Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Friday, December 19th, 2025 Episode summary introduction: The origin story behind NORAD's Santa Tracker, last-minute Christmas shopping chaos, festive foods, a very strong disagreement over gelato vs. ice cream on Christmas Day, a hilarious true crime story involving a runaway suspect, a nativity scene, and an unexpectedly observant mayor, plus a heart-warming feel-good moment about a teen paying it forward to his old elementary school, Christmas music in stores, Santa’s original reindeer names, Chantel's big radio anniversary, Christmas cookies for breakfast, a festive round of Christmas Would You Rather, and more! Timestamps: (0:00) - Bonus: NORAD Santa Tracker (3:03) - Hustle & bustle (5:56) - Nativity criminal (10:46) - Good News (11:57) - Reindeer names (16:28) - 120K vs 240K (21:14) - Gelato for Christmas (26:44) - Chantel's anniversary (32:28) - Josh's piles (36:47) - Where's the Christmas music (42:22) - Good Mythical Morning (48:26) - Christmas cards (51:22) - Christmas dinner still unsolved (55:14) - Would You Rather (58:01) - Cookies for breakfast Visit our website: https://riverbendmediagroup.com/info-page/wakeupclassy97/ Email the show - wakeupclassy97@gmail.com Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Classy97KLCE?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@classy97klce Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Classy97klce Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/classy97klce/ Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/classy97klce.bsky.social Follow us on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@classy97klce Follow us on X/Twitter: https://x.com/Classy97klce Full show transcript: Hey, welcome to Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast with Josh and Chantel. Email us if you want to. WakeUpClassy97 at gmail.com. It's wakeupthenumbers9and7 at gmail.com. WakeUpClassy97, is that what I said? I don't know what I said. It's wakeupclassy97 at gmail.com. All right. Sounds great. More rad. The guys who, well, they have a real job outside of tracking Santa. But do you know how long they've been doing that? I'm going to take a guess of 15 years. They've been doing that since Christmas Eve 1958. 1958? They've been tracking Santa at NORAD since 1958. That's awesome. Yeah. So here's the origin story. According to their website, it all started in 1955 when a young child accidentally called the unlisted phone number for the what was known at the time as CONAD or CONAD, Operation Center. And CONAD was the Continental Air Defense Command, the predecessor for NORAD. And they had seen this number in a newspaper ad, and they told kids to call Santa. And so this was an unlisted phone number. I don't know if it was they mistyped a number or what happened, but they ended up calling CONAD. And the CONAD Director of Operations, Colonel Harry Shoup at the time, answered the phone. And this kid said, yeah, hey, where is Santa? And this colonel was like, well, let me get my staff on this. And he had the staff check the radar for any indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. And that sparked the idea to track Santa's journey each year, much to the delight of children and families all over the world. It took them three years to get it up and running. But in 1958, they started the NORAD Santa tracking service, and they've been doing it ever since. Brilliant. That's cool. What a good story. Yeah, they've been doing it for a really long time. Where's Santa? Excuse me. Hey. Where's Santa? I'm going to take matters into my own hands. My parents won't tell me anything. Where's he at? Is he on my way? They're trying to tell me to go to bed right now, and I'm not having it. I'm going to take this to the top. I know. Plus, what was making that phone call like in 1955? No kidding. Like, phones were around, but it was like not the same as now. Operator? Operator? Like, did you, how did that work? I don't know. How did you get connected with Conrad accidentally? Yeah. That's crazy. That's cool. Good story. Yeah. Shall we start the show? That's a good origin story. Let's begin. All right. I was just doing a little bit of research, and I found out that this weekend is the busiest shopping weekend of the year. I'm not surprised by that. You had to do research to find that out. Well, I just, I guess that research found me. Saturday has been dubbed Super Saturday for a lot of years because it is the second busiest shopping day of the year. The second? It is the second biggest busy day behind Black Friday. Okay. Yeah. But this weekend, Saturday and Sunday are super busy. Great. Great. I guess what we got to do. We got to do a little bit of shopping. We got to do some shopping. Yeah, we're going to be out there doing it. We'll be out there rubbing elbows with the other last minute Christmas shoppers. We see you. Last Ministers. I know. We see you. I know. So I got that to look forward to. What else do we know? Oh, what else do we know? I know it's Friday finally, and this has been a long week. Oh, I have something. What is it? Maybe I'll save it for later. Okay. That sounds good. But it is Friday today. Yeah. And do you feel like this was a long week to get to here? Yes. Yeah, same. Same. How come there's what? I don't know why though. Yeah, I was going to say, how come there are some weeks that feel longer than others? I think there's just been so much going on. How does time work? I think there's just been so much going on like every day and evening. Yeah. All week long. There's been, we got to get this done, or it's this party, or it's this thing for this organization. You got to get done. What is it? It's just been so busy. They really do call it the hustle and bustle for a reason, don't they? I think it's just got added hustle and bustle because it's our normal calendar, but then you stack onto it all of these to- It's the normal hustle. But we added a bustle. That's what I'm saying. I get you. And the bustle is what makes it take longer to get to Friday. Well, we made it. To then still be hustling and bustling. We're here, and we do have a little bit of more hustling and bustling to do. That's what I'm saying. It's okay, we'll get it done. Oh, I know. You know why? We always do. We're superstars, Josh. Oh. You and me have been doing Christmas together for a lot of years. Yeah? You and me, pal. You and me. You and me. Josh and Chantel. Josh and Chantel. Uh-huh. The chearest hustle and bustlers you've ever seen. Okay. Well, depending. On? Have I had some snacks? Oh, I see. There's caveats to your happiness. I gotta have a treat. Got it, got it. There was a criminal in Italy. He was a 38-year-old, and he was running from the cops. And you're saying was a lot. Is this guy, did he pass away? No. He was captured. Okay. So this criminal is off the streets. Yeah. Yeah. All right, so what did he do? The cops were chasing. I don't know. I don't know. That's not the story. Okay. The cops were chasing him. So he tried to lose them by jumping into a life-size nativity scene outside of church. Then he froze in place like a mannequin. Smart. And it almost worked. They didn't see him until they were on their way. They had stopped. They were kind of looking around. They were like, I just saw him. I know. I just saw him. And then the mayor of the town. Yeah. I don't know why the mayor was. He zooms in on the chase. He's always been like, you know, I want to go on a wild chase once. And so the chief of police there said, here's your chance, mayor. We're on one now. And he was like, I'll meet you there. In my mind, I'm picturing the mayor of Halloween town. Oh, are you? His head's spinning around. Okay. I was picturing like those bobby cops with the little hats and the little clubs. And they're like going door to door to door to door, like Scooby-Doo style. And then all of a sudden the mayor is one of them running through and you go, why is the mayor there? I'm here. I'm on it. It's good thing the mayor was there. Because he noticed movement out of the corner of his eyes. No way. Where does that get? That wise man is moving. They got a photo of him before they arrested him. In the nativity? Yeah. Oh, I got to see it. He does not look like, he's wearing all black. This was in Italy? For one. Yeah. And the rest of the nativity, if you've ever seen a nativity, you know that most of the time they're dressed in like robes and they're white robes for the most part. And here's this, he's almost like a shadow. What's he doing with his hands? It's like a Peter Pan shadow. I don't know. Why, if he wouldn't have put his hands all strange, he put his hands like a praying mantis. Yeah, that's what it does look like. That was a bad choice. I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for those darn meddling kids. The mayor did say that he was amazed by the excessive realism of the shepherd. I mean, look, I'm looking at the nativity, the shepherd, the realism of him hiding? Well, yeah, he's a real dude. In jeans with praying mantis arms. Look, if he would have just had his arms down or even like in front of him looking like he was holding like a box of frankincense or something, like it would have been more comfortable and he wouldn't have moved as much. But he did this with his hands and then his hands got heavy. And he got spotted by the mayor. Do you think once the mayor was like, hey, we got you, bell, do you think he continued to just like pretend that he was a statue? Have you ever played hide and seek with somebody and then you're like, I can't be sure if they've actually found me or if they're just saying they found me. That's what I'm saying. Okay. Yeah, like we found you and I go, I'm not moving. You haven't found anything. Do we think that's what this guy did? He just kept standing there. He's like, no, no, no statue. Talking out the side of his mouth. Uh-uh, you didn't find me. Oil can. I think he went that way. Never got that way. Oh, those Italian criminals. What a goof. What a not so wise man. Oh, yeah. What else do we got? Any other fun nicknames for him? I'm not very good at this game. Are they going to put him away in a manger? Are they going to, they didn't give him the key to the city, but they locked him up with a key in the city? You've had better. Oh, I'm just, I'm spitballing. I know you are. I know you are. It's also early. I'm not trying to criticize. Right, but I haven't heard any from you yet. I know because I'm bad at this game. Here's some good news. 18 year old high school graduate, Jaden Samuel. He recently returned to his elementary school. This is in Aiken, South Carolina. He went back with a trunk full of toys for current students. He co-hosted a local podcast there and he spent weeks gathering donations to ensure that every child at his former school could experience the same magic and joy of Christmas that he had growing up. He says, walking back through the doors at Millbrook Elementary was an emotional experience. He said he wanted to show the younger kids that the community has their back and give parents a bit of breathing room during a busy season. He said it was bittersweet homecoming. It was all about paying it forward. He said, I once was in their spot as a kid. I don't want kids to feel their parents' struggles. I want them to know that they can still have a good Christmas and that we are here for each other. His gift bonanza is a powerful reminder that sometimes the best way to celebrate your future is by reaching back in and helping the next generation. That's nice. Really cool. Way to go, Jaden. Nice move. That is a nice move. And good news. Did you know that Santa's eight tiny reindeer have had different names before they have the names that they have now? I guess not. I didn't know this either. They had names. Okay, tell me if you can guess. Okay, let me back up. What are we talking about? I don't know. Hold on. What are the reindeer's names? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Slash, Donder, Blitzen. Good job. You did great. So they did have other names including Flossy, Glossy, Racer, Pacer, Scratcher, Ready, Steady and Fireball. And then Rudolph was almost named Rolo, Reginald or Romeo. Those were names in the running and then they landed on Rudolph. Where did you get this information? This place. I'm just, because I'm looking up original eight reindeer and I'm not finding anything. You're not finding any of that stuff? Glossy and Glossy? No. I am seeing the reindeer appeared in a poem that was first published in 1823. Okay. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder and Blixom, which still is Thunder and Lightning. So you're not seeing these names? No. I don't have any. Hold on a minute. Okay, okay, okay. These are from, it's a 1902 book by L. Frank Baum called The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. That is after the poem in the 1800s. So he had, okay, so the traditional reindeer names like Dasher and Dancer became popular. His story featured a team of 10 and the names were Flossy, Glossy, Racer, Pacer, Fearless, Peerless, Ready, Steady, Feckless and Speckless. I see that. I see that. He had more of them though. He did, he had 10. Interesting. They didn't catch on with the general public in the same way as the names entwosed the night before Christmas. But they are recognized as an alternative for the sleigh team. I'd like it, okay. Well, I look, there's gotta be a stable of reindeer in case somebody gets hurt or something. You know Flossy and Glossy and Racer and Pacer, Fearless and Peerless and Ready and Steady. I see. But you recall Rodolfo. Well, and then... Ronaldo. No, Reginaldo. Reginaldo. I don't, he doesn't, there's no mention of Rudolph in this story. So I don't know if he had one of those and I don't know where those names are. I think Rudolph showed up in the 30s. Okay. Because that's when the foggy night happened. Oh, yeah, that's right. See the reindeer were doing their own thing and then Rudolph showed up. The reindeer had been around for a while. Right. Well, in the storyline in this book, the life and adventures of Santa Claus. Yeah. Flossy and Glossy have to help Santa overcome being trapped in the Laughing Valley by deep snow. Oh, no. Making there and his Santas first major journey. There you go. All right. Now you know. What else did Frank, that name is familiar. What else did he write? Couldn't tell you. Shall we look it up? I think he's the Wizard of Oz guy. Really? Yeah. Yep. He is. Well, there you go. Look at that. Look at that. Doing a little research today on this Friday morning. It's like I went back to school. Yeah. Dewey Decimal and all that. I didn't do anything. You just interneted it. Yeah. Yeah. You didn't have the internet back then. You would have had the Dewey Decimal this. And I would have because I know how the Dewey Decimal system works. Okay. What would you have looked up? I would have looked up his last name. But you don't know that he wrote this. What are you talking about? What? What? I don't know. I don't either. Thank you for sharing that information. Here's a question I've seen that's been going around the internet. Do you do the job you have, but you're able to do it from home and you make $120,000 a year? Or do you go into the office every day, same thing you're doing, but you double what you're making if you're just working from home? So it's $240,000. You're assuming someone makes $120,000? Yes. Whoa. In this scenario, you're making $120,000. They don't work in radio. I understand. So you're saying, let me rewind here because it was all out of order. Because it sounded like I get to do what I do and make $120,000 doing it at home. Correct. Or I go in, which was an upgrade from what I do now. I know. And I went, yeah, I'll have that. And then you said, or you go into work and you go into the office and you make double what you make. The difference is you're working from home or you're coming in every day. No, I understand. You make double if you come into the office. I was trying to tell you what I heard. I understand the question, but what I heard was I could work from home and make $120,000 a year. And I went, yeah, I'll have that. And then you said, or go into the office and make twice what you make. Correct. And so then in my head, I was doing math and then you said, so 240. And I went, what? Do you see? I see. I got you. So now I'm understanding the question, I'm going to come into work. You are. You're going to do the double. Yes. How come? To make $240,000. How come? You wouldn't just work from home and make your 120 and be like, that's pretty good. I'll take that. It is good. But you were saying that's what I made anyway. No, that wasn't the idea. But then I got to work from home, which I did for a while five years ago. Yeah. I worked from my home studio. We all did. Yeah. Well, not all of us. Some of us still had to go in. That is true. Not all of us in the whole wide world. I think initially I was like, oh, I'll just stay home every day. But I do think, I do think after a while you'd be like, okay, I can't like, you would need to get out and feel like I would want to talk to people and I would want to, you know, you'd have to make some connections. People, you'd want to see coworkers. Wouldn't you? Well, I think so. I think that was a major part of what people did not like about being shut down in their homes. But here's the deal. I'm going to work not because of other people. No, no, no, no. Me neither. I'm going to work because $240,000. I understand. I really do. But I think you would get pretty lonely working from home. I don't know though, because sometimes I really like to be alone. I get it. But listen, you and I do this show and we live together. If we were just in our house all the time and working together. Yeah, we'd probably lose our minds. I'd be like, what is going on? I need to go somewhere. Not because of you. That's just a lot of time. It's a lot of time together. Right. And people ask us like, how do you do it? How do you spend so much time? And I like you. And that helps. It's important that I like you. Right. So, you know, there's that. But that would be too much. I agree. That'd be over the limit. I think so too. And then I'd be like, no, you can't right now because here's what you do is you go through a list of all the things you could be doing at the same time. What do you mean? You would be trying to do dishes and laundry and stuff in between. I would. And I would, no, you're at work now. Yeah, I really would. And you'd be like, hold on, let me go do this thing. And I'd go, you don't have time for that. Sit down. I do try to maximize time. Correct. And I'd be like, no, you're not going to go mop a floor. You're going to sit down and do a show. Mop. Who's mop of floors? I know mop my floor. If something just comes over, it'd be a whole thing. So that's what I'm saying. Okay. It's a bad idea. It is about an idea. And it's also not lucrative if I could be making 240. You're right. You're absolutely right, Josh. There's my logic. Okay. I'll take it. I'll take your logic straight to the bank. There you go. And cash that 240. I was lucky enough to have some gelato yesterday. And I always forget about gelato. And there is a company here in Idaho Falls who makes some pretty good gelato. And I forget about it sometimes. But I'm not going to forget on Christmas because as I was eating this gelato, I went, brilliant idea. I go, my family, the four of us, my little four pack, my little snack pack, should all go and pick out our own pint of gelato that we can have on Christmas day. And I, as I'm eating my mango gelato, went, that's a brilliant idea. Shantel, that could be the best idea you've ever had. Applause, Shantel. Pat yourself on the back, Shantel. What a great idea, Shantel. All these voices in my head, like, brilliant. So then I get home. I tell Emery about the plan. She goes, yes. She's like, mom, that's the best idea you've ever had. What a brilliant idea, mom. I look over to you to see if you thought the plan was a brilliant idea. And you had this look on your face like, what? Now tell me, spirit crusher. Whatever. It's not my name. It was last night when you crushed my gelato. Spirit crusher. You crushed my gelato dreams. I thought that was a great idea. That's a fine idea. I'm not ruining your idea. Everyone's going to be like, you're right, Shantel. That's a really good idea. And now we're not going to be able to get any gelato because they're going to be overrun with people. Okay. Why didn't you like my gelato idea? It's not the idea. Though the idea is fine. Okay. I prefer ice cream. You didn't have this gelato. You didn't. It was so good. I had the mango one in case you were wondering. No, I heard. I heard about it. We had multiple flavors. I asked what everybody had. Some people had salt to the caramel. They liked the salt to the caramel. Some people had gingerbread. I looked at the options and I went, it's mango for me. It was good. It was good. So I don't, the idea is fine. I would just, I'll just get ice cream. Okay. Fine. Go have your ice cream. There's some delicious custard places in town. I could go get a custard. But that's not gelato. No, I know. That's the point. Gelato is fine. I'm just saying. I could just have ice cream and be just as happy. I totally get it. But I think you're forgetting about how good gelato actually is. I did. Listen, I don't have it very often. So when I had it, I went, oh yeah, gelato is good. I forgot. This is not sponsored by gelato. I understand. Gelato, yeah. Big gelato out here. Paying them bucks. Listen, do you know the difference between gelato and ice cream? I do not. Well, well, let me tell you, gelato is denser, smoother, and more intensely flavored than ice cream. I see. Primarily because it uses more milk than cream. It uses less air than ice cream and is served warmer, enhancing its rich, chewy texture and flavor pop. Traditional ice cream is fluffier, has higher fat, and is served colder, creating a richer, sometimes heavier taste. Gelato is a silkier and flavor forward dessert while ice cream is lighter and creamier. You're saying after reading all of that, you'd still go for ice cream? Yes. No way, man. Yeah, way, man. You didn't have the gelato that I had yesterday. No, you're right. I didn't. I did not have mango gelato. I think, man, oh, man. I thought that was the best idea. I was like, oh. It's a fine idea. I told you that. We'll go pick out our own pints. Yeah. We'll have our own little pints, and then maybe somebody will share one of their pints with me, and then I could try somebody else's pint. Yeah. Or get this ice cream. Yeah, but ice cream. You can have ice cream any old time, but gelato on Christmas, that makes it special, doesn't it? I guess. Well, fine. Listen. The ruling in the house is me and Emery are going to go get gelato for Christmas. You haven't talked to the boy about it. I haven't talked to Beck yet. Right. He may be like, no, I'll just have nothing. He may. Or he may go with you to the ice cream store, but be my guest. Emery might change your mind once you say you're going to get ice cream. For me? Maybe I want fro-yo. Great. Go do it. I'm going to get myself some gelato. No, I heard. You are team gelato, and I am spirit crusher. So glad we could clear that up. It's a big day. What is it? Today is? Today is. What's today? Today is the anniversary of my first day on radio. On this show? Mm-hmm. Four years ago. Three. Three. Three years ago. Three years ago. Yes. Because I've been here for four years. You're right. This is my fifth Christmas, though. Three years. Yeah. How about that? Wow. Yeah, I started in 2022. Wow. No, you would think that I would have gotten better along the way. Is that right? Yeah. But now I have it. I'm still the same. Do you want me to pull up some audio and we can compare and see if you've gotten better? Sure. I mean, it'll take me a minute to dig up. Let me see if I can. I mean, you don't have to do it right now. Let me see. I might be able to do this. I don't think that everybody needs to hear it. Oh, you don't? No. No. Hmm. Let's see. It's okay. You're saying it was December 19, 2022. 1219, 2022. I do have that. You really do? Yeah. Is that the first one that I have? 1219. I have, because you demoed on 1118. Yeah. That was November 18. I came in as a guest host. I have that as well. And then I have December 19, 2022. We'll have to pull it up. We'll have to listen. Will we? We will. Will we? Yes. We will. We will. It's a big day. You should have thrown a party. It's, I have the full, I don't have the individual breaks. I have the full four hours with music and everything. That's going to take a minute to go through. Ew. I should have had a party. Yeah. We should still have a party. You should have maybe ordered some breakfast. Hey, I, you know what? I'd like to point out you did get an anniversary card. That's right. I did. I've never gotten one of those. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That's fine. They like you better than me. That's, that's all. Which I like you better than me too. I got it two weeks ago. The anniversary card I got was two weeks ago. So it wasn't necessarily on my anniversary that I received it. No, it was ahead of it. I guess. I've been here for five Christmases, zero anniversary cards. I'm sorry. It's the only one I've gotten. I didn't get one last year or the year before. Yeah. Just randomly out of the blue this year. Right. I went, well, happy radio anniversary. Oh, thanks buddy. That's really cool. I hope you're still having a good time with me. Yeah. Likewise. Are you enjoying it? Have you learned some things? Have I learned some things? Not, not about me, but just about the biz. What have you learned about the biz that maybe surprised you? I don't necessarily know any answer to that. Right. Because you've been radio adjacent our entire time together because I've been doing radio for 25 years. So you've been right there through all the learning that I've gone through. So you've kind of, you've been around radio. Nothing surprising. Okay. Anything special? Anything. You went like, I didn't know how that worked. Now I do. No, I still don't know how any of that works. Well, do you want to? No. Oh, maybe you're four. You'd be like, Hey, actually, I'd like to be able to run the show. I told you, Josh, the older I get in life, the less responsibility I want to have. I want to come in. I want to open my headphones and have you do all of the heavy lifting and I'm just here to make a lot of noise. Oh, that's my role on the team. The noise maker. Okay. I provide nothing more. That is not true. You provide a lot. What do I provide? You are 80 to 90% of what makes the show great. Oh, that's nice, Josh. Yeah. And I'm less than 10%. No, that's not true. No, because there's music in there that contributes a bit. And that's not true. I need a sounding board and you provide... No, you need a sound board, which I push the button to. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And you, your commentary helps. If I was here talking to myself, then that would just be me hanging out in my house. Yeah. That's what it's like. Yeah, I know. And then I walk in the room and then you go, huh. And I go, I live here. I wasn't talking to myself, I swear. Yeah, no, you were. The whole time I walked down the stairs and down the hall, I heard you. And then I walked in and went, hey, and you went, huh. It'd be like that. Well, anyway, happy anniversary to me. Happy anniversary. Thanks for allowing me to join the biz. That's it. Have a gelato to celebrate. Yes. I was cleaning up a little bit last night at our house and I was a little annoyed at you. At me? Yeah. Why? Well, when did you go camping with the scouts? Oh, it's been a couple of weeks. A couple of weeks, right? Sure. For a couple of weeks, I've noticed that there's a propane tank and some kitchen utensils that you use for your, your camp stove. Sure. And your little space heater that you use when you go camping. Yeah. To keep me warm outside. Yeah. All of that has been sitting in the kitchen. Somebody should put that away. Yeah. Somebody should have put that away. That's been sitting in the kitchen for the two weeks since you've been camping and I've been, I've been noticing it every day. Yeah? What have you been noticing about it? And I've been like, oh, he should really put that away. That'd be so cool if he could put that away. Uh-huh. I put it away for you. Hey. Okay. But where? Cause it's probably. It doesn't matter, Josh. No, it matters. If you wanted it to be put away in a specific place, then maybe you should have put it away. So I did want it to be put away in a specific place. Great. But can I tell you why I didn't put it away? Yeah, sure. Because I can't get to that specific place right now because somebody put a whole bunch of stuff in the garage. Who put a bunch of stuff in the garage? Me? I don't know. I'm just saying. I'm not pointing fingers. Oh, I'm pointing fingers at you. I'm just saying that, no, I know. I can feel that. What I'm saying is I went to put stuff away and I can't. But why? Because there's so much stuff in the way. Hey, I. I can't get to my little corner where I built my gear area to put stuff away because there's a whole bunch of other stuff there. I put it away just fine. Like boxes of decorations and bags of stuff that's got to go to the thrift store. There's a lot of stuff in the way. I put it away justified. But where? I guess you're going to have to find out. And the tongs in the spatula, did you put them in the kitchen box or are they just laying somewhere? I put them in a box. That's not the question. Did they go back into the kitchen utensil box? I know that you have a kitchen utensil box. I could not find it. Well, you can't get to it because there's too much stuff in the way. I was going to put them back properly, but I couldn't. And so I found an empty box and I put them in a box and I said, this will do. So I put them there. Yeah. Yeah. Got it. Because you should just put it away. You should have just put it away. Okay. I got sick of looking at it. That propane tank was gross. It's not gross. Yeah, it is. It's a small little tank and that shouldn't be in the house or the garage. It's stored out in the other shed because of it being a fire hazard. So it shouldn't just be sitting in the garage. Another reason why it didn't get put away, I have to go to the shed. It's a big walk. It's not that big of a walk. Oh, but my legs. Oh, my legs. It is cold outside. Well, guess what? I got sick of it sitting next to the table, put it away. Did I put it away in the proper place? No. Because you know why? I don't know what your proper place is and if you wanted to put away properly, you should have put it away. I'm never going to find anything I need. You will because I just threw it in the garage. You'll be able to see it just fine. Okay. You're going to probably triple for it because you can't, I just threw it in the way because I was like, oh, just put this away. I threw it out there. I didn't throw it. Of course, I'm not going to throw a propane tank. Don't throw my stuff. Put your stuff away. I will eventually. Oh, bro. I have a friend who messaged me the other day and said that he was very upset. He gets very upset when he is shopping at the stores and they're not playing Christmas music during the Christmas season. That's interesting. I mean, it's, it sets a vibe. For a minute, I was like, I don't know how that can be true. I hear Christmas music everywhere I go. It plays at both my jobs. It plays at my doctor's office, even though our doctor's office does not play our Christmas music. I know. I got a yell at him. Beef with our doctor. I hear it when I go to, where else have I gone? Well, anywhere you go, you hear it. It's all over. Initially, I was like, where are you going where you're not hearing Christmas music? Because I hear it everywhere. Yeah. And then we went to a store last night and guess what? No Christmas. Well, not no Christmas. They had non-Christmas mixed in with Christmas. So they weren't full Christmas. We heard a Coldplay song. And then we heard a Christmas song. Never play a Coldplay song. Shantel, taste maker Tyler with her distaste of Coldplay on display. Yeah. So? A lot of people like Coldplay. A lot of people do. A lot of people are wrong. All right. She's feisty on a Friday. I'm always feisty a little bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, I... It was one song. How do you feel when you go into a store and they're not playing Christmas music? I actually don't... It's none of my business. I didn't even notice until we went into that store and I was like, whoa. Yeah, the Coldplay song was on. They're not playing Christmas music. And it was kind of refreshing almost, like a little bit of a break because I've heard Christmas music so much. Sure. That it was like a breath of fresh air. Okay. Huh. Regular music. What is this? What is this nonsense? You listen to regular music in your car all the time. Yeah, I know, but that's different because that's my car. It's not a public space. Right, it wasn't Coldplay. Ew, I'd never play Coldplay. Are you crazy? See, listen to her. I don't know why you don't like Chris Martin. Because... Is it because he was dating Gwyneth Paltrow and you don't like Gwyneth? No, I really don't like Gwyneth Paltrow. Is that why? No, I don't like his music. And so that's why I don't like him. And then it got even... He lost even more points when he did marry Gwyneth Paltrow. And then I went, well, that checks out. I mean, he makes terrible music. So it makes sense that he would have... This is what we call a Chantel Hot Take. Right here on display. Why don't you like Gwyneth Paltrow? Why? I used to like her. What happened? She got annoying. When? In the last five years. When she started hanging around Chris Martin? Yeah, I guess so. Did these two things go hand in hand? Maybe. Can you not separate the art from the artist? No, I can't. And then she just got all know-it-all-y and she was like, listen to my health advice. And it was terrible health advice. And then I was like, when did you get so weird? Stop being so weird, Gwyneth. When she was dating Brad Pitt, that's when she was cool. I see. But you like Brad Pitt. I do like Brad Pitt. So is that why you liked Gwyneth then? No, she was normal. What? She got all weird. What do you mean she got weird? If you're a female and you're listening... What's that brand called that she's got? I don't even want to know. I know what it is, but I'm not going to say it. All I can think of is the word, boop, but that's not it. It is similar. It's something like that. I'm not going to say it because I don't want to give it... One, I don't want my smartphone to hear it and then give me advertisements for it. It's something like boop. It is very much like boop. You just got the wrong first letter. But it's oop. It is oop. Boop? No, I'm not going to even say it. Boop? Boop? How did we get on Coldplay and Gwyneth Paltrow? Because we were listening to a Coldplay song at the store and then you were having a bad time. Yeah. There's a lot... It's not boop, huh? No, no, no. I'll tell you who does not like Coldplay is that couple that was found at their concert. Well, that's their own fault. Remember that? Yeah, I do. You might have forgotten about that. I think they like Coldplay. They just probably are mad at the cameraman. No, Chris Martin called them out from stage, so I think they're mad at him. Oh, no. Oh, I remember it. What is it? It's a G. It is a G. Yeah, I remember. I remember. I remember. I had a fun time guessing. I did too. And now if my phone gives me any kind of advertisements for that, I'm not... I didn't say the actual word. Okay. I said a whole bunch that sounds just like it. I'm just telling you right now. Bro? Loop? You were watching a video last night of a podcast. There were two dudes. It was a YouTube channel. Oh. Yeah, yeah. It's called Good Mythical Morning. And they did some research. No, it was all opinion-based. And they called... Well, they called... They called a little bit of research because they called local fast food restaurants and said... In Hollywood, yeah. And said, what is the least ordered item on your menu? Did you hear the story of how the research went? No. I think you walked away. So, they have a research team. They have producers. They have all these people involved in the show. And what they did was they wanted to rank the least ordered fast food item. So, they called the different restaurants and said, hey, what is the least ordered fast food item? And they started getting hung up on. And people were like, oh, we don't have time for this. Oh, no. And so, then they said, idea. And a light bulb went on and they said, hi, we're doing a school project. And we're trying to find out what is the least ordered fast food item from your store. And that's how they got the information. Okay. Because they were getting hung up on as adults. They said, I'm doing a school project and it's about this. And then they got answers. Clever. So, just in case you ever want to know how to get info. School project. I'm doing a school project. Can you tell me? Because people are mean to adults. This permanent information. Yeah. Okay. So, they found out the least ordered items from McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's. Domino's pizza. And Jack in the box. And then they rated them. And then they ate them and then rated them on a scale of one to five, which of the five things they ate was the best and the worst. And I really want to do it. I really want to play this game. I like this kind of stuff. Yeah? They had to order the filet of fish at McDonald's. And they gave that high accolades. High ratings. They did. Like, they put it in at number two or number three by the end. It was big time. My favorite part was like, they had ordered something from Wendy's that I've eaten before. Yep. They gave that very low marks. And I was like... Because it tasted like hot lettuce, they said. Well, I said, that's pretty good. I like that. They ordered the egg rolls from Jack in the box. Those they put in number two. Hey, those are good. I like those. Yeah. Three things they ordered. I was like, I've eaten that. Oh, yeah. The Taco Bell thing, you were like, I've had that. I didn't have it with black beans. I had it with something else, though. But I had that. Yeah. What I thought would be fun, you didn't seem super hot on this side yet. Because you're going to order some gross. No, I'm not. I think it would be fun because you and I don't typically order the same thing whenever we go eat out. Right. I think it would be fun for you to order what you're going to eat, me order what I'm going to eat, and then we swap. You're going to order some gross. I won't. What would I order that's gross? Some with mushrooms in it. I do like mushrooms. You're going to order some with meat in it. Yeah. Delicious meat. Meat, good. Mushroom, bad. No, wait, man. Mushroom, good. No. Mushroom, real good. Meat, delicious. I think. Here's what I think. What do you think? I think that would be something very fun to do. You never get excited about my ideas. That's not true. So many good ideas. And then you just go, no, yes, that is not true. OK. Then let's do it. Just don't order something gross. I won't order something gross. I purposely won't order something that I know you're not going to like. So I wouldn't order something with mushrooms. It's got to be something that you still would be able to. But here's the thing. What? Like, this is a fine idea. It is a fun idea. I said fine. I said fun. I know. But like, where? Wherever. Because if we go to Thai food, like, I know what I like and I know you also like what I like. Yeah. But you order stuff I don't like. Like what? That different curry I don't like. Have you ever had that curry? Yeah. Because you're like, do you want to try this? Or you'll go, here are the baby corns out of my meal and I have to drown them in my curry so they don't taste like yours. My curry is better than your curry. Disagree. Now your curry is very good. This is why. Right. But then you go, yeah, I could eat yours. You got a bad flavor. OK, OK, OK. Then here's what happens. You just eat a couple of bites of whatever it is that I order and then you'll go back to your real meals. That's just one example. Like if we go, like, where's somewhere else that we order something different? Oh, no, you tell me. We order the same thing when we go get street tacos. Yeah, delicious. So easy. Yeah, let's switch the same food. We order the same thing when we go to, I'm trying to think, where else? Like, you don't order like a big burger usually. No, because gross. Right, because of the meat. You'll order like a sandwich or something. So I'm just trying to figure out, like, what's the big difference? I don't know. Let's go somewhere we'll find out, won't we? Except we'll never because you're like, no, that's not a very good idea. I'm such a funny daddy. Chantel has all these really cool ideas and I'm not. I don't want to participate in any of them. That's me. Oh, I know. I know. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not a funny daddy. Prove it. Get some gelato for Christmas. Oh, no. Funny daddy. Bro. What? Look at the door. It's covered. I mean, there's less than. Smothered. There are less than two feet of door left at the bottom. From the top to the bottom, less than two feet, covered in Christmas cards. Covered in Christmas cards. It's awesome. And I love it. It's very cool. We've received 40 Christmas cards. Is that right? So far. And 21 last year. So let me just say congratulations. To all of us. It's amazing. Congrats to all of us. Yeah. And thank you to everybody who sent in a card. It looks awesome. It does look awesome. Are you going to post a picture of the door? I think we should. Absolutely should. Because it looks so festive and fun and cool. It's very cool. I love it. Thanks everybody who sent in a Christmas card. There is still time. And room on the door. To send in a Christmas card. Yeah. If we run out of room on the door, we're just going to. Start sticking them to the wall. Or we'll do it on the other side of the door. On the outside. It's still got an outside. We still have room. We still have room for more. I love it. Some of these people who have been sending in Christmas cards are repeat Christmas card senders. Some of them, most of them are brand new Christmas card senders. We appreciate both of you. Yeah. I want to say the first year. Because this is down the third year we've done this. Yes. And do you know how many we got the first year? I sure do. Because I like to keep. What are the analytics? I'd like to keep. Let's go through the analytics. We had 21 last year. We had nine. Nine. The very first year. I was going to say, I feel like the first year we covered the window. And that was it. Yeah. I think you're right. And this year. 40 so far. There's still time. 40. And they're coming from all over. I'm also keeping track of that. I have Shelley Island Park, Amon Chubbock, Pocatello, Rex Berger, Iggy B, Blackfoot, Montana, Wyoming, Aberdeen. Wow. I know. Well, thank you, everybody. Thanks, everybody. There is still time. If you still want to get a Christmas card in, send a Christmas card to Josh and Chantel or Classy 97. I won't even get mad if you spell my name wrong. That's correct. We got a card yesterday that said Josh and wife. I won't even get mad about that. Right, because. Because she didn't know how to spell it. And she didn't want to spell it incorrectly. I'm not mad. Call me whatever you want to call me. I've been called all kinds of stuff. Well, Chantel's preferred, but okay. The address is 400 West Sunnyside Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho 8304202. Thanks for making our studio a little bit more festive. That's really cool. And we've got, we're going to have to go get more stamps. Again? Yeah. Wow. We've sent out a lot of Christmas cards. So we've got to get more stamps. So we've got a stack ready to be sent out to the, to the ones we've received cards from today. Nice. So be on the lookout. All right. Merry Christmas and thanks, everybody. Yesterday, you were saying we didn't know what we're going to do for Christmas dinner. You posted on social media. We're trying to find something different for Christmas dinner. You got a lot of suggestions. So many ideas. Yeah. Lots of lasagna in there. Lots of lasagna, lots of enchiladas. That was kind of the common theme. That's interesting. A lot of like a buffet. Like a lot of Christmas breakfast buffets, a lot of appetizer buffets, a little bit of snacking every day. I did get, Karen gave me a bunch of recipes. So I appreciate that. Yeah. Like a bunch of delicious Blackstone noodles. Yeah. I was reading through this one. Like I'm really excited about that because I have a Blackstone and I love to cook on that. So I really want to make these Mongolian noodles. So thank you very much. I know. It all looks so good. Yeah. She gave us some pork taco recipe with pineapple salsa that looks delicious. I know. And the pictures. I mean, this is awesome. And here's the thing. I am no closer to trying to figure out what we're eating. Because every idea I was like, that sounds good. Oh, that sounds good. Oh, maybe we'll do that. That sounds good. But a lot of lasagna and a lot of enchiladas, which I think is interesting. One person said, I can't remember who said it. I'll have to go back. They do a red enchilada and a green enchilada. Oh, that's festive. To make it festive. Yeah. And you can't. I mean, there is red enchilada salsa and green enchilada salsa. 100%. That's a festive idea. So I am no closer to knowing what we're going to be eating on Christmas. I even, because here's the idea. I want to do a breakfast, like a nice breakfast, but I also don't want to spend a lot of time making breakfast. So I thought maybe we could do like a breakfast buffet. We could put out some bagels and some English muffins and we could make some sausage and some eggs and then. I don't want to do a lot. I just want to make all this stuff. No, that's so easy. That's so easy. OK. And then in the afternoon, we're going to start to get a little bit hungry. So I don't know what to do about that. And then later on, I'm going to get snack-ish. And then I'm going to be like, oh, I got gelato. You know? I know. I've heard about it. Are you just going to have like a spoon of gelato after every little thing? Oh, breakfast. Now time for gelato. Sure. Lunch snack. Gelato. Yeah, sounds fine with me. I see. Just one spoonful? Well, that way you can make it last. You don't need to have a pint every time you stop eating one thing. That's what I'm getting at. I get what you're getting at. Well, thank you, everybody, for all of the good ideas on the little Facebook. Yeah, it's awesome. It's not helpful, though, because everything sounds so good that I'm like, well, now what? Because everyone had really good ideas. I needed somebody to come up with bad ideas so that I'd be like, no, it's not that. Oh, time out. Your mom did have a bad idea. I know, because she wants us to make the mashed potatoes with the hot dogs and the cheese and the ketchup, and it's just not it. I haven't eaten that since I lived at home. I have zero plans to make that. And she thought she was being helpful or funny or all of the above. She thought she was being hilarious. That is so gross. It's not it. I think I reacted with a crying emoji. I think you did. Because I'm not ever going to make that, especially not on Christmas. Oh, but look, you've got the white of the potato and the red of the ketchup like a candy cane. It's festive. Gross. No. Well, it's Friday and it is six days away from Christmas. Should we do a Christmas edition? Would you rather? I was trying to stall. I know you were. As long as I could. But my, I don't have one. Oh, do you need me to just keep talking about something? All right. Would you rather be doing would you rather right now or something else? Because you don't have a would you rather ready to would you rather? Here's the problem with the would you rather is I've been doing this Christmas would you rather. Right, I know. And they're either all the same. Right. Or they're kind of lame. Okay. So let me ask you this. I'll ask you one. Sure. We kind of have had the system of gift opening that we've had for a long time, but would you rather open all of the non big Santa gifts first or the big Santa gifts first? And everything else after. You said that twice. No. Everything first. You said first or first. Everything first and then big Santa gifts or big Santa gifts first and everything else after. I think big Santa gifts last. Everything else first and then my big Santa gifts at the end. Okay. That's the way I like it done. You feel like that builds the anticipation. Yes. Yes, I do. Interesting. What about you? Well, I think it depends because sometimes if Santa brings you like a bike, you might know that. Right. Before you, you know what I'm saying? I know what you're saying, but I also, if Santa's bringing me like a record player, but he also like maybe my parents bought me some records. Oh, right. I see. And I open the records first. I'll be like, what am I going to do with these? Right. And that might be too much of a clue for what Santa brought. So I think there are instances where you need to open the Santa prize before other prizes. I get what you're saying. Yeah. Interesting. I'm with you. I agree. I agree with all of the things you've said. Because I've got good logic. There's only one thing I disagree with today and it's gelato. That's it. That's the one thing. That's fine. All day. We already solved the problem because I'm going to go get my own gelato and you're going to go get whatever you're going to do. Better. It will be. You get none. None? Yeah. None. How much? Zip. Would you rather this or that? I love this time of year because somebody will bring you in a cookie that their wife baked from scratch. Oh, is that what this is? You're pretty sure. And it's eight o'clock in the morning. Yeah. Oh, I guess I'm having this cookie for breakfast. I can't let it go to waste. Yeah. No, a coworker brought in this cookie here. I'm holding it in my hand. It's a good looking cookie. It is a delicious cookie. Is it a sugar cookie? Yes. All right. And it's got frosting and it's got little like holly berries in there. Uh-huh. And little green sprinkles to go with it. Yep. They look like pine needles. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. It's delicious. Okay. And it feels soft. It feels like it's going to be a good cookie. It's very soft. It was very delicious. I haven't opened mine yet. I ate it for breakfast because- You ate yours already? That's why I ate half of it. All right. And then- Because that's what you do. And then yesterday afternoon, somebody stopped in, another sales guy here, and he dropped off truffles. Yeah. So we got that going for it. I haven't eaten those yet. Yeah. I'm saving those. Oh, yeah. I'm going to eat them. What are you, crazy? For breakfast? Well, mid- Second breakfast? Mid-morning snack. Yeah, second breakfast. We had been going to the Knights of Lights early this week. I know. And we were getting cookies there. And last night was the first night that we didn't. And I went- You said you were having cookie withdrawals. We went downtown on- Was that yesterday? No. Yeah, maybe. But we were near a cookie place. And you said, do we need to go in there? And I said, do you need a cookie right now? No. Well, yeah, it is the season. Yeah, I need a cookie. It's cookie season. Yeah. You eat cookies for breakfast. And lunch and dinner. Yeah. Cookies? Cookie? Anybody got a cookie? I can have a cookie? I was really upset because a co-worker here brought in a delicious batch of what were they? Oh. What kind of cookie were those? Delicious. They are very- They look like an ice cream cone. Are they Dutch? I couldn't tell you. Hmm. Couldn't tell you. Do you have that email? I was looking. I deleted it. Oh. Anyway, so good. I went back the next day to get another cookie. Oh, gone. Oh, yeah. No, those weren't going to stick around. Golly. What? Oh, Norwegian Christmas cookies. There you go. Oh, my gosh. They were so good. She brought in a ton. I can't even believe they didn't even last a day. You guys here at the radio station, what are you- You really thought they were going to be here the next day? There was so many of them. No. How many was everybody eating? Like three a day? Get out of here. Three a day. I had one. Maybe three at a time when you walked by. I had one. I should have grabbed more, I suppose. Yeah. What were you thinking? Geez, Louise. I'm looking at them. They have a name, and that name is- The Norwegian Christmas cookie. Well, I think they're probably called something else, specifically. I'm just trying to find them. But they do. They look like a little ice cream cone. I see them in this picture, but it doesn't tell me what they're called. So now I got to find a different recipe, but it doesn't matter. No, it doesn't matter. They were good, and I wish I had more. And I'm just happy that it's- Nobody judges you this time of year when you eat a sugar cookie for breakfast, because it's expected. Is it? Yep. Okay. It's expected. They're called Crumb Cake. Cookies. Norwegian Crumb Cake Cookies. Okay. They were delicious. I wish I had more than one. I have the recipe. You guys are- I don't want to make them, Josh. What are you talking about? They make a fancy couple of tools that you can use to make them, because they cook on like a waffle iron. They cook just like a little waffle cone, and you roll them up like a sugar cone for an ice cream. And they are good. They were very good. I don't want to make them. I just want to eat them. I want somebody else to do the work, and then I'll eat them, because that's the way I work. Got it. Got it. All right, well, it's time to kick off the weekend. Time for us to wrap up the show. Hope you have a great rest of your Friday. Have a great weekend. We'll be back on Monday. It's going to be weird next week, because it's a short week. We will be in the studio Monday and Tuesday, and then we're going to be off for the Christmas weekend after that. And then we'll be back for a few days on the week of New Year's Eve, and then we'll be out for a couple more days. It's going to be weird over the next couple of weeks. Hey, if you're out shopping this weekend, it's one of the busiest shopping days this weekend. We're going to be out there too. Yeah. Let's have some patience for the workers. Yeah, let's be kind. They don't want to be there. They don't. You're correct. Yeah. So be nice to them. Yep. And have a great weekend. We'll see you all back here. All right. See you Monday. Bye. Thanks for listening to wake up classy 97 the podcast. 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