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- 0:00Speaker 1: Here we are, final day of September. It's Light FM
- 0:03Speaker 1: with Cubby and Christine in the morning. Got producer Kristen.
- 0:05Speaker 1: And yeah, September's done. We go all Christmas tomorrow. That
- 0:10Speaker 1: was a joke. We don't go Christmas.
- 0:12Speaker 2: People won't believe you.
- 0:12Speaker 1: I know, I gotta be careful. Do you know there
- 0:14Speaker 1: are some stations, I'm not kidding you, last year, they
- 0:17Speaker 1: flipped to all Christmas October 1st.
- 0:20Speaker 2: Oh boy.
- 0:20Speaker 1: Yeah, we're gonna do our usual.
- 0:22Speaker 2: We'll get there.
- 0:23Speaker 1: Then November, we'll get there. But yeah, I mean, I'm
- 0:25Speaker 1: seeing stories about 1-2% of shoppers have already finished They're
- 0:29Speaker 1: Christmas shopping.
- 0:30Speaker 2: Please. It stresses me.
- 0:33Speaker 1: It's coming, man.
- 0:34Speaker 2: I know. I know. I was in Macy's and they
- 0:38Speaker 2: were all done up for Christmas already.
- 0:40Speaker 1: Yeah. There's already a turf war going on at Costco
- 0:42Speaker 1: and Lowe's and, and yes, Home Depot where they have
- 0:46Speaker 1: all the Halloween animatronics. And then right next to it,
- 0:49Speaker 1: all the Christmas. Oh boy. There's that's always a funny,
- 0:52Speaker 1: I've seen TikTok videos of that, like a big turf
- 0:54Speaker 1: war going on.
- 0:55Speaker 2: Wow.
- 0:56Speaker 1: But right. We're right in the sweet spot right now.
- 0:58Speaker 1: Everything's coming at us.
- 1:00Speaker 2: It's good. At Macy's, they had a lot of the
- 1:02Speaker 2: gift sets and stuff that I like to get. And
- 1:04Speaker 2: I'm thinking, just get them and get them mailed out.
- 1:06Speaker 2: Because I have friends overseas. You've got to get that
- 1:08Speaker 2: stuff out early. The post offices get so, so busy.
- 1:12Speaker 2: I was there yesterday. So the Christmas stamps are not
- 1:16Speaker 2: out yet, just for the record. I didn't see them yet.
- 1:19Speaker 2: But I saw the deadlines. And if you're mailing U.S.,
- 1:23Speaker 2: first class uh december 17th is the deadline for christmas
- 1:27Speaker 2: cards and hanukkah is very early this year so oh
- 1:31Speaker 2: good point the deadlines are coming up fast.
- 1:34Speaker 1: It's weird to talk about christmas but as you know
- 1:37Speaker 1: it's as quick as i snap my fingers it's going
- 1:40Speaker 1: to be at our front door.
- 1:41Speaker 2: What about the tree did you hear the uh center
- 1:43Speaker 2: christmas tree will be arriving on november.
- 1:46Speaker 1: 7th We just don't know where it's coming from yet.
- 1:48Speaker 2: We have no idea, though. We don't know which tree
- 1:50Speaker 2: it is.
- 1:51Speaker 1: That's always a big deal, by the way, when they
- 1:52Speaker 1: find a tree and they talk to the people that
- 1:55Speaker 1: own the house. And then they tell you a story
- 1:57Speaker 1: how it's been. their family for generations.
- 2:00Speaker 2: And then they start crying.
- 2:01Speaker 1: Let's cut it down.
- 2:02Speaker 2: Why are you taking it down?
- 2:04Speaker 1: But then they do great things with it. Then it
- 2:06Speaker 1: becomes like mulch and it goes into parks and all that.
- 2:08Speaker 2: It gets a lot of love and spreads a lot
- 2:10Speaker 2: of joy. I understand.
- 2:11Speaker 1: Well, we hope to spread some winning right now. 1-800-222-1067.
- 2:16Speaker 1: We need two people to play a trivia battle. And
- 2:18Speaker 1: what are they playing for, Christine?
- 2:20Speaker 2: Tickets to see In the Heights at New York City Center.
- 2:23Speaker 2: This Tony winning musical coming to New York City Center
- 2:26Speaker 2: right now this fall. It gets you dancing in your
- 2:28Speaker 2: seat with its game-changing blend of Latin rhythms, hip-hop, and
- 2:31Speaker 2: traditional Broadway sounds. For tickets, visit nycitycenter.org or give us
- 2:36Speaker 2: a call and play. 1-800-222-1067.