🎄 Rise and shine while you still can! Since this year’s December Solstice falls on a Sunday, I’ve come bearing the gift of an unexpectedly very merry Scrooge Sunday episode of “Xena: Warrior Princess” from 1996.
April Ryley and Sammy Hain join the mission to warm the cold heart of a king who’s banned all Solstice celebrations on an almost wibbly-wobbly timeline that manages to smash together “A Christmas Carol,” the Three Fates of ancient Greek tradition, a Santa Claus origin story, and the Nativity. It even throws in some “Home Alone” style shenanigans, as a treat!
📺 As of this recording, “A Solstice Carol” is available to watch on Prime Video.
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
Lucy Lawless in “Spider-Man.”
“Ebenezer and the Invisible World,” the video game.
Moirai: The Three Fates.
The Simpsons: “Desperately Xeeking Xena” from “Treehouse of Horror X” (1999)
Inside Senticles’s toy closet, and his King Friday XIII lookalike jack-in-the-box.
The song: “Solstice Night.”
Karl Urban as Cupid in a Valentine’s Day episode.
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đź“Ľ Commercials:
7up: Holiday Celebration (1996)
Bad Princess Movies.
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“Xena: Warrior Princess” and “A Solstice Carol” © 1996 MCA Television Limited.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Hosted by The Retro Network.
April Ryley and Sammy Hain join the mission to warm the cold heart of a king who’s banned all Solstice celebrations on an almost wibbly-wobbly timeline that manages to smash together “A Christmas Carol,” the Three Fates of ancient Greek tradition, a Santa Claus origin story, and the Nativity. It even throws in some “Home Alone” style shenanigans, as a treat!
📺 As of this recording, “A Solstice Carol” is available to watch on Prime Video.
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents:
Lucy Lawless in “Spider-Man.”
“Ebenezer and the Invisible World,” the video game.
Moirai: The Three Fates.
The Simpsons: “Desperately Xeeking Xena” from “Treehouse of Horror X” (1999)
Inside Senticles’s toy closet, and his King Friday XIII lookalike jack-in-the-box.
The song: “Solstice Night.”
Karl Urban as Cupid in a Valentine’s Day episode.
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đź“Ľ Commercials:
7up: Holiday Celebration (1996)
Bad Princess Movies.
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“Xena: Warrior Princess” and “A Solstice Carol” © 1996 MCA Television Limited.
Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
Hosted by The Retro Network.