Tis the season for new toys! We discuss a New York Times story about Ms. Rachel’s new line of toys and the role licensed merchandise has played in our lives and our kids’ lives. Plus, we catch up on what we’re watching with our kids and what we have our eyes on for grown-up screen time.

Things We Mention in this Episode:

Ms. Rachel, YouTube Star, Is Creating a Holiday Toy Frenzy by Sapna Maheshwari published by The New York Times on November 29, 2024

Dirt-cheap toys imported into U.S. can be dangerous, group says. Here's what to know from All Things Considered on NPR

Previous Episodes We Mention:

• Ms. Rachel’s Songs for Littles

What our kids are watching or what we’re watching with them:

• Is It Cake? Holiday Edition
• Deadliest Catch
• Skeleton Crew

What we’re watching or looking forward to during grown-up screen time:

• A Complete Unknown
• Hot Frosty
• Gladiator II

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Join us for our review of what is certainly the brownest Christmas movie of the season, An Almost Christmas Story. Did this twenty-minute special fulfill our desire for short family programming to get us in the holiday spirit? Listen to find out!

Previous episodes we mention:

• Peter Pan and Wendy
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
• Pinocchio

An Almost Christmas Story made us think of these movies and shows for grown ups:

• The Martian
• Book Lovers

We cast our gritty reboot with these actors:

• Paula Poundstone
• Natasha Lyonne

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We scoured the internet for a rundown of this year’s kids and family Christmas movies and found…not a whole lot. In this Screen Time in the News episode, we discuss the lack of new kids’ holiday content this year and why the cheesy holiday romance seems to have replaced the heartwarming family Christmas tale.

Things we mention in this episode:

The 13 Best Christmas Movies of All Time and Where to Watch Them from InStyle

The 16 Best New Christmas Movies of the 2024 Holiday Season from Good Housekeeping

Previous Episodes We Mention:

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Klaus

Jingle Jangle

Spirited

Bad Guys Halloween Heist

What our kids are watching or what we’re watching with them:

• Gold Rush
• Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch
• Warriors fan videos on YouTube
• Encanto

What we’re watching during grown-up screen time:

• Silo
• Dune: Prophecy
• Somebody Somewhere
• Slow Horses
• Man on the Inside

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