Episode 0092 – Tradition

December 20, 2007 · Filed Under Podcast

Building traditions; fake trees; LED lights; advent calendars; gift opening etiquette; the screaming monkey gift; a terrible prank; bad presents; cardamom bread; the plastic surgeon; batteries. Happy Holidays!

00:00 Theme music – it’s filled with stars.
00:18 Welcome to the show.
00:34 Building traditions for the holidays.
01:50 When the Christmas season should actually start.
02:20 Kim picks the tree theme.
02:50 The power of the fake tree.
03:00 Sam is the master of lights.
04:00 LED Lights are the best Christmas lights ever.
05:00 Why Sam didn’t get the lights up all over the house.
05:50 The advent calendar.
07:00 Building the frenzy.
07:30 Gift opening etiquette.
08:20 Thing 1’s gift-opening neurosis.
09:00 How to know what your kids want for Christmas.
09:30 The liquid soap punishment.
11:44 The 12 Days of Christmas Update.
12:30 The most awesome flying monkey.
14:30 Kim regrets the gift of the flying monkey.
15:00 Kim is a big cheater.
15:40 Going to see the Christmas lights.
16:45 The rising cost of egg nog.
17:45 Kim has an issue.
18:15 Sam proposes a terrible, terrible prank.
19:00 Why Sam never gets anything done on his vacation.
21:30 The crappy present tradition.
22:40 Cookies and eggnog for Santa.
23:20 The Christmas eve meal. Maybe it’s not as much of a tradition as Sam thinks.
24:15 The Christmas Eve trip to the Emergency Room.
25:15 Putting out the presents.
26:20 Christmas morning ritual.
27:30 Driving the kids insane in the morning.
28:00 The cardamom bread challenge.
29:30 We plan on how to trap the kids.
30:10 Kim complains about Sam’s attempts to preserve family memories.
31:00 Sam goes off on bad Christmas presents again.
32:20 Christmas present distribution turns into some kind of calculus problem.
33:00 Stretch Christmas as far as possible, people. It only happens once a year.
33:25 Toy packaging is the worst.
34:40 The plastic surgeon. Genius.
35:10 Batteries. Must. Not. Forget.
36:00 Kim gets lippy about the Christmas ham.
36:20 A new holiday tradition begins.
37:40 Something you won’t be seeing any time soon.
38:00 Sam’s advice column.
39:40 Don’t forget to download the Christmas Eve episode.
40:35 A seasonal reminder.
40:50 Things that happen in Texas.
41:53 Seeya!