What Makes a Christmas Movie? Plus, a Toast to New Beginnings
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This week, Robbie and Chuck talk about Christmas traditions, from sweaters and trees to classic holiday movies and music. They dive into various light-hearted hot takes, holiday preferences, gift-giving etiquette, and more. Along the way, they review a Cream of Kentucky bourbon, discuss JavaScript and API challenges, and share Robbie’s big announcement—twins on the way!

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro

• (01:49) - Whiskey intro and rating: Cream of Kentucky

• (07:59) - Bing Crosby vs Frank Sinatra

• (09:31) - Real vs fake Christmas trees

• (13:59) - Christmas Story vs Christmas Vacation

• (16:34) - Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

• (18:09) - Are gift cards a good present or just lazy?

• (20:50) - Robbie’s big news

• (21:32) - The state of EV

• (27:45) - Investments and crypto

• (33:40) - The results of the State of JS Survey

• (38:00) - Podcast merch

• (39:21) - Futbol and food

• (44:58) - Robbie on Learn with Jason

• (50:11) - Everybody likes Vite

• (53:13) - Representing your brand

• (55:02) - Holiday plans

Links

• Cream of Kentucky: https://creamofkentucky.com)

• Bing Crosby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby)

• Frank Sinatra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra)

• Jack Daniels: https://www.jackdaniels.com/)

• Balsam Hill Christmas Trees: https://www.balsamhill.com/c/artificial-christmas-trees)

• A Christmas Story: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/)

• Christmas Vacation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/)

• Die Hard: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger)

• Hallmark: https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/)

• VW Buzz: https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html)

• Doug Demuro’s review of the VW Buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1TsmhSv5k)

• Rivian: https://rivian.com/)

• Chrysler Pacifica: https://www.chrysler.com/pacifica.html)

• Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/)

• Shiba Inu: https://shibatoken.com/)

• Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump)

• Ethereum: https://ethereum.org/)

• XRP: https://ripple.com/xrp/)

• Hawk Tuah Coin: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/hawk-tuah/)

• State of JS Survey: https://stateofjs.com/)

• Chris Manson: https://x.com/real_ate)

• Jonathan Creamer: https://x.com/jcreamer898)

• Syntax: https://syntax.fm)

• WordPress: https://wordpress.org)

• Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/)

• Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/)

• Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/)

• Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen)

• DHH: https://x.com/dhh/)

• Telemundo: https://www.telemundo.com/)

• Manchester United: https://www.manutd.com/)

• David Beckham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beckham)

• Liverpool FC: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/)

• Real Madrid: https://www.realmadrid.com/)

• Learn with Jason: https://www.youtube.com/@learnwithjason)

• Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/)

• Node: https://nodejs.org/)

• Next.js: https://nextjs.org/)

• Ember: https://emberjs.com/)

• Vite: https://vite.dev/)

• Astro: https://astro.build/)

• React: https://react.dev/)

• Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/)

• Whiskey.fm): https://whiskey.fm)

• Whiskey.fund: https://whiskey.fund)

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

• Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner)

• Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd)

Subscribe and stay in touch

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• Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603)

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot)

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