CWFC 028 – The History of Christmas Cards and the Top 5 Christmas Smells

In this episode, you’ll learn the history of the Christmas card, learn Tim’s top 5 favorite Christmas smells, get a little Christmas now from the radio, decide who sang Silver Bells best, and hear more in the great Die Hard Debate. Download here! 00:00 – 01:37 Intro 01:37 – 02:42 We Need a little Christmas now 02:42 – 05:30 Five Golden Things (Christmas Smells) 05:30 – 06:59 Feedback On Our Last Show 06:59 – 09:31 All I Want For Christmas is News 09:31 – 15:51 History of the Christmas Card 15:51 – 18:35 Who Sang It Best (Silver Bells) 18:35 – 22:47 Is Die Hard A Christmas Movie? 22:47 – 25:06 Wrap Up 25:06 – 29:10 Outtakes “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” United States Marine Band “Jingle Bells” Performed by Kristen Nowicki (The embedded player for the episode is bellow the poll and links) Silver Bells WSIB Poll Take Our Poll (function(d,c,j){if(!d.getElementById(j)){var pd=d.createElement(c),s;pd.id=j;pd.src='https://cantwaitforchristmaspod.com/wp-content/plugins/polldaddy/js/polldaddy-shortcode.js';s=d.getElementsByTagName(c)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(pd,s);} else if(typeof jQuery !=='undefined')jQuery(d.body).trigger('pd-script-load');}(document,'script','pd-polldaddy-loader')); All Things Christmas’ Hallmark Channel Movie Guide http://www.allthingschristmas.com/christmas-movies/hallmark-christmas-movies-2017-full-schedule/ Magic 105 WLQT-DB http://wlqtdb.stormsignalradio.com/ First Christmas Card (Customizeable) https://www.zazzle.com/the_first_christmas_card_1873-256244649531531207 Additional Info on Christmas Cards: https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/cards.shtml http://christmaspastpodcast.com/christmas-cards/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-christmas-card-180957487/ Christmas Card Designs in the Can’t Wait For Christmas Store (More coming soon) https://www.zazzle.com/collections/all_christmas_cards-119050933992275132 Tim Babb at Rooster T. Feathers for Nerd Night with Don McMillan (October 18, 2017) http://roostertfeathers.laughstub.com/event.cfm?cart&id=493327 Tim Babb at Rooster T. Feathers with Shane Torres (Nov 2 – 5) http://roostertfeathers.laughstub.com/event.cfm?id=494251