Think or Drink? - "Yuletide Cheers!" (Holiday Trivia)

Grab a cup of cheer and join us as we embark on a festive journey with 'Matt and Friends Drink the Universe.' Alongside my raucous crew—Rob, Chris, Siobhan—and our special guest host, Andy, we're serving up a Christmas Think or Drink trivia. Expect to be enlightened with the history behind classic Christmas songs and the international traditions that brighten our holidays, all while we indulge in Butterscotch shots, a whiskey Shamash, and a Captain Morgan classic!

Ever wondered about the unusual origins of your favorite holiday tunes or the curious customs celebrated across the globe? We're dishing it all out with laughs and surprises at every turn. From the influence of a historical conflict on "Do You Hear What I Hear?" to the tale of the Ukrainian Christmas spider, we're unspooling the festive yarns that bind us together. You'll also get a glimpse into our personal family traditions, proving that holiday warmth is universal.

We've got Santa Claus trivia that will stump even the jolliest elf. We're recalling the actors who've donned the famous red suit, sharing our favorite holiday specials, and wrapping up with classic Hollywood actors who've never played Santa.

So, if you're in the mood for a hefty dose of Christmas camaraderie, jolly trivia, and a sprinkle of festive banter, listen in and toast to the season with us!

Transcript

Intro and Introductions

Matt 1:01

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Rob 1:13

We have liftoff.

Butterscotch Shots

Matt 1:17

Welcome to Matt and Friends Drink the Universe. Alright, everybody, welcome back to Matt and Friends Drink the Universe. This is our Christmas special. We are very excited today to bring you some Christmas think or drink trivia. As I never get to play think or drink and never win anything on this podcast, I wanted another shot, so Andy will be joining us today as the host.

Siobhan 1:54

Amazing.

Andy 1:56

I did not plan that.

Siobhan 1:58

I'm not sure why you would.

Rob 2:01

I loved everything about that as did I.

Matt 2:05

So we're going to have Andy explain the rules for think or drink. Today it's going to be just a little bit different. We're going to have our first drink and then I'm going to dominate round one.

Siobhan 2:14

Woah alrighty, that's quite a difference from usual. Then also, we should probably tell everybody who's here as well.

Chris 2:23

I'm Andy hey guys, it's Rob, I'm Chris, it's Siobhan.

Andy 2:29

Matt's here too.

Matt 2:30

I'm also here as well, in the voice that you hear in your ears.

Siobhan 2:34

Capacity this time.

Andy 2:36

So, matt, what's going on with these shots that we're looking at here?

Matt 2:39

Okay, so these are Butterscotch shots, otherwise known as the buttery nipple. I tried to stick with the Christmas theme here. My next door neighbor, dave, who didn't want me to talk about him on the podcast Hi, Dave, whoops. Dave and I normally get together for beer every once in a while, especially around Christmas time, and he made these I think two Christmases ago for the first time, and it kind of became a Christmas thing when him and I get together. I wanted to share them with all of you. He does minor in a shot glass. He serves in a nice little DAS boot shot glass.

The Rules

Siobhan 3:11

That's cute.

Rob 3:13

I'm so concerned.

Matt 3:15

It's worth noting that Rob had a wedding that he attended last night.

Andy 3:19

I'll take that short one there.

Matt 3:21

Rob looks like he attended a wedding last night.

Andy 3:25

All right we doing this. All right, merry fricking Christmas.

Matt 3:28

Merry Christmas Happy holidays you filthy animals Jingle your bells.

Rob 3:36

Oh, that was quite delightful.

Chris 3:40

All right, gets the party going.

Matt 3:43

Grandma's Werther Originals there, because that's what that tastes like. Yeah.

Andy 3:47

I was thinking the Werther Originals.

Chris 3:49

And Grandma was right, those things are delicious. The package is way too long.

Andy 3:53

Yeah, stick to the wrapper when you try and take them out.

Matt 3:55

They're the best they got to sit at the bottom of Grandma's purse for at least three weeks before you have one. That's how you age them. Shout out to Werther.

Siobhan 4:02

Originals. That was good yeah.

Andy 4:04

Contact us about the sponsorship.

Matt 4:06

I'll take Werther Originals' sponsor, even if it's just one bag of them.

Andy 4:09

We'll take it. Yeah right, that's right. All right, Are we ready to dig into the rules on this?

Matt 4:14

Let's do it.

Round 1 - The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer is Singing Loud for All to Hear!

Andy 4:15

All right. So this is the season of giving, so we have thrown out match rules and everything is completely different. So we have a little presence here in front of us and when you get a answer correct, you are going to write somebody else's initial on the present, to give them a present At the end of the game. You want to be the person with the fewest presence? All right, so golf rules Not only are you going to write somebody's name on the present, but then you're going to put it in Santa's sack here, which is obviously a brown paper bag from Wine Spirits, because that's how Santa rolls A little wrinkly sack. Well, you know, he's old, he's old. So you can try your best to keep track of who's got what score, but we're just going to find out at the end If you get the answer wrong. We all drink. Oh, I see. So for round one we are drinking one of my favorite Christmasy drinks. It's nice and simple, it's Captain Morgan and some cherry Coke.

Rob 5:13

Okay.

Andy 5:14

Yeah.

Rob 5:14

What are?

Siobhan 5:15

my favorites Fizzy, fizzy, fizzy.

Andy 5:17

It's simple but it's just got a Christmasy taste to me Tastes like joy in my tummy.

Rob 5:21

Spicy Mm, hmm, caliente.

Andy 5:24

All right, here we go. We're rolling to see who gets the first question. Two it's going to Siobhan. All right so round. One the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for Aldi here.

Andy 5:37

This round is all about songs. So, siobhan, what is? Let's carefully to the question what is the best selling Christmas song of all times? What is the best selling Christmas song of all times? Is it a Mariah Carey, all I want for Christmas is you. Is it B Gala Peevee, I want to hit Popotamus for Christmas. Is it C Bing Crosby, white Christmas? Or is it D Jean Autry, rudolph the red nose reindeer?

Siobhan 6:06

Ooh, I know Mariah is like a number one with something, but I feel like, because you said listen to the question, I shouldn't say that as an answer. So now I'm like you know when I was thinking like chestnuts roasting on an open fire, because that's such a popular one but not an option. I'm going to go with white Christmas.

Andy 6:28

Final answer yes, is the correct answer Bing Crosby. Bing Crosby's white Christmas, best selling Christmas song of all times. All right Going around the table, chris. Question two who wrote white Christmas? Was it A Charles Ives, b Oscar Hammerstein, c Bing Crosby or D Irving Berlin?

Chris 6:56

Shoot so again.

Andy 6:59

Those choices are A Charles Ives, b Oscar Hammerstein, c Bing Crosby or D Irving Berlin.

Chris 7:07

I'm going to go, charles Ives.

Andy 7:09

Final answer yeah Is incorrect. I thought it was.

Matt 7:12

Irving Berlin.

Andy 7:13

As much as I would love a Charles Ives version of it.

Siobhan 7:15

Because of a Christmas carol.

Andy 7:16

D Irving Berlin.

Rob 7:18

Irving Berlin. As per the rules wrong answer.

Chris 7:21

Ready drinks, everybody drinks. All right, I was just parched. There you go. Oh, I put a lot of rum in that. It's not nearly weird enough.

Siobhan 7:27

No one to blame but yourself.

Andy 7:29

To be Charles.

Siobhan 7:30

Ives, it's not weird enough.

Andy 7:32

I'm here for it, though. All right, how you feeling there, bert?

Rob 7:36

I'm great, we go, we go.

Andy 7:39

Question three goes to you. Yeah, I'm ready. What beverage does the singer tell the audience to have a cup of in a Holly, jolly Christmas? Is it a cup of hot cocoa, a cup of cheer, a cup of joy or a cup of beer? It's definitely a cup of cheer. A cup of cheer is the correct answer.

Matt 7:58

Very well, Normally he's the one belligerently angry at the easy questions, but now you know what.

Andy 8:04

I got a nice mix of easy ones and hard ones here. Do we need to fold?

Rob 8:09

these before we sack them.

Andy 8:11

No, you can just toss them in Santa's sack there.

Matt 8:13

I folded mine, sorry, that's all right, I could see my initial through the bottom of that present.

Siobhan 8:18

It is not helpful that it's a black sharpie on a white piece of paper.

Andy 8:21

That's all right, you got to keep in mind who's on what score, though. All right, all right, here we go. Well, sir, question four who first recorded? Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Was it A Judy Garland, b Frank Sinatra, c Bing Crosby or D Lewis Armstrong, bing Crosby, is that your final answer?

Matt 8:45

I can see Siobhan shaking her head. I had a feeling I'm wrong.

Andy 8:48

But Go with Judy Garland, oh which is your final answer, judy Garland. Judy Garland is the correct answer, last minute saved there, you better not put my initials on that.

Matt 9:00

I was back and forth between those two.

Andy 9:04

All right.

Matt 9:04

Next Javon. I will not forget your kindness.

Andy 9:07

Thank you what is the most published Christmas hymn. Is it Joy to the World? Hark the Herald Angels Sing Silent Night for Oka-Mokami Manuel. The most published.

Siobhan 9:26

I feel like I'm going to just go with. Joy to the World Feels very. You know everybody loves that one. Go ahead. Joy to the World. Final answer.

Andy 9:35

Joy to the World is the correct answer. Oh, very well.

Siobhan 9:39

Very well.

Chris 9:41

Giving out presents.

Andy 9:42

Much good Hurrah. It was a remarkable. It's something like 1500 hymnals have joined Joy to the World in it. I may have guessed, I didn't realize there was that many hymnals.

Rob 9:54

Yeah, that would have been A close second.

Chris 9:56

Christians love making a book filled with songs.

Andy 10:00

That is a thing, and then slightly editing it and putting out another edition.

Siobhan 10:03

Yeah, In like three months yes, right, all right, chris.

Andy 10:07

Question number six comes to you. Which of these songs was not originally written for Christmas? Was it A Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson B. The Christmas Song by Mel Torme C Let it Snow, let it Snow, let it Snow by Connenstein, or D. All of the Above?

Siobhan 10:31

Oh, no, he threw it in a D.

Rob 10:36

He threw it in all of the D. You want that D oh?

Chris 10:40

I want to go with it just because it's the only one. Why would you have it all?

Andy 10:45

D is the correct answer. Those were all written in the summer. That makes sense when it was hot in the summer to make you think about winter.

Chris 10:54

I knew that about the Christmas one, so that was going to be my actual the Christmas one.

Siobhan 10:58

No, no, no, the Christmas song. Sleigh Ride Song, the Christmas song, the Christmas yeah.

Chris 11:03

Yeah.

Siobhan 11:05

The one with Christmas in the title. Yes, how loud. Sleigh Ride's a classic. I've played the Whip Crack in college. It was very fun. Great, I was better than that, though.

Rob 11:18

I'm sorry A bit old quick draw.

Matt 11:21

I'm missing two big pieces of wood, but that wouldn't have ended well, Alright.

Andy 11:25

Rob. Yes, question seven comes to you.

Siobhan 11:27

He's awake, he's here.

Andy 11:29

The first song ever played on the radio was a Christmas song Back in 1906. What song was it? Was it A oh Holy Night, B oh Little Town of Bethlehem, C Joy to the World or D Silent Night?

Rob 11:52

Okay, as poetic as I would like it to be. Oh, little Town of Bethlehem. As that is very close to where we are sitting right now recording this, I'm going to go with George the World because it's the most published of all the songs. I'm going with that as my final answer.

Andy 12:09

Joy to the World is not the correct answer.

Chris 12:12

The correct answer Silent Night.

Andy 12:14

Nope.

Siobhan 12:15

Oh, Holy Night Holy.

Rob 12:17

Night was the first song ever played on the radio

Andy 12:20

according to the source that I have. Wow, so everybody drinks.

Chris 12:24

Got it, man, good luck, I keep drinking.

Matt 12:27

I'm going to be singing Christmas songs by the end of this.

Siobhan 12:29

The goals Yikes.

Andy 12:31

Alright, Matt. Last question for round one what was the song? Do you hear what I hear? Inspired by A fart. Do you hear what I did?

Siobhan 12:45

I did hear that that was a dog, yeah.

Matt 12:47

Fresh From the music educator freshman strings prepping for a Christmas concert. Oh no, that's good Alright. So what was the song.

Andy 12:58

Do you hear what I hear? Inspired by Was it a the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Siobhan 13:03

Yikes oh no, I know.

Andy 13:06

Clearly this is already starting strong B the Cold War.

Siobhan 13:12

Okay, well, yeah.

Andy 13:13

C, the fall of the Berlin Wall or D, the Korean War. Wait, which of these inspired? Do you hear what I hear?

Siobhan 13:22

All of the above? No, got to E, I'm so confused. Well, it's Matt's question. So Do you hear what I?

Round 2 - Christmas Traditions From Around the World

Rob 13:33

hear the Russians are start piling nuclear weapons and they're in silos, holy shit.

Siobhan 13:43

Look at that iron curtain and they're getting ready for a fight.

Matt 13:48

Wow, the lights in Moscow are really bright this year. Korean.

Andy 13:53

War. Is that your final answer? That is incorrect.

Siobhan 13:57

Should have gone with Russia the correct answer is the Cold War.

Matt 14:02

Wow, I thought it would be do you spy or? Would I spy.

Andy 14:06

No, all right, so that is the end of round one. We got some answers in Santa's hack here. Who knows who's wearing the points, but my money's on Matt's not doing well.

Siobhan 14:18

Oh.

Matt 14:20

I don't know, I'm one in one.

Andy 14:24

All right, so it is time for round two. How's everybody doing on drinks?

Chris 14:29

We switch into new cocktails.

Siobhan 14:33

That means we got to finish our first ones. Okay, we'll do that.

Andy 14:37

Here's a cheers to the first night of Christmas. Wow, oddly in two. Are you ready for round two?

Siobhan 14:57

Yes, All right. Well, this is Chris's drink, so I think he should lead it up.

Chris 15:03

This is a bourbon chamash, and it is bourbon with a fig syrup, a little bit of lemon, and do we slap some mint on top of there?

Siobhan 15:17

No, not yet. But that's fine, we're okay without it Just imagine some mint.

Chris 15:22

You can slap some mint on your own at home, dear listeners.

Siobhan 15:25

Indeed.

Rob 15:27

All right, I'm going to chamash this, Try it and then we'll talk a little more about it.

Siobhan 15:30

I also sliced a fresh little fig.

Chris 15:33

Oh, that's fantastic, that's yummy.

Matt 15:37

I'm getting a lot of bourbon, though I'm getting a lot of bourbon.

Andy 15:41

I'm not going to hold a lot of.

Siobhan 15:43

Pour some of that in there, you know what so?

Andy 15:46

I like to do bourbon and apple cider, and this tastes very similar, it's adjacent right, it's a little sweet, we made the fig syrup.

Rob 15:57

It is very tasty, though, so this is named.

Siobhan 16:00

The chamash of it is named after the chamash candle in the menorah for Hanukkah. The chamash candle is the big candle, the ninth candle that lights all the other eight candles. So it's a cool take because the figgy stuff is Hanukkah adjacent. So we figured bring a little ecumenism to the board on the holiday time. There we go. That's a perfect lead-in to this round of honestly.

Andy 16:23

Who does that? What's that? This is?

Matt 16:28

weird.

Andy 16:29

Christmas traditions from around the world. We're going to go the other way around the table this time. Let's find out who's going first. That's a three. That's going to Chris.

Rob 16:41

Ooh, okay.

Andy 16:42

Alright, round two. Question one Hit me. In what country do misbehaving kids need to worry about being whipped, licked or even kidnapped by Santa's goat-like demonic sidekick? Is this A Spain, b, austria, c, england or D Ireland?

Chris 17:03

Okay, I've heard this before but I might get it wrong. But is it Ireland?

Andy 17:08

Is that your final answer?

Chris 17:10

Yes.

Andy 17:11

That is incorrect.

Chris 17:12

No, what is it?

Siobhan 17:13

We're talking about Krampus, krampus from.

Chris 17:16

Ireland, krampus from Ireland Krampus. He's German Krampus. Well, that was my original thought, and then I was like well, that's a wrong answer.

Matt 17:23

So everybody drinks Germany.

Siobhan 17:25

Adjacent Curses.

Matt 17:26

So there's a Pennsylvania Dutch offshoot of that known as the Belchnickl, and if you don't know that one, there's a delightful children's story about it.

Siobhan 17:35

Yes, is it me.

Andy 17:37

It's your turn.

Siobhan 17:37

Sean.

Andy 17:38

This is a fun one. What country has the pooping log?

Siobhan 17:43

Which is a Can't keep the Christmas poop.

Rob 17:46

He loves you and I love you. Howdy Harsha, that would be Kriplapa stand what country?

Andy 17:53

has the pooping log, which is a small stick with a smile on its face that lives under the dinner table in December. It is fed every day with nuts and sweets and kept warm with a blanket, then gets beaten with sticks on Christmas Eve to poop out presents. Shavon, is this A Spain, b England, c Ireland or D Iceland? I love everything about whatever this is, so I know that Spain is a country that has a lot of pooping logs.

Siobhan 18:17

I know that Spain is a country that has lots of houses, so I know that Spain has a guy that's pooping on a log for Christmas.

Andy 18:26

You're talking about the major scene thing?

Siobhan 18:28

Yes, so I feel like this is similar, so I'm going to go ahead and go with Spain. Your logic is very sound.

Andy 18:36

Correct answer.

Siobhan 18:38

Make it present for Santa's snack, and we also have the newest.

Matt 18:41

Christmas snacks in the sack? His snacks what? And here we have the newest Christmas tradition that we have in the sack.

Rob 18:49

That pooping log ready.

Andy 18:50

That's right, I want to know the Spanish name. There is a name for it.

Matt 18:57

Yikes. I'm sure it's not that.

Rob 19:01

Definitely not, that You're right.

Andy 19:04

It's probably La Pupo, lago La Pupo.

Siobhan 19:07

Lago.

Rob 19:08

La, la, la, la, la, la la.

Siobhan 19:11

It's Christmas.

Rob 19:13

Amazing Please do not.

Andy 19:16

He was looking for the button. We knew something was coming.

Rob 19:21

Who's that to? Is that just a collective?

Andy 19:24

party.

Matt 19:25

So for the record, we have so many sound effects going now on the board it takes me a minute to find one.

Rob 19:33

That's fair.

Andy 19:34

All right, mr Welster, are you ready for your question? No, oh well. What countries? Kids don't just get one Santa Claus, but 13 mischievous trolls roaming the country in the fortnight before Christmas. Each takes turns visiting children who leave their shoes in the bedroom window, dropping off presents for the good kids and rotting potatoes for the bad ones. Is this A, England, b, ireland, c, iceland or D?

Matt 20:06

I'm real mad if I get this wrong, but I'm hedging my bets on the potato here. That's got to be Ireland.

Rob 20:12

No, this is Nordic country incorrect.

Andy 20:15

This is Iceland.

Siobhan 20:18

Because nothing is more offensive to an Irish person than a rotten potato.

Chris 20:22

Is obsessed with trolls, by the way. Yeah, so it's norway.

Rob 20:26

It's, it's. It's definitely a Nordic yeah.

Chris 20:30

Everybody drinks and hilarious, we are smashing through these.

Andy 20:34

yeah, man Santa's present or Santa's really a little empty looking alcoholic fig Newton fig.

Matt 20:39

Newton's are like the best cookie ever.

Siobhan 20:41

See good stuff.

Andy 20:43

All right, rob, are you ready for your question? Hit me, which Celtic nation has an undead horse? They carry an undead horse around their villages to celebrate the happiest time of year. This custom involves draping a white sheet over a pole with a horse skull attached and knocking on town folk stores, no doubt giving them the fright of their lives. The party Carrying the morbid effigy then sings to the residents who are supposed to sing back before relinquishing some food or drink. Is this from Scotland B, ireland C, whales or D.

Rob 21:19

Brittany, I'm going with whales because I've never heard of it in my life.

Andy 21:24

This is a Welsh tradition.

Siobhan 21:26

This is so metal the Marilu and it's.

Andy 21:30

It's pretty cool. There's some variations on it, but it's a very much a Wasling style tradition. That's amazing. There's some, some riddles where the host can tell riddles, riddles to the bearer of the marilu, and then they have to answer it Correct, yeah, good stuff.

Chris 21:45

Here's our dead horse. Give us some food, food.

Matt 21:51

Sounds like.

Rob 21:52

Halloween, christmas sea biscuit. Also Brittany, not a country I'm familiar with.

Andy 22:00

It's on the coast of France, is the Brittany region. Oh, okay, sir, one of the Celtic nations. And now you know, and now you know.

Matt 22:12

You are hungover though.

Chris 22:15

Right your hungover. Chris hit me.

Andy 22:22

Where is it a tradition to have a big old bucket of Kentucky fried chicken on Christmas Eve? Is this a in South Africa, b Brazil, c Japan or D Egypt?

Chris 22:35

Okay, even before you read the options, I was thinking Japan randomly in my head, so I'm just going with that anyway.

Andy 22:41

Japan is the correct answer.

Siobhan 22:43

Yes.

Chris 22:44

I'm nicely done.

Siobhan 22:45

So weird thinking my head was like no way they're doing that in Brazil.

Chris 22:50

Not normally Christian and I was like why? Where did I? Where?

Andy 22:53

did I remember hearing that. Kentucky fried chicken ran like a massive Advertising campaign around Christmas and it just became a tradition. They all get Kentucky fried chicken Christmas Eve.

Chris 23:05

That's amazing.

Matt 23:06

So I am happy to inform everybody that next month I'm going to be moving to Japan so I can take part in that Damn it.

Siobhan 23:15

Where are we gonna host these podcasts? I?

Andy 23:17

hate to break it to you, but I'm pretty sure you can get a bucket of Kentucky fried chicken here, right, I'm like you could just do that. Please don't feed it to me, right, but I'm pretty sure.

Siobhan 23:27

Try.

Matt 23:28

You might try and forget you are the reason this is a.

Siobhan 23:34

That's that hangover sound. Right there it's happening. Guarantee.

Christmas Traditions and Trivia Worldwide

Andy 23:38

All right, shavon, are you ready for your next one? Do it. What country has the Christmas witch 12 days after santa's visit, on the eve of epiphany, january 5th, families leave out a glass of wine and a plate of sausages for this witch who pops down the chimney on her berm stick. Onto the sausages onto the sausages apparently which way?

Andy 24:00

try on the sausages, yes according to the folk I saw that movie once according to folk, or the old lady knocked back an Indivitation from the three wise men to witness the birth of Christ and was so devastated about missing it. She spends every Christmas time gliding around the country searching for baby Jesus and doling out presents to good kids and Colton naughty ones. So is this country a Italy? Be France, see Brazil, or D Spain?

Siobhan 24:30

Man, I love this actually I man because it's like still Christian but like adjacent, and we're trying to put some like maybe paganism in there, or I'm scared of the way my favorite part about this tradition.

Andy 24:43

Right, If you listen to the answers a Italy be France, see Brazil. Or D Spain. None of them were anywhere close to where the nativity happened right, well, yeah. So this story doesn't, yeah, but she's a witch, so it's kind of like she could just show up, even if they weren't close by. I guess you know so the tradition goes off of? She said no to the wise men.

Matt 25:05

She didn't want to go and now she regrets it.

Siobhan 25:08

How unwise 17th century this is some epic FOMO.

Matt 25:15

Epic.

Andy 25:15

FOMO. She's like yo. Fomo the Christmas tradition y'all um.

Siobhan 25:20

There's a witch that's gonna make sense got Italy, france, brazil, brazil or Spain um, let's go with Italy.

Andy 25:30

Italy is the correct answer. Wow, which? Is name was La Bifana whoa love that.

Siobhan 25:36

That's a great piece of Christmas trivia. Nothing I love more than good trivia All right, matt Yep.

Andy 25:43

What country takes a different approach to Christmas decorations? Swap ring fairy lights for spiderwebs. The legend of the Christmas spider explains that a Poor widow and her kids cultivated a Christmas tree from a pine cone but couldn't afford any decorations. Then, on Christmas morning, they woke to see that their tree was blanketed in cobweb, which the sunlight then transformed into gold and silver. Nowadays, trees across this country are decorated with little spider ornaments and fake spiderwebs, which is said to be the origin of sparkly tinsel that shimmers at Christmas time all around the world. Is this tradition a from Iceland, b from Lithuania, c from Ukraine, ukraine or D from France, iceland, lithuania, ukraine or France?

Matt 26:33

I've heard this story before and for the life of me I can't remember which country it is is one of those four.

Andy 26:37

Yeah, he's narrowing it down for you Iceland, lithuania, ukraine or France.

Matt 26:48

I'm doing my fish impression over here, thinking real hard Okay, all right, chris, I mean Matt. I'm going with Ukraine.

Andy 26:58

Is the correct answer? Whoa, that is a tradition.

Matt 27:02

I thought I was going to trip you up with throwing the.

Siobhan 27:03

Lithuania in the air, being that.

Andy 27:05

I just visited. Yeah, but the correct answer is Ukraine. Nice Put some of these initials on a present.

Siobhan 27:11

Rude, don't make the mind, thank you, just saying Trying to be protective.

Andy 27:16

Rude, you have to write it on the present he also has to know my initials, so. Rob, yes, in this country's folklore, christmas Eve is the day when mischievous spirits and witches take to the skies for general mischief and Tom Fullery. Tom Fullery, as witches often use brooms as their preferred mode of transportation. It's tradition for families to hide away any sweeping sticks where the witches won't be able to find them. Is this from A France, b Spain? Sorry, a France, b England, c Spain or D Norway?

Matt 27:54

Higesticks, Higewives. They're taking everybody up in here, that's right.

Rob 27:57

Oh my God, france, england, spain or Norway. I'm going to go with.

Andy 28:03

France. Is that your final answer? It is. That is incorrect. The correct answer is Norway. Oh, I thought it was France too.

Siobhan 28:11

Norwegian witches, yeah you know what I feel like all this is telling me is that everybody else's Christmas stuff is cooler.

Rob 28:21

Like ours is like yeah, santa comes, hey, we can invent. We don't have like witches and like trolls and like my shoe goes out.

Siobhan 28:28

I mean, I don't want a rotten potato.

Matt 28:31

You have never been to one of Matt's family Christmases, do you have?

Siobhan 28:34

rotten potatoes or shoes, I mean, while I do take my shoes off to come here. So, to be fair, it already feels like Christmas.

Matt 28:39

Yeah, that's my mother-in-law. We had Flamin' Perugies last year.

Andy 28:44

So what's everybody's favorite Christmas tradition? What's your favorite family Christmas tradition.

Chris 28:51

I don't really have one. Oh what I don't know, that makes me sad.

Siobhan 28:56

Being with family is the best. I mean we have Christmas day is fun with my family. We go to visit and like, hang out, and then we always sing Christmas carols at the end of the night. Nice and my cousin's grandmother which sounds like it should be mine, but it's not but she's almost a hundred and she plays the piano every year. That's awesome, it's very cool, and she loves playing Charlie the Christmas tree. There's a couple other things.

Matt 29:21

It's a good time.

Matt 29:23

We have a couple. There's two that mean a lot to me. The first one is the Christmas brunch breakfast that my dad started years ago and I've tried to keep going, even though he moved down to Florida, and we still have to have the Pillsbury cinnamon rolls in there. The other is, for as long as I've been alive, sometime prior to Christmas my mom's whole side of the family gets together and we have a family Christmas celebration, and now that my grandmother is 86, it means quite a bit at this point and looking forward to that again.

Andy 29:54

So so my family always loved like Christmas displays and seeing like displays and stuff like that. So as a kid we would always pick literally the coldest day of the year to go to Christmas Village, which is not too far from us here in the Lehigh Valley, and it is just, it's the best, it's the best Christmas display you can find, but it had to be the coldest day of the year, like I distinctly remember asking dad if we could go and he'd say no, it's not cold enough yet. Like it had to be the coldest day of the year. So we've adapted a little bit. Now Rachel and I usually run the lights in the Parkway 5K to kind of get that same idea.

Round 3 - Is that you Santa Claus?

Rob 30:31

But yeah, yeah, and I think for me two things come to mind. But one we started tradition a few years ago where, close to Christmas time, we all pile in a car with my sister and her husband and now there are two boys and we drive around local neighborhoods and try to pick out who has the best Christmas display out. There's a couple of places around here that definitely go over the top with stuff and we like to take the boys to that. But also one thing that my family always does is puts on Christmas vacation. Oh, that's my mom's favorite.

Siobhan 31:07

She loves it so much, it's so great. The keeps on giving.

Matt 31:10

Jen and I can quote that whole movie. We'd watched that at least three times this season.

Siobhan 31:13

You guys have the shirts, don't you? We absolutely do.

Matt 31:16

The Home Alone shirts. I thought we have Home Alone shirts, but I have Christmas vacation shirts.

Siobhan 31:19

Yeah.

Matt 31:20

I have Christmas vacation pants, I have Christmas clothes or Christmas traditions.

Siobhan 31:24

Yeah, stelers Good call.

Matt 31:28

And also for this drink, which is really fantastic, by the way, I ate the fig.

Rob 31:35

It was good, it was a good fig Hitting spot.

Andy 31:37

Good, it is a great fig.

Siobhan 31:39

It seems like a good balance.

Andy 31:40

Are we ready for round three?

Siobhan 31:42

I think so let's stick with what we got as long as everybody's good.

Rob 31:45

Yeah, let's keep on keeping.

Andy 31:47

Round three we're calling Is that you Santa Claus? Nice, if you're not familiar, you need to look up that song. It's by Lewis Armstrong. So good, let's see if I can do it. Is that you Santa Claus? It's not bad. It's not bad. Let's see who's going first. That's a two, it's going to Siobhan Dang.

Siobhan 32:08

again, we're going back around the original direction.

Andy 32:11

this time All right.

Matt 32:17

Siobhan for many Sean Sean.

Siobhan 32:19

Is your question, sean Sean.

Matt 32:21

Vaughn, sean Vaughn, let me grab my phone and change your name. I've heard worse.

Siobhan 32:25

I've heard worse.

Andy 32:27

For many, santa Claus is based on St Nicholas. In what present-day country did St Nicholas live? Turkey, england, poland or Germany? I know we're giving the geography question to Siobhan here. It's not really fair. Pretty sure it's Poland. It's the capital of the country. You mean the rest of deputy xiobans are taken. They can't start theirGовtuk unless you still have your phone.

Siobhan 32:44

I wonder who's going now. Final answer is not.

Andy 32:47

Is it turkey?

Siobhan 32:52

Listen, I had to.

Rob 32:52

I you know, buddy drinks, they changed it. They changed it. It's not turkey anymore, is turkey yeah or maybe how do you actually say it?

Andy 33:01

like turkey, like Philadelphia, turkey, turkey. Yeah.

Siobhan 33:04

I was gonna say, maybe I did that on purpose. So you all didn't think I was cheating.

Rob 33:09

Or that, cuz I do like guys. That was a Thanksgiving question.

Chris 33:14

But um.

Andy 33:20

As well. Sir processes the jokey. It's the button I will stuff.

Rob 33:25

I will stuff one of these drinks down my face.

Chris 33:29

You need the trombone.

Matt 33:33

Yeah, we don't, you have we.

Siobhan 33:35

There you go. Okay, but I that's my favorite meal, so I'm okay with.

Rob 33:40

Turkey. A Turkey for me? Yeah, okay, for you man, okay, good.

Siobhan 33:45

Well, at least I was close, right, I didn't say like it's Spain.

Andy 33:49

Something.

Siobhan 33:52

I.

Matt 33:53

Feel like I need the D and I don't know what show it's from. I wish I did. But the the famous turkey drop Like clip. If you haven't heard that one, it is hysterical. It's like an old radio TV show where they're talking about dropping turkey and somebody's like, okay, it's time for the W, something, something turkey drop. There's a bunch of people in the parking lot. They're like okay, and then you hear like the turkey start to hit the cars. Like maybe we should have thought the turkeys.

Rob 34:21

No, it's not, that's like that's like 70s, 80s.

Matt 34:24

I gotta find that for you guys. It's really funny.

Andy 34:28

All right. Question two to Chris, let's do it. Who played Santa Claus in the Santa Claus? Is it a, oh, john Goodman or D Brian?

Chris 34:44

Cranston, tim Allen, although I would have fully watched a Brian.

Rob 34:49

Cranston.

Andy 34:52

Walter White look it up. What was he? All of those, all four of those, have played Santa Claus at one point.

Siobhan 35:00

Oh yeah cool.

Chris 35:01

Yeah, but I want the satirical Brian Cranston to play you and Brian Clancy to play bad Santa Clancy no bad Santa great. Only be done by Billy. Bob in the way, billy Bob, yeah, oh my god, if you didn't hear that is the correct answer.

Siobhan 35:19

Tim Allen. Tim Allen oh pure Noel.

Chris 35:27

We were joking about it earlier. It's so good I was biting my tongue.

Siobhan 35:31

If you all think Pope Osijio is funny, just come to our house at any time in December and that's all you will hear all day is Booshie Joe that Brian Cranston gonna find out who's naughty or nice.

Matt 35:41

Gonna bring you that white crystal light. Oh oh.

Rob 35:48

Hit the button for yourself. My turkey joke was better. All right, rob.

Andy 35:57

Yes, who played Santa Claus in elf? Was this John Goodman, ed Astner?

Rob 36:05

Ed as Brian Cranston or Santa Russell at Asner.

Chris 36:08

Ed Asner is the correct answer once again, I would like to see a Kurt Russell.

Siobhan 36:13

Oh yeah. Russell is Christmas Chronicles on.

Andy 36:16

Netflix. It's really good.

Rob 36:19

Okay, I would like like a roadhouse, kurt Russell.

Siobhan 36:24

Santa Claus, roadhouse kick yeah.

Rob 36:28

Go ahead and make a present a kick.

Andy 36:31

All right, matt. No, who voiced Santa Claus for the fantastic Rankin and Bass? Santa Claus is coming to town and a year without Santa. Is that Hal Smith, art Carney, bob Holt or Mickey Rooney?

Siobhan 36:51

This is a deep choices are a Al.

Andy 36:54

Smith B, but we all watch these every year.

Siobhan 36:57

Oh yeah, yeah for sure, but it's such a good playmation ones right.

Rob 37:00

Yeah, the ranking ambassador the best.

Andy 37:02

A hey how Smith, b art Carney, c Bob Holt or D Mickey Rooney, bob Holt. Final answer.

Rob 37:13

Incorrect. Damn, is it Mickey Rooney, mickey Rooney.

Andy 37:18

Everybody drinks.

Rob 37:21

Guys, I'm not gonna lie, I poured just a little bit of the, the rum and cola Drink mm-hmm.

Siobhan 37:29

Hey, yeah, it's great. I feel you could, you could probably do this with this. Did you go full outcast?

Rob 37:35

right there, smash Take it shake, drink it, drink it, drink it, drink it, drink it like a drink.

Andy 37:48

Okay, all right, chavon. Yeah, which of these classic Hollywood actors never played Santa Claus? A dick Van Dyke, b Fred Astaire, c James Earl Jones or D Paul Giamatti? Which of the only one of these never played Santa Claus?

Siobhan 38:08

I might strike out this round, hmm, a.

Andy 38:12

Dick Van Dyke, b Fred Astaire, c James Earl Jones or D Paul Giamatti.

Siobhan 38:19

You know I might go with dick Van Dyke because I feel like dick Van Dyke's the one that everyone probably thought played Santa Claus and like I could be wrong. But I'll just go with dick Van Dyke dick Van Dyke is the correct answer.

Chris 38:33

Although I feel like did he never do a bit as Santa Claus in the dick Van Dyke show?

Siobhan 38:43

According to what I found, right, there you go.

Andy 38:45

I went for. I googled list of everyone who's ever played Santa Claus. Yeah, and dick Van Dyke was not on the list. So yeah, the other. The other three were I. Want to look up the James Earl Jones.

Chris 39:00

Probably fantastic, darth Santa that may have just been a voice acting, that's that's.

Siobhan 39:06

Probably cool. That's the guy I want to wish me a merry Christmas.

Matt 39:11

I want James Earl Jones to do it.

Siobhan 39:12

Yeah, my parents met him One day at a Chinese restaurant your parents have the most random connections to people like no, I wasn't even alive him and, like everybody, from the sound of music, so they were with my cousin at a Chinese restaurant like British or in Connecticut, and he was like at a table over and my dad was like this James Earl Jones.

Matt 39:32

Isn't that a legit Big Bang Theory episode like?

Siobhan 39:36

that they meet him.

Rob 39:37

Oh yeah yeah, Chinese restaurant yeah it's weird that happened copyright claim it and yeah, I know.

Andy 39:43

All right, chris. Some site Santa Claus being based off this Nordic God, the a Thor, b Zeus, see Odin or D Heimdall.

Chris 39:54

I'm gonna go Odin final answer.

Andy 39:57

Odin is the correct answer. Thank you for not picking.

Chris 40:04

I was like afraid it was him, like you said Heimdall, and I was like wait what?

Andy 40:07

I mean that, would that I put that one on purpose? Heimdall, supposed to be like the all watcher.

Chris 40:13

Everybody. No, it's like, oh no, but we're going, looks a little.

Andy 40:17

I hate my brain based off Odin, so go ahead and make a present.

Matt 40:20

I hate my brain because my brain, as you were naming people, just saw MCU actors faces through that entire question.

Siobhan 40:26

I mean it for sure, anthony Hopkins. Yeah, like was right in my head. Yeah, all right.

Andy 40:30

All right. Question seven this goes to Ert ready. The modern image of Santa Claus was created from the poem twice the night before Christmas. What was the original title of the poem? Was it a a Christmas visitor, b while visions of sugar plums, c up on the house top, or D a visit from Saint Nick?

Rob 40:55

I believe it is a, a Christmas visitor. Is that your final?

Andy 41:01

answer.

Matt 41:01

Yes, E untitled.

Andy 41:03

Incorrect Is a visit from Saint Nicholas.

Siobhan 41:05

Oh you are so close.

Andy 41:07

A visit from Saint Nicholas.

Siobhan 41:09

Oh, she'd have gone with the D.

Andy 41:10

Drink up. Go with the D.

Siobhan 41:11

Bomber dude.

Andy 41:12

Good guess, though Not my style I know I would, I would.

Siobhan 41:15

that was in my head too.

Rob 41:17

No, I thought it was a Christmas visitor. That sounded very familiar to me.

Siobhan 41:22

Probably because it still had visit in the real name Me. Perhaps you know.

Andy 41:26

The last question for round three goes to Matt.

Matt 41:29

No.

Andy 41:30

Who wrote Lies A visit from Saint Nicholas? Was it A Clement Clark Moore, dr Seuss, b Charles Dickens, c Robert Frost or D Archibald McLeish?

Rob 41:45

Bobby Frost.

Andy 41:47

A.

Rob 41:48

What's it?

Andy 41:49

called Bobby Bobby Boucher Frost.

Siobhan 41:53

Is it?

Andy 41:53

A Clement Clark Moore, b Charles Dickens, c Robert Frost or D Archibald.

Matt 42:01

McLeish Back and forth between A and D, I'm going with A final answer A is the correct answer Well done.

Andy 42:10

More go ahead and write the present out there.

Matt 42:13

Man. Last one Sounded like a right, proper Englishman and I hope.

Siobhan 42:16

I'm right on that, but wait what there's more.

Andy 42:18

It is time for the greatest gift.

Rob 42:21

Oh, the greatest gift.

Andy 42:23

This question correct, gets to make a five point gift. This could swing the game. So this is going to be the first gift of Christmas closest without going over. So grab a scrap of paper to write your answer down. So when was the first Christmas tree lit up at Rockefeller Center? Oh wow, what year, just the year the closest, without going over. When was the first Christmas tree lit up at Rockefeller Center?

Siobhan 42:59

Seven the year seven. $1,. Please, I'll take $1. Bob Barker, spay into your animals.

Andy 43:11

Price is wrong, bob, not your thing, you hold it.

Chris 43:15

It would be a pretty hilarious way to win this, just guess one, go for the one. And everybody else is over, All right no more bets we need some jeopardy, Chris what did you put down?

Andy 43:27

for the first year, the Christmas tree was lit in Rockefeller Center. I did 1951.

Chris 43:32

1951.

Andy 43:33

Chavon, what did you put?

Siobhan 43:35

Listen, I did 1895 because I'm low balling it Okay 1895.

Rob 43:41

I did 1885.

Matt 43:44

And Matt 1932.

Andy 43:49

Matt is extremely impressed. It's 1933. Off by one year.

Siobhan 43:57

Damn, I tried to think like turn of the century, like I don't know man. Okay, no, I was thinking like choose wisely Matt.

Andy 44:08

You get to make a present, put a plus five on that present. Choose wisely and we're going to tally up and see who won this.

Chris 44:15

I can't believe I went just too far. I was thinking post World War two, not pre World War two.

Andy 44:22

But originally I was thinking pre.

Chris 44:23

World War two and I.

Rob 44:26

Curses, curses. Indeed, a lot of W's in there, or M's. It was a joke, oh.

Siobhan 44:35

Because, I put double, so double nationals.

Matt 44:41

I felt like nobody would write his name down, I hate you, son of a B. I was going to say I was going to say I was going to say, can we not do?

Siobhan 44:50

the T F rules when it was true, false and you kind of make the tea look like an F. The winner with three points is Siobhan yes, I also got the most questions right, I think with four points is Mr Staley?

Chris 45:06

I believe I would have won If Matt didn't screw me here at the end.

Siobhan 45:09

Well, do you get anything right Wrong?

Outro, Boozy Quote, and Many Thanks!

Andy 45:12

With five points is Mr.

Siobhan 45:13

Well sir. And with five, six, seven, eight points, Chris Doremer oh no, so Chris is the big loser, siobhan is the big winner of.

Andy 45:26

Mary fricking Christmas everybody.

Siobhan 45:27

We would have been tied for first there we would have had to do some kind of a he done, put the welter scale on you.

Rob 45:35

You know who didn't completely lose.

Matt 45:38

I didn't completely lose, that's right.

Rob 45:39

Right in the middle.

Matt 45:40

Congratulations.

Siobhan 45:42

For your first time playing Party time.

Rob 45:45

Stuff that in your stocking, I will.

Matt 45:48

Andy, thank you for preparing a stellar thinker drink.

Rob 45:52

My pleasure yeah.

Matt 45:55

That was a lot of fun. And to everybody listening. I hope you have a safe, happy and healthy Christmas with your family.

Siobhan 46:03

Happy holidays, happy all the holidays.

Rob 46:07

Happy Hanukkah Mary.

Siobhan 46:08

Kwanzaa Indeed.

Matt 46:10

We will be back very soon. This episode's boozy quote is not attributed to anyone, but it is one of my favorites. Happy holidays, merry Christmas. It's the most wonderful time for beer. I'd like to recognize and thank all those who made season two of Matt and Friends Drink the Universe possible, starting with the cast Aaron, Andy, Andy M, Big Z, Chris, Christa, Dan, Emma, Rob, Siobhan and The Fish. Without all of you, this wouldn't be possible and Matt and Friends Drink the Universe wouldn't be nearly as much fun.

Matt 46:42

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