[00:00:06] If anyone asks, we're a nice, normal talk show. The Kate Dalley Show starts now!
[00:00:12] You know the real miracle of Christmas is that any religious significance remains.
[00:00:17] Despite the gaudy tinsel wrapping, the meaning of the Christ Mass remains somehow intact.
[00:00:23] Though our eager eyes now search the skies for man-made stars, we yet remember best the one which once upon a time stood still over a stable.
[00:00:33] This is the miracle of Christmas. Not that so many profane the day with self-indulgence, but that so many still trudge through the snow to an early service or a midnight mass.
[00:00:42] If after generations of effort we still tend to disparage the day, what do you suppose would happen if we instead renewed it?
[00:00:51] There are no more lengths to which we can go to dilute its significance. Perhaps we should revert to reverence.
[00:00:57] For if this magic day, despite the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, has somehow survived and thrived,
[00:01:04] my goodness, with proper care and tending, the love it represents might heal all of our hurts.
[00:01:10] The faith we could not starve to death, properly fed just once each year, might overwhelm the world.
[00:01:17] Anyway, we've tried everything else.
[00:01:19] The revitalization of Christmas will be as tedious as its erosion was gradual, but there's no better time than right now,
[00:01:25] because it's later than it's ever been.
[00:01:28] Where do we begin?
[00:01:30] With prayerful thankfulness, I think.
[00:01:33] Merry Christmas, we traditionally say to one another.
[00:01:36] Merry Christmas.
[00:01:38] Yet that's not the larger meaning of the day.
[00:01:41] It's his birthday, not ours.
[00:01:45] Well, welcome back.
[00:01:48] Hey, Daly Show.
[00:01:49] Slowly getting my voice back from last week and live today, out the rest of the year.
[00:01:56] It sounds so weird to say that, doesn't it?
[00:01:58] Out the rest of the year.
[00:02:00] So the call-in number is 888-673-1450.
[00:02:05] 888-673-1450.
[00:02:07] And if you're listening live, I urge you to call in.
[00:02:10] Any Christmas ideas, tips, stories, anything you want to share, something poignant that happened in your life, something that is funny, whichever.
[00:02:20] Everyone's got Christmas stories.
[00:02:22] Have you ever noticed that?
[00:02:23] When families get together, most of it's sharing of past Christmases.
[00:02:27] What happened?
[00:02:28] Because these are the times we all get together, right?
[00:02:30] And I do love time with grandkids and kids.
[00:02:34] It's so much fun.
[00:02:35] I really look forward to this time every year and time off with the family.
[00:02:39] I'm very much looking forward to that this year.
[00:02:42] And it's been quite a year, to tell you the truth.
[00:02:47] So I'll share a couple of things with you in this hour, but I also want to hear.
[00:02:54] I prefer hearing from you, actually.
[00:02:57] I always love hearing what you have to say and if there was something that you wanted to share with people.
[00:03:02] In the last hour, I shared the fact that that woman had the candlelight dinner on Christmas Eve with her little kids and talked about with the shepherd's meal and talked about Christ and talked about what they might have eaten and what they might have done the night before Christ was born.
[00:03:20] And I think that those things are so special to tradition.
[00:03:23] And I love you young moms and dads that are really trying to find your way with your own traditions and your own things that you do.
[00:03:32] And you're coming up with some of the most wonderful things.
[00:03:35] I wish I would have done that with my kids.
[00:03:37] I think that would have been really nice.
[00:03:38] I was a big proponent of candlelight dinner because I loved it because it was very calming, actually, for the family after a long day of craziness.
[00:03:46] And also, I just loved it, right, because I was raised that way, too, where we would have sometimes we'd have dinner with candles, candlelight, just to bring on the calm.
[00:03:56] So I get that.
[00:03:58] I also shared a recipe for butterscotch rolls.
[00:04:00] And people always ask me in the last hour, people always ask me, do you put them in a bundt pan and make monkey bread?
[00:04:06] No, no, no, just regular rolls.
[00:04:08] And so while they're rising, about halfway through, you take them and dip them in butter and butter.
[00:04:13] You also dip them in a mixture of butterscotch pudding mix, brown sugar, about a fourth cup, a teaspoon of cinnamon and crushed walnuts or pecans.
[00:04:22] And you roll them around in that after the melted butter.
[00:04:25] And then you just let them rise all the way and then stick them in the oven just like you normally would.
[00:04:29] And they're so good.
[00:04:30] They are delightful.
[00:04:32] Butterscotch rolls are a favorite at my house.
[00:04:34] Also, Christmas corn puffs.
[00:04:36] Oh, my gosh.
[00:04:38] This is one of my most requested recipes.
[00:04:43] And it's so bad for you.
[00:04:45] You're going to have a diabetic coma just listening to this.
[00:04:50] But you'll live, okay?
[00:04:52] One of those big bags of Chester's corn puffs, okay?
[00:04:56] Plain if you can.
[00:04:57] You can use butter but plain, okay?
[00:05:00] And get a big old bag of that.
[00:05:03] And if you have to get the smaller bags, get like four of them, okay?
[00:05:06] And then in a pan, you're going to put three ingredients.
[00:05:09] You're going to put two and a half cups or two and two-thirds cup of sugar.
[00:05:15] Two and two-thirds cups of sugar.
[00:05:17] I know.
[00:05:17] It's a lot.
[00:05:18] And a whole cup of corn syrup.
[00:05:21] And a whole pound of butter.
[00:05:23] You're going to mix that up, boil it for three minutes, okay?
[00:05:28] Stirring it three minutes.
[00:05:30] And then while it's still on the heat, you're going to add in a bag and a half of marshmallows.
[00:05:34] The little ones, you know?
[00:05:36] Bag and a half because they sell them in smaller bags now.
[00:05:40] So a bag and a half of marshmallows and a teaspoon of vanilla.
[00:05:43] You're going to melt that down and you're going to pour it on those corn puffs.
[00:05:46] And you're going to mix it all up.
[00:05:48] And you're going to let it cool on wax paper.
[00:05:50] And I'm telling you, it's delicious.
[00:05:54] And when you do this, too, it is so good.
[00:05:56] And you're going to die.
[00:05:58] It's so addicting.
[00:05:59] And I also sprinkle red sand sugar all over it, too.
[00:06:03] Anyway, you're going to die because it's so good.
[00:06:06] And after it cools for about an hour, it's more delicious.
[00:06:09] So make sure you let it cool first.
[00:06:11] And I get requests for this all the time.
[00:06:14] It is a family favorite of mine.
[00:06:17] A neighbor used to deliver this to our house.
[00:06:18] And we used to fight over it.
[00:06:20] So this is the Christmas corn puff recipe.
[00:06:23] And recipes have changed.
[00:06:25] Back in the day, a cake mix used to be 18 ounces.
[00:06:28] Now it's not.
[00:06:30] It's a lot smaller.
[00:06:31] So when you go back to these old recipes, you have to convert them now.
[00:06:35] And also, like on the marshmallows, now they're 10-ounce bags.
[00:06:39] They used to be 14 or 16-ounce bags.
[00:06:41] And so you have to be really careful on measurements.
[00:06:43] But a bag and a half of marshmallows, because I think it's like 16 ounces.
[00:06:48] All right.
[00:06:49] Or 14 ounces or something.
[00:06:51] Okay.
[00:06:51] Caller, welcome to the show.
[00:06:52] Go right ahead.
[00:06:54] Raisins in the stuffing for me.
[00:06:56] Really?
[00:06:57] Raisins, huh?
[00:06:58] I've never put raisins in the stuffing.
[00:07:00] Really?
[00:07:01] Okay.
[00:07:01] It makes it sweeter and juicier.
[00:07:03] I voted for Bill Wyman.
[00:07:06] I know.
[00:07:07] I did too.
[00:07:07] For governor.
[00:07:08] Yeah.
[00:07:08] First hour.
[00:07:09] Yes.
[00:07:09] I know.
[00:07:10] I stand behind him firmly.
[00:07:12] I'm with you.
[00:07:13] Hey, Kate.
[00:07:14] Yeah.
[00:07:14] Hey, Kate, I'm really grateful for the super majority.
[00:07:19] Yes.
[00:07:19] About 80% of people are good people.
[00:07:23] They really are.
[00:07:24] Safe, family, fun, fungibles.
[00:07:28] But I just, I really am.
[00:07:31] I am.
[00:07:31] Me too.
[00:07:32] Thank you for that.
[00:07:32] Merry Christmas.
[00:07:32] Me too.
[00:07:33] You too.
[00:07:33] Merry Christmas.
[00:07:34] Thank you for the call.
[00:07:35] I agree.
[00:07:36] I agree with you.
[00:07:36] By the way, if you want like a little reminiscing for just a moment, I love this actually.
[00:07:45] An old Christmas, Laura Ingalls Wilder, when she was preparing for Christmas on the Kansas
[00:07:50] Prairie, you want to know what they ate?
[00:07:52] Ma was busy all day long cooking good things for Christmas, salt rising bread, engine bread,
[00:08:00] Swedish crackers, huge pan of baked beans with salt pork and molasses.
[00:08:04] She baked vinegar, dried apple pies, filled a big jar with cookies and let Laura and Mary
[00:08:12] lick the cake spoon.
[00:08:14] And that was her Christmas.
[00:08:16] She was delighted to find a shiny new tin cup.
[00:08:19] I'm sure you guys remember the episode.
[00:08:21] A peppermint candy, just one, a heart shaped cake and a brand new penny in her stocking.
[00:08:29] And in those days, those four small gifts were a wealth of gifts to a young girl.
[00:08:35] I remember my grandma being raised in central Utah, actually, after her family was part of
[00:08:43] the group that settled that area.
[00:08:44] And she got those stockings.
[00:08:46] She had stockings for the first time.
[00:08:49] And she stood on the kitchen table, young girl, stood on the kitchen table, putting on
[00:08:54] her stockings in front of all of her siblings.
[00:08:56] They didn't have a penny, you know.
[00:09:00] And boy, that was a big deal.
[00:09:02] And she said to get an orange was a really big deal because it was hard to get citrus coming
[00:09:08] in, you know, this far inland, right, from California.
[00:09:12] So those little things meant a lot.
[00:09:15] And it's so amazing to me how far we've gone.
[00:09:19] I wouldn't say come because I don't know that it's a great thing, but how far we've maneuvered
[00:09:25] out of what Christmas sort of used to be and used to be about.
[00:09:31] Not that it was about nylons, but it was simpler and it was less and it was fun.
[00:09:40] And it's still fun.
[00:09:41] I still love it.
[00:09:42] And we're all creating traditions.
[00:09:43] I think it's wonderful to have a ton of traditions and things you do because those are the things
[00:09:49] you cling to.
[00:09:50] Those are the things that in hard times, which we might possibly get.
[00:09:54] I say that with a smile because I think we all have read this story.
[00:09:57] But when that comes, we all will think about these times and these moments.
[00:10:04] And I think it's so important to build that right now.
[00:10:06] And if you're feeling alone at Christmas, don't.
[00:10:09] You're not alone.
[00:10:10] I promise you.
[00:10:11] There's a lot of other people who might be sitting by themselves who are not alone either.
[00:10:15] We're all, we get it, right?
[00:10:17] We realize we're all there and you're not alone.
[00:10:20] You're not as alone as you think you are.
[00:10:23] And find a good group of friends.
[00:10:25] Find a good group.
[00:10:26] Find a neighbor.
[00:10:28] Go share a season with a neighbor.
[00:10:31] There's lots of people around that would love to be able to be invited and spend time.
[00:10:36] And sometimes we go into the all family holiday.
[00:10:39] And we've always extended that through the years to people that lived around us or, you
[00:10:44] know, tried to make sure that we included a lot of other people in our holiday festivities.
[00:10:50] And I've always loved that because it's a good reminder to my kids and grandkids that, yes,
[00:10:55] there's so many people that need to be included because not everybody has a huge, large family
[00:11:01] to share in festivities with.
[00:11:03] And I just think it's really, really important and also important to help and give at this
[00:11:08] time of year.
[00:11:09] Sometimes people cling so tightly to their money and it always intrigues me because I'm
[00:11:14] always thinking, gosh, you know, you don't know how long you have on this earth.
[00:11:18] So, you know, the moments that you'll always treasure are the ones where you're giving and
[00:11:23] helping.
[00:11:23] And I've always appreciated my husband for this is he's always right on board with helping
[00:11:28] and giving and making sure, you know, that that's a part of this season.
[00:11:33] So really important to my family.
[00:11:36] And I hope it's important to yours too.
[00:11:38] And I'm sure it is.
[00:11:40] And I'll tell you what, when I meet you out and about and you listen to the show, I mean,
[00:11:47] salt of the earth listens to the show.
[00:11:50] I just, I just love you guys.
[00:11:52] It's been, it's been a year, you know, I took a lot of heat for, for saying that Trump was
[00:11:57] going to be installed.
[00:11:58] And I knew, I knew, I knew all the signs where everything was there.
[00:12:02] I mean, they were basically telling us.
[00:12:04] Um, so when people say, you know, we have control of the election, see now, no, it's exactly the
[00:12:11] opposite.
[00:12:11] We do not have control over the election.
[00:12:14] And this should have told everybody that I took a lot of heat for that, but I appreciate
[00:12:17] you standing by me because I just, I'm just about the truth.
[00:12:21] And I recognized a lot of things and a lot of signs coming into this year that we were
[00:12:26] going to be sort of put in a direction of a little bit more complacency, kind of the
[00:12:31] fat, happy, complacent.
[00:12:33] And, and we need to be really on guard this year.
[00:12:36] I'm telling you, there's a lot coming our way.
[00:12:37] We're just not realizing how much is there for many people out there.
[00:12:42] I think you get it, but I think there's many that don't, but we will, we're going to help.
[00:12:47] We're going to help them be right back on the Kate Daly show.
[00:13:08] This is the Kate Daly show.
[00:13:54] Interesting song, right?
[00:14:26] That's a rocker, long haired rocker.
[00:14:30] Dan Bass.
[00:14:44] Yeah.
[00:14:44] You know, it is, there's something really touching about that though, in a way, if you're
[00:14:48] really thinking about it, here's a rocker that looks like you would not sing about Christ
[00:14:52] singing about Christ.
[00:14:53] I think that's kind of cool.
[00:14:55] It's kind of cool.
[00:14:56] All right.
[00:14:56] One more story.
[00:14:57] And then I'm going to open up the phone line.
[00:14:58] So here's a wonderful story.
[00:15:01] 1949.
[00:15:02] Here we go.
[00:15:03] A light was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the Methodist church, eager to
[00:15:07] get home and play with the presents that Santa had left for us and our baby sister, Sharon.
[00:15:12] Across the street from the church was a Pan American gas station where the Greyhound bus
[00:15:18] stopped.
[00:15:18] It was closed for Christmas, but I noticed a family standing outside the locked door, huddled
[00:15:24] under the narrow overhang in an attempt to keep dry.
[00:15:27] I wondered briefly why they were there, but then forgot about them as I raced to keep up
[00:15:31] with Jill.
[00:15:33] Once we got home, there was barely time to enjoy our presents.
[00:15:36] We had to go off to our grandparents' house for our annual Christmas dinner.
[00:15:41] As we drove down the highway through town, I noticed that the family was still there,
[00:15:45] standing outside the closed gas station.
[00:15:49] My father was driving very slowly down the highway.
[00:15:52] The closer we got to the turnoff from my grandparents' house, the slower the car went.
[00:15:57] Suddenly, my father U-turned in the middle of the road and said,
[00:16:00] I can't stand it.
[00:16:02] What?
[00:16:03] Asked my mother.
[00:16:04] It's those people back there at the Pan Am, standing in the rain.
[00:16:07] They've got children.
[00:16:08] It's Christmas.
[00:16:09] I can't stand it.
[00:16:10] When my father pulled into the service station, I saw that there were five of them,
[00:16:14] the parents and three children, two girls and a small boy.
[00:16:18] My father rolled down his window.
[00:16:20] Merry Christmas, he said.
[00:16:22] Howdy, the man replied.
[00:16:24] He was very tall and had to stoop slightly to peer into the car.
[00:16:28] Jill, Sharon and I stared at the children and they stared back at us.
[00:16:33] You waiting on the bus?
[00:16:34] My father asked.
[00:16:35] The man said that they were.
[00:16:37] They were going to Birmingham where he had a brother and prospects of a job.
[00:16:41] Well, that bus isn't going to come along for several hours and you're getting wet standing there.
[00:16:47] Windbourne's just a couple miles up the road.
[00:16:49] They've got a shed with a cover there and some benches, my father said.
[00:16:52] Why don't you all get in the car and I'll run you up there?
[00:16:55] The man thought for a moment and then he beckoned to his family.
[00:16:58] They climbed into the car.
[00:17:00] They had no luggage, only the clothes they were wearing.
[00:17:03] Once they were settled in, my father looked back over his shoulder and asked the children if Santa had found them yet.
[00:17:10] Three glum faces mutely gave him the answer.
[00:17:13] Well, I didn't think so, my father said, winking at my mother,
[00:17:16] because when I saw Santa this morning, he told me he was having trouble finding y'all.
[00:17:20] And he asked me if he could leave your toys at my house.
[00:17:24] We'll just go get them before I take you to the bus stop.
[00:17:28] All at once, the three children's faces lit up and they began to bounce around in the back seat, laughing and chattering.
[00:17:36] When we got out of the car at our house, the three children ran through the front door and straight to the toys that were spread out under our Christmas tree.
[00:17:44] One of the girls spied Jill's doll and immediately hugged it to her breast.
[00:17:48] I remember that the little boy grabbed Sharon's ball and the other girl picked up something of mine.
[00:17:55] All this happened a long time ago, but the memory of it remains clear.
[00:17:59] This was the Christmas when my sisters and I learned the joy of making others happy.
[00:18:05] My mother noticed that the middle child was wearing a short-sleeved dress, so she gave the girl Jill's only sweater to wear.
[00:18:14] My father invited them to join us at our grandparents' for Christmas dinner, but the parents refused.
[00:18:19] Even when we all tried to talk them into coming, they were firm in their decision.
[00:18:24] Back in the car on the way to Winborn, my father asked the man if he had money for bus fare.
[00:18:29] His brother had sent tickets, the man said.
[00:18:32] My father reached into his pocket and pulled out $2, which was all he had left until his next payday.
[00:18:38] He pressed the money into the man's hand.
[00:18:40] The man tried to give it back, but my father insisted.
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[00:21:05] Like a genocide.
[00:21:19] Listen to what they said.
[00:21:21] Your government wants you dead.
[00:21:23] With booster jabs that last forevermore.
[00:21:27] It's beginning to look a lot like genocide.
[00:21:32] With every jab you'll see if you're watching BBC is at all.
[00:21:42] I could care.
[00:21:43] Horace has said to be rather...
[00:21:44] Terrible song.
[00:21:45] I know.
[00:21:46] It's terrible.
[00:21:47] And terrible message.
[00:21:48] And what a reality that we're living under.
[00:21:51] Oh, good grief.
[00:21:52] Anyway, there's nothing like trying to pull the Christmas out of Christmas, though.
[00:21:58] And we're going to do it.
[00:21:59] We are going to do it.
[00:22:01] Welcome back.
[00:22:02] Kate Daly Show.
[00:22:03] And yeah, I've got more things to play, but I'd rather hear from you.
[00:22:07] 888-673-1450.
[00:22:08] 888-673-1450.
[00:22:11] You know I love this time of year.
[00:22:12] I'll share some things with you, but I did want to play just the last two minutes of that story.
[00:22:19] Let me go ahead and play it, because his dad, the only money that he had, he put in the gentleman's hand.
[00:22:25] And here we go.
[00:22:27] My father reached into his pocket and pulled out $2, which was all he had left until his next payday.
[00:22:33] He pressed the money into the man's hand.
[00:22:35] The man tried to give it back, but my father insisted.
[00:22:38] It'll be late when you get to Birmingham, and these children will be hungry before then.
[00:22:42] Take it.
[00:22:43] I've been broke before, and I know what it's like when you can't feed your family.
[00:22:48] We left him there at the bus stop in Windbourne.
[00:22:51] As we drove away, I watched out the window as long as I could, looking back at the little girl hugging her new doll.
[00:23:02] You know, I'm going to venture to guess right now.
[00:23:06] That was Paul Osler, by the way.
[00:23:07] I'm going to venture to guess that you've had some rough Christmases, and I'm also going to venture to guess that you've had some pretty good ones.
[00:23:14] And, you know, I would actually make me happy to know that.
[00:23:21] And I do.
[00:23:23] I want my kids to experience Christmases that aren't great, so they'll appreciate the ones that are and really understand what Christmas is really about and the reality of Christmas.
[00:23:33] I feel like if every Christmas is perfect and wonderful and amazing, what does that do for your kids?
[00:23:39] I don't know that it does what we want it to do.
[00:23:42] I think ideally it would be nice, right, in our mind.
[00:23:45] But really, isn't it the truth, though, that when you've had some Christmases away from home, when you have struggled, when you have been in the most horrible situations, it really makes you appreciate and get to the reality of the message and beauty of Christmas.
[00:24:04] So I wish you both, you know, horrible Christmases and great Christmases, because otherwise I don't know that we would really appreciate and get down to the real message of Christmas.
[00:24:15] We get lost in the whole Santa thing.
[00:24:17] We get lost in the, I don't know, what is it, competition amongst, you know, people around you and Christmas and can you make your home an Instagram Christmas, you know?
[00:24:28] Who cares? Don't do it. Don't get sucked into that. It doesn't matter.
[00:24:34] And honestly, your kids just want you to have reality Christmas.
[00:24:38] I mean, because it's really what the message is about.
[00:24:41] And you know what? Let's think about the good. Let's talk about the good part for a second.
[00:24:46] To me, anyway, the greatest part is that as a world, this is the most beloved and most celebrated holiday in the world.
[00:24:57] Still, and it's 2024. How cool is that?
[00:25:02] We could be living in a society that has completely rejected Christ and doesn't even acknowledge the day.
[00:25:09] And everybody works.
[00:25:11] So I'm grateful in this country, at least.
[00:25:14] It is the most celebrated holiday.
[00:25:18] It is the most celebrated event.
[00:25:21] And even if there are some people out there, they don't even realize what the full event is and think it's all about Santa.
[00:25:28] At least, at the very least, you and I know that it is still there, right?
[00:25:34] It's still there.
[00:25:35] It's still the most celebrated event.
[00:25:38] I love that.
[00:25:39] That should make us warm and fuzzy, shouldn't it?
[00:25:43] Well, I would hope so.
[00:25:44] I would think so, anyway.
[00:25:47] 888-673-1450, of course.
[00:25:49] And I shared with you the Christmas corn puff recipe.
[00:25:53] Oh, it's addicting.
[00:25:54] I don't know if you're going to really want to make it.
[00:25:57] You won't stop eating it.
[00:25:59] I'm telling you.
[00:25:59] And the butterscotch rolls.
[00:26:01] That's a Christmas treat, if there ever was one.
[00:26:05] The butterscotch rolls.
[00:26:06] And listen to the last part of Hour 2, if you want that recipe.
[00:26:12] And all of this will be on podcast at katedallyradio.com.
[00:26:15] So share it far and wide, please.
[00:26:17] And so let me play this for you.
[00:26:20] I thought this was really heartwarming.
[00:26:21] Here we go.
[00:26:22] And I've played this before on the show, but I love it.
[00:26:24] Here we go.
[00:26:25] The best holiday stories are like a good wine, and that they grow out of stress.
[00:26:29] And like a fine wine, they get better with age.
[00:26:31] In my family, a single phrase opens a story like a door to a cross between an advent calendar
[00:26:37] and a haunted house, each portal harboring a ghost of Christmas past.
[00:26:41] There was the year of the salad dressing when my sister's new husband, eager to make a good
[00:26:46] impression on our family, leapt up at the Christmas dinner table to dress the salad.
[00:26:51] Unfortunately, he hadn't checked to see if the cab was on the bottle.
[00:26:54] So as he smiled and shook the bottle, the family looked on with horror as Italian salad
[00:26:58] dressing flew over his shoulder and all over the new curtains.
[00:27:02] The year of the peaches happened decades before my birth.
[00:27:05] During Prohibition, my grandfather had made some of his famous homebrew and left it to
[00:27:10] ferment in the cellar.
[00:27:11] During Christmas dinner, while the preacher sat at the table, some of the bottles began
[00:27:15] to explode.
[00:27:16] Everybody knew the sound and what it was.
[00:27:18] But my grandfather, without batting an eye, looked at my grandmother and said,
[00:27:22] There go your peaches, honey.
[00:27:24] A catchphrase in our family ever since.
[00:27:27] My first memory is the year of the TV dinner.
[00:27:30] As kids, when we went to the grocery store, my brother and I usually sat in the car while
[00:27:34] my mom shopped.
[00:27:35] She'd crack a window and we were fine.
[00:27:37] Actually, I enjoyed hours of enforced boredom, sitting in the car, staring out the window,
[00:27:41] looking at the car next to us with a kid looking at me.
[00:27:44] But this year was a huge shop and it was 10 degrees out.
[00:27:47] So we got to go in, pleading the whole time to go down the cereal aisle for Lucky Charms.
[00:27:51] As mom loaded up the shopping cart, we hung off the opposite side, stretching out our
[00:27:56] arms and singing the Hawaii Five-0 theme song.
[00:27:59] Suddenly, I got a terrific idea for a science project.
[00:28:02] If I jumped off, would my brother's weight be sufficient to topple the cart?
[00:28:06] Well, the answer was yes, quite sufficient.
[00:28:08] He lay in the aisle under a metal cart and all the fixings, screaming in pain.
[00:28:12] My mom said, No, Stephen, no, no, look, look, you're fine and your turkey is fine.
[00:28:16] See?
[00:28:17] My turkey?
[00:28:18] Yes, yes, your turkey.
[00:28:19] You see here?
[00:28:20] He carried the frozen turkey the rest of the way to the checkout counter, hiccup crying,
[00:28:24] My turkey.
[00:28:26] Two weeks later, when the time came to thaw the turkey, it was nowhere to be found.
[00:28:30] Who would have taken the turkey?
[00:28:32] Turns out my brother had.
[00:28:33] He'd figured if somebody broke in the house for his turkey, the freezer was the first place
[00:28:37] they'd look.
[00:28:38] So he'd kept it under his bed.
[00:28:40] Now all of a sudden, that smell made sense.
[00:28:42] Also the fact that every night for the past two weeks, I noticed he slept with a loaded
[00:28:46] bow and arrow in his bed.
[00:28:47] I kept thinking any of those nights my dad could have popped in to check on us only to
[00:28:51] be plugged by my brother.
[00:28:52] So that was the year we ate TV dinners.
[00:28:55] Finally, last year was the year of the dog.
[00:28:58] Now, we have this dachshund named Fafner.
[00:29:00] And dachshunds were bred to hunt badgers, which are known to be fierce.
[00:29:03] At first, I felt sorry for the little dachshunds until I owned one.
[00:29:06] Now I pity the badger.
[00:29:08] Last Christmas, I brought Fafner to our family gathering.
[00:29:11] And there was food on the dining room table, so I warned everyone to watch out.
[00:29:15] At home, we call him a counter-terrorist.
[00:29:17] Suddenly, Fafner made his move.
[00:29:19] Quick as a flash, he was on the table, right to the bowl of my sister-in-law's famous oatmeal
[00:29:22] cookies.
[00:29:23] Fafner quickly deduced if he started eating cookies, he may get one or two down before
[00:29:27] I collared him.
[00:29:28] So with his face, he smashed all the cookies to tiny bits, then inhaled the entire supply.
[00:29:34] It took only seconds, but was so violent and swift, nobody had moved.
[00:29:39] Nobody spoke of the incident the rest of the day, and I was ashamed.
[00:29:42] Fafner seemed pleased.
[00:29:43] I mean, it couldn't have gone better.
[00:29:44] The next day, as more family arrived, my brother turned to a cousin, pointed at Fafner and said,
[00:29:49] You see that dog?
[00:29:50] You couldn't believe what that dog can do.
[00:29:52] Then he recounted this story with a pride reserved for an honor student.
[00:29:56] The rest of my family joined in, adding color and details.
[00:29:59] They patted him like, See, and I can touch him.
[00:30:01] Overnight, Fafner had achieved legendary status in a story that would be recounted time and
[00:30:05] again.
[00:30:06] And I was reminded how love thrives in audacity.
[00:30:09] It's why so many girls in high school felt for the wrong guy.
[00:30:12] It's also why a good holiday needs a bit of tragedy.
[00:30:16] This week, I'm visiting my family, and I know something will happen.
[00:30:20] Oh, yes, it will happen.
[00:30:22] But until then, I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Stressmas and a very happy holiday.
[00:30:28] Oh, I love that.
[00:30:29] Kevin Kling.
[00:30:30] Isn't that great?
[00:30:31] Fantastic.
[00:30:32] I love it.
[00:30:32] And also, can't you guys relate to that?
[00:30:36] Oh, man.
[00:30:37] So many past Christmases where I'm going, yep, yep, and yep.
[00:30:41] Be right back.
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[00:32:04] Silent night.
[00:32:05] Oh, one of my favorites.
[00:32:20] I got out the guitar last night.
[00:32:22] I was playing, and it was bringing back so many memories of playing at Christmastime, you know?
[00:32:28] And how much we played at Christmastime as a family.
[00:32:31] My whole family plays guitar, and it's not my own, but my family I grew up in.
[00:32:37] And I'll tell you what.
[00:32:38] It was a lot of memories focused around music and food.
[00:32:44] I know that you might be the same.
[00:32:47] I don't know.
[00:32:48] Music and food?
[00:32:49] Or just food?
[00:32:50] I don't know.
[00:32:51] Anyway, I've had several requests to share a little bit more about food.
[00:32:57] So, I mean, come on.
[00:32:59] I love food.
[00:33:00] Of course I will.
[00:33:00] And I give you some hints and tips, and you're welcome to call up.
[00:33:05] Of course, the Christmas punch I make every year.
[00:33:07] And I always find it kind of funny because my one son is just always like, Christmas punch, right?
[00:33:12] You're going to make it, right?
[00:33:13] And all it is is cranberry sprite, pineapple juice, and cran grape, and ice, and raspberries.
[00:33:20] And that's it.
[00:33:21] And stick it in a big jug, and everyone loves it.
[00:33:23] So I have a big glass pretty thing, of course, not a jug.
[00:33:26] But everybody loves it.
[00:33:27] So there you go.
[00:33:28] And, of course, the glass bottom sugar cookies.
[00:33:32] If you don't know what those are, they're such a fun treat to make.
[00:33:36] But you're making a sugar cookie dough, and then you're taking a glass, just one of your glasses that you drink out of.
[00:33:43] And you're putting a little butter on the bottom of it, and you're sticking it in sanding sugar, like red or green.
[00:33:49] And it sticks to the bottom of the glass.
[00:33:51] And then you press your cookie down, and it puts that imprint of sanding sugar flat into the cookie.
[00:33:57] Don't do it too far, but, you know, press it down and then bake them.
[00:34:01] And it bakes into the cookie.
[00:34:02] And those are very old-fashioned glass-bottom sugar cookies.
[00:34:06] So when you hear that term, that's what that means.
[00:34:09] It bakes right in there.
[00:34:10] And so I love that.
[00:34:12] And that's always a Christmas classic.
[00:34:14] Also, if you want the best brownie recipe on the planet, I'll give you the website.
[00:34:20] You ready?
[00:34:21] It comes at ModernHoney.com.
[00:34:24] It's called Better Than Boyfriend Brownies.
[00:34:26] Those are the best.
[00:34:27] Those are the best.
[00:34:28] That's the best homemade brownie recipe on the planet is Better Than Boyfriend.
[00:34:33] Isn't that a funny name?
[00:34:35] Better Than Boyfriend Brownies at ModernHoney.com.
[00:34:38] ModernHoney.com also has the best coconut cake you'll ever make in your lifetime.
[00:34:43] Seriously, the best.
[00:34:45] I'm a big baker.
[00:34:46] I just love to cook.
[00:34:48] And so there's always the favorites.
[00:34:50] I love the maple honey glazed ham, of course, every Christmas.
[00:34:56] I also love a turkey at Christmastime because I make homemade rolls and my grandma's recipe
[00:35:02] and my Aunt Norma's recipe.
[00:35:04] And those are the ones I make all the time.
[00:35:06] And those are like currency at my house.
[00:35:08] We love those rolls more than life itself.
[00:35:10] So those rolls are the best.
[00:35:12] And so we make little turkey sandwiches forever with them.
[00:35:15] And also, if you would like a secret to pie crust, do you want to know what several generations
[00:35:22] back used in pie crust to make it really flaky?
[00:35:27] Vodka.
[00:35:28] I know.
[00:35:29] I know.
[00:35:29] It's crazy.
[00:35:30] But they did.
[00:35:31] Instead of water or they would do half and half cold water and cold vodka, they would
[00:35:35] keep vodka in the freezer, like in a bag or such, and not in glass, but in the bag.
[00:35:42] And they would keep it in the freezer.
[00:35:43] And then they would pull it out when they would go to make their pie crust.
[00:35:46] And it actually makes it flakier.
[00:35:49] I know.
[00:35:50] It's crazy.
[00:35:51] But it's true.
[00:35:52] When you start to go look at some of the old time hints and secrets of things, this is what's
[00:35:57] going to come up.
[00:35:58] So vodka in the pie crust.
[00:36:03] I know.
[00:36:04] Maybe they were drinking a little on the side.
[00:36:07] I don't know.
[00:36:07] I go ask that generation.
[00:36:10] I mean, my gosh, they had to they had to cook the old fashioned way.
[00:36:14] I'm sure it was.
[00:36:15] I'm sure it was a headache.
[00:36:17] Maybe they were taking a little sips on the side and they just put it in there anyway.
[00:36:21] Maybe he doesn't make it flakier.
[00:36:22] Maybe they just liked it.
[00:36:23] Who knows?
[00:36:24] I don't ask questions.
[00:36:26] I just know that vodka makes it flakier.
[00:36:28] So there you go.
[00:36:30] If you guys have any tips or hints, I would love to hear it because I'm telling you, I know
[00:36:36] you guys do.
[00:36:36] Here is a ham recipe, though.
[00:36:39] I want to give this to you guys.
[00:36:40] This is three fourths cup maple syrup, half cup brown sugar, three tablespoons Dijon mustard,
[00:36:48] a tablespoon of orange zest, some rosemary leaves like a tablespoon, some pepper.
[00:36:53] And then you keep on glazing that ham as it's cooking.
[00:36:57] And it's really good.
[00:36:58] Really to die for.
[00:36:59] So there's that.
[00:37:00] You know, I love food.
[00:37:01] And my kids told me they said you should do cooking videos while talking about politics.
[00:37:06] And I was like, you know what?
[00:37:07] Not a bad idea.
[00:37:09] I'm actually thinking about that because I love to be in the kitchen a lot.
[00:37:14] And so there you go.
[00:37:16] I just think it's so important for the family.
[00:37:20] Also.
[00:37:21] Apples in the stuffing.
[00:37:23] It's a must.
[00:37:24] And I love that.
[00:37:26] Pink lady, honey crisp.
[00:37:29] Put some diced apples in that stuffing.
[00:37:32] You're going to love it.
[00:37:33] And also, you know, saute that with your celery and celery, celery, celery, celery and stuff.
[00:37:38] Okay.
[00:37:38] So I love stuffing, homemade stuffing.
[00:37:41] One of my all time favorite things too.
[00:37:43] And I love cooking as you could tell.
[00:37:46] I mean, it's a struggle folks.
[00:37:48] I know to not want to eat everything all the time, but I'm telling you also, if you're going
[00:37:54] to make snow crab or anything like that, my tip for that is to make a Cajun butter and throw
[00:38:00] it on your crab legs before you eat them when they're nice and toasty from being steamed.
[00:38:07] Seriously, the best.
[00:38:08] I'm telling you.
[00:38:10] Cajun butter.
[00:38:11] Oh my gosh.
[00:38:12] You'll have died and gone to heaven.
[00:38:13] It's so good.
[00:38:14] You'll be licking your fingers.
[00:38:16] And I'm trying to think if there's any other tips that I can recall just sort of off the
[00:38:23] I'm just trying to think if there's anything else.
[00:38:26] I do do the Tom Woods turkey every year.
[00:38:29] And Tom Woods is an author that I've had on the show, a libertarian.
[00:38:32] He actually stuffs his turkey with oranges and onions.
[00:38:37] And I do the same.
[00:38:37] You quarter them all, stuff it in there.
[00:38:39] Olive oil, rosemary, thyme.
[00:38:41] You know the song.
[00:38:42] Anyway, all of the seasonings and you cook it.
[00:38:46] You do not open the oven door for two and a half hours and you make sure the turkey's
[00:38:50] under 13 pounds.
[00:38:52] Otherwise, it dries out if you try to go for the big 20 pounder.
[00:38:55] Anyway, some cooking tips for you.
[00:38:57] But you foil it until the end and you cook it, I think, on 325.
[00:39:02] That is the Tom Woods turkey.
[00:39:04] He put that out every year and I started doing that.
[00:39:07] Oh my gosh.
[00:39:07] When I had him on the show back in 2012 or 13.
[00:39:12] Yeah, probably 2013.
[00:39:14] It's been a long time.
[00:39:15] And I've been making it ever since.
[00:39:17] It's really, really good.
[00:39:18] So there's some tips for you.
[00:39:21] And I hope you share the podcast today because there's so many great stories, right?
[00:39:25] So many great Christmas stories.
[00:39:27] Everyone's got them, you guys.
[00:39:28] And whether it's a good year or not so good year this year, you're not alone.
[00:39:33] I promise.
[00:39:35] You're a child of God.
[00:39:37] There's a reason you're here.
[00:39:38] There's a purpose that you've got.
[00:39:41] And live your purpose.
[00:39:42] Find it.
[00:39:44] Reinvent yourself.
[00:39:46] This next year can be a really good year if we concentrate on staying close to God and
[00:39:52] and of course, living your best life, right?
[00:39:58] There's a lot we can do.
[00:40:00] There's a lot we can do to thwart what's going on too.
[00:40:04] And I say we all pull together and do that.
[00:40:06] That's my Christmas wish.
[00:40:07] We need truth on earth, not peace on earth.
[00:40:09] We need truth on earth.
[00:40:11] That will give us peace on earth.
[00:40:13] Okay?
[00:40:14] We just get some truth.
[00:40:16] Finally.
[00:40:17] That would be nice, wouldn't it?
[00:40:18] Everybody have a Merry Christmas.
[00:40:20] I'll see you in 2025.
[00:40:22] Can you believe that?
[00:40:24] 2025?
[00:40:25] Be faithful.
[00:40:25] Be fearless, everybody.
[00:40:27] Be as honest as you can possibly be with everyone in your life.
[00:40:31] And I'll see you next year, 2025.
[00:40:38] You'll love me for this.
[00:40:39] Thanks, you guys.