I have to say, I can't wait for the Cricket episode. Very excited to hear Jim's story about how he met Graeme Smith. Hello from Cape Town, South Africa.
Despite the weirdness this year has been for everyone around the world thank you for a great podcast. Making people laugh around the world and making things a little easier to deal with. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the "I Don't Know About That" podcast crew. Cheers!
In Australia Santa is called "Rolf Harris" and if you're a little girl he comes on Christmas Eve and fills your stockings up. If you're a boy he plays with his didgeridoo.
Thats not why they don't like saying merry Christmas. They say happy holidays because it doesn't exclude any religions, before a few years we had Kwanzaa, Eid, Hanukkah, and Christmas which not all celebrate in one month. So it made sense to say happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas as a chunk of the population didn't celebrate it. But you still wanted to wish them well with their holidays. Thus, Happy Holidays.
As a Belgian from Flanders, we also celebrate Sinterklaas. Happy to give some more context on Sinterklaas and black Pete! I agree with most of your points by the way, but disagree we should "just get rid of it because we have Santa Claus" :D
I think it's funny they're surprised the dutch were angry about a woman from another country coming down and saying. Stop with your local traditions, you have to do our thing. We don't like your local stuff. What did they think was going to happen?
The guest this time is a little disappointing. He Knows a lot but is very biased towards christianity. When asked about christmas's pagan origins he just said no and didn't talk about it any more. Yes christmas itself is christian, but most of the traditions that go along with it are pagan, and were a hold over from pagan winter solstice celebrations. He also said that Yule is the norse word for christmas, when it isn't. It's the word for the winter solstice. Also him mentioning the "spring solstice" is not accurate, as spring has an equinox not a solstice.
Thank you for your insightful comment. I'm glad I read some of the comments before I posted almost exactly what you just said. I was kind of surprised when he didn't mention the link between winter solstice and what we call Christmas. The Christians just appropriated most of the Pagan traditions for all of our "holy days" that are celebrated throughout the Christian world today, in order to get the pagans to convert to Christianity. If you have not already seen Zeitgeist the movie you should try to find it and watch it. It was on Netflix for a while a couple of years ago but it is not anymore. The first part of it basically explains how nearly all the world religions of ancient times have many of the same stories as Christianity and it is all connected with astrology. I prefer astrology and paganism. Why not go directly to the source? 😉
@@dianeraven5751 Totally agree, I came hear to hear about Yule and Pagan traditions the holiday is taken from. Gotta say I'm a bit disappointed with this episode.
No, Jul (Yule) is the Scandinavian word for Christmas. The Old Norse didn’t celebrate winter solstice, and Jul was originally celebrated mid January. Today we celebrate Jul on Christmas Eve here in Scandinavia, though.
I can’t recall how true-to-source it was, but there was a DeNiro and Sean Penn film by the same name that I remember liking and watching several times.
Love the podcast, listen to it every week. Only slight issue I have is Black Peter is more commonly associated with Belsnickel, and has been in Dutch/Amish for years. Keep entertaining us... and Jack is HOT! 🔥🔥🔥
5:04 "Kyber toss" ?? haha, I just imagine Jim throwing Jedi lightsaber crystals around in the air trying to construct his lightsaber. That method would surely capture his spirit in the blade. Yes I'm a geek.
As a Belgian man, growing up there was point where I went 'hang on' about Zwarte Piet (black pete) and yea, I think most of us realise it is very racist. But boomers and old people get really angry about it. YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM A CHILDRENS HOLIDAY, WHY WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE KIDS!! And it's like yea, sure but we only wanna take away the racist part though. Not the letter-writing or the chocolate or the early-morning excitement and stuff.
What to say in Sweden (scandinavia) is the old pagan word Jul så atheist or not no one are upset 😊 and the english word Yule is the same as jul congrats you are celebrating a pagan ritual 🌞
Twas the nightmare before Christmas when all through the _House_ Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what's the matter. Away from the window I turned as a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. When what to my wondering eyes did appear, A battering ram, and a shout of stand clear. But these were not Elves, like soldiers they came, With whistles and shouts, and violent reframes. Get your hands up, get down on the floor, and then ... drop the gun ... but need I say more? They burst through that door, with intent to cause fear, And I felt ... for a moment ... the end must be near. The stockings we hung on the chimney with care. And planted with drugs they said they found there ... We were dragged from the house, out onto the snow, Beaten and tasered, lined up in a row. Handcuffed and shackled and dragged to the vans ... So much for the rest of our holiday plans.
Two of the most fantastic fucks, in my life were probably from these two backpacking aussie, chicks They had saved up 'emergency funds' unlike me lol, but they used to travel and they'd work on farms and shit to get by. They were more... Hippy than me, but definitely a good, fun time.
My family is so religious that growing up we weren't allowed to believe in Christmas. Instead we were told the Christmas tree gave us the presents. So we wrote our want list to the tree and put them on one of it's branches.
I LOVE THIS SHOW. I've watched all of them but there are now 10 ads that randomly play in the middle of the video. Please fix this. Its more ads than I'd see on normal TV. AND you have reads. Like I understand you need to make money but this is getting hard to watch with this density of ads.
This fool is talking about Christmas being based around the solstice and says it isn't biting off the pagans in the same breath. He's written books on the subject?
you would think after all these show, and the fact Jim is a professional stand-up comedian, they could have the mics levels set up properly, old grumpy is a good 5-6 levels higher then Jim, I want to hear what Jim has to say without old grumpy screaming in my ear.
Hey Jim (err, Jim's comment reader), go buy yourself a Costco size shipping container of "Lactaid" -- and never sh*t yourself again! (I too am lactose intolerant + Asian, so wowzers!).
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all from Tehran, Iran
Back at you xxx
Merry Christmas from upstate New York, usa
back off ayahtullah
Merry Christmas. Fuck this last guy.
Tuesday mornings are my first early mornings of the week so waking up to this masterpiece every week has been phenomenal
Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2 everyone 🎄❤️💚🍾🌟
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas. Hopefully a much better new year! -kelly
You too mate 👍
You too buddy!
Yes Merry Christmas to everyone here. And also to Jim Jack Forrest and Kelly.
I have to say, I can't wait for the Cricket episode. Very excited to hear Jim's story about how he met Graeme Smith. Hello from Cape Town, South Africa.
In before they update the title of the episode to be Christmas instead of Hanakkuh lol.
I was thinking the same wasn’t that last weeks haha
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Just wanted to see if you guys were paying attention.
The Catalan Pooper was the best dinner party fact. I shit meself laughing.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year too everyone
This was such a great video. I had so much fun watching it.
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Despite the weirdness this year has been for everyone around the world thank you for a great podcast. Making people laugh around the world and making things a little easier to deal with. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the "I Don't Know About That" podcast crew. Cheers!
Love from Switzerland☺️Schoonii Wiinachte🎄you guys bring joy & laughter🎄🎄🎄☺️☺️☺️☺️thank you Merry Xmas🎄🎄🎄🎄a whole shoe store for all of you 🎄🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas from North Korea
I was surprised when I heard that Santa Claus was from Turkey sometime around 280 A.D ,
Merrry Christmas xx
Happy festivus to all
I get so happy to see these! I
definitely an underrated podcast. happy holidays jim
Underrated comment. Happy holidays Julie Anne Moonbutton...if that’s your real name! -kelly
hey im in winnipeg! cheers!
@@julieanne4420 I'm not....thankfully
@@jeffrobdine HAH FR
In Australia Santa is called "Rolf Harris" and if you're a little girl he comes on Christmas Eve and fills your stockings up. If you're a boy he plays with his didgeridoo.
@Zen Dissonance it's deadly serious, or "fair dinkum cobber" as the Aussies say.
This is really cool, I had Bowler as a professor in multiple history courses at the University of Manitoba. Excellent lecturer!
I just won a ham from the local supermarket. Today's a good day!
Hooray!
bon appetit
Merry Christmas from Nevada.
Thats not why they don't like saying merry Christmas. They say happy holidays because it doesn't exclude any religions, before a few years we had Kwanzaa, Eid, Hanukkah, and Christmas which not all celebrate in one month. So it made sense to say happy holidays instead of Merry Christmas as a chunk of the population didn't celebrate it. But you still wanted to wish them well with their holidays. Thus, Happy Holidays.
Isn't, like, 80/90 % of the US Christian?
Yea but I work, I'm afended by that term😂
Saw you guys in Phoenix. Hey Jack, I love screwdrivers and hot chocolate too!
As a Belgian from Flanders, we also celebrate Sinterklaas. Happy to give some more context on Sinterklaas and black Pete! I agree with most of your points by the way, but disagree we should "just get rid of it because we have Santa Claus" :D
Black Pete’s got a lotttt of ‘splainin’ to do.
thats guys name sounds way worse in Mexico el Pedro N
I think it's funny they're surprised the dutch were angry about a woman from another country coming down and saying. Stop with your local traditions, you have to do our thing. We don't like your local stuff. What did they think was going to happen?
The guest this time is a little disappointing. He Knows a lot but is very biased towards christianity. When asked about christmas's pagan origins he just said no and didn't talk about it any more. Yes christmas itself is christian, but most of the traditions that go along with it are pagan, and were a hold over from pagan winter solstice celebrations. He also said that Yule is the norse word for christmas, when it isn't. It's the word for the winter solstice. Also him mentioning the "spring solstice" is not accurate, as spring has an equinox not a solstice.
Thank you for your insightful comment. I'm glad I read some of the comments before I posted almost exactly what you just said. I was kind of surprised when he didn't mention the link between winter solstice and what we call Christmas. The Christians just appropriated most of the Pagan traditions for all of our "holy days" that are celebrated throughout the Christian world today, in order to get the pagans to convert to Christianity. If you have not already seen Zeitgeist the movie you should try to find it and watch it. It was on Netflix for a while a couple of years ago but it is not anymore. The first part of it basically explains how nearly all the world religions of ancient times have many of the same stories as Christianity and it is all connected with astrology. I prefer astrology and paganism. Why not go directly to the source? 😉
@@dianeraven5751 Totally agree, I came hear to hear about Yule and Pagan traditions the holiday is taken from. Gotta say I'm a bit disappointed with this episode.
Australia rules 😉
No, Jul (Yule) is the Scandinavian word for Christmas. The Old Norse didn’t celebrate winter solstice, and Jul was originally celebrated mid January. Today we celebrate Jul on Christmas Eve here in Scandinavia, though.
1:4:00 it is also handy when it's in a pot so the needles don't dry out and fall off. Also much better for fire safety.
My new year resolution is to say 'I Don't Know About That' more often
Die Hard is about a guy trying to get home to his wife and kids for Christmas. If that's not a Christmas movie, then I don't know what is!
No .. i am pretty sure that Die Hard is a Movie about Time Travel
How did I miss this till now ?
Subscribed !
Best Christmas movie is, without a doubt, "We're no Angels", with Humphrey Bogart and Peter Ustinov.
I can’t recall how true-to-source it was, but there was a DeNiro and Sean Penn film by the same name that I remember liking and watching several times.
@@timharper3390 yeah, that's the remake. But the original is way better.
Man I love a guest who plays back with y'all! Good on yer!
Ernest Saves Christmas is my favorite Christmas movie.
love the show IDKAT, why are the likes and dislikes private?
Great hair Kelly, looking amazing as always
Was going to watch "Bare" again and found this! Merry Christmas me 😍
Kelly looks absolutely delightful in this episode. Looks very natural; very pretty. Merry Christmas everyone.
Thank fuck Forest reminds us every time that 10 is the best on a 1-10 scale. I was getting confused here
Love this cast
Merry Christmas you cad munts
Where did Kelly get her Wayne and Garth Christmas sweater? I need one 🎄🤣😂
I just tried to look it up for you but I can’t find it anywhere! I got it years ago. It’s my most prized possession!! My favorite movie of all time.
Thanks Kelly, I appreciate it anyway....little disappointed though 😓
Holy crap! An expert from my city/ alma mater.
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄💌✨
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from your 1 listener here in the Philippines 😹 🇵🇭
As a dutch guys it was great to hear your stance on Sinter Klaas and zwarte piet(black pete).
The 3 wiseman brought Murr, Q, Joe and Sal
30:53 this is EXACTLY why l lost the spirit of christmas
hit back 4 times, almost wet myself, is so true
Love the podcast, listen to it every week. Only slight issue I have is Black Peter is more commonly associated with Belsnickel, and has been in Dutch/Amish for years. Keep entertaining us... and Jack is HOT! 🔥🔥🔥
kelly looks really pretty today
YOU look really pretty today!
This guy seems a little thin on knowledge considering he has written three books on Christmas.
5:04 "Kyber toss" ?? haha, I just imagine Jim throwing Jedi lightsaber crystals around in the air trying to construct his lightsaber. That method would surely capture his spirit in the blade.
Yes I'm a geek.
Pre liking cause I though I was out of pods
I like your style.
Is there gonna be 8 episodes for Hanukkah?
2021 is all hannukah all the time.
A muppets Christmas carol all day long!
thanks to the comedians....how else I’d get through the year....
And Christmas party fact that is amazing, in Iceland they have twelve Santas. One steals your shoes.
Hahahahaha 😎 still struggling with Nico xxx
As a Belgian man, growing up there was point where I went 'hang on' about Zwarte Piet (black pete) and yea, I think most of us realise it is very racist. But boomers and old people get really angry about it. YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM A CHILDRENS HOLIDAY, WHY WON'T ANYONE THINK OF THE KIDS!! And it's like yea, sure but we only wanna take away the racist part though. Not the letter-writing or the chocolate or the early-morning excitement and stuff.
Getting a little over the top with the adverts Jim! Other then that great show. Marry Christmas everyone!
What to say in Sweden (scandinavia) is the old pagan word Jul så atheist or not no one are upset 😊 and the english word Yule is the same as jul congrats you are celebrating a pagan ritual 🌞
✊pagan power to the people🎄
Twas the nightmare before Christmas when all through the _House_
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what's the matter.
Away from the window I turned as a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
A battering ram, and a shout of stand clear.
But these were not Elves, like soldiers they came,
With whistles and shouts, and violent reframes.
Get your hands up, get down on the floor,
and then ... drop the gun ... but need I say more?
They burst through that door, with intent to cause fear,
And I felt ... for a moment ... the end must be near.
The stockings we hung on the chimney with care.
And planted with drugs they said they found there ...
We were dragged from the house, out onto the snow,
Beaten and tasered, lined up in a row.
Handcuffed and shackled and dragged to the vans ...
So much for the rest of our holiday plans.
psst ... can you see this post? I think I might be shadow banned i.e. only I can see and only when logged into RUclips
I see you
That’s a bad night.
1:00:21 the Dutch indeed are! Check out "Fort Orange" here in Brazil 🇧🇷
Love the content, annoyed by the thirty seven ads interrupting every 3 minutes.
Too many ad breaks, Jim.
damn good episode
I'm guessing this guy is pretty religious
Me sitting in Eastern Europe : "who the fuck is Granpa Frost wtf is that =)))"
I miss the “good night Australia” 😕
i miss it too :(
I gotta say the title really confused me... Hanukkah that important for two episodes? XD
We were waiting for the oil to run out. It finally did so we changed it to Christmas.
Two of the most fantastic fucks, in my life were probably from these two backpacking aussie, chicks
They had saved up 'emergency funds' unlike me lol, but they used to travel and they'd work on farms and shit to get by. They were more... Hippy than me, but definitely a good, fun time.
The RUclips ads are crazy on this one
crazy 10 times
My family is so religious that growing up we weren't allowed to believe in Christmas. Instead we were told the Christmas tree gave us the presents. So we wrote our want list to the tree and put them on one of it's branches.
Wie Grün sind deine Blätter🌲 ..
Jim for breakfast :) no wait..that sounds wrong
Seems like Jim’s microphone is a way lower in volume then the rest
they did it on purpose cause jim is always screaming
*Guest badmouths "Scrooged"*
*Stops listening to guest immediately*
Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie. It was released in the theaters in July
Die Hard is about Time Travel
Jim update the title before people start shitting on it.
It’s updated! Manuel Rodrigo thought it was still hannukah but we’re good now.
Bring back Talking Shit
33:55 wait Melkor? Like the Dark Lord Melkor?
Hi how are you doing
I LOVE THIS SHOW. I've watched all of them but there are now 10 ads that randomly play in the middle of the video. Please fix this. Its more ads than I'd see on normal TV. AND you have reads. Like I understand you need to make money but this is getting hard to watch with this density of ads.
Scroll all the way to the end and then hit replay, then there's no ads.
How about: "I don't know about Kwanzaa"
This fool is talking about Christmas being based around the solstice and says it isn't biting off the pagans in the same breath. He's written books on the subject?
you would think after all these show, and the fact Jim is a professional stand-up comedian, they could have the mics levels set up properly, old grumpy is a good 5-6 levels higher then Jim, I want to hear what Jim has to say without old grumpy screaming in my ear.
Old grumpy pays us a lot of money to have the highest volume. He has to take on his family history of being very loud.
Damn me as ya man
Kongradulations kint
The name of the episode is wrong...
I am one of those shit parents who listens to this in the car with my two year old and 6 month old 🤦🏼♀️
just buy them Headphones for Xmas and everything will be fine
36:59 "Spring solstice" ??? No such thing. He meant winter solstice.
my re teacher told me they were guided by a star aswell. starting to think this story might not be absolutely true
the Star of Bethlehem .. the three Kings followed that Star !!
Xbox X and PS5's frames per second is much higher and better resolute.
"Oh look, they have names.. Wayne and Garth."
Pagan holiday
1st one i have seen where the guest was bias and incorrect a lot. btw I have watched way more than 33, I'm watching them randomly instead of in order.
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Hey Jim (err, Jim's comment reader), go buy yourself a Costco size shipping container of "Lactaid" -- and never sh*t yourself again! (I too am lactose intolerant + Asian, so wowzers!).
Lol ps5 does 4k at 120 fps that's the big deal not what they said
And to think your brother is a cop! I bet even he is embarrassed of you ! Cause if not , the majority of Australians are!
Racist.
winter solstice, the reason for the season. not this mythology as reality crap
I'm imagining Jim "Pooping" under the Xmas Tree and his wife and kid saying" WTF are you doing?" Jim saying celebrating Christmas!
Real trees are for suckers
57:40 Jim stop telling people at other countries' native people what to think is offensive.
Elf rules bad Santa's a little overrated
Q WWG1WGA