1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,960 Welcome back to another episode of the Say Less Pod. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,840 I'm your host Caroline. 3 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:14,000 And today we are actually going to be talking about a Christmas hot takes. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:26,840 This is going to be filmed in coming live on December 6th. 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:32,200 So anyway, with all of that being said, Christmas season. 6 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:39,560 And I will try to do a podcast maybe on mental health and the holidays. 7 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:46,600 If you want me to do a podcast on that and how to set up boundaries during Christmas season, 8 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:47,800 just let me know. 9 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:52,000 But that's what I'm kind of considering. 10 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,520 Also, these are some hot takes that I have found. 11 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:02,600 I will start off with some of my hot takes and then we'll go into some other people's 12 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,160 hot takes that they have had. 13 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:10,520 One of my hot takes is nutcrackers. 14 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,000 Why are they a thing? 15 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,640 Who literally said, hey. 16 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:26,080 You know that thing that traumatized you as a kid? 17 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:35,680 Let's make this a staple across America and just be like, you know what? 18 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:41,120 This could literally, like they're literally freaky. 19 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:49,440 So kind of like the, in my mind, two things that kind of like freaked me out. 20 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,800 Well, not even like freaked me out. 21 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,680 They just like, work freaky. 22 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:55,920 It's like dummies. 23 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:01,120 Like, no, I mean like the ventriloquist dummies. 24 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:11,000 Something about them, I don't know how to, but it literally makes me cringe inside. 25 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:18,960 I don't think that they were like that cute of a decoration piece with nutcrackers. 26 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:27,360 It's kind of like the same thing to me, like a Christmas ventriloquist dummy type of thing. 27 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:28,960 Do you call them ventriloquist dummies? 28 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,200 Because I don't know what they're called. 29 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,800 But anyway, that is something that I will never understand. 30 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:41,680 Another thing is fruitcake, like is it bad that I want to try fruitcake? 31 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,640 I want to find like a recipe for fruitcake just so that then I can say that I've had 32 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:53,440 it and that I can either, it slaps or I'm going to pass. 33 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:55,360 It's a slap or pass. 34 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:56,560 Because I really don't know. 35 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,600 Because anytime they're like, oh, he's a fruitcake. 36 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,000 She's a fruitcake. 37 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,800 It's never a good thing to be that person. 38 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,360 So I'm like, what is so bad about fruitcake? 39 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:28,960 How did that even become a Christmas festivity that, hey, let's watch, like, you know, let's 40 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:36,160 just go ahead and bake fruitcake and give it to people that we truly do not like. 41 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,520 Like, another thing, white elephant gifts. 42 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:49,480 Because the reason, and I am pretty sure on this because I like elephants, it was actually 43 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:59,720 because white elephants were so rare that they would give it to an enemy because you 44 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,560 would still have to clean up their poop. 45 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:10,240 You would still have to do all these different things to for that elephant and feed it and 46 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:11,680 care for it. 47 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:20,360 So white elephants gifts are basically like this cheap present that was free, but it comes 48 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,400 out as expensive. 49 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,200 So that's where the origin of it came from. 50 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:32,160 So why do we even give white elephant gifts? 51 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:39,480 And that's just like an thought. 52 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:46,200 Okay, so I will also see if some of these, these ones that other people have put out 53 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,760 are some of my heart takes. 54 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:56,840 One person just says, I can never get sick of the All I Want for Christmas issue song. 55 00:04:56,840 --> 00:05:02,440 I think it's kind of funny because I think every single year we just kind of sing that 56 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:03,440 song. 57 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:10,560 I honestly know that the part that I like about that song, and it's maybe I don't even 58 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:11,560 like the whole song. 59 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:17,480 It's just like this, and I don't want, and I like all the eyes like in the song, something 60 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,880 about it just like scratches the part of the brain that I can't really explain. 61 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:30,120 But like that's the only thing that I kind of know about it. 62 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:37,040 But honestly, I probably wouldn't listen to it otherwise. 63 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,760 Here's another one. 64 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,680 Ugly sweaters are not ugly. 65 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,240 They are actually pretty and invoke warm feelings. 66 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:49,520 I feel like some ugly sweaters are ugly though. 67 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:57,920 Like someone just had a good look on people. 68 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:03,880 And I thought that was the whole premise that you wear something that is completely disgusting. 69 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:10,040 I think it's cute though when people go to like an ugly Christmas sweater party and they 70 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,720 try to like make their own ugly sweater. 71 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:17,280 Like maybe it's like Christmas tree. 72 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:23,160 Maybe instead of like ugly Christmas sweaters, we should call them like tacky Christmas sweaters 73 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:28,120 because some of them are like more gaudy than anything else. 74 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:29,840 It's just like, wow, okay. 75 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:37,320 I feel like I could just die right now because I feel like I'm going to pass out just by 76 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,600 looking at your shirt. 77 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:48,440 So that is where I think the ugly Christmas sweater comes in. 78 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,280 Someone actually says, I actually prefer my fake tree. 79 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:56,200 It's convenient and it doesn't drop needles. 80 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:57,200 Sometimes I don't know. 81 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:06,840 I think that I want like I literally just want to go one year to a Christmas tree farm. 82 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:09,440 Just same thing with the like fruitcake. 83 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,120 Just to say that I've done that in my lifetime. 84 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,480 Like I've picked out a tree. 85 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:16,880 I was able to flock it. 86 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:17,880 I did this. 87 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:18,880 I did that. 88 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,480 And I just felt like it would be like cozy vibes. 89 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:28,160 Like you get your hot chocolate or you drink your coffee while you're on the farm and you're 90 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:30,240 like picking it out. 91 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:40,120 And maybe that's because every single like movie has made that sound like such a vital 92 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:45,800 like or like a staple that you need to do. 93 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:51,280 So that is something that I could possibly you know just eat up. 94 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:58,360 Like I would eat that up like no problem. 95 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:04,920 I did one time although I have I've never gone to a Christmas tree farm but I have gotten 96 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:09,200 like not for myself personally. 97 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,640 I worked out a place and then we got like these real Christmas trees. 98 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,080 I think they were donated or something. 99 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:23,360 The problem was that I found with real trees and there might be several problems. 100 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:30,000 People who've had a real Christmas tree can probably like state more on the topic. 101 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,960 The one thing that I noticed is that you would have to like water them more because they do 102 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,680 they are like a living plant a living thing. 103 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:47,200 And then also you had to the hardest thing that I noticed is you had to like screw like 104 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:52,800 these things into the tree and do not get your head in the gutter with that. 105 00:08:52,800 --> 00:09:02,680 But you had to like literally screw different types of I guess so that then it would just 106 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:05,080 like stay put. 107 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:11,560 And you didn't want to have to do it more than once because one time I wasn't able to 108 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:15,720 get it situated because someone was helping me and so like the tree was kind of crooked 109 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:22,720 so then we had to like unscrew it and then like screw I don't know exactly how to explain 110 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:30,280 it but this person saying that they don't like drop needles this person who put out 111 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:41,200 this comment but every time that for Christmas every single time like whenever we're putting 112 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:48,320 up our Christmas tree with my family because we usually do it like the day after Thanksgiving 113 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,840 because my parents I don't know if it's like my parents are getting older and they just 114 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:59,440 like need people to help or because I have my own place but they're just like they need 115 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,840 people to help or if it's just like oh this is a family tradition I don't know which one 116 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:11,040 it is but anyway we've always had like needles just falling out of the ground even like with 117 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:19,400 our reefs so I wonder what part of the needles that they're talking about because literally 118 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:24,440 we have to get the broom and dustpan out every year. 119 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:32,960 So here's another fun one this is all from the same person actually they were saying 120 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:37,360 that the color blue is not like actually for Christmas. 121 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:47,960 I would say different hues of blue but sometimes I do like a pastel like whimsical type of 122 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:57,840 theme for Christmas like I say I am like more eclectic in my style so even like with my 123 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:06,320 wrapping paper I have like this like light baby blue type of thing and then I have like 124 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:18,120 a lighter pink for like the wrapping paper and then as you know the cute little trucks 125 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:24,080 hauling the Christmas tree I know everybody makes fun of that but it's like it's so cute 126 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:35,000 and aesthetic like so some of that I do white but I don't do a whole lot of blue. 127 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:41,840 I would say it depends on maybe the type of blue if it's like a pastelly like baby blue 128 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,240 type of color I could see that. 129 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:54,080 I'm not much of like the bold like you know I'm kind of like more of neutral colors for 130 00:11:54,080 --> 00:12:02,520 Christmas even if it's like okay let's do the green but I don't really like the solid 131 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:09,560 green and red anymore like I know some people are that type of vibe for Christmas. 132 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:17,560 Totally fine if you are I just I don't necessarily like it it's not appealing it's not aesthetic 133 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:30,400 to me it just kind of gives grandma I guess grandma Christmas but yeah whatever. 134 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:39,840 So this one I can't relate to but just because I've never seen the movie they say bad Santa 135 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:44,880 is like a funny movie and then they're just like saying it's depressing AF if you don't 136 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,880 know what AF is. 137 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:56,120 It's I don't need to be reminded of my childhood thanks it's all that person that says and 138 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:03,320 you can like look up these comments too it's like for the general public. 139 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:16,320 I honestly don't I had never seen bad Santa so I don't necessarily know what that if that's 140 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:28,360 a good movie if that's a bad movie. 141 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:36,000 So someone said that they don't really like Hormone movies I think it's kind of funny 142 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:43,280 because I'm not I feel like all Christmas movies are kind of cheesy anyway especially 143 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:53,160 like the newer ones but there's something cute about like that as long as you don't 144 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:59,800 have like the toxic boyfriend situation and oh no they got to move to this town where 145 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:08,360 they don't know anybody but somehow they fall for this person yeah it's someone else's late 146 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:13,920 night man before Christmas isn't a Christmas movie I don't know if anybody's ever said 147 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:14,920 that. 148 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaking about movies though is Die Hard a Christmas movie that is something I just want 149 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:31,160 to put out there because a lot of people will say that it is I don't necessarily think that 150 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:36,920 it is I think it's just something that kind of happened around Christmas but maybe that's 151 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:43,600 like the only mention of Christmas ever being in the movie but some people would say that 152 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:52,200 it is I like I just I think the events happen around Christmas um LED someone else's like 153 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:59,080 they don't like LED Christmas lights I would say there's a way they tastefully decorate 154 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:05,400 and then there's a way that it looks like Christmas just throw up at your house for me I do not 155 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:11,600 like the inflatables there's like this one house that like put up these like little pink 156 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:20,800 ones and they're cute little inflatable pink ones I just don't like inflatables like I 157 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:31,160 don't know why it's just it's not really like a tasteful decoration to me I think sometimes 158 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:39,800 like the if you have like garland up around your house or even around your media console 159 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:46,320 and you might have like a little reindeer here and like maybe a little um those little ones 160 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:52,640 that you get from Target um they're like the little birds I think those are cute or if you 161 00:15:52,640 --> 00:16:00,880 just like hang certain things up and try to make it combine well I think that that is 162 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:09,040 a cute book but I don't necessarily like LED lights I don't like the projectors either 163 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:19,560 because I feel like projectors are the lazy man's way of decorating I'm like did you seriously 164 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:25,120 think that looked good when you put that onto your house do you like this looks good I'm 165 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:29,040 just gonna leave it like I just feel like that's the lazy person's way of decorating 166 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:41,040 um 167 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:50,360 okay so someone else like said the Polo Express is not that good of a movie I I think like 168 00:16:50,360 --> 00:17:00,000 the um in scenes yeah there's some things that really bothered me as a kid like you 169 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:07,280 find out that it was all a dream um I do think like the behind the scenes of how they did 170 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:15,160 that movie is kind of cool if you want there's plenty of videos on YouTube of how it's a 171 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:20,760 similar technique to how they made like Avatar with like having the little they're not stickers 172 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:25,480 but they kind of look like stickers that you put over your face and they're kind of like 173 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:35,280 the sensor too that send them um that kind of gravitates towards like how um your body 174 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:43,920 moves it's really really interesting um but there's some YouTube videos on that so if 175 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:49,640 you want to go look that up on like the behind the scenes of Polo Express I think that is 176 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:58,360 pretty intriguing but yes I would say like Polo Express it's great when you're a kid 177 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:05,720 and you have Polo Express days and you get the dress up in your PJs and go to school 178 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:13,760 and do all that fun stuff once you become an adult it's not probably like the best Christmas 179 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:27,680 movie but it is like a fun time when you're like a kid um oh here's here's an interesting 180 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:34,120 heart take that's the one said it's a wonderful life it's not a Christmas movie I I feel like 181 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:44,640 maybe because it I mean they are saying oh well Christmas is coming I know that's become 182 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:57,760 like a Christmas movie over the years um but also here's another thing that kind of takes 183 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:08,760 place um they're like it's what was his name George Bale George that's what it was um it 184 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:18,440 takes you forever to get the one like I do um some people have even said like Chronicles 185 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:23,760 of Narnia the first one is a Christmas movie I don't know what I think that that is I feel 186 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:33,440 like it's more of a winter movie than it is a Christmas movie but one time a friend had 187 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:38,440 me watch it because they're like let's watch a Christmas movie and I was just like okay 188 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:48,680 and I but it's a wonderful life I will say now that this person like mentioned it um 189 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:54,600 it's yeah it's not really mentioned till like the end of the movie they're like oh it's 190 00:19:54,600 --> 00:20:01,240 Christmas George every time I know I don't know if it's Christmas or Christmas blah blah 191 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:12,280 blah and I do have maybe that was like the first well I don't know about that either 192 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:24,360 but um I was trying to explain it to like one of my friends one a couple of weeks ago 193 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:33,080 but you it takes you forever to actually get into the meat of the movie I don't really 194 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:45,840 like that with movies like it's a what like a three three hour movie hang on so technically 195 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:52,600 it's two hours and ten minutes is the runtime of it's a wonderful life but I would say like 196 00:20:52,600 --> 00:21:02,280 the first hour is just you trying to even get into the meat of the movie I know that 197 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:08,480 like some of my family really enjoys that and I would say I probably followed suit just 198 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:16,360 because they watched that movie but yeah I can I can understand what this person is 199 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:22,920 saying um never I always thought that it was a Christmas movie but yes I can kind of see 200 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:34,320 where that person's coming from um here's another funny funny one I consider uh peppermint 201 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:44,000 flavor things are terrific but then when it's like a scent of things I I like things that 202 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:54,520 are sugar cookie scented but I don't honestly if it's a flavor I can actually do it but 203 00:21:54,520 --> 00:22:01,280 I am allergic to mint and honestly I don't even know if it's I'm allergic to mint is 204 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:10,600 that I'm allergic to any kind of mint like if you give me a hand lotion or things be 205 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:17,080 prepared because I don't know if it's scented or scented I did recently go through like 206 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:24,640 a whole like medical thing um we're still trying to figure that out but I don't know 207 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:33,840 if like that is caused by it or if it's just more um what's the word I'm looking for like 208 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:41,240 more prevalent now that I have that but I will literally break out into rashes whenever 209 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:47,480 I have any kind of mint one person gave me like a eucalyptus and mint like it was kind 210 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:55,680 of like bath salt and bath bomb it was like this whole like self-care it was not a form 211 00:22:55,680 --> 00:23:00,840 of self-care because I was like spending the next few days like itching like the heart 212 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:10,560 was good in the matter it just they just know and I actually did to know either until I 213 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:21,840 was like literally breaking out um so yeah I mean I'm sure the peppermint scents would 214 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:31,000 be great if I could at least do it without having my skin break out on me but um yeah 215 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:51,600 I do enjoy I even got like a peppermint bark like coffee today um so um I think 216 00:23:51,600 --> 00:24:02,000 it's tone deaf but like um like when they're saying like when people just kind of like 217 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:09,760 scream Christmas is here like with these little kids you I feel like every Christmas you always 218 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:18,560 have people that just kind of scream sing like especially little kids I I cannot stand 219 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:24,120 when like I feel like it's a special at Christmas especially if you're watching like a Christmas 220 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:34,360 play or some Christmas production and they have like the tone deaf like it is a wholesome 221 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:40,720 moment that you should be enjoying but you can't because there's like some tone deaf 222 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:56,320 children um yeah I think that's what they mean um so artificial cranberry I don't I don't 223 00:24:56,320 --> 00:25:09,680 necessarily I don't like cranberry sauce but I can do cranberries funny thing um okay so 224 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:15,480 here's some more hot takes I had to take a minute to actually find some hot takes here's 225 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:28,200 one our Christmas cards in the mail still a necessity still necessary I would actually 226 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:42,160 okay so for me like I would be just half as happy getting an e-card but I feel like with 227 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:48,360 yeah I would I would be just as happy getting an e-card so I don't think that it's still 228 00:25:48,360 --> 00:26:00,840 necessary to go out of your way and give a Christmas card at all now if someone wants 229 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:11,040 to give happy mail and kind of like put like some things in that Christmas card you know 230 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:18,400 I'm not gonna say no to that but because once you know you're an adult when all of your 231 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:26,800 mail is just like bills and you're just like happy mail you know um and it's kind of difficult 232 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:32,520 from like transitioning over from like a kid and then to adult responsibilities but that's 233 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:43,520 something else um okay so here's another hot take that what is your all-time favorite 234 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:56,720 holiday song I don't I so here's the thing music is kind of like free therapy for me 235 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:11,960 in case you just know so my favorite holiday song this season um I like anything on like 236 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:23,520 the food cake album list from Sabrina Carpenter but also I do I'm just gonna go with 237 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:33,240 because it's so hard for me to pick I'm gonna like tell you like my favorite some of my 238 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:37,800 favorite Christmas songs of course I may be missing some here and there but I'm gonna 239 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:44,880 try to tell you as many as I possibly can I do enjoy Santa tell me by Ariana Grande 240 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:54,160 um I enjoy something about like Christmas in the sand by Colby Calla is that how you 241 00:27:54,160 --> 00:28:05,320 pronounce the name um mistletoe by Justin Bieber oh here's one of my hot takes I don't 242 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:13,080 really enjoy the drummer boy song because who in the bright mind brings a drum set like 243 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:22,600 Joe off king but who in the right mind brings a drum set to a baby shower if you will like 244 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:30,920 who's like you know what rumper pump pump and then he's like shall I play for you rumper 245 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:36,320 pump pump you will rumper pump pumping this whole time and now you're gonna ask for permission 246 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:44,800 like I'm sorry who no one wants you no one invited you here sir my dude why do you think 247 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:50,440 that this is a good idea why why is the baby screaming I don't know maybe because you bought 248 00:28:50,440 --> 00:29:00,840 your rumper pump drum set to a major scene my dude like why why anyway that song that 249 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:10,600 literally looks me to no end but um someone says silent night by the temptations I don't 250 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:25,800 know that one um I someone does say drum boy but yeah I'm I'm just like no that's not um 251 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:33,440 candy cane lane by seah is a pretty good song I also like um make it to Christmas by Alicia 252 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:50,800 carer um am I like missing any of them I don't know but oh I heard this one funny song the 253 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:55,680 other day I don't know if it's been around for a while but it was like text me Merry Christmas 254 00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:00,080 and it was like oh make sure that you survive emoji make sure that you know it was kind 255 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,280 of like it just made me laugh because I'm like that's literally me but it's just like 256 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:11,200 um text me Merry Christmas like um okay so here's another hot tape what time should dinner 257 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:21,400 be served someone says four o'clock and then someone says like cocktails at five or cocktails 258 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:34,200 at four thirty four okay I really wonder um we don't really do that so here's the thing 259 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:44,280 um I guess it depends on if you're doing like friends or if I'm doing like a friend miss 260 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:57,800 I would probably say like five thirty but with family and a standard family prop I think mainly 261 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:04,640 we gravitate towards like early afternoon like one thirty two thirty usually like for all 262 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:10,920 our dinners whether that's like Easter whether that's Thanksgiving I think our dinner at Thanksgiving 263 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:22,080 was one thirty so yeah um so oh here is a funny one when should significant others be 264 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:32,400 allowed to come to holiday festivities I would say that actually depends on the person um 265 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:39,680 someone says after you've been dated for for for a whole year four seasons and then one 266 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:47,520 person says I ran away as long as they don't mind answering the question whatever happened 267 00:31:47,520 --> 00:32:02,880 to so-and-so but I would say it really depends on the person and maybe it's like one partner 268 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:10,120 truly believe they're like I want you to meet my family okay let's go but if the other person 269 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:17,160 doesn't feel comfortable meeting their family that's then maybe you should wait for at least 270 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:23,000 meeting their family at least I don't know that's something that you decide upon for 271 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:35,360 me personally it takes a good three to five months if I know if you are compatible with 272 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:53,640 me so depending on when you start we started dating so as I was saying I think I took a 273 00:32:53,640 --> 00:33:02,280 break there but as I was saying for me I can yes as long as you know that they are compatible 274 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:11,120 with you and you feel comfortable around them you feel safe you feel free to be you that's 275 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:25,400 literally that's how I measure a significant other point period like I don't you can have 276 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:34,200 like a track record as big as anything I truly don't believe that the mistakes that you made 277 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:42,040 in the past should define you then they shouldn't be a part of you anymore and you shouldn't 278 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:55,200 have like if you have a high body count okay let's let's talk about that why first of all 279 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,440 I understand this I'm not going to necessarily hold out against you because I got my own 280 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:04,640 baggage you got your own baggage so let's try to figure out a way that we can make this 281 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:16,400 work but my measurement is that I feel safe I feel free to be me and that they just respect 282 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:25,560 me as a person that's my measurement for significant other now that we've got that straightened 283 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:32,560 out of the way then what is the appropriate time to bring that significant other around 284 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:47,760 your family once I know okay that you are that safe person you are my safe space when 285 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:56,120 I know that I feel like I can bring you around because your whole identity is not actually 286 00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:06,080 going to be shattered and honestly people who listen to this please do not think that 287 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:17,120 this is a direct slam at you and if it is if you do think so then you know I there's only 288 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:29,640 so much I can do but if I feel safe if I know that you're the right person then to me your 289 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:39,680 whole identity is not going to be shattered by being around my family because we respect 290 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:47,200 each other that's really all that matters no matter what they what that individual says 291 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:55,400 or anything it's not really going to hurt us in the long run because people are going 292 00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:02,480 to have their opinions about your life no matter what so if they're going to talk about 293 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:09,400 something you might want to give them something to talk about in a positive way in a positive 294 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:28,040 direction and sometimes people are going to put like knives into your heart it's okay 295 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:39,080 I'm like I say I'm going to try to do a podcast on mental health but I definitely think like 296 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:47,480 once when you know you know when you know that they're the right person specifically 297 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:52,520 it doesn't really matter what anybody else thinks because at the end of the day you're 298 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:59,520 the only two people in that relationship or you should be unless you are seeking a counselor 299 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:09,120 and but honestly your family should not be the ones that you bring into the fight say 300 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:17,920 oh my boyfriend treated me so badly I I don't think that you should do that it's you and 301 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:27,200 them the problem the issue is the problem it's not the person so it's like don't fight 302 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:36,880 with each other fight for a solution so yeah you shouldn't bring your family or your friend 303 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:43,440 now maybe if you're trying to ask for advice that's something different but yeah just don't 304 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:55,200 there's so many I can name different instances where that has just been like a sorry excuse 305 00:37:55,200 --> 00:38:11,920 for bringing your family into the relationship that they shouldn't be in okay so here's another 306 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:21,240 one what so like I say I know maybe I didn't really answer that hot take as much as I wanted 307 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:35,840 to but I feel like once you I'm trying to figure out the best way the phrase is like 308 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:43,760 making sure that you know that that they are the right individual then you can bring them 309 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:53,120 around the family and set a place for them but definitely if you'd like only been like 310 00:38:53,120 --> 00:39:01,320 dating for like two weeks and then it's like Christmas time I don't necessarily think that 311 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:07,960 is the right time to bring them around the family if you know what I mean like it's just 312 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:18,760 yeah each individual's having has a different perspective on that but that's just my personal 313 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:32,080 take on that if they want again once you kind of know that they are your person then I think 314 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:41,320 that it's okay because anything that in the end of a door whether positive whether negative 315 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:52,240 now something could still happen for sure but whatever like any family member has to 316 00:39:52,240 --> 00:40:00,200 say about that individual or friend you know at the end of the day they're your person they're 317 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:13,400 not going anywhere and they're for life so that's that's kind of how I feel it so what 318 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:24,280 is your favorite Christmas what is the best Christmas movie out there I don't okay so some 319 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:33,240 of the I can watch like certain Christmas movies but so I've seen like we just at my 320 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:43,720 workplace we recently had like this trivia game and they were saying like what home alone 321 00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:50,880 what place were they were going to in the OG version of home alone or whatever and I was 322 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:56,720 like Paris but I did not think that I was gonna get that one right because I've definitely 323 00:40:56,720 --> 00:41:03,680 seen home alone but not enough to like literally it probably sounds like I'm not like that much 324 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:10,880 of a movie buff I'm really not like some some people say like a movie quote like I've seen 325 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:22,720 maybe I just didn't remember that movie quote I just but so I mean I've seen home alone 326 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:32,360 I've also like Polo Express I've seen elf I feel like is a classic Christmas movie I 327 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:38,480 don't know if it's necessarily like the best Christmas movie out there there was probably 328 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:56,480 like a lot of good options so also funny fun fact I've never actually seen miracle on 31st 329 00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:05,880 Street and if if I am wrong with that definitely have not seen that if I can even know the 330 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:13,320 title I always think that sort of first street I think it's 34th Street but never seen that 331 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:34,480 movie so I mean I don't yeah I feel like there's a lot of cringy Jooky whichever were Christmas 332 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:43,360 movies like out there I just so I don't really know if there's anyone that's really that great 333 00:42:43,360 --> 00:43:06,480 but I mean I will watch any Christmas movie for sure and then also also here's another 334 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:13,880 one that people have and this is something that I will say Santa was entitled he had 335 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:21,920 some ulterior motives but the hot take is that Santa was a joke to Rudolph I think he 336 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:29,720 was just like a major L all the way around like Santa you didn't want me talking from 337 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:40,640 Rudolph's POV here you did not want me until I actually could benefit you huh am I am I 338 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:54,120 wrong with that so he even like he was like oh Conor you should be ashamed of yourself 339 00:43:54,120 --> 00:44:01,280 for what having the son who has a red nose I don't think so Santa like you just talk 340 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:10,600 sick like how does this how does this even help for you oh here's another interesting 341 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:18,920 one there's the Grinch was a victim you want and honestly I've heard some people like make 342 00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:24,200 the joke or there's been like a meme that says you know the Grinch didn't like Christmas 343 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:31,840 he just hated the hoos which is fair that's that's valid but honestly if you understand 344 00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:37,720 the reason why he became the Grinch and I feel like the Jim Carrey version it has like 345 00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:46,120 the psychological implications of why he became the Grinch for one he was like bullied like 346 00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:50,640 threw out his entire childhood no one really wanted to be friends with him just because 347 00:44:50,640 --> 00:45:02,440 he was different he was green and he also people thought that oh he needs the manscape 348 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:10,800 he needs to do this because he kind of like viewed at the time that he was what nine or 349 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:17,920 something so and then he was like I hate Christmas it wasn't that he necessarily hated Christmas 350 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:25,880 he was just a misunderstood individual and that's truly how I feel about the whole situation 351 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:35,440 is the reason why his heart now some people say that his heart was too small I don't know 352 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:43,560 like necessarily his heart like grew out of love out of but sometimes it's different individuals 353 00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:52,680 that kind of suck that life out of us or want to make us feel insecure they will comment 354 00:45:52,680 --> 00:46:05,840 on things that really we cannot change about ourselves and then people like oh who hurt 355 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:19,040 you well I'll tell you who hurt me people like you like and the problem is not that 356 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:25,760 the Grinch like I said the Grinch didn't hate Christmas it's the story of how some people 357 00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:32,960 have said it's the story of how one can change but I feel like he always had it in him to 358 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:38,000 be this individual who but he wanted to seclude himself he lived on that carpet he was away 359 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:46,800 from everybody else because people have made his life miserable see and so sometimes things 360 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:54,320 can turn us away from people and people wonder why would disgruntle or would dissatisfied 361 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:59,720 with certain things maybe you have to look back at how you can make the situation better 362 00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:08,000 or how you can be there for someone I think that's why he because if you realize if he 363 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:13,960 was that much of a jerk and everybody hated him when Cindy Lou was just like why are you 364 00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:21,440 taking on Christmas tree if he truly wanted to he wouldn't have been like oh well let 365 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:31,400 me get you a glass of water let me pat you on the head and be comforting if all I have 366 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:40,160 and I think like at that point when he saw that Cindy Lou seen him and heard him for 367 00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:46,320 who he was they didn't like see this monster because he would try this get her away but 368 00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:53,200 she wasn't frightened she was like you know what maybe we just need them love on him be 369 00:47:53,200 --> 00:48:02,640 altruistic do these different options maybe he will see something different some people 370 00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:09,920 like no people can't change it was because the other people sometimes when the other 371 00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:17,800 people chose to change he could actually the Grinch saw that as a reflection and wanted 372 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:29,760 himself to be there but even when he was invited to that one celebration if you watch 373 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:36,640 the Grinch Jim Carrey version like I say I think that is the best one that kind of explains 374 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:46,160 what the Grinch went through and why he became the Grinch but on that one there's a scene 375 00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:51,840 where he's invited to the party and he's excited to actually go he's like maybe this time someone 376 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:57,320 will actually see me will actually hear me will actually respect me whatever the case 377 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:06,480 is he gets there and just to find out that there's still those people that are nonchalant 378 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:13,200 that are bullying him there are sometimes people will try to make you feel insecure about the 379 00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:19,160 thing that they are so desperately insecure about and so I think that they're just like 380 00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:25,960 projecting their insecurities on the Grinch but in different ways in different factions 381 00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:35,400 but then once he realized that he's being bullied again now maybe it's not the best 382 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:40,880 way to take up for yourself and like grab the razor and shave someone else's head and 383 00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:51,400 all that maybe that was a little maybe the Grinch did too much there but in a way it's 384 00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:59,800 also him like I say maybe it's not the best way to self advocate but it was his way of 385 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:10,680 self advocating to see like okay I'm not gonna put up with this BS anymore so that's that's 386 00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:20,360 my I could probably do a whole thing on that but yeah that's one of like my heart takes 387 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:39,240 on that someone says like the Santa Claus is it's been a while since I've watched that 388 00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:54,120 so he was of interest in one clearance from it's a wonderful life and like over and we 389 00:50:54,120 --> 00:51:01,920 won't go there that's not Christmas maybe but didn't deserve his wings I've sometimes 390 00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:12,480 thought about this also because I'm like what did he actually do that was just serving of 391 00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:21,880 his wings like and maybe maybe along with this but I have often thought this like on 392 00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:27,680 it's a wonderful life was it because he rescued him out of like the pit of despair is that 393 00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:35,480 what they were trying was that the main objective of the storyline of the plot that he rescued 394 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:47,640 him and he was he was basically saving not saving time that's a whole different movie 395 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:54,800 saving this character I keep forgetting his name George that he was saving George from 396 00:51:54,800 --> 00:52:00,920 himself is that why he deserved his wings or why did he deserve his wings I don't know 397 00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:12,480 send me a DM if you have other thoughts on this but yes I have often thought that that 398 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:22,600 did wait did clearance actually deserve his wings okay here's another one Kevin Nick 399 00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:33,760 Alastair from Home Alone is a dangerous little boy I think he is dangerous but moving not 400 00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:42,080 in the way that some people like actually see danger the one scene that I just really 401 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:49,680 the one movie quote if you will like I say I'm not that huge of a movie buff but it's 402 00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:58,280 like it's thirsty for more like I don't know why but I think it's really interesting that 403 00:52:58,280 --> 00:53:02,600 I've heard people mention this but I think it's kind of interesting how he's like freaking 404 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:11,560 out about like packing this suitcase but he can babysit his whole house if I was him I 405 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:19,880 would just like have my Google home like set up everything and be like hey gee I can't say 406 00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:33,880 it's gonna set off my my Google if I say it so like set up my operation I would do that 407 00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:44,120 if I was him also here's another thing that if you watch like a YouTube video of people 408 00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:52,840 reacting to the different traumatic events that happen to the guys kind of like the villains 409 00:53:52,840 --> 00:54:02,800 on Home Alone they would would have unaligned themselves and it's just like it's true like 410 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:08,080 it's like but it's something that when you're like thinking about all these different things 411 00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:13,280 is like a funny like comic relief type of movie so you don't really necessarily think 412 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:22,640 that this is things that would happen also hot take on home alone I feel like Kevin was 413 00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:30,440 an undisturbed little kid too like it's like dude I feel you like if someone ate my pizza 414 00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:41,200 and I like explicitly like that's like drinking my iced coffee like one time I was like working 415 00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:45,720 and someone's like oh can I have a drink of your iced coffee I'm like no and they're like 416 00:54:45,720 --> 00:54:49,640 oh but Kali you're always super nice and I'm like touch my coffee and you see how nice 417 00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:56,320 I truly am like you want to go there like do you want to die today I I'm trying to do 418 00:54:56,320 --> 00:55:03,240 you a favor here and so honestly I feel like Kevin and much the same way he was just really 419 00:55:03,240 --> 00:55:13,840 misunderstood like people would always say look what you did he was again maybe it was 420 00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:24,560 not the best way to handle himself under pressure but and I think that he truly did care about 421 00:55:24,560 --> 00:55:33,320 his family they just never really seen him they didn't he kind of faded into the background 422 00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:37,840 like even in the very beginning of the movie I was just like kind of like had something 423 00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:44,520 on in the background but I really wasn't watching home alone but in the beginning of the movie 424 00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:52,680 I think it is they're like oh can you give me a package suitcase or something Kevin and 425 00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:57,800 I literally forget what what they ask him to do and he's like get off the phone and make 426 00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:06,080 me why don't you it's yes is that the best way to say it probably not but was he at 427 00:56:06,080 --> 00:56:16,680 least it was like a deeper issue saying hey you never pay attention to me anyway you know 428 00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:23,760 you don't really care something happens to me and people can say oh I care about you 429 00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:32,960 I think it's what you do in that moment that's truly like important is vital it's kind of 430 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:42,080 like this if you are telling someone something very important and they are on social media 431 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:51,360 or they're texting someone it's it's okay if maybe at a particular point you need to 432 00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:57,760 respond to that call but if I'm telling you something can you at least give me the common 433 00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:04,680 decency to look up from your phone and I know sometimes I've even like said different things 434 00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:11,760 like Kevin where I'm just like why don't you get off your phone and make me like and that 435 00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:22,360 that went over well but it's it's usually stemming from a deeper issue a deeper root 436 00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:32,040 cause oh I don't feel important I don't feel valued I don't feel loved so in my thing my 437 00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:37,400 aspect of thinking you cannot out love whatever love you can say I love you I love you I love 438 00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:47,560 you I love you all you want it doesn't really matter to me like you can tell me that if 439 00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:55,520 I'm always your second choice though if I'm all like texting you reaching out to you then 440 00:57:55,520 --> 00:58:05,120 maybe I don't really matter as much as you think I matter to you that's probably also 441 00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:13,920 like to another funny quote that I think is funny at least in that movie is I made my 442 00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:28,280 family disappear like it's like when also when he goes up into the attic they're like 443 00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:35,440 oh I don't want to go up into the attic it's scary man there's cobwebs there's all of this 444 00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:43,720 the mom was not emotionally intelligent enough to I have several hot takes on home alone but 445 00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:51,360 the mom was not emotionally intelligent enough to say hey okay I'm sorry there's not like 446 00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:59,760 even trying to settle the emotional damage like it's like it might not it's like you're 447 00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:08,800 going out there type type of deal I forget like what the exact words were but there was 448 00:59:08,800 --> 00:59:19,400 no emotion on her side and maybe it was emotion but it was all the wrong type of emotion the 449 00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:26,640 one time I felt like she did here like Kevin is when he's like oh I don't want to sleep 450 00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:31,920 with him he's going is it actually me what what is it called when people like med what 451 00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:39,200 but anyway there's like a specific to him for it he doesn't want to sleep with his one 452 00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:46,760 cousin it's home alone is sometimes a very interesting movie because you have all these 453 00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:53,240 different events that take place but I feel like the one time that she actually did listen 454 00:59:53,240 --> 01:00:03,160 to him is when he said hey I don't want to sleep with him because of this and yes it 455 01:00:03,160 --> 01:00:08,080 was like a fed up type of emotion like it's like fine you don't have to sleep I will find 456 01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:14,640 someone else this take his place and there might be some people that have different hot 457 01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:20,040 takes on this like whether she was a good mom or whether she was a bad mom I don't think 458 01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:28,560 that she was that good of a mom honestly because when she's on the plane and she's like I'm 459 01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:35,920 forgetting my son am I a bad mom if you have to ask that question you probably are plus 460 01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:41,200 you've got your kid she's not supposed to be home alone like I mean I know that's the 461 01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:48,440 whole plot of the movie but she could have noticed a little bit more notice what was 462 01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:55,800 going on a little bit more emotionally and no one ever did they're like oh like you're 463 01:00:55,800 --> 01:01:02,360 incompetent you're this you're no one wants you blah blah blah and so even there's one 464 01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:06,920 scene in the movie where he has all these different people like telling them different 465 01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:13,240 things like oh he'll never make it he'll never do this and sometimes when you have all those 466 01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:21,680 voices you actually believe it to be true so I just think that Kevin McAllister was another 467 01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:29,880 Christmas character that was just heavily misunderstood yesterday have some anger management 468 01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:39,480 problems yes but also if people would have just taken a look inside and then like look 469 01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:46,560 I'm sorry that I never really gave you the time of day I'm sorry that I never did this 470 01:01:46,560 --> 01:01:57,960 whatever it is because they always expected Kevin to be the bigger person and rise above 471 01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:23,360 even things that weren't necessarily his fault so I just I truly believe that with everything 472 01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:44,280 in me he's one hot take and I'll just kind of 473 01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:51,000 and I'll just like end with this they say that buddy the elf was a danger to the other 474 01:02:51,000 --> 01:03:00,440 elf I don't know I feel like this is a proper and this might like just like nature versus 475 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:07,480 nurture debate it's kind of you know the whole scenario of this one individual and she goes 476 01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:15,880 to like he thought he was like I'm a cotton-headed knitting muggins that he couldn't do anything 477 01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:25,200 perfectly but then he makes like this whole like elaborate landscape of and some of the 478 01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:33,720 things I did not know is this that's really interesting to like mom's like oh this is 479 01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:42,560 a light bright this is this and I'm just like okay like that's nice um but he could make 480 01:03:42,560 --> 01:03:52,240 this whole thing at Gimbal's and just kind of run with it and he literally like I think 481 01:03:52,240 --> 01:04:01,720 he had some biz going on like he was up on Joey yeah Joey like you know maybe maybe not 482 01:04:01,720 --> 01:04:17,160 the best first but you know I feel like he had some the other thing too is people I there's 483 01:04:17,160 --> 01:04:27,520 so many hot takes with this one so he ended up in the bag from that orphanage okay how 484 01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:34,800 did Santa not know that he was in the bag if he's supposed to know every single thing 485 01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:44,240 that goes down like how did he literally not know that he was in the stocking one second 486 01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:53,880 of all just because he had was buddy the only place that had like these buddy diapers was 487 01:04:53,880 --> 01:05:03,160 that only like the orphanage that had these diapers like how do you know that um I do 488 01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:08,320 think that he was a danger to the other elves but I don't think it was like an intentional 489 01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:18,680 thing um also people were nice to him just because of like necessity not because they 490 01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:26,240 necessarily because I would like to buddy on so many different levels um like I'm gonna 491 01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:32,720 be behind on quota a little bit this year you know totally get that but if he can make 492 01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:39,800 that whole thing at this whole presentation at Gimbal's I feel like he really went off 493 01:05:39,800 --> 01:05:49,760 and that was kind of and he was like so his novelty is like so funny um sometimes you 494 01:05:49,760 --> 01:05:57,040 know like oh are you an elf are you and I don't know if he even knew like what sarcasm 495 01:05:57,040 --> 01:06:07,120 was but he was like oh well I got a restraining order so it worked out pretty well I don't 496 01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:13,600 necessarily think I think that they should have went and found his parents I don't I 497 01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:21,800 don't know if he should have spent his whole life at like the North Pole don't really think 498 01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:35,560 that he should have but because I feel like he was developmentally delayed because of 499 01:06:35,560 --> 01:06:44,680 that and like his child child development um so I you know but I also feel like with 500 01:06:44,680 --> 01:06:50,200 that old scenario I kind of jumped around and went into so many different bunny holes 501 01:06:50,200 --> 01:07:01,400 but with all of this being said another whole story that this dad gives his daughter a car 502 01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:06,600 and he says hey go take it to this place so she takes it to this other one place and I 503 01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:10,280 think it might be like a Facebook marketplace or something and they say it's like because 504 01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:17,360 it has dents and scratches it's but it's an antique car that it's only worth like $100 505 01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:22,640 she goes to this other place and it is a thousand she goes to a car dealership it's worth more 506 01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:31,640 and it's all about knowing your value right so with that being said buddy really didn't 507 01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:42,920 have a whole lot of value and his self deprecating tendencies came from that value that that 508 01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:48,680 misplace value that he had because he was saying okay well everybody else has these 509 01:07:48,680 --> 01:07:54,840 other talents and sometimes we compare ourselves to others and and I think that was part of 510 01:07:54,840 --> 01:08:00,720 his problem too like he was comparing himself to these people that maybe have done it longer 511 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:09,520 than he has um maybe had a higher degree whatever the case is in in elf school you don't have 512 01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:22,040 higher degrees but you know what I mean and hopefully you do anyway so I think that he 513 01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:29,400 should have they should have tried to find the orphanage as but it would have the storyline 514 01:08:29,400 --> 01:08:35,120 would have been complete the plot would have been completely lost if you didn't say I've 515 01:08:35,120 --> 01:08:44,240 been with both so that's a whole another thing but I feel like he did have those special 516 01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:51,040 talents all along it was just where he was appreciated and where he he thrived he thrived 517 01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:59,720 in this world where he could be himself where he like actually knew his interests knew his 518 01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:05,640 goals and I will find that that's true for most people when they actually know who they 519 01:09:05,640 --> 01:09:16,280 are they can thrive in that kind of setting in that environment for instance I sometimes 520 01:09:16,280 --> 01:09:23,240 when you look at other people they are great with certain things they are and sometimes 521 01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:29,040 because I am good with crafts people's like oh you can build a bookshelf I can't do that 522 01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:35,800 maybe if I took the time and actually wanted to become more invested in it maybe I could 523 01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:41,120 maybe it's a math thing maybe it's always different topics there are some things that 524 01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:47,320 I know my limits there are some other things that yes I probably should give myself more 525 01:09:47,320 --> 01:09:56,760 credit where credit is due and that's literally something like I do have great group of people 526 01:09:56,760 --> 01:10:04,440 I work with now and in like a healthy work environment so there are certain aspects of 527 01:10:04,440 --> 01:10:13,200 myself that I can kind of like thrive when I'm doing the work that I was and like I 528 01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:19,440 say maybe it's not like a long term goal that I have to be in this position but I can still 529 01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:31,480 thrive where I'm at right now whereas before there were some jobs that I felt like I was 530 01:10:31,480 --> 01:10:41,560 just disappointing people at every different turn and so I wasn't able to thrive so it 531 01:10:41,560 --> 01:10:47,240 all depends on where you're placed and when you know your worth and you know what you 532 01:10:47,240 --> 01:10:52,360 are capable of even like some people they're like oh you need to give yourself more credit 533 01:10:52,360 --> 01:11:08,240 even people I work with because you can be great at these different options I am yeah 534 01:11:08,240 --> 01:11:28,360 so I definitely definitely think that that is where I stand on that topic and with just 535 01:11:28,360 --> 01:11:38,640 like elf and different hot takes this holiday season so if you want me to do another hot 536 01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:43,720 take if you want like mental health and the holidays if you want different opportunities 537 01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:55,480 that I can look into for you I would be more than happy to like do a podcast on that but 538 01:11:55,480 --> 01:12:03,520 as always have a great one and like I say this episode should go up on the 6th of December 539 01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:28,780 so yeah see ya so yay done!