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The holidays are here, which means emotions are high, family is… family-ing, and Monica shares the biggest white elephant gift fail. In this episode, the girls unpack Thanksgiving—everything from the tender, nostalgic moments to the “why did we do hamburgers?” level chaos.
We dive into the emotional rollercoaster that comes with the holiday season as adults: juggling traditions, creating magic for our kids, managing weird family dynamics, and grieving the parts of the holidays that don’t feel the same anymore. There are laughs (obviously), mildly concerning conversations about glass straw safety, and a reminder that humor may actually be the only thing keeping us all afloat this time of year.
If your holiday season feels like a mashup of joy, exhaustion, nostalgia, and “please don’t bring that dish again,” you’re in the right place.
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It is officially Christmas now that we're finally done with Thanksgiving and we get to play our Christmas intro. very excited about the Christmas intro. Merry Christmas, everyone. We are the A Little Bit Bothered podcast. We're your bothered bitches. I'm Nicole.
Monica (:Yes.
I'm Monica.
Monica (:and I'm Kelsey.
Nicole (:Yay. And Ashley's not with us today. It's just the three of us, sorry.
Monica (:Yay! And we miss Ashley.
It's been a very busy weekend. We're gonna let her rest.
Nicole (:Yes,
yes, she had a lot going on this weekend. ⁓ my goodness. It's been a while, I feel like. Has it though? I mean, I feel like it's been a while. I think it's only been like two weeks, but that feels like a long time. Yeah, Thanksgiving was good. How was your guys' Thanksgiving? Busy. ⁓
Monica (:Yes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we took a two week break for yeah, we took a two week break for the holidays. I know.
busy, super busy. Yeah,
James and I do most of the cooking and which is fine, but it also always makes it very busy and very chaotic. And like, I have had this thing where I've wanted to do a turkey trot for like ever. So we were even like driving over to my in-laws and I like, I just wish that we were a turkey trot family. And he was like, I don't think that's ever gonna happen. And I was like, well.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
He's like ⁓
Monica (:J5 might, J5 likes to run like maybe maybe him and I will just be the the turkey trotter And he was like all right that that might happen I was like yeah, I just wanna be a turkey trot family
Nicole (:Your son, Tug Turkey Traw, I love that. That's cute. I love that.
Monica (:I aspire to never be a Turkey Trot family. Don't sign me up for that.
Monica (:That's all I want.
I just want to be a turkey trotter. Okay. But like Thanksgiving, like you guys heard it, like, I don't know what it was. There wasn't anything specific, but like my emotions on Thanksgiving were like, like up and down. Like, not just like, I'm kind of like a little bit of a tear. Like I was sobbing and I'm like, I don't know why.
Nicole (:That is so freaking funny.
yeah, Manoko is crying in the chat. Manoko is literally crying in the chat.
Because the years go by and they go by so fast and it sucks.
Monica (:world keep spinning and don't stop spinning or whatever fucking
Nicole (:Don't stop.
Monica (:No, right?
Nicole (:Hit the ground running.
Monica (:Seriously? What? The thing is like, this is just like the gift that keeps on giving though, because later that afternoon, I'm on TikTok scrolling and I find out I was not the only one taken out by kpop singing in the Macy's Day parade because
Nicole (:Whatever Smatsmelt said.
Monica (:Whatever Smash Mouth said.
Nicole (:Yes, I was gonna mention,
I was gonna talk about the Macy's Day Parade, because that is like the one thing that really, for me, makes Thanksgiving feel like Thanksgiving. I love the Macy's Day Parade. I've watched it my entire life. There has not been a year that I haven't put it on the TV. ⁓ I mean, I guess there may have been like one or two when I was in my 20s, like not really paying attention. But for my entire life, I've pretty much watched the Macy's Day Parade, and I was so excited. I literally said to my kids, how much you wanna bet?
Monica (:Yeah.
It was a good one this year.
Nicole (:that K-Pop Demon Hunters are gonna be in this year's parade because it's been the big craze this year. And so we're watching and like, you know, in the corner, comes up, like the corner of the screen comes up, up next. And it's like the voices of K-Pop Demon. And I screamed, I screamed, said, look! was like, kids, look! And they were so excited and I was so excited and we were all singing, gotta be, gotta be golden. And it was a great, it was a great time, it was a time. And then we're really into Pokemon. Oh yeah.
Monica (:Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, I know. Well, I just love the songs anyways.
Yeah.
Nicole (:And my kids are really
into Pokemon right now too, so when they saw Pikachu and Eevee, was like, it was a whole thing. And it was, it was really fun to see them excited about the parade because the years previously they haven't been excited or they don't care. Like, they haven't cared yet. Yeah.
Monica (:yeah, my kids too. Absolutely.
Well that's why-
Yeah, like that's what that's what took me out is that my daughter
was like so excited to see the song and like she's singing and like dancing to it and it just like so adorable. And this was already following the like Pampers commercial that came on. There's like the little baby that they're holding and like that that took me out because they're just so big now.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Monica
was a blubbering mess the whole day.
Monica (:I was so unprepared for it and then my daughter's like singing to that and that was like at the point was like I'm just gonna go upstairs now like I can't handle this anyway I need to go get ready and then like a day or two later that my son is like yeah you can't handle watching TV like you can't handle seeing the babies on the TV because you just cry that's all you do it okay thank you well and
Nicole (:Ahem.
You're like, you're not wrong, child, you're not wrong.
Monica (:He's just calling me out left and right because then we go to Ashley's yesterday and he's like, he walks into the kitchen out of nowhere. Like we're rushing around. He walks in out of nowhere and just goes, I hope my mom didn't forget anything. She's got ADHD.
Ashley just stopped and like died laughing and I'm like, thanks for calling me out buddy. She's like, yeah.
Nicole (:Oh, Jonah has the best one-liners.
No, he really does.
Monica (:You're so good.
Nicole (:didn't forget
anything she has ADHD did you respond I'm medicated now child you should
Monica (:Right?
He freaking loves it though, he's like, you're my ADHD bestie.
Nicole (:Oh, I love him. I adore him. Oh gosh. How is Benny's first turkey day? Gobble, gobble.
Monica (:Yes, so yeah. Yeah.
Monica (:She was kind of cranky. think that she's like going through a leap or something. I don't know. Or she's experiencing like stranger danger or something. I don't know because she just wanted to be with me. And then like every time she looked at anybody that wasn't me or Trevor, she would just cry.
Monica (:⁓ man.
You're
Aww.
Nicole (:It's like, get these people away from me. don't know them.
Monica (:⁓
Monica (:Truly and she does like my sister-in-law.
She's she's been around She I don't know what her deal was, but every time she looked at somebody that wasn't us She just started crying and I was like which was complicated because I was cooking
Nicole (:Bennifer.
Monica (:⁓ no, that is hard. That gets very complicated. You're like, right?
Nicole (:⁓ no.
Throw her in a backpack.
Strap her to ya.
Monica (:She kind of was that way. I don't know. She's going through something because she was kind of that way.
What's today Sunday? Friday we came up to my parents and she's they see my mom all the time and if I even at first she was kind of like crying with my mom and I'm like something is she's going through something it's been better as the weekend has gone on but whatever is going on with her she's like
Nicole (:Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Something is up. Something is up with Benny.
Monica (:Ooooo
Poor thing.
Nicole (:That's so silly. Babies are just so funny. Oh, I love them. They're so stinkin' cute. I miss the baby phase. Ava's going through, don't know, her, she's growing horns. I don't know what's happening with her. She's not nice. She's not, she's working her way towards the naughty list. I think she wants Cole. I keep asking her, do you want Cole for Christmas? Because dang, girl, she got attitude.
Monica (:these people, these people.
Monica (:⁓ Just quit.
Nicole (:Attitude, attitude, attitude.
Monica (:Can I
just tell you guys a story really fast about Cole?
Nicole (:It's true.
Okay.
Monica (:Please stop.
Nicole (:broke Monica I didn't mean to I'm sorry
Monica (:This is just, it's a story that comes up every single year because my husband does not let it go. It still feels so bad. Okay, so like years ago, we like we volunteered, right? And with like the junior high group, we would have these holiday parties like of staff, right? It feels so bad. Okay, so was White Elephant. It was supposed to be Gag Gifts, right? It's White Elephant.
Nicole (:no.
Monica (:And I was shopping and I found this gift and I just thought it was like the funniest thing. And I was like, this is hilarious. It was like coal, like literally a bag of coal. Okay. So I'm like, this is hilarious. It's a white elephant. It's coal, like perfect. So I thought that like I was winning that gift for the party and I bring it and one of my friend's sons was there.
Nicole (:actual coal Hilarious.
Yeah, you thought you were so funny.
Monica (:and she let him play the white elephant game instead of her playing it and he was like four or five.
Nicole (:no Monica
you gave a kid cold!
Monica (:I know! And I was like, that was not for a child!
Nicole (:⁓ Monica
That's so funny.
Monica (:to make it even, like, this is also the same child that ended up being like the ring bearer at our wedding. Like, we love him so much.
Nicole (:God. ⁓
Monica (:to this
day was literally like 15 years ago at least and every single year my husband still brings it up and is like hey remember that time you a child coal for Christmas? Why do you have to be such an a-hole?
Nicole (:That's so funny.
The child
is grown. The child is grown now and your husband still brings it up.
Monica (:Really two days ago, he was bringing it up and telling my kids about it. They're like, one time your mom did it.
Nicole (:You better watch
out. You better watch out, mom doesn't mess around.
Monica (:I didn't mean to! It was supposed to be for a college student!
Nicole (:That's
funny, that's really funny.
Monica (:I know. So I still feel terrible about it. 15 years later, and it still haunts me.
Nicole (:Monica's the Grinch.
this day it's still hot
sir that's so freaking funny ⁓ my goodness my goodness
Monica (:You
So moral of the story, don't buy coal for a white elephant gift unless you are sure who it's gonna go to.
Nicole (:Nope. ⁓
It's really funny. god.
Monica (:Which
in my defense, I really did think I knew who it was gonna go to.
Nicole (:gosh. I really miss when holidays were fun. They're so lame now. It's probably my own fault, but I just feel like holidays are not as fun as they used to be.
Monica (:⁓ man.
Well, I just don't feel
like it feels like the holiday season yet. Like Thanksgiving came and went and it just didn't even feel like it. And like, it does help that like Christmas lights are starting to go up and it's like, okay, we're here. But like, I literally don't feel like it's December. We did, but I feel like it's.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Yeah.
Hmm.
Monica (:I think we had this exact same conversation last year.
Nicole (:⁓ I think we are going to have this conversation
Monica (:I think it's
just being an adult at this point.
Nicole (:for, I think so too.
Monica (:Maybe but this year
I think like it's even worse like and and maybe that's just because like life is really life thing right now. I like a lot is happening and like, kind of feels heavy and some just like I don't know it just doesn't feel like Christmas. It doesn't feel like holidays. I don't know. Like well actually that's part of why I was crying on Thanksgiving because I was telling my husband that that like it didn't feel like
Nicole (:I agree. Life is life-ing.
Yeah.
like.
Monica (:Thanksgiving and he was like, okay, then you need to stop like go and just like watch your kids like watch this parade right now like go make it feel like the holidays and I was like, okay, which I really appreciated him saying that but then I went over there and I was like, I can't handle it.
Nicole (:Yeah, you're right.
This is where I should have never listened to you ⁓
Monica (:So mean,
I guess it kind of worked, but like didn't.
Monica (:Well, that's what I was telling Trevor yesterday or Friday, maybe. was like, he's like, you're not really in a hurry to put up Christmas decorations. And I was like, I just, maybe it's just because like, I used to get really excited about putting up Christmas. Like I was ready to put up stuff like November 1st. But I'm like, I think that like I was really excited for, ⁓
Nicole (:I ⁓
Monica (:Yeah.
Yeah.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm.
Monica (:Like having kids and like the Christmas magic, but it like hasn't really been that way for us. Cause you know, Mattis, he's autistic. doesn't, it's not like something that he like really cares about. And Maverick is just now, I think, I think this Christmas, I think he will be really excited about like presents and stuff, but up until now, like it hasn't been what I thought it would be.
Monica (:Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:Hmm.
Yeah.
Monica (:What?
Monica (:So I
Nicole (:Right.
Monica (:think my Christmas excitement has gone down over the years.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Monica (:Well,
I can I can see that I get that and but I also feel like that's kind of a deceiving thing going into parenthood in general is that like you're really excited about it. And like you have those first few Christmases. And they are cute and they are fun. But for me, I remember it feeling really stressful because my kids didn't totally get it. And then there's all like the things that like you want to do with them, but like you don't have enough time for it. And then they they're not as appreciative of it because they don't really get it like they don't care.
Nicole (:Cause they don't
understand yet. Yeah.
Monica (:Yeah.
And so then it's like, it is fun. But like, as they're opening up all their gifts, like they don't like the Christmas magic isn't really there yet until they are like several years older. Like, do you know what I mean?
Nicole (:Yeah.
Yeah. Also, I saw like I've recently seen and I think a lot of people are starting to share the sentiment like the holiday magic is is gone, so to speak, is what people say. But it's like, well, wait a second, we have to create the holiday magic. And I think that's a lot. I'm like, you're right. Like it doesn't it's we were younger experiencing things thinking these things just happened. We didn't think about it as like somebody.
Monica (:Yeah.
Yeah.
Nicole (:put the effort into making it happen for us. You don't realize that until you're older and you're like, wait, now I, ⁓ I actually have to do it. Wait, I have to create the magic, whoops. Like, I think it's finally kind of clicking for me now. I'm like, yeah, it is my job to create the magic. But I think that also comes with both of my kids. They're starting to get to an age where like, this stuff is fun. So like creating the magic is gonna be worth it because they're both kind of old enough-ish to understand. So it's all starting to click.
Monica (:Hmm... Yeah, I have to in the effort.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes.
Nicole (:But like you're saying like life is also lifeing at the same time. Personally, we're going through a really weird time that I can't actually like openly discuss. So it doesn't like the actual life things that are every day on my mind also make it hard to like harness the holiday magic. They don't just go away. I can pretend they're not there, but they are still indeed right there. So it's like that, that when you're an adult,
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Yeah, like they don't just go away. Yeah.
Nicole (:the adult things take over and it makes it hard to create the childhood magic or even get into the mindset to create the childhood magic. At least that's what I'm struggling with. Also the fact that my husband, ⁓ gosh, here she goes. no. She's gonna cry. She's crying. She's crying. She's crying.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
⁓ no. What just happened?
I don't know if we're laughing or crying.
Monica (:We're crying, it's fine.
Monica (:Aww.
Nicole (:⁓
Monica (:Well, so...
Why are you crying?
Monica (:I was just...
Hi, Benny. What a wonderful time to pop awake and smile.
Nicole (:and
Monica (:Aww.
Nicole (:⁓ Benny
Boo.
Monica (:⁓
just-
conversation with my grandpa.
Nicole (:Yeah. Uh-huh.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:That's what I thought it was.
Monica (:Yeah.
Nicole (:Yeah, that too.
holidays are always rough after that. They're the worst after you lose somebody. Yeah.
Monica (:Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:hard to go on with normal life.
Monica (:Yeah.
Well, it's like, I don't know. It's like very jolting in a way, because it's like you have this one thing that feels heavy and sad, and then on like the contrast, the rest of the world is like happy and jolly and like, you know, and like you can't experience both of those at the same time, but it's still very like jolting and kind of like a whiplash when it's like such extremes.
Nicole (:Yeah, yeah.
course, both are true, but yeah, it's hard.
Monica (:Yeah.
Nicole (:Sorry, Kelsey.
It's been like, we took a two week break for a reason because life has been life. Life has been heavy. Things have been happening. ⁓ So yeah, but yeah.
Monica (:Yeah, we did. Yeah.
Monica (:very very
Monica (:Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, I guess it would spend two weeks. My grandpa passed away ⁓ right before Thanksgiving. Benny's smiling at me real big right now. ⁓ So just like.
Monica (:Sigh
Nicole (:Yep, which is the worst. Pin girl!
Monica (:Life be life as we said.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:Yeah,
mm-hmm, that's been rough. That also, it makes the holiday season even less cheery and it's hard to go on. I feel like too, ⁓ when you lose a grandparent as an adult, they've been such a staple in your life, your whole life, that then for them to not be at the Thanksgiving or at the Christmas, it's, you I'm sorry Kelsey, now I'm crying too. Shit.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Monica (:Yeah.
Monica (:You
know.
Monica (:I've always said, I'm, god, I'm covering my camera. This whole phone thing is not for me.
Nicole (:Kelsey had technical difficulties, we've been trying to record for an hour, it's just, things are happening.
Monica (:Yeah, I just I was I Said this when my other grandpa died to I my grandparents have always been like both sets of grandparents were like second parents You know like second sets of parents. I'm very lucky that I have had such good grandparents, but I just
Nicole (:It's been
Mm-hmm. Mm.
Monica (:it sucks
Monica (:makes it all
the harder. And they just decide to leave us on the holidays.
Nicole (:Shit, stop it.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Nicole (:Right.
Yeah, not very good timing. How rude. ⁓ goodness gracious.
Monica (:Yeah.
Yeah,
we didn't plan for it to go this way, did we, Benny?
Monica (:you
Nicole (:No, we did
not, but it went there. We did not play over that, but that's just how it goes sometimes.
Monica (:She switches into her Betty talk. I'm crying.
Monica (:If you want us to keep it real about the holidays, trust us, we do.
Monica (:Yeah, for
Nicole (:We do, we really
Monica (:real.
Nicole (:do, with what we can.
Monica (:Our intro is in stark contrast to... We're only a little bit jolly.
Monica (:They're just complicated.
Nicole (:Literally. This is the least jolly episode.
Monica (:I know. I know. Right?
Or trying to be jolly. Yeah, but a little bit jolly actually is very accurate because not a lot just a little bit jolly.
Nicole (:We'll be more jolly next week. It's like, it's not a lot, the tiniest amount of jolly. goodness. ⁓ my goodness. Well, on that note, maybe we should do something silly.
Monica (:⁓ my gosh.
Well, on another note, ⁓ this one freaked me out the other day. So I don't know if you guys saw it, but there it's kind of going kind of viral, but there's this girl on TikTok and originally like her first post was saying like, PSA do not use the glass straws like for all like your tumblers and stuff. Yeah. Like
Nicole (:I saw her! But I didn't
see any other follow-ups. Like I just saw her video of her. think she was still in the hospital and she like, barely had a voice so like...
Monica (:Yeah, so I like went down.
Yeah, I went down the rabbit hole. And basically, she was drinking out of her cup with the glass straw. And she felt something go down her throat. But like, it didn't necessarily hurt. But she was like, what the crap was that? Because she's just drinking like a drink, right? There shouldn't be chunks coming into her mouth.
Nicole (:Yeah.
I would have gaslit
myself into thinking it was ice. You know what I mean? I would have been like, no, I'm fine.
Monica (:Well, I know, but like those small
little glass straw, but so then she went and she looked at her straw and there were shards of glass missing from her straw. And I know. So she ended up going to the hospital. And I guess they didn't take her very seriously at first. And then finally, one of the doctors I think he was like a gastro and I don't I can't say their names and their titles, whatever. ⁓ yeah.
Nicole (:Ugh.
Mm.
I can't say that word either.
Monica (:So I guess he like caught wind of it was like, no, like we have to expedite this now. And then they were able to do I think a cat scan and saw it like in her stomach and like rushed her into surgery. But then by the time they got into surgery, it had already moved through. And so they were like, yeah. And so the doctor was like, well, if it's gone that far, and we haven't dealt with like internal bleeding and like all these things, then like, you're kind of in the clear. So you have to
Nicole (:Her GI, ⁓ no.
You might be okay,
yeah. Let it pass. ⁓ no.
Monica (:Yeah, like you have to go home and like pass it and like watch your stools basically.
But like how terrifying and I will just say I've never actually gotten on the glass straw train because in theory I'm like, okay, that's cool. Cause it's not plastic or whatever. And I know that there was the other issues with the metal straws, like cutting people's mouths and
Nicole (:She's lucky.
freaks me out.
Monica (:I
love glass straws. You can see them so you can see that they're clean inside.
Nicole (:I
Monica (:See, and
that's why I like it in theory, but I know who I am. I'm gonna break those. I will just break them.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm.
Especially you.
Monica (:I was letting,
Mattis was literally drinking out of a glass jar when I saw that video and I'm like, well I have to throw that away.
I was literally watching him drink out of it as the video came out. I'm like...
Nicole (:You're like, drinking, mid-drink, stop.
Monica (:⁓ my gosh. I know. Well, and so like, I think the girl's okay as far as from what I've like heard and I probably need to go and check her page and make sure she is. Yes, but it's so like, I think it's just another one of those things where it's like, you can't win. Like everything is going to have like the risks and whatnot.
Nicole (:it's
That's good. Very lucky.
But as far as we know, she's alright.
No.
Monica (:but at the same time, like the glass, I just had a feeling, okay? I just had a feeling that those weren't a good idea for a reason.
Nicole (:Mm-hmm.
Yeah,
I don't like them either. I'm always afraid of like breaking them.
Monica (:I feel like you should at least
have, I mean, like it's a good lesson on if you're gonna use them, inspect them before you use them. Make sure they're not.
Monica (:Yeah.
Nicole (:gosh, and I'm just
a freak. I inspect like every straw because I saw this also went pretty viral. Somebody there was a there was a spider in somebody's like Yeti straw or not their yeti straw, their Stanley straw straw like like they something told them looking like, you know, look before you drink it. Luckily, she looked. She just happened to look when there was a whole ass spider in the fucking no, no, no, I can't.
Monica (:Uggh.
Gross. Gross.
Monica (:I'm always nervous that
in the summer there's like gonna like a little bee is gonna crawl in my fucking straw.
Nicole (:B or something. Yeah.
Monica (:huh.
Nicole (:Yeah.
Monica (:huh.
Nicole (:I'm so weird about straws. That's why I actually really like the brewmate because I lock mine all the time. Mine is always locked in the lock position. Nothing's crawling in. And if it is, it's only getting into that first part where I can still see like nothing's getting in.
Monica (:Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good point.
Monica (:You need one of those straw caps. They have those magnetic straw caps for the brewmates.
Nicole (:Yeah, I do,
Monica (:Mm, mm-hmm.
Nicole (:I
really do because, you know, like I can't. ⁓
Monica (:I know,
I know the glass ones like see even if you inspect it because I just I know who I am. I'm clumsy. Like I hit shit all the time. So like even if I did inspect it before I started using it, if I'm if I'm moving it anywhere in my house, like there's a good chance that like I'm bumping that on something and it could crack and like not even know it right like it's the same reason why like I don't buy like those cute little glass tumbler cups to that everybody makes a little ice coffees in.
Nicole (:Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Good break, Yeah.
Mm-mm. Ice coffee's
Monica (:That glass just looks too thin and I will
Nicole (:in, I know. Danger. Danger.
Monica (:break those for sure.
Nicole (:I
need to get a, I at least need to get a thick, thick, thick one if I'm going to do that because danger.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Monica (:I love those little glass tumblers.
Monica (:danger. They're
Nicole (:They're
Monica (:so
Nicole (:so cute. Danger.
Monica (:cute. They're so cute. I love them. will break them. I will
Nicole (:Yep. Same. ⁓
Monica (:Like it's
shocking. I don't break my coffee mugs to be honest, but like if you go through my house There are little coffee stains on my carpet here and there because like I'm like walking with my coffee and like walking up the stairs like okay Like I bump shit. Okay, like
Nicole (:True.
everywhere because you
Spillage shit.
You're hazard. You are hazard.
Monica (:I'm not a graceful queen here. Like, that is not
a queen. So yeah, I would absolutely be like this girl. I would end up in the hospital with like a broken straw. Ugh. She's lucky.
Nicole (:Uh, she, she, you know, thank God she
was able to, you know, it wasn't, didn't cut her anything. Hopefully it was a kind of a smooth piece and not like a, you know what I mean? Like, but that's scary. That is scary, scary. I hope she's doing well.
Monica (:Yeah, I think it was small enough. Yeah. Well, and I think the reason
if I remember right, she said that the reason she went in is because she's like she swallowed something but was like, you know, am I okay? And then she coughed up blood later and was like, okay, ER it is. So scary. But I don't know, we just can't fucking win.
Nicole (:Yeah, yeah. So now we're going, scary, So scary.
Let's do uh, no we really can't.
Let's do a would you rather's though. Cause we have some fun holiday ones. and we're trying to be jolly you guys. So, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Uh, let's see. I'll go first. Kelsey.
Monica (:Yeah.
Monica (:Okay,
Nicole, you go first. Because we're trying to be a little bit jolly.
Nicole (:Would you rather have a small mariachi band follow you around playing holiday music everywhere you go for one day or have every decorative nutcracker you own randomly shout insults whenever someone walks past them? It's so funny. Yes. my God. It's so funny to me. ⁓
Monica (:Cool.
Monica (:Please, not me now. That's all I can think of.
Monica (:I want the yelling nutcrackers. I want the insulting nutcrackers. That sounds so fun.
Monica (:For sure.
Nicole (:I only have one nutcracker
Monica (:For sure.
Nicole (:but he's kinda big. So I just... Just don't just be so funny.
Monica (:I freaking love nutcrackers and it's my goal to like add one more to my my cook one more to my collection every year and I would just freaking love that like people just walk into the house and they're just yelling insults
Nicole (:What?
One more to your collection. ⁓
funny.
Shining in so fucking funny No, but I love it. It's perfect. It fits right in I need it in my house now God no, right there would have to at least one would have to stay out all year long. Okay, Kelsey your turn
Monica (:It's not being jolly, but it's funny.
⁓ my gosh, I love it so much. They would hang out all year long. That would not just be a Christmas thing.
Monica (:Monica, would you rather have to replace your lights on your strands, your Christmas strands with tiny little sirens that you have to screw in, they're like little sirens. Or
Go to the grocery store with your grocery list and have to sing your grocery list through the grocery store.
Nicole (:my god. Yeah.
Monica (:grocery lists for sure.
The siren, like that's just too tedious. No, that was just too tedious and annoying. ⁓ I would definitely rather just like sing. I mean, to be honest, I probably am already doing that anyways. Maybe not loudly, but I'm probably singing it just so don't forget half of it anyways. Just, you know, pair it with a holiday tune. Here we go. Great.
Nicole (:So annoying too. So annoying. You better pray.
That's so funny. my god. There you go. A little bit jolly. Seeing your grocery
list to the a little bit jolly theme song.
Monica (:Need a little
bit jelly.
Nicole (:⁓
Monica (:Need some potatoes to mash
Nicole (:Hmm.
Monica (:you
Nicole (:goodness gracious. ⁓ God. ⁓
Monica (:All right, Nicole, would
you rather have to refer to your holiday hot cocoa as hot brown tree sap all season or have to address every elderly relative as frosty?
Nicole (:Absolutely frosty.
Monica (:You know what? You know what some holiday tree stuff?
Nicole (:I would absolutely. Hey,
Frosty. I mean, I would actually do both. I really would do both because they're both funny. I'd be like, you know, hand me my holiday, my brown holiday tree sap. That's so funny.
Monica (:⁓
Monica (:Well, it's like trying to go
to Starbucks to order some hot Cocos. I would like a holiday brown tree sap
Nicole (:They'd be like, what? God. Both. I would do both. They might. They would think it's pretty funny. I would do both, truly. And I would call not just my elderly relatives frosty. I'd probably call everybody frosty. What's up, Frosty? Everybody. Everybody would be frosty. Bonus points if they're gray, but everybody would be frosty. ⁓
Monica (:I'm sorry.
Monica (:Starbucks would not think it's funny Dutch Bros though they they would they would
Monica (:Oooooh
Monica (:⁓
my gosh.
Nicole (:That
reminds me, I'm gonna, my mom's gonna kill me, but she was doing stuff, I don't remember what it was, when she was here and I was like, calm down, Granny, and she was like, if you call me Granny one more time, and so then I just started calling her Granny the whole time that she was here. She was like, I'm gonna kick your ass. I'm not a Granny. I was laughing so fucking hard. She's like, Granny is old, I'm not old, yeah.
Monica (:my gosh, that makes me laugh so hard. Now that I've met your mom. Yeah, now that I've met your mom, like I can just
like
see her being so spicy and like sassy with it.
Nicole (:My mom's very
spicy. she's like, Granny's old. And me and Justin are like, Granny's not old. Granny's hip. She's like, Granny's old. I'm like, Jesus, OK. So we were in Hobby Lobby, and I was like, come on, Granny. And she was like, I'll kick your ass right in this store. It was hilarious.
It was really funny though. ⁓ gosh. Could you imagine if I call her Frosty? she'd kill me anyway.
Monica (:my gosh, your mom is so funny.
my gosh.
Monica (:I got it to,
actually, I have a Thanksgiving story to tell you guys. I'll out some of the family. ⁓ So Trevor's, this was with Trevor's family. We had Thanksgiving, on Thanksgiving day at our house. ⁓ Trevor's little brother is not so little. He's like,
Monica (:Ooh, yes. Let's hear it.
Nicole (:yes, still us.
⁓
Monica (:Yes, let's do it.
Nicole (:Out
them all! ⁓
Monica (:21 or 22, but he's the baby. He's like nine years younger than Trevor, right? Anyways, like it's been for like the last month when we talked about Thanksgiving, Sharon's like, Trevor's mom is Sharon. She's like, James wants hamburgers for Thanksgiving. And we're like, okay, well, obviously we're not having hamburgers. she's like, I'm so I'm going to bring some hamburger for James. And I'm like,
whatever, she's been saying this for like a month, right? And so the day rolls around and she brings like, I swear, like four pounds of hamburger, like four rolls of like the one pounds of hamburger. And she gets there and she's like, ⁓ she sets the hamburger down, she's like,
Nicole (:No.
Monica (:Now everybody better have a hamburger because I brought a lot and his sister, Elissa, was like, nobody's eating hamburger. It's Thanksgiving.
Nicole (:Okay, I love your
sister-in-law
Monica (:She's like, nobody's
eating hamburger Thanksgiving. ⁓ so then like I finished up all the stuff in the kitchen and I was like, if you want your hamburgers, you better get to cooking them because everything we're ready to eat. So they get to cook in their hamburgers. They're making so many freaking hamburgers. And anyways, they're making the hamburgers and I'm standing there like finishing up my stuff and Sharon's ⁓
Nicole (:Yeah, I can't even imagine.
Monica (:gonna eat the hamburgers in solidarity with James, you know, because he can't be, you know, the one that demands hamburgers, you know? And so she's like, ⁓ I'm so excited for these hamburgers, whatever. And I'm like, I said something about the Thanksgiving dinner. And she's like, it's fine. I'll still have some turkey and some dressing. And I'm like, you're not having that here, because I didn't make turkey or dress.
Monica (:The only one eating a hamburger.
Monica (:I was like, I made ham and I did not make any dressing. So you're not having turkey or dressing here. I guess you're just gonna stick with your hamburgers.
Nicole (:That's funny as hell.
Monica (:So anyways,
we had ham with a lot of sides and they had hamburgers.
Nicole (:Hamburgers?
Crazy. Okay, no shade Sharon. My mom would have kicked you out. My mom, I'm gonna out my mother. She would have had an absolute conniption if somebody brought hamburger meat to her Thanksgiving dinner, okay? And I have inherited that same crazy because I would have been like, excuse me, what are you doing? You're not doing that here. You can do it, you can leave.
Monica (:my gosh.
Monica (:don't worry, me
and Trevor's sister, we were salty about this the whole month. Every time Sharon would be like, every time she would be like, I'm not kidding, every time we talked, like James O'Went's hamburgers for Thanksgiving, good for him. That's what I said, was like, Sonic is right around the corner, go buy a burger.
Nicole (:I'm good.
James can go birthing! Fuck! What do mean?
Monica (:Congratulations.
Monica (:⁓ no, Trevor's sister was heated. was like, Trevor's sister was like, we're not having freaking hamburgers. It's Thanksgiving.
Nicole (:Get a hamburger tomorrow! What do you mean?
love her, okay, I love her. She passes the vibe check. James, not so much, what the hell?
Monica (:my gosh.
Monica (:He's just a little brother. He's all eats his hamburgers.
Nicole (:Go have your own Thanksgiving! Oh god. No.
Monica (:That's like, did you guys see some of the posts? Like this was the trend I noticed this year and it was cracking me up of like people freaking out about like other people bringing healthy desserts and stuff to Thanksgiving. They're like, nobody wants like your protein pie. Like get that out of
Nicole (:Yeah, what do you mean?
I did see one woman, which I didn't understand it at first, but now that you said that, I'm like, that makes sense. She was like, good Lord, I'm so thankful to be a Southern woman in the South for Thanksgiving. Cause what do you mean? That's what them Northerners have for Thanksgiving. And I didn't know what the fuck she was talking about, but she went on this whole rant about, she's like, she's like, all of my containers.
Not one of them have a single green thing in them. All of them have cheese. Every Pyrex dish is full with either something with butter or cheese. I'm like, okay, like I see where you're going with this, but I didn't know that that was a thing.
Monica (:No.
Yeah, I saw it like once and I
was like, oh, that's funny. But then I saw several other posts like start showing up in my feed of like people's like text messages with their family. I'm just like, don't you bring that to my house. Like I don't want your protein desserts.
Monica (:My thing though, my biggest thing is that like I even me like I I enjoy a hamburger, but I hate the smell of Cooking hamburgers. Hello He's just he just barged in here kick the door open and turn around left
Monica (:I do too, unless it's on a grill.
Nicole (:Well, I guess that means we better wrap it up. ⁓
Monica (:Anyways, no,
I hate the smell of hamburgers cooking in a kitchen. it's just like, I instantly feel greasy. Like I don't like the smell. Well, I gave them, She does. She was like, it smelled so bad in this house. She's like, our house smelled so gross. No, I have like one of those smokeless grills and I like pulled it down and I let them cook on there. And ⁓ cause I was like, that should mitigate the smell.
Monica (:Yes, I did.
Nicole (:Yeah.
She has a lot to say on the matter. She said, how dare you bring hamburgers? How dare you?
Monica (:Right? Like those hamburgers.
Monica (:Well, guess like halfway when Sharon was almost done. She just unplugged it because she was like, I'll cook the rest on the heat that's it. So then once you unplug the smokeless grill, it's no longer smokeless because the fan turns off. And so so then it's just getting smoky and smelly and hot. like I'm like, I hate the smell of hamburgers so much.
Nicole (:It's not smokeless, Sharon.
Monica (:Oh no.
Nicole (:Okay, you're
Monica (:I missed you though.
Nicole (:⁓ The the tick-tock that you and your sister-in-law made fucking sent me to the moon her not opening her eyes that first time I almost peed my pants. Okay, I
Monica (:I was laughing so hard.
Monica (:choked, I cut out the,
cause for time, but like she didn't open her eyes and I literally choked on the water, my mouth. Because I was, I was like you didn't, she was like.
Nicole (:no, it's so funny. She's so cute. I love her. ⁓ God. ⁓ that was so, so, so funny. If you guys haven't seen it, please go to Kelsey's TikTok or Instagram or wherever you follow and ⁓ go watch that. Cause I was peeing myself. goodness. gosh. ⁓ okay.
Monica (:That was fun. That was a fun game.
Monica (:Yes.
So good. Yeah, yeah.
Monica (:She did pee herself. Did you hear that? She was like, I just pissed myself.
Monica (:Well, I saw your caption. It was like, which one of us like had like beat our panties? And I was like, I was like, it's Kelsey. It's Kelsey for sure. And I was wrong.
Nicole (:Yeah, I was gonna say it. I'm like, it's me. I'm the one peeing because I'm laughing. ⁓ I for sure thought it was Kelsey.
Monica (:Was me?
Monica (:my gosh. Freaking funny.
Nicole (:Oh funny. Oh gosh. On that note,
speaking of Instagram and TikTok,
congratulations to our giveaway winner, Little Spooky Kitten. I love that username, I think it's so cute. Anyway, ⁓ congrats to you, Little Spooky Kitten. Thank you for sharing, thank you for liking. I am gonna send out your package, so be on the lookout for that.
Monica (:It's adorable.
Yes. Yes.
Nicole (:Congrats to you. That's it. That's it. That's all we
got, I think. The giveaway was really fun, I think. We had a fun time.
Monica (:It was, it was really fun.
Monica (:I'd like to give away
like a thousand things. love giving, I love stuff like that.
Monica (:I know. So
Nicole (:Yeah,
Monica (:if you are listening, yes. So if you were listening, like, share, follow, subscribe, do all the things, but definitely tag us if you were listening, because the more that you help our podcast grow, the more giveaways that we can do like that and just connect with listeners. And it was, it was really fun. ⁓ I'm still very jealous of. Yeah.
Nicole (:I would love to do that again.
Yeah, that was so fun.
And we met a lot of new people too. We gained
a lot of new friends and there was a lot of like conversation happening. I feel like in the comments and stuff like that since our giveaway, there's been a lot of more like conversation on our socials and stuff. So that's really fun too. We want all the friends. So definitely come and join us in our unbothered and unhingedness, please. I should say very bothered and unhinged, but you know, pretty much that.
Monica (:you
Yeah.
Monica (:Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Monica (:⁓
⁓
Monica (:Uh-huh.
Pretty much.
Nicole (:Benny, Benny, Benny has a lot to say.
Monica (:Benny...
Benny boo boo boo boo boo.
Nicole (:Benny boo boo boo! Alright, well, that's it. She's practicing. This is, yes, she's practicing to be our co-host. I couldn't think of the word. My brain shut off.
Monica (:He wants to be a host.
Monica (:She wants to be helped.
Monica (:She's a little bit Bennie
Nicole (:⁓ that's
cute. We need to have James make her a theme song. Okay, bye!
Monica (:That is cute.
Yes.
Monica (:He did help name her Not. He gave us the whatnot to name her list.
Monica (:All right.
Nicole (:you
Monica (:Yes, yes, we did.
Nicole (:He did. He absolutely gave us the whatnot to name our list.
Monica (:He had way too much fun doing that.
Nicole (:He really did, he really did. gosh, alright you guys, bye, see you later, happy Merry Christmas, the first day of Christmas, I guess the first episode of the Christmas season. Yeah, that's it, see you later. Like, follow, share, subscribe, bye.
Monica (:Yeah.
Monica (:Bye.
Yeah, that's all.
Monica (:Yes.
Right.
He
Monica (:Bye.
Monica (:Love you,
