WEBVTT - Mini Crush #150 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:02.960 Welcome to Movie Crush, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:31.080 We Wish You were a Crusher. Christmas, We Wish you 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:34.519 were a crusher. Christmas, We wish you were a crusher Christmas. 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:37.920 Ring ring, ring ring. That's jingle bells. That's the sound 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:42.320 of jingle bells. Bed Happy New Year, or at least 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:46.160 a different year. Yeah, yeah, that's that'd be good. Different 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:48.640 would be good. I could use a change. How are 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.680 you doing, Chuck? Good? No, I'm also looking forward to 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.960 being over so I can just quit hearing about people 0:00:55.000 --> 0:01:01.120 fucking talking about that's that's roll off the tongue. So well, 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:05.400 that's hard to Future is a future, and it is 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:07.600 starting to feel like we're we're dealing in future e 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:11.160 type dates were and we're entering the blade runner type territory. 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:13.520 We passed that a while ago, I think true for me. 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.399 But yeah, when you're in the twenties, like, where the 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:18.679 where's that meal that I can just put a little 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.360 drop of water on a pill and it turns into 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:24.440 a delicious meal? You really want that, Chuck? Yes, Oh, 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:29.080 you mean like it actually reconstitutes itself into a delightful 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.520 roasted turkey or whatever you want, complete with the little 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.360 footy things on the ends, you know, with the steam rising, 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:38.200 because I roasted turkey every night. You ever seen those 0:01:38.200 --> 0:01:41.360 footy things? What those even four? They keep the ends 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:43.800 trying out or something? You think they would catch fire 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:46.120 in the story, I don't know. They don't bake it 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.520 with those on. They pop them on afterward. And I 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.960 do not know this at all, but my educated guests 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:54.160 would be is that it just covers up that gnarly 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.520 little leg nub at the end. It makes you feel 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:59.280 a little less barbaric. I think so, that would be 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.320 my guess. It's like, you don't have to look. It's 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.080 the same reason they don't like, you know, same reason 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.200 they cut off the head. That's a good point. That's 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.760 a good point, chuck, Wow, that's throughout. Yeah. But yet 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:13.399 people are some people anyway, We're okay with whole fish 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.840 with a face on it. That's okay, Yeah, you know, 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.440 I will uh, I don't need the eyeballs, but I 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:24.119 can show down on a brand Xino, that's for sure. Yeah. 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.799 It's for some reason. I think there's a distinction, because 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.519 you know how they're like they're pesctarians who will eat 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.320 you know, fish, but they won't eat, you know, chicken 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.560 or beef or anything or anything they see. There seems 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.480 to be a distinction, like in terms of what's the 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:41.560 word cruelty in the minds of some between seed dwelling 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:46.079 creatures and land dwelling creatures. Yeah, you know. Uh, everyone 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:49.240 has their own internal compass when it comes to stuff 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.000 like that, and far be it from me to tell 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:53.560 anyone else what to do. Where do you stand on 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:58.240 a horsemeat? Chuck, where do you stand on horsemeat? Nay? Good, 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:02.680 good talk a dead joke. So no. We were chatting 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.320 very briefly as we were buzzing into zoom that today 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.120 is your daughter's twelfth birthday. On this the day of 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:13.400 my daughter's twelfth birthday. That's a movie reference prize prize 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.240 to anyone who can who can name that film? Yeah 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:18.720 I can't, Yeah you can. On this the day of 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.120 my daughters. Oh it was her wedding. It wasn't her birthday, 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:25.600 never mind, it was a misplaced reference. Um yeah, she's twelve, man, 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:27.359 and she and her mom and her little sister came 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.120 over this morning and they brought me a doughnut, and 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:34.400 I gave her her present, which is a skateboard. Um. Great, 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.320 because apparently I do not value her safety. But it's 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.560 something that she's been not Yeah, we're gonna go get that. 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:42.720 I want to make sure they're the right ones. No, 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.080 I know, and we're gonna go together and do that tomorrow. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.160 But like, it's something that she's been wanting to do. 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.400 And she was doing dance for a while and she 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:52.000 kind of felt like all the other kids in her 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:55.440 dance class were sort of like Caddie and she didn't 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.440 really care for the vibe. And so she needs an 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:00.040 outdoor activity and she wanted to skate in the a 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.120 really good skateparking here. So we're gonna get her to 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.720 let lessons as well. So well, no, you know, she 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.600 takes to it a little bit and she ends up 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:10.160 liking skateboarding. I looked into this couple of years ago 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.720 because I was I was all hot to get Ruby 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.400 a skateboard, and Emily still like, well, let's wait another year, 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:17.640 even though I don't think you have to. But um, 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.479 you know, I'm giving in on that one and waiting 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.159 a little bit. But there is a girls skate camp 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:27.680 in Seattle, uh in the summer that I was like, man, 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.920 this looks really really cool. So just put that in 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:32.680 the back of your head. Maybe if she really gets 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.160 into it, she does next summer or the next she 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.000 could always go to Seattle skate camp and then you 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.600 go and you stay there with for a week and 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.360 just do Seattle. I actually haven't been to Seattle. I 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:44.839 was going to actually had it booked with me and 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.559 Jordan's run Tug my one of my colleagues on my team. 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:49.960 We're gonna go to Seattle to do like a sales 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:53.680 thing for for work. And then you know, the world exploded. 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:55.880 You've never been I've never been to Seattle. No, No, 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.039 it's You're kind of town, my friend. I'm excited to 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:59.760 go look into that skate camp and then you go 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:01.400 just live as a Seattle lite for a week your 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.600 little airbnb. I'm hoping with these vaccines that we can 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:10.000 at least go back to a semblance of our previous lives. Um, 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:11.640 Because I have to say, like I think I've mentioned 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.000 this on the pod before, like I was traveling to 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.480 kind of an alarming degree where it was almost cutting 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:20.080 into my quality of life in terms of my personal time. UM, 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.080 but I would like to now I've like kind of 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.640 gotten comfortable and like I know the balance that I want, 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:26.400 and I think I would push for that and I 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.520 think I've earned it. So so what's your balance, Noll? Like, 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.080 how many times a month will you fly? And be? Okay? 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.359 I think twice, but I was doing it once a 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:36.920 week sometimes, you know, And I was doing quick trips 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.159 like sometimes twice a week like it was. It was 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:40.400 a lot. Do you ever do the up and back 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:42.360 in the same day to New York? Not to New York, 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:43.960 but I did to Chicago a couple of times for 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:47.280 some sales. This are not fun, No, they're not fun. 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:49.080 You go to a great city and you can't even 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:50.479 enjoy it. You go to a dumb meeting and then 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:54.880 you get back on a plane. Yeah. Yeah, although, uh, 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:58.080 you know the story when my heart was was circling 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.760 our network to buy it, they sit down a private 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:05.680 jet for me and Jerry and our bosses and uh, 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.800 never flown in a private jet before. And that was 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.440 an up and back and it was pretty great. That 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.160 sounds pretty cool. It was a bucket list thing. I 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.680 always wanted to fly in a private jet. It's amazing. 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.040 And you know the best part about it is the jets. Fine, 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.000 they're actually kind of really small and not so spacious. 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:27.000 It's a little like claustrophobic. But man, the lack of hassle, 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.440 Oh boy, oh my god, it's so great. You can 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:31.880 only imagine. He just walk right on. You can park 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.000 at the airport. I walked through the lobby and the 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.280 guy said are you Mr Bryant, And he was like, 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.320 we're waiting on you, and you walk right through and 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:42.680 get on a plane. Man, I should have smuggled some drugs. Yeah, definitely, 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:45.760 That's why they do. That is why they do so 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:49.320 when no one checks, nobody checks. But with the skateboard thing, Chuck. 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:52.320 Eden is pretty good at like sticking with things that 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:54.640 she's really passionate about. But if she's not, she drops 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.719 it like a bad habit. So I'm hoping that this 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:58.560 is the one that she sticks with because she's well's, 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:00.480 she knows what she wants, she doesn't what she wants, 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.360 and she's like super invested in the things that she 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.800 she's feeling. But I also like something as a dad, 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:09.040 I'm like, you gotta try, don't give up after you 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.840 know a little try. But also you know, I'm also 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.480 believe it or not, Like if your kid knows, they 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.720 know but give it a little give a little effort. 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.800 If you don't like it, screw it, right, you are Chuck, right, 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.960 you are. So I guess it's Christmas now. Huh yeah, 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:27.760 so big Happy Birthday to Eden. And uh, this is 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:35.040 actually going to be our only Christmas many content Christmas 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:40.520 content many that we're gonna do because Christmas movies gonna suck, Norman, 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:44.600 did you know that? What do you mean all of them? 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.360 I mean, you know, there's some nostalgia and some feels, 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:51.480 but mostly if you're talking about just great cinema, not 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:54.080 a lot of Christmas Christmas movies in general. And we've 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:55.760 talked about this, they do kind of stuff. I will 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:57.400 say there's a new one that's out on Netflix that 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.400 I haven't watched yet, but it's getting a lot of love. 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.600 It's called Jing Gold Jangle and it's uh um, a 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.280 kind of new spin on a Christmas like Elf, kind 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.880 of magical Santa Land, kind of world keeping. Michael Key 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:10.480 is in it, and it's got a lot of music 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.280 and it's um. I watched the opening sequence and it 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.120 is pretty grand and delightful, and it seems like it 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:19.400 could potentially be like a new Christmas tradition for some families. 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:21.680 All right, well I'll check that out. Have you seen 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:26.320 the trailer and the buzz about this fucking KFC Colonel 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:30.360 Sanders thing with Mario Lopez. My friend sent me it's 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.920 real a tweet, and I didn't think it was real. 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:38.560 And I also didn't immediately get the fact that Mario 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.960 Lopez was playing Colonel Sanders. I just thought it was 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:45.719 some sort of like schlocky, you know, like cosplay. Oh no, no, 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:47.000 like like I just thought it was like a like 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:51.160 a period rom dram, you know, presented by KSC. But 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:55.239 then the small print it says, marioz as Colonel Sanders. 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.599 What is this Marlon Sanders the new show? What is 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:00.800 the deal? I don't know, dude. It says it's a 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:02.480 mini movie, so I don't know how long it is 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.679 is on Lifetime though, if I'm not mistaken, I think 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.240 it's got to be. I mean, it's clearly obviously branded 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:11.720 content from KFC, But boy, what a concept. I would 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.440 do anything to have been in those meetings when they 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:17.280 cook this up. KFC is pretty famous for their A 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.480 lot of these brands are these days for their kind 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:24.240 of snarky tongue in cheek, you know, social media presence, 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:26.080 so I think they're really starting to lean into this 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:32.160 kind of stuff. And yeah, very funny. And by the way, no, 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.199 just very quickly, as an asside, I said, I was 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:38.200 going to get one uh new game to play now 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.160 because we wrapped up stuff you should know yesterday for 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:45.280 the year. Very big relief, um not. You know, I 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.120 love doing that show, but it's a it's a lot 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:48.480 more work than this show, you know what I mean. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.160 So we wrapped that for the year and we're taking 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.800 our nice, big fat Christmas break and I wanted something 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:57.240 to play, and I got that Spiderman game. Have you 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.440 ever played that? I haven't. I mean, it's just brand new. 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.000 I remember the last one that came out was a 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:02.920 lot of fun. I never bought it, but I'm talking 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:07.079 about the one. Oh yeah, there's a there's an I 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.079 think there's a Miles Morales that's pretty new. You're talking 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:11.880 about the one that I've played, then, Yeah, it's great, Yeah, 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:13.560 the one from two years ago. You can like swing 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.080 around town and like, you know, like it's very open 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.280 world and you can kind of do whatever. Right. It's 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:20.560 amazing because especially if you have a love for new 0:10:20.640 --> 0:10:24.040 York City to do like ill like I spent I 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.000 spent half my time not even playing the game story yet, 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.520 because I'm like, I want to go perch on that 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:33.520 eagles head on the Pricier building like he did in 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.240 the movie, and you could do that. You can find it? 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:38.560 Is it pretty like map accurate? Yeah? Man, that's right there, 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.360 just look up. I perched on the Empire State Building. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.000 I went over and I was like, I wonder what 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:44.720 it's like to sit on top of the radio City 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.640 Music all sign. Let me swing over there and do that. 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:50.560 Let me walk the high line, let me swing above 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.360 the high line. It's really really fun and you know, 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.520 and it's accurate with the big, big things like that, 0:10:55.600 --> 0:11:00.679 but it's not like what I really wanted was ultimate accuracy. 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.440 I wanted to go to the West Village and and 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.840 go buy Magnolia Bakery and see if like they had 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.800 people walking around eating cupcakes, your favorite little record shop, 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:12.360 you know a little bit. But it's a great game 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.480 that I mean, the visuals, it really feels like you're 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:18.400 swinging around. Uh it's I just them having so much fun. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.719 And this is when Ruby is watching and I let 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.560 her climb walls and do stuff like that, and she 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.120 loves it. If we're having a lot of fun, that's awesome. Man. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:31.480 I h gaming wise, I just did, like I have 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.800 a switch. I told you about that I love and 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.199 I just realized, what is a switch? What? What is 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:39.920 It's what's the newest Nintendo console and the just a 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:44.160 regular console? Well yeah, but it's, um it's interchangeable between 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.199 being portable and being hooked up to your TV. It's 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.839 it docks in this little station and it has these 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.319 little little side guys that are kind of click clip 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.520 onto the side of the screen and they go into 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:55.440 this dock and then it goes on your TV and 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.319 you can take the little side guys off and they 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.000 become like left and right handheld controllers or they clip 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.080 onto the thing, and then it becomes like a game gear, 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.000 like a like a portable thing you can take on 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.640 the subway. And it's not like WiFi. I mean, it 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:09.959 is WiFi dependent, but the games are on that little 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:12.959 portable device, so it's not like streaming from some larger thing. 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.920 But um, it's just a really fun system and the 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:20.480 games are really like designed really cleverly, and Nintendo's this 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:22.360 does a great job of kind of like pushing the 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.280 fun factor. And if you are a member of the 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:29.320 online little very minuscule amount of money that it costs 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:31.040 to be a member of the online thing, so you 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.160 can play, you know, with your friends. You can get 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.120 like all of these Super Nintendo and Original any S 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:38.880 games for free. Um, so i just got all these 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.800 Mario games and I'm gonna mess with later this week. 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.640 I'm excited about awesome. No, I want us to start 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:46.680 a band just so we can have a record name 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.920 pushing the fun factor. Pushing the fun factor is not bad. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:13:00.559 It's a good record name, all right, nol. This is 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:05.160 the Christmas Crusher spectacular and uh, you know we've covered it. 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:06.679 You know, it's hard every year because there's only so 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:10.840 many questions you can formulate around Christmas movies. So I 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:15.440 decided to ask family tradition wise, what holiday tradition do 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:19.040 you hate? But you do it anyway because your family 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:23.000 expects it and loves it. Mm hmmm, So if you do, 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.960 you have one. My mom always used to make this uh, 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:31.199 really gross jello salad that she she called gentleman's salad, 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:36.400 which sounds disgusting in and of itself. Um, and you 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:40.480 get a strip club an exactly a gentleman's salad. And 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:42.240 it's like, you know how, like that was such a 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.920 cliche like seventies thing, like jelly old salad things, and 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:50.440 it's like made with lime jello and like horseradish. It's 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.720 the weirdest fucking thing in the world. I never and nuts, 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.079 and I never wanted to eat it. And she eventually 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:59.079 stopped making it. She realized nobody liked it, but she 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.040 she made it because her her mom would always make it, 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:02.719 and her mom before or whatever, like it was what 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.480 she likes. Did she like to eat it? My mom 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:07.040 liked it. Yeah, but I just found it, like it's 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:12.920 also green and it just looks like like Gilli does. Dude, 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.600 I just thinking about it now is giving me the cringes. 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:23.920 But yeah, fantastic, Oh man, I mean that just crystallizes 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:27.400 the holidays with family and stuff like that. That's great, 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:30.280 all right. So we're gonna start off with the most 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:35.320 recent comment here. Rachel mckeachen says, overspending on a bunch 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:38.720 of money that could be saved, but my husband loves it. 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:44.280 There's a lot of those, yeah people saying it's a 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.440 lot of obligation and I've certainly I've narrowed it down 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:51.040 to my immediate family. I'm not like a universal gift giver. 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.440 And I also because Eden's birthday is so close to Christmas, 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:55.480 we kind of have to split them up a little bit. 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.640 Don't go to ham But yeah, I do agree that, 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.840 like it's like the parent commercialism, like listen to me, 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.000 sounding cliche as hell, but the inherent commercialism of the 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.080 holidays is kind of a little obnoxious. I would say, yeah, 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.280 I mean, listen to each their own. I'm not gonna 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:14.160 tell anyone how to Christmas, but all I'll say is 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:17.960 when me and my siblings decided to stop giving gifts 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:21.040 to each other, it was a great year. And now 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.880 like we'll get together and do something for my mom 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:28.680 and then that's it. Besides kids and you know, Emily 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.200 and I we try to surprise each other with a 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:34.920 couple of little things, nothing extravagant, like thoughtful gifts. Have 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.320 one thing in mind for her that an artist is 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.480 going to do that she's really really gonna love and 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.720 it's going to be special. But other than that, now 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.320 we kind of go like, hey, listen, you know, if 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.160 there's something you want, let's just earmark some money and 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:48.840 get it for yourself. Like last year I got that 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:51.760 new guitar, and this year, I'm getting me some golf 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:54.440 clubs because I haven't played golf in twenty years and 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:56.040 he still love playing golf. I think that's the thing 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:59.320 to chuck is like, I'm at an age where if 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.440 I want some thing, I either probably already have it 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.080 or or I'm thinking about getting it, or I don't 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.200 really want it that bad. And I think the reason 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.320 Christmas and stuff like that is great for kids is 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.840 because they don't have like agency to get things for themselves, 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.680 so they really depend on like you know, Santa Claus 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.320 or mom and dad to like get them that dream thing, 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:19.680 otherwise they'll never have it, So that I think is neat. 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:21.800 But for adults, it's like, come on, what are we 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.880 like eight, Like, let's just come on, let's let's be real. Yeah, 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.240 And then that's stuff fun like it. It is genuinely 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:29.840 fun when you have a young child on Christmas. Uh. 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.760 So I'm not gonna knock you know, gift giving altogether, 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:35.520 but I'm sorry, didn't mean to sound completely like, oh, 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:39.920 adults getting presents because to your point, the thoughtful aspect 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:41.960 is the way more important aspect when you're in a 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.000 it's like, oh, I know a little something about you 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.120 and have gotten you this thing that I think you 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.000 will appreciate that you never in a million years would 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.240 have thought of for yourself. And it's just like maybe 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:54.920 something decorative or like a sock subscription, because you know what, 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:59.040 turns out adults love socks. Yeah, and nimally less. You 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:02.040 got me those socks with the ruby's face on it 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:03.840 and my two dogs in her And those are the 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.919 socks that were when I go on the road. Combination 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:12.120 of functional and thoughtful, choking yeah and not not expensive. Um. 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.400 And looking through these posts, I look through them last night. 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:16.480 There's a lot of people I will just say that 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:20.640 have parents that like just still makes such a big 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:23.600 deal about all that stuff, and they're like enough already, 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:26.080 like please don't make us open these gifts one at 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.200 a time and then remark about the gifts and talk 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.480 about the gifts and then you're next. Like I think 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.760 a lot of people on this thread, I just want 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:36.959 to be with family and have something kind of low 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:41.240 key alright. So having said that, one of our oldest pals, 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.840 Rebecca Robe, I'll be honest, there used to be a 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:45.520 lot that I couldn't stand. But life has a way 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:49.240 of making you appreciate all the joys and annoyances that 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:52.040 the season brings. But if I had to pick one thing, 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:55.040 it's the shopping. Love the giving hate the shopping. I 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:59.199 get it. Robes I haven't. I mean all my shoppings online, 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.520 even there wasn't a pandemic at all. I'm not going 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:05.760 into a mall kill me, you know, I like a mall. Chuck. 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:09.520 I'm not gonna lie I do. It's an nostalgia factor 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.080 for me. I don't know, there's something about it, like 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.600 I just you know, as a kid, one of the 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:16.679 first places you could kind of go hang out. You know. 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.000 It's like before you could get into bars, you'd go 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.240 hang out at malls and arcades. And I just said 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.240 something about that that gives me the warm fuzzies. See. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.040 I was never allowed to just go hang out at 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.200 the mall. That's why I think I have an aversion. 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:31.639 I would go to some arcades, but that it was 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.840 never like my mom never dropped me off at the mall. 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.320 I wanted to be that kid. Yeah, I was a 0:18:36.359 --> 0:18:38.919 total latch key kid, a little more, a little more strict. 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:43.480 You're lucky guy, Brianna Rossi says buying gifts. Honestly, I 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:46.719 just want to spend time with the people I love bacon, 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:49.199 cook and eat with them. And I always feel too 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:51.080 bad to say something when I'm really tight on money. 0:18:51.400 --> 0:18:55.119 And a lot of people replied and loved that. Um, 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:58.040 it's a common sentiment. Well, a lovely meal is a 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.400 great gift in and of itself, wouldn't you think gift? 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:03.760 And so much thought and care goes into that. That's 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:06.400 a me thing. I love cooking for people. I love 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:09.639 cooking for just one person, you know, like it. It 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.080 gives me a lot of joy. So cooking for like 0:19:12.119 --> 0:19:14.960 a group and then feeling like it's reciprocated and people 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:16.359 are having a good time because of the work that 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:18.679 I put in, that's a gift that gives both ways. 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.440 In my opinion, it does, it doesn't know. Uh Anna 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:23.760 Gwen says making our gingerbread house. The kids love it, 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:26.000 but they're always fights, and my need for things to 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.200 be right drives me nuts because the kid has decorate 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:33.399 the house thatselves. John Hewitt says all of Christmas. Jason 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:36.840 Devonshire says celebrating Christmas. We got some scrooges on here. 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.960 That's yeah. You know, if you're not into it, you're 0:19:39.960 --> 0:19:43.199 not into it. Jason Mansell says over decorating, I'm all 0:19:43.240 --> 0:19:45.520 for a tree and a few cute displays, but like 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:48.480 maybe a snowman cookie jar in a wreath. Simple. But 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:52.160 my mother is a Christmas fanatic. This year we built 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:55.439 a house and moved her and my octogenarian grandparents in, 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:59.800 so we have three households and four generations worth of stuff. 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.240 Oh boy, that stuff. My mom is actually pretty tasteful 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.240 about it. She's she's got a pretty good minimalist sense 0:20:06.280 --> 0:20:09.199 of of Christmas decorations, and there's some cute little things 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:10.920 that she does. But like, how do you feel about 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:15.280