1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,160 We got a brand new donut box streaming for you. 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,080 We know that your house probably feels like a zoo. 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,440 Because you have the in-moss aunts and cousins too. 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,920 Just know that the boys at donut box are praying for you. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,080 Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, oh no. 6 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,280 It's Uncle Joe. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,240 He's a rather unsavory fellow. 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,080 Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, your mom. 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:35,200 Just showed up with Tom and your dad and your dad and your dad is glad to get rid of her lying, cheating, ass. 10 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:47,600 Hi, I'm Michael and I'm Chris and this is our annual Christmas edition of the Donut Box podcast. 11 00:00:47,600 --> 00:01:03,520 Merry Chrysler. 12 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,600 All right man, well it's Christmas, Christmas episode. 13 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,120 Man, can't see it with the weird Santa on it. 14 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,200 But there you go. 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,040 But you gotta say man, it's Christmas. 16 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,720 Yeah, it's actually Christmas when we're dropping this episode. 17 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,160 So Merry Christmas to everyone. 18 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,320 We hope that you are enjoying Christmas with your families and friends. 19 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:29,600 And we have a special Christmas episode for you guys. 20 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:35,600 But it wouldn't be Christmas without us giving thanks to all of our listeners and supporters. 21 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,640 We want to shout out to all those listening to International. 22 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,480 Yeah, we had a new listener in Barbados. 23 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:43,520 So welcome aboard. 24 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:51,200 We want to shout out our people in Canada, in Australia, over there in Africa, over there in the UK, 25 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:57,120 England, Ireland, France, Russia, Belgium, Germany. 26 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:58,560 Where else we got people listening? 27 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,200 Stateside. 28 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:03,920 Man, Stateside, Iowa, Ohio, OHIO, Ohio. 29 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:06,560 Yeah, aren't you impressed? 30 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,760 I was able to spell that. 31 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:08,080 Wow. 32 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,280 Washington, Oregon, California on the west coast. 33 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:12,880 Of course, our home state of Texas. 34 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,880 We got a shout out to Texas, especially the 806 area. 35 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,880 Gotta love them folks over there and all across Texas. 36 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,240 And all across the South, Georgia, Florida as well. 37 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,560 Man, even up into the Northeast, man, we got listeners all over. 38 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:29,760 We appreciate you all. 39 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,120 Virginia, man, love you guys. 40 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,360 We do, we do for sure, for sure, man. 41 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,600 And we are so thankful. 42 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:43,200 And so we're going to go ahead and kick off this holly jolly Christmas with our first segment, 43 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,640 which is the old fashioned donut, which is a story from our past. 44 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:47,520 Now we have a couple. 45 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,040 We've talked about these before. 46 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,520 Do you want to talk about the Christmas parties first or the Grinch? 47 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,200 Oh, I'm going to go with what I'm salty about and then we'll finish off with something. 48 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:57,680 Okay. 49 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,000 Yeah, that was pretty fun and pretty cool. 50 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,520 But yeah, so let's start off with the Grinch play. 51 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:04,480 Do it, bro. 52 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:10,000 Do it, bro, man, so if you remember in previous episodes, we talked about a very particular 53 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,280 person that I didn't care for. 54 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,720 And it was a play director. 55 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:20,800 And there was a lot of, as we used to say back when I was a kid, there was a lot of 56 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,080 politics going on. 57 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:22,960 No, I'm joking. 58 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:28,800 But there was a lot of church politics going on and a very prominent member who had been 59 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:33,600 going there for a while actually left a husband and there was a whole situation. 60 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:40,320 And ended up, okay, that's no longer who your theater director is any longer. 61 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,280 And the person who took over was a really, really bad person. 62 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,040 What did we call her in that episode? 63 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,000 I don't even remember. 64 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,200 We'll call her Jessica. 65 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:49,840 That's what we'll call her. 66 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:50,720 All right, Jessica. 67 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:56,000 So the thing is, this lady here, she was just, she was really rude, mean. 68 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,760 She didn't really like me for some reason too. 69 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:06,240 And so long story short, we get into the beef a little bit more as this goes on. 70 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,080 But there was this play and it was her first major play and it was the Christmas play. 71 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:15,120 And if you know anything about churches and especially churches at this era, now we've 72 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:16,080 talked about this too. 73 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,960 Our church that we went to was actually kind of cutting edge. 74 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,600 Like I feel like every church has a Christmas production, but these were supposed to be 75 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:25,600 like cutting edge, different productions. 76 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:27,360 Wouldn't you say so? 77 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:33,040 Like they were supposed to be like kind of not the traditional just Jesus in a manger. 78 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:33,600 Yeah. 79 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:39,760 It was like this was our first ever secular, I guess you would say, play where we introduced 80 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,720 secular ideas or secular movies and tied them into biblical principles. 81 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,160 And a lot of churches do that now. 82 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:52,480 Some churches have now called a sermon series at the movies where they dive into 83 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:58,080 the big movies and then they preach a sermon out of or preach biblical truths. 84 00:04:58,080 --> 00:04:59,520 But anyways, I digress. 85 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,200 So go ahead and get back on track. 86 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:02,640 So pretty much what happened. 87 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:10,240 The, you know, we auditioned and pretty much the audition, I feel like I nailed the audition. 88 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:15,280 And the play was the Grinch that stole Christmas and the movie production that they were going 89 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:17,360 to tie it into was not the cartoon version. 90 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,360 It was the Jim Carrey Grinch. 91 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,680 And I'll be honest with you. 92 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:27,520 So what I thought at the time, and I still think this to this day, if you're going to try to tie 93 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:32,160 that in, right, don't you want the Grinch to be as Jim Carrey like as possible? 94 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:37,360 Because I'm just going to let you know in this play, there was live action scenes. 95 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:38,720 Then there was preaching. 96 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:44,000 And then on the big screens, they would actually show like a scene from the Jim Carrey Grinch 97 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:44,720 movie. 98 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:45,040 Right. 99 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,920 So it would just be like, I remember one of them was, you know, the scene where they're 100 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:55,360 going down the hill with all the gifts, Max and the Grinch, you know, in this way and all that. 101 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:56,880 I remember that being one of the scenes. 102 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:04,080 But I just remember it being, I don't really remember what the principal was, man. 103 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,280 Do you do you really remember what the principal was behind it? 104 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:09,120 I remember what the tie in was. 105 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:14,640 The tie in was that even if bad things have happened in your past, like they were using 106 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,920 the story of how the Grinch had a lot of hurt and all that stuff. 107 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:23,600 But you can still come back to Jesus and Jesus cares about your hurts and Jesus can help you 108 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,160 out with that. 109 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,400 And even if you've had something bad happening in your past or people hurt you in your past, 110 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,520 don't let that keep you from celebrating the joy of Christ. 111 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,120 Maybe I was too sour to remember. 112 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,960 Anyways, so what happened? 113 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:42,240 I just, you know, I auditioned for it and I was, Chris saw, you know, because I practiced 114 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,000 my audition in front of him. 115 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,880 How Jim Carrey like would you say my Grinch was at the time? 116 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:47,840 It was pretty good. 117 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:51,280 It was definitely better than the person that they picked to do it. 118 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:57,040 And I'm just going to go, I know you're getting there, but the church kind of cheapened out on 119 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,720 the costume for the Grinch. 120 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,000 Like now there's like full on Grinch costumes that look legit. 121 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:08,560 This was a green monkey suit that was dyed and the guy's nose was painted like black. 122 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,080 He looked like a flamingo. 123 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:11,760 That's what he looked like. 124 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:12,880 A green flamingo. 125 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:13,680 That's what he looked like. 126 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:14,720 But anyways, I'll digress. 127 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,400 Yeah, it was a gorilla outfit and I remember they painted it. 128 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,000 It wasn't like a Grinch green. 129 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,760 I remember it was like almost a, it was a brighter green. 130 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:27,280 I wouldn't say quite neon green, but it was kind of more that shade. 131 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:27,840 Wasn't it? 132 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,480 Like, I mean, it wasn't like Grinch green. 133 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,400 It was a little lighter than that for sure. 134 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:43,760 Anyways, so pretty much I was supposed to get the role and this guy, the guy who got the part, 135 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:49,920 he basically used to act a bunch and kind of got out of it and he was in the military, went all over 136 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:51,200 the place, whatnot. 137 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:56,160 Not a bad guy, nothing against him, but all of a sudden, you know, he just was interested and 138 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,720 like pretty much the part was mine till he stepped in there. 139 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:00,240 So I became the understudy. 140 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:06,640 Well, understudy is was, it was pretty dumb because like I never got to actually do the, 141 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:07,120 the actual. 142 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,920 So pretty much what happened out of pity, they were like, we're going to give you, 143 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,200 and like you got to think the Grinch is the main person, right? 144 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,320 And so then they relegate me to, okay, you got just, I think it was what two or three, no, 145 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,720 it was three lines, you got three lines. 146 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:28,320 And I was Cindy Lou who's dad, which made no sense because one, I've got a baby face 147 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:30,720 and I was 16 at the time. 148 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:36,320 So I probably look like I was a big behind 12 year old that was happened to be six foot five. 149 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:41,600 The person who was portraying my wife, she was like in her fifties. 150 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,280 Like you remember that? 151 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:48,160 Yeah, it was kind of weird because she was in her fifties and it did, the casting did not, 152 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:49,760 was not great. 153 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:56,640 I'm going to pause you right here because I also auditioned for the play and they originally 154 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,320 offered me the part of the mayor. 155 00:08:58,320 --> 00:08:59,680 I don't know what it is. 156 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:05,600 I guess I just attract the roles of being like the straight laced guy or like the mayor or the guy 157 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,920 that's like in charge, but I'm like a super tight wad. 158 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,520 Those are all the roles I've ever gotten. 159 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:18,640 So I don't know what it is about my personality that attracts that, but anyways, and I remember 160 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,720 being like, eh, I don't know. 161 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:25,760 And as we talked about in the last podcast, I was dating that girl at the time. 162 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:27,920 And so I was just not really in it to begin with. 163 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,520 So then I was like, oh yeah, I'm not going to be the mayor. 164 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,520 And then I said, oh yeah, I'm interested in being the mayor. 165 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,200 They're like, well, we would cast the part. 166 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:40,320 So you're going to run spotlight, which I was cool because I was like in the crow's nest, 167 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:41,280 which was kind of cool. 168 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,320 But anyways, go ahead. 169 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,840 So I just remember the biggest thing that was going to happen. 170 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:54,880 Basically how this church went, it was we had two services and really nobody would show up to 171 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:55,520 the early service. 172 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:59,120 When I say nobody, like I wouldn't say nobody, but what would you say? 173 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,960 Maybe half crowd if that. 174 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:01,280 Yeah. 175 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:07,280 It's definitely the prime timers and your old faithful people, but everybody pretty much 176 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,760 went to the later service, 11 o'clock. 177 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,720 I will tell you the golden time for churches between nine and 11. 178 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,320 So that's probably why other people went at 11 or 10. 179 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:19,600 I don't remember what time it was. 180 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,000 Yeah, I don't remember either nowadays. 181 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:28,000 But I'll say this, how it kind of was treated was almost like the, you know, in theater, 182 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,640 you know, the 11 a.m. was the matinee, right? 183 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:36,960 You know, the 8 a.m. or whatever the early service was, that was your almost your practice run. 184 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:42,240 And so I told Chris, because I was pretty disgruntled at this point with my lines. 185 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:48,000 And if you remember the Grinch movie or you've seen the Grinch, you know, of course, there is 186 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:53,120 a scene where Cindy Lou who's dad goes on this whole rant and he says, I'm glad. 187 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,120 I'm glad because, you know, basically the mayor's just been rating his daughter, right? 188 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,040 And there's a whole scene where he's talking about, you know, I'm glad she did what she did 189 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,040 and brought the Grinch down and all this other stuff. 190 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:08,320 So Chris and I had talked about it and I said, you know, I'm going to because this lady hated, 191 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:16,160 hated ad-libbing, like do not ad-lib, like stick to the script to a T or she is going to be 192 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:17,200 agitated at you. 193 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:23,040 And I just remember I was like, you know what, I'm going to ad-lib this puppy. 194 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:29,040 And I remember I went and it's like, and so of course you're doing the run with not too many 195 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,520 people and I'm sitting here going, I'm glad. 196 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:40,000 You know, I'm glad and full on, you know, said it in the dry run. 197 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,600 And I just remember she, you know, everything finished up. 198 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:44,240 It was fine. 199 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:50,960 And basically what I said is something like I'm going to vote for the, like I'm going to 200 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,760 run for mayor next year and vote for me because you're corrupt, something like I went into this 201 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,800 whole like political rant about the mayor. 202 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:07,040 And I just remember that choir director or not the choir director, the theater director, 203 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:12,640 she literally just started praying and she was like, she was like, there's just demonic forces 204 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,160 trying to break up this play. 205 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:18,960 And I was just like, is she talking about me just because I ad-lib some like, you know, 206 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,960 oh, it was something else, bro. 207 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:22,960 I was, I just remember being so mad. 208 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:28,960 But just like with that one email that I chickened out and said, you know what, I shouldn't do that. 209 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:34,960 When it came to the actual like big show where the pastor was sitting in the front row, I felt too bad. 210 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,960 And I was like, I'm not going to ad-lib hindsight 2020. 211 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:38,960 Go for it. Why not? 212 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:40,960 I should have went on the political rant the second time. 213 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:45,920 He told me, he said, I just looked at Pastor Bowen's base and I couldn't let that man down. 214 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,920 I just feel like he'd be so disappointed in me if I did that. 215 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,960 And I was like, Pastor Bowen wouldn't have known if it was in the script or not. 216 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,960 You might have got a chuckle. You might have got a laugh. 217 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,960 Oh, I'm sure there would have been a lot of chuckles. 218 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:02,960 I'm sure it'd have been funny as mess because I mean, that's definitely not a part of the movie or the script or anything. 219 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:05,920 So it was, it was a pretty funny moment. 220 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,920 But I just remember she just being like, yeah, there's demonic forces. 221 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,920 She's just like, she talking about me because I ad-lib a little bit. 222 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:19,920 I don't know, man. I just remember running the spotlight and I was like, oh, yeah, this is the easiest job I've ever had because you got to be up in the crow's nest. 223 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:25,920 So there's the sound booth. And if you've ever been to anywhere, the sound booth is already in a high spot. 224 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,920 But the crow's nest was on top of the sound booth. 225 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,920 So you were like on top of the thing. Nobody could see you. You could see everybody. 226 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,920 Yeah, you had to go to the ladder. 227 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,920 And you were like, I was bought. Yeah, you got to climb up a ladder. I was by myself. 228 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:45,920 So like the whole time while I was waiting on my cues, I was just hanging out on my phone chilling. 229 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:55,920 It was an easy job. I'm glad. Although hindsight, 2020, I would have rather have taken the line or taken the part because me and Micah could add a lot of fun with it. 230 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,920 But we probably would have got kicked out. 231 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,920 All I know too, last note on it is boy, they kicked me up with some makeup. 232 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:07,920 Like, I know we were supposed to look like who's all I say is this one of my moments that I've been in. 233 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:19,920 This one of my moments that I just hate about my life that I'm just like, I can't believe I did that was I stood on stage with everybody else singing. 234 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:26,920 Well, the bad part about that was it was awkward. Like it was just every it was like the most awkward thing. 235 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:31,920 It wasn't like natural. Like the movie, there wasn't like any music playing. 236 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:39,920 They were singing acapella and it was very awkward. And I remember just be like, yep, I'm glad I'm not a part of this. 237 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,920 And the like we had a sway back and forth and like people were off. 238 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,920 I remember some of the people were off. 239 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:52,920 So it like the swaying didn't look good. Trust me, there was a screen in the back to where you could see what's going like how you look on screen. 240 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,920 So you're looking right at yourself too. 241 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,920 And you're going, man, this looks pretty darn bad. 242 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:03,920 Anyways, so we've talked about that for a good minute. Do you want to move on to just real quickly? 243 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,920 Do you want to move on to some of the Christmas parties we used to have as a youth group? 244 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:19,920 Yeah, we'll make it real quick. And we've talked about this before, primarily the one where Micah got stood up, but we would have a Christmas banquet every December for our youth. 245 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:26,920 But the thing was you had to pay to go to the Christmas banquet because they would always have it somewhere nice like the, I don't remember. 246 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:28,920 I remember one year it was like T bones. 247 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,920 But here's the thing that I don't really understand. 248 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:38,920 Do you remember anything that they did at the Christmas banquet at all other than getting dressed up and eating food? 249 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:39,920 Do you remember anything? 250 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:46,920 It was almost like, I wouldn't say it's an award ceremony, but if you remember it was a lot of how do I put this? 251 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:59,920 Like I remember one year our cell group, like Tony's group, like they came up there and they'd like honored us for like washing the fire trucks and like doing all the other like service stuff that we did. 252 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,920 You know, the typical like, oh, you did so great. 253 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:07,920 You know, trying to hype you up, but it really don't mean too much kind of thing. 254 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:09,920 I don't remember getting any awards. 255 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:17,920 Like it wasn't like an award like basically they just brought us up there and they just had the whole room clap for us and we went back and sat down. 256 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:24,920 It was like stuff like that or it was like they would share pictures of okay, we went on this mission trip. 257 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:29,920 They were like recap stuff and then I remember one year it was like we all knew it was coming. 258 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:38,920 But we've talked about this youth pastor, but he went and started another church and we all knew that he was going to leave and like he was going to name a successor. 259 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,920 And I remember like he used the Christmas party one year to do that. 260 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:49,920 So that's the only other thing that I really remember besides eating and like we would take pictures of like us as a group. 261 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:50,920 Oh, and that's the other thing. 262 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:56,920 It was all formal like you had to dress really formal suit and I don't. 263 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,920 I do remember they would give out some gifts, but the gifts weren't that good. 264 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:05,920 Like I remember it one year it was a book that they gave out called do hard things, which was okay. 265 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:11,920 And then I think they gave out that thumb drive that you actually found the other day right. 266 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:16,920 I couldn't believe I found that that was very it was from 2009. 267 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:23,920 Yeah, they gave us this little thumb drive and it even had the little youth group logo on there and it still had sermons from the time bro. 268 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:32,920 I actually I hate to digress and I know we're taking some time out that but I kid you not there was that and then there was I call them guilt tripping videos. 269 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:51,920 But like there was to the to the music of cast away it was like very early almost YouTube videos of what YouTube used to be of just, you know, are you real Christian and it's just like, you know, that real somber music in the background with like images of Christ the cross kind of stuff. 270 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:56,920 You know, it was very interesting going through that that flash drive from oh no, I'll tell you that. 271 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:18,920 I bet you it was hold on there was a folder on there and I got to see what it was what it was labeled but it was it said something thoughts but it was spelled T H O T S and I was like thoughts oh brave hearted thoughts and I was like but it was not spelled dots like the thought you think it was spelled thoughts like T H O T. 272 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:42,920 Oh, bro that did not well. Um, yeah, it didn't. I remember every year though I always was like oh yeah this is going to be the year that I asked somebody to go to Christmas banquet with me and never did but but at the same time I was like I'm not because the tickets were like 50 bucks and I was like I'm not spending 100 bucks to take somebody to this lane Christmas bank. 273 00:18:42,920 --> 00:19:00,920 I made the mistake of I made the mistake of we've talked about this before but I made the mistake of inviting a gal one time who stood me up and like we talked about before and yeah that was expensive and I remember showing up and man that youth pastor looked me dead in the face was like what's wrong it's Christmas. 274 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:22,920 I told him what happened and she goes oh cheer up and I said so I can get a refund he goes oh no. I was like yeah you don't get a refund that's not going to happen. Just like dang. And you got to think like 100 bucks with kids that don't have a job like I mean that's hard to scrape up like that's not easy so. 275 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:29,920 That's still a lot right now and I have a job. Yeah that's true. That's true. A decent well paying job and that's still a lot. 276 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:50,920 So I got to I got to say about the other day I had two dates right that was one year. Well I can't say I had two dates I had two dates lined up one bailed the other one actually went with me and she went to my middle school and high school like she went to the school like to school with me too. 277 00:19:50,920 --> 00:20:07,920 And I just remember asking her and immediately immediately her group leader was like I'm chaperoning and like another another guy from the youth group is like yeah me too. And I just remember they're like we're going to drive you in everything and I was just like OK why. 278 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:25,920 Get it. OK interesting stuff man. Well we're going to move into our next segment and our next segment is called will it tradition. Now we're going to talk about some of our favorite traditions. Sadly Micah's parents know they weren't Jehovah's Witnesses but they didn't really celebrate Christmas. 279 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:41,920 So Mike doesn't really have a lot of Christmas traditions but we want to talk about some of our favorite traditions and maybe some things that are not Christmas traditions that we think we should make Christmas traditions. So what are I will let you share. 280 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:48,920 Are there any now that you're like married and out of the house or there any Christmas traditions that you do like or do enjoy. 281 00:20:48,920 --> 00:21:06,920 Is as weird as it sounds. It's actually not that weird. Like I don't know why I say it's weird but like my wife and I like to get different pajamas every year like Christmas pajamas to like spend Christmas in like pick them out for each other and like gift them to each other kind of thing. 282 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:17,920 Question. Are they matching pajamas or no. No. No they're not matching pajamas like for instance this year. You know I like I like Texas Tech right. So she got me like Texas Tech like sweatpants. 283 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:29,920 Like a comfortable shirt you know to go with that kind of deal and I got her some like comfy pants and a comfortable shirt as well. Like but they weren't matching in any way. 284 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:41,920 They were just you know we just know each other style kind of thing and so we just picked them out for each other like oh I think they'd like this. Yeah for sure. That's a that's pretty cool. 285 00:21:41,920 --> 00:22:01,920 I think one that I enjoyed as a kid and this is like we had a couple of traditions but this is the one that's like my favorite or the one that really sticks out to me is we have this and we got it when probably what I was like four or five it's like a 3D nativity set to help preschoolers learn the Christmas story. 286 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:16,920 And in each slot there's a little book and each with and it's like in the shape of a character from the Christmas story but it's a book it's like a three page book and so you read it from like that character's perspective on the Christmas story and everybody in the family gets to pick a character 287 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:34,920 but the only rule is you can't pick baby Jesus until the last person goes right and so or there's no more left and so it's fun for us to all read the book even though it's like a little three page book and it's dumb it's it's fun for us but we enjoy that tradition. 288 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:41,920 Is there any traditions that you're like oh yes I think we should make this a Christmas tradition. I'll say this. 289 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:52,920 And of course this is not really an entire family settings but more in like work environments. I like white elephant or you know nasty Christmas or whatever you call it right. 290 00:22:52,920 --> 00:23:10,920 I think that's a really good way of gift giving especially unless you're like doing it with Michael Scott and he buys an iPod you know office reference but you know I really think that that is a pretty cool tradition and a way to you know give gifts to each 291 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:22,920 other because I don't know I think the traditional gift giving process could have a lot of flaws but it kind of works out and it's pretty fun like I mean it's kind of fun to steal other things and go I don't want my 292 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:29,920 and stolen and you know you have to kind of think about the rules of the game kind of thing and I don't know it's fun I like that. 293 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:40,920 What makes it more fun is so our small group does this at church where we do that but you can't buy the gift you have to like bring something from your house. 294 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:53,920 So it's so I think that's like kind of a cool thing because not everybody can go out and spend 1020 bucks right like a Michael Scott but like if you bring something from your house it's pretty cool and then the second year that we did it 295 00:23:53,920 --> 00:24:08,920 people would bring back stuff from last year so it was like oh yeah it's been a whole year it's like oh yeah that was here last time so before you know it four or five years and like four or five people have used the same mug it's like the traveling mug around the house 296 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:27,920 or something around how so they actually the smaller players actually have a funny story so one year for I guess the dirty Santa Yankee swap whatever you want to call it someone gate or someone gave a Hillary Clinton nutcracker and apparently the tradition became it's like 297 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:39,920 that's what someone to bring every year for the white elephant so a got passed around to the whole family so it was it's funny it's funny yeah that's pretty great. 298 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:46,920 I think, and this is just because it's the Texan in me, I think we should eat brisket on Christmas. 299 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:55,920 I think we should you know another tradition I really like is tamales around Christmas, you know families making tamales and things like that. 300 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,920 I don't know they're great this time of year. 301 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:18,920 Yeah, one tradition I do like and we've really never done it is going to the movies on Christmas Day like I think that's fun to me personally but my tradition instead of going to the movies on Christmas Day traditionally every other year it's been going to the airport and flying out on Christmas Day 302 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,920 because it's cheaper to fly out on Christmas Day ladies and gentlemen. 303 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:31,920 And not just that but tell me if I'm wrong it's also a lot less packed for versus the you know the 26 and 27 everybody flying back then or the 24th. 304 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:49,920 Yeah, I so I told and only wrestling fans will get this me and my wife are starting this new tradition this year where we're watching Russell mania 24 on Christmas Eve and that is the wrestle mania where it's Rick flares last official match 305 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:55,920 and versus Shawn Michaels and it's like one of the best matches in my opinion. 306 00:25:55,920 --> 00:26:11,920 So we're like oh yeah we got to watch that and then we do watch leading up to Christmas we do watch the Harry Potter movie so that has become a tradition of ours you know and it's that's kind of an interesting one of it's kind of I wouldn't say it's arguable but I've heard a lot of people say oh there's 307 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:20,920 more Halloween movies I've heard now it's more of a Christmas movie I think it has elements of both so I mean it's it's pretty cool. 308 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,920 Another. 309 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:32,920 I'm an office fan hence the office reference a few moments ago, but I like watching all the office Christmas episodes. 310 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:46,920 I don't know why but mine my favorite one is the Moroccan Christmas where they try to check Meredith into the alcohol rehab center against a will I have no clue why that was my favorite one but there you go. 311 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,920 Yeah, that's very interesting. 312 00:26:48,920 --> 00:27:01,920 It is definitely an interesting one and their Christmas episodes are always the one that also stands out in my mind is when Phyllis wanted to become Santa I think that's one of the later seasons. 313 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:09,920 But Michael Scott is like happy birthday Jesus sorry your party so late. 314 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,920 Like I felt that way before. 315 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:23,920 That's some Christmas Eve services for sure now again I know that you I don't know why Micah's parental units didn't really celebrate Christmas. 316 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:33,920 But are you a fan of opening your presence on Christmas Eve Christmas Day or opening only one gift on Christmas Eve. 317 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:46,920 What are you a fan of you know I actually like the combination of both so my wife's family who love celebrating Christmas with them, but pretty much. 318 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:59,920 So her parents have gifts kind of set aside that they'll do on the on Christmas morning kind of have your own personal like intimate family like OK extra gifts on Christmas Day. 319 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:15,920 But then primary with the family like with everybody you get gifts on the 24th like but yeah I don't know so a little bit of both and I kind of like the way that that's done you know it feels nice you know no one OK tomorrow morning it's going to be kind of. 320 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:24,920 You know with the in laws and with your wife and you know you kind of have those gifts kind of set aside and kind of have more of that. 321 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:37,920 One I wouldn't say one on one but just closer together time that is the nice part because it is kind of awkward like opening gifts with your like that you've given to your wife or she's given to you like in front of the whole. 322 00:28:37,920 --> 00:29:06,920 Like I feel like it's not that it's like awkward but it's like you want that intimate time of just y'all to it so I totally get that it's kind of hard when you have your relatives all up in your grill going oh show it for the camera and you're like trying to have a moment with your wife or you know even even like your father in law right like you get gift for your father in law or mother in law and you know they're going to feel awkward to be like oh you know thanks to a certain point if everybody's looking at them you know. 323 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:12,920 Because it is I don't know why it's weird but it's kind of made weird you know I don't know. 324 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,920 Yeah apparently man apparently. 325 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:25,920 So yeah those are some traditions now I know that me and you on Thanksgiving we traditionally watch like Mari or Jerry Springer. 326 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:32,920 Is there a trash TV show that you would recommend our listeners watch on Christmas as part of a tradition. 327 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:40,920 If you can find them because they're becoming few and far between but TV trash can dot com has those to watch but I'll say this. 328 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:45,920 I for an eye like that's one of my favorite trashy shows of all time. 329 00:29:45,920 --> 00:30:01,920 Maybe it's just because it's incredibly fake but I really enjoy I for an eye to judge show or basically a court show or basically instead of money you know if somebody got their car busted up it's like I think you get take this bet and you get to go smash their windows. 330 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:17,920 And then all of a sudden it's it's a whole bunch of drummed up dry it's pretty good you can go watch it it's I like that one for Christmas cool means well we're going to move into our next segment and Mike a kind of reference it but is it a Christmas movie. 331 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:28,920 Now our first Christmas episode we talked about certain movies like is it a Christmas movie is it not a Christmas movie and we're not talking about die hard because die hard yes is a Christmas movie. 332 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:38,920 But we're going to talk about and we've already done some other Christmas or what's considered maybe Christmas movies and is it a Christmas movie or not. 333 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:45,920 So the first one is gremlins right gremlins do you think that gremlins is a Christmas movie. 334 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:59,920 I can see why it could be considered but for me no I just but then again I'm a little biased. I don't really like gremlins the movie it's kind of annoying to me. 335 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:12,920 Yeah they say that it is some people say that it's an anti Christmas movie as not only is it full of violence but it ruins the truth about Santa in a morbid way apparently. 336 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:23,920 But I mean Christmas is just kind of in the backdrop Christmas is not the focal point of the movie I feel like it just happens to take place around Christmas. 337 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:28,920 The Christmas is really not driving the storyline. 338 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,920 I feel like I don't think so either. 339 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:35,920 That's yeah I don't think I don't think it's a Christmas I don't think so either. 340 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:49,920 Right next one some people debate on whether is the nightmare before Christmas a Christmas movie is it a Halloween movie or is it a Christmas movie or is it both night before Christmas. 341 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,920 It's hard. 342 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:57,920 I would say it's more of a Christmas movie because I mean I get why it has Halloween aspects. 343 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:05,920 I mean Tim Burton is Tim Burton but I think it's it's a Christmas movie because it's based in Christmas. 344 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:11,920 I mean I would think it's based in Christmas more than yeah I think so personally. 345 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:19,920 I can't really say anything because I haven't really seen it that much but I guess it is. 346 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:25,920 I consider it more of a Halloween movie but that's just me man. 347 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:34,920 It's just it's just hard because for me anything really Tim Burton is going to have kind of that Halloween feel to it. 348 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,920 I don't know how to describe it. 349 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:37,920 Yeah for sure. 350 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:42,920 All right this next one and we kind of talked about it the Harry Potter movie specifically the first one. 351 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,920 Do you think that the Harry Potter movies should be considered Christmas movies. 352 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,920 I don't want to I don't want to sound nonchalant but like you know why not. 353 00:32:51,920 --> 00:33:01,920 I do because especially the first one like you're talking about it is kind of and I think watching it as a kid during that time. 354 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:09,920 You know the thought of snow Christmas and kind of that magical zone kind of yeah for sure for sure. 355 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:20,920 Here's what I I kind of had a beef with this as a kid like I didn't really understand British culture too much but it used to drive me nuts that they would say happy Christmas instead of Merry Christmas. 356 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,920 I was like why are you saying happy Christmas. 357 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:23,920 It's Merry Christmas. 358 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:30,920 I don't know why that was my beef but I mean yeah it is definitely different. 359 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,920 Yeah I don't know man. 360 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:46,920 I don't know why it just it feels very Christmas like I don't know why it does but it definitely you can almost make a case that the later it goes the less Christmas see they are but maybe that's just because the darker tones that happen. 361 00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:52,920 Yeah there's definitely no Christmas in the later ones because they just try not to die bro. 362 00:33:52,920 --> 00:34:06,920 They don't really care about Christmas at the first one it's like oh yeah they they yeah they they haven't happy times they give each other Christmas gifts you know it's all good but not not at the end. 363 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:15,920 All right this next one this next one is going to probably you're going to be like what why did that one even make the list lethal weapon which one the first one. 364 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:21,920 It's been a while since I've seen it was there was it somewhere sometime around Christmas or what. 365 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:30,920 So there is it is around Christmas but at the same time there's like Christmas trees and there's a Christmas tree shoot out and all that stuff. 366 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:38,920 I it kind of takes place in the background it's not really the driving point or the focal point of the movie. 367 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:42,920 Here's what constitutes and kind of goes where's the line is for me. 368 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:58,920 I honestly think if like say the plot line has it tied in of all we need to get this guy or do this before Christmas and like Christmas is like a focal point in the timeline of like we have to get this done before Christmas or whatever. 369 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:04,920 Then yeah sure it could be a Christmas movie right because it's directly related to Christmas. 370 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:12,920 That's why I do argue that diehard is a Christmas movie because if it wasn't for his wife's holiday Christmas party. 371 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,920 John McClain would never have been there right. 372 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:28,920 And so he's trying to save his wife right he's trying to save his marriage and save these people because they're taking over Christmas time and it's just not good but yeah couple movies will at Christmas. 373 00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:38,920 All right our next segment is so instead of saying what fries my donuts right because we typically said what fries our donuts about Christmas. 374 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:43,920 Let's be positive and say what are some of our favorite things about Christmas. 375 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,920 So Michael what are some of your favorite things about the Christmas season. 376 00:35:46,920 --> 00:36:03,920 I'll say this the spirit of giving is very high and you know this does sound I just like the fact that a lot of people are more happy this time of year like there is a contrary to that there is a lot of stress this time of year don't get me wrong. 377 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:24,920 But you know there's also that I was kind of telling Chris this to you know you get more time off of work work is kind of more lax for some brothers and retail brothers and sisters in retail I'm very sorry I've been there before I don't envy you and will be nice to you every time I'm in a store this time of year. 378 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:34,920 But you know right now my job is kind of at that lol so a lot of people are the same way. 379 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:42,920 So it's kind of nice to be able to take that time and reflect like it's for me I think that's probably one of the best things for me is just kind of being able. 380 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:47,920 And I don't know just kind of going back to the retail thing as well. 381 00:36:47,920 --> 00:37:03,920 There's been how many Christmases that we had to work thanksgiving as well right and it's only been the last few years really that we've been able to kick back at least myself been able to kick back and actually enjoy the holiday so it's still something I don't take for granted. 382 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:20,920 Yeah for sure I think there's again there's only a handful of times where I've been able to actually enjoy the Christmas holiday and I'm very blessed that the company I are starting out the company the church I work for is they give us the week after Christmas off. 383 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:37,920 And so which is very generous of them and so I get to enjoy that time with family and it's great and I just enjoy that now like Christmas EU services and stuff that is like it's not a lot of work for me but it is like a lot of work to be hospitable and hosting and all that stuff. 384 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:54,920 I think I just enjoy the time with family like I enjoy like watching watching Christmas movies with my wife I'm not really crazy about Christmas music or but like I enjoy decorating the tree I also enjoy like again like you said people are generous and like you don't have to get me a gift even when people 385 00:37:54,920 --> 00:38:06,920 just bring baked goods to the office like and then they're like hey Merry Christmas like I enjoy that because it's like hey like you didn't have to do that but like just the baked goods are good enough I don't need an actual gift. 386 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:20,920 And so I think it's just celebrating that I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt you said speaking of potlucks to that's one of my favorite parts about this time of year is potlucks and people bringing like an expansion of what Chris was saying baked goods. 387 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:39,920 You know just being able to I don't know the food's good this time of year I'll say that yeah I will say that the food is good and you know places and businesses are generous to where it's like hey like you know you're getting Christmas bonuses or hey that we're going to give you Christmas deals to buy stuff right. 388 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:58,920 But I think you know again you know we always say the main reason for the season right Jesus and celebrating it and you know I enjoy that and I enjoy just getting to be together and again it's not really like I love receiving gifts but it's not about the presents for me it's just getting to spend that time with family I enjoy that just so much. 389 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:12,920 You know more than the food more than all that stuff I just enjoy time with family getting to rest and relax and slow down a little bit and like Michael said I'm very fortunate to where I get some time off of work which is nice. 390 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:20,920 Yeah, and not something we're used to or something I'm still trying to get used to as well it's pretty pretty awesome. 391 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:32,920 You know another thing that I really enjoy is there's so much and this is going to you know this is coming there's so much good football this time of year. 392 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:45,920 There's so much good stuff to watch right now as far on that front so it's pretty it's pretty awesome you know the food's great there's so much to be thankful for and to love about this time of year. 393 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:56,920 And I'm starting to learn that a lot more and I don't know and you know this is a small note but after the blazer that it was this year down here I'm just glad for the cooler weather to. 394 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:57,920 Oh yeah. 395 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:03,920 Oh one more thing I do enjoy the movies that come out during Christmas because that's usually a good time for movies. 396 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:14,920 Oh man I this is some side note for off the podcast there's actually a movie that I want to see like go to the movie theater and see believe it or not besides colors of the fire moon. 397 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:15,920 Yeah well movie is it. 398 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,920 It's the International Space Station one. 399 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:18,920 Interesting enough. 400 00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:20,920 Well that's cool man. 401 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:25,920 Well we're going to is there anything else that you enjoy about Christmas before we move on. 402 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,920 No man I think we're going to move on. 403 00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:34,920 All right so we're going to move into our next segment which is the improv segment and that is the mystery donut. 404 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:45,920 So you know it's Christmas and Tis the season to be jolly and speaking of jolly we got the old guys at the coffee shop for Christmas. 405 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,920 So yeah I think that's self-explanatory. 406 00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:54,920 I'm going to let you jump in first my friend. 407 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:55,920 Merry Christmas. 408 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:56,920 Merry Christmas. 409 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:57,920 I'll tell you what. 410 00:40:57,920 --> 00:40:58,920 Jesus. 411 00:40:58,920 --> 00:40:59,920 Jesus. 412 00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:00,920 Don't take the lunatics. 413 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:01,920 I'll tell you what. 414 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,920 Everybody's following all these people on YouTube. 415 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,920 Tell you what they shouldn't follow. 416 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,920 Jesus Christ especially this time of year. 417 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,920 Yo yo yo yeah I'm over here. 418 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:18,920 My wife set me with these packages of cannolis to give out to you guys but I gotta be the bearer of bad news. 419 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:23,920 I kind of ate them on the way here so you're going to get thoughts and prayers for Christmas. 420 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:27,920 I'm sorry I ate your cannolis but I mean they were tempting me. 421 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:36,920 The other day I told Mr. John I say they were using the truck and they were driving very fast. 422 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:42,920 I don't know in the conversation with Mr. John where this is going. 423 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:47,920 I am just so excited for Christmas time. 424 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:48,920 Hold on is that the buzzer guy? 425 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:49,920 I love the buzzer guy. 426 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:59,920 Is the buzzer guy and I would appreciate if you did not interrupt me while I am trying to speak with you more on. 427 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:17,920 I am so excited for Christmas because my wife makes the best Christmas cookies and I am ready to eat Christmas cookies and watch Home Alone 2 Plus in New York. 428 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:20,920 Joe it's bitter. 429 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,920 I haven't seen you since the cancer one. 430 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,920 So what they got to do with the buzzer huh? 431 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:34,920 Hey at me with the buzzer how is your easy Othelianoma acting? 432 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:48,920 Sorry I had to clean up my stoma. 433 00:42:48,920 --> 00:43:12,920 I am going to watch the Macy's Christmas Day Parade this year. 434 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:27,920 I have been at Monanis for 45 years and just because Santa Claus on the back end of that parade don't mean that it is going to be Christmas time when that parade is happening. 435 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,920 This thing is getting on the line. 436 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:42,920 Oh what you talking about? 437 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:43,920 My family do. 438 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,920 My family work in because all you peckle words that come in because you forgot to burn the turkey. 439 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:51,920 You burn turkey, you come to my restaurant, you eat up all my chow mein and then you leave. 440 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:52,920 No tip. 441 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:53,920 No tip. 442 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,920 Are you supposed to say Merry Christmas with no tip? 443 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:56,920 Good day guys. 444 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:01,920 I don't think really what needs to happen is you need to say that. 445 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:03,920 That's my thought. 446 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:09,920 Really you bloke you really don't need to go there. 447 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:13,920 Twan it's just it's a good time of year isn't it? 448 00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,920 It's just a good time of year isn't it? 449 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:27,920 I think it's the reason I said he's the reason for the season and speaking of blessings. 450 00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:30,920 Can I bless you brothers with a Christmas prayer? 451 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,920 Hey my girl Wadita she would love a Christmas prayer man. 452 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:37,920 Listen ever since I I'm sorry go ahead and pray. 453 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:56,920 Father I thank you for these brothers I thank you that they're from the ghetto from the barrio from the trailer park from all little China from everywhere from the north to south the east and the west and we thank you Jesus for bringing your little son into the main. 454 00:44:56,920 --> 00:45:07,920 Well we thank you that because of the manger you grew up and you died on the cross and there ain't no cross without the Christmas tree. 455 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:09,920 So we thank you for the ornaments. 456 00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:11,920 We thank you for the jingle bells. 457 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:17,920 We thank you for the sleigh rides and we thank you for Santa Claus being born too. 458 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:30,920 So we pray for these brothers as they go about their Christmas and Lord if you put it on their heart to be generous that they write a check because I need a brand new mosaic Jesus. 459 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:31,920 Amen. 460 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,920 That was our improv. 461 00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:36,920 Yeah it's always a good time man. 462 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:37,920 Always a good time. 463 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:45,920 Well it's almost time to wrap up this Christmas episode put a bow on it and take it out to the trash can but before we do that. 464 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:51,920 We got our E Claire so I've gone for it actually technically the past two times so it's your turn to go for it. 465 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:56,920 Well I'm not going to do the whole cliche spend time with your loved ones and take it. 466 00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:08,920 You know I'm not going to do all that but what I will say is this is a fantastic time of year to reflect on yourself and all the growth that you've made in progress this last year. 467 00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:13,920 That's one other thing you know people tend to do that at the beginning of the year. 468 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,920 You know Christmas is also a time to think about who were you last Christmas. 469 00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:23,920 Where were you at last Christmas right and what have you achieved that you didn't think was possible. 470 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:27,920 I know this thinking about it initially. 471 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:34,920 I don't think oh you know I really did too much different this past year but if I think about myself last Christmas. 472 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:45,920 I think man how far I've come and how far I've you know how far you know how far I've come to this point and how much I've done in this past year. 473 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:50,920 And you know it's amazing what you can do in a year. 474 00:46:50,920 --> 00:47:02,920 So just take this time to reflect you know even if you work and think about where you were at a year ago and where you've made strides and growth because it's probably a lot more than you think. 475 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,920 Oh yeah for sure man. 476 00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:12,920 And one thing about this time is like since it's towards the end of the year and it's the holidays and you start eating all the good ham and all the Christmas snacks. 477 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:20,920 Man it's really easy to kind of get in that coasting mode where you're just kind of turning on autopilot. 478 00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:27,920 But then once the you go back to work you're still kind of sluggish but I'd encourage you to still try to keep those disciplines keep those rhythms. 479 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:29,920 It's OK to rest and relax. 480 00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:39,920 Don't get into that coma state that whole state right you got to stay ready so you ain't got to get ready and I know for me it's so easy to just kind of switch off and go on autopilot. 481 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:44,920 So then when you go into the beginning of the year you're not really going 100. 482 00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:54,920 So just just try to help motivate yourself kind of start getting slowly back into it prepare yourself a couple days before you have to go back to work so you're not just being sluggish. 483 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,920 And so just yeah just be mindful of this time of year to. 484 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:00,920 That's the same sense of loss. 485 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:01,920 Yeah. 486 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:10,920 And I do want to say that I know that Christmas sometimes is really hard for some people because this is like the first Christmas that they're spending without a family member. 487 00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:20,920 And so just know that you know this is first Christmas but you're going to get through it and just continue to lean into that support group because it is hard man. 488 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:23,920 It is hard when Christmas is kind of a sad time instead of a happy. 489 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:29,920 Yeah absolutely but hopefully we brought you a little bit of cheer on this Christmas episode. 490 00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:39,920 But man I think it's about time to take this donut box out to the trash so we'll rep our spot TV trash can dot com TV trash can dot com as well as all of our socials. 491 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:44,920 We appreciate you from wherever you're listening from whatever platform we got a plenty. 492 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:49,920 Did you even know there was a platform that I didn't even list but do you know we're on Google podcast too. 493 00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:50,920 I didn't even know that. 494 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:52,920 I did know that actually I did know. 495 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:58,920 So it's I think that makes us up to seven streaming services total six seven streaming services total. 496 00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:02,920 So wherever you're listening from we greatly appreciate it. 497 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:05,920 Yeah man I'm ready to take this donut box out to the trash. 498 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:09,920 Well I'm Chris and I'm Micah and this is the donut box podcast. 499 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:27,920 Micah the young Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away this year to set me from tears I give it to someone special. 500 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:46,920 Christmas I gave you my heart but the very next day you gave it away this year to set me from tears I'll give it to someone special. 501 00:49:57,920 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