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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Can we just get rid of ugly Christmas sweaters? Are
we done with that? Or is it something we have
to stick with?
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Aren't they kind of all ugly?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Well some would say that maybe. I don't know. It
just seems to be a thing and people have the
ugly sweater parties in this.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
I like, ma, I actually was thinking of wearing something
tomorrow to the Christmas do it.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
It's just the Santa cute little Santa sweater.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
I was thinking maybe, I no know, if you're still
into it? No, no, no, no, I'm just asking if
is it? Are we done with it? We're going to
continue with this?
Speaker 3 (00:35):
And I feel like I see more and more holiday
sweaters and T shirts and sweatshirts.
Speaker 4 (00:40):
Everywhere now, and they're turning moments of the year into
holiday sweaters. And I accidentally was part of Santa Con
over the weekend and there were ugly sweaters everywhere. So
I don't think it's going anywhere.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Okay, all right, how about sending Christmas cards? Can we
go ahead and just get rid of that?
Speaker 5 (00:57):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
I stopped doing that.
Speaker 4 (00:58):
I wish people would stop sending them to me. Because
then I feel bad that I feel.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Okay, I'm just looking for ways to streamline the holidays,
and I'm not trying to ball humbug everyone, but I
actually do.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Like getting them and reading all about stuff. But then
I do feel guilty, like Gandhi said, because we haven't
sent them ount in a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yeah, but do people expect it?
Speaker 4 (01:18):
Do they get upset? Like I've sent you a card,
you didn't send me a card.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
I think we've been taking off a couple of people's
lists because we didn't send them cards.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay, not get it. They reserve that right, and okay,
that's fine. I'm fine, all right. So so far I've
thrown out getting rid of ugly Christmas sweater is getting
rid of Christmas cards. I'm not saying we should. I'm
just asking you to think. Tank. Yes, how about this
gift giving? Gift giving in general, can we just scratch
that gift? No?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
I like giving gifts.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
I would I wish we could only give things that
were free, either something that you've gotten that you're never
going to use that you know somebody else would use,
or something from the hearts, or yeah, make something for somebody.
I feel like that's nicer than like a place.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I'm gonna make a macaroni frame, do it. I would
love it.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
I love macaroni art. All right, Okay, so we're gonna
keep gift giving them. We're not kidding. How about Secret
Santa gift exchanges? Can we just blow that up?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
No, I'm really pissed that we don't. Froggy here, Froggy
help me out here. I'm really pissed we don't do
that here anymore? Fun would that be to do it
our Christmas?
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Because of you? Because of you and Froggy, we don't
do it anymore.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
If Frogy and I promise not to find out who
everyone happened, I'm.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Not making that promise. That's not gonna happen, Froggy Daniel,
And that's part of the game. Like we like to
do that between ourselves. We like to try to go
who do you think did that? Who do you think?
Speaker 5 (02:37):
Who?
Speaker 2 (02:38):
I bet they? We're not ruining, We're not gonna We're
not gonna do it. It's part of your front.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Not out right damn it.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Yeah, scary? What would be fun? I like the one
where you buy a gift and then everyone you could
steal it. From each other. I think that's a better
version of the Christmas theft. Christmas theft okay, maybe we'll
we'll bring that, yeah back Christmas theft Okay. Other things,
maybe we can just ditch throw them overboard, as I say.
Just Christmas music in general.
Speaker 7 (03:06):
Just.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Okay, some of it?
Speaker 5 (03:12):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
So are there certain Christmas songs you do want to
get rid of?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
One for Christmas? I hate?
Speaker 4 (03:21):
Uh do they know it's Christmas? Of course they know,
have the calendar.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
What are you talking?
Speaker 1 (03:25):
I hate that junken lady song.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
I don't even know.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
I'm with you there. Maybe there are a few that
we can't get rid of Christmas Okay. I vote elf
on the Shelf goodbye.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
You can't. First of all, Santa sends him, so you
cannot get rid of him.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Elfie's a guy helf. Well you can have a girl
out that depends on.
Speaker 7 (03:46):
That.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
And alphab on the A little bit about Diddy on
the kiddy k we don't want that.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Is not welcome. I'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
My Snoop on the stoop doesn't move, he does. I
think he's high stay in the same spot.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Probably, Maybe new traditions, new traditions for the holidays every year,
you spend all day in your pajamas. I sort of
do that on Christmas when I can. Do you ever
do that? Or you have to dry stup because you
go into someone's house.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
No, we do Christmas Eve pajamas. Everyone's in pajamas at
my house on Christmas Eve and then Christmas Day. You
know me, I break out some kind of onesie.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
That's what I win.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
That's what I'm talking about every year, focusing more on
quality time together instead of the gifting and decorations and
the meals and stuff. Just well quality time, meals that
has worked together, but just more about time with each other.
The traditional holiday vacation is a big one. It's expensive, yeah,
but it's notice. But if you forego all the above,
all the stuff that costs money, maybe just to get
(04:45):
out of town for the weekend with everyone, like a
tropical Christmas would be nice. Yep, let's have a Christmas
in pajamas where everyone's required to wear pajamas.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
I usually do a tropical Christmas because my parents are
in Florida and they act like sixty seventy degrees. Thank
God for the weather change.
Speaker 5 (05:02):
It's great.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
A lot of people also have the big Christmas dinner.
I suggest, no, let's just have the big Christmas breakfast.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Oh why, what's wrong?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Why are you growing on that one?
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Nate?
Speaker 2 (05:15):
You got to get up even earlier then, right. I mean,
if you got kids and stuff, it's probably gonna happen,
so you might as well start making breakfast. Kind of
look forward to that turkey. It's like the two years.
Two times a year you get a turkey, okay, and ham.
It's only the only other day for ham.
Speaker 6 (05:30):
I argued with my mom yesterday over the ham argument.
She's the only one that neats to ham. And I said, Mom,
if you want ham, then you get it. I want
you to have what you want. But she orders a
ham big enough to feed the neighborhood. I'm like, Mom,
you're the only one that's gonna eat the ham. Nobody
else every Well, I want it to be there in
case somebody else does want it.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Mother's voice. By the way, look a half about a
ham from the deli. Just say, Mom, just that's fine,
She'll do ham. A lot of people say, also, maybe
you should spend the day volunteering, because there's always someone
who would love your time and your efforts. For sure,
let's see, but the di wive gifts things as gone.
He was talking about great, I love it. Uh friends only,
(06:15):
no family allowed, okay, okay.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
And there are a lot of fun games that Instagram
has and like TikTok has that you can play with
like red solo cups that don't inquire require drinking. So
we are implementing these at Christmas Eve this year. My
sister and I have all these fun games and we
like bought stuff at the Dollar Store and prizes and.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Stuff, so we'red okay, see so much fun. I'm so
exciting though, it'll be good.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, that's gifts. That's that's that's a gift worth giving. Yeah,
red solo cups with no alcohol in them, never scary, says,
how about gifts the only that are for people under
eighteen years old? Like, yeah, you have kids gifts for everyone? Yeah,
I say, yeah, under eighteen, you get a gift over eighteen.
Speaker 5 (06:58):
Stop the gift giving.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Oh that's love.
Speaker 4 (07:00):
I an adult sucks enough as it is.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
You're gonna take away our gifts.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
Nobody.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
I want something, I'm gonna buy it for myself.
Speaker 3 (07:06):
I don't want everybody can do that. So some people
like to get at present.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
I want people to still make me stuff.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Yeah, well, I'm thinking just give me a gift that
you would typically give like an eight year old, something
something fun.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
I'm hoping I get an Alpha BA doll this Christmas,
you know, the Barbie one.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
I'm hoping somebody get me.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
All right, Well, whatever your traditions are, you know, I'm
sure they're great in their traditions for a reason they've
been around and that they will continue to be around.
And that's great. But add something new this year. I
guess that's the challenge. If it could be brunch rather
than lunch or dinner, great, or maybe we all you know,
pack up the car and go do something on Christmas
and volunteer a time, or I don't know, just add
(07:46):
a tradition because we seem to get stuck in this
in this circle, the drain situation. We do the same
thing every year.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Yes, Kandhi, would you please make all of our lives
easier and create a list of things you actually would
like for Chris this because you're impossible to get somewhere.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
You guys can be wine every year. There's a tradition
we will we will keep.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
I know you want the wine.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
But you know, if that that's usually a collective like
a group present. If people want to get you something individually,
what the hell.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Do we get you?
Speaker 5 (08:15):
No?
Speaker 2 (08:15):
No, no, don't don't give me anything individually. Please don't, because
you're not getting.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
I don't get them, give this to give them.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
You're a menace.
Speaker 4 (08:26):
You're getting a present if it kills me.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
I'm just telling you that I hope.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
It kills you, because that's that's the goal. One call
from Clauding, then we'll move on. Clauding says, let's take
the stress out, and she has an idea taking the
stress out of Christmas and also at the same time
coming up with a new tradition. Hi Claudine, how you
doing up in New Haven? How are you feeling?
Speaker 5 (08:43):
Go wonderful? Good morning.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
Oh I love the quality of your phone.
Speaker 5 (08:48):
Oh thank you.
Speaker 7 (08:49):
We used to do the giant family dinner and everybody
had to bring something, and everybody would get stressed out,
and then you'd sit down and eat and everybody was crabby.
Speaker 5 (08:56):
It's like, well, this is a fun Christmas.
Speaker 7 (08:58):
So so we started doing Christmas tacos and literally like meat, cheese, lettuce,
taco shells and tomatoes. And that's all you get, and
we have so much fun. Everybody's happy. It's a great
excuse to drink tequila at like noon.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
It works out.
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Perfect tradition Christmas caros.
Speaker 2 (09:21):
If you want to do something where people want to contribute,
say we're having a Christmas taco bar. Bring whatever you
think would be kind of fun and unique on a taco,
and then all you have to do.
Speaker 5 (09:31):
Is like no, and then all they have to do
is like bring some diced onion. Wow, that was hard.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
You know what we did?
Speaker 1 (09:40):
We did Christmas Eve.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
We decided to do instead of like the fishes and
all that Italian stuff, we decided to do Chinese food.
Will God rest his soul for my dad because he
was not a happy camper. He was so pissed off.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
No one would turn down at a Christmas mogle guy, Pan,
are you kidding me?
Speaker 5 (09:58):
Hello?
Speaker 2 (09:59):
Best of us?
Speaker 4 (09:59):
Love it?
Speaker 1 (10:00):
We thought, is dad not so happy?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Whatever tradition you want to add this year, do that
and Clauding, thank you for the Christmas taco bar. Idea,
I'm in, I'm in, I'm coming to your house. Let
me all right, love you more. I have a very
merry Christmas