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106. December non-negotiables... your holiday season rituals!! · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello you guys, Welcome back to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Hawcrel Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kayleie, and this is
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  Speaker 1: your weekly reminder that it's a new day, a new week,
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  Speaker 1: a new mindset, and another day for you to become
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  Speaker 1: the Hawrel Energy you want to attract. Hello you guys,
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  Speaker 1: Happy December. I cannot believe we are in the final
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  Speaker 1: month of twenty twenty four. That is absolutely crazy to me.
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  Speaker 1: This year flew by. I can remember every detail of
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  Speaker 1: things that happened in February and March, and I just
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  Speaker 1: can't believe that everything has happened like this whole year
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  Speaker 1: just flew by, And it truly was such an amazing year.
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  Speaker 1: And I have so much to reflect on and so
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  Speaker 1: much to look back on. And yeah, I just cannot
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  Speaker 1: believe we are already into the holiday season. I really
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  Speaker 1: wanted to make this episode about getting into the holiday
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  Speaker 1: spirit because I feel like the last time we talked
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  Speaker 1: about the holidays was in the beginning of November, which,
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  Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, in the beginning of November, I
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  Speaker 1: was fully just ready to put up my Christmas tree,
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  Speaker 1: ready to get the Christmas shopping going. But I think
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  Speaker 1: the holiday season just hits immediately as soon as you
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  Speaker 1: hit December. Like right now, I'm definitely in the holiday
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  Speaker 1: spirit because you know, the malls are crazy, the roads
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  Speaker 1: are crazy, like everybody's starting their holiday shopping. All in all,
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  Speaker 1: I just like everyone's leaving their house and you can
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  Speaker 1: just feel the holiday craziness already started. And I also
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  Speaker 1: think with Black Friday and Cyber Monday being this past weekend,
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  Speaker 1: I also just felt like seeing the sales buying things
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  Speaker 1: all that. I don't know, I just felt, Okay, now
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  Speaker 1: we're officially in the holiday mood. And yeah, the house
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  Speaker 1: definitely felt like Christmas, obviously because I had my decorations
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  Speaker 1: up in the beginning of November. But now it just
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  Speaker 1: feels more real. And I'm sure you guys can relate
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  Speaker 1: to that because I'm sure a lot of you just
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  Speaker 1: had Thanksgiving this past weekend. So to all my American followers,
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  Speaker 1: I hope we had an amazing Thanksgiving. But I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: you guys are really feeling it now, and some of
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  Speaker 1: you may even be putting your Christmas decorations up this
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  Speaker 1: week or you did it this past weekend. I know
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  Speaker 1: everyone puts up their decorations at different times. Some people
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  Speaker 1: put it up in November. Some people put it up
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  Speaker 1: in the beginning of December, so I'm sure some of
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  Speaker 1: you are definitely excited and ready to kick off the
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  Speaker 1: holiday season. I am definitely fully in the holiday mood
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  Speaker 1: because I'm also doing vlog miss this year on TikTok.
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  Speaker 1: I did it last year, and I'm doing something a
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  Speaker 1: bit different this year. I'm posting every second day instead
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  Speaker 1: of every single day for twelve days, and the reason
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  Speaker 1: being is because last year, I felt posting every single
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  Speaker 1: day for a consistent twelve days was just too much
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  Speaker 1: for me personally, just because obviously I manage a podcast,
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  Speaker 1: I manage YouTube, I manage my Instagram, and just having
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  Speaker 1: one platform and doing that, honestly wouldn't be that difficult.
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  Speaker 1: But because I managed so many other platforms, I didn't
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  Speaker 1: want to be a complete ghost on the other platforms
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  Speaker 1: because I was so focused on doing TikTok for this
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  Speaker 1: whole twelve days of log miss. So instead I decided
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  Speaker 1: to do it every second day, which I feel like
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  Speaker 1: is very attainable, very easy, and also it doesn't feel
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  Speaker 1: overly repetitive, because obviously, if I'm filming from morning to night,
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  Speaker 1: things are going to look quite similar, so I just
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  Speaker 1: felt like it made more sense to do every second day,
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  Speaker 1: and yeah, I'm excited. So I definitely want you guys
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  Speaker 1: to follow me on TikTok because I'm also doing a
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  Speaker 1: giveaway on their every vlog miss There is a giveaway
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  Speaker 1: included into each vlog, so if you watch within the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the vlog, you'll see that I'll be doing
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  Speaker 1: a gift card giveaway, which means every time I post avlog,
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  Speaker 1: I will be giving away a random gift card that
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  Speaker 1: I select, and you have the chance of winning it
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  Speaker 1: just by following me on TikTok and Instagram, commenting on
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  Speaker 1: the TikTok video, and sharing it with two of your friends.
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to try and do a giveaway through all
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  Speaker 1: the platforms, but honestly, it just would have been too
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  Speaker 1: hard to manage how to select a winner and all that.
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  Speaker 1: It was just easier to do everything on one platform,
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  Speaker 1: And because TikTok is my biggest audience, I felt that
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  Speaker 1: was the most important one to do the giveaway on.
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  Speaker 1: But you guys are also extremely important to me, and
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  Speaker 1: I want to make sure you guys get something out
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  Speaker 1: of it. But I definitely want to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: you guys get something out of it as well, So
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  Speaker 1: go follow me on TikTok, watch the videos, and I
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  Speaker 1: hope one of you actually win because you guys mean
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  Speaker 1: so much to me and I want to be able
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  Speaker 1: to get back to you guys as well. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's definitely a busy time of the year for me,
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  Speaker 1: but I truly do love this time of the year,
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  Speaker 1: and I love filming blog miss It's so fun to film,
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  Speaker 1: you know, days in my life and just show you
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  Speaker 1: guys things that are happening within my life. But I
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  Speaker 1: want to quickly talk about Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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  Speaker 1: Did anyone actually have a successful shopping spree? Because I
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  Speaker 1: feel like I didn't really see much in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't know if anyone else feels the same way.
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  Speaker 1: There wasn't anything that really screamed like, oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: huge savings, like need to buy this weekend, Like I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, every place that I was looking at for
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  Speaker 1: shopping did not have that grade of sales. Like the
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  Speaker 1: only place I think I ordered from was Aritzia, but
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  Speaker 1: that was their clientele sales, So to me, it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: really count for Black Friday or cyber Monday sales just
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  Speaker 1: because they do that every year. Zara had some stuff
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  Speaker 1: on sale, but nothing really crazy. I was really wanting
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  Speaker 1: to buy some furn to be honest, and maybe that's
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  Speaker 1: not the time to by furniture. I don't know, but
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  Speaker 1: there was no furniture that I personally loved that was
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  Speaker 1: having good sales. So usually, for me, if it's worth
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  Speaker 1: me spending a large amount of money on stuff for
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  Speaker 1: gifts or for myself or whatever the case may be,
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  Speaker 1: usually I like to have at least a twenty percent
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  Speaker 1: or thirty percent off discount. So I don't know. There
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  Speaker 1: was nothing really great in my opinion, but who knows.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe Boxing Day will be better, or maybe because we
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  Speaker 1: live in an economy that just doesn't do great sales anymore.
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  Speaker 1: I have no idea, but nothing really screamed amazing to me. However,
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  Speaker 1: I'm very happy with my Ritzia purchase, so I'm not
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  Speaker 1: going to complain about that. But I did get some
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  Speaker 1: Christmas gifts just for Zach and my family members because
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  Speaker 1: there was some random sales for things that I was
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  Speaker 1: getting them just from like Amazon and such. And if
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  Speaker 1: you guys miss it, I do have a Holiday guide
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  Speaker 1: app on my LTK. I've linked it in all my
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  Speaker 1: episodes that I've posted since I think November, So if
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  Speaker 1: you have any troubles finding a gift for someone, I've
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  Speaker 1: definitely linked a lot of great options there that I've
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  Speaker 1: actually purchased for Zach or for my sister, for my mom,
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  Speaker 1: or anything like that. So definitely check that out if
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  Speaker 1: you're that kind of person that needs inspo for some
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  Speaker 1: holiday shopping. But anyways, let's get into today's episode. I
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  Speaker 1: really wanted to talk about some December rituals, so things
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  Speaker 1: that I am making a non negotiable this month that I
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  Speaker 1: just feel like is necessary for the holiday season. First
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  Speaker 1: one being your holiday decor has to be up. It's
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of December. You need to have a Christmas
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  Speaker 1: tree up somewhere, or a holiday candle or garland lit
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  Speaker 1: up somewhere. Your house doesn't feel cozy or it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: feel like you're in the holiday spirit if you don't
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  Speaker 1: have your decorations up, so make it a priority this
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  Speaker 1: weekend if you haven't done so yet, or a day
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  Speaker 1: during the week, even if it's just like a little
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  Speaker 1: mini tree that you got from your local department store.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever the case, may be just finding ways to make
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  Speaker 1: your space a bit more cozy is a non negotiable
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  Speaker 1: for December. This next one I find kind of funny
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  Speaker 1: because this, to me, is a non negotiable. But you
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  Speaker 1: need to have an advent calendar. And what I mean
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  Speaker 1: by that is that it could be chocolates, it could be,
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  Speaker 1: you know, an Advent calendar from Saphora or a clothing
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  Speaker 1: brand like you name it. I don't care, but every
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  Speaker 1: single year, my mom buys me and Zach Advent calendars.
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  Speaker 1: And to this day, I'm a twenty eight year old woman, married,
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  Speaker 1: not even living at my parents' place, and my mom
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  Speaker 1: still makes the effort of going to the grocery store
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  Speaker 1: and buying me a lindoor chocolate Advent calendar. And I
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  Speaker 1: just find that so frickin' funny that I'm twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: years old and my mom still buys me an Advent calendar.
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  Speaker 1: You know what, The day that she doesn't, I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to be seriously offended, Like I'm gonna be like, why
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  Speaker 1: did you not buy me one this year? I have
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  Speaker 1: an addiction to chocolate, which I've definitely talked about here
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  Speaker 1: on the podcast multiple times, so my mom knows that
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  Speaker 1: chocolate is the key to my heart and it's something
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  Speaker 1: I look forward to after dinner every single day. I
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  Speaker 1: don't have chocolate in the morning. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: some people do that. I know some people that actually
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  Speaker 1: have it when they're making their coffee, which is so fine.
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  Speaker 1: But for me, I usually like to have it after
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  Speaker 1: dinner just because it's my little sweet treat to end
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  Speaker 1: off the day. But I don't know. I find Advent
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  Speaker 1: calendars are so fun and so enjoyable. I will say
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  Speaker 1: I don't ever remember Advent calendars being the way they
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  Speaker 1: are now verse back then, Like I don't remember seeing
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  Speaker 1: like do your Beauty be doing Advent calendars. Obviously some
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  Speaker 1: of these brands did not exist back then, but it's
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  Speaker 1: just funny to me how these Advent calendars have just
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  Speaker 1: gone so crazy with brands. I just find it so
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  Speaker 1: funny how these brands are doing all these Advent calendars
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  Speaker 1: and you know, putting their products in it, giving you
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  Speaker 1: a discounted rate for it. I mean, it's a great
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  Speaker 1: way of marketing. I'm not gonna lie, but it's just
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  Speaker 1: funny to me how much has changed from you know,
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  Speaker 1: like fifteen years ago versus now and how I don't
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  Speaker 1: remember Advent calendars being like that ten years ago. But anyways,
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  Speaker 1: if you don't have an Advent calendar, go to the
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  Speaker 1: grocery store and pick yourself one up, because I think
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  Speaker 1: everyone deserves to have a piece of chocolate every single day,
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  Speaker 1: because it's a little thing to look forward to. Another
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  Speaker 1: thing I'm making a non negotiable this December is making
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  Speaker 1: sure I'm watching at least one or two holiday movies
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  Speaker 1: every weekend. Like that's a non negotiable. I think everybody
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  Speaker 1: needs to watch every single holiday movie throughout December. Last weekend,
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  Speaker 1: Zach and I actually watched the new Christmas movie that
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay Lohan just released on Netflix. It was so good. Guys,
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  Speaker 1: if you have watched Pretty Little Liars, Ezra Fits is
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  Speaker 1: actually one of the main stars in the movie. I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to give it away, but basically what it's
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  Speaker 1: about is Lindsay Lohan and this guy who was Ezra
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  Speaker 1: Fits from Pretty Low Liars. We're dating for like ten
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  Speaker 1: plus years, and he proposed to her when she was
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  Speaker 1: going to move to London, and she ended up obviously
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  Speaker 1: not accepting the proposal because she wasn't ready. And then
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  Speaker 1: ten years goes by. They haven't seen each other, and
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  Speaker 1: Lindsay Lohan is dating this guy and Ezra Fits just
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  Speaker 1: because I don't remember his actual star name, he was
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  Speaker 1: dating this girl and the guy that Lindsay Lohan was
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  Speaker 1: dating or is dating sorry, and the girl that Ezra
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  Speaker 1: Fits is dating or actually brother and sister and they
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  Speaker 1: didn't know that until they showed up at a holiday dinner.
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  Speaker 1: So obviously they're acting like they don't know each other
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  Speaker 1: and they're just playing it off like they've never seen
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  Speaker 1: each other in their life. Blah blah blah. So that's
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  Speaker 1: kind of like the storyline, so I won't give too
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  Speaker 1: much away, but it's so freaking funny, and it was
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  Speaker 1: actually a really good Netflix movie. Like Netflix movies are
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  Speaker 1: kind of a hit and miss, but that one was
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  Speaker 1: actually really cute. I also feel like we need a
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  Speaker 1: few new Christmas movies out because I feel like I've
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  Speaker 1: seen the same Christmas movies every single year. And Zach's like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not watching Elf again, like he put his foot
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  Speaker 1: down because I really wanted to watch Elf, which is
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  Speaker 1: like my favorite Christmas movie, and he's like, kayleie, I
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  Speaker 1: think I've memorized every single word from every movie scene
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  Speaker 1: in that movie, and I'm like, so fair, just because
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  Speaker 1: I usually watch it like two times within the year
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  Speaker 1: during the holiday season, so he wants a break from
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  Speaker 1: watching that. I'll probably watch it by myself sometime while
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  Speaker 1: I'm working or something, just because I feel like I
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  Speaker 1: have to watch ELF at some point in December. But
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  Speaker 1: there is a lot of good classics, obviously, like Home Alone,
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  Speaker 1: Christmas with the Cranks, I also love for Christmas. That
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  Speaker 1: one's always funny, but it's always nice to have new
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  Speaker 1: movies out, and it's fun to watch movie that you've
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  Speaker 1: never seen before. But it's also fun to watch a
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  Speaker 1: movie that you've seen one hundred times. It really just
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  Speaker 1: depends on the person, but I definitely think that's non
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  Speaker 1: negotiable to do in December. It's just finding a weekend
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  Speaker 1: or a night throughout your week to watch a holiday movie.
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  Speaker 1: It just gets you in the holiday spirit, definitely feels
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  Speaker 1: extra cozy, and there's so many good Christmas movies out
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  Speaker 1: through any platform like Netflix, Amazon Prime. I have Netflix,
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  Speaker 1: Amazon Prime, Crave, and Disney, so I have a few
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  Speaker 1: platforms that I can browse and watch some movies. But
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  Speaker 1: I tend o to ten recommend doing that every weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Another thing I'm making a non negotiable this December is
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  Speaker 1: that every time I do a reset within my home,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's a Sunday reset or a day during the
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  Speaker 1: week that I want to tidy up my space, I
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  Speaker 1: need to be putting holiday music on every single time.
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  Speaker 1: Because there's nothing like belting out a song that you
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  Speaker 1: love and just in your kitchen cleaning up, like playing
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  Speaker 1: Justin Bieber Mistletoe or Mariah Carrey Christmas music. I also
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  Speaker 1: love Michael Buble, like putting it on my Alexa. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, I just feel like it's the best way
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  Speaker 1: to get into the holiday spirit. And don't get me wrong,
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  Speaker 1: I worked retail for five years and I just remember
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  Speaker 1: playing Christmas music from like end of November to end
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  Speaker 1: of December, and I was just sick and tired of
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  Speaker 1: listening to the same, you know, twelve to fifteen songs
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  Speaker 1: that would replay each day. But now that I don't
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  Speaker 1: work retail, I actually kind of miss listening to that
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  Speaker 1: Christmas music. So for me, like whenever I have the
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  Speaker 1: time to just like place the music in my home, sing,
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  Speaker 1: belt it out, dance, it's important to do moments like that.
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  Speaker 1: Because we all need to have fun in our life,
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  Speaker 1: and doing those little things are something that can make
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  Speaker 1: you happies. I sing to Freddy all the time whenever
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  Speaker 1: I'm home alone. I mean, let's be honest, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: everyone does a little singing moment or dancing moment with
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  Speaker 1: their dog or sometimes with your husband. It really just
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  Speaker 1: depends on the mood. But definitely playing some holiday music
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  Speaker 1: when I'm doing my Sunday set is a non negotiable.
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  Speaker 1: Another thing is online Christmas shopping only, avoiding the malls,
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  Speaker 1: avoiding the crowds. That is one thing that I actually
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  Speaker 1: hate in December is how crazy everything is like parking
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  Speaker 1: lot jammed. People are going crazy, Like I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone else feels that way, but
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  Speaker 1: I absolutely hate going to the mall during this time
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  Speaker 1: of the year. I avoid it at all costs. Unless
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  Speaker 1: I have to make a return, I will go. But
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  Speaker 1: if I am going to make a return, it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be on like a Monday or Tuesday when people
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  Speaker 1: are working and the mall isn't that busy. But do
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  Speaker 1: not catch me at that mall on a Saturday or Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: because I'm telling you right now, it's going to be chaotic,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be stressful, it's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: shit show. So if you can try to order all
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  Speaker 1: your Christmas gifts online, I've been doing that for the
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  Speaker 1: past two years. It's stress free. As long as you
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  Speaker 1: order well in advance, you don't have to worry about
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  Speaker 1: things not coming in on time. So order everything as
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  Speaker 1: early as you can. That way, you can have everything
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  Speaker 1: arrived before Christmas Day and have time to wrap your
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  Speaker 1: gifts and all that. But wow, let me tell you,
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  Speaker 1: ordering online has changed my life and I will never
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  Speaker 1: go holiday shopping in a mall ever again. Another thing
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  Speaker 1: to do this December is visit a local Christmas market
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  Speaker 1: in your area, or go see a Christmas light show
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  Speaker 1: or a Christmas themed bar, depending on where you live.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's important to just do your own research
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  Speaker 1: because there's always things happening in your city. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like Ottawa, which is where I'm from, definitely took a
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  Speaker 1: while to start adding these fun things to the city,
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  Speaker 1: but it's nice to finally see some things popping up,
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  Speaker 1: Like our Christmas market in Landsdown. We have a Christmas
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  Speaker 1: light show that's like a little drive through that you
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  Speaker 1: can go see all the Christmas lights, which is super pretty.
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  Speaker 1: I think we have two Christmas bars that are like
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  Speaker 1: completely decked out in Christmas decorations, Christmas cocktail themes, all that.
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  Speaker 1: So if you have the time to spend a little
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  Speaker 1: date night with your husband or your friend, definitely find
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  Speaker 1: a weekend or a night to do that and just yeah,
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  Speaker 1: go to something that's Christmas themed. I think that's always
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  Speaker 1: fun to do. One thing that I did actually this
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  Speaker 1: past weekend is I went to a little town called Elmont,
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  Speaker 1: which is really not far from where I live. And
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  Speaker 1: some of you actually message me that you either live there,
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  Speaker 1: or you were really happy just to see me there,
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  Speaker 1: or you ran into me, or whatever the case may be.
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  Speaker 1: Which so nice meeting some of you. But it was
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  Speaker 1: so funny because Zach's family actually lives in Elmont, so
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  Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of you felt like I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know the area or it was just shocked that
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  Speaker 1: I was in Elmont. But I go every single year.
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  Speaker 1: I've been going for the past ten years. I actually
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: go pretty often just because Zach's family's there, like his
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: grandma lives there, his aunts live there. So I don't
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: usually go to Elmont downtown. I just go to the
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: Elmont area in general, but their downtown area is so
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: freaking cute during this time of the year. Fun fact,
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: they also film a lot of Hallmark movies there. They
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: obviously don't film it during the holiday season, but they
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: usually film those movies usually in like March or February,
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: when it's obviously not busy in the town. But yeah,
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: it's super cute just to see the town all decked out,
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: and it definitely gives Hallmark movie vibes. Okay. Another non
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: negotiable is very small, but turning on your Christmas lights
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: every single morning and night. That's like one thing that
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: I have to do. I walk down my stairs in
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: the morning, I turn on my Christmas tree, I turn
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: on the garlands on my stairs, and then at night
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: I do the same thing, making sure that everything's on.
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: It just makes the house feel more cozy. And if
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: you're putting that effort of putting everything up in your house,
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: take advantage of turning on the lights and just seeing
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: it all lit up. Feel like sometimes I see my
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: parents and they don't put any of their lights on,
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: and I'm like, what are you doing? We got to
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: turn the Christmas lights on, because that's what makes the
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: Christmas decor is seeing all the lights on. So that's
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: just a small little detail, but I do find it's
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: a good reminder for people who forget to do it,
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: just because it does truly make the house feel so
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: much more cozier. Another thing is buying holiday themed anything.
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: And what I mean by that is like holiday candles,
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: holiday drinks, coffee cramers, tea flavors, lip bombs, you name it,
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: anything that's like a limited addition for the holiday season.
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: I'm a sucker that will always buy anything. I just
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: always cave. So like coffee creamers they'll usually pick up
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: when I'm in the States that are holiday themed holiday teas,
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: like anything that's like gingerbread flavored or peppermint like I
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: love those flavors so much. I also just saw that
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: Road is releasing a peppermint lip bomb. I think they're
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: doing a collaboration with Matilda who owns jurf Avenue, so
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: that I'm sold, Like I want to buy it. So
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: I don't know why, but I'm always just a sucker
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: for caving for anything holiday themed or anything themed for
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: a season. Right, So like during the fall season, I'm
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: all about pumpkin spice, you know, chai anything. I just
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: want pumpkin candles in my home all that. And then
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: now going into the holiday season, it's the same thing.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: I want to buy holiday drinks, I want holiday candles
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: around the house all that. So I don't know. I
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: find that's a non negotiable. Is just to buy at
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: least one thing that's anything holiday themed is crucial. Another
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: non negotiable is having a date night at home home
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: and doing a gingerbread or Christmas tree painting night, So
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: gingerbread building or you can get these like little houses
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: or Christmas trees from Michael's and you can actually paint them.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: And I find that's a fun little date night to
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: do at home. That's cheap and you don't have to
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: spend a crazy amount of money to have a date
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: night with your partner. But I always love doing activities,
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: as you guys know. So I did a gingerbread house
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: with Zach last year, and we'll probably do the same
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: thing again, or we'll go to Michael's and we'll pick
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: up this Christmas tree that I saw, Or if I
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: don't do it with Zach, I'll probably do it with
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: my sister or you can do it with a friend
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: or a little friend night with a bunch of your friends.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: I love yeah doing activities like that or Another thing
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: you can do for December that could be a non
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: negotiable is host a Christmas night with your girlfriend, so
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: doing like a themed Christmas cocktail night or trying different
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: like Christmas desserts that are all Christmas themed. We're actually
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: doing a Christmas party with my girlfriends on December twenty eighth,
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: just because it's so hard to book something before for
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: the holidays and align with everyone's schedule. But we're doing
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: a ugly sweater Christmas party, which is super fun. We're
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: doing a gift exchange, We're renting a party bus, like anyways,
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: you name it, We're doing it. It's a fun little
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: girls night that I'm very much looking forward to. So
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: it's nice to be able to host a Christmas night
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: with your friends and yeah, making a whole Christmas theme
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: out of it. Another thing that's a non negotiable during
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: the holiday season is holiday pj's every single night. If
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: you don't own a pair of holiday pjs, what are
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: you doing? You need to go on Amazon or Revolve
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: or just somewhere and order yourself a pair of like
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: red and white pinstripe pajamas or just anything holiday themed.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: I don't know there's something about Christmas pjs that hits differently.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: I love just getting anything corny or anything cute for
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: the holiday season. I think I have like five different
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: pairs of holiday pjs because every year my mom usually
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: buys us a pair for Christmas and they're usually Christmas themed.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: I definitely have had more in the past, but I've
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: donated it or have gotten rid of it, just because obviously,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: when you have a jamas for a long period of time,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: it's good to just like replan and you know, get
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: a refresh of a new pair. But if you don't
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: have holiday pjs, you definitely need to get a pair.
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: Another great thing to do during the holiday season is
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: finding ways to give back to your community. So do
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: some research and see if there's anyone that is looking
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: to donate some gifts to some kids that are needing
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: a gift. So this year I actually did an Angel
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: treat and I got two kids in Ottawa and I
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: think it's about fifty bucks a kid, so it's really
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: not that much, but just you know, taking the time
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: to go get them a gift for the holiday season,
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: and knowing that they'll be able to open up a
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: gift this holiday season is truly the best feeling to
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: give back. So I feel like this is a really
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: good time to just think about people who are struggling
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: and that need help, and it's important to, yeah, just
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: look in your community and see how you can help
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: or give back to your community. So that's something that
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: I'm doing this year, and I'm very excited to do this.
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: I've actually done this every single year. It's not something
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: I usually touch on, but it's something that I've done
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: as a kid. Like my parents have just always you know,
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: told me and my sister to remember to give back
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: and just yeah, do what you can. So even as kids,
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: me and my sister would always build these little boxes
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: and give back to people in Africa. We'd give back
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: to people in Ottawa and just have always thought of, yeah,
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: just people who are struggling. So it's good to give back.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: And I also love how I'm you know, integrating a
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: giveaway for the holiday season this year by you know,
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: doing a little gift card thing for you guys, because
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: obviously I want to show how thankful I am for
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: you guys and give back to you guys by having
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: this little giveaways. It could be as small as buying
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: someone a Starbucks drink that you know ordered behind you.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: Just finding ways to give back during the holiday season,
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: I think is a non negotiable. The last thing that
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: is a non negotiable for December is not even holiday related,
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: but you guys know what I'm about to say is
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: your weekly prep for twenty twenty five. So find a
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: night once a week to really start planning on how
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: you want your new year to look like. So, whether
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: it's going on Pinterest and starting to create a twenty
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: twenty five board that you can start saving pictures to like,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: if there's pictures that resonate to you for your goals
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: that you're wanting to achieve for the new year. The
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: time is now to start prepping because we're going to
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: take a deep dive into vision boards and goal setting
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: and all that in the next two episodes, so stay
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: tuned for that. But it's good to get ahead, start
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: and start figuring out how you want to plan out
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: and strategize your new year. So that's another non negotiable
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: for December is starting to prep for twenty twenty five.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: But I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. I really
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: wanted it to be about the holiday season and just
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: getting into the holiday spirit because obviously, entering December, it's
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: all about Christmas, it's all about the fun, and I
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: really wanted to get you guys in the holiday spirit.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: So I hope this episode was able to get you
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: motive for the holiday season. But I love you guys
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: also much. Thank you guys for listening to today's episode.
• 23:05
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• 23:08
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• 23:10
  Speaker 1: to check out my TikTok blog. Miss I would love
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: for you guys to participate in this giveaway because I
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: would love to give back to you guys for continuously
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: supporting me on the podcast and listening to me on
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: a weekly basis. So definitely make sure to say hi
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: and you're from the podcast in the comments section if
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: you are from the podcast. But I love you all
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: so much. Thank you guys for listening to today's episode,
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: and I will see you guys in next week's episode.