Y'all have helped keep me sane this year, the ability to laugh releases a lot of tension, and in the middle of this year's stress, the sarcasm causes laughter. Thank you. Oh, and the Olympics WERE FUCKING AWESOME!
I feel like that green onion wrapped in cream cheese and ham was concocted by someone who hated pickle spears, because that's what's supposed to be inside, not the green onion.
People TOTALLY get a rush at haggling. It took me so long to realize that about my stepdad, but he LOVED it. It was like a sport for him, and what he "won" in any given deal was less important than the deal itself. Once he got a sapphire pinky ring at a tony department store just because the guy at the jeweler counter haggled with him, and he wore that thing like a trophy for the rest of his life lol lookin like a retired mafia guy an sh!t. He tried it at the stationery counter, too, but that lady wouldn't begin to budge on them Montblancs. Just think, you can make somebody's whole day by letting them get that tchotchke or table lamp for $1 less, how fun is that.
Well I thought I could get through the Holidays without yelling at my mother. I made it to the 26th until she started talking about Americans being upset by “Bidenomics” and I lost it ..
I've heard of 'Reaganomics' aka trickle down economics which worked as well as p*ssing on someone's leg and telling them that it's raining, but 'Bidenomics'? That's like slapping 'gate' on every scandal since Nixon.
I'm there with Kara too; our neighborhood has a buy nothing group and I LOVE it. Could probably get rid of the entire contents of my house and fill it up again!
It's been pretty great getting to know you guys this year. Thanks for being smart, and for making the best out of some of the worst, looking forward to next year, hope it'll be a little better for everybody. Happy New Year!
Kara, PLEASE write a movie about Buy Nothing. If you need material, hit me up. Erin, you need to be on Buy Nothing. It's perfect for baby clothes, etc.
"Beautiful Fools" by Jo Harrop "No Lie" by Lalah Hathaway "Gloomy Day" by Mae Mae with Casey Abrams Are my favorite songs from 2024. "Dune: Part Two" directed by Denis Villeneuve with Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya and a honorable mention of Javier Bardem as Stilgar on the IMAX screen is ABSOLUTELY the best movie I've watched this year.
Please, I’m 1/2 Norwegian and Lutefisk is mandatory. Just drown it in Lingonberry sauce and butter. 😂 It’s just the smell everyone hates. I do a 2-day process that takes the smell out of the house. Much more enjoyable.
If Kwanza isn’t real neither is Christmas. Both man or woman made holidays. The origin of Christmas is a blend of religious, cultural, and historical traditions that have evolved over centuries. Here’s an overview of its roots: Religious Origins: 1. Christian Celebration of Jesus’ Birth: • Christmas is primarily a Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. • The Bible does not specify the exact date of Jesus’ birth. Early Christians did not celebrate his birth, focusing instead on his death and resurrection. • By the 4th century, the Roman Catholic Church designated December 25 as the Feast of the Nativity. This date was likely chosen to align with existing pagan festivals and ease the conversion of non-Christians. Pagan Influences: 1. Winter Solstice Festivals: • Long before Christianity, many cultures celebrated the winter solstice around late December. • Saturnalia: A Roman festival honoring Saturn, marked by feasting, gift-giving, and revelry. • Yule: A Norse celebration featuring fires, feasts, and honoring the rebirth of the sun. 2. Mithraism: • December 25 was also significant in Roman traditions as the birthday of Mithras, a deity associated with the sun. The church likely incorporated these dates and customs to create a unified celebration that would attract converts. Cultural and Modern Developments: 1. Medieval Christmas: • By the Middle Ages, Christmas became a significant festival in Europe, marked by church services and communal feasts. • Customs like caroling, gift-giving, and feasting began to develop during this period. 2. 19th-Century Reinvention: • In the 1800s, Christmas gained its modern form, influenced by works like Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The focus shifted to family, charity, and goodwill. • Iconic figures like Santa Claus were popularized during this time, blending the Dutch “Sinterklaas” with other folk traditions. 3. Commercialization: • In the 20th century, Christmas became increasingly commercial, with an emphasis on decorations, gift-giving, and festive products. Modern Christmas: Today, Christmas is celebrated worldwide, often blending religious, cultural, and secular traditions. For Christians, it remains a sacred observance of Jesus’ birth, while for many others, it is a cultural holiday centered on family, generosity, and joy.
I also took some offense at the premise that only Kwanza was 'fake', they're all pretty much fake in various ways, no serious theologian thinks Jesus was born on Dec 25 (or if he was somehow it would be coincidence). Christmas has almost no ties to Christianity in the US at this point, just like evangelicals don't have anything to do with Christianity. Just to add, 'the church' as a unified thing happened during the Roman Empire, it was even the official religion eventually, and that's when most of the calendar was set up. Whenever you have a state religion the state always fiddles, and most of the 'convenience' things (like the timing for many Christian festivals) happened because a huge portion of the population was already going to be drunk that day, so everyone else might as well celebrate at the same time. It's not some Christian conspiracy to trick people, it was done because it was MUCH easier AND Christianity didn't make a point of setting dates in the Bible very often, IIRC the date of the first Christmas isn't known because the exact date is meaningless theologically. Same with Easter and spring festivals (and All Saints Day and the fall harvest festivals), no need to have several spring festivals. Heck, April 1 used to be New Years at one point, and it makes a LOT more sense than arguing the year 'starts' in January, at least spring is a season of regeneration and new growth, January is definitely not the time for new beginnings!
41:53 - speaking of "humongous expenditures on the house" coming at the holidays, our furnace decided to stop working a few days before Christmas and needed to be replaced. YAY!
Live action Grinch yes, Akilah! That ham cream cheese, sounds like Polish roses straight from Hamtramck! My family does a 'Secret Chef' game - you're assigned a person and meal category (brother in law, dessert) and make or buy something they like. Funny, this year 2 people were assigned the same person so there was double spinach pie! Worth it.
The best part of 2024 being over is the end of the Wicked press tour. Watching the two of them clutch hands and break into tears over every little thing started to feel way too performative.
I was like, this hippity hoppity music today is SOOO like good and stuff! It's like I was listening to it and I started thinking that I should start thinking about thinking...sooooo I thought, it is SO cool to THINK. It's TOTALLY TUBULAR!!
What I find it absolutely terrifying in the Drake vs Kendrick fued is how many more BROS knew about things like this happening in Drake's mansion and never spoke about it. I find it ironic how Kendrick is being celebrated when he sounds like an accomplice. Those men were all covering up for each other and if it weren't for them coming at each other's throat we'd have never known that Drake is pedophilic POS.
Merry Christmas/Kwanzaa/Chanukah / Hanukkah and Happy New Year ladies! I love this podcast. I don't always agree with you, but I am always better informed for listening. I can't wait to hear you this coming year; Trump is dangerous and an idiot. The country needs you to hold him and the GOP accountable!!
"nobody likes it" 😂 I was married into a Swedish family, and Christmas was disgusting. I'm so glad I don't have to eat fishy pudding, or gross custard. And my kids are so happy to have a holiday dinner they can eat real food at. Lol 😂 I don't miss it!
Idk i gotta say the bolstering of pop this year absolutely started bc of the Eras tour. Had to be that on Swiftie, but I am also right 😂 Kendrick is also a Swiftie so we good
I once tried to sell a book signed by its author on Marketplace, and a lady wanted to pay less than the book is sold for at the bookstore unsigned.. siiigh
Cannot relate to the better experience second pregnancy lol. I had severe hyperemesis gravidarum both pregnancies. 2nd pregnancy had emergency c section at 29 weeks and so so many complications throughout and we both almost died. Super happy for you both having great experiences. Only a little jealous. My kids are super cute tho and i rarely ever want to drop kick my toddler so at least there's that 😂
Erin i 100% relate to your scandi holiday exp. My mom also makes lutefisk for holidays. I never had it because I'm vegetarian and she is too but she still makes meat for the fam.
I like to pretend that nobody likes drake, excepting the suits that made him famous. When he got taken down nobody had much sympathy, in part because drake is such a creepy person.
I sometimes make a big omelet for a meal, I'm a fairly big guy so it's generally a 5 egg affair, and let me tell you, that feels like a lot of egg! When I was doing construction work I'd often bring 3 hard boiled eggs to eat (and a bunch of fruit/veggies), even that really fills you up decently. It's crazy because I couldn't stand eggs as a kid, so when I had access to deviled eggs I didn't eat them. FWIW eggs are pretty good for you unless you have terrible cholesterol, and even if you do it's rarely caused by diet.
The world went to shit in 2024, but I had my own best professional year (and the last year of my 30s, i.e. the last year I can claim to be "young"). So it's been a weird cognitive dissonance for me.
You are Nebraska - Iowa correct! But I can't say crann is incorrect. Incorrect is peeling the wrappers down and dropping the wrapper scraps back in the shoebox! Or nutshells back in with the whole nuts!
Everytime I try to watch yall. Yall hate on random women like Taylor and Meagan. You didn't even need to shad Taylor to make Kendrick look better. You women are not for women.
Cannot get enough of Akilah. Miss her daily!
Good morning ladies!!!!! Merry Xmas. I hope you had a good one.
Thank you for a great year(s) of podcasts. You are on my never miss list.
Happy Holidays, and hope for a good New Year to both of you ❤!
Thank you for all that you do,happy holiday's to all!
By the way, Hanukkah has only occurred 6 times on December 25 since 1900!
And yet, it's been on the 25th of Kislev *over* 120 times!
@@pjgoldstein6562 👏👏👏 😂
Buy nothing groups are the best! Especially for kids stuff cuz they will outgrow/get tired of stuff pretty quickly.
Hysteria !!! Show your kid willow !!! It was my fav🙂
Princess Bride. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during these trying times
Willow/Princess Bride movie marathon.
Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah to all you wonderful people in the comments and on the show.
Good Yule to you also!
I am right there with Kara, the Buy Nothing group is everything
Yayyy Akilahhhh
Y'all have helped keep me sane this year, the ability to laugh releases a lot of tension, and in the middle of this year's stress, the sarcasm causes laughter. Thank you. Oh, and the Olympics WERE FUCKING AWESOME!
Snoop at the Olympics was, indeed, a gift to everyone.
The automated chair that goes up and down the stairs is called a stair lift.
This was an amazing episode and I love you ladies! Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays!
I loved to musical Wicked and the book!.
Looking forward to the movie too!
I feel like that green onion wrapped in cream cheese and ham was concocted by someone who hated pickle spears, because that's what's supposed to be inside, not the green onion.
Italians also celebrate Christmas Eve and open presents after dinner. lol
People TOTALLY get a rush at haggling. It took me so long to realize that about my stepdad, but he LOVED it. It was like a sport for him, and what he "won" in any given deal was less important than the deal itself. Once he got a sapphire pinky ring at a tony department store just because the guy at the jeweler counter haggled with him, and he wore that thing like a trophy for the rest of his life lol lookin like a retired mafia guy an sh!t. He tried it at the stationery counter, too, but that lady wouldn't begin to budge on them Montblancs.
Just think, you can make somebody's whole day by letting them get that tchotchke or table lamp for $1 less, how fun is that.
Merry Christmas ladies.Happy new year. I will be here 2025
I watch Gremlins over the holiday... it's the best Christmas movie ever!
Thanks for the _extremely_ entertaining show! What fun!
Well I thought I could get through the Holidays without yelling at my mother. I made it to the 26th until she started talking about Americans being upset by “Bidenomics” and I lost it ..
I've heard of 'Reaganomics' aka trickle down economics which worked as well as p*ssing on someone's leg and telling them that it's raining, but 'Bidenomics'? That's like slapping 'gate' on every scandal since Nixon.
I'm there with Kara too; our neighborhood has a buy nothing group and I LOVE it. Could probably get rid of the entire contents of my house and fill it up again!
It's been pretty great getting to know you guys this year. Thanks for being smart, and for making the best out of some of the worst, looking forward to next year, hope it'll be a little better for everybody. Happy New Year!
9:00 the trio of mimes in the library in the opening ceremony I could not believe I was seeing on broadcast TV.
I second the Buy Nothing group love! Yes!
Kara, PLEASE write a movie about Buy Nothing. If you need material, hit me up.
Erin, you need to be on Buy Nothing. It's perfect for baby clothes, etc.
Have a great Holiday everyone!!! Thanks for all that you do.
You guys, this was so much fun. Like spending time with good company. Happy New Year, Hysteria.
"Beautiful Fools" by Jo Harrop
"No Lie" by Lalah Hathaway
"Gloomy Day" by Mae Mae with Casey Abrams
Are my favorite songs from 2024.
"Dune: Part Two" directed by Denis Villeneuve with Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya and a honorable mention of Javier Bardem as Stilgar on the IMAX screen is ABSOLUTELY the best movie I've watched this year.
I'm so glad you mentioned Kendrick's warlockery - his album DAMN literally got me through the first T**** administration.
Korean Lay's Italian meat flavored potato chips are actually good and no seafood included, slightly spicy but addictive.
Robert Zimmerman is an icon. 🖤
Please, I’m 1/2 Norwegian and Lutefisk is mandatory. Just drown it in Lingonberry sauce and butter. 😂 It’s just the smell everyone hates. I do a 2-day process that takes the smell out of the house. Much more enjoyable.
My daughter introduced me to k-pop this year and we had the best summer vibing to Stray Kids! Great music!
Kendrick cast a spell on Like That, fr.
Let's get it, bro,
D-O-T: The money, power, respect.
(that last one is better)
CHRISTMAS MOVIE RECOMMENDATION: Mixed Nuts (so chaotic in the best way!)
If Kwanza isn’t real neither is Christmas. Both man or woman made holidays.
The origin of Christmas is a blend of religious, cultural, and historical traditions that have evolved over centuries. Here’s an overview of its roots:
Religious Origins:
1. Christian Celebration of Jesus’ Birth:
• Christmas is primarily a Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.
• The Bible does not specify the exact date of Jesus’ birth. Early Christians did not celebrate his birth, focusing instead on his death and resurrection.
• By the 4th century, the Roman Catholic Church designated December 25 as the Feast of the Nativity. This date was likely chosen to align with existing pagan festivals and ease the conversion of non-Christians.
Pagan Influences:
1. Winter Solstice Festivals:
• Long before Christianity, many cultures celebrated the winter solstice around late December.
• Saturnalia: A Roman festival honoring Saturn, marked by feasting, gift-giving, and revelry.
• Yule: A Norse celebration featuring fires, feasts, and honoring the rebirth of the sun.
2. Mithraism:
• December 25 was also significant in Roman traditions as the birthday of Mithras, a deity associated with the sun.
The church likely incorporated these dates and customs to create a unified celebration that would attract converts.
Cultural and Modern Developments:
1. Medieval Christmas:
• By the Middle Ages, Christmas became a significant festival in Europe, marked by church services and communal feasts.
• Customs like caroling, gift-giving, and feasting began to develop during this period.
2. 19th-Century Reinvention:
• In the 1800s, Christmas gained its modern form, influenced by works like Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The focus shifted to family, charity, and goodwill.
• Iconic figures like Santa Claus were popularized during this time, blending the Dutch “Sinterklaas” with other folk traditions.
3. Commercialization:
• In the 20th century, Christmas became increasingly commercial, with an emphasis on decorations, gift-giving, and festive products.
Modern Christmas:
Today, Christmas is celebrated worldwide, often blending religious, cultural, and secular traditions. For Christians, it remains a sacred observance of Jesus’ birth, while for many others, it is a cultural holiday centered on family, generosity, and joy.
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I also took some offense at the premise that only Kwanza was 'fake', they're all pretty much fake in various ways, no serious theologian thinks Jesus was born on Dec 25 (or if he was somehow it would be coincidence). Christmas has almost no ties to Christianity in the US at this point, just like evangelicals don't have anything to do with Christianity.
Just to add, 'the church' as a unified thing happened during the Roman Empire, it was even the official religion eventually, and that's when most of the calendar was set up. Whenever you have a state religion the state always fiddles, and most of the 'convenience' things (like the timing for many Christian festivals) happened because a huge portion of the population was already going to be drunk that day, so everyone else might as well celebrate at the same time. It's not some Christian conspiracy to trick people, it was done because it was MUCH easier AND Christianity didn't make a point of setting dates in the Bible very often, IIRC the date of the first Christmas isn't known because the exact date is meaningless theologically. Same with Easter and spring festivals (and All Saints Day and the fall harvest festivals), no need to have several spring festivals. Heck, April 1 used to be New Years at one point, and it makes a LOT more sense than arguing the year 'starts' in January, at least spring is a season of regeneration and new growth, January is definitely not the time for new beginnings!
Well ...look at you ....knowing some real history !! That doesn't happen often ANYWHERE online ....lol
We celebrate Festivus, for the rest of us.
@@mightyone3737Extra points for "evangelicals have nothing to do with Christianity " 😂
41:53 - speaking of "humongous expenditures on the house" coming at the holidays, our furnace decided to stop working a few days before Christmas and needed to be replaced. YAY!
Lutefisk is a thing Norwegians do, its not good it's traditional.
Live action Grinch yes, Akilah! That ham cream cheese, sounds like Polish roses straight from Hamtramck! My family does a 'Secret Chef' game - you're assigned a person and meal category (brother in law, dessert) and make or buy something they like. Funny, this year 2 people were assigned the same person so there was double spinach pie! Worth it.
The best part of 2024 being over is the end of the Wicked press tour. Watching the two of them clutch hands and break into tears over every little thing started to feel way too performative.
I was like, this hippity hoppity music today is SOOO like good and stuff! It's like I was listening to it and I started thinking that I should start thinking about thinking...sooooo I thought, it is SO cool to THINK. It's TOTALLY TUBULAR!!
What I find it absolutely terrifying in the Drake vs Kendrick fued is how many more BROS knew about things like this happening in Drake's mansion and never spoke about it. I find it ironic how Kendrick is being celebrated when he sounds like an accomplice. Those men were all covering up for each other and if it weren't for them coming at each other's throat we'd have never known that Drake is pedophilic POS.
Merry Christmas/Kwanzaa/Chanukah / Hanukkah and Happy New Year ladies! I love this podcast. I don't always agree with you, but I am always better informed for listening. I can't wait to hear you this coming year; Trump is dangerous and an idiot. The country needs you to hold him and the GOP accountable!!
"nobody likes it" 😂 I was married into a Swedish family, and Christmas was disgusting. I'm so glad I don't have to eat fishy pudding, or gross custard. And my kids are so happy to have a holiday dinner they can eat real food at. Lol 😂 I don't miss it!
Idk i gotta say the bolstering of pop this year absolutely started bc of the Eras tour. Had to be that on Swiftie, but I am also right 😂
Kendrick is also a Swiftie so we good
Love you guys, BUT… Starbucks coffee! Boo! Boycott!
Bob Odenkirk is also in glengarry glen ross! I think its going to be an incredible show!!
Let’s not talk shit about Ariana grande…you sing it. Come on.
I once tried to sell a book signed by its author on Marketplace, and a lady wanted to pay less than the book is sold for at the bookstore unsigned.. siiigh
White Christmas is just a fabulous and great fun movie!
Cannot relate to the better experience second pregnancy lol. I had severe hyperemesis gravidarum both pregnancies. 2nd pregnancy had emergency c section at 29 weeks and so so many complications throughout and we both almost died. Super happy for you both having great experiences. Only a little jealous. My kids are super cute tho and i rarely ever want to drop kick my toddler so at least there's that 😂
Ahh, the convention. Way back when there was still hope for the future. Good times.
Erin i 100% relate to your scandi holiday exp. My mom also makes lutefisk for holidays. I never had it because I'm vegetarian and she is too but she still makes meat for the fam.
Even if it comes out fish jello, it's still a medium for yummy mustard sauce. 😂
Maculy culkin considered buying the home alone house…per maculy
I like to pretend that nobody likes drake, excepting the suits that made him famous. When he got taken down nobody had much sympathy, in part because drake is such a creepy person.
I sometimes make a big omelet for a meal, I'm a fairly big guy so it's generally a 5 egg affair, and let me tell you, that feels like a lot of egg! When I was doing construction work I'd often bring 3 hard boiled eggs to eat (and a bunch of fruit/veggies), even that really fills you up decently. It's crazy because I couldn't stand eggs as a kid, so when I had access to deviled eggs I didn't eat them. FWIW eggs are pretty good for you unless you have terrible cholesterol, and even if you do it's rarely caused by diet.
Then Stephen Nedoroscik and Ilona Maher also competed in Dancing With the Stars.
I have had New York Pizza, I have had Chicago Pizza....nothing beats Toronto Pizza!!
on the subject of Christmas movies . The Lion in Winter and Die hard. 🙂
No. . . Thank You ❤️🎄🎉😊
You should check out Tom and Lorenzo's (fabulous and opinionated) review of White Christmas--hilarious.
buy nothing shows how much we all are in need already
Olives in tamales?! Wtf?! I guess they must be from California cause us Chicagoan Mexican would never use olives 🥴
The world went to shit in 2024, but I had my own best professional year (and the last year of my 30s, i.e. the last year I can claim to be "young"). So it's been a weird cognitive dissonance for me.
The Ref!!
Wicked - the book was so much better. and the other two of the trilogy were great, too. Gregory MacGuure is a genius.
How does everyone else in the comments pronounce "Crayon"? We've got "crann" and I say "cray-on" :)
You are Nebraska - Iowa correct!
But I can't say crann is incorrect.
Incorrect is peeling the wrappers down and dropping the wrapper scraps back in the shoebox!
Or nutshells back in with the whole nuts!
also cream cheese, ham and pickle
can we have a 4 year break from Trump and Elon starting January 2025 ?? Please !!
Timothee on Nardwuar was everything!
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::: listens to all the music you all are talking about :: damn, im glad i dont like popular music.
Everytime I try to watch yall. Yall hate on random women like Taylor and Meagan. You didn't even need to shad Taylor to make Kendrick look better. You women are not for women.