Remember ALF? He’s back, in podcast form! Tune in as we salute ALF’s two-part Christmas special from 1987, the single most depressing special starring a wisecracking alien puppet of all time.  Content Warning: In this Christmas special, the goofy alien with the jokes meets a terminally ill child and a man contemplating suicide.  ****   Guest:  Jeff Somogyi (Talkin’ Chopp, Down the Rabbit Hole, @sommerjam).  ****   Topics & Tangents:  1. The heartbreaking true story behind ALF’s Special Christmas.  2. A study in human ignorance: Gordon Shumway has a name, which he’s told everyone, yet everyone still calls him HEY ALIEN!  3. A study in willful alien ignorance: ALF opens everyone else’s Christmas gifts and succeeds in convincing me it’s because he doesn’t know how any of this works.  4. Talking ALF: The Storytelling Alien.  5. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.  ****  “ALF’s Special Christmas” © 1987 Alien Productions.  Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.  Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost.  Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house.