Merry Britsmas A Parker Sibun

MERRY BIRTHDAY! April is my Birthday month so I went seeking other birthday connections, looking at two famous people with April birthdays by exploring Leona Lewis' brilliant festive album and a TV show about a very famous playwright born in April. I also explored some British celebs with Xmas Day Birthdays! Also check out more of me (if you want more...) on the Total Christmas Podcast. 
Leona Lewis - One More Sleep  
https://www.totalchristmaspodcast.com/ 

In the March episode, I'm inspired by St David's Day to look at Welsh Christmas traditions, listen to some British covers of the carol God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, and watch a festive episode of police drama The Bill.
Covers of God Rest You Merry Gentleman
Wat Tyler
Manfred Mann 
Jamie Cullum
Annie Lennox 

In the first episode of 2024, Merry Britsmas takes a look at Kiss Me Kate, a sitcom about counselling, the New Year tradition of First Footing, and some alternative under-heard festive songs. 
https://ko-fi.com/merrybritsmas
Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow At Xmas
Twitchels - Ode To Just Like Xmas
Shadowlark - Christmas Time
John Cale - Child's Xmas In Wales

It's the (now) annual Bonus New British Xmas Music episode! Check out all the amazing artists below, support them if you can, and there's also a surprise comedic gala from all your favourite Christmas podcasters (& me...) 
ALA.NI
Peaness
Problem Patterns
Don't Call Me Ishmael 
New Rules
Nina Nesbitt 
Volk Soup
Erica Manzoli
Kate Rusby
Curerbell 
Pegasuses 
Fortune Faded Glory 
Brutalligators & Fightmilk 
Sunflower Thieves
Wasuremono
Fenne Lily 
Wyldest 

It's the big December episode of Merry Britsmas! I look at the king of Xmas' Cliff Richard's 'Mistletoe & Wine', one of my favourite raucous British shows, Bottom, more festive munching of British snacks, and I reveal the Winner of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! 
Also, I get some festive Podcast friends to help review some new seasonal adverts from Tesco, Aldi, M&S, and John Lewis. Check out their podcasts below! 
https://adventcalendar.house/
Festive Foreign Film Fans -
https://twitter.com/festivefilmfans
Christmas Cousins 
https://www.instagram.com/christmascousinspod
https://www.instagram.com/hollyjollyxmasu/

In my first December episode of 2023, I take a gander at a Christmas Gone Wrong in the Gone Wrong Show, explore British covers of It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, chomp on some more British festive chocolate, and reveal the final showdown in the BIG XMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! 
Covers of It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Xmas:
Connie Talbot 
Rag'n'Bone Man 
Calum Scott
Michael Ball & Alfie Boe