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Who is Christmas Adam?!
Doesn't everyone know about Christmas Adam?! Join us in this episode to explore cherished traditions, favorite holiday songs, and some Christmas themed trivia!
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Allison Florea
Alex Hinsky
welcome back welcome back to the alist podcast with alex and Alex. Happy holidays.
Speaker 2:Happy holidays. It is December 23rd and that means it's Christmas, adam.
Speaker 1:Oh, here we go. Okay, so I never heard of this term until you explained to me Christmas Adam.
Speaker 2:Well, because, the day before Christmas is Christmas Eve.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:And then the day before that I always knew as Christmas Adam. In high school, one of my friends always had a party on Christmas Adam because everyone was with their families on Christmas Eve.
Speaker 1:You know I like it. I think it's clever because Adam came before Eve.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I just thought everyone knew that.
Speaker 1:And then the day before Christmas, adam, you should have a garden party. God, then it's God.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, but I just thought that was a thing.
Speaker 1:Hilarious.
Speaker 2:Cause, yeah, like Christmas Eve is reserved for family, so it's like we would have like a party with friends and family and, you know, neighbors and all of that.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:On the day before.
Speaker 1:Okay, well, it's the week of Christmas right now. On the day before, okay, well, it's the week of Christmas Right now. I am with my family in Indiana you are.
Speaker 2:That's so crazy that you're time traveling back and forth.
Speaker 1:I'm really good at it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was very cold when I was there for Thanksgiving, so good luck to you. You know I run hot, so I actually thought I could beat the. Oh, you live in California now and you're so affected by the cold and the first day it was actually warm. It was like I don't know 50, like low fifties, and I was like oh, totally fine, like my sweatshirt is you know all I need? And I totally haven't changed. And then it progressively got colder from there and I was unwell.
Speaker 1:The thing is, our blood does get thinner in warmer clients climates.
Speaker 2:So our blood is literally thinner for survival in warmer climates and warmer climates.
Speaker 1:It gets thicker, more insulated and warmer.
Speaker 2:So sorry opposite. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
Speaker 1:To be warm in colder climates yes, our blood is thicker okay so, yeah, we are weaker when we go back to the midwest all right, so there's a scientific reason.
Speaker 2:It's not just being like um you're in california calm down everyone but good luck to you. It'll be even colder and it'll be actually snowing there was some flurries.
Speaker 1:It's not happening. They will get snow in April.
Speaker 2:For sure.
Speaker 1:But yeah, so welcome to the Christmas episode I have. If you are not watching, I'm wearing a plaid onesie and I have a Santa hat on. Yeah, you're really missing the visual here. You can't really see the onesie part Next to a Christmas tree. Whoa, I mean, yeah, it looks like a comfy plaid pajama set.
Speaker 2:It is. It is shorts, though, because I can't sleep in pants.
Speaker 1:You would sleep in that.
Speaker 2:I could. I wouldn't want to because it does feel constricting and like I don't know, I feel like I'm in a straight jacket kind of but I could sleep in it better than I could sleep in pants.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't. I can't sleep in anything.
Speaker 2:I wear shorts and a t-shirt all year round, doesn't matter how cold it is. I will put more blankets on and still be wearing shorts.
Speaker 1:Yes, it is the preference to be in a colder environment and layer up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, people who sleep in pants and socks and everything.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't get it. No, like I am nude or just little underwear.
Speaker 2:I can't sleep nude, so I can't get it no like I am nude or just little underwear. I can't sleep nude.
Speaker 1:So I can't sleep nude in the summer months because I don't like my balls sticking to my body. It's too hot. Well, I need the cotton separation.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And that's a hot take.
Speaker 2:Um, I don't know if this is too forward of me to ask, but please ask do you in boys underwear? Is there a pocket for them? Pocket yeah, inside.
Speaker 1:And for them are you referring to your?
Speaker 2:testicles.
Speaker 1:A pocket.
Speaker 2:We can't do this on the Christmas episode. We can't have that word in here.
Speaker 1:Okay, so what you're? I think what you're asking is if there's like a separation. Yeah, Like is there they do make separate tech underwear, but traditionally no. It's they do make separate tech underwear, but traditionally no. But if you're an underwear connoisseur, like myself, you buy pouched underwear.
Speaker 2:So it keeps things where they need to be Like a bra.
Speaker 1:My brother-in-law once said I prefer boxer briefs because it's the support you need with the freedom you want.
Speaker 2:That is a slogan.
Speaker 1:It is.
Speaker 2:Wow, he should have sold that to someone.
Speaker 1:He should have. He probably doesn't even remember he said that, but it stuck with me. I was like I was like 15 years old, like wow, kyle is funny smart, funny, witty, all the things.
Speaker 2:Well, that's an interesting start to the Christmas episode. That's very wholesome, but I needed to know. I needed to know that.
Speaker 1:Yep I. I needed to know that Yep, I'm leading the charge.
Speaker 2:Yeah, alex is leading, because I was not prepared.
Speaker 1:It's okay. This was. This is the fun. Okay, we're going to play some games. We're going to talk about our Christmas pasts.
Speaker 2:Like in the Christmas Carol.
Speaker 1:Yes, and our Christmas futures and what we hope for them to look like yes. Let's start with. I thought it would be fun. Let's start with. I thought it would be fun. Let's go over some of our favorite Christmas songs.
Speaker 2:Perfect.
Speaker 1:I have a lengthy list, so I'm happy to just like just go down them quickly.
Speaker 2:Perfect.
Speaker 1:And then if you have words to say to any of them.
Speaker 2:Words to say.
Speaker 1:Then you, you, you pipe up.
Speaker 2:I okay.
Speaker 1:You know, as they say.
Speaker 2:As they say.
Speaker 1:Okay. So first of all, I have a favorite Christmas song. I've had a favorite Christmas song. I decided it when I was 18 and I was like maybe this will change. It hasn't.
Speaker 2:Question before you start. Okay, are these um?
Speaker 1:in new in order.
Speaker 2:Is there a separation between religious and secular?
Speaker 1:No, between religious and secular. No, I just had it. They're all mixed. For me, my favorite Christmas song is not religious, okay.
Speaker 2:Do you want to guess?
Speaker 1:Just this one, just guess this one.
Speaker 2:Okay, if I had to guess, I feel like okay. Can I ask a question first? Is it new?
Speaker 1:or old, it's old, it's been done by many artists. It's.
Speaker 2:Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it is. Oh my gosh, I know you so well. Do you know my favorite version?
Speaker 2:I feel like it's a woman.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:I'm trying to think I'm trying to think of who you would be excited about. Oh, that was a hint Is it? Is it christina anguillera?
Speaker 1:sure fucking is I cannot get enough of her. When did she record this?
Speaker 2:oh my god, I think it was right after um her first album okay, so it's, it's older I thought it was going to be kelly clarkson, because I love kelly's christmas album but, yeah, none of her songs made my list okay.
Speaker 1:Okay, wrapped in Red is kind of a cute little bop. Actually, I love the song she did a couple years ago with Ariana and Jennifer, oh, snow is falling.
Speaker 2:What's that called? Is that Wrapped in Red Christmas Day?
Speaker 1:You're here. This wasn't the same Don't know, but the one she did with Ariana and Jennifer Hudson A couple years ago.
Speaker 2:I don't know that. I know it. I mean, I probably know it, but I don't know the title.
Speaker 1:It's so good, so that's my favorite Christmas song of all time. Moving on that's Christmas to me by the Pentatonix Wait Sidebar.
Speaker 2:I just watched that movie Moving on. That's Christmas to me by the.
Speaker 1:Pentatonix Wait.
Speaker 2:What Sidebar.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I just watched that movie.
Speaker 1:So did I Irish Wish.
Speaker 2:It's so bad, not Irish Wish. No, no, no, no. The one with Christina Milian. Christina Milian yeah.
Speaker 1:It's like I started it and I was like wait, all the Pentatonix are listed as the cast.
Speaker 2:Like right cast like right away. They're really bad acting like love you, but it's bad that is. I mean, here's the, here's the benefit to it.
Speaker 1:The plot was so bad.
Speaker 2:It was a waste of having their music being a like the whole movie was, which was great yeah but like the story it was really bad, and you know what christina millian deserves better, because she's also in a really terrible christmas movie called something about the snow globe. Oh yeah, and it and it's really bad. But like how is she getting in these bad movies? Cause she's not a bad like she's a good actress. How is Lindsay Lohan getting her movies, and they're so good. And then Christina Miliana is getting Pentatonix Christmas.
Speaker 1:I don't know, but I've loved Christina since she was Tina with the movie servers.
Speaker 2:She's amazing and then dip it low pick, pick it up slow, dip it low, crazy, but yeah, that what's it called um, I don't remember a pentatonix christmas.
Speaker 1:Christmas, you guys, you need to watch it because you just need to know how bad it is, but just know that it's bad and in real life they would have just given her the ticket, like they the games they were playing yeah, why were they like following her on twitter? Let's just see how what shenanigans is she getting? Just like guys's, like guys.
Speaker 2:give her a ticket Also it would never be sold out. I'm sorry that's so mean, maybe like 10 years ago, but it's just like not.
Speaker 1:Right, well, the movie was from last year.
Speaker 2:And the tickets would not have been like $4,000 or whatever.
Speaker 1:This isn't Taylor Swift's artist tour. No, just like someone has a ticket. Also did you the scene at the end when she like barges in and finally sees him.
Speaker 2:They were in like a very conservative sized theater yeah, so maybe it would be sold out if it was like more than a 300 seater, right or less, you? Know what, and this sounds really mean, and if you're listening pentatonix, I don't mean to be mean no, and you get your bag you guys are great singers like they.
Speaker 1:I was watching it, though. Being like these people made a whole ass successful career out of singing without music, and that is cool.
Speaker 2:It is and they're so talented, but that movie was not it but their version of that's Christmas to me.
Speaker 1:Well, it's their song, it's original.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And then, uh, when I was in a songwriting group, we did a cover of it. That gets quite a lot of streams this time of year and I just love that song.
Speaker 2:Oh, sidebar, if you guys don't have it on your Spotify playlist, you should add You're a Mean One, mr Grinch.
Speaker 1:It's on my list too, by Valley.
Speaker 2:By Valley. I'm going to actually link to this.
Speaker 1:V-A-L-L. V-a-l-l-i. So the thing with that is that song makes me more money than any other song I've ever put out, because it is such a popular version of the of that song, so please stream it.
Speaker 2:I made my family listen to it when I was home and also it's great.
Speaker 1:It's very sexy, it is, but you sound really good. I mean uh, anyway. So next is Christmas makes me cry. This is, this is a little religious.
Speaker 2:It's by.
Speaker 1:Mandisa RIP. She passed away a couple years ago. Okay, love her music so much big influence in my christian upbringing. Love her and she was on american idol. Um, this song is special to me because my mom and I sang it one year together and then just kind of became our tradition and I just like the memory it holds. It's a really precious song about how christmas makes you cry okay but it it's because the lyrics are.
Speaker 1:I think of families, wait. I think of loved ones who've passed away and I pray they're resting in a better place. I think of memories of years gone by and that's why christmas me cry, tears of thankfulness, tears of joy. I cry tears of Tears of thankfulness, tears of hope, hope. I cry tears of joy at Christmas because I know there is peace on earth. There is peace on earth for every part to find. And sometimes Christmas makes me cry.
Speaker 2:You guys. The way that Stanley was singing into the microphone, it was really cute. It was really cute. That's why that went on for too long.
Speaker 1:Anyway, moving on, christmas makes me cry. I'll be home for Christmas.
Speaker 2:Classic by the.
Speaker 1:Carpenters specifically. Love the Carpenters, your mean one.
Speaker 2:Mr Grinch be home for Christmas. Classic by the Carpenters specifically Love the.
Speaker 1:Carpenters, your mean one, mr Grinch, by Valley.
Speaker 2:Listen to it by myself.
Speaker 1:Hey Santa by the Wilson sisters.
Speaker 2:Oh, wilson Phillips, Well no the Wilson sisters. I don't know. Only two of them, not three.
Speaker 1:Hey, Santa hey.
Speaker 2:Santa Santa no, I've never heard that in my life. Santa Santa no, I've never heard that in my life.
Speaker 1:Whoa, where Are you Christmas?
Speaker 2:Where are you Christmas With? What's her name from Gossip Girl? What?
Speaker 1:Oh, it's Sunilu Hu.
Speaker 2:Sunilu Hu. Faith Hill, though, is the singer. Oh, she sings it. Yeah, yeah, I thought you literally liked the version that the little girl sings in the.
Speaker 1:The Grinch. No, I want Faith Hill built for sure, for sure, snow in California by Ariana love.
Speaker 2:Um. Also, ariana, winter things somehow you don't have. Um. I'm not done with my list, okay joy to the world.
Speaker 1:Whitney Houston, from from a preacher's wife, work that movie. Yeah, that version of joy to the world yeah, okay grown Okay, grown Up. Christmas List by.
Speaker 2:This is my grown up. I don't know who sings it.
Speaker 1:So my favorite version historically is by Kelly Clarkson.
Speaker 2:For sure.
Speaker 1:But everyone go stream my version.
Speaker 2:This is just a way for you to get more money.
Speaker 1:No, this one's actually by Megan, I was just featured on it, okay, but it's another one Good one. The no, this one's actually by Megan, I was just featured on it, okay, but it's another one Good one. The soundtrack to the holiday. Every single song on it. Oh, got it. The music.
Speaker 2:The way that you said that I didn't compute.
Speaker 1:You weren't following, but yes, I'm sorry I went into it fast. Santa Claus Lane by Hilary Duff from the Santa Claus 2. Yes, cute, cute I remember last christmas eve home this christmas by justin bieber and the band perry. Yes, I loved. Justin's christmas album is so good, it's so good little drummer boy. Yeah, it's so good um and then my last one is I had to put it on here because you can't put a christmas playlist without it mariah yes, all I want for Christmas is you, and I'm sure there's more, but that's my top.
Speaker 1:Those are my top.
Speaker 2:Love. Okay, so I love Santa. Tell me Ariana. We have a dance to it, so maybe that's why.
Speaker 1:I feel like it's got a lot of kickball changes in it. Does it, it does. That song has that vibe.
Speaker 2:You didn't have any Michael Buble on your list. You're not a Buble-nator, is that what they're called? I have no idea, there's no.
Speaker 1:Michael Buble on my list, but I do have him in some of my Christmas lists. He's on my Christmas playlist but it's just like he is a guy where it's like it doesn't matter when it's on, you're loving it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he's an ambiance.
Speaker 1:Yeah, didn't. I didn't hear my only wish by britney spears and that means you're a bad gay. Oh my god. Okay, britney spears is number five on my christmas playlist, so I don't know how I miss that yeah, I don't know what you she literally came in, did one, dropped the mic and said you're welcome.
Speaker 2:That's all you get for the rest of your life yep anyway, so I have a list up because I never know titles. Okay, kelly Clarkson's underneath the tree.
Speaker 1:That's the one.
Speaker 2:Okay, that's the one. I'm a great singer Um what else on here? Okay, Pentatonic Speaking of their version of of Hallelujah is beautiful. That was in the movie. And I was like they better work because this is actually the best version.
Speaker 1:It is beautiful, it's gorgeous.
Speaker 2:Beautiful. I love the song White Christmas. That's because I love the movie White Christmas and whoever is singing it. It's fine, but it's not like. I like the version with.
Speaker 1:You know whose version is good? The cast Lady Gaga. You know why? Because she did it live and she added a verse Because the song is short.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh, I've heard that. I've seen the video I'm drinking out of a white snowman? Yeah, yes, she's playing the piano right.
Speaker 1:You're correct.
Speaker 2:She's playing the piano, right, you're correct.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I've seen the video. It's gorgeous.
Speaker 2:That's good, yeah, um, but who is? It's not Frank Sinatra. Who it's being Crosby?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm being Crosby, sorry.
Speaker 2:Yes, you didn't see it say Christmas tree farm by Taylor Swift.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I contemplated it cause it's on my playlist, but I was like, yeah, it's not.
Speaker 2:Well, that seems like you're not a great Swifty.
Speaker 1:Well, I love her first one. I love her Christmas album from after debut.
Speaker 2:Yes.
Speaker 1:Where she had Christmas Must Be Something More, which I also have a cover of with my little sister. You guys are welcome to go stream. Christmas Must Be Something More by Alex.
Speaker 2:Hinsky. By Alex Hinsky we have a dance to Cozy Little Christmas by Katy Perry and I don't like Katy Perry but I don't mind that song.
Speaker 1:Okay, harsh, that's harsh.
Speaker 2:I'm just not a fan, Like I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:I get it. I mean I don't get it, but I understand.
Speaker 2:Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Did you put that on your list?
Speaker 1:Favorite Christmas song. You guessed it as my favorite.
Speaker 2:I do that is on top of mine Now if we're talking religious songs, I do that is on top of mind Now, if we're talking religious songs. I loved going to Christmas Eve service service. Standing around this, the, you would get the candle and you would make a circle around the whole church inside circle around the hole? Yes, and you would all. You would light the candle and then you would sing Silent Night, and that is a wonderful sound.
Speaker 1:Speaking of Silent Night, Kelly Clarkson's acapella Silent. Night that came out right after she won American Idol incredible.
Speaker 2:Do you? I agree. Do you know the Christian singer?
Speaker 1:Most definitely I do.
Speaker 2:Jordan Phelps, of course, his singing O Holy Night, it's not Jordan Phelps, it's Jordan Phelps.
Speaker 1:Of course he his singing oh holy night.
Speaker 2:It's not Jordan Phelps. It's not.
Speaker 1:Jordan Phelps, michael Phelps Nope, that's the swimmer. That's the swimmer, it's not. I know exactly what you're talking about.
Speaker 2:What is his name? Jordan.
Speaker 1:Phelps, david Phelps. David Phelps of uh, what's his name?
Speaker 2:who oh? Josh groban yes um his voice is incredible. It's like I have chills right now, like thinking about it. His oh, holy night, you guys oh, I can only imagine if, if you do nothing else, I need you to go look up david phelps. Oh, holy night. And his voice is just angelic it is incredible um, so that's one I really love. Only night, silent night. What else do you sing on christmas eve? Service that one's not like in my top I think it's just silent and oh holy.
Speaker 1:And then there's joy to the world. And that was whitney's version I just pulled out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh my god, it's so good I'm gonna listen to it like singing it in church.
Speaker 1:It's not my vibe, but world and that was Whitney's version I just pulled out. Yeah, oh my God, it's so good, I'm going to listen to it Like singing it in church.
Speaker 2:It's not my vibe, but I like that.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's so good. Well, that was sung in church. It's the preacher's wife.
Speaker 2:I know, but in church, like with the congregation, it's like they're not singing to the world the Lord is come Receipt.
Speaker 1:Then there's the classics that obviously they're always going to be on the list Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Speaker 2:Love.
Speaker 1:Frosty the Snowman Love Anyway.
Speaker 2:Did you? Were you a big snowman maker?
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's my. That was my nickname, you know that.
Speaker 2:Alex Snowman.
Speaker 1:Maker Hinsky Alexander Snowman, maker.
Speaker 2:I never really did. I feel like the snow was never conducive. Every time I would be like I want to make a snowman, it would be like the snow is not hard enough to do that alison in our entire until we were like 16. We had incredible winters where there was always snow maybe, like my parents, just didn't want to do it, they'd be like, oh, it's too wet to your preteens and teens.
Speaker 1:You didn't want to.
Speaker 2:You weren't out there by yourself I think when I was that old I probably didn't want to be out there god, I am a such a snow bunny you guys had lots of land, though, correct, and I didn't.
Speaker 1:I lived in a neighborhood with a tiny but you didn't go to other people's houses at all when there was snow. It was always like, well, it snows on the ground.
Speaker 2:I guess I'm at my house we would go sledding okay, well there was a elementary school that had a really big hot take slope.
Speaker 1:If the snow is good enough to sled on, then it's good enough to make a snowman with, because it's that kind of snow I feel like I probably made a tiny one, but I never. Probably I didn't have the will either to like really roll it to do a big snowman. Yeah, you need a, you need team. It's a team effort and we would make some epic snowman. Yeah, well, I guess maybe we should put that on our list for something to do.
Speaker 2:Where.
Speaker 1:Big bear. Oh no, like that can be on your adult list.
Speaker 2:Right, just the next time I'm there.
Speaker 1:No, sometime in your life you should make a snowman, like kind of sad that you haven't.
Speaker 2:It is sad.
Speaker 1:Like actually.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, don't feel sorry for me.
Speaker 1:Too late.
Speaker 2:Don't smile because it don't cry because it happened. Smile, no, what's the saying?
Speaker 1:Don't cry because you lost it. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because that.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Anyway, should we go into a game?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I have a couple of games which, to everyone listening, it was Alison's idea for both of these things.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And then I was just like oh well, I've got some time today, I'm going to go do these.
Speaker 2:I really dropped the ball, Like I don't know what happened. I went home for Thanksgiving and then I like my brain like melted away.
Speaker 1:Well, you know, I love being a host it's exciting that I get to be the one to just quiz you and do that, okay. So we have a couple of different things. First we have one that I can kind of participate in, which is Christmas themed F Mary, kill, perfect. And then I have a little Christmas trivia. So let's start with the trivia, okay, because this one I can like also partake in. So I have divided these questions up into. They progressively get harder. They start out very easy to eat.
Speaker 2:They progressively get harder.
Speaker 1:They start out very easy, okay. Are they multiple choice or just answer no, just answer okay. And there is a couple later on that you would probably consider easy. But I, for the most part, put them in order of like what I thought would be like easiest to hardest, okay, and there's quite a few, and if we end up taking a while on one of them then I'll skip. But let's get started. Allison, welcome to Christmas. Trivia.
Speaker 2:Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1:So you're from Indiana.
Speaker 2:I sure am.
Speaker 1:And how long have you been out here in California?
Speaker 2:Oh, just about three years.
Speaker 1:Nice, and I hear that you do some dancing for a living.
Speaker 2:I sure do.
Speaker 1:Does that bring you joy?
Speaker 2:It really does. All right, it's a dream, you know.
Speaker 1:Absolutely Okay. Well, let's not waste any more time, let's get right to it.
Speaker 2:All right, allison, here's your first question Are you ready? Yes, what color is Santa Claus's suit?
Speaker 1:Oh, it's red and white. See, I'm really, I'm like I'm starting out really easy so you can get, like, get lubricated.
Speaker 2:Okay, don't like that phrase.
Speaker 1:What does Frosty the Snowman have for a nose?
Speaker 2:A button nose yes.
Speaker 1:So I thought I might catch you on this, because sometimes people use a carrot.
Speaker 2:Yes, I had to sing the song in my head but a corncob pipe and a button nose.
Speaker 1:And two eyes.
Speaker 2:Made out of coal?
Speaker 1:Yes, which holiday drink is known as quote nog?
Speaker 2:Egg, yes. Which holiday drink is known as quote nog egg, no, yeah, that was a weird question.
Speaker 1:Can I have a?
Speaker 2:cup of nog. What's nog?
Speaker 1:it's egg nog for sure do you like egg nog love egg, I actually do too. So I I like, was everyone growing up? It was never like, because it's normally alcoholic.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So the first time I tried it was with alcohol, when I was of age, and I was like this is like having a milkshake with vodka.
Speaker 2:Incredible.
Speaker 1:I had it first Not alcoholic Love it, I love it always.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:What's the name of the Grinch's dog, max? I know you know that because earlier she was trying to get Stanley to play With his Max stuffed animal.
Speaker 2:And you knew, I knew.
Speaker 1:What is traditionally left out for Santa on Christmas Eve.
Speaker 2:Alex, you know that's cookies, what it's not cookies. Cookies, that's it and milk.
Speaker 1:Oh, we're saying Stanley's trigger words. Sorry, bubba, no, okay, we're moving on to some tougher questions.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Okay, what does the 12 days of Christmas gift on the fifth day include?
Speaker 2:Five golden rings. Fun fact. Okay, um, we just drove through the Christmas lights and we did in fact, sing the whole song and we really held up the line. My dad kept telling me to slow down. I was, I was going too fast.
Speaker 1:You were driving, I drove.
Speaker 2:Yes and um um. We got pulled up to the like people who take your money for the thing, and they were so excited that we were singing. They loved it oh they were like no one ever sings, like everyone comes up here all like quiet and you guys were singing and so jolly and we made their days.
Speaker 1:So that's so cute 12 days of christmas, making people's days. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Speaker 2:Okay, I don't know, but I'm going to try to make an educated guess, yeah.
Speaker 1:I think you can do it.
Speaker 2:And I will say that, because this country is so not this like the one I'm about to say is so not this like the one I'm about to say, is so christmas coded that I think that it's germany you're right wow, I really want to go to a german christmas market, so badly.
Speaker 1:I had a friend that was in germany a week ago and his stories a dream.
Speaker 2:I was like this is a movie. Is there a chris kindle market here?
Speaker 1:kiss kringle chris crinkle? Oh, I don't know chris king, by the way, if anyone's listening and is trying to go to the row to go to the christmas market, don't. Oh. So first of all, tiktok gave it bad reviews. But like that's tiktok and then, katie went and she was like no guys, it's actually really bad what's bad about it? So all of the vendors. It's not like an actual farmer's market.
Speaker 2:It's like the vendors are selling stuff from like timu and okay, um, the food is not like people, homemade stuff, it's like little debbie's okay yeah, and it's like that's so ridiculous lines and because the normal farmer's market that is at the row is really that's a cream set she's like.
Speaker 1:But we also, I went to this one, that was like incredible.
Speaker 2:And Katie was like no, we got so many Christmas presents for people that year from that market.
Speaker 1:I'll send you the TikTok Cause the girl was like, look, I was going in expect like I'm just going to give it an honest review. Like it was in Nashville.
Speaker 2:There's probably one in everywhere. That's why I thought there that's why I was like, oh, is there one in LA? Because there was one in Carmel and it they had a little ice skating rink and then they had German drinks and food so you could get like mulled and they would have this really big like cheese thing, like hot cheese.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, yeah, they would put on like pretzels and just very German. Very German.
Speaker 2:And like you could buy, you know really expensive Christmas villages and things like that.
Speaker 1:Fun fact the pickle in my tree that's from Germany.
Speaker 2:Who got it for you? Janelle Cute.
Speaker 1:On a trip trip, christmas trip. Do you see it? It's in the middle of the tree. It's got a Santa hat on.
Speaker 2:I do see it, we match you do match, okay.
Speaker 1:Next, in the movie Elf, which you know about. I sure do what are the four main food groups for elves?
Speaker 2:oh no, I'm not gonna know candy. Yep, that's one For elves?
Speaker 1:Oh no, I'm not going to know. Candy.
Speaker 2:Yep, that's one. Sweets, that's the same thing. Chocolate Candy Hot Like cocoa.
Speaker 1:So two more of the things start with candy. There's your hint.
Speaker 2:Oh, candy canes, Candy, you love it with candy.
Speaker 1:There's your hint. Oh, candy canes Candy.
Speaker 2:You love it with peanuts Candy, I love it with peanuts A little bowl with some salted peanuts and this candy thing, candy corn, I do.
Speaker 1:It's underrated, so it's candy, candy canes, candy corns. And what does Buddy the Elf put?
Speaker 2:on everything. Elf put on everything syrup. Yeah, and he says syrup he does?
Speaker 1:what type of meat is often served as a centerpiece for Christmas dinner in the United States? In the United States of America, our glorious country.
Speaker 2:I want to say it's ham.
Speaker 1:Correct, okay, good job.
Speaker 2:Turkey is Thanksgiving. Some people probably also do a Turkey yeah. It does say or Turkey yeah.
Speaker 1:Okay. Oh, I'm crushing, you are crushing us, and this is a very easy one, this next one.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Which reindeer is known for its shiny red nose.
Speaker 2:That'd be Rudolph reindeer is known for its shiny red nose.
Speaker 1:That'd be Rudolph, you're correct. Okay, now we're going back up to get a little harder. What's the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time? Highest grossing, not highest rated, cause you read that list already.
Speaker 2:Highest grossing of all time. Here's the thing. I could guess something that's very old, because over time it has longer to make money. Or I could go newer and bigger impact, because we live in an age where we're spending more on movies.
Speaker 1:We're spending more on money age where we're spending more on money on movies. We're spending more on money. I think highest grossing, highest grossing highest grossing.
Speaker 2:I'm going to guess elf. No don't tell me though.
Speaker 1:You want to guess one more? Could you give me a hint? We talked about this film in the last episode.
Speaker 2:Okay, about a lot. Yeah, you're right, you're right.
Speaker 1:National lampoons, christmas vacation okay, um home alone okay the only reason I knew that is because there's a show called the movies that made us yeah and that there's a whole episode about home alone, that talks about how it's. The it was the highest grossing is still pretty wild. Okay, in a Christmas Carol, what is the first name of Scrooge?
Speaker 2:Ebenezer.
Speaker 1:There you go.
Speaker 2:Yeah, what is?
Speaker 1:the name of the ballet traditionally performed during Christmas. That would be the nutcracker by the composer tchaikovsky okay, great, didn't know that part had to learn that in dance school oh, of course that makes sense in the song jingle bells. What Jingle bells Jingle bells. Dashing through the snow.
Speaker 2:In a one horse open sleigh.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:What does that mean?
Speaker 1:One horse Also a horse, not a reindeer. No, it's a one horse open sleigh. Like it's not enclosed, it's open.
Speaker 2:But right, a horse versus a reindeer. This is not.
Speaker 1:Santa's sleigh. We're dashing through the snow not the sky.
Speaker 2:Okay, for sure.
Speaker 1:One horse open.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:When I was a kid I used to think it was one horse open Like H-O-R-Z-E. What's horse?
Speaker 2:Right, you just made up a word. Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:Okay, what city is the home of the Macy's Christmas tree and parade?
Speaker 2:New York City.
Speaker 1:How did you know that? Okay, now we're getting harder.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:What is the traditional name for?
Speaker 2:the day after Christmas in the UK. Now you know, I know my UK. Okay, and that's Boxing Day, sure is.
Speaker 1:In which country did the tradition of eating KFC for Christmas start? Which country Yep KFC for?
Speaker 2:Christmas start. Which country Yep KFC for Christmas? I feel like the obvious answer is just America, but I feel like that's not it.
Speaker 1:No.
Speaker 2:So I'm going to say Canada, japan, oh.
Speaker 1:You weren't going to get there.
Speaker 2:I wasn't at all.
Speaker 1:What popular Christmas.
Speaker 2:Wait, do you know why? No, okay.
Speaker 1:What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2:Hmm, written for Thanksgiving. We're talking about giving thanks. We're talking about family.
Speaker 1:Nothing in this song makes me think that it's for Thanksgiving. To be honest, I'm going gonna have to sing it out loud but it can't be something that has the word christmas in it right. But this is why, like this song confuses me, because it does feel like it's for christmas, but apparently it was written for thanksgiving. I did fact check that and it's not religious, obviously.
Speaker 2:No, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Jingle bells. Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh. Oh, what fun it is to ride Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh.
Speaker 2:Over the fields, we go. Over the fields, we go Laughing all the way. Ha, ha, ha.
Speaker 1:Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride and sing a slaying song tonight. Ha, jingle bells, jingle bells no, what?
Speaker 2:what does that have to do with thanksgiving? I?
Speaker 1:don't know, but it doesn't have to do with christmas technically either, I guess, just snow yeah, but like it doesn't snow that much in a day or two ago I thought I'd take a ride, and soon miss fanny bride was sitting by my side. The horse was lean in length.
Speaker 2:Lying.
Speaker 1:Oh, the horse was lean in length.
Speaker 2:I don't know. I don't know this verse.
Speaker 1:Misfortune seemed its lot. We got into a drifted bank and we got upset. Oh jingle bells.
Speaker 2:Those words.
Speaker 1:And verse three is um. No, I don't know.
Speaker 2:That seems silly I agree.
Speaker 1:What figure is often placed on top of a Christmas tree?
Speaker 2:It varies, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, a star or.
Speaker 2:An angel.
Speaker 1:Correct or.
Speaker 2:A disco ball.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what is the first name of the character played by james stewart in the classic movie?
Speaker 2:it's a wonderful life the first name yeah the character charlie george, I don't know okay, we're almost done.
Speaker 1:I'm enjoying myself. Okay, good, these are very difficult oh gosh, all right in what year was a visit from saint nicholas, commonly known as Twas, the Night Before Christmas first published?
Speaker 2:The story, the book, the book?
Speaker 1:I did not know. It was called A Visit from St Nicholas.
Speaker 2:I didn't either. It's very old, so I'm going to guess. I have two guesses. I'm going to go hard on this one.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:And I'm going to say 1890.
Speaker 1:You're in the right Century Century, yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay, so I feel like it's earlier than that. I'm going to say 1872.
Speaker 1:You're still being too conservative 1850, 1818 okay, 1823 okay, which is crazy?
Speaker 2:that is crazy, isn't it?
Speaker 1:it is okay, what was the original purpose of the candy cane's hook shape Of?
Speaker 2:the candy cane's hook shape. Hmm, as a candy.
Speaker 1:Correct, yeah.
Speaker 2:To hang on the tree. No it has to do with Jesus, the purpose, though.
Speaker 1:Correct, Like the creators of the candy cane.
Speaker 2:Why is it shaped like that? Yeah, I was going to say that it's shaped like that because it is a um like a staff, not a staff a shepherd's shepherd, yeah, shepherd's crook but what?
Speaker 1:about the candy to symbolize a shepherd's crook, representing the shepherds who visited baby jesus okay, just to symbolize, just like to hang on. No, no, it's just like well we made this peppermint candy for christmas. Let's make it into jesus shape yeah, for sure what is the name of the town where it's a Wonderful Life takes place?
Speaker 2:Oh, is it not New York?
Speaker 1:Bedford Falls. Would you have gotten that?
Speaker 2:No, never heard of that in my life.
Speaker 1:Which famous Christmas carol contains the lyrics to save us all from Satan's power when we have gone astray. Yeah, I'm going to make you get there.
Speaker 2:Can you say it again? To save us all from satan's power when we were gone astray well, the only tune I can hear it now is to save us, and all the way that's jingle bells I know, does it not go jingle bells? No, um, one more time to save. Save us all from Satan's hell. And what?
Speaker 1:To save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray. Okay, um to save us all from satan's power where we have gone good old king wenceslas, that's not the same thing to save us all from satan's power when we were gone astray. Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy. That's not the name of the song, though, so get that.
Speaker 2:I don't know it.
Speaker 1:It's the very opening line of the song. Little drummer boy.
Speaker 2:I can't. No, this is too funny.
Speaker 1:No, it's too good.
Speaker 2:God rest ye, merry gentlemen.
Speaker 1:Yeah, hell, yeah, you got there Little drummer boy, that was crazy. Wow, that was great.
Speaker 2:Oh God.
Speaker 1:Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 2:That's not the same as Wenceslas.
Speaker 1:No, thought it was.
Speaker 2:What is the origin of the name boxing day? Interesting question. Boxing day, isn't it just like staying in?
Speaker 1:okay. So here's the thing about boxing day, right? So as I knew it in canada from my canadian friends, they, as they understood it, it's the day after christmas and it's meant to be like that's when you are boxing things up, you're putting your you're having leftovers, you're returning things oh but the original meaning of it is so. It refers to a tradition of wealthy families giving boxes of gifts, money or food to food, to their servants, tradespeople and tradespeople the day after Christmas.
Speaker 2:Why couldn't they give it to them on Christmas? They were with their own families. That's why.
Speaker 1:Because they were probably giving them leftovers and gifts they didn't want. It's based in racism.
Speaker 2:Yeah, in my mind it was like you know Downton Abbey, and they're like, oh, we got everyone a nice ornament, but I guess you're probably right it wasn't, that was your little.
Speaker 1:Christmas that was your little Christmas quiz.
Speaker 2:I think I didn't do. You did pretty good.
Speaker 1:I did pretty well yeah 25 questions and you got, I would say like maybe 20 of them, pretty solid.
Speaker 2:Work.
Speaker 1:Okay, we're going to move right along here. Do you have anything you need to interject right now? I sure don't. We're going to move on to a game we're going to call this.
Speaker 2:Oh F Mary, Kill F Mary.
Speaker 1:Kill, and we're going to both participate here. It's Christmas themed.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:So what I've done is I've separated it into categories. So there's characters, there's Christmas movies, holiday foods, christmas songs, random festive items, and then I did some more Christmas characters. I thought would be fun. Okay, let's start with some classic Christmas characters.
Speaker 2:Okay, what is your accent?
Speaker 1:It's kind of switching between, like New Zealand, Australian and British right.
Speaker 2:Perfect Okay.
Speaker 1:Santa Claus Mrs.
Speaker 2:Claus and the Grinch. Okay, what I'm going to do.
Speaker 1:Yeah, tell me.
Speaker 2:Is it, isn't it obvious.
Speaker 1:I know, yeah, I feel like ours is going to be the same.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm going to F Santa marry, mrs Claus, because I mean I think she'd be way more fun to, like you know, share emotions with. Yeah, for sure and then I'm going to kill the grinch because he well, he does come around in the end, but he lives in filth and I can't do that well, you can move into your house that's true I would.
Speaker 1:I would f the grinch because that would be fun and wild it it would be fun and wild. And then I would kill Mrs Claus. But it's not because she's a woman, it's because Santa gives gifts.
Speaker 2:Right, okay, okay, those were not the same.
Speaker 1:No, I really thought we were going to be in line there Frosty the Snowman, rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Jack Frost.
Speaker 2:I don't know much about Jack. What Tell me about him?
Speaker 1:He is the elusive frost on our windows at wintertime.
Speaker 2:For sure. Okay, one more time. Frosty, rudolph and Jack Frost. Rudolph and Jack Frost.
Speaker 1:Have you seen the movie Jack Frost?
Speaker 2:by the way, I don't think so. That's why I'm confused.
Speaker 1:It's the movie about the guy. He dies in a car accident and then he comes back as a snowman and then that is so sad Friends, his son, I might've seen it.
Speaker 2:Now that you say that, that rings a bell Also.
Speaker 1:Jack Frost is in the Santa Claus three and then, um, he's like edgy and cool and that's not what I had in my mind who were you picturing? Like probably the heat miser no, I picture like a really smooth, like like hades from hercules oh, is that your like?
Speaker 2:um hear me out. Hades yeah, that would be, a good one okay I'm gonna say I'm gonna marry rudolph, sweet boy and you get to ride a reindeer that flies around yeah, he can take me anywhere, sweet boy, and he is never gonna hurt. You know, do me wrong, I feel. I feel like the thing with Frosty is that he's going to melt.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:Away and then I'll be lonely. So I think I have to kill him.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:And even though I don't know much about Jack. Um, yeah, we'll see what happens. Okay, I like that what's yours?
Speaker 1:I would just flip Jack and Frosty. I would kill Jack.
Speaker 2:Okay, because, frosty, you made a case for him being hot and then you're just going to kill him.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, because like I don't know, I also feel like I would. I would get hurt Emotion. I can create my own opening Ew Move on. I hate that, but I would also marry Rudolph.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Okay, ready Elf on a shelf. Okay, krampus. Okay, and Buddy the elf.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, killing Krampus. He's so scary.
Speaker 1:Also, like good for you, you killed Krampus. I'm going to watch that. I forgot about that um, marrying wait.
Speaker 2:What was the first one? Elf on a shelf and buddy the elf. Well, one of them is like a person and one of them is not. And, honestly, elf on the shelf is like creepy like. He just like is everywhere at night like getting into.
Speaker 1:No, no, you don't know the story elf on the shelf.
Speaker 2:You don't know the story. Isn't he getting into shenanigans every night and ruining everything?
Speaker 1:uh, this is really funny that we're having this conversation, because I talked to my sister for hours over the last two days learning about elf on the shelf, because it is a tradition they uphold in their house okay, tell me about it the what you're, the assumptions you're making, are the same things I had okay, she had me watch the elf on the shelf movie, so I had context there's a movie there's four oh my gosh okay it was created like I want to say, like we were like 18 yeah by a mom, by a woman who created this tradition out of nowhere for her children okay, then when her daughters got older.
Speaker 1:No earlier than that, in 2008. Her daughters are older. They're like mom. We should write a book about this. They write a book called elf on the shelf okay the book takes off and then they create the elf on the shelf, and so when you buy an elf on a shelf as part of it comes with the book and as part of the story.
Speaker 1:It's like the magic the elf comes to life and its magic is when you name it okay, and. And then every day. So there's all these rules. Like you're not, children are not allowed to touch the elf, you can't touch it. If you touch it, it's magic, goes away. It's even in the movie.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:Every night the elf flies back to the North pole and reports on how the behavior of the kids is to Santa. I did know that the whole like where it's land where he it because there's girls too. Okay, my sister's is a girl. Its name is chippy okay where she lands is randomized and people just run with it. But it wasn't. It's not meant to be like mischief, it's just like oh, chippy got into the cereal bowl is what Chippy got stuck in the Christmas tree.
Speaker 2:Classic Chippy, but once daylight hits, they freeze. It's a toy story, yeah.
Speaker 1:So anyway.
Speaker 2:Okay, the mischief was created by people. Yeah, okay, that's cuter.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I still feel weird about it. So unfortunately he's got to go.
Speaker 1:So you're going to kill that what?
Speaker 2:was the second option.
Speaker 1:Krampus.
Speaker 2:Yeah, those are. That's an impossible thing.
Speaker 1:I say you marry buddy, you do Krampus and you elf, you off the elf.
Speaker 2:I can get down with that because even though Krampus is evil and scary, right Like maybe it could be fun.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly, and if you know you're not going to die from it, he's just his way.
Speaker 2:Okay, okay, I can get down with that.
Speaker 1:Moving on to Christmas movies home alone Christmas vacation the polar express.
Speaker 2:I'm not a polar express girl, so see a polar express. And I'm going to marry home alone and F were the exact same there. Yeah, completely aligned, excellent choices, thank you.
Speaker 1:Next the Grinch the movie, not the character.
Speaker 2:Wait, which one.
Speaker 1:This. Well, this doesn't specify, so we'll say Jim Carrey's the Grinch. Okay, the Nightmare Before Christmas and the Holiday.
Speaker 2:Oh, I'm marrying the Holiday. Me too, wow, what a divine marriage.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, what a union.
Speaker 2:Love, divine marriage. Oh my God, what a union. Love, that union I don't really care about the nightmare before. Christmas. So see ya in the Grinch. What?
Speaker 1:a fun time. Whoville, whoville, who.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean Love it Woo hoo, like in the Sims.
Speaker 1:Oh, right, yes.
Speaker 2:That's how they procreate.
Speaker 1:Okay. This we're moving on to holiday foods yum, candy canes, gingerbread, people, fruitcake okay.
Speaker 2:So I tried fruitcake for the first time last christmas. My dad loves it. What? And I in my vlog, I think in vlogmas I tasted it. It is not good it's not good but my dad loves it. I think it's an older generation thing are you doing in vlogsmas again? I am okay with your song um, so that's gotta go yeah, buy fruitcake um candy canes and what gingerbread people I think that I would marry a candy cane.
Speaker 2:It's classic and it will always be there for me. And then I'll have the gingerbread. I don't mind gingerbread, yeah.
Speaker 1:I can get down with that. We have next eggnog, hot cocoa and mulled wine.
Speaker 2:All great. This is an impossible decision.
Speaker 1:This one is pretty hard.
Speaker 2:I want to marry hot cocoa.
Speaker 1:All great this is an impossible decision, this one is pretty hard.
Speaker 2:Hmm, I want to marry hot cocoa.
Speaker 1:Okay, interesting Shaken, not stirred. You know what the Santa Claus? Come on, I think I would also marry hot cocoa.
Speaker 2:I think I would F mold wine because like.
Speaker 1:I agree.
Speaker 2:A little wine tipsy Could be fun.
Speaker 1:But eggnog is also tipsy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but it's too thick.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you're right, you don't want to feel like full.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's too thick. Okay, I agree with yours.
Speaker 1:We're aligned on there as well.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Okay, christmas cookies, just general Roast. Turkey figgy pudding.
Speaker 2:I've never had figgy pudding. Is that like sticky toffee pudding?
Speaker 1:I've never had figgy pudding. I thought, for sure you've had figgy pudding, no.
Speaker 2:Oh, bring me some figgy pudding. Where could we get that?
Speaker 1:I don't know. I'm going to search it on DoorDash. Okay, let's change this to Christmas cookies, roast turkey and peppermint bark.
Speaker 2:Yum, I love peppermint bark. Yum, I love peppermint. I'm going to kill turkey because it's like fine.
Speaker 1:I agree, we had it at Thanksgiving and it could get dry so fast True.
Speaker 2:And then it's like not ideal. So that's got to go. And then we have bark and we have cookies. I am going to marry cookies. Yeah, me too. You know, I can't say no to cookies. I am going to marry cookies.
Speaker 1:Yeah, me too. You know, I can't say no to cookies.
Speaker 2:I'm going to F the bark, but I love the bark.
Speaker 1:Woof, woof I'm so sorry, woof, woof I hope you guys are playing along at home, by the way.
Speaker 2:On Yelp. Just one before you go.
Speaker 1:The 10 best Christmas puddings in Los Angeles is los angeles is a yelp thing apparently bristol farms and pasadena has it.
Speaker 2:What do you think is in it now? Bring us a figgy party pompadour, beverly hills, ye olde king's head. Where is that kitty o'shea's irish? Oh, kitty o'shea's it's giving irish british. The fox and hound must have one christmas time well, let me tell you. What's in it? Figgy pudding.
Speaker 1:We won't go until we get some. They have a whole ass song about it Okay, figgy pudding or fig pudding.
Speaker 2:I can't believe they haven't made this on the Great British Baking Show.
Speaker 1:Not yet.
Speaker 2:They might have. I'm only on season six, oh okay, I'm watching it Okay. I'm watching it Okay. Figgy pudding is a medieval Christmas dish, usually sweet or savory cakes containing honey, fruits and nuts, and later times, rum or other distilled alcohol was often added to enrich the fruitiness of the flavor.
Speaker 1:I feel like it's like a moist fruit cake. Yeah so they have made pudding on the great British baking show.
Speaker 2:They have also made a different pudding with something in it that I think is similar. I think they steam it because that is how they used to cook back in, you know the very old times when they didn't have an oven, if you will.
Speaker 2:They had like just a fire and they would put it in some sort of water bath, in a container, and then it would steam. So I think that's how they make it. That's with no context. I am not reading that here, but I believe, and if you are someone who knows that, validate me please validate.
Speaker 1:please share the figgy pudding yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay, did I answer that?
Speaker 1:Christmas. Yeah, we did Christmas cookies. Goodbye roast turkey and the peppermint bark.
Speaker 2:We're going to Was that the same as you?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I agree. Moving on to songs, jingle Bell, if you're playing at home, let us know if you agree with our choices, please. Jingle Bells, jingle Bells, jingle all the way. All I want for Christmas is you and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer and Grandma Got.
Speaker 2:Run Over by a Reindeer. I've never understood that one.
Speaker 1:Like People's Appeal.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like what? Who made that song? I don't know. It's gotta go. I agree.
Speaker 1:I would like to marry Mariah Carey's song Yep F Jingle Bells and F Jingle Bells, I'm with you, I'm with you. Because, like Jingle Balls, yeah Right, exactly, um sorry. Stan, the little drummer boy from.
Speaker 2:Justin Bieber's or regular.
Speaker 1:Cause that matters, the OG. They told me the little drummer boy Frosty the snowman. What I hear not snowman love do you hear what I hear.
Speaker 2:I'm marrying that. That's a vibe. Yeah, and I think that I will. What was the second one?
Speaker 1:frosty the snowman frosty that I would do that.
Speaker 2:One little drummer boys yeah, if it's not just, and I don't want it, so get out of here. And Frosty is a trusted song.
Speaker 1:Yeah, really gets the vibes up. Okay, random festive items.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Christmas Christmas tree.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Wreath stockings.
Speaker 2:Okay, I want to marry the Christmas tree. Yeah, you do because it makes me happy.
Speaker 1:Agreed.
Speaker 2:And I am going to F the stockings and I'm going to get rid of a wreath because, like, whatever I can do without the wreath have to have the stockings. At least, you know, for a little while sure, but I need the tree forever okay do you agree?
Speaker 1:I might f the wreath just because logistically it's a hole. Yeah, but also the sock isn't that totally and that would be soft yeah, like scratchy I could go with either. I make it work okay okay, ready, ugly christmas sweater. Reindeer antlers santa hat I unpopular opinion.
Speaker 2:I don't get the ugly christmas sweater, like thing what do you mean? I just like don't care about ugly christmas sweaters, like I know it's like like people are.
Speaker 1:Some people like die every year for a Christmas sweater, an ugly Christmas sweater, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so I'm getting rid of that.
Speaker 1:Okay. So your reindeer antlers and Santa hat.
Speaker 2:I'm going to marry the Santa hat and. I'm going to F the antlers, which seems painful but sure.
Speaker 1:It's all about the angles. Love that.
Speaker 2:I can't agree with you. I can't remember these all for some reason.
Speaker 1:Christmas lights, snow globes, tinsel.
Speaker 2:Tinsel, not just for decoration, what ladies I found? Tinsel kind of gets everywhere. So I'm going to say kill the tinsel. I'm going to marry the lights.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:And I'm going to F what's left Snow globes. Yikes, but like pretty, I love to look at a globe.
Speaker 1:They are pretty like the snowscapes inside.
Speaker 2:Oh, magical, gorgeous, and also if you want to watch christina million's movie yeah, please snow globe and you will be, so your life is better for you watching that exactly marv from home alone okay, harry, from home alone or buzz from Home Alone. Okay, we'll say Buzz in the second movie. I need to look them up. I don't remember who's who.
Speaker 1:Well, Harry and Marv are the two villains.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but is the taller one, Marv?
Speaker 1:No the taller one's, harry.
Speaker 2:Harry is cuter, so I am going to F Harry. Okay, I'm going, wouldn't you want? To marry the one that you're going to F, harry, okay.
Speaker 1:I'm going. Wouldn't you want to marry the one that you're going to see?
Speaker 2:every day. Yeah, I mean, they're both criminals. We both are agreeing that we're going to off-buzz right, yeah, I don't even remember buzz, he's a pet tarantula okay. Ew, I didn't remember him. Oh, he's Kevin's brother Got it. Yeah, I guess you're right, so I he's Kevin's brother Got it. Um yeah, I guess you're right, so I'll switch. You convinced me.
Speaker 1:And I agree with you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm marrying Harry and I'm effing Marv. He, his name is bad.
Speaker 1:You're going to like this next one.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Lucy moderates. That's Chris. That's um Sandra Bullock While you Were Sleeping.
Speaker 2:Oh, I don't remember her last name at all.
Speaker 1:Oh, okay, so her.
Speaker 2:Lucy.
Speaker 1:Amanda Woods From the Holiday.
Speaker 2:Didn't know her.
Speaker 1:Amanda Woods is Cameron Diaz.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:And Iris Simpkins from.
Speaker 2:The Holiday. That is Okay, I'm marrying Kate. Oh Off, okay, I'm marrying Kate.
Speaker 1:Oh.
Speaker 2:Off the bat.
Speaker 1:I'm marrying Kate or Sondra Boy, but it's the characters. It's the characters.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so this is.
Speaker 1:Iris, Iris, Amanda or Lucy. I love Lucy. I still would marry Iris. I would marry Iris.
Speaker 2:Again.
Speaker 1:yeah, I'm marrying Iris, iris, I'm effing lucy and cameron okay, it's gotta go lucy is so sweet lucy is so sweet I'm gonna have to offer, though I'm gonna do amanda woods all right, you're biased I am okay, the grinch. Martha may who, martha may who've who vie and Max the dog.
Speaker 2:Oh sorry, Well, Martha's got her tatas out right, so I think I got to F her.
Speaker 1:I think I would. I would still F the Grinch and marry her.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think I'll F her. I think I'll marry the Grinch. And so he's a dog. I don't want to kill him. Sorry, you just did what. If I want to marry Max, I'm going to marry Max, okay, because, like a companion, a dog companion is priceless.
Speaker 1:You know Um Walter Hobbs.
Speaker 2:Yeah, okay.
Speaker 1:Jovi.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:And Papa Elf.
Speaker 2:Oh, papa Elf, what's that actor?
Speaker 1:No longer with us.
Speaker 2:What's his name, though? Yes, I don't know Bob, oh, michael Newhart bob newhart right is that who it is. Wow, good job, bob newhart he's.
Speaker 1:He's gone, so it was the guy that plays his dad james conn he's gone as well sad.
Speaker 2:It was forever ago. I forgot about peter dinklage peter dinklage was 31 years old in that movie. Whoa, and now he's what. 60.
Speaker 1:It wasn't that long ago, 20 years ago, yeah.
Speaker 2:All right.
Speaker 1:So what's your answer?
Speaker 2:Um, I think that I will marry Joby.
Speaker 1:Okay.
Speaker 2:I think that I will F Walter. Do I want to do that? No, I will Nope. L I want to do that? No, I will Nope. Lies, turning it around, I'm marrying Papa Elf, I'm effing Jovi and I'm killing Walter.
Speaker 1:I agree with you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I almost messed that up but I had to, I had to think about it.
Speaker 1:Now this next one I'm not going to do because it's all characters from a Christmas story which you haven't seen yet.
Speaker 2:I have not.
Speaker 1:It's funny because one of the characters' names you'll see. The movie is good. I think you'll enjoy it. It's interesting the way it was written. Like Ralphie's dad, his character name is the Old man.
Speaker 2:Is Ralphie the blonde kid.
Speaker 1:He's the lead, who's also an elf.
Speaker 2:He is.
Speaker 1:He plays the elf. That is like when he's making the sketches and he's like you're behind in your quota today, buddy, that's him. Uh, almost done here everyone. Um, did you watch the movie love actually? I don't think I've ever made made it all the way through I just watched jingle all the way, so I added three characters from that movie. But do you remember that movie?
Speaker 2:at all. I don't. I know it's. I okay, I know the vibe well you can, I'll, you can tell me?
Speaker 1:we'll just, and I'll skip it, this is my last one. Ready, okay, heat miser, the mouse king, okay, and the conductor from uh polar express again, I don't like the polar express um the mouse king from the nutcracker.
Speaker 2:I think that I will marry the mouse king. I will f the heat, miser, and I will get rid of the conductor I agree with you nice and with that we've completed. We've completed our f marry kill holiday edition okay, speaking of holidays, I don't know how long we're going. Right now it's an hour. We're at an hour. Okay, just tell me one family Christmas tradition that you loved growing up.
Speaker 1:So when I was a little boy growing up in Northeastern Indiana I, you don't know this cause you don't have headphones on, but this sounds immaculate right now, okay, so when I was growing up in, am I from north, yeah, northeast, yeah, okay, let me get back into it, journaling my jonathan bailey. So when I was growing up in the northeast indiana, my favorite, actually one of my favorite holiday traditions growing up wasn't actually anything that we did specifically. I mean, the holiday is filled with tradition, right, but my probably my favorite one that sticks out the most and something I think about often and quite fondly is when the day after christmas and we would uh, load up the car, we would go up to peacock, michigan. We would spend the week between Christmas and New Year up there snowmobiling and sledding and building snowmen. Uh, and it has really just that is, uh, some some of my most fond memories are from those weeks between Christmas and New Year's.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Did you have to whisper that?
Speaker 1:You have no idea how good that sounded, okay.
Speaker 2:I can't wait to edit it yeah.
Speaker 1:You're going to, it's going to tickle something on you.
Speaker 2:Um, I, christmas Eve, yeah, uh, pajamas. You always got Christmas Eve pajamas.
Speaker 1:Cute.
Speaker 2:So that's something I love and something I want to continue on.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And that's it Cause I said one you did say one.
Speaker 1:I love that memory. Yeah, I love our memory.
Speaker 2:Okay, do you want me to tell you the birthday's on Christmas, adam? Do you want to say anything else about Christmas before we go? This is like.
Speaker 1:I do want to say it's our end of year. It's the end of our year too.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so we are taking a break after Wait right.
Speaker 1:No, is there another episode before?
Speaker 2:Yes, there's one more episode before the end of the year, sorry, so scratch that, hold on. Yes, there is the 27th or something, the 20, the 30th, the 30th, okay, so we do have one more episode, we'll do our end of year recap in that one, sorry. Yes.
Speaker 1:Nothing else about Christmas other than I hope everyone has a great week, and you know. You know, whether you're like I have Christmases look different for everyone. So whatever it is for you this year, just give yourself grace and compassion if it doesn't look like how you thought it would look, because, honestly, that was my Christmas the last three years. So and this year.
Speaker 2:Whoever you are celebrating with, cherish it. Have a nice time. If you are alone, know that you will not always be alone, and just have a nice time by yourself. Some self reflection. Watch a nice christmas movie have a or not, oh I just like, don't have pressure on it no, no, I'm just saying like, create a cozy atmosphere for yourself, whatever that means, and you uh will.
Speaker 1:Yeah, guys have a merry time last year I was a scrooge, allison knows I put my christmas tree up and took it down in two days yeah and then I just didn't want to do anything on christmas day. So a lot of difference a year can make yeah, look at you, you have a fancy tree and it spins, but we're not going home're going home. I'm home right now.
Speaker 2:Right, you're going to a different land called India. I'm going. You're traveling like Elf did.
Speaker 1:I'm going back to the midwest.
Speaker 2:You sound like the people that read the calm stories.
Speaker 1:I could probably be one of them. You should, you should audition Just put in some work on my accents.
Speaker 2:It's a little mumbly.
Speaker 1:Not if you had headphones on. Okay, when you edit this, you'll know.
Speaker 2:Okay, all right, love you guys, Wait you don't want me to tell you the birthdays? We must. It's.
Speaker 1:Adam's Day.
Speaker 2:After all, it's Christmas, adam, oh yeah, finn Wolfhard, okay From Stranger Things.
Speaker 1:I've never seen it.
Speaker 2:What that's insane.
Speaker 1:He's 22. Oh wow.
Speaker 2:That's insane.
Speaker 1:That he's 22? Eddie.
Speaker 2:Vedder, is he Eddie?
Speaker 1:Van Halen.
Speaker 2:Nope, what is he in Pearl Jam? Got it. He is 60.
Speaker 1:Oh, younger than I thought.
Speaker 2:Corey Haim, who's deceased was today your favorite Holly. Madison oh. I'm sorry, it's okay, do you know how old?
Speaker 1:she is 48.
Speaker 2:Whoa, I apologize.
Speaker 1:Holly, I'm so sorry. Is she 42?
Speaker 2:45. Oh, okay, madam CJ Walker. Okay, Madam CJ Walker. Nice, I was going to say deceased. But like um, susan Lucci, okay, soap opera actress, I don't know, I thought you might know the name. She's 78. There's not a lot of like people that we know, on this day, the naked cowboy.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, wow, are you on famous birthdays?
Speaker 2:I am, but like this is not the naked cowboy that I met. His face is different oh really yeah, it says 54, but there's no way it's the same guy. Maybe this is really young. I have a picture with him.
Speaker 1:Hilarious In New York.
Speaker 2:In New York. That's all the people I know, so not a not a like big birthday for you know really famous people.
Speaker 1:And if it's your birthday or your birthday week, happy birthday to you.
Speaker 2:Let me just quickly do a one over on culture, or like movies and stuff, culture, culture. Let me do a one over on culture, or like movies and stuff.
Speaker 1:Culture, culture. Let me do a one over on culture Nothing.
Speaker 2:Okay, all right. Well, merry, happy Christmas.
Speaker 1:Merry Hanawana, merry Hanawana, kwanzmas, is that what they say?
Speaker 2:Um.
Speaker 1:Merry Hanawana Kwanzmas.
Speaker 2:No, that's not it, chris McWanzaka.
Speaker 1:It's Merry Hanawana Kwanzmas.
Speaker 2:I've never heard that in my life.
Speaker 1:Hanukkah, kwanzaa Christmas.
Speaker 2:Krisma Kwanzaa.
Speaker 1:So we're saying the same thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but mine rolls off the tongue more.
Speaker 1:Hanawana Kwanzaa.
Speaker 2:When is Kwanzaa?
Speaker 1:I don't know when are the 8 days of Hanukkah.
Speaker 2:December 26th Through January 1st.
Speaker 1:That's Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah Is December 26th through January 1st.
Speaker 2:That's Kwanzaa Is Kwanzaa, okay, and Hanukkah is. December 25th through January 2nd. It changes every year, right, because it's based on a different calendar. Yeah, sure, sure, sure, okay, well, happy, all those things. We love you so much. Thank you for listening. We'll see you next week and it will be our last of the year.
Speaker 1:So get ready, get set. It's all there, bye.