Winter, Wonders, and Whimsy

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Books, Ballads, and B-Roll

Winter, Wonders, and Whimsy

Episode #7

You are listening to Books, Ballads, and B-roll the podcast with your hosts Bee and Alastair.

In this episode of Books, Ballads, and B-Roll the Podcast, we share our favorite winter-holiday-themed media!

Segment 1: Alastair’s Top 5 Winter/Holiday Books/Movies

1. Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy – Karen Foxlee
2. Spinning Silver – Naomi Novik
3. Girls Made of Snow and Glass – Melissa Bashardoust
4. The Nightmare Before Christmas – directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton
5. It’s a Wonderful Life – Produced by Frank Capra
6. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the Muppets version

Segment 2: Bee’s Top 5 Winter/Holiday Books/Movies

1. Jingle All the Way – animated film (2011) directed by Chel White and written by Allan Neuwirth
2. Breadcrumbs – written by Anne Ursu
3. The Littlest Christmas Tree – by R.A. Herman and illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
4. Rudolph The Rednosed Reindeer – 1964 film directed by Larry Roemer and Kizo Nagashima
5. The Little Drummer Boy – 1968 version directed by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass
6.  Also the Little Drummer Mouse – by Mercer Mayer

Segment 3: Winter/Holiday Playlist!

The Spotify playlist can be found here! It includes:

1. Let it Go – Frozen
2. Into the Unknown – Frozen
3. Hark! The Harold Angels Sing – Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
4. tis’ the damn season – Taylor Swift
5. Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version) – Taylor Swift
6. The Christians and the Pagans – Dar Williams
7. All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
8. Christmases When You Were Mine – Taylor Swift
9. White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
10. Winter Song – Sara Bareilles
11. ALL the Nightmare before Christmas soundtrack
12. Basque Carol – Heavenly Angelic Light Orchestra
13. Basque Carol – Transcendental Light Orchestra
14. Ivy – Taylor Swift
15. Do You Hear What I Hear – Perry Como
16. The Little Drummer Boy – 1965 version; Harry Simeone Chorale
17. Carol of the Bells
18. Nutcracker soundtrack
19. Swan Lake soundtrack

Music Credits:

• Flowers and Weeds (Acoustic Guitar & Penny Whistle) by Axletree
• Marty Gots a Plan by Kevin MacLeod

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