Speaker 1: Hey, it's Delilah. Thank you for stopping by. I have
Speaker 1: put together some of my favorite radio moments here to
Speaker 1: share with you on our daily podcast to Love Hey
Speaker 1: It's Delilah. Every night on my radio show, I take
Speaker 1: a variety of calls from people from all walks of life,
Speaker 1: and today I want to share some of those wonderful
Speaker 1: calls with you. Hi, Chanelle. We talked about Thanksgiving and
Speaker 1: how grateful you were for your new marriage, your new hobby.
Speaker 1: And now it's Christmas. It's Christmas season and Honika season,
Speaker 1: and I have decided this year to only focus on
Speaker 1: the family aspects and the holy aspects of the holidays.
Speaker 1: I'm not buying into all of the craziness that I
Speaker 1: normally buy into. Tell me what your favorite family aspect?
Speaker 1: How many kids do you have? Two? Three?
Speaker 2: I have three?
Speaker 1: You have three kids?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 1: What is something that you and your children cherish about
Speaker 1: this season? Something that binds you together with memories that
Speaker 1: will last forever.
Speaker 3: Me and my kids every year we decorate the tree
Speaker 3: together and we always go look at the Christmas light
Speaker 3: every year.
Speaker 1: Like drive around, find the neighborhood that went all out.
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, we just shy around and the kids love it.
Speaker 1: And will you do that this year? And will you
Speaker 1: listen to my show while you're driving? Yes, ma'am, that
Speaker 1: was the right answer. Darling. You have a blessed holiday season.
Speaker 3: Thank you you two one, Thank you.
Speaker 1: God, bless you. Hi Vanessa, Happy holidays. Do you know
Speaker 1: what the word holidays means?
Speaker 3: Spending time with family?
Speaker 1: That's what it means to your heart is family. Yes,
Speaker 1: who will you be spending time with this holiday season?
Speaker 3: Well, it would be with my mom, my daughter, and
Speaker 3: my brother in law, his wife and kids.
Speaker 1: And is there a tradition something that you and your
Speaker 1: family do, like something maybe Mama has passed on a
Speaker 1: food or a recipe or a song, something that every
Speaker 1: year you just have to do this one thing, or
Speaker 1: the holidays don't feel complete.
Speaker 3: Well, we always cook pork for Christmas and then we
Speaker 3: have family and we listen to Spanish music and some
Speaker 3: Christmas music, so we mix it around and for the
Speaker 3: holidays when we do do the Christmas treet, remember my
Speaker 3: dad because he used to be the one that always
Speaker 3: put the Christmas to you.
Speaker 1: Up, so now we do it in honor of dad. Yes,
Speaker 1: oh that's very sweet. You have a delicious Christmas dinner
Speaker 1: and a wonderful time celebrating with your family.
Speaker 3: Thank you to Delilah.
Speaker 1: I love you, love you, Thank you, honey, God bless you.
Speaker 1: Good evening, Brook, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas. Can you share
Speaker 1: with me a favorite memory, a favorite tradition, something that
Speaker 1: you just thoroughly love about the holidays?
Speaker 4: My favorite thing about Christmas is being at my mom's
Speaker 4: for Christmas Dinner and all of our family is there
Speaker 4: and we just get to spend it together and we're
Speaker 4: all happy, and we get to eat and just enjoy
Speaker 4: each other's presence and be grateful for what we have
Speaker 4: before we head into the new year.
Speaker 1: Who cooks? Is mom the one that puts the big
Speaker 1: Christmas dinner together? Yes? And then do you kids step
Speaker 1: up to the plate and do the dishes so she
Speaker 1: doesn't have to clean up afterwards?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 1: And what's the best thing on the table? Is it
Speaker 1: the sweet potatoes? Is it the green bean casserole?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 1: What are we talking about? You dive into You're like,
Speaker 1: I can I can live without turkey if I have to,
Speaker 1: I can live without the ham, but I gotta have
Speaker 1: whatever it is.
Speaker 4: My mom stuffing. There's just nothing that Vita, it's so good.
Speaker 1: And does she like make her own where she cuts
Speaker 1: up the bread and seasons it, or does she go
Speaker 1: for the box?
Speaker 4: So she does do the box, but she adds her
Speaker 4: own like she adds some extra stuff in there to
Speaker 4: make it extra good.
Speaker 1: Well, you enjoyed the the stuffing, the time, the family,
Speaker 1: the memories. Happy holidays, Honey, God bless you, Thank you too.
Speaker 5: Hi Sharon, Hello, how is your Thanksgiving?
Speaker 2: Oh? Busy? I tided to go the healthier route this time,
Speaker 2: and that takes a little bit more work when you
Speaker 2: try to incorporate good nutrition into your Thanksgiving dinner?
Speaker 1: What fun is that?
Speaker 2: Well, no, you can still make it taste good. You
Speaker 2: just have to use the right seasons.
Speaker 5: Sharon. Yeah, there is no way in the world to
Speaker 5: make you know, pecanned pie with vanilla ice cream healthy.
Speaker 1: You just can't do it.
Speaker 5: You take out the sugar, you know, you take out
Speaker 5: the caro syrup, you take out the fat.
Speaker 1: You haven't got anything left.
Speaker 2: You know what you can do? You can subsuit and
Speaker 2: use fruitos instead of sugar, and it does work well
Speaker 2: in most cases.
Speaker 1: Sharon, Sharon, Sharon so Blad.
Speaker 5: I had my big old fat piece of fattening, sweet
Speaker 5: Peacan pie. Now that you're here, share your tradition with
Speaker 5: us the day after Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: What you said you always do.
Speaker 2: Well, when I was a kid, we used to go
Speaker 2: hike down in the woods and get any kind of
Speaker 2: greenery that looked real nice, or any kind of dried
Speaker 2: weeds that had you know, formed and were perfectly shaped. Well,
Speaker 2: bring them back up and use that in the advent wreaths.
Speaker 2: And then i'llso go back later in the you know,
Speaker 2: another week or two later and make Christmas wreaths and
Speaker 2: use that to decorate the house and also give those
Speaker 2: as gifts to friends or sell them or something like that.
Speaker 1: That sounds like a delightful tradition.
Speaker 5: So every year you make your own wreaths and your
Speaker 5: own adventt wreaths, and then you give them a way
Speaker 5: too to family and friends.
Speaker 1: Yes, in some how about this jockeys, Well.
Speaker 2: Now I do that. I've actually sold some off to
Speaker 2: some weathermen. Let me find us this jockey stuff.
Speaker 5: Let me find us for you to get you in
Speaker 5: that holiday mood as you work on your wreaths.
Speaker 1: I so hope you have enjoyed these radio moments as
Speaker 1: much as I enjoy bringing them to you. I'll share
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