The conversation unfolds with a light-hearted yet insightful exploration of common Thanksgiving traditions. Lottie (AKA; Samantha, and Melissa) reflect on their personal experiences and unique customs that shape their celebrations. They discuss the excitement surrounding their first Thanksgiving together, anticipating a fun-filled Friendsgiving with activities like axe throwing, karaoke, and, for some, the enjoyment of a drink or two. Amidst the laughter, they touch on the deeper significance of Thanksgiving, inviting listeners to consider their own traditions while playfully comparing notes on family dynamics and food preferences.

As they delve into the specifics of Thanksgiving traditions, Samantha reveals some common practices she discovered, sparking a lively discussion about food, gratitude, and family. The episode highlights the contrast between their childhood experiences of Thanksgiving and how those memories influence their current celebrations. For instance, they talk about the significance of breaking the wishbone for luck, watching parades, and the annual football games that have become staples of the holiday.

Ultimately, the episode captures the fun of Thanksgiving, showcasing how it is not just about the food but about the relationships and memories we create together. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their own traditions and perhaps adopt new ones that resonate with them. The light jokes and relatable stories help to underline the importance of gratitude and togetherness, making it a heartfelt tribute to the season of giving thanks.

Takeaways:

• The podcast episode features a lively discussion about Thanksgiving traditions and plans.
• Melissa and Samantha express excitement about celebrating their first Thanksgiving together with fun activities like karaoke and axe throwing.
• The hosts delve into various Thanksgiving traditions, including feasting, watching parades, and sharing gratitude with family.
• Samantha reveals her favorite Thanksgiving dish is a broccoli cheese casserole that she insists on having every year.
• The conversation touches on the unique experience of inviting missionaries for Thanksgiving dinners during Melissa's childhood.

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Welcome to Lottie Don't Lie.

This is Samantha and Melissa.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving.

It's our first Thanksgiving altogether.

I know.

I'm really excited.

So what are we doing?

We're going to all celebrate Friendsgiving.

Yes.

Tomorrow on Black Friday, ax throwing, singing, karaoke, and drinking beer.

Because why not drink beer and throw axes?

Well, I'm not going to drink beer because I don't like beer, so that's why not.

And I don't drink, but I definitely.

But y'all can drink and throw axes.

That's right.

I'm going to sing and throw accents.

I'll probably drink something.

And you're going to sing, too.

Have, like, cider.

Yeah, I'm going to sing.

Yeah, you are going to sing.

I'm popping that cherry.

My funny thing is with singing, though.

Like, I like to sing.

I wouldn't say I'm super good at it at all, so please don't get excited.

But my friend.

I had a friend years ago because we would sing in the car together, and apparently I always start this the, like, the next line of the song, like, half a minute too early.

Not half a minute.

Like, half a beat too early.

So I'm always singing, like, a word ahead of everyone, so I might do that on accident.

And I'm.

But you guys have some patience with me.

I don't know that one.

Anyone would notice during karaoke.

Okay, good.

Two, no one sounds good in karaoke unless you go to Nashville, and it's all those assholes that are, like, trying to get noticed.

Oh, is that the deal?

Yes.

And Asheville, it's fun to go listen to karaoke, but it's, like, everyone who's, like, trying to make it and get noticed, and so everyone's good, but it's fun to watch.

That is so funny.

I've never been to Nashville.

Do I need to pop that cherry?

Cherry later.

Sounds great.

I love popping cherries.

I love getting them popped.

Oh, my God.

Well, since it's Thanksgiving, I feel like we should talk about Thanksgiving.

Yeah, let's do it.

What do you want to do?

Well, I feel like you grew.

You grew up a little different.

How did you guys have Thanksgiving growing up?

Oh, yes.

Okay, so we wanted to talk about traditions, for sure.

Right?

So what if I did look up some, like, typical Traditions before.

Because I do want to share.

Yes.

What did I do?

What did my family do?

And then we want to hear from Sam, obviously, because it was her idea.

Love it.

And.

But let's start off, if you don't mind me sharing, like, what are the most popular traditions?

All right, Melissa, what are the most popular Thanksgiving traditions that you have found?

Okay, I found some basic popular ones, but then I found.

I haven't heard these yet.

She hasn't.

And there's one, actually that I found that I was surprised at and I didn't know it was a thing, so you guys are gonna have to tell me if you did.

But here's the basics.

Feasting, Obviously, we all know that cornbread, stuffed stuffing.

Actually, cornbread was not a tradition for me, but stuffing, gravy, potatoes, yada yada.

Okay.

Watching the parade.

Uh huh.

Uh huh.

Okay.

Did you guys watch that growing up?

Mm, yeah, they still watch it every year.

Oh, really?

Okay, we're going to talk more, but watching football.

Hell yeah.

It's a Dallas game every Thanksgiving.

Okay.

Did not know that.

We will talk more about that.

Sharing gratitude.

Did the family make you do that?

Um, growing up, my dad was like, everyone say what you're thankful for.

And it's like, well, you were just yelling at me 10 minutes ago, but.

I would be thankful if you are not an asshole.

Oh, no, I didn't say that.

But you know, sometimes, so that's funny.

But share volunteering, and that's a good one that we never did.

We didn't volunteer.

Oh, that's interesting.

I suppose we donated food.

Being such a big part of a church, I feel like that would be highly encouraged.

I know you would think that I mean, the volunteering many times in other ways, but at Thanksgiving time.

No, I just know that we donated food.

Yeah.

And usually we try to buy food for a family.

Makes sense.

Of course.

Baking, playing games, watching a movie.

And then the last one was.

Wait, where'd it go?

Oh, Turkey trot.

What is that?

That is usually like a 5K.

Oh, hell no.

No, I did it once with a family I used to babysit with and for, and it was really fun.

And I still have the shirt, and it's super raggedy.

Interesting.

Yeah, I'm not gonna run ever, so especially not on Thanksgiving.

Oh, gosh.

I have a hilarious story, guys.

Last night, Jacob and I were driving down the road, and this lady was running across the street with her dog.

But then after she got across the street, she kept running.

And I said, why is she still running?

What?

Is she running?

She stole the dog.

Jacob was like, yeah, some people exercise.

Oh, my God.

That's even better than assuming she stole the dog.

Oh, my God.

That happened.

I was like, why is she.

Okay, okay, sorry.

So, yeah, apparently turkey trot is a thing, and then this last one is a thing.

I know, because my family every year break their wishbone.

Breaking the wishbone.

Ah.

But, yeah, so those are some of your basics.

Here's the one that I did not know was a thing.

And I feel like I should have known this because clearly it's been televised every year.

Tell me, did you know that the.

President pardons a turkey every year?

No.

Oh, okay, good.

Neither did I.

I was about to feel kind of dumb.

Yeah.

No.

Yeah.

So, okay.

Apparently the apocryphal story is.

We're not sure if it's any truth to it that Abraham Lincoln's son was upset that they were gonna eat a turkey, and so he asked them to not do it, and so they didn't.

And then apparently a lot of people.

And then it was just a thing that one time, and then a lot of people thought that, like, President Truman brought it back, but it was John F.

Kennedy, and he said, let's keep this going.

And so they basically have a turkey that when it's donated to the White House and raised to be the turkey meal, they pardon it.

And, like, George Bush sent his away to play be on a children's petting zoo.

Yeah, they have a turkey on the grounds.

No, there's a turkey that is raised for them somewhere and donated, and then they pardon it.

And pardon.

That means like, oh, you are not.

Going to execute you.

You're pardoned.

This is morbid.

So it's like, basically, the chickens growing up, being on death row, and then it's like, oh, just kidding.

Yes.

Like, that's cruel.

I didn't even.

Well, I mean, the.

If the chicken was whispered to you every day, being like, you're gonna die, I guess that would be cruel.

I'm assuming the turkey knows what it's intended to say.

Chicken.

But, yeah.

Oh, no, I.

Chicken.

I think I'm.

I don't know now.

Yeah.

Nora calls the chickens turkeys.

And so I guess I'm now calling the turkeys chickens.

Oh.

When I was little, my brother did this.

He was probably three, because he was in preschool or something, and they made him, like, trace his hand and decorate it as a turkey, and he had to name it.

And then they.

Then when we went to the store to pick out a turkey and he had named it Melvin.

When we went to the store to pick out a turkey, we just started calling it a Melvin.

And then my brother, the night before, the day before Christmas or Thanksgiving, I mean, my mom opened the freezer and he just burst out screaming and crying.

And she's like, what is wrong?

And he's like, you.

You froze, Melvin.

Like, he was just so upset.

It was.

It wasn't alive turkey, right?

It was not alive turkey.

It was like a grocery store.

It was a grocery store turkey.

But I think he thought that we were gonna have a Melvin around for Thanksgiving or something.

Oh, it's gonna miraculously turn into a turkey.

I don't know.

Yeah.

I don't know what he thought as a three year old, but he was very upset and traumatized.

Oh, that's a good one.

Yeah.

So we always say that every year you froze, Melvin.

That's funny.

Yeah.

So how did you guys start Thanksgiving every year?

So it was the night before.

We would watch like a Christmas movie and start breaking bread for the stuffing.

Oh, okay.

Yeah.

And my mom would get up super early the next day.

I don't remember if she toasted the bread that night or not, but yeah.

And then we would wake up early as kids and watch the parade.

For some weird reason, my dad had this fruit salad he always wanted to have, and I've never had it anywhere else, but it's literally just apples and raisins and bananas and it's just fruit thrown together in a bowl, like with.

The yogurt or anything in it.

Oh, okay.

And I don't know why not, because that sounds amazing.

And that is amazing.

I've had that kind, right?

No, it's just a fruit salad.

I've never seen it anywhere else.

Huh.

Okay.

Anyway, so that was a thing every year that we had to have, and we had to have one with raisins for him and one without for my mom.

And I'm trying to think.

We did break the turkey bone.

We didn't watch football, but we played football every year.

Oh, I love that.

Yeah.

You guys would just as a family or as kind of like a community type thing.

As family.

And we were in the Mormon Church, so when I was real little, I remember we invited missionaries over for dinner because they're serving a mission.

They're away from their families for two years.

Oh, yeah.

And so they would be like in our.

They would be coming to church with us, but they would be from somewhere else.

Right.

Oh, that's.

So we'd invite them over for Thanksgiving and They would get to, like, not have to wear dress up clothes for a day.

They get to play football with us.

Okay.

Yeah, that is pretty strict for a mission, but, yeah, it was fun.

It was good memories.

And then when you moved to Utah, when I was later, older, we would get together with my cousins.

I remember going to the park and we had to.

My one cousin was like, we've got to have, like, the out of bounds lines.

We've got to have it all.

So we were, like, trudging through the snow and trying to.

Oh, my gosh.

Trying to, like, make the lines.

And then we played and it was fun.

Did you have a lot of cousins?

I did have a lot of cousins.

My dad has four siblings and my mom also has four, I believe.

Wow.

Wait, right?

Aunt Linda, Aunt Peggy, Uncle Terry, Uncle Kelly.

Yeah.

Huh.

I was always jealous of people that had a lot of cousins around them.

It was fun.

It was fun.

Yeah.

I have to admit, I was.

I feel lucky where I don't talk to him nearly as much as I should now.

But they do follow our journey, some of them.

Aw.

I love that.

We could give a shout out.

Love that for you guys.

Love that for us.

Yeah.

Hi, Dave.

Hi, Jess.

So did you guys break the wishbone the day of or the next day?

It has to dry out, so it was usually like a week later.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

And it would.

You'd always have to, like, you know.

How did you decide who broke it?

I just remembered something because I was just trying to say that I was like, we would have to decide.

There was three of us.

Three of us kids.

Yeah.

No, I forgot.

My dad used to always buy two turkeys.

He always does everything, like, extra.

And he wanted to make sure there's always enough food.

And we always had leftovers, of course, and we'd freeze some of it.

And so, yeah, there was always two wishbones.

Oh, so I forgot about that.

All the kids got to pull it.

We did, yeah.

Oh, that's fun.

That sounded inappropriate.

All the kids got to pull the bone.

Did anything come out of the bone?

No.

Oh, God, I would have been traumatized to this day.

No.

Yeah, so we did.

We always pulled and broke the wishbone and.

Yeah.

How about you?

Um, so this.

We didn't do anything the day before Thanksgiving, but we also would get up early.

We'd watch the Christmas parade while dad started cooking.

It was always a big deal to all see Santa at the end of the parade.

Yes.

Um, we would eat and.

Which I guess isn't, like, common.

I Guess I thought it was normal to eat your Thanksgiving meal as lunch and not dinner.

Yeah, we did, too.

Yeah.

Yeah, definitely.

That's why my mom would wake up at like, four to start the tr.

Yeah, same.

But a lot of people I know, they do like dinner, like kind of late night dinner.

I would not want to do that.

Because you have to clean up at the end of the night.

Yeah.

And starve all day.

Like, I don't.

Yeah.

You're, like, trying to make sure that.

You Maybe you get to snack all day, like on unusual snacks.

But.

Yeah.

So we would eat lunch and then either the Dallas game would be on during that or after.

Always.

The Dallas.

Dallas and the Lions always play every year.

What?

Yeah.

Who's the Lions?

Detroit Lions.

Detroit.

Okay.

Yeah, she gave me a side eye, but she very kindly hid it from her voice.

You're welcome.

How did you not know that?

It's not.

I'm.

No, it might be.

It's not common.

It probably is if it's.

Literally everything's.

We just.

I grew up with a lot of football, so that's just why.

I know.

And it's always fun every year to find out who.

So just like the super bowl, there's a halftime on Thanksgiving games, and so it's always fun and exciting to know who's doing this.

The Thanksgiving halftime show.

I didn't know that.

Yeah.

And so this year, Shabuzi's doing one of the half times.

Sorry, I don't like Shabuzi.

Oh.

Nora's obsessed with Shabuzi, So we're excited, so that's okay.

And I can't remember what her name is, but she's really fucking cool.

And she's the girl who plays the electric violin.

And she's Lindsay Sterling, maybe.

That sounds familiar.

Yeah, she grew up Mormon.

Really?

Yep.

Oh, that's so funny.

Yeah, she's playing one of the Thanksgiving halftime shows.

Yeah.

So I'm really excited because I love violin and I like when it sounds cool.

Yeah, she's like a rocker style, like.

Yeah.

Electric violin.

Yeah.

So usually after we eat dinner, the.

A football game will be starting.

My sister and I will jam out to whoever's doing the halftime.

Um, we're always real silly.

We used to sometimes play football, but we always.

Every year, while the Dallas game is on, we'll get the Christmas stuff out and start decorating the tree.

Oh, actually, you're right.

I.

No, for us, I think it was the day after Thanksgiving.

Yeah.

That's cute.

Not cute.

That's not the right word.

Sounded you trait.

No.

That's fun.

Yeah.

What did.

Are there any, like, dishes that you guys, like, always had that you kind of wanted?

Good question.

We are creatures of habit, and I feel like I might have adapted that, adopted that.

Logan and I are obsessed, and we have to, have to, have to have this one particular broccoli cheese casserole.

So good.

And it's just I have to have it every year.

Does it have, like, chicken in it or anything?

Like, there was one that my mom used to make for dinner.

Like, no.

It's a lot of cheese, broccoli, and I think, like, mushroom soup or something, which I don't want to know because I hate mushrooms, so I'm pretending that's not a thing.

It's not.

And so we have to have that every Thanksgiving and every Christmas because it's my favorite.

And Logan has also, like.

He will eat all of it.

Nice.

And then we have macaroni, the turkey, mashed potatoes.

I feel like macaroni is a Southern thing.

Really?

I don't know.

We never had it out west.

Oh, interesting.

But I feel like it's around everywhere in the South.

Like, everyone has it.

Okay.

Yeah.

What kind of foods?

Which is weird because my dad's from Kentucky.

Oh.

So I don't know why he didn't.

What kind of foods did you guys.

Have always, you know, like, obviously, like, mashed potatoes and turkey and gravy stuffing inside the chicken.

Turkey.

I mean, he always makes that.

But you don't like it soft like that?

I don't think so.

I think it's gross.

Okay.

That's fair.

It makes sense.

And then.

Yeah.

What else do we have?

Sweet potatoes with marshmallows.

But I don't like that at all.

Interesting.

You ever had that, like, sweet potatoes cooked with the marshmallow and brown sugar on top?

I have yet to put a sweet potato in my mouth that I like.

And I don't like marshmallow, so I highly doubt that that'll be it.

Fair.

Do you like maple syrup?

Eh, my very favorite.

This is a side note.

Cause we didn't have it for Thanksgiving.

Well, we did, actually, later, when I started having Thanksgiving with my friend.

But maple.

So it's sweet potatoes diced up or cubed?

Cubed, and then doused in butter and maple syrup and salt and pepper and.

Interesting.

That's all.

Well, actually, I've added other things like pecans and stuff before.

Okay.

That would be good.

So good.

I.

I'll make it one day, and you can try it.

And if you don't like it.

I won't be offended, but.

Okay.

Maybe I'll change your life.

Maybe.

No, just.

Oh.

There was later, I would just say when I turned 12, my dad started making cinnamon rolls every year.

Mm.

Actually, I lied.

It was cinnamon bread.

Cinnamon and raisin bread.

Was that for breakfast or like, a dessert?

I make it during the day.

And did we do it the day before?

I don't remember, but yeah, it was just, like, a snacky thing.

Oh, okay.

Yeah, we always do cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas.

I want to do that.

Someone just told me there was a place in Gainesville where they go and they buy fresh.

Fresh, but frozen.

Homemade Frozen cinnamon rolls.

And they're, like, amazing.

And I'm gonna find out the name of the place.

If I can find you down for some amazing cinnamon rolls that you don't.

Have to, like, make.

Homemade?

Yeah.

Oh, I.

For sure we don't do homemade.

It's frozen.

From the grocery store.

Oh, okay.

Where do you.

What kind?

Like, it's just Pillsbury.

Oh, from the can.

Yeah.

Okay.

Got you.

Yeah.

Okay.

Still no things in the making.

No, not a thing.

I told you guys last week.

Last week or when we were talking about Thanksgiving fails, we talked about how we had a friends giving one time, and it was interesting to see what everyone brought.

So I learned that, like, cranberry sauce is a common thing.

Yeah, we didn't have that because no one in my family liked it.

But once I started doing it later with my friend every year, and it was homemade, she made the best.

So it was like.

It was, like, real cranberries simmered down and cooked into, like, a jelly, like, orange zest and spices in it.

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah, that's the thing that's weird to me.

Yeah.

It's like eating Jello, and I don't.

No, it's a compote, more like.

That makes sense.

But I feel like the can one is what I have been offered, and that definitely was like, jello on a plate.

And I don't know why people love that.

We don't do, like, any of the fancy corns usually, and I feel like corn's usually a big Thanksgiving.

Oh, I didn't realize that either.

Oh, and it's really funny that you mentioned cornbread is a common tradition, because we've never done that before.

But I made cornbread for the first time a couple of nights ago when I made chili, and now everyone in the house is obsessed with it, so now I'm making that for Thanksgiving.

Did you do it homemade or was it a box?

Because there is a certain box that I love.

Do I have to answer that?

Because I still made it good.

I tell you guys, I love the jiffy box.

It's so stinking good.

Oh, it's like a little bit sweet, but not very sweet.

It's just so perfect.

Mine was not jiffy, but it was a prepackaged box.

And I put a bunch of honey into the mix before I cooked it.

And then when it came out, I coated the top with honey and let it soak in.

That sounds amazing.

It was really good.

There is another thing I like to do with the jiffy box.

It is a cornbread casserole, but it's not really a casserole.

It's more just a really super, like, souped up cornbread.

So you put, like, creamed corn in it and sour cream, and you can put, like, jalapenos in it if you want.

I bet you could put, like, chicken in it or sausage.

You could.

You could.

But, like, literally, I just do the extra good corn and sour cream and cheddar cheese, and it's like a very moist, so savory, delicious.

It's so good.

Now I want to make that up for dinner and put either chicken, leftover turkey, or.

What's that?

Andouille sausage.

And Julie, I bet that would be delicious.

I called andouille.

I always call it andouille because I think it's spelled with L's.

It's andouille.

You're right.

I don't know.

It's just a sausage.

Okay.

We're gonna normalize not knowing how to say words.

Worcestershire.

Worcestershire.

Worcestershire sauce.

Are there any traditions that you do as an adult that you did as a child?

Honestly, no, because I.

No.

Well, I guess when I.

So now I go up to my friends in North Carolina, I say, I.

Brett and I.

Good.

Yeah.

And I.

That's where you guys spend Thanksgiving?

Yeah.

With friends and.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

And so that's what we do.

We've done it for the last, like, three years, some or four years.

We play board games all day during the day.

Granted, there's a part of me that feels a little guilty because my.

My Danielle, my good friend and her mom and brother all stay upstairs cooking and I go downstairs and play board games with the guys.

But maybe it's not a gender thing.

It's more of just a who wants to help and who wants to not.

And I guess I'm that not helpful person.

I would take it at.

Well, okay.

This doesn't I don't help.

This doesn't apply to you, but in my case that would be me because no one wants me fucking cooking on Thanksgiving.

Okay, got you.

Well, I do take a homemade and they do request it every year I take a homemade.

What am I saying?

Green bean casserole with the French crispy French onion salad.

And I do not use canned soups.

I make it fresh from scratch.

So that is very yummy.

And I do help that way.

I always take like a dessert or two.

So I take a few things and then I try to make sure, like, hey, if there's something I can do, I try to be there.

Yeah.

And then.

But yeah, it's pretty amazing.

I love it.

I love it.

We play board games and it's such a good Thanksgiving.

And we do actually do the same thing, I think where everybody, we do, we go around and say what we're thankful for.

And we did grow up saying doing that.

I like that.

Yeah.

We do think we feel like the going around the table and being thankful shouldn't just be on Thanksgiving.

So we actually do that every night.

You do?

We do with the kids.

I love that.

Yeah.

We didn't do that growing up, but with the kids, every night we do three thankfuls.

So.

Love that.

I actually think we'll skip it on Thanksgiving.

Okay.

Because I mean, I.

Why do you need a.

Why do.

Yeah.

Why do you need a particular day to be thankful?

Yeah.

Actually this would be like a fun conversation for Christmas because that was something that we really took and made our own with our own family.

But for Thanksgiving we kind of still do the same thing.

I don't get up early, I don't find it exciting, and I don't make the kids watch the Christmas parade.

Right.

That's just not too enjoyable to me.

I'd rather have a nice quiet time before we have to go and be surrounded by family that maybe we don't want to be surrounded by.

And we all have some of those, I think.

So we always go to my parents house for Thanksgiving and that's just how it's always been there.

Was going to ask, where do you guys go?

Here it is changing up.

This year we are still going to their house.

But this year Simon's doing the majority of the cooking.

But of course he's a really good cook, guys.

His turkey is like to die for, unlike any other turkey.

Really?

Yeah.

So he's taking over turkey this year.

Wait, what does he do?

Is he fry it and does it do it?

No.

Makes this.

He Makes this like butter thing and then he like shoves it over the.

Skin and Herbed butter.

That's how.

Yeah.

And whatever he does.

And then there's like all these juices that he like, squirts all over and it always actually comes out juicy.

And I'm.

I'm always used to getting a dry turkey for Thanksgiving, so it'll be interesting to see what everyone else thinks of his turkey.

And there's only been a couple of Thanksgivings that we didn't do that.

When I think it was the first year that Simon and I were together for Thanksgiving.

My parents lived in South Carolina, and for some reason I cannot remember why we were going to do our own Thanksgiving.

And I remember Simon bought this like tiny, tiny turkey that was just big enough to feed the four of us.

That's really cute.

And he.

I think he either put it in the oven or told me to put it in the oven for him.

And then he had to go to work for a few minutes or for a couple of hours.

So the turkey went in the oven.

But then Amelia woke up sick and she has a hole in her heart.

And so at that time, anytime she got a fever, got sick, it was a big deal.

So you had to go to the hospital.

So I took her to Choa on Thanksgiving thinking that the turkey would be okay in the oven.

Oh, no.

And Amelia was fine.

We got home.

I mean, honestly, we weren't there for too long.

Like it was fine.

But by the time we got back home, the turkey was fried.

Simon was like trying to shave off like burnt stuff so we could at least eat the insides of it.

And it was a very ungrate food Thanksgiving.

But it was our first Thanksgiving together.

And so we always remember it.

I do.

And then that was the first year that we were together together.

So that's the first year that Simon and I put Christmas stuff up together because we did do that.

Cute.

Yeah, I like it.

I do.

I really enjoy decorating for Christmas.

I haven't done it the last few years.

Well, that's not true.

Two years ago I did.

Last year I just was way too busy.

I feel like it's the only holiday I do decorate.

I love it.

I want to sit around.

I think this year I am going to go with my sister in law and get a Christmas tree at the same time as them.

Good.

I.

Yeah.

Real.

A real one.

I wanted a real tree.

I would love to have a real tree every year.

Brett doesn't love decorating, and that's part of the reason why it's not that important.

Like, I kind of let it.

If I'm busy, I just do it.

But we did, like, two years ago come to a compromise.

Well, let's just get an artificial tree.

Cause he just didn't think, I just don't wanna spend money on a tree every year.

I do.

And I told him that I wanted to get a real tree this year, and he agreed.

Even though we have an artificial one that we could use.

So shake it up a bit.

Right.

I just.

I just love sitting around a tree with the lights off.

The.

Yes.

Twinkling on the tree.

On.

Right.

And you're just drinking a tea or cocoa, reading.

Maybe you just end up, like, tranquilized in the tree lights.

Yeah, Tranquilized.

That's cute.

Is that.

No, tranquilize is the word.

I think you mean mesmerized and trans.

What's the word you're trying to put with it?

Something.

I make up my own vocabulary.

I love it.

But tranquilized works too.

You could just like.

Now I need to look up what word I was.

Trying to go in the kitchen or living room and they're like, mom, wake up.

She's just been tranquilized by the tree.

Oh, my.

I love it.

Well, it would be interesting to hear all the different ways to celebrate.

Yeah.

And honestly, this is getting me excited.

One for Thanksgiving and two, for now.

Even decorating for Christmas.

Yeah, I'm excited to talk about Christmas.

Me too.

So Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

We love you.

We'll talk to you in December.

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