Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 Episode summary introduction: Josh and Chantel tackle staying “fit” during the holidays, the viral “trashed panda” raccoon raising money for animals, the very serious debate over whether a $27 gag gift is worth it, blanket stealing, the surprisingly emotional story behind adopting a whale in the ’90s, Christmas cookies, mistletoe world records, flip flops in December, and more! Timestamps: (0:00) - Bonus: Get fit in 2026 (2:19) - Good News (5:26) - Gag gift spending limit (10:59) - Separate blankets (14:44) - Adopt a whale (21:14) - Christmas tree fire safety (24:02) - December flip flops (27:32) - Too many smores (31:38) - Christmas cookies (36:14) - We're ahead of the wrapping game (39:56) - Christmas cards (41:52) - Mistletoe world record (45:29) - Would You Rather (47:31) - Dirty house stress 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: Later on in the show, we're going to talk about being fit in 26. Yeah. Yeah, something like that. Here's something I found out that a new study found out that you can maintain your fitness over the holidays by- Fitness cookie in my mouth. No, by simply running twice a week. What happens? Run twice a week. You got to keep it high intensity too. No. No. I just want to sit on the couch and eat snacks. They say fewer workouts and shorter sessions as long as they're not gentle strolls will maintain your endurance. What's endurance? Even when you're cutting back on the number of days you get out there. The study also found that strength can be maintained with as little as one hard session a week. So get out a couple of times a week and move fast and then get back to celebrating with cookies. That's what they say. Yeah. Sure. Sure. I'll do that. Yeah. Maintain. That's an interesting word. Maintain your fitness. Oh, I am. I am maintaining my fitness real well. I am maintaining my fitness in these extra large clothes. Yeah, I'm maintaining my little dent on the couch. I'm doing great. Now, what is this little dent? Oh, that's the spot on the couch where I sit and I have my snacks. Uh-huh. And I do scroll on my phone. I'm maintaining it well. That little warm dent. All right. No, we have a plan for 2026. We have a plan? Yeah. When was the plan put in place? Oh, it's not really. We're still formulating a plan. Got it. That's kind of how I felt about it. Start the show. Let's start. All right. Here we go. Hey, you want some good news? Yes, hear it. I mean, that's one way to start the show today, I guess, with some good news. You saw this video or this photo, I guess, of this raccoon last week who did you? Yeah. Oh, yeah, it was everywhere. He broke into, I guess, a liquor store in Virginia. He knocked over a bunch of bottles and then he fell asleep face down in the bathroom with his legs stretched out. If you haven't seen the photos, it's worth looking at. It is. So animal control showed up. They let the raccoon recover. They took the photo and they safely released him back into the wild. Well, the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter in Virginia, which helped the raccoon get back into the wild, saw an opportunity in this raccoon and they pounced on it. They teamed up with an online merchandise site and they have started selling hoodies, mugs, shirts, stickers, and all kinds of merch that features that, what they're calling trashed panda. Oh. Because trashed panda is a raccoon. This one was trashed. So the trashed panda. I got it. In just three days, they raised over $170,000 to help animals in need. Oh, okay. So it's going for a good price. Yeah, yeah, it is. How much? They've, in three days, raised over $170,000. Now, I believe they're still selling some stuff online. I just pulled up the website. Yep. And you can get trashed panda merch still available right now. I was going to say, nothing looks sold out. So you can still get some gear for another couple of days if maybe you're looking for like that gift for somebody who has everything. And you'll also be helping animals in Hanover County. But you do need to act quickly if you want to get on there. If you want to deliberate in time. Yeah, so the official site that you're looking for, don't get the knockoffs because the knockoffs are just somebody trying to like make the money. You've got to go to the Bonfire website, bonfire.com. And that's the one that's going to go to Help Animal. That is correct. Yep. That's the merch shop. And they've got six items. They've got a couple of hoodies. They've got the sticker. They've got a mug and they've got a tumbler. Very, very fun. And the sticker. Did I mention the sticker? Yeah. And you can get the hoodie in lots of different colors, like nine different colors, which is cool. So anyway, but it ends in one day. Like today is the last day to get that hoodie. Four days. You're not going to be able to get that hoodie anymore. I wonder if that panda just knows how. That panda. He's a raccoon. Sorry. I wonder if that raccoon knows how popular he became. No, he has no idea. Overnight sensation. Big time. As they say. Anyway, if you're looking to get that piece of merch, move quick and you're going to help out the animals in need. And that is good news. All right. I kind of need to know where you really sit on the amount of money I could spend on. Not necessarily anything that you need or necessarily like I've said that you out loud want, but that I know if I bought for you this gift, your reaction Christmas morning would be worth every penny. Okay, well then. So go ahead. I just, I mean, it's literally is nothing that you're going to be like if I told you what it was, you'd be like, no, don't spend the money. Like I know that about this gift. You'd be like, no, don't spend the money. I showed a picture of what it is to our daughter and Emery said, you have to get that. I know. But it's $30. Am I not worth $30? The reaction is worth $30. Is it something that I would use again? It's not a one time use thing. It is not a one time use thing. That's correct. Okay. I can't give it away. I know. I can't, I can't make the decision for you. I just feel like that's a lot of money for a goof. I understand. And if you're like, yeah, don't, if I would say don't spend the money on it. That's why I'm torn. But I also like the idea that both you and Emery are like, oh yeah, she would love that. I know. She would think that's hilarious. Right. So I kind of like that idea. And let me be clear. It's not, it's not even that it's funny. Like I, it's just, I know it's something you would be excited to, to have. I just don't know if the, like if it was $20, no question. I'd be like, it's worth it. 20 bucks, 100%. It's that extra $10. It's hanging me up where I go. It's $30. But it's something that. Let me be clear. It's like $27. It's something that I'd be excited to have. Yeah. Like I'm excited to see you open it because I know that you're going to, you're going to be elated about it. Okay. Okay. Okay. But it's not. Is it going to take away? What am I trying to say here? Like say you have like $100 limit for me or something. Like you've set aside like, I'm going to spend this much money on it. Okay. And this $30 gift is taking away from. That is irrelevant. I don't know. I'm just trying to. I get what you're saying, but no, that's, I don't think about it in terms of that. Okay. Like I look at the individual gift and go, is it, because I'm a deal shopper. Yes, I know that. So I'm always like, can I get this for a better price somewhere else? And can you? Is there a coupon? I'm going to tell you that I haven't seen this anywhere else. Oh, interesting. Yeah. Well, now I'm really curious. Right. You would be, wouldn't you? I am. Yeah. But I think I'm going to have to do it. I say go for it. I'm going to have to do it. I say go for it. Because I, just to see your reaction on Christmas morning is worth every penny because you're going to be excited. Except what if I'm not? You will be excited. What if I open it and I go, oh, and then you are totally disappointed. It is something that I know you want. It is something that you probably wouldn't spend the money on yourself. Well, if it's something you know I want, then get it. But it's a goof. It's not like, you know, it's not like something that you're like, oh, I really want and need that. It's a goof. I have no idea what this is. All right. I'm going to do it. Okay. Because I think the reaction is worth it. Okay. So I'm excited to see it. It's just expensive. $27 for a gag. Not worth it, I guess. No, your reaction will be, but that's my payoff. You're going to be stuck with the thing. No, I just really have to know what it is now. So now you just really have to buy it. Nine days till Christmas morning. Then you can find out. Okay. Just get it. I hope it's still there when I go back. Oh no. That would be the worst. I go, I finally made my decision and they're sold out. God. Yeah. Hopefully not. Because it's $27. I think that's what's going to limit people from buying. You keep saying that. Is it overpriced for what it is? Because I don't think $27 is not necessarily. Solid question. I haven't looked. Okay. I would need to look and see. I, from just saying I was a deals shopper, I haven't shopped the deals. That's a good question. Because I don't think $27 is that much money. But I'm also, I'm also a tangible guy. Yeah. Like I like to be able to buy it and have it. I'm terrible at waiting for packages. So I know that if I found it for less money online, I'd be stressed about it getting here in the next nine days and I'd be checking tracking info every four minutes. Ugh. That doesn't sound like you at all. I don't need that stress. I was reading something. What was it? It said couples who sleep with separate blankets. Yeah. Rest 30% better and argue 20% less. I don't think we have a big blanket issue. You don't? I don't. Okay. Do you? I guess not. No, what's the issue? No, no, no. I don't think we, I thought you did have an issue. I don't have an issue, but I thought you did. No. Okay. You just take them. I don't. But I'm not upset about it. And it's less like the duvet is, is, yeah, our duvet is fine, but the sheet, the top sheet could be bigger. I could do with my own top sheet. Okay. Get your own top sheet. I don't, I don't care that much. Okay. It's not worth an argument. No. Like there's no reason to fight over a blanket. I'm not intentionally stealing the sheet from you. No, I know. But what happens is you like hold onto it and then turn away. And then I go, well, there went the sheet. I guess I don't get any. And then when I, cause I go, I'll go home and make the bed later. Cause you gotta let the bed air out. You don't know, let the bed air out. That's important. You gotta let, let it, you've been in there for hours. Let it air out. We could probably use a wash. I just did that like a few days ago. I got real hot the hot last night. Oh, great. So I sweat a little bit. So anyway, what I was saying is. I am paramedic paws. Okay. What I was saying is, I don't even remember. Yeah, you better step up. Sheets. You're talking about sheets. And then I roll over. I'm sorry. I just said, you said, you go home and make the bed. I go home and make the bed. And I have to like pull all the sheets back onto my side. I don't even take that much. I don't think. Except all of it. I mean, the foot parts tucked in. So you aren't taking that part, but then it's a diagonal after that. The whole thing is just pulled to one side. I disagree with you. I want you to go home and take a picture. The, the bed has not been disturbed, right? Like I haven't done anything. We got out of it this morning. I took a shower. You took a shower. And then we left. Correct. Okay. Go home. Take a picture of the bed. I want to see where the sheets are laying. Okay. Don't even. I won't. Doctor that photo. Don't. Don't make it look different. Well, if you want to, we could get our separate blankets. I'm okay. Okay. I would say I think that when we go camping in the trailer, I think that's where it's worse. I agree with you because you take all the blankets because you think you're cold. I just think. Oh, what do you, I think. Here we go again. I think it's a small bed. And so it's hard. It's a queen size. It's a camper queen. I know it feels small. And so I feel like, I don't know what I feel like. You feel like taking all the blankets is what you feel like. I guess I'll just admit to it. Is that what you want? So I would say we need more blankets in the trailer. And I'll just grab my, my other quilt. It'll be fine. That's all I need. Okay. And I'll be just dandy. Great. I made it for the camper anyway. So. Fine. Problem solved. Yeah. Yep. You know those plastic, I don't know. It's like a soda holder. Like if you buy a six pack of Coca-Cola. Oh yeah. The little thing on top. Yeah. Yeah. The thing holds them together. I feel like when I was a kid or a young person, it was like we constantly were getting told to cut those because those were getting stuck around duck heads. Turtle necks. Yeah. And now you hear nothing about that. I think it's probably still a thing. How come you don't hear anything about it then? Maybe there's not like a bunch of money going toward that. I used to hear a lot about like adopting whales. I did not. You didn't? We adopted a whale in one of my elementary classes. Did you? Yeah. We got like pictures and updates about it and stuff. Where's that whale now? Couldn't tell you. What was that whale's name? Don't remember. What kind of whale was it? Killer. Where did it live? In the water. But where? The wet kind. What do you mean where? I don't know. Did you guys get swindled? Probably. Was that a real thing? Yeah. Did you, you got updates about it? Yeah. Like every once in a while they'd send us a new thing. Like a new picture of a whale. A different whale? Hard to tell. I don't really remember. Remember it looked like an orca. What class were you in? Elementary. One of them. I don't remember. They just went to SeaWorld. I feel like it was fifth or sixth grade. Snap some photos. No, they were in the ocean. They were out off land. They were where the big water is. I did, I'd never heard of adopting a whale. No? No. That was a big deal in the 90s. I don't remember that. A big deal in the 90s was cutting your plastic bottle holders. And now you hear nothing about it. Yeah, so. You buy soda very often, but I just bought some the other day. And it had the plastic bottle holders. And I went, why are they still making these? So I cut them up because that's what I've been trained to do my whole life. So apparently everybody who participated in the adopt a whale program adopted the same whale. No. Yeah. So the adopt a whale phenomenon was a massive public response to the movie free willy where kids and adults rallied to adopt and free the real orca Kiko who played Willie in the movie. It led to a huge fundraising effort and the founding of the free willy Kiko Foundation to rehabilitate and release him into the wild. So it literally was the one whale from the movie that everybody ruled them all. Yeah. So then the question is, no, I got it. I heard it. Okay. Sorry. Continue. I was just trying to find out he was released into the wild in 2002. Really? And became the first captive orca to return to the ocean. And did he survive? And my class helped with that. Congratulations. What did you have to do? I don't remember much, but maybe we brought in pocket change or something. And then we got pictures of the whale in exchange. Wow. Yeah. And updates like a letter probably. You know how like a couple of weeks ago, this was a while ago we were talking about like something like if somebody's ever like, tell me something cool about yourself. This is the cool thing. No one would ever know that you were involved in. Two truths in a lie. I could use that. I helped save a whale when I was in elementary school. Where's Kiko now? Swimming. Did he adapt to life in the wild? Was he born in captivity or was he captured? He was captured. Okay. Yeah. So then did he reacclimate into the wild successfully? They let him go 23 years ago. I don't think he's probably written many letters since then. I know, but you'd think that they would still be tracking him or trying to. I don't know. You're not really looking out for this whale that you adopted. He is, he is deceased. He died in Norway December 12th, 2003. Oh, that's been a while. At the age of 27, after a remarkable effort to return him from captivity to the wild. His body was buried in Norway and his story has spurred significant changes in animal welfare laws and public awareness about captive marine animals. And that is everything I know about the whale we adopted in my elementary class. So many questions. So many. Okay. One, how did they know that he died? Two, did they capture him again to bury him? Why did they bury him? Why did they bury him in Norway? How do you bury a whale? I have so many questions. He died suddenly in December 2003 from pneumonia, by the way. Next question. How does a whale get pneumonia? I've told you everything I know about Kiko. How did they know the whale had pneumonia? Everything I know I have told you. It's if you keep coming up with new stuff. He swam almost a thousand miles to Norway where he was cared for by staff but never fully integrated with wild bonds. See, that's the part of the story that makes me the saddest. So all your efforts failed, Josh? No. He was free for over a year. Yeah, he was free but he couldn't ever rejoin his pod. And that's the saddest part of that whole story. And then he gets pneumonia. So anyway, we cut the thing so they don't get stuck on turtle heads and duck heads because it's the right thing to do. There's that time old question. Is it safe to leave your tree plugged in all night? Okay, now, does it matter if it's an artificial, I have many questions. Artificial tree versus live tree, incandescent bulbs versus LED bulbs? The thing I was reading says even LEDs generate some heat and compose hazards, especially if the cords are frayed or connections are faulty. Making unplugging a simple way to prevent potential electrical fires or sparks. They say no, it is not recommended for any type of tree, any type of light. I turn ours off all night unless it's Christmas Eve. Right, we tend to leave it on all night. Because how Santa can I know where the tree is? Right, well, but I also like that Christmas morning, we come downstairs, it's already weird. It's already on. Yeah. That's exciting. It looks so nice on Christmas morning. It looks nice every day. I know it does, but it's especially magical on Christmas morning, isn't it? I get it. But fire safety experts and officials say please turn these off before sleeping or leaving home even with LEDs. Well, that's good to know. There you go. So you should be turning it off. And it uses unnecessary electricity. Fair point. You can't react to a fire when you're asleep. Not in a quick way, no. It's all true. It also says that you should discard any frayed wires or damaged sockets. Don't plug too many strands into one outlet or power strip. How many is too many? And then if you... You don't know? I don't know. Okay. If the lights or cords feel warm to the touch, unplug immediately. Yeah, because you could have a short. There you go. Okay. That's what I know. Thank you. You're welcome. For the Christmas tree light safety PSA. You're welcome. It's very important. It is important because we don't want to fire, especially at this time of year. Right. We'll be safe. What about the house? The house lights are on all night. Are they cold or outside? I don't know. I didn't do anything. I'm not touching anything. Mine are just the brackets touch the... The bulbs aren't touching anything. I didn't do any research on that. I don't have any information. I was not equipped or prepared. Got it. I don't know. All right. Well, thank you for not knowing. People wear in no coats and shorts. I saw somebody wearing shorts the other day. Yeah. And I've been going without a coat. I haven't even got all my winter coats out of storage. I've worn the one coat since it started to get a little bit chilly. And that's been fine. I haven't needed to get out like my big, you know, my big red coat, that one. I haven't had to get that out once. I know. I camped out in the back seat of my truck. I mean, it's been a little chilly, but it's... I saw somebody wearing flip flops. Out about getting groceries? Flip flops. It's December 15th. Well, it was when I saw them wearing flip flops. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Crazy. Yeah. Well, what's going on with the weather today? Do you know? I do not. Well, let me tell you. Okay. Tell me. Wendy with a little... I love talking about the weather. I know you do. Wendy with a little bit of rain today, but highs are still in the mid-50s. Now, tomorrow could see a rain-snow mix and a little bit colder. Still gonna be like in the 40s though. Like upper 40s. Like in the 50s. And then more 50s on the way. Like, there's gonna be a cold snap and you want to know when that cold snap's gonna happen? Say. Christmas Eve. Oh, seriously. It's gonna be 36 on Christmas Eve and 24 on Christmas Day. Okay. But then guess what? What? Right back into the 40s. 24 on Christmas. They should just make it 25, you see. Oh. Oh. Weather. 25 on 25. Yeah. Weather. What a strange December this has been. If you want to make it real cool, weather. Okay. Listen up Mother Nature. All right. Make it 6-7 on Christmas. No. You don't want a 67 degree Christmas. Yes, you're just going to walk around like doing this hand thing all day? No, it's not. It wouldn't even be for a joke. It would be like, this is awesome. I don't think it would be. I do. Just doing this all day. No, I wouldn't be doing that all day. What's the temp outside? 6-7. 67 is a great temperature. You don't want a 67 degree Christmas. Yeah, I do. No. Yeah, I do. Instead, you're going to get a 30 something degree Christmas. I know. I heard about it. Okay. 24. 24 degree Christmas. So it is going to get cold, but I still don't see a lot of moisture until early January. If you could get rid of one, that's not fair. I was going to say, if you could get rid of one kind of weather. Okay. What would you get rid of? Wind. I know, but then you think about the high winds. Tornados and hurricanes and you got to get rid of those too. Okay, good. They're not like, I don't mind debris. I don't care for the high nonstop wind all the time. Constant. Isn't it all the time? Yeah. Yeah. So if I could get rid of any weather, I'd get rid of constant high wind. What day is it? Right now, Tuesday. What do you mean? What day is it? Because if we have for expected wind today, it's usually windy on garbage day. It's somebody's garbage day, but it's not our garbage day. Yeah. Well, it's windy every day. So every day is somebody's garbage day. That's true. Isn't it? Yeah. You're a little snappy. Well, I know. I'll be all right. You know how I don't have like a super big sweet tooth? Unless there's something that really locks me in. Yes. Today is chocolate covered anything day. I heard about that. And we have discovered these little smore treats. Yes. I can't stay out of them. I know me neither. They're ridiculous. They are so good. So when are we getting another bag? Because that bag's about empty. Can I say something? No. This is just me. What? What was I gonna say? Exactly. See? Oh, I don't even like smores. That's what I was gonna say. Oh, okay. But that bag of smores, I think it's probably the caramel, the caramel in them. That's what hooks you? Yes. I don't know. It's the gram for me. And the chocolate. I could do without the gram. See, now you've ruined it. No, you've ruined it. No. Well, then here's what's gonna happen. No, no, you're gonna say something gross about extracting the caramel and giving me the rest. I'm not having that. No, I'm not taking your soggy mouth grams. No, it's not gonna happen. It wouldn't be soggy. Yes, it would. And I'm not having it. Just eat the whole thing like normal. I'm not eating the weird parts you don't like. It's not like chunks of chicken off the top of your meal that are too big. That's a completely different type of food sharing. I like the flavor, but I don't like the meat. So I just got all the sauce off of for you. No, I know. You don't know why you say gross things. Those are really good. Yeah, I can't stop eating them. I know. We got to get another bag. Because they're kind of a Christmas treat. I know they are, but I can't listen. I can. I know. But January is not today. You know, yeah, my doctor said, okay, I'm going to the doctor today. You know, he's gonna say what same thing. No, I'm gonna talk about the fact that I weigh more than I've weighed in a very long time and I can't lose these 20 pounds. And he's gonna go, Well, how's your s'more intake? I'm gonna say too high. But that's not the problem. What's going on with me? Because it's not that way. I was I grabbed some the other day. I think yeah, like, I think I grabbed like three. And I had one and I was like, Oh, these are so good. And then second one, double good. After the second one, I was like, I don't need a third, but I had already grabbed it. So I ate it. It didn't taste that good because I was kind of sick of them by that point. And then I felt real sick. One and a half is probably the key. I think I could eat three. I got real sick. Yeah. Three was too many. You know what I had as a treat last night? What? At our scout ceremony? I had a brownie and two rice crispy treats. What's wrong with me? It's Christmas. Oh, is that right? Yes. I had a cool worker make me some caramels. I ate all of those. All of them? Oh, and then I had a gingerbread cookie at the Knights of Lights. Oh, man. No, I didn't eat all of them. You said I had all of them. No, I didn't mean to say that. I had some of them. How many? Three. What's your deal with threes? What's your deal? Wow. So anyway, we need more of those s'mores. That's what I was trying to get at because the bag's almost empty because somebody keeps eating them in threes. You're right. It's not January yet. Quit eating them in threes. I don't anymore. I just said I don't anymore. I did it that once and it was too many. It's too many. One and a half. I bet I could eat three of them right now. What's your favorite Christmas cookie? Oh, so many great cookies. I do love a ginger snap. Is that count? Yes. I think any cookie is a Christmas cookie if you eat it at Christmas time. I agree, but like you wouldn't necessarily be like, oh, it's Christmas time. I'm going to make a chocolate chip cookie. Yeah, you would. That feels more like a, I don't know. I feel like a ginger snap cookie is certainly a Christmas cookie. I feel like a sugar cookie is definitely a Christmas cookie. Those are not on my list. Oh, that's my number one Christmas cookie. I don't like them. I know. I don't know why they are so good. You don't know why I don't like sugar cookies because I think they're bland and gross. Not the ones I make. They don't have any oatmeal, raisin, or chocolate chip in them. There's so many better cookies than sugar cookies. My sugar cookies are so good. Sugar cookie is boring. That's why I don't like them. They're boring. Wow. Wow. You asked. I've had a boring sugar cookie. You're not wrong about that, but my sugar cookies are good. It's not about you. It's about the cookie. I don't like them because they're boring. You really are snappy today. I'm just saying that there are way better cookies. I would rather have those way better cookies. That's what I'm saying. I was reading something that said nobody really likes those cookies that you make with the, with the little kiss in the middle. The little ones that I don't care for. I know nobody likes those. The ratio is all wrong. Yeah. If you've got a plate of cookies and you've got a variety of cookies, those are the last ones to get picked. Those Hershey kisses are overpowering. Yeah. They're, I mean, even just plunking one in your mouth. There's a lot to it. It could actually be half the size. I would like mini kisses. Oh. That's what I would like. Not many, mini. Like that. Yeah. Mini kisses because then I could grab like, you know, two or three of them. Yeah. And I'd be pretty stoked about that. Would you? Yeah. You'd be pretty great with a mini kiss. How many mini kisses would you eat? Three? I just said three or four. And I'd be good to go. That's right. But now I feel bad for that cookie. Why? Because nobody likes it. It has no feelings. I know. It's inanimate. Would you think a peanut butter cookie is a Christmas cookie? Any cookies are Christmas cookie. And you know, you know, which ones are pretty good or the ones with the melted like Andy's mint on them. Those are good. I haven't had those in a while. Now, how come that works? But the kiss ones don't. Because I think it's flatter. So the ratio is. No, I know the candy's flatter. The ratio is spread out more, I think. Yeah. But I think maybe even people are using like half of an Andy's maybe. I don't know. On the top. But you know how it kind of does that melty thing across the top of the cookie. Yeah, that's a good cookie. I do like that cookie. Good. That's a good Christmas one. The mint one. That Andy's one. Yeah. Okay. How are you about chocolate cordials? I love them. Yeah, I don't. I do. It's that white cream stuff inside that really it's it's the liquid shortening thing. It's so melty sugar. You know, yeah. Yeah, it's not it. It's good. No. It's not. Every gift exchange, somebody ends up with a box or six of Queen Anne cordials. I would like that. I never end up with those. And then I always go, I like those. I'm the only one usually. Yeah. And then nobody gives it to me. And I go, I, that's because somebody knows you in their life. And they go, No, I'm giving these to my grandpa. He loves them. They're good. I'll hang out with your grandpa. No way. Cherry cordials and talk about Nam. Nam. You're going to talk about Vietnam, Vietnam, Nam, with grandpa. Yeah. You're going to talk about Vietnam with grandpa over cordial chocolates. I mean, yeah, that's what he wants to talk about. That was just a, we could talk about whatever he wants to talk about his recliner. I'll talk about it. Okay. All right. Good for you. For the first time in a really long time, we are ahead of the wrapping game. I mean, who are we? I don't even know who we are. Who are we to be ahead of the game? Yeah, we've, we were what, two nights ago, just up and we were like, you know what, the kids are out of the house. Let's do some wrapping, which worked out real nice. And yeah, normally this is like a late night, middle of the night kind of thing. So I was excited that we got some of that done. You know what that helps with is being able to keep things tucked away and hidden a little bit. And we've wrapped like the gifts that we have for other people. We've got those gift exchange, white elephants. We've got a lot of stuff wrapped. Tucked away. Yeah. Who even are we? I don't know. I've got a, I've got a good head start. I was going to say, I was thinking that I was behind, but I was so solid. Yeah. So solid gold, baby. I mean, there's still some shopping to do. We have a little bit of stuff left to do, but shoot, we got this shoe shoe. Okay. We're so solid gold. We typically, I think it's probably smart to buy a present and wrap it immediately. You think? But I don't do that. I, who does that? I'm sure there's lots of people that do that. I've never ever heard of somebody who's like, well, just got home time to wrap. Well, I don't think it's like dump my packages. Let's get to wrapping paper, but I think it's very much like a, oh, let's just get this wrapped it out of the way. Yeah. Have you ever done the in-store gift wrap thing? No. Me neither. That seems fancy. It is fancy. Do they charge you extra for that or they do that free gift wrap? Depends on where you go. But I've, have you ever taken advantage of the free one? No. Me neither. Why not? I don't know. You leave the store with it in a box wrapped and ready to go. I know. Isn't that nice? Yeah. That would be so awesome. Are they still doing that? I don't know, Josh. You've been out and about. You haven't seen like free gift wrapping. No, I haven't. It used to be like a big thing at like the mall. You keep asking me like I'm in charge of the gift wrapping station. I thought you were. Do they charge extra or is it free? Are they still doing that? I, I have no idea. I don't know. Well, ask somebody. I don't know who to ask. The gift wrap team. They wear capes. They're very cool. They wear capes? Yeah, because they're gift wrap team. I've never seen them wear a cape. Me neither. They usually are like little ladies that get it done. There's a whole, there's a whole corral of them. They would like inside eight foot tables, working like crazy, ribbon flying, paper scraps, a tumbling. That place is all going nuts. Let's not call it a corral. Well, that's what it looks like. I don't. It's not. It's not. It's like they're trapped in there. They can't leave until somebody comes to open the gate. That's how it feels. They have a quota. Yeah, you must wrap. It's, you have to wrap 16 presents every day. That seems low. I don't know. Well, somebody needs to figure out if we're still doing that thing. Because some, some folks probably really use that a lot. I'm sure they probably do. I bet it's somewhere. I bet it exists somewhere. But you're right. I just haven't seen it. Well, look it up. I don't even know where to look. The wrapping team. Okay, I'll get on it. Okay. That is quite the stack of Christmas cards you got over there. I know it is. We haven't had a chance to even open them yet. I know that we got in the mail yesterday 10 cards. Well, 11 because there was one that we grabbed before. Oh, that's right. It was sitting in the lobby. Yes. So 11 cards yesterday. Yes. That's incredible. That's awesome. So we've opened one of them, but we've got 10 more to go through. Yeah. And a whole bunch to mail out. So, which means I'm going to have to get more stamps. Well, what a great problem. It is a great problem. Thank you to everybody who has sent in a Christmas card yet. If you haven't had a chance yet, there's still time, baby. There's still time. You can send your Christmas card to us and we will send you one back. It's just 400 West Sunnyside Road, Idaho Falls, Idaho, A3402. Or you can drop it off because we've had a couple of those too. That's right. Hey, but no matter where you are either, like anywhere in the whole wide world, you can send a Christmas card. We'd love to hear from you. Maybe you listen to the podcast version of the show somewhere else. We'd love to send you a card too. So don't feel like you have to just be in East Idaho. We'd love that you send them from East Idaho, but if you're somewhere else, we'll send a card. There's something special we send in there too. Not everybody gets this. Well, everybody who gets a card gets it. Well, that's what I mean. Yeah. It's not like we're handing these out willy-nilly. That's right. So if you want a little something special and our annual Christmas card in your mailbox, send us one. We'll send you one back. True. All of those things. All right. You can find the address online or literally it's easy 400 West Sunnyside Road, Idle Falls, Idaho, A3402. You got it. Yeah. Easy peasy. And we'll decorate the door a little bit more. Yeah, we will. I'm so excited. There was a world record that was broken in Washington, D.C. The most couples kissing under the mistletoe at the same time. Now do they have one big mistletoe or was there a string of them all over the place? How did they do it? Sure. You haven't seen pictures? No, no, no. Oh, how many couples were kissing? Hold on. The old record was 480. You want to take a guess? 480 people or couples? Couples. Sorry. So that's like 960 people. Yeah, that's the old record. Do you know what you want to guess what the new record is? 1,000 couples. Close. 1,435 couples. They added 1,000 couples. Yes, they did. That's a lot of people. It's got to be multiple mistletoes. I can't imagine that it's one mistletoe that they're all crammed under. Yeah. I can try and get some pictures, but yeah, it's like a bring your own mistletoe. I think it's a bring your own. I think so. Because this picture is the guy holding his mistletoe. Okay. It's like and see. Yeah, they're all just holding their mistletoe. I see. Yeah. So it's a BYOM. Or did they hand them out? They did have, maybe it's possible, they did have like a large mistletoe too that was decorating this area. 1,435 couples. It's a lot of couples. I know. Well done. Isn't that nice? It actually is really nice. Yeah. That's fun. You got to have a lot of people around to organize an event like that. Like if we said, hey, we're trying to break a world record in East Idaho of as many people as we can get, you know, kissing under the mistletoe. I don't think we could get 1,400 couples. I don't think we could either. I mean, that's 2,800 people and then some that would have to show up. We'd have to get 3,000 people in one area. At the same time. Yeah. Can you imagine the coordination? That's what I'm saying. That is what you're saying. When we were decorating for Christmas this year here in the studio, I said, let's get some mistletoe. That's a weird work thing. I think it's cute for your house, but it might be weird to have that at work. Yeah. You might have to go talk to HR. Your boss walks in and you go, oh, catch you under the mistletoe, didn't I? Yeah. No, no one wants that to work. No. Congratulations to those guys. Is there a world record for longest kiss under the mistletoe? I'm sure there is. There's a world record for everything. I just want to know what it is. Not the most people, but I want to know the longest one. I'm going to have to find out. I'm going to do some research because the longest kissing world record we might be able to break. Under the mistletoe. Yeah. Why do you look so like, no, let's not do that. Why do you want to break that record? I want a record. I know you do, but... I just thought of something you and I could do and it's just kissing under mistletoe. What if it's like 15 minutes long? Is that too long to kiss me? Apparently. No. Apparently. Okay. Now I know where I stand. 15 minutes or less. Like a pizza delivery. Got it. Oh, hey, would you rather this or that? Would you rather have eyes made out of coal or a carrot for a nose? Carrot nose. Yeah, same. Plus think of all the cool stylish glasses that nose could hold up. So many. I could wear multiple pairs. Would it once know me and say to the other? Do you smell carrots? That's how that joke goes. It is how that joke goes. What if you had a baby carrot? You didn't get like the full triangle carrot. You walked around with a baby carrot nose. I feel like that would be better. You do? Yeah. Cause then he would be... All the other snowmen would laugh at you. No. Look at his tiny stub nose. He's got a baby carrot nose. And I'd say, guess what? I'm not bonking it into stuff as I walk around. I've never in all of my existence on this planet seen a snowman bump his nose into something. His bottom ball, this belly ball, that thing way bigger than his nose. That's going to hit stuff before the nose. Unless he turns the corner really fast. Like he turns his head. Still, no proportions, man. That bottom ball is huge. It depends on who's made him, I guess, isn't it? I've made some snowmen before that are real misshapen. No, you haven't. Yes, I have. No. Why are you saying that? Because we made your first snowman the other year, like last year. Okay. I have attempted to make snowmen that were misshapen. How about that? And they fell right over because their bottom ball wasn't big enough. Exactly. Get a bigger bottom ball. That's a fun tongue twister. Get a bigger bottom ball. You're going carrot nose. Carrot nose. Okay. Yeah. Because eyes made out of coal sounds like real hard to see. I'm going carrot nose as well. All right. Would you rather this or that? UCLA's Center on Everyday Lives of Families. That's a place. Catchy name. Found that when women walk into a messy home, their bodies produce a measurable rise in cortisol. Cortisol. Excuse me. The primary stress hormone. Oh. You walk into a dirty house and you immediately get stressed when it's not your own house? No, but to mine, yes. I know. But that said, you walk into any house that's got clutter and you immediately go... So they think this happens because women tend to interpret clutter as unfinished responsibilities. Interesting. And their brains read a visual mess as a signal that there's work left to do. And then their stress response heats up and then they're actively thinking about it. However, men in the same studies showed little to no increase in their cortisol when viewing the same level of clutter. Interesting. How about that? So the psychologists are now saying that this comes from social conditioning and cognitive load. Women are often expected to manage the emotional and physical environment of a household and their brains track these responsibilities automatically. While men just get to float through life. Now, when you say float through life, what exactly do you mean? I walk into a room and see clutter and I go, not my problem. That's what I see. I go, man, somebody needs to do something in here. You walk in and go, look at all of this unfinished work and all these things that have to happen. I guess. That's the difference. And it's way subconscious, you said, right? Yeah. So again, I walk in, that is not my hot take. My first response isn't, I should be stressed about cleaning this. I walk in and go, boy, it's a mess in here. That's it. And then I walk away. It also, they also reported that women have greater irritability, lower mood, and reduced focus in messy spaces compared to men. Yeah, interesting. How about that, huh? Yeah. Huh. Well. Thanks, UCLA. Easy breezy. That's what I say. I wonder, they do these studies and then what? And then they're like, yep, good luck. Yeah, they publish the results and people read them and go, cool. And then later on, they're going to go down the road. Somebody's going to go, I wonder if that relates to this. Let me pull up that research paper and they'll go, okay, here's how the study worked. And they'll go, yeah, yeah, look at this finding. Based on their research, I'm able to deduce this thing. Yeah, but. So that's what research is for. They should give us like a, like a. No. Solution. No, there is no solution. That's just the facts. That's the data. I see. And data. Yeah. Should we wrap up the show? I guess. Finalize something, get something taken care of. Yeah, let's wrap it up. All right. Okay, we'll be back tomorrow. Have a great rest of your Tuesday. And check out the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. Doot, doot, doot. All right. See ya. Bye. Thanks for listening to Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. If you enjoy the show, please share, subscribe and rate the podcast. Wake Up Classy 97 is hosted by Josh and Chantel Tielor, and is a production of Riverbend Media Group. For more information or to contact the show, visit riverbendmediagroup.com.