December 24, 2024 • 14 mins
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What if a simple act of kindness could transform your holiday season? Join me, Brad Weisman, as I bring my family into the spotlight for a Christmas special filled with heartwarming stories and inspiring tales of community service. From snorkeling adventures with sea turtles in St. Thomas to my daughter Catherine's stage performances as Matilda and soon JoJo in Seussical, we share cherished memories that made our year truly unforgettable. Together, we reflect on our volunteer efforts at Opportunity House, serving meals to the homeless, and highlight the joy of giving through traditions like the Giving Tree at church and supporting Toys for Tots. Our story of buying cheeseburgers for homeless individuals and Carson's school's generous donation to Helping Harvest emphasize the spirit of generosity that defines our holiday celebrations.
As we gather around to share laughter and love, we also talk about our family's holiday traditions and wishes. From baking cookies to enjoying school band and chorus performances, this episode is a melting pot of joy, anticipation, and hope for the future. We can't help but look forward to possible trips to Disney and exciting birthdays on the horizon. With Grampe's hopeful sentiment in our hearts, we extend warm holiday well wishes to all, embracing the blessings of the present and looking forward to a joyful New Year. Tune in for a heartfelt celebration of family and the true spirit of the season.
"Thank you for taking the time to meet my family. We just wanted to share a little bit about our past year and let you in on some of our Christmas traditions. I personally want to say thank you so much for listening to my show, whether it's every week or once a year, it means the world to me! Merry Christmas to you and yours and have an amazing New Year filled love and good health!" - Brad Weisman
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Speaker 2 (00:02):
from real estate to real life and everything in
between the brad weisman showand now your host, brad weisman.
All right, this is the showyou've all been waiting for.
I don't know about that, but no, this is our christmas special
show and you can probably seethat because, you see, I have
(00:22):
this really nice looking jacketon right now that everybody
hates.
But I just wanted to say MerryChristmas.
It's Christmas Eve and forChristmas Eve I brought in my
family.
Hi, family.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Hi Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Catherine, you can say hello, hello.
Okay, there we go.
No, so we thought we'd bringyou guys back in.
It's by popular demand that youcome back in, because there is
several people.
I know one that actually saidit right away was our neighbor,
georgie.
She said you got to have thekids on more often and she
didn't see us setting up though.
So you know it's a little rough.
(00:58):
When we set up, there was acouple of people who said that
but thanks for being on the show, guys.
Yep, there was a couple ofpeople who said that but thanks
for being on the show, guys.
Yep, yep, you guys are so quiet, hugo, they're so quiet.
I know Were they quiet beforewe started recording.
They got it lined up now.
Yeah, exactly, so, no, so Iwant to first say how was your
year?
Did you have a good year?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
We had a good year.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Went quick, went quick, mm Okay, so what did you
do?
That was fun this year,anything fun.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Universal.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Universal.
Catherine, do you have a voiceor not?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
We went to St Thomas and that was really fun.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
St Thomas.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
And we snorkeled.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And you snorkeled.
That's right.
What did you see when yousnorkeled?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Sea turtles.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Wow, sea turtles Awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
And you, Catherine, you had your play.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Oh, there you go.
Yep, catherine, you can talk.
You can talk.
Yes, I did.
Okay, tell me about the showyou were in.
I was in Matilda, what part?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
did you play?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Matilda, matilda, how'd that go it?
Was good, okay, so think aboutthis this is the only show
you've ever been on, or no?
Yeah, and so did you like theexperience?
Oh my God, they can't hear younod your head.
I don't like when I keep going.
Oh, you have to.
That's how you're going to hearit.
Jess, do you talk more thanthem?
I don't know, but no, so, okay,so you did the universal thing.
(02:12):
What was your favorite part,though, of St Thomas?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Going on the boat.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
On the boat.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh yeah, when we were had that meal, meal.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Oh, the meal.
We did have a really good meal,Jess.
What do you think about themeal?
Was the meal good?
Oh, the meal was good yeah, themeal and the boat.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
The shrimp was really good.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
The shrimp were good.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
I was laughing because the snorkeling was the
experience and he remembers themeal.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah, that is pretty funny.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
It was impressive he takes after his father the meal
there.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So the meal was really good.
By the way, that was excellent.
We had a really good meal.
Let's go back to Catherine.
You did the show last year.
Okay, it was Matilda.
Okay, did.
Well, did you audition foranother show this year?
Got to come up to themicrophone.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Like at school.
Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah, so tell me about that.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
We're doing Seussical , seussical.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Seussical, seussical, seussical.
The musical, yes, okay, tell mesomething about that.
It's obviously Dr Seuss.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Okay, and what part did you get?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
JoJo.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
JoJo and then, yeah, and JoJo, is that a good part?
What is that?
That's?
Speaker 1 (03:18):
like one of the main roles.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Okay, cool yeah, you excited, yeah, very cool yeah,
you excited, yeah, very cool,I'm excited Are you excited?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, we don't know much about the show.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
We don't know anything about the show.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, we started rehearsal after.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
It's so weird but contrary to what we're seeing
right now with her being so shyand quiet she really actually
found a love for being on stagethis year?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, she did, and it was really good, very good For
somebody that was never in ashow before.
Just, you know, not just sayingit because you're my kid or our
kid, it's just you were verygood at it and it was a good
show.
So I'm looking forward toseason two, seeing Seussical,
the musical, and that's atWilson Southern, right, yes,
yeah, okay, wilson Southern.
Do you know the dates?
No, some point That'd be goodto know.
(04:06):
All right, so let's talk aboutgratitude.
All right, let's talk aboutthat, because I mean, we just
got past Thanksgiving.
Uh, we're now at Christmas, anda lot of times at the end of
the year, what we try to do isthink about what we're thankful
for, what we, what we can do togive back, or what we did to
give back, um, during the year.
So let's talk about that.
What are some of the thingsthat we did, or you guys did to
give back?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
We did the Opportunity House.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Okay, opportunity House, and what did we do there?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Served food for the homeless.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Very good, very good, and it was fun.
Right, it was a lot of fun.
We made chicken and what elsedid we make Chicken?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
We made like scallop potatoes, scallop potatoes and
we served cake too.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
The chicken was good.
It was really good, yeah, itwas really good.
So what else did we?
You guys just did something theother day that I thought was
really cool, and I was not withyou.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh, it was.
We went to McDonald's.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Okay, let Catherine talk to you about it.
Go ahead, no, go ahead, we wentto McDonald's and we had.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
We got cheeseburgers for these people that were
homeless and asking for food andthey really liked it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
But where did you see them at when?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
were you at Then.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
You saw them Target shopping center and they had the
signs there and stuff, andinstead of what you guys did is
you decided to go back toMcDonald's get a cheeseburger,
right?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Two cheeseburgers.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Two cheeseburgers and you gave them.
To them, were they thankful.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, that's cool.
That's really cool.
I was not there, but I thinkit's a great thing to do and
then we did the tree at church,like where you get the clothes.
Yeah, oh, okay, we did the tree.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It's like the.
What was it called again?
What was that called, mom?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
The tree at church, the Giving Tree, yeah, the
Giving Tree.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
And we picked up clothes for, I think, 9 to
12-year-olds.
Okay, yeah, months.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah 12.
So they know people that needstuff, right, and then you give
them that.
Okay.
And then Toys for Tots too.
We dropped those off at theBerkshire.
Okay, you guys got to get up inthe microphone, nobody's going
to hear you.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Dro Dropped them off at the bird.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Okay, very good, okay , good, good, good.
And then what about?
I know, Carson, you werecollecting food for school.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Oh yeah, we donated like $5,000 in cans to Helping
Harvest at my school.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Very cool.
I know you were taking stuff inevery day.
So your school donated all thatto the Helping Harvest, which
is awesome.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And Carson's part of student council this year, so we
get to help out with that a lot.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
That's right.
I had all the cans and had anassembly about it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Oh, that's cool, Very cool Awesome.
And we've been doing it for 22years 22 years They've been
giving food and stuff Wow,amazing.
So I got a question.
What did you ask for forChristmas this year, carson?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
PlayStation VR 2.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
What exactly is that?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Like a virtual reality thing it's like a
virtual reality PlayStationcompany thing.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Okay, this was just a new decision as of yesterday.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Oh, yesterday, when we were no, that's not true at
all.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
I've been asking for it since Up until that you said
a controller, but all right?
Speaker 1 (07:15):
No, that's not true at all but okay.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Okay.
So virtual reality is one ofthose things you put the goggles
on and you kind of just do thisright.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I thought you and Dad were excited when you saw that
at BJ's the other day.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
It was very cool.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Yeah, because you thought it wasn't a thing.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
It is a thing.
There you go.
Okay, there's a littlediscrepancy here on the
Christmas list, a little weirdthere.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Hopefully you told Santa.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Catherine?
What are you looking?
What were you asking for?
Speaker 1 (07:38):
An.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Apple Watch.
Apple Watch, okay, good, good,and that just works with your
phone, I guess, right, yeah?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Yes, you ask for from santa.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I asked for just peace.
No fighting with children.
They were making cookies rightbefore we.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
That's right, there's cookies here to try.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I say that isn't there some cookies to try here?
Katherine, you made cookies,yes, okay.
Are these edible?
Yes, okay, hugo, you had one.
Are you still alive?
Hugo liked it.
Hugo's still alive, so thatthat's good.
So I'm going to try a cookiehere.
Can I have some of your water?
No, because the thing will fall, but you can, if you want, go
ahead, that's fine, I'll do that.
Yeah, that's fine.
Oh, very good, very good.
(08:19):
Making quite the mess here.
Very good, cookies, though.
Okay.
So what are some of the otherthings?
Oh, you're doing for the firsttime?
You did band.
Yes, yeah, you did.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Our little drummer boy yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
And I think, what did you play?
You played snare.
I played the snare and bells,snare and bells, and that was
your first time playing right.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Yeah, first time in band.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Cool, catherine, you're doing, did you do do, did
you do do, did you do chorus?
You're doing some kind ofchorus thing.
What was that?
Speaker 1 (08:58):
I have a job for slack chorus and I'm in it at my
school.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay, cool.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
I was supposed to go to school with Carol, but I got
sick.
Oh, you got sick, that's right.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Carol, but I got sick .
Oh, you got sick.
That's right, you were supposedto go to school with Carol.
Amazing, amazing.
Well, is there anything elsethat we're?
What else are we lookingforward to in this year coming
up?
What are you doing?
She's like wolfing a wholecookie.
Oh my God, good, amazing,anything else that we're doing.
What are we doing this year?
Anything exciting, then we'llwrap, yeah, coming up in 2025.
(09:30):
What do you want to do?
I want to.
I don't know you guys aresilent this year.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
I definitely don't want to go to school.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Oh my gosh but.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
I want to go to Disney.
Oh, my gosh oh yeah, for my10th birthday.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Oh, that's right, You're turning 10.
Catherine, you're turning what?
13.
Whoa this year coming up she'sirish yeah yeah, exactly, all
right, is there anything else.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
We know how to get them quiet.
We'll just come in here yeah,I'll tell you what.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
I don't think I'd never heard you guys this quiet.
Well, what do we talk about?
Anything you can talk aboutanything you want you.
Just you have to talk.
Well, you could talk about.
Oh, I know what I wanted to askyou what is what is good, like
you are so into, like your nailsand your facial products?
What's the best moisturizer?
What do you use formoisturizers?
(10:21):
Right now, you've got to get upon the mic so we understand it.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Bubble.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
What's bubble?
You've got to expand, expand.
It's like a little thingy.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
You press it down and it makes a little flower.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Okay, but this, and then you put it on your face.
And it's cheaper than otherstuff.
Is that a moisturizer?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
A moisturizer.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Okay, moisturizer.
Okay good, I like it.
And Carson, what do you thinkabout these Eagles?
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Well, I feel like Saquon Barkley might get MVP.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
And we might be up in the Super Bowl this year.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
You think the Eagles will be in the Super Bowl?
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I hope so If we keep playing good and we get Jalen
Hurts back, yes, oh yeah, yeah,he got hurt, that's right.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
So, Catherine, what's your question?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
What's your favorite Christmas song?
I mean, I know you don't likeblues.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Favorite Christmas song.
You know it's funny.
I like the one with Elton Johnand Ed Sheeran.
What about you, mom?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
I like that one, but I'm also a traditional Elton
John's Step Into Christmas, ohgosh.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
So sick of that song.
So sick of that song, go ahead.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
My favorite, as you should know, is Carol of the
Bells.
It's a good one, it's a classic.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Carol of the Bells.
Yes, I don't think I know thatone.
Yes, you do.
Oh, that one.
Yeah, that's nice, that's anice song, carson, what's your?
Okay, you don't have one.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Blue Christmas.
Blue Christmas, that's my leastfavorite?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Oh, my goodness, hugo , what's your favorite Christmas
song?
The Little Drummer Boy.
Oh, okay, that's a differentone.
That's a good one.
I like that.
That's a good one.
What do you look forward to?
We're going to do a couple morequestions, then we're going to
go.
What do you look forward toaround Christmas that we do as a
family?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Giving me gifts.
No, I'm just joking, I don'tknow Just being together,
because I like being together,like on Christmas Day, and it's
fun.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Okay, I don't know.
And eating the food.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Eating the food.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
You making your good French toast.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Oh, there we go, Jess .
What are you looking forward to?
I hate French toast.
She hates French toast, that'sright.
I forgot.
What are you looking forward to?
What do you look forward to?
Like every year, like ah, thisis what I look forward to.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
On Christmas or anything around the.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Christmas time, you know, food or something that you
look forward to Anything.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Well, obviously, being with family, but we before
Christmas, I look, I enjoy whenwe go out looking at lights.
Oh wait, yeah we're doing that.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
We're going to do that, yeah, and also um one
other question real quick toowhen?
When do you start listening toChristmas songs?
Do we start Um?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
after the day after Halloween.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Day after Halloween.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Starting now, I've learned from dad, like later in
December.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Yeah Well, like later in December.
Well, that's Dad's choice, youdon't?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
have to do that.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Well, that's what happens, See.
I think Christmas songs shouldstart.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
I think they should.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Yeah, I agree.
And what happens is Jet's likeno, you don't get sick of them.
No, when do you start listening, jess?
Speaker 3 (13:08):
As soon as the channel turns to Holly.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
So you rely on XM, sirius XM, for your Christmas
songs, right.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
This year it was the day after Halloween.
This is too early, way tooearly.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
It's also just because they play most of the
same songs over and over again.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Yeah, I agree, I agree, I agree, like Blue
Christmas Rockin' Around theChristmas Tree you just said
that was your favorite, but likeit's getting old, no rocking
around the Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
They always play.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
They always play all the Christmas, isn't it a?
Speaker 1 (13:35):
sleigh ride.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Sleigh ride together with you, yeah, yeah, all right.
Anything else?
I think that's it.
I don't think so, all right.
Well, we have to wish everybodya very Merry Christmas.
That's all for now.
Okay, that's a very MerryChristmas we have.
I hope everybody has a great2025.
Yes, you know so much to bethankful for.
We're here, we're healthy, wehave great times coming up in
(13:58):
the next week and a half, andwe'll see everybody next year.
What does Grampy say?
God willing, see ya.
Merry Christmas, everybody.
Happy New Year and we'll seeyou next year.
All right, that's about it.
Bye, this is short.
Everybody, happy New Year andwe'll see you next year.
Alright, that's about it.
from real estate to real life and everything in
between the brad weisman showand now your host, brad weisman.
All right, this is the showyou've all been waiting for.
I don't know about that, but no, this is our christmas special
show and you can probably seethat because, you see, I have
(00:22):
this really nice looking jacketon right now that everybody
hates.
But I just wanted to say MerryChristmas.
It's Christmas Eve and forChristmas Eve I brought in my
family.
Hi, family.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Hi Merry Christmas.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Catherine, you can say hello, hello.
Okay, there we go.
No, so we thought we'd bringyou guys back in.
It's by popular demand that youcome back in, because there is
several people.
I know one that actually saidit right away was our neighbor,
georgie.
She said you got to have thekids on more often and she
didn't see us setting up though.
So you know it's a little rough.
(00:58):
When we set up, there was acouple of people who said that
but thanks for being on the show, guys.
Yep, there was a couple ofpeople who said that but thanks
for being on the show, guys.
Yep, yep, you guys are so quiet, hugo, they're so quiet.
I know Were they quiet beforewe started recording.
They got it lined up now.
Yeah, exactly, so, no, so Iwant to first say how was your
year?
Did you have a good year?
Speaker 3 (01:15):
We had a good year.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Went quick, went quick, mm Okay, so what did you
do?
That was fun this year,anything fun.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Universal.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Universal.
Catherine, do you have a voiceor not?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
We went to St Thomas and that was really fun.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
St Thomas.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
And we snorkeled.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
And you snorkeled.
That's right.
What did you see when yousnorkeled?
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Sea turtles.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Wow, sea turtles Awesome.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
And you, Catherine, you had your play.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Oh, there you go.
Yep, catherine, you can talk.
You can talk.
Yes, I did.
Okay, tell me about the showyou were in.
I was in Matilda, what part?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
did you play?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Matilda, matilda, how'd that go it?
Was good, okay, so think aboutthis this is the only show
you've ever been on, or no?
Yeah, and so did you like theexperience?
Oh my God, they can't hear younod your head.
I don't like when I keep going.
Oh, you have to.
That's how you're going to hearit.
Jess, do you talk more thanthem?
I don't know, but no, so, okay,so you did the universal thing.
(02:12):
What was your favorite part,though, of St Thomas?
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Going on the boat.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
On the boat.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Oh yeah, when we were had that meal, meal.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Oh, the meal.
We did have a really good meal,Jess.
What do you think about themeal?
Was the meal good?
Oh, the meal was good yeah, themeal and the boat.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
The shrimp was really good.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
The shrimp were good.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
I was laughing because the snorkeling was the
experience and he remembers themeal.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yeah, that is pretty funny.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
It was impressive he takes after his father the meal
there.
Speaker 2 (02:41):
So the meal was really good.
By the way, that was excellent.
We had a really good meal.
Let's go back to Catherine.
You did the show last year.
Okay, it was Matilda.
Okay, did.
Well, did you audition foranother show this year?
Got to come up to themicrophone.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Like at school.
Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Yeah, so tell me about that.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
We're doing Seussical , seussical.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Seussical, seussical, seussical.
The musical, yes, okay, tell mesomething about that.
It's obviously Dr Seuss.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Okay, and what part did you get?
Speaker 1 (03:12):
JoJo.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
JoJo and then, yeah, and JoJo, is that a good part?
What is that?
That's?
Speaker 1 (03:18):
like one of the main roles.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Okay, cool yeah, you excited, yeah, very cool yeah,
you excited, yeah, very cool,I'm excited Are you excited?
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Yeah, we don't know much about the show.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
We don't know anything about the show.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, we started rehearsal after.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
It's so weird but contrary to what we're seeing
right now with her being so shyand quiet she really actually
found a love for being on stagethis year?
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, she did, and it was really good, very good For
somebody that was never in ashow before.
Just, you know, not just sayingit because you're my kid or our
kid, it's just you were verygood at it and it was a good
show.
So I'm looking forward toseason two, seeing Seussical,
the musical, and that's atWilson Southern, right, yes,
yeah, okay, wilson Southern.
Do you know the dates?
No, some point That'd be goodto know.
(04:06):
All right, so let's talk aboutgratitude.
All right, let's talk aboutthat, because I mean, we just
got past Thanksgiving.
Uh, we're now at Christmas, anda lot of times at the end of
the year, what we try to do isthink about what we're thankful
for, what we, what we can do togive back, or what we did to
give back, um, during the year.
So let's talk about that.
What are some of the thingsthat we did, or you guys did to
give back?
Speaker 1 (04:24):
We did the Opportunity House.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
Okay, opportunity House, and what did we do there?
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Served food for the homeless.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Very good, very good, and it was fun.
Right, it was a lot of fun.
We made chicken and what elsedid we make Chicken?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
We made like scallop potatoes, scallop potatoes and
we served cake too.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
The chicken was good.
It was really good, yeah, itwas really good.
So what else did we?
You guys just did something theother day that I thought was
really cool, and I was not withyou.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh, it was.
We went to McDonald's.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Okay, let Catherine talk to you about it.
Go ahead, no, go ahead, we wentto McDonald's and we had.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
We got cheeseburgers for these people that were
homeless and asking for food andthey really liked it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
But where did you see them at when?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
were you at Then.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
You saw them Target shopping center and they had the
signs there and stuff, andinstead of what you guys did is
you decided to go back toMcDonald's get a cheeseburger,
right?
Speaker 1 (05:22):
Two cheeseburgers.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Two cheeseburgers and you gave them.
To them, were they thankful.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, that's cool.
That's really cool.
I was not there, but I thinkit's a great thing to do and
then we did the tree at church,like where you get the clothes.
Yeah, oh, okay, we did the tree.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
It's like the.
What was it called again?
What was that called, mom?
Speaker 3 (05:43):
The tree at church, the Giving Tree, yeah, the
Giving Tree.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
And we picked up clothes for, I think, 9 to
12-year-olds.
Okay, yeah, months.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Yeah 12.
So they know people that needstuff, right, and then you give
them that.
Okay.
And then Toys for Tots too.
We dropped those off at theBerkshire.
Okay, you guys got to get up inthe microphone, nobody's going
to hear you.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Dro Dropped them off at the bird.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Okay, very good, okay , good, good, good.
And then what about?
I know, Carson, you werecollecting food for school.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
Oh yeah, we donated like $5,000 in cans to Helping
Harvest at my school.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Very cool.
I know you were taking stuff inevery day.
So your school donated all thatto the Helping Harvest, which
is awesome.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
And Carson's part of student council this year, so we
get to help out with that a lot.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
That's right.
I had all the cans and had anassembly about it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Oh, that's cool, Very cool Awesome.
And we've been doing it for 22years 22 years They've been
giving food and stuff Wow,amazing.
So I got a question.
What did you ask for forChristmas this year, carson?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
PlayStation VR 2.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
What exactly is that?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Like a virtual reality thing it's like a
virtual reality PlayStationcompany thing.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Okay, this was just a new decision as of yesterday.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
Oh, yesterday, when we were no, that's not true at
all.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
I've been asking for it since Up until that you said
a controller, but all right?
Speaker 1 (07:15):
No, that's not true at all but okay.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Okay.
So virtual reality is one ofthose things you put the goggles
on and you kind of just do thisright.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
I thought you and Dad were excited when you saw that
at BJ's the other day.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
It was very cool.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
Yeah, because you thought it wasn't a thing.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
It is a thing.
There you go.
Okay, there's a littlediscrepancy here on the
Christmas list, a little weirdthere.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Hopefully you told Santa.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
Catherine?
What are you looking?
What were you asking for?
Speaker 1 (07:38):
An.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Apple Watch.
Apple Watch, okay, good, good,and that just works with your
phone, I guess, right, yeah?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Yes, you ask for from santa.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
I asked for just peace.
No fighting with children.
They were making cookies rightbefore we.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
That's right, there's cookies here to try.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
I say that isn't there some cookies to try here?
Katherine, you made cookies,yes, okay.
Are these edible?
Yes, okay, hugo, you had one.
Are you still alive?
Hugo liked it.
Hugo's still alive, so thatthat's good.
So I'm going to try a cookiehere.
Can I have some of your water?
No, because the thing will fall, but you can, if you want, go
ahead, that's fine, I'll do that.
Yeah, that's fine.
Oh, very good, very good.
(08:19):
Making quite the mess here.
Very good, cookies, though.
Okay.
So what are some of the otherthings?
Oh, you're doing for the firsttime?
You did band.
Yes, yeah, you did.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Our little drummer boy yeah.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
And I think, what did you play?
You played snare.
I played the snare and bells,snare and bells, and that was
your first time playing right.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Yeah, first time in band.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Cool, catherine, you're doing, did you do do, did
you do do, did you do chorus?
You're doing some kind ofchorus thing.
What was that?
Speaker 1 (08:58):
I have a job for slack chorus and I'm in it at my
school.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Okay, cool.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
I was supposed to go to school with Carol, but I got
sick.
Oh, you got sick, that's right.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Carol, but I got sick .
Oh, you got sick.
That's right, you were supposedto go to school with Carol.
Amazing, amazing.
Well, is there anything elsethat we're?
What else are we lookingforward to in this year coming
up?
What are you doing?
She's like wolfing a wholecookie.
Oh my God, good, amazing,anything else that we're doing.
What are we doing this year?
Anything exciting, then we'llwrap, yeah, coming up in 2025.
(09:30):
What do you want to do?
I want to.
I don't know you guys aresilent this year.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
I definitely don't want to go to school.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Oh my gosh but.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
I want to go to Disney.
Oh, my gosh oh yeah, for my10th birthday.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Oh, that's right, You're turning 10.
Catherine, you're turning what?
13.
Whoa this year coming up she'sirish yeah yeah, exactly, all
right, is there anything else.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
We know how to get them quiet.
We'll just come in here yeah,I'll tell you what.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
I don't think I'd never heard you guys this quiet.
Well, what do we talk about?
Anything you can talk aboutanything you want you.
Just you have to talk.
Well, you could talk about.
Oh, I know what I wanted to askyou what is what is good, like
you are so into, like your nailsand your facial products?
What's the best moisturizer?
What do you use formoisturizers?
(10:21):
Right now, you've got to get upon the mic so we understand it.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Bubble.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
What's bubble?
You've got to expand, expand.
It's like a little thingy.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
You press it down and it makes a little flower.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Okay, but this, and then you put it on your face.
And it's cheaper than otherstuff.
Is that a moisturizer?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
A moisturizer.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Okay, moisturizer.
Okay good, I like it.
And Carson, what do you thinkabout these Eagles?
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Well, I feel like Saquon Barkley might get MVP.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
And we might be up in the Super Bowl this year.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
You think the Eagles will be in the Super Bowl?
Speaker 1 (10:53):
I hope so If we keep playing good and we get Jalen
Hurts back, yes, oh yeah, yeah,he got hurt, that's right.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
So, Catherine, what's your question?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
What's your favorite Christmas song?
I mean, I know you don't likeblues.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Favorite Christmas song.
You know it's funny.
I like the one with Elton Johnand Ed Sheeran.
What about you, mom?
Speaker 3 (11:11):
I like that one, but I'm also a traditional Elton
John's Step Into Christmas, ohgosh.
Speaker 2 (11:16):
So sick of that song.
So sick of that song, go ahead.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
My favorite, as you should know, is Carol of the
Bells.
It's a good one, it's a classic.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Carol of the Bells.
Yes, I don't think I know thatone.
Yes, you do.
Oh, that one.
Yeah, that's nice, that's anice song, carson, what's your?
Okay, you don't have one.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Blue Christmas.
Blue Christmas, that's my leastfavorite?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Oh, my goodness, hugo , what's your favorite Christmas
song?
The Little Drummer Boy.
Oh, okay, that's a differentone.
That's a good one.
I like that.
That's a good one.
What do you look forward to?
We're going to do a couple morequestions, then we're going to
go.
What do you look forward toaround Christmas that we do as a
family?
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Giving me gifts.
No, I'm just joking, I don'tknow Just being together,
because I like being together,like on Christmas Day, and it's
fun.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Okay, I don't know.
And eating the food.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Eating the food.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
You making your good French toast.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Oh, there we go, Jess .
What are you looking forward to?
I hate French toast.
She hates French toast, that'sright.
I forgot.
What are you looking forward to?
What do you look forward to?
Like every year, like ah, thisis what I look forward to.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
On Christmas or anything around the.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Christmas time, you know, food or something that you
look forward to Anything.
Speaker 3 (12:28):
Well, obviously, being with family, but we before
Christmas, I look, I enjoy whenwe go out looking at lights.
Oh wait, yeah we're doing that.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
We're going to do that, yeah, and also um one
other question real quick toowhen?
When do you start listening toChristmas songs?
Do we start Um?
Speaker 1 (12:43):
after the day after Halloween.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Day after Halloween.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Starting now, I've learned from dad, like later in
December.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Yeah Well, like later in December.
Well, that's Dad's choice, youdon't?
Speaker 1 (12:53):
have to do that.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Well, that's what happens, See.
I think Christmas songs shouldstart.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
I think they should.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Yeah, I agree.
And what happens is Jet's likeno, you don't get sick of them.
No, when do you start listening, jess?
Speaker 3 (13:08):
As soon as the channel turns to Holly.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
So you rely on XM, sirius XM, for your Christmas
songs, right.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
This year it was the day after Halloween.
This is too early, way tooearly.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
It's also just because they play most of the
same songs over and over again.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Yeah, I agree, I agree, I agree, like Blue
Christmas Rockin' Around theChristmas Tree you just said
that was your favorite, but likeit's getting old, no rocking
around the Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
They always play.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
They always play all the Christmas, isn't it a?
Speaker 1 (13:35):
sleigh ride.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Sleigh ride together with you, yeah, yeah, all right.
Anything else?
I think that's it.
I don't think so, all right.
Well, we have to wish everybodya very Merry Christmas.
That's all for now.
Okay, that's a very MerryChristmas we have.
I hope everybody has a great2025.
Yes, you know so much to bethankful for.
We're here, we're healthy, wehave great times coming up in
(13:58):
the next week and a half, andwe'll see everybody next year.
What does Grampy say?
God willing, see ya.
Merry Christmas, everybody.
Happy New Year and we'll seeyou next year.
All right, that's about it.
Bye, this is short.
Everybody, happy New Year andwe'll see you next year.
Alright, that's about it.
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