Sleigh Bells & Mistletoe Christmas Podcast

Marketing and advertising experts, Wendy Hansen and Brent Wilhite, join the podcast again to talk about Christmas toys.

11/27/25 • 29:01

In honor of Veterans Day, we are joined by Jeff Pierce, Wreaths Across America spokesperson.

11/4/25 • 30:28

Rikki and Mary both love White Christmas. This episode features Jeff Smith, the admin of the Facebook group page, "White Christmas (1954) The Movie."

10/27/25 • 29:12

Junior high history teacher, former radio DJ and friend of the podcast, Eric Taylor, returns to the podcast to talk about the Carpenters at Christmas time as October Christmas music month continues.

10/21/25 • 30:05

Josh Graham, aka DJ Joshua, gives us suggestions and help for the best Christmas Jazz music to listen to this season. 

10/13/25 • 32:44

Ken Kessler, with the Sounds Of Christmas podcast and website, takes us back in time to the classic Doo-wop music era and the joy of this Christmas music from the 1950s and early 60s.

10/8/25 • 25:21

Julie Lavender, author of "A Gingerbread House" talks to us about what started as a fun family holiday project, that became a Christmas tradition, and now shows up in the pages of a children's book.

9/30/25 • 34:57

Glen Eggerts joins us to talk about a special homemade Christmas tradition of fruitcake — and not just any fruitcake. This is a family recipe passed down for many years.

9/27/25 • 30:44

Jeff Carter, a vintage Christmas lighting expert, is back on the show and joins us to talk about Christmas traditions. Check out his website, GEChristmas.com.

9/17/25 • 32:31

Independent artisan Mike Hurst of Hurst's Handblown Glass in Ogden, Utah, makes and sells his own handblown glass ornaments. He explains lamp work and talks all about how these beautiful Christmas ornaments are made.

9/12/25 • 29:20

Sean Sotka, of MyMerryChristmas.com, producer of MMC "Tracking Santa,"  and the Christmas Podcasts podcast joins us for the last part of our series, "Making the Perfect Christmas Playlist."

8/5/25 • 26:00

Eric Taylor of the Jukebox Journey podcast joins us to talk about curating a playlist all of versions of "White Christmas."

7/24/25 • 35:26

Josh Graham of Dallas Texas, or DJ Joshua, shares what's on his perfect Christmas music playlist and how he came to love Christmas music.

7/16/25 • 48:18

Gerry Davilla from the Totally Rad Xmas podcast joins us for part one of our Christmas in July series as we look at making the perfect Christmas music playlist.

7/5/25 • 31:18

Hear all about the Charles Dickens museum with Benjamin William Bradley, the host of Holiday Home Makeovers on Netflix.

6/14/25 • 37:35

We wish you a Happy Christmas and a Merry Christmas with James Cooper from the website whychristmas.com, who joins the Sleigh Bells and Mistletoe Christmas Podcast to talk about all things Christmas in England, Great Britain and the U.K.

5/15/25 • 48:44

Jeff Carter, our GE Vintage Light expert, joins us to talk about his documentary, "The National Christmas Tree: A Century of Celebration."

12/22/24 • 38:40

Author Tony Bertauski, the author of the "Claus Universe" series, joins us to talk about his clean adventure and fantasy world he created for young adult and other readers.

12/18/24 • 49:44

Our guest is Kelly Redder, a volunteer and worker with "It's A Wonderful Life Festival."

12/11/24 • 30:39

Ana Marie Dinu, the creator of Magical Underland Christmas Tree Tent, joins us to talk about how Christmas tree tents bring wonder and joy to the holiday, where kids can play, dream, and wait for Santa!

12/1/24 • 23:28

Mary interviews Rachel Wagner of Rachel's Reviews and the Hallmarkies Podcast about the Christmas and holiday movies to expect this year in theaters, on TV channels and streaming platforms.

11/22/24 • 29:19

We are joined by Max Miller, food history YouTuber and author of "Tasting History."

11/10/24 • 40:08

Hear the connection between the Backstreet Boys and Dan Fogelberg with Scott Newman of the Tinsel Tunes Podcast.

11/3/24 • 43:14

Eric Taylor, radio personality and teacher, tells us all about what the holiday season was like at MTV.  

10/15/24 • 23:50

"Now Dasher, now Dancer!" and so on until you get to — is it Donner? Or Donder? We get to the bottom of the real name of the seventh of Santa's eight reindeer with guest Pamela Mccoll, author and expert on "Twas The Night Before Christmas."  

10/3/24 • 26:00

Wendy Hanson and Brent Wilhite from Penna Powers Marketing join us to talk about some of the top holiday commercials on television.  

9/22/24 • 32:06

We pay tribute to the late Mitchell Kezin with Hugh McNally of "Bootleg Xmas."

8/26/24 • 38:02

Ken Kessler, from The Sounds of Christmas Podcast, and Scott Leopold, from the Holly Jolly Xmas-U Podcast, join us to talk about lots — and lots — of Santa songs.

7/26/24 • 29:03

Coz Green, author "Through Santa's Eyes" and professional Santa, joins us to talk about Santa Conventions.

7/16/24 • 33:51

Dan Morris, of Tracing The Path Podcast, asks, what if every Santa Claus story you ever heard was part of one history? He joins us to talk about his comprehensive work, "The Complete Canon of Santa Claus."

7/10/24 • 60:12