From Vlogmas Stress To Christmas Pop Culture Deep Dive

The holidays aren’t just twinkle lights and perfect charcuterie boards- they’re also last-minute plans, creative deadlines, and figuring out what counts as a “real” tradition. We lean into all of it with a fast-moving, cozy conversation that bounces from Vlogmas strategy to Big Bear travel plans, and lands on what makes the season feel good without piling on pressure.

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Allison Florea

Alex Hinsky

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Cold Open And Holiday Banter

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Okay, on the count of three, start singing your let's try to let's try to sing the exact same Christmas song.

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Oh my gosh.

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Look me in the eyes.

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The exact same?

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Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm saying the title of it. The count of three, ready? One, two, three. Jingle bell. Jingle bell.

SPEAKER_02 0:18

Merry little Christmas. I want a little more at beat that thing.

SPEAKER_01 0:22

You did, you did. Well, I should have thought too, because you're also jingly over there. Do you like my pom-pom?

SPEAKER_02 0:26

I do. You look like a a a Who that's also a breakdancer.

SPEAKER_01 0:32

I bet those existed in Whoville.

SPEAKER_02 0:34

Probably. Did you see Taylor Momsen on the Thanksgiving Day parade?

SPEAKER_00 0:38

Where are you Christmas?

Taylor Momsen, Cindy Lou Who, And Music Glow-Ups

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But so many. Are we recording?

SPEAKER_01 0:42

Yeah, it's just zoomed in.

SPEAKER_02 0:44

Okay. So many people didn't know who she was and what was going on. And like I get that because what a random year for Taylor Momson. Yeah, it is kind of, I don't know. It's not like an anniversary of seeing Where Are You Christmas? But in her like Taylor Momson Screamo, like black eyes, whatever. Have you seen her like this video? Smoked her smoky eye.

SPEAKER_01 1:05

Yeah. That she's had since Gossip Girl.

SPEAKER_02 1:07

Um, no, I knew she made like Screamo version of it, right? That was that.

SPEAKER_01 1:13

Screamo's just like rock.

SPEAKER_02 1:15

Yeah. World is changing. And she's been, I feel like she's, you know, she's been doing her the music for a while.

SPEAKER_01 1:23

She's been doing the music. She's in a band.

SPEAKER_02 1:24

She is in a band. But I think like a lot of people, first if you didn't watch Gossip Girl and you just know her, knew her as Cindy Lou Hu, and you were like, you know, I wonder what Cindy Lou Who is doing these days. And then you, it's like a jump scare to what she is now. If you watched uh Gossip Girl, you got the transition because she became her look now in Gossip Girl. Did you watch Gossip Girl?

SPEAKER_01 1:49

No, just like culturally, I'm aware.

SPEAKER_02 1:51

I feel like you should go back and watch it.

SPEAKER_01 1:53

I know the I know who he is. She is.

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Hey, who spoiler alert.

SPEAKER_01 1:58

Damn.

SPEAKER_02 1:59

I know, but it's just like it's one of those things. I feel like you would also like love to make fun of it.

SPEAKER_01 2:05

Are you doing the 12 days of Vlogmas?

SPEAKER_02 2:07

Um, yeah, I think so. I saw so many people like randomly are doing like all of the days of Vlogmas, like started yesterday or two days ago, like day one of Vlogmas.

SPEAKER_01 2:17

Isn't it the first 12 days? Is that what I no?

SPEAKER_02 2:19

A lot of people do the whole month, but I can't keep up with that. That's too many days.

SPEAKER_01 2:24

You just do 12 days, you don't have them in a row necessarily.

SPEAKER_02 2:26

No, I normally do the 12 days leading up to Christmas. Oh, but I thought you were to do the whole month, like, is actually wild. If you don't have your like if you're someone who has an editor for you and stuff like that, then that's some I I'm gonna have to take this off.

SPEAKER_01 2:41

You think? Keep talking. Just do it.

SPEAKER_02 2:44

No, just for my sanity, it's we definitely hear it, but I think it's cute.

unknown 2:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 2:50

Um for my sanity, like I it the 12 doing 12 days is like my breaking point. Okay. Because I'm also not cool, like cool enough.

SPEAKER_01 2:59

I'm not doing these limiting beliefs you place in the streets.

SPEAKER_02 3:02

No, no, I'm just saying, like, I'm not doing enough things. Like, I'm actively like trying to find things to do every day, every day of those 12 days because I'm like, what am I doing?

SPEAKER_01 3:15

And all these other people sweat sessions, videos, six flags perhaps.

SPEAKER_02 3:20

But my I mean, yes, there's like days like that, but most of the days are just like sitting editing for like the whole day. Okay, true. So I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 3:29

But I will be doing the halls, tell all your girls and friends.

Holiday Travel And Big Bear Getaway

SPEAKER_02 3:34

Tell all you tell all your now you've followed the halls, tell all your fam and friends.

SPEAKER_01 3:43

It's the 12 days of Vlogmas with Allison.

SPEAKER_02 3:47

I do need to like start now and figure out my what's the plan? That and figure out like a video intro.

SPEAKER_01 3:55

Yeah, and you have this new vlog camera, so it's gonna make it really easy.

SPEAKER_02 3:59

I know. I'm so excited to have my phone now while I'm vlogging.

SPEAKER_01 4:03

Yes, that does make a big difference. Yeah, yeah.

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And I want to clear out my phone. It's got so much on it that King needs to go. Anyway. I'm Allison, he's Alex.

SPEAKER_01 4:33

That's the later days. And that's Santa. You hear me? Happy holidays.

SPEAKER_02 4:38

Happy holidays. Merry Christmas, we're Mary Hanawana Kwansmas. That's not how they say it.

SPEAKER_01 4:43

Mary Kwanawana Hansmas.

SPEAKER_02 4:45

Chrismaquanzica. What? Yeah. No. What? Who said that? Chrismaquanzica.

SPEAKER_01 4:55

Hanawana Kwansmas.

SPEAKER_02 4:57

Hana Hanukkah. What's Wana?

SPEAKER_01 5:06

I I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 5:08

But that's what are we trying to hit here? Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah. Just the three?

SPEAKER_01 5:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:13

So Chris Maquanzica really hits them.

SPEAKER_01 5:17

You made that up?

SPEAKER_02 5:18

No.

SPEAKER_01 5:19

That's what they say?

SPEAKER_02 5:20

That's what they say.

SPEAKER_01 5:21

I'm pretty sure it's Hanawana Kwanzmas. Who's the?

SPEAKER_02 5:27

Okay, I like it.

SPEAKER_01 5:28

Okay. Well, I like yours too. Oh my god, don't look. Thanks. My cheat here.

SPEAKER_02 5:31

Literally was looking at it.

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Looking at every line.

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Looking at my computer. Oh god. I have nothing prepared because I had the day wrong.

SPEAKER_01 5:39

So for this Christmas, where will you be, Allison?

SPEAKER_02 5:43

At my apartment.

SPEAKER_01 5:44

I meant like in general. You're in California.

SPEAKER_02 5:47

Oh, I'll be in California. Yeah. I'll be uh we'll have gone. Wait, what day has this come out? The 22nd? So this past three days, I will have been in Big Bear.

SPEAKER_01 5:57

Cannot wait to hear about that.

SPEAKER_02 5:59

I'm excited. I told you what we were staying, right?

SPEAKER_00 6:02

Yes. And we we walked by those. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 6:05

I'm excited.

SPEAKER_00 6:06

Very cute.

SPEAKER_02 6:06

And I did bring up the coaster and sledding, and it was positive feedback. Okay, good. So hopefully that happens.

SPEAKER_01 6:18

It should happen. Um well since it's a holiday episode and it's a Christ it's the week of Christmas here in the United States. Christmas. Christmas here in the United States.

SPEAKER_02 6:26

Well, Christmas happens in the world, too. Just for Christian people.

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Christians.

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Christian Christians or people who just want to celebrate Santa Claus.

TikTok Beat Games And Content Ideas

SPEAKER_01 6:38

This is a good Christmas if you celebrate. And if you don't, it still is that week, this week. And so we're going to have a little bit of a shorter episode and kind of gonna play some. I'm well, I've prepared a trivia game for Allison that is starts out easy and then gets very hard.

SPEAKER_02 6:54

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 6:55

But I think I'm gonna just mix the questions around. I think I'm just gonna give you a mix of some easy and some hard, and we'll see what happens. But first, I'm gonna talk to you about a TikTok trend that I'm gonna try in the next couple days, currently, which will probably be out by the time this episode comes out. Have you been served these videos where you have to say the picture in time?

SPEAKER_02 7:14

In time.

SPEAKER_01 7:14

It like puts up eight photos and you have and there's a a beat going, and you have to say the pictures in the beat. And it's like it's like sheep, cow, duck, chicken, cow, duck, chicken, cow.

SPEAKER_02 7:25

No, I've not seen this at all.

SPEAKER_01 7:26

Addicting. And like, no, I've only seen one person. Have you tried it?

SPEAKER_02 7:30

Oh, you're about to try it.

SPEAKER_01 7:31

No, I have tried it. There's just tons of them. They're so fun and like addicting. And it's five rounds, and it's just like easy to hard.

SPEAKER_02 7:39

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 7:40

And now brands are starting to make them. And this is all happening in the last like week. But I've only found one person because you can't stitch it because like you have to hear. You know, if you stitch, it's only the first like five seconds. Yeah. But if you duet, there's no sound.

SPEAKER_02 7:52

Correct, which is so annoying.

SPEAKER_01 7:54

So I have to like download the video I want to use and then edit this in final cut. But I'm gonna do it because like the one curl that that has that I have found that did it has gone viral, and it's exactly what I want to do with it, which is just like film yourself trying to say these things in time. And it's like it makes you want to do it. So I was like, I think it's gonna be like I want to see that.

SPEAKER_02 8:12

I've not seen that. Have you did you ever participate in the counting one?

SPEAKER_00 8:17

We and you did it.

SPEAKER_02 8:18

We did oh we did it.

SPEAKER_00 8:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 8:20

That was so long ago. One, two, three, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Four five six seven eight. Five six seven eight.

SPEAKER_01 8:36

We already did six. Eight nine.

SPEAKER_02 8:37

Oh, sorry. Six seven.

Holiday Menu Stress And Traditions

SPEAKER_01 8:43

Um I also want to film a TikTok with you that I'll tell you about afterward, but I think it'll be fun. But um, did you have anything you want to talk about before we get into this crimace quiz?

SPEAKER_02 8:54

No, I just hope that this year for Christmas I get an engagement ring.

SPEAKER_01 9:02

I knew it.

SPEAKER_02 9:04

Um, no, I just hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday time with their families.

SPEAKER_01 9:12

I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 9:13

Um, no, but I need to figure out what I'm making for Christmas Eve and Christmas to eat.

SPEAKER_01 9:18

For just you?

SPEAKER_02 9:19

And Josh.

SPEAKER_01 9:20

Oh, you guys are spending it together.

SPEAKER_02 9:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:22

Well, that makes sense.

SPEAKER_02 9:24

If I was spending it alone, I would hope that you would be scooping me up.

SPEAKER_01 9:28

I would never let you be alone.

SPEAKER_02 9:30

No, um, I yeah, I need to like in advance be like, okay, what are we having for dinner, Christmas Eve, and then what are we having for breakfast? Probably like a breakfast, like brunch type thing, and then a dinner.

SPEAKER_01 9:44

Allison loves an egg casserole.

SPEAKER_02 9:46

Oh, I'm making that. That's like, he won't be eating that though.

SPEAKER_01 9:49

Right. I remember this last year. He's not, it's not his thing.

SPEAKER_02 9:51

No, he hates eggs, and it's like mostly egg and like sausage and whatever. So I will just be making that because that's a tradition from my family. My grandma used to make this like egg cheese sausage casserole. Like it's like pretty silly. Um, but yeah, I don't know what what's like something to have because obviously I'm not making like turkey. I know a lot of people eat the same foods from Thanksgiving, also on Christmas. It's like the same kind of turkey and mashed potatoes and things like that.

SPEAKER_01 10:23

Ham.

SPEAKER_02 10:24

I'm not I don't know how to make ham.

SPEAKER_01 10:26

Ham. You gotta try it.

unknown 10:28

I've tried ham.

SPEAKER_02 10:30

And I'm not trying to make ham for the first time. Okay. Yeah, last year I made wings.

SPEAKER_01 10:36

That's perfect. You should do that again. That could be your guys' tradition.

SPEAKER_02 10:39

Just wings? It's kind of like a lot of dishes. It doesn't matter. If you guys have any any suggestions, any suggestions, I have like, just give me some.

SPEAKER_01 10:52

Line them up. Let's see.

SPEAKER_02 10:53

All right, hit me with this quiz.

Christmas Trivia: Movies And Music

SPEAKER_01 10:55

Okay, so okay, Allison. This is a holiday quiz.

SPEAKER_02 11:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 11:03

And you at home, try try and answer. I also have a have a hint for each one in case there's an issue. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna start easy, but like guys, try to answer quicker than Allison, which may be hard. Maybe easy.

SPEAKER_02 11:15

I'm so quick.

SPEAKER_01 11:17

Um pardon me. I just want to make sure. Okay, good. Okay, here we go. We're gonna start out easy. Allison, in which movie does a young boy defend his home from burglars on Christmas Eve?

SPEAKER_02 11:32

Home alone.

SPEAKER_01 11:32

Okay, great.

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Imagine I didn't know that.

SPEAKER_01 11:35

Well in Die Hard. Have you seen it?

SPEAKER_02 11:39

Literally saw it for the first time last year, and do I remember it? Not right really.

SPEAKER_01 11:43

Well, let's put it to the test. In diehard, what is the name of the skyscraper where the Christmas Eve takeover occurs?

SPEAKER_02 11:49

Is it a real skyscraper?

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Hint. It's a Japanese corporation.

SPEAKER_02 11:57

Uh it's a brand I would know? Yes. Like Yamaha?

SPEAKER_01 12:03

Or that's a good guess, but Suzuki? What car do I drive?

SPEAKER_02 12:11

Hyundai? What do you drive? Honda?

SPEAKER_01 12:14

I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 12:15

Hmm. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 12:18

Nakatomi Plaza.

SPEAKER_02 12:20

Nakatomi? That's not the car you drive.

SPEAKER_01 12:22

No, I was just trying to throw you off.

SPEAKER_02 12:23

Don't you drive a Suzuki or something?

SPEAKER_01 12:25

No, Mitsubishi.

SPEAKER_02 12:26

Oh, Mitsubishi. Okay, I would have never known that. But honestly, I gave a good guess.

SPEAKER_00 12:30

You did give a good guess.

SPEAKER_01 12:32

Okay. Which pop star released the hit song Santa Tell me?

SPEAKER_02 12:38

Santa Tell Me if you're building there. Ariana Grande.

SPEAKER_01 12:44

That's correct.

SPEAKER_02 12:45

Oh, I was gonna say. We have a dance to that. It's pretty cute.

SPEAKER_01 12:48

Oh yeah, it is cute. What singer is jokingly said to thaw every December?

SPEAKER_02 12:54

Oh, Mariah Carey.

SPEAKER_01 12:56

Wrong.

SPEAKER_02 12:57

It's time! It's not Mariah?

SPEAKER_01 12:59

It's not Mariah Carey.

SPEAKER_02 13:00

Thaw.

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It's a commonly common mistake. Hers is not thaw. Hers is like after hers is like something happens after Halloween. The day after Halloween. This is a different artist.

SPEAKER_02 13:12

Thaw.

SPEAKER_01 13:12

They jokingly thaw. And there's like Is it a guy? Yes.

SPEAKER_02 13:16

It's Michael Buble.

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Good job. You got there.

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Buble.

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Michael Buble. We're going back to the hard ones.

SPEAKER_02 13:22

No one's thinking, sorry. Love you. Love you. Love you, Michael. I guess. No one's thinking about you. He is a voice of Christmas.

SPEAKER_01 13:34

Like his songs are his songs are on my playlist for sure.

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In terms of if you're like, who do we think of with Christmas music? Mariah's always gonna be first.

SPEAKER_01 13:44

For sure. You're right.

SPEAKER_02 13:45

And I am sorry to him about that.

SPEAKER_01 13:46

Well, I hope you hear. I hope you hear me.

SPEAKER_02 13:48

But he's doing fine.

SPEAKER_01 13:49

He's doing fine. Um which 1980s pop star released the Christmas single Last Christmas as part of a duo?

SPEAKER_02 14:00

Last Christmas. 1980s.

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Do you want a hint?

SPEAKER_02 14:05

Not yet. Okay. 1980s. Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day you gave it away. It's a is the duo a man and a woman?

SPEAKER_01 14:15

No.

SPEAKER_02 14:16

Two men?

SPEAKER_01 14:19

Sounds gay. You wouldn't be wrong.

SPEAKER_02 14:22

Are they gay?

SPEAKER_01 14:23

Well.

SPEAKER_02 14:24

No, I need a hint.

SPEAKER_01 14:25

Um the duo name is an exclamation.

SPEAKER_02 14:29

Wham.

SPEAKER_01 14:29

Yes. George Michael gay.

SPEAKER_02 14:32

And who's the other?

SPEAKER_01 14:33

I don't know, but George Michael's gay.

SPEAKER_02 14:35

He is. He's homosexual.

SPEAKER_01 14:38

In Home Alone.

unknown 14:40

Yeah?

SPEAKER_01 14:41

You're with me?

SPEAKER_02 14:41

I thought you were gonna say Homo alone.

SPEAKER_01 14:43

Huh?

SPEAKER_02 14:44

I thought you were gonna say Homo Alone, because we it doesn't matter. I can't detail. In Homo Alone.

SPEAKER_01 14:48

You're funny. In Home Alone, what fake gangster movie does Kevin watch that includes the line, keep the change, you filthy animal?

SPEAKER_02 14:57

I don't know. I can't even begin to guess if it's fake.

SPEAKER_01 15:01

The title parodies a 1930s gangster film.

SPEAKER_02 15:04

Okay. 1930s? As if.

SPEAKER_01 15:07

Well, your favorite genre of movies are from the 1930s. I say that. The answer is Angels with Filthy Souls.

SPEAKER_02 15:13

That's the parody?

SPEAKER_01 15:14

That's the name of the show.

SPEAKER_02 15:15

What's the one that's parodying? Does it say?

SPEAKER_01 15:18

No.

SPEAKER_02 15:18

Um.

SPEAKER_01 15:20

Um, and Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone, do you know it?

SPEAKER_02 15:23

I do. Well.

SPEAKER_01 15:25

What Christmas gift does Harry receive that later becomes iconic?

SPEAKER_02 15:32

His um.

SPEAKER_00 15:35

You're right.

SPEAKER_02 15:37

His broom. His sweater. He gets a sweater from Ron's mom. That comes becomes iconic?

SPEAKER_01 15:44

Yeah, but that's not the answer.

SPEAKER_02 15:45

That's not the answer. In the sort that's the first one.

SPEAKER_01 15:48

Do you want a hint? Yeah, but I'm it belongs to his father. James. Yeah, James.

SPEAKER_02 15:59

Hmm. Is it a book? I don't remember.

SPEAKER_01 16:03

I thought he got a clothing item.

SPEAKER_02 16:05

Oh, the clothes. Yes. That was a Christmas gift? Oh, I didn't. I thought that was just like you just got that.

SPEAKER_01 16:13

No. Next, what is the name of the villainous winter spirit in Rise of the Guardians?

SPEAKER_02 16:22

Rise of the Guardians. Hold on.

SPEAKER_01 16:24

What is Rise of the Guardians?

SPEAKER_02 16:25

Yeah, what?

SPEAKER_01 16:29

I was reading this like, hold on. The answer is pitch black.

SPEAKER_02 16:34

I don't know that, but what's Rise of the Guardians?

SPEAKER_01 16:37

I don't know. I asked for a Christmas movie quiz.

SPEAKER_02 16:40

I gotta look this up. Generation after generation, immortal guardians like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy protect the world's children from darkness and despair. However, an evil boogeyman named Pitch Black schemes to overthrow the Guardians. When did this come out? By obliterating children's belief in them. It falls to a winter sprite named Jack Frost to thwart Pitch's plans and save the Guardians from destruction. It is 2012.

SPEAKER_01 17:15

Never heard of it.

SPEAKER_02 17:17

Chris Pine, Jude Law, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher. Oh my God. Peter Rams.

SPEAKER_01 17:25

Is it claymation?

SPEAKER_02 17:26

No, it looks um. Can you turn your computer?

SPEAKER_01 17:31

Oh, I have seen that type that now that I see it, but I've never seen it. I have not. Alright, moving on. In the nightmare before Christmas.

SPEAKER_02 17:40

I've never seen it. So just.

SPEAKER_01 17:42

Okay, we're gonna move on. We'll see.

SPEAKER_02 17:44

We'll see.

SPEAKER_01 17:44

Okay. I wouldn't have known this answer. So in the nightmare before Christmas, Jack mistakes Christmas town for what?

SPEAKER_02 17:52

Hell. No, I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 17:54

A place full of happiness and joy or something new and bright would have been an acceptable answer.

SPEAKER_02 17:59

Okay. I know that's like one of my downfalls, is I've never seen that. And actually this year I want to make it a point to watch it, and you should too.

SPEAKER_01 18:04

Listen, two nights ago, three nights, three nights ago, boyfriend's like, You haven't seen it, we must watch it. 30 seconds in, he goes, actually, uh, this isn't the vibe. That's what happens every year. I try to. When is it the vibe? I don't know. Because it's one of my favorite rides at Disney, but like I couldn't tell you a thing about it.

SPEAKER_02 18:20

No, I just know, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:21

Yeah, only I never make it past the first song. I'm always like, huh. Anyway, I'd love a chocolate chip cookie. You know, and I'm out.

SPEAKER_02 18:26

Yeah, I don't know when to watch it. Yeah. I've actually just never tried, but I will try this year.

unknown 18:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:32

Okay. Which pop singer released a Christmas album in 2000 titled Merry Christmas, Have a Nice Life?

SPEAKER_02 18:38

Oh my gosh. Merry Christmas, have a nice life. That's kind of mean sounding.

SPEAKER_01 18:44

You want a hint?

SPEAKER_02 18:45

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 18:46

The hint is girls just want to have fun.

SPEAKER_02 18:49

Cindy Lauper?

SPEAKER_01 18:50

That is correct.

SPEAKER_02 18:51

Okay. I almost said Gwen Stefani.

SPEAKER_01 18:54

What is the name of the magical bell that only believers can hear in the Polar Express?

SPEAKER_02 19:00

I've only seen that once. I think I fell asleep. I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 19:03

It's called the Silver Bell.

SPEAKER_02 19:04

You're not doing great, so I'm going to give you an easy one. Okay, I was doing that. I started out really great.

SPEAKER_01 19:09

You did.

SPEAKER_02 19:10

And then you asked me a 1930s parody movie.

SPEAKER_01 19:15

Um In the Santa Claus.

SPEAKER_02 19:17

My favorite movie.

SPEAKER_01 19:18

This is why I want to give you a boost.

SPEAKER_02 19:19

What if I don't know what I'm scared?

SPEAKER_01 19:22

In The Santa Claus, what color shirt is Santa wear? I'm kidding. In the Santa Claus, who accidentally becomes Santa after startling him on the roof?

SPEAKER_02 19:31

Scott Calvin, obviously.

SPEAKER_01 19:33

I mean, totally.

SPEAKER_02 19:34

SC, Scott Calvin.

SPEAKER_01 19:36

Yes, that's right. Now, this we just talked about Scott Calvin.

SPEAKER_02 19:40

I want more of the I want more questions about that movie, but okay.

SPEAKER_01 19:43

Okay. Um What creature terrorizes families in a dark Christmas film named after himself?

SPEAKER_02 19:50

Krampus.

SPEAKER_01 19:51

Good job. Which Christmas rom-com features the iconic airport final scene?

SPEAKER_02 19:59

This is the Hollow. What's the airport final scene?

SPEAKER_01 20:02

The hint is I don't I don't know why it's explained like that. It is, I mean, it is an iconic scene, but the hint is there are many storylines in this film. And I don't actually really like this movie. I think it's sad.

SPEAKER_02 20:13

Yeah, it's that one. What is it called? I don't think I like it either. Love actually. Love actually. Yeah. I think, yeah, I just think I was too young at first. Yeah, exactly. Yes. And then it kind of missed me. And then now I think I don't. I think I don't care.

SPEAKER_01 20:31

In the Friends Holiday Armadillo episode.

unknown 20:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 20:35

Which character dressed up as the Holiday Armadillo?

SPEAKER_02 20:38

Oh, Ross.

SPEAKER_01 20:40

Full name?

SPEAKER_02 20:41

Geller. Ross Geller. Yes.

SPEAKER_01 20:45

What 2015 Christmas horror comedy features evil gingerbread men in a demonic jack in the box?

SPEAKER_02 20:52

2015? I don't know if I saw that one.

SPEAKER_01 20:55

That's kind of a trick question. Because it's a you've already given this answer for one.

SPEAKER_02 21:04

Krampus. Krampus. Which I haven't seen actually. I just know. Because again, I don't want to be I Christmas time is wholesome. I don't want horror.

SPEAKER_01 21:16

You're right. Okay, this one is a is from one of your favorite shows.

SPEAKER_02 21:21

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 21:21

What holiday beverage is the obsession of the character Eleanor in the good place?

SPEAKER_02 21:28

Holiday beverage. Weird. Oh.

SPEAKER_01 21:32

She meant hint is she mentions it.

SPEAKER_02 21:34

She just really likes margaritas.

SPEAKER_01 21:36

Hint is she mentions it constantly.

SPEAKER_02 21:40

Holiday beverage. Is it hot cocoa or something? But she talks about margaritas constantly. She died, she died getting margarita mixed. She's always asking for margaritas. I don't know about this holiday beverage.

SPEAKER_01 21:56

Eggnog.

SPEAKER_02 21:58

What?

SPEAKER_01 21:58

That's what it says.

SPEAKER_02 21:59

I have watched The Good Place like six times all the way through. I don't remember her talking about eggnog at all.

SPEAKER_01 22:07

Well then you weren't paying attention.

SPEAKER_02 22:08

Eleanor?

SPEAKER_01 22:09

Eleanor.

SPEAKER_02 22:10

She is just wanting margaritas. That is something wrong with that.

SPEAKER_01 22:13

We should fact check this one later.

SPEAKER_02 22:14

We should.

SPEAKER_01 22:16

What shh, excuse me? You're not gonna know that. Um, what iconic department store is central to Miracle on 34th Street? Which, by the way, I just watched for the first time. Cute.

SPEAKER_02 22:28

It is cute, but it's just like old.

unknown 22:30

Wow.

SPEAKER_02 22:30

Yeah. Um, is it Macy's? Yes. Okay. I was gonna it was either Macy's or Saks.

SPEAKER_01 22:37

Good job. Um which legendary singer voiced the conductor in the Polar Express?

SPEAKER_02 22:44

Legendary singer, male or female?

SPEAKER_01 22:51

This person is not a legendary singer, it's a legendary actor.

SPEAKER_02 22:55

Do I I know them? Yeah. Again, I haven't seen it, so can you give me a hint?

SPEAKER_01 23:01

This the hint is the same actor played multiple roles in the movie.

SPEAKER_02 23:09

James Earl Jones.

SPEAKER_01 23:10

Thomas Hanks.

SPEAKER_02 23:11

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 23:12

It says legendary singer, so we should fact check the egg on the.

SPEAKER_02 23:15

Yeah, does he sing?

SPEAKER_01 23:16

In which Christmas movie does a character say seeing isn't believing, believing is seeing.

SPEAKER_02 23:23

Well, the character that says it originally is um don't tell me. Shush. Seeing isn't believing.

SPEAKER_01 23:33

It's not asking the character, it's asking for the movie.

SPEAKER_02 23:35

Oh, it's a Santa Claus, but I can give you the character. I just have to get her name. It's the little elf that gives him the chocolate milk, and her name is Judy.

SPEAKER_01 23:47

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 23:47

I'm so good.

SPEAKER_01 23:49

Also, we watched that again the other night. I'm like, yeah, this is like calls with attitudes still make me like I know. Like they're adults now, so it's okay that I say that. But like it reminds me of that time when I was a little being like, I know.

SPEAKER_02 24:02

This guy follow Matt King, he's also a podcaster. He fully for Halloween made that whole suit.

SPEAKER_01 24:09

Incredible.

SPEAKER_02 24:10

Like, he made every part of it. It looked exactly like it. I'll show you.

SPEAKER_01 24:13

I do I'd love to see that. And I have one more question.

SPEAKER_02 24:17

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 24:19

And I don't know if you've seen this movie, but I certainly have. Probably haven't because I suck, but which Netflix holiday movie stars Vanessa Hudgens in three different roles?

SPEAKER_02 24:29

Three different roles. Oh. Three different roles. Isn't she it's the princess? Um something about a princess. I don't know the full name, but it's something about a princess.

SPEAKER_01 24:43

Okay, so I'm gonna give you a.

Odd Christmas Facts You Didn’t Know

SPEAKER_02 24:44

She plays her like cousin, herself, and something, right?

SPEAKER_01 24:47

The princess switch?

SPEAKER_02 24:48

The princess switch.

SPEAKER_01 24:49

But which one?

SPEAKER_02 24:51

Oh, I think it's like three.

SPEAKER_01 24:53

It is. Do you know what it's called though?

SPEAKER_02 24:55

No.

SPEAKER_01 24:56

The Princess Switch 3, Romancing the Star.

SPEAKER_02 25:00

Cool.

SPEAKER_01 25:00

I want you to go out on a high note, so I'm gonna give you one more.

SPEAKER_02 25:03

Okay, thank you. And then I want to tell everyone a movie to watch.

SPEAKER_01 25:07

Okay, good. Um, here we go, here we go, here we go. Who sings Merry Christmas, happy holidays? Originally.

SPEAKER_02 25:15

Happy Holiday! That one? Merry Christmas.

SPEAKER_01 25:19

Yeah. Originally, god, the most popular version, if you ask me.

SPEAKER_02 25:26

In sync? Yes. Who sings it outside of that?

SPEAKER_01 25:31

Oh my god, so many people. The Pentatonics. Okay, Jesse J. Oh Christopher Brown.

SPEAKER_02 25:38

Hmm. Justin Justice Beaver?

SPEAKER_01 25:41

That I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 25:42

He should.

SPEAKER_01 25:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 25:43

He needs to put out another Christmas album, and more people should be listening to Little Drummer Boy. Rump. Yeah, I'm on the bass drum. Oh. Yeah. Um, okay, so speaking of that terrible Vanessa Hudgens movie. Yeah. Um, everyone, this year, your task is to go watch the Hallmark movie with Christine de Million called The Snow Globe.

SPEAKER_01 26:10

She loves this, and it's on Netflix.

SPEAKER_02 26:13

Yeah. And it's bad.

SPEAKER_01 26:15

Hold on. I want to just say it's not even a net, it's not even a Hallmark movie.

SPEAKER_02 26:19

It's not. What is it? Lifetime? Oh, it's really bad. And then you can watch Hot Frosty.

SPEAKER_01 26:26

I just finished binging. Which is also really good. And he was one of the judges. Is it cake holiday version? If you watch it, it just came out. Do you ever watch this show? I've watched it before. The caliber of celebrities they get to judge is bizarre.

SPEAKER_02 26:39

Like I could be on it.

SPEAKER_01 26:40

No, it's like they're very famous.

SPEAKER_02 26:42

Oh, I thought you were saying they are like not very much.

SPEAKER_01 26:44

Or it's like a mix. It's like one or two, there's always three. One or two are like, okay. Then one is like, how'd you get Kristen Bell?

SPEAKER_02 26:51

Probably because she would like told her agent, she was like, I want to be on that.

SPEAKER_01 26:54

Or like Lacey Chaubert was in the finale, but that makes sense. She is like a she is the hallmark queen. Yeah. I wonder if it's people that are in Netflix movies, it's like part of a deal. Because like he was in hot frosty. That's totally it. But they get them, they get the big names in there.

SPEAKER_02 27:11

That's totally it. Yeah. Um what was I gonna say?

SPEAKER_01 27:18

I don't know. I'm sorry. I got too jazzed about.

SPEAKER_02 27:21

No, I I liked it. Those were all great. I also pulled up um some interesting facts. We have a couple minutes. Let me find something that sounds cool. The first artificial Christmas tree was made from dyed goose feathers. Ew.

SPEAKER_01 27:35

What? I would love to see what that looks like, though.

SPEAKER_02 27:38

There's not a picture of it.

SPEAKER_01 27:39

I'm sure.

SPEAKER_02 27:41

What do you think the best selling Christmas song of all time is?

SPEAKER_01 27:45

Of all time?

SPEAKER_02 27:46

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_01 27:49

Is it not Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is you? Then Is It Rockin' Around by Brenda Lee? Of all time? White Christmas.

SPEAKER_02 27:57

Yeah. Being Crosby's White Christmas has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide.

SPEAKER_01 28:01

Have you watched that yet?

SPEAKER_02 28:03

No, that's more to me of like um Christmas Adam or Christmas Eve. Got it.

SPEAKER_01 28:09

Closer to.

SPEAKER_02 28:10

Yeah. Yeah. Which, like, I think I need to watch it on my own. I don't think Josh cares.

SPEAKER_01 28:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 28:17

But I watched Die Hard last year, so.

SPEAKER_01 28:18

Maybe I'll do that for you. Do you watch a Christmas story every year?

SPEAKER_02 28:22

Oh no, sorry. I watched a Christmas story for him last year. Oh, I had seen it for the first time last year.

SPEAKER_01 28:26

Oh, that's right. We talked about this. Yeah. Even though it takes place in Indiana. Bad.

SPEAKER_02 28:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:30

Can't believe it.

SPEAKER_02 28:33

Tinsel was invented in 1610 in Germany.

SPEAKER_01 28:36

It's a German thing?

SPEAKER_02 28:38

According to the fact file, tinsel was created in Nuremberg, Germany in 1610. At one point in history, it was even made out of real silver.

SPEAKER_01 28:45

That seems careless.

SPEAKER_02 28:49

That could that's money. You don't need to make that tiny and on the tree.

Birthdays, Releases, And Pop Culture Grab Bag

SPEAKER_01 28:55

What year was it invented?

SPEAKER_02 28:56

1610. 1610 is.

SPEAKER_01 28:59

That's crazy.

SPEAKER_02 29:02

Ew. Spider rubs in your tree are good luck. I don't care. Get them out.

SPEAKER_01 29:06

Get them out. You're not keeping a clean house.

SPEAKER_02 29:09

Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas. In 1836, Alabama became the first state to recognize Christmas as a state holiday, with Arkansas and Louisiana following suit. But it wasn't until 1870 that President Grant declared Christmas a national holiday.

SPEAKER_00 29:25

Wow. What year?

SPEAKER_02 29:28

1836 was Alabama and then 1870 was National Holiday. Teddy Roosevelt outlawed Christmas trees in the White House.

SPEAKER_00 29:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 29:46

Outlawed Christmas trees in the White House during his term, given that he was the a staunch environmentalist and said he celebrated the holiday with a church service and a family meal. All right. Fine, Teddy. Fine, fine. Fruitcake can last a lifetime.

SPEAKER_01 30:01

That is true.

SPEAKER_02 30:03

My dad likes it. The oldest fruitcake is 114 years old and it's been passed down from generation to generation. That's disgusting.

SPEAKER_01 30:11

Just in its packaging, or do they eat it every year? I don't want to know.

SPEAKER_02 30:14

They didn't say. What's the what do you think is the highest grossing holiday movie of all time?

SPEAKER_01 30:17

Highest grossing holiday movie of all time. Highest grossing holiday movie of all time.

SPEAKER_02 30:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:23

Is not White Christmas, but most likely it is Jingle All the Way starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. I'm kidding.

SPEAKER_00 30:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 30:32

Oh my god, what would it be of all time? It's not the Polar Express, is it? Is it an animated film? It's a live action Christmas film. Is it diehard?

SPEAKER_02 30:43

No, but I would you would think that.

SPEAKER_01 30:46

I actually I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 30:48

You do know.

SPEAKER_01 30:49

I do. How old is it? Give me a range. R age. It's our age and it's the highest selling. It's Home Alone. Home Alone.

SPEAKER_02 30:59

Well, Chris White Christmas and Miracle on 24th Street are the most popular Christmas movies. Home Alone holds the title as the highest grossing holiday film ever. That's cool.

SPEAKER_01 31:07

Love that.

SPEAKER_02 31:11

Alright.

SPEAKER_01 31:12

Got any birthdays for us?

SPEAKER_02 31:14

What's it? The 22nd?

SPEAKER_01 31:15

22nd.

SPEAKER_02 31:16

I sure do in one second.

SPEAKER_01 31:18

Just a couple clicks over here and a couple tweaks over there.

SPEAKER_02 31:21

Famous birthdays. Okay, Lotto is 27. Young. Joshua Bassett is 25. Younger. Megan Trainer is 32. Chris Hughes, Jojo Siwa's boyfriend. Is 33.

SPEAKER_00 31:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 31:40

Jordan Sparks is 36.

SPEAKER_01 31:43

Isn't she 21?

SPEAKER_02 31:46

Jojo? Great question. No, she's older than that. I feel like she turned 21 a few years ago. She's 22. Her birthday's May 19th.

SPEAKER_01 31:57

So they're 11 years apart. Wild.

SPEAKER_02 31:59

I actually didn't realize that.

SPEAKER_01 32:01

Interesting.

SPEAKER_02 32:02

What a weird situation. Um Ralph Fine. Rafe Fine. Is it Ralph or Rafe?

unknown 32:10

I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 32:11

63. Did you hear me? Jordan Sparks is 36.

SPEAKER_01 32:14

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_02 32:15

Chris Olson's 28. He's that young?

SPEAKER_01 32:17

Yeah, he's a baby.

SPEAKER_02 32:18

Oh my lord. Lord have mercy. Hector Elonzodo. Do you know him? You do.

SPEAKER_01 32:28

The name is very familiar. What would I know him from?

SPEAKER_02 32:30

The Princess Diaries.

SPEAKER_01 32:32

Oh, right, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 32:33

He's 89. Oh.

SPEAKER_01 32:35

I hope he's in the third one.

SPEAKER_02 32:36

I hope so. He has to be. I know. Ted Cruz. Okay, no, but let me let me see entertainment-wise. Sing 2, released in 2021. Your favorite movie. Released in 2023. Oh. Your other favorite movie.

SPEAKER_01 32:57

Just go with it. Right? Basically. Anyone but you. Yeah, my favorite. I was just watching it earlier.

SPEAKER_02 33:04

You're so weird. Night at the museum, 2006. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01 33:10

Pitch perfect. I saw our theaters in 2006.

SPEAKER_02 33:13

Wow. What's the movie? Pitch Perfect 3, 2017. That weird movie about the wrestling Iron Claw 2023. It wasn't weird. I just didn't see it, but they looked weird. They like prosthetics and stuff. Meet the Falkers, 2004. Castaway 2000 iconic.

SPEAKER_01 33:31

Just got added to Netflix. Gonna watch it again.

SPEAKER_02 33:36

Little Falkers also 2010. Oh, interesting. Didn't see that. I'm not gonna be, I'm not gonna lie to you about that.

SPEAKER_01 33:42

Are you gonna watch the next one with Ariana Grande?

SPEAKER_02 33:44

I do want to do that. Yeah. Um, The Mummy released in 1932. I don't think you saw that one. That was a remake, apparently.

SPEAKER_01 33:52

Guess so.

SPEAKER_02 33:53

Okay, that's it. No, not really. The Matrix 2021.

SPEAKER_01 33:57

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 33:59

Um that's now that is actually it. Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_01 34:04

Well happy holidays. Merry Christmas to those that celebrate, to the rest of you. Hope you have a great week.

SPEAKER_02 34:10

Yeah, hope you have a nice, cozy time.

SPEAKER_01 34:13

We wish coziness.

SPEAKER_02 34:14

I hope Santa brings you everything you wanted, andor you just like eat something delicious and um be good.

SPEAKER_01 34:26

Be great.

SPEAKER_02 34:27

Love you.

SPEAKER_01 34:28

Love you, bye. Bye.

SPEAKER_02 34:30

Bye.