I was unable to conjure an appropriately seasonal episode of Someone Else’s Movie this year — people just don’t pick Christmas movies that often! — but that just means I get to reissue our very special holiday movie bonanza show from December 2015, in which Kristian Bruun and I sat down with a plate of very boozy fruitcake and talked about our favorite Christmas movies.

That’s right: This one’s from December 2015, recorded in a different house, a different Toronto and a very different world. So much has changed in the last nine years, and so much has been lost; pets, parents, jobs, friends. But you wouldn’t know it from this episode, which is as goofy and animated as every conversation I’ve ever had with Kristian; it’s just nice to hang out with him again, and be happy.

(Speaking of old friends, Dexter even wandered down to join us for a bit, because there was food, and his appearance is also a nice little memory to re-encounter all these years later.)

So go get it! It’s in all the usual places — Apple, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, your podcatcher of choice — or you can download the episode directly from the web and listen to it while flipping through Netflix to find the first season of The Recruit. They don’t make it easy.

And then you can catch up on your Shiny Things; this week I wrote about the new 4K editions of Allan Arkush’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (from Shout! Studios) and Abel Ferrara’s The Addiction (from Arrow Video), and there’s a lot more coming before the end of the year. Are you a subscriber? Why aren’t you a subscriber? It’s free!

Also, if you’re reading this on the morning of Tuesday the 17th, I’m back hosting TIFF’s Secret Movie Club at the Lightbox tonight, and a few tickets are still available for what’s likely to be the weirdest picture we screen all season.

That’s an endorsement, by the way.