1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Welcome to a Very Outspoken Christmas. It's that time of 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: year to crank Mariah Carey in the car and begin 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: your Christmas shopping. Our names are Amy Kate and Sophie Torber. 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: We're identical triplets and during the festive season, we have 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: an identical opinion. Christmas is the most wonderful time of 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 1: the year. In this special series, we're discussing all things 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: Christmas with help from some influential Australians. 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: Far for you, Glen Colco, You go, Glen Cuco. And 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 2: when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that Jimney Day, 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,959 Speaker 2: He's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:35,639 Speaker 2: of the nuthouse. 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to episode two of A Very Outspoken Christmas. Today, 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: we're so excited to be joined by Victoria Devine from 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: the Sheese on the Money podcast. But before we get 15 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: into that chat, can you guys believe it's thirty six 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: sleeps till Christmas? Normally this would fill me with a 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: lot of excitement, but to be honest, I'm feeling pretty 18 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: down today. We have just found out we will be 19 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: going into a six day life in Adelaide. Now this 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: lockdown is the strictest I think anyone has experienced in 21 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:05,399 Speaker 1: the world. 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 2: Yeah. 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: Well, the any reason we can leave the house is 24 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: really if we need to go to the supermarket. That 25 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: being said, I think that it's really good that we're 26 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: knuckling down and getting on top of this before Christmas. 27 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: The other thing that you forgot to mention, of course, 28 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: is that masks are going to be mandatory here in 29 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: South Australia. I must admit I did go on Amazon 30 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: and have a quick look for some Christmas themed masks 31 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: and whats it? A mask? Did you find? Because I 32 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: was imagining there would be like a Santa's beard mask. Well, 33 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: they did have some gingerbread man themed masks, and they 34 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: also had Santa on some masks, but the coolest one 35 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: I saw was a light up mask. Gosh, can you 36 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: imagine this time last year knowing that we would be 37 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: talking about Christmas masks. It is just bizarre, and I 38 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: think it is important to mention that we have actually 39 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: just found out about their new restrictions right now. We 40 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: were all at home working together, so we thought we'd 41 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: run up into the podcast room and record this intro 42 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: while we still have the chance. Yeah, the rules don't 43 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,639 Speaker 1: go into effect until midnight tonight, so Tuesday's weekly episode 44 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: is going to sound a little bit different. We're still 45 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: working out how we're going to do it, but we 46 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: will definitely be bringing it to you. And we all 47 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: have been taking these rules very seriously because it is 48 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 1: such a scary time here in South Australia. We all 49 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: got COVID tests and thankfully we've got the all clear. Look, 50 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: let's look at it positively. At least we've got about 51 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: a week to catch up on all the Christmas movies 52 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: on Netflix. And I actually started my Christmas marathon on 53 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: Sunday night when I watched a Christmas Made to Order. 54 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: What I could not believe is the main actor in 55 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: the movie is Aaron Samuels from Mean Girls. And I 56 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: was like, sort of about fifteen minutes in and I 57 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: was trying to think who is he. Yeah, I've watched 58 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: the first five minutes of the movie and I said 59 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: to Brennan, who is that guy? I can't figure it out? 60 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: And he said, whoever it is looks constantly surprised. Yeah, 61 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: I thought the same thing. I quickly realized why he 62 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: had such a small part in Mean Girls, because not 63 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: to be rude, but he's not the best actor. One 64 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: other thing I loved in the movie was the fact 65 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: that the female actor her business was decorating people's houses 66 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: for Christmas, and this could be a great side hustle 67 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: for us. I mean, if we weren't in COVID Lockdown. 68 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: Wasn't her name also Gretchen, which is of course like 69 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: Gretchen wien is in meng Yeah. I was halfway through 70 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,639 Speaker 1: the movie when I realized this, and it cracked me up. Anyway, 71 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: I really recommend watching it. Don't go in with huge expectations, 72 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: but it's a really cute Christmas movie. Also on the 73 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: Christmas theme, did anybody see Roxy Jusenko's amazing Christmas lights? Yeah? 74 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: I saw this on an Instagram story and I was 75 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: in awe of the fact that she actually had enough 76 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: money to employ people to put her Christmas lights up 77 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: out the front. Did that really surprise you? She is 78 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: very well for you. It didn't surprise me, but I 79 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: suppose it's quite aspirational to have enough money to employ 80 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: someone to do it. Gosh, the lights looked incredible, though. 81 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: I was just thinking about her children and how they 82 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: think that that's the norm to have that many Christmas lights. Like, 83 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: I kind of really love that that they think it's normal. 84 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: The only thing is it's a little bit sad that 85 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: they think it's normal to have like servants hanging the 86 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: Christmas lights. I mean, I have fond memories of Dad 87 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: hanging the Christmas lights with his bum crack hanging out. 88 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: On the topic of Christmas lights, we have to have 89 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: a special mention to our uncle Paul. Now, he was 90 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: quite upset that we didn't mention him in our first episode, 91 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: and we you know, it was a faux pa because 92 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: his Christmas lights are amazing and we really hope that 93 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: he sets up a display this year. Well yeah, because 94 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: he always competed against our dad, so it was always 95 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: great to go see Uncle Paul's display and then check 96 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: out Dad's. And it was also great because it meant 97 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: Dad would buy more Christmas lights to compete against him. 98 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: So I think I'm voting that Uncle Paul needs to 99 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: put them up this year. Look, we can't have this 100 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: Christmas Weekly wrap up without mentioning Kylie Jenner. Now she 101 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: has released a collaboration with The Grinch. Did anyone see 102 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: this on Instagram? Yeah? 103 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 3: I did. 104 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: I can't say I love the look of the products, 105 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: but I love the fact that it is Christmas related, 106 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: and I loved seeing Kylie dressed up as her own 107 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: kind of version of the Grinch. I really love the 108 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: attention to detail and commitment to this theme. Yeah, she 109 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: looked amazing. She was a very bougie Grinch. I mean, 110 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how I feel about three different shades 111 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: of green eyeshadow in a palette, but I'm sure it 112 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: will sell out pretty quickly. I have a Christmas pullet. 113 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: Oh maybe a little bit of pud? Then, what a 114 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: bloody surprise. May you got a room for pud? You 115 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: love your pudding. There's always a little bit of room 116 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: for pud. Victoria, Welcome to a very outspoken Christmas. We're 117 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: so excited to have you as our first guest of 118 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: this series. So just how big of a Christmas tragic 119 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: are you? 120 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, thank you for having me. Friends. It 121 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: feels very strange to be on someone else's podcast instead 122 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 3: of running the show. But I'm probably the biggest Christmas 123 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 3: fan that there is. It's a bit tragic in a way. Actually, 124 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 3: I love. 125 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: That because we're also huge Christmas fans. Now, what's one 126 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,239 Speaker 1: thing that you like to do at Christmas that people 127 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: might think is a little bit crazy. 128 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 3: Oh I am what. I'm twenty nine now and still 129 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: every Christmas Eve, my parents and I go driving around 130 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 3: our area looking at Christmas lights. Like that's what we do. 131 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 3: We get in the car after dinner on Christmas Eve. 132 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 3: And there's been a number of times where friends have 133 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 3: wanted to do like Christmas Eve drinks and stuff, and 134 00:05:58,040 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 3: I can't go because I've got to go look at 135 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 3: Christmas LI took my parents, So maybe that we don't 136 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 3: decorate the outside of the house, but we definitely go 137 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 3: pretty ham on the inside. I don't know if this 138 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 3: is embarrassing or not. Do we want to share this time? 139 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: That's not embarrassing at all. Our Christmas Eve tradition is 140 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: watching carols by candlelight with our parents. So we've also 141 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: turned Christmas Eve drinks down. 142 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's after carols. It's after Carol's finished. So after 143 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: Carol's finished, you've got to have like dinner and watch 144 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 3: the carols as all of that happens. And when the 145 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 3: carols wrap up, it's quite late and we go for 146 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: a drive after all the little kids are in bed 147 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 3: to look at the lights. It's actually lame, and I 148 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 3: love it. 149 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: I feel like you revert back to a child at 150 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 1: Christmas time. You get to explore all those things you 151 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: did during childhood. So I don't think it's lame at all. 152 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: I love it. We'll talking about Christmas carols. Do you 153 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: have some favorite ones you'd love to share with us? 154 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 3: Or probably anything Boublet or Mariah Carey. I'm not gonna lie. 155 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 3: I'm not some kind of Christmas classics kind of person. 156 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 3: I'm tacky Christmas. My family don't like that about me, 157 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 3: but it's just you know what you deal with if 158 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: you're going to have me in your house at Christmas time. 159 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: We're all big fans of Maya here, so I'm totally 160 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: on board with that. Now, getting back into Christmas decorations, 161 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: when do you think it's an appropriate time to put 162 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: them up? 163 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 3: I think I put mine up at the start of December, 164 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 3: But this year I'm not going to have that opportunity 165 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: because I'm moving house, which is exciting and also terrifying, 166 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 3: but I'm not going to get to put it up 167 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,679 Speaker 3: until like the twentieth of December, which, if I'm honest, 168 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: is probably the most heartbreaking thing about moving house, like, 169 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 3: not worried about leaving the house, just worried about the 170 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 3: fact that my house isn't going to be Christmas y 171 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 3: at Christmas time and I feel like I'm going to 172 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 3: waste a year of having the tree up. That's a 173 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: bit strange, but that's okay. 174 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: I'm in the same boat as you. I'm moving into 175 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: my new house on December fourteenth. 176 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, that's my day. 177 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: Oh my goal. Well and crazy. The first thing I 178 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: said is when am I going to put my Christmas 179 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: tree up? However, Reese's like, oh, yeah, we don't have 180 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: to put a Christmas tree up at all. 181 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 3: My partner actually talked to me and told me that 182 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 3: we're not putting the tree up before we leave. And 183 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 3: he literally had to make a point of it because 184 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 3: we were talking about just things that we had to move, 185 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 3: right and our Christmas tree is kept outside in the 186 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 3: shed and the new house that we're moving to doesn't 187 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 3: have as big as shed. So I was kind of like, 188 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 3: you know, what will happen with the Christmas tree? Well, 189 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 3: like where will we store it? Kind of thing? And 190 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 3: He's like, don't you even think about putting that up 191 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 3: before we leave? And I was like, oh, you know 192 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 3: me too well, so he warned me, I can't guarantee 193 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: that I won't. 194 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: Though every year we seemed to move out to a 195 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: new rental in December, and a few years ago it 196 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: was December night that we had to move out, and 197 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: we were so annoyed because we felt like we were 198 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: missing that lead up to Christmas too, So we put 199 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: our fate Christmas tree up. When we actually had to 200 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: pack it in the removalless van with all the decorations 201 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: on our Dad was so angry because he got stuck 202 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: trying to pull this thing out, like the decorations went everywhere. 203 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: So I probably would have not doing that. 204 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 3: That's genius, Like that's actually so smart. Here I am 205 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 3: thinking I'd have to decorate the tree and then undecorate 206 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 3: it and pack it up when I could just get 207 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 3: a really big roll of blad, wrap that stuff up 208 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 3: and then it's good to go at the next house. Like, 209 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 3: I think you guys might have just saved Christmas. 210 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: I've heard people actually do that each year, and I'm like, 211 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: part of the fun. I feel like it's decorating. How 212 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: weird is that? 213 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: It's kind of strange. I'm not gonna lie, but you 214 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 3: know what, each their own. If you want to gladier 215 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 3: at your tree, you glad you're at your tree. 216 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: Friends, Yeah, as long as you're putting one up, then 217 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: that's all right. Now, can we get into the specific 218 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: details of what sort of decorations you have on your tree? 219 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: Because I feel like you're a very stylish person. I 220 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,200 Speaker 1: feel like you'd have a bit of a color theme going. 221 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 3: Okay, that's I feel a little bit attached by that 222 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 3: because I think that you guys know what's coming here. 223 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 3: But yeah, I have a very I'm an over the 224 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 3: top Christmas person and you best believe everything on that 225 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: tree matches. So this year it'll be a silver and 226 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,559 Speaker 3: white theme again. But we have those really big flowers. 227 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 3: I don't know if you know what I'm talking about 228 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 3: when I say that we've got quite a tall tree. 229 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 3: So it's like a seven foot fake tree with like 230 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,839 Speaker 3: a basket that I ordered online a couple of years 231 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 3: ago during Boxing Day sales. Obviously that's a great budget 232 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,839 Speaker 3: tip and probably makes this episode really relevant that all 233 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 3: of the Christmas stuff goes on sale on Boxing Day 234 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 3: and you can get half priced, good quality Christmas trees. 235 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 3: But that's beside the point. We've got these big, beautiful 236 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 3: silver flowers and white flowers and a lot of glass decorations. 237 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 3: Actually it's very fancy, but everything that is on the tree, 238 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 3: I think I got it, like bed bath and table 239 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: for like sixty or seventy percent off, so it looks fancy, 240 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 3: but it wasn't too expensive. 241 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: I love bed bath and table. They have the best decorations. 242 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 3: They really do. Like it's actually really upsetting when you 243 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 3: go in the year after you've decorated your tree fully 244 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 3: and I'm like, oh, is it naughty to get more decorations? 245 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 3: I don't know, Like that's probably the biggest thing that 246 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 3: I spend money on at Christmas, to be honest. Growing up, 247 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 3: I had heaps of sentimental decorations and they're still on 248 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 3: my parents' tree. So my parents tree, they don't have 249 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 3: like a styled Christmas tree because they still have like 250 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 3: the toilet roll and paper plate kind of angel that 251 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 3: I made in pre school. I kid you not, they 252 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 3: still have that, and then mine because I don't have 253 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 3: kids and don't really have tradition, and I'd get in 254 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 3: a lot of trouble if I tried to take their 255 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 3: Christmas decorations. I've been able to style it, so I 256 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 3: reckon as time goes on and I do have kids, 257 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 3: and all of that starts to happen, my tree will 258 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 3: go from being very beautiful to maybe being a little 259 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: bit more eclectic, a bit crap. 260 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: Let's just be honest. 261 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, let's call it eclectic, to get a little bit 262 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 3: classy about it. 263 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: I feel like we'll need to share a photo of 264 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: your Christmas tree in our group so people know what 265 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: everything looks like like the flowers. 266 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 3: All right, I'll post it, I promise, like I've got 267 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 3: a lot of I've got a lot of photos, and 268 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 3: I will post it. I also have a picture of 269 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 3: my cat as Santa Claus, which I'll you know, post 270 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 3: as well, because obviously that's the best part of Christmas, 271 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 3: when you get to dress your pets up. 272 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I literally have that question down to 273 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: ask you about the beautiful cats Bailey and Henry. I 274 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: was gonna say, I I thought that you might be 275 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: someone who would dress them up. I know with my 276 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: cats they hate it, but how do yours go? 277 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 3: Mine just put up with it. Honestly, I think that 278 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 3: they are just so over living with me and so 279 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 3: used to it that they're just like here she goes again, 280 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 3: which I don't know makes me sound a little crazy, 281 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 3: and I am and I'm all right with that. I 282 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 3: am against innocent trees being cut down in their prime 283 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 3: and their corpses grotesquely dressed in like tensil and twinkly lates. 284 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: Now, just back to your tree, are we allowed to 285 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: ask how much you spent on it? Because the three 286 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: of us have been having a debate about how much 287 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: is socially acceptable to spend on a Christmas tree. So 288 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: if you wanted to spend one thousand dollars, okay. 289 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 3: I wouldn't spend one thousand dollars. That feels like a lot. 290 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 3: But I do remember buying mine from David Jones on sale, 291 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 3: and I think I paid Like this might not be correct, 292 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 3: and obviously, like we can't prove this anyway, so who knows, 293 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 3: But I think I paid about three hundred dollars, which 294 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 3: at the time I felt like with a lot of 295 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 3: money for a tree, but it was like sixty percent 296 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 3: off because I got it after Christmas, and so then 297 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 3: I had to wait an entire twLF months before I 298 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 3: could even use it. But I do think that that 299 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 3: was kind of a good money win, and I've had 300 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 3: it for at least five years now and it still 301 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 3: looks epic. We just bought like a really basic version 302 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 3: of one that had the most realistic looking like what 303 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 3: are they called like branches, and every year we kind 304 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 3: of just add a few more decorations or update the 305 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 3: color or something. I would love to do a gold tree, 306 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 3: but given how many silver decorations I have, I just 307 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 3: don't think that I can justify that at this point. 308 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 2: And I want to look them straight in the eye. 309 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 2: I don't want to tell them what a cheap, lying, 310 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 2: no good rotten for a blushing, low life snake locking, 311 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:49,479 Speaker 2: dirt eating and bread over stuff, ignorant, blood sucking, dog kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, 312 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 2: fat ass, bug eyed stuffle like it's body lip. We're headed, 313 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 2: sack of monkey shit. He is hell, he loya, Holy. 314 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: Shit, they're going back to you. Childhood. We touched on 315 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: a little bit earlier as a kid growing up. Did 316 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: you have an advent calendar at all? Because I feel 317 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 1: like that's the first thing that really signifies that Christmas 318 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: is on its way. 319 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 3: Absolutely, we did, and I was really upset when I 320 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 3: stopped getting them, and if anyone in my team is 321 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 3: actually listening, my entire office gets an event calendar every 322 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 3: single year now too, So like we haven't lost the 323 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 3: advent calendar. It's going nowhere. 324 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: We need to start working at your workplace because. 325 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 3: Wow, you're all welcome now. 326 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: Just touching on Christmas traditions, what was it like for 327 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: you growing up with the concept of Father Christmas? Did 328 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: you believe in him for a long time? Did you 329 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: go and visit him at the shops? What sort of 330 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: things did you do in the lead up to Christmas? 331 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 3: We did, So this is actually an interesting story. I mean, 332 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 3: I think it's interesting because it's my story. But growing up, 333 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 3: we always had Santa, and I loved Santa. And I 334 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 3: have a little sister who's about three and a half 335 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 3: years younger than me, so she obviously believed in Santa 336 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 3: for a little longer than I did. And my mom 337 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 3: is a very big believer in not quote lying to 338 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 3: your children right, So whenever I would say to my mom, 339 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 3: Mom like is Santa real? Or come home from school 340 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 3: and just say, oh, someone's so said x ll and said, 341 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 3: and Mom would say, oh, well, do you believe this? 342 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 3: Santa is real, and I'd be like, well yeah, and 343 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 3: she'd just say, well, you know, if that's what you believe, 344 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 3: that's what you believe. So she never ever directly said 345 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 3: Santa is real to us. And one day I came home, 346 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 3: and I don't know the context of this, but I 347 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 3: came home and I was apparently a very furious eight 348 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 3: year old. So I said, you lied to me. Santa 349 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 3: isn't real. You told me he was real. And my 350 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 3: mom was just like, no, Victoria, Like, I've never told 351 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 3: you that Santa is real. Remember I always ask you 352 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 3: what do you believe? And I always tell you, well, 353 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 3: that must be enough. And so I was obviously upsets 354 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 3: and kind of went on about the Tooth Fairy and 355 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 3: the East Bunny and it all just came crashing down 356 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 3: for me that day. But my mom told me that day, Victoria, 357 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 3: if you tell your sister that Santa isn't real, that's 358 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 3: the day that Santa stops bringing Santa sax. And a 359 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 3: very big tradition in my family, is Santa Sax true 360 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 3: this day? Because I've upheld that promise, I still have 361 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 3: not told my parents that Santa isn't real, and we 362 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 3: don't believe in it, And I remember a couple of 363 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 3: years later when my little sister came to me and said, oh, 364 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: Vi Trua, did you know that Santa isn't really I 365 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 3: don't think it's real. I was like, Oh, you're going 366 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 3: to have to stop there, mate, like we need to 367 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 3: pretend it is. And up until very recently recently, as 368 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 3: in I've had a couple of Christmases overseas and not 369 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 3: been with my family to have it, we've always done 370 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 3: Santa sax And even as a twenty eight year old, 371 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 3: have had, you know, Christmases where I get into my parents' 372 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 3: room with my Santa Sack and open presence on their 373 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 3: bed in the morning, Like it's something that, oh, I 374 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 3: hope I do with my kids. But we still really 375 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 3: like we kind of get tea and toast and open 376 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 3: our Santa Sax and they're always just like small presents. 377 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 3: It's not like a massive thing for us, but it's 378 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 3: just like such a tradition that I adore it. 379 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: So do your parents go to the extent of writing 380 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: on the tag that it's from Santa? Still? 381 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, And we have Santa Sacks that are actually hidden 382 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 3: and we only see them on Christmas. Day and like, yeah, 383 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 3: Santa leaves a specific type of lolly, and Santa actually 384 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 3: uses different wrapping paper than the wrapping paper that my 385 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 3: parents used to try and like really throw us off 386 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 3: the sand. 387 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 1: I love that that is so magical. 388 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 3: It is, it's so special, and like I think it's 389 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 3: actually it's so nice to talk to you guys about 390 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 3: this as well, because I think that we forget these 391 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 3: things that our parents did for us, and you know, 392 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 3: it takes time and energy and effort to create magic 393 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 3: like that, and the fact that it kind of stuck 394 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 3: is also really special. So it's nice to kind of 395 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 3: like reflect on that. Did you guys do Santa Sax? 396 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 3: Do you still do Santa Sex? 397 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: We've got our san We don't call them Santa Sax. 398 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 1: We've just got our big stockings that mum and our 399 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: mum and dad got us. That was for all of 400 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: our Santa presents and they still do. Right from Santra 401 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: on it. We go to the extent when we lived 402 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: at home of you're leaving our carrots and don't worry. Well, 403 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 1: I don't know is this a thing in Melbourne? Because 404 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: we we had a chimney, but our chimney wasn't connected 405 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 1: properly to the fireplace. So when we queried our parents 406 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: on that, they said, oh, don't worry, Santa's got an 407 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,680 Speaker 1: ice key that he carries around in an ski to 408 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: get inside houses. How did your Santa get inside? Have 409 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: you heard of an ice key before? 410 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 3: I haven't heard enough key. That's actually quite impressive my parents, 411 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,920 Speaker 3: I don't. I don't think we actually ever discussed it. 412 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 3: We've never had chimneys though, either, so I'm not sure 413 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 3: how I thought Fanta got into our house. Maybe he 414 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 3: just came through the front door. 415 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: But like a normal person, Yeah. 416 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 3: Just like a normal person just waltz is on in 417 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 3: as if we're totally okay with like some strange man 418 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 3: coming into our house at midnight, eating our food and 419 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 3: leaving weird presents. But no, like my parents have always 420 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 3: gone to a lot of effort to make those things 421 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 3: seem real though, Like when it came to Easter, we'd 422 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 3: get like the footprints across the back deck to make 423 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 3: sure that we thought that, you know, Easter Bunny had come. 424 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 3: And till this day, I still don't know how my 425 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 3: mom does that. Like I always look at it and 426 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 3: I'm like the outline of the footprints are always so 427 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 3: perfect in Flower that I'm like, how does she do it? 428 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 3: She must have a stencil or something and I've asked 429 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 3: and she's like, oh, it's just the magic of it. 430 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 3: And I'm like, how do I what? Like, I'm an adult, 431 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 3: tell me. 432 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: I feel like when you have kids, she'll have to 433 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: tell you so you can do it too. 434 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 3: Honestly, Or she will make me go to her house 435 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 3: and she'll be like, oh, well, east funny. Actually when 436 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 3: we comes to mind house, I have to head on 437 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 3: over here. 438 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: Gretchen switch sides with Katie. But I'm always on your left. 439 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: Well that was when there were three of us, and 440 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: now the tallest go in the middle. The whole dance 441 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: will be backwards. 442 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 3: I'm always on your left. 443 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: And right now you're getting on my last nerve. 444 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 3: Switch. 445 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: Now, moving on to Christmas Day, I know we're all 446 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: living with a bit of uncertainty with COVID around, but 447 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: how do you normally spend your Christmas Day? 448 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 3: So my family is a bit more spread out. So 449 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 3: my extended families, the cousins, aunts, uncles are all in 450 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 3: Tasmania and my parents are here. They're down the Mornington Pininsula, 451 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,959 Speaker 3: so they're sadly outside of my twenty five kilometer bubble, 452 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 3: so I won't be able to visit them at the moment, 453 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 3: but hopefully all of that lifts by Christmas. But usually 454 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 3: on Christmas Day we head down there. My partners family 455 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 3: celebrate Christmas, but we often do it either Christmas Eve, 456 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 3: like the day of Christmas Eve, or Boxing Day or 457 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 3: a few days after with his family. But my family's 458 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 3: pretty set in having, you know, a lunch for Christmas. 459 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 3: But Christmas lunch for us actually looks a little bit different. 460 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 3: We don't do the big turkey, we don't do like 461 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: a big roast or anything because people in my family 462 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 3: just don't like it. Like my little sister and I 463 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 3: both don't eat meat. My mum loves seafood and my 464 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 3: dad just loves steak. And you know, we often have 465 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 3: a few other people joining on Christmas here and there. 466 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 3: It could be an aunt and uncle coming over from 467 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 3: he to has Christmas with us, or you know, some 468 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 3: years we've gone to Tasmania to have a big family Christmas. 469 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 3: But as everyone's gotten a bit older and we don't 470 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 3: have that many young kids in the family anymore, that's 471 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 3: more few and far between. But we actually do kind 472 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 3: of like a favorite Christmas where Mum asks everybody what 473 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 3: their favorite meal is and we make that. So my 474 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 3: dad always gets like chocolate ripple cake, which is his 475 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 3: absolute favorite. My Mum loves fresh pawns and like dipping 476 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 3: sauces and kind of like a fancy er ish, which 477 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 3: you say, it's like a kind of like Consisimon's basket, 478 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 3: would you say that? Like, I don't know if that's 479 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 3: that's it, But she just likes fresh seafood. My sister 480 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 3: and I love cherries and watermelon and like all of 481 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 3: the more expensive fresh fruits man goes through in season, 482 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 3: so we adore that. And we kind of just have 483 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 3: this like spread of kind of like eclectic food, but 484 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 3: like all our favorite things in one place. So that's, 485 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 3: I don't know, something that's always been special to us 486 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 3: and to whatever joins us for Christmas. For example, a 487 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,439 Speaker 3: couple of years ago, we had I had an o 488 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 3: pair growing up who was from Japan. She and her 489 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 3: partner came and so Mum just made their favorite things 490 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 3: as well and added it. So everybody kind of just 491 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 3: felt really special and thought about on the day. It 492 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 3: wasn't just like, oh, we're having a roast. It was like, 493 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 3: we're going to have your favorite thing as well. So 494 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 3: that's really cool and I guess a little bit different 495 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 3: than most. 496 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: I feel like that's really good because a lot of 497 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: the food that we serve on Christmas Day, a lot 498 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,199 Speaker 1: of people don't actually like, Like you think of all 499 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: of the fruitcakes, and it's very rich food. 500 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 3: Thet trifle, like do you guys eat trifle? 501 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: Oh see, our grandma used to make the best trifle, 502 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: so we'll make it now just because we love it. 503 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 3: Never is good, though, but it's like Grandma's trifle is 504 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,399 Speaker 3: probably a ten out of ten. But when you make it, 505 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 3: you're like, oh, I could give it a pass. 506 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: That's the thing. I'll make it, but I don't really 507 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: like the taste of it, you know, when you just 508 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: do it out of tradition. 509 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. Yes, And fruitcake to me is so gross. I'm 510 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 3: not gonna lie. It's like the one thing and I'm like, 511 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 3: I do not want Christmas fever. Pavlova amazing incredible, Like 512 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 3: my mum is probably the Queen of Pavlova. I don't 513 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 3: know how her wizard tricks turn like four eggs into 514 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 3: enough Pavlova to feed the entire country, but she manages 515 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 3: to do it. 516 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: It's because it's a suitable summer dessert, like eating rich 517 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: kind of fruit stuff is not a summer dessert. 518 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 4: For the next two months, your entire life, all your 519 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 4: music listen to is Christmas music. All the TV you 520 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 4: watch is Christmas TV. Your home dock, who is Christmas 521 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 4: home dacam your lifestyle changes. 522 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: Now, we wanted to pick your brains about some Christmas 523 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: budgeting advice. Do you have any hacks of people who 524 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: are trying to save money over the festive season. 525 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,439 Speaker 3: I think it starts with just setting expectations at the start. 526 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 2: Right. 527 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 3: This year has been an absolutely undeniable ship storm, let's 528 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 3: be honest, and I think it's really unreasonable to have 529 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,360 Speaker 3: the fame expectations on finances this year. And I think 530 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 3: it's really important that we remember that a lot of 531 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 3: people go through these things often quietly as well. So 532 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:06,439 Speaker 3: if you feel like a family might not have suffered 533 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,719 Speaker 3: as much as you know others because they haven't been 534 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 3: vocal about it, I think it's really important to just 535 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 3: reflect on that and going, you know what, let's see 536 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,959 Speaker 3: what we can do here, and just be really budget 537 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 3: conscious this year, because I think it's a really respectful 538 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 3: thing to do across the board. But I think when 539 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 3: it comes to gifts, renegotiating what that looks like and 540 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 3: even just doing stuff like Chris Kringles Last year for Christmas, 541 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 3: it wasn't a budget thing. It was more just like 542 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 3: out of it made sense because the kids in our 543 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 3: family have more than enough presence and more than enough toys. 544 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 3: We actually did a second hand homemade gifting, so all 545 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 3: of our presence had to fit that criteria and if 546 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 3: it didn't, you couldn't give it. And then we set 547 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 3: a really strecch budget of fifty dollars per person and 548 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 3: did a Chris Kringle. But that's because in our family, 549 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 3: the gifts aren't what it's about. If that makes sense, 550 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 3: and I know that for a lot of families use 551 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 3: but then if that's the case, I'd be really working backwards. 552 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: Well, there is something nice about getting a gift that 553 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: someone has made for themselves. I've got a lot of 554 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: time and effort into instead of just running out and 555 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: buying something random for fifty dollars. What have you made 556 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: in the past, Victoria or is this just something new 557 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: that you're doing. 558 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 3: So last Christmas, I actually found online I think it 559 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 3: was like on gum Tree. We found a kid's kitchen. 560 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 3: So I have a niece and a nephew, Oscar and Georgia, 561 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 3: who are very very delightful children, and they had recently 562 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 3: got a cubby house or I think they were getting 563 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 3: a cubby house for Christmas, and my partner and I like, 564 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 3: how cool would it be to get them a kid's 565 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 3: kitchen to go in their cubby house. But these kids' 566 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 3: kitchens are honestly, they can be a couple of hundred 567 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 3: dollars upwards to like five hundred dollars, so we're like, 568 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 3: that's a lot. But we ended up finding one on 569 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 3: gum tree for like forty dollars or something. Secondhand. Had 570 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 3: been really well loved, really well looked after, but it 571 00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 3: came with all the utensils in it as well, so 572 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 3: they got the pots, they got the pans, they got 573 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 3: the cups and the sauces and the kettle and like 574 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 3: literally everything to deck out their mini like cubbyhouse kitchen. 575 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 3: It was actually quite a funny story because we turned 576 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 3: up to pick up this little forty dollar kitchen thinking 577 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 3: bonus we'll chuck it in the back of the car 578 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 3: and then we'll go out to a dinner that we 579 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 3: had planned on the same side of the city. Then 580 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 3: it didn't fit in my car and I had to 581 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 3: drive home and swap my path on my partner's car 582 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 3: while he stood on the side of the road in 583 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 3: Fitzroy with a tiny kid's kitchen looking like kid found 584 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 3: some hard rubbish that he was trying to like pull 585 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 3: dims on at seven pm, which is probably not the 586 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 3: greatest time to be standing on the side of the road. 587 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,239 Speaker 3: It was getting dark, But that was really great and 588 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 3: was something that they actually love. I still get photos 589 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 3: from my sister in law being like, hey, the kids 590 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 3: are in the covey. They've been in there for hours 591 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 3: with all their little friends from the street. They love 592 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 3: this kitchen and they've kind of created a little cafe 593 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 3: out of it, which is really sweet. But another thing 594 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 3: that I've made historically is your biscuits and now they're requested, 595 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 3: which I quite like. And caramel sauce, Like caramel sauce. 596 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 3: Who doesn't love like a really good fudgy caramel, especially 597 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 3: as a gift put on like ice cream or treats 598 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 3: or like, let's be honesty that like peanut butter with 599 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 3: a spoon. I just feel like getting a gift like 600 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 3: that makes you feel like you've been really thought of, 601 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 3: especially if it's a line to something that you really 602 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 3: enjoy consuming. 603 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: I think that's a great idea. I want to do 604 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: this with Kay and Sof and our partners because it's 605 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: sometimes awkward when you feel like you've got to get 606 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: everybody a present and then your budget can go out 607 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: the window. Do you have advice for I suppose when 608 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 1: I mean even for just your partner. Do you guys 609 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: set a budget that you can't go over. 610 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 3: I think this is actually such an interesting topic for 611 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 3: you guys to have brought me in on. Actually not 612 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 3: because I'm super good at budgeting, but I'm really left 613 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 3: field when it comes to present So my partner and 614 00:27:54,920 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 3: I actually do birthday and Christmas baskets. So we've decided 615 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 3: that we are quite lucky people. You know, we're quite 616 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,160 Speaker 3: privileged when it comes to gifts, and if we need anything, 617 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 3: we will often find ourselves just purchasing it for ourselves. 618 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 3: So it's not as though there's anything at Christmas time 619 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 3: that we super need and we kind of feel like 620 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 3: it's a little bit wasteful to be like, oh well, 621 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 3: I guess we'll get bikes this Christmas. If it's not 622 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 3: something that we you know, really wanted and we're just 623 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 3: doing it for a token, Oh well, what are we 624 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 3: going to spend on each other for Christmas? So at 625 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:33,159 Speaker 3: Christmas and Birthday is so lame. And I'm so glad 626 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 3: that you know this isn't on my podcast. So hopefully 627 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 3: you guys don't judge me to try and talk about 628 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 3: this again, try and talk about this publicly, I will 629 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 3: deny it. So we do these Christmas and Birthday baskets, 630 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 3: but we just feel it full of all of the 631 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 3: other person's favorite things. So my partner loves light and 632 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 3: tiny chips, so I put those in, and I put 633 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 3: a small bottle of his favorite alcohol, and I put 634 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 3: a book that I think he might enjoy. And we 635 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 3: don't spend that much. I would say that basket maybe 636 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 3: cost me like seventy five or one hundred dollars. It's 637 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 3: all of snacks and just small things. Last year I 638 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: put some pajamas in it. Like but on Christmas morning, 639 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 3: before we do the family thing, we kind of open 640 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 3: our baskets together and like, oh, I mine like fully 641 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 3: and he'll open his fully, and that's our gift to 642 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 3: each other. And both of us really enjoy that because 643 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 3: I think it also takes the pressure off gift giving, 644 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 3: like it's not about one upping. It's actually about how 645 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 3: many cute things can I put in this basket that 646 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 3: I know he'll love, Like, Hey, I bought my partner 647 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 3: light and tanging chips in Christment. But when it's all 648 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 3: wrapped up together, I think it's really fun. And like 649 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 3: last year, he's like, oh, I found these cute little 650 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 3: like vegan lip gloss for you, and I was just like, 651 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 3: how sweet is that? Like it was probably like five bucks, 652 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, it's the thought, 653 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 3: and like getting a whole basket of stuff that someone's 654 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 3: really thought about for you is really special. 655 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 1: I love that. I feel like so many more people 656 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: should do it, because you just end up wasting so 657 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: much money, as you said, on stuff that you really 658 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: don't need, like bikes, and as you touch on there 659 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: is that awkwardness of one upping someone because I don't know, 660 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: I've always feel so terrible if someone buys me something 661 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: that I know is more expensive. Victoria what would be 662 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 1: your advice for people who are perhaps in early stages 663 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: of a relationship and they don't know whether to buy 664 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: presents for the other person. 665 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,480 Speaker 3: Yes, I've been there. I've gone to the point I 666 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 3: get so socially awkward in things like this where I've like, 667 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 3: I've been known like and this is not a good 668 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,719 Speaker 3: budgeting tip, but I've been known to have a backup present, 669 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 3: like where I have like a candle or like a 670 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 3: box of chocolates or something all wrapped up and ready 671 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 3: to go in case they give me something and I'm like, oh, 672 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 3: I just bomb upstairs and grab yours to get out 673 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 3: of that situation, because I genuinely it gives me anxiety 674 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 3: thinking about it. But for those of you who aren't 675 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 3: as crazy as I am, I think it's actually just 676 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 3: about saying, hey, Christmas is coming. Like, if you're spending 677 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 3: time with them on Christmas Day, I think it would 678 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 3: be very appropriate to say, hey, like, am I expected 679 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 3: to bring presents? They're probably gonna say no, But I 680 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 3: think it's more, is there something small that I can 681 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 3: bring along just to show my appreciation? Parent presents are 682 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 3: always so strange, But when it comes to your partner, 683 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 3: I think it's just about, hey, Christmas is coming up, 684 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 3: are we doing gifts? Are we not doing gifts? And 685 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 3: I think it's about taking away the guilt. If you've 686 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,959 Speaker 3: had that conversation and you've set a budget and your 687 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 3: partner goes over it, I think we need to forget 688 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 3: the financial side of things and just go how great, 689 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 3: Like I've put my time and energy into an like 690 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 3: into a gift that this person hopefully will love, and 691 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 3: that should be more than enough. And if they go 692 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 3: and you know, blow the budget, like that's really sweet, 693 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 3: but it's completely unnecessary and you can just be really 694 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 3: grateful for it, be like, wow, I'm so lucky, Like, look, 695 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 3: how spoiled I am. I didn't do that for you. 696 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 3: Obviously not expected. But I think when we start actually 697 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:01,480 Speaker 3: one upping each other, it becomes really tormental, Like I 698 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 3: did that in my relationship at the start, and that's 699 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 3: essentially where our birthday baskets came from. It got to 700 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 3: a point where I was just like, look, this is ridiculous, 701 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 3: Like you don't need to impress me with really big presence. 702 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,320 Speaker 3: I don't need, you know, an iPad, or I don't 703 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 3: need something massive from you. In fact, just hanging out 704 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 3: with you on Christmas is enough. The fact that you 705 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 3: let me play Mariah Carey. All I want for Christmas 706 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 3: is you, like multiple times a day in the lead 707 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 3: up to Christmas should be enough as well. But I 708 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 3: think it's just more about setting expectations and remembering that 709 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 3: it's not on you if the other person doesn't adhere 710 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 3: to that expectation. And I know that a lot of 711 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 3: guilt usually comes from that. 712 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, this happened to me because the first year my 713 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: boyfriend and I were together. Hey, it sounds like we're 714 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: not together anymore. We are still together, but he brought 715 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 1: me mine. He brought me an eight hundred dollar necklace. 716 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 3: Oh god, I bought lucky Lady. 717 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: I know. But now it's set the bar. So I've 718 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: had to have the discussion with him and say, look, 719 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: because we live together now, I'm like, look, we needed 720 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: to set it at one hundred dollars. I think that's enough. 721 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: We're spending so much money on everyone in the baskets. 722 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: Maybe have to do the baskets. I do like that. 723 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 2: I do. 724 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 3: The baskets are honestly so fun, and I mean, if 725 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 3: it's in your budget, you can only sneak something else 726 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 3: in there. It's not uncommon of us to kind of 727 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 3: sneak like, you know, one hundred dollar pair of like 728 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 3: Chino's or something in there that I know we needed. 729 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 3: But like the idea that you have a birthday basket 730 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 3: is really fun and like it's kind of the anticipation 731 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 3: as well. It kind of takes it away from being 732 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 3: a gift more too. I wonder what's going to be 733 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 3: in my basket this year, and like sometimes we try 734 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 3: and find silly things, like silly things that we can add, 735 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 3: like silly lollies or American like treats that I've found 736 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 3: at like the American Lolly Shop that I'm like, oh, 737 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 3: he will love this, and i know it sounds really lame, 738 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 3: but at the end of the day, like it just 739 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 3: becomes a thing and we really like it. 740 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 1: Victoria, what do you think is some common Christmas budgeting 741 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: pitfalls that people get tripped up by along the. 742 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 3: Way forgetting that your Christmas budget is food, food and 743 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 3: drink and entertainment during the period. I think that something 744 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 3: that is really common is you know, you sit down 745 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,520 Speaker 3: and you know, all right, well, I'm going to be 746 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 3: really good this Christmas and you budget for the gifts, 747 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 3: but you forget that during the Christmas period, it's really 748 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 3: common to go out for an additional drink with someone 749 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 3: or go to another Christmas party, and these things add up. 750 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 3: Like you might go to a party and have an 751 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 3: eighteen dollar cocktail here and there, but that stuff really 752 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 3: does eat into your larger budget. It's also like the 753 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,400 Speaker 3: trimmings at Christmas time, right, Like it's the additional boxes 754 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 3: of chocolates that you're buying when you go to someone's 755 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 3: house for a drink or just to have a little 756 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 3: bit of a celebration. It's you know, the garnishes that 757 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 3: go in the drinks on Christmas Day. These things all 758 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 3: need to be accounted for, and that's why it's so 759 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 3: important to have a comprehensive Christmas budget that takes all 760 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 3: of these things, not just gifts, into consideration. 761 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 1: Do you think it's also important to have a strategic 762 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 1: plan ahead of you when you are going Christmas shopping 763 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: for not only presents, but also food, because I feel 764 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: like that's where people do slip up, Like, so, would 765 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: you recommend people looking for some of those sales dates, 766 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: like whether it's Black Friday or whether you are going 767 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: to purchase stuff in the boxing day sales. 768 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, And we've got Black Friday coming up, so 769 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 3: that's at the end of November, and I think if 770 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 3: you're prepared, and like spoiler guys, tomorrow's podcast is literally 771 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 3: on Christmas sales and making the most of them. But 772 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 3: I think in the lead up to Christmas, it's just 773 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,560 Speaker 3: really important to plan, like if you're going to sit 774 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 3: down and for example, I want to get my sister 775 00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,440 Speaker 3: a gift for Christmas, and I know what that gift is. 776 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,879 Speaker 3: I think finding the best way to purchase it and 777 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:45,320 Speaker 3: not finding yourself going Christmas Eve shopping. Christmas Eve shopping 778 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,080 Speaker 3: is a nightmare. You end up anxious and stressed. You 779 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 3: end up feeling a whole heap of pressure to get 780 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,959 Speaker 3: a good present when maybe you've left it too late, 781 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 3: and we always always always end up overspending. So I 782 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 3: think it's important to plan these things out. And if 783 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 3: you know that Black Friday sales are going to come 784 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 3: up next week or next months, like plan for it. 785 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 3: Write your list. Like something that's been really helpful is 786 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 3: just like wish lists for me. I've been using Pinterest 787 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 3: and kind of like my eBay cart, like you know, 788 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 3: how you can add things to your watch list on eBay. 789 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 3: I've been doing that to keep track of gifts, and 790 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,360 Speaker 3: I just feel like if you go into these sales 791 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 3: with a plan, you end up not overspending, you end 792 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 3: up actually just getting that dopamine hit that we all 793 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 3: get from shopping from things that we were planning to purchase. 794 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: Anyway, that's such good advice. Would you recommend people also, 795 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: you know, a year ahead, start planning, maybe have a 796 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: bank account, especially for Christmas, where you put in extra 797 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:45,399 Speaker 1: money along the way. 798 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,080 Speaker 3: I think it's really important when we're talking about budgeting 799 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 3: for Christmas that it is actually a year round event, 800 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 3: Like you can't expect to save five hundred dollars that 801 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 3: you need for gifts in the month lead up to Christmas. 802 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 3: Like this is something that we actually need to have 803 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 3: as a part of our more holistic budget and cash 804 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 3: flow plans. So like always having a budget and making 805 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,719 Speaker 3: sure it's super comprehensive, and even if it's like your 806 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 3: car insurance and you know your car registration and your 807 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,439 Speaker 3: ambulance cover and then your Christmas presence, and then having 808 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,640 Speaker 3: your Christmas presence broken down into who you buy for 809 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 3: and on average what you pay for those gifts is 810 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 3: incredibly important because if you can plan it into your 811 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 3: cash flow and have that money going into a separate 812 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,920 Speaker 3: account each and every single month, when Christmas comes, you 813 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 3: just go, Okay, fantastic, I've got the money sitting in 814 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,399 Speaker 3: my account for my Christmas gifts. I'm going to pull 815 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,840 Speaker 3: out what's in budget and go and spend it on 816 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 3: the thing that is intended for. It puts us in 817 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,280 Speaker 3: a position where we actually feel empowered by our choices, 818 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,720 Speaker 3: and it puts us in a position where we never 819 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,080 Speaker 3: feel stressed about money or budgeting or cash flow, which 820 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 3: honestly is one of the most stressful things. 821 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 1: And Victoria, you have recently launched an amazing budgeting course 822 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: and you've kindly let our community have a discount code, 823 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: so we'll put in our show notes below. But can 824 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,320 Speaker 1: you tell us a little bit about it and I 825 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 1: suppose what people can learn from it? 826 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 3: Yeah? Absolutely, So I hate plugging this stuff, So guys 827 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,360 Speaker 3: just know that this is coming from a place where 828 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,360 Speaker 3: I've created the master class because I genuinely think that 829 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 3: if you can get the foundations of your money side 830 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,160 Speaker 3: of your life solidified, and that's your budget and your 831 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 3: cash flow, everything else will just fall into place. So 832 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,520 Speaker 3: when I talk about the budgeting and cashlow master class, 833 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,120 Speaker 3: to me, budgeting and cashlow are two different things, right. 834 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 3: A budget is like what you're spending and what's coming 835 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,359 Speaker 3: in and just working out what that is. But the 836 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 3: cash flow side of things is the thing that I 837 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 3: think most people forget. So, like, we all get really motivated, 838 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,800 Speaker 3: we write down our budget and we go rent you 839 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,359 Speaker 3: so on thousand dollars and you know, my grocery bills 840 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,080 Speaker 3: are one hundred and fifty dollars, and we write it down, 841 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 3: But like, what do we do after that? So this 842 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,560 Speaker 3: kind of takes it to the next level. And I've 843 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:57,200 Speaker 3: created a program inside the course that essentially tells you 844 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 3: what bank accounts to open, how to open them, what 845 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,359 Speaker 3: to name them, and how much to each and every 846 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,400 Speaker 3: single one put in them based on the budget that 847 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 3: you would provide me. So it's all automated and it 848 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 3: essentially does it for you. So instead of money being 849 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 3: overwhelming and uninspiring, it's something that you really feel empowered 850 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,919 Speaker 3: by and you can always refer back to. So it's 851 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 3: not like it sounds really promotiony, but it's not just 852 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,120 Speaker 3: that either. It's kind of your money story and how 853 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,560 Speaker 3: to set goals and how to you know, understand your 854 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 3: values and create a strategy that actually puts you in 855 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,919 Speaker 3: a better position. So it's quite comprehensive in that it's 856 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,719 Speaker 3: like more than twenty videos that I've put together and 857 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,839 Speaker 3: like forty different downloadables and the tool, like it's a 858 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 3: pretty big program. But the end of the day, it's 859 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 3: so that you can develop a super deep understanding of 860 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,399 Speaker 3: your cash flow and make your money work for you, 861 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,719 Speaker 3: which means when Christmas comes, everything is already planned for 862 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 3: and you kind of go, all right, well, I guess 863 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 3: in my cash hub, I have my Christmas money. I'll 864 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 3: pull that out and I'll spend it in line with 865 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,480 Speaker 3: my values and goals. Because so many times we see 866 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 3: people sacrificing their savings, like you might be saving for 867 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:08,080 Speaker 3: a home and Christmas comes, so you take a thousand 868 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 3: dollars out of that home goal because you forgot to 869 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 3: budget for Christmas, and that's just not that sexy. At 870 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 3: the end of the day, you just feel a little 871 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,400 Speaker 3: bit flat, you feel a little bit behind, and there's 872 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 3: like there's nothing good about it. So essentially budgeting toush 873 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 3: flow is going to be the most important thing for 874 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,840 Speaker 3: you to wrap your head around when it comes to money. 875 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,560 Speaker 1: It's so good because I've been nagging my boyfriend to 876 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,440 Speaker 1: start budgeting or setting up a budget, and it's going 877 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:33,680 Speaker 1: to be so good because I feel like I'm going 878 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:35,400 Speaker 1: to have all the tools to be able to like 879 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,800 Speaker 1: get a smart ass towards him. So I'm excited to start. 880 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,920 Speaker 3: Yes, And I've actually it sounds so lame, but I've 881 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:44,480 Speaker 3: actually made two different tools inside of there. So if 882 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 3: you're single, this is the cash flow that you use, 883 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,799 Speaker 3: and if you have a partner, this is the cash 884 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,520 Speaker 3: flow that you'd use purely because like, once you bring 885 00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 3: a partner into the conversation, like the conversation shifts and 886 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 3: it's not just one person you're relying on. It's not 887 00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 3: just one person who has personal spending goals. It's true. 888 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,320 Speaker 3: So I think it's a different conversation and to be 889 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,919 Speaker 3: across that properly, like I think it's just I think 890 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,240 Speaker 3: it's so empowering and creates a stronger relationship with your partner. 891 00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:15,160 Speaker 1: Okay, people, tomorrow morning, dam Santa's coming down. 892 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:17,600 Speaker 3: Oh my god. 893 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,479 Speaker 2: Santa here, I know him. 894 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,760 Speaker 1: Now, let's wrap this up. With our quick fire Christmas quiz. 895 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:24,919 Speaker 3: Oh I love this. 896 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:26,959 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna give you two options, and you're gonna 897 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,280 Speaker 1: choose which one. So yeah, okay? Tinsel or no tinsel 898 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 1: on a Christmas tree? No Tinseldy Jane's the one with 899 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,360 Speaker 1: the garish Christmas tree? So hers has tinsel? No? I 900 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,680 Speaker 1: actually didn't have tinsel last year? But anyway? What is 901 00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:45,280 Speaker 1: your go to Christmas movie? 902 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,600 Speaker 3: A Christmas Story or Home Alone? 903 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 1: I love Home Alone? 904 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 3: Or else? How many Christmas Lamies can I have? 905 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,960 Speaker 1: We'll give you? 906 00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 3: Okay? Sorry? Also love Actually, I've changed my love actually 907 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:01,840 Speaker 3: is the number one. 908 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,560 Speaker 1: What about Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? You're a fan of that? 909 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,280 Speaker 3: Ah, that's pretty good too. What about the holiday? 910 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 1: There's too many too. 911 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,520 Speaker 3: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not very good at this 912 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 3: quick fire Quizzin what's your next question? I'll try to. 913 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,280 Speaker 1: Get real tree or fake tree? 914 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:19,320 Speaker 3: Fake tree? 915 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,960 Speaker 1: Santa Claus? Do you call him Santa Claus or Father Christmas? 916 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:26,759 Speaker 1: I call him Santa Cold custard or warm custard with 917 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: Christmas pudding? 918 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:33,600 Speaker 3: Oh? Botha gross Christmas pudding, disgusting cold. 919 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:38,279 Speaker 1: I feel like I know this answer already pudding or pavlova. 920 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,920 Speaker 3: Everyone knows closer every day of the week, my friend. 921 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 1: Well, this one's a little bit more detailed. What is 922 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:47,160 Speaker 1: the best Christmas gift you've ever received? And also the worst? 923 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:53,040 Speaker 3: Oh gosh, the worst was from an ex partner's mum 924 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,880 Speaker 3: who got me a candle that I gave her the 925 00:42:55,960 --> 00:43:00,920 Speaker 3: year before. And I think that best? What would the 926 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:05,560 Speaker 3: best be? I'm not good bye? Yeah, I think I 927 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:10,080 Speaker 3: think the baskets, like getting lots of little traits is 928 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,600 Speaker 3: really special. I don't know. I feel like I've remembered 929 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,320 Speaker 3: a lot, Like I don't remember gifts, well, I remember 930 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:20,880 Speaker 3: experiences and I remember, you know, the way that I 931 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,360 Speaker 3: felt on that Christmas, And like, yeah, I think it 932 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,440 Speaker 3: would just be experiences with my family is probably the 933 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 3: best kind of Christmas present for me? Lame? That true? 934 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,480 Speaker 1: Oh that's sweet. The other one is do you call 935 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,520 Speaker 1: it a bonbon or a Christmas cracker? 936 00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 3: Oh? I think I call it a bon bond. But 937 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,000 Speaker 3: I've never thought deeply about this topic. 938 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:41,960 Speaker 1: And I feel like you touched on it. But what 939 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:43,680 Speaker 1: is your favorite Christmas song? 940 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 3: Oh, Mariah Carey, all I want for Christmas is you, 941 00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,440 Speaker 3: And I'm gonna unashamedly or in that like it's a 942 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:57,120 Speaker 3: disgusting song, but I just feel like everybody knows it 943 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,759 Speaker 3: and it's just it's just fun. I'm sorry, Oh it's 944 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,800 Speaker 3: my favorite as well. I'm oh really yeah, good, Okay, 945 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:05,960 Speaker 3: I'm glad. I thought I was gonna be savaged over 946 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:06,920 Speaker 3: loving Mariah Carey. 947 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:12,160 Speaker 1: I also love Hillary Duff's Christmas album Oh my gosh, yes, yeah. 948 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,439 Speaker 3: All of her album, like it reminds me of being 949 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,960 Speaker 3: like twelve thirteen, like having Christmas and thinking I was 950 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:21,160 Speaker 3: much cooler and wearing glitter eyeshadow and hair gel. 951 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,319 Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much for joining us on this 952 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:27,440 Speaker 1: special Christmas episode. We do hope you have an amazing Christmas. 953 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,440 Speaker 3: Thank you guys for having me. It is actually so 954 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,520 Speaker 3: much fun to talk about Christmas stuff in a roundabout 955 00:44:33,520 --> 00:45:00,360 Speaker 3: budgety way