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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Thursday, December 12, 2024
Episode summary introduction:
You can buy unclaimed mail and give it as a mystery gift, 8 Bit Christmas is a great movie, we got some more Christmas cards, Chantel lost her retainer one Christmas morning, homemade Cabbage Patch Dolls aren’t the same as the real thing, our daughter needs a dollar for a thing at school tomorrow, Chantel doesn’t like it when Josh’s toes touch her toes, socks for gloves were a big hit in the 80s, Josh is easy breezy on the telephone, Christmas movies and music and books, and what do you find in your stocking on Christmas morning?
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Full show transcript:
This is Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. It's a replay of today's full show. It's Thursday, December 12th. On today's show, you can buy unclaimed mail and give it as a mystery gift card. What are you gonna get?
I know. It's a mystery. 8 Bit Christmas is a great movie. It is a good one. We got some more Christmas cards.
Woo hoo. Yeah. The door's looking nice. It looks so festive. I lost my retainer on Christmas morning.
But you found it. I did I? I think so. Or did I find somebody else's? Ew.
Homemade Cabbage Patch Dolls are not the same as the real thing. But did you appreciate the gift? Yes. Our daughter needs a dollar for the thing at school tomorrow. Whatever that means.
I don't like it when Josh's toes touch my toes. Why? Nobody likes that. You should. I don't enjoy that.
You should like it. I don't like it, but please don't do it. You should like it. Socks for gloves were a big hit in the eighties. It's the eighties.
Did they not make gloves? Probably not. Or did their parents not wanna buy them? We had socks. Like gloves?
You have socks. Josh is easy breezy on the telephone. No problems. Christmas movies and music and books. Oh my.
And what do you find in your stocking on Christmas morning? Fruit. Delicious. Yes. Thanks for listening to our show.
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Just search for wake up Classy 97. Now, on to today's show. Hey. It's Josh and Chantel. Oh, hi.
Do you know, today of all the days is your gingerbread house day? It's your favorite. Yes? Build 1. No.
I don't like I don't I think you just have had not a chance to build 1. I have had a chance to build 1. I have built a gingerbread house from scratch, and I have also built a gingerbread house out of those kits that where the walls are premade. Yeah. I don't like either one of them.
There were years where I would say, I'll I'll do it because it's fun for the kids, and it is not fun. I think your favorite part is that it sits there and gets all dusty, and then you get to throw it away. Yeah. And then it's just a waste, isn't it? What a waste of food.
Yeah. I mean, it's just gingerbread. It is just gingerbread and candy. Well, if you do that And your gums are you can just do it. Like, you don't have to do all the candy thing.
You could just do it with gingerbread pieces and white icing and call it good. Or you could just not do it at all. I mean, there's that. It's also, we're celebrating the poinsettia today. Poinsettia poinsettia.
Poinsettia. Before the a at the end. Poinsettia. I like to say poinsettia. Okay.
I'm in that. More fancy. My poinsettia. Okay. What else is happening?
It's, National Cocoa Day, so you can have some hot cocoa. That's pretty good. Like the most Christmassy of days. Yeah. It is 2 days.
They're kinda the same. It's call a friend day and dingaling day. Both of these are all about reconnecting with loved ones. So Like ring a dingaling? That's exactly right.
Okay. It's it's call somebody. It's call a friend or dingaling day. I feel like maybe we could call it something else. Call a friend day?
Yeah. Like, something like that? Yeah. Yeah. Not dingaling day.
That's what they call it. Ring dingaling. Yeah. I'm gonna call it that. Dingaling, got its Ring and dingaling.
The National Dingaling Club got its start in 1972. That is the same year the Chuck Berry song, my ding a ling, became a number one hit on the Billboard chart. I have never heard that song. It's a it's a quite the track. It's also Christmas jumper day.
So we're talking about jumper is an English word, from England. Yeah. It's a sweater. It's Christmas sweater day. I don't have I was looking at Christmas sweaters yesterday because I think I need a new one.
Do you? Yeah. I've got a hideous one. Well, I've we all have hideous ones, but I've worn that hideous one for the past 3 years. So I was looking thinking I needed a new one.
Uh-huh. There's some ugly ones out there. There's some funny ones. I should just make my own. Just your I'm just thinking, is it just you and, like, puff paint?
Like, what's that what it when you say you should make your own, what does that mean? Well, I have craft supplies. Uh-huh. And I have not puff paint. You know why?
Because puff paint doesn't last. I like when it peels. That's exactly what it does. It that's one of my favorite parts about puff paint is that it peels off like that. I might just make my own ugly Christmas sweater.
Get after it. I like it. We'll see how ambitious I get. Okay. Well, that's what's going on.
That's it. Okay. That's all that's happening. That's cocoa. Make it gingerbread house if you think it's fun.
Don't if you don't. Call a friend or a family member, reconnect, have a convo. Convo? Yeah. Let's have ourselves a convo.
Yep. That's what we do all morning long. Just having convos. Hey. Thanks for listening.
It's Josh and Chantel. Do you have somebody on your list that's hard to shop for or who has everything? Yeah. Let me recommend this. I do.
I do have that. Who is it? It's not me. I can't I'm having a real hard time. I have sent you so much stuff.
I've sent you so much stuff. I've looked through. I don't see it. I don't know what you're talking about. And that was warmer?
Not a good idea. It's a good idea. I sent it to you. I want that. Okay.
Here's the idea. It's unclaimed mail. Okay. And it's a surprise. It's a surprise gift of unclaimed packages.
So you you have zero idea what you're gonna get. Yeah. There are companies that let you buy these mystery boxes of random unclaimed packages. Uh-huh. You are not guaranteed to get something of value.
It's just supposed to be an experience, like a like a really big surprise. I don't here's how it works. Okay. So there's you pick a box of a certain size between $40 for a small one and up to $200 for a large one. And then the fun is opening these mystery boxes.
Somebody said that they got a knockoff Chanel bag Okay. A human sized Bowser suit Okay. And a bunch of fake IDs. Wow. That somebody else got a personalized blanket featuring photos of a random bearded man.
Okay. Oh, the photos had the random bearded man, his partner, and a baby with the message, happy mother's day, Tiffy. Okay. It's not clear how these mystery boxes are put together, like, who gathers items, whether it's maybe packages that couldn't be delivered or canceled over orders or overstocked products. Something.
Yeah. Interesting. But I kinda think this is kinda fun. Don't you think this is kinda fun? I think it's an interesting idea.
I'd like to open some mystery package mail. Fundelivered.com, but it's they might be out of stock, it says, because everybody wants these mystery boxes. So cool. How much were you saying a small one is? 40.
It's not bad. Yeah. Except they are all out of stock. Yeah. Well Rude.
I should've checked that before I started talking about this because now you can't even get it. From there, I'm sure there's other places you might be able to grab some, boxes. Free shipping. I kinda think it would be fun to put these boxes together too. Wouldn't you like that job?
I do. You do? Yeah. You just wanna pack boxes? Yeah.
Like, throw a bunch of oh, I guess I thought it was like you threw stuff together, but, no, these really are just Yeah. It's mail. It's just mail. Yeah. It's stuff somebody ordered.
It's stuff people have ordered that can't be delivered or, yeah, that have been returned. Interesting. Mhmm. Very. I wish they had some in stock.
I would absolutely buy one. The $40 one, I would. I might come back to this after Christmas. Okay. When it's maybe not as trendy?
Yeah. When it's not as popular. I see. And then I'm gonna get I'm gonna get myself one. I'm curious what might be in there.
I know. It might just be like a bunch of cables. You might just end up with some HDMIs Oh, I hope it's not that. I'm looking for those fake IDs. Oh, fingers crossed.
Never know what you're gonna get. You know the author James Patterson? Yeah. So he has sold more than 425,000,000 books. He is one of the world's most successful authors.
And over the last decade or so, he has made it a point each December to award holiday bonuses to employees Okay. Who work at independent bookstores. Aw. This year, he gave $500 bonuses to 6 100 booksellers across the country. That's awesome.
Yeah. I had no idea. He said booksellers save lives, period. I'm happy to be able to acknowledge them and all their hard work this holiday season. There's a CEO of the American Booksellers Association.
Her name is Allison Hill, and she, got one of the bonuses. And she expressed her appreciation for the gifts, especially at this time of year. Yeah. She said we all continue to be awed by and grateful for mister Patterson's continuing support of independent booksellers. I love that.
It means everything to have him recognize and reward the valuable role that booksellers play in this industry. So, kinda special. I think that's really neat. Especially these little independent bookstores because these big box bookstores sometimes hurt these little independent ones. Well, that, but they also you know, they they're a corporate entity.
So they have backing, and they have investors, and they have all that stuff where, you know, someone who is taking a chance on selling books in a small, you know, downtown shop or something is really putting it out there to be able to carry the inventory, hoping that somebody's into those books. So I think that's really cool. James Patterson. Yep. Well done.
That. Yeah. Some good news to get you going on Classy 97. We watched a movie last night. You've been complaining that you want the everybody in our house to watch this movie.
It's your new favorite Christmas movie. It's a great movie. It's called 8 Bit Christmas. Yeah. 8 Bit Christmas.
Yeah. It's a great, great, great Christmas movie. Adorable. It's cute. Neil Patrick Harris Yeah.
Is kind of the lead in there. Who else is in there? The Steve Zahn? Yeah. Steve Zahn.
You love Steve Zahn. I love Steve Zahn. Who plays the mom? Hold on. Her name is June.
I looked her up last night. June. June Diane Raphael. Yeah. And she's been in a a bunch of different shows, movies, and things.
It was cute. It was a cute, cute movie. Now what I will say about 8 Bit Christmas is that you have been the last couple of years, you were like, I've had to watch that movie by myself. Well, it came out in 2021. I watched it the year it came out.
So 2021, I watched it. I watched it in 2022. No one would watch it. I watched it alone last year. So I've seen that movie now four times, and only you and I have seen it.
I've been trying to get the kids to watch it. They're, like, completely not interested. Okay. But here's what happened. You said that you wanted to watch this movie, and I sit down to watch it, and then you start wrestling with the dog.
Yeah. I can't even hear the movie because you're so busy. Well, the dog was was being No. Rambunctious. No.
Yeah. The dog was fine No. And would have settled down, but you antagonize the dog. I see. And then I'm sitting there going, I sure would like to watch this movie that you wanted me to watch.
Mhmm. Can't can't hear it. Then here's my other favorite part. K. The kid, the little boy in the movie goes to school.
The teacher is teaching them about Melville Dewey. Yeah. The Dewey Decimal System. Just learned about Melville Dewey the other day. That's right.
Classy 97 morning show. I was excited. I went, ah, Melville Dewey. Yeah. And I she was really breaking it down too She was.
Into what each number meant and how they're categorized. And I didn't ever think I needed to learn all of that, but I did learn how to look things up in a library. But I didn't know that We just celebrated. All of that was specifically Dewey Decimal Day. So that was exciting.
Yeah. I went, oh, no. Feel Dewey. If you haven't seen 8 Bit Christmas, I highly recommend. It's a great Christmas movie.
It's a it's a good movie. It's funny. It's a feel good. It's it's a very cute, and it pulls at our heartstrings a little bit because it's it's all about a kid in the eighties. It is.
It's a time capsule of the late eighties, and and I it it kind of pays homage to a lot of, like, the Christmas story. It's got a lot of that same kind of feels in there. Just with a little more modern. Twist. Yeah.
It's very good. It is cute. Yep. So, anyway Recommend. Yep.
10 out of 10. It's a good one. You gave it a 10 out of 10? Yeah. Alright.
Well, you didn't make it. No. But it's been one of my favorites for the past few years, so that's great. I'm excited that you gave it a 10 out of 10. I got a little teary.
Aw. It was cute. I laughed a little. I cried a little. Aw.
Aw. Learned a little Dewey Decimal. Yeah. Yeah. Way to go.
Way to go. Thanks, Melville Dewey. We just got some Christmas cards We did. From some listeners. And our door looks very festive now, so thank you very much to everybody who has sent us some Christmas cards.
We want to have a gift exchange with you, not a gift exchange. A Christmas card exchange. Yeah. So send us a Christmas card. We'll send you one in return.
So we've got addresses from all these Christmas cards that we just received, so we will send them out to you. The address is 400 West Sunnyside in Idaho Falls. It's 83402. We've also got that, pinned on the Classy 97 community, our Facebook group, so you can find the address there. Or just search up the address for Classy 97.
Send your card to us. Put us on your Christmas card list, and we'll send you one in return. And thanks, again, to everybody who's made me think this was. Super fun opening cards. It's more festive up in here.
I know. It's nice. The door's got some decoration now. It's all glittery. Mhmm.
There's a one horse open sleigh on that one card. Is. Yeah. So So thanks everybody who sent in a card. We'll get ours out in the mail to you very soon.
We were watching this movie last night, and in the movie, the little boy loses his retainer and is dead. Couple times. Yeah. The retainer is a part of the plot. Yeah.
And, it just reminded me that on Christmas morning Yes. One morning, I was probably about 15. Okay. And I took out my retainer while I was unwrapping presents, and said retainer got missing. What?
Said retainer went missing. Said retainer got missing. Got missing. Well, I didn't wanna give it away. I was gonna say got and then the thing that actually happened, and then, like, I don't wanna get to the punch line.
So I've heard this story, and I'm trying to remember where the retainer ended up. But you you lost your retainer Yes. That should have been in your mouth Yep. But you probably took it out to eat some candies. Yeah.
Probably. Because You're right. Because that's on brand. And and so you you took it out, you ate some candies, and then you continued with Christmas morning. Yeah.
And then at some point, you said Oh, no. Don't know where that is. Oh, shucks. Did you have the cool headgear? No.
I never had headgear, but my retainer looked like a watermelon. Oh, cute. I know. So you lost your retainer where? Retainer got thrown away with the wrapping paper.
Oh, so as things were getting cleaned up, it ended up in the in the wrapping paper garbage. Okay. And that's what we had determined because we had looked around at everywhere. Uh-huh. Every and it wasn't until hours and hours later that I finally fessed up to my mom and said, I can't I don't know where my retainer is.
Right. And she said, go look for it. And I said, I have. I have been. Please don't take away all of my Christmas presents.
Yeah. Okay. So, who had to go dig through the bags? So, luckily, the bags were mostly just wrapping paper, but the bags of garbage had already been thrown away in the big garbage. Right.
So we had to go dig the garbage bags Outside. Out of the big garbage. And then I had to I had to go. You did? Yeah.
Did you find it? Yes. Well, hooray. I know. Was it, stuck to some leftover Christmas breakfast foods?
I don't remember. Honestly, I don't remember that part. Because you could just pop it in. It's like second breakfast. Gross.
You're so gross. Little bit of pancakes a little bit of syrup on there. No. There's probably a little bit of, like, gross stocking candy that I didn't want, and it's like, butterscotch. Delicious.
Sick. No way. Butterscotch is great. I actually like butterscotch. Anyway, so that was reminiscent of a lost retainer that I had in my youth.
Well, I'm glad you found it. I am too, but it was hours and hours later before I finally was like, I gotta tell my mom. And I was terrified of telling my mom that I had lost that very expensive retainer. They were not cheap. No.
I get it. Way to fess up and take responsibility. To. Good. I couldn't.
Yeah. I needed that Imagine if, if it was not Christmas morning and, it was the next day and the garbage truck had come, then what? Then we woulda had to buy a new retainer and Words would have been said about you. All of my Christmas presents would have gone back to the same floor. To buy a new retainer.
Yes. Was there a present when you were a kid that you really, really wanted? I remember, there was a present that I got that I didn't even know I wanted, that I absolutely loved. What was it? Well, it was, it ended up being this, like, toy, gun thing.
Okay. And I was big into, like, like, playing with with the neighborhood kids. We'd play, you know, war or whatever. Uh-huh. And so this thing, had it was this big black plastic thing, but it had all these different attachments and configurations.
And so you could make it into, like, 5 or 6 different things. It's like a transformer gun thing. Okay. I didn't know anything about it. That's cool.
But I it made a bunch of noise, and it it had a bunch of different lights and things. It was a cool That is cool. Thing that I didn't even know I wanted. Look at it. Santa was like I know.
I think this kid is gonna like this. And 1 year, I got Good job, Sam. These, these little cars. I was really into, like, taking stuff apart and then trying to figure out how it worked and put stuff back together and stuff. You're not smart.
I got these I got these, this kit of all these little, like, kinda RC cars. They were little, race cars. And all the motors and all the tires and different wheels and different, you know, bumper pieces. Like, there was all this stuff that you could do to these cars to make them different. There were, like, 2 cars in the kit so you could race them.
I loved that thing. I could still just talking about it, smell the rubber of the tires. They were so cool. That is cool, Josh. Thing.
I always wanted a cabbage patch. Uh-huh. And I unfortunately, for one Christmas I don't wanna say unfortunately because it was nice. I got a Cabbage Patch, but it wasn't the Cabbage Patch brand. Oh.
It was a Cabbage Patch that my grandma had made. So my grandma was in the business of making dolls. I see. And so she had made was in the business of that? No.
She just did it for funsies. Oh, okay. She had a hobby of making dolls. Yeah. So she made you She made me her version of a Cabbage Patch, and I hated it.
It was not like a cabbage patch at all. The nose was all a little bit wonky, and it didn't smell like cabbage patch dolls smelled. And It had yarn hair. I'm looking at some of these that were made. Some of these are terrifying.
I know. I I think I still have it at my mom's house. I should probably grab it. But it had yarn hair. So the hair looked like a Cabbage Patch Kid, but the nose was probably the grossest part.
I hated the nose. Okay. Because the Cabbage Patch dolls, the real ones have a plastic head. So the one that you're Mine had a plastic head. It did have a plastic head?
Okay. Alright. And let's see. The legs were a little bit too long, and it didn't have, you know, cavity. That's all I need to do is stay on.
Uh-huh. That was important. I was like, thanks, Fran. I'm looking I'm looking at the homemade ones, and the doll head is not the same. The eyes are too close.
The nose looks real strange. I know. The nose The dimples in the mouth are all wrong. Yeah. Yeah.
They're kind of frightening. Okay. Yes. I looked at that homemade Cabbage Patch doll. That's what my nose looked like.
Like a long, weird nose. Yep. And that's exactly what mine looked like. And the light the legs and arms were a little bit wonky. Yeah.
Why did the face look like that? I don't know. But I'll tell you why is because it was it was sold at, like, a craft store instead of the actual cabbage patched doll head, and they couldn't they they couldn't, you know, make it identical, then they'd have a problem. And I listen. Now I'm like, thanks, grandma.
That because it was actually very sweet. But at the time, I went, this is not what I want. This is awful. Those legs are weird looking. And then a couple years later, I actually did get a real Cabbage Patch doll, and that homemade one, forgotten about.
I've played with that homemade one because it was my only choice. Yeah. And then when I got the real Cabbage Patch doll, I went, sorry. You're out of here. I kicked I kicked that doll to the curb.
Yeah. I'm looking at the real ones now. Bad. They've got, like, a cute little button nose. They don't have, like, real hardcore inset dimples.
No. They're adorable. Some of them have freckles. Sorry, grandma. Man.
I know. I just really, like, was, like, see you. No. Yes. Yeah.
Yep. Yep. Our house is not large. No. So it would have taken her no time to walk upstairs and tell us this.
No. But you can text. It's 2025 almost. She texted. Hey.
I need a dollar for a thing at school tomorrow. Yeah. Which, first of all, that's vague. That's so vague. But, also, it's only $1, and they I'm like, what do you need I a dollar for?
Yeah. But there's some kind of, fundraising competition thing going on, and everybody's supposed to contribute a dollar. Okay. Great. So I had some quarters sitting on the nightstand, and so I grabbed 4 of them.
And I went down, and I threw them at her. I said, here's your dollar. And I it's just change. Clinks. You know?
And I walked away. And she and she said that I threw money at her like a homeless person. And I said, what does that even mean? What does that even mean? No one did here's a dog.
If you're throwing money at a homeless people do that. You're the worst kind of person. Especially change like that, like, making it, like, rain. I was like, no. That's not a thing.
I've never seen anyone do that ever. If you do, that's That's cool. Person. Yeah. I just when when your kids ask for money Mhmm.
That's one thing. But when they ask for a dollar or $5, get out of here. The the chance out of here. The chance of me having money, like, cash laying around, but then to also have a 1 or a $5 lying around Right. No way.
The odds of that are slim. The fact that you had some quarters, I was like, the Christmas miracle because I don't have cash. I never carry cash. And if I do, it's a $20 bill because that's what I get from the ATM. Right.
If you ask me for a 5, forget about it. $5? Because that's that's an extra step I have to take to go break the 20 I got from the ATM. I see. Get out of here.
Hey. I need a dollar for that thing at school tomorrow. Yeah. Paul. Text her back and said, that's vague.
Mysterious. She didn't even say, please. No. Just I need a dollar. That's why I delivered it the way I did.
Here. Here's your dollar, 4 quarters. I should text my mom. Yeah. I need a dollar for a thing at work.
Hey, mom. I need $20 for this thing at work tomorrow. You should make it, like, $8. I can I borrow $8 for this thing? Borrow?
Yeah. There was no borrowing. There was no borrowing. Mom, I can I have $8 for this thing at work? It wasn't even can I have?
It was I need. Okay. Well I need a dollar for this thing at school. I'm sorry. Yeah.
Here's your dollar. You better get a job. For $1. Last night, we were laying in bed, getting ready to go to sleep. Yeah.
You were kinda rude to me. No. You're being kinda rude to me. No. I I just checked my notes, and it says you were being kinda rude to me.
Think about it. Think about what happened in your mind, and then say what really happened again. You were being kinda rude to me? No. You Yeah.
Were trying to touch your toes with Yeah. My toes. You were trying to touch my toes with your toes. I don't like that. That's gross.
It gives me the heebie jeebies. Why? I don't it is I mean, even thinking about it, I get grossed out by it. You get grossed out by toes touching toes? Not that I'm grossed out by toes because I don't care about that, but I don't like my toes being separated.
I wasn't separating your toes. Toes were, like, getting awfully close to separating my toes. I don't know about that. Yeah. They were.
No. I don't think it was like hot dogs when you're holding hands or waffles or whatever you like. I don't think I was trying to interlace toes. I don't think you were trying to do that either, but they were getting awfully close to doing that. I don't think that was your intention.
No. That's what it felt like. And, also, I didn't like your toenails, like, touching my feet. I didn't like that. That's interesting.
Yeah. It is interesting, isn't it? Because I was just trying to warm up and snuggle up. And No. You were not.
That was apparently not gonna happen because you were being kinda rude. Josh, I was not being rude. A little bit rude. You were being rude because when I said, I don't like that, you kept trying to creak your toes over my way, and I didn't care for that. I don't know what you're talking about.
I think once you said that's enough, I think I was like, I get it. Are you serious? Yeah. Yeah. That is not the person that you are, and anybody who knows you knows that.
Yeah. Immediately, I was like, no. That's it. Line drawn in the sand. This is the biggest lie you've ever told.
I was just trying to be a nice guy to help warm up your toes. No. That is not how I warm up my toes. And you know that the only way to warm up my toes is if I tuck them underneath you. No.
That's not happening. Yeah. Well, your toes aren't gonna touch my toes. That's why I was gonna warm up your toes with my toes. That's never gonna work.
It was a it was gonna work. It's never gonna work. Try again later tonight, and we'll see if it works. It might work. It might.
Uh-huh. Let's see what happens. I bet you won't be very nice to me. Are you serious? Yeah.
Because I'm just trying to do a favor. I'm trying to do you a solid, warming up your toes. Scratch me with your long toenails. I don't have long toenails. I beg to differ.
Whatever. I have well kept feet. I think maybe Santa needs to bring you a nail trimmer I have in your stocking. I have clippers. They're just fine.
Oh, you do? Yeah. You know where they are? Yeah. I know mine are.
Maybe you should use them. Keep them put away so that they don't get lost in the house somewhere. You should you should use them. I have fine toes. Thank you very much.
I have soft heels. I have nice feet. Have nice feet. You do have soft heels. I will give you that.
I don't want your long toenails touching my I don't think they're necessarily long, but I could still feel them. Right. I didn't like that. Why? Because it's gross.
You're so rude to me. No. No. Bro, get out of here. I have done nothing but be nice to you, try and warm up your feets.
Then let me tuck them. No. Did you ever did your parents ever dress you up like Ralphie from A Christmas Story to go outside and play in the snow? Like, I can't put my arms down? No.
No. I don't. I was kind of, left to my own devices to be able to to go outside. And here's what I did. I was really good about not having gloves available, so I would just put socks on my hands.
Oh, Josh. Socks are not waterproof? No. It was terrible. I'm surprised.
Do you have any fingers left? It was terrible. The other thing I was pretty good about was keeping my feet dry with garbage bags or bread bags Yes. I'm not on the car. Snow boots.
We went Bread bag feet in the snow boots. Yeah. We went, snowshoeing. Like, all this was probably, like, 15 years ago. And our friend didn't have her snow boots, and she used garbage sacks.
Bad idea. I think it worked for her. It didn't. I think her feet stayed dry. No.
They didn't. Do you remember clearly? Yeah. Here's the other thing, that happens is that, look. Knowing what I know about gear today, I would get some nice wool socks, and I'd call it good because you need the wicking of the wool socks.
Wool socks and then the garbage bags? No garbage bags. Quit with the garbage bags. What if you're desperate? Because you're trapping all that foot moisture in there, you're gonna be colder.
It's it's not a good idea, especially if you're doing a physical activity like Where your feet are gonna sweat. Snowshoeing. Yeah. Could lead to athlete's foot. There is that.
You could also get a fungus. That's a true thing. Okay. When our kids were little little, I have a picture of Beck excited to go out in the snow. Mhmm.
He was ready. He had snow goggles on, and he was got all of his gear on, and he was ready to go outside. And I do remember Emery, she must have been about 2 or 3, and I didn't have any snow gloves for her. Mhmm. So I put socks on her hands.
Sock hands. Bad idea. I do have a before and after picture where they were excited, and then she's inside with their sock hands cold and wet and upset. And I said Yeah. Before I warm you up, let me take a picture.
Yeah. Stand there and look grumpy. You're doing great. Doing great. I I think that's a rite of passage.
You have to weigh in sock cans. Yeah. Sock cans is kinda where it's at. Yeah. And then you have to go and sit on your hands and warm up and Mhmm.
Blow on them and run them under warm water. Yeah. You know? All those things. New pair of socks.
New socks. And all your socks are cotton, which cotton retains moisture. And then your mom says this about gear now. Why are all of your socks in the laundry? Because I don't have gloves, mom.
I went sledding in the parking lot where they piled up all the snow with sock hands. I do not remember my parents ever dressing me up like Ralphie ever. No. I I feel like it was just kinda Fend for yourself. Yeah.
Good luck. It's the eighties. Get outside. Oh, outside. To have a coat.
I don't care. It's the eighties. Get outside. Oh, build build a snowman. But I don't have any gloves.
It's the eighties. Go outside. You like talking on the phone. I prefer it. Yeah.
Because you don't lose stuff in context. If you text, there's a good likelihood you're going to either say something, that will be misinterpreted or you're going to misinterpret something that was said to you because there's no there's no tone. No. You're right. I believe you.
I agree with you. Plus, it's faster. But there are people that are good on the phone and people who are not. And you are a person who is good on the phone, and I am a person who is not. Why do you say that?
Why do I say that you're good on the phone? No. That you're not. Because It's just talking. I know, but I get weird.
I'm an awkward person by nature, and I get weird and uncomfortable. I hear you on the phone, like, you'll call, you know, a tire company or something. I don't know why I picked a tire company. But they'll say, oh, this is, you know, Julie. Good morning.
And you'll say, oh, hey, Julie. Like, this is Josh, and here's my problem. Yeah. And you're just easy breezy. Yeah.
I call, and I go, hey. I have a problem with my car. I don't know what it is. Help. Why did you sound like you were drowning?
Help. Does it sounds like when I talk on the phone. No. It does not. I am such an awkward person on the phone.
I don't know why. I don't know what changes. But the second somebody answers the phone, I it's like I forget how to communicate. It's my turn to talk. I don't know what to say.
Well, you called me. So Yeah. Can I help you? Just say the words. I try.
They don't always make their way out in the way that I want them to. Uh-huh. I don't have that problem. No. You don't.
I often get jealous of the way that you the ease of which you communicate on the phone. I don't know why you're having a hard time. It's just talking. No. I get it.
But I I don't I like I just said, somebody answers the phone and I go, it's like there's a lot of pressure for me to say the right things. There's no say the wrong thing? What are you gonna say that's wrong? I don't know. I don't either.
It's just talking. No one no one's judging your phone etiquette. Like, did you say hello? Did you go go through a quick introduction? Are you moving on to what you called for?
Like, are you wasting someone's time, or are you just doing the thing? Here's the thing. I can get through it. I'm an adult woman. I can get through it.
The point of the matter is I don't enjoy doing it, and you are so good at it. And I go, the fact that there are people that are so easy breezy on the phone is an anomaly to me. Interesting. I don't have an issue with it. I know.
I just said that. No. I I that's all. That's all I'm just reiterating. No no problems here.
I'm a phone talker. Yeah. I had a lot of practice. I did a lot of talking on the phone. So did I.
So did I. But it was always with my friends. So it was like Just everybody talking to your friends. Any place is not my friend. But you can talk to them the same way.
They're gonna be like, we're not friends. You're not gonna go, hey. What's up? I'm here to fix your tire. Yeah.
You you just have the same attitude where you just go like, hi. How's your day? Good. Hey. Real quick.
I'm just trying to call about this. And they go, great. Yeah. We do that. We fix tires.
Bring it on in. Cool. I'll be there. I don't know why you called us for that. Hey.
Speaking of tires Yeah. This is a totally separate subject. Take your car in. It need to get it taken in to get the tire looked at. I know.
I have that on my to do list every day, and then every day I go, not today. Are you gonna get it done today? Probably not. Yeah. No.
I didn't think so. So there's a lot of Christmas movies, and there's a lot of Christmas songs. So you get inundated with Christmas by the music and the movies. Yeah. I finished a book the other day, and I was like, I need a new book.
And I go downstairs because I have a we have a library. Uh-huh. And in that library are books that I've wanted to read or that I've been gifted and I haven't read yet. And so I'm looking at these books like, oh, and then I found a favorite one of mine that I haven't read in a long time, and I was like, oh, I'll read this one again. I really like this one.
And then I went, wait a minute. I wanna read a Christmas book. Oh, okay. And so then I get out my phone. I'm like, what kind of Christmas books are there?
And I'm looking at a bunch of these different Christmas books, and then I go, okay, Chantel. Every year, when I get our Christmas decorations out, part of the Christmas decorations are guess what? Christmas books? Christmas books. Yeah.
And do you just use them as decorations? I do, but I have also read these Christmas books. I haven't read them in a long time, but as I'm scrolling the Internet, like, what what Christmas book could I read? I walk upstairs, and I go, here are Christmas books sitting on the piano as part of the Christmas decorations. So What is silly goose?
They're just sitting there? Yeah. So I am gonna read and they're small. Look at how small these are. This one Oh, you brought them with you.
The best Christmas pageant ever. Okay. Yeah. The Herdman's. Have you ever read this book?
Nope. Oh, I love this one. That's a good one. Of course, you got Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. K.
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans. Okay. I don't know about really good one. Okay. That's a good one.
And then this one is the Christmas treasury. Oh, which has a whole bunch of different stories. Yeah. And I remember reading this years years years ago. This has, like, the the little matchstick girl.
Okay. And that story, I remember reading that as maybe, like, a 12 year old because my mom had this book. And I cried and cried and cried. Did you? Yeah.
Oh. So here we go. I've got my Christmas I got my Christmas music. I got my Christmas movies, and now I got a Christmas book. Well, get busy.
Now I need to. Yeah. Yeah. You do. My mom had this book, this Christmas Treasury of Yuletide Stories and Poems.
Is that her copy? Is not. Okay. So she had this book when I was living there, and I would read it all the time. Some of them are kinda hokey, and some of them are great.
And then I bought my own book because I was like, oh, I'm gonna read, like I don't know how many stories are in this, stories and poems are in this. There's quite a few, but I was like, I'm gonna read one of these a day to our kids as they grow up. How's that going? Well, when they were little, they never were interested. And now that they're old, they're also not interested.
Oh, good. Well So I'm just gonna read to myself. Okay. That sounds like a good plan. What should I read first, do you think?
Oh, I don't know. Whichever whichever one you want. You've got, 13 days until Christmas. So 13 days? Yeah.
Oh, no. So whatever you think you can finish. And, I mean, you don't have to be done by Christmas. You can keep it going. Could keep reading Christmas.
I should have remembered that I had these Christmas books when I put them on the piano. Yeah. That would have been the first start. Yep. Because that would have been before Thanksgiving.
True story. Good job, Chantel. Killing it. Good job. Killing it at life.
Everybody's got a little bit of different kind of traditions on Christmas morning. One thing we do, we always grab stockings first. Yep. And we look at all the fun stuff that's in the stocking. There's all kinds of candies and goodies that have been left in the stocking.
Yeah. Sometimes there's, you know, little prizes. Have you ever had, like, a, like, a big prize in your stocking? I haven't, but I was just listening to somebody say that they have gotten prizes, not large prizes, obviously, because they're small inside their stocking, but pricier prices. Really?
Like like what? Like perfume Okay. That's expensive. Sure. And I feel it's my understanding that these are my feelings.
This is Chantel's feelings. If if it's an item, it doesn't matter the size. If it's an item that's over $20, that's a gift that should be wrapped. Oh, so you what if what if you were going through your stocking and found, like, some jewelry? Yeah.
That's a that's a wrapped present. But I no. I'm saying, would you be like, no. This this has gotta go back to the North Pole. No.
Obviously, I'm gonna use it. But I see. The stockings are for the again, my plan Smaller smaller items. The smaller, more inexpensive I see. Items.
I see. 1 year, I I know, like, some some folks would do just stockings. Like, that was it. They were like they were like, this is this is older people, and they were like, I'm this is all we're doing. Like, we're whatever fits in here.
I think that's an interesting idea. We've had stockings before that are like, they're overflowing with stuff, and they're so heavy because they're full of stuff. Right. But they won't fit on the hook. Like, the hooks are Yeah.
They're too heavy for the hooks. They're they're you you wake up to a hefty stocking. That's not a bad thing. I know growing up, I always I always found, an orange and some peanuts in my stocking, and I think that's a traditional thing. Yeah.
We used to at the church party every year, they would give you a bag. Santa would give you a bag, and it had oranges and peanuts and chocolates. I see. It says oranges and other treats, may have originated from a combination of the legend of Saint Nicholas as well as economic realties of the great depression. So that's where that stuff starts, where you find oranges.
Our kids would they've never got an orange in their stocking. But the orange, does have a a, an historical association with luxury goods. So an orange was sort of, a A luxurious good. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. That's an expensive stocking item. He yells.
Yes. Yes. Let's say He's very posh, that He yells. He yells. Yes.
An orange. Yes. I would I wouldn't mind an orange. We have oranges on the table right now. I know.
Just grab 1. Just grab 1. Yeah. Throw them in the stock. Orange.
No. That's not it. No. That's not how that works. That's not how that works.
You wake up and you find an orange in there. That's how that works. You go, hey. How'd this get here? Did this actually come from the North Pole or did this come from the kitchen table?
No. It did not. Came from the North. Those are North Pole oranges. North Pole oranges.
That's interesting because oranges grow in warm climates. Yeah. Don't you know? I don't. You can do anything in the North Pole.
It's a very magical place. You can grow oranges. They have orange an orange farm up there at the North Pole? Yes. Indeed.
Wow. Yeah. Wow. Yes. Yes.
Would you rather this or that Christmas edition? Would you rather put up white Christmas lights or multicolored lights? I'm a multicolored Christmas lights. Or a multicolored lights Christmas guy. Yeah.
I am a white lights gal. That's why isn't our tree white then? Because I know that you like the multicolored lights. I really, if you wanted the white tree lights, you can change them. I don't have a preference.
You can do whatever you want. You just said you had a preference. No. I I sure. But it it's not like a make or break deal.
Well, right. That's how I feel too. I prefer to have the white, but I'm not mad about the multicolored ones either. So But look how fun the multicolor. Like, we have this wreath in the studio that switches between, what I like and what you like.
I do And then what I like and then what you like. That you like. And then what I like And then what I like. What you like. I think the multicolored ones say fun, whereas the white ones say Pretty.
Yeah. I see. Well, the house has a really bright multicolored lights. We've got a multicolored light tree out front. I don't mind the multicolored lights on the outside of the house.
Mhmm. But on my tree, I prefer the whites. Interesting. But I it's not a sacrifice or anything, but I I'm not mad about the multicolored ones, but I prefer the white colored lights. I see.
Well, we have 2 trees upstairs, little ones that have white only lights. And then we have a big tree downstairs that has the multicolor lights. Yeah. I know. Yeah.
So you get a little of each. I'm just happy to have twinkly lights because twinkly lights are nice. Yeah. I agree. Well Yep.
Would you rather this or that? Little one of each. Little bit of this, little bit of that. Would you rather this or that? A little bit of me.
That's right. Little bit of you. Though it's what I like And somebody. That's what you like. And then it switches, and it's what I like.
And then it switches, and it's what I like. And then it switches, and it's what you like. That's nice. It's a compromising read. It is a compromising wreath.
Would you rather this or that? That wraps up today's show. That's it, folks. That's it. That's all.
That's all she wrote. Thanks for hanging out. We'll be back tomorrow in the studio, bright and early, from 6 until 10. So you can, join us for your Friday morning. It'll be really exciting.
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