Updates, announcements, and promotions from Christmas Past Headquarters
Hello, everyone. Just dropping by in the midst of this whirlwind season of Christmas Past. It’s a painfully short Christmas season this year—only 28 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. 🗓️ But we’re making the most of the time we have together. Season 10 This season marks our tenth Christmas together! 🔟🎄 When I started […]
Welcome to October, everyone. The countdown is on! We’re just weeks away from an all new season of Christmas Past! Here’s what you can expect in the coming weeks… Join me on Halloween for our annual reading of a ghost story from my friends at Biblioasis Publishing 👻 Look out for weekly episodes during the […]
I’m very excited to announce that I’m back with an all new book for the 2025 Christmas season! My latest book is Of Christmases Long, Long Ago: Surprising Traditions from Christmas Past. Find out what Christmas was like centuries ago. Spoiler alert: it was weird! And spooky. And rowdy. And kinda gross sometimes. This book features 25 […]
The Torrance Public Library in Torrance, California will welcome Brian Earl on Monday, Dec 9 for a virtual talk. Free and open to all. Registration required. Date: Monday, December 9, 2024 Time: 6 PM PST Location: Virtual / Zoom To attend: email SBuehler@TorranceCA.gov or call (310) 781-7599 Join us as Brian Earl discusses the fascinating […]
The Billerica Public Library in Billerica, Massachusetts will welcome Brian Earl on Dec 3 for a virtual talk. Free and open to all. Registration required. Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Time: 7-8:30 PM EST Location: Virtual / Zoom To attend: RSVP here Join us as Brian Earl discusses the fascinating stories behind the most wonderful time […]
Welcome to October, Sugarplums! 🍁🍂 One ‘Ber Month down, three more to go. Here in the Bay Area we are experiencing a heat wave!! 🌡️🌡️ 90° plus temperatures for the rest of the week. 🥵 But I’m still feeling the Christmas spirit, and getting ready to return for another season of the podcast. 👉 Join me on […]
The Bridgeport Public Library will welcome Brian Earl on Dec 20 for a virtual talk. Date: Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Time: 7-8:15 PM EST Location: Virtual / Zoom To attend: RSVP here Join us as Brian Earl discusses his podcast and book Christmas Past! Covering traditions ancient and modern, Christmas Past is filled with stories […]
At the start of the 2023 season, Christmas Past hit a major milestone: its 2 millionth download! I don’t often discuss the show’s stats, but this feels like it deserves a mention. Christmas Past is a tiny, one man show. I put out only a small handful of episodes per year, and people listen for […]
Today is Halloween, and Christmas Past is back for its eighth season! 🎃 🎅🏻 For the last several years, I’ve been releasing preseason episodes starting as early as September in the lead up to the main season. Unfortunately, this year, it just wasn’t possible to put out episodes in September and most of October. ☹️ […]
I’m excited to share the news that I’ll be appearing in an episode of The Toys That Built America this season on The History Channel! Back in June, the producers reached out to ask me if I’d be interested in appearing on camera for an episode about Santa Claus. It a whirlwind trip. I flew […]
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! The Christmas season is now in full swing, and so is the 2022 season of Christmas Past! This Week on the Podcast So, first things first. This year, I’m putting out episodes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of each week. And in a first, I’m organizing each week […]
What a couple of weeks it’s been, sugarplums! The Christmas Past book release was a major success. 🎄📖 Thanks to your amazing support, it’s been a #1 New Release for more than two weeks now! The audiobook is also one of Apple Books’s “Must Listens” for November! Recent Appearances I’ve been getting the word out about […]