with you

[00:03:06] Christmasmorningpodcast at gmail.com

[00:03:07] Sometimes it's just nice to know

[00:03:09] That others are feeling the same way as you are

[00:03:11] That's right

[00:03:12] And then one more email

[00:03:13] This is from Little Red Ambulance

[00:03:15] The wonderful group that did our special 2024 exclusive

[00:03:21] That's right

[00:03:21] Daily theme song

[00:03:23] We're going to go back to the regular one

[00:03:25] Because we want to make that window

[00:03:27] That November, December

[00:03:28] Really, really special

[00:03:29] It has been so great to have the theme song

[00:03:32] Thank you for doing it

[00:03:34] I hope you'll do it again for us in the future

[00:03:36] Or another band

[00:03:37] Listen, we can be paid off easily

[00:03:40] We can make a contest out of this

[00:03:42] That's exactly right

[00:03:43] Put it up as a poll

[00:03:43] So Phil from Little Red Ambulance wrote in and said

[00:03:46] Our latest work has been released to stores today

[00:03:48] And we're about to go live on Bandcamp as well

[00:03:51] It's called Footprints in the Snow

[00:03:53] Whilst we'd be delighted for it to be in consideration

[00:03:56] For a future original song battle

[00:03:58] We hope you love it enough that you might give it a little airing

[00:04:01] In the run-up to Christmas

[00:04:02] You'll certainly recognize a little hook in the song choruses

[00:04:05] Which we hope you realize as a personal nod to your awesome show

[00:04:09] You'll hear what we mean when you give it a listen

[00:04:11] Now, Scott, we're glad that you have put Bran on the right foot

[00:04:14] For the correct words for the intro

[00:04:16] We can verify the lyrics are as you stated

[00:04:19] Now, I got many emails from people that said

[00:04:23] They thought the line was

[00:04:25] If you asked me

[00:04:26] I don't know how you got there

[00:04:28] Because I don't hear a K

[00:04:30] It works, though

[00:04:31] It does work as an alternate lyric

[00:04:33] But however you hear it

[00:04:35] However you want to enjoy it

[00:04:36] Go for it

[00:04:37] In fact, I have a quick little story, Bran

[00:04:39] I was in the car a couple weeks ago with my family

[00:04:42] We were doing the driving

[00:04:43] We were singing Mele Kamike Maka

[00:04:45] You know the song, right?

[00:04:47] I know it

[00:04:47] And the line comes up and it says

[00:04:50] Mele Kamike Maka is Hawaii's way

[00:04:52] To say Merry Christmas to you

[00:04:54] And my wife said, what?

[00:04:56] I said, it's Hawaii's way

[00:04:58] She said, no, it's the wise way

[00:05:00] I said, no, no, it is not, dear

[00:05:02] I love you, but that is not the case

[00:05:04] And my daughter said, no, it's the wise way

[00:05:06] I said, get out your phone and go look it up

[00:05:08] And she said, uh, daddy was right

[00:05:10] And they were furious at me

[00:05:12] Well, you taught me something, Scotty

[00:05:14] You didn't know?

[00:05:14] I didn't know it

[00:05:15] I think I've always sang it as a nice way

[00:05:19] Oh, that's really funny

[00:05:20] So there you go

[00:05:21] You know, it's all personal interpretation

[00:05:23] And Little Red Ambulance gave us permission

[00:05:26] To play the song in its entirety

[00:05:29] At the end of the episode

[00:05:30] Oh, that's very nice

[00:05:31] Wasn't that really cool?

[00:05:32] So thank you, Little Red Ambulance

[00:05:34] Everybody go, please support them on Bandcamp

[00:05:36] Wonderful people, wonderful musicians

[00:05:38] That's right

[00:05:38] It's been a wonderful season with their music

[00:05:40] And we're so thankful

[00:05:42] Let's get to the Christmas joke today

[00:05:44] This is a big joke

[00:05:45] It's a big joke

[00:05:46] Hey, let's not oversell it here

[00:05:49] We ran out of listener supply jokes

[00:05:51] So I thought we'd wrap up the year with a Scotty joke

[00:05:53] Are you ready?

[00:05:54] I'm ready

[00:05:54] What is a snowman's favorite soup?

[00:05:57] It's chili

[00:05:57] Waka waka

[00:05:59] You got it

[00:05:59] Heyo!

[00:06:00] Is chili a soup?

[00:06:02] Chili's a chili

[00:06:02] I looked it up

[00:06:03] Technically, according to Bon Appetit

[00:06:06] Chili is a stew

[00:06:07] Ah

[00:06:08] Not a soup

[00:06:08] But stew would have given it away

[00:06:10] Although it seems pretty obvious now

[00:06:12] I mean, yeah

[00:06:12] I've always thought like there's soup

[00:06:14] There's stew

[00:06:15] And then chili is kind of its own thing

[00:06:17] But yeah

[00:06:17] There was a restaurant called Soup Plantation

[00:06:20] That used to have their soup bar

[00:06:22] There was always chili on there

[00:06:23] So I'm going to say that it kind of counts

[00:06:26] And Brian, I'm retiring the snowman food jokes

[00:06:29] As of December 25th, 2024

[00:06:32] Put a carrot in it

[00:06:33] That's a good one

[00:06:34] Can we do the countdown?

[00:06:35] I would love to

[00:06:36] Because other people are going to be joining in on this

[00:06:38] This is like an interactive countdown

[00:06:40] Are we going to say no days?

[00:06:42] Zero days?

[00:06:44] Are we saying 365 days?

[00:06:46] What is the plan here?

[00:06:47] Let's just go zero

[00:06:48] Let's go zero

[00:06:49] Let's do zero days

[00:06:50] Say the number

[00:06:51] Here we go

[00:06:57] Zero days until Christmas

[00:07:08] It's not Christmas without an air horn

[00:07:10] I've always said that

[00:07:11] If you don't get an air horn in your stocking

[00:07:13] Then what are you doing?

[00:07:14] What are you doing?

[00:07:17] Fantastic

[00:07:19] Scotty

[00:07:20] This is when we typically would take a break

[00:07:22] And then we'd do the TV specials

[00:07:23] We're not going to do that today

[00:07:24] Turn on the TV

[00:07:25] Pick a movie

[00:07:26] It's all of Christmas today

[00:07:28] Christmas story

[00:07:29] Just watch the marathon

[00:07:30] Just be Scotty

[00:07:32] That's what everybody should do

[00:07:33] That's exactly right

[00:07:33] You can go to mostlychristmas.com

[00:07:35] And if you're really looking to figure out what it is

[00:07:38] They're kind enough to let us use their listings

[00:07:41] Although we didn't ask them

[00:07:43] So be cool about it

[00:07:44] You can find them

[00:07:45] That's true

[00:07:46] Let's get to today's Christmas music battle

[00:07:48] The final one of 2024

[00:07:50] We are battling joy to the world

[00:07:54] A joyous song for a joyous day

[00:07:56] I struggled to find a version that I liked

[00:07:59] I found one by DJ Jazzy Jeff

[00:08:02] Do you know who DJ Jazzy Jeff is?

[00:08:04] Yeah, that's Will Smith

[00:08:06] It was the original with the Fresh Prince

[00:08:08] I brought it and then I was like

[00:08:09] It just wasn't Christmassy enough

[00:08:12] I felt like you have to bring a legit version on Christmas Day

[00:08:16] So I scrapped that one

[00:08:17] All right

[00:08:18] Well, let's see if we have two good ones today

[00:08:20] Let's find out

[00:08:20] Joy to the World

[00:08:21] Up first we have Joy to the World by The Burroughs

[00:08:27] Joy to the World

[00:08:31] The Lord

[00:08:36] Let us

[00:08:37] Oh, those horns, Brian

[00:09:28] And the Waka Waka guitar

[00:09:30] You know I love a horn

[00:09:31] You know I love a horn

[00:09:32] You know I love a wah-wah

[00:09:34] A little waka waka

[00:09:36] Waka waka

[00:09:36] A little waka wawa

[00:09:39] Up next we have Joy to the World by Neary Kim

[00:09:42] And what I like most about that

[00:10:44] Not only that it's jazzy

[00:10:45] Because that's my jam

[00:10:47] It was just so full of life and energy

[00:10:50] It wasn't slow

[00:10:52] It was everything I want on the big day

[00:10:55] Very fun

[00:10:56] It's gonna buoy me in the coming days

[00:10:59] That's right

[00:11:00] Two very different versions of Joy to the World

[00:11:02] Two very fun versions

[00:11:03] You can vote right now

[00:11:04] Link is in the description

[00:11:05] We'll be live for about a week

[00:11:07] Through New Year's Eve

[00:11:09] Yeah

[00:11:09] Right before the clock strikes midnight into 2025

[00:11:11] That's right

[00:11:12] Get all your votes in

[00:11:13] We, you know this is a

[00:11:14] This is a contest with no stakes whatsoever

[00:11:17] The stakes could not be lower

[00:11:19] Oh it's huge

[00:11:20] It's huge

[00:11:21] But if you miss an episode

[00:11:22] Go back and just skip to the battle part of it

[00:11:24] That'll

[00:11:25] Bragging rights

[00:11:25] That's exactly right

[00:11:26] And I think what we'll do

[00:11:27] Because I figured out a way to get the scores automatically

[00:11:30] We're gonna showcase the ones that had the widest margin of victory

[00:11:36] Like the top couple

[00:11:37] And we'll really point those out

[00:11:39] I think that'll be great

[00:11:39] I think that'll be fun

[00:11:41] If you are looking forward to that

[00:11:43] You can tune back in when we are back in 2025

[00:11:47] Scotty, we're taking a week off

[00:11:50] It's been a long season

[00:11:51] Just the last week

[00:11:52] We will be back in January

[00:11:54] That's exactly right

[00:11:55] First week

[00:11:55] We'll be there bright and early

[00:11:57] That's exactly right

[00:11:57] So come on back

[00:11:58] Enjoy the day everybody

[00:12:00] Go celebrate

[00:12:01] Go have some fun

[00:12:02] And join us again in 2025

[00:12:04] When we start all over again

[00:12:05] And begin to count down to Christmas morning

[00:12:08] That's right

[00:12:08] Thank you for being with us all year

[00:12:10] And I mean it

[00:12:11] If you're struggling

[00:12:12] Send me an email

[00:12:13] Christmasmorningpodcast at gmail.com

[00:12:15] That's exactly right

[00:12:16] I'll let you know that you're not alone

[00:12:17] And I hope everyone is having a great day

[00:12:19] However you choose to celebrate

[00:12:21] That's right

[00:12:21] Until next time

[00:12:22] Merry Christmas

[00:12:23] Merry Christmas everybody

[00:12:24] It was a cold winter's night

[00:12:38] There were stars in the sky

[00:12:39] Oh it's like remembering a dream

[00:12:42] I cast my memory back

[00:12:44] And here's what I see

[00:12:48] Oh you were a sight

[00:12:50] The fire burned bright

[00:12:51] The light

[00:12:52] It seemed to dance in your eyes

[00:12:53] It was written there

[00:12:55] In the sky

[00:12:56] We were meant to be

[00:13:05] Then you left