Christmas Nostalgia, "Spirited" Debates, and Festive Traditions Collide :: Ep 35 Try That in a Small Town Podcast
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Krampus. You guys got to watch Krampus, man. I don't remember much about that. Get people. What is Krampus? Tell people what Krampus is. What is that Krampus? Is that like a time of the month kind of Christmas movie? What is that? I think we could all talk about how we're scarred from past Christmases. And we shouldn't.

At this time, we shouldn't. I could. I'm not going to. I'm not going to. I'm not going to throw my folks under the bus. I'm not going to do it. You just did. Yeah, I know, right? When I was really young, my grandmother got me one of these four-wheelers or whatever it was. You know, I could ride it around. I was probably five or something like that. And I don't know how or why, but it was discussed that it could be too dangerous.

So it got taken away? Wow. Oh, after you received? Yeah. Oh my gosh. The Try That in a Small Town podcast begins now. Try That in a Small Town. We want to wish you a Merry Christmas. We want to wish you.

Oh, Merry Christmas. You got anything you want to say, Kayla? We want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the Try That in a Small Town podcast.

Podcast. Wow. Wow. Hey, Neal. Yeah, we do. Bringing it on. Oh, that's bringing the heat early right there. Hey, tell them happy holidays, Neal. Absolutely not. Merry Christmas. That was fresh. That's Caleb. TK.

I'm Kurt. This is the Try That in Small Town podcast. And we're having fun. Well, this will officially be our loosest podcast, which is saying something because they're all loose. But first of all, Merry Christmas, right? Merry Christmas, Neil. Merry Christmas. We're in the spirit. Don't you even dare. We are definitely in the spirit.

I don't know what kind of stuff you got in your lap, but do you want to explain it? Oh. Oh, my God. First, do we know when this will come out? Yeah. December 23rd. 23rd. Okay. It'll be two days after this reference. It'll be two days after Tennessee lost to Ohio State, but go ahead. Yeah, well, we don't know that. I know we don't. We don't know that. I know. No different than, you know, we thought Alabama would be. I can't even believe you brought that in my house. We thought Alabama would beat Vanderbilt, and they didn't. Yeah.

Touché. Touché. Anyway. Touché. This is my ball Santa, and I thought I'd bring him. Your ball sack. What'd you say? Ball Santa. Oh, I thought you said my ball sack. Language meal. Language. It's a family show. We got a Christmas. It's a Christmas show. I wasn't listening. Wow. You look like a big true Christian. Cut, cut, cut. No, anyway. No. No.

His legs won't bend, so he can't sit on my lap. It's creepy. Yeah, yeah. You're creeping our listeners out. Jim, is that even fitting in the camera? They can't see that. Okay, I'll neck down. We can just leave him here. It's okay. That is creepy. It's okay. So do you think that the...

So who do the Vols play? Ohio State? Is that right? At Ohio State. It's going to be tough. It's bad in Columbus. It's going to be really, really tough. But I'm thankful as a Vols fan. I always just want one more game. So I'm thankful we're in it. I mean, it's a huge test. And we'll see. I mean, Ohio State's offensive line is a little suspect.

So we'll see. When did the game start? The 20th. One game on the 20th. And the Vols is on the 21st. Yeah, primetime. Nighttime game. It'll be cool. Who does everybody got? Who do you got? Ohio State or Vols? What do you mean? Just go around the table. Don't be making fun of these hideous colors, as you say. You ain't even in it. Beep. Who do you got, Neil? Who do you got? Ohio State or Tennessee? I don't know. Tennessee's got a really good defense.

Really good defense, and Ohio State's going to have their hands full with Tennessee's defense. TK, do you got a thought? Who's going to win that game? I know that Ryan Day's gone if he loses. I really don't know. He's gone. Because the Michigan loss. Because the way college football is, how do you ever know? Yeah. You don't. You can't because you don't know. It could be a blowout. You don't know because...

It's all weird. Yeah. Real quickly. You just don't know. Go ahead. What do you think? What do you think about that game? I think Tennessee takes it. Really? I think they go into Columbus and win. Now, this episode will have aired when it's already happened. I think they get the W. I do. It's a good team. Okay. I love it. They got a great defense.

I like the quarterback. You know what? I don't like Tennessee's quarterback. I do. He's a freshman. You and quarterbacks, man. You and Levis and quarterbacks. I mean, I'm like. No, he's a solid quarterback. He's a kid. I mean, he's a freshman. He's doing good. He's doing good. And I'm looking at the Christmas hat. Is that the best you can do tonight? To be honest with you, I'm just messing with you because I watched him play a couple times. He's fine. He'll play a couple years in college, obviously.

No, you can't make that projection right now. I could absolutely make that projection right now. Let him go. Not in that hat. I don't know, Lee. Tully's got a good beat on if a quarterback's going to be successful. He called the Will Levis thing pretty early. One of the easier calls I made. Tully could have been the downfall of Will Levis. He could have gotten his head early. And who knows? I mean...

Until he hadn't opened his mouth, who knows what Levis would have been. Might have passed for 170 yards in a game. I don't know. Sorry, Will. Merry Christmas, brother. You know what? You're going to meet him one day in a Publix. It's time for forgiveness. You're going to meet him in Publix. You're going to have to fess up. He's going to kill you. In a PubSub? Yeah. Our listeners probably are sick of this. He's a great athlete. I say use him like a Taysom Hill. I say get rid of him.

Well, I've been saying that, Kurt, but I can't get any support. It's mismanagement. I'm going to support you. We're with you. We're with you. Okay, thank you. Hey, so let's do this really quick. It's the week of Christmas. I hope it's your guys' favorite holiday, right? Yes. Come on, Christmas. Not even close. It's amazing. Yeah.

We had Jeremy Popoff on last week, and we quickly got to his go-to Christmas movies. Give me your go-to Christmas movies. What are you in Atlanta watching? Christmas Vacation, of course. You have to watch that. Yeah. What's another one, Lana?

Elf. Elf is really, really good. I mean, I know that Will Ferrell's a big lib, but I watch it anyway. You're right. I stomach him now. The more I learn about him, the more I have to stomach that movie. You have to separate it. He's great. Separate the art. Well, whatever. And which one? It's getting harder every year. Home Alone. Home Alone's good. My kid loves Home Alone. All of them. Yep. Yeah, and you got Christmas Story, which is classic. You know?

Yeah. Beautiful. Christmas Story is a definite classic. You guys are missing Love Actually. It's hilarious. Well, actually, Love Actually is actually a pretty good movie. It's hilarious. And it's about the music business. How could you not like that? Love, feel it in my fingers. Love Actually. I feel it in my toes. Feel it in my toes. We're going to lose sponsors. We only have two. That's actually a very good one.

Love Actually. Anyway. Not bad. What's the asshole elf think? What's your favorite? I have many. Language now. Language. It's a Christmas episode. I know. Christmas Vacation. You have to watch that. That's already been... It's a must. I'm just saying. We all agree on that. Yes. We agree. I love Elf. You guys are leaving out The Grinch, which is the most classic. That's a great one. There's so many iterations of The Grinch. Yeah, there is. I like to watch the original cartoon.

And then you can go on to the movies. Both movies, they're all great. Krampus. You guys got to watch Krampus, man. I don't remember much about that. Get people... What is Krampus? Tell people what Krampus is. What is that Krampus? Is that like a time of the month kind of Christmas movie? What is that? Hey, before I get to Krampus, Daddy's Home 2. Daddy's Home 2 is good. One of my favorites. It's an underrated Christmas movie. You ever see it? I don't think so. No, that's on you. I'm stuck on Krampus. What's that? Krampus is...

Okay, I don't think I have the backstory right. I believe it's based on a German folklore. I think. Jim? Sounds like it. Do your job. Text me what it's from. But I think it's a German story. It's kind of a scary Christmas story.

It's very scary, right? Have you guys not watched it? No, no, no. I haven't watched it. I would see the title and not watch it. We have Krampus Night at our house. Does your whole family watch it or just you and your son? No, no, no. All of us. Delaney loves it the most.

Do you eat popcorn while watching Krampus? Yeah, of course. I thought you were going to say like Christmas with the Kranks, which is absolutely fan. Actually, I like Christmas with the Kranks. You guys have to watch Krampus. Is Krampus kind of like Festivus, like Seinfeld, where they started that whole holiday? No, this is actually... Jim, did you get the... Okay, so let me... Krampus.

Are you ready? Yeah, I'm ready. Oh, he's coming on as a voiceover right here. I'm the disembodied voice. If we have to Google your favorite movie, it's probably not that good. I feel like you're cramping us now. You don't ask me. You ask me what my cramp is. You guys got to see it. All right, Jim, give it to us. What's going on?

Okay, Krampus is a half-goat, half-demon figure from Central European folklore. I don't like it. The word demon. Who punishes children who misbehave at Christmas time. Happy holidays, Tully. What was the last part with the children? Who punishes children who misbehave at Christmas time. Well, yeah, that's nice. That's really weird. That makes sense now. It's not that weird. It makes sense now.

It's not that weird. It's on you. If you don't want to watch Krampus, fine. But you asked me, who hurt you as a child? Are you kidding me? That's a loaded question. Huh? Gosh. That's a loaded question. You poor thing. Oh, the Christmas spirits are flowing. My telly prayers are getting amped up right now. Krampus is very entertaining.

I don't know if my son's ready to watch Krampus. Yeah, I don't know. Demons at Christmas? You're so scared. You're afraid. They don't go together. You need to watch it. I got a question. I got a question for you. It's not a demon. It's a scary Christmas story. The only one with tattoos at the tables wants you to watch Krampus. No. Here we go. 1940s Neil. Okay, I got a question for you. Is this a Christmas movie or not? I want a simple yes or no.

Die hard. Christmas movie or not? Semi-Christmas, yeah. It's a semi-Christmas. I'll say yes. I guess so. I never thought about it. There's decorations and stuff. It takes place during Christmas. That's fine. I like all Christmas movies. I like all scary ones, funny ones. It has a great happy ending. It's a good Christmas movie. It works within the season. I watched the original Frosty was on the other night. Oh, I bet you did. The original Frosty. It was cold as ice.

What is with you? Krampus and demons? It's about Jesus Christ, not demons. Anyway. Gee, Kurt. Sorry for my language. Lay it on thick, K-Lo. Good Lord. I'm going to make you watch Krampus. K-Lo, bring us somewhere. What do you got here? Oh, okay. I'll tell you what. How much time do you guys take in thinking about the gift you're going to purchase for your wife?

Oh, my gosh. Are you a day of? Are you Christmas Eve? Can I go first? You can go first. No, we've worked it out. After 31 years of marriage, we've worked this out because it's much easier for her to shop for me than it is for me to shop for her. She knows I have so many hobbies, and she knows what I love.

I can only get her so many pairs of cowboy boots and so many hats and things like that. So we've come to a new understanding where we will go shopping together and pick something out. And it's so much easier now.

Just stay married, stay happy, and it'll all work itself out. Christmas will work itself out. Yeah, Kalo, you're coming from a slightly different perspective because you're newly married. But it doesn't change your dynamic, though. Oh, it changes the dynamic. It doesn't. Well, your age gap, the dynamic's a lot different. Because I think as you've been married longer, things like this happen. It's a lot different. Yeah. Well...

But I'll say this. Try to get to your point. It would be difficult. What do you mean? A little difficult. I was trying to help this conversation get to a different point. Well, no, the age gap would make it a little difficult.

Well, but it still didn't change the, it didn't change, you know, what you do with Christmas. I still am a last minute guy. I just am. Oh, you've always been that way. Regardless. So that hasn't changed. Oh, oh. What about you and Alyssa? How does that go? I totally understand that. Honestly, like we're so on the way we get, we're so focused on kids and. Yeah.

In the past, we've just gotten ourselves a couple little things. But this year, for some reason, I'm wanting to do a little bit more. Really? Does she watch this podcast? Is she going to hear this? Is she into it? She doesn't like Neil, so she doesn't want to. Okay. Nobody likes me. That's a fact. Move on. Nobody likes me. No. Everybody loves you. Of course she watches the podcast. But I love Christmas. I like in the morning, I want the presents to be just coming out of the room.

pile them up i love that me too so i tend to go way overboard let me ask this that's fantastic your kids are of age now where i assume santa is a thing of the past what do you do you still get them gifts what are you saying what do you mean do you still get them terrible kurt do they still get gifts from santa

They will always get gifts from Santa. I love that answer. I love that answer. Christmas is, all joking aside, it's the most beautiful time of year. Yeah. I like the morning to be just, of course, they sleep in later. Yeah. Now I'm up by myself, but I love the presents coming out. I love the music on.

I'll get so much stuff, even if it's inexpensive. I just want to open a bunch of stuff. I don't miss putting Barbie Jeeps together. I don't miss that. I tell you what. My girls are old enough now. I look forward to it. I don't miss putting stuff together. I tell you this. You will look forward to it. Late nights. Then you won't. Yeah. I built everything from drum sets to huge Barbie houses up till 3 in the morning. I don't miss it. I don't think I miss it either. I don't.

I liked it in the beginning. It's a little stressful. It's a little stressful putting together all that stuff late at night. Well, when the kids are small, because you're up late and you know it's going to be early. Yeah, 6, 630, whatever. Santa's not real. Wow. What if you, because we're in present day, like what if we went back? Was that wrong? Because Christmas brings out the kid in you and everything, you know? Like what if, do you have a favorite Christmas or two, like something that happened or a gift you got?

Something that was special or things y'all did. Your mom made sausage balls or your dad did something. Not everyone at this table had a mother and father together, Kalo. Wow. I said a four. I said a four. Wow. Just assuming that everyone grew up rich and with a perfect family. This is getting real now. I love it. I mean, that is. Our podcast just went over the edge. This is awesome. One of my favorite memories. We didn't have a lot growing up.

I can't remember. Maybe it was 9, 8, 9, 7, 8. I remember I got an Atari 2600. Oh, I remember that. Yes. That was like, to this day, I remember opening that up. Like, big deal. That would be worth a lot today, by the way. Still in the box. Played that for, I mean. It'd be worth a lot. Yeah. Non-stop, you know. Good memory. Nothing like table tennis. Favorite gift or most memorable gift? When I was really young, my grandmother got me one of these...

four-wheelers or whatever it was you know i could ride it around i was probably five or something like that and i don't know how or why but it was discussed that it could be too dangerous so she it got taken away wow that is oh after you received yeah was it one of those battery-powered ones well i assume but it was a big deal and i was like this is amazing

Who did that to you? Well, I don't know. No, he said your grandmother, right? Well, I don't know. Who did that to you? I don't know how it went down. What's so funny about that, dude? It was taken away and then I got, you know, whatever, a sweater. Now the other kids at the orphanage, did they experience the same thing? Had you been bad? Kurt, I got to tell you another, we have so many crazy parallel stories of how we grew up, right? Yeah. Nice bills.

All I ever wanted growing up that I can remember was one of those battery-powered four-wheelers or cars. Yeah. You never afford one of those, never got one of those, and you got one and they took it away? Because it was, yeah, somehow it got discussed. It went two miles an hour. I know. Yeah, it was a fire hazard. Whatever it was, yeah. I was like, oh, my God, this is amazing. I guess it's not amazing. I'm going to take a drink of that. Yeah, definitely take a drink. Repressed memories. Where else are we going? No, I mean, stay on it.

You're scarred. I'm very scarred. I'm scarred for him. I think we could all talk about how we're scarred from past Christmases, and we shouldn't.

At this time, we shouldn't. I could. I'm not going to. I'm not going to. I'm not going to throw my folks under the bus. I'm not going to do it. You just did. Yeah, I know, right? You just said. Nope. Wow. Okay. Do you have a favorite gift that you received? A guitar. Okay. Yep. Oh, geez. Must have been nice. My folks did buy me an electric guitar one year.

See, I remember that. Your parents were married. Yeah, they were. They're still married. Yeah. And your parents are awesome, by the way. They really are. They really are amazing people. And they look amazing for 80 and 81 or 81, 82. I think that's how old they are. They're in their early 80s and they still look amazing.

They still do, and they're still kicking. They're still going. They're still driving. They're still acting like they're 40. God bless them. We're very blessed. Good for them. Caleb? That's great. You asked a question, but... Gift-wise, favorite gift was a go-kart that me and my brother shared.

That's not good. Nope. What do you mean? When you share a go-kart. I got a go-kart for Christmas. It was a used go-kart. Were your parents millionaires? No. No, not at all. No, we were just middle class. Are you going to hold that doll all night? I don't know. I don't have one of the little nesting tables like you have. They hold dolls. There's only one and Neil gets it. So I don't know what to do with him. I can set him on the floor later. Imagine a go-kart for Christmas.

No, I have this little battery. It was a shared gift. It was an old go-kart. I mean, it wasn't that much. It was probably like 150 bucks. Back then, that's like a thousand. No, so, but the things that happen in your childhood Christmases, either it was great and you try to carry that on for your kids or it wasn't great.

And you try to change that, right? So like you were saying, obviously, it wasn't amazing. No, no, no. I didn't say that. I don't know why I would think that. Just saying we weren't getting go-karts. You know? I mean, that's all I'm saying. You said all people don't have parents. That would make me think you didn't have parents. But somehow you're here, you know? Yeah, no, no. I have parents, but they were, you know... I never saw my dad. So it was like... But my great where I grew up, I mean, we had...

With my mom, my grandmother, my aunt, my cousin. We had a big family. Like I said, we never had a lot of money, but Christmas was always great. It was always like we had a lot to open. It was always special. No, I love Christmas. I absolutely love it. I'm glad you celebrate like you do. I get depressed when it's over.

Like the day I'm like really bummed out. Do you guys take the tree down or your lights down right after Christmas? I don't want to. We don't want to. I'll go mid-January. Yeah. Depending when, you know, we go skiing after we get back or whatever. Oh, you go skiing? Yeah. The poor guy goes skiing. And my used go-kart's bad. I mean, golly. We go skiing.

We go to our place in Colorado, our little flat up in the mountains up there. Not Cornell. When I was a kid. I ride my wooden go-kart down the slopes. My go-kart didn't even have an engine. It was like a Fred Flintstone thing. I had to do it with my feet, you know? Wow. Gee.

Oh, my gosh. So, apparently, sorry, guys, this is super loose. Loose? But apparently, we have a game or something that we're going to play, and Jim, our producer, is going to ask us questions. You got your mic over there, Jim? But listen, what we're going to do first is we're going to go to a break. This is what they call a tease in the biz.

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All right, y'all. We are back from the Patriot Mobile Studios. This is Try That in a Small Job Podcast. I can't even look at you, dude. It's called heavy Christmas. I can't even look at you. Look at me in my hat. Hey.

You know, I feel like we're like the old crotchety men talking about Christmas. That's what the music business has done to us. It tore us down. But no, at the end of the day, we love Christmas. Oh my God. I'm all good. Who doesn't like Christmas? Does anyone know anybody? Well, liberals, they might not like Christmas. I don't know anybody. They're faking it. I think I know a couple that may not like Christmas. Who? I can't say their name here. Yes, you can. Give me a... Let's go viral. Do it. Used to run in front of a house for us.

Okay, I can see that. I can see that. Anybody that doesn't like children and dogs probably doesn't like Christmas. True. It's probably like Margo and Todd from Christmas Vacation. That's funny. Maybe. Wow. I think you just hit on it. I want to start naming names. I'm tired of this bullshit. Margo and Todd. I don't want to say who. I don't want to name names. No, I want to freaking name names. No, no, it's Margo and Todd. Name names of who, Neil? What are you talking about?

People who don't like Christmas? Yeah, the people that we know that we would think. Do you know somebody that doesn't like Christmas? I don't know. I don't actually know anybody, but I think Tully should bring it. Oh, go on, Tully. I'm sorry. Did I interrupt you? I don't want to say a name. Why not? Why not? Well, because I don't want to like. What are you afraid of? I'm not afraid of anything. He's not going to stoop to that level. Call him out. I'm not afraid of anything. What are you afraid of? Let's get him to love Christmas. No one said I was afraid. They said you were afraid. I'm not afraid. Let's call him.

Let's give him a blessing. I will do that. I will pray that this person that we know has a great Christmas and happy holiday. Do you guys ever go to Christmas drink? Do you do eggnog? I love that. I love the eggnog with a little whiskey in there. Is it dairy-free eggnog? I hate it.

I like that. I know. Who invented eggnog? Dude, eggnog is awesome. Eggnog is great. My mom makes the most amazing eggnog. It's so foamy. Eggnog is horrible. It's for Christmas. To mix with whiskey, it's amazing. And as a kid, I mean, you got to love eggnog. Who's going to pour whiskey in a 12-year-old's glass of eggnog? Evans Williams. I do it every year. I like Christmas mules.

Christmas meal? What is a Christmas meal? I like horses. Well, it's a regular meal at Christmas. It's a regular meal. It's a meal at Christmas Eve. What it is is I love meals like a cherry vodka instead of just regular vodka. It's very refreshing. I'll drink a lot of those at Christmas Eve. Caleb, do you do a Christmas drink? Is there anything special? No.

No, I mean, I would put some bourbon in the eggnog here and there. Yeah, me too. That's really good. White Russians are good. Yeah, white Russians. I don't love eggnog. My family should have started me early on the whiskey when the eggnog, because eggnog by itself is horrible.

I've never had eggnog. That's good with Christmas cookies. There you go. It's like they wanted me to drink eggnog. They should put whiskey in it when I was six. Hey, Neil, you got those caramels. Tell us about those because is it Meemaw? These are Meemaw's caramels from Ohio. She watches our podcast. She's a...

Avid listener. Avid watcher. I just had one of those. It's like gold. I'm going to bust another one out right here. It's pretty amazing. I'm going to save it for after dinner tonight. Don't put the whole thing in your mouth. I mean, it'll take you an hour to get it dissolved. It's fantastic. Does she actually make it from scratch? Yes. Is this? Yes, that is. She makes it from scratch. She'll be sitting there making this stuff and watching our podcast, listening to our podcast while she's making this. God bless you, Amy. Oh, that's nice. It's fantastic. Thank you, man.

It's fantastic. Look at that. Look at that. Oh, it's fantastic. Thank you, Meemaw. They're so addictive. She could make a lot of money if she decided to go public with this stuff. It's amazing. I hope she doesn't go public. I want them all for herself. Well, we'll keep what we got and get her to make us some more. Meemaw, make us some more. I might invest in those.

Okay, so we alluded to this before. We've got a little Christmas game. Jim, are you going to help us with this? And just so everybody knows, we have no idea what's going on. I know something. What? Ever since Neil put that ridiculous hat on, he's turned mean.

Neil. No, no, no, no, no. You might be right. It's an alter ego. No. Look at that silly guitar. No, no. That weird sweater. Hey, you know how many songs have come out of this silly guitar? You asshole. Hey, listen. Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. This hat makes the truth come out, guys.

Oh my God. But it has changed your demeanor or the whiskey. Well, and it's not, it's not, you just forgot the eggnog. That's all. It's not whiskey. I don't, I'm it's in Yeho and we're good. I tell you, I am here. It's amazing that when do we start March, April of the podcast? Yeah. April. How cool. April. How cool. We made it to Christmas.

I am very disappointed that we didn't reach a million followers. So Kurt had to get a tattoo. You're in the clear. You are. We were only 990. It got close. 95. It was a nice thought though, looking back on it, you know. We had big dreams. We had big hopes. But being serious, we are very thankful for everybody that's taken this journey with us, right? It's been pretty amazing. We're very, very lucky that you even...

about what we might say. They might not after this episode. You're right. I know. We have to start over. What we regret we said. No. But seriously, it's been awesome. We appreciate you guys listening. We said in the beginning, we didn't know exactly where we were going with this, and maybe we still don't, but we're trying to make even the smallest bit of difference by saying,

We always said this, even with the song, going back to the song, right? It was trying to make a difference and standing up for what you believe in. And it doesn't mean you're on a soapbox. It's just, you know. Well said. Well said. Well, and Tully said it right. I mean, everybody doesn't have the same Christmases, you know, growing up or whatever. And you can only operate out of your paradigm. Sorry to use such a huge word there. You can Google that, guys. But.

But just like for me, you know, I've...

it was my kind of normal mom and dad were there and they, you know, they stayed together and dad passed a few years ago, but we had just great Christmases, you know, I just, it was just, and that, that, that's all I knew, you know? And so it's already loved it. And then, then, you know, you want to do the same thing and I'd replicate what my dad did and what my mom did and everything, just because I romanticized that. And for me, you know, but, um, but I do pray for other people that don't have those same kind of Christmases. And I, you know, I wish,

I wish everybody had a Christmas like I did when I was a kid. Well, you know what's funny? Growing up the way I did, like I said, we didn't have much of very, you know, small town and just everybody worked hard but didn't have a lot. But at Christmas, we always had a great Christmas and it really taught me like watching like my mom and my grandmother kind of go without so we had a good Christmas.

which is, that is Christmas. Like that's, you know, so I have great memories. Like Christmas, I think that's why it's my favorite time of year. I got great memories as well. And we obviously grew up similar and my, you know, mother and father were divorced, but got along and we still did Christmas together. And, but you know, there wasn't a lot of money. We were,

It was hard times, but Christmas always still seemed like it was incredibly special. And I think we've carried that along as well. It is an amazing...

I couldn't be happier to be here with you guys. Yeah. God, now I'm getting sentimental. Yeah. Well, Neil's been fairly aggressive this Christmas. I don't think he's been aggressive. I'm joking. I'm joking. Hey, let's get to the game. Let's get to the game. I'm having fun. I'm just kidding with you. I'm having fun. I'm joking. I love that hat. Hey, let's talk about it. Let's get to the game, guys. I don't know what this is. I have no idea. Jim, you're going to have to guide us along. Okay. So the game is called...

11 minutes to get to Christmas. 11 minutes? I'm not sure how stringent we're going to stick to that. Yeah, that sounds too long. It's about lovemaking. See how well you know the festive holiday. Get the most right to win. So I guess, Lana, you'll be keeping store? I'm terrible. What are the rules? Like, you're going to ask a question, and what happens? First one to answer gets a point, I guess. Do we just yell? Yeah, you can yell it out. I'll decide if we have a tie. I'll say who it is.

Make sense? Okay. Let's give us the first question. We'll see how this goes. Are you ready? Yeah. How many laws to the chorus of Deck the Halls? 12? How many what? 15. It's 12, right? Nope. Eight. You're thinking of 12 days of Christmas. Who got it? Who said that? Caleb. He doesn't know. That's a guess. How many is it, Caleb? Eight. I'm over here freaking. Really? Really?

What is it? Eight maids a night? Did you just guess that? That's 12 Days of Christmas. Okay, I see what's on my head real quick. I'm fairly... The spirits are... Are you sure? Are you getting to me? Are you getting your head real quick? That's real quick. Okay, so Kalo's got one. Ebenezer. I guessed. What's the next question? Next question. Hey, wait. Scrooge. One of the greatest Christmas movies. I already said that. Hold on. Bill Murray? Yeah, I'll do that. Original. Hey, welcome to the show, Till. Not Scrooge.

No, no one said it. That's why. I already said that. You didn't say screws? Yeah, I brought it up. I didn't hear you. I did. Okay, sorry. Next question, Jim. Kalo's got one. What are two other names for Santa Claus?

St. Nick and Chris Kringle. Oh, good one. Tully. Tully got it. Thank you. Tully did not answer that. I didn't say a word. Who said Chris Kringle? That was your friend here in the fragile. I wasn't close enough to the mic to take effect. Jim, I like your style, though. Thank you. St. Nick, Chris Kringle. I get another Christmas, apparently. Okay. That's me. That was you. Okay, Kurt got it.

This game sucks. Merry Christmas. That's terrible. It sucks. Number three. What is the fragile package that arrives at the Parker home? Yeah, the leg lamp. There we go, Kurt. Jeez. Look at me. Fragile. No, it's Fragile. Yes. Fragile. That's right. I didn't want to make it too obvious. I don't like it. Hold on. Hold on, Jim. What? Hold on.

The phone. What did you just say? I know what I said. I don't know what you're talking about either. What did you just say? You know what I said. What did you just say? We talked about this before. This is one of our main differences. I don't know. I'm going to walk off the set. I'll go with you. Get to stepping. Let's get the hell out of here. Never seen it.

A Christmas story? I haven't either. Nope. I haven't either. What? Nope. I'm too busy writing songs. No, you're not. On Christmas? I write with you. Yes. 24 hours a day. I've seen pieces of it in passing. I never sat and watched it. Oh, my God. Goodness. Hey, move that ball. Not my thing. Move the ball off your hat. So do you know what this is? Bunny soup.

Are you telling me you seriously have never watched a home movie? Yeah, you have an Easter shirt on. What's that? I wouldn't lie to you, buddy. I wouldn't lie to you. No, it's not Easter. That's an Easter shirt. No, it's not. Are you being serious? I wouldn't lie to you. I've never seen it either. I'm watching football or writing songs. On Christmas. It came out in 1904. No, he's not writing songs. It's on TBS 24 hours of the day. I haven't seen a Christmas story. I wouldn't lie to you. I've only seen that. Lana, have you seen a Christmas story? Yep.

Well, everybody's seen it. I haven't seen it. Hey, you know what's funny? I'm probably hunting. I may be hunting. I don't know. I've never watched it. My wife, don't. If my wife watches this, she's going to be hurt. Well, I don't want to hurt people, but. She's going to be hurt? For some reason, I'm not saying, I just, I don't like it. I don't know what to say. The pieces I've seen. Oh, my God. Wow. You knew this already.

We've talked about this years, for years. I can't process this. I want to change seats. Kurt, we've talked about this. For some reason, it's on TV nonstop, and I'll see a piece of it. I can't remember what I saw, and I'll see another piece of it, but I've never sat down and watched the show. You know what's not nonstop going on TV? Krampus. Krampus. True that. You guys don't have to watch Krampus. I don't care. I don't care.

We're going to have to talk about this afterwards. I blocked it out because I couldn't believe it. I thought you were joking. I laughed about it later that night. Can I tell you something? You know, every year you put the leg lamp up. Yeah. I don't know what the leg lamp means. Oh, sacrilege. The leg, the leg lamp, whatever that is. I don't know. It means they're swingers. No, no. I didn't want to hurt your wife. I thought, I thought.

You have no idea. I thought they were swingers, so... We have a lot in common, though. We love Elf. We have everything in common. We love Elf. Which is why I'm stunned. For some reason, I just...

I never watched it. But what does that lamp mean, though? Now you're just being silly. Now you're just being silly. Jim, we've got to get to the next question. Yeah, we're spending a lot of time on... Next question. I'm really sorry, Kurt. Lana's looking at me like, oh my God, I married that. Jim, what do we got? What happens when a bell rings?

An angel gets its wings. Kurt. I mean, I'm going to quit because I'm going to win. I'm running away with this thing. Boat racing, y'all. That's also a movie no one mentioned. It's a wonderful life. Yeah, I know. Great movie. But, you know. I've never seen that one either.

Do you like Christmas? I love Christmas. It's about my family, not about movies and wasting time watching movies. Okay, that was actually a great answer. That was a great answer. I come back hard. That was a great answer. I don't like the setup to this.

The format's terrible. It's not about watching movies. Jim, what do you got? How much did The Grinch's Heart grow that day? Two and a half sizes. Wow, Kurt. I'm going to stop. I'm going to stop. Seriously, I'm not even going to answer the next one. It's amazing. You didn't get it right. That wasn't the right answer. Oh, somebody else go. Two. Twice.

Three sides? It was one of those. You were already disqualified. We get to answer. You're right. It should be like Jeopardy. Three. You don't get to keep answering. Number six. I'm going to stop. What movie had the island of misfit toys? Oh, crap. Rudolph. I just brought that up. I'm going to just let you guys answer.

I think he won on my reverb. I said it first. Next one. We need to see a replay. Number seven. We got to roll that back. Lucy was kissed once during the show. Peanuts. Charlie Brown. Give me a shot. Keep going. Who kissed her? Oh, Charlie Brown. Linus. Linus. Nope. Snoopy. Thanks. Neil. I got a point. Up yours. Merry Christmas. We just name all the characters eventually. You got to go. Number eight.

uh name the ghosts in a christmas carol past present that's right that's uh oh no christmas past task i mean yeah that's a that's an interesting uh well there's christmas past president you gotta have you gotta be ready dude you gotta have your answers man format sucks sorry guys listen to this so there's two more you're missing and i want to think what are they

Jacob Marley. Oh, I would have no idea. I had no idea of that. It's in Jeopardy. No. When was Jacob Marley born? Number nine. What does Buddy the Elf put on everything? Mipster. Who got that? Yeah, totally got that one. Totally got that. You ever watch Elf? Yes. Not close enough. Like a bunch. Number 10. Yeah, Lana's talking to you.

In the song Jingle Bells, what kind of sleigh is mentioned? One horse open. One horse riding. There you go. Tully. What action causes Frosty to come to life?

A kiss. Oh, my God. What? Are you serious? No, no, no, no. No, the hat. The hat. That was an old Disney thing. That was an old Disney thing. I had to go through it. What is wrong with you? No, that was Cinderella, but I was close. I had to go back. Our listeners. I need your kid to grow up. Our listeners are like, what a bunch of crap. This episode's never coming out. Never. Yeah.

Number 12. This is three more. What color are the berries of the mistletoe plant? Red. No. They're not red? Not red. Oh. Green. No. White. Yeah. Just keeps guessing. Gold. Number 13. Which is the most famous Christmas ballet of all time? Nutcracker. I figured you'd get that. Number 14, and a final question. What color was the Christmas that Elvis the King Presley had? Blue. Blue.

Who said that? Blue Christmas. Tully. Yeah, good one. There we go. A nutcracker. Really? What? You watch ballet and stuff? Tully is the winner. You that guy? Well, in fairness, I stopped answering after three. Kurt Wendland. Fairness. No one told you to. Yeah. I got the first one. But I think we've seen here that Tully and I are the true Christmas...

No, it shows that y'all watch movies Christmas. Oh, yeah, I'm not going to be deeming Tully like Mr. Christmas based on this episode. I am. Goodness gracious. No, yeah, he knew some things. Great. Great. There's a lot of people that know things that have zero heart. People don't judge me by this episode. Really don't. What else you got, K-Lo?

You got anything in that phone, iPhone of, what, we got a present or what is that? Oh, it totally wins a present. Oh, bring it in. Bring it in, Allie. Totally wins a prize. Bring it in. This is Allie. She's newly engaged. There it is. Congratulations, Allie. Oh, that's going to be good. That's going to be good. Oh, yeah. Rudolph cereal. Got a lot of calories in that. Oh, do you put that on your car? I bet, right? Yeah.

This is fantastic. Congratulations. And, Kurt, you could have taken this home had you not been quiet. Well, this is amazing. This needs to go on the Audi. And this needs to go with some almond milk. Do you not do dairy? I'm just kidding.

Your face is amazing. I can't look at you right now. He's got a whiskey face. Do you not do dairy? Neil, do you do dairy? Oh, yeah. You do? It upsets me sometimes, but I go light. Yeah. You do dairy? Cheese makes it a meal. Okay. Good Lord. This is fantastic. Oh, guys. Kayla, what else you got? I know you have some stuff in that iPhone. What do you got?

I don't have a lot. Maybe we could talk about like, what are you guys going to do this Christmas? Like, what's your thing? We'll start with tolls. The theme that we said, no, just the, what are you going to do? Like, what's the, what's y'all's thing? You know, everybody has a Christmas thing. Well, usually my mom would come into town, but she's not going to come in this year. So it's going to be just such a, us at the house are going to be just real chill.

I think traveling so much through the year, it's nice just to stay home. I know you're looking forward to staying home. I'm definitely looking forward to Christmas. My son's birthday is the day after Christmas. My father's birthday is Christmas. Oh, really? Yeah. So it's an awesome time. You know, it's a good time.

Having your birthday on Christmas, I don't know. My dad would probably say it's not completely awesome, but it's pretty cool. Yeah. But my son's birthday is the day after, which is, boy, that's hard. Yeah. How do you follow that up? Yeah. Yeah. My older brother is two days after. He's the 27th. Okay. So being younger, I was always jealous because like, oh, he gets double Christmas. No, you get a single present usually. Yeah. You get less in the long run, I think. But-

Kalo, this is interesting because it's your first Christmas, right? With the newborn. Oh yeah, little baby Lucy. So how is that going to be at the Kalo household? I haven't thought about that in particular yet because we kind of do a two-fold Christmas. So starting tomorrow, which actually earlier, my brother...

We get this, we go to Hickman County. There's a, this place and we rent it the last few years. It's really cool. It's like a bunch of land. You can rent four wheelers and stuff and you have, they have a shooting range and all that, but you can run it yourself, you know? So it's kind of like a redneck shooting range. And, and so we get to shoot guns and whatever guns people have bought that year or something. They just want to try and shoot. And we do that. My brother, my

Sister-in-law, they cook everything. We've got some great friends that cook. And we just, three nights, and we'd get in this big lodge on this property and have what we call a love fest. I can't see you shooting a shotgun. What do you mean? I can't see you shooting a shotgun. It was in the military. I can handle a weapon. Really? Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, I've shot a .50 cal. I've shot an M60. Really? M16, you know, .45, all the things. Yeah. I can see you shooting. Yeah. Have you ever killed anything? I sure have. Really? Yeah. Oh, you did shoot some pheasants. I struck the great beast. It fell to the earth with a mighty thunder. Oh, my God.

I'll take that back. Yeah. You are a country boy at heart. I can survive. Yeah, what are you guys doing for Christmas? I don't know. Ask Lana. Are the... We're not doing... We're just staying here, right, babe? Are both of your daughters in town? Emma, will she be here? Yep. She's moving back. They used to live in Orlando, and they're moving back. Yeah, we were talking about that a couple weeks ago, right? Yep. Emma just got married not too long ago, but they're moving back to Tennessee. Okay.

Allie's newly engaged. Yay, Allie. On Thanksgiving Day, they got engaged. And actually, Meemaw is her fiancé's grandmother who made this food. Unbelievable. It is really good. So we're looking forward to that. And I think we're going to be kind of – we had a low-key Thanksgiving here with just them.

And we're probably going to have like a low key Christmas here. What do you guys eat for Christmas? Is it traditional? We're doing, we're doing ribs this year. Yeah.

I love this. No, I love this. No, no, we're doing ribs. You're doing ribs. Sounds amazing, though. Absolutely. Caleb, what do you guys do? Is it traditional or is it unique to whatever? Fairly. You know, the fried turkey, which is new, last, what, I don't know, 10 years or so, people have been doing that. But we have the, you know, we have fried turkey, smoked turkey,

regular old dry turkey like and we have the you know ham but dressing is the thing my mom makes the most incredible dressing really with with some gravy and stuff oh it's so good you know and then every dessert um it's just you guys like ham traditional yeah we do ham on christmas yeah you can't get tired of it baked on thanksgiving yeah you get tired of the turkey and then you put it on those little sweet rolls

Oh, you're right. Hawaiian rolls maybe? But we're doing ribs this year. So I think we're going to do something different. Ribs. Like McRibs or ribs? We're not doing McRibs. They brought them back for a limited time. Do you go to Alyssa's parents? Yeah, we'll go to her parents. But it'll be like probably ham and turkey. So traditional. Yeah, because I'm stickler. I kind of want ham on Christmas. Yeah. I used to grow up that way.

I like it. Do you not like that I'm doing ribs for Christmas? I like ribs. Are you making the ribs? That wasn't my question. It's the same animal, guys. So no need to fight about it. Good point. You're right, Kalo. That's a good point. I came with that. What?

Are you smoking the ribs yourself? Me and Emma's husband, Jordan, we're going to do... Bonding. It's family. We don't watch movies. Jordan looks like he can smoke some stuff. We don't watch movies. We spend time together. We do quality time. We don't watch... It's a Wonderful Life and all that stuff.

We actually do stuff that's meaningful and spend time together. I tell you this. It's good. This is the most we've ever fought is at the Christmas episode. You're right. Yeah, we need a holiday break. See what I've done? I've infected it. We need a holiday break. I've infected it. Krampus came in. You guys, you're going to see Krampus if you don't get your shit together.

Have you ever seen Bad Santa? No. No, I never saw that. Really? No, I couldn't. I missed that one. It was a one-timer. I think I watched a little bit of it, but then... I mean, it's... Wow, it's pretty raunchy. It is pretty raunchy. His Santa suit was so disgustingly dirty, and he put the big salmon inside his... You know, I couldn't take it after that. Yeah, they stole that from trading places. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Sure did. Mm-hmm.

I'm trying to think of an off-the-wall Christmas movie that I've watched. Because we do it every year. Kelly and I will watch. We do all the movies. Like, literally all the movies. Whether it's Christmas with the cranks. Or we even do Planes, Trains, and Automobiles the day after Thanksgiving. Because it's a Thanksgiving movie. It's fantastic. In our transition. We watch all the movies. No wonder you know all the answers.

I'm just saying. I mean, it's quick, too. What's that? It's quick. You answer quick. I love Christmas movies. My wife, I was telling Lana before we got here, I was saying we decided we were going to do a Christmas episode tonight. I told her like a half hour before we left, oh, I think we're doing a Christmas episode. I might need to bring a hat, whatever. And she was so mad at me. She was so mad. What? She loves Christmas. What?

And that's an understatement. Yeah. She's like, oh, my God. I would have made leg lamp cookies. I would have done this. I would have made whatever. She gave me the hat. She gave me the shirt. This is her shirt. She rivals me with getting the decorations up. She's all in. Yeah, it's awesome. She's all in on Christmas. Christmas can't last long enough for me. I love the whole...

I got the same on the way out the door. And I said, hey, have you seen my little Santa hat with the orange Tennessee Vols thing on it? She goes, no, why? I said, because we're doing a Christmas episode tonight. It was like five minutes before I walked out. She goes, no, when did you know that you could do a Christmas episode? I said, I don't know, a few days. And she goes, that's great. I'm going to look like a terrible wife. You're the only one going over there not prepared. And yeah, so I get it.

I get it. No, you're very prepared. You got your tags on like mini pearl and stuff. Right there. That's great. Yeah, you've had that forever. Yeah, I'm taking it back tomorrow. Yeah, it's a rental. Where did you get that? I don't know. Lana, where do we buy this? Lana's so embarrassed right now. No, Lana probably made it. She probably made it this morning. Yeah, we were at Walmart. I was picking up ammunition. And we saw this hanging on the rack. Worst grade. And they had one left in my size.

And then I picked the hat up and the hair in St. Augustine, Florida by a guy. I did it. So I was angry. And I said, look at this. I'm trying to remember. We played it. We played it on a Christmas track. Who was that? We did. We've done a couple. Aldine did a Christmas song. We did Christmas in Dixie. Christmas in Dixie. That's a great one. Gosh. What's that? That's a great song. I just love that song. That's a great song. When the climates, we did.

I can't remember what the song was though. Yeah. I can't remember either, but we did Christmas in Dixie, which is a great song. Yeah. Great too. You want me to play it? Yeah. It's a lot of chords. It ain't one, four or five. It ain't one, four or five.

That's probably it, right? Do we guys have anything? Anything you want to say? Do you want to end on a good note? I want to wish all of our listeners a very merry Christmas. Yeah. Seriously, we've been all over the map tonight.

Well, it's kind of the end of the sauce. A little sauce stuff. Thankfully, most people listen, and they're not watching. They can't see that. Our hearts are good. The spirits. We're in the right place. I think so, too. And listen, we've been having a lot of fun tonight, but we do want to say we're very thankful. And by the way.

Jesus is the reason for the season. And we're very thankful for all of you that have listened and watched through the year. And we'll have a New Year's episode probably too. But we're thankful that you guys have kind of taken this journey with us this year, right? And I mean, Neil.

What? Yeah, we kind of had a little fun tonight. Yeah, we did. We had a lot of fun tonight. They know we're having fun. Everybody knows. Amen. You got to know me by now. You got to know all you guys by now. Before we leave, I do have to say this. I've had numerous people ask me, so what happened to Thrashtalk?

I swear to you, I've had numerous people ask me, what happened to Thrashtalk? We're in the holiday season, the Christmas season. I don't usually use the word holiday, but I'll use it. Is it coming? Yeah, I'm trying to keep everything on a lighter, more positive note. It's coming.

It's coming. Because I think people want it. No, it also depends on the subject matter. Yeah, we're not going to force it. No, you can't force that kind of thing. Because once you get going, it's like, you know, we have to use some bleeping and there's some editing. Yeah. It's fun. It's fun. The truth hurts sometimes. The truth does hurt. I don't know if I want Thrashtalk edited, though.

Because I think you're at your best when you're, I've told you this before, like you're at your best when you're unfiltered.

You're probably the most honest of us while we're on the mic. No, I'm probably the one that doesn't really care what anybody else thinks more than others. I don't. Because I'm at the age now where I don't care. And if I get kicked off this show for some reason, I'm fine with it. I've had a good career. Can we still do it at your house? If I'm off the show, y'all get charged a buttload for studio time.

Okay, we're going to leave on this. All I want for Christmas is what, TK? That's a good one. New QB for the Titans. I think we all want that, right? In Middle Tennessee? He's out. As far as you're concerned, he's out. Yeah, I'm sure he's a nice guy. Kalo, what do you want for Christmas? I want my...

family and friends to have a super long life. No, that's true. Now I feel like a jerk. And I'll say, no. Of course I want that. I'll stay there with you. I do wish that my Tennessee Vols win at Ohio State. You want them to run the whole deal. I'm with you, bro. No, you don't. I say this just for me because I'm not there yet because we're not close to Christmas and it takes me, I mean, I get, it takes

It takes me a long time to get there. I don't get in the Christmas spirit until almost right there. And I just hope that I remember, like Kurt said, Jesus is the reason for the season and celebrate his birth and think about that. And Jesus, you talk about try that in small town. He came from small town.

Oh, look at that. I wish all those things too. Just for the record. I know we're being serious. All of a sudden we're being serious today. I'm hoping for a big wheel like the four-wheeler I didn't get. Rich did. No, no, no. What Kayla said. Okay. What do you got, Neil? I'm not going to take up your turn. Get a new QB? Nah. I don't even care. I mean, they can do what they want with the Titans. I mean, it's fine. I want some more of Meemaw's fudge here. Really good. Her caramels are fantastic. Fantastic.

You know what I want? I hope we're doing this. Last year we did Taco Night. I don't know if it's happening, but I hope that we get it. I'm just putting that out there. Anybody that wants to listen can. And I'd add one more, if you don't mind. Tully, can I add one more? Yeah. I hope that we're still doing this podcast next Christmas. Well, it didn't start out great tonight. Yeah.

In all seriousness, I mean, we had a lot of fun tonight. We know it was super loose. We hope all of you have a great Christmas. It's been amazing that you guys have taken this journey with us. We're very thankful. We're super appreciative for... Neil. I'm shaking my sweater.

For KLO. I just hope we don't lose our sponsors. I hope we don't either. For TK, we are coming to you from the Patriot Mobile Studios. You got something? No, no. Just don't leave yourself out. Oh, I'm Kurt. Kurt. My wish for Christmas is that you guys give me a good nickname for next year.

I'm working on it. Okay, thanks. Interesting. Yeah. All right. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, everybody. Make sure to follow along, subscribe, share, rate the show, and check out our merch at trythatinasmalltown.com.