Musical improvisers Zach and Jess swap Christmas songs with Arnie. Songs from Justin Bieber, the Chieftains, Kermit the frog and more. 

Creator and Host: Arnie Niekamp 

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Guests: Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino

Listen to Off Book: The Improvised Musical or check out thezachandthejess.com!

Producer and Editor: Garrett Schultz

Artwork: Allard Laban

Opening Theme Music: Andy Poland

Song Playlists:

Playlist of all the songs for this episode here

We Need a Little Christmas - The New Christy Minstrels

Drummer Boy - Justin Bieber, Busta Rhymes

Skating - Vince Guaraldi Trio

Disco Santa Claus - The Rain Dolls

One More Sleep ’til Christmas - Kermit

The Boar’s Head - The Chieftains

Christmas at the Airport - Nick Lowe

Come on! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance! - Sufjan Stevens

Dominick the Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey) - Lou Monte

The growing list of accepted Christmas songs here

Christmas-ellaneous: all the songs lovingly rejected so far here

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