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		<title>Talking Animals Annual Holiday Animal Song Special&#8211;2025</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>‘Tis the season: This morning, I yet again set aside the customary show format to deliver the “Talking Animals Annual Holiday Animal Song Special.”  I noted the title is intentionally unwieldy, which I enjoy in an odd way, mostly because it reflects the tongue-in-cheek, nutty nature of the show. On the other hand, this year, [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2025/12/talking-animals-annual-holiday-animal-song-special-2025/">Talking Animals Annual Holiday Animal Song Special–2025</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This morning, I once again set aside the customary show format to deliver the &#8220;Talking Animals Annual Holiday Animal Song Special.&#8221; I noted the title is intentionally unwieldy, which I enjoy in an odd way, in the same way I enjoy over-explaining the premise on-aIr: a show entirely devoted to Holiday-oriented animal tunes. Elaborating, I [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2024/12/the-talking-animals-annual-holiday-animal-song-special-2/">The Talking Animals Annual Holiday Animal Song Special</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This morning, I once again set aside the customary “Talking Animals” format to deliver the Annual Christmas Animal Song special—that is, a show entirely devoted to Holiday-oriented animal tunes.As has been required in the previous years of this special, and as I unapologetically concede while over-explaining this program’s premise (over-explaining the premise has become its [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2020/12/annual-christmas-animal-song-special-4/">Annual Christmas Animal Song Special</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This morning, I once again set aside the customary “Talking Animals” format to deliver the Annual Christmas Animal Song special—that is, a show entirely devoted to Holiday-oriented animal tunes. As has been required in the previous years of this special, and as I unapologetically concede while explaining this program’s premise, the only way to effectively [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://talkinganimals.net/2019/12/the-annual-christmas-animal-song-special/">The Annual Christmas Animal Song Special</a> first appeared on <a href="https://talkinganimals.net">Talking Animals</a>.</p>]]></description>
		
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