December 1, 2025 • 28 mins
What happens when a holiday cocktail meets a castle full of princesses? We kick off a month of Christmas specials with a park-inspired Holiday Cosmo and a globe-spanning tour of princess traditions that blends culture, comedy, and cozy storytelling.
We start with the Magic Kingdom’s Holiday Cosmo as our guide: vanilla vodka, orange liqueur, cranberry, lime, and a sugared rim. We share an easy home recipe and talk flavor: how vanilla rounds tart fruit, why the color skews blush instead of neon, and simple tweaks for batching or going zero-proof without losing the festive mood. From there, the sleigh takes off. Snow White harmonizes with forest friends and accidentally bakes forty pies. Cinderella observes midnight rituals in France and hosts a slipper-chic party after a wrapping spell goes wild. Pocahontas crafts light from berries and river stones. Mulan battles snarled lights like a seasoned general. Rapunzel becomes the tinsel queen and gifts lanterns under winter skies.
Our tour lands in Polynesia with Moana’s outrigger Santa and Maui’s fire-roasted feast, then dives undersea for Ariel’s clam-shell gifts and under-the-sea carols. Belle curates a marathon reading while Beast’s décor instincts falter and Mrs. Potts saves the evening with tea. Genie grants Agrabah a snow day as Raja topples trees with kitten enthusiasm. New Orleans swings with Tiana’s beignets, gumbo, and a jazz parade led by Louis. Scotland’s Merida hosts Highland holiday games featuring a decorated tree toss. In Arendelle, Anna cycles through sweaters and snowmen while Elsa turns the square into an ice-sculpture light show. We wrap with the Madrigal family’s chaotic sweetness—Bruno’s prophecies and Dolores’s supersonic Santa alerts—and Asha’s Mediterranean wishing-star cookies.
It’s a festive mix of cocktail craft, Disney nostalgia, cultural nods, and quick-witted bits that will spark your own tradition ideas. If you smiled, learned a trick for your next Cosmo, or found a new favorite princess moment, tap follow, leave a five-star review, and share this episode with a friend who loves Christmas and castles. Cheers!
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SPEAKER_01 (00:00):
Today, we're discussing what the princesses
would do with their holidays.
And we're stepping on a holidaycosmo from Plaza Restaurant at
Magic Kingdom.
Welcome to Tears to Ears.
We're gonna click our drinks.
We're gonna toast.
We're gonna toast and get ourtears to it.
SPEAKER_00 (00:30):
Okay, so let's discuss this drink.
Actually, why don't you give thedetails first?
SPEAKER_01 (00:34):
Yeah, so the holiday cosmo from the Plaza restaurant
at Magic Kingdom is made withGranger's Deluxe Organic Vanilla
Vodka, Quantre Liqueur,cranberry and lime juices
garnished with a sugar rim.
And at$17.50, we're on.
SPEAKER_00 (00:48):
You got it all day.
SPEAKER_01 (00:49):
It's gonna be a great episode.
SPEAKER_00 (00:50):
So what we did is veil vanilla vodka.
We went because it was cheap,and we need it for other drinks.
So veil vanilla vodka, twoounces.
We did one ounce of quantrow,one and a half ounces of
cranberry juice, and a halfounce of lime juice.
For a tasty delight.
For a tasty little drink.
(01:11):
I'm picking up more of thevanilla notes now.
unknown (01:14):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (01:15):
Now that I've had a few sips on it.
SPEAKER_01 (01:16):
That's what I like about the drink is the vanilla.
As I take another sip too.
SPEAKER_00 (01:21):
Yeah, it's just very good.
It's got some of the fruitiness.
It's not overly tart at all.
The vanilla mellows it out.
This is the first Cosmo,cosmopolitan I've ever had.
Ever.
Ever.
Really?
Yeah.
Well, you know, sex in the city.
SPEAKER_01 (01:37):
Turned you off on it.
SPEAKER_00 (01:39):
Yeah, well, it's chick drink.
SPEAKER_01 (01:42):
Well, it sounds like it, and I guess that's the
perception.
It's a chick drink.
SPEAKER_00 (01:46):
Yeah, but we went with it here with the episode.
SPEAKER_01 (01:49):
Right.
It's doesn't have the hugecranberry taste and a regular
Cosmo has.
Very cranberry-y.
SPEAKER_00 (01:55):
Yeah, and it's not.
It's looking like a grapefruitjuice color-wise.
It's not real red.
I was expecting bright red.
But I think that's the don'tthey put grenadine in a normal
cup?
Sure.
SPEAKER_01 (02:07):
I don't I don't know.
SPEAKER_00 (02:08):
Somehow they make it more red.
SPEAKER_01 (02:10):
The last few Bartesian Cosmos is what I've
had.
So it's a capsule and it's anow.
SPEAKER_00 (02:15):
Are those really red?
SPEAKER_01 (02:17):
They're pretty red.
Okay.
But I think it has it's morecranberry forward.
It takes that vanilla.
SPEAKER_00 (02:23):
Huh.
That's interesting.
Have to look that up.
SPEAKER_01 (02:27):
This is very good though.
It's on the holiday menu.
So it's one of the things youget during this holiday season.
SPEAKER_00 (02:33):
The holiday season, yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:34):
At the plaza restaurants.
SPEAKER_00 (02:35):
We're kicking off a whole month of Christmas themed
episodes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:39):
This is great.
SPEAKER_00 (02:41):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (02:41):
Yeah.
This is our first one, and we'rediscussing what a princess would
do with their holidays.
SPEAKER_00 (02:46):
Princess Christmas traditions.
SPEAKER_01 (02:48):
So we took separate ways, separate things we do.
I went more with one-liners.
I took your normal approach.
SPEAKER_00 (02:55):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:56):
You usually have the quick one-liners for everything.
SPEAKER_00 (02:59):
Yeah, and I think I might have still some of those.
Of course you do.
But mine are also hints to themovies.
But yeah.
So let's get into this.
SPEAKER_01 (03:08):
Let's get into it.
SPEAKER_00 (03:09):
Would you like to start?
SPEAKER_01 (03:10):
I can start because my first two, I kind of dove a
little more deeper.
Okay.
And then I went just toone-liners because it was taking
a long time to prep for thisone.
Snow White's our first one.
SPEAKER_00 (03:21):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (03:21):
I said Snow White makes 40 pies for Christmas
because she's just singing andhaving a good time and just gets
lost.
She doesn't need 40 pies.
SPEAKER_00 (03:30):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (03:31):
She just makes them because she's singing songs and
making pies, and the day justgets away from her.
SPEAKER_00 (03:36):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (03:36):
And she gets a good gift from the dwarfs.
They give her a great gift forChristmas.
It's a homemade mug they made.
Oh.
And it's a coffee cup, and itsays fairest of them all, even
before coffee.
SPEAKER_00 (03:48):
That's good.
SPEAKER_01 (03:49):
That's all I have for Snow White.
SPEAKER_00 (03:51):
Okay.
So Snow White, Germany-inspiredForest Kingdom.
So when I put them in, I waslike, where are they from?
Because that helps when you comeup with some traditions, is
where they're from.
Although I don't think it playedinto it except for a few of
these.
But anyway, spends most of hertime walking through the forest
singing Christmas carols whileharmonizing with all the forest
(04:11):
creatures.
Oh.
So yeah, so they're all singingtogether.
Oh yeah.
Like as they do.
SPEAKER_01 (04:16):
As they would.
SPEAKER_00 (04:17):
And then Snow White and Doc get together and they
make anatomically correctgingerbread men.
He's a doc's a stickler.
Doc's a stickler.
SPEAKER_01 (04:26):
There's no other way to do it.
SPEAKER_00 (04:27):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (04:28):
Correct.
Gingerbread men.
SPEAKER_00 (04:29):
Anatomically correct.
Okay, there's no other reason.
SPEAKER_01 (04:32):
Good.
No other reason.
SPEAKER_00 (04:33):
It's just Doc.
SPEAKER_01 (04:34):
Just how he is.
SPEAKER_00 (04:35):
It's how he rolls.
Okay, Cinderella.
SPEAKER_01 (04:38):
Oh, good.
This is going faster than Ithought.
I thought you were going to divedeep into their whole holiday.
SPEAKER_00 (04:42):
Okay.
I have two, three talking pointson each.
SPEAKER_01 (04:44):
Okay, so here's what she gets a couple presents,
Cinderella does.
For Dr Zella, she gets hersinging lessons.
Okay.
But Dr Zella never uses them.
Yeah.
But she really needs them.
Uh-huh.
And Anastasia, she gets hermirror that gives her
compliments all the time.
Oh, okay.
Only compliments.
Nice.
100% of the time.
(05:06):
And then the fairy godmothertries to cast a spell to wrap
all the gifts in the house, butit fails.
It fails on her, and all thewrapping paper turns into
lifelike creatures that goaround hugging everybody.
Oh.
Which may or may not be good.
Yeah, it's a disaster.
Yeah.
Like the fairy godmother turnsit into, and then she corrects
(05:26):
it later.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Nice.
That is Cinderella.
What's your Cinderella?
SPEAKER_00 (05:31):
So Cinderella from France is her region.
So she goes to midnight mass,but she always has to leave a
little bit early for midnightmass.
That's a good one.
Part of tradition.
Well done.
They have a party, but eggnogand hot chocolate are served in
glass slippers at the party.
Ooh.
Yeah.
They get take them home.
Ooh.
I think they're doing wellenough that, yeah, they could
(05:54):
send home a little party favor.
Little party favor.
Nice.
The only downside is she spendsa lot of time cleaning
beforehand for the party.
Right.
A lot of time cleaning.
She has help, but prettyobsessive.
Yeah.
Yeah.
With the cleaning.
So yeah, that's Cinderellahaving Christmas.
SPEAKER_01 (06:11):
That's funny.
So next is Pocahontas, and thisis where I started just the
one-liners.
SPEAKER_00 (06:15):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (06:15):
So I just have one line and then one take, and I'm
done for the rest of these.
Pocahontas sings a Christmasversion of Just Around the Bend.
It's just a take on Grammiller'sHouse we go.
Uh-huh.
The Christmas version of JustAround the Bend.
SPEAKER_00 (06:29):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
Okay, you're Pocahontas.
SPEAKER_00 (06:31):
So Pocahontas from the Pohatan Territory, which is
in Virginia.
So create paint with all thecolors of Christmas lights
display using berries andglowing river rocks.
SPEAKER_01 (06:43):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (06:44):
Yeah.
And then Christmas dinner isroasted raccoon.
A little bit different of aprotein that you don't normally
eat, but for Christmas, youknow.
Roasted raccoon.
And then, but they all havetheir thing that makes it a
little difficult.
So they're constantly dealingwith wind blowing away Christmas
presents and knocking ornamentsoff the tree.
(07:05):
It just happens there.
The wind is tricky withPocahontas.
So yeah, that is Pocahontas'sChristmas traditions right
there.
SPEAKER_01 (07:13):
Nice.
Next we have Mulan.
And Mulan spends Christmasdefeating the only thing tougher
than the Huns.
Tangled holiday lights.
That's tough.
I have a couple holiday lightsones, I think.
SPEAKER_00 (07:26):
Yeah, that reminds me because somebody decorated
early.
SPEAKER_01 (07:30):
Oh, no way.
Doesn't she always?
SPEAKER_00 (07:32):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (07:32):
I don't think it's early if she's a little bit more
than a little bit.
SPEAKER_00 (07:34):
And there was a ball of Christmas lights that weren't
working, and yeah, it was funnybecause I was having flashbacks
of National Lampoons ChristmasVacation.
SPEAKER_01 (07:42):
This is a great year for us because we have the
permanent lights now.
SPEAKER_00 (07:46):
Oh, good.
SPEAKER_01 (07:47):
So we just flip it on the app to Christmas time.
SPEAKER_00 (07:49):
Excellent.
Great.
So Mulan?
Yeah, yeah.
China?
Only one thing.
Okay.
So you remember the final scenein a Christmas story?
Yeah, it looks a lot like that.
You know, deck the heart withBowser.
SPEAKER_01 (08:08):
I think of that scene every time with those uh
things we send Asha.
Yes.
We'll talk about that later.
Um, that's an inside joke.
Yes, inside joke.
Yeah.
Once you started singing, yes.
That's very good.
You are the best impressioniston this show.
I mean, you don't have much tobeat.
SPEAKER_00 (08:26):
No.
No, the the bar is very low.
We set the bar on everythingpretty low here.
I know.
It makes it easy to succeed.
It's our calling card.
SPEAKER_01 (08:34):
It makes us feel like we succeed at things.
SPEAKER_00 (08:36):
So yeah, that's Mulan, China.
Christmas.
SPEAKER_01 (08:38):
Mulan, China.
Okay.
So next is Rapunzel.
Rapunzel.
Rapunzel spends Christmasuntangling tinsel, not lights.
SPEAKER_00 (08:48):
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_01 (08:48):
And then her hair from the tinsel.
SPEAKER_00 (08:51):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (08:51):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (08:52):
So Rapunzel from Germany, another German story
here, hangs at least 90 feet oftinsel.
SPEAKER_01 (08:59):
Both tinsel.
SPEAKER_00 (09:00):
Yes.
You can now decorate her.
And she is the tinsel queen.
And it's really long tinsel, shegoes with.
She bakes gingerbread peoplewith very long hair braids.
SPEAKER_01 (09:11):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (09:11):
And then everyone, so this is after Christmas
dinner, she gives everyone alantern as a gift.
And they release them afterChristmas dinner.
And that's part of their oh,just a tradition.
Yeah, that's part of theirtradition.
SPEAKER_01 (09:24):
That's fun.
SPEAKER_00 (09:24):
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01 (09:25):
Very serious note there.
SPEAKER_00 (09:27):
It's very touching.
It is touching.
SPEAKER_01 (09:29):
Sometimes they're touching, sometimes they're
maybe we should have some liketouching music behind when you
could.
Like like Jack Handy kind ofmusic.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay, Moana.
Moana spends Christmasnavigating the ocean of wrapping
paper like it's a whole newvoyage.
That's all I got.
SPEAKER_00 (09:46):
So Moana from the Polynesian Islands.
Motunui, I guess, is the island.
SPEAKER_01 (09:52):
How'd you find that?
SPEAKER_00 (09:54):
Chat GPT helped me find that.
SPEAKER_01 (09:56):
Did they say that in the movie at all?
SPEAKER_00 (09:58):
No, but there are times where if you do backstory,
like if you Google backstorieson these, you can find
backstory.
SPEAKER_01 (10:05):
Very interesting.
SPEAKER_00 (10:06):
So they hold uh coconut and Carol's luau.
SPEAKER_01 (10:10):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (10:11):
Yeah.
Nice little luau.
SPEAKER_01 (10:13):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (10:13):
Slightly different traditions.
Santa arrives via outriggercanoe instead of a sleigh and is
pulled by mana ray instead ofreindeer.
SPEAKER_01 (10:21):
Oh, so how does he go inland?
Does he have a canoe waiting forhim?
He drops his sled off and getsthe canoe.
SPEAKER_00 (10:28):
Well, you know, they don't have necessarily they
wouldn't have fireplaces orchimneys.
Maybe he just leaves them on thebeach.
SPEAKER_01 (10:35):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (10:36):
Maybe the outrigger canoe flies in the mana race.
Maybe he does.
Yeah.
Just like with the real sleighand the real flying reindeer.
SPEAKER_01 (10:42):
It's just a tradition I haven't heard of.
It's a magic.
And I love Christmas tradition.
SPEAKER_00 (10:45):
So yes.
So Maui roasts the pig forChristmas dinner by turning into
a giant fire-breathing lizard.
Nobody really understands it.
It just, but that is how ithappens.
SPEAKER_01 (10:56):
Oh, it's fun.
Yeah.
That's why he does it.
SPEAKER_00 (10:59):
Yeah.
Why not?
Who doesn't like a giantfire-breathing lizard?
SPEAKER_01 (11:03):
And then because it tastes better.
SPEAKER_00 (11:05):
Yeah.
After a good char.
SPEAKER_01 (11:07):
Right.
A great char.
SPEAKER_00 (11:08):
On that.
Perfect temperature.
On that roast pig.
Yeah.
All right.
Next Aurora.
SPEAKER_01 (11:14):
Aurora.
She spends Christmas trying notto fall asleep before the
cookies come out of the oven.
SPEAKER_00 (11:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (11:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (11:21):
Mine's pretty close to that as well.
So, and I only have onetradition with her.
It's Aurora, who's SleepingBeauty from medieval Europe.
So she falls into a food comaafter Thanksgiving, which leaves
all the decorating, gift buying,and food prep to Prince Philip.
SPEAKER_01 (11:38):
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (11:38):
He has to handle everything for Christmas.
But it works.
He does it?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (11:44):
Oh, good.
SPEAKER_00 (11:45):
And she can't complain.
She's the one who slept.
Right.
From November till December fora month.
So you get what you get.
You don't throw a fit.
So Ariel.
SPEAKER_01 (11:56):
Ariel spends Christmas trying to use Dingle
Hopper to hang ornaments.
Oh.
She always does every year andnever works.
Crazy Ariel.
SPEAKER_00 (12:05):
Yeah.
Crazy.
So Ariel, Denmark, okay, andUnder the Sea.
So this is interesting because,like, some of these I didn't
know.
I didn't know that Ariel LittleMermaid was a Denmark myth,
legend, story.
SPEAKER_01 (12:19):
I didn't know that either.
SPEAKER_00 (12:20):
So the cookies, it's tradition to leave cookies out
for Santa.
For her, it's actually theyleave out crab cakes.
SPEAKER_01 (12:28):
Interesting.
SPEAKER_00 (12:28):
Yeah, they aren't Sebastian, but they are crab
cakes.
SPEAKER_01 (12:31):
Interesting.
What's how does he feel aboutthat?
SPEAKER_00 (12:34):
Well, yeah.
They change up the words to someof the like it's jingle shells.
SPEAKER_01 (12:43):
Okay, I like that.
SPEAKER_00 (12:44):
Instead of jingle bells.
It's the Christmas traditionsthat most people observe, but
it's under the sea.
So it's a little tweaks withAriel.
And then the gift boxes are alljust giant clam shells.
Oh, good.
Yeah, that's easy.
Yeah.
And they recycle.
(13:04):
Yeah.
We use them year after year.
So yeah, good job with facingclimate change, which affects
them more, I think, a little bitbeing under the sea.
SPEAKER_01 (13:13):
This is kind of off topic from that.
But we had this.
So I'm not a great Christmasrapper.
I don't like wrapping presents.
I don't do it.
I'm really bad at it.
And so we have this big bluetin.
SPEAKER_00 (13:26):
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_01 (13:26):
I got for a Christmas present at one year.
SPEAKER_00 (13:29):
Is it one of those Danish cookie?
SPEAKER_01 (13:31):
It looks kind of like that, but it's a Christmas
tin.
SPEAKER_00 (13:33):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (13:34):
It's made for to put a gift in.
It says like to and from on it.
Oh, okay.
But I use that every year for apresent.
Oh, okay.
You just have to close the lid.
Put some paper in there, closethe lid, done.
SPEAKER_00 (13:46):
See, that's why I like the gift bag.
SPEAKER_01 (13:48):
I know.
The gift bag is one of the bestinventions.
SPEAKER_00 (13:51):
A little tissue and gift bag, and you're good to go.
SPEAKER_01 (13:54):
I can't.
I don't even do the tissueright.
SPEAKER_00 (13:58):
I finally.
And this comes from working inan industry that's predominantly
women, where you have to learnhow to do the Christmas tissue
right.
You get harassed if you don't.
So I get harassed.
Yeah.
But that's okay.
It's just by your family andfriends.
You just have to just deal withit.
SPEAKER_01 (14:15):
So next one up, Belle from Belle.
Guess what Belle does?
She spends Christmas checkingout all the books.
Uh-huh.
Mostly just to reach themistletoe.
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (14:27):
So uh Belle from France.
France.
France.
So you know how on likedifferent channels they'll do 24
hours of elf or Christmasmovies?
Yeah.
Well, she has a little bitdifferent of a tradition.
It's 24 hours twas the nightbefore Christmas, marathon
reading.
(14:47):
Just reading it over and overand over again.
SPEAKER_01 (14:51):
She just reads it over and over again.
SPEAKER_00 (14:52):
So that everybody can just show up when they can
and they get to hear it.
So there you go.
So Beast interferes a lot withthe decorating.
Mostly bad ideas.
He just doesn't have a good takeon decorating, interior
decorating.
SPEAKER_01 (15:06):
He's always had people for that.
SPEAKER_00 (15:07):
He has people for that.
SPEAKER_01 (15:08):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (15:09):
So they have a Christmas Eve tradition of a
holiday tea put on by Mrs.
Potts.
And all the townsfolk areinvited.
Oh, yeah.
They have to leave theirpitchforks and whatnot at home,
but they are all invited.
That's a good idea.
Yeah, they made peace with thetownsfolk.
SPEAKER_01 (15:24):
I like how you have a lot of parties.
SPEAKER_00 (15:26):
Oh, yeah.
You gotta have a lot of partiesfor team.
SPEAKER_01 (15:29):
You're very Christmas party for it.
I love it.
SPEAKER_00 (15:31):
Yes.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (15:31):
Yeah.
And just the different takes inthe cultures of their parties
from a glass slipper to leaveyour pitchfork at home party.
Yeah.
I love it.
And have some tea.
Right.
Or Mrs.
Potts.
Okay.
Jasmine's next.
SPEAKER_00 (15:44):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (15:45):
She spends her whole Christmas reminding Aladdin that
a wish for more presents stillis not allowed.
SPEAKER_00 (15:52):
Okay.
Nice.
Okay.
So Jasmine Agrabah, which is afictional Middle Eastern desert
kingdom.
So not a place that theynecessarily celebrate Christmas.
But for the sake of ourargument, they're going to
celebrate Christmas.
So Apu gives everyone gifts thathe stole from the market.
(16:14):
Okay.
Yeah.
And they don't like it, but it'swell.
SPEAKER_01 (16:17):
Silly Apooh.
It stole a gifts.
SPEAKER_00 (16:19):
Stole some gifts.
But Jeannie, he, because he'salways invited.
He's always there.
He transforms Agrabah into awinter wonderland.
So for like one day a year, it'sthey always get to have a white
Christmas.
That's a perfect.
And that's great.
Right.
Middle of the desert, whiteChristmas.
Raja, the tiger.
Yeah, he on average destroysabout 14 Christmas trees a year
(16:43):
playing with the ornaments.
You know, cats and kittens withChristmas tree ornaments.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (16:50):
Can't help it.
SPEAKER_00 (16:50):
So you can't blame him.
It's his inner kitty smackingaround the but he's got some
more strength than the averagekitten.
House cat.
Yeah.
And so he doesn't know it.
No.
He doesn't know his strength.
And them being the sultan andthe sultaness or what whatever
the female sultan is called.
SPEAKER_01 (17:07):
I like it.
I like sultaness.
SPEAKER_00 (17:09):
They can afford more Christmas trees, which I would
guess have to be shipped in fromsomewhere far away.
Weren't they?
SPEAKER_01 (17:16):
Yeah, they probably have them all decorated on the
ready.
SPEAKER_00 (17:19):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (17:19):
So when you pass one over, they just plop a new one
down.
Yeah, they have guys.
SPEAKER_00 (17:23):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (17:24):
Christmas tree guys.
That's their job.
SPEAKER_00 (17:25):
Yeah, that's their job.
SPEAKER_01 (17:26):
They're in a room with a Christmas tree ready to
go.
SPEAKER_00 (17:28):
As soon as it's shredded to a certain point.
SPEAKER_01 (17:31):
Right.
They're like the pit crew.
SPEAKER_00 (17:33):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (17:34):
At a NASCAR event.
SPEAKER_00 (17:35):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (17:36):
Dre Drake.
SPEAKER_00 (17:37):
Tiana.
SPEAKER_01 (17:38):
Next one up.
Tiana.
Tiana spends Christmas turningher kitchen into a swamp.
A swamp of holiday treats.
SPEAKER_00 (17:45):
That's that's a good one.
So Tiana, New Orleans, USA.
So these will be a little morefamiliar, yet different.
Yeah, different.
Okay.
So she serves an eggnog flavoreddipping sauce for the beignets.
unknown (17:59):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (18:00):
Yeah, yeah.
That could work.
That does sound good.
There's a Christmas jazz paradeled by Louis the Alligator.
Nice.
You know, that's very popular inthe city.
Nice.
Christmas dinner is a big pot ofgumbo.
And Santa, again, like with thelittle mermaid giving out crab
cakes instead of cookies, shegives out beignets instead of
(18:22):
cookies.
It just makes sense.
That's an easy one.
Yeah.
Why wouldn't you?
And I think, honestly, I thinkthis is one of Santa's favorite
stops.
It would be.
Yeah, New Orleans.
Because lots of beignets.
Right.
He's from he's leaving Texas andgoing there fast.
I bet Santa stops in New Orleanslast.
Do you think so?
Every year.
For the beignets.
(18:42):
I wonder if we can.
SPEAKER_01 (18:43):
I bet we can find NORAD probably has an exact map
of how he flies.
SPEAKER_00 (18:48):
Oh, quite possibly.
We should look that up.
We should look that up.
SPEAKER_01 (18:50):
I don't know his exact route.
They probably know more, butmaybe changes it up in case of
like pirates.
Yeah.
I had one question.
No, I have a statement.
Okay.
Tiana's needs to have aChristmas overlay.
That would be cool.
I like that.
I was just thinking of herhanding out beignets.
SPEAKER_00 (19:08):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (19:09):
And a parade.
SPEAKER_00 (19:10):
You know, though, they would probably only do it
on one coast.
And I have a feeling that wouldbe at Disney World, and so I'd
never get to see it.
Just like Jingle Cruise.
For the Jungle Cruise.
Yeah.
But that's a good idea.
I would be all for that.
SPEAKER_01 (19:25):
That's a good idea.
SPEAKER_00 (19:26):
I'm for holiday overlays.
SPEAKER_01 (19:28):
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:28):
I love them.
SPEAKER_01 (19:29):
There's not a bad one.
SPEAKER_00 (19:30):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (19:31):
It's the only acceptable small world.
SPEAKER_00 (19:33):
In fact, it makes small world okay ride.
SPEAKER_01 (19:37):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (19:37):
Okay, ride.
SPEAKER_01 (19:38):
It makes it just barely the worst ride.
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (19:41):
Well, I mean, there's other worst rides, but I
will get on, willingly get onSmall World when it's got the
Christmas overlay.
Yeah.
Because it's Christmas music andthe decorations.
It's very beautiful in there.
And I love Christmas music.
So yeah, it's acceptable.
SPEAKER_01 (20:00):
Yep.
SPEAKER_00 (20:00):
So moving right along, Merida.
SPEAKER_01 (20:02):
Merida.
She spends Christmas laying herhair down.
And her arrows fly at anythingthat moves.
SPEAKER_00 (20:09):
So it's still hunting season.
SPEAKER_01 (20:10):
Yeah, it's always hunting season.
There's not a non-huntingseason.
SPEAKER_00 (20:14):
So Merida, Scotland, which I'm sure everybody knew.
I thought I'd do a Scottishaccent.
I was waiting.
I'm horrible at Scottishaccents.
And I'm partially Scottish, butI just can't do it.
So anyway, they they hostleading up to Christmas the
Highland Hogmany Games.
Featuring decorated Christmastree toss.
(20:35):
So you know how they'll tosslogs at the Highland Games.
Right.
They do them outside ofPortland.
They have Highland games.
But it's a decorated Christmastree toss instead of just a big
log toss.
They get together and they bakebear-shaped snickerdoodles.
Which a Snickerdoodle shaped inany way is thumbs up for me.
(20:57):
I love a good Snickerdoodle.
They sing Christmas carols, butthey've got such a thick
Scottish accent that nobodyrealizes that they're actually
Christmas carols.
Unless you're from Scotland, youjust think that it's a bunch of
Scottish people singing.
Right.
Yeah.
You can't just hear through thataccent.
So that's Merida celebratingChristmas in Scotland.
SPEAKER_01 (21:19):
That's hilarious.
Now we have the Frozen Sisters.
SPEAKER_00 (21:23):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (21:23):
So first up we have Anna.
Uh-huh.
She spends Christmas singingcarols.
Whether anyone wants to hearthem or not.
SPEAKER_00 (21:31):
Yeah, yeah.
That's that would be Anna.
Anna.
Sorry.
Sorry, Anna.
unknown (21:37):
Anna.
SPEAKER_00 (21:38):
So Anna, Arendale, which is Norway inspired.
Scandinavian.
So she kind of pisses offeveryone because she won't come
inside and stop buildingsnowmen.
Like all Christmas.
That's what she's doing.
She's really into Christmassweaters.
She's got a different sweaterfor each day.
(21:58):
Some days she wears two.
SPEAKER_01 (22:00):
Oh, okay.
And quick change.
SPEAKER_00 (22:02):
She loves her Christmas sweaters.
SPEAKER_01 (22:03):
That's a good tradition to have.
SPEAKER_00 (22:05):
She's a horrible gift giver, though.
Really?
Yeah.
Which, if you're into yourChristmas sweaters and now
building snowman, you don'tleave yourself much time to go
get Christmas gifts.
But she generally just giveseveryone a gift certificate to
the Oaken spa.
SPEAKER_01 (22:20):
I knew you were going to mention the open spa.
She started talking.
I knew that was gonna come up inthese next two.
SPEAKER_00 (22:28):
But that's you know, after the holidays, you need to
relax, head out to the oakenspa.
SPEAKER_01 (22:32):
That's hilarious because I was waiting for it.
So her sister Elsa, she does onething at Christmas, she just
spends it chilling.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, like really chilling.
Like that's what she does.
Every time you can't get eggnogaround her because she freezes
it every time.
SPEAKER_00 (22:46):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (22:47):
It kind of sucks.
SPEAKER_00 (22:49):
Yeah.
Yeah.
What happens?
So with Elsa, my traditions, shecreates a really cool snowflake
light show for everyone.
You know, being the queen, she'sgood to her people, and she
gives them this great lightshow.
Oh, yeah.
Snowflakes.
Because she's zappingsnowflakes, huge ones.
(23:10):
Sounds good.
Amazing.
The decorations are incrediblebecause it's all ice sculptures.
Christmas themed ice sculptures.
And she loves Let It Snow, theChristmas song, and she just
sings it nonstop.
SPEAKER_01 (23:23):
Oh, good.
That's a good song.
SPEAKER_00 (23:25):
And not like Let It Go, but like Let It Snow.
Let it snow, let it snow, let itsnow.
Yeah, she does that.
SPEAKER_01 (23:32):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I hope she does a Burl Ivessnowman sculpture.
SPEAKER_00 (23:38):
Oh.
SPEAKER_01 (23:39):
That'd be my one of my favorite ice sculptures you
can have.
SPEAKER_00 (23:41):
Yeah.
She does them so fast.
She can take requests.
SPEAKER_01 (23:45):
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_00 (23:46):
Yeah.
So it's just asking, hey, Elsa,can I get a little Burl Ives
here?
SPEAKER_01 (23:53):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (23:54):
Yeah.
Cool.
SPEAKER_01 (23:55):
Cool.
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Two more.
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We will.
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No, we gotta pay for the liquor.
So we have two more.
Versus Mirabel.
Mirabelle, Columbia.
SPEAKER_01 (25:01):
She spends Christmas trying to save the Columbia.
Mirabelle spends Christmastrying to save the family
traditions.
SPEAKER_00 (25:08):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (25:09):
But she accidentally breaks half of them, too.
SPEAKER_00 (25:12):
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I got a little excited sayingColumbia.
So the traditions Bruno predictswhat presents everyone will get
and spoils Christmas.
SPEAKER_01 (25:25):
Oh, that jerk.
SPEAKER_00 (25:26):
And then he gets banished by abuela.
SPEAKER_01 (25:29):
That's why you don't talk about him.
SPEAKER_00 (25:30):
We don't talk about Christmas, no, no, no.
And then Dolores hears Santafrom 120 miles away.
So she knows, she tellseverybody, hey, get in bed.
He's coming.
I can hear him coming.
SPEAKER_01 (25:42):
She has a lot of Santa Claus qualities.
SPEAKER_00 (25:44):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (25:45):
She knows when people are sleepy, knows when
they're awake.
Wow.
SPEAKER_00 (25:48):
She doesn't really know when they've been bad or
good.
That might be more Bruno's.
SPEAKER_01 (25:52):
But you can hear if they're saying bad or good
things.
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (25:54):
Oh, that's true.
That's true.
That's true.
SPEAKER_01 (25:56):
Yeah, she has some Santa qualities.
Our last one.
SPEAKER_00 (25:59):
Yeah.
Osha.
Osha.
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (26:02):
Asha spends Christmas sprinkling magic on
the eggnog and negotiating withthe gingerbread villagers for
better cookie rights.
SPEAKER_00 (26:10):
Nice.
So she's from Rosas, which is afantastical Mediterranean
kingdom.
Okay.
Ibiza.
So it's Spain, Mediterranean,Spanish area.
This is a real place.
Yes, this is a real place.
Ibiza.
So anyway, their traditions.
They make wishing star cookies.
They all get together.
(26:31):
And they have a lot oftraditions.
While they're all very nice,they're all kind of largely
forgettable, much like themovie.
SPEAKER_01 (26:39):
I know.
You all said, who are they?
What's this princess they'retalking about?
Yes.
When we first started talkingabout it.
SPEAKER_00 (26:44):
Princess Asha, who they rushed that movie out,
which is unfortunate.
It's got a couple of good songs.
It's got a couple horriblesongs.
It's not a bad movie.
Not a bad movie.
But they did rush it.
There's a lot of Easter eggs tothe history of Walt Disney
movies.
SPEAKER_01 (27:01):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (27:02):
Yeah.
So it's a really good one.
Really good one to pick up onthe Easter eggs.
But yeah, they just didn't do agood job with it.
No.
Rushed it out.
And that's our list.
That's our list of whatChristmas is happening, how it's
happening with the princesses.
And the first of our Christmasepisodes.
Yes.
So next week, another one.
Another one.
Yep.
Cheers.
(27:23):
Till then.
Cheers.
Today, we're discussing what the princesses
would do with their holidays.
And we're stepping on a holidaycosmo from Plaza Restaurant at
Magic Kingdom.
Welcome to Tears to Ears.
We're gonna click our drinks.
We're gonna toast.
We're gonna toast and get ourtears to it.
SPEAKER_00 (00:30):
Okay, so let's discuss this drink.
Actually, why don't you give thedetails first?
SPEAKER_01 (00:34):
Yeah, so the holiday cosmo from the Plaza restaurant
at Magic Kingdom is made withGranger's Deluxe Organic Vanilla
Vodka, Quantre Liqueur,cranberry and lime juices
garnished with a sugar rim.
And at$17.50, we're on.
SPEAKER_00 (00:48):
You got it all day.
SPEAKER_01 (00:49):
It's gonna be a great episode.
SPEAKER_00 (00:50):
So what we did is veil vanilla vodka.
We went because it was cheap,and we need it for other drinks.
So veil vanilla vodka, twoounces.
We did one ounce of quantrow,one and a half ounces of
cranberry juice, and a halfounce of lime juice.
For a tasty delight.
For a tasty little drink.
(01:11):
I'm picking up more of thevanilla notes now.
unknown (01:14):
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (01:15):
Now that I've had a few sips on it.
SPEAKER_01 (01:16):
That's what I like about the drink is the vanilla.
As I take another sip too.
SPEAKER_00 (01:21):
Yeah, it's just very good.
It's got some of the fruitiness.
It's not overly tart at all.
The vanilla mellows it out.
This is the first Cosmo,cosmopolitan I've ever had.
Ever.
Ever.
Really?
Yeah.
Well, you know, sex in the city.
SPEAKER_01 (01:37):
Turned you off on it.
SPEAKER_00 (01:39):
Yeah, well, it's chick drink.
SPEAKER_01 (01:42):
Well, it sounds like it, and I guess that's the
perception.
It's a chick drink.
SPEAKER_00 (01:46):
Yeah, but we went with it here with the episode.
SPEAKER_01 (01:49):
Right.
It's doesn't have the hugecranberry taste and a regular
Cosmo has.
Very cranberry-y.
SPEAKER_00 (01:55):
Yeah, and it's not.
It's looking like a grapefruitjuice color-wise.
It's not real red.
I was expecting bright red.
But I think that's the don'tthey put grenadine in a normal
cup?
Sure.
SPEAKER_01 (02:07):
I don't I don't know.
SPEAKER_00 (02:08):
Somehow they make it more red.
SPEAKER_01 (02:10):
The last few Bartesian Cosmos is what I've
had.
So it's a capsule and it's anow.
SPEAKER_00 (02:15):
Are those really red?
SPEAKER_01 (02:17):
They're pretty red.
Okay.
But I think it has it's morecranberry forward.
It takes that vanilla.
SPEAKER_00 (02:23):
Huh.
That's interesting.
Have to look that up.
SPEAKER_01 (02:27):
This is very good though.
It's on the holiday menu.
So it's one of the things youget during this holiday season.
SPEAKER_00 (02:33):
The holiday season, yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:34):
At the plaza restaurants.
SPEAKER_00 (02:35):
We're kicking off a whole month of Christmas themed
episodes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:39):
This is great.
SPEAKER_00 (02:41):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (02:41):
Yeah.
This is our first one, and we'rediscussing what a princess would
do with their holidays.
SPEAKER_00 (02:46):
Princess Christmas traditions.
SPEAKER_01 (02:48):
So we took separate ways, separate things we do.
I went more with one-liners.
I took your normal approach.
SPEAKER_00 (02:55):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (02:56):
You usually have the quick one-liners for everything.
SPEAKER_00 (02:59):
Yeah, and I think I might have still some of those.
Of course you do.
But mine are also hints to themovies.
But yeah.
So let's get into this.
SPEAKER_01 (03:08):
Let's get into it.
SPEAKER_00 (03:09):
Would you like to start?
SPEAKER_01 (03:10):
I can start because my first two, I kind of dove a
little more deeper.
Okay.
And then I went just toone-liners because it was taking
a long time to prep for thisone.
Snow White's our first one.
SPEAKER_00 (03:21):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (03:21):
I said Snow White makes 40 pies for Christmas
because she's just singing andhaving a good time and just gets
lost.
She doesn't need 40 pies.
SPEAKER_00 (03:30):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (03:31):
She just makes them because she's singing songs and
making pies, and the day justgets away from her.
SPEAKER_00 (03:36):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (03:36):
And she gets a good gift from the dwarfs.
They give her a great gift forChristmas.
It's a homemade mug they made.
Oh.
And it's a coffee cup, and itsays fairest of them all, even
before coffee.
SPEAKER_00 (03:48):
That's good.
SPEAKER_01 (03:49):
That's all I have for Snow White.
SPEAKER_00 (03:51):
Okay.
So Snow White, Germany-inspiredForest Kingdom.
So when I put them in, I waslike, where are they from?
Because that helps when you comeup with some traditions, is
where they're from.
Although I don't think it playedinto it except for a few of
these.
But anyway, spends most of hertime walking through the forest
singing Christmas carols whileharmonizing with all the forest
(04:11):
creatures.
Oh.
So yeah, so they're all singingtogether.
Oh yeah.
Like as they do.
SPEAKER_01 (04:16):
As they would.
SPEAKER_00 (04:17):
And then Snow White and Doc get together and they
make anatomically correctgingerbread men.
He's a doc's a stickler.
Doc's a stickler.
SPEAKER_01 (04:26):
There's no other way to do it.
SPEAKER_00 (04:27):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (04:28):
Correct.
Gingerbread men.
SPEAKER_00 (04:29):
Anatomically correct.
Okay, there's no other reason.
SPEAKER_01 (04:32):
Good.
No other reason.
SPEAKER_00 (04:33):
It's just Doc.
SPEAKER_01 (04:34):
Just how he is.
SPEAKER_00 (04:35):
It's how he rolls.
Okay, Cinderella.
SPEAKER_01 (04:38):
Oh, good.
This is going faster than Ithought.
I thought you were going to divedeep into their whole holiday.
SPEAKER_00 (04:42):
Okay.
I have two, three talking pointson each.
SPEAKER_01 (04:44):
Okay, so here's what she gets a couple presents,
Cinderella does.
For Dr Zella, she gets hersinging lessons.
Okay.
But Dr Zella never uses them.
Yeah.
But she really needs them.
Uh-huh.
And Anastasia, she gets hermirror that gives her
compliments all the time.
Oh, okay.
Only compliments.
Nice.
100% of the time.
(05:06):
And then the fairy godmothertries to cast a spell to wrap
all the gifts in the house, butit fails.
It fails on her, and all thewrapping paper turns into
lifelike creatures that goaround hugging everybody.
Oh.
Which may or may not be good.
Yeah, it's a disaster.
Yeah.
Like the fairy godmother turnsit into, and then she corrects
(05:26):
it later.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Nice.
That is Cinderella.
What's your Cinderella?
SPEAKER_00 (05:31):
So Cinderella from France is her region.
So she goes to midnight mass,but she always has to leave a
little bit early for midnightmass.
That's a good one.
Part of tradition.
Well done.
They have a party, but eggnogand hot chocolate are served in
glass slippers at the party.
Ooh.
Yeah.
They get take them home.
Ooh.
I think they're doing wellenough that, yeah, they could
(05:54):
send home a little party favor.
Little party favor.
Nice.
The only downside is she spendsa lot of time cleaning
beforehand for the party.
Right.
A lot of time cleaning.
She has help, but prettyobsessive.
Yeah.
Yeah.
With the cleaning.
So yeah, that's Cinderellahaving Christmas.
SPEAKER_01 (06:11):
That's funny.
So next is Pocahontas, and thisis where I started just the
one-liners.
SPEAKER_00 (06:15):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (06:15):
So I just have one line and then one take, and I'm
done for the rest of these.
Pocahontas sings a Christmasversion of Just Around the Bend.
It's just a take on Grammiller'sHouse we go.
Uh-huh.
The Christmas version of JustAround the Bend.
SPEAKER_00 (06:29):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (06:29):
Okay, you're Pocahontas.
SPEAKER_00 (06:31):
So Pocahontas from the Pohatan Territory, which is
in Virginia.
So create paint with all thecolors of Christmas lights
display using berries andglowing river rocks.
SPEAKER_01 (06:43):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (06:44):
Yeah.
And then Christmas dinner isroasted raccoon.
A little bit different of aprotein that you don't normally
eat, but for Christmas, youknow.
Roasted raccoon.
And then, but they all havetheir thing that makes it a
little difficult.
So they're constantly dealingwith wind blowing away Christmas
presents and knocking ornamentsoff the tree.
(07:05):
It just happens there.
The wind is tricky withPocahontas.
So yeah, that is Pocahontas'sChristmas traditions right
there.
SPEAKER_01 (07:13):
Nice.
Next we have Mulan.
And Mulan spends Christmasdefeating the only thing tougher
than the Huns.
Tangled holiday lights.
That's tough.
I have a couple holiday lightsones, I think.
SPEAKER_00 (07:26):
Yeah, that reminds me because somebody decorated
early.
SPEAKER_01 (07:30):
Oh, no way.
Doesn't she always?
SPEAKER_00 (07:32):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (07:32):
I don't think it's early if she's a little bit more
than a little bit.
SPEAKER_00 (07:34):
And there was a ball of Christmas lights that weren't
working, and yeah, it was funnybecause I was having flashbacks
of National Lampoons ChristmasVacation.
SPEAKER_01 (07:42):
This is a great year for us because we have the
permanent lights now.
SPEAKER_00 (07:46):
Oh, good.
SPEAKER_01 (07:47):
So we just flip it on the app to Christmas time.
SPEAKER_00 (07:49):
Excellent.
Great.
So Mulan?
Yeah, yeah.
China?
Only one thing.
Okay.
So you remember the final scenein a Christmas story?
Yeah, it looks a lot like that.
You know, deck the heart withBowser.
SPEAKER_01 (08:08):
I think of that scene every time with those uh
things we send Asha.
Yes.
We'll talk about that later.
Um, that's an inside joke.
Yes, inside joke.
Yeah.
Once you started singing, yes.
That's very good.
You are the best impressioniston this show.
I mean, you don't have much tobeat.
SPEAKER_00 (08:26):
No.
No, the the bar is very low.
We set the bar on everythingpretty low here.
I know.
It makes it easy to succeed.
It's our calling card.
SPEAKER_01 (08:34):
It makes us feel like we succeed at things.
SPEAKER_00 (08:36):
So yeah, that's Mulan, China.
Christmas.
SPEAKER_01 (08:38):
Mulan, China.
Okay.
So next is Rapunzel.
Rapunzel.
Rapunzel spends Christmasuntangling tinsel, not lights.
SPEAKER_00 (08:48):
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_01 (08:48):
And then her hair from the tinsel.
SPEAKER_00 (08:51):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (08:51):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (08:52):
So Rapunzel from Germany, another German story
here, hangs at least 90 feet oftinsel.
SPEAKER_01 (08:59):
Both tinsel.
SPEAKER_00 (09:00):
Yes.
You can now decorate her.
And she is the tinsel queen.
And it's really long tinsel, shegoes with.
She bakes gingerbread peoplewith very long hair braids.
SPEAKER_01 (09:11):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (09:11):
And then everyone, so this is after Christmas
dinner, she gives everyone alantern as a gift.
And they release them afterChristmas dinner.
And that's part of their oh,just a tradition.
Yeah, that's part of theirtradition.
SPEAKER_01 (09:24):
That's fun.
SPEAKER_00 (09:24):
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_01 (09:25):
Very serious note there.
SPEAKER_00 (09:27):
It's very touching.
It is touching.
SPEAKER_01 (09:29):
Sometimes they're touching, sometimes they're
maybe we should have some liketouching music behind when you
could.
Like like Jack Handy kind ofmusic.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay, Moana.
Moana spends Christmasnavigating the ocean of wrapping
paper like it's a whole newvoyage.
That's all I got.
SPEAKER_00 (09:46):
So Moana from the Polynesian Islands.
Motunui, I guess, is the island.
SPEAKER_01 (09:52):
How'd you find that?
SPEAKER_00 (09:54):
Chat GPT helped me find that.
SPEAKER_01 (09:56):
Did they say that in the movie at all?
SPEAKER_00 (09:58):
No, but there are times where if you do backstory,
like if you Google backstorieson these, you can find
backstory.
SPEAKER_01 (10:05):
Very interesting.
SPEAKER_00 (10:06):
So they hold uh coconut and Carol's luau.
SPEAKER_01 (10:10):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (10:11):
Yeah.
Nice little luau.
SPEAKER_01 (10:13):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (10:13):
Slightly different traditions.
Santa arrives via outriggercanoe instead of a sleigh and is
pulled by mana ray instead ofreindeer.
SPEAKER_01 (10:21):
Oh, so how does he go inland?
Does he have a canoe waiting forhim?
He drops his sled off and getsthe canoe.
SPEAKER_00 (10:28):
Well, you know, they don't have necessarily they
wouldn't have fireplaces orchimneys.
Maybe he just leaves them on thebeach.
SPEAKER_01 (10:35):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (10:36):
Maybe the outrigger canoe flies in the mana race.
Maybe he does.
Yeah.
Just like with the real sleighand the real flying reindeer.
SPEAKER_01 (10:42):
It's just a tradition I haven't heard of.
It's a magic.
And I love Christmas tradition.
SPEAKER_00 (10:45):
So yes.
So Maui roasts the pig forChristmas dinner by turning into
a giant fire-breathing lizard.
Nobody really understands it.
It just, but that is how ithappens.
SPEAKER_01 (10:56):
Oh, it's fun.
Yeah.
That's why he does it.
SPEAKER_00 (10:59):
Yeah.
Why not?
Who doesn't like a giantfire-breathing lizard?
SPEAKER_01 (11:03):
And then because it tastes better.
SPEAKER_00 (11:05):
Yeah.
After a good char.
SPEAKER_01 (11:07):
Right.
A great char.
SPEAKER_00 (11:08):
On that.
Perfect temperature.
On that roast pig.
Yeah.
All right.
Next Aurora.
SPEAKER_01 (11:14):
Aurora.
She spends Christmas trying notto fall asleep before the
cookies come out of the oven.
SPEAKER_00 (11:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (11:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (11:21):
Mine's pretty close to that as well.
So, and I only have onetradition with her.
It's Aurora, who's SleepingBeauty from medieval Europe.
So she falls into a food comaafter Thanksgiving, which leaves
all the decorating, gift buying,and food prep to Prince Philip.
SPEAKER_01 (11:38):
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (11:38):
He has to handle everything for Christmas.
But it works.
He does it?
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (11:44):
Oh, good.
SPEAKER_00 (11:45):
And she can't complain.
She's the one who slept.
Right.
From November till December fora month.
So you get what you get.
You don't throw a fit.
So Ariel.
SPEAKER_01 (11:56):
Ariel spends Christmas trying to use Dingle
Hopper to hang ornaments.
Oh.
She always does every year andnever works.
Crazy Ariel.
SPEAKER_00 (12:05):
Yeah.
Crazy.
So Ariel, Denmark, okay, andUnder the Sea.
So this is interesting because,like, some of these I didn't
know.
I didn't know that Ariel LittleMermaid was a Denmark myth,
legend, story.
SPEAKER_01 (12:19):
I didn't know that either.
SPEAKER_00 (12:20):
So the cookies, it's tradition to leave cookies out
for Santa.
For her, it's actually theyleave out crab cakes.
SPEAKER_01 (12:28):
Interesting.
SPEAKER_00 (12:28):
Yeah, they aren't Sebastian, but they are crab
cakes.
SPEAKER_01 (12:31):
Interesting.
What's how does he feel aboutthat?
SPEAKER_00 (12:34):
Well, yeah.
They change up the words to someof the like it's jingle shells.
SPEAKER_01 (12:43):
Okay, I like that.
SPEAKER_00 (12:44):
Instead of jingle bells.
It's the Christmas traditionsthat most people observe, but
it's under the sea.
So it's a little tweaks withAriel.
And then the gift boxes are alljust giant clam shells.
Oh, good.
Yeah, that's easy.
Yeah.
And they recycle.
(13:04):
Yeah.
We use them year after year.
So yeah, good job with facingclimate change, which affects
them more, I think, a little bitbeing under the sea.
SPEAKER_01 (13:13):
This is kind of off topic from that.
But we had this.
So I'm not a great Christmasrapper.
I don't like wrapping presents.
I don't do it.
I'm really bad at it.
And so we have this big bluetin.
SPEAKER_00 (13:26):
Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_01 (13:26):
I got for a Christmas present at one year.
SPEAKER_00 (13:29):
Is it one of those Danish cookie?
SPEAKER_01 (13:31):
It looks kind of like that, but it's a Christmas
tin.
SPEAKER_00 (13:33):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (13:34):
It's made for to put a gift in.
It says like to and from on it.
Oh, okay.
But I use that every year for apresent.
Oh, okay.
You just have to close the lid.
Put some paper in there, closethe lid, done.
SPEAKER_00 (13:46):
See, that's why I like the gift bag.
SPEAKER_01 (13:48):
I know.
The gift bag is one of the bestinventions.
SPEAKER_00 (13:51):
A little tissue and gift bag, and you're good to go.
SPEAKER_01 (13:54):
I can't.
I don't even do the tissueright.
SPEAKER_00 (13:58):
I finally.
And this comes from working inan industry that's predominantly
women, where you have to learnhow to do the Christmas tissue
right.
You get harassed if you don't.
So I get harassed.
Yeah.
But that's okay.
It's just by your family andfriends.
You just have to just deal withit.
SPEAKER_01 (14:15):
So next one up, Belle from Belle.
Guess what Belle does?
She spends Christmas checkingout all the books.
Uh-huh.
Mostly just to reach themistletoe.
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (14:27):
So uh Belle from France.
France.
France.
So you know how on likedifferent channels they'll do 24
hours of elf or Christmasmovies?
Yeah.
Well, she has a little bitdifferent of a tradition.
It's 24 hours twas the nightbefore Christmas, marathon
reading.
(14:47):
Just reading it over and overand over again.
SPEAKER_01 (14:51):
She just reads it over and over again.
SPEAKER_00 (14:52):
So that everybody can just show up when they can
and they get to hear it.
So there you go.
So Beast interferes a lot withthe decorating.
Mostly bad ideas.
He just doesn't have a good takeon decorating, interior
decorating.
SPEAKER_01 (15:06):
He's always had people for that.
SPEAKER_00 (15:07):
He has people for that.
SPEAKER_01 (15:08):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (15:09):
So they have a Christmas Eve tradition of a
holiday tea put on by Mrs.
Potts.
And all the townsfolk areinvited.
Oh, yeah.
They have to leave theirpitchforks and whatnot at home,
but they are all invited.
That's a good idea.
Yeah, they made peace with thetownsfolk.
SPEAKER_01 (15:24):
I like how you have a lot of parties.
SPEAKER_00 (15:26):
Oh, yeah.
You gotta have a lot of partiesfor team.
SPEAKER_01 (15:29):
You're very Christmas party for it.
I love it.
SPEAKER_00 (15:31):
Yes.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (15:31):
Yeah.
And just the different takes inthe cultures of their parties
from a glass slipper to leaveyour pitchfork at home party.
Yeah.
I love it.
And have some tea.
Right.
Or Mrs.
Potts.
Okay.
Jasmine's next.
SPEAKER_00 (15:44):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (15:45):
She spends her whole Christmas reminding Aladdin that
a wish for more presents stillis not allowed.
SPEAKER_00 (15:52):
Okay.
Nice.
Okay.
So Jasmine Agrabah, which is afictional Middle Eastern desert
kingdom.
So not a place that theynecessarily celebrate Christmas.
But for the sake of ourargument, they're going to
celebrate Christmas.
So Apu gives everyone gifts thathe stole from the market.
(16:14):
Okay.
Yeah.
And they don't like it, but it'swell.
SPEAKER_01 (16:17):
Silly Apooh.
It stole a gifts.
SPEAKER_00 (16:19):
Stole some gifts.
But Jeannie, he, because he'salways invited.
He's always there.
He transforms Agrabah into awinter wonderland.
So for like one day a year, it'sthey always get to have a white
Christmas.
That's a perfect.
And that's great.
Right.
Middle of the desert, whiteChristmas.
Raja, the tiger.
Yeah, he on average destroysabout 14 Christmas trees a year
(16:43):
playing with the ornaments.
You know, cats and kittens withChristmas tree ornaments.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (16:50):
Can't help it.
SPEAKER_00 (16:50):
So you can't blame him.
It's his inner kitty smackingaround the but he's got some
more strength than the averagekitten.
House cat.
Yeah.
And so he doesn't know it.
No.
He doesn't know his strength.
And them being the sultan andthe sultaness or what whatever
the female sultan is called.
SPEAKER_01 (17:07):
I like it.
I like sultaness.
SPEAKER_00 (17:09):
They can afford more Christmas trees, which I would
guess have to be shipped in fromsomewhere far away.
Weren't they?
SPEAKER_01 (17:16):
Yeah, they probably have them all decorated on the
ready.
SPEAKER_00 (17:19):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (17:19):
So when you pass one over, they just plop a new one
down.
Yeah, they have guys.
SPEAKER_00 (17:23):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (17:24):
Christmas tree guys.
That's their job.
SPEAKER_00 (17:25):
Yeah, that's their job.
SPEAKER_01 (17:26):
They're in a room with a Christmas tree ready to
go.
SPEAKER_00 (17:28):
As soon as it's shredded to a certain point.
SPEAKER_01 (17:31):
Right.
They're like the pit crew.
SPEAKER_00 (17:33):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (17:34):
At a NASCAR event.
SPEAKER_00 (17:35):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (17:36):
Dre Drake.
SPEAKER_00 (17:37):
Tiana.
SPEAKER_01 (17:38):
Next one up.
Tiana.
Tiana spends Christmas turningher kitchen into a swamp.
A swamp of holiday treats.
SPEAKER_00 (17:45):
That's that's a good one.
So Tiana, New Orleans, USA.
So these will be a little morefamiliar, yet different.
Yeah, different.
Okay.
So she serves an eggnog flavoreddipping sauce for the beignets.
unknown (17:59):
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (18:00):
Yeah, yeah.
That could work.
That does sound good.
There's a Christmas jazz paradeled by Louis the Alligator.
Nice.
You know, that's very popular inthe city.
Nice.
Christmas dinner is a big pot ofgumbo.
And Santa, again, like with thelittle mermaid giving out crab
cakes instead of cookies, shegives out beignets instead of
(18:22):
cookies.
It just makes sense.
That's an easy one.
Yeah.
Why wouldn't you?
And I think, honestly, I thinkthis is one of Santa's favorite
stops.
It would be.
Yeah, New Orleans.
Because lots of beignets.
Right.
He's from he's leaving Texas andgoing there fast.
I bet Santa stops in New Orleanslast.
Do you think so?
Every year.
For the beignets.
(18:42):
I wonder if we can.
SPEAKER_01 (18:43):
I bet we can find NORAD probably has an exact map
of how he flies.
SPEAKER_00 (18:48):
Oh, quite possibly.
We should look that up.
We should look that up.
SPEAKER_01 (18:50):
I don't know his exact route.
They probably know more, butmaybe changes it up in case of
like pirates.
Yeah.
I had one question.
No, I have a statement.
Okay.
Tiana's needs to have aChristmas overlay.
That would be cool.
I like that.
I was just thinking of herhanding out beignets.
SPEAKER_00 (19:08):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (19:09):
And a parade.
SPEAKER_00 (19:10):
You know, though, they would probably only do it
on one coast.
And I have a feeling that wouldbe at Disney World, and so I'd
never get to see it.
Just like Jingle Cruise.
For the Jungle Cruise.
Yeah.
But that's a good idea.
I would be all for that.
SPEAKER_01 (19:25):
That's a good idea.
SPEAKER_00 (19:26):
I'm for holiday overlays.
SPEAKER_01 (19:28):
Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (19:28):
I love them.
SPEAKER_01 (19:29):
There's not a bad one.
SPEAKER_00 (19:30):
No.
SPEAKER_01 (19:31):
It's the only acceptable small world.
SPEAKER_00 (19:33):
In fact, it makes small world okay ride.
SPEAKER_01 (19:37):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (19:37):
Okay, ride.
SPEAKER_01 (19:38):
It makes it just barely the worst ride.
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (19:41):
Well, I mean, there's other worst rides, but I
will get on, willingly get onSmall World when it's got the
Christmas overlay.
Yeah.
Because it's Christmas music andthe decorations.
It's very beautiful in there.
And I love Christmas music.
So yeah, it's acceptable.
SPEAKER_01 (20:00):
Yep.
SPEAKER_00 (20:00):
So moving right along, Merida.
SPEAKER_01 (20:02):
Merida.
She spends Christmas laying herhair down.
And her arrows fly at anythingthat moves.
SPEAKER_00 (20:09):
So it's still hunting season.
SPEAKER_01 (20:10):
Yeah, it's always hunting season.
There's not a non-huntingseason.
SPEAKER_00 (20:14):
So Merida, Scotland, which I'm sure everybody knew.
I thought I'd do a Scottishaccent.
I was waiting.
I'm horrible at Scottishaccents.
And I'm partially Scottish, butI just can't do it.
So anyway, they they hostleading up to Christmas the
Highland Hogmany Games.
Featuring decorated Christmastree toss.
(20:35):
So you know how they'll tosslogs at the Highland Games.
Right.
They do them outside ofPortland.
They have Highland games.
But it's a decorated Christmastree toss instead of just a big
log toss.
They get together and they bakebear-shaped snickerdoodles.
Which a Snickerdoodle shaped inany way is thumbs up for me.
(20:57):
I love a good Snickerdoodle.
They sing Christmas carols, butthey've got such a thick
Scottish accent that nobodyrealizes that they're actually
Christmas carols.
Unless you're from Scotland, youjust think that it's a bunch of
Scottish people singing.
Right.
Yeah.
You can't just hear through thataccent.
So that's Merida celebratingChristmas in Scotland.
SPEAKER_01 (21:19):
That's hilarious.
Now we have the Frozen Sisters.
SPEAKER_00 (21:23):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (21:23):
So first up we have Anna.
Uh-huh.
She spends Christmas singingcarols.
Whether anyone wants to hearthem or not.
SPEAKER_00 (21:31):
Yeah, yeah.
That's that would be Anna.
Anna.
Sorry.
Sorry, Anna.
unknown (21:37):
Anna.
SPEAKER_00 (21:38):
So Anna, Arendale, which is Norway inspired.
Scandinavian.
So she kind of pisses offeveryone because she won't come
inside and stop buildingsnowmen.
Like all Christmas.
That's what she's doing.
She's really into Christmassweaters.
She's got a different sweaterfor each day.
(21:58):
Some days she wears two.
SPEAKER_01 (22:00):
Oh, okay.
And quick change.
SPEAKER_00 (22:02):
She loves her Christmas sweaters.
SPEAKER_01 (22:03):
That's a good tradition to have.
SPEAKER_00 (22:05):
She's a horrible gift giver, though.
Really?
Yeah.
Which, if you're into yourChristmas sweaters and now
building snowman, you don'tleave yourself much time to go
get Christmas gifts.
But she generally just giveseveryone a gift certificate to
the Oaken spa.
SPEAKER_01 (22:20):
I knew you were going to mention the open spa.
She started talking.
I knew that was gonna come up inthese next two.
SPEAKER_00 (22:28):
But that's you know, after the holidays, you need to
relax, head out to the oakenspa.
SPEAKER_01 (22:32):
That's hilarious because I was waiting for it.
So her sister Elsa, she does onething at Christmas, she just
spends it chilling.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, like really chilling.
Like that's what she does.
Every time you can't get eggnogaround her because she freezes
it every time.
SPEAKER_00 (22:46):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (22:47):
It kind of sucks.
SPEAKER_00 (22:49):
Yeah.
Yeah.
What happens?
So with Elsa, my traditions, shecreates a really cool snowflake
light show for everyone.
You know, being the queen, she'sgood to her people, and she
gives them this great lightshow.
Oh, yeah.
Snowflakes.
Because she's zappingsnowflakes, huge ones.
(23:10):
Sounds good.
Amazing.
The decorations are incrediblebecause it's all ice sculptures.
Christmas themed ice sculptures.
And she loves Let It Snow, theChristmas song, and she just
sings it nonstop.
SPEAKER_01 (23:23):
Oh, good.
That's a good song.
SPEAKER_00 (23:25):
And not like Let It Go, but like Let It Snow.
Let it snow, let it snow, let itsnow.
Yeah, she does that.
SPEAKER_01 (23:32):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I hope she does a Burl Ivessnowman sculpture.
SPEAKER_00 (23:38):
Oh.
SPEAKER_01 (23:39):
That'd be my one of my favorite ice sculptures you
can have.
SPEAKER_00 (23:41):
Yeah.
She does them so fast.
She can take requests.
SPEAKER_01 (23:45):
Oh, okay.
SPEAKER_00 (23:46):
Yeah.
So it's just asking, hey, Elsa,can I get a little Burl Ives
here?
SPEAKER_01 (23:53):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_00 (23:54):
Yeah.
Cool.
SPEAKER_01 (23:55):
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We will.
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No, we gotta pay for the liquor.
So we have two more.
Versus Mirabel.
Mirabelle, Columbia.
SPEAKER_01 (25:01):
She spends Christmas trying to save the Columbia.
Mirabelle spends Christmastrying to save the family
traditions.
SPEAKER_00 (25:08):
Okay.
SPEAKER_01 (25:09):
But she accidentally breaks half of them, too.
SPEAKER_00 (25:12):
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I got a little excited sayingColumbia.
So the traditions Bruno predictswhat presents everyone will get
and spoils Christmas.
SPEAKER_01 (25:25):
Oh, that jerk.
SPEAKER_00 (25:26):
And then he gets banished by abuela.
SPEAKER_01 (25:29):
That's why you don't talk about him.
SPEAKER_00 (25:30):
We don't talk about Christmas, no, no, no.
And then Dolores hears Santafrom 120 miles away.
So she knows, she tellseverybody, hey, get in bed.
He's coming.
I can hear him coming.
SPEAKER_01 (25:42):
She has a lot of Santa Claus qualities.
SPEAKER_00 (25:44):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (25:45):
She knows when people are sleepy, knows when
they're awake.
Wow.
SPEAKER_00 (25:48):
She doesn't really know when they've been bad or
good.
That might be more Bruno's.
SPEAKER_01 (25:52):
But you can hear if they're saying bad or good
things.
Yes.
SPEAKER_00 (25:54):
Oh, that's true.
That's true.
That's true.
SPEAKER_01 (25:56):
Yeah, she has some Santa qualities.
Our last one.
SPEAKER_00 (25:59):
Yeah.
Osha.
Osha.
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (26:02):
Asha spends Christmas sprinkling magic on
the eggnog and negotiating withthe gingerbread villagers for
better cookie rights.
SPEAKER_00 (26:10):
Nice.
So she's from Rosas, which is afantastical Mediterranean
kingdom.
Okay.
Ibiza.
So it's Spain, Mediterranean,Spanish area.
This is a real place.
Yes, this is a real place.
Ibiza.
So anyway, their traditions.
They make wishing star cookies.
They all get together.
(26:31):
And they have a lot oftraditions.
While they're all very nice,they're all kind of largely
forgettable, much like themovie.
SPEAKER_01 (26:39):
I know.
You all said, who are they?
What's this princess they'retalking about?
Yes.
When we first started talkingabout it.
SPEAKER_00 (26:44):
Princess Asha, who they rushed that movie out,
which is unfortunate.
It's got a couple of good songs.
It's got a couple horriblesongs.
It's not a bad movie.
Not a bad movie.
But they did rush it.
There's a lot of Easter eggs tothe history of Walt Disney
movies.
SPEAKER_01 (27:01):
Right.
SPEAKER_00 (27:02):
Yeah.
So it's a really good one.
Really good one to pick up onthe Easter eggs.
But yeah, they just didn't do agood job with it.
No.
Rushed it out.
And that's our list.
That's our list of whatChristmas is happening, how it's
happening with the princesses.
And the first of our Christmasepisodes.
Yes.
So next week, another one.
Another one.
Yep.
Cheers.
(27:23):
Till then.
Cheers.
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