Winter, Wonders, and Whimsy

HOPEWELL VALLEY STUDENT PODCASTING NETWORK  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 [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3U6Yid5s5sQ5BIZQVybGFd?si=3e8a2da6f7764d53]! 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 CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * @theHVSPN [https://twitter.com/thehvspn?lang=en]