Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora and Nora, and we're glad you're here. Yes, welcome back and welcome to those of you who are listening for the first time.
Speaker 2:Yes, welcome and holy smokes. Christmases around the corner and my house is a wreck. It's not, it is. You already have beautifully wrapped gifts under your tree. My gifts are still snatched away.
Speaker 1:Well, many of the gifts came from my parents, oh. And my mom uses really nice ribbon and quality paper, so that's the story there it looks lovely. Yeah, are you ready for Christmas?
Speaker 2:Nope, not at all. Nope, not even close. You would think some of my kids were on the naughty list.
Speaker 1:Have you done anything Christmassy?
Speaker 2:Yes, we've done a lot of Christmassy things. We went to the. It was that good, huh. We saw Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas. What did you see? I'm sorry, so this is a movie that Jim Henson made in 1977 with Muppets, but Kermit the only one you would recognize is Kermit. He acts as kind of like a narrator. It was made for TV. Can you say it in slowly? Kermit Otter's Jug Band Christmas, junk Band.
Speaker 1:Jug Like a jug of Milk Milk.
Speaker 2:Yes, Like if you had a ceramic jug and you could blow across the top. It would be like boom, boom, boom. It's a jug band, so they have a jug band.
Speaker 1:I thought it was Emma's. I thought it was Emma's daughter's junk band for Christmas Day, and I thought that was Emma's daughter because I wouldn't want to be in a junk band. Why can't you find a nicer band? I actually wouldn't want to be in a band at all.
Speaker 2:No, I was at the dentist yesterday, though with my kids, and I had a nice little chuckle about dentist, dentist.
Speaker 1:Wait, so you saw this junk band Christmas.
Speaker 2:It's like the sweetest, most beautiful movie and we watched it growing up and they turned the movie into a musical. Oh cute, when did you see, it Downtown at the building of Fine Arts oh nice, and it's half humans, half puppets and it was funny. My kids were like we prefer the puppet parts, and I think it's hard like when you've seen something that's puppets and then all of a sudden it's a grown adult with their face painted to look like an animal. It's a little funky.
Speaker 1:I get it.
Speaker 2:But it was darling and the music is really funny and I also think my brother and sister and I are nostalgic about it because we know it, so we can appreciate the cheesy parts.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's nice. We've just done local stuff, like we went to Hinsdale in town, oh nice. The kids love to take pictures.
Speaker 2:So it's like they wanted to jump out and take pictures.
Speaker 1:and then we did the little downtown Western Springs and a few movie nights. Nice, you know why I like those movie nights?
Speaker 2:Because you're in your jammies.
Speaker 1:Yes, because I can put green and red M&Ms in my popcorn and it's like instantly festive.
Speaker 2:That's nice. Yeah, we are going to illuminations next week. Oh, that'll be pretty, which is cool, yeah.
Speaker 1:And then, oh, you know what we did last night. Last night I did one of my favorite traditions, what that I've been doing like since I as long as I can remember. Oh yes, my dad took me shopping for my mom for Christmas.
Speaker 2:That's really nice. I love it.
Speaker 1:It's fun. I love to have dinner afterwards, but we went to that restaurant inside the Hyatt Hotel in Oak Brook.
Speaker 2:You know the old McDonald's? Yes, that's now Ace. Oh, did you see Prancer's Pub? Yes, is it cute? It was super cute, so it's worth it. Yeah, okay, because I was thinking of taking my in-laws there and I wasn't sure.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's really cute. We took a time to take a picture, oh great, thank you. The food is bar food.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, that's okay though, but I would bring all my kids, but it's small and cozy.
Speaker 1:Okay, absolutely. Yeah, we brought Catherine Grace with us last night, oh great. So yeah, that was fun. Yeah, it was great.
Speaker 2:I'll probably take the rest of the kids. When you were at Prancer's Pub, were you offered a Doritos flavored spirit to a as a after-dinner drink, if I?
Speaker 1:did, I would have politely declined Tell me more Doritos has developed a alcohol.
Speaker 2:They're just calling it a spirit. What is it?
Speaker 1:Because it's not like a vodka or it doesn't taste like a nacho cheese. It's Doritos flavored liquor.
Speaker 2:Can you get?
Speaker 1:it in cool ranch and nacho cheese.
Speaker 2:So far it's just original. It looks like red listerine, but they say it's best to mix it with tequila or use it in a bloody. A cheesy tequila or mix. This makes more sense to me, even though I don't like bloody marys. It probably would more suit a bloody marry, because aren't those supposed to be kind of peppery and spicy? Yeah, but they're not supposed to be cheesy. I'm just wondering if you drink it, do you get the cheese on your face?
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh what.
Speaker 2:No, that was not offered to you. It's a big miss.
Speaker 1:What is Doritos thinking?
Speaker 2:Well, it's all the nostalgia.
Speaker 1:It's not a vodka and it's not a it's just a spirit, so it's just, that's a hangover and a bottle right there. That's a hanger, yeah.
Speaker 2:And it looks cheesy too. You know what I mean, yeah, so I don't think I'm going to try it.
Speaker 1:No, thank you.
Speaker 2:I don't like Doritos, not as alcohol.
Speaker 1:Well, they're a flavored chip.
Speaker 2:And you know I feel a lot of flavor chips.
Speaker 1:They had a 3D Dorito when I was in high school.
Speaker 2:Aren't they all three dimensional?
Speaker 1:No, they're like flat, but the 3D was kind of like a bugle.
Speaker 2:Oh, I see. I wonder if that was a mistake.
Speaker 1:You know, if they were like oh, phoenix is a test market, so was Dayton. No kidding yes.
Speaker 2:And then, once in a while, we'd be at the grocery store and we're like purple ketchup, like they're like green ketchup, yeah.
Speaker 1:What is going on?
Speaker 2:here. Yeah, it was kind of fun to have that. Ooh yeah, nacho cheese flavored booze. Keep your eyes open for that.
Speaker 1:No thank you.
Speaker 2:It's so gross. Have they started selling it? I think so. I think it's out. It says the flavor may seem wacky but it has novelty value and people will be interested to try it out. If I were them, but they should sell it in small bottles. Oh, like the little airplane size yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And if they sold them in packs of 12, then I feel like people, but I wouldn't want a whole bottle of that. Nobody should drink it. I'm so curious how much it is, I know you couldn't pay me to drink it. Oh, maybe you could. I know I would defend how much you want no, thank you. Oh, what's on your mind?
Speaker 1:Um, lots of my mind. I don't know if it's appropriate for you. Oh no, I'm not that kind of Nora. I just have a lot going on before Christmas. And I would imagine a lot of moms can resonate with this. There's so many boxes to check and some, like the last few days I've just been like caught up in things that don't really matter because I'm so overwhelmed.
Speaker 2:I feel like I'm playing possum lately where I'm like I'm so overwhelmed so I'm just going to do nothing. Yeah, I had a lot of carpooling I need to sort out and like scheduling stuff, and I was just like we'll see what happens. And then I was like, oh God, it's the day. Yeah, now I got to really scramble and ask for help.
Speaker 1:That's something you can't see what happens and we're getting out of town on Saturday.
Speaker 2:If you're listening, we will have already left and come.
Speaker 1:We're going to Indianapolis. Oh for what? We're going to go watch the Wildcats play. Oh, the whole fam, whole fam, babe. Yeah, we're just going to it's like a three hour drive.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's not bad at all. I like Indianapolis. We have a good dinner reservation and I was thinking about going there over Christmas break because they have a really great Children's Museum.
Speaker 1:Oh, they do yes.
Speaker 2:And they have a hockey exhibit right now and I know Kevin would really like that and they have the NCAA Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1:Oh, I didn't know that. You know I love a museum.
Speaker 2:I know you do. I know very little about the NCAA but I would be. You know I love a museum. So anyways, yeah, that's.
Speaker 1:It's kind of a Yahoo boo-hoo, because I'm excited to go, but I would like to get everything done Before we go, yeah, and then our kids are in school until Thursday, god forbid.
Speaker 2:No kidding, I'm so grateful, right yeah, because if they were home on Monday I have so much fun.
Speaker 1:I feel like I'm not able to do as much Christmasy things because they're in school. Oh, like if they weren't in school you could have ventured out a little more.
Speaker 2:I feel like a lot is being crammed in on the weekends lately, and I know this week Rose has her Christmas dance recital, so that will be cute and it's nice. Her and my niece go to the same dance studio but they've never been in the same recital time block. Oh, but they are this time, so it'll be really sweet. I mean they're not in the same dance, but they'll be in the same recital.
Speaker 2:So, speaking of watching things, let's talk a little about Christmas movies. Let's do it. Our topics today movies and music. Movies and music. I was a little worried when I was writing down. I called them yay movies and boo movies. I wonder if you're more willing to watch a Christmas movie than you are a standard movie.
Speaker 1:I will watch a Christmas movie because I feel like it gets you in the spirit. Last week I made a dip with Cool Whip and half of a bottle of Doritos spirit, starbucks mocha oh, I poured that in and mixed it up. And then a box of chocolate pudding and mixed that all up, oh my gosh. And then fresh candy canes and dump that in.
Speaker 2:That's so cute.
Speaker 1:And I served it with animal crackers.
Speaker 2:Where do you learn these things? I'm the internet. I don't know, I just thought I like up recipes.
Speaker 1:I didn't either. It was like on our Facebook feed or our Instagram feed or something. Anyways, I like to do something little like that, that's so cute and then watch a Christmas movie.
Speaker 2:Yeah, what'd you watch?
Speaker 1:We watched oh, the Griswolds.
Speaker 2:What's that really called National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I love that movie.
Speaker 2:I haven't seen. That was on my medium one it was. I haven't because you know what? I haven't seen it in a really long time.
Speaker 1:I feel like it, your kids will like it. It's really funny.
Speaker 2:I know all the references from it, but I don't think I've ever sat down and watched it start to finish.
Speaker 1:That's like a wonderful life. I've never seen that oh it's good, it's sweet, it's black and white. It's black and white which I don't mind.
Speaker 2:It's a little probably slow compared to what we're used to, I think.
Speaker 1:When it's on, it's on for like six hours and that's not the runtime, but I think it's.
Speaker 2:It might play it back to back. I just feel bad because it starts off with the guy he's like going to commit suicide.
Speaker 1:Oh God yeah.
Speaker 2:What? And then his guardian angel.
Speaker 1:Are we talking?
Speaker 2:about the same movie. It's a wonderful life.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but just that's not very wonderful.
Speaker 2:Well, the angel comes and stops him. Do they show that?
Speaker 1:on TV.
Speaker 2:He's on yeah, well, he's standing on the bridge like he's going to jump.
Speaker 1:I don't know.
Speaker 2:That's why I'm like this is kind of a lot, it's a heavy, yeah, and then the angel kind of takes him back through his life and is like, no, you have oh no the angel shows him what the world would be like if he never existed. And it's not great, so that's it.
Speaker 1:So it's a fake movie.
Speaker 2:Well, no, what do you mean? It's a.
Speaker 1:Does really? It does exist, because it didn't really happen, because he, the angels, showed him that he wasn't there.
Speaker 2:Well, the angel, because he was like oh my family, I'm doing is like I'm doing a bad Jimmy Stewart, that's it. My family would be a better off if I never lived. And then they show and then the angels like well, let's see what it would be like if you never live. Do they switch back and forth?
Speaker 1:I think so it's been a while. I just don't want to watch a movie of like this. This is how it would be because that's not.
Speaker 2:And then, and then that's part of it, and then he realizes like oh my god, like that's why it's so long, because and then he goes and then he's happy because there's a whole thing. They work at a bank and someone misplaced money To make a deposit, so he's like oh my god, the banks gonna go to business. We gotta find it. I was almost cast in the lead role, and then that's the old. Every time a bell ringing Well.
Speaker 1:I'll tell you when it came out in 1946. Yeah, it was a box office flop get out of here.
Speaker 2:People are like I don't want to see it. It's a fake movie. That's interesting. When did it become a popular thing?
Speaker 1:when it ran back to back Every single.
Speaker 2:Christmas started. We're in it in 1970.
Speaker 1:No, I don't know. Yeah, um, oh, yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's so interesting. Yeah, I have another, like one of my favorite movies. Growing up, have you ever seen babes in Toiland? No, it's a man for the shallow and I forget the guy's name, but it's like she's there they live.
Speaker 2:There's some total babes. I mean, it's from the 60s, I think. She plays Mary, mary, quake and trari, like how does your garden girl? And then she's, she's in love with Whoever the guy is. And then there's Bartleby, like the evil guy. No, no, and Christmas and trying to get. There's like a shrinking potion. Can your kids watch it? Yes, it's so. It's a Disney movie, it's oh, with real people with real people in it that I remember watching it when I was little and I was like the dancing is.
Speaker 2:I want to dance like that oh.
Speaker 1:That's very sweet. All right, I'm gonna check that out.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna add that to our list, that and then it was an old movie, but are there any old movies that you enjoy?
Speaker 1:No, I guess Christmas, christmas vacation is kind of old yeah, that's as old as I go. I love Christmas with the cranks because there's a Nora and never seen that. Oh, it's funny. It's with Tim Allen. Oh, no way you should see it. Okay, yeah, but I bet you.
Speaker 2:I haven't seen most of your movies and you haven't seen most of mine.
Speaker 1:That's pretty much the only I love actually in the holiday.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 1:Oh, the holiday is super cute. Yeah, I really like that.
Speaker 2:Did you see 8-bit Christmas? Your kids would love it. Oh, what bit. It's called 8-bit Christmas. It's Neil Patrick Harris bit with a bit is like a measurement of like technology of graphics, and it's about it's on that Netflix or HBO, but Neil Patrick Harris is talking about the Christmas. He wanted a Nintendo, okay, and Nintendo was 8-bit, like that was. Oh, that's a cute name. It's hysterical because it takes place in the 80s and, like one of the best scenes he's, it's Neil.
Speaker 1:Patrick.
Speaker 2:It came out last year, I think okay, and he's talking. He was like you know, I was riding my bike to my friend's house. It's a voiceover, and you see the kid riding his bike and and the kids like, oh, did you have a helmet on? And he did it. And he was like, oh, of course I had a helmet on. Then all of a sudden it's like big, like helmet on the kids.
Speaker 1:That's funny. Okay, I'm gonna add that to our list. This for this week.
Speaker 2:I really like it. I think it's super cute. It's kind of like an updated Christmas story which I know we had. This.
Speaker 1:Discussion. Yeah, I still get confused, but would you believe that the star of a Christmas story, peter Billingsley? Yes, he was the very first audition.
Speaker 2:No way, kids, wow, way to set the bar there, peter, I didn't. Oh, I love stuff like that, but I do Love that movie. I feel like that's another one where I've seen all of it but not start to finish. I didn't like it. But I also think there's a difference, like if you've grown up watching something, I think you like it more.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know yes.
Speaker 2:Yes, but another new animated movie is Klaus. This is it's really cute, that's not. It's K L A U S, klaus, and when that works too. But um, it's animated and I thought it was great. It's really funny.
Speaker 1:Do your kids like to watch the Santa Claus, not the Santa Claus elf?
Speaker 2:no, Um the Santa Claus, like with Tim Allen. No, you loved him.
Speaker 1:No, I don't love Tim Allen. I mean, I don't know, not like Tim Allen. It's fine, but I'm not like. I just like get throwing Christmas movies.
Speaker 2:I did not meet.
Speaker 1:I did not write him a fan club letter. Like I did Michael J Fox and then I got an 8 by 10 setbacks pretty amazing, every time a bell rings an angel. I'm so annoyed but I can't think of any nice movie.
Speaker 2:Do you want me just to?
Speaker 1:throw movies out. Well, I don't think you've seen it. Oh, maybe you have a Goldie Hansen it oh.
Speaker 2:The Christmas Chronicles. Thank you, yeah, I did too I wasn't as huge a fan as of the second one agreed as the first one but I really liked the first one. That was cute. Yeah, okay, Home alone yes but it was interesting. When we showed it to our kids the first time they were like the cousins are really mean to each other.
Speaker 1:Wait, did they just see it for the first time? No, they're like a year ago.
Speaker 2:They were. That was the first time. Huh, I think so Well, because I don't know Lots of other Christmas movies, but in my sister's girls were the same. They were like these kids are mean.
Speaker 1:I was like yeah, yeah, they are mean yeah and I never really thought about that.
Speaker 2:I really liked the 2018 Grinch. There's so many great. I don't like the live-action one.
Speaker 1:I don't know I don't like that one either. I like the one I bet I like, and the blue noses.
Speaker 2:It that freaks me out when I like the one you like. Yeah, that, and with Benedict Cumberbatch was the Grinch, I really okay, I really liked that, but I have never did you see spirited. It came out last year. It's Ryan and Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell.
Speaker 1:I haven't seen it either, but that one's on my list and I like to watch anything on the Hallmark channel and we've talked about this.
Speaker 2:I haven't seen any.
Speaker 1:I like it on in the background.
Speaker 2:Are there any movies that you're not a fan of? A Christmas story, yeah, any scary Christmas movies. Why are we making horror Christmas movies? I Didn't know we were. Yes, there's one. There's like Freaky ones. After last year there was one that came out and it was like terrifying. Oh, it was called. It wasn't called Silent Night, it was like Slasher Night or like no non-silent.
Speaker 1:And then it was like angry Santa like bloody face.
Speaker 2:No, don't make horror movies about Christmas.
Speaker 1:No, thank you, no, thank you. Let's keep it happy.
Speaker 2:There's another one my kids watch was called alien Xmas, which I don't like. X when they shorten it to Xmas anyway, not a fan of that I'll just change my notes. Christ and I'm Okay. How do you feel about Charlie Brown?
Speaker 1:It's fine yeah it's not my favorite.
Speaker 2:I like to put it on, just like for the nostalgia, just it's nice, but I like if I sit down and watch it, though I'll fall asleep. I don't like I also most like. I like the music. Those kids are kind of mean. I like the music as well. What are your thoughts on Christmas music? I have so many thoughts on Christmas music. Okay.
Speaker 1:Did they open up a can of worms?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I have you heard the new Jimmy Fallon, megan Trainor song. Right now come on, right me up. No, but we're.
Speaker 1:We're rocking to the new Taylor Swift song. That's a big yeah.
Speaker 2:And there's like a funny line in it. Do it's the day I'm seasoned, or something like that? I?
Speaker 1:don't know, but like my kids, love it.
Speaker 2:Oh, I have to.
Speaker 1:All across the board on Christmas songs. See like we're very eclectic, like everything from Dolly Parton to run DMC.
Speaker 2:Oh, it's missing, was Christmas in huh, this is a great one. I love my mom used to listen to. It was a tape she got from old Navy, a Cassette tape from the store, from the store and it was like the best Christmas tape ever. That's funny. There was this great song called winter weather and it was like super jazzy like from the 40s, like tons of trumpets and stuff and it was so fun and it's it's a shame, because like I guess I could. I wonder if I could make her a playlist.
Speaker 1:I'm, I was listening. When my mom was in town last week I put my Christmas playlist on. She's like oh, I wish I had one, I wish I knew how to do these.
Speaker 2:So I said I'll send you my playlist I wouldn't know how to play it, but she could.
Speaker 1:My brother, my sister could probably help her.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then, like, all the Bing Crosby versions of things are pretty good. But the only Bing Crosby song I don't care for is when he and David Bowie did a collaboration. They did little drummer boy, peace fine to me. It just.
Speaker 1:Seems like did he do white Christmas? Yes, that's the best-selling single of all time.
Speaker 2:I know Irving Berlin wrote that in Arizona. I do now. I think he was at the Biltmore.
Speaker 1:Oh, I do. I do remember that. Yes, he stayed there.
Speaker 2:Yes, that is one of my. So the song Baby, it's Cold Outside is a little controversial.
Speaker 1:It is, but I feel like people relax.
Speaker 2:I really like that song there was actually an article, the daughter of the husband and wife team who wrote it and who was like no, my parents didn't mean it in that way, I know. Like where's the Christmas cheer? It is a yeah. I mean I think if you were to change the delivery of it, yeah, it could be creepy. But it's like yeah, it's supposed to be playful with two consenting adults Wait.
Speaker 1:I read another fun fact. Uh-huh, you know the voice of the Grinch in the song. Yes, do you know? He's also the voice of Tony Tiger.
Speaker 2:Get out of here yeah.
Speaker 2:What You're going to have two more opposite people I know. So yeah, do you know the song by Wham last Christmas? Yes, so there's a thing have you heard of this? It's called Wham, again Mm-mm, where there's a thing where people play individually. You have to be, if you, who can go the longest without hearing that song and say the end. So it's kind of like a it's almost like a fantasy league where you have to admit when you've heard the song. So I think it starts like December 1st. Well, let's do it and see how long you could go without hearing the song.
Speaker 1:Let's do it.
Speaker 2:Okay, I haven't heard it yet, have you heard?
Speaker 1:it. Well, let's start. I don't know.
Speaker 2:Okay, oh, we'll just start now. I was like, yeah, so we'll see who can. Because it was a big brouhaha in England because there was like a At a sporting event. A DJ played it in the stadium and people were like, no, what's wrong with it. Because no, it was just because then 7,000 people lost Wham again. And they're like, no, I heard the song. Oh, no, I lost.
Speaker 1:Wham again, wham again. I.
Speaker 2:I haven't heard it from about it. Popular thing in the UK, you know, in love actually, when the guy is trying to have the Christmas number one, yes and but. That's a huge thing in the UK and ever since 1952, to have the top song on Christmas Day, isn't it?
Speaker 1:always Mariah. No, it's not.
Speaker 2:It's she. She had it, I think, one year, but like the Beatles, had what she only had one year. Maybe once or twice. But the big stat that they go by is like how many consecutive years have you had, like the Beatles had four years in a row of a Christmas number one?
Speaker 1:And what was it?
Speaker 2:Spice Girls had three years in a row of a Christmas number one, and then, and the Beach Boys up there yeah, beach Boys. Like Bob the Builder had a Christmas number one, mariah Carey, whitney Houston had one.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's not a Christmas song.
Speaker 2:And it's not always a Christmas song.
Speaker 1:It's just. What is the number?
Speaker 2:one song on Christmas. What is the number one song on?
Speaker 1:Christmas. So, but then and what's behind all that Like why?
Speaker 2:I don't know why it started, but it's like a huge deal and it's only in the. Uk In the UK.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's like there.
Speaker 2:I mean there is probably a number one song in the US, but it's not as big a deal. Like people will sometimes rally behind a song to like purposely, like in love. Actually, you know how he's like if you make me Christmas number one, I'll do a naked video or whatever.
Speaker 1:So that's it.
Speaker 2:That's the only thing, so this mom and dad, like YouTubers, wrote a song back in 2019 called I Love Sausage Rolls, to the tune what Well, sausage Rolls is a British food.
Speaker 1:It's like sausage and a barf pastry.
Speaker 2:But they did it to the tune of I Love Rock and Roll, so it's like I love sausage rolls. No, come on, but they became the Christmas. Oh, they did. They were the Christmas number one, and then they had another one, and then it was Sausage Rolls for everyone. And then this year they're on track to be Christmas number one again. And it's who's in it with them?
Speaker 1:Elton John and Sheara, no kidding, and they were just YouTubers, yes, and now it's like you watch like little YouTube clips of just like kids playing or like Roast us. Yeah, or like just like parents doing housework, just everyday things, and then it's like they have a gazillion followers.
Speaker 2:The stuff is so boring, it's everyday stuff I know, All the families like Rose will watch, like where it's like a mom has set up like a princess studio for her daughter and she's like what dresses do you want to try on Right? And I'm like Just like everyday stuff. Oh my God, where she watches these twin girls pick random markers out and then they have to color the sheet with the only the three markers they picked out and they're like 16. There's the colorers.
Speaker 1:Yes, the colorers. The artists, nora, I just don't know. Are they artists, the workers?
Speaker 2:She watches it if I'm in the shower, you know, and she's home.
Speaker 1:What's it?
Speaker 2:called Color Watching paint dry.
Speaker 1:It's what it's called, but this Christmas number one thing is really funny and the song.
Speaker 2:Sausage Rolls for Everyone is pretty funny and it's edgier. And the picture of it like on, like their icon for the song, is really funny because they and I'm sure with their permission Photoshopped Elton John and Ed Sheeran with Sausage Rolls in their hands, but now I can't get the picture.
Speaker 1:Well, that's okay. We're going to put it on our social media for everybody, because we're going to make a list.
Speaker 2:We're going to make a playlist. Yeah, oh boy it's. And then we are going to launch into our highs and lows. Are we ready?
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Speaker 2:So I guess you prefer more modern ones than traditional? Yeah, I do.
Speaker 1:And you prefer more traditional, because you prefer the acting or in the storyline, or because it's more in a style check I don't know.
Speaker 2:Oh wait, songs or movies? Oh right right songs, songs, songs.
Speaker 1:I don't know.
Speaker 2:I like a little bit of both, I do like the Kelly Clarkson song, the Underneath the Tree, and the Ariana Grande one Sand and the. Moon. Oh yeah, I like those too, and I will say I'm not a big. This is controversial. I'm not a big Bruce Springsteen fan, but I do like the Santa Claus is coming to town.
Speaker 1:Yeah, peloton has a couple good um.
Speaker 2:That's probably my favorite Bruce Springsteen song. Santa Claus is coming to town. I know he didn't write it.
Speaker 1:What do they call him? Not the man the boss, the boss? Why does he get to be the boss this time? He or Santa is the boss Right, totally, uh-huh, I looked up something, or when I was looking stuff up, did you know Rudolph the R Junk?
Speaker 2:Fan. Is he in a junk fan? We didn't do our vocal warm up before this, rudolph the Red Nose, rudy okay, rudy.
Speaker 1:And that rocking around the Christmas tree were written by Jewish people.
Speaker 2:So it was um Dreaming of a White Christmas Irving Berlin.
Speaker 1:He's also Jewish. Yeah, my favorite Christmas song is probably Adam Sandler. Hanukkah Sounds that was. I laugh out loud when I listen to that.
Speaker 2:It's so funny. I know it's hysterical, probably my favorite, let me add. Him say learn song like that from SNL, just he's so funny.
Speaker 1:Makes me laugh, I know.
Speaker 2:I know he's the best he's the boss. No, he's not. The boss is taken. I mean, once you're the boss, you can't be like also the boss.
Speaker 1:I wonder how he got that name.
Speaker 2:That is a good question. I wonder if people who listen on the east coast if they would know, or if this is something I'm gonna have to look up.
Speaker 1:Why Would it matter? What coast do you like?
Speaker 2:Because he's from New Jersey and I know people from New.
Speaker 1:Jersey. Oh, so you, I think people in California just think he's like.
Speaker 2:He's like a manager. I just know that people from the east coast, especially Jersey, feel very strongly about their own, like Bon Jovi, bruce Springsteen. Oh, they get defensive For losing.
Speaker 1:Should we hide and low it? Yeah, let's hide and low it.
Speaker 2:I have a sad low because I really tried hard to get you an adult happy meal toy. Oh my God, that was a deadly surprise. Rory had an appointment and he wanted McDonald's. I was like this is great, I'm gonna get Nora the adult happy meal toy. And there was a communication glitch. It was like I would like the adult happy meal with chicken nuggets and they were like you want four piece. And I was like no, no, no, because Rory wanted 10. 10 piece chicken nuggets adult happy meal. They were like happy meal for nuggets. I was like, oh Lordy.
Speaker 1:So what did you get?
Speaker 2:I just got 10 nuggets and fries and a drink, but I didn't get the toy.
Speaker 1:Shoot. Did you know your Mc drive through, it's open, it's open, yes, yes, if you've been waiting for a long time.
Speaker 2:I know it was like a huge line. Yeah, I don't know what they're waiting for, though. We have to check out the. We have to go. It's in Bolingberg, maybe. Maybe I'll take my kids.
Speaker 1:I thought we were going to go with it. Well, you know, I didn't think you wanted to go. Well, here, jake, okay You're gonna get fries.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, there you go. So I'm sorry I don't have a happy meal toy for you. That's all right. You know what my low is? What I splurged on a shower curtain, oh, on the Kenzie Child shower curtain for the kids bathroom, and it just doesn't work. Oh, but I've already thrown away the packaging and do not have a receipt. I bought it weeks ago, shoot, and so I thought well, maybe I'll make it work downstairs, but we're putting glass doors downstairs.
Speaker 2:Oh, right, right, right, and we're putting glass doors in my bathroom, so I don't want to do with it. Shoot, if anybody out there. What should I do with it? Well, you can donate it or you could try to sell it.
Speaker 1:Maybe I'll call them and say listen, I'm in a really big pickle right now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, call the store. Did you buy it direct from a Kenzie Child? Oh well, that maybe.
Speaker 1:It's worth a try.
Speaker 2:It's worth a shot, you never know yeah.
Speaker 1:But you know, my high is what I got your Christmas gift.
Speaker 2:Oh right.
Speaker 1:I have to do that tomorrow. I can't wait to give it to you.
Speaker 2:Oh, it was fun. I'm excited. So, nora and I for those of you who didn't hear that episode we decided we're buying our gifts for each other from Goodwill. We have a $25 limit and I am excited to go. But, you are my high, you broke the rules and you got me a real gift.
Speaker 1:Oh well, that was just something, and I opened it last night.
Speaker 2:Well, I didn't want to. I kept carrying it around in my purse to open it with you.
Speaker 1:Well, I told you open it because you're going to want to use it for Christmas.
Speaker 2:Well, you bought me a beautiful Spode tree dish.
Speaker 1:I thought it was so sweet. It was on point from your purchases last year.
Speaker 2:I had just discovered Spode last year and now I'm hooked and it's so lovely. It made me so happy and I opened it in front of my 14 year old son, who was like I don't get it. It's totally like why are you this excited?
Speaker 1:Christmas tree plate Gee.
Speaker 2:Christmas tree.
Speaker 1:Just wait till he sees your gift from Goodwill. Are we opening those on air next week? I think that's a good idea. That would be fun. Shall we All right, great, all right, and be sure to tune in next week. Thanks for joining us, and don't forget to give us a follow or a like, or even a review. Bye, bye.