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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Friday, December 12th, 2025
Episode summary introduction:
The 2026 NFL Draft will be shorter and is it… scripted?, the American traditions experts say might disappear, which Christmas songs should be banned forever, which movies deserve Christmas-movie status, whether Santa’s sleigh ride is worth the frostbite, robot wolves in Japan, a school in Ireland replacing homework with kindness, the Great Pajama Revelation of 2025, Christmas morning strategies, the annual Christmas card exchange, and so much more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: NFL Draft changes
(3:01) - Christmas party
(6:04) - Fading traditions
(11:27) - Good News
(13:37) - Skippable Christmas songs
(19:30) - Is it a Christmas movie?
(24:39) - Anonymous Santa delivery
(29:13) - Chantel's Xmas goof
(33:30) - Favorite Christmas movies
(38:01) - Robot wolves in Japan
(42:47) - Christmas morning
(47:32) - Christmas cards
(49:32) - Would You Rather
(52:20) - Who Hash
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Full show transcript:
You and I this year spend a little bit of time with our son watching the NFL draft.
Yes. What would you say was your least favorite part about the NFL draft? The NFL draft. Because it's long. It's so long. It's so long. And it's just, I get that this is a big exciting moment for so many of these football players, but I don't think it needs to be carried.
It does not need to be dragged on that long. So each team is given 10 minutes to select their player in the first round. And in 2008, that was made the rule, 10 minutes. Prior to that, it was 15.
Oh, man. For 2026, teams will now have eight minutes to make their first round selections, as opposed to 10 minutes. The year's first round lasted almost four hours. So that's too long.
And they realize that, and I'm glad they're making an adjustment. But two minutes per pick for the first round, 32 minutes, two minutes that should technically take an hour off. Technically. I think, yeah. Yeah. It needs to be shortened.
Yeah. 15 minutes would have been astronomical. It's long.
Yeah. For 32 teams, 15 minutes. Look, and it's the first round.
Like the first round is the big names are going, but the people, the teams know who they're taking the first round. Exactly. They know for sure. And I feel like the players do too, don't they?
I don't know. They have to have a little bit of an inkling. They interview with multiple teams. So they may not know what team specifically is going to pick them. Okay. But they know that they are going to be picked.
Okay. So they know, like, like Ashton Gentie, for example. He knew he was going to be picked. He just didn't know my clue. He didn't know what team was going to pick him. But they always have. But he interviewed with a bunch. I'm sorry though, because I think they know.
And I'll tell you why. Because they have video cameras at their house if they're not at the actual draft with their families. Right. But again, they know that. They know that they're going to be picked.
No, no, no, by their teams. And then they get like this, they put on a hat and they put on a thing of the team. Fair point.
They have all of that gear already at their house. Are you trying to tell me this is scripted? Are you trying to say the NFL is scripted? Is that what you're trying to say? Yep.
Yes, I am. How could you? Come at me, bro. Maybe. Maybe a little bit. It's definitely showbiz. It's all pomp and circumstance.
It is absolutely showbiz. Yep. So.
Keep them excited. Yeah. Well, hopefully that'll make it a little shorter. And when we watch this year, it'll be a little bit easier to get through. When you watch this year, you mean?
When we spend quality time with our son. No, I'll find something else to do with them. Okay.
All right. Well, hey, let's start today's show. Hey, hey, hey. Hello. What's up? It's Friday. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. That's a big deal. I'm very excited about that.
Today in our little personal lives, we have our company Christmas party. Yes. Which is an exciting time. There's supposed to be an ugly sweater contest. Yes. Wide elephant gift exchange. Yep. Spent some time wrapping and getting things ready last night. I had a good time doing that.
I don't know if you did. Did you enjoy wrapping your gift? It's not like I had an especially great time wrapping a present. I did because I see that what I did is I wanted to disguise my gift so that it didn't look anything like what it is.
And so I have done that. Do you feel confident? I do feel confident.
I feel confident that it will be one of the first gifts unwrapped because of the way I did it. I think you're right about that. Yeah. Now, I imagine there's going to be like a number draw. And we talked a little bit about where you'd want to be in the number draw.
I want to be, how many people do we have? Something like 18. Yeah. So you want to be around 9, 10.
Yeah. I'd like to be a little bit after that. I'd like to be about 13, 14. That's kind of my goal. Okay, but why?
Because then you get to see everything. Okay, but if you're that late in the game, then stuff has already been stolen. Yeah, there's a good chance that stuff might be off the table by then. Some things might potentially have been traded twice or three times or whatever the rules will be. And so a couple of things might be dead.
Yeah, you're right. And I might not have an opportunity, but I want to be closer to that 13 mark. That's kind of where I feel like I want to be comfortable. Watch me get number one. You will. Because you are unlucky when it comes to Christmas games. If you're one through four, you're in a tough spot.
Because you're not going to have a lot to choose from. You have a lot of questionables. You're going to have a lot of like, I don't know what this could be.
And then you're going to open it and then you're going to go, oh man, I'm going to be stuck with this thing. I don't typically steal though. I usually go for the unknown.
All right. Because that's more exciting. What would the gift have to be for you to be like, I'm stealing that gift? I don't know. Cash?
Sure. Nobody ever brings cash to a white elephant. That's true, actually. They go, hey, there's a $10 limit. Throw $10 in there.
That's not a bad idea. It'll get stolen twice. Yes, it will.
Yes, it will. Quickly, because somebody's going to go, I want that $10. Why haven't we ever done that?
I don't know. We should do that. Now everyone's going to steal our idea.
Though you can always steal it twice. Well, hey, good morning. It's Josh and Chantel. It's Friday. We're in the studio. Hi. Hello. He, people are predicting American traditions that will fade away in the coming decades. Interesting.
Do I take a guess? And by decades, you mean 20 to 30 years? Yeah. These traditions won't exist? Yes.
Do you think the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is on that list? Oh. And the only reason I'm asking is because it's an establishment.
It's a big thing. But Macy's itself has been closing stores. That's the thing that always gets me is that Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kind of hinges on Macy's.
Doesn't that? And not that Macy's can't maintain one store in New York City and everything else because of what it is. But I don't necessarily know if the parade hinges on Macy's. I think. I mean, that's what it's been.
It's entirety. I think it just has the name. I don't think they do necessarily much else to facilitate it. I mean, that's where all the performances take place right in front of Macy's in New York. I'm just saying they could do it without the Macy's. Miracle on 34th Street is heavy on Macy's. No, that's not on my list. So I'm just saying that as things have transpired in malls around America and that kind of stuff, is that one that might slip in the next 20 years, 30 years?
Class reunions is on the list. Oh, yeah, really? Interesting. I haven't gone to mine. Me neither. Because why would I?
No, thank you. My 20 year was supposed to be in 2020. And I think had 2020 gone differently, I would have gone and I would have been like, all right. Yeah. I mean, I run into a bunch of people. I'm still connected with some people from high school on Facebook.
I live in the town I went to high school in. A lot of people say social media has made them irrelevant. It used to be like, hey, we don't see you.
We don't communicate. Very good point. Very good point. Gender reveal events is on the list. Oh, those could go now. Those could absolutely go away.
I love the fails, unless there's a forest fire attached to the fails. Yeah, right. No, but you like when a sibling pops a balloon and they weren't ready for it or they're on their way to the reveal and somebody drops the cake and the pink is showing or something.
Yeah. I don't know why. I don't either. It seems silly. Like either find out or don't and tell people.
Like I don't know why we had to have another party. Black Friday is on the list of maybe going away. I understand Black Friday did not do well this year. Really? That's what I heard. How about that? Now I haven't seen any actual data. That's interesting though.
Well, because a lot of people are saying you have pre-holiday deals before Black Friday, you have sometimes even better deals after Black Friday. So what's the point of rushing out and fighting off people? That's a good point.
So it might just lose. It's like big like, oh, today's the day you have to go out and get all of the deals. I think Target and their little grab bag really missed the mark, but Lowe's bucket was a winner. Yeah. Well, a lot of people are shopping online. Yeah, really good point.
And then a couple of other things. Yeah, as a matter of fact, Black Friday online spending this year set a new record, but in-store shopping was struggling. Thank you, cards are on the list of traditions to go away. Really? Which makes me sad. I know how do you feel about that? Because I know you love getting a thank you card for something that you do. This says like, you can just say thanks when you see the person or if you're at the event and you say thanks, then that should be enough. Then that counts.
But I don't know. I like to receive something in the mail that says, hey, thank you so much for coming. I have also taken the time to write you this thank you gift because I appreciate you coming and supplying a gift.
Whether it's a wedding, a baby shower, whatever it may be. I think that's nice. I think it's thoughtful. Yeah, you've also said like, if you, I guess I would say like, if you have like a wedding thing, a bachelor bachelor party, a baby shower, something where you leave a gift. Maybe they did a big opening thing and they said thank you sort of generically as they did the thing. But later on you want to go and say, hey, I really appreciate the diaper genie.
Thanks so much. Like that might be still a thing that would be appreciated. But maybe I'm old school. I don't think you can say thank you too many times ever. Fair.
Attitude to gratitude. Right. Right. So there you go. That's a list of traditions that might be obsolete soon.
Yeah, that is interesting. All right. The only one I'm sad about is the thank you card. Yeah. Everything else can go.
I won't miss much of any of those. Yeah. Especially gender.
No, Black Fridays, gender reveals. No, go. I don't care much about you. See ya.
All right. So students at an elementary school in, how would you pronounce this? It's in Ireland. Clona-Kilty? Maybe. I don't. Clona-Kilty.
I need to look at it. That's a weird word. But anyway, we'll pretend it's Clona-Kilty Ireland. Okay.
Sure. They look forward to the end of the year every year because for the month of December, they don't have to do any homework. Instead, they get assigned daily acts of kindness. Yeah. Good trade-off.
Yeah, it is. So every weekday comes with its own theme. One day students reach out to an elderly neighbor. Another day they take over a chore at home without being asked. There are days for random kindness, days for care of their own well-being, days to lift up classmates, kids even keep a kindness diary to track the good that they put out in the world. And the school takes it all a step further with what they call a kindness bucket, where students drop in notes celebrating each other.
And then every Friday morning, a few of those notes are read aloud. It's a very simple gesture that gives the kids an even bigger boost. And each class teams up to take on one big act of kindness for the wider community. And the school says the goal is to remind kids that the season is really about connection, generosity, and empathy, things that don't cost a penny. I love that.
That's so cool. And the tradition has been running for years. They've shifted themes, but they keep the same giving attitude. And the families love it as well.
Some say it transforms the whole month, replacing stress and shopping lists with gratitude and small moments of joy, which I think is just so cool. Oh, sweet. Yep.
That's very cool. I really, the whole wide world could embrace this. The kindness bucket. Yeah, right?
Yeah. Drop a note in the kindness bucket. What a great idea. I think that's really, really special.
So well done to that elementary school in Clonacilty, Ireland. You got it. I think so.
You nailed it. Thank you. It's good news. We've been listening to Christmas music for almost a month now. Yeah, I think it'll be, I mean, today would be exactly a month since we launched. There's only been three weeks, four, three. I can't remember. I don't know.
Anyway, yeah, three or four weeks, yeah. What is a Christmas song and everybody has their own, everybody has one. A Christmas song that you always skip.
Oh, interesting. Mine is Santa Baby. You skip Santa Baby. I cannot stand it. I don't care who does it. Every rendition is terrible.
Every single one. I hate the lyrics. I hate the song.
I don't, I don't enjoy it. Sorry, Eartha Kitt. You should never have made that song.
And anyone who makes it. You don't like it, no matter the version. I really struggle with 12 Days of Christmas. Yes, I know that. And I've said it before and I stand by it still.
It's the longest unnecessarily long Christmas song. Yeah. If it was just 12 to one, fine.
Great. But the counting all the way up just to finish. Every time.
Holy smokes, it takes forever. Like by the time you get to five, I'm like, no, I get the point. Oh, you changed it up with the golden rings. All right, now we're back to the regular rhythm for another six. Here we go. It's just so long.
I also don't enjoy anything that Johnny Mathis. Wow. That's a big statement. I don't know him. The only reason I know him is because you have a couple of his songs in rotation.
But you don't like the way he laughs? I don't know. That's that. Oh, that's Perry Como. Yeah.
Does that laugh? Johnny Mathis does The Winter Wonderland. Yeah, Winter, Winter, Winter, Winter, Winter, Winter, Winter. And that thing. Winter, Winter, Winter, Winter, Winter, Winter.
Yeah. I, I don't like it. You don't like it. Drives me crazy. It's like nails on a chalkboard.
Interesting. And what's the other one he sings that I don't enjoy? I can't remember.
It's just his voice. And I go, oh. Now you grew up in an Elvis Christmas household.
Yep. And obviously, Blue Christmas is a big one. What was the favorite from Elvis that you had growing up? Blue Christmas was my mom's least favorite Elvis Christmas song.
So that one we got skipped all the time. And it's probably because she heard it all the time. She always liked, let me see. Now I can't remember.
What did you say? It's probably because she heard it all the time. No, she didn't hear it all the time. No, at home. But it was probably on the radio all the time.
That's what I'm saying. She didn't need to listen to it at home on her, on her record or whatever. Her favorite was if every day was like Christmas from Elvis. I had to look it up.
But yes, immediately when I saw that one, she had that one on repeat every day. Elvis for me is Christmas because it reminds me of my mom. And you were a Neil Diamond.
Neil Diamond, Mannheim. Yeah, a lot of that in my house. I think I still have it.
I'll have to look. A good stack of CDs that were the Christmas CD collection that we would put into the Sixth Disc Changer and let it shuffle. Oh. So that was always cool. I always, for me, there was a couple of songs that always got played as Christmas songs, even though they weren't like the one from the Sound of Music. Bright paper packages. Right, not a Christmas song. Just because it says packages doesn't mean. Wrapped up with bows.
Like, oh, okay. That could be a birthday gift in March. Oh, I just got a text from a friend of ours that says, the Charlie Brown theme is not a Christmas song. Correct. That is correct. Linus and Lucy is a music bed.
But I would say that the O'Tannon bomb from Vince and Christmas Time is here, those very much are. Now, the Peanuts theme song does appear in a Charlie Brown Christmas when they're doing the dance, when they're doing the weird stand in place dances. That's when you hear it. That's not weird. Yes, it is.
Everybody makes fun of the way they dance. And so I give it credit for that. It does show up in the movie, but I believe in my whole heart of hearts that people think they're hearing the Christmas Time is here music. When they, yeah.
Right, it was super sad. Instead of the bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, which is when they're doing the dancing. I get you.
Yeah. I also don't like the Grinch song. You're a mean one. You've said that because you feel like it's bullying the Grinch. You're just being rude.
Stop it. No wonder he's a grouch. Everyone is so mean. Stop saying such bad things about the Grinch. Well, why do you have to go and steal Christmas? I would touch you with that.
39 and a half foot pull. You're being a bully. Stay away. So stop it. Stay 40 feet away.
Quit being a jerk. He wrote a whole song about it. Let it go. Let him live his life on Mount Crumpus.
Was this mountain? No one tell her. It doesn't. Crump it.
No, I like what you said before. Crump, crumpless or whatever you said. Mount Crumpus. Just let the Grinch live his life.
Leave him alone. I feel like there's no shortage of Christmas movies, especially given that Hallmark cranks them out, you know, 20 new ones every year. Well, Netflix has put out like a new Christmas movie every year now as well.
So yeah, there's definitely, I would never say there's a shortage. And I think there's also plenty of classics to go back to. And everyone has their favorite traditions that they go back to and they say, nope, we have to watch this every year. Sometimes there's fights in your house on whether or not there's some movies that are Christmas. And whether they're not like Gremlins is a pretty popular one that people fight about. And so is Die Hard. Yep. But what do you think about some of these ones?
Okay. Batman Returns from 1992. Is that the Riddler one? It's one of the big, one of the big set pieces, is the Lighting of the Gotham Christmas Tree.
Oh, okay. No, that's the Catwoman one. Does that make it a, does that make it a Christmas movie?
If one of the big set pieces is the Gotham Christmas tree? Look, I have told you my criteria. Okay. Cause I have more. Okay. There's a whole list of these. But let's run through my rules because that's all that matters is Josh's rules about Christmas movies. Okay.
And my rules are pretty simple. It has to be more than just taking place during Christmas time. I feel like there has to be a Christmas theme throughout, not just a movie happens at Christmas time. Okay. What about Edward Scissorhands? Again.
Takes place during Christmas time. So it doesn't pass the muster. Okay.
Because it doesn't have a full Christmas theme to it. Okay. Trading places. I don't know if I've seen that. Yeah, that's right.
And Eddie Murphy. Yeah, I don't think I've seen that. There's a Christmas party. Okay. Again. But it doesn't end at Christmas. There's also New Year's in it.
Right. What's that, what's that movie? Is it Holiday? Is that the one with, with Jean Autry? Not Jean Autry. What's, what am I thinking of? The Holiday is with Cameron Diaz. No, not The Holiday.
Like the old timey one. I don't know. I'll have to think about it.
Okay. Anyway, but it, but throughout the, the film, it visits multiple holidays and Christmas happens to be one of them. Oh, I don't know that.
Do you know what I'm talking about? Ah. Oh, I know.
With Judy Garland. That's the, yeah, that one. Yeah. Yes. Not Holiday.
Maybe in St. Louis. Yeah. Right. Like that one is, there's a Christmas moment. And that's a great Christmas song. But that's where her song, You Love Comes From. From Judy, I know. Because it's got such a great sound to it. But does that count?
Because it's just part of the show. Is it Christmas? Listen, if you're looking for something new, you want something new to watch and it's got Christmas in it.
Hook might be one. Okay. But a lot of people do like a Harry Potter marathon. Yes, exactly. Because the first one has a Christmas break. A couple of them do.
I think the first 10 maybe, I can't be sure. But Hook has said it Christmas. Hook is a great movie. Yeah. So here's the deal.
Iron Man 3. Here's what I'm going to say. I'm going to say, don't worry about my rules.
No. And I'm going to say, watch whatever you want that makes you feel good during the holidays. But here's ones that are set around Christmas. Iron Man 3. Hook. Rocky. Lethal weapon. Edward Scissorhands. Trading places. First blood. This is the first of the Rambo movies. It's got a small Christmas tree in the background of one scene. That doesn't count. Oh, there's the Christmas trades, the Christmas movie. Just do whatever you want to do.
That's what I'm saying. Watch whatever you want to watch. So forget about my rules. Don't worry about my preferences. Oh, I never do. I know.
That's why we're supposed to be having breakfast for dinner at some point in the next three weeks. What? Oh. Because no one listens to my rules.
Breakfast is for breakfast. You are in the minority of that. Oh, I know I am. Okay. Because everybody I've talked to has been like, breakfast for dinner is awesome. Yeah, I know.
I know I'm in the minority of that. You're just going to have to bring your own. This is really hanging you up. You bring it up all the time. I know. It really is. Bring your own food.
I'm talking about it. Myself trying to figure out what I want to eat. So everybody else goes, I wish I had dinner instead of breakfast. No, no one is going to say that because it's going to be awesome.
We'll see. Bring yourself a sandwich. I'm not bringing a sandwich. That's also not a dinner.
What are you talking about? We have a friend who lives in Massachusetts. And so I just see, I see his stories that he posts on Instagram. But he posted yesterday that for the third year in a row, a terrifying anonymous Santa has been sent to his home.
And I remember I've been following this very closely because three years ago, he was living, I think he was living in New York at the time, and he received a Santa. And it's, I mean, they always look pretty big. They always look about, I don't know, a couple of feet tall. Okay. I don't necessarily think they're terrifying, but he thinks they are. But it is a Santa Claus. And he, three years ago, was like, who sent me the Santa Claus? Which one of my friends sent this to me? And nobody ever said anything.
And he was like, I, and he would have put on his Instagram stories. I don't know who sent this to me. Who sent me the Santa? Please, it's like driving me crazy that I don't know who sent me the Santa Claus. A year later. Who sent me the Santa Claus? So there's another one now? So for the third year in a row, somebody has sent him another Santa.
Are the calls coming from inside the house? I don't know. So I don't remember what the past years, and these are all coming from, I believe, Amazon, because you know how you can write, this is a gift and you can write a special message. Got it. So someone's mailing them. Yeah. Oh yeah.
Okay. I thought they were just showing up, like it's unpackaged, like someone put them there. So someone is mailing them.
Yes. This is fantastic. I think it's so funny, but the message this year is a little bit creepy, and that's why he's probably like, I'm a little bit creeped out now.
Okay. It says, Christmas Eve, a time for shadows to lengthen for the veil to thin and for old ghost sister. What does that mean?
From the ghost of Christmas past. No. I don't care for that. That is crazy. But I kind of love it. And I am just, I would be flabbergasted if we just got a random Santa with that message, especially for three years in a row.
Right. Oh, it makes me laugh so much. And the fact that nobody has come forward and said, oh yeah, that's me. Like you're in it for the long con, dude.
Yeah. No, I would never come forward. I'm here for it. I think it makes me laugh so much. It's so funny. And now I kind of want to send secret Santas to everyone I know.
Secret Santas. I see what you did. That's good. I like it. I'm on board. We've done strange things to friends and family members in ways of like hiding things in their house and different things like that.
So this just is on brand. I'm good with it. I can't, that's somebody else's joke though. Yeah, but.
Sending anonymous Santas, that's somebody else's joke. But imitation is the highest form of flattery. Super good. I think that joke is awesome. Yeah, I agree.
That's a good one. The curiosity of it all really is what gets you, isn't it? Like what is going on there?
How is that happening? Why are you sending these to me? And now you've written creepy note. I don't care for the note. The ghost of Christmas.
It makes me laugh. What would he be even funnier is if you just anonymously randomly sent one giant, maybe like an inflatable, not necessarily inflatable, because you could just collapse that, send a giant Christmas decoration to somebody. And then they have to figure out where to store it. Yeah, or like what do I do with this? Then it's also a funny gift. What's an inexpensive big, Big inexpensive giant Christmas decoration.
The biggest one. Because you don't want to drop like hundreds of dollars on it. No. But I don't know.
I want to make it inconvenient for the person I'm giving it to. I'm a bad friend. No. Prankmaster is what it is.
Prankmaster We are having a pajama Christmas party with my family. Right. This is the thing where the breakfast is for dinner. Correct. And everybody's supposed to wear pajamas. Yeah. And we ordered some pajamas for you and I. Right. Matching ones.
And then because they were on a sale, I said, well, let's get matching ones for the kids too. That's right. It was never really discussed whether that was going to be a surprise for them or not. And so. I don't know that it necessarily needs to be. Right.
I mean, it's this party's happening after Christmas. Right. So like there's I don't know that I don't know. It could just be like a thing, right? Like we're not going to. I don't know.
That wasn't discussed between you and I. And then last night as I was sitting with the kids and just chatting with the kids, I went, oh, hey. Well, you yelled it from the living room. But yeah. I said, I bought you guys some pajamas.
Right. And I after I said it, I went, oh, we didn't really talk about whether that was going to be a surprise or not. And then I like.
Yeah, I know. You couldn't put the toothpaste back in the tube. So because then they went, what? Yeah. What'd you say?
These are kids who don't listen to us whenever we say most of anything. Yeah. But that they were like, you bought us pajamas. What? Yeah. What? What? And I went, I don't, what are you talking about? What? Yeah, I know. Then you tried to play, play Joe Cool over there.
Joe Cool. Sometimes if you have little kids, you can distract them. And if you change the topic, they'll forget that you've even said anything.
No, it doesn't work with 16 and 21. No. They kind of heard you.
Yeah. And then they went, what are you talking about? Oh, look at what the dog's doing.
What a weird thing the dog's doing. They're like, no, but what'd you say about pajamas? What? What?
I know. So now they're under the impression that you've spoiled a Christmas surprise, which I think is kind of funny actually. You know, it'd be way fun is to like, pretend you spoiled a prize. Like that's, that's a good prank.
And then they go, I thought you said you had pajamas and you're like, I don't know what you're talking about. Yeah. What are you talking about? That's never been a thing.
When did that happen? Like that's funny. I like that. It's a good bit. Well, they had gone to the mall and they, you and I had eaten dinner, delicious soup.
I know. At home. Very good. And then because they were out and about, they were like, oh, we just grabbed some food on the way. And then they came home and they were eating at the table. You and I were in the living room. Everyone was so intrigued by what I said. She got up from eating.
I know. And walked in the room. Well, what, what, now what'd you say? Chicken tender in hand.
What'd you say about jammies? I don't know. Look at what. No, you said something. I was eating this chicken and you said something about pajamas. Look at what dad's wearing. What a weird, look at, look at this thing. So same thing he was wearing earlier, but what is it with you and the pajamas?
Look at this shiny object over here. I don't think you ruined anything. We, we didn't really talk about it, but I think it would be funny to not bring it up again because we don't have to until after Christmas. That's true. And so like, we really just don't have to say anything.
That's true. And they'll be like, I thought you said something and you're going to go, I don't know what you're talking about. So the whole time they might be expecting to get pajamas.
That's exactly what I'm saying. And then the pajamas never show. Correct. Until after, like well after Christmas when we're headed to have breakfast for dinner. Not a bad idea, Josh.
I think that's a funny bit. Stick to that. Don't mention it again. If they ask questions, keep averting. Okay. And I think that would be the plan.
I was really good at averting last night. Yeah. Oh yeah. Smooth, smooth.
Definitely smooth. You know what the worst part about having kids that get older is sometimes is when your kids are little, you can talk in code about like Christmas surprises. You can spell things. Yeah. And then when they start to spell, they're like, I know that. I know what you're spelling. Right.
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And then when you get five in a row, call the studio and say, Jingle Bingo. Baby. Baby. Yeah, go ahead. We talked a little bit earlier about movies that were not necessarily Christmas movies, but everyone's got their Christmas movie. Okay.
Let's see. I think I can guess what your Christmas movie is. The one that you really love.
It kind of puts you in the mood. See if you can guess mine. I want to know if you can guess mine. I think you'll guess incorrectly because you think you know, but you have no idea. I think the one that you guessed will be probably like in my top five, but not like the one I love the most. So yours would be eight bit Christmas. I really like eight bit Christmas.
I think it's very good. It's a newer one. Neil Patrick Harris is in there. It's got such a great- Steve Zahn.
Yeah. What I like about that show is that it took what was great about a Christmas story and a lot of the themes of like, this is the big toy for the holidays and I want to do everything I can to get this toy. And then it gave it such a good nostalgic adventure movie at the same time.
So I think it was, I like the way it was put together. I like the way that movie was done and it was a modern thing and involved Nintendo. I got, it really resonates with me. So that, that I do like that movie a lot.
Charlie Brown Christmas has got to be way up there on my list because I think that movie's awesome. And it's a short one and it's just good. I haven't seen that one in a really long time.
Yeah, I know. It's super, super good. I really like Christmas vacation. I think that's a good, fun one to watch. And, and that's really, I mean, we've, we've watched Christmas story a hundred thousand times. We've just watched Jingle All The Way the other day and it's good.
It's fine. There's some great ones for sure, but I would say eight bit and Charlie Brown are probably my top. I would have guessed those two. For you, there's a couple. I think you really like a sentimental story, a little bit of a, of a romance sometimes. And I think there's, I think there's two that sort of stick out, Family Stone and, and Love Actually, I think are both movies that you really like. Yeah.
But I would say Family Stone is probably your number one. Yes, you did it. Yeah, I know. You do know me. You don't know me. You think you know me, but you don't know. Okay.
Sure thing. I love the family. I can't, I don't think I can watch it this year though, because Diane Keaton, I know it's going to be too, too sad. I get it. I can't, so I can't, I might have to skip this year. Because you're going to ball even more than usual.
Yeah, it'll be too sad. I was watching a Tik Tok or the other day and his whole stick on Tik Tok is to take movies and be like, here's what's wrong with this movie. And he did that with Love Act or the Family Stone.
And I went, no, but he was right. The characters are kind of awful in that movie. But I also like it. I also like, I'm not a big Sarah Jessica Parker person. And so I have a hard time with her. And maybe it's because she's good at that character being a little bit obnoxious and awkward and whatever. But I just have a hard time with that movie. I know you do. That's why I watch it alone. I know. And I cry quietly to myself. And then to your Charlie Brown Christmas, I like Mickey's Christmas Carol.
Yes, you do. I like that one a lot. The whole Christmas collection. Because there's the gift of the Magi. Right. And the the Huey Dewey and Louie one.
Right. But the Mickey Mouse Christmas Carol is good. It is good. Yeah, it's way good. I think it's been a minute since I've watched that.
Scrooge McRock and all that. We're going to watch that one. All right. Add it to the list. It is.
Very good. This is fascinating to me. There are in Japan a lot of bears, apparently.
Okay. And they have what they're calling a bear problem. I would say Idaho has a bear. I wouldn't say a problem, but we have a lot of bears.
Right. But here's the problem. The problem is that they are having a lot of like human encounters with bears in Japan. In the wild.
And that's the problem. I don't I've never been to Japan. So I don't really know about like population density outside of like Tokyo and stuff.
I don't know how like I've seen videos and pictures and stuff. So I don't know what that actually looks like and how many people reside where the bears are. But they're having an issue and a big enough issue that they are trying to solve the problem with robot wolves. And now when I heard about this, I thought, look, we've talked a lot about robots and like the Boston Dynamics people have made some incredible, you know, robot dogs that go in and do rescue missions.
Okay. You know, all those kinds of that's what I had in my head was like a pack of robot wolves roaming around. It's not that. What is it? It's like a metal Halloween prop with glowing red eyes, swiveling parts and a speaker that makes like 50 random sounds like wolf howls or human shouting, Hey, bear.
Okay. What's the intention to scare the bears away from from the where the people are. So they're going to put these metal, oh, they have robot bears. Yeah, they have them all over the place in high populated areas. But it's working too. Is it really? It is. Yeah.
They look goofy, but they actually work because bears hate chaos and they usually take off, which is true. There are now around 330 of these things out there. 230.
330. Robot wolves stationed around Japan as bear encounters rise and communities are asking for more to be installed. They're like, we need more. Get more robot wolves. They're scary looking too.
I'm going to have to like them up. I mean, they got lights on them and stuff. And they're, you know, they're covered in like fake fur and they have a terrible Halloween mask face with light up red eyes. And then they go, Hey, bear. I felt like a dummy, but I didn't know what kind of bears lived in Japan. So I Googled, okay, what kind of bears.
And the second thing that popped up was live in Japan. So I'm not interesting. Okay. What kind? They have an Asiatic black bear.
Okay. Called a moon bear on the main islands. And then the much larger, more aggressive Yusuri brown bear found only on the Northern island of Hokkaido. Yusuri is an interesting word because Uso is like the root word for bear, isn't it? Like Ursa.
Ursa is bear. Yeah, that's, that's just language. I don't know.
Yeah, that's, that's interesting. Yusuri brown bear. Anyway, the brown bear is actually very, very large.
Yeah, looks like a grizzly bear kind of size. Okay. Well, yeah.
Good job. Robot bears doing their job. It works until it doesn't, right? Until one bear is like, yeah, I don't know about that thing. I don't think that's real.
Yeah. And then they start attacking the robot bears. Well, apparently, as I just am reading this article, there is a pretty big conflict between bears and humans across Japan. And then authorities have actually deployed the military to protect locals. And they're using drone based alert surveillance systems. They're tracking bears. Since April this year, at least 13 people have been killed and 100 more have been injured in bear attacks across Japan. That's a lot.
Okay, guess what? Why are all the bears in Japan? And why all of a sudden are they attacking people? Good point. Good point. Yeah, I don't know. Interesting.
Interesting. Bears. Go hibernate.
Hey bear. Do they hibernate in Japan? I would imagine they're hibernating animals. That's a thing they do. Get to get to sleep.
Yeah. Take the winter off. Go find a cave. Let the humans recover. And some honey. Oh, yeah.
Get, get your, get yourself stuck in the tree because you ate too much. Yeah, exactly. Oh, bother. All that. Yeah, okay. You get it.
I do. What is your favorite time to get up and open presents on Christmas? I mean, when our kids were little, like now as they've gotten older, you can push them back to bed for a long time. Well, they also sleep. Like we have to like wake them up. Like guys, are you gonna do this? So I, you know, I like it early, but I don't want it like six. Yeah. I think even when our kids were younger, like not toddlers, like let's go, let's shoot for that seven early elementary school. Yeah. Nine, 10 range.
Yeah. They would ask us because they're not allowed. What time? What time? Yeah, you can't go downstairs, right? Until we're awake too. And so they knew that they couldn't sneak downstairs. I think we always said, I think seven was our pretty standard time. Yeah, it was like, look, it was seven o'clock and then, you know, if it's a little bit early, fine. But there was like, you know, people that get up and they're like, we're all awake at two, let's go. I know. At two?
I've never heard two, but I have heard like five. That's like the thing we were talking about a week ago or so where it's like, it's all the buildup, the anticipation, like all that stuff is so great. And then like, it's awesome opening presents and doing the thing and having a Christmas morning. And then, and then you have the rest of the day and you just kind of like, okay, but now all the buildup is done.
And now it's like, oh, no. So I would like to prolong it as long as I can. You absolutely do prolong it though, because you you make sure everybody, you're kind of the ring master, so to speak. Okay. And you pass on everyone stockings and we all look at our stockings.
Yeah. And sometimes we get lottery tickets and we do our lottery tickets at that time. If there's something that needs to be put together from our stockings, we do that. Yeah, I like taking the time, you know. Yeah. And then even as we go one by one by one to open presents, if there's something that somebody is like, I really want to like, play with this right now, I want to spend some time, we're like, cool, check it out.
And I appreciate that because that didn't happen. We just opened presents. And then it was like, okay, now we can work on putting our stuff together and doing our stuff. So I like that you do that. Well, we got nothing but time.
I know, the whole day. Why do we want to hurry? You know, I think it's fun to kind of just just experience it all together, right? Slow, slow, have a good time. Take it easy. Yeah, you know, wake up at seven, hang out.
I like seven. And then you can have a mid morning nap after breakfast. We deal with the dog. Like there's stuff that has to be done early. She needs to go out. She's gonna want to eat. Yeah, she doesn't know it's Christmas.
Right. She's like, Hey, what's my routine? Yeah, like, oh, it's breakfast. So yeah, I think that's but I like having a slow because then you can have a mid morning nap. And then you can have an afternoon nap. Great to to Christmas naps. Does that sound awesome? Yes.
Christmas naps. Those hit different, don't they? I think so a little bit.
Yeah, I think you're right. That's that's my preference. And I do like to just take it easy. There's no no rush. I spent a lot of years like rushing. Yeah, because there were like brunches to get to and stuff like that. I like to just go real slow and hey, cool.
Staying in pajamas all day. We're ready to open another one. Or if you want to get dressed in your new clothes, get dressed in your new clothes. We got no place to go. What about if we did? What if we made it so like you could only like one person opens a gift every 20 minutes or something? You'd be like, Is it my time? Put along it throughout the entire day.
I think people would lose their minds. If you ask, then we bump it by 10. So if you ask, then you got to go wait 30 minutes. Becus on the even hours, Emory's on the odd hours. Oh man.
You get one per hour. Yikes. Yeah, that's a that's a mess. That's a way to stretch it out.
That's one way. Well, I think we'll probably do our normal thing. I like our normal thing. Yeah, me too.
That's why we do it. Got a good thing going on. Just don't go telling everybody about our good ideas. You can have them.
You can have these good ideas. Take it easy for easy. That's right. Don't rush. You've done all the hustle and bustle.
Now take it easy for easy. That's good advice. Thank you. Christmas cards. Let's talk about some Christmas cards. What do you want to talk about?
We have two, four, six, seven, seven. Oh, yeah. That's is that how you say?
Ho, ho, ho. Yeah. Oh, seven is great.
Seven is awesome. Yeah. I'm a little bit Christmas card greedy. I see. I want more.
Right. Last year, we got about 20 or 21. You want more than that this year? So let's see what we can make happen.
I want as many as I can get. I see. All right.
If you have a Christmas card, if you have a drawing, if you don't want to pay for a drawing, like if you just want to draw. Yeah, okay. Got you. If you want to write a note, I'll take whatever you want to send me. Or if you don't want to pay for a postage, we have a couple of people who said that we're not worth the postage. And they dropped them off. It's fine.
I'm not offended. Yeah, they dropped off a card though and said, here's a card. Yeah.
It was expensive to send, so I drove over instead. I'm happy with that too. Yeah, that's fine.
I just like Christmas cards. Listen, here's the address. It's 400 West Sunnyside Road in Idaho Falls, 83402. You can mail a card, you can drop one off. We would love to hang your Christmas card on our door in the studio. And we're going to send you our own Christmas card and a little extra something special back in an envelope to you.
So make sure to include your address so we can send you a card back. That's true. It's like an exchange.
You send us one, we send you one. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. It's like a Christmas card exchange. You give, you receive kind of situation. Yeah, yeah, yeah, right? Yeah.
That's what I'm saying. So if you want, I don't want to make you do something you don't want to do, but if you would like to send us a Christmas card, please do so. And thanks. Yeah, for sure.
Would you rather this or that? Ride the Polar Express? Nice.
Or Santa's sleigh? Oh, well. Depends.
If you follow the storyline, don't you get to do both on the Polar Express? You know? Plus you get that hot, hot, hot, hot chocolate. You get all that.
Yeah, but you also get, you know what kind of train this is? Yeah, I know. That kid. He also get that kid.
Yeah. He does know what kind of train it is. And what he should have said is, do you want to know what train this is?
Because I do. I'm going for Santa's sleigh. You can't, even if you ride the Polar Express, you can only ride it. You don't get to, you don't get to ride both.
I know that he does in the movie, but you don't, you don't get to do both. Well, it's a Baldwin 284 S3 class Blackshire type steam locomotive. I had to look it up. Whatever.
What lion? You knew. I did not know. But I think that's hilarious.
Well, Damien. What are you picking? I'm going to pick the Polar Express. Okay, but you don't get to ride the sleigh at the end. I know. All right. But I also, I thought about it and there's a heights thing. And I bet it's cold up there.
I bet it's really cold. But don't you think they have ways around that? I mean, they've been doing that for millions of years. You're, you have a good point. They've figured out all kinds of stuff to keep you warm.
You have a really good point. There's magic. So you don't fall out.
It's fun. But I also don't, I don't feel like there's, I don't feel like there's a, what am I trying to say? I don't know. I don't know that there's like a lot of demand for Santa to be like, Hey, I need somebody to ride along. I don't think he's, I think he's kind of a solo night kind of guy. That's why you're just tagging along. Yeah, I know. But I feel like I'd be invading.
No. Like the Polar Express is like, Yeah, we're going to North Pole, get on the train. You know, that's like a, you're supposed to be there. I feel like I'd be invading if I was on the sleigh.
No, he wants you to be there. Plus it's a Baldwin two eight fourth, that's three class Belkshire type steam locomotive. And that sounds neat. Okay. Have fun on the train. You're going on the train? Oh no, you're going on the sleigh. I'm not going on that train.
Would you rather this or that? Apparently Universal Studios has something called Who Hash, which people are a quote obsessed with. Okay. But this is something. Okay.
The, if you go to Universal Studios, the theme park, you can order this as a food. Yes. Okay. Now I understand.
But if you're not, if you don't have any plans of going to Universal Studios, this is something that you could easily make. So it's Who Hash that you, okay. Do they only serve this during the holidays? I would assume so. Okay.
Okay. It is loaded tots. So you got tater tots. I'm in. You got brisket.
I'm in. You've got a cheese sauce. Yes. Grilled onions.
Okay. And topped with Thousand Island dressing. I want to try this. It sounds good, doesn't it? Yes, it does. I think it sounds really good. That sounds real nice. They serve it in, I don't think it's an actual tin can, but it looks like a tin can. So they've replicated a tin can. Oh, I see what you could just eat it on a plate.
It says contains 100% natural Who beef. Here's what I like about this. This is like a, like a poor man's shepherd pie. Kind of, yeah. And I kind of dig on that. Like a tater tot casserole.
Kind of, yeah. So I found another recipe that is diced potatoes, cooked roast beef, then some diced onions, it's got some milk, salt and pepper in it, some hot sauce. And all of that kind of gets mixed together to make Who hash.
There's another recipe online for it. That's not the universal theme parks Who hash, but that's, ooh, Seussville.com. That's the recipe for Who's hash. Oh, for Who hash.
Okay. Yes, there's one on Dr. Seuss' website, Seussville.com. Is that the one that you just read?
It's a different one. Oh, this one has got a few things onion garlic, cooked meat chopped into small pieces, could be corned beef, brisket, ham sausage, turkey, whatever you like or have on hand, diced potatoes or sweet potatoes, diced vegetables. So carrots, parsnips, turnip, celery, bell peppers, whatever you like or have on hand, salt and pepper, some chicken or vegetable stock, cabbage or spinach and eggs.
Doesn't say they have to be green. I kind of want to try just this Who hash at Universal Studios. I kind of like the Tater Tot one. I like the Tater Tots, the brisket, the cheese, the grilled onions and the Thousand Island dressing. Can we finish it off with some Who pudding? Sure. Is it chocolate?
Sure. I love chocolate pudding so much. I like chocolate pudding. Get yourself a can of Who hash.
Yeah, I like it. Maybe we still don't know what we're eating for Christmas. Maybe we have Who hash for Christmas dinner.
No, it's not that. I'll come up with something and maybe we'll just have a Who hash for a regular night. I kind of like the idea of the tots. I like a loaded tot with a cheese sauce. That sounds really nice. It sounds nice, doesn't it? With some brisket and some. It doesn't sound healthy, but it sounds good. Who's eating? Who's thinking about health at this time of year? Who?
That all starts in January. Get out of here with your healthy. I know a guy who will make us some brisket.
Okay. I know a couple of people who will make us some brisket. I just like the burnt end pieces.
That's what I'm saying. We got to get the good burnt ends of the brisket to put with the Tater Tots with the cheese sauce and the rest of the stuff. I'll grill the onions. Oh, okay.
And I'll bring the Thousand Island dressing. Okay. Let's wrap up the show for today. Wrap up the shows for this week. Hope you have a great weekend. If you are going to be out and about, it is the last weekend for 97 Angels with Malinelli's Jewelers.
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