Barry and Abigail discuss Christmas Cheers by Straight No Chaser and sample Spotted Cow  and Moon Man from New Glarus Brewing Co. in New Glarus, Wisconsin, and Pickle Tickle from Barn Town Brewing in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Listen to the original ¿Dónde Esta Santa Claus? by Augie Rios

Barry compared the harmonies in I’ll Be Home for Christmas to the harmonies in Auld Lang Syne by The Beach Boys (who were in turn inspired by The Lettermen’s harmonies).

We played the original Hey Santa! by The Brian Setzer Orchestra.

Read the story behind the writing of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

The definitive version of You’re a Mean One, Mister Grinch for Barry is The Whirling Dervishes’ version, whereas for Abigail, it is the full version from the original TV special, sung by Thurl Ravenscroft.

We compared Straight No Chaser’s version of O Holy Night to the Tracy Chapman version and the Céline Dion version.

Read more about the Christmas pickle tradition!

We confirmed that “upsot” is indeed in the original lyrics of Jingle Bells! We also played a little bit of our favorite version of the song, by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters.

Who Spiked the Eggnog? is only Abigail’s second-favorite eggnog-based Christmas song, after Eggnogorant by Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team, which you can hear on our first-ever Christmas bonus episode from 2021, Bonus: Greet the Hummels! Original Songs by Friends of the Pod!

We played a bit of Straight No Chaser’s version of Carol of the Bells.

Up next… Who’s Next by The Who, submitted to our Jukebox by Todd Sider. This episode, our Season 5 opener, is scheduled to drop on March 7, 2025.

Jingles are by our friend Pete Coe.

Visit Anosmia Awareness for more information on Barry’s condition.

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