Ranked #1
WC #12 Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories and Algernon Blackwood's "The Kit Bag"
WC #12 Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories and Algernon Blackwood's "The Kit Bag"
Why did Victorian England love Christmas ghost stories? Why does Andy Williams sing about them? Why is Algernon Blackwoo... Read more
4 Dec 2018
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49mins
Ranked #2
WC #Bonus Episode, The House of Seven Santas, Part 5
WC #Bonus Episode, The House of Seven Santas, Part 5
SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE! Join the Weird Christmas Podcast and six other podcasts for a multi-part holiday special retellin... Read more
1 Dec 2017
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8mins
Ranked #3
WC #5 Weird Christmas TV and Movies with Joanna Wilson
WC #5 Weird Christmas TV and Movies with Joanna Wilson
Episode #5 of the Weird Christmas Podcast! Kicking off the 2017 Christmas season talking to Joanna Wilson, author of num... Read more
1 Dec 2017
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33mins
Ranked #4
WC #18 Christmas Elves and Linda Raedisch
WC #18 Christmas Elves and Linda Raedisch
Craig Kringle talks with Linda Raedisch about Christmas elves, winter and solstice folklore surrounding fairies and elve... Read more
24 Nov 2019
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35mins
Ranked #5
WC #13 The Old Magic of Christmas with Linda Raedisch
WC #13 The Old Magic of Christmas with Linda Raedisch
I talk to author Linda Raedisch about her book The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of t... Read more
12 Dec 2018
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30mins
Ranked #6
WC #7 Santa's a Magic Mushroom
WC #7 Santa's a Magic Mushroom
In this episode, I delive into the world of shamanism, magic mushrooms, and Santa Claus. Travel with me on a trip to str... Read more
11 Dec 2017
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18mins
Ranked #7
WC #3 Weird Science Fiction Christmas Music Podcast
WC #3 Weird Science Fiction Christmas Music Podcast
Weird Christmas' science fiction extravaganza! Santa on the moon, Mars, rockets, your bachelor pad, and a bit of therami... Read more
12 Dec 2016
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15mins
Ranked #8
WC #17 Lisa Morton and Halloween History
WC #17 Lisa Morton and Halloween History
Weird Christmas Podcast #17, a discussion of Halloween History with Lisa Morton. We discuss her three books about the hi... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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21mins
Ranked #9
WC #9 Christmas Music Junkies and Interview with Mitchell Kezin, Director of Jingle Bell Rocks!
WC #9 Christmas Music Junkies and Interview with Mitchell Kezin, Director of Jingle Bell Rocks!
Talking about the underground world of Christmas music collectors with Mitchell Kezin, the director of Jingle Bell Rocks... Read more
21 Dec 2017
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36mins
Ranked #10
WC #4 Thanksgiving Podcast 2017
WC #4 Thanksgiving Podcast 2017
It's the first episode of 2017 for Weird Christmas! I'm confused about Thanksgiving! I don't know what the hell it means... Read more
22 Nov 2017
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7mins
Ranked #11
WC #14 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction
WC #14 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction
The results show from the 2018 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction contest. 12 very, very short stories that will make you lau... Read more
18 Dec 2018
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36mins
Ranked #12
WC #10 Christmalloween (or How I Mixed Up My Holidays)
WC #10 Christmalloween (or How I Mixed Up My Holidays)
How many Christmas carols are actually about Halloween? Or vice versa? However many there are, they aren't very good...w... Read more
31 Oct 2018
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15mins
Ranked #13
WC #15 Christmas with MST3K, Rifftrax, and Connor Lastowka
WC #15 Christmas with MST3K, Rifftrax, and Connor Lastowka
Weird Christmas explores the Christmas offerings of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Rifftrax, and Cinematic Titanic with R... Read more
1 Jan 2019
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29mins
Ranked #14
WC #11 Xmas Comics with Benito Cereno
WC #11 Xmas Comics with Benito Cereno
Weird Christmas Podcast #11. A discussion with Benito Cereno about the unlikely world of Christmas and comic books.
30 Nov 2018
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41mins
Ranked #15
WC #16 Christmas Summer Comet and Patreon Plug
WC #16 Christmas Summer Comet and Patreon Plug
A bonus summer episode! Professor (and Sir) Colin Humphreys of Cambridge discusses the evidence putting Christmas in the... Read more
28 Aug 2019
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21mins