Christmas Eve Rules! (Featuring Jared Petty)

About this episode

The episode features a discussion about Christmas Eve traditions and memories with guest Jared Petty.

This episode, we’re joined by our most Santa Claus-like friend, Jared Petty, to discuss the night before Christmas. Like, the actual night, not the poem. We share some of our favorite memories, traditions, weird trivia, and learn a thing or two about the less family friendly ways it’s observed in some other parts of the world. Intro contains clips from Tenacious D & Sum 41’s “Things I Want,” Bad Santa, Norah Jones’ “Caga Tio,” and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Altano, Max Scoville

Guest: Jared Petty

Topics covered

• Christmas traditions
• holiday memories
• cultural observations
• trivia
• family celebrations

Keywords

• Christmas Eve
• traditions
• Jared Petty
• holiday trivia
• family celebrations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bad Santa, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Caga Tio, Things I Want

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