S20 Ep12: NoSleep Podcast S20E12 - Christmas 2023
The NoSleep Podcast
Creative Reason Media Inc.
4.6 • 13.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2023
⏱️ 148 minutes
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Summary
"Home Is Where the Heart Is" written by Alyssa Alessi (Story starts around 00:02:50)
Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Kristen DiMercurio, Lilyana - Erin Lillis, Older Son - Jeff Clement, Younger Son - Elie Hirschman, David - Dan Zappulla, Paul - Matthew Bradford, Adam - Kyle Akers
"Yuletide by the Fireside" written by Austin Case (Story starts around 00:35:00)
Produced & scored by: David Cummings
Cast: Narrator - Sarah Thomas, Jennifer - Nikolle Doolin, Mark - Atticus Jackson, Titan Leeds - Jesse Cornett, Astaroth - Jeff Clement
"The Holiday Rush" written by Charlie Davenport (Story starts around 01:11:05)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Mike DelGaudio, George - David Cummings
"Season's Greetings from the Graysons" written by H. H. Duke (Story starts around 01:31:50)
TRIGGER WARNING!
Produced by: Jesse Cornett
Cast: Andy - Graham Rowat, Becca - Tisha Boone, Sadie - Ella Boone, Not-Woman - Erika Sanderson, Not-Boy - Erika Sanderson
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Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings
Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone
"Christmas 2023" illustration courtesy of Jen Tracy
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| 0:00.0 | From our earliest Christmas nights, we've gathered around the fireplace to hang our stockings. |
| 0:19.0 | But beyond the light of the dying embers, are dark corners without ornaments and it's in |
| 0:26.7 | the darkness of the corners where we find ourselves waiting yearning for a visit from the jolly old elf. |
| 0:37.0 | But our fireplace holds more than firelight, |
| 0:41.0 | for with us you will hear the tales that make Christmas a nightmare and |
| 0:47.5 | you'll dare not close your eyes. It's Christmas 2023. Brace yourself for the No Sleep Podcast. Now here's your jolly old host, David Cummings. |
| 1:20.0 | Thank you for that introduction, kind stranger. |
| 1:24.0 | Oh, he left in a hurry. |
| 1:26.0 | And it's odd how he left by the chimney. |
| 1:28.0 | Even stranger still, we don't have a chimney. |
| 1:32.0 | Ah well, welcome to the No Sleep Podcast Christmas 2023 special. |
| 1:39.0 | It's been quite a year, this naughty and sometimes nice 2023. |
| 1:45.0 | Lots of things to gladly bid farewell to, but also things which feel like wonderful |
| 1:50.1 | presence under our tree. |
| 1:52.3 | For us here at the No Sleep Podcast, we can echo the words of that most celebrated of Christmas poets when we say, |
| 1:59.0 | all we want for Christmas is you. |
| 2:02.0 | Yes, thank you, dear listeners, for many. want for Christmas is you. |
| 2:03.0 | Yes, thank you dear listeners for making all this possible. |
| 2:06.9 | No matter how, where, when, or how often you listen, knowing that you're out there, in the |
| 2:12.4 | dark, listening to our tales, well, it's better |
| 2:15.6 | than all the figgie pudding in the world. |
| 2:18.4 | So let's celebrate Christmas with the ghosts and spooky stories this holiday deserves. |
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