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Speaker 1: I never told you, Protective, I hurry you.

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Speaker 2: And welcome to.

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Speaker 3: Our Monday Monay right before Christmas. It's Christmas times, y'all.

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Speaker 3: It's Christmas times. And there were so many things that

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Speaker 3: I've been thinking about and we were trying to do

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Speaker 3: give it a light to the new year. And with that,

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Speaker 3: we're also guesting on a show.

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Speaker 2: We haven't even recorded it.

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Speaker 3: Yet, so I'm doing a small teaser, but we decided

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Speaker 3: that we wanted to talk about something that we both

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Speaker 3: love and I've talked a lot about, Like you guys

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Speaker 3: have been with me in my awakening in.

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Speaker 2: This specific subject, and it's about pretty much.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: I was like trying to figure out what it was.

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Speaker 2: Am I a gamer? Can I do this? I'm too

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Speaker 3: And sometimes I still feel that way, But with that,

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Speaker 3: it's a great stress relief. With all the hobbies that

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Speaker 3: something that really does work for me, and I thought,

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Speaker 3: what better way to start this Christmas week. If you're

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Speaker 3: listening on the Christmas week in twenty twenty four, then

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Speaker 3: having a holiday edition of games or gaming and cozy

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Speaker 3: games we would recommend, or others would recommend.

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Speaker 1: Right, yeah, why now? Why not?

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Speaker 2: Why not?

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Speaker 3: So we're gonna start off because again, cozy gaming is

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Speaker 3: many games have like holiday themes, and one of them,

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Speaker 3: of course is animal crossing. And yes, I have ventured

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Speaker 3: on back into my island. I realize I don't have

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Speaker 2: Gloves do they offer those? I haven't gotten one. I'm

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Speaker 3: Well that makes sense the hands, there's really no hands.

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Speaker 3: But anyway, all that to say, I need to find

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Speaker 1: I think when I'm when I'm thinking of scarf though,

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Speaker 3: just watching and playing the game. I haven't gotten any decorations,

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Speaker 3: You know, with Animal Crossing, they do have a lot

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Speaker 3: But with that, they do have like a Christmas festival

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Speaker 3: So I'm not sure Christmas Christmas, but maybe there's snow

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