Salads, Throw-up Bowls, and Sick Kids: The Meaning of 'Tis The Season

Dads in Real Life Podcast · Dec 18, 2025 · 45m

Travis kicks off today’s episode with a hot take no one asked for: salads should include leaves. From there, things take a hard left when he asks the question of the day—

👉 “Do you have a throw-up bowl?” (Yes, Robert had to clarify what he heard.)

After some classic dad banter—testing spoiled food, catching up, and the realities of parenting—Travis shifts the conversation into a more reflective topic: what does “’Tis the season” actually mean now?

Growing up, “’Tis the season” meant joy, celebration, and anticipation. As parents, it often sounds more like: sick kids, exhaustion, and survival…