Celebrating Traditions and Thanksgiving Twists

Battling a cold couldn't keep me away from the mic as I dive back into the podcasting world just in time for Sagittarius season! With my birthday on the horizon (hello, December 13th!), I'm bursting with excitement and a head full of thoughts on Thanksgiving traditions. Ever seen those bizarre culinary experiments on social media? Trust me, that's a rabbit hole you don't want to tumble down—especially when it comes to sacred dishes like macaroni and cheese. Join me as I share a chuckle over those odd ingredients some folks dare to throw in the mix. Yet, amidst the laughter, I reflect on the serious side too: a recent hurricane has thrown our Thanksgiving plans a curveball, reminding me of the true essence of these celebrations—cherishing moments with our loved ones, even when things don't go as planned.

As we prep for Thanksgiving, there's something cathartic about the annual deep clean and purge, which we've turned into a lively game around here. Tackling chores with a sprinkle of fun and mixing it with leisure activities like bike rides and catching up on assignments feels like the perfect holiday balance. Ever wondered about the unwritten rules of Thanksgiving hosting? From what to wear to whether a post-dinner nap is a faux pas, let's ponder it all with a dash of humor—because, let’s face it, navigating the quirks and intricacies of holiday etiquette is all part of the festive fun!

Chapters

• 0:00 Thanksgiving Reflections and Adjustments
• 11:01 Thanksgiving Etiquette and Rules

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:35

Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of the Gag Is Pod. I am your girl, charli Shante. Thank you for joining me on another episode. It feels so good to be back, good to be back, but I'm sick. We're gonna get into that. We're gonna get into that, but thank you for joining the Gag pod. I'm girl, charlie chante. Um, so happy to be back with you.

Speaker 1: 1:03

If you listen to this, well, I think, if you're listening to this right now, it should be friday, because you know new episodes drop um, every friday at 5 am on your favorite podcast and streaming app or wherever you listen to your podcast at. But, yes, come on in, grab your snack, grab your drink and let's go ahead and jump right in, because y'all know, y'all know I've been gone for a minute. So you know I'm trying to play catch up. I'm still trying to be here, I'm still trying to be present, and you know when you're doing stuff for yourself, you know, sick or not, you got to get it together. So I was like let me take a shower, let me brush my teeth, let me get some cough drops, some throat lozenges, you know, put some Vicks, you know, so I can get it all together so that I can sound the best. I'm probably going to have to tweak this audio a little bit so it can sound the best. But that's okay too, because you know y'all, y'all, y'all know my heart, y'all know I come from a good place. Let's go ahead and jump into this episode. But oh my god, can y'all believe it is the Friday before Thanksgiving? So that mean we got like less than like we got like like maybe 40 something days left, um in the year, like, oh my god, like that is super crazy, like where did the year go? And um, yesterday, yesterday, started my favorite time of the year sag season. Yes, yes, yes, we're gonna clap it up for our Sages.

Speaker 1: 2:38

I am a Sag. My birthday is coming up. I believe it's like three weeks from today, because my birthday is on Friday the 13th, friday December 13th. So it's going to be an amazing day, amazing time. I don't know what I got planned. I don't know we're going to have to see. You know it's one of them. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I do know I have a party to go to. It's not my party, but I do have a party to go to. But oh my God, like I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week. Like how did? How did we get here? Like I feel like we were just celebrating New Year's and I feel like we're getting ready to celebrate New Year's again. Like it's crazy, you know, um.

Speaker 1: 3:21

But you know, let's go ahead. Let's start talking about some thanksgiving, you know, because it's that time of year where y'all be on the little social media, y'all be trying to flex y'all little cookie skills or whatever. You know, some of y'all plates need to go in the trash. Like some of y'all shouldn't be taking pictures of these plates because, like some of these plates should be reported to the fda just gonna say call me mean, call me whatever. If you know that you don't use a lot of seasoning, or you know if you don't brown your food or stuff like that, don't be taking no pictures for us. We don't want to see turkey dressing and cranberry sauce. We do not want to see that everybody gonna show that. I don't want to see this, this, these terrible macaroni and cheeses.

Speaker 1: 4:03

Stop making, stop messing macaroni cheese up. Just let it be macaroni cheese. Put a little cream cheese. Look, don't be doing all this extra. I gotta put, you know, vinaigrette in the macaroni. You know I'm saying I gotta put, you know, some salami in there. You know some bologna, the red in the macaroni. You know what I'm saying. I got to put, you know, some salami in there. You know some bologna, the red part of the rim. Don't be putting all that stuff in the macaroni, just macaroni cheese, a little cream cheese or a little sour cream. You know some little salt and pepper. You know a little paprika.

Speaker 1: 4:34

If you're trying to make it aesthetic or whatever, don't be putting pecans and cranberries. I'm like this is my grandmama famous macaroni. No, it's not. Stop lying like that. That is not your grandmama's recipe, it's not, anyway. But yeah, don't be messing up these traditional recipes because you're trying to put a 2024 spin kick on it. Don't do that, please. I'm begging you, do not do that, because I'm going to talk about you.

Speaker 1: 5:08

I care what you say, but it's Thanksgiving next week. These children are getting ready to be out of school and you know, some parents we off. Some parents we ain't off Me, I ain't off. I still got to work, but it's okay though. You know, I do get, you know, some days off next week, so I'm not complaining. It's only a half a week, so I'm not complaining.

Speaker 1: 5:35

And, as you all know, we were hit with a hurricane early last month and you know things. We were hit with a hurricane early last month and you know things are going to be a little bit different in our house this Thanksgiving because traditionally, you know, I cook and I do things, we have people over. But this year it's going to look a little different because, like, I'm still pending repairs on my home and it's just I can't invite people over and you know my house is still in shambles. You know we still got furniture moved here. You know I still have the dumpster, you know, with the damaged stuff and stuff like that, and I just don't me personally I just don't feel comfortable with having people over for Thanksgiving.

Speaker 1: 6:13

You know, when my house is not up to par, I'm probably going to go today and, like I'm going to put the Christmas tree up because I've been told that the repairs are not going to start until after the new year. So I think I'm just going to go ahead and find a little corner, put the Christmas tree up and try to give us a little bit of normalcy, you know, um, just kind of get in a groove a little bit, because something that we always do is put the Christmas tree up during the week of Thanksgiving, typically Black Friday. You know we put the tree up, but you know it is what it is. I just won't be cooking. You know, I'll make a little bit of something just so we can have to eat. We're going to go out to eat somewhere. I'm not sure. I have a couple of places in mind, but not sure we're going gonna go out to eat a little bit.

Speaker 1: 6:58

Um, and this year we're just going to be thankful because this year there are so many people who are celebrating and they're not celebrating in their homes because either they don't have one or they're displaced at the moment due to the back-to-back hurricanes that we had Helene and Milton, um, so you know, I can speak for myself and say that. You know, every year Thanksgiving comes around and I'm just like you know, go eat, be merry. But you know, this year I'm thankful, more thankful than I've been before, because I still have a home. It's not in the best condition, it's still livable. It's not in the best condition, it's still livable, but you know I'm thankful. I'm thankful for, you know, my resources and thank you, thankful for everyone who has stepped up to help us and things like that. And I will say that I'm very thankful for for my faith, because I feel like if if I didn't know how to pray, I don't think that I would be as okay that I am. I'm not perfect, I'm not good, good, but I'm still standing and I'm still able to go on and I'm still able to move forward. And I know that it's a storm and you know, after every storm comes a rainbow and you know we're still in the storm a little bit, but it's to the point where I'm able to almost see the rainbow and I'm glad for that. I'm thankful for that and yeah, so that's kind of where we are.

Speaker 1: 8:41

Pertaining to Thanksgiving. I mean, I ain't gonna lie to you, I'm I'm gonna miss cooking this Thanksgiving, but I ain't gonna miss cooking. I am going, cause when I cook, like I like a good presentation, like I like my food to look aesthetic, like on the plate, like boom, boom, boom, you know like I make my food to look aesthetic, like on the plate, like boom, boom, boom. You know like I make my banana put in and I put it in like little cups, like like you go somewhere, you see, like just a little, like an event or something. You see them look cups and they had like a banana putting in it. Like I like to do stuff like that. You know, make some sweet tea. You know different stuff like that. You know I like my stuff to be aesthetic and whatever. So I am going to miss that this year.

Speaker 1: 9:25

But that just means, um, christmas, I don't know. I don't know if I'm gonna cook for Christmas outside of just like the regular we gotta eat food. So I don't know if I'm gonna do a spread for christmas. Um, I don't know. We're gonna have to see I'm out the we'll have to cross that bridge when we get there, huh.

Speaker 1: 9:51

But you know, um, we, just, we just give thanks, we, just, we just giving thanks for roof over our head. We're giving thanks for our health. Well, you head, we're giving thanks for our health. Well, you know, for our general health. Just not the health that I'm exuding right now, because y'all hear the stuffiness, y'all hear me hitting that little kid, y'all hear me with it like I was fighting for my life last night, you know, but when kids get sick, they get you that cooters, like of all the things. You could not wait until next week, when you're out of school to get sick, like you couldn't wait until next week to give me these, these germs here. Okay, that's, that's cool, or whatever you know. So I guess he, like I'm gonna be sick this week because next week I ain't gonna be doing, I'm gonna be chilling, I'm playing video games with our boys, like I ain't got time to be sick. Like, like I do, like what? But so, parents, so your kids are out of school, right, what are you doing with your kids, like when they're out of? Like, do y'all have plans? Do y'all go somewhere? Are you doing anything for us?

Speaker 1: 11:01

This year, we turn, turn in. We turn it since, since we we don't take lemons even though I'm allergic and make lemonade, ok and since we have a dumpster and different stuff like that, I'm using this as a time for us to deep clean the house. So, like I deep clean every year, but I feel like this year we finna deep clean and we finna purge. So for every day next week, um, new face, gotta, he got a task. So, like, I'm gonna give him a task to like, do stuff, and then this is also going to in my mind and how I think this is also going to allow for us to make new room, make room for the new things that are becoming, like the furniture that we're going to have to replace and you know the different stuff like that. So we're we're kind of making room, so we're just going to make it a fun game.

Speaker 1: 11:51

You know, I might throw a couple of dollars on it for him, you know, and we're just going to purge, like one day I'll be like, you know, deep clean under. You know, go through the stuff that's under your bathroom counter. If it's empty, throw it away. You know, if you need some more of it, you know, kind of kind of that thing right there he'll have his time to play. We'll probably go ride bikes or something, cause it's supposed to be. You know, we live in Florida and you know it, it it get cool when it won't get like it. Today is cool, it's in the forties, no, it's in the 50s, but next week, for Thanksgiving, is supposed to be in the 70s. So we'll probably go walking, we'll probably go bike riding and we'll probably do some stuff like that.

Speaker 1: 12:31

Like, just keep it real low key. You know, for me I'm like this is your time If you have any missing assignments or anything that you need to work on. This is the time to do it, because you have the time for Thanksgiving, even though it's a break, take this break to kind of play, catch up with the things that you are doing. I'm trying to give y'all a full episode as much as I can. Ooh, we, ooh. I'm trying to get y'all a full episode as much as I can, but this post nasal drip is finna, take your girl out.

Speaker 1: 13:10

So continuing with Thanksgiving. So I want to know, do y'all have, even if you host Thanksgiving at your house and people come over, is it a requirement to be fresh to death? Pop collars, fresh outfit when you host at your house, is the expectation that you got to be fresh to death? Like it's Easter Sunday when they come over to eat? I mean, if you host it, I feel like you get a pass, like you need to be what's comfortable because you're cooking, you know you entertain a guest or whatever, but it's expectation for your guests to come fresh to death and like, if they don't come fresh to death, it's kind of like, why are you not dressed Fester death Like are you just here to get a plate? Because your clothes saying I'm here to get a plate and, um, I ain't staying long, like I'm a whole conversation with you, but I ain't finna be here long, you know. So I got these sweats on in this t-shirt Cause I ain't finna be here long. Like, what's the dress? Expectation, like, like, expectation, like, like, do you gotta have a living room outfit? Because my living room outfit is gonna be some fuzzy socks, a t-shirt and some sweats, because I'm finna watch the parade on tv. I'm finna go back and forth to eat and I'm about to take me. I'm gonna play nap roulette because that's just what it's gonna be like.

Speaker 1: 14:39

So, like, with that, do you allow gas guests to take naps at your house on Thanksgiving? Like, when they come over and they hang out and they chill like in between plates or whatever? Are guests allowed to take a nap at your house? Like, do you have like blankets set out and you'd be like little throw blankets, be like, oh, go ahead, juju, just you know, I see you nodding over there. Go ahead, just throw that little blanket over. You like, do you allow your guests to sleep at your house when they in between plates? That sounds so funny in between place. But y'all know exactly what I'm talking about. Exactly what I am talking about um or like, should you like, is that courteous or is it discourteous if you be like, no, you can't, you can't, you can't take a nap here and then, like, this is so taboo but do y'all let people do number two at your house for thanksgiving, like?

Speaker 1: 15:36

Or do you be like, nah, say that for the crib, like, like, tell me what are the rules for Thanksgiving? I need somebody to tell me what the dress code rules are, what the sleeping rules are, the eating rules are and they're using the bathroom rules, like. Somebody tell me, like, what the rules are. I mean, yeah, I don't know. I feel like, depending on who it is, like you can do this at my house, but like I don't think everybody should be able to do that Because, like, because me, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that at somebody else's house.

Speaker 1: 16:22

Like, see cooties, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that at somebody else's house. Like, see cooties, I wouldn't feel comfortable doing that at somebody else's house. Like I just cause I know me, so I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it at somebody else's house. That's just me, lord, that's just me. But you know, um, I need to know, like, like Thanksgiving rules of engagement, like, tell me, oh, I can't wait to watch this back because I probably look so terrible. My eyes probably look dark and glassed over and I probably sound like a Muffet and Gerald LaVert at the same time.

Speaker 1: 17:00

Oh, we, but it is thanksgiving, so I figure I'm gonna go ahead and let y'all know who the winner is of um of the gift card from the anniversary show. I got to contact this person today but the winner I actually picked two winners because there were two people and they were like really really close, so um. So Sheena and Robin, y'all are the two winners of the anniversary. So I'll get in contact with y'all so that y'all can get y'all's gifts and thank y'all for subscribing and supporting me over this last year with this journey. We just getting started. So, along the line, I have some more giveaways and partnerships lined up for you guys. So if you guys missed that one, just stay tuned. Make sure you're following the Agus pod on Instagram and then make sure you're following on YouTube as well so that you can keep up with any announcements or any giveaways or contests that I may have going on or any partnerships or anything like that.

Speaker 1: 18:14

Last but not least, I got to give y'all a song lyric of the week and, considering everything that's going on, I feel that I needed to. I need to pick a song that describe kind of how I'm feeling, you know, because I'm very thankful for everything. I'm very thankful for all the outpouring support and everything like that. And so the song that I'm picking for the song lyric of the week is I Won't Complain by the Reverend James. By Reverend James, I can't remember, let me take a look. I think it's like James. Oh Lord, look, I got it all wrong y'all. So it's I Won't Complain by Reverend Paul Jones. I said his name, man Name, all wrong, lord forgive me. So the song lyric of the week is I Won't Complain by Reverend Paul Jones. So we're going to go ahead and bring this thing to a close Again, if you have not already subscribed, please make sure that you are following on Instagram and YouTube.

Speaker 1: 19:23

At thegagispod, you are more than welcome to follow my personal page as well smartfit, smartfit, underscore oki on Instagram as well. Make sure, wherever you are listening to this, you are downloading and you're subscribing on that podcast page as well. So anytime a new episode drops, you automatically get it in your feed and you will be notified, as always. I appreciate you guys so much. I am giving thanks to everyone who has downloaded, who has subscribed and everything like that. I greatly appreciate you and I'm giving much thanks to you guys right before Thanksgiving and I hope that you all have an amazing Thanksgiving. I can't wait to hear your Thanksgiving stories and what you're gonna cook and your Thanksgiving etiquette and things like that. Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving and until next week. Bye, guys.