Resolutions & Excited For Christmas

It is almost the end of the year, did you keep your New Year's resolution? Dangerous Dave talks about how most didn't. Plus, what kids get excited about for Christmas.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is deeper in the den with dangerous day. Well,
if you made a health or exercise based New Year's
resolution back in January, this month is a home stretch.
It's the most difficult time to keep up. But wait,
who am I kidding? Does anybody still have one going?
According to a new report, only eighteen percent of American
adults made New Year's resolutions in twenty twenty five. That's

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down sharply from thirty eight percent in twenty twenty four.
Fifty percent of people who made resolutions admit they failed
in forty seven percent said they couldn't even make it
six months. As a matter of fact, most people fail
within the first two weeks. Thirty four percent who failed
said they just simply lost steam. One of the biggest
issues lifestyle. Many people find that if you're trying to

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make a change that doesn't fit your personal values and
long term goals, they're harder to commit to. For example,
if you're doing something temporary to be healthier, like going
vegetarian or trying to walk ten thousand steps a day,
you better have a chance for success if you plan
on making it a permanent change, rather than thinking, well,
I'm not giving it up for good. So to be honest,

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I had a resolution not to make New Year's resolutions,
and now I'm not even sure I was successful. In
the holiday season. Sure to be tough on kids, posing
for endless photos, those itchy sweaters, being forced to help decorate,
and mandatory hugs from relatives they barely remember. There's some
bright spots too, though, like presents. A website surveyed two

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thousand millennial parents with young kids and asked them what
things kids get excited about during the holidays. I know
you're going to be surprised by number one. Eighty one
percent of kids get thrilled by presents, just eighty one percent.
I'm guessinging the nineteen percent might be still horrified by
that episode of Hoarders that they're you're watching anyway, Kids
also get extremely excited about holiday lights and decorations at

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seventy two percent, holiday food and treats at sixty seven percent, Yeah,
the sugar, time off of school at sixty six percent,
holiday entertainment, family traditions, snow outdoor activities, staying up past
the typical bedtime, seeing extended family, and by the way,
back to the gifts. The number one answer. The average kid.
We'll ask parents for presents fifty one times during the

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holiday season, so about twice a day, and ear muffs
by the way. Top place parents hide gifts closets bedrooms second,
followed by the car basement and in the garage. I
just keep them hidden in Santa's bag in his workshop
at the North Pole and till Christmas. This makes it
easier that way, You mean again for another episode of

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Deeper in the Den with dangerous Dave light Year.