July 18, 2025 • 30 mins
In this special Flashback Friday episode, we revisit our popular "Return the Coat, Keep the Daddy" conversation that perfectly captures the complicated relationship we all have with Christmas traditions. From the evolution of shopping habits (hello, daily Amazon deliveries!) to the puzzling experience of helping a parent with dementia buy 27 family puzzles, we explore how the stress and joy of holiday preparations have transformed over time.
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DJ Nick (00:07):
Welcome to a.
Flashback Friday edition of theDysfunction Junkies podcast.
We may not have seen it all, butwe've seen enough.
And now here are your hosts,Chrisy and Kerry.
Kerry (00:22):
Hello Junkies, I'm Kerry
Chrisy (00:23):
and I'm Chrissy
Kerry (00:24):
, and welcome to Flashback Friday.
We are so excited we starteddoing this last month, where
every month we're going toflashback to one of our earlier
episodes.
And this is Christmas in July.
Yes, it is.
Chrisy (00:39):
Our favorite time of year.
What do I think about thatChristmas in July?
It's like a total thing.
Yeah, I'm still trying tofigure out, but it is definitely
a thing.
Kerry (00:50):
Yes, it is definitely a thing, and so we thought what
better than to flashback toepisode six return the coat,
keep the daddy.
We talk about Christmasshopping and holiday shopping
and holiday movies, so it justseemed appropriate that we
should do this one for our Julyflashback.
Chrisy (01:06):
Yes, and I highly recommend returning everything,
but keep the daddy, keep thedaddy, keep the daddy.
Kerry (01:14):
So if you want to know what we're talking about, here
we go.
And this is Flashback Fridays.
Enjoy Hi Dysfunction Junkies.
Chrisy (01:22):
I'm Keri and I'm Chrissy .
Kerry (01:25):
And welcome back to your Safefunction Junkies.
I'm Keri and I'm Chrissy, andwelcome back to your safe space
Junkies.
But before we get into today'sshow, Chrissy and I just want to
take a moment and thankeveryone for all the positive
feedback, the support, themessages we've received from all
of you, our Junkie families.
I know we're only what fiveepisodes in now, but it has been
so nice to have everyone's loveand support.
(01:45):
You know, this podcast has beennear and dear to our hearts and
it's so appreciated that youall are embracing us so kindly.
So thank you.
Chrisy (01:53):
Yes, thank you very much .
We really appreciate thesupport and we will continue to
give you entertaining podcastprogramming.
So stick around, because it'sonly going to get better from
here.
Kerry (02:03):
Absolutely so, Chrissy.
We survived Thanksgiving.
Chrisy (02:07):
Did I guess.
I don't know if I ever surviveanything, but I'll take your
word for it.
Kerry (02:12):
So now the Thanksgiving is behind us and Christmas is
approaching, it's that time ofyear to get all our shopping
done and get all the differentChristmas movies in and
everything.
But how do you feel about that?
What's your thoughts on theChristmas shopping?
Chrisy (02:28):
I love Amazon.
Kerry (02:29):
Oh, amen.
Chrisy (02:31):
Growing up as we did, where the mall was king.
Amazon is fine with me.
The mall thing makes me nervousanymore.
Kerry (02:40):
Absolutely.
Chrisy (02:41):
I think it's watching those videos of malls that have
been deserted.
Yeah, they're terrifyingbuildings you never thought of
that.
I don't know that they shouldhave put those images in our
heads.
Of these, I mean, it's truly.
It looks like uh, something, uhfrom the apocalypse, or
something exactly these placesgo.
Kerry (03:00):
But that used to be like our hangout growing up.
That was like the thing to do.
Let's go to the mall.
It was, it was.
Chrisy (03:12):
And spent a lot of money and time there and a lot of
time feeling bad about myselfwhen I couldn't buy certain
clothes because they just didn'tlook like they did on models.
Kerry (03:17):
Exactly, exactly.
Was your family ever into BlackFriday?
Chrisy (03:20):
No, I couldn't even tell you.
I could tell you for sure.
Kerry (03:24):
I don't think my father ever stepped foot inside of a
mall oh really ever ever, hiswhole life, oh no, well, first
of all, just spending money likewe just didn't have it to do so
.
But even as getting older andum, getting into my, you know,
young 20s and stuff like I justI know shopping is not my thing.
(03:44):
I love catalog shopping.
Now that Amazon oh my gosh,that's.
You know, my husband just rollshis eyes every day that Amazon
people show up, especially whenthey show up like twice a day.
So I can't.
I know that it's the wholebeing in the crowds, being
around all those people, andthen just the whole holiday
experience again gives me a lotof anxiety, which is sad,
because I really enjoy ChristmasI really really do, but just
(04:08):
with all the trauma that hashappened to me, it's such this
juxtaposition.
Yeah, so I want to stay awayfrom people.
Chrisy (04:14):
So no Black Friday for me, no well, my whole plan with
Black Friday was to when I wasyounger, before I had kids, and
maybe even before I was younger,before I had kids and maybe
even before I was married, andshortly thereafter we would go
to the mall on Black Friday.
First you get agitated becauseit's a nightmare for parking,
and then you get in there and itwas a nightmare just walking
(04:35):
around, but my whole plan wasusually just to go to see people
like that I might know and thenbe able to snub them.
That was my favorite thing to dowas go to the mall and then,
like, see people and then beable to snub them.
That was my favorite thing todo was go to the mall and then,
like, see people and then belike oh, chrissy oh yeah, oh
yeah, that was.
I just want to go so I canpretend I did not see you and I
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do not want to talk to youbecause I'm just too busy and
too good for you right now soyou would have rather put
yourself through all thatagitation of the parking, of the
crowds just to make a pointthat you didn't want to talk to
anybody and be part of the crowdabsolutely oh, you're so funny
and who the hell was going there.
And actually they had bags intheir hands.
(05:17):
Who the hell were theseassholes shopping?
I don't know what the?
I never remember seeing anydeal on anything no, not that
was worth.
Kerry (05:25):
Are the people that go and they like camp out?
You know they finish theirThanksgiving dinner and then
they go get their camping gearand camp out of the store so
they can be first in line forthat deal.
Well, it's for those giveaways.
Chrisy (05:35):
I think that's a later phenomenon for us.
Okay, because early on it wasjust a deal.
Just go to the mall becauseyou're supposed to shop today.
Okay, we were like oh okay, I'msupposed to go shop today.
The jc penny catalog for me,and I'm sure maybe for you too,
that was that was creme, thatwas the bible for that time of
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year, and I would study itcircle it dog ear pages.
It was everything and I stillcan pretty much tell you like as
soon as you went past all theclothes in the front and weird
stuff like decorating stuff foryour house and bedding and all
that other crap.
Then they had like that middlepart.
That was like an order form.
Kerry (06:17):
I don't know who the hell was using that.
Chrisy (06:19):
The first part of the toy section dolls, dolls, always
dolls, I love dolls.
I don't know why, but I justreally did.
I didn't like dolls, I likedeverything.
Kerry (06:29):
If it was a toy I wanted it.
Chrisy (06:31):
So yeah, I love JCPenney catalog.
Never actually bought anythingon Black Friday.
I don't get it.
And Amazon now is the same asyou.
Kerry (06:40):
Oh, I love it.
It's wonderful.
I remember whenever this amazonthings first started and people
were talking about it and Ijust I wasn't wrapping my brain
about it, which I don't know whyI was being so like resistant
because it's everything that Ilove.
But then, once I placed myfirst couple orders, oh the life
changing.
Chrisy (06:58):
Life changing they make it so easy for you, first of all
, to just order stuff, get it toyour door, free shipping if you
have prime, and then if you andnow I'm not one to return, oh,
unless I absolutely just can'tright, wear it or use it but you
know the returning thing oh, Iknow as long as you have.
For us it's kohl's yeah youjust take it to kohl's and they
do everything for you.
Kerry (07:18):
I know, I mean my husband is the return king, so I'm the
same way.
I would rather take the lossand just keep it rather than go
return something.
But my husband, oh no, and itdoesn't matter how long we've
had it.
If they've had it long, hey, ifhe's got the receipt, or
sometimes even if we haven't,he'll go and by God he'll get
the return.
I don't know what bats his eyesat the sales ladies, I don't
(07:45):
know what he does, but he getsthese returns done.
But amazon, I'm more likely todo a return on because it's easy
hit a few buttons and then Igive it to jim to take.
Chrisy (07:48):
Still technically, do the return.
He has to take it to the store,right, my husband does the same
thing.
Now, speaking of people who havechronic return syndrome, my
mother crs has really actuallyliterally has been blacklisted
by like qvc.
What, oh yeah.
For returning things?
Oh yeah, she orders stuff, she,and she returns everything.
(08:11):
She returns everything.
Now, when I was younger thiswas sort of amusing and we're
talking back in the 80s.
I remember one specific itemand her return capabilities were
amazing bought me a boom boxfrom hills department store
gotta love hills and it was pink.
It was that typical 80s, thatpink.
(08:32):
You know, look at my littleradio.
I could had a.
Had a strap on it, you couldcarry it like a purse, you know,
and and the thing broke,probably after a few months.
My mom went up there, returnedit, got me a new one.
I think she returned the samething like two or three times.
It doesn't tell you much abouthow it was made because it kept
breaking, but she was still ableto go up there and I don't know
(08:53):
what she did.
Oh my gosh, it's an art.
It is an art must be but my mom.
Her art is broken because nowshe is just blacklisted and it's
an illness for her.
I'm not saying anything aboutjim, but for my mother I know
it's an illness because I don'tunderstand half the stuff she
purchases she doesn't even needyeah she just buys stuff, yeah,
and then she'll buy it andshe'll be like I got this for
(09:14):
you.
I'm like, no, no, no, no, Idon't want it.
She'll buy cookware.
No, I'm not in the market forcookware.
She bought me some crazy coat.
Yeah, that was the whole.
She used to buy me and mysister's coats all the time and
we didn't want a coat and itwasn't.
It was like some big puffy coatyou know, if you already feel
fat, stick one of them, thingson.
Now you feel like a completefatso, walking around with a big
(09:35):
fluffy coat on.
I remember one Christmas sheannounced to us when we were
about to open our presents I got, I got you girls, all the same
thing.
And I looked at her and I saidyou mean the same daddy?
I was like, thanks, mom.
And then I look at my sisterand I'm like we do have the same
.
Who's your daddy again?
Kerry (09:56):
Oh yeah yeah, that guy over there.
Chrisy (09:57):
Okay, yeah, thanks, mom.
Thanks for getting us the samedaddy.
Please don't bring that coatout, though.
I'll take the same daddy, but Idon't want the coat return the
coat, keep the daddy, return thecoat.
I can't, I can't even breatheright now.
Oh my gosh, that's too much.
Yeah, beware of parents who buyyou all the same thing for
(10:18):
christmas.
In fact, maybe don't show upfor the holiday that following
year, because that's justcraziness.
You can't, you can't be gettingthe same stuff.
As an adult Kids you might beable to pull that off because
you don't have any choice.
But as your adult, your motheror father keeps buying you all
the same damn thing, thinkingyou all like the same shit,
Especially when we have such anage difference between us and
(10:38):
our siblings too.
Kerry (10:40):
You know, I mean my sister's, you know, 14 some
years older than me.
So why am I getting?
You know, I don't know acookbook when I'm 12.
You know, just because they'remarried now and have kids, I
don't need a cookbook.
Did they really do that?
I think at one point.
Chrisy (10:54):
Yes, I think actually they expected you to put it in
your little uh.
What do they used to call thoseboxes used to keep her to wish?
Kerry (11:00):
yes, oh, what are those?
Oh, I know what you're talkingabout.
I'll think about it here.
But yeah, it was an angels andfriends cookbook.
Chrisy (11:08):
Oh, so you were actually benefiting some cause.
Kerry (11:11):
Yes, but she got all of us a cookbook, and I really do,
I think I was about 12.
Whenever, a hope chest, that'swhat it was called it was a hope
chest.
Yeah, and you put things forwhenever you were going to get
married and so, yeah, I got alot of stuff like that.
Chrisy (11:25):
How much you want to bet .
Your mom was trying to score ateapot or something.
Kerry (11:29):
That's why she had to buy .
Chrisy (11:30):
That would be my mom would do that too.
Kerry (11:33):
Like the, I mean at that age?
Chrisy (11:34):
you really don't, and those cookbooks were never any
fun.
Yeah, you know the church wasof charity.
Yeah, there was.
Usually church would have thesethings or charity.
You know angels, you know theanimal things and stuff like
that which is a great cause, andI would totally.
Kerry (11:48):
I'd rather just give you the money, though and you don't
give your 12 year old it justbecause you have the need to
give all five of your daughtersthe same thing.
Chrisy (11:56):
Yeah, you know those cookbooks.
They didn't have pictures ofthem either.
If I'm gonna make something, Igotta see what it's look like.
Kerry (12:02):
I do still have that cookbook.
I do still have it.
I hardly ever use it because ofthe same thing I need pictures.
I'm much more a pioneer womancookbook person.
Chrisy (12:12):
Well them old cookbooks.
Sometimes, when you look at theingredients, they tell you to
put into stuff.
They actually tell you to putMSG in stuff.
I know and it's like what?
Where do I score MSG?
I thought we weren't supposedto eat MSG.
No wonder I have all theseproblems.
I know my mother was scoringMSG and shoving it in everything
she fed me.
(12:32):
Why would you have that Aquarter of a teaspoon?
Kerry (12:36):
of MSG.
What, what hour is that in?
Chrisy (12:39):
Oh my God, I know right.
Kerry (12:41):
You'll never find it in the store because they're always
changing the store platformaround.
So just when you figure outwhere the MSG is, next week it's
going to be moved.
Chrisy (12:49):
Well, outside of the fact, they look at you with this
look on their face hey, stockboy where's the MSG?
What aisle is that, if you canfind a stock boy no-transcript.
Kerry (13:26):
But so we went puzzle shopping everyone in the family.
You know sorry, spoiler alertif you're in my family, your
family's getting a puzzle toshare from mom.
But oh my gosh, it wasexhausting.
So we went to this Amish storethat had this whole wall of
puzzles.
So we're like Okay, mom, youknow, and she was all on board
with she was really excited todo this.
But after five puzzles, herlittle dimension Alzheimer brain
(13:48):
was just so overwhelmed and shecouldn't, you know, was having
a hard time, which is why wewere doing this.
So here's me in the storegetting all these puzzles.
I literally I was so thankfulnobody was in the store because
I had all the puzzles on thefloor for each family, 27
puzzles like, all laid out onthe floor, trying to like keep
it all straight, taking pictures.
So I knew when we got home whowas getting what.
(14:09):
And then when we got home, wewrapped them all.
She wrapped about five of themand she was like I'm done, I
still got 21 more to do orwhatever.
So Christmas shopping hasstarted and unfortunately not
even for my household.
But I got my mom and everybodydone for my mom.
But oh my gosh, it was justlike oh, here we are.
(14:31):
It's Christmas, this is whatwe're doing.
Chrisy (14:35):
Well, I didn't know that the Amish they have puzzles.
Kerry (14:39):
It does tend to be things in a lot of the stores like
well, you have a place close toyou guys, lehman's Hardware and
they have a big puzzle selectionthere.
And then we went to this Amishcheese house.
Like they make their owncheeses and everything the
factory's like right next door,so they have a lot of things in
there.
And then in the back wall is, Imean, literally it's like a 24
foot wall of nothing but puzzles.
(15:00):
So, yeah, so if you're everlooking for a puzzle, go find an
Amish store.
Chrisy (15:03):
Well, I guess that's good to know.
My family was never puzzlepeople.
I remember seeing some kids Ikind of grew up with and you go
to their house and they had aspecific table set up for it.
They had a thing that you putit on and then they would end up
gluing it or doing whatever, sothen they could hang it.
Yes, I was always.
I couldn't.
I don't even know what to say,because I can't even tell you
(15:25):
what I would think or not think,except that when I had kids, I
would do puzzles with them and II would sit there and do them,
but again, they were kidspuzzles.
I wasn't doing a thousand pieceor nothing like that, because
that's just well.
Kerry (15:38):
But see, now they have family puzzles, and so a family
puzzle has it's a one big puzzle, but it has big.
So your little three or fouryear old can help put those
pieces in, and then it has theharder, littler pieces for the
adults to put it, and so thisway you can work on it as a
family.
I did not even know thatexisted until this past week
when I went puzzle shopping withmy mom because my sister helped
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me make a list and she said youknow, get a family puzzle for
these family.
What's a family puzzle?
So then when we were at thestore I realized I'm like, oh
well, it's kind of ingenious.
Chrisy (16:11):
But yeah, puzzles definitely a little bit of a
thing for our household.
So I can see that if we were itwould be a total fight.
Who took that piece I was goingto put here?
My father would have totallylost his mind.
My mother would have gotten onhis nerves so much because she
probably would have kept saying,insisting that some piece
looked like this and it wassupposed to go there, even
though it didn't fit, and hewould have to explain it to her
(16:32):
20 times and I would probablyjust been sitting there in
silence going.
Kerry (16:35):
Please, somebody kill me so yeah, I'm kind of glad we
never adopted the puzzle.
So if you weren't doing puzzlesin your house, then I'm sure
you were watching movies,because you are the movie buff.
Talk to me about your holidaymovie selections.
Chrisy (16:50):
Okay, let's run it down here and remember this is my
opinion.
It's not going to appeal toeverybody, but well, let's see
what should we start with here.
It's a Wonderful Life.
Let me just start there,Because people love that movie.
Kerry (17:06):
Nothing like starting a good holiday movie with a
potential suicide.
Chrisy (17:09):
Yes, yeah, I mean.
Well, the guy's contemplatingwhether he wants to continue on
because he thinks he's betteroff to his family dead.
I mean it's a serious it is.
It's a very serious.
Here's my problem with it.
Isn't that wonderful?
First of all, the majority ofit.
Let's just break it down from aChristmas standpoint.
(17:30):
Let's try to take theseriousness out of it.
It's very serious.
Nobody wants to see JamesStewart hurt himself.
Most of it's not Christmas, andthen somebody decided to throw
it out there on network TVaround Christmas and all of a
sudden it becomes a Christmasmovie and it's just.
I mean, the kid gets hit by thepharmacist because he there's
you know, I don't even rememberthe whole movie.
Kerry (17:51):
It's been so long since I've watched it, I couldn't even
I don't.
I just remember the beginningand I think the end.
I think that's it.
Chrisy (17:58):
I blacked out the middle part, the last 45 minutes or so
of it.
That's like the Christmas partof it yeah it's just to me, it's
just not a good representationof christmas.
People love it, people willwatch it every year.
Kerry (18:11):
I've never seen the diehard movie that everyone says
is a christmas.
Chrisy (18:14):
There's that whole debate is that I've never seen
it I hate to admit this, for asmuch of a film person as I am,
I've never seen.
Kerry (18:21):
Oh, we got homework to do .
Chrisy (18:22):
Yeah, I know if you really like that type of time
period for a film.
In my opinion, the betterChristmas movie, other than it's
a wonderful life, for me isit's called the Bishop's Wife.
Oh, and it was redone in the90s with Whitney Houston.
Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, but theoriginal has Cary Grant, David
(18:42):
Niven, Loretta Young.
Kerry (18:44):
That's a Christmas movie, okay.
Chrisy (18:46):
It takes place at Christmas.
It's a short span.
You're not going back and forthbetween decades or anything
like that, and it's just alovely film.
Yeah, who doesn't love CaryGrant as an angel?
Kerry (18:57):
I know.
Chrisy (18:58):
So I would recommend that one, the ones that you
cannot take anything from.
Kerry (19:04):
One specifically is A Christmas Story yeah, I love
that is, and we are so blessedto live so close to where the
christmas story was filmed yeah,have you been there?
I have not oh, yes, oh, yougotta go, you gotta go.
I I think it's.
I know it recently sold, but Ithink they still have it open.
Yeah, I do it's, it's worth it.
It's definitely worth going.
Chrisy (19:23):
Yes, yes, christmas story, I love it a christmas
story came out at the, probablythe zenith of renting films.
Yes, used to go to a place inthe Austintown Plaza.
It's called Rainbow Rentals.
Rainbow Rentals Yep, that wasone of the places we used to go
and rent, and we would rent theshit out of that movie.
It doesn't matter what time ofyear it was, we just rented it
(19:50):
and rented it and watched it andit was just so that's.
Kerry (19:51):
You're never gonna get anything.
My favorite is a christmasstore or a chevy chase national
lampoon.
Christmas vacation yes that isgood.
Chrisy (19:58):
I really don't have, because I know a lot of people.
I have a girlfriend that I grewup with, she, she, that's her,
her thing, and we still, if wedo sort of text or chat
generally, a line from thatmovie will come up.
Oh and it's a good movie.
Not one of my favorites, but itis a good movie, can't.
Kerry (20:16):
I think it just reminds me a lot of my family growing up
in the one line where Audreysays something like you know,
it's Christmas, we're all inmisery.
You know, it's like oh, yeah,that's perfect If that describes
it.
Yeah, that's just supposed tobe.
Now, my husband loves those oldChristmas cartoons, like the
Rudolph the Frosty, all of thosehe loves them I have a total
(20:39):
opinion on that, please share.
Chrisy (20:41):
First of all, rudolph awful, the whole thing from the
word go.
The father's.
Ashamed of him.
I know Santa's a shithead.
You would think Santa would sayyou know what was it.
Donner was his dad or whoever.
You can't smack black stuff allover his nose and cover it up.
This is part of this kid Right.
Kerry (21:01):
Whatever you call it, you'd think Santa would be the
one to be no Spread moreChristian cheer.
You think santa would be theone to be no more christian
cheer he goes.
Chrisy (21:05):
Oh, that's too bad.
He could fly really well, butI'm not going to use him because
he's got this ailment on hisface.
I don't want him.
He's a defect, and all theother kids I mean.
But we grew up thinking thatwas okay.
I know no wonder.
We were always horrible to eachother, I know, and yet kids are
still horrible to each other,but you know why?
Because they still run thisdamn thing every year.
That's what it is and Igenerally don't want it on.
(21:26):
But you know.
Okay, fine, turn the volumedown and watch it.
You know, don't listen to whatthey're saying.
I have currently come to aconclusion about why Frosty is
the most horrific Christmas ofall.
This snowman needs to get to acold place.
First of all, this girl.
Where the hell are her parents?
The one line in there.
(21:50):
He's like are you gonna come tonorth pole with me too?
And she's like, well, yeah, Idon't think my mom will mind as
long as I'm back for dinner.
Do we have any concept of whereyou are geographically and are
you gonna be able to scoregetting home by dinner?
So she's gone, so now they'reflipping, running all over the
flipping.
I don't know where north pole.
There's a ton of snow and he'ssliding around.
She's, you know, trying to getrid of this guy.
(22:11):
Who let this guy near anywherenear a school?
The magician guy, I'm prettysure he was not supposed to be
within 100 yards of the school.
Kerry (22:17):
Stranger danger.
Chrisy (22:18):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean he's got this stupid hatand it helps the snowman.
But here's where it's totallyhorrific why and I never, ever
thought of this until recentlythey get locked into that
greenhouse with the poinsettiaplants, the poinsettia plants.
And the guy even says whenyou're all melted, the hat is
mine.
Now remember that little girlis trapped in there with that
(22:40):
snowman.
Kerry (22:40):
Yeah, who is alive?
Chrisy (22:42):
Right, she had to slowly watch him melt to death.
This is more horrific.
It's a Halloween movie, not aChristmas movie.
I mean, when you think aboutFreddy Krueger and Jason and
Michael Myers generally, if theygot you, you were dead quick.
This was a slow miserable deathand she sat there and watched
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the whole thing.
Oh, the poor child.
And here's the other part ofthat.
When they dropped her off,santa finally okay, see it now.
Frosty's alive again.
Yeah, because he's made ofChristmas snow.
I don't know what the hell thatis what happens when you don't
get snow ever at Christmas.
We don't get snow here anymoreat Christmas.
You never get Christmas snow.
Does that mean it's notChristmas anymore, which is fine
(23:26):
?
Fine, let's cancel.
I don't give a shit.
But here's the thing when Santadrops her ass off, did anybody
wonder how the hell she wasgoing to get into the house?
Did you notice?
He left her on the flippingroof.
Oh, that's right.
I always sat there and wonderedhow is getting in the house?
Is she supposed to shimmy downthe chimney too, like you did?
I mean, he didn't even stickaround to make sure she got in
(23:48):
the house.
Okay, don't that.
Doesn't anybody remember?
When you used to get droppedoff, they used to say you know,
flip the light on and off.
Kerry (23:53):
So I know you got in or whatever.
No nothing.
Chrisy (23:55):
He's gone.
Frosty's gone.
Rudolph, whoever the hell wasdriving his sleigh for him, I
bet you she's still on that roofbut this was made in what year?
Kerry (24:06):
like what year do you think these?
Chrisy (24:07):
I think those were.
Probably that was from the late60s, right?
Kerry (24:10):
so that was the time was like, whenever you said like you
know, be home, be by dinner.
That was kind of how we grew up, though well, you know, yeah,
we just did like.
It was like oh well, you know,when the street lights come on,
you had to go home.
So that that was the conceptthen.
Chrisy (24:23):
Okay, I can accept, maybe that.
Kerry (24:25):
But here's the deal.
I don't remember, but we don'tleave it on a roof.
We don't leave people on roofs.
Chrisy (24:29):
I just don't remember this happening.
Kerry (24:31):
Frosty the Snowman was 1969.
Thank you.
Chrisy (24:33):
DJ Nick, thank you 1969.
So I would like everybody incomments you know how you guys
get in touch with us and tell usthings.
Please let us know of any ofyour friends who are left on
roofs, because I am fascinatedby this concept of just dropping
people off on their roof.
Or maybe we can start this as athing Just start leaving people
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.
Kerry (24:56):
Rudolph was 1964.
Chrisy (24:58):
Oh my gosh, see, that's the time.
Crazy 60s, oh my God, crazy 60s.
Kerry (25:03):
Well, I am now going to go into the rest of this
Christmas season watching allthese old movies now, because
now I have a whole differentperspective.
I'm going to look at all thesethings and dysfunctions.
I'm going to be watching itwith a new light.
Thank you, Insane.
Chrisy (25:18):
I mean they are insane.
One other one I'd like tomention just quickly because
it's good, especially justvisually to me White Christmas.
Oh, because, well, not justbecause of the song, okay, great
song, yeah, but VistaVision,hello.
Nobody knows what the hell I'mtalking about here.
It's like the first movie evermade in VistaVision back in the
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day, with old movies, especiallylike in the 50s, and stuff to
get into these new ways offilming with filters and colors
and all this stuff.
White Christmas was filmed inVistaVision and if you just shut
it off and maybe just watch it,it's a sight for eyes, it's
beautiful.
The colors, the dresses.
I don't think I've ever seen aWhite Christmas.
It's beautiful eyes.
(26:01):
I've got a lot to watch now.
And if you're talking now, theone thing that they play, and
there's everything has this onestory made different versions?
Charles Dickens A ChristmasCarol.
Oh yes, I mean I can't standthat one.
Kerry (26:18):
You can't stand that one.
No, I know we're very polar onour Christmas watching.
Chrisy (26:24):
What.
Kerry (26:27):
I don't know it just like Because the guy's a dick yeah
that's probably why I mean he is.
Yeah.
Chrisy (26:33):
But they should have just said this guy's a dick, but
he gets what's coming to him.
Are we supposed to believereally he changed at the end of
all that?
Probably not.
Probably not I mean, I wouldjust bet he probably started
drinking really a lot.
Kerry (26:47):
I think it was more of those he recognized he was at
the end of his life and realizedoh, maybe I might need to
change some ways real quick so Iget to heaven.
Chrisy (26:54):
Right this is possible, but in my opinion they're all
very good.
I mean, they're all basicallyfollowing the same concept, but
I have one favorite, whichprobably is not one that people
would appreciate, because it's amusical version of it OK, and.
I grew up watching it.
I think the actor that was init even though he was in his 30s
(27:15):
for 1970, which is when thefilm was made the makeup is
fantastic and the guy reallydoes come off like a miser to me
, which I think is what EbenezerScrooge is supposed to be.
They used to have one withGeorge C Scott in it and he just
didn't look like a miser to me.
I mean, some of these peoplethey put in these things don't
look like misers.
Alistair Sims that's one peoplelove from the 50s.
(27:36):
He's tall and thin and he'sjust a sour asshole.
I mean, he didn't seem like amiser to me.
I want a miser.
It's called Scrooge.
Yes, it's the musical one andAlbert Finney is the actor.
I have seen that one and ascrazy as musicals are and I know
people hate watching musicalsbecause they're just so cheesy
(27:57):
but they're fun and I'm sorry,but Scrooge is the best and the
music actually isn't that bad.
I mean the music's perfect forme.
He has one song where he justsays he hates people.
That's my favorite song.
Kerry (28:07):
That is a theme song.
Chrisy (28:08):
I hate people.
I hate I just I'm here Everytime.
I hate I just I'm here everytime it comes on my husband's
like hey, your song's on Chrissy.
I run to the tv like a crazydog running at, uh, you know, a
biscuit.
I'm like, yeah, turn it up,this is my song and I sit there
and I do my dance.
Oh, my god, I know the lyricsand yeah, I hate people.
(28:31):
They suck.
Screw you.
Get away from me, christmas,I'm all into it.
So if you haven't seen that one, where I have to please, please
, please, please wow, so well,that's a.
Kerry (28:45):
That's a um a long list of things we need to watch and
catch up on.
There's a whole bunch more.
Chrisy (28:50):
We'll save that for another time yes, yes because
believe me, yes Because believeme, I've seen a lot, and my
parents weren't that interestedin interacting with me,
especially not at Christmas, soI was watching a lot of TV, yeah
yes, yes.
Kerry (29:03):
Well, I will be watching a lot of TV now, because I have
a whole list of things I need towatch or rewatch.
Chrisy (29:09):
Yes, yes.
Kerry (29:10):
Well, I hope, if anything , this was somewhat entertaining
for those of you who are maybein your car getting ready to go
Christmas shopping or about toChristmas shop, and maybe you'll
consider going on Amazon anddoing your shopping on there
instead, or whatever onlineshopping you want to do, and
while you're watching all theseChristmas movies to get you
through this final push of theselast couple of weeks toward the
(29:33):
holidays.
Chrisy (29:33):
So, yes, Good luck people.
Kerry (29:35):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, but be sure to check out our
facebook page.
We do want to hear yourfeedback on everything.
Talk to us about these uhstories if you've ever seen
anyone left on a roof yes, I'm,that's the one I'm going to be
looking for but uh, other thanthat, just want to thank
everyone for joining us.
We'll be back again next weekand don't forget to check us out
(29:56):
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If you're listening to us fromwhatever listening podcast
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We sure appreciate it and we'llsee you next week.
Bye, everybody.
Welcome to a.
Flashback Friday edition of theDysfunction Junkies podcast.
We may not have seen it all, butwe've seen enough.
And now here are your hosts,Chrisy and Kerry.
Kerry (00:22):
Hello Junkies, I'm Kerry
Chrisy (00:23):
and I'm Chrissy
Kerry (00:24):
, and welcome to Flashback Friday.
We are so excited we starteddoing this last month, where
every month we're going toflashback to one of our earlier
episodes.
And this is Christmas in July.
Yes, it is.
Chrisy (00:39):
Our favorite time of year.
What do I think about thatChristmas in July?
It's like a total thing.
Yeah, I'm still trying tofigure out, but it is definitely
a thing.
Kerry (00:50):
Yes, it is definitely a thing, and so we thought what
better than to flashback toepisode six return the coat,
keep the daddy.
We talk about Christmasshopping and holiday shopping
and holiday movies, so it justseemed appropriate that we
should do this one for our Julyflashback.
Chrisy (01:06):
Yes, and I highly recommend returning everything,
but keep the daddy, keep thedaddy, keep the daddy.
Kerry (01:14):
So if you want to know what we're talking about, here
we go.
And this is Flashback Fridays.
Enjoy Hi Dysfunction Junkies.
Chrisy (01:22):
I'm Keri and I'm Chrissy .
Kerry (01:25):
And welcome back to your Safefunction Junkies.
I'm Keri and I'm Chrissy, andwelcome back to your safe space
Junkies.
But before we get into today'sshow, Chrissy and I just want to
take a moment and thankeveryone for all the positive
feedback, the support, themessages we've received from all
of you, our Junkie families.
I know we're only what fiveepisodes in now, but it has been
so nice to have everyone's loveand support.
(01:45):
You know, this podcast has beennear and dear to our hearts and
it's so appreciated that youall are embracing us so kindly.
So thank you.
Chrisy (01:53):
Yes, thank you very much .
We really appreciate thesupport and we will continue to
give you entertaining podcastprogramming.
So stick around, because it'sonly going to get better from
here.
Kerry (02:03):
Absolutely so, Chrissy.
We survived Thanksgiving.
Chrisy (02:07):
Did I guess.
I don't know if I ever surviveanything, but I'll take your
word for it.
Kerry (02:12):
So now the Thanksgiving is behind us and Christmas is
approaching, it's that time ofyear to get all our shopping
done and get all the differentChristmas movies in and
everything.
But how do you feel about that?
What's your thoughts on theChristmas shopping?
Chrisy (02:28):
I love Amazon.
Kerry (02:29):
Oh, amen.
Chrisy (02:31):
Growing up as we did, where the mall was king.
Amazon is fine with me.
The mall thing makes me nervousanymore.
Kerry (02:40):
Absolutely.
Chrisy (02:41):
I think it's watching those videos of malls that have
been deserted.
Yeah, they're terrifyingbuildings you never thought of
that.
I don't know that they shouldhave put those images in our
heads.
Of these, I mean, it's truly.
It looks like uh, something, uhfrom the apocalypse, or
something exactly these placesgo.
Kerry (03:00):
But that used to be like our hangout growing up.
That was like the thing to do.
Let's go to the mall.
It was, it was.
Chrisy (03:12):
And spent a lot of money and time there and a lot of
time feeling bad about myselfwhen I couldn't buy certain
clothes because they just didn'tlook like they did on models.
Kerry (03:17):
Exactly, exactly.
Was your family ever into BlackFriday?
Chrisy (03:20):
No, I couldn't even tell you.
I could tell you for sure.
Kerry (03:24):
I don't think my father ever stepped foot inside of a
mall oh really ever ever, hiswhole life, oh no, well, first
of all, just spending money likewe just didn't have it to do so
.
But even as getting older andum, getting into my, you know,
young 20s and stuff like I justI know shopping is not my thing.
(03:44):
I love catalog shopping.
Now that Amazon oh my gosh,that's.
You know, my husband just rollshis eyes every day that Amazon
people show up, especially whenthey show up like twice a day.
So I can't.
I know that it's the wholebeing in the crowds, being
around all those people, andthen just the whole holiday
experience again gives me a lotof anxiety, which is sad,
because I really enjoy ChristmasI really really do, but just
(04:08):
with all the trauma that hashappened to me, it's such this
juxtaposition.
Yeah, so I want to stay awayfrom people.
Chrisy (04:14):
So no Black Friday for me, no well, my whole plan with
Black Friday was to when I wasyounger, before I had kids, and
maybe even before I was younger,before I had kids and maybe
even before I was married, andshortly thereafter we would go
to the mall on Black Friday.
First you get agitated becauseit's a nightmare for parking,
and then you get in there and itwas a nightmare just walking
(04:35):
around, but my whole plan wasusually just to go to see people
like that I might know and thenbe able to snub them.
That was my favorite thing to dowas go to the mall and then,
like, see people and then beable to snub them.
That was my favorite thing todo was go to the mall and then,
like, see people and then belike oh, chrissy oh yeah, oh
yeah, that was.
I just want to go so I canpretend I did not see you and I
(04:56):
do not want to talk to youbecause I'm just too busy and
too good for you right now soyou would have rather put
yourself through all thatagitation of the parking, of the
crowds just to make a pointthat you didn't want to talk to
anybody and be part of the crowdabsolutely oh, you're so funny
and who the hell was going there.
And actually they had bags intheir hands.
(05:17):
Who the hell were theseassholes shopping?
I don't know what the?
I never remember seeing anydeal on anything no, not that
was worth.
Kerry (05:25):
Are the people that go and they like camp out?
You know they finish theirThanksgiving dinner and then
they go get their camping gearand camp out of the store so
they can be first in line forthat deal.
Well, it's for those giveaways.
Chrisy (05:35):
I think that's a later phenomenon for us.
Okay, because early on it wasjust a deal.
Just go to the mall becauseyou're supposed to shop today.
Okay, we were like oh okay, I'msupposed to go shop today.
The jc penny catalog for me,and I'm sure maybe for you too,
that was that was creme, thatwas the bible for that time of
(05:56):
year, and I would study itcircle it dog ear pages.
It was everything and I stillcan pretty much tell you like as
soon as you went past all theclothes in the front and weird
stuff like decorating stuff foryour house and bedding and all
that other crap.
Then they had like that middlepart.
That was like an order form.
Kerry (06:17):
I don't know who the hell was using that.
Chrisy (06:19):
The first part of the toy section dolls, dolls, always
dolls, I love dolls.
I don't know why, but I justreally did.
I didn't like dolls, I likedeverything.
Kerry (06:29):
If it was a toy I wanted it.
Chrisy (06:31):
So yeah, I love JCPenney catalog.
Never actually bought anythingon Black Friday.
I don't get it.
And Amazon now is the same asyou.
Kerry (06:40):
Oh, I love it.
It's wonderful.
I remember whenever this amazonthings first started and people
were talking about it and Ijust I wasn't wrapping my brain
about it, which I don't know whyI was being so like resistant
because it's everything that Ilove.
But then, once I placed myfirst couple orders, oh the life
changing.
Chrisy (06:58):
Life changing they make it so easy for you, first of all
, to just order stuff, get it toyour door, free shipping if you
have prime, and then if you andnow I'm not one to return, oh,
unless I absolutely just can'tright, wear it or use it but you
know the returning thing oh, Iknow as long as you have.
For us it's kohl's yeah youjust take it to kohl's and they
do everything for you.
Kerry (07:18):
I know, I mean my husband is the return king, so I'm the
same way.
I would rather take the lossand just keep it rather than go
return something.
But my husband, oh no, and itdoesn't matter how long we've
had it.
If they've had it long, hey, ifhe's got the receipt, or
sometimes even if we haven't,he'll go and by God he'll get
the return.
I don't know what bats his eyesat the sales ladies, I don't
(07:45):
know what he does, but he getsthese returns done.
But amazon, I'm more likely todo a return on because it's easy
hit a few buttons and then Igive it to jim to take.
Chrisy (07:48):
Still technically, do the return.
He has to take it to the store,right, my husband does the same
thing.
Now, speaking of people who havechronic return syndrome, my
mother crs has really actuallyliterally has been blacklisted
by like qvc.
What, oh yeah.
For returning things?
Oh yeah, she orders stuff, she,and she returns everything.
(08:11):
She returns everything.
Now, when I was younger thiswas sort of amusing and we're
talking back in the 80s.
I remember one specific itemand her return capabilities were
amazing bought me a boom boxfrom hills department store
gotta love hills and it was pink.
It was that typical 80s, thatpink.
(08:32):
You know, look at my littleradio.
I could had a.
Had a strap on it, you couldcarry it like a purse, you know,
and and the thing broke,probably after a few months.
My mom went up there, returnedit, got me a new one.
I think she returned the samething like two or three times.
It doesn't tell you much abouthow it was made because it kept
breaking, but she was still ableto go up there and I don't know
(08:53):
what she did.
Oh my gosh, it's an art.
It is an art must be but my mom.
Her art is broken because nowshe is just blacklisted and it's
an illness for her.
I'm not saying anything aboutjim, but for my mother I know
it's an illness because I don'tunderstand half the stuff she
purchases she doesn't even needyeah she just buys stuff, yeah,
and then she'll buy it andshe'll be like I got this for
(09:14):
you.
I'm like, no, no, no, no, Idon't want it.
She'll buy cookware.
No, I'm not in the market forcookware.
She bought me some crazy coat.
Yeah, that was the whole.
She used to buy me and mysister's coats all the time and
we didn't want a coat and itwasn't.
It was like some big puffy coatyou know, if you already feel
fat, stick one of them, thingson.
Now you feel like a completefatso, walking around with a big
(09:35):
fluffy coat on.
I remember one Christmas sheannounced to us when we were
about to open our presents I got, I got you girls, all the same
thing.
And I looked at her and I saidyou mean the same daddy?
I was like, thanks, mom.
And then I look at my sisterand I'm like we do have the same
.
Who's your daddy again?
Kerry (09:56):
Oh yeah yeah, that guy over there.
Chrisy (09:57):
Okay, yeah, thanks, mom.
Thanks for getting us the samedaddy.
Please don't bring that coatout, though.
I'll take the same daddy, but Idon't want the coat return the
coat, keep the daddy, return thecoat.
I can't, I can't even breatheright now.
Oh my gosh, that's too much.
Yeah, beware of parents who buyyou all the same thing for
(10:18):
christmas.
In fact, maybe don't show upfor the holiday that following
year, because that's justcraziness.
You can't, you can't be gettingthe same stuff.
As an adult Kids you might beable to pull that off because
you don't have any choice.
But as your adult, your motheror father keeps buying you all
the same damn thing, thinkingyou all like the same shit,
Especially when we have such anage difference between us and
(10:38):
our siblings too.
Kerry (10:40):
You know, I mean my sister's, you know, 14 some
years older than me.
So why am I getting?
You know, I don't know acookbook when I'm 12.
You know, just because they'remarried now and have kids, I
don't need a cookbook.
Did they really do that?
I think at one point.
Chrisy (10:54):
Yes, I think actually they expected you to put it in
your little uh.
What do they used to call thoseboxes used to keep her to wish?
Kerry (11:00):
yes, oh, what are those?
Oh, I know what you're talkingabout.
I'll think about it here.
But yeah, it was an angels andfriends cookbook.
Chrisy (11:08):
Oh, so you were actually benefiting some cause.
Kerry (11:11):
Yes, but she got all of us a cookbook, and I really do,
I think I was about 12.
Whenever, a hope chest, that'swhat it was called it was a hope
chest.
Yeah, and you put things forwhenever you were going to get
married and so, yeah, I got alot of stuff like that.
Chrisy (11:25):
How much you want to bet .
Your mom was trying to score ateapot or something.
Kerry (11:29):
That's why she had to buy .
Chrisy (11:30):
That would be my mom would do that too.
Kerry (11:33):
Like the, I mean at that age?
Chrisy (11:34):
you really don't, and those cookbooks were never any
fun.
Yeah, you know the church wasof charity.
Yeah, there was.
Usually church would have thesethings or charity.
You know angels, you know theanimal things and stuff like
that which is a great cause, andI would totally.
Kerry (11:48):
I'd rather just give you the money, though and you don't
give your 12 year old it justbecause you have the need to
give all five of your daughtersthe same thing.
Chrisy (11:56):
Yeah, you know those cookbooks.
They didn't have pictures ofthem either.
If I'm gonna make something, Igotta see what it's look like.
Kerry (12:02):
I do still have that cookbook.
I do still have it.
I hardly ever use it because ofthe same thing I need pictures.
I'm much more a pioneer womancookbook person.
Chrisy (12:12):
Well them old cookbooks.
Sometimes, when you look at theingredients, they tell you to
put into stuff.
They actually tell you to putMSG in stuff.
I know and it's like what?
Where do I score MSG?
I thought we weren't supposedto eat MSG.
No wonder I have all theseproblems.
I know my mother was scoringMSG and shoving it in everything
she fed me.
(12:32):
Why would you have that Aquarter of a teaspoon?
Kerry (12:36):
of MSG.
What, what hour is that in?
Chrisy (12:39):
Oh my God, I know right.
Kerry (12:41):
You'll never find it in the store because they're always
changing the store platformaround.
So just when you figure outwhere the MSG is, next week it's
going to be moved.
Chrisy (12:49):
Well, outside of the fact, they look at you with this
look on their face hey, stockboy where's the MSG?
What aisle is that, if you canfind a stock boy no-transcript.
Kerry (13:26):
But so we went puzzle shopping everyone in the family.
You know sorry, spoiler alertif you're in my family, your
family's getting a puzzle toshare from mom.
But oh my gosh, it wasexhausting.
So we went to this Amish storethat had this whole wall of
puzzles.
So we're like Okay, mom, youknow, and she was all on board
with she was really excited todo this.
But after five puzzles, herlittle dimension Alzheimer brain
(13:48):
was just so overwhelmed and shecouldn't, you know, was having
a hard time, which is why wewere doing this.
So here's me in the storegetting all these puzzles.
I literally I was so thankfulnobody was in the store because
I had all the puzzles on thefloor for each family, 27
puzzles like, all laid out onthe floor, trying to like keep
it all straight, taking pictures.
So I knew when we got home whowas getting what.
(14:09):
And then when we got home, wewrapped them all.
She wrapped about five of themand she was like I'm done, I
still got 21 more to do orwhatever.
So Christmas shopping hasstarted and unfortunately not
even for my household.
But I got my mom and everybodydone for my mom.
But oh my gosh, it was justlike oh, here we are.
(14:31):
It's Christmas, this is whatwe're doing.
Chrisy (14:35):
Well, I didn't know that the Amish they have puzzles.
Kerry (14:39):
It does tend to be things in a lot of the stores like
well, you have a place close toyou guys, lehman's Hardware and
they have a big puzzle selectionthere.
And then we went to this Amishcheese house.
Like they make their owncheeses and everything the
factory's like right next door,so they have a lot of things in
there.
And then in the back wall is, Imean, literally it's like a 24
foot wall of nothing but puzzles.
(15:00):
So, yeah, so if you're everlooking for a puzzle, go find an
Amish store.
Chrisy (15:03):
Well, I guess that's good to know.
My family was never puzzlepeople.
I remember seeing some kids Ikind of grew up with and you go
to their house and they had aspecific table set up for it.
They had a thing that you putit on and then they would end up
gluing it or doing whatever, sothen they could hang it.
Yes, I was always.
I couldn't.
I don't even know what to say,because I can't even tell you
(15:25):
what I would think or not think,except that when I had kids, I
would do puzzles with them and II would sit there and do them,
but again, they were kidspuzzles.
I wasn't doing a thousand pieceor nothing like that, because
that's just well.
Kerry (15:38):
But see, now they have family puzzles, and so a family
puzzle has it's a one big puzzle, but it has big.
So your little three or fouryear old can help put those
pieces in, and then it has theharder, littler pieces for the
adults to put it, and so thisway you can work on it as a
family.
I did not even know thatexisted until this past week
when I went puzzle shopping withmy mom because my sister helped
(15:59):
me make a list and she said youknow, get a family puzzle for
these family.
What's a family puzzle?
So then when we were at thestore I realized I'm like, oh
well, it's kind of ingenious.
Chrisy (16:11):
But yeah, puzzles definitely a little bit of a
thing for our household.
So I can see that if we were itwould be a total fight.
Who took that piece I was goingto put here?
My father would have totallylost his mind.
My mother would have gotten onhis nerves so much because she
probably would have kept saying,insisting that some piece
looked like this and it wassupposed to go there, even
though it didn't fit, and hewould have to explain it to her
(16:32):
20 times and I would probablyjust been sitting there in
silence going.
Kerry (16:35):
Please, somebody kill me so yeah, I'm kind of glad we
never adopted the puzzle.
So if you weren't doing puzzlesin your house, then I'm sure
you were watching movies,because you are the movie buff.
Talk to me about your holidaymovie selections.
Chrisy (16:50):
Okay, let's run it down here and remember this is my
opinion.
It's not going to appeal toeverybody, but well, let's see
what should we start with here.
It's a Wonderful Life.
Let me just start there,Because people love that movie.
Kerry (17:06):
Nothing like starting a good holiday movie with a
potential suicide.
Chrisy (17:09):
Yes, yeah, I mean.
Well, the guy's contemplatingwhether he wants to continue on
because he thinks he's betteroff to his family dead.
I mean it's a serious it is.
It's a very serious.
Here's my problem with it.
Isn't that wonderful?
First of all, the majority ofit.
Let's just break it down from aChristmas standpoint.
(17:30):
Let's try to take theseriousness out of it.
It's very serious.
Nobody wants to see JamesStewart hurt himself.
Most of it's not Christmas, andthen somebody decided to throw
it out there on network TVaround Christmas and all of a
sudden it becomes a Christmasmovie and it's just.
I mean, the kid gets hit by thepharmacist because he there's
you know, I don't even rememberthe whole movie.
Kerry (17:51):
It's been so long since I've watched it, I couldn't even
I don't.
I just remember the beginningand I think the end.
I think that's it.
Chrisy (17:58):
I blacked out the middle part, the last 45 minutes or so
of it.
That's like the Christmas partof it yeah it's just to me, it's
just not a good representationof christmas.
People love it, people willwatch it every year.
Kerry (18:11):
I've never seen the diehard movie that everyone says
is a christmas.
Chrisy (18:14):
There's that whole debate is that I've never seen
it I hate to admit this, for asmuch of a film person as I am,
I've never seen.
Kerry (18:21):
Oh, we got homework to do .
Chrisy (18:22):
Yeah, I know if you really like that type of time
period for a film.
In my opinion, the betterChristmas movie, other than it's
a wonderful life, for me isit's called the Bishop's Wife.
Oh, and it was redone in the90s with Whitney Houston.
Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, but theoriginal has Cary Grant, David
(18:42):
Niven, Loretta Young.
Kerry (18:44):
That's a Christmas movie, okay.
Chrisy (18:46):
It takes place at Christmas.
It's a short span.
You're not going back and forthbetween decades or anything
like that, and it's just alovely film.
Yeah, who doesn't love CaryGrant as an angel?
Kerry (18:57):
I know.
Chrisy (18:58):
So I would recommend that one, the ones that you
cannot take anything from.
Kerry (19:04):
One specifically is A Christmas Story yeah, I love
that is, and we are so blessedto live so close to where the
christmas story was filmed yeah,have you been there?
I have not oh, yes, oh, yougotta go, you gotta go.
I I think it's.
I know it recently sold, but Ithink they still have it open.
Yeah, I do it's, it's worth it.
It's definitely worth going.
Chrisy (19:23):
Yes, yes, christmas story, I love it a christmas
story came out at the, probablythe zenith of renting films.
Yes, used to go to a place inthe Austintown Plaza.
It's called Rainbow Rentals.
Rainbow Rentals Yep, that wasone of the places we used to go
and rent, and we would rent theshit out of that movie.
It doesn't matter what time ofyear it was, we just rented it
(19:50):
and rented it and watched it andit was just so that's.
Kerry (19:51):
You're never gonna get anything.
My favorite is a christmasstore or a chevy chase national
lampoon.
Christmas vacation yes that isgood.
Chrisy (19:58):
I really don't have, because I know a lot of people.
I have a girlfriend that I grewup with, she, she, that's her,
her thing, and we still, if wedo sort of text or chat
generally, a line from thatmovie will come up.
Oh and it's a good movie.
Not one of my favorites, but itis a good movie, can't.
Kerry (20:16):
I think it just reminds me a lot of my family growing up
in the one line where Audreysays something like you know,
it's Christmas, we're all inmisery.
You know, it's like oh, yeah,that's perfect If that describes
it.
Yeah, that's just supposed tobe.
Now, my husband loves those oldChristmas cartoons, like the
Rudolph the Frosty, all of thosehe loves them I have a total
(20:39):
opinion on that, please share.
Chrisy (20:41):
First of all, rudolph awful, the whole thing from the
word go.
The father's.
Ashamed of him.
I know Santa's a shithead.
You would think Santa would sayyou know what was it.
Donner was his dad or whoever.
You can't smack black stuff allover his nose and cover it up.
This is part of this kid Right.
Kerry (21:01):
Whatever you call it, you'd think Santa would be the
one to be no Spread moreChristian cheer.
You think santa would be theone to be no more christian
cheer he goes.
Chrisy (21:05):
Oh, that's too bad.
He could fly really well, butI'm not going to use him because
he's got this ailment on hisface.
I don't want him.
He's a defect, and all theother kids I mean.
But we grew up thinking thatwas okay.
I know no wonder.
We were always horrible to eachother, I know, and yet kids are
still horrible to each other,but you know why?
Because they still run thisdamn thing every year.
That's what it is and Igenerally don't want it on.
(21:26):
But you know.
Okay, fine, turn the volumedown and watch it.
You know, don't listen to whatthey're saying.
I have currently come to aconclusion about why Frosty is
the most horrific Christmas ofall.
This snowman needs to get to acold place.
First of all, this girl.
Where the hell are her parents?
The one line in there.
(21:50):
He's like are you gonna come tonorth pole with me too?
And she's like, well, yeah, Idon't think my mom will mind as
long as I'm back for dinner.
Do we have any concept of whereyou are geographically and are
you gonna be able to scoregetting home by dinner?
So she's gone, so now they'reflipping, running all over the
flipping.
I don't know where north pole.
There's a ton of snow and he'ssliding around.
She's, you know, trying to getrid of this guy.
(22:11):
Who let this guy near anywherenear a school?
The magician guy, I'm prettysure he was not supposed to be
within 100 yards of the school.
Kerry (22:17):
Stranger danger.
Chrisy (22:18):
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean he's got this stupid hatand it helps the snowman.
But here's where it's totallyhorrific why and I never, ever
thought of this until recentlythey get locked into that
greenhouse with the poinsettiaplants, the poinsettia plants.
And the guy even says whenyou're all melted, the hat is
mine.
Now remember that little girlis trapped in there with that
(22:40):
snowman.
Kerry (22:40):
Yeah, who is alive?
Chrisy (22:42):
Right, she had to slowly watch him melt to death.
This is more horrific.
It's a Halloween movie, not aChristmas movie.
I mean, when you think aboutFreddy Krueger and Jason and
Michael Myers generally, if theygot you, you were dead quick.
This was a slow miserable deathand she sat there and watched
(23:04):
the whole thing.
Oh, the poor child.
And here's the other part ofthat.
When they dropped her off,santa finally okay, see it now.
Frosty's alive again.
Yeah, because he's made ofChristmas snow.
I don't know what the hell thatis what happens when you don't
get snow ever at Christmas.
We don't get snow here anymoreat Christmas.
You never get Christmas snow.
Does that mean it's notChristmas anymore, which is fine
(23:26):
?
Fine, let's cancel.
I don't give a shit.
But here's the thing when Santadrops her ass off, did anybody
wonder how the hell she wasgoing to get into the house?
Did you notice?
He left her on the flippingroof.
Oh, that's right.
I always sat there and wonderedhow is getting in the house?
Is she supposed to shimmy downthe chimney too, like you did?
I mean, he didn't even stickaround to make sure she got in
(23:48):
the house.
Okay, don't that.
Doesn't anybody remember?
When you used to get droppedoff, they used to say you know,
flip the light on and off.
Kerry (23:53):
So I know you got in or whatever.
No nothing.
Chrisy (23:55):
He's gone.
Frosty's gone.
Rudolph, whoever the hell wasdriving his sleigh for him, I
bet you she's still on that roofbut this was made in what year?
Kerry (24:06):
like what year do you think these?
Chrisy (24:07):
I think those were.
Probably that was from the late60s, right?
Kerry (24:10):
so that was the time was like, whenever you said like you
know, be home, be by dinner.
That was kind of how we grew up, though well, you know, yeah,
we just did like.
It was like oh well, you know,when the street lights come on,
you had to go home.
So that that was the conceptthen.
Chrisy (24:23):
Okay, I can accept, maybe that.
Kerry (24:25):
But here's the deal.
I don't remember, but we don'tleave it on a roof.
We don't leave people on roofs.
Chrisy (24:29):
I just don't remember this happening.
Kerry (24:31):
Frosty the Snowman was 1969.
Thank you.
Chrisy (24:33):
DJ Nick, thank you 1969.
So I would like everybody incomments you know how you guys
get in touch with us and tell usthings.
Please let us know of any ofyour friends who are left on
roofs, because I am fascinatedby this concept of just dropping
people off on their roof.
Or maybe we can start this as athing Just start leaving people
(24:55):
.
Kerry (24:56):
Rudolph was 1964.
Chrisy (24:58):
Oh my gosh, see, that's the time.
Crazy 60s, oh my God, crazy 60s.
Kerry (25:03):
Well, I am now going to go into the rest of this
Christmas season watching allthese old movies now, because
now I have a whole differentperspective.
I'm going to look at all thesethings and dysfunctions.
I'm going to be watching itwith a new light.
Thank you, Insane.
Chrisy (25:18):
I mean they are insane.
One other one I'd like tomention just quickly because
it's good, especially justvisually to me White Christmas.
Oh, because, well, not justbecause of the song, okay, great
song, yeah, but VistaVision,hello.
Nobody knows what the hell I'mtalking about here.
It's like the first movie evermade in VistaVision back in the
(25:39):
day, with old movies, especiallylike in the 50s, and stuff to
get into these new ways offilming with filters and colors
and all this stuff.
White Christmas was filmed inVistaVision and if you just shut
it off and maybe just watch it,it's a sight for eyes, it's
beautiful.
The colors, the dresses.
I don't think I've ever seen aWhite Christmas.
It's beautiful eyes.
(26:01):
I've got a lot to watch now.
And if you're talking now, theone thing that they play, and
there's everything has this onestory made different versions?
Charles Dickens A ChristmasCarol.
Oh yes, I mean I can't standthat one.
Kerry (26:18):
You can't stand that one.
No, I know we're very polar onour Christmas watching.
Chrisy (26:24):
What.
Kerry (26:27):
I don't know it just like Because the guy's a dick yeah
that's probably why I mean he is.
Yeah.
Chrisy (26:33):
But they should have just said this guy's a dick, but
he gets what's coming to him.
Are we supposed to believereally he changed at the end of
all that?
Probably not.
Probably not I mean, I wouldjust bet he probably started
drinking really a lot.
Kerry (26:47):
I think it was more of those he recognized he was at
the end of his life and realizedoh, maybe I might need to
change some ways real quick so Iget to heaven.
Chrisy (26:54):
Right this is possible, but in my opinion they're all
very good.
I mean, they're all basicallyfollowing the same concept, but
I have one favorite, whichprobably is not one that people
would appreciate, because it's amusical version of it OK, and.
I grew up watching it.
I think the actor that was init even though he was in his 30s
(27:15):
for 1970, which is when thefilm was made the makeup is
fantastic and the guy reallydoes come off like a miser to me
, which I think is what EbenezerScrooge is supposed to be.
They used to have one withGeorge C Scott in it and he just
didn't look like a miser to me.
I mean, some of these peoplethey put in these things don't
look like misers.
Alistair Sims that's one peoplelove from the 50s.
(27:36):
He's tall and thin and he'sjust a sour asshole.
I mean, he didn't seem like amiser to me.
I want a miser.
It's called Scrooge.
Yes, it's the musical one andAlbert Finney is the actor.
I have seen that one and ascrazy as musicals are and I know
people hate watching musicalsbecause they're just so cheesy
(27:57):
but they're fun and I'm sorry,but Scrooge is the best and the
music actually isn't that bad.
I mean the music's perfect forme.
He has one song where he justsays he hates people.
That's my favorite song.
Kerry (28:07):
That is a theme song.
Chrisy (28:08):
I hate people.
I hate I just I'm here Everytime.
I hate I just I'm here everytime it comes on my husband's
like hey, your song's on Chrissy.
I run to the tv like a crazydog running at, uh, you know, a
biscuit.
I'm like, yeah, turn it up,this is my song and I sit there
and I do my dance.
Oh, my god, I know the lyricsand yeah, I hate people.
(28:31):
They suck.
Screw you.
Get away from me, christmas,I'm all into it.
So if you haven't seen that one, where I have to please, please
, please, please wow, so well,that's a.
Kerry (28:45):
That's a um a long list of things we need to watch and
catch up on.
There's a whole bunch more.
Chrisy (28:50):
We'll save that for another time yes, yes because
believe me, yes Because believeme, I've seen a lot, and my
parents weren't that interestedin interacting with me,
especially not at Christmas, soI was watching a lot of TV, yeah
yes, yes.
Kerry (29:03):
Well, I will be watching a lot of TV now, because I have
a whole list of things I need towatch or rewatch.
Chrisy (29:09):
Yes, yes.
Kerry (29:10):
Well, I hope, if anything , this was somewhat entertaining
for those of you who are maybein your car getting ready to go
Christmas shopping or about toChristmas shop, and maybe you'll
consider going on Amazon anddoing your shopping on there
instead, or whatever onlineshopping you want to do, and
while you're watching all theseChristmas movies to get you
through this final push of theselast couple of weeks toward the
(29:33):
holidays.
Chrisy (29:33):
So, yes, Good luck people.
Kerry (29:35):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, but be sure to check out our
facebook page.
We do want to hear yourfeedback on everything.
Talk to us about these uhstories if you've ever seen
anyone left on a roof yes, I'm,that's the one I'm going to be
looking for but uh, other thanthat, just want to thank
everyone for joining us.
We'll be back again next weekand don't forget to check us out
(29:56):
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We sure appreciate it and we'llsee you next week.
Bye, everybody.
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