Ep 32: Christmas Tat Chat: Believing in Father Christmas, OTT decorations, festive films, music & presents ft. Adam S. Leslie

Adam S. Leslie, author of Lost in the Garden makes his return to the podcast to talk about the lighter (and commercialised!) side of Christmas. We discuss the magic and excitement of Christmas growing up, the joy of tatty decorations and cosy Christmas lights, Christmas music, films, and TV, as well as recurring nostalgia, and the noticeable change in atmosphere between the Christmas and New Year period.

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Listen to Lost in the Garden: Music for the Book by Berlin Zebra. The track played during the episode (2 mins 6 sec in) was Goodbye Shillings.

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For a lovely Christmas Present:

The Adventure Patch Company

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Christmas Music Used:

Royalty Free Music from Pixabay

Andy Williams, It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – taken from a Christmas CD.

P.S. Apologies for the few choppy bits of audio in this episode. Adam and I had a few technical issues!

(Recorded end of November 2025)