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22. We Wish You a Violent Christmas! · Amigos, Afraid!

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We wish you a. Merry Christmas.
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We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas
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and a Happy New Year. Merry Christmas.
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Merry early Christmas, we're exactly one week away from
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Christmas Day. What the fuck?
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Where the fuck did this year go? Down the drain.
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I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.
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It just went by really fast. It I think it went both down the
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drain and really fast. Speak for yourself had a
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fantastic. Year.
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This was a good year, this was a good year, but 20266 is gonna be
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way better. That sounds unreal. 2026.
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Do you remember, like in school writing down the year and it's
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like around the time you leave for break and you're like, Oh my
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gosh, when I come back I have to write 2012 instead of 2011?
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And then doing it for those first couple like days you're
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getting, they're like fuck. And they just like, erase it and
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then put the new number and stuff, Yeah.
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I feel like I still do that now but it's with dates like in my
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emails because we already have stuff planned for 20/26.
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I have to be like unfortunately we're busy.
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February 7th, 2025. Backspace 6.
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Yeah. It's, it's, it's been a good
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year. It's been a good year.
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A lot of good things this year, yeah.
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Oh, ow, oh, Jerry heard himself putting his beanie on.
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It's a new beanie. Haven't used it yet.
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Guys are bundled up. It's like getting cold, kind of,
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kind of. I'm wearing shorts and a beanie
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because he's cold. California.
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It's a California winter. Yeah, got my shorts, I got my
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hat. Things have been weird like it's
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been. Like, weirdly foggy in the
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morning, yeah. And kind of during the day, I
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work like pretty high up on a building and we look over, it's
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like 5:00 PM and there's like fog.
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That's weird. And it's not cold like today was
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warm. It was, it was like in the 70s,
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yeah, 80s, no, 70s. For us.
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It was at 70s. I don't know what it is.
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I tried to Google it and I couldn't figure it out.
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Apparently in parts of California there's the thing
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called the tool fog, but that's in like the central basin is.
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That just smog. No, it's like actual fog, but
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because it's like kind of like in the valley, yeah.
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So there's a whole like sheet of fog that that.
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Area that makes sense. It's like clouds and stuff, like
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certain systems get trapped by the mountains and stuff.
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And because it's like a bowl, just there, like a soup.
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That's literally what it was. You're so smart.
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That's crazy. Why do I know that?
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I don't know like 9th grade by all it 10th grade chemist.
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We gave you guys homework last week.
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Yes, we did. Did you do it or was it a due
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today? Due today.
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Turn on your assignments. OK, you had a.
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Whole week to watch every episode of Heated Rivalry.
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Completed or not, you need to submit it right now.
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Yeah, give us your review on episodes one through 3 and no
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one through 4 at this point and list who your favorite man is.
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Now go GO-123-GO. That's a good one.
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That was pretty good one. Interesting.
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I I for a first choice that is interesting.
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That's a fan favorite if you've seen like.
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The the the fan edits. Yeah, teach their own.
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Do you have a favorite character so far?
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The smoothie, the the purple smoothie with banana banana that
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like charm? Main character?
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Yeah, main character. Honestly, that banana smoothie
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led to a lot of character development and plot
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development. Somehow the smoothie stayed
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constant. That was episode.
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Three. And I was like in bed, kicking
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my feet. It was so cute.
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And guess what? Even after everything, that's
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movie still on the menu. It is, and honestly it should be
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called the Scott. It should.
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Well, what do you think? Thoughts up to up to now?
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OK, thoughts up to now. If you guys watched it, thank
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you. You guys are watching a really
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good TV show that has a lot of queer representation, sports
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representation. Every character we've seen so
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far has turned out to be some sort of gay.
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It is a little spicy, a little it's very spicy.
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Or I'm like watching and I'm like, he, he, ha ha.
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Like legs kicking, legs kicking. I'm pulling at my collar because
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I'm sweating a little bit. Jerry, what is what is it like
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watching that show as a heterosexual male?
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OK, OK, I need everyone to take a seep because I'm about to.
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I'm about to dive deep into emotions and the soul.
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Oh shit, watching this show, Of course there's sex scenes.
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Of course there's like spicy bits, but like the show itself
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in the writing does really, really, really well.
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It hits it on the on like on the nose because the yearning the
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yearning that they. That their experience,
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experience feel for each other. Everything, every little thing,
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every feeling that they have for each other, every like, whether
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it's like the, the Super high passionate feelings or like the,
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the missing and the longing and the just all the yearning once
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again, the yearning I've I felt that, I feel that, I felt that,
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I feel that and I continue to feel that.
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So it's it, it hits home because I know exactly what they've felt
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the long. Game exactly the did I go too
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far or did I not go far enough? The the I'm I'm doing the
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Cynthia Revo doing my hitting my the side of my head meme right
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now. Do it the guys this last episode
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was so good. You see these two characters
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kind of 04 characters but the main story at least from my
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interpretation is the 2 main guys, Shane and Ilya.
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They they come at it quick like 2.
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You can say that again. Two objects, 2 forceful objects
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just hitting each other over and over and over and over.
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Seismic plates. Yes, just banging.
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And over the span of months, years, we're in 4 episodes and
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there's been like four or five time jumps.
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It's so it's so good. It keeps you invested in what's
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going to happen because it, it kind of plays with, what's the
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word for it, an ebb and a flow. Like sometimes they'll come
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crashing in, a wave, crashing in, and it'll either draw back
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immediately while one character is like dealing with the
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repercussions of their actions, or it kind of like settles and
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comes back kind of slowly. Most of the scenes happen in,
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like, I had so much knowledge before in cinema and now I can't
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remember the terms, but when you have those scene after scene of
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like montages, yeah, montage. Oh, Jerry, you're so smart.
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Just you're 2 for two today, dude, let's go.
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I love how the story plays out sometimes in montages 'cause you
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see that development happened so quick, especially with some of
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my favorite characters, Kip and Scott, you, that one was so like
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sweet as opposed to the raunchiness.
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That's the main story. And that one kind of hit home
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with the they're they're dealing with.
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I mean, all the couples are dealing with what's what it's
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like being in the closet and navigating that in sports, in
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sports, which is sports. They might be like uncovering a
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whole thing that I'm not aware exists because I don't pay
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attention to sports. Yeah, but a reality but.
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It has to. Yeah, it has to exist.
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Yeah. If people are everywhere, you
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just don't know. They those montages, I think are
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also not those kind of montages where like you feel like you're
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missing out because they do really, really well at like
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explaining well whatever's going on at that point, but you feel
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like you're not missing out. No, it it might time skip, but
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you're just like OK, like I'm still there with you're.
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Experiencing the exact same emotions that they are and those
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montages. Exactly.
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And this last episode left us on the craziest cliffhanger.
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Yeah, we're not going to tell you much just so you guys can
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watch because this might be spoilery if you haven't started
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already, which you should. This and Welcome to Dairy have
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been the two episodes or the two shows that I've been hooked on.
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I. Need to finish?
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Welcome to dairy. And Jerry started heated heated
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rivalry before I did. I was on the fence until he said
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you should watch it. And if I'm saying you should
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watch it, that doesn't mean shit because I don't watch those
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because I don't watch movies. But when I do it's.
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It's a good one. It hits.
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Yeah, so once again, just besides the love making and the
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passion. And all the butts you see, You
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see so many. Of the ass so much no like the
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the the show itself is just so much more than that.
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It's important, but it, it's just the feelings that you get
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like that you feel that you're seeing and how they're played
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out and like you said, over months, over years and like that
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is, it's, it's crazy. It's really good writing.
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So, and it's based on a book. It is a gay storyline, but it's
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written in a female gaze because it's written by a woman.
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And honestly, a lot. Yeah, the book is written by a
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woman. It's for book talk.
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Girlies, if you're not sold yet, this was.
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It's a book series, a very popular 1 written by a woman and
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from what I've seen on Tiktok. I have yet to start reading it
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because I'm reading so much right now, but the girls say
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it's top tier. I believe them.
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I believe them. And look, they put smut into ATV
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show. I can only hope my fingers are
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crossing them. Prank that we get this high
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quality of storytelling in an ACOTAR series.
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That's what it deserves, yes. That's what it deserves.
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It deserves this. Or better.
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Yeah, yeah, not the I this is like I, I would like to say
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watered down. Oh yes.
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Because, you know, because it's. It's for TV, it's still TV.
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You could only do so much without giving it like a adult
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content like. This is just full on just.
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Watching full on nighttime videos?
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Yep. Yep.
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So I I can only imagine what the books are are like and what
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they're I don't know. Are they still coming out like
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are is that? Serious.
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I don't know. I'm not.
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Fully because I know there's like a baseball 1 and no now
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obviously hockey and. No, the all the whole series is
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about hockey players. I.
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Think, oh, OK, I thought it was it was like baseball and there
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was like. Other sports, no, I think it's
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all hockey. But I've seen people kind of
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connect the dots and be like, hey, by the way, in episode 4,
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this specific character is mentioned and they're the main
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character in. This book, this.
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Book #4 book #2 or something. So maybe I need to binge that
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during my time off for the. Heater heated rival reverse yeah
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I just look love HR verse love is love and and.
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It's passionate. And man, when it's passionate,
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it's universal. Yeah.
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Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.
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Doing the pounding. Yeah.
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If you feel it, you feel it. And if you don't or haven't, I
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hope you do one day. Yeah, or just live vicariously
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through the shell. Yeah.
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So that was our heat of rivalry segment.
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Just to get it out of the way. We told you you had homework.
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Hopefully you did it. But this week we're still in the
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festive spirit. We've got some some lore drops.
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There's some lore drops, you got the new update, the lore
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updates, the more update. This is a Christmas season.
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Welcome to our Christmas episode.
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We hope you are bombarded with love and happiness and gifts.
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And if you're not, if you don't believe in capitalism, then then
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just eat. Eat food.
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Yeah, eat food. Make food.
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Eat food. Sing yourself a little Christmas
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song. We wish you but the Alvin the
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Chipmunks version. That is an attack on me because
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that did exist on my iPod. I think my brother bought that
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soundtrack on iTunes when we were like 9.
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I. Was going to say you can find
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any version of whatever song in that high pitched Alvin and the
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Chipmunks and then you're set. If it doesn't exist, I'll make
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it. Yeah, downloaded download MP3
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converter or YouTube video to MP3 converter.
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Pitch it up. Easy, easy.
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I might have had a couple songs. Crazy smells crazy.
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That's the one I remember. Baby, I just, I can't even and
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then you're going to try before before I make everyone deaf.
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OK, so we have two, two Christmas traditions that we're
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going to bring to you today and give you some behind the scenes,
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some back story, some history lessons on why they came about,
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how they came about. It looks like Jerry's pretty
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excited. Do you want to be the first one?
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I would like to because you went first last time, so I would like
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to go first. I will be talking about
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something we all know, we all love, I think.
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I hope you're not my friend if you don't.
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There's a there's some Bah humbugs out there.
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No matter what, this kind of season just reminds me that you
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can never forget how beautiful Christmas trees are.
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Forget. That was a good pun, I'll give
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you that. I wasn't expecting it.
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Birch, please. I love Christmas more than you.
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OK, Birch, I said. Birch.
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Birch tree. I'll leave it at that.
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I'll come back to that. Anyways, I'm going to be talking
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about the Christmas tree. The tree.
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The tree. The tree that lights up our
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living rooms, our Bay windows, your closet, car, the office
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space. The Christmas tree that we rock
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around. The rock around that Christmas
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tree, Exactly. OK, Brenda, the the Christmas
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tree is that it's perfect for the killer.
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The hide behind OK pin mark bookmark this.
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I have something I need to tell you at the end of this episode.
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Don't forget I will be talking about the Christmas tree, how it
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came about, what the earliest origins are and historic
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historically. I hope accurate, but if not then
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it's fine. You ready?
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Yes. Do you know how you can tell
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Christmas tree? Apart from what?
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Just do you know how you can like a regular tree?
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Yeah, just. Oh, that's a.
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Christmas tree. Yeah, They're like, shaped like
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triangles, OK. And they got needles.
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This is even simple, even more simple than.
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What they got? Christmas lights.
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I don't know, because of the way it is.
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OK, The Christmas tree has a deep roots.
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Oh my God, Jerry, is it going to be OK?
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I'm not going to stifle your creativity.
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Keep going. Evergreens were used in ancient
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Egypt and Rome long before holiday playlists existed.
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Germany, however, gets the credit for turning them into
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candlelit show stoppers we recognize today.
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By the 1800's, the tradition had branched out to America.
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I am clocking so many puns right now.
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Thank you. Long before Christianity, people
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prized plants that stayed green through the winter.
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Evergreen bows were hung over doors and windows as symbols of
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protection, health and the promise that life would return
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after the winter solstice, or the longest night of the year.
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In ancient Egypt, homes were filled with green palms to
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celebrate the sun God RA RA RA. I'm sorry, I hope that's not
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offensive, but it better not be regaining strength, a sign that
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brighter days were on the way. By the 16th century, Germans
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were bringing decorated trees indoors, sometimes building
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wooden Christmas pyramids adorned with greenery and
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candles when full trees weren't an option.
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Legend has it that Martin Luther added candles to a tree after
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being inspired by Starlight shining through evergreens,
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proof that this tradition has been lit for centuries.
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Question. Is Martin Luther relations or
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related to Martin Luther King? No, OK, this is the I think it's
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like. You said 16th century.
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I don't know if you were still in that time frame.
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Yes, OK, it should be 6th century Germany.
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Martin Luther. I do have a tab here somewhere.
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I think he's like a philosopher. Like one of those great thinkers
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like Plato or something. Yes, OK, I'll bring it up later.
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I do have it. I just can't remember right now.
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So Queen Victoria helped Christmas trees really take root
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in America in 1846. An illustration of the beloved
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Queen, Prince Albert and their children gathered around a
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decorated tree made the tradition instantly fashionable.
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What was stylish at court quickly caught on in Britain and
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along trend conscious Americans bandwagoners.
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The Christmas tree had officially arrived by the late
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1800s. Ornaments from Germany were
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decking American halls and tree popularity grew nationwide.
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Europeans favored modest 4 foot trees, while Americans went big
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of. Course we did of.
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Course Florida ceiling Big In the early 1900s, most American
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families decorated with handmade ornaments, while German
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Americans stuck to apples, nuts and sweets.
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Popcorn, garlands added color, and electricity soon lit things
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up. Literally, literally.
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With electric lights, trees glowed for days, appeared in
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town squares and became a holiday staple in American
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homes. Evergreens of all kinds show up
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for an American Christmas. Pine, spruce, cedar, Cypress.
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But the fir still reigns supreme.
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Whether it's Balsam, Douglas, Fraser or Noble, furs win with
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sturdy branches, a classic Piney scent and needles that don't
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make a mess of the holidays. I beg to differ.
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All the pine trees that I've. Had they always do?
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They always drop the needles. Yeah, that's this is.
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I just set up a big tree at work and it would and it would drop
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it. It made a mess.
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I'm like, girl, do we have a vacuum in here?
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No, Nope. I picked them up by hand, each
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bit of a job by needle. God damn it, it doesn't even
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smell good either. You can't even pick them up and
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smell. You smell your.
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Hand No, let's scratch them my arms and give me a rash.
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What? What kind of tree is that?
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A fake one. The biggest tree ever selected
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for the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was a 100 foot
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tall Norway Spruce from Killingworth, Connecticut
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displayed in 1999. The tradition began in 1931 when
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construction workers set up a simple tree during the Great
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Depression. Today's version is more extra
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draped in 10s of thousands of lights and topped with a massive
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crystal star. So I did make a list which I
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hope is semi accurate of just different countries and
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traditions around the world and what their version of a
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Christmas tree is if it's not just a tree itself.
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OK, so the Christmas tree takes many forms.
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In Canada some people adopted the tradition through German
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settlers. So they have a very similar
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Christmas tree set up. Mexico center celebrations on
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the nativity scene. Sometimes adding small, adding a
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smart artificial tree or I think in my case and my like direct
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family, we do the nativity scene under the tree.
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Oh. Cute.
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Great Britain traditionally decorates Norway spruce trees.
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Greenland imports trees and decorates them with candles.
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That seems like a fire hazard, but the my lab lends tree
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traditions with nativity displays.
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Ireland favors lights, tinsel and either a star or Angel
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Topper. Makes sense.
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I think Catholicism is pretty big out there, yeah.
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I don't. I don't know.
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Sure. I'll take your word for you.
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They trust you. Sure, Italy focuses on the
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Persepio nativity scene, sometimes paired with a pyramid
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like structure called A and I want to I'm going to butcher
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this. No, Joe, you're Italian.
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Lock in. Chepple Sepple.
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I think it's. Chepple Think Chepple Chepple
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sounds good. Germany, the birth place of many
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Christmas traditions, popularized candle lit trees and
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secret decorating before Christmas Eve.
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Wait, so they don't decorate until the night before?
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Like Christmas Eve? Christmas Eve.
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I think so. That's so stressful.
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Why would you want to do that? I mean, if it's your tradition,
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that's what you do. But we have to do it in time for
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tomorrow. Procrastination.
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It's like a homework assignment. It seems about right.
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Do the 24th. Do the 20. 4th do the 24th like
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you, you do it on the. 24th do it on the 24th so Oh my God, you
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just. Gave me another pun.
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OK, keep going. From humble evergreens to global
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glow UPS, the Christmas tree tradition has truly branched
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out. Do you know how many puns you
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had written in there? Like no take count.
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No, I want you to count and let us know.
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OK, I will. I'll throw it in there.
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Yeah. And if you're listening, comment
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how many did you hear that? 'D be cool because then OK.
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Imagine you get different numbers.
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You have a pun you didn't even realize.
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If you like, that was a pun. Like, no, it wasn't, but yes, it
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was. So I love archery.
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Archery that we set up this year.
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We kept some staples that we put every year.
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My favorite 1? So many favorite ones.
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The one that, just like always, brings out a laugh is the
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Unicorn riding AT Rex. Oh my God.
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Love that one. But we have a lot of good ones
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on there. We have some T&D things, we have
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some gifts. We have just obviously the cute
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little ones that are like supposed to represent me and
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Dulce. We do go with a theme every
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year. This year we went more classic
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like Regal Tree. The middle.
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Yeah, not too flashy. We use like ribbon.
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We kept it like using like classic colors, classic
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Christmas colors, the Reds, the greens, the golds.
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But yeah, I think my tree and I have really good chemistry.
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Added to the count. Added to the count.
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Do you feel that I can feel a presents?
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Oh, my goodness, don't say that. That ties into my what?
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I have to tell you. Oh, what?
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Yeah. Should I just tell you now?
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Yeah. I was asleep.
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You were literally. I had just fallen asleep.
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Like, I want to sleep. It was like maybe 11.
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OK. I woke up because I heard
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someone clearing their throat in my room.
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Not like my neighbors, like, 'cause it's muffled.
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Like even though sometimes like I'd be hearing them yell, it's
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still muffled. You can tell no.
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I woke up because I heard something like in the room clear
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their throat like A and I shot out of bed, looked at my clock,
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saw that it was only like 1130. So I had been in asleep for like
22:06
30 maybe 40 minutes. I was so scared.
22:09
I was like, I, I thought someone was in my living room.
22:12
Like did I leave the door open because I grabbed my phone.
22:16
I have my flashlight on. I didn't even pick up anything
22:18
heavy. I just went out there.
22:20
You need something next to you. I know.
22:23
Which I will have by this time this episode drops.
22:25
I'm getting no funny ideas. Well, actually I see it now,
22:27
but. You're giving me a slugger, a
22:29
Louisville Slugger. Dude, some Louisville Slugger
22:32
with some nails through the top. Dude I opened my door which I
22:36
can't even be sneaky because it's wrapped in wrapping paper.
22:39
Because of you. I literally opened it.
22:41
I'm like, there's no point. So I just swung it open, empty
22:46
lights off. I went up to the door to make
22:48
sure it was locked. Yep, it was locked.
22:50
But that was I think like last Friday night or Saturday night.
22:55
OK, well, no, not Saturday night.
22:58
Saturday night was my birthday, so I think it was like Sunday or
23:00
Monday. Wow, dude, just randomly because
23:04
you brought it up about feeling a presence.
23:05
But yes, I felt a presence. I was so scared.
23:08
And I I've been saying on the podcast, like in my apartment
23:11
that I wanted to experience something.
23:13
Thank you experienced it. Don't have to do it again.
23:17
You're welcome here. I was dreaming but it for it to
23:20
wake me up out of my dream that. Spooky, you're not welcome.
23:26
You're not welcome in our lives. Do not follow us anywhere.
23:29
Yeah, leave what Jerry said. Maybe it was the ghost of
23:35
Christmas past or something, because I didn't put up a
23:37
Christmas tree. I wasn't in the festive mood
23:41
this year, Grinch. I have a whole situation in my
23:44
apartment. I don't my leasing terms are up
23:49
in the air right now. So I was like, why would I
23:51
decorate? I don't know if I'm going to be
23:52
here in the next like 2 months. True.
23:54
And I don't want to go digging in the garage.
23:56
That's also true and invalid. But also I am going to the way
23:59
better than that. I'm going to forgive you because
24:01
you have lights. True, I at least put lights in
24:04
my window. Yep, Yep, Yep, that counts.
24:06
Jerry and those had to decorate my door and they put tinsel
24:08
around my TV, which I love. It's very not Gotti.
24:12
Gotti is not the word. It's very like kind of retro Y
24:18
like it's very kitsch. That's the word.
24:22
Isn't that the egg? Breakfast.
24:24
No, that's a quiche. Oh, gotcha, gotcha.
24:25
Man, I almost said quiche gotcha, but I corrected myself.
24:27
It's kitsch. It's very it's kitschy.
24:29
Love it kitschy. So that's all my my holiday
24:32
decor. But your your treat is very
24:33
cute. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
24:35
And also we got that new star this year that lights up.
24:37
Oh, yeah. So that's also cool because
24:38
we've had the same starved for a while now.
24:41
So that was pretty cool. I loved, I love putting up the
24:43
decorations. I love putting up the lights.
24:45
I love Christmas. Trees.
24:46
I love just the season. It's cold.
24:49
You go outside, you're like, I need a sweater and I'm still
24:52
cold. The heights the best.
24:53
Christmas trees also have a sentimental value, so I'm not
24:56
surprised I didn't put one. My cry telling the story.
24:59
But my birthday is in December. December 4th.
25:03
My dad's birthday was December 5th, the day after my SO not
25:08
every year, but every couple of years, my dad would come home,
25:11
like on my birthday and be like me home.
25:13
This especially, like growing up there was areas we didn't have a
25:16
lot of money. Yeah.
25:17
And he would say that like my birthday present was the
25:20
Christmas tree. That's beautiful.
25:24
Last year, last year when I was putting up the Christmas tree, I
25:27
did put one up. Yeah, it's at work.
25:28
I did put that one up. Yeah.
25:30
But last year was like the first year without my dad.
25:33
And I was there with my supervisor putting up the
25:35
Christmas tree. And like, it'll take a little
25:37
break because I did get emotional.
25:40
I put up, I put up a different Christmas tree, went to the
25:44
cemetery, and I got my dad a little Grinch tree, the little
25:48
grump trees from Trader Joe's. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:51
Because my brother went the week before and he put some Christmas
25:53
decor and I'm like, let me, let me put a little tree on too.
25:55
That's awesome. So I don't have one here, but at
25:57
least. No.
25:58
It's like, gave one to my dad, yeah.
26:00
Yeah, that's beautiful, friend. That's beautiful.
26:04
I did one last year and last year I committed to a theme.
26:07
Last year I only put red bows all over the tree, no ornaments.
26:11
It was literally just little red bows.
26:14
I don't remember. I I have not invited people over
26:18
to my apartment until like the last like 2 months and I've
26:21
lived here for a year plus. I don't remember that.
26:24
I feel like I would have remembered that I.
26:26
We weren't recording. That's true.
26:27
I literally would never invite you over.
26:29
That's right, we weren't friends.
26:31
I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who saw that Christmas.
26:33
Hated me. I didn't hate you, I just didn't
26:35
trust you. Oh, do you?
26:37
Trust me now. I mean, you're here.
26:39
I don't know. You always got an eye on me.
26:42
I do. Because you're so handsome.
26:43
The whole, whole you never leave me.
26:46
I never leave you down forever. Never leave, I got you.
26:49
Lifting you up 24/7 hey? Bro you got?
26:51
Me, I got you a mink hole. Well I hope you enjoyed the
26:56
Christmas tree little bit lore. If you have any questions, don't
26:59
ask because that's all the research I did.
27:02
He's not going to answer. Questions I will not answer.
27:04
Questions. He's not taking them at this
27:05
time. I'm not, I'm not going to be
27:08
forgiving or I already already said that one.
27:12
That one wasn't funny. So yeah, guys, hope you enjoyed.
27:15
If you have any Christmas trees or any sort of holiday
27:17
decorations that is special to you or do you think you're cool,
27:20
send them all away. Yeah, pretty.
27:21
That'd be pretty cool. That's a cute tradition to have,
27:24
like ornaments that you bring out every year.
27:27
So you, you just bought one too, right?
27:29
We went to the Tamale. Festival.
27:30
Yep, Tamale festival. We bought a little pinata
27:34
because we now I'm forgetting which one we bought.
27:38
Got a blue pinata. Yeah, Yeah.
27:39
It's like it's and it's like the ceramic ones that are like
27:41
painted because there was that one or the little metal ones
27:44
that look like a pinata but also look like a Lantern.
27:47
Yeah, really spiky. I mean, it was cute, but it just
27:49
safety hazard. Yeah, safety hazard.
27:52
But yeah, it was really edgy. Like fuck, it's really fucking
27:55
edgy. But this one was is really nice
27:58
and Ken has a bird on it and a little heart, I think.
28:00
So how am I not going to say no? So yeah, that was the newest
28:03
edition and it was really it's heavy.
28:05
So like we put on the tree and it like.
28:06
Brought down the branch OK. It brings down that little
28:09
branch make. Sure, you put on a real sturdy
28:10
1. Curve the, curve the corner.
28:13
Fake trees for the win. Oh yeah, yeah.
28:15
Love that. Yeah, love a real tree.
28:17
But that's a can. You got candles, You got
28:19
plugins. Love a real tree.
28:20
Love a real tree. That's a lot of work.
28:23
True and Christmas. A fake one, like a good one is
28:25
an investment these days. Like you'll use that for years.
28:28
Especially when you get it real cheap.
28:30
Oh my God, in high school I had my own Christmas tree.
28:32
Like I went to like the 99 and I had a little like 4 foot one
28:37
that I would decorate in my room, like at the foot of my
28:39
bed. That's so cool.
28:40
That's so. That's adorable.
28:42
Thank you. Our first, I have to say sorry,
28:46
our first Christmas when I moved in with Dulce, we bought, I was
28:51
like we got to get a real tree. Like it's our first year we got
28:53
to get a real tree. So we got a real tree.
28:54
It was like a little 3 foot. Little a little real $29.00
28:58
tree. Yeah, it was.
28:59
It was the best. Like I love that tree.
29:02
And you decorate it together. Love is real, guys.
29:05
Maybe that's why I didn't put one up.
29:07
I had no one to decorate with. How's the Grinch?
29:11
You just told the one. Oh my God.
29:13
That would have made you even more the grin.
29:14
I saw a TikTok video today of Ashby, you know Ashby of The
29:17
Lorax fame dressed as the Grinch and she body slammed a Christmas
29:21
tree. What like full on squirreled
29:24
into the air, arms wide, legs wide and just body slammed the
29:28
tree. Squirrel suit?
29:30
No Grinch suit. Grinch.
29:33
Suit Well, thank you for the Christmas tree lesson.
29:35
Thank you. That's so funny how things all
29:37
date back to. The Germans, no.
29:41
Oh, I mean, yeah, Europe. Yeah, Europe.
29:43
Europe. Mine also Christmas themed.
29:47
No way. We give a little hint when we
29:49
sing you a little song at the start of.
29:50
This I I don't even know. Jerry had no idea.
29:52
Jumped on. I just said we can.
29:53
Yeah, let's harmonize. Yeah, but I would like to tell
29:56
you guys about the history of Christmas caroling.
30:00
Wow, I walked into that, Yeah. We did this the other day, kind
30:05
of. We knocked on Lizette's door and
30:07
I tried to sing a song and no one joined me.
30:10
Oh, no, I don't do it next door. Yeah, yeah, that was next door.
30:12
Yeah, Oh my God. Speaking of Christmas tree, we
30:14
went to a house. God, that's right.
30:17
Filled with 5th 5858 Christmas. Trees outside, yeah.
30:22
So it's 50 text me outside because there was there was. 56
30:25
indoors and two outside, yeah. No, no 58 indoors with two
30:29
outside, so it would have been 60 until what I can say stood
30:32
there. Oh, maybe I.
30:33
Our friends in. It don't matter.
30:35
There's a lot of Christmas trees.
30:36
Our friend's neighbor has this thing, this yearly thing where
30:41
they fill their house with Christmas trees, 50 plus, all
30:46
themed around different like things, just, yeah, themes.
30:49
They had a movie tree. They had a sports tree that had
30:52
like a a racket, like a tennis racket, cleats.
30:56
An Angel tree and upside down Angel tree.
30:58
That was my favorite. That was my favorite tree.
31:00
Fantastic. Every Christmas village that
31:02
spanned a whole dining room table up against the wall.
31:05
Just beautiful house, beautiful house, beautiful house.
31:08
But then with like a tree, no matter where you look, there's a
31:10
Christmas tree. Every corner of every single
31:12
room had a Christmas tree. Unique.
31:14
Maybe two or three. There was no replicas, there was
31:17
no like oh they look, no every single tree was unique, one of
31:20
one. My favorite was one that was in
31:22
the the guest bedroom that was fully just red like the tree
31:27
had. Cool, they're noche.
31:30
Why not? What is it in English?
31:32
Oh. Poinsettias.
31:34
Yes, it was entirely poinsettias.
31:36
So I had little ones, I had big leaves, I had red bows.
31:40
It was gorgeous. Yeah, yeah.
31:42
The feathered one in the bathroom, one of the bathrooms
31:44
there was a feathered. There was a feathered tree.
31:47
It was a little small one, but that one was cool too.
31:49
So funny my friend's dad just said was that stat?
31:52
Just like you guys want to go see the trees where we're
31:55
feeling a little buzz. There's like, yeah, 12 people.
31:59
Yeah, we all go single file next door.
32:01
Like we're on a field trip. Knock, knock.
32:03
They want to see your trees. Walks right in.
32:05
Yep. No permission.
32:07
We're just like, hi, we want to see your trees.
32:10
He's like, come in. Yeah, they're super, super sweet
32:14
couple. Like classy.
32:16
Classy as hell together. So nice, they said.
32:19
Oh, we have punch. You guys want punch?
32:22
Yeah, super, super welcoming, super nice.
32:25
It's like I can, I can only I was describing it doesn't do it
32:29
justice because it was just beautiful like.
32:31
Everywhere you look, there's a Christmas tree.
32:33
You couldn't look at anywhere without seeing one, at least in
32:35
your peripherals. And think about it like 60
32:38
trees. And she decorated all herself.
32:40
Every single one. He was giving her her graces.
32:43
He's like, oh, this is all her. This is all her idea.
32:46
She decorates all of them. Yeah, she said, oh, I didn't do.
32:49
We had one extra, but I got tired after 50 trees.
32:53
Yeah, girl, I'd be tired too. Take your feet up.
32:56
I got tired of the first one. And they said they start pulling
33:00
them out of storage in like October.
33:01
October yeah, they and yeah and they have a full like a storage
33:04
with all the trees yeah, that's so cool.
33:06
That's goals. Fucking.
33:07
Goals. Truth.
33:08
You. If you love something, you do
33:10
it. Beat it until it's a dead horse.
33:13
What's the saying? I don't know.
33:15
Isn't it? Don't beat a dead horse.
33:16
Sorry, do not beat off a horse. OK guys, we're going to go back
33:21
to what? No, no.
33:23
So Christmas caroling, I've never done it.
33:26
Like legitly, I've never gone door to door.
33:28
I don't know my neighbors like that.
33:29
That's true. I am a performer.
33:31
I'm sure you. Sing it in your room is enough
33:33
for them. I don't.
33:36
I don't sing here. The singing is only in my car,
33:38
not even in the shower. Oh, as well as thin.
33:42
Leaving, so I've heard. Leaving it at that, so I've
33:44
heard. Christmas caroling.
33:47
I'm going to give you another short story.
33:50
It's the coldest night of the year.
33:53
You and your other peasant friends are bundled up head to
33:56
toe, layers deep in clothing. You're braving the winter storm,
34:00
blanketing the village in white snow.
34:03
You've not had a full meal in weeks.
34:06
You trudge through inches of snow.
34:08
By the time you reach the Lord's house, your clothes are
34:10
drenched. Your teeth are chattering.
34:12
Your nose burns from the snot crystallizing in the freezing
34:15
temperatures. You knock on the 1st house.
34:18
You find candlelight flickering through the cracks of the wooden
34:21
shutters. In unison you sing, wishing for
34:24
good health and the well-being of your neighbors.
34:26
In return, you hope for them to return the grace and grant you a
34:29
warm meal and drink. Your song ends, the only sound
34:34
the ruffling of cloth as you stand there shivering.
34:37
Someone inside snuff the candles.
34:39
The door remains closed. You refuse to retreat.
34:43
You start another song, louder this time.
34:46
Under your breath. You curse the home owner.
34:48
You will not leave without a full belly.
34:51
Or else oh fuck, wait. Caroling was was an entire event
35:00
and LED to violence. What?
35:02
In case you didn't know, no we what we know as a modern day
35:09
Christmas caroling stems from the middle-aged tradition known
35:12
as waseling. Sounds like Pokémon.
35:16
Her the Merriam Webster website to wasel is to sing carols,
35:21
popular songs, or ballads of religious joy from house to
35:24
house at Christmas. The verb is usually used in the
35:28
phrase to go waseling. As a noun, wasel can refer to a
35:32
hot drink that is made with wine, beer, or cider, as well as
35:35
spices, sugar, and usually big dapples.
35:38
Wasel is traditionally served in a large bowl, especially at
35:40
Christmas time. Like a punch.
35:42
A punch or in Mexico or it's Mexico, but yeah, punch it.
35:46
We were just talking. About this we were so.
35:48
We have the same recipes around the world for some things.
35:51
Who brought that to us? Was it colonizers?
35:53
Maybe, Probably. But to me, it's Mexican.
35:56
Yeah, with the WYABA and yeah, yeah.
35:57
That's our touch. We added some Wyaba we added.
35:59
Some we've made it better. Some.
36:01
Some citrus. We perfected it, perfected it.
36:04
They gave us the the building blocks and we just add a little
36:07
razzled. Out we added seasoning.
36:10
Around the 13th century, people in England began to visit their
36:13
neighboring houses and wish them well.
36:16
In many traditions, they would recite poetry, sing songs, or
36:19
even perform skits. The belief was that these jovial
36:22
activities would encourage good fortune.
36:24
Typically done on the 12th night, communities would gather
36:27
to go wassling. Within a few centuries, Wasslers
36:30
began asking for gifts and treats in return for their
36:33
theatrics. Fueled by alcoholic bravery,
36:36
these groups began to push their luck in hopes of another serving
36:39
of beer. As the night went on, the
36:41
Wasslers would grow rowdy. Their request would grow into
36:44
demands, as they said, we won't go until we get some.
36:48
What the fuck? Those lyrics belong to the
36:52
Christmas classic We Wish You a Merry Christmas, whose demands
36:56
date back to around the early 16th century.
36:58
This is a perfect example of what became a wassailing.
37:02
We wished you a Merry Christmas. Now give us our figgy pudding.
37:07
It it it. The way I I don't remember what
37:12
it was, but it did sound gross. Yeah, I I love figs.
37:14
Have you ever had figs? Love fig?
37:15
Yeah, figs. Figs are good.
37:16
They're good wrapped in bacon anyways.
37:19
What? Yes, we'll get to that, don't
37:20
worry. No, I would want to know if
37:22
you're out there in the cold singing A Christmas Carol
37:25
demanding some sort of treat, what would that treat be?
37:30
It's cold if you're in the snow. Menulu or torto de chilaquiles.
37:36
OK. And what would you?
37:37
What would your performance be in order?
37:38
To Oh my gosh, you're asking me for the food?
37:40
Yeah, no, I'm asking for both. And then I would sing.
37:45
I would sing Bohemian Rhapsody. And be like give me some some
37:50
menudo please. Yeah, at the end or else or
37:53
else. If I'm in the cold and I'm out
37:58
here doing a, a, a true rendition of like oops, I did it
38:03
again by Britney Spears, I would at least like 3 courses.
38:08
Oh, I would like an appetizer. OK, an entree, a dessert.
38:12
You don't have to give me alcohol if it's cold.
38:15
I'm really not in the mood for alcohol.
38:16
The. Whole, but I'd be fine.
38:17
With like a meal. It's warm.
38:20
No, I I'd be happy with like hot chocolate, 'cause if OK, I'm
38:25
gonna, if I'm gonna eat, yeah, I would like to eat.
38:30
If I'm serving, you'll serve me back.
38:32
Exactly. A full plate of food.
38:34
Exactly. These Knights would eventually
38:36
lead to social unrest. Groups of rowdy men would end
38:40
the Knights wreaking havoc, including property damage,
38:43
should their wants not be answered.
38:46
Once the Puritans arrived in the late 16th century, wassling and
38:49
most other Christmas traditions were outlawed.
38:52
Once the Victorian era arrived in the 19th century, England
38:55
began to express new interest in Christmas traditions.
38:58
A reinvented version of wassling returned as a community
39:01
activity. Far removed for the expectations
39:04
of violence and vandalism, the ACT was instead romanticized as
39:07
a heartwarming story of poor children singing and asking for
39:10
food, drink and God's blessings. This version of the tradition is
39:14
captured in the 19th century Carol.
39:16
Here we come, a wassling. I've never in my life heard
39:21
that. Mariah Carey covers that.
39:23
Sure. I think it's actually a feature
39:25
with Ariana. Oh, maybe, maybe.
39:27
Yeah. What's the song name again?
39:29
Here we come a Waselin. I think it's here the killer
39:32
comes Waselin. In between the fur trees.
39:35
In between the fur trees and the Birch.
39:38
The name change also took place around this time.
39:41
Waselin became known as caroling and the extent of songs grew to
39:45
cover an array of traditional Christmas themes and activities.
39:48
With that being said, what is your favorite Christmas Carol?
39:53
Last Christmas, George Michael. I think there is a fine line
39:58
between A Christmas Carol and a Christmas pop song.
40:01
No offense. Any Christmas carols cannot all
40:06
be pop Christmas pop songs. All Christmas pop songs can be
40:09
Christmas carols. Give me We're going to knock on
40:13
my neighbor's door and you're going to do a rendition.
40:15
Of last Christmas. OK, OK, OK.
40:19
No, no, stop, Stop what you're doing.
40:21
I think when you Christmas Carol you have to envision yourself in
40:24
like 16th century like garb. You're like in.
40:27
Would you still be singing that song?
40:29
No, that's what I thought. I mean, you can't.
40:32
I don't want to stifle your creativity.
40:33
You can't. But I just mean traditional.
40:35
OK, OK, so, OK, so I I'm being really honest with you.
40:38
What are the songs? Because.
40:39
Like we wish you a Merry Christmas.
40:42
Chestnuts roasting on an open. I don't know, Jerry.
40:44
I'm actually just pulling your leg.
40:47
I'm going to go with. My answer was going to be
40:49
grandma got run over by a reindeer.
40:52
That that would have been my choice, Grandma.
40:56
Got run over by reindeer. Yeah, dude, that would have
40:59
been. Walking over my house.
41:00
Christmas. You growing up was like a damn,
41:02
it's Christmas time, you know, because.
41:04
And when the movie would play. Yeah, What show was it on?
41:07
It was a. Show.
41:08
I thought it was just a movie. Channel.
41:09
What channel? No, I don't know why I'm It's
41:13
either Disney Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon.
41:14
I want to say it was Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Nick at night.
41:17
Maybe it wasn't Apbs special. Why am I thinking like Adult
41:20
Swim for some? Reason No, no, no.
41:21
It was it was a child, children's movie.
41:23
It was not like. I damn, I can't remember now.
41:27
I I was a wee lad, I was. One that I think is a a good pop
41:32
song and would be a great Christmas Carol like
41:35
traditionally the one from the Grinch.
41:38
What does Cindy Lou Who sing? Where are you?
41:42
Christmas. I haven't found you.
41:48
Yes, where she's like looking out the window and stuff.
41:50
Yeah, yeah, OK. I love.
41:52
The Grinch. Has been a long time since I've
41:54
seen the Grinch. OK, grandma got run over by a
41:56
reindeer TV movie. Mm hmm.
42:00
I'm it came out in the year 2000.
42:03
In the year 2000. Directed by Phil Roman, first
42:07
released. Oh no, it was just a, it was,
42:09
we're thinking it was a Warner Brothers, like Warner Brother
42:12
cartoon. Wow.
42:14
So that was like public channel, that was like Channel 11 or
42:17
something. I don't know that channels.
42:21
I don't know. I I mean, I had San Diego
42:23
channel so. Oh.
42:24
True, they're not on the table. The WB network on December 21st,
42:28
22,001. I was going to say 20.
42:32
21200120O120O1. Put this on the list of movies.
42:37
We need to watch it. We need to watch it.
42:39
We did add this to the Christmas rotation.
42:42
But yeah, caroling started off as like a violent, drunken
42:45
ordeal. So.
42:46
So a violent night is not completely far off.
42:51
Well, it's not Santa doing the violence.
42:54
I mean, there's also. Not real, but who's?
42:59
Who's to say one of these people, Carol or Wassling, was
43:03
not in dressed in red, had a white beard?
43:05
That's another crazy. Just by chance.
43:07
Yeah, exactly. That's another crazy thing,
43:09
though, Like Wassling. I've never heard of that, but it
43:11
sounds like it sounds like a wrestling move because are you
43:15
into Wassling? You into wassling?
43:17
I was watching the Wassle, dude. They're Wassling off.
43:20
One of those guys hit the wassle.
43:22
That sounds like a dance move. Now that's crazy.
43:25
You want to go outside and wasel.
43:26
Yes. It came from like Pagan era
43:30
traditions of like they were singing in order to like hope
43:35
that the the next harvest would be beneficial.
43:39
So it was very of nature. Yeah.
43:41
And then it kind of transformed into like, well, if we sing to
43:43
our neighbors, yeah, maybe they'll grow a bit better crops.
43:46
Yeah. Because we've charged them with
43:48
good energy. OK, I might have left something
43:50
out. What what?
43:51
Because there was just so much information and I'm sorry if
43:54
this is wrong but I do remember reading something obviously the
43:57
Christmas tree. Also it can be seen as like a
43:59
Pagan tradition because I believe it was the Celtic Druids
44:03
which I like. The priests used the Christmas
44:07
tree or like any, any green that was like flourishing at the
44:12
time. And it would be a sign of that.
44:13
And I was like, wow, that's it's connected.
44:14
So it makes perfect sense. Yeah.
44:16
That it's, it's it's seen as like a like an omen.
44:19
Like a good omen. Also, our timeline timelines
44:21
match because you mentioned the 19th century and that's when was
44:25
that when you said the Queen was?
44:26
Queen Elizabeth, Yeah, was. Pictured with like a postcard or
44:29
something of them. The 19th century is also the
44:32
same time that they started Christmas caroling.
44:35
Wassalin. No, that's when they became
44:37
caroling because they expanded what they sang about.
44:40
So they're like, you know what? Christmas isn't evil.
44:42
We should not have banned that 300 years ago when we were like
44:46
ultra Christian. Yeah, let's celebrate.
44:49
Let's celebrate by fucking getting down by.
44:51
Getting down, literally. Also, it's a revision of
44:55
history. The way they said, oh, we're
44:58
going to bring back Christmas caroling, but we won't talk
45:00
about the violence. We can't let the poor people
45:02
know they can get violent and ask us for.
45:04
Food. Yep, fucking property damage.
45:07
And sure there was. Property the people yearn sure
45:11
for revolution. Revolution.
45:16
That would be another good Christmas Carol.
45:18
Oh, that I would consider. That I would be doing.
45:20
I would do that for sure. That is one that is my on my top
45:24
three songs of of like the holidays.
45:27
Last Christmas would reach Sabanero and I think about the
45:31
third one. My when I was coming at you for
45:34
the pop songs Can't Be carols, I was specifically thinking of all
45:37
of one for Christmas is you that I can't envision a group of old
45:41
timey people just dressed in their costumes trying to hit the
45:44
Mariah Carey whistle no. Whistle no at your at your front
45:48
door. We can What's it called when you
45:50
not break a lung? What is it they're?
45:53
Going to bust the. Puncture a lung?
45:55
They're going to just collapse somehow.
45:57
Your lung? A collapse.
45:57
A collapsed lung. There you go.
45:59
Wow. In the cold.
46:00
Oh. That must hurt.
46:02
Ding Dong, we wish you a Merry Christmas.
46:05
Christmas carols. We have a list that's not coming
46:10
up. Oh it it autocorrected to
46:14
Christmas cards. Oh, I.
46:15
Was about to say to your phone today that's what happened last
46:17
time. Songs Christmas music playlist
46:23
Jingle Bells Jingle Bells and. Oh, that's a Easter.
46:26
Yeah, we wish you a Merry Christmas.
46:28
In France they have pear Noel. Oh, Pear.
46:33
Did it tell you when We Wish You a Merry Christmas was written?
46:36
Because I know the modern version is like think sometime
46:39
in the 1900s, but it's been around since like the Victorian
46:44
era, at least the lyrics that stem from it about We Wish You a
46:48
Merry Christmas. We won't stop until we get some.
46:52
That's like literally referencing the origins of
46:54
Wassling. Wow, we wish you a Merry
46:56
Christmas of the 16th century English folk this 16th century
46:59
Carol from the West Country originating from a tradition
47:02
where poor carolers and then everything I'm.
47:04
Telling you. Wow Original composer is unknown
47:08
it it's popularity sword after Arthel Worrell's 1939
47:13
arrangement for Bristol University Carol Carolers.
47:17
From the Wasslers. And they had the they should
47:19
have been wasslers. Jingle.
47:21
Yeah, we said Jingle Bells. Oh, Christmas tree wood is it.
47:23
Oh, that's a good one. Here we come a caroling should
47:28
be Here we come a waselin. Here we come.
47:32
Wow, it's the same. Song.
47:34
It's the same song. Here we come a Waselin, also
47:38
known as Here we come a Christmas sing that's.
47:40
Crazy. Maybe it's not the same song and
47:43
many other names. This is traditional is English
47:46
Christmas Carol and New Year song typically sung while
47:49
wassling or singing carols. Hey you Wassel.
47:57
It's only you're saying, Rassel. You're kind of Rassel.
48:00
Rassel, that's what that's what the Americans heard.
48:03
Are you saying Rassel Because I'm down?
48:05
And I'm trying my best to to pronounce it that way.
48:09
Wassel Wassel, every single. I typed it on Google and it
48:13
pronounced it for me. Miriam Webster pronounced it the
48:16
same way. Wasel, Miriam Wopsel.
48:20
Marian. Wopsel is Oh, that was your bed.
48:26
Side note, Martin. Martin Luther going back to him.
48:28
Yeah, the German priest, German priest, theologian, author, hymn
48:33
writer, professor and former Augustinian Friar.
48:38
A Friar, He was a Seminole figure of the Protestant
48:42
Reformation, for his theological beliefs form the basis.
48:46
Oh, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.
48:51
Everyone knows that, of course. Why?
48:53
Didn't I not connect the dots? Lutherism.
48:56
Everyone knows that it's basic, common, all is.
48:59
OK, on a separate note, like my tinfoil, my tinfoil hat is back
49:02
on. OK, we drove through Carbon
49:04
Canyon. Yes, we did, on Saturday,
49:07
serendipitously. What?
49:09
I'm at work and I'm going through like random news
49:11
articles. Why is there an article about
49:14
the compound at the top of carbon?
49:15
Can. No fucking way.
49:17
I was telling Jerry all the lore because in Carbon Canyon in
49:20
between like Chino Hills and Brea, there is this huge
49:23
compound. I think it's like 400 something
49:25
acres of, of land that was purchased by this one lady who
49:30
swore she was the second coming of God.
49:35
And her, her prophecy, her, her, her branch of religion of
49:40
Christianity was the belief that Joseph was a St. that he was
49:44
like Joe Joseph, St. Joseph, Joe, you know, Joe.
49:48
I know. Joe I know.
49:49
Joe No, not. That Joe as much as a blessing
49:52
as he is in my life. Not that Joe no mother, Mary,
49:55
Joseph the the the dad who stepped up for Jesus, maybe.
50:00
Jesus, yeah, not not the stepdad, but the dad that
50:02
stepped. Up dad that stepped up that he
50:05
was like also like a like a not a priest.
50:11
Oh my God, I just said it. He is not the Pope.
50:14
Oh my God, I just said it a deity.
50:18
Yeah kind of not that he was like not human like he is a
50:22
religious being and that she would recite like scripture as
50:27
if God was speaking to her and she was able to get a bunch of
50:30
followers. So she bought this huge land.
50:33
I don't know what she did why she was so rich, but I guess the
50:37
the land is valued at I I should bring up the article, but I'm
50:41
just telling you what I remember either lots of millions or 1
50:45
billion. That's fucking what it's worth
50:47
at right now because it recently went up for sale because she
50:50
died. What?
50:52
She died, and the reason why this was in the news was because
50:54
they were opening up for people to attend to see it for one of
50:59
the first times in a very long time, because people are not
51:01
allowed there. They have a guard at the door at
51:04
the entrance, the offshoot. It's like a bunch of little
51:06
houses and then this huge dirt driveway with a guard at all
51:10
times. Fishy.
51:12
And the reason because people went and they were asking
51:14
questions because I guess the daughter manages the entire
51:17
property now and people are like, oh, what, Why is the need
51:20
for security? Oh, in case there's fires.
51:25
Because the one guy at the at the bottom of the door is.
51:27
Going to be yeah, we can't let people in because of the chance
51:29
of fire. Interesting, but I guess there
51:33
is there was plans to develop a huge compound, but the city of I
51:37
think Chino Hills, I think it resides in Chino Hills or the
51:41
either Orange County or San Bernardino County band of the
51:46
development of such a large structure because it's a one way
51:50
St. Exactly.
51:51
Up a mountain to get up there. So it is not built to have that
51:56
many people. But Nope still.
51:57
I guess they built giant night 9 foot statues of like Joseph,
52:03
some some nun. I think it's a nun, some sister.
52:10
I just thought it was crazy, the timing of that.
52:12
We just drove through. I was telling Jerry that Occult
52:15
lived up there and now the lady died and people were visiting.
52:19
And the green mist. Don't forget the green mist.
52:20
Got the green mist. I don't have research on the
52:22
green mist. People say that nuclear testing
52:25
was done in that same area and it makes the mist green.
52:28
Interesting. I think we should buy lottery
52:32
tickets because we have been talking about things and
52:36
somehow, someway comes up they happen within a day or Terry's
52:41
been really good at that. I have.
52:42
I need to buy a lottery ticket. We were recently talking about
52:45
The Princess Bride and unfortunately, Rob Reiner and
52:49
his wife. Were murdered.
52:52
Murdered by their son, allegedly.
52:54
Allegedly, but that's really sad because he is an amazing,
52:58
amazing producer, director just. Talent.
53:01
Genius talent, storyteller. We just saw Spinal Tap 2 in
53:05
theaters and that was like, hilarious.
53:07
And yeah, that sucks. That sucks when Harry mentality
53:11
is one of those favorite movies. Yeah, literally.
53:13
Saturday night you were talking about it and then we find out
53:15
Sunday, Sunday end of in the evening.
53:17
Yeah, we were at Yeah. No, it's just crazy, crazy,
53:21
crazy, crazy. It's a, it's a, it's a crazy
53:24
world. Yeah, what a time of year too.
53:27
Something so tragic to happen. Yeah.
53:30
Rest in peace to him, his wife, wife.
53:33
Condolences to. I think they have a daughter.
53:36
I think so. And I think another son,
53:38
Kintabi. Yeah, who knows?
53:40
Anyways, we're buying lottery tickets.
53:42
We're buying lottery tickets, we're going to watch Grandma Got
53:45
run over by a reindeer, and we're going to watch Rudolph the
53:49
Claymation one. Love those clowns.
53:52
I love. Those those just bring me joy,
53:54
do. You have favorite Christmas
53:56
movie? Elf Elf is a go to Blades of
54:00
Glory. That is not a Christmas movie.
54:02
Yes, it is OK. Yes, it is Will Ferrell.
54:05
Will Ferrell. I just love Will Ferrell, I
54:08
think. I mean, yeah, that's kind of it
54:12
for me. I'll be honest, I don't think I
54:14
have one do. You like elf?
54:16
Not particularly. I think I've seen it once in my.
54:20
Life. That's why when when you watch
54:21
it. In my teens, I'm guessing.
54:23
That's why it's going to hit so much harder now as an adult.
54:28
OK, maybe I'll watch it. Maybe I'll watch it in my time
54:30
off. So many things to do, no?
54:35
I'm just kidding. We'll watch.
54:38
Damn it, guys. It's been months of this.
54:40
This battle. What am I?
54:42
What am I trying to get you to watch?
54:43
Yes. I'm gonna be though.
54:44
Brokeback Mountain. Cherry.
54:46
We have to watch Brokeback Mountain.
54:50
We'll do a double feature soon. I'm gonna have time off.
54:56
Like so soon. I'm just saying.
55:01
Janet. Damn it, Janet.
55:04
How do I get? To miss, I just I have Jerry
55:09
right here. 2 balls 601 sorry. OK, do you have a song
55:16
recommendation for the week? Yes I do.
55:19
I'm going to recommend this song.
55:20
I think it's some great ambiance, great music to have in
55:23
the background. I randomly stumbled upon this
55:27
genre which was I think dungeon synth which is great.
55:33
You are speaking to me right now.
55:35
Great, the song is caught. Sorry, my phone is glitching.
55:42
The song is called Emblems of Durin Durin.
55:47
That's actually that's the Lord of the Rings reference.
55:49
Emblems of Durin did. You finish your book.
55:53
I am 2 chapters away from finishing it.
55:56
I will best believe I'm finishing this book next
55:58
episode. Guys, you need to applaud Jerry,
56:01
he read. A whole book or trilogy?
56:05
One book. He read whole book guys with
56:07
chapters. Chapters Words Pages A A Pre.
56:13
Preface an epilogue. What the fuck do you call them
56:18
but not take it back? I take it back are.
56:20
You trying to Wassel right now? I take it back.
56:23
I'm trying to Wassel. Wassel.
56:26
Yeah. OK.
56:27
Anyways, emblems of Duran or Duran?
56:32
I'm gonna add it to my list. That's not.
56:33
I feel like I might enjoy that. If you are like, especially when
56:37
you're writing, when you're writing, play this music.
56:39
Oh my God. Is it?
56:40
Is it? Oh my God, Brian.
56:42
Does it have singing or is it just instrumental?
56:44
Just instrumental. OK, I do need that.
56:47
I'm writing a book. My recommendation is going to be
56:50
cheesy. It's going to be Christmas song.
56:52
Christmas. We should go waseling to Ariana
56:54
Grande Santa tell me. That's a great fucking.
56:57
Song Santa tell me I was looking at an article.
57:02
I don't know if it was Rolling Stones.
57:04
Probably. Something it might have just
57:06
been someone's opinion, it might have just been like AAI believe
57:10
you TikTok or something. But I believe you.
57:12
Brian, it was a TikTok. They were ranking the best songs
57:14
of best Christmas songs of every decade.
57:19
Santa Tell Me wasn't on there for the 20 tens which.
57:23
Crazy which? What song was on there?
57:25
For granted, it was a good song, It was the Kelly Clarkson
57:29
Christmas song underneath the tree.
57:32
OK. Underneath the tree.
57:34
Yeah, there's a super upbeat, Yeah, Yeah, Also a good song.
57:38
Listen to that one. That is a really good song.
57:42
George Michael last Christmas had to be.
57:44
That's Wham. How dare you delete his band?
57:48
I'm not doing. Are you?
57:49
It's Wham. It's Wham.
57:50
Oh shit. Well, I know it's George
57:51
Michael. Yeah.
57:52
I don't know. At least I know George Michael.
57:54
At least I know Wham. That was a recent discovery
57:58
within the year, let me tell you.
58:00
Really, I have no idea who freaking Wham is.
58:03
What other songs do they sing? Wham bam.
58:06
Oh, thank you ma'am. Hit the glam sham Sam.
58:12
I am. Tell me freaking Nope.
58:16
I can't. No can.
58:17
I play another song, a jitterbug.
58:20
That's a jitterbug. I think that's Wham.
58:23
Yeah, it is. Jitterbug the only other could
58:25
you Wham song I know. If you guys love Wham, give us a
58:29
recommendation for all you whammers for your and wasslers.
58:32
You big whammers or little whammers or little.
58:37
I knew little to the little whams little door to Michaels.
58:41
Janet Tated William. What?
58:43
Sorry. That's that's a that's a gaming
58:45
reference, Jerry. I fully thought Jerry was gonna
58:47
No, I didn't hear what you said, denotated William.
58:51
I don't know what that is, I'm so sorry.
58:53
I have much to learn in my young child.
58:55
I do. Well, I do.
58:57
Hope you guys have a fantastic week.
58:59
Yes. Only one more.
59:00
Happy Thursday, Happy Thursday a Happy holidays.
59:04
Hopefully you guys get some break from work.
59:06
Mm hmm. If you're working retail right
59:09
now, I'm praying for you. I'm sending you my best vibes.
59:12
I am sending you all my energy and patience so you can deal
59:17
with those customers. Hopefully you get a Christmas
59:20
bonus. Yes, probably won't, but I hope.
59:23
Hope you get a Christmas miracle.
59:24
Hope you get the morning schedule so you're off.
59:26
By like for Christmas Eve. For Christmas Eve, when you get
59:29
the holiday pay and then two, you're off.
59:30
Yeah, you're off. You're off by like 2.
59:34
Hopefully Max throw you in at freaking 6:00 AM.
59:37
At least you're off. Get that coffee.
59:40
Clock in, clock out. Hope you get everything you put
59:43
on your Christmas list. I hope you've been so good this
59:45
year. Hope Krampus doesn't come put
59:47
you in his bag. And if you get cold, don't see
59:51
it as a sign of you've been naughty or you've been bad.
59:55
Guess what? Now you have cold for the
59:56
carnazada. Fuck, let's do this and bite us
59:59
over. We'll be there.
1:00:00
We'll bring potato salad. Or nose vasada la carnita Sala.
1:00:06
With a Modelo ice cold from the snow, you don't even need a.
1:00:10
Cooler. Nope, just put it right in the
1:00:11
snow. My mouth is watering, how about
1:00:13
yours? I need a beer.
1:00:16
Let's go get beers, Brian. OK.
1:00:18
We'll see you guys next week. Bye.
1:00:20
Bye.