It is summer, the kids are out of school and folks are thinking vacation. It is about as far away from Christmas as you can get. But for many who cannot celebrate Christmas at Christmas this is the time of year to go find it and in this episode of the Merry Podcast we explore great year round Christmas destinations.

Christmas is never far from mind as one of the biggest dates in the countdown to Christmas each year approaches. It is called Leon Day and before we reach that milestone on June 25th we tell you what it is all about and how it came to us.

This episode also features the music of Jason Gray, Erin O'Donnell, David Benoit, Eclipse and something new and glorious from David Archuleta. We also share the latest in Christmas news for 2015.

And finally this episode gives a Christmas nod to the late great Stan Freberg, who passed away at age 88 earlier this year. In all, a fun, informative and festive summer episode of the Merry Podcast.