Episode 15 - Christmas Special Part 2 - Christmas Song DRAFT - Plugged In Podcast

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hello everyone, welcome back to the Plugged In
podcast, the Christmas specialPart two.
Yeah, part two, sorry, nate.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
I just stole your line.
I was going to say MerryChristmas to everyone.
You still can Merry Christmasto everyone.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
There it is.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
I know we've said like multiple times in previous
episodes, if we have like aThanksgiving special or a
Christmas special, we say likemid-episode.
So I've been thinking say itfirst or get it in there first.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Yeah, get it out.
No, not get it out of the way.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Start us off, set the tone.
Set the tone.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
I like that.
Well, my name is Matt.
I'm the music director here inthe Massachusetts division.
I'm joined by my co-host of thePlugged In podcast, nate and
Loretta Guys, it's always fun tosit down and do this.
Hey, we love it.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
I know, this is so much fun.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Ready for the opening rant.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Give it to me.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Okay, so what's your household chore that you just
like?
The one above all others thatyou just hate.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
It's tied between dishes and laundry.

Speaker 2 (01:02):
I don't mind dishes.
I don't like folding laundry.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Folding laundry is near the top of my list.
Dishes is my top and it'sbecause our like sink in our
house is in like an awkwardcorner of the kitchen and to
pull down the dishwasher andhere I am complaining about
dishes on the list and we have adishwasher but there's the way
the dishwasher pulls out and theway the kitchen is in the

(01:25):
corner.
You have to be there the entiretime like standing with your
back bent at a weird angle.
I'm not built for that type ofgymnastics, so I like do the
dishes for like so routine foryou.
Oh, I do the dishes for like 10minutes.
And when I say do the dishes, Imean load the dishwasher and I
need to go to the chiropractor.
So, it's a but.

(01:45):
Folding laundry is very close.
I can wash clothes all day.

Speaker 3 (01:49):
That's so funny.
That's Nate's the washer.
I hate getting the laundry binfrom upstairs to downstairs.
I feel like I just have to dragit and it's so.
So our like routine is he getsthe laundry started, moves it
over to the dryer, because Ialways forget also to shift to
the dryer.
And I will fold and put awayany day.
I hate starting laundry andremembering to switch it over.

Speaker 2 (02:10):
I just have.
It's the worst?
Yeah, it is.
And you know, we have so manyclothes and Jackson has so many
clothes.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
Oh my gosh, where do children's clothes come from?
How do children have so manyclothes?
Matt, you have two and I haveone, and I'm like how?

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Yeah, we started a while back Like we.
Well, first of all, if you'regoing to have kids anytime soon,
just know that never buyclothes.
Yeah, because every relativeevery friend like the most fun
thing to buy for someone else islike the adorable outfit you
see at Target or Coles orwhatever it is.
So if you're a parent, don'tbuy clothes because, a they grow
out of it so fast, but Beveryone else will buy you

(02:44):
clothes.
We started going on FacebookMarketplace.
And like people would be sellinglike here's like a giant bag of
clothes for three year old boys, yeah, and like all of a sudden
, like Caleb went from he hadlike four shirts to like 45.
But that's been a good way togo for us.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Yeah, well, something in our house that's tough is,
our dryer is not fully drying.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
So it's like why are our lives so similar?
Like if my wife was on rightnow, she would go off about our
dryer.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
It's like three or four cycles to get the full load
dry and so, like if you pullthe clothes out when they're
slightly damp, they get allmusty smelling.
So it's like you have to oohsorry, you have to like remember
to put it on another cycle orit's just going to sit in their
damp a little bit.

Speaker 1 (03:29):
It's awful, it's so annoying.
Yeah, let me clarify these aredefinitely first world problems
that we're talking about 100.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Yeah, merry.

Speaker 3 (03:36):
Christmas.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Peace on Earth, good Will to Men, a constant and
women.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
A constant thank you, nate.
A constant battle in our houseis when it comes to dishes.
Nate is a soaker, oh yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
Everything needs to soak.
No, set it pre-soaked no.

Speaker 3 (03:51):
It's like chicken pot pie.
The other night Now all thatwas in the pan was chicken, the
pot pot, like the soup mix thecream and chicken soup, so
nothing was crusted on.

Speaker 1 (04:02):
Let me just say that Nothing was crusted on Four days
later.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
I come over that night like Nate had cleaned up
and then I am like why is thispot?
He's like oh, it just needs tosoak.
I'm like it doesn't.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
It doesn't?
You gotta loosen it up.
There's nothing on there, nate,soaking is a thing you did in
college.
When you live with like sevenother guys in like a quad or a
frat house, that's what soakingis for, oh my gosh, I don't know
.

Speaker 2 (04:23):
You can't rush, a nice clean experience.

Speaker 3 (04:26):
You can with a dishwasher or your hands, Just
like we have a scrub brush.
So that's always a battle.
I'm like, hey, why is this panhere?
And before he can say it, I'mlike is it soaking?
Because it doesn't need to soak.

Speaker 1 (04:39):
The whole reason I brought this up is because it's
like my marital job, like in ouryou know arrangements, that I
do the dishes every night, andlast night I went to bed without
doing the dishes and I couldjust like I could feel the wrath
in my wife's eyes this morning.
I felt it, I felt it, butanyways, moving this podcast

(05:02):
forward and out of the dishes inthe laundry.
We wanted to have a little bitof recap recently.
Just recently, we had thePatriots party at Gillette
Stadium, the 30th annual partyand right off the bat, we just
want to shout out KristinCastillo for her leadership in
this event.
But I'll let you guys take overthe recap from here.

Speaker 3 (05:24):
Yeah, it was awesome.
It was the 30th annual.
We even in the COVID year wedid a virtual Patriot party, so
we did like we went to a coupleof different core and had the
Patriot organization had, youknow, recorded stuff and so it
literally is not like asterisk,you know, covid year, it's the
30th annual, so it was anawesome event.

(05:46):
It brought in almost 250 kidsfrom Massachusetts, ranging from
Salvation Army core locationsto like children's homes and
afterschool programs and likeit's just the range is so wide
and all over the state.
So almost 250 kids and it wasawesome and it's just one of

(06:07):
those experiences that kids willalways remember.
They'll always remember goingto Gillette, being loved on
playing games meeting someplayers meeting players and
cheerleaders.

Speaker 1 (06:18):
I think the big ticket player this year was
Zekeel Elliott.

Speaker 3 (06:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (06:22):
If you follow football, he was really a mega
star with the Dallas Cowboys.
He's with New England this year.
Star Power is a little bit less, but he's still well.
Maybe that's Star Power.
His playing ability is notmaybe what it used to be five,
six years ago, but his StarPower is still very.
The kids knew that oh, zeke ishere.

Speaker 3 (06:41):
Zeke is here.
Well, even when they wereannouncing who was going to be
there, like they're goingthrough the whole list and
there's like cheering and thenthe last one they said and come
in just a few minutes, is ZekeElliott.

Speaker 2 (06:49):
And the kids were like freaking out, you know it's
just, it's like a big ticketname.

Speaker 3 (06:53):
They know Zeke.

Speaker 2 (06:54):
Well, do you remember when Zeke jumped in the kettle
like?

Speaker 3 (06:56):
six years ago.

Speaker 2 (06:57):
Yeah, and there was the Zeke Kettle Challenge where
you make a $21 donation andhonor him Of his number at the
time.
And yeah, that was huge.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
I remember like the day after that people there were
articles that came out thatsaid because Zeke jumped in that
kettle it was the equivalent ofpaying for like $15 million in
advertising on TV Because of thenumber of people watching on
Thanksgiving.
That's wild Him jumping in thatkettle and like for like 45
seconds, people seeing thekettle talking about the

(07:26):
Salvation Army it was likesomething the equivalent of $15
million of advertising that'scrazy.

Speaker 3 (07:32):
I was taking pictures One of our former core members
from Columbus.
Her name is Tiana.
She's the biggest Cowboys fan.
Her and Nate would always gohead to head.
But I was sending her picturesand she's like I can't believe
you're so close, like she wasfreaking out.
But it's just so cool to seeeven the players just
interacting with the kids.
They're getting wrapped in youknow streamers and they're

(07:53):
getting like Christmasdecorations hung from their ears
and they're just such goodsports about it.
And you know the kids feel likethey're the center of attention
, which is just totally flippedto.
You know the world it's thekids that are being doted on and
the players just do such agreat job at focusing on them.
And you know being flexible toall those kids hanging all over

(08:17):
you.

Speaker 2 (08:18):
Yeah, and they got to take home some pretty cool
Patriot swag with them too.

Speaker 1 (08:22):
Every year that I've gone to the Patriot party by the
end I say like, oh, I wish Iwas getting.
Like what the kids?
Are getting on the way outthere there's like this blanket,
this like flush, yeah, oh,flush blanket.

Speaker 3 (08:32):
It was soft.
I would turn that thing insideout and use it.

Speaker 1 (08:36):
Oh, by the way, if you're on social media, there
was a great photograph that wasgoing around of a young family.
It was going viral.

Speaker 2 (08:44):
It was going viral.

Speaker 1 (08:45):
No, you guys took a picture with your son in front
of Gillette Stadium.
It really looks in thephotograph like your avid
Patriots fans.

Speaker 3 (08:54):
But if you're on social, media.

Speaker 1 (08:55):
Check that out.
It's really a great, greatphotograph.

Speaker 3 (08:57):
Matt just got uninvited from next year's
Patriot party.

Speaker 1 (09:01):
That's the first thing Loretta texted me.
She was just like, note to self, uninvite Matt to next year's
Patriots party.
It was.

Speaker 3 (09:10):
I knew, I knew when we took that that was going to
bite me in the butt.
But don't worry, I've alreadyplotted my revenge.

Speaker 2 (09:14):
Oh okay, I already said to.

Speaker 3 (09:16):
Nate.
I said to Nate I didn't tellhim what it was.
Oh, I did tell you what it was.
Yeah, I said oh.
The moment I saw that picture,I knew exactly what my revenge
was going to be.

Speaker 1 (09:22):
So don't worry, it's common.

Speaker 3 (09:25):
There are a lot of bad pictures of me out there.
I'm calling bad picture, don'tworry.

Speaker 1 (09:27):
Okay, all right, fair enough, yeah, so the Patriots
party is a great time.
It's great we are reallyplowing through the month of
December.
It's really crazy.
It's kind of terrifyingChristmas is just a couple of
days away.
Yeah, you guys got yourshopping pretty much under wraps
.

Speaker 3 (09:40):
No, yeah, exactly Not at all.
We're feeling that, I thinkthat's where we're all at.
I went to Target the other dayand just got a couple of things
for Jackson, because they dothat like spend this much, get
this much off, and I'm like, ohwell, I'll take advantage of
that man.
I it's crazy.
It's like I mean a list ofwhat's still, who we need to get
for still, and I'm like, oh mygosh.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
Yeah, and the list grows every year, right?
Yes, yeah, it's grows everyyear.

Speaker 2 (10:06):
Well, we are getting to the phase of our lives, too,
where it's like we don't knowwhat to get each other.

Speaker 3 (10:09):
Right.

Speaker 2 (10:10):
Because, it's like you know, we don't we don't
really need anything?
No, and so we were in bed lastnight and this commercial for
Hello Fresh came on and Laritawas like let's just get each
other a Hello Fresh subscription.
I'm like what?
Are we 75 years old now, listen.

Speaker 3 (10:21):
I like Hello Fresh.

Speaker 1 (10:23):
It's not as bad as the gift that I put down on a
list the other day where Iwasn't sure what to put and I I
don't know if I've ever feltmore pathetic, but I put down
this like contraption that likewould make poached eggs for
myself and I was just like oh,if I could just make eggs
benedict at home, maybe.
If I don't, I don't want anystuff, but maybe I would want
this thing.

(10:43):
So but I put it down and I wasjust like man, there's nothing
that feels more.

Speaker 3 (10:48):
I reached that point, so, whatever it's like those
things you won't buy foryourself hey, I might use this.

Speaker 1 (10:53):
Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (10:55):
I might make some poached eggs here and there and
really enjoy some Hollandaisesauce, and you know really how
often would you actually usethat, though, like would you use
it a lot or would it stick in acabinet?

Speaker 1 (11:04):
Well, my like go to right now is I have eggs just
about every morning forbreakfast and I use my cast iron
skillet and I cook them overeasy.
Throw on some.
I like to do a little bit ofavocado, a little bit of hot
sauce and then some bagelseasoning, so it's like bagel
seasoning.
I think it's delicious, but ifI go to a cafe, why are?

Speaker 3 (11:22):
you laughing?

Speaker 1 (11:22):
It is delicious, it is good.
I wouldn't eat something that'snot good.

Speaker 3 (11:26):
It was just funny the way you said it Every single
day.
Keep going, keep going.

Speaker 1 (11:29):
Anyways, I it depends .
I would have to see how muchwork it is.
Yeah, true, because right now Ican whip up what I just said in
like maybe five minutes whileI'm making my coffee.

Speaker 3 (11:38):
Got a routine, yeah.

Speaker 1 (11:38):
Yeah, yeah, and the kids got to eat too.
So if it took the same amountof time, I think I would, you
know, do it pretty often.

Speaker 2 (11:45):
But a good Benedict is not easy.
Yeah, the holidays breaks, theholidays break.
Well, according to MasterChef,where we watch MasterChef, they
don't always do a great jobmaking the poached eggs in the
holiday sauce, but you know,when you have Gordon Ramsay
screaming at you, I guess it's alittle different.

Speaker 1 (12:00):
Well, a little bit later in our podcast, Nate has a
devotional thought for us.
Nate, can you give us a littlepreview of what that's going to
be about?

Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, just you know this is a season that is, you
know, a lot of people say, themost wonderful time of the year.
But we recognize that for somany people that's not the case,
and so, trying to find the joyamidst the drudgery of maybe the
season for some people.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Okay, yeah, all right , we are going to take a short
break here on the Plugged Inpodcast, but Loretta has a
couple games for us.

Speaker 3 (12:29):
Do you want to tell us about one of them or two of
them?
Well, the first game is goingto be a Christmas, mad Gabb I
don't think have you ever played?
Mad Gabb Matt.

Speaker 1 (12:36):
Yeah, I have.

Speaker 3 (12:37):
Mad Gabb Matt.
Yes, that's, me.

Speaker 1 (12:38):
Mad Gabb Matt.

Speaker 3 (12:41):
I love playing games with the both of you because
both of you are like.

Speaker 1 (12:44):
We're dorks.
Yeah, we are not good at gamesand I love it.
Well, I think every time we'veplayed.
Nate has like beat me prettysoundly.

Speaker 3 (12:52):
He's so competitive, it's a downfall on my marriage.
Oh, I'm competitive, I'm justnot good Like oh, don't mistake
this.

Speaker 1 (12:58):
No, no, no.
I like to win, I'm just not awinner.
I think you'd call me a loser.

Speaker 3 (13:04):
Well, that's what you can look forward to at the
Loretta's like you have to movethis Stop.

Speaker 1 (13:10):
All right, we're going to take a break on the
Plugged In podcast.
We'll be right back with ourfirst game.
All right, welcome back to thePlugged In podcast.
I'm, matt, here with Nate andLoretta, loretta throwing it to
you.

Speaker 3 (13:29):
Yes, here we go, you guys.

Speaker 1 (13:31):
Ready.

Speaker 3 (13:31):
So we're going to play some Christmas.
Mad Gabb, I will put adisclaimer out there.
I did not make these, but Ifound these.
So if there is any discrepancyfrom you two, don't come at me,
okay.

Speaker 2 (13:41):
The way you both, so are you reading them to us so?

Speaker 3 (13:43):
I'm going to hold up a card.

Speaker 2 (13:45):
Oh, we have to read it out loud.

Speaker 3 (13:46):
And you have to read it out loud Do you want to work
as a team or do you want to worksolo?
Do you want to we are lonewolves.

Speaker 1 (13:53):
I was going to say team, but Okay, lone wolves Okay
.
The one man wolf pack Okay.

Speaker 2 (14:00):
Yeah, my wolf pack has grown by one.

Speaker 3 (14:03):
All right, I'm ready.
So, matt, we're going to go toyou.
First I'm going to hold up acard and then you have to sound
it out, and they're allChristmas related.
Some are easier, some are not.
All right, okay, and I have aone minute timer, so we'll see
how many, see how many you canget in a minute, okay, and then
we'll do the same for Nate.

Speaker 2 (14:21):
I'm nervous now.

Speaker 3 (14:22):
Oh yeah, this are bold one man wolf pack over
there.

Speaker 1 (14:24):
He's going to win.

Speaker 3 (14:25):
I'm not Okay here we go, ready, all right ready.
And you're the first one.

Speaker 1 (14:28):
Okay To us, then I'd beef for Christmas.
To us, then I'd beef forChristmas.
For Christmas To us, then I'dbeef To us.
To us, then I'd beef.

Speaker 3 (14:41):
You're doing great.

Speaker 1 (14:43):
For Christmas, obviously, is the to us, then
I'd beef To us, to us Pass.
Okay, oh, my goodness, I'm theworst.
Deck or eight shuns Decorations.
Yes, here we go.
Gene gulp, elves, jingle bellsNice, that's a good one.
Jaw lead holes, Eight, neck youJaw, yeltsinic lens, milk and

(15:10):
cookies.

Speaker 3 (15:11):
Milk and cookies.

Speaker 1 (15:11):
Yes, okay 15 seconds.
Then ortho pull, then orthopull, then ortho pull, then the
north pole, the north pole, sixseconds.
Had Venokale lender, hadVenokale lender, had Venokale
lender.

Speaker 3 (15:29):
Oh Right, in the neck of time, I wasn't counting I
was.
Oh, this is making a sound overhere.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
Thank you Telling me they had to be like I was
thinking six, is that five orsix?

Speaker 3 (15:40):
Okay, so this one.

Speaker 1 (15:41):
The first one To us Something before Christmas.
To us, then I'd beef To us,then I'd beef.

Speaker 3 (15:47):
Sounds like you're ordering food To us.
What was the night?

Speaker 1 (15:49):
before.

Speaker 2 (15:50):
Christmas.
Oh To us then.

Speaker 1 (15:53):
I'd beef.
You really got caught up in theI'd beef.
No, that was so good.

Speaker 3 (15:59):
It was such a hard like beef.
Yeah, yeah, it was likeconnected Six, you got six, okay
, nice.

Speaker 2 (16:05):
It was kind of cool just like watching the process,
because there's so much more.

Speaker 3 (16:09):
No, he's like analyzing.

Speaker 2 (16:10):
There's so much more pressure when you're the one
like oh, 100% yeah.
So like I can hear you sayingit and I'm like working it out,
but I think, like it's just,it's hard when you're seeing it
and you're pressured to do it,you know.

Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yeah, oh 100%.

Speaker 1 (16:23):
Hi, bro, all right, you ready Get seven.

Speaker 3 (16:26):
If not.

Speaker 1 (16:27):
Stretch it out.
I don't know, unique.

Speaker 2 (16:29):
New York Unique.
How now brown cow, how nowbrown cow.
Red yellow letter, red bearbaby bubby bum.

Speaker 3 (16:36):
Is this the new game?
I guess, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (16:38):
I just went off the rails.

Speaker 3 (16:40):
Sorry, classic.
All right, here we go Ready.

Speaker 2 (16:42):
I'm ready.
Did you hit the timer?

Speaker 3 (16:44):
I'm oh my word I'm lining up.
Geez, here we go, ready Set go.

Speaker 2 (16:50):
Okay, oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree.
Hand pee, holly dates.
Happy holidays.
Yes, hunter the crisp mystery,hunter the crisp mystery Under
the Christmas tree.
That's awesome.

Speaker 3 (17:10):
Hunter the.

Speaker 2 (17:11):
Frog's teeth thus note demand Frog's teeth thus
note demand Frosty the snowman.

Speaker 3 (17:18):
Yeah, I thought you were like seeing it that was
amazing Rib-hunt sandbios,ribbons and bows.
Is this?
I don't know why you're singing, but keep going, I know.
Is this like a technique foryou?

Speaker 2 (17:32):
Slayer, slay ride.
Slay ride, slayer ride.

Speaker 3 (17:35):
Slayer ride.
Slayer ride 12 seconds.

Speaker 2 (17:40):
Merry Christmas, you all.
Silent night.

Speaker 3 (17:47):
Nice, all right, that's it.

Speaker 2 (17:49):
Eight Nice job.

Speaker 3 (17:51):
Eight.
All right, you want to do it tome?

Speaker 2 (17:52):
Yeah, let's go.

Speaker 3 (17:54):
Oh.

Speaker 2 (17:54):
I keep hitting the this little sound, this little.

Speaker 3 (17:57):
Okay, reset, reset.

Speaker 1 (17:59):
Oh, that's the timer going on.
Yeah, it's like Do do, do youdo think it was our phone?
Sorry.

Speaker 2 (18:02):
You have the answers on this.

Speaker 3 (18:04):
That's why that's first of all, did I not say
don't critique me, I didn't makethese.

Speaker 1 (18:09):
She did say don't critique her.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
That's why I'm holding the bottom.

Speaker 3 (18:11):
That's why I'm holding the bottom of it.
Oh, thank you All right, I'mclassically terrible at this
game, so here we go everyone.

Speaker 1 (18:18):
I'm excited for this.
Okay, eight is the number tobeat.

Speaker 3 (18:21):
Oh my gosh, and it's Nate.
So I feel like I have to Readyset start Two elf dates, soft
Christmas, 12 days of Christmas.
It's so aggressive?
Santa's word chop.
Santa's word chop.
Aker wrist mask.

(18:43):
Harold A Christmas Carol, aChristmas Carol.
Aker wrist mask.
Harold Aker wrist mask.
Harold A Christmas Carol,christmas Carol, skip it, I
think you're cheating me.
Oh gosh, chex Knox.
Chex, knox Roads.
Chex, knox Roads, chex, knoxRoads got an open fire.

Speaker 2 (19:07):
Yes, I just got the first bit, gene glow wall.

Speaker 3 (19:11):
Though wait, jingle all the way.
Yes, oh, that's our movie.
That is the movie.

Speaker 2 (19:15):
It's a turbo.

Speaker 3 (19:16):
Sandhawk laws.
Santa Claus, yeah, you'reflying now.
Let us know, let us know, letus know, let us know, let us
know, let us know, let us know.
Six oh timer.

Speaker 1 (19:27):
Nice.

Speaker 3 (19:29):
Was that six?
Dang it, you got six.
How did he go faster?
I think I.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
We're tied.
Nate won.

Speaker 3 (19:35):
Of course, of course, nate won.

Speaker 1 (19:36):
Oh, my goodness, I don't know why I didn't say this
in our last episode when we didthe movie draft.
But when you drafted Jingle allthe way, my favorite line, put
that cookie down.

Speaker 3 (19:47):
Oh, there's these cookies on the bed.

Speaker 1 (19:49):
Put that cookie down.
That's my cookie.

Speaker 3 (19:52):
That is such a good movie, so it was a Christmas
Herald, not a Christmas Herald.

Speaker 2 (19:56):
What A?

Speaker 1 (19:57):
Christmas Herald.

Speaker 3 (19:58):
I think that's a rip off, I think that's a.
I mean it was close.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
Whatever?

Speaker 1 (20:04):
All right, so eight for Nate, nate for eight.
Nate for eight, and then me andLoretta both had six.
Don't be so disappointed, it'sokay.

Speaker 2 (20:13):
This means nothing, I am proud that.

Speaker 1 (20:15):
I got more than two.

Speaker 3 (20:16):
I am proud of you too .
That was kind of where I was at, yeah, mad gab map.

Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yes, now you can actually call me Mad gab map,
because I didn't get two.

Speaker 3 (20:24):
I think there needs to be a new sign on your door,
mad gab map.

Speaker 1 (20:28):
So we've done this last couple episodes with
Thanksgiving and with Christmas.
Part one.
We did a movie draft last timeso we had discussed, and this
one was a lot more loosey gooseyon the rules, I feel like we
were.

Speaker 3 (20:42):
We've gone very laxity.

Speaker 1 (20:44):
We'll say less than prepared.

Speaker 3 (20:46):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (20:46):
Maybe use the word, but we are going to do a draft
of Christmas.
Well, just call it Christmasmusic.
Yes, because I'm thinking of mychoices as not even like one
song, but like I'm going tothrow it into your album Wow.
This is what I'm talking about.

Speaker 2 (21:04):
There are no rules.
I don't even have a pen.

Speaker 1 (21:07):
This is not like not prepared.
I know Last time I brought pens.
You still have the sounder.

Speaker 3 (21:12):
I have it up we only test to make sure it's the right
one.

Speaker 1 (21:15):
Test it.
Oh you know what Long pause,not good for podcasts.
There it is.
Okay, that's the one.

Speaker 3 (21:23):
All right, so I'm at least prepared with that.

Speaker 2 (21:26):
Yeah, so I believe Matt gets first pick right
Because you had first pick forthe food.

Speaker 3 (21:31):
You had first pick for yep, so Matt's up first.
Boom, Okay, so I'm in themiddle.

Speaker 1 (21:36):
I'm only mildly prepared, like really not at all
, but with the first overallpick I'm ready.
Oh, all right, so my choice istoday I'm going rogue, totally
off the map.
I don't think you guys wouldpick these Lovely Ever.
So with my first overall pick,I'm going with a hometown
favorite made famous by ArthurFiedler and the Boston Pops,

(21:59):
already gone.
I'm going with LaRoy Anderson'sA Christmas Festival.
That was my pick, stop.
So if you ever go to holidaypops or even this piece is
played around the world now atany Christmas orchestral concert
, really just any Christmasconcert you go to Mass Brass has
played it the last severalyears, but a Christmas festival
is usually the beginning pieceor the closing piece of big

(22:22):
Christmas concerts, but itincludes all the carols.
It's one of those big montagesof pieces where I love those
kinds.
Yeah, you get like eightminutes but you hit them all.

Speaker 3 (22:31):
Yeah, I love that.

Speaker 1 (22:31):
You get fast, slow, key changes, big opening, big
ending and by the end you feellike Christmas is very jolly,
yeah, very jolly.

Speaker 3 (22:39):
That's the one.

Speaker 1 (22:40):
So I'm going with Arthur Fiedler.
Boston Pops A ChristmasFestival.

Speaker 3 (22:44):
Did we play this like the one year I was in the band?
I don't remember playing thisone.

Speaker 1 (22:47):
It starts like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom
boom boom, boom.

Speaker 3 (22:51):
Oh yeah, I remember that.
I feel like that's reallyreally, really familiar.
Not at all.
Okay, I did not get the, notthe rule.

Speaker 2 (23:05):
There are no rules I think that's the clear.

Speaker 1 (23:06):
There are no rules in this draft.
Yeah, this is a rogue, roguedraft.

Speaker 3 (23:12):
But I picked songs specifically.

Speaker 1 (23:15):
Okay, yeah, that sounds great.

Speaker 3 (23:16):
But there, I'm not going to win this draft board.
I just know it because peoplecan be like, well, this is, this
is wild, loretta.
Okay, but starting off strong,oh hold on.

Speaker 2 (23:27):
I feel like I know what you're going to pick.

Speaker 3 (23:29):
You don't know what I'm going to pick.
Here we go.

Speaker 1 (23:32):
Wow, there it is.
Second pick, first round.

Speaker 3 (23:38):
First pick is have yourself a Merry Little
Christmas, Bing Crosby.

Speaker 1 (23:42):
Oh, classic.

Speaker 3 (23:44):
Classic.
I have vivid memories EveryChristmas Eve, our family, my
parents, my siblings, my auntand uncle, grandma and granddad
from my mom's side we'd all goout for Christmas Eve dinner and
on the way back to our housebecause my grandparents would
spend the night every ChristmasEve and on the way back my

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granddad would put the radio onand it was like that Nordic
tracker where you could trackSanta Claus, and this was always
played.
And so I have like I have vividmemories of sitting in his Jeep
, driving back home from dinnerand like this playing, and so
every time I hear it it's justlike it's one of those you know,
memory that's nostalgic, that'sthe word I'm looking for.

Speaker 1 (24:26):
Nostalgic, that's the one that's my first pick Good
Nice.

Speaker 2 (24:30):
I'm going to pick my favorite Sounder bro.

Speaker 1 (24:34):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (24:34):
I'm not a practicing.

Speaker 1 (24:35):
There, it is Okay With the third overall pick.

Speaker 2 (24:37):
Yes, I'm going to go with my favorite arrangement of
this song.
It's beginning to look a lotlike Christmas and I do love the
Michael Buble Buble.
Sorry, michael Buble versionBuble, but I'm going with the
Johnny Mathis version Wow,because it has the full
orchestral soundtrack behind itSome really powerful French
horns in there.
I like that version.

(24:58):
It's beginning to look a lotlike Christmas.

Speaker 1 (25:00):
Well scored is what it sounds like.

Speaker 2 (25:01):
Yes, well scored.

Speaker 3 (25:03):
You said Mathis, johnny Mathis 1986.

Speaker 2 (25:06):
Oh, nate's Okay, he's got more prepared than us.

Speaker 3 (25:10):
And now wait.
The only rule, the only rulewas if we picked a song, the
song is out right.

Speaker 1 (25:16):
Was that a rule or was I mean, if that's the case,
my whole albums could be out.

Speaker 3 (25:22):
No, this is true, no, okay.

Speaker 2 (25:24):
I say if you got a different version of different
artists, then yeah, we're going,no rules.

Speaker 3 (25:28):
No rules, oh at all Okay, we're good.

Speaker 1 (25:29):
then the only thing, the only rule we're going to say
is like so I could not pickJohnny Mathis 1986.

Speaker 3 (25:36):
Okay, yeah, so there's one rule.
Yeah, that's it.

Speaker 1 (25:38):
The one really just don't pick what someone else
picked.
That seems pretty obvious, butso we'll roll with that, all
right.
So, nate, it snakes back to you.
You have pick number four,starting in round two.
What you got, you both.

Speaker 2 (25:56):
I'm going to go with a classic that every time it's
on you, hum along with it orsing along with it.
Feliz Navidad by Jose.
Feliciano, I don't know theyear.

Speaker 1 (26:07):
Oh, bummer, wow, Doesn't count, you're out.
Well, my pick it soundsChristmas.
We had special guest VictorMorales, contemporary worship
leader for the Eastern Territory, but also extraordinary
musician.
Yeah, the dude's brilliant on adifferent level If you have a
conversation with him.
He's brilliant on a differentlevel, but he sang Feliz Navidad

(26:27):
.
Got the whole crowd going.

Speaker 3 (26:28):
Oh yeah, it was fun.
Yeah, it's a crowd pleaser Goodsong Good pick Nate.
So good, all right, my pick.
Thank you.
You know what no rules, minewas.
It's beginning to look a lotlike Christmas Buble version.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
That's a good version .
That's good.
That's fair.

Speaker 3 (26:52):
I have no narrative for it, that's just what it is.

Speaker 2 (26:55):
Stylistically it's so much different.

Speaker 3 (26:56):
So it's basically so much different yeah.

Speaker 1 (26:59):
Okay, so recapping the first two rounds, so on.
Oh no, I have to wrap up.
You have to round out round two.
Okay, I am going with.
This is another album.
Okay, so the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra brass section
has an album out called.
Well, they have several albumsout called the Spirit of
Christmas, but I'm going to callthis one distinctly.

(27:20):
If you look this up, it's thepurple album color.
Okay, they have several Spiritof Christmas.
There's a cut, there's a green,there's a red, there's a purple
.
The purple one is what I'mtalking about.
Okay, and so their brasssection recording this album is
phenomenal.
If you're into bass tromboneplaying, there's a gentleman
named Murray Crew.
He's no longer with us anymore,but his sound is as big as a

(27:41):
house.
But it also could, like laser,beam you in half, like it is
just some awesome, awesomeplaying.

Speaker 2 (27:47):
So, scared.

Speaker 1 (27:49):
And it's mostly like it's mostly like carols and they
have a handful of arrangementsthat are the brass section with
organ as well which is a really,really great combination.
All right, so rounding out thefirst two rounds.
So I have a Christmas festivalfrom the Boston Pops, two
orchestral selections PittsburghSymphony brass, the Spirit of
Christmas, nate has it'sbeginning to look like Christmas

(28:10):
, johnny Mathis and FeliceNavidad and Loretta has.
Have Yourself a Merry LittleChristmas.
And then Michael Blaise versionof it's Beginning to Look Like
Christmas.
Yeah, I feel like I just saidChristmas like 12 times in the
last three sentences it's cool.
Okay, so we'll start round three.
Gonna hit that sounder for me.
Okay, I'm going with anothergigantic orchestral selection,

(28:34):
but this time with full choir,Full choir yeah we're going with
George Frederick Handel'sMessiah and most people know
this at Christmas time for theHallelujah Chorus yeah,
hallelujah, hallelujah.
We did that in, in, um, and heshall reign.

Speaker 3 (28:53):
In chorus and high school.
That was always our closing forthe winter concert.
It was always our closing.

Speaker 1 (28:59):
Yeah, another thing, just one of the like.
One of the absolute privilegesof my entire life was to play a
lot of Christmas shows with theBoston Pops, and every year that
is just a part of therepertoire.
It's usually like the BostonPops will play some big flashy
opening piece to start the showand then, without any
introduction, without anytalking segue, they go right

(29:22):
into the Hallelujah Chorus, andsometimes it used to.
I mean, it's pretty standard.
Maybe across the pond when thatstarts playing, people stand up
, like the whole audience standsup, so there were.
There were sometimes where thathappened in Symphony Hall, but
it's kind of like a it's a boozy, schmoozy crowd, so like, not
everyone's like.

Speaker 3 (29:41):
Oh, the Hallelujah Chorus, stand up you know.

Speaker 1 (29:42):
No, no, they're like wine and cheese and hot
chocolate.

Speaker 2 (29:45):
It might fall over if they stand up.

Speaker 1 (29:47):
Yeah, oof, so that is my selection.
Sorry that was a longexplanation, but I'm going with
Handel's Messiah andspecifically the Hallelujah
Chorus.

Speaker 2 (29:53):
Nice.
How do you follow that up?

Speaker 3 (29:56):
Oh well, I'm about to , but before I do I have to say,
if you listened to the lastepisode, the movies draft, I had
a bone to pick with Matt,because every movie that he
picked seemed like it was.
Each title had like eight ornine words in it and so
graphically trying to fit likeElf next to National Lampoon's

(30:16):
Christmas Vacation was sofrustrating, and so every time
you're picking now and I'm likePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra,
brass section purple purplealbum spirit of Christmas.
I am just like going to give upat this point.

Speaker 1 (30:30):
Okay, I just take a little screenshot of the album
cover and just put that up thereyou go.
Yeah, no one won't.
No one's going to vote for me.
This is the list that willnever win.

Speaker 3 (30:39):
I don't care, this is purely for me All right Round
three, pick number two Loretta.

Speaker 1 (30:45):
What do you?

Speaker 3 (30:46):
got Okay.
I remember I'm going thisChristmas by John Legend.

Speaker 1 (30:54):
I like that.

Speaker 3 (30:56):
Oh, quiet, quiet in the room, quiet in the room.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
No, no, no, I like that's good pick.

Speaker 3 (31:00):
I love John Legend.
Yeah, it's got a good voice allabout like he's just got such a
good smooth voice.

Speaker 1 (31:06):
So John legends on my short list of artists in.
I feel like if you come fromthe classically trained music
world, yeah, sometimes you canlook at the entertainment
industry with a little bit ofjealousy and say, like that
person doesn't even write theirown music, yeah.
Or like someone produces it,someone edits it they may

(31:26):
perform their concerts like noteven they might be lip-syncing
the entire thing, so they'relike truly an entertainer that
makes a gazillion dollars.
But like you're always kind ofquestioning like ooh, are they
like?
Are they really musicallytalented?
Or just John Legend is on myshort list of people.
I think Bruno Mars is their,Lady Gaga is their.

Speaker 2 (31:48):
John.

Speaker 1 (31:48):
Legend.
There's some people that areseriously talented, yeah, and
they deserve like every dollarthat they've made because
they're on that.
They're on that plane.

Speaker 3 (31:57):
It's a full.
It's like their creativity isin every facet of the planning,
the writing, the executing, therecording, the you know
performing it's all them.

Speaker 1 (32:07):
Absolutely Good pick, thank you.

Speaker 3 (32:09):
Thank you, I feel validated.
Okay, Nate ready.

Speaker 2 (32:14):
You know she was really jealous that you loved my
jingle all the way, pick.

Speaker 1 (32:18):
And then was like yeah, you got a good draft too.
I'm just so about that.

Speaker 3 (32:23):
I love that, I just won't stop.
I was just cracking up on theway home, anyway, okay, here we
go, ready Nate.

Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yes, all right.
Classic trans-Siberianorchestra Nice Christmas cannon.
Oh, okay, rockabelle's cannonin D Okay, I like that, it's a
good one.

Speaker 3 (32:40):
I'm gonna have to spell check all of these things
I'm writing.

Speaker 1 (32:43):
I like that you went.
Trans-siberian orchestra yeah,I feel like that's a staple, I
think it's a staple foreveryone's Christmas.

Speaker 2 (32:49):
Yeah, it's different than some of the other
mainstream different songs youknow I like that Good pick, nate
.

Speaker 1 (32:54):
Also, loretta had great pick before you.
Her pick of John Legends thisChristmas was incredible.

Speaker 3 (33:00):
Loretta is a needy and petty, also a solid pick
with trans-Siberian orchestra.

Speaker 2 (33:05):
So affirmations all around.
I got them today.

Speaker 1 (33:09):
I got them.

Speaker 3 (33:10):
It's only because I lost so badly in the first draft
and this is only like my thirdoverall draft.

Speaker 2 (33:14):
So I'm learning Is there a potato song that we can
throw into this.

Speaker 1 (33:18):
Wow, I would have.

Speaker 2 (33:19):
I'm never bringing up potatoes again after the last
episode.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
I cannot believe you just said that All right, we've
got to move on.
Holy cow, who's pick is it?

Speaker 3 (33:28):
Nate's again.

Speaker 2 (33:29):
Okay, nate, it's mine again.

Speaker 1 (33:30):
Yeah, indulge yourself, buddy, okay.

Speaker 2 (33:33):
I'm going to go with.
Santa Claus is coming to town.
Jackson Five.

Speaker 3 (33:38):
Oh, okay.

Speaker 1 (33:39):
I wouldn't not have picked that they have a.

Speaker 2 (33:40):
They have a fun arrangement they got.
They bring that Motown soundand a little different.

Speaker 1 (33:45):
It's more memorable than some of the other
arrangements.
I with the Jackson Five atChristmas time is specifically
that song.
I feel like I can, I feel likeit's on the radio all the time,
yeah, and I can't like I can'tdo it the whole season, yeah,
especially when they startrolling it out like around
Halloween.

Speaker 3 (34:01):
Yes, it's too soon, it's just a lot.

Speaker 2 (34:06):
That's a whole other philosophical thing, like if
people are, if people areplaying music around Halloween,
christmas music, and no, itneeds to be shut off, but you're
just going to start war withinyour family.
I'm sorry.

Speaker 3 (34:16):
Heinzman start in like August year round, august
one.

Speaker 2 (34:21):
Yeah, no they're year round Wow.
All right so we're back toLarita.

Speaker 1 (34:25):
Okay, I fully expect this to be an incredible pick,
but go ahead.
I'm excited to hear it.

Speaker 3 (34:30):
Now I, now I'm going to kick both of you under the
table.
Okay, I'm oh, did I?
I don't think I'm going modernto my girl, taylor Swift.

Speaker 2 (34:44):
Yeah, christmas tree farm.

Speaker 1 (34:48):
I love the way it starts.

Speaker 3 (34:49):
And again, I I've watched a couple of
documentaries on her recently.
It's just really because ofthis whole like she's blown up
and like there's just stuffabout her everywhere.
I was watching anotherdocumentary last night and she's
one of those individuals whogenuinely take such she takes
her, her works like so seriously.
All her lyrics, everythingtells a story and I'm about the

(35:11):
story, like the storytellingelement, and so I really do.
I appreciate the, the way shewrites and just like the, like
the yeah, vibe of her music.

Speaker 2 (35:23):
She grew up on a Christmas tree farm or she had a
family member who owned one orsomething.

Speaker 3 (35:27):
Yeah, there's some kind of family connection.
She grew up in Pennsylvania,moved to Nashville.
I learned that last night.
But anyway, t-sweep toChristmas tree farm.
Good pick, thank you.

Speaker 1 (35:34):
All right, I will finish out round of four.

Speaker 3 (35:37):
OK, here we go.

Speaker 1 (35:38):
There it is.
I did not expect to make thispick, but I'm taking it simply
because it's still on the board.
I'm going with.
All I Want for Christmas is youbuy Mariah Carey?

Speaker 3 (35:48):
So you can't I know Either love it or you hate it?

Speaker 1 (35:50):
Yeah, but at this point it's part of the canon.

Speaker 3 (35:53):
It's culture.
I mean, it is cultural.

Speaker 1 (35:55):
And how many times in your entire life can you
appreciate a good Barry Sacks?

Speaker 3 (35:59):
solo it's just that song.

Speaker 1 (36:01):
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack,
quack, quack, quack, quack,quack, quack, quack, quack,
quack, quack, quack, quack,quack, quack, quack, quack,
quack.
You know what I'm talking about.

Speaker 3 (36:09):
I know exactly what you're talking about.
Like there's like no other timein life where you're just like
I'm just more impressed.
You committed so fully to that.
Oh yeah, I did.

Speaker 1 (36:17):
But I did not expect to pick that.
That wasn't in my plans at all,but I'm going with that.
I'm of the Now I might win theboard yeah.

Speaker 2 (36:25):
I mean, I think that that is a.

Speaker 3 (36:26):
That might be your one.
It's a polarizing pick.

Speaker 2 (36:28):
Yeah, Because I think that you have the people that
love it and you have the peoplethat say this is the preeminent
overplayed song of the season.

Speaker 1 (36:35):
Yeah, I mean, I would agree.

Speaker 3 (36:37):
But I think you have to think Christmas is just like
you jam-pack all of this musicin in this short amount of time,
so isn't everything overplayed?
You know what I mean?
Like it's every radio stationyou listen to is just all the
same majority of the same stuff.

Speaker 1 (36:53):
All right, so I'm going to recap.
Well, no, let's just finish outthe round and then we'll recap
all of our lists.

Speaker 3 (36:58):
So do you pick again?

Speaker 1 (36:59):
Yeah, so I'm going to .
Now I'm going to finish.
This will be the top of roundfive.
Now I'm a little bit confused.
Thank you, sorry.
Sorry, I was wrong early.
So I had.
I had something on my list, butnow I feel I have to leave it
off because I just made thatsurprise pick.
I'll tell you what I'm going toleave off first.

Speaker 3 (37:14):
OK, is that OK so?

Speaker 1 (37:15):
undo that sound or bring it back.
We haven't gone brass band yet.
So I was going to go with theBlack Dike Christmas album, and
this is a blue album cover.
There's no name to it, it'sjust the Christmas album.
I think it's called Christmaswith Black Dike.
If you don't know what BlackDike is, it is a brass band in
the UK, a very, very famousbrass band.

(37:37):
It's not whatever else you'rethinking.
So this is a fantasticChristmas album.

Speaker 3 (37:44):
It is good.

Speaker 1 (37:44):
But I'm not picking that.
Ok.
So I'm going to take adifferent album, and this is the
album of my childhood and if mymom is listening which we know
she is I'm going with LeeGreenwood's Christmas album.
Nice, and that's a childhoodmemory where every single
Christmas we had the LeeGreenwood cassette tape coming

(38:06):
home for Christmas and it's likereal kind of like country twang
.
It's not something that I wouldhave expected in my household,
but we had that cassette tapeand that was like every
Christmas, it was the LeeGreenwood.

Speaker 3 (38:21):
Christmas album.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
So that's going to round out my selections.

Speaker 2 (38:25):
I don't think I've heard a Lee Greenwood song that
wasn't proud to be an American,to be honest.

Speaker 1 (38:31):
Really, yeah, ok, look up the Christmas album I
need to listen to some of hisother things.
I feel like it's off to look itup right now, but it's like I
want to say.
It's like Kentucky Christmas orsomething.

Speaker 3 (38:40):
I was trying to find an album.

Speaker 1 (38:41):
Now I'm going to embarrass myself.

Speaker 3 (38:43):
I was trying to find an album.
I remember I think it was likea Disney.

Speaker 1 (38:47):
Oh no, it's Tennessee Christmas.
Woo People of Kentucky andTennessee are upset with me
right now.

Speaker 3 (38:54):
And they've just signed off Tennessee.

Speaker 2 (38:56):
Christmas.
All of our listeners fromTennessee and Kentucky, yeah.

Speaker 3 (39:00):
There was.
I remember growing up there was, I think it was the name of it.
I can't remember what it lookedlike, but I remember listening
to it on repeat.
I think it was like a DisneyChristmas album and it had like
Alvin and the Chipmunks and ithad all of those.
That was on repeat in my house.

Speaker 1 (39:15):
Ok, All right, what's your final selection, Maria my?

Speaker 3 (39:18):
final selection.
Listen, I had it in here.
This was difficult.
I was tossing between MerryChristmas.
Happy Holidays from NSYNC.

Speaker 1 (39:31):
Merry Christmas.

Speaker 3 (39:32):
Like again because it's just, I was in the wrong
time, but I got to go close itout with Merry Christmas by Ed
Sheeran and Elton John.
I am a huge Ed Sheeran fan.
Again, talk about talents ofmusician.
We saw him in concert and it'sjust called Merry Christmas.
It's just called MerryChristmas.
We saw him in concert a coupleof years ago now and it's

(39:52):
literally just.
There's no entertainment factor.
It's him on a stage with alooper.

Speaker 1 (39:57):
Nice.

Speaker 3 (39:58):
And he just loops everything and it's just, and it
builds and then he gets intothe song and it's just like this
is so good, yeah, talk abouttalent, I think when you see
those people live and the showkind of breaks down to its
simplest form.

Speaker 1 (40:10):
I saw Red Hot Chili Peppers one time and they went
into like a 45 minute likeimprov session.
And it was just like theyweren't even doing their songs,
but they were just jamming andit was like holy crap.

Speaker 3 (40:19):
Those are the videos I will watch on YouTube, the
full 45 minutes.
Like, just I love that.
So that's that closes it outfor me, Nice.

Speaker 1 (40:27):
Cool, great list.
Wow, they read a strong listI'm looking at your five.
I'm looking at your fiveselections.
I have goosebumps, it's good.

Speaker 3 (40:34):
We've gone from one extreme to the other All right
Nate, Just end this End thismadness, please Wait wait, wait.
I'm going to do my jingle.

Speaker 2 (40:40):
Oh no, I just deleted the words All right, got to
bring some 80s into the contextwe're going to do Last Christmas
by Wham.
No, yeah, there's nobody whodoes not know this song All
right.
The very next day you gave itaway it's good, and Glee has a
good arrangement of this too.

Speaker 1 (41:03):
Oh, tell me the artist again.
I'm sorry.

Speaker 2 (41:04):
Wham.
Oh, I put With an exclamationpoint at the end I put Yam Nice.
Youth Arts Ministries.
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (41:11):
All right, ok, yeah, nate, that's a good pick.
I like that, thank you.
Thank you, I don't know if youlisten to it.
I think it's 106.7.
Is the Christmas station herein the Boston area?
They play the same.
It's got to be like Max 25songs, yes, and it's just over
and over and over.
But Last Christmas is one ofthem.
So is the Jackson 5.
Santa Claus coming down?
I'm kind of rethinking thatpick.

(41:33):
All right, so here's our lists.
So I had the privilege of goingfirst this draft, so here's my
list.
I went with Christmas Festival,made famous by Arthur Fiedler
and the Boston Pops.
George Frederick handles theMessiah, specifically the
Hallelujah Chorus.
One with the PittsburghSymphony Orchestra Brass Section
, their purple album called theSpirit of Christmas.

(41:53):
I went with Mariah Carey's AllI Want for Christmas.
Is it you?

Speaker 3 (41:57):
It's such a switch, it's such a switch.

Speaker 2 (41:58):
Yeah, it's really out there, the pendulum.

Speaker 1 (42:00):
And then I am taking Lee Greenwood's Christmas album,
specifically TennesseeChristmas.

Speaker 3 (42:06):
That's my list.

Speaker 1 (42:07):
Larita, you want to read down yours?

Speaker 3 (42:08):
Sure, I have have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas by Bing Crosby.
It's beginning to look a lotlike Christmas.
The Vublai version Solid thisChristmas by John Legend.

Speaker 1 (42:20):
Very good.

Speaker 3 (42:20):
Christmas Tree Farm by T-Swift.

Speaker 1 (42:22):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (42:23):
And Merry Christmas from Ed Sheeran, elton John
Combo.
Stunning list Nice.
Thank you so much, Matt.
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (42:30):
I have it's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by
Johnny Mathis 1986 version.
I like that.
Felice Navidad by Jose.
Feliciano.

Speaker 3 (42:40):
What is my third one, santa?

Speaker 2 (42:41):
Claus is coming to town by the Jackson 5.

Speaker 3 (42:42):
I have Christmas Canon for your third pick.
I have Trans-Siberian Orchestrafor you from number three.
Oh, my bad.

Speaker 2 (42:47):
I didn't actually write down the order, I just
have lists of.

Speaker 3 (42:49):
Oh well, we can tell you where your list is.
Two of us were taking notes,but go ahead.

Speaker 2 (42:54):
Ok.
Trans-siberian Orchestra.
I have Pachalbelles Canon in D.
Santa Claus is coming to townby the Jackson 5.
And then Wham's classic hitLast Christmas.

Speaker 3 (43:04):
I'm shocked that Nate didn't take a Sia song Nate's
obsessed with.

Speaker 2 (43:07):
I do love Sia.

Speaker 3 (43:08):
Candy cane lame.

Speaker 2 (43:10):
Na na na na na na oh, santa Claus is.

Speaker 3 (43:13):
Santa's coming for us .

Speaker 1 (43:14):
Yeah, I think of the drafts that we've done.
This may be the what's the wordI was going to say most
interesting, just for the factthat there's so many songs out
there.
And I feel like every singleperson, like when we did
Thanksgiving draft, like, mostpeople are going to pick turkey,
mashed potatoes like whateverit is, but these songs, they
could be wildly different fromperson to person.

Speaker 3 (43:37):
Yeah, and I think each one kind of encapsulates us
, although the Mariah is a throw.
I wasn't expecting to take.

Speaker 1 (43:43):
Mariah, not in a bad way, I'm telling you.
I'm serious.
I came prepared to take thatBlack Dye Christmas album and I
went with Mariah Carey.
That is a huge.

Speaker 2 (43:50):
On the fly switch.
That's a huge affirmation andendorsement of her.

Speaker 1 (43:54):
I think I was like I was just trying to.
The rest of my songs are notgoing to get any votes, like
nobody is voting for those youneeded some audience appeal.
Yeah Well, I needed to pad thelist with one song where someone
might be like oh, that's theone, so I may vote for Matt now.

Speaker 3 (44:08):
You will have Elizabeth's vote.

Speaker 1 (44:09):
Elizabeth is a huge.

Speaker 3 (44:11):
Mariah, all I want for Christmas is you fan Like?
Is this for real, yeah, forreal.
Christmas in July.
It is on repeat at camp becauseit is her favorite song.

Speaker 1 (44:20):
I am stunned by that.
I would have taken Elizabeth tokind of like make fun of that
song.

Speaker 3 (44:24):
Oh, so would I, so would I.

Speaker 1 (44:27):
But she likes it because she likes it.
She doesn't like it, shedoesn't make fun of it.
No, she genuinely likes it.
No, she genuinely likes it.

Speaker 3 (44:32):
When I think of that song now, I think of her because
of how many times I've heard itin a genuine sense.

Speaker 1 (44:37):
I know that both Elizabeth and Chris Molinaro
have pushed for a music camptheme of Christmas in July to
really bust out all theChristmas songs.
I've always said this kind oftough because we spent our
entire fall preparing for aChristmas concert.
So if you really made musiccamp Christmas, it would just be
like really Christmas all yearlong.

Speaker 3 (44:58):
We might have some kids.
What's the word Not vetoing?
No, I don't think they wouldever veto it.

Speaker 1 (45:04):
But I mean anyways, all right, we're going to take a
short break.
You're on the Plugged Inpodcast and when we come back
we'll move into our devotionalthought brought to us by Captain
Nathaniel Heinsman.
All right, be right back.
All right, and we're back.
Welcome to the Plugged Inpodcast.

(45:25):
I am Matt here with Loretta andCaptain Nate, captain Loretta
as well.
Sorry about that.
Wow, I really got ahead ofmyself, but Nate has a word for
us.
So, nate, it's all yours, buddy.

Speaker 2 (45:36):
Yeah, I just wanted to look at Luke, chapter two,
the Gospel of Luke, beginning inverse eight.
A familiar passage, but it saysthis that night there were
angels staying in the fieldsnearby guarding their flocks of
sheep when suddenly an angel ofthe Lord appeared among them and
the radiance of the Lord'sglory surrounded them.
They were afraid, but the angelreassured them do not be afraid

(45:56):
.
I bring you good news that willbring great joy to all people.
The Savior, yes, the Messiah,the Lord, has been born.
Today in Bethlehem, the city ofDavid, and you'll recognize him
by this sign You'll find a babywrapped snugly in strips of
cloth, lying in a manger.
Then, suddenly, the angel wasjoined by a vast host of others,
the armies of heaven, praisingGod and saying glory to God in

(46:16):
the highest heaven, peace onearth to those whom God is
pleased.
What a sight.
That must have been right Crazy.
I love the way that the voiceparaphrase describes that.
The armies of the angels ofheaven gather to sing.

Speaker 1 (46:32):
There's a lot in those verses to unpack.
I feel like it's really easy tojust read it and be like, oh
yeah, that's the Christmas story.
But I mean, I always getfixated on a couple words, even
the.
I like the word suddenly,suddenly, like all of a sudden,
there's these shepherds out inthe field and then in one
instant, like the cosmos havechanged like forever, for all

(46:54):
eternity.

Speaker 2 (46:54):
Boom suddenly, and that's a great segue into what
I'm about to say, right, now, Ilove it.

Speaker 1 (46:58):
I love it.
It's like a plan yeah yeah, andthat was we didn't?

Speaker 2 (47:04):
Yeah, reading through that account and thinking
through that account, I justthought came to my mind.
I wonder what it must have beenlike that very first Christmas
to see, to hear and to witnessthe greatest news ever that a
savior had been born and thisearth shattering message.
Right, that came did not justcome to kings and queens and

(47:25):
royals, but it came to a bunchof everyday shepherds scattered
on the hillside doing themundane task of caring for their
flocks, right, these everyday,ordinary people.
Nothing special about them, butGod intentionally chose them.
He sought them out and hehandpicks them to be the
recipients of this miraculousnews that a savior has been born

(47:46):
.
Imagine just this site of theentire horizon.
I'm sure that they were tired.
They were drifting off to sleepwhen, all of a sudden, like the
entire horizon as far as theeyes can see filled with this
multitude of angels singing andpraising God.
It had to be terrifying.

Speaker 1 (48:01):
Oh for sure, oh my goodness, when it says the glory
of the Lord, right yeah, isthat what it says in scripture?

Speaker 2 (48:06):
Let me go to the exact wording here.
It says suddenly the angel wasjoined by a vast host of others,
the armies of heaven, praisingGod and saying but yes.

Speaker 1 (48:18):
I thought it said the glory of the Lord somewhere,
somewhere it did.

Speaker 2 (48:21):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (48:21):
I don't know.
I just like think of.
I don't know if you get whatyou guys think of.

Speaker 2 (48:25):
Oh yeah, sorry.
First night, the radiance ofthe Lord's glory surrounded them
.

Speaker 1 (48:29):
Yeah, so for me I don't really know what that
means, but my brain, I like tothink fire.

Speaker 3 (48:37):
Yeah, I think bright.

Speaker 1 (48:38):
Yeah, can you just imagine like the sky rips open
the armies of the Lord, or so?
I'm just thinking likeinnumerable billions, gazillions
like you can't even there's noend to it.
But I also just think of likethis black night sky has been
ripped open and like just fireor something.
So blinded.
Yeah, exactly yeah of course ithad to be so scary.

(49:00):
Yeah, like you're literallyjust in this field.
It probably smells like sheeppoop or whatever, and then, all
of a sudden, like.

Speaker 2 (49:06):
Yeah, that's crazy.
But also think of the contrast,the contrast between, like now,
like we have skylines andcities with electricity and
we're used to lights and soundsand things at night, but like
they're on a quiet hillside, youknow, 2000 years ago, with you
know fire, or you know Firelittorches that are keeping, sure,
keeping their lights, and sothey're.
You know, your eyes are alreadyadjusted to the dark when all

(49:27):
this breaks through.
And it's glory and thisbrilliance.

Speaker 1 (49:30):
It's remarkable how many times, when you read the
Christmas story, the Bible saysthat they were scared, or they
were terrified, or they werefrightened.
I mean, that's like throughoutthe entire story.
Some angel shows up and it like, yeah, I don't know what they
look like, but it has to bescary, yeah well, and that's.

Speaker 3 (49:44):
I think there's different accounts in scripture
that like give Description toangels and it's not, like you
know, the little precious momentangel that my mom has on like
her display case right wings anda halo Right it was like
they're, like, you know, sixfeet tall wingspans of.
You know Like there'sdescriptions of angels in
scripture and it's not like alike a tinkerbell.

Speaker 2 (50:06):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 3 (50:07):
It's yeah, so armies of angels heavily warriors, yeah
, pretty, pretty insane.

Speaker 2 (50:14):
Yeah, I really wanted to focus on that, that one line
that says I bring you good newsthat will bring great joy to
all people and the specificemphasis on all people, and I
alluded to it in theintroduction.
But you know this this isreferred to as the most
wonderful time of the year,right?
I'm sure that we love Christmas.

(50:35):
We have our own traditions, wehave our own fond memories, but
we're we're not naive to thefact that for many people,
christmas is far from the mostwonderful time of the year.
For many people living in ourworld, christmas is quite
depressing and painful andlonely.
A Season spent mourning brokenfamilies, broken homes, broken
promises, empty bank accounts,longing for things that they

(50:59):
don't have, or or seeing thegreat need, or Just recognizing
that, or looking at other peopleand saying, man, I wish I had
you know what they have, thestability that they have, the
loving family that they have.
Tough moments don't stop withthe festivities of the season,
Because we know that sin has astranglehold on our world.
People are broken, suffering isreal, and so the question is

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what are we to do when joy Seemsto be the furthest thing from
our everyday reality?
Right, there's plenty of badnews in our world.
Psychologists have actuallyidentified this.
This phenomenon, that is, ispretty recent to society, known
as headline stress disorder.
Headline stress disorder.
It's believed that this form ofanxiety affects up to 70

(51:44):
percent of Americans.
Because we are so saturated bybad news we we hear it on the
radio on our drive into work.
We get notifications on ourphone.
We have amber alerts on ourphone.
We have, right, you know,active shooting alerts on our
phone.
We have Scrolling throughsocial media and Twitter and
everything else.
Just turning on the news, anewspaper, the headline, right

(52:07):
there is probably the worst newsof the day, front and center.
It's everywhere.
Bad news Sells and bad news isa lucrative business.
It's actually estimated thatfor every one positive news
article, there are 17 articlesof bad news.

Speaker 1 (52:22):
I would have thought higher like honestly.
Like, so it just saturateseverything to do with your.

Speaker 2 (52:28):
You know a passage of information, yeah yeah, and
because it's so prominent,because it's so widespread,
oftentimes our perspective ofthe world can be shaped and
molded into believing that thisworld is completely devoid of
goodness, completely devoid ofhope.
Where is the joy?
Is joy even possible?
Bad news can make us feelhopeless, like the problems in
our world, in our everyday life,are simply too big to solve.

(52:49):
So why even, why even try?
Yeah, but here's the good news,and the good news that comes
directly from the gospel of Luke, chapter 2, that Christ
willingly came into this world.
He came into a real place in areal time.
He lived, he grew, he walkedamong us, he performed miracles,
he gave us a glimpse of theFather's heart.
This is the Christ who died forour sins, who conquered sin and

(53:12):
and the grave and death, and heExtends the offer of salvation
from sin and he extends livinghope to all people, no matter
what their situation is, nomatter what what ails them,
spiritually, physically,emotionally.
This is a living hope thatbelongs to all people.
The angel says do not be afraid.
You touched on that a littlebit.

(53:34):
Do not be afraid.
How hard it truly is, howdifficult it is to not be afraid
when everything else around usIs fear invoking right, yeah,
but the beauty of Christ coming,the incarnation, is that no one
is outside the reach of God'slove.
No one is outside the reach ofhis grace.
All are welcome to him, nomatter who you are, what you've

(53:54):
done, what your background is.
All are welcome to come toJesus and receive this free gift
of salvation.
It's the greatest gifts, thatthat leads to the greatest joy,
true joy that is known, that isfound in knowing Christ, knowing
the assurance of being adoptedinto his family, knowing that
our future is secure and notjust our future, but our present
is firmly in his hand.

(54:15):
This doesn't mean that we're notgonna experience disappointment
.
This doesn't mean that we won'tstruggle.
This doesn't mean that griefwill not be a thing or that pain
will constantly.
We'll just come to a completeend.
But it does mean that we canfind joy in the mess, because
Christ's presence, emmanuel, god, is right there with us in the
mess.
Think about Mary.

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Right, mary had her ownencounter with an angel.
The angel Gabriel, themessenger of God, came to her.
And how did she respond whenshe first learned that she had
been, she had found favor withGod and that she was chosen for
this divine Appointment, thisdivine task to bear the Christ
child.
The angel Gabriel appears toher in Luke 1 and the very first

(54:57):
thing he says to her isgreetings, you are highly
favored and the Lord is with you.
The Lord is with you.
What an introduction yeah yeah,you know the reality that there
is fear in the unknown but thereis peace and knowing that God
is with you in the unknown,because in the very verses that

(55:19):
follow it says Mary wasterrified right.
Mary was completely terrified.
But the angel says to her donot fear, for you have found
favor with God.
Do not fear, for you have foundfavor with God.
And then it goes on as Mary hasthis dialogue, as she interacts
with with Gabriel, she says inverse 37 of Luke, chapter 1 May

(55:42):
it be so.
Nothing is impossible with God.
I'm his servant, and mayeverything that you have said
about me come true courageousobedience and joy in the face of
fear.
She may not have understood thewhy, but she fully recognized
the who, that God could betrusted and that this assurance
brought peace and stillness toher heart.

(56:03):
And so that leads me to what Ireally want us to take away
today is that joy comes fromknowing who we are, not, but
believing in who he is.
No, yeah, knowing our ownlimitations, knowing that we are
broken people, part of a brokenworld.
We're flawed, we're a mess,right, but we believe in the one

(56:25):
who is greater.
We believe in the one who istrue, who is pure, who is
perfect love, perfect peace,perfect hope.
We know that our world isn'tfair.
We encounter difficult timesand justice is everywhere we
look.
The dark chapters of life'sjourney can seem bleak and
dismal, long and unending.
And this is exactly, this isexactly when joy seems to be the

(56:48):
furthest from us.
Right, but God, and his goodGoodness and mercy.
He didn't simply grieve overthe brokenness of our world.
He followed through on his lovefor us and what he promised
generations before and he camedown to set it right as God in
the flesh.
He didn't just share our pain,but he also became active in
carrying our pain and healingour pain.

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How beautiful it is this, this,this contrast, the cry of an
infant Soothing the groans of aweary world.
Well, right, the cries of aninfant Soothing, this groaning
that our weary world was cryingout for.
And so the challenge for ustoday is not to brush the
worries and the pains aside withcliche answers and half-hearted

(57:32):
actions.
Unfortunately, we're not ableto solve everybody's problems.
Wish we could, right, wish wecould solve our own problems,
let alone everybody else is.
However, what we can do, whatwe can decide at this very
moment, is to Repeat thesounding joy, as it the Carol
says.
Repeat the sounding joy.
Step boldly Into those spaceswhere joy seems to be

(57:56):
non-existent with others.
Proclaim the same hope thatwe've anchored our lives to, and
allow that joy to stir in ourhearts, as it did for Mary, that
this Assurance and this beliefthat nothing is impossible with
God, as Mary herself attested to, christmas changed everything.
We no longer wait silently onthe hillside, waiting and

(58:18):
expecting our turn.
Now is our turn to join in thechorus of angels, to repeat the
sounding joy and to proclaim Forall, for ourselves and for all
to hear, that Christ, the Saviorof the world, is here, and even
in those moments when theweariness and the, the
uncertainty and the darkness andthe fear may creep in, cling to

(58:39):
the promise.
Do not be afraid.
He is with you.
He is with you, and that's myprayer for each one of us that
we be reminded of that.
It's so much easier said thandone.
We know the story, we canrecite the story, but when we're
confronted with the everydayrealities, is the story more
than just a story?
I pray that it is, I pray thatit's life, I pray that it's hope

(59:01):
and I pray that it's the joythat we can tether our hearts to
in every waking moment.

Speaker 1 (59:07):
For the people out there listening.
I hope that you do have anopportunity, at least once this
Christmas season, to actuallycrack open your Bible and read
the story for yourself, becauseI always find that when I do
that, I'm grasping ontosomething different every single
time.

Speaker 3 (59:23):
Yeah, I think.

Speaker 1 (59:24):
One of my takeaways every time I read it, though, is
just how Every part of it is soremarkable.
Yeah, in the sequence of events, of the things that happen.
You're talking about this.
You know this teenage girl?
Yeah, unmarried right.
Having a child like in a barn?
Yeah, I mean just so many likethe end.

(59:46):
This was God's plan right noneof this was an accident right
like this was his, his plan ForJesus to enter the world.

Speaker 3 (59:55):
And we can take it for, take the story for granted,
or just become so, not numb,but like, yeah, mary, you know
the virgin Mary had a baby andlike it's just like, it becomes
such, you know, a kind of cheapand, yeah, a normal rhetoric.
How, when you stop and likelook at it with fresh eyes yeah
look at it with fresh eyes to belike Like this is crazy.

(01:00:18):
Yeah, it's every dimension.

Speaker 2 (01:00:19):
Like you think of how counter-cultural Joseph had to
be to oh yeah.
Instead of exposing Mary toshame like he goes along with it
and he.
But he finds assurance in thedream, the messenger that comes
to him and and validates hisfears and we see how really
noble and loyal and committed hewas, even when it was, you know
, waging war on himPsychologically and emotionally.

(01:00:41):
And so there's all thesedifferent dimensions at work.
And you know, they're trekkingacross the desert on a donkey, a
pregnant woman and they there'snowhere to, there's nowhere to
To go except for a barn.
And just think of this, putyourself into the shoes of the
story and be like man there's,there's no way I would have gone
through with all yes, I can putmy shoes on it, for yeah 40
weeks.

Speaker 1 (01:01:01):
Well, what you just said is sometimes I'll think
about these stories in the Biblein terms of what didn't happen.
What's not recorded, yeah andthe choices they made.
So, like every single personthat an angel appeared to, they
still had a choice.
Yes, of course.
The angel said do not be afraid.
And this is what's going tohappen.

(01:01:22):
But put Mary in the context oftoday's world.
Yes, she could have said no,yeah, she could have harmed
herself, she could have tried toAbort that baby, or like I'm
not, I'm not doing this, I'm notgoing through with it.
Yeah, I can't do this just justthe trek to Bethlehem, like I
mean, yeah, how painful thatmust have been.

(01:01:42):
Or like you know, you know,riding on this donkey through
the desert or whatever they'redoing.
Seriously, like she could havejust said no, no, I can't, I'm
not, I'm done.
Yeah, I'm done with this, and sothere's just so many Angles to
that story that are just radical, remarkable, stunning.
So if you get a chance to readit this Christmas season, take

(01:02:03):
that opportunity, dig into it.
There's just there's differentthings to take away every season
, and I think it brings us to apoint of repeat the sounding joy
, a point of thankfulness,really a point of perspective on
the world.

Speaker 3 (01:02:21):
Like thinking also about like the stable, the
smells of the stable, like justreally think about everything
that would have taken place.
And I actually heard this.
This is actually kind of funny,but I heard or saw this meme or
something online about thestable and it said you know,
just as Mary exhausted Mary,like hello exhausted Mary after

(01:02:44):
she had just gotten baby Jesusto sleep, is approached by a
little boy with a drum.
Who thinks, who thinks you knowwhat this woman needs, a drum
solo, a drum solo.
Go away.
But like it's so real and likeeven the even yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:03:01):
Ta, ta, ta, ta, ta ta .

Speaker 3 (01:03:02):
It's like I have a gift for you.
She's probably like please stop.
You know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (01:03:07):
We're gonna love this .
Just listen, just listen, justdon't worry, don't worry.

Speaker 3 (01:03:11):
As you know, a sleeping baby Jesus starts
crying.

Speaker 2 (01:03:14):
I've been working on this all night.
Yeah, as they're trying to hidefrom a genocidal maniac, king
Harris, let's bring attention toit, you know.

Speaker 3 (01:03:22):
It's just, it's so real, it's so real, the you know
the wise men bringing gifts.
It's like I just can't take onemore visitor.
You know what I mean, but it'sjust.
It's when you bring humanity toit and you think of it in the
perspective of like she was awoman, like she was a young
mother.

Speaker 1 (01:03:37):
She just gave birth with no medical attention.

Speaker 3 (01:03:40):
Yeah, nothing, yeah, like there was no drugs that she
was on to.

Speaker 1 (01:03:45):
I don't, I mean, I don't know that, but I wasn't
From my recollection there wasnothing in her prescription.

Speaker 3 (01:03:51):
No, but when you, when you just look at it from
like, the eyes of reality, Likeif this was you in each of these
scenarios you've done you didthis a lot in the earlier
episodes like where are you inthe story?
You know, like think about theperspective of each person and
it just makes it so much morereal and it makes the miracle
that much greater, instead ofjust something we read yeah,

(01:04:14):
Through these advent weeks.

Speaker 2 (01:04:16):
There's a lot that happens between the margins of
the pages, but what is evidentis that Mary's response was one
of steadfast commitment andtrust and a God who saw beyond
the immediate situation andlavished his blessing in favor
upon her because of herobedience.

Speaker 1 (01:04:34):
Yep, yeah.
Nate, would you close us inprayer today?

Speaker 2 (01:04:36):
Yeah, let's pray, heavenly Father.
We thank you, lord, just to becalled your children.
Lord, we don't take thatblessing for granted, god, that
you saw fit to save us when wecouldn't save ourselves, and
that you made good on yourpromise, lord, to rescue us, to
shine a light in the darkness,lord, as we reflect on this

(01:04:58):
beautiful season, lord, andeverything that it represents,
god, I pray that we would notlose our thrill of hope and that
we would not lose sight of thejoy that is found in knowing you
, amidst the busyness, amidstthe chaos, amidst the personal
traumas and struggles andfrustrations with family and
work and finances and all thoseother things, lord, that can

(01:05:21):
take away.
Lord, do we have, do we have,the dedication and the
commitment to say, god, I trustyou through it all?
Lord, your ways are good, yourways are higher, and can we
cling to that peace that isfound only in you, god?
I pray that we can.
Lord, I just thank you.
Lord, I pray for those who aretuning in today and maybe, god,

(01:05:43):
are experiencing some stuff.
Lord, I pray that your presencewould just be real to them
today.
God, we thank you that you areEmmanuel, that you are God with
us and that, because you arewith us, there is nothing unseen
by you, nothing unknown by you,nothing that you have not
experienced or felt on your own.
Lord, thank you for empathizingwith us and, lord, for letting

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us know that you are a constant,steadfast presence through it
all.
Lord bless us.
We pray in your name, amen.

Speaker 1 (01:06:13):
Amen, amen.
Well, that's just about a wrapon our Christmas special part
two.

Speaker 2 (01:06:20):
Part two.

Speaker 1 (01:06:21):
I think part two might have been longer than part
one.

Speaker 2 (01:06:24):
Maybe, we might have to turn this into multiple parts
.

Speaker 1 (01:06:27):
These episodes are not short, so maybe if you're on
the holidays and you're drivingto grandma's house and it's
three hours away, you can spenda little time on the Plugged In
podcast.
I don't know if you guys hadany more thoughts about songs
that you left off your list.
I did have.
I had a couple extras and mymom would be disappointed if I
didn't mention them.

Speaker 3 (01:06:46):
Well, your mom is listening right now, so you
better tell her.
So this is for you, mom.

Speaker 1 (01:06:50):
There were two other albums that we played when we
were kids, so one was MichaelBolton's Christmas.

Speaker 3 (01:06:56):
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:06:57):
Yeah, and then also I'm a little embarrassed to
admit this, but we definitelyplayed Kenny G in our house.

Speaker 2 (01:07:05):
Nice, so no shame in that, that's.

Speaker 1 (01:07:07):
Soprano Sax.
There it is, that's the secondtime we mentioned Saxophone.
That's the saxophone Barry Saxand Soprano Sax.

Speaker 3 (01:07:13):
But no, this is Saxophone special.

Speaker 1 (01:07:15):
Yeah, so Kenny G was.
He was all over at Christmas askids.

Speaker 2 (01:07:19):
I've been trying to think what is the absolute worst
Christmas song.

Speaker 3 (01:07:22):
Oh geez, and that's a different topic.
That's a whole different.

Speaker 2 (01:07:25):
And I don't want to open the floodgates, but one
song that I did leave off no, byall means open them.
Well, I think Santa Baby'spretty terrible, but that's just
me.

Speaker 3 (01:07:34):
Yeah.
But one song that I wasconsidering, but wait, I feel
like every time that song isrecorded the artist has.

Speaker 1 (01:07:41):
I don't think it's the worst.
I don't think it's the worst, Ijust don't like it.
It's kind of catchy.

Speaker 3 (01:07:45):
I disagree with him.
I don't think it's the worst,but I do think that every time
an artist records, it has to belike Santa Baby.

Speaker 1 (01:07:51):
Yeah, it's way too, sexy.

Speaker 2 (01:07:52):
Yeah, it's way too breathy, I think.
That's why I think it makes meuncomfortable.
It's like Marilyn Monroesinging Happy Birthday to JFK.

Speaker 1 (01:07:58):
Okay, yeah, yeah, I don't even think of it.
I don't even think of that Interms of that.
I just think of it as kind of.

Speaker 3 (01:08:03):
It's very jazzy, oh yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:08:06):
We'll take away the lyrics and it's much better.

Speaker 1 (01:08:09):
Shout out to my wife, who will get absolutely like
off the rails angry with mebecause I am one who I don't
really sing the melodies, I onlysing the bass lines.
So You're that guy, yeah 100%,we're in the car.
I'm like Doom doom, doom, doom,doom, doom, doom, doom, doom,
doom, doom, doom, doom, doom,doom, doom, doom doom.
She's like stop it for the loveof all things.
She'll let me go for like I'llget 30 seconds and then she's

(01:08:30):
just like that's not the song.
That's just a bass line.
That's not the song I love her,I love her.
So no, it's totally true, I getall soaked up in those bass
lines, but anyways, merryChristmas to everyone listening
to the Plugged In Podcast.
We are almost one year old,full of episodes.
We started in January 2023.
And it's almost a wrap on ouryear, but that'll be the next

(01:08:50):
episode.

Speaker 3 (01:08:50):
Our table has gotten smaller and smaller.

Speaker 1 (01:08:52):
The table has gotten smaller.
We've recorded probably in 10different locations by now, and
we're going strong yeah.
Eventually we'll find a homesomeday, but anyways, you guys
want to say Merry Christmas toanybody out there.

Speaker 3 (01:09:06):
Merry Christmas to our families.
And I know my mom's listening.
I know we always had our Pointof Grace Christmas album.
That was our Natalie Grantthose were the two.
So, mom, there you go.

Speaker 1 (01:09:19):
All of our biggest fans, our parents, major Pat
Henry, captains Justin andMarsha Barter.

Speaker 3 (01:09:26):
Yes, lin-anne, lin-anne Rivers.

Speaker 1 (01:09:29):
Mage, yeah off the top of my head.
Those are our biggest fans.

Speaker 3 (01:09:32):
And the Brunelles, Lily Brunelle.
Oh yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:09:35):
Naomi listens to, the Ross family listens.

Speaker 3 (01:09:38):
We've got some loyal listeners, merry.

Speaker 1 (01:09:40):
Christmas to all of our listeners, and if you tell
us that you listen, youautomatically become our biggest
fans.

Speaker 3 (01:09:46):
Yes, top of the list.

Speaker 1 (01:09:47):
Oh.

Speaker 2 (01:09:47):
I do have one announcement.
Can I drop that we're runningout of time, but okay, I know
okay, we have like three secondsnow.
So we have some amazing MassYouth beanies.
You might have seen ourFacebook post.
Yes, If this is coming outafter Christmas and you and you
did spend time on the kettle orvolunteering.
You know helping out your corewith the kettles or toy

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distribution or anything duringthe Christmas season.
Send us a photo or just hit usup, let us know.
We want to celebrate the factthat you came alongside to
support during this busy yetrewarding season of ministry.

Speaker 1 (01:10:20):
Yes, absolutely Well.
God bless all of you that arelistening, but God bless your
families, and Merry Christmas toall of you.
This is the Plugged In podcast.
We will see you next time.

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