1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Why are you making suggestions that doesn't she you know, 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: have like her own like Christmas list or whatever that 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: she wants. 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, so probably about three years ago, my daughter 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 2: started with the PowerPoint presentations. 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: This is one of the wilder things that I've ever 7 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: heard in my life. 8 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 3: Yeah. 9 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: So instead of a Christmas list that's just written on 10 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 2: a piece of paper and you hand to your mom 11 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 2: or dad, and now comes the day where we all 12 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 2: sit in the living room. She screen shares her phone 13 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 2: to the living room TV and then presents her PowerPoint presentation, 14 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: which has animation on it, snose falling. 15 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 4: You sit there and watch it, Yeah, I mean crazy, It's. 16 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 5: Like you don't, oh, hey, like this is great. 17 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 4: Like the first time she does it, all right, maybe 18 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 4: she's like eight, and you're like, this is great. But 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 4: then after that it's like, hey, from here on out, list, 20 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 4: I'm just sitting here. 21 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 5: I waste my time with your with your stuff. That's crazy. 22 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 3: Well wait till you get there. 23 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: Missed a fresh warm towel out of the towel because 24 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: my baby can only old. 25 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 5: Not sixteen. So I think there's a difference. I think. 26 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 2: You said you would never be that guy, and I'm 27 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 2: just letting you know, as your son gets older, your 28 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 2: views may change a little bit. 29 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 5: Do you watch power Would you watch a power present kids? No, 30 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 5: of course not. Excuse me, miss I don't. I don't. 31 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: I mean, well, no, you don't, but you would, right 32 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 2: if your kid made a Power Boys presentation that takes 33 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 2: like two minutes. 34 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 3: This isn't like a forty five minute thing. 35 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 5: No, I just tell them to send it to me. 36 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 3: Oh so send you the PowerPoint president. 37 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 5: I guess I don't. 38 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'd probably humor read my son I said every year. 39 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 5: I guess you would get over it. 40 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 2: I'd be over it, but I'd probably humor him just 41 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: to be nice. 42 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 5: Okay, but yeah, thank god, he just shoots me a 43 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 5: text with a couple of ideas, right. 44 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: So yeah, So this started about three years ago, and 45 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: honestly it is pretty legit. I mean, it takes all 46 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 2: the surprise out of it for her, but the power 47 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: po presentation has links, so and the link goes exactly 48 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: to the color and the size of exactly what she wants. 49 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: So it really makes it, honestly, very easy, but takes 50 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 2: some of the surprise out of it. And I would think, so, 51 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 2: so this is something that's been going on for a while. 52 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 2: And tier's another fact to what's going on with Christmas 53 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: in our house this year is my daughter's birthday is 54 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: mid November, and when they're little and they want every 55 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 2: little toy and every little thing in the world, Like, okay, 56 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 2: not a problem. 57 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 3: There's plenty of gifts out there. 58 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: But now at sixteen years old, she just had her 59 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 2: birthday where we spoiled her and bought her, you know, 60 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 2: all the clothing items she wants from Hollister and all 61 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: this little jewelry stuff she wants. So now with Christmas, 62 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 2: I'm like, this chick's closets are overflowing, like she has. 63 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 3: So much stuff. 64 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 2: You have the power point, right, Well, I haven't seen 65 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: the PowerPoint yet, but I know the power point is coming, 66 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: right because there's been talks of her being like, oh, 67 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 2: I gotta get working on that so I can get 68 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 2: it to you guys. And that's when I decided to 69 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: make a suggestion, because this is also the time of 70 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: year that I start to get a bunch of catalogs 71 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: in the mail of gifts that I've ordered years pass. 72 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: Like one year Eddie suggested this, like Wine Country Gift 73 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: Basket Company, if you're ever looking for a gift basket 74 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: for somebody. 75 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 3: I ordered from them once. 76 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: Now I get a catalog this time of the year, 77 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: every single year, and there's lots of places like that, 78 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: and a handful of them happened to be charity organizations. 79 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: I've done the thing in years past for the what 80 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: is it the people that the WWEFA with the WWF, 81 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: the World Wildlife Federation, they do a thing where you 82 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: pay for some overpriced little stuffed animal, but the. 83 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: Money goes to help zebras or whatever. 84 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 2: Yes, And then there's my favorite charity, the one where 85 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: you can buy like goats for people, Like you can 86 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: buy a goat for a village in a third world coast. 87 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: How do you know that that actually happens, you, real, suspect, 88 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: How do you actually know that they actually get. 89 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 3: To go that they got the pay I don't want 90 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 3: to see it go down here. 91 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 5: Yeah it doesn't see a hesitation of the goat a 92 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 5: dozen chickens. 93 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 3: I don't know. 94 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: I figure because there's such a massive organization that hopefully 95 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 2: they're legit. 96 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 3: But I have done a. 97 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: Lot of massive charity organizations that aren't the most hurt. 98 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, I google this one. I tried to 99 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 2: look into it as much as I could. I don't know, 100 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 2: you know, whatever the internet says, you know. So so 101 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: I'm getting all these catalogs and it gives me a thought, 102 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: and instead of like sitting down and processing the thought, 103 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 2: I just spit it out to the family, my daughter 104 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 2: and my husband. And that's when I told him or 105 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 2: them I should say that I think we should to 106 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 2: do maybe one or two gifts this year and the 107 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 2: rest be charity donations. 108 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 5: God, you just so in like your daughter's name. 109 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, oh boy, this guy, the holidays aren't about giving. 110 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: That was really weird thing to say you need a break, Yeah, 111 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: you could do this like that, But I mean that's 112 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: not in lieu of yeah. 113 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 3: No, that's what I'm saying, I know, because. 114 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: That's when we're and we're saying, no, that's not what 115 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: kid would be like. You know what, mom, and what 116 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: I know you walk around and tell everybody when you 117 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: donate to charity. But you know, maybe I could start 118 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: doing that. 119 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, or your kid says, you know, I don't want 120 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 4: everyone in the world to know that I donate to 121 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,119 Speaker 4: charity or donate blood. 122 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 5: So why don't we just do it? And not say anything. 123 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: That's that defeats the purpose. 124 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 5: You need a cat on the back. 125 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 4: I didn't say, why why do you have to do 126 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 4: this for Christmas and birthday? 127 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 5: Because kids don't want this? Now, why can't you just donate? 128 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 4: What my old's like, Yeah, why can't she just donate 129 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 4: money in February? 130 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 3: Well she could, and she shouldn't. 131 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 2: She I would like her to, but that's all we're 132 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 2: talking about right now. We're talking about, like that would 133 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 2: be great if I had a daughter who was like, 134 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,679 Speaker 2: I want to do chores to turn money to donate 135 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: to charity in February, but like this is the time 136 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 2: when money and gifts are coming in. So instead of 137 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: her having to work for money to donate to charity 138 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 2: in February, right now, we can take some of that 139 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 2: and donate it now. And I had explained to her 140 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 2: how she got like a super nice, expensive advent calendar 141 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 2: that's basically like a gift, and so I told her 142 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: that's already like presence, Like you're already getting presents. You 143 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 2: just had your birthday. Because my husband was all for 144 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: this idea, AKA, he won't have to buy people presents. 145 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 2: So he's stoked, you know, because he's not the best 146 00:06:58,160 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 2: gift giver. 147 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: Sorry, sorry, baby, but she did not like this idea 148 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 3: like you saw. 149 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 4: Wait a minute, I'm shock showing me a sixteen year 150 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 4: old girl didn't like the idea of not getting presents 151 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 4: on Christmas. 152 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 2: Yes, I am, I'm telling you that'nny, why not just 153 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 2: do it for just you and your husband? 154 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 5: Between the two of you, you guys don't get each 155 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 5: other any gifts. 156 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 2: You do this because we got her gifts, because we 157 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 2: barely get each other gifts as it is, like, honestly, 158 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,559 Speaker 2: we just do it so we can have stuff under 159 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: the tree. So our daughter doesn't like feel alone opening presents, 160 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: but if we. 161 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 5: Could funny, right, oh my god, you don't get you 162 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 5: the gifts. 163 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 2: Well, we got each other electric curtains this year. They're 164 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: already up, they were just installed. 165 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 5: That you were doing that anyway, that's Christmas gift. Excuse me. 166 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: They were more expensive than we wanted to pay. And 167 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 2: then we said, this is our Christmas gift to one 168 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 2: and other. 169 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 5: It's so easy. 170 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 3: So my husband clearly all in, but my daughter no. 171 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: And then I tried to talk to her because she's 172 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 2: like very you know, I think like a lot of 173 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 2: kids are you know, her heart just wells for animals, 174 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 2: So like if there's dogs that can't be adopted, if 175 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 2: there's a whale tangled in a fishing net, like like, 176 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 2: I mean, she gets so upset and like. 177 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 3: How can we help? How can we do something? 178 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 2: So I'm telling her this is how we can help, 179 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 2: Like you can you get to pick the charities. I'm 180 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: thinking I'm about to nail it here with this argument, 181 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 2: same look on the face, like I've just ruined Christmas. 182 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 2: I've just taken a turn in the living room, like 183 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 2: basically under the train. 184 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 5: She just volunteered society. You can do that. 185 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 3: You can't. 186 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 2: It's like you have to commit to like a shift 187 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 2: like every week. So a kid going to school, like 188 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 2: you can't. Well, like it's like it's a commitment. It's 189 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 2: like a job basically, like to sign up you have 190 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 2: to do so many hours. 191 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 3: So did you tell her about the goat that you 192 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 3: can get for the village? 193 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 5: About it? 194 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 3: So if you can pick between goats. 195 00:08:53,480 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: Okay, excuse me, it's it's for milk, and Okay, I'm 196 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: sure I'm sure you're not got all hungry. 197 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 4: That ridiculously suggest is the worst suggestion in the history 198 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 4: of suggestions. 199 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: That idea got completely poo pooed. Now my whole family 200 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 2: hates me so so thank you. 201 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 5: Sounds about right. It sounds about right.