1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Christ Yeah, welcome friends to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast. 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: As this is our last week with you guys, we're 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: asking you grown ups what do you actually want for Christmas? 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: It's always about family Christmas and it is the season 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: of given. But actually, what would you love for Christmas? 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: Simple question? And wow, we thousands of different answers right 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 1: now in my inbox. It's a joy going through what 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: you all want for Christmas. So let's played Santa right now, 9 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: team and grant some wishes. Nami Stewart's Christian. I've injured 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: myself at work now a work cover for a nasty 11 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: back injury means sadly income has dropped to Christmas A 12 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: little little word tough for me and the boys. So 13 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: I've got a nine year old son and a ten 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: year old I'd simply love the gift of a real 15 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: Christmas tree that we can all decorate. NOI of course 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: we can do that. We'll get you some extra bits 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: as well. We don't know me. I hope you wor 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: get better in the new year and have a great 19 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: turn next year. Yes, Christina here, Christian, Actually all I 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: want is a matching toaster and kettle. Christine I swear 21 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: to Robert Ean S. He said yes sand to rob 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: Ian S. Yes you can have a matching toaster and kettle. 23 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: Good morning Christian, Jack and Patsy. This is Karen. All 24 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: I want for Christmas is perfume. I've got three teenage 25 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: boys who will never ever get me this. It's a 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: tiny little pleasure, Christian, but I've never ever treat myself 27 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: to this. It's all about providing for them this year. 28 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: I simply would love some Yes, Chemis Warehouse, will we 29 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: get you something? They got their fantastic fragrance sale or 30 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: at the moment crazy prices. Karen, Yes you can. This 31 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: is from Joe in Mount Martha. Good morning Christian, and 32 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you and the team. He to her, 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: another quality year of radio by not yeah, lit's all 34 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: It is that crazy time of year. Yeah, yeah, hy yeah. 35 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: I'd love a thirty meter retractable garden host. 36 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: I love my retractable garden host. 37 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: Once you go retractable, you will go back. It is 38 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: a joy. It's like the vacuum, you know, those ones 39 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: where you can stand on and it pulls it in. 40 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: That's what they should do with umblinical cords. When babies 41 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,839 Speaker 1: are born. I don't have a thirty meter one, but yeah, 42 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: we'll get you a thirty meter retractable garden hose. And 43 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: that's what you want for Christmas? Joe. Who's to get 44 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: in the way of that? Enjoy? Genuinely? Is there are 45 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 1: things that are not that expensive that actually are an 46 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: everyday humdrum game changer. That retractable hose? Is it for me? 47 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: If you're a dog goinger, sometimes the dogs, you know, 48 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: they do a dodo in the garden and it's it 49 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: doesn't it's not an easy one to picture. 50 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, it hasn't said proper. 51 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: I get the hose out and wash it into the 52 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: garden and so or go nature. Mother, Uh, you have 53 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: this nourish whence you came? Yes? Oh, ths to my 54 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: retractable hose and then I just drop it might drop 55 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: hose drop on the garden and does it all for me? 56 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Dis ant? Can I have moving boxes for Christmas? We're 57 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: moving this year and I can't get hold of free ones. 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: They all cost quite a lot of money. Yes, we 59 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: give you some movie boxes, Michelle. And then this is 60 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: an interesting one. Lady called Melanie dropped into my inbox 61 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: yesterday slid run in there. Photo of her, and she 62 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: needs some help to complete I can only describe as 63 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: a work of art on her arm. Let's call her 64 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: up right now and say that, yep, we give her 65 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: the money to complete this work of art, a very 66 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: unique tattoo. She's a grandmother. 67 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: Hello, Melanie, Hi, how are you. 68 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: I'm going Melanie, So you're live on gold right now? 69 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: Oh? Okay, Hi, thank you. 70 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: Very much for emailing me yesterday. That's all right, amazing tattoo. 71 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: Tell everyone listening right now. So you're you've got granddaughters. 72 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I've got on forty seven and some young grandma 73 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: very proud two year old and seven week old granddaughters. 74 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: Well we and so on your arm. You sent me 75 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: picture of your arm. There's a it looks like a 76 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: completed tattoo already. 77 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: It looks like it. That's not. 78 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: So. 79 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: I had so many other ideas, but there was other 80 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: things that needed to come first. So yeah, that's finished. 81 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: There all right. Now, tell everyone listening because it'll be 82 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: dying to know what is the tattoo to sort of 83 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: have something permanent on you that celebrates your love for 84 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: your granddaughters. 85 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 2: So their mum is a weekend and she practices the magic. 86 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: She makes her own creams and balms and all that 87 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: sort of stuff. And we call my granddaughter's little witches. 88 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: So there's two little witches. 89 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: So your daughter's a weekend witch, a wicked witch is 90 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: a white witch, Isn't that right? 91 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 2: Yeah? 92 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I love the idea. Obviously Friday and on the 93 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: weekend I get the broom out and the cape and 94 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: the black cat taking all the way again. 95 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 2: I went up one day there was a little cauldron 96 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 2: going with some bat wings and all that sort of 97 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 2: stuff around it. 98 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 1: So are you are you joking? You mean actual? 99 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 2: But at all? Yeah? Would you get those in the countries? 100 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: Those in cultural internationals they shove on British food bat wings, Yeah. 101 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 2: She's they was in the country, so all sorts of 102 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 2: stuff they get. 103 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: So those bat wings in cauldrons, can you? I feel 104 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: like bat wings? Nights bat wings. So the tattoo then 105 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: I'm looking at it's two witches on moons, year on year. 106 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: So one of them, one of my granddaughters is quite chunky. 107 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 2: She's the little one. She was born. 108 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: She's only they're not chunky. They just got that, you 109 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: know that. You yeah, that little baby fat on the 110 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 1: put underneath a chunky one. 111 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: She was nearly ten pounds, so we call her the 112 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 2: chunky babe. And then Rhiannon's quite petite. So we've got 113 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: one which that's a little bit more voluptuous, and one 114 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 2: that's a little bit swimmer, and one that's got sass 115 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 2: and there are wings. 116 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: Now, the the way that these are who don't mind 117 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: me saying this, but the way these witches are dressed 118 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: is it's like the outfits are from Risky. I was 119 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: going to say sexy Land witches, but you say Risks 120 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: and and and what's the thinking with that? 121 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: I just I did a lot of looking at pictures 122 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 2: and stuff and just put little bits together. And I 123 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 2: still wanted it to be when they're a little bit older, 124 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 2: not baby is. It's definitely not. So what's missing from 125 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 2: the tonne because it looks like a fully a. 126 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: Jumper? 127 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 2: No, I want to put a little caldron, a little 128 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: back flying around, a spider in a web, and just 129 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 2: a bit of background. 130 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: So we listen. We would love to finish this work 131 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: of art on your arm. What an amazing nanny you are, Grandma, Yes, grandma, 132 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: we have to have your grandma arm completed. It's a 133 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: work of art. It's a Sistine chapel on your left 134 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: arm there, Melanie, Yes, it's Please send me other PHOTOO. 135 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: I can't get enough of your army mind box and 136 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: anything like it. It's wonderful, it's wonder if you obviously 137 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: a very very proud grandmother. I am you awesome? Where 138 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: you all have a lovely Christmas? Okay, thank you you too, 139 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: take care. So that was Melanie's answer to what do 140 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: you want for Christmas? Joan is retractable hosts and a 141 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: couple of risque witches on Grandma's You need to see 142 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: the tattoo we're put up on our socials, all right, 143 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: So let me know we got two more shows to 144 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: be given. Your wishes. Email me Christian at Christian O'Connell 145 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: dot com. 146 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 2: Today you Carl and Brner, you're listening to the Christian 147 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: o'carl Show podcast