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74. The Holdovers: Holly and Melancholy
In the seventy-fourth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss rotary phones, their first exposure to Paul Giamatti, and Dan's disdain for bowling.
Thanks so much for joining us this season! We'll be back next year with more Christmas movie magic.

73. Last Holiday... It's Later Than You Think!
In the seventy-third episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss the New Orleans Hornets, the nostalgia of Emeril Lagasse, and whether Cinderella turns into a pumpkin or not.

72. Our Little Secret: Merry Ex-mas
In the seventy-second episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss the past decade of pop culture events, family dynamics in Christmas movies, and what makes a bad movie good.

71. Hot Frosty is Not Hot Enough!
In the seventy-first episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss the web of the Netflix Christmas Cinematic Universe, share some bizarre movie reviews, and Cara compares this to an iconic film franchise.

70. Home for the Holidays: Grit and Bear It

69. Well, we watched Red One
In the sixty-ninth episode (nice, lol) of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss the need for more Christmas movies in theaters, deep Christmas lore, and Rock Facts!

68. Jack Frost and his Winter Daddy

67. Santa and the Ice Cream-less Bunny

66. Batman Returns with Danny DeVito's Beautiful Body

65. Santa’s Slay: Bears and Boobs

64. Introduction to Advanced Christmas Glee

63. Rise of the Guardians: Into the Guardians-Verse
In the sixty-third episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss Peter Ramsey’s prolific animation career, Dan’s chipmunk adventures, and the extensive kid-lit source material.

62. ChRIZZmas in Connecticut

61. Fred(o) Claus
In the sixty-first episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss hard boiled eggs, the continued evolution of Santa lore, and the Weenie Whistle Effect.

60. Wedding Bells and Labor Day Spells, Season Four Recap
In the 60th episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan spill the beans on their wedding "I dos," their Olympic honeymoon highlights, and all the big changes in their lives.
Plus, they sleigh through the best moments of Season 4, just in time for Labor Day! And here's the cherry on top—listen to this episode to find out how you can snag a free 12 Days Pod mug.
We've missed bringing holiday cheer to your ears, and we hope this episode leaves you feeling warm and cozy.

59. It's Christmas, CAROL. Not Christmas Carol

58. Scrooged Made Cara Snoozed

57. A Christmas Prince: The Curse of the Royal Baby
In the fifty-seventh episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss geography and lore, what it means to be a Christmas movie, and say their final goodbyes to the First Royal Family of Netflix (for now).

56. Hanukkah on Rye: Happy Challah-Days
In the fifty-sixth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss deli meat jump scares, all things Hallmark, and the parallels between Winnipeg and New York.

55. Chicken Soup for the Princess Switch Soul: Romancing the Star

54. Billy Bad Santa
In the fifty-fourth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss Armageddon, Lauren Graham’s lackluster performance, and Billy Bob Thornton’s love life.

53. Spirited... You mean like the Dickens novel??

52. Frosty the Snow Wrist
In the fifty-second episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss motivational speed painting, Duolingo’s sordid affairs, and Dan ranks his favorite frosted things.

51. The Family Stone(d)
In the fifty-first episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss doobies, their large adult son, and how deranged classic Christmas tropes are.
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50. Violent Night, Harbour's Delight

49. A Christmas Story Christmiss
In the forty-ninth episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss all the wrong ways to measure fish, their love of Kieran Culkin, and Ralphie’s surprisingly interesting writing career.

48. Jack Frost and the Magic Harmonica

47. Shop Around the Corner? I barely know her!

46. The Kurt Russell Christmas Chronicles

45. T(h)rees and Trilogies, Season Three Recap
In the forty-fifth episode and season three recap of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss dating Jason Schwartzman, if they should launch a Succession podcast (12 Roys of Christmas), and urge you to flag any emergency Christmas movies you want covered this season.

44. Santa Clause 3: There’s No Escape... Clause
In the forty-fourth episode and Season 3 Finale of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan mourn Martin Short’s mid-career crisis, question once again, who this movie is for, and Cara has some bones to pick with the listeners.

43. Little Women, Little Christmas
In the forty-third episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara share which Little Women they identify with most, Cara longs for sisters, and they discuss their apathy towards certain subjects in school.

42. Jingle Jangle and Magical Math
In the forty-second episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss Dan’s mid-movie IMDB habits, their love for Keegan-Michael Key and Forest Whitaker, and the importance of The Greatest Showman.

41. The Princess Switch: 2 Many Switches
In the forty-first episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss Vanessa Hudgens’ life, the absolute chaos of the Princess Switch universe, and Cara slowly loses her mind.

40. Falling for Christmas... KA-CHOW
In the fortieth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan strike a chord with Chord Overstreet, discuss the excellence of the Cars trilogy, and learn that E! News is still in the interview game.

39. Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Actual Actor Kevin Bacon
In the thirty-ninth episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss the unreleased four hour version of this film, John Candy and Steve Martin’s chemistry, and how inconvenient it would be to live in the 80’s.

38. Applaus(e) for Klaus!
In the thirty-eighth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss how Toy Story 4 is overrated, the importance of cool animation styles, and Dan tries his hand at a J.K. Simmons impression!

37. Jingle All the Way Back to the Mid-90s
In the thirty-seventh episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss winter parades in Minnesota, fake movies based on Christmas songs, and say hi to Chris Columbus yet again.

36. Santa Claus is Coming to Town? In this economy??
In the thirty-sixth episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara do an official Santa Claus-themed draft, Dan falls asleep, and Cara rekindles her childhood crush of ginger Santa.

35. Big Daddy Krampus
In the thirty-fifth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss the lore of Krampus, where Krampus ranks among classic horror movies, and get excited about spooky Christmas.

34. Happiest Season: Make the Yuletide Gay (idk lol)
In the thirty-fourth episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss difficult family dynamics, Victor Garber’s astounding career, and Aubrey Plaza’s sexual energy. Cara also provides an update on her choral ambitions!

33. A Christmas Prince 2: Unions
In the thirty-third episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss different subplots and episode titles, the re-casting of Amber’s Dad, and how more really always is more.


31. Home Alone 3: This Time WE Lost Kevin
In the thirty-first episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss midwestern public school vaccination requirements, John Hughes scraping the bottom of the barrel, and Dan manages to bring up A Cinderella Story again.

30. Rings and Things, Season Two Recap
In the thirtieth episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss signing contracts, sweet little doohickey monkeys, and about the wildest Christmas parade suburban Virginia has to offer.
Friends, we've missed you so much. We hope you love this episode as much as we love our silly podcast.

29. Elmo Saves Christmas in July (Ahem... August)
In the twenty-ninth episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss with you how weird Elmos' legs are, the connection between Grover and Gonzo, and how Big Bird is the best Sesame Street character. We also all pretend that this episode was uploaded last week in July like we originally intended and act cool about it.

28. It's Time for Our Own Christmas Vacation
In the twenty-eighth episode and Season 2 finale of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss how Christmas Vacation stacks up against the Godfather, Cara finds another bone to pick with Chris Columbus, and they share an update about Season 3 of 12 Days Pod.
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27. The Santa Clause 2: Chekhov's Toy Helicopter
Still a heckuva lot of parenting flaws in this one from good ol' Santy Claws.
In the twenty-seventh episode of 12 Days Pod, Cara and Dan discuss Charlie's extraordinary artistic ability, a fascist robot, and they bid farewell to a fan favorite.
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26. Charlie Brown? More like Charlie Red and Green
Good grief, it's our softest episode yet and Dan is feeling the effects of his booster shot! So sit back, relax, and let this episode get you in the holiday spirit!
In the twenty-sixth episode of 12 Days Pod, Dan and Cara discuss the androgyny of Snoopy, their favorite newspaper comic strips, and how the Vince Guaraldi Trio Christmas Album is perfect.
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25. A Princess Switch: Baker? I Hardly Know Her!
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