Christmas Catch Up
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Dude, how does this look? Okay. I ask this man every time. Okay. I'm in an insane asylum is what it looks like. Well, all white walls.

Dude. Nick, dude. Nick, tell me what the hell. Why are you breathing like that? The struggle is real. I think it might be Craig, too, but... Why would you guys not save this? Someone just do an intro. Oh, okay. We are recording. Jesus Christ, Craig. You fucking dictator. Relax. Craig's gone full director mode on us. Oh, my God. King John Craig. Okay, Nick, tell me. No, I just...

I haven't really drank like that in a long time. Probably since the last New Year's, essentially. This whole holiday thing. We did presents in the morning, had family friends over for brunch, and then just never slowed down until like 2 in the morning. Finally passed out. On Christmas? Absolutely. Yeah. I was in the mood. I don't know. I was just finally relaxed for a month.

yeah that's great no man hair down we uh we gosh we've opened up some champagne for you know christmas gifts and such and so like i had like a little bit of a buzz going at like 12 30 right but then you know after gifts and stuff it like dipped down and then

And then I like, we all took a nap basically like two o'clock in the afternoon. And then we woke back up and like, all right, who wants a glass of eggnog? So that's like kind of, kind of how our Christmas goes. Nice. You do two Christmases, Craig? No. Well, I went to my grandfather's today. We always do my grandfather's the day after Christmas with all my cousins on my dad's side. So that's fun. Still kicking it 89. He's an awesome guy.

Oh, that's great. Yeah. Well, I had the drink after having to throw away our Christmas tree. So yeah, that was great. What? What happened? I saw you taking ornaments off your Christmas tree. Yeah, we thought you guys were kidding. But no. Yeah, dude, what was that about? Three aphids in our tree. And usually they're dead. So you shake the tree before you get in.

And they're supposed to wash it when they ship the trees, but apparently they didn't on this one. And those little effers were still alive. And my mom saw some crawling up a wall and she was like, nope, it's going out of here. And two days before Christmas, of course. What's it called, by the way? They're Christmas tree aphids. They look like little ticks, essentially. Yeah, they suck to have in your garden. Yeah, there's like a thousand of them. Yeah.

I saw you posting that, and I had the same reaction as Craig. I was like, what is Nick doing? Yeah, I thought you actually take your Christmas tree down at the end of, I don't know. I didn't know what you were doing. It's like bed bugs. You have to burn your mattress. Did you guys take it outside and burn it, Nick? Or did you just toss it on the side of the road? No, it's sitting next to my burn pile right now. It's going to make a good burn here later this week. It's been raining here for three days, so.

Of course it is, Nick. I always thought, until you told me that, that they shake the trees to get all the dead growth off. But I always, like, last time I went to a Christmas tree farm and when they shook it, I was like, that just seems such overkill. Like, they shook the absolute hell out of it where I thought they were actually shaking off good needles. And now...

which a lot of people out there probably don't know, they shake that tree for bugs. Oh yeah. It's not just the dead. I didn't know that either. I didn't know that either. Do they just fall off when you shake it? Well, usually there's a lot of times they're dead. Cause you know, they get treated and everything. Like they're not supposed to,

All the ones that are on these farms get like they're they're supposed to be treated for bugs like that. And this time it just wasn't. It's the first time I've ever seen it happen. I had my aunt messaged me. She goes, yeah, that happened to us one year. But we just vacuumed them up because they're already dead. These guys were still like kicking and then they lay eggs in the tree and then they just keep going, going, going. So it's like, see you. Merry Christmas. Well, guys, get out of here.

That would break my Christmas spirit. I'm not going to lie. I don't know if I'd get a backup tree. I don't know if I'd get a backup tree. I'd be like, okay. And I'm officially switching over to

a fake christmas tree from here on out because i think that would break me i'd be like oh man i have it all set up it's all beautiful it makes me happy and then if i saw these little aphids i'd i'd be like okay and no more i'm getting a fake tree so i'm watching yeah my friend delaney had a little three-foot tree in new york city like a fake tree and she got a little christmas tree

sent a candle from STS and made it smell. She said it was the happiest thing. She would just walk in and their house would smell like a, or her, you know, studio apartment would smell like a Christmas tree. Oh, that's awesome. But like, because I didn't get one this year, I did get into the Christmas spirit when I was shopping for groceries and,

On the 22nd. And then the Christmas Eve, I went to the... On the 22nd, I got so angry, I almost... I have forbidden my mother forever asking me to go to a certain grocery store again because I had to go to a big grocery store. And I was like, I'm never... Completely overreaction, but I was like, I'm never going there again. Everyone was miserable. It's a whole bunch of transplants. So this...

grocery store that is not the one that I like. Everyone from like New York and New Jersey that has moved here goes to and everyone was just unhappy and angry and it was just packed. So on Christmas Eve, I went to my redneck grocery store. I was very happy and peaceful. But yeah, I was in the Christmas spirit as soon as I got home.

Do you go grocery shopping, Craig, or do you just use Instacart and things like that? See, when I'm in Delaware, I go grocery shopping. I don't even know if we have – I think we just got Instacart, but I still live in kind of a laid-back place. So I love going to the grocery store. I don't, man. The grocery store –

the grocery store is a big and scary place i mean i am walking aisle to aisle and i i don't do it often except for just like you said when i come home for the holidays there is a huge harris teeter right in in the shopping center and yes a whole bunch of transplants craig i mean a whole bunch of transplants and and and people are stressed and you know they're fighting over that last little

can of cranberries or whatever it is that last you know six pack of of

Sam Adams, Trap Hop, and everyone. So I try to avoid it like the plague, but I end up going, because it's like a seven-minute car ride, I end up going to the grocery store like five times because my mom's like, ooh, Austin, I would really appreciate it if you could run out and just grab some more potatoes or parsley. And I end up just taking these little trips, these little trips and grocery stores. Yeah.

I'm going to huge. I'm allowing myself to eat sweets on this trip, even though I break them into multiple pieces on the cookie plate and only to eat them eventually all. But peanut butter fudge, peanut butter cookies with chocolate in them and chocolate chip cookies made a whole pumpkin pie last night. I'm just my sugar intake is up. I've gained like 15. Did you just say that you ate a whole pumpkin pie last night or you made a pumpkin pie?

No, I made one. I also, so my little sister loves to make sugar cookies. My mom makes these macaroons. So literally prior to jumping on here, I had four cookies and I even told them, I was like, I know, I was like, I don't eat sweets like this. I really don't. And I guess I'm just telling myself.

Yeah, I did not. I mean, Craig, I have really, really gone freaking overboard with it. And I can't stop. They're so good. And now like I see one, snag it and I pop it. And I'm like, and then one turns to two and then I walk away and then I come walking back. I'm like, this is bad. This is why I don't have sweets in my house. But I'm trying not to guilt myself too much about it because it's the holidays and I want to eat the cookies that my family's making.

we have a drawer in my in our pantry that has different chocolate covered almonds in it right now and that's that's what i i grabbed a handful of on the way up um do you have the mannerisms correct of your mom or your dad i have the smile of my mom okay

i get my dramatics from my dad even though he refuses to admit it he's the dramatic one i mean i i'm starting to see myself just more and more in him and i'm like i can't even be mad at what he's doing because that's what you do like but then i'm like isn't that so funny i'm like i see that i need to like be a little more patient with certain scenarios but like you know whole gasp

or like, you know, make like a loud Nord and be like, geez, you know, and I'm like, what the fuck possibly just happened? It's like the Ravens, like, you know. Damn.

Dad, what? Yeah, no, it is crazy that I see myself more and more my dad every time that we hang out. I mean, just mannerisms like crazy. And and it frightens me almost. I mean, not that he's not a wonderful man, but it is like, oh, my gosh, I am my father's son. And I just see so many things kind of like that, Craig, you know, just little things. And I'm like, what? What? What? What? Dad, like, what?

he cries you get a are you and i cry the littlest things i mean it is and like i see myself guys the dad daddy's home too when you see each other you just start crying nate and then the little girl goes to shoot i mean kind of they're like name it name it you she won't shoot it if they name it oh my gosh that's right that's exactly right

Oh, man. So that just cracks me up. So coming home from the holidays. Yeah, mine is I hear like when he's driving or like if he like reacts to something, you know, forgetting. Like his reactions are my reactions. And I'm like, oh, man. Absolutely. I can't even get mad because I'll be like, why are you acting like that? I'll be like, but that's exactly –

What I do. And that is exactly right. That is exactly right. And I feel like if I ask him something and I'm like, dad, why are you reacting like that? And then I'll find out that he asks me the same thing about me. And I'm like, dad, because we're the same person. We are the same person. We have the same mannerisms. We get teary-eyed at the same things. We get annoyed at the same things. We make the same reactions. And it's polite.

hilarious. We got along great, but we butthead like we argued a lot, but it's because I think we were the same person. I got like I'm very, very similar to my dad. So he saw like through, you know, like all the bullshit or arguing or tricks of the trade is like and then my my brother is definitely my mom's son. I mean, he's got traits from both of them, but he's like very disciplined and regimented and, you know, responsible.

Yeah, I wish I got more of my mom. My mom was so nice. She goes, she was, she throws a big Christmas slash birthday party for my brother on the 23rd every year. And like, she was trying to get ready and she was just stressing in the kitchen. And I was like doing, like, I was just like, just chill. Like, I'll go like get everything's going to work. Like I will go to the store and get that before. And she's like, Craig, you know that I don't deal with,

with stressful situations as well as you do. And so this is my process. Or she like gave me, like, she was just the most articulate word. She was like, Craig, I don't deal with stress or, but she made it funny as in like, you just don't like, I don't know. It was, it was cute. But she's like, please just, she like, basically I can do, you know, I work well with my back against the wall. I try not to be there anymore, but

like my best papers were written the night before oh you were one of those of course of course you weren't craig yeah hell no i mean i certainly was like a working under pressure kind of like i really really wanted to wait until until like the last kind of minute so i i i could like

Because then like it forces you to focus. Right. And then like, you really get the best out of yourself in that, like, you know, four or five, six hour timeframe, because you're like, you have to do this. Like your back is against the wall, but in middle school and stuff, I mean, I certainly had those friends that, that would do their projects the night before and get an A and I would work for like

a month straight on mine and get like a B plus, you know? And I was like, what the hell, man? How come Ryan, you know, did this overnight? And my mom was like, that's just, you know, I think that was her way of being like, you're just stupid. No, I'd started to get annoyed. Cause I was like, damn, if I would've just read this paper one time after like did a revision of it. Anyway. Wait, let's take a quick break. And we'll be right back.

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Welcome back to Pills and Beer Besties. This is one of our last and final podcast broadcast from 2023. It's catching up on Christmas traditions. Austin, have you clicked on the link to see the picture yet? Because you are, let me see you see your reaction first, but you are

Zach from wedding crashers today. Zach. You are wearing his outfit from that movie.

Very, very nice sack played by Bradley Cooper on Wedding Crashers. I'll take it all day, every day. That's funny. I haven't worn a rugby in ages, but I leave clothes at my parents' house on purpose so that I don't have to pack so much when I leave Charleston. And so I have all sorts of sweaters and button downs and everything.

And this rugby, you know, hanging up out here. And I saw it and Katie saw it too. And she was like, I really liked that shirt. And I was like, I'm wearing it today. I love it. I thought it was a Christmas present. This is a Christmas sweater.

Um, yeah, no, uh, it's, it's, it's not a Christmas present, but speaking of, I want to ask, uh, each of you, because I have a video that I want to show you from my dad's reaction to the golf trip that I told you guys about. And so I want to ask each of you, what, what was your favorite gift that, that you gave to one of your family members or, you know, what was like a favorite, you know, reaction from one of the gifts that you gave? Because I'm going to show a reaction video. Yeah.

Nick? I don't know. I guess it wasn't my gift that I gave, but my littlest sister got my middle sister one of those custom shirts with all pictures of her dog on it with dumb faces and lightning coming down. And it was just super funny. We all just started laughing at it. So that, I think, was the best reaction. Those are the best kinds of gifts. Those are the best kinds of gifts where it's like, you know, it probably cost her like 50 bucks to make those pajamas, but it made everybody laugh. And

And next Christmas, you better believe that she's going to be wearing those pajamas. You know, I love that. Christopher's fiance got me. I like started to open it and it was a photo from a photo shoot I did in my kitchen for STS with like a cooking apron and spatula. And I was like, what is this? And it was a cookbook for like me to write in with my like picture on the front, which I thought was very thoughtful. It's like a recipe book.

Did it include prompts or anything like that? Yeah, I mean, it was structured like a journal. It's like ingredients, time, cook, steps. And I was like, wait, this could put me on my little cookbook journey path. That's actually a great and thoughtful gift. Talk about something to prompt you to write down all of your recipes, Craig. Go ahead.

I was gonna say I was most excited to give my dad his softball bat. What did he say about it? He thinks it's great. Like he was a little speechless with it. But I think it's a tournament bat, which means that you can only use it like they do do like train for the Olympics and stuff for the old men. So I'll put what I think he can only use the bat I got him during tournaments.

Craig bought his dad like a corked bat. He's just jacking homers. No, I mean, that's literally what it is. He was like, you can't really use this unless it's a tournament. So I was like, well, at least you have a tournament bat now. That's thoughtful. Yeah. And then my mom, I gave my mom something for their new house in Charleston. Yeah.

It won't ruin the story that I'm not giving you all the details, but it's funny because she has a computer station at the house in Charleston and a computer station here. And I had Anna Hayward take a picture of something that I'm giving them for like the new house and it was sitting next to the computer and she was so confused. And so she's like turning this picture of like, that's in their new kitchen at the new house. And I was like, mom, like,

where is that and she's like I it's in the other room like why did you take a picture of the other room but she was trying to be so nice and sweet about it and I was like is that in this house and then she like realized she was like oh my god that's the Charleston house and then she was like oh my god

It was like, oh, and so that was my favorite reaction that I should have filmed. Oh, you should have. You should have told your brother or someone to film it. Yeah, I just, I don't get that great of reactions usually. So that was my favorite. But what did you, what was yours? Yeah, so I've said this in the podcast before. I gifted my dad a trip to Pebble Beach in November.

next summer. And what I did was that we had friends of ours come over on the 22nd. And when they were here, they are actually the people that are going to round out the foursome. And so I had them make a video to announce that they were also coming. And so this is the video. And so this is a video of me showing my dad, the video of them saying that they're coming and Katie captured it. So let me turn it up.

I mean, you had their friends come in. I didn't, you hadn't told us that part, but I don't remember. Well, wait, that's great. It was pretty cool. It, it was pretty cool. And, um, I'm glad it worked out the way that it did. And, um, yeah, so that was cool.

that was awesome to just see the pure and utter freaking happiness. And that is what I'm talking about with my dad, where, where I have that same gene where I can't help it. If someone does something, I'm like, don't cry. Oh God, here it comes. Like, it's just a quick little snap cry. And my dad is like the king of it. And I'm not as on a dime as him, but it's,

definitely a gene or a trait of mine. It's funny. Who do you feel like you slighted this year? Well, if I'm being honest, that was my only gift to my dad. Yeah, that was a good gift. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And I feel so, I mean, my sister was over the moon. I got her a bunch of travel stuff. My mother was over the moon as well. No, I don't feel like I slighted him, right? Like,

In years past, I just want them to open things, which, by the way, I gifted my mom and sister one of your candles in each of their stockings. And we promptly lit my mom's candle. And they were just happy. And we kind of didn't go overboard this year, which I'm really happy about. Yeah, I didn't. My mom framed me some cool things. I feel bad about my –

i got my brother like oh i got him sneakers for his birthday present from oregon which was cool but like i'm like a wallet but it was the wrong style wallet because i didn't know what kind of wallet he used so i got him a card holder and like he definitely didn't like it which is fine because i think my dad's gonna use it but i was like i just wish i would have like chris was the one that i want to like

like I want to give him something great. And then I just always like push it off and push it off and push it off. But the reason is, is I did everyone else. So like better than I have in other years. And like, I, I don't know. I just, I did everyone else's presence the best I ever have. And then, but he was still lackluster. So I figured out a way to make it up to him. I definitely feel that. I want him to feel that before, you know,

I've done that before. Like, I want them to know that I appreciate him, but it's tough sometimes. Because you assume that they know how you think about them or they know how you, like, talk about them, but then you're like, yeah, but do they? Because he's, like, and he's so, like, responsible and, like, probably has his presence done in, like, October that to him he probably doesn't. Like, I don't want him to be like, if Craig cared, he would have got me something. Like, he would have prepared for this. Yeah.

There's no way, man. There's no way. There's no way that he thinks that way. But I definitely feel you because in years past, I've had to gift my sister things where I'm like, oh, um...

it's coming on the 28th. I'm sorry. And so this year, like I made sure that that didn't happen. I was like, no, I'm ordering these things prior to Thanksgiving. They're all going to be here so that you can actually physically open a gift because I've done that before where it's like, here's an IOU for Christmas 2024. Sorry, I didn't do so good this year. No, I get it.

Nick, what did you get this year? What was your cool, notable present? My normal Legos that I get every year. I moved up in the world. I got 18 and up Legos. I got a Hogwarts castle. Yeah, I did. Oh, the Hogwarts castle. Oh, yeah. It's like 27. Is Voldemort in there? I don't know. I got to look at who's in there. But it's got like all, it's got like the, it's small. I got to build it. It's like the one step below the big one.

So the next size up is like $800. And I was like, yeah, I don't need that one. Oh my gosh. Nick, man, how many Lego sets do you have? I get one every year for Christmas. And obviously I had a bunch as a kid. So a lot of them are in boxes though. But currently out, I have like four. And they're all Harry Potter stuff. But this is like the actual like castle. Save me the Voldemort piece. This one's got 2,700 pieces. What's a normal Lego set?

anywhere from you know 200 something to 400 something so i'm i'm excited i love doing it it's great for like a rainy day kind of thing if i don't want to do anything just put on a movie you have the millennium falcon nick i do not i think i actually i take that back i think i do but it's i got it like years ago like when i was 10 i think i've mainly just been harry potter the past 10 15 years but oh the big deal that i've been doing

Oh, I was gonna say the big gift that we got my mom that unbeknownst known to me is she's always wanted to go to Boston. So since we actually have a day off in between Boston, Philly, she is gonna she's always wanted to see our show. We're flying her up to Boston. So she's gonna hang out with me for a couple days. We're gonna see like the city and everything. She's gonna come to our show in Boston.

That's awesome. When's she coming? When are you going to Boston? We're flying up in the morning and then flying to Philly on Saturday. That's awesome. Talk about turning our podcast trip into a fun mother-son trip. I love that, man. We would love to. Yeah, we would love to have her. That's awesome. I

i mean my brain just jumped to something that i was excited about yeah yeah so did mine i jumped i'm excited about this new civil war movie i don't know but like i just i'm pumped and i don't know why but like i'm very proud to live in the district of the country that would everyone else up oh please you guys wouldn't stand a chance with us appalachians

There's no logic in that. If you broke the US into districts, the Southeast would fucking roll. What's the Civil War? It's just some new movie that's coming out. It's just kind of in the same realm of that world hits the fan.

So, yeah, but except there's like action. Yes. I just watched the new Hunger Game movies last night with the family. And basically what I realized is that you're supposed to, you know, the district. No, no, no, no. But the districts kind of represent the map of the U S and if you go to district 12, where Katniss is from, it's like the Southeast, kind of like what you're saying, Craig. Yeah.

Really? So if you think about it like that, when you watch it, so my sister was telling me that and I was like, what? And she was like, yeah, district 12 was supposed to be like, and she kept on saying Appalachia area. And I was like, that is like North and South fucking Carolina and the Virginias. And then she was like, yeah. And then she was like, you mean like,

You notice the twang in their voice and this and that. Nick, you might be included in ours. You would be right on the border. I mean, obviously. He would be. Yeah. Very close. We'd be the guerrilla fighters. That just depends if Nick is actually from West Virginia or if he's from Virginia. I'm from Virginia. And I can look outside and see the mountains. So I, Nick, we'll take you. I did something crazy with that movie.

what the hunger games yeah no the new hunger games i did i did i pulled a wild move you take a gummy what does that even mean so i was flying home and downloading a wild move nick on my mac yeah that's awesome i was on my flight back i made the decision in the airport that

sure in theory it'd be cool to watch with Paige but I didn't care that much and I said I'm watching it and if she wants to watch it then I'll lie to her so I was like like I made it I made the decision that it's gonna be my airplane movie watched three quarters of it 65% got home to my parents got all cozy and

My mood instantly changes into like, happy Christmas. The whole house is lit up. And I go to Apple TV to continue it. And I was like, I just don't feel it. Like I'm going to read this instead. And so I got on my phone and read the entire outline of the movie. I do that all the time, by the way, Craig, I've you're not alone there.

Craig, you read the spoiler for it? I read the brief of it. Because I was like, I just was like, I have a feeling I'm not going to be able to handle this. I just, I fell too hard for the girl character and him, like their story. And I was like, I know that he's a bad guy. He says her name like a thousand times. He says her name like a thousand times. Lucy Gray. Lucy Gray.

Yeah, so that's not a spoiler. I'm just telling you that that's not what was going to happen. Okay. I'm so glad that you said that, Craig, because I have to tell you something that happened to me as well in that exact same situation. So I started to watch the movie Salt Burn. Okay. It is fucking wild. Okay. I watched three fucking quarters of it.

And then something happened. I deposit this and that. And I was like, okay, I'm going to get in bed later tonight and watch it. After all of a day of Christmas cheer and it was wonderful and we were hanging out with families and basically drinking eggnog and being as festive as possible, I get in bed. The last quarter of that movie is super fucking dark. And I immediately was like, oh my God, I'm terrified. I couldn't go to sleep until like three o'clock. It is...

It's such a wild movie. It is such a wild movie. I finished watching it at like 1230 and my whole fucking headspace just changed. I was like, why did I just do that to myself? It is a very interesting movie and the girls out there that haven't seen it, I know that you've all heard of it because Jacob Elordi is on the hotness pole and all girls out there love him. What's the movie about?

Okay. Okay. I'm going to try to explain it. And for all the besties out there that have seen it, um, like tell me how I explain this movie. I'm going to try to land the plane too. So Jacob Elordi is basically like a Lord. Okay. They, they, they,

go to Oxford, right? On, you know, the social ranking, he is like the cool kid. Yeah. He gets all the chicks. Everyone wants to be his friend. He's super nice. He's super handsome, of course. And he's, uh, and, and then there's this other kid who basically comes in as a, um, um,

on financial aid, right? And so he comes in on the financial aid. He's not cool. He's not anything. He's just like a dude, you know, he's just a, and for some reason, Jacob Elordi's character, Felix, wants to become friends with him. And so they become friends and he basically becomes like his like, you know, favorite pet.

And so he's like, hey, summer break, let's go to my castle. The castle's name is Saltburn. And they're very British. They're all very, very British. And so he goes out to the castle and just kind of sees how that half lives. But then you realize that all the things that...

Like the kid that goes to visit the castle has said is not entirely true. And then you're like, wait, what in the hell? And everything just begins to spiral. And it is, I mean, dude, there is a scene and this is not a spoiler because it's been popping up on TikTok a lot. So Jacob Elordi, Felix is taking a bath, right? And he leaves the bath to go to bed.

And as he leaves, the other character walks into the bathtub, Craig gets on his hands and knees and drinks his bath water before it finishes going down the tub.

And it is a jaw drop moment. It has begun to make its rounds on TikTok and stuff. And I was like, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. What if Jacob Elordi fucking walks in right now? This is going to be so awkward. And that's kind of how the whole movie is. So he's kind of like obsessed with them. You don't know if it's like a homosexual love or just like an obsession love. It is fucking wild. Fucking wild. Sounds like a wild ride.

No, it is, man. You have to ask Paige. I'm sure that Paige has seen it. It just dropped. Do you think she had a harder, as hard of a decision watching that without me as I did the Hunger Games movie?

Craig, she didn't think about it for one second before she started watching Salt Burn, dude. She was like, Craig. She's like, what? No, just watch the movie. Or she just knew that Salt Burn is not your cup of tea. Right. Well, guys, it's been great to catch up. I don't think it's anybody's cup of tea. Merry Christmas, besties. Merry Christmas, besties.

We'll see you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on Thursday. All right, guys. Well, thanks for checking in with us. And much love.

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