Welcome to the end of 2024 and our annual Christmas Extravaganza episode, brought to you ad-free for you listening pleasure. Please pour a hot toddy and enjoy around the fir tree of your choosing.
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# Summary
This Stuff You Should Know holiday spectacular is a festive grab bag of Christmas traditions and trivia featuring hosts Josh and Chuck as they mix seasonal cocktails, explain party games, explore confections from around the world, and dive into the history of Christmas movies and White House holiday decorations. The episode covers everything from how to play Dirty Santa to the origins of French Yule log cakes, all while maintaining the show's ad-free tradition and wrapping up their recording year with holiday cheer and plenty of creative tangents.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965
25m
★ 7.7
"It beat Charlie Brown twice, two different Charlie Brown specials. Good grief. — Chuck notes that Ziggy's Gift beat two different Charlie Brown Christmas specials in the Emmy competition."
— Chuck
Babes in Toyland
1934
NR
1h 18m
★ 6.3
"If you're thinking, all right, March of the Wooden Soldiers, no, no, that's 1934 — Josh references this film when discussing early Christmas movies from the 1930s."
— Josh
Hacksaw Ridge
2016
2h 19m
★ 8.2
"It beat Garfield, beat the Smurfs. Take that Smurfs. — Chuck mentions a Garfield Christmas special from 1982 that lost the Emmy to Ziggy's Gift."
— Chuck
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
2h 11m
★ 8.3
"If you're thinking like, oh, it's a wonderful life, no, no, no, that's the 40s. — Josh mentions this classic Christmas film when discussing early Christmas movies, clarifying its era."
— Josh
"Remember when they show up on the set, they kind of give that spiel about their family and the horses — Josh references the film Nope and its scene depicting early film history with horses, comparing it to the Lumiere brothers' work."
— Josh
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
0000
1m
★ 7.1
"The Lumiere brothers, very famously in 1896, had a 50-second clip of a train coming right toward the screen. — Josh discusses this famous early film by the Lumiere brothers as a precursor to the first Christmas movie."
— Josh
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
1h 16m
★ 7.8
"A guy named George Albert Smith became the creator of the very first Christmas movie, uncontested. — Josh discusses the first Christmas movie ever made, a 76-second film by George Albert Smith."
— Josh
The Polar Express
2004
G
1h 40m
★ 6.7
"I can't wait till Polar Express comes out. Yeah. Movie I still haven't seen. — Josh and Chuck discuss their lack of interest in watching the Polar Express film."
— Josh
Ziggy's Gift
1982
24m
★ 6.3
"Far and away, the best of the bunch that came out in 1982 was Ziggy's gift, which is incredibly sweet. — Chuck describes Ziggy's Gift as the best Christmas special of 1982 and among the top ever made."
— Chuck
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