As 2020 comes to a close, we are back to celebrate the holiday season Potter-style. First (6:54), Alice and Martha compete in a Harry Potter holiday game show hosted by the Real Weird Husband/Brother-in-Law, Paul Asleson (@paulasleson). Up second is Molly Weasley’s Cookie Exchange, where Alice and Martha are joined by returning guest Haley Strong (@hstrong_) to rank popular Christmas cookies and predict which characters would be most likely to bring which cookie to the party (51:53). And finally, it just wouldn’t be a Real Weird Holiday Special without an appearance from the official Real Weird Acquaintance of the show, so Alice and Martha are joined by Shut Up Tim (@ShutUpTim) to sort the characters (not the cast) of Love Actually (1:50:29).
Special thanks and credit to the listeners who submitted musical numbers. In order of appearance:
“Twas the Night Before Christmas” -Carly
“Hoot the Lovely Owl Sings” -Gibson
“Bella’s Song” -Alicia and Elena, written by Harrison
“O Round Blue Light” -Amy
“That Christmas Night” -Talitha
“Hedwig the White Owl Flew Out on that Evening” and “Last Christmas” -Shut Up Tim
“Coventry Carol” -Emily
Thank you so much for listening to the show. We wish you a wonderful holiday season!
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I didn’t know that 7 Martha’s was a running joke that’s run its course. But then again, I’m still at November 2019 so I guess that I have a lot to discover.
Paul is a great host!
I thought that the Christmas Cookie Exchange was a pretty good idea considering that it’s your fourth holiday special and topics aren’t as obvious.
Ouu, let’s see how I rank the cookies:
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Clearly I sent the comment before I was finished with it. -_- But actually it’s for the best because I don’t want to spoil it for future listeners! My favourite cookie is biscotti because it’s absolutely perfect with a cup of tea.
I’ve watched Love Actually a few times and the more I watch it the less I like it. The stories are more sad than happy. If I had to think of the stories that I liked it would be the awkward adult entertainment actors, the kid with the crush and even the guy who traveled to the states to hook up with American girls. Oh, would you look at that — I don’t know the character names either!