Merry Christmas (or whatever secular alteration suits your preference) to all of our listeners of ASP Stuff Radio!  In this joyful episode of non-political stuff Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato talk about the “McRib Girl” and her desperate plea to bring back McDonald’s McRib in Santa Clarita, but more importantly they share their exhaustive investigative research on the origins of (and other fun facts on) candy canes, eggnog and gingerbread cookies.  Steveocrates even tells the sad tale of the fox and the gingerbread boy.  As a merry “X-mas” parting gift ASP play a cheerful game of Word Sneak, often played by Jimmy Fallon and his guests on The Tonight Show.  Enjoy! Here’s the list of assigned words to help you keep track of who’s winning in the game:

Alberotle’s words: respect, postulate, pizza, stocking, caroling; Steveocrates’ words: mistletoe, blob, eggnog latte, nincompoop, burping; Paulato’s words: snowflake, crockpot, earthquake, mythology, gift wrap

Direct link to download episode #36! 

Credits:

Music: “Christmas On An Island” by Junior85

From the Free Music Archive
Attribution CC BY

Music: “O Little Town of Bethlehem” Podington Bear
From the Free Music Archive
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Music: “The Christmas is in Another Castle” Badgerland
From the Free Music Archive
Attribution CC BY

Music: “O Tannenbaum” Badgerland
From the Free Music Archive
Attribution CC BY

Music: “O Holy Night” Badgerland
From the Free Music Archive
Attribution CC BY

Music: “All An Axolotl Wants for Christmas Is Iodine” by Junior85
From the Free Music Archive
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Music: “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” Podington Bear
From the Free Music Archive
Attribution CC BY

Adolph Gluck’s “Wihnachten Am Klavier 1929 (Christmas Medley for Piano)” (Royalty free music. Public domain and copyright free classical music)

Bela Bartok’s “Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz. 57 (For Recorders – Papalin)” (Royalty free music. Public domain and copyright free classical music)

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite – Act I, No.6. Chinese Dance” (Royalty free music. Public domain and copyright free classical music)

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite – Act I, No.3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Royalty free music. Public domain and copyright free classical music)

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite – Act II, No.12. Pas de Deux variations (Royalty free music. Public domain and copyright free classical music)

“Mi Burrito Sabanero” sung by A.M. (Quirky Remix by Volition).   Listen to the original song here.

Xanthee Pajarillo’s “McRib Blues”

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