Fixed: Mondo Diablo 383: Origins 101: Remedial Christmas

This time, I'm presenting the podcast myself, as Krampus is recovering from a joyous Krampusnacht. We're going back to basics with Christmas Origins, and you'll be hearing a lot of cocktail lounge-style carols.

Playlist

Origins 1

Howrohavebestchristmas

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Yoshie * Deck the Hall

Jingle Bells

Origins 2

Bela Fleck * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Christmas Jug Band * Someboday Stole my Santa Claus Suit

Origins 3

Max Gregor and his Orchestra * Jingle Bells

Barenaked Ladies * Deck the Stills

Origins 4

Arcanasphere * Good King Wenceslaus

Percy Faith Orchestra * We Need a Little Christmas

Origins 5

The Mulcays * Rudolph the red-Nosed Reindeer

Frankie Yankovic * Merry Christmas Polka

Origins 6

Cloda * Farararara

Ben Best * Jingle Bells

Origins 7

Larry Clinton and his Orchestra * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies

Peter Wood Singers and Orchestra * Winter Wonderland

Origins 8

Duke Ellington * Jingle Bells

Ren and Stimpy * Fleck the Walls

Origins 9

Elliott Lawrence * Dancing Snowflake

Bob Gerard * Snow Man

Origins 10

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Mondo Diablo Episode 362: Christmas Origins Part 2

We continue this new (to me) documentary on Christmas origins and traditions.

Playlist

Pagan 1
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Ink Spots * Jingle Bells
Marty Manning's Banjo Barrons * Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Pagan 2
Martinn * Christmas in the City
Polish-American String Band * Mistletoe Polka
Pagan 3
Voicedude * Dreidel all the Way
Tijuana Voices * Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Pagan 4
Corporal Blossom * Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Anna Russell * The Tender Snowdrop
Pagan 5
Chartsound Orchestra * Christmas Morn
Gaylord and Holiday * Italian Christmas Song
Pagan 6
Jack Weigand * Satin Doll
Natural Gas * Christmas Song
Pagan 7
The King Family * Not a Creature was Stirring
Messur Chups * Tchaikovsky Beat
Pagan 8
The Orchestra od Leroy Holmes * Good Kind Wenceslaus
The Gunter Norris Trio * Vivaldi's Winter Allegro Non Molto
Pagan 9
Gunter Norris Trio * Vivaldi Winter * Largo, Allegro
Pagan 10
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Mondo Diablo Episode 361: Pagan Nutcracker: Christmas Origins and Nutcracker Variations

Well, here it is, finally! Welcome back to the Atheist's Christmas Podcast! I'm The Atheist, and this is my podcast! Enjoy another documentary--part one of The Origins of Christmas, along with some delicious Nutcracker variations.

Playlist

Now Sound of Christmas
Pagan 1
Alleee 1
The Bomarr Monk * Christmas in the Stars
Suncheep Vidayanakorn and His Students * Miniature Overture (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 2
Franklyn MacCormack * I Like Christmas
Jingle Dogs and Cats * March (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 3
Les Paul and Mary Ford * Jungle Bells
Lucky Wander Boy * Switched on Sugar Plum Fairy (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 4
Santa's Got a Semi
Shirim * Kozatsky 'til You Dropsky (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 5
The Evolution Control Committee * IGA Pineapple Party
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra * Danse Arabe (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 6
The Singers * Johnny's Noel
Shirim * Dance of the Dreydels (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 7
The Three Suns * Busy Holiday
Ultra JoeBot * Chinese Tea Dance (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 8
Wade Denning * Tijuana Christmas
Xavier Cugat * Danse des Mirlitons (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 9
Romper Room * Timmy Toymaker
Hal Mooney and His Orchestra * Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Pagan 10
DJ BC * The Nutbreaker
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Mondo Diablo Episode 334: A Christmas History Timeline

This week I read a list of solstice and Christmas events in history, starting with the Newgrange around 2500 BCE: this is apparently not that far from Noah's Flood, which was in 2304 BC, according to Ken Ham. Considering Stonehenge was supposed to have started around 2800 BCE and added to for another thousand years is quite curious indeed. Seems that Noah's immediate family must have made their way there quickly and found it intact, so they immediately adopted or redesigned Druidic customs. Meanwhile, a couple more of the Noah family hurried to assume the Xia dynasty in China. They must have gotten to work on making babies rather quickly! It's a good thing they brought the pandas with them.

Playlist

Christmas Timeline 1
Alleee 1
Sy Mann * Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
The Lennon Sisters * Peppy the Peppermint Bear
Christmas Timeline 2
The Henry Hadaway Orchestra and Chorus
The Ray Conniff Singers * The Twelve Days of Christmas
Christmas Timeline 3
Lounge Magic * Fiesta Cha-Cha
Line Material * The Magic of Christmas
Christmas Timeline 4
Waldo de los Rios * O Tannenbaum
The Swingle Singers * We Three Kings of Orient Are
Christmas Timeline 5
Eddie Dunstetder * Happy Holiday
Albert the Alley Cat * Santa's Helper

Christmas Timeline 6
Arcanasphere * Ring Christmas Bells
The Cricketones * Little Christmas Stocking with the Hole in the Toe
Christmas Timeline 7
Arogalla Remixes * Marry Christmas
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra * Gin for Christmas
Christmas Timeline 8
Maim Christmas
Lucas * Deck the Halls
Christmas Timeline 9
Steve Tung * Winter Ride
Riders in the Sky * Silver Bells
Christmas Timeline 10
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Mondo Diablo Episode 333: The Large Population of Christmas

This week Alison lectures some more on the origins of Santa. Who knew Santa was a Yeti? Looks like "Bob" really is Santa Claus' son.

Playlist

Christmas Characters 1
Alleee 1
Clebanoff and his Orchestra * Bobsled
Bobbi Boyle * Let Us be Gay
Christmas Characters 2
Denis Farnon and his Orchestra * Winter Wonderland
Singing Sammy Marshall * Jingle Mint Twist
Christmas Characters 3
George Garabedian * Christmas in Paris
Cyril Ritchard and Creatures of the Forest * We Wish the World a Happy Yule
Christmas Characters 4
George Melachrino and his Orchestra * Fairy on the Christmas Tree
Tolz Boys' Choir * O du Fröhliche
Christmas Characters 5
Herman Apple * Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Voicedude * You're a Loser, Newt Gingrich!
Christmas Characters 6
Marv Meredith and His Orchestra * Swingin' Sleighbells
Frosty the Dobbshead
Chasse-Neige 1971
Christmas Characters 7
Metro Strings * Christmas
H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society * I'm Dreaming of a Dead City
Christmas Characters 8
Orquesta Sanfer * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
James White * Christmas with Satan
Christmas Characters 9
Vincent Lopez * Cantique de Noel
The Nightmare * Riverbottom Nightmare Band
Christmas Characters 10
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Mondo Diablo Episode 332: A Reasonable Season

Thrill as Hellbound Alleee lectures on the secular and pagan origins of Christmas, because she's going to keep doing it until everyone knows it and thinks they thought of it.

Playlist

Christmas Traditions 1
Alleee1 Buddy and Bunny Burden * Frosty the Snowman
Father Malcolm Boyd and Charlie Byrd * It's Christmas Again, Jesus
Christmas Traditions 2
Dick Leibert * Home for the Holidays
Ruby Wright With Cliff Lash And His Orchestra With The Dick Noel Singers * Have a Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
Christmas Traditions 3
Sadie Mae (Gavioli Military Band Organ) * Silver Bells
Line Material (1961) * The Day Santa was Sick
Christmas Traditions 4
The Living Guitars * Silver Bells, The Real Meaning of Christmas
The Henry Hadaway Orchestra and Chorus * Turned on Tinsel
Christmas Traditions 5
Thurston Lava Tube * Sleigh Ride
The Robinettes w. Orchestra Acc. * Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Christmas Traditions 6
The Roy-Cliffs, feat. the Baldwin Orga-sonic Spinet Organ and the Baldwin Piano * Silver Bells
The Andrews Sisters * I'd Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus
Christmas Traditions 7
Debussy * The Snow is Dancing
Arcade Fire * The Christmas Song
Christmas Traditions 8
Eddy Arnold * I'm Your Private Santa Claus
Go Home Productions * Carpenters Christmas (Karen Meets Roots Radics Uptown)
Christmas Traditions 9
Peter Wood Singers * Silver Bells
Southwest High School Choir--O.B. Dahle, Director * God's Christmas Tree (S. Lipton)
Christmas Traditions 10
The Psychoskeletons * O Come All Ye Nutjobs
Johnny "Bowtie" Barstow * Jingle Bells
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Mondo Diablo Episode 284: Vomit Collector's Christmas

Welcome to your Atheist Christmas Podcast for the Year of Our Overlords, 2010. This year, I'm looking back at Christmas past. "Your past" you ask? No, long past. Looooong past. Go back, back, back before that cloudy April when some guy who may have been named Jesus but decidedly didn't perform any miracles and wasn't born of a virgin and may or may not have been a prophet or a rabbi, and may or may not have been crucified, was born. You'll see Egyptians lounging about, you'll see Greek women tearing apart a hapless young man, and you'll see masters pretending their slaves are "free" for a fortnight. You'll see yetis and wildmen covered in fur, delivering presents to people in northern Europe and Scandinavia. You'll see holly, ivy and trees, decorated in festive gold and silver, and blazing fires, while people warm themselves and gorge on meat. You'll see lascivious displays of cross dressing and public orgy. You'll marvel as reindeer fly on psychedelic mushrooms, and wonder why you still see those mushrooms on Christmas trees. There is so much to see, and only a month to see it all. So strap in and get ready to be overwhelmed, or, in the case of most of you, underwhelmed. "Seen that, done it."

My listeners are edumacated.

Playlist

Worst Jobs 1
Alleee 1
Ted Weems and his Orchestra * Winter Wonderland
The Superions * Crummy Christmas Tree
Worst Jobs 2
Wade Denning * Tijuana Christmas
Lord Berenger * Christmas Morning, the Rum had me Yawning
Worst Jobs 3
Percy Faith, his Orchestra and Chorus * We Need a Little Christmas
MK Rawlings Elementary Chorus and Us * Santa's Flight Song
Worst Jobs 4
Elliott Lawrence and his Orchestra * Jumpin' at the Toy Shop
Al Bowly and his Orchestra * Ev'ry Day's a Holiday
Worst Jobs 5
Leonard Bernstein * Carol of the Bells
Swedish Frosty
Worst Jobs 6
Ray Conniff and the Singers * We Wish you a Merry Christmas
Dick Robertson and his Orchestra * I Want You for Christmas
Worst Jobs 7
Helmut Zacharias * Oh, Du Fröhliche
Ray Stevens * Santa Claus is Watching You
Worst Jobs 8
The Harmonicats * March of the Toys
Adi Bing Slamet * Terdenger di Langet
Worst Jobs 9
Alan Moorehouse * Festive Noel
The Waverly Consort * Riu, Riu, Chiu
Worst Jobs 10
Longines Symphonette * Frosty the Snowman
Gene London * Walking Talking Christmas Tree
Rev Barnstormer * BB Christmas
Caravelli and his Orchestra * Noel Blanc
Dick Robertson * Meet me Under the Mistletoe
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