🎄 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.
Find us 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.
Find us at adventcalendar.house.
Hosted by The Retro Network.