Advent Calendar House

The Story of Santa Claus

🎄 This podcast was created as part of a seemingly endless life debt that resulted in a wish to give the world the gift of a bunch of nerds with microphones talking about

Saved by the Bell: The College Years - A Thanksgiving Story

🦃 This Thanksgiving in July, I’ve put out some extra table settings for some old friends.  Previously, on the Advent Calendar House, we watched Zack Morris be trash but

WKRP in Cincinnati - Bah, Humbug

🎄 It’s another Scrooge Sunday, which means we’re about to be haunted by a series of spirits as we ride the airwaves back to 1980 for a version of “A Christmas Carol” set

M*A*S*H - Death Takes a Holiday

⚠️ Warning: Our wartime yuletide takes a grimmer turn in this episode, which includes the death of a man hit by a sniper. But since it’s Christmas, we’re all going to do

Santa vs. the Snowman

🎄 Today’s adventure finds us caught in the middle of a battle for the North Pole in multiple dimensions.  🎙️ Sammy Hain and Jeff Loftin join the march back to 1997 to w

Elmo Says BOO!

🎃 It’s Halloween in July, and it’s time to spookalize!  🎙️ Becca Petunia joins us as we creep back to 1997 for a howling good time at the spookiest address on Sesame St

The Teddy Bears’ Christmas

🎄 It’s Christmas time for teddy bears in this 1992 prequel to what I thought until very recently was a one-off special called “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic.”  🎙️ Ethan “The

Recess - Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave

🎄 It’s that time of year again: Time to deal with smarty-pants 4th-graders who think they know how Santa Claus works.  🎙️ The Advent Calendar House welcomes Caleb Cote

Yogi the Easter Bear

🐰 This Easter in July, we’ve hopped back to 1994 on a rather stressful and dangerous trip through Jellystone Park.  🎙️ Sammy Hain and Gerry Davila join us for a visit t

The Dukes - A Dickens of a Christmas

🎄 Well, them podcast boys have run into another Scrooge Sunday, and this time, the ghosts from “A Christmas Carol” are haunting Boss Hogg in the Dukes of Hazzard’s Saturd

A DuckTales Valentine

💝 We’re celebrating Valentine’s Day in July with a deep dive into a 1990 “DuckTales” special that aired on “The Magical World of Disney.”  🎙️ Erin Evans and Joey O. joi

Frosty Returns

🎄 Somehow Frosty returned.  🎙️ The Advent Calendar House is back open for Christmas in July as Donnie Storms and new guest Collin Murr from Scrooge: A Christmas Carol P

The Year Without a Santa Claus

🎄 It’s the 200th episode of the Advent Calendar House, but more importantly, it’s Christmas Eve! So we’re celebrating with a salute to the last remaining special we have

Xena: Warrior Princess - A Solstice Carol

🎄 Rise and shine while you still can! Since this year’s December Solstice falls on a Sunday, I’ve come bearing the gift of an unexpectedly very merry Scrooge Sunday episo

VeggieTales - The Toy That Saved Christmas

🎄 Fresh from 1996 comes a Christmas tale that’ll make you cry, but only because it’s being told by an onion.  🎙️ Anthony Strand hops along for the ride as we buzz back

Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa

🎄 What if Mr. Christmas was on the naughty list this entire time, thanks to a curse on his family for generations?  🎙️ Gerry Davila from Totally Rad Christmas and Guy H

Hanukah Under the Umbrella Tree

🕎 Celebrate Hanukkah with a community talent show we don’t even get to watch.  We’ve miraculously found another Hanukkah special — with yet another spelling of it — so

A Christmas Carol: The Musical

🎄 It is once again Scrooge Sunday, and the time has come to awkwardly smoosh our spirits through the walls of our bedchamber and float back to 2004 for a special TV movie

Perfect Strangers - The Gift of the Mypiot

🎄 Your podcast feed or burst! Join us as we dance joyfully back to 1988 for a very special episode of “Perfect Strangers,” in which Balki invites his grouchy boss to a Ch

The Cabbage Patch Kids’ First Christmas

🎄 Put on your cute little helmet and join us on a journey back to 1984 for a Christmas special based on the toy craze that turned holiday shopping from a winter wonderlan