0:00:00welcome back to top for everyone I don't
0:00:02know where that came from
0:00:03loud yeah that was pretty loud well
0:00:06anyway welcome back to top for everybody
0:00:07this time we're gonna talk about our top
0:00:10four favorite holidays is somebody
0:00:14didn't like the topics I chose well they
0:00:17know they were good no they were great
0:00:21that was the kind of asterisk voice no
0:00:24they were great you just didn't have any
0:00:26content for them well cuz they're you
0:00:28know it's things like you know like top
0:00:30like books like I don't read any books
0:00:32so I don't know like it's hard for me to
0:00:33know that so it's stuff like that where
0:00:35like it would require a large investment
0:00:37of time on my part over weeks or months
0:00:41in order to even form a valid opinion of
0:00:43four things see but it's not-it's not
0:00:45what your top books might be if you read
0:00:48all the books in the world it's what
0:00:49your top books are right now that you
0:00:51have read that are in your personal
0:00:53lexicon I have read very few books total
0:00:56okay move on from the book and even
0:00:57fewer in like the last ten years
0:00:59fine fine anyway so we're doing top four
0:01:03holidays and we kind of define this so
0:01:06we didn't really when when we both set
0:01:09out to research this independently and
0:01:11we don't talk about our picks before we
0:01:13record the show and so I decided to
0:01:15define this as basically anything that
0:01:19Wikipedia listed as like something that
0:01:21is celebrated in the US and it's whether
0:01:23it's an official federal holiday or
0:01:26religious holiday or just a common
0:01:28celebration basically I started the
0:01:31Wikipedia page for US holiday isn't
0:01:33coming from there we both ended up doing
0:01:35the same search we realized yeah
0:01:38American holidays exactly because I want
0:01:41to be comprehensive like you know if you
0:01:43think off the top of your head you might
0:01:44be forgetting about something and then
0:01:45you might think oh wait I do like that
0:01:47better so I wanted to just go and see
0:01:48like a list of what kind of the most
0:01:51popular u.s. holidays are and it's
0:01:53actually varies by state I learned all
0:01:55this like there's a lot of holidays that
0:01:56only a handful of states celebrate well
0:01:58not obviously they're not that important
0:02:00yeah but anyway why would they make a
0:02:02list of holidays if it's like a Rando
0:02:05state holiday who's favorite holiday is
0:02:07a Rando state holiday well some like
0:02:09some of them on the on the only some
0:02:11states list are things that
0:02:14you might have heard of like Columbus
0:02:15Day Columbus Day is very controversial
0:02:17because Christopher Columbus was kind of
0:02:19a horrible person why would your
0:02:20favorite holiday
0:02:21be Columbus Day that's a good question I
0:02:24don't know it's not one of mine but I
0:02:25just I thought it was interesting that
0:02:26only only like 15 states let me actually
0:02:29recognize it as a holiday for good
0:02:31reason anyway so let's get going you
0:02:35want to do you want to talk you have any
0:02:37preambles or runners-up that you want to
0:02:40talk about before we get into our core
0:02:41four picks not really I mean there are
0:02:43like a handful of holidays that everyone
0:02:45would put on their short list because
0:02:47there's only really a short list of
0:02:48holidays that actually do or mean
0:02:50anything I mean the ones that didn't
0:02:52make my list I'm not gonna say cuz it's
0:02:54gonna ruin my list cuz it's like five
0:02:56holidays total and everything wait are
0:02:59you saying you picked Flag Day no I did
0:03:01not pick Flag Day oh how about Arbor Day
0:03:03I like trees mmm nope didn't pick it not
0:03:06a favorite sorry all right
0:03:09let's go right into our numbers are
0:03:11ranks then so do you want to go first or
0:03:13do you if do me go first so you finish
0:03:15last
0:03:17um-hmm I want you to finish last cuz
0:03:20you're the wild card here I don't know
0:03:21what the heck you're gonna pick I bet
0:03:23you're gonna be surprised by all four of
0:03:25mine really and I'm going to go out on a
0:03:28limb and say that we probably have zero
0:03:30overlap in our list I bet there is
0:03:32nothing that is on my list that is on
0:03:34yours or vice versa are you kidding me
0:03:35there's only like five good holidays
0:03:37anyway oh you'd be surprised this is
0:03:40gonna be one one that people don't worry
0:03:41guys about so oh I don't know who you
0:03:45are by the end of this baby okay you're
0:03:49gonna be you're gonna be sighing a lot
0:03:51like that because every time I say
0:03:53something you're gonna be like of course
0:03:54he said that like that's like it's not
0:03:57gonna actually be shocking you're gonna
0:04:00be frustrated that I picked something so
0:04:02stupid oh here we go okay okay so you're
0:04:14number four pick my number four pick is
0:04:17Easter which is coming up okay super
0:04:19excited I love Easter because it is
0:04:21springtime so it's all of my favorite
0:04:24colors like teals and dusty pink which
0:04:27I'm just
0:04:28we became a favorite color so hey don't
0:04:30see pink dusty dusty I never heard you
0:04:33mention any shade of pink ever I know
0:04:35I'm all of a sudden becoming a pink
0:04:37person but I like teal and all that kind
0:04:38of stuff likes spring and bunnies and
0:04:42flowers I love all that stuff I can't
0:04:45not buy all the spring decorations at
0:04:48jo-ann fabrics because I'm a hoarder and
0:04:52it's trust me it gets much worse okay
0:04:55I could be worse but I'm not so anyways
0:04:58springtime color I love coloring eggs
0:05:00there's a craft component to this
0:05:02holiday which I really enjoy I love
0:05:04making any kind of crazy kind of egg
0:05:07they have lots of different kits now
0:05:09it's not just a matter of like dipping
0:05:10your egg in some tablet water of it like
0:05:13those reading plastic garbage those
0:05:16things are always so disappointing like
0:05:17all the paths you know color tablet kits
0:05:20sighs yeah it's just you you you have to
0:05:23soak the egg in there for like an hour
0:05:25to get any kind of bold Eller there's so
0:05:27much to do now like there's so many
0:05:28things Sparkle eggs and you're going on
0:05:30them and this kind of egg and there's
0:05:33just tie-dye I don't know I can't even
0:05:35goldleaf it's just craft so the craft
0:05:40ization like certain holidays I feel
0:05:43like when we were kids were a lot
0:05:45simpler and kind of lower key I would
0:05:47put Halloween is probably the biggest
0:05:49one of those where it like the
0:05:51difference between when we were kids and
0:05:53now like it has gotten so much more
0:05:55commercialized and and bigger and more
0:05:57elaborate in recent years and I'd say
0:06:00Easter is one of those too it not quite
0:06:01the level of Halloween but but in the
0:06:03same category of like now you can do so
0:06:06much more the things that are out there
0:06:07to do things like with crafts like with
0:06:09eggs and stuff are so much more advanced
0:06:12and elaborate and and there's so much
0:06:13more stuff you can buy and inflatable
0:06:16things you can put in your lawn not the
0:06:18inflatable things the inflatable things
0:06:20when they are deflated it looks like
0:06:21there's a pile of garbage on your lawn
0:06:23and so don't get them they're terrible
0:06:24and trashy so but yes love Easter we are
0:06:29not religious at all so I do not like
0:06:31this holiday for any religious element I
0:06:33like egg hunt and I like coloring eggs
0:06:35and I like baking specific things like
0:06:37breads with eggs in them
0:06:39I like the chocolates that come out this
0:06:42time of year oh here comes the Cadbury
0:06:45eggs oh I can't wait it's gonna be the
0:06:48cream eggs and the mini eggs oh gosh
0:06:50there's just so good
0:06:52feelings are the ones that like are with
0:06:54the candy outside yeah yeah those the
0:06:56best mini eggs rock they are better from
0:06:58the UK but here when they come out in
0:07:00the springtime at least we get some
0:07:02variant of them and they are so great so
0:07:06yeah and it's really fun with having a
0:07:09kid Easter is fun like with the Easter
0:07:11baskets in the morning and the hiding
0:07:13the eggs and he gets all excited about
0:07:14finding them that the Easter Bunny came
0:07:16and by the way I think it's an actual
0:07:18bunny not a person standing up related
0:07:21to the recent hello internet discussion
0:07:23I always pictured the Easter Bunny as
0:07:25like you know a a person sized rabbit
0:07:29that's standing up as it no it was like
0:07:30a human and a rabbit no no I hate those
0:07:32like pictures with the Easter Bunny they
0:07:34always look horribly terrifying big no
0:07:37bigs you know I always always kind of
0:07:39like when I was a kid I didn't give a
0:07:41lot of thought to the Easter Bunny or
0:07:43the tooth fairy
0:07:44it looks evil they just I never I don't
0:07:47think I ever even pictured really in my
0:07:49mind when I was a kid like if you ask me
0:07:51now I would picture it I was like you
0:07:53know a human sized rabbit and you know
0:07:54human in a rabbit suit but as a kid I am
0:07:58not sure I ever even believed in it
0:08:00really and if I did I don't remember
0:08:02ever really picturing it as anything
0:08:03well there was a lot of like more like a
0:08:05cartoon bunny but your bunny sized well
0:08:08bunnies are pretty small like maybe a
0:08:10hop sized bunny like a very like a big
0:08:12like Hasenpfeffer like big bunny it's
0:08:15like hot you know like big enough to
0:08:18carry a basket full of eggs basically
0:08:20yeah but like a cartoon bunny did did
0:08:23the did our culture as children ever
0:08:25resolve the question of why a bunny has
0:08:29eggs like why a bunny has effectively
0:08:31chicken eggs you know all I know is from
0:08:32the Cadbury commercials where it's like
0:08:34a bunny and it's clucking and somehow I
0:08:35think eggs come out I don't have
0:08:37something a bunny I don't know I don't
0:08:39know how it happens they're just
0:08:40delicious rabbits aren't even egg-laying
0:08:42are they mammals they're not even egg
0:08:44laying here asking me if a bunny is a
0:08:46mammal it's not even like we're talking
0:08:47about like like a difference in egg size
0:08:49classes here we're actually talking
0:08:50about like an animal that does not even
0:08:52involve
0:08:53that's funny don't lay eggs right but I
0:08:55thought that's why I'm asking like like
0:08:56why did the bunny get associated with
0:08:58eggs
0:08:58since bunnies normally have nothing to
0:09:00do with eggs I'm pretty sure it has to
0:09:02do with like spring and procreation and
0:09:04bunnies have lots of do lots of banging
0:09:06and make lots of babies and chickens are
0:09:09like newborn chicks in the springtime so
0:09:11like the whole like chicken bunny
0:09:13springtime flowers was all just kind of
0:09:17rolled into one big holiday burrito I
0:09:21don't know okay alright any other for
0:09:26any further comments on Easter I just
0:09:28really like Easter that's good alright
0:09:31my number4 going in a different
0:09:33direction is the Super Bowl I needed to
0:09:40take a drink yes you do like the Super
0:09:43Bowl captain I don't even know what
0:09:45sport the Super Bowl is for football I
0:09:48can't tell you what teams are in it most
0:09:50time but okay so here's why I care about
0:09:53this so you know our usual thing but the
0:09:56Super Bowl is we go to somebody's house
0:09:57usually a good friend of ours we eat you
0:10:00know delicious junk food basically like
0:10:03snow fried things knock shows things
0:10:05like that and we drink beer and we have
0:10:07a good time with our friends I like any
0:10:09holiday that involves drinking beer
0:10:12eating junk food and having a good time
0:10:13with our friends like that sounds
0:10:14awesome to me
0:10:15and I get to enjoy a sport for a few
0:10:19hours and then that's it which is kind
0:10:21of the best way to enjoy a sport to me
0:10:23he's like my main problem with sports I
0:10:24know like the basic rules of most of the
0:10:27core American sports enough that I can
0:10:28watch a game and enjoy it and know
0:10:30what's going on but I don't care about
0:10:32any particular teams so I don't get
0:10:35involved in sports the rest of the year
0:10:37because I just don't care but if I get
0:10:40to a party and I'm gonna have a good
0:10:41time with my friends anyway because it's
0:10:42a it's a party with friends and good
0:10:44food and beer and there's a game on I
0:10:47can just root for whoever they're
0:10:49rooting for and it's usually a pretty
0:10:53good time and then the whole next week
0:10:55because I saw that game I can actually
0:10:58participate in society I can actually
0:11:01when people at the deli make small talk
0:11:03I actually know what they're talking
0:11:04about they oh did you see the game yeah
0:11:06you do how about that
0:11:07touchdown whatever ya like I can
0:11:09actually participate in society in a way
0:11:11that the entire rest of my life I can't
0:11:13so I feel like I'm like a real human
0:11:16being but I have no like team
0:11:20affiliation going in or out of it so I'm
0:11:22not so nervous like first of all like
0:11:24you know quote my team is in the Super
0:11:26Bowl every year be like just pick one of
0:11:28the teams if that's in it like my team's
0:11:31always in it and if quote my team loses
0:11:35I just go home and I immediately stop
0:11:37caring
0:11:38and by the way Super Bowl Sunday is
0:11:41listed on the Wikipedia page for US
0:11:43holidays okay the only downside to Super
0:11:48Bowl Sunday
0:11:50is that it happens in the middle of
0:11:51winter which normally sucks
0:11:53I prefer holidays that are in warmer
0:11:57weather I really am NOT absolutely not a
0:11:58fan of winter but other than that you
0:12:00know pretty solid that's my number four
0:12:02all right I have nothing to say about
0:12:04that
0:12:06my number three holiday is a superior
0:12:10holiday to that weird holiday Cape you
0:12:13that heart of me which includes a lot of
0:12:16the elements that you're talking about
0:12:17but also how instead of a sports game
0:12:20there are fireworks so way better and
0:12:24I'm talking about the fourth of July
0:12:25okay
0:12:26I really like the fourth of July for the
0:12:29reasons you have just discussed liking
0:12:31the footballs so it's like a barbecue
0:12:36holiday which is super fun you're on
0:12:37outside it's beautiful weather it's
0:12:40summertime it's warm you're talking
0:12:42about sprinklers and you're talking
0:12:44about kids outside and riding bikes in
0:12:47the street if you happen to have like a
0:12:48big block party or something which we
0:12:50often do kind of around that time so he
0:12:54just and then and then it's like the
0:12:56start of the summer which is super great
0:13:00and then fireworks
0:13:02who doesn't like fireworks and we happen
0:13:04to have an amazing firework show that we
0:13:07go to it is probably the biggest
0:13:08firework display that I've ever seen
0:13:11besides like trekking it into the city
0:13:13or something like that yeah where it's
0:13:15just in a big huge field you don't have
0:13:17to sit next to a ton of people even
0:13:19though there are
0:13:20you know hundreds of people there at the
0:13:22place we go and it's just a big
0:13:25orchestras playing and fireworks and
0:13:27you're sitting outside and the weather's
0:13:29warm and everyone's happy and again I'm
0:13:31not particularly patriotic but I really
0:13:35like this holiday just for the hanging
0:13:37out with friends barbecued meats
0:13:40fireworks warm weather yeah I respect
0:13:43that the only thing with fourth of July
0:13:45is that it's a little bit of a bummer
0:13:48during years in which it's hard to be
0:13:51proud of the US and I think we're in for
0:13:54a couple of those years yeah I feel that
0:13:57but I also like fireworks so just like
0:14:01the religious holidays where I don't
0:14:03celebrate them for any kind of religious
0:14:06affiliation but yet I look forward to
0:14:08them and I happily do all the other
0:14:10things this could just be the firework
0:14:12holiday for me yeah that's so I'm super
0:14:14excited about the barbecue fireworks
0:14:16holiday that just happens to take place
0:14:17on the 4th of July which may or may not
0:14:19mean something there we go okay I
0:14:22respect that decision thank you all
0:14:24right my number three is you're gonna
0:14:27hate this one too but let me explain it
0:14:29isn't that different honestly my number
0:14:31three is Oktoberfest blank stare okay so
0:14:37Oktoberfest is what I like I like that
0:14:40this kind of this is another one of
0:14:42those things like I think became more
0:14:44common in the US as the craft beer phase
0:14:48has kind of swept the nation wait wait
0:14:50wait
0:14:50Oktoberfest is at a particular day it's
0:14:54it's more of like a fest in October it
0:14:57has a more specific meaning in Germany
0:15:00in the US it's basically any kind of
0:15:03fall you know beer and sausage festival
0:15:07that's usually held in the first week of
0:15:09October in reality like in you know
0:15:12there's often fall festivals around
0:15:14around here all over the US probably so
0:15:17that kind of span the whole month so
0:15:19it's it's lit it's more loosely defined
0:15:21wait before you start talking about
0:15:23getting all excited about this holiday
0:15:25yeah you have never been like let's go
0:15:27to Oktoberfest because we always just go
0:15:29anyway we always go to something around
0:15:30then that ends up being basically
0:15:32Oktoberfest thing
0:15:33and it's great because similar to what
0:15:35you're just saying you know you're a
0:15:36it's a little too cold to barbecue
0:15:38usually but you're outside with a jacket
0:15:41at least you have beer friends meet and
0:15:45a good time dump in a hammer maybe or
0:15:50people nearby are coming cakes and and I
0:15:52love like kitschy fake German culture so
0:15:55that's that also helps a lot
0:15:57no offense to Germany I love you too but
0:15:59you're the the American version of your
0:16:02culture is also very enjoyable and yeah
0:16:06I and what's also nice about Oktoberfest
0:16:08is that because the US hasn't quite
0:16:10nailed down like a firm timeline of what
0:16:13it's supposed to be
0:16:14you can usually go to like multiple
0:16:16events like you can go to like two
0:16:18consecutive weekends where you go to
0:16:20like three different places total and
0:16:22you can actually celebrate this on
0:16:23multiple occasions you know it's fall
0:16:25fall festivals kind of harvest festivals
0:16:27are always really fun to go to and this
0:16:29is just kind of one quote holiday that
0:16:33kind of shoves it all together and gives
0:16:35it a theme so I consider that a win also
0:16:38Wikipedia does too so I considered a
0:16:39valid choice oh I'm really nervous for
0:16:42your next two honestly all right are you
0:16:48just trying to be like that cool hipster
0:16:49were like I'm just gonna pick some stuff
0:16:51or that's like super obscure like oh I
0:16:53don't even have a TV yeah the guys in
0:16:59the record store that's like oh yeah my
0:17:01totally my favorite album is you know
0:17:03blah blah blah blah blah blah because no
0:17:06one's ever heard of them they're like
0:17:08super deep cuts anyway I believe it's
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0:17:32list of four that he would I can't and I
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0:17:37was thinking about my books I haven't
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0:18:58again by a Chuck Chuck Pollock is a
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0:19:09no survivor is really good it's about a
0:19:12cult survivor very interesting who
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0:20:00and all of really of em so number two
0:20:03pics okay what is your number two number
0:20:06two top holiday I kind of got in like a
0:20:08top books there right there yeah that's
0:20:10pretty good a little bit a little bit
0:20:11because we're never gonna do one unless
0:20:13we have again no we're never gonna do
0:20:14I'm so sorry people although if I were
0:20:17to ever read a book it would probably be
0:20:18an audiobook from audible.com it would
0:20:22count you don't have to tell me how you
0:20:23read the book it was a book that you
0:20:25consumed yeah so we were talking and it
0:20:29doesn't matter if you read them or not
0:20:31sure maybe you could just like the cover
0:20:34and put it on your list you know I'm not
0:20:36really a book cover kind of person most
0:20:38book covers look really weird to me like
0:20:40they chef so much you are weird to me
0:20:41okay yeah that's true my number three
0:20:45number two yeah my number two holiday is
0:20:48Halloween all right I'm not surprised to
0:20:52hear that at all I really like it
0:20:54because it's a little bit spooky I don't
0:20:56like to dress up in costume but I love
0:20:58to make costumes so I'm super happy to
0:21:02have a child that I can make costumes
0:21:03for especially little tiny ones and
0:21:05that's super cute and your costumes are
0:21:08super cute he was a fox he was a
0:21:12beekeeper he was a butterfly and he was
0:21:13linked and I loved making his cute
0:21:17costume and that's just it's a skill
0:21:20that I've had for a long time and
0:21:22Halloween's kind of the time I get to
0:21:24like stretch those muscles in making his
0:21:27costumes and I make them as much from
0:21:29scratch as I possibly can I usually take
0:21:31patterns even from his clothes that he's
0:21:33currently wearing so it all fits
0:21:34perfectly and so that's why I really get
0:21:37into it I have lots of fun giving out
0:21:39candy to the kids that show up when they
0:21:41do show up which hardly any of them view
0:21:42in our neighborhood but I do really like
0:21:45Halloween for all that stuff
0:21:47and again it's weird because I don't
0:21:49wear costumes myself or make myself
0:21:51costumes so I don't get into it that way
0:21:53and I feel like once Adam grows out of
0:21:55costumes my favorite nosov this holiday
0:21:58will diminish a little bit and that's
0:22:00the reason why it didn't become my
0:22:01number one but I I really enjoy it and
0:22:04if I were forced to go to a costume
0:22:06party I would wear a sheet like a ghost
0:22:11I love the sheet ghost costume it's
0:22:13it's the most basic amazing thing I
0:22:16don't well we war she coasts we were she
0:22:18goes to her friends party and everyone
0:22:20thought it was the most amazing costume
0:22:22we put zero effort in by just cutting
0:22:24some holes in his sheet but people are
0:22:25like whoa old school and so it became
0:22:28like a total thing and we were super
0:22:30cool for it yeah I think I feel it's
0:22:32kind of move you can only pull off once
0:22:33though yeah the least effort costume got
0:22:35kind of like the most attention at that
0:22:36party exactly wait yeah I don't I'm not
0:22:39crazy about Halloween myself like I
0:22:41don't like dressing up I always feel
0:22:43weird about that as an adult I enjoy how
0:22:48much fun you and Adam have and so I
0:22:50really enjoy like you know watching you
0:22:52guys well you know watching the amazing
0:22:54costume you make seeing how much he
0:22:56loves it and being there to like take
0:22:58pictures with you guys and and and take
0:23:00pictures of you guys and and really
0:23:02enjoy the moment as a spectator but
0:23:04that's how that is how I feel
0:23:05comfortable is as a spectator I really
0:23:07don't like being a participant in the in
0:23:10the costume environment but it is
0:23:12enjoyable as a spectator so I will grant
0:23:14you that the funny thing is I don't even
0:23:16care for much of the candy that is out
0:23:19on Halloween garbage it turns out yeah
0:23:22it's fine but I'm not such like a candy
0:23:24freak that I like go nuts over the candy
0:23:26it's more of a get this out of my house
0:23:28so I just stop eating it situation but I
0:23:31mean the candy is really for the kids
0:23:33it's really not for us yeah we'll take
0:23:38the leftovers quote anyway and I also
0:23:41don't really like the way our kid acts
0:23:43when he has tons of candy so that is
0:23:45also a negative about the holiday but
0:23:46something every kid it is all about the
0:23:49costumes so super excited to make
0:23:51costumes again I say that because it
0:23:54used to be my job yeah so now I holla
0:23:57wien costumes
0:23:58sweet sweet just say yours alright my
0:24:06number two I was wrong we have one
0:24:08overlapping holiday my number two is the
0:24:11fourth of July oh there it is there it
0:24:13is because like you said it's summertime
0:24:17there's barbecues there's fireworks I
0:24:20love barbecues and you think it involves
0:24:21a barbecue I'm a big fan of because the
0:24:25barbecue as like as a
0:24:27our former as a cultural event okay this
0:24:29is just awesome
0:24:30we're northerners so barbecue means
0:24:32cooking meat outside on a barbecue yeah
0:24:34on a grill we are not talking about
0:24:37Barbra that's right yeah we're not
0:24:38talking about like you know slow smoked
0:24:40meat Oh in a smoker or anything we're
0:24:44just talking about like hamburgers and
0:24:45hot dogs yeah hamburger cookout yeah
0:24:48yeah so anyway just want to make that
0:24:51clear not that I'm arguing about the
0:24:53terms I don't care how everyone calls it
0:24:55culturally in your different parts of
0:24:57the United States but and all over the
0:25:00world really but I just want to be clear
0:25:01what we're talking about when we're
0:25:02talking about enjoying a barbecue is
0:25:04we're enjoying putting various meats
0:25:06onto a grill and cooking it and then
0:25:08serving it on big platters to your
0:25:10friends yeah exactly so I just I love
0:25:14barbecue slash cookouts whatever these
0:25:16are called I love those so much because
0:25:18it barely really matters what you're
0:25:21cooking
0:25:21yeah the old vegetables are super good
0:25:23too yeah you can put pretty much
0:25:24anything on the grill and it's fine and
0:25:28it sits between fine and awesome and
0:25:30again your outside it's nice outside
0:25:33during the seasons in which you're doing
0:25:34this you're usually hanging out with
0:25:36friends and/or family there's pie
0:25:38there's oh yeah there's usually great
0:25:40desserts great side dishes and usually
0:25:42outside drinking a beer or something and
0:25:44just having a nice time and kids can be
0:25:46there and it's no big deal the kids
0:25:48aren't miserable there's actually one
0:25:49thing that I think is a downside to
0:25:51Oktoberfest that the kids usually don't
0:25:54enjoy that kind of thing as much as the
0:25:56adult you know they don't and that can
0:25:58be difficult when you have kids when
0:26:00they're there with you and so that's
0:26:02that's kind of a downside to October's
0:26:04also Oktoberfest for the July you have
0:26:05sparklers right also Oktoberfest you
0:26:07typically have to drive to they're
0:26:09usually not close to you and so there
0:26:12has to be like you know somebody has to
0:26:13be the designated driver and you got to
0:26:14worry about you know how how tired your
0:26:17kids are we're so that's why Oktoberfest
0:26:19was number three but fourth of July for
0:26:20me made number two because you know it's
0:26:22warmer it is similar appeal but it's
0:26:25usually like you know just at your house
0:26:27or at a friend's house so it's usually
0:26:28closer you probably didn't have to drive
0:26:30there or didn't have to drive very far
0:26:32your kids probably have more to do at
0:26:35barbecues maybe more of their friends
0:26:37are there or they're in their own house
0:26:39or they're running around their friend's
0:26:40house or whatever so yeah overall love
0:26:43love July 4th love barbecues and the the
0:26:46celebration of America as a thing you
0:26:50can take whatever you want from that in
0:26:52some years I feel proud of that in many
0:26:56years of my adult life I have not felt
0:26:57proud of that at least not without
0:27:00asterisks but you can kind of suppress
0:27:02that and pretty much enjoy it for what
0:27:05it is which is a nice summer BBQ holiday
0:27:07there you all right you're number one my
0:27:12number one which would should be to no
0:27:14surprise for anybody who has joy in
0:27:16their hearts is Christmas I love
0:27:20Christmas again no affiliation
0:27:23whatsoever with the religious ah city of
0:27:25Christmas even though I know it's a word
0:27:27it is I just made it up
0:27:30now you through me you through me anyway
0:27:33but you were at religious ah city oh
0:27:35really yes
0:27:38thank you let me pick that right up at
0:27:40religious ah City which I said so much
0:27:42better the first time I made it up
0:27:45but I know that that is why a lot of
0:27:48these holidays Easter and Christmas were
0:27:50founded and that they became kind of
0:27:53commercial monstrosity zuv themselves
0:27:55and you know what I embraced the
0:27:57commercial monstrosity
0:27:58I like it it is to me it's not about the
0:28:01commercialism of it it's about family
0:28:03and it's about reflecting ok screw that
0:28:07I don't I don't really reflect it is
0:28:09just about enjoy being enjoying your
0:28:13family enjoying the time of year having
0:28:16something to do when it's cold and
0:28:17wintery out that feels festive that kind
0:28:20of like brings in the winter season I
0:28:22love the food I cuz food okay
0:28:26I didn't pick Thanksgiving cuz now we're
0:28:28at my number one so you know what I
0:28:29think because oftentimes my mom makes
0:28:31Thanksgiving dinner on Christmas so er
0:28:33around Christmas close enough yeah and
0:28:35it's so I don't need I don't need it I
0:28:37don't need Thanksgiving I like I can
0:28:39have it on Christmas but food is great I
0:28:42think of it as a competitive sport to
0:28:45buy presents for people and get an
0:28:47awesome presents like to give an awesome
0:28:49present I should say to to purchase an
0:28:51awesome present for somebody else
0:28:52I just I love doing that whether it's
0:28:55something I end up making or it's
0:28:56something I find that's totally perfect
0:28:58that the person didn't think of I love
0:29:01doing that and then on top of that on
0:29:03top of buying an amazing present for
0:29:05your people you really care about you
0:29:07get to wrap it you get to wrap it and so
0:29:09cool like again crafts element Bing Bing
0:29:12Bing as you can tell as you go up my
0:29:13list besides the fourth of July which is
0:29:15pure fun or actually I would probably
0:29:17craft on that day too there is craft
0:29:20elements do all of my holiday picks and
0:29:23I just love killing it with the wrapping
0:29:26oh my gosh the bows the glitter the
0:29:30wrapping paper the the using only three
0:29:33pieces of tape so it all stays together
0:29:34and looks perfectly folded on all edges
0:29:36and everything matches and coordinates
0:29:38oh it's so good anyway in addition to
0:29:41that you get to decorate a tree which is
0:29:43kind of crafty you get to decorate your
0:29:45house which is kind of crafty you get to
0:29:46hang up lights you get to put twinkle
0:29:48lights all over your house that's
0:29:50amazing what else can you put like crazy
0:29:52crap all over your house and no one
0:29:54thinks you're crazy it's so great
0:29:57Christmas I'm sorry I got a I got really
0:30:00excited cookies you get to bake cookies
0:30:03yeah I mean I don't like Christmas music
0:30:06so that's out but everything else about
0:30:08this is just fantastic I like all of the
0:30:12satellite celebrations around Christmas
0:30:17yeah it's just Christmases is it and not
0:30:20because it's Christmas just because it
0:30:22is such a big holiday and there's so
0:30:25many parts to it there's so much to do
0:30:28there's so many different things that
0:30:30you can decide to participate in or not
0:30:33I just like all of that variety coming
0:30:37into one amazing holiday that's I
0:30:42figured you probably picked that oh and
0:30:45for another reason I picked it as my
0:30:46number one I don't feel myself growing
0:30:48out of the reasons I like it right
0:30:50because I shouldn't say growing out of I
0:30:52should say my son growing out of because
0:30:53the reason I like Halloween so much is
0:30:55making my son's costume the reason I
0:30:57like Easter so much is because it's
0:30:58really fun with Adam is a little kid and
0:31:01enjoying Easter and doing egg hunts and
0:31:03you know having his little Easter basket
0:31:06and him
0:31:06sited about finding the eggs like once
0:31:07he grows out of those two holidays
0:31:09there's not really much holding me to
0:31:12them yeah you know what I mean and so I
0:31:16can I can just leave those by the
0:31:17wayside having felt very good that I
0:31:20enjoyed them for his childhood and it
0:31:22was great and I'll look forward to if I
0:31:24end up being so lucky as to have
0:31:25grandchildren enjoying it with them but
0:31:28other than that it's more it's so much
0:31:30more of a kid holiday and I enjoyed it
0:31:32as a child also but now you know after
0:31:34after you're done with children like I
0:31:36don't I don't see myself holding on to
0:31:38it much more but with Christmas I
0:31:40totally see myself holding on to
0:31:42Christmas because the things I like
0:31:43about Christmas I like to do for myself
0:31:46you know like giving gifts to others
0:31:48then so much as I as doing something
0:31:52magical for a child although I do love
0:31:54getting at them Christmas gifts now it's
0:31:56pretty fun yeah thank you I like getting
0:31:59him toys that I want to play with like
0:32:03to me the reason so you know you notice
0:32:06like the theme of mine so far basically
0:32:08is like no gift-giving no emotional
0:32:13baggage no family obligations no
0:32:17significant travel no happens like you
0:32:19know fly home or drive hours away or
0:32:21anything like that
0:32:22and family get together aspect at
0:32:25Christmas - I like all that I like the
0:32:28gathering the lake for me it's hard for
0:32:31me to separate the stress that these
0:32:33holidays bring as an adult and for
0:32:37reasons that are too boring to get into
0:32:39on a podcast I have you know I have some
0:32:41family baggage issues with some of these
0:32:43holidays and so it makes it hard for me
0:32:46to really enjoy them when they have like
0:32:48emotional meaning and traditions and
0:32:50everything I have nothing to do with
0:32:52that baggage by the way exactly yeah
0:32:53just one thing it's not not the
0:32:55immediate family it's you know this
0:32:57household
0:32:58this one raised my hand and not on it
0:33:00not on my wife's side either and so
0:33:02there are reasons why it's hard for me
0:33:05to enjoy like those those holidays are
0:33:08not all positive for me and and
0:33:10Christmas is especially stressful for me
0:33:12because the way that you and your family
0:33:16loves getting gifts for people it
0:33:18stresses me out like too
0:33:20you it's an awesome sport and game to me
0:33:23it's just a constant source of anxiety
0:33:24because I'm not a great gift giver
0:33:27usually the way the way I squeak by is
0:33:30by waiting until kind of last minute and
0:33:33then just throwing some money at the
0:33:34problem and making it go away because I
0:33:37stress out about it too much I wait too
0:33:39long and I don't have whatever kind of
0:33:43like creativity is required to be an
0:33:45awesome gift giver I lack that and and
0:33:49so I'm always afraid that I'm not doing
0:33:51good enough job gift-giving now this is
0:33:52bigger this is becoming better now that
0:33:54we're focusing more on our kid because
0:33:57getting gifts for your own young kid
0:33:59like not only do you usually have a
0:34:00pretty idea of what they want but also
0:34:02there is more stuff that they don't have
0:34:04yet there's more stuff that they're
0:34:05interested in because like it's easy to
0:34:07get kids like toys and games and stuff
0:34:09it's a lot harder they get adults things
0:34:10they'll actually find useful or Pleasant
0:34:13so I actually considered putting on my
0:34:16list
0:34:17the day after Christmas because I love
0:34:20today after Christmas because we're
0:34:22still there with family and cookies and
0:34:25everything else like have you know
0:34:26spending time with everybody in though
0:34:27in the winter places and you know doing
0:34:29winter things and but the day after
0:34:32Christmas is so nice and low-key because
0:34:33all that gift-giving stuff is done and
0:34:35you have to kind of enjoy everyone's
0:34:37company and get fat and cookies like
0:34:40that to me is much more pleasant than
0:34:42the lead-up to Christmas itself since
0:34:44we're since you know holidays bring out
0:34:46emotions in people and you happen to
0:34:48just have a little moment there with our
0:34:50audience personal confessions a little
0:34:54bit I just want to say that I am NOT the
0:34:56source of this anxiety gift-giving
0:34:58situation I happen to provide a very
0:35:00healthy wish list to a particularly teal
0:35:04jewelry store let's call it and I think
0:35:09I think I provide you with very little
0:35:10stress when it comes to thinking about
0:35:12what gifts up to get your loved ones
0:35:14there is some years some years are are
0:35:16easier than others but anyway I'm not
0:35:20I'm not the source so my number one kind
0:35:24of going on this theme
0:35:25clearly I like eating holidays you
0:35:29should do I also like holidays that
0:35:30don't involve gift-giving family
0:35:32obligations tradition or
0:35:33stress or travel I can't think of what
0:35:35this how last holiday would be you would
0:35:37never think of it it's a holiday that
0:35:39most people don't think about oh geez
0:35:41but it happens every year oh my gosh at
0:35:43the end of the summer what's happening
0:35:44and it's Labor Day what so what I
0:35:49thought about it okay so Labor Day it
0:35:51happens you know early September hold on
0:35:54who puts Labor Day at the top of their
0:35:56list I do
0:35:57that's who so it happens early September
0:36:00that means it is still beautiful weather
0:36:02outside it's it's still either summer
0:36:05weather or early fall weather so it's
0:36:07cool right
0:36:09right back to school yeah that's fun for
0:36:11us now right so yeah this so this works
0:36:14out right so as a parent so you know
0:36:16your kid goes back to school which most
0:36:19kids either either feel indifferent
0:36:21about or don't like but parents love it
0:36:25your kid goes back to school you still
0:36:28have beautiful summer weather Labor Day
0:36:30is a three-day weekend that almost
0:36:33always involves barbecues and maybe a
0:36:35family get-together but at least a
0:36:37barbecue right so like you have all
0:36:39these wonderful things that I love from
0:36:41other holidays but it's also you know
0:36:43the it's also getting a little bit
0:36:45cooler usually in the weather so it's
0:36:47like a little bit less hot summer heat
0:36:49you have your kids going back to school
0:36:51right afterwards so you can kind of
0:36:53return to like a more regular schedule
0:36:54after summer craziness and it's usually
0:36:57followed very closely by dogs swim at
0:37:00our local city pool because they drain
0:37:03the pool after the after it closes for
0:37:04the season which is usually around Labor
0:37:06Day and then the day before the drain it
0:37:08dogs get to come to a minute so dog
0:37:09swims always a fun event so basically
0:37:11you have a holiday that gives everyone a
0:37:14day off fills me with great barbecues
0:37:17and nice warm weather and then their
0:37:19kids I'll go back to school and their
0:37:20dogs get a fun date dog swim on the same
0:37:23day that all doesn't happen just on one
0:37:26day because of this day what's the
0:37:29history of Labor Day I don't know who
0:37:31cares it's different like Memorial Day
0:37:34has Mindy's benefits but I feel like I
0:37:36need to feel bad about fallen soldiers
0:37:39like that's that's a serious thing it's
0:37:40a serious reason we have it Labor Day I
0:37:43think it's some kind of like you know
0:37:44just like give people a day off for like
0:37:46you know
0:37:47unions and labor stuff kind of thing
0:37:48right isn't it isn't that work I don't
0:37:49know because Labor Day is not on my list
0:37:51because it doesn't matter what it means
0:37:53all that matters is you have barbecues
0:37:54and it's nice and it's in the summertime
0:37:56so your beautiful weather beautiful food
0:37:58a nice three-day weekend where you don't
0:37:59really have to do anything except enjoy
0:38:01your day off that is awesome
0:38:04you're just staring at me amazing
0:38:08Thanks listening everybody and if teeth
0:38:12have regains the ability to talk to me
0:38:14we will talk to you probably next month
0:38:16when we talk about something else that
0:38:19it yeah that's it thanks everyone see
0:38:26you next time