Christmas Movie Podcast — All Episodes

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatic!

We are *back* with our first episode of the 2026 Christmas Season! To kick-off the celebrations, we decided to revisit one of our few, infamously lost episodes in which the elves gather to discuss the 2016, Disney Christmas special, "Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special"! Does the ugly animation of this show fit the Christmas season? Does it throw out decades worth of lore regarding Donald Duck and the Duck family? And is Daisy Duck as insufferable as Miss Piggy? You'll just have to tune in to find out! Trust us when we say, though, this is one fun, festive episode you want to make sure not to miss! So, settle in with your favorite holiday beverage, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔🚂 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe we've reached the final episode of Spooky Season 2026? We sure can't! To celebrate the occasion, Julia and Anthony welcome back Misty Hovsepian of "Two Girls, One Crypt" to talk about the 2026 film, "Hokum!" Did the trailers mislead us about the type of movie this would be? Is there enough Irish/witch folklore in it satisfy our needs? Does the story actually happen, is it a near death experience, or just a psychedelic hallucination? And did the movie deserve a better fate than coming and going quickly because it opened right before "Obsession," which became a smash hit and overshadowed it? All of this, and much more, is discussed in this fun episode! So settle back with your Pumpkin Spice lattes, relax, and enjoy! And get excited - because we're officially entering the 2026 Christmas season next week! As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔🚂 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe we've already reached our penultimate episode of Spooky Season 2026? We sure can't! Where has the time come?

This week, Julia and Anthony are joined by two of their favorite recurring guests, Kendall and Misty of the excellent "Two Girls, One Crypt," to talk the 2026 smash-hit, "Obsession!" The four dive-deep into this timely horror-film about consent and autonomy, and there's a lot of great insight into one of the year's best films -which, spoiler alert, all four of your hosts loved- in this episode! Trust us when we say this is definitely one you do not want to miss! 

So settle back with your pumpkin spice lattes, relax, and enjoy! As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!

During Spooky Season 2026 here on "Tis the Podcast," we've made a conscious effort to pepper in a few undisputed horror classics in our lineup, and that trend continues tonight as Julia and Anthony sit down to discuss Sam Raimi's beloved 1981 film, "The Evil Dead." Often considered one of the best scary movies of all time - and the beginning of the most consistently well received horror franchise - does this movie live up to its reputation for the two elves? You'll just have to tune in to find out in a wide-ranging discussion in which they talk about everything from the amateur, low-budget filming of this movie to Sam Raimi's inability to write women. Trust us when we say, this is one episode you don't want to miss! So settle back with your pumpkin spice lattes, relax, and enjoy while you can, because Spooky Season is nearly over and Christmas is just about upon us! Get excited! As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!

This week, as Spooky Season continues, the incredible Kendall Farrae of "Two Girls, One Crypt" joins Julia and Anthony to discuss the 2019 horror-comedy, "Ready or Not!" Anyone who's listened to the show before knows this is a favorite of Anthony, Julia, and Kendall, so you can bet this is one fun, laugh-out-loud episode as they discuss this hilarious and hilariously violent film! 

Also discussed: Anthony's birthday, the musical Puffs, Kendall's book club picks, Anthony, Kendall, and Misty's upcoming Halloween Horror Nights meetup, and much, much more! Trust us when we say this is one episode you want to be sure not to miss! 

So settle back with your pumpkin spice lattes, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!

This week, as Spooky Season continues, Matt Spaulding of "North Pole Radio" and "2 Broke Geeks" joins Julia, Anthony, and Thom to discuss the 2023 slasher film, "Scream VI" - a.k.a. "Ghostface Takes Manhattan!" 

Everyone knows Anthony is the "Scream" fan on this show, so how does this one stack up against the rest of the franchise in his mind? And is Ghostface's murder spree in New York more or less successful than Jason's was in the "Friday the 13th" franchise? You'll just have to tune in to find out! 

So settle back with your pumpkin spice lattes, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!

Spooky Season continues this week as Julia, Anthony, and Thom are joined by Gathering of the Geek's Chris Evans (not the Chris Evans, but that Chris Evans), who makes his triumphant return to the show to talk 2025's horror-comedy, The Monkey, based on the 1980 Stephen King short story of the same name! Trust us when when we say this is one fun, funny episode you want to be sure not to miss!

So settle back with your favorite Autumnal drink from Starbucks, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Wednesday, Christmas Fanatics!

We are back with what is becoming a favorite staple of our annual Spooky Season celebrations: 2026's Tis the Podcast Ultimate Horror Movie Bracket!

This year, Anthony is joined by: Kendall and Misty of Two Girls, One Crypt, Matt of North Pole Radio, and Ron, Lindsey, and Ryan of Film Strip Podcast for the ultimate championship bracket to debate, argue, and ultimately figure out which horror movie will take the crown of what we deem 2026's ultimate horror film!

We're switching things up a bit this year though! Instead of Anthony choosing all of the movies for the competition, each show gets their own devision! So North Pole Radio picked all of the films to face off against one another in the Northwest Division, Film Strip Podcast all of the movies in the Southwest Division, Two Girls, One Crypt the Northeast Division, and Tis the Podcast the Southeast Division! It makes for a wide, eclectic range of movies that are definitely representative of the tastes of each show, and makes for some epic debates as the competition gets whittled down!

As always, this episode is an absolute marathon, clocking in at over eleven hours so it'll definitely keep you occupied for a few days at work and a few commutes in the lead up to Halloween! But we promise that, as always, it's filled with laughs, good-natured ribbing, and tons of excellent insight and opinions on some of the greatest(?) films in horror movie history. Trust us when we say this is one you definitely do not want to miss!

We poured a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into this one and appreciate you not only listening, but sharing it too! So settle back with your pumpkin spice lattes, hit that share button, press play, relax, and enjoy! As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!

After catching up Colburn family reunions, talking about Anthony's experience at Halloween Horror Nights 35, catching up on movies, and giving their reaction to HBO's latest trailer for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Julia and Anthony continue this journey through Spooky Season 2026 by discussing a bonafide Halloween classic: 1980's, Friday the 13th. Another first time watch for Julia, and one that's been part of Anthony's life for the majority of it, how does this one compare to A Nightmare on Elm Street? And does it even resemble whatsoever the franchise it would eventually become? Tune in to find out! Trust us when we say this is one episode you wanna be sure not to miss! 

So settle back with your pumpkin spice lattes, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy Labor Day! We hope you're all enjoying the long weekend!

Today marks the official start of Spooky Season on "Tis the Podcast", and we're celebrating in a big way: by welcoming our friend Kristin from the always amazing "Holidays After Dark" to talk an undisputed classic: 1984's "A Nightmare on Elm Street"! Listen as they discuss their histories, the movie's origins, what works for them, and what doesn't, amongst much, much more! Trust us when we say, this is one episode you want to be sure not to miss! So settle back with those Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Relax, and Enjoy! As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy Last Day of August! We're on the Eve of the 'Ber Months and the official start of Spooky Season! How exciting is that?

Before we transition into Halloween mode for the months of September and October, Julia and Anthony send August off with a bang by finishing their revisit of the "The Office" Christmas episodes via their Superfan Extended episodes! The episodes they cover this week? Season 8's "Christmas Wishes" and Season 9's "Dwight Christmas"! Trust us when we say this one fun episode you wanna be sure not to miss! So settle back with your pumpkin spice lattes, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Friday, Christmas Fanatics!   As a special bonus treat to kickoff Spooky Season a bit early, and honor the fact that tonight is the official opening of "Halloween Horror Nights 35", enjoy this special bonus episode in which Anthony is joined by Kendall and Misty of "Two Girls, One Crypt" to discuss this years lineup of houses, scare zones, and shows at the event! They also rank their anticipation for each house as they get prepared to step into the fog together later this October together!   Trust us when we say, this is one fun bonus episode you'll want to be sure not to miss! So settle back with your Pumpkin Spice Lattes, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🍂🎃🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! 

This week, Julia and Anthony continue their revisit of the holiday season at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company by discussing the extended, Superfan episodes of "The Office's" Season 6 and 7 episodes: "Secret Santa" and "Classy Christmas"! 

Also discussed: "The End of Oak Street", "Dungeon Crawler Carl", back to school in the Colburn household, Anthony's experience at Universal Passholder Night, updates on the filming of "The Batman Part II", and much, much more! 

Trust us when we see this is one fun, festive, and laugh-a-minute episode you want to be sure not to miss! So settle back, relax, and enjoy! And, as always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! ❤️🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Tuesday, Christmas Fanatics!

This week, the elves are heading back to Dunder Mifflin for a little Christmas déjà vu! We know we've already talked about The Office's Christmas episodes, but now we're diving into the extended editions, and we think you know these elves aren't complaining about talking the Office.

Anthony, Julia, and Thom kick things off with "Christmas Party", the Season 2 classic featuring Michael's disastrous Secret Santa, an iPod, a teapot, Yankee Swap (or Dirty Santa, or whatever you call it where you live), before heading diving into "A Benihana Christmas" which features one very memorable Christmas card. Then it's off to "Moroccan Christmas," where Phyllis takes control of the Party Planning Committee, Meredith catches fire, Dwight sells Princess Unicorn dolls, and Angela's carefully guarded secret threatens to become very public knowledge.

But this time, we're not just talking about the episodes we already know and love. We're digging into the extended and deleted scenes, the little character moments that got left on the cutting-room floor, and all the extra bits that somehow make these episodes feel even more like Christmas.

Also discussed this episode: pumpkin spice season is upon us; Universal Passholder Night; HBO's upcoming Harry Potter reboot and its just announced Gilderoy Lockhart casting for Season 2; Ted Lasso; Spider-Man; the increasingly bizarre world of twisted childhood movies; Dungeon Crawler Carl spoilers; Spirit Halloween; Ebenezer and Violent Night 2 trailers; the return of Ghosts; British Christmas specials; the history of Benihana; Danny DeVito/Jimothy; The X-Files; Steve Carell aging like fine wine; and our ongoing inability to stay on topic for more than approximately twelve seconds.

So grab your Christmas sweater, pour yourself something festive, and settle in for another trip to Scranton with your favorite misfit toys.

And yes... Belschnickel is coming.

As always, thanks for listening, y'all! ❤️🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🔔🚂 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas in July!

Firstly, join us in wishing our very own Julia, everybody' favorite elf, a very Happy Birthday! This show wouldn't be the same without her good cheer and evergreen optimism and cheeriness!

Secondly, listen as the elves finally gather to discuss the Christmas episodes of Cartoon Network's "Regular Show" - a series they've been trying to reschedule repeatedly the past few years. If you want to follow along at home, the episodes discussed are: Season 4 - Episode 9 - The Christmas Special Season 6 - Episode 9 - The White Elephant Gift Exchange Season 6 - Episode 10 - Merry Christmas Mordecai  Season 8 - Episode 23 - Christmas in Space  Also briefly discussed: "Evil Dead Burn", "The Invite", Disney's live-action "Moana", and Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey"!  So settle back, relax, and enjoy! We guarantee this is one festive, laugh-filled episode that will help you start your week on the right foot!  As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all! 🎅🏻🎄🎁 🦌🦉⛄️🚂🔔 🤶🏻 🎀 ❄️