Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast

The Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas podcast shares the spirit of the season all year long, an "all-things Christmas" podcast. Christmas is our happy place! SBMXmas (Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Xmas) features "Xmas News" followed by a guest interview covering holiday topics from vintage to modern, music/entertainment, foods, decorating, holiday history & more. Rikki & Mary take their broadcasting skills into the podcasting world spreading the Xmas spirit to young & old almost all year long. SBMXmas is the "show for Xmas info!"

Tasting Holiday History 11/10/2024

Tasting Holiday History We are joined by Max Miller, food history YouTuber and author of "Tasting History." /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/33865102

A Fogelberg/Backstreet Xmas 11/03/2024

A Fogelberg/Backstreet Xmas Hear the connection between the Backstreet Boys and Dan Fogelberg with Scott Newman of the Tinsel Tunes Podcast. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/33759677

An MTV Christmas 10/15/2024

An MTV Christmas Eric Taylor, radio personality and teacher, tells us all about what the holiday season was like at MTV. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/33468427

Donner vs Donder 10/03/2024

Donner vs Donder "Now Dasher, now Dancer!" and so on until you get to — is it Donner? Or Donder? We get to the bottom of the real name of the seventh of Santa’s eight reindeer with guest Pamela Mccoll, author and expert on "Twas The Night Before Christmas.” /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/33309382

Top TV Commercials 09/22/2024

Top TV Commercials Wendy Hanson and Brent Wilhite from Penna Powers Marketing join us to talk about some of the top holiday commercials on television. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/33154972

Jingle Bell Rocks Documentary 08/26/2024

Jingle Bell Rocks Documentary We pay tribute to the late Mitchell Kezin with Hugh McNally of "Bootleg Xmas." /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/32734752

Santa Songs 07/26/2024

Santa Songs Ken Kessler, from The Sounds of Christmas Podcast, and Scott Leopold, from the Holly Jolly Xmas-U Podcast, join us to talk about lots — and lots — of Santa songs. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/32306432

Santa Cons 07/16/2024

Santa Cons Coz Green, author "Through Santa's Eyes" and professional Santa, joins us to talk about Santa Conventions. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/32155877

The Santa Claus Canon 07/10/2024

The Santa Claus Canon Dan Morris, of Tracing The Path Podcast, asks, what if every Santa Claus story you ever heard was part of one history? He joins us to talk about his comprehensive work, "The Complete Canon of Santa Claus." /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/32076152

Santa's On The Naughty List 07/02/2024

Santa's On The Naughty List We are joined by Jason Usry of the "Santa Maybe, A Criminal" Podcast as true crime and Christmas collide. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/31980627

Giant DIY Xmas Gift Boxes 06/24/2024

Giant DIY Xmas Gift Boxes With the warmer weather, it's time to get your holiday DIY projects going! We are joined by Jordan Maywald of "Holiday Lighting & Creations" and winner of the ABC Christmas Light Fight 2019. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/31861322

Xmas Destinations: NYC 06/05/2024

Xmas Destinations: NYC Benjamin William Bradley joins us to share the sights and sounds of New York City at Christmas time. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/31609292

An Old Time Radio Christmas 05/17/2024

An Old Time Radio Christmas Sean Sotka with the Christmas Podcasts Podcast talks about what the holidays were like during the golden era of radio. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/31358512

Woolworths 04/23/2024

Woolworths Larry Lashinsky, vintage Christmas collector and history enthusiast, talks about the Golden Glow of Christmas Past, Woolworth stores, glass ornaments and World War II. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/30945723

Through Santa's Eyes 12/20/2023

Through Santa's Eyes We love to read Christmas books at SBMX because it helps us feel the spirit of the season all year. Rikki talks with author Coz Green about his book, “Through Santa’s Eyes: Be Less Selfish, Be More Elfish.” /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/29161893

The Christmas List of Richard Lindsay 12/10/2023

The Christmas List of Richard Lindsay Author, broadcaster and journalist Bruce Lindsay talks about his Christmas book, based on a family story. And he shares how reading Christmas books to his children is one of his favorite parts of Christmas time. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/29005763

Space Age Aluminum Christmas Tree part 2 12/05/2023

Space Age Aluminum Christmas Tree part 2 Theron Georges joins us to talk about some of the great features of aluminum Christmas trees. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28932538

Space Age Aluminum Christmas Tree part 1 12/05/2023

Space Age Aluminum Christmas Tree part 1 Theron Georges joins us to talk about the history of the biggest names in aluminum Christmas trees. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28932503

Christmas Jars, The Book 12/01/2023

Christmas Jars, The Book Drop your spare change into the jar. When the jar is filled, give it away. It's a special SBMX episode as we talk about "Christmas Jars." Learn the history of the book that started a movement of giving. Best selling author, Jason F. Wright, tells us about the inspiration and ideas that brought him to write his holiday novella, along with real life experiences that continue to touch lives around the world. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28878803

Reindeer Games for Humans 11/26/2023

Reindeer Games for Humans Rikki and Mary describe games played during Christmas gatherings past and present, and they play Pass the Parcel together. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28796288

Christmas Store Windows Part 1 11/20/2023

Christmas Store Windows Part 1 Darren Durman, owner of The Merchant General Store in Wisconsin, shares how to feel the nostalgia and make new memories with Christmas store window displays. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28715223

The Tree That Visited NYC for the Holidays 11/20/2023

The Tree That Visited NYC for the Holidays Documentary filmmaker Eric Porterfield talks to us about his film, "The Tree that Visited New York City for the Holidays" about the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28715123

A Finger-Licking Good Christmas 11/12/2023

A Finger-Licking Good Christmas Let's talk about how KFC makes "A Finger-Lickin' Good Christmas" in Japan with guest Scott Leopold of the Holly Jolly X'masu Podcast. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28597593

Upside Down Christmas Trees 11/12/2023

Upside Down Christmas Trees Once you see one, you don't forget it. Vintage and antique Christmas enthusiast Barbara Frazier Lehl tells us her experience with an upside down Christmas tree. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28597563

Christmas After 9/11 11/05/2023

Christmas After 9/11 For Veterans Day, we pay tribute to the men and women who have served our country. In this episode, Eliza Pace joins us to talk about Christmas after 9/11/2001. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28516625

Christmas After Pearl Harbor 11/05/2023

Christmas After Pearl Harbor For Veterans Day, we want to honor the men and women who have served our country. Benjamin William Bradley takes us back to a solemn time in America by looking at Christmas after Pearl Harbor, the first in an upcoming series of holiday times and themes during WWII. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28516607

A New Wave Christmas Part 2 10/29/2023

A New Wave Christmas Part 2 We wrap up October Christmas music month by talking about New Wave Christmas music with Biff Raff. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28451162

New Christmas Music 2023 10/22/2023

New Christmas Music 2023 JJ of Christmas Music News discusses the artists with new Christmas songs and albums this year. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28385282

A British Christmas Invasion 10/15/2023

A British Christmas Invasion Martin "Marv" Quibell from Pods Like Us shares his thoughts about the top holiday hits from England that are played every Christmas season. /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28317656

A Spooky Tunes Playlist 10/13/2023

A Spooky Tunes Playlist Looking to make a great Halloween playlist? In this BONUS episode, SBMX Rikki and radio host, Bob Bedore, cover a frightfully long list of spooky tunes sure to get you in the spirit of the season. Hear titles from those beloved monster classics to the more obscure song suggestions, Perfect for the little Trick-or-Treaters or the oldest dead souls. It'll be a BOO-tiful time with "A Spooky Tunes Playlist." /episode/index/show/sbmchristmas/id/28305749

Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast

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