Two In The Think Tank - 425 - The WWI Christmas Truce

Episode Date: December 13, 2023

On our annual Chrish-mish episode we look at Christmas during war time from 1899-1999. From the famous Christmas Truce of the First World War, rationing throughout WWII and the 'Christmas Miracle' of the Hungnam evacuation during the Korean War. Recorded live at Basement Comedy Club in Melbourne.This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 06:46 (though as always, we go off on tangents)Support the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSupport the show on Apple podcasts and get bonus episodes in the app: http://apple.co/dogoon Live show tickets: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/suggest-a-topic/   Check out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasDo Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.  REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/anzac-christmas-hampers https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50805106https://vwma.org.au/collections/home-page-stories/australian-christmases-at-warhttps://www.history.co.uk/articles/happy-xmas-war-is-over-how-the-world-celebrated-christmas-during-ww2https://www.historyextra.com/period/first-world-war/how-christmas-celebrated-during-ww1-wartime/ https://www.britannica.com/event/The-Christmas-Truce https://play.acast.com/s/dansnowshistoryhit/the1914christmastruce-part2--acast8507fbd8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Yay! Oh my goodness, hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On My Name is Dave Wankeen. Welcome to our annual Christmas special! And when you please keep that festive cheer going for me? I'm sure I didn't just perk until I... Oh my gosh! Thank you. Woo! Yeah!

Oh my gosh! That's right it is! It's right! Jesus Christ. I can't see your face right there. Am I okay? This is normally, I don't want to have to do comedy 101. You don't normally mention that you haven't gotten used to being on stage before.

Most stage you go on, they will be light, Seani. That's how they can see us. What is this thing I'm talking into? This is actually, this is all pretty standard stuff. Oh, okay. Oh, do we always wear these hats? Yes. Yes.

If you're doing, if you're doing comedy, which I think this sort of is, um, allegedly. Can I say Dave, you have never looked cuter. Thank you. My God. Thank you. This is actually a good week for me. On Instagram, really, on the week someone said, a tagger friend on a video we posted saying, I can't believe how cool Dave is. I took to take that in the positive sense. Yeah, yeah. And now I'm the cuter server being. Yeah. You're crushing it this week. Matt, lift your fucking game.

OK. I would make the argument that if someone's listening to you for thousands of hours, and then after seeing you briefly, they're surprised you're cool. I'd be, personally, I'd be looking at that more negatively than you. And that's the fundamental difference between you and I.

Which I just won't got us all hats and this one, uh, her head's too big for it. Too smart. Anyone? Yeah, okay, great. But if the feeds don't like make a big fuss about it, alright? Yeah, if it fits, you will be my friend. That went on so easily.

I can confirm it fits! That went on so easily! You just made a big mistake. I'm no, it's fine. I'm just going to sit here all night every time I see it glimmering. I'll just go, oh god damn it. I also got bonbons because half our listeners overseas don't have these at Christmas. And I thought it'd be fun to have them and then I figured that no everyone at the show today does have them. This is a show in Melbourne. That just hit you now. Yeah so I don't know

but I'll just put them over here. Okay, do you don't want to have a go? Oh really even if they know what they are. Yeah! I guess so. Still be fun. Well maybe I'll do one with my bride to be. I want it out for those at home. Get you salusing and... And I just was shaking her head. Actually no, I want the big baby. You got all this...

Oh they're empty. Do you got nothing in them? Is that it? Okay. Okay, I thought they were surprisingly good value. And um... So what's the point of that? That is quite strange. No, there's gotta be something, do another one. So for the people that I met how to go, he opened one up,

and there's nothing inside it. Usually there's a gift and a little hat, maybe a joke. Can't help but feel that it's about Omen for our nop-tools. She's not a great to the nop-tools, hang on. She put on the hat. Oh my god. They don't even make a sound. Oh, hang on.

This has got something in it. Oh, there's something in it. I think we just had one dud. There's a dead male. Oh! Ooh! This has got something in it. Oh, there's something in it. I think we just had one dud. There's a dead male. Oh. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh, has it got a little joke?

Yeah. Okay. Dave, can you quickly explain for listeners who don't understand what's going on? We've just popped a Christmas cracker, a Christmas bond bond. Inside there's usually a little hat, which Jess has got a purple one there. And there's always a joke or a riddle sometimes. The hat's also never fit my head.

It's such a big knot. My big's always a joke or a riddle sometimes. The hat's also never fit my head. It's such a big knot. My big head, my mum is a small woman too, it's really unkind. This is a good joke. How much does it cost to swim with sharks? Someone said a lot and I'm an alien. That is. Now that got me in the Christmas spirit.

Sorry, I already did a joke of people going, ugh, it's like home. But that's a lot of money, but be more specific surely. Like, I want to. Yeah. How much? No, Matt, it's just a joke. It's not like a pamphlet. Yeah, it is. It sounds like an absolute joke. It's just... I certainly It's not like a pamphlet. Yeah, it is. It sounds like an absolute joke.

That's certainly one for patronizing them. Oh boy. Oh boy. Shall I explain what this is? Yeah, explain the show. Just what are we doing here? Well first and foremost actually, it gives us a little cheer if you've never heard do go on before. Couple people? Couple people have been brought along? I know that scary question because you think I'm going to attack you.

And I will. No. So if you've never joined us before, thanks for coming along. What this is is a podcast where one of the three of us researchers a topic. It's on my iPad, genius. I had to download the file for you. And I renamed it Dave Christmas episode 2023, just so you wouldn't know. Oh, that's not the topic. Okay, well then your guess is as good as mine. Anyway, one of the three of us goes away, research is the topic, brings it back to the other two who listen very politely and never interrupt with dog shit riffs. And it's Dave's turn for this Christmas episode.

Would you believe this is our ninth and your Christmas special? I can't remember last year. Last year, remember the Star Wars Holy Special? We haven't done nine Christmas shows. I don't know, Dave, have we? Yeah, this is one of the very first episodes we ever did was a Christmas one, so that was why I probably... What?

And that was about, that was probably about nine Christmas as a go. Yeah. I go, now it's done, add up. What? And that was about, that was probably about nine Christmas's ago. Yeah. I go, now it's done, add up. This is my longest relationship and it is toxic. Alright. You do a great job, Jess.

In our relationship. Yeah. Thank you so much. You want me to forward slightly so I can see Matt's beautiful face. Alright, here we go. So we always start with a question. What about my face? Your face was all I could see and it was a bit match.

We're already talking about this, so I was like, yeah. Honestly, there's like this big moon right here. There's a beautiful face. Beautiful face. You have a face that's so beautiful it's off-putting. Yes, that's why I'm a lot of people. And now Matt has started leaning back and now I can see even less people. We're more worried about these people over here, if I do that, than that's a good idea.

They won't say you'd have a lot of face time over here. The cutest stuff ever. We should say Matt's wearing a Santa hat, Jess is wearing reindeer ears and I'm wearing an elf's hat. That's why I look so freaking cute for people Mine had to be on a headband that's adjustable Because I have a gigantic head Do they have to get what size have you adjusted it to? Max And even then it is the pressures a bit much

Yeah, that thing's holding on for dear look Let's get this over with Okay, my question is I might pass out. For the Christmas special, what now legendary event took place on Christmas? 1914. Oh. Oh, the war, the war truth? The war truth.

The Christmas truth. The Christmas truth. It is the Christmas truth, yes, I'm going to give it to you. I just want to say more words. You see you said you can get it right. It's the Christmas truth of Wardwall one this means suggested by a bunch of people including Nathan Parker from Colorado Ross McFadazan from Carlisle, Sam Jones from Kingswood Fid, John Nassie from Calgary, in Canada. Ezra Zoram Kenyes. Oh my god. From a hoofdorp North Holland.

Is that it? Incredibly. Or they sound fantastically made up. No, don't worry. I'm going to read out one that you... It's definitely real now. Padregg O. Leoctra. From Southwest Ireland, Scott from London, he's real. Alex Sandra Simonson from Norway, and that's it, so no one from Australia wanted this,

but here we are. No one wanted it. Now the Australian wall memorial rights, Christmas and war are not compatible, but too often they are thrust together. So on this episode, it's quite violent. Too often. Yeah. That is one of the nichest pawnsage temp off of it. And you know something would come up. Certainly would. This is a lot of thing about you.

On this episode I'm going to look at Christmas time during wartime from 1899 to present, with of course a big stop off at the famous Christmas truce of 1914. So let's get into it. Our first Christmas during wartime is 1899 during the second ball war. One of my favorites. Yeah, that's a great war. Yeah.

By name alone. Oh, yeah, I know nothing about it, but ball war is fun. Ball war. Yeah. I'd go to the ball war if I could. Yeah. But you got to part one or part two of the ball war. I'd collect those.

Yeah, if I could. Sequel's are never the ball. Oh, I collect those. You like them. Sequel's are never as good. So I'd go one. OK. Well, I'm afraid we're starting number two in 1899. The ball had just kicked off in South Africa only a couple of months before. The ball was a conflict.

I know, you know, this jest. But for everyone else, four between the British Empire and the two ball republics, the South African Republic and the orange free state, over the Empire's influence in southern Africa from 1899 to 1902, and in 1899, as things kicked off, the town of Lady Smith, southeast of Johannesburg, was under siege, and the balls surrounded the town as the Brits were driven back into Lady Smith. It became a full-on siege that went on for nearly four months, and it's interesting

to note that both Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi were present at the siege. Oh, there you go. Churchill was a war correspondent and Gandhi was a stretcher bearer. Okay. Different roles. Quite different. Worthy, going important. Hey Jesse, you also pictureing real balls. One team of pigs versus English paper. Actually,'s pigs on pigs isn't it? An English in. Absolutely got them a beauty bit. I was picturing really boring people. And also the balls. English people were so sorry. So ladies and its inhabitants were constantly under fire from guns, but they were also shelled from artillery and on Christmas day 1899 there was to be no truce. The shelling continued, but some of the shells didn't explode. This wasn't that uncommon, but when examined, one of the shells was

found to contain a Christmas pudding, two union flags, and the message, compliments of the season. So it's literally raining pudding. Compliments of the season. I love that. It also feels passive-aggressive. I love it. And it also had trappin' all in it as well. Yeah, yeah. And they go, oh, putting it in, they pick up, putting it it would explode. Yeah. Ruin there famously already wonderful teeth.

LAUGHTER They're really sticking the boot in. I know. That's about it. If we were in England, we would not be saying any. No, no. We're cowards. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. We're in England. We would not be saying anything. No, no. We're in Caledon. Yeah, absolutely.

Absolutely. But we love Australia. Yeah. No, no, no. No, no, no, no. That's horrible stuff. Now, it wasn't just one. At least three of the puddings were found.

And that's not the only surviving Christmas pud from the Boer War. Thomas Ashford of the New South Wales mounted rifles took his 1901 putting back home to Australia, great country, after the war. LAUGHTER He... So he brought this putting home, he donated it to the Australian War Memorial shortly before his death

in the 1950s, where it remains to this day. And it's thought to be one of the oldest puttings in the world. And we've got it. We've got it. We've got it. In England, they ate theirs in the 1950s. Yeah, not us. We've got the oldest putting.

I had a similar experience just earlier, it's at Al's Ranch, around a moment, dads put that up, they're Christmas decorations. And mom used to be a a teacher and one of her things she put on the tree, she realized I had a chocolate tree in it, but she's been retired for multiple years. So I was open and yeah, it was delicious.

No, it did not look good at all. You're not gonna donate it to the Australian War but more well, I didn't, until now I didn't know it would have any value. They take anything. So that's the ball-war, then. The First World War kicked off in July 1914, and Matt's done a fantastic three-part episode

about what kicked it all off and what happened. But after the first few months, the Western Front across Belgium and France became a years-long stalemate of almost 500 miles of opposing trenches. It was muddy at times hot and by Christmas freezing cold. Honestly, such a nightmare place to be at any time. War?

Yeah, but specifically the trenches of the Western Frontiers. That is a hot take, my friend. They were very... Take me back to the trenches. War, not good, hey. I would ponder what is it good for. Thank you. Someone had to say it. So I have to say it.

If we just shut up, he'll just keep doing little. He'll do all the jokes and the reading. Great. Well now what is it good for the military industrial complex? I mean, without war, we wouldn't have the Australian war memorial. Yes. Exactly. The old is putting.

Yeah. And it's worth it. Exactly. In the end it was worth it. That's what they were fighting for. We wouldn't have the Anzac Day footy game. Yeah. Yeah.

My next answer is, it was awful stuff. Thousands being killed every day on both sides. We know, right? Can we collectively say we know? We know. But what about... So some of them had guns and they would shoot it at the others. So some of them had guns and they would shoot it at the others. To me that's not on. No. Someone had to say it. But what about Christmas, Jess? What about it?

What about it? Well, as a little reprieve from the misery in October 1914, England's King George, the fifth 17-year-old daughter, Mary, launched an appeal to fund a Christmas gift for every member of the British Armed Forces. Shortly before Christmas 1914, advertisements were placed in the British press, seeking donations for the soldiers and sailors Christmas fund, and 152,000 pounds was raised, which in today's money is over 15 million pounds. Oh, shit!

Yeah, woo! Each soldier from this fund was sent a brass box that contained various objects. Smokers got 20 cigarettes and a yellow monogrammed wrapper. They got an ounce of pipe tobacco, a pipe, a Christmas card and a photo of Princess Mary. That's crazy. She's 17. Oh, yep, that's worse. Oh! A non-smokers gift was also produced if you didn't smoke,

but these were made at a ratio of one for every 28. So about 28 people they expected 27 to be smokers. Inside their box they got the Christmas card and the photograph of Princess Mary. Don't worry, they didn't miss out. But instead of smoking-related materials, it contained a packet of acid tablets, which I was like, oh, okay. Acid taps. Okay.

Interesting. Have fun. Yes. Yeah, you just have the commanding officer goes, now go that way. It turns out there are a type of sour lemon, flavoured sweet. So they just got a block of candy and they got a khaki riding case with pencil paper and envelopes. Very cute.

Very cute. I'm going to go with you. Cute. I didn't know how I felt about it. I'm going to say cute. Can't do that. The boxes were watertight, and even after the contents was used, they were great containers for their possessions and photos.

And it became kind of like an iconic thing that they all carried everywhere. Yeah, nice. The boxes continued to be given out throughout the rest of the war. The final number being produced was over 2.6 million. Wow. Did they do one for everyone's birth?

Those two. They have a cake? Yeah. Inside a little box of cake. The idea of sending Christmas gifts to soldiers happened throughout the war in Gallipoli in 1915 where many Australians... Oh, that's us! We're stationed for Christmas. Christmas goodies were packed in billies. For overseas people, that is an Aussie term for a metal container used for boiling water, making tea or cooking over a fire. It's also a tent for a bomb.

I actually didn't look into whether it was a bomb or that kind of... All the boys get a bone. Lod it up. And one in 28 were nerds and didn't want to smell it. They just got more lollies. Yeah, they got more lollies. Oh, fine, I'll just have the acid. Up to 50,000 of these billies were given out, packed by female volunteers from the Alexandra Club, a private club for women based here in Melbourne.

And they all had cartoons on them on these billies. One I've seen is a kangaroo knocking out a Turkish man with its tail, and the caption reads, this part of the world belongs to us. Turkey? Yeah, and these are given out in the Ottoman Empire now. Turkey. We'll have this. Yeah, this is ours. Yeah, Australian geography curriculum wasn't so good back then. Yeah. This is ours.

Yeah. Well, they didn't get it. Anyway, inside they also had tobacco and cigarettes, matches, knitted socks, a pencil, writing paper, razor blades, pizza, Rio. Oh, sorry. I got lost in the accent there. Oh, I got lost.

Honestly, cake. We had cake juice. Yes. Little bit of cake. Famously a good traveling treat. Yeah. Yeah. It just hold up well.

It just months to get to the front line, a bit of cake. They also had sauces, pickles, tin fruit, cocoa, coffee and sauces. I've already said that. It's worth repeating. Yeah, actually for every soldier. Yeah, this is like a massive stuff. That's a lot of stuff, right? They were just really making Princess Mary look like a title.

And they also got Anzac Biscuits. That's right. For overseas listeners, this is where Anzac Biscuits are associated with the Anzacs, as you would know. Which stands for the Australian New Zealand Army Corps, and they are made using roller doves, flour, sugar, butter, golden syrup, baking soda, and boiling water, commonly sent to Anzacs as they last a long time. And they're still very popular in Australia

and well protected too, biscuit manufacturers must apply for Department of Veterans Affairs permission to use the word Anzac, which will only be granted if quote, the product generally conforms to the traditional recipe and shape. Oh, so you can't like go rogue. You can't go rogue. I'm gonna make it with Siddhu and yeah that's not an end

It's not but before the Anzac did you know this I didn't know this came the Anzac tile Tile not quite as catchy it's also known as the army biscuit if you heard of these It is a biscuit yeah it's called a tile Yeah. It's called a tile. Yeah. It's not something you put on the bathroom floor. Yeah. I thought they're sending them each one tile. And then I have to band together to tile their trench. What?

That would be nice. That would be very nice. It's just a lovely subway tile. Just making a bit more homie, you know? Yeah. Well, I got a pink one. You got trench foot, but don't worry about it. No, so there also means the army biscuit.

It's essentially a long shelf life hard-tack biscuit eaten as a substitute for bread. And they could be a tile or a brick because they are so, so hard. They often had to be soaked all day in soup just to be vaguely edible Like like honestly would break your teeth in these things They're rock hard, but they last forever Matt's parents of here. What a joy and error go to the Ural decorating the Christmas tree together. Lovely day for it. That is a good reminder, thank you. It's always worth mentioning. When one of us goes too far, then we go, oh god. So you got the ASEC title. Yes. In 1915, Sergeant Cecil Robert Christmas.

Fuck right off. Cecil Christmas. Wrote a Christmas card from Glyphilis. He just called it a card. Oh, good. I hate myself. What are you like? He wrote Christmas card from Gallipoli on the back of one of these heart-tack biscuits. And it was successfully delivered and has survived until today. Oh my God. Is it in the warm of a world?

Yeah, it is. It's in the warm. Hey, we'll take anything. They'll take it. And it reads, it's a hard to read, but they've got to fade on on the warm world. Just because it's like the old-timey cursive. That's why it's hard. No, because it's written on a biscuit.

Yeah, nothing to do with the biscuit, please. It's just the perfect surface. Just the pen couldn't get on there. It says Merry Christmas, and then in brackets, Allegable, prosperous new year from old friends, Anzac, Gallipoli, 1915. Wow. I think that a really heartfelt.

And that's from Sergeant Christmas. So good. So good. I'm sorry. I have to warm memorials listening. That's actually from all of us. I forgot to get some energy. Now we go back to those horrible trenches of the Western Front. Remember war is bad. Remember you were so good. I stand by that. We go back for the first Christmas of World War

One in 1914. This is when the famous Christmas truce occurred. Britannica writes in early December 1914, an attempt was made to secure an official truce for the holidays. Pope. Do you cough every time I say

the word Pope? Don't do anything. I don't know anything. I don't know anything. Look at that. Love it. Pope Benedict XI had transcended to the papacy just a month after the outbreak of war. And on December the 7th, he issued an appeal to the leaders of Europe, quote, that the guns may fall silent, at least upon the night the angels sang. I'm going to need that translator. quote that the guns may fall silent at least upon the night the angels sang

I'm gonna need that translator Basically, can you just cut it out on Christmas? Right. Have a fucking break. Just can you just say that? Yeah Not this guy Benedict's hope was that a truce would allow the the warring power to negotiate a fair and lasting peace But there was a little interest from leaders on either side

So they said, absolutely not. But it actually occurred much more naturally. And it started on Christmas Eve 1914. Christmas Eve being a time for celebration for many in German culture. And obviously, they're on the opposite sides of the English and French and Belgian soldiers. As night fell on another long day of bitrifying, the sound of German soldiers singing Christmas carols drifted across No Manans land that separated the opposing trenches. That's nice.

It is nice. The English soldiers heard this in the beginning to sing their own carols and soon they were joining in together. Oh, so now it's a song battle. Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh, Christmas train.

Oh, Christmas train. Oh, Christmas train. Fuck you! It was kind of because they did a bit of silent night and then the original version in German still knocked. They'd go, your version, our version. And this is the side note. So it's originally written in German. The music was originally composed by Austrian primary school teacher Franz Zaver Gruber, Hans Bubby. And it was written to the lyrics of a priest,

Joseph Moore, and was composed on the few hours before his debut at a Christmas Eve, Midnight Mass in 1818. So he got given the lyrics and said, can you write something for a Mass tonight? And he wrote Silent Night in like three hours. Imagine. Whatever.

And now 96 years later, two opposing sides who hours earlier had been shooting at each other's heads were singing it together. Is that nice? That's beautiful. That nice. Is that nice Matt? Ah yeah, that's really nice. Yeah.

Just wanted to bring you back in for a sec. Hey. You can zone out again now. Some of the... The weirdest thing is I can't tell if that's zoning in or out. I'm locked in, Dave. Let's go. Cool, I'm rock hard and I can go for hours. Just my parents are here. Some of the English troops shouted out to the Germans who in some spots along the line

were as close as 30 metres away. They were very close and they can hear each other well. Many of the Germans had previously lived in Britain before the outbreak of war and spoke really great English, so the two sides were able to freely communicate in many spots. Some of the German troops had small Christmas trees, which were lit by candles, and these began to appear over the top of the trenches. They have little Christmas trees! How did this war keep going?

How did that go back to war after this? He's like, oh, I've got a little Christmas tree over there. German Emperor William... That's so cute. That's the key. The Emperor William, the second, had sent the Christmas trees to the Germans in an effort to bolster morale. He probably didn't expect them to share the morale with the enemy though.

Hey, we've got heaps of these! And as the usual rain gave way to frost, and in some places there was even a light dusting of snow, it was a white Christmas. Two very different reactions there. The next day is the sun rose on Christmas day, and some places the gun stayed silent and troops from both sides slowly and very cautiously came out of the trenches to meet and congregate in No Man's Land for many getting their first proper look at the enemy that had been

shooting at only hours before. Yeah, how do you go back to the next day like, okay, gonna kill ya? Yeah, because I would, yeah, until saying him, they would have just been thinking of it. You know the propaganda, caracatchers of each other. Actually, we were just shooting at humans. Oh my God. When someone saw, I didn't wanna kill,

oh my God, I was killing the goblins here. Yeah, we thought you were werewolf. Oh my God. Oh my God. Have you find out some of them lived down the street from here? Yeah, yeah. Oh. Yeah, I lived in Leeds as well. Yeah. Oh my god. Are you finding out some of them lived down the street from here? Yeah, yeah. Oh. I lived in Leeds as well.

Yeah. Oh my god. Time magazine writes that in some places, Germans held up signs saying, you know shoot, we know shoot, which is lovely. They had little Christmas trees. Yeah. It looked cute. So they met in the middle and complained about the weather.

You know what I was? Oh my god, how about this mud? Classic chitchat. They spoke of sweethearts back home that have to leave behind. They of course swapped cigarettes. Can't get enough. A little bit of alcohol. Some of the Germans had good lager that they were happy to swap. And even parts of their uniforms were swapped over.

That now that's good. Yeah, that's good. It's the end of the footy gambit, all of a sudden they go back to war, things are tricky. I know this looks bad. I am not them. Some even took photos together that survived to today, which you can see in the one more. It's become my home page this week. I love it. Can't get enough. You like this yes? Some of the Germans who had lived in England before the war even asked their English enemies to pass on messages to friends and girlfriends that they met whilst working in England. Oh my God. Oh, I will. Yeah, absolutely.

After I kill you tomorrow. I'll pass it on. I read one one one one place someone said, um, they were a mechanic in England before in Germany before they, you know, sorry in England, they're German. Yeah. And they said to one of the English, oh, I actually left a motorcycle and one of the lockups. Can you check on it for me? So good.

So people, check my girlfriend, my friend. I think I left my other non. Yeah. Could you check for me? So embarrassed. Oh, I think I did, but you know where you're just not sure. Could you set someone around? It's probably fun.

I was baking an Anzac tile and they do need three to four hundred days at maximum heat. But we have time that I do want someone to check. That's wild. They also agreed to bury their dead. Many of whom had fallen in no man's land between the trenches and had been impossible to get to. In at least one place both sides helped each other bury their dead, marked their graves with wooden crosses

and then held a joint funeral service, first in English and then in German. Oh my God. And then had to go back to shooting each other the next day. Oh my wild. There's lots of stories, of course. One English soldier reportedly got a haircut from one of the Germans.

He recognized as the barber who used to cut his hair before the war when the German guy lived in a... I'm like, hey, you're my barber! Can I get a short back in some? And I get that because when you do find a good hairdresser. So true. The loyalty. I haven't had a haircut in two years. That's fucked. That's just wild.

It's amazing. There's often talk of an organised format between the two sides. Some even recording that Germans won three two. But most historians seem to think that the proper game, you know, with 11 aside and referees and stuff, didn't actually happen, but it was more than in a few places, they had a bit of a kick about with a few different footballs.

And you won? And you said historians English? Yeah. Oh, no, that actually didn't happen at all. That wasn't an official game. Three, three, that was one, yeah, informal side pass, but yeah. Yeah, yeah, there was like 100 on the side, only four on ours, not fair. Yeah, it doesn't count. Now, I was just a fan, that was one, yeah, informal side. It's fun, yeah. Yeah, yeah, there was like a hundred on the outside,

only four on the house, not seven. Yeah, it doesn't count. Now, I was just a fan, just a fan, I wasn't at school, whatever, just a fan. It's actually so interesting. Now, you say that it was an English historian, I read that, I read that. Now, most historians agree, seriously,

well, that's amazing. Now, it's important to note, as magical as this all sounds. Yeah, it sounds magical. But it's like, you know, like one of those are marrying. Bearing your dad and- But like heart-worn, like unbelievable. Yes. There's maybe another way to say it.

It didn't happen along the whole front line. It was very much in certain spots, a series of unofficial ceasefires all happened, you know, organically. So you really, you just got lucky and whereabouts you were. Yeah, and I sometimes would be miles in a row, but there was no official truth. Because in some parts Germans put up the trees and they got shot. Well, the trees.

Yes. Let me read with the trees that day. No, the little, because he's one of them picturing with the small trees, right? I'm genuinely picturing like a full-size Christmas tree, but just shrunk down. It's like this big, but it smells like pine. And it's just, it kind of like they're moving it. Oh man, it's so delightful in my brain.

My big, big brain. Let me read something I've written here, Matt. In one spot at least, one of the German soldiers held up his Christmas tree to start a truce. And one of the English officers ordered all his men to open fire on the tree. Oh, Christmas tree. So in that spot the truce ended very quickly. In some places the fight continued right there and there were still casualties just on the

British side, 77 people still lost their lives on Christmas day But it was a lot lost lot lot lot lost Sorry I lost the movie speak A lot lot lot in lot lot I mean my name is my brookal Kai My problem is I've written the word lot twice and it's really thrown me here. But it was a lot, lot less than the days before.

I think I got away with that. It's a smooth recovery. That'll edit together really nicely, Eric. The truth mainly happened between English and German soldiers. It was not widely adopted in French controlled areas of the front. A lot of the front there were fighting on French soil. The fighting had been bitter and they were like, well, you're on our, in our country invading.

So it was a lot more personal. So this time, it was. Even in the places that they held the trist, they knew it couldn't last too many. Also used the ceasefire to improve and fortify their trenches. In some places the trist lasted a few hours. In others it was several days before the shooting started again. How do you start shooting again? You know like who starts it? How do you go? It's been a nice couple of chill days.

I've obviously done some reno's on my little cut out of this trench. I've got a couple of new tiles. Yeah, that's a new tiles. Put out the Christmas tree. How do you just start shooting again? Well, in a few spots, it began again in a very formal fashion. This is a history.com. Recounting this, Captain Charles Stockwell of the second royal Welch fusilears fired three shots into the air and raised a flag that read Merry Christmas. He's German.

That's a dire molecule. He's German counterpart raised a flag that read, fuck you! No, not quite, it said thank you. The two men then mounted the parapets, saluted each other, and returned to their sodden trenches. Stockwell wrote that the counterpart then fired two shots in the air, and the war was on again. Good day, sir. And to you! Fuck you now. It's here's wild. Even at the time this old is new what they are experiencing was very

unusual. Henry Williamson, a 19 year old private in the London Raffle Brigade, wrote to his mother on boxing day and his letter survives. In the memorial. Memorial. They've got a lot of stuff. They're hoarders, I think. Have it clear, Ed. Oh, Jesus Christ. I'm a fire, sir. Does it spark joy?

Unfortunately, this letter for me does. Henry writes, Dear Mother, I am writing from the trenches. It is 11 o'clock in the morning. Besides me as a fire, opposite me, a dugout, wet with straw in it. The ground is sloppy in the actual trench, but frozen elsewhere. In my mouth is a pipe. Is he only in a row? No, no, no, he's like, he's putting himself in the letter.

Oh, I can tell this is in a row. It's part of his process. So you're in a wet muddy trench. He's putting himself in the scene scene when I'm closing my eyes That's I'm going into my mind palace I'm I've gone into the home cinema room and I'm putting on Dave Warnock Talking now images and I'm saying all sorts of great stuff including What a sloppy floor

And now you when you interrupt it Dave was about to go into his mouth. Which I thought it was, you really broke the tension there because I'm like, oh what's it going to be? What's going to be in there? Is it going to be teeth? Oh no, English people? No, no. Alright, here I, in my mouth is a pipe presented by the Princess Mary.

In the pipe is tobacco. Of course you say, but wait, in the pipe is German tobacco. Haha you say. From a prisoner or found in a captured trench, oh do you know? From a German soldier, yes, a live German soldier from his own trench. Ha ha, you say! Yesterday the British and Germans met in shukhans in the ground between the trenches and exchanged souvenirs and shukhans.

Yes, all day, ex-mustay, and as I write, Marvelous isn't it? I just love so much. Oh, you said. That's so good. So that was an awesome weather. That was good. That guy had skills. Is he still with us?

Yeah, he's in the warmer, warmer, warmer. Despite going down as a legendary event, not everyone was a warmer, warmer, warmer. Despite going down as a legendary event, not everyone was a fan of the truce. Although some of those that weren't aren't really on the right side of history, there was a young soldier whose regiment went on the front line and engaged in the truce and met the enemy in no mans land. Now this man wasn't there himself that day, but was very critical saying such a thing should not happen in wartime. Have you no sense of honor? And that man was out of hit love. So if you hate the truth, you love hit love. Just saying. I love that there was a little, oh no. Oh no. Just said the mention of the no, oh no. So I don't let him be there.

Oh no. The following year, strongly worded orders from the high commands of both sides were issued in the lead up to Christmas, warning against further fraternization, some were threatened with court martial if they laid down their weapons and embraced the enemy. They were probably worried that by meeting the men,

you're shooting out, you're less likely to want to continue doing so. Yeah, fair. And they were worried that if the man you're shooting out stops to cut your hair. And you're really happy with the finished product. And you have a previous relationship with the man because he's a human being who lives near you.

That you might not want to kill it. You see someone shooting me going, oh, fuck, well there goes my man, fat. Yeah, great. He's ridiculous. Great. My hairdressers are a bit younger than me, and I'm already worried about the day she retires.

She's got me for life, whether she wants it or not. I worry about it, it keeps me up at night. I think Shelley, don't you dare have a career change. I need this. Your hair looks fantastic, by the way. I wasn't fishing. So they might have thought that by fratting with them, like I said, it puts you off shooting them.

And I would probably write British soldier, Mordok M. Wood speaking in 1930 said, I then came to the conclusion that I have held very family ever since, that if we had been left to ourselves, there would never would have been another shot fight. Yeah, wow. So he's the thing, like you and I have front-nised a fair bit. Oh, yeah.

Could be saying that was publicly. Over many, they've long had their suspicions over many years. But I would not hesitate in shooting you in the face. LAUGHTER I guess I just don't like other girls. LAUGHTER Wait, you're like in a, you know a war scenario when we're on others. Shut!

Dave, do you go on? I mean, I'm not even going to ask if you should me in the first. I think we all know. So, after this legendary but... Just... Just is notting! So after this legendary but brief respite, the war raged on and one of the few winners of the war was the postal service. They have kept that up till today. They loved it. History extra writes with so many men and women spending Christmas away from home, the

demand for parcels at Christmas was greater than ever. Over the entire course of the war, the Army Postal Service sent 114 million parcels from Britain to conflict zones and two billion letters. Army Postmen were dubbed Santa Claus in Karki. That is fantastic. I like it. It's real snappy. Yeah, yeah.

You just rolls right off the tongue. Yeah. Santa Claus and Kaki. Yeah. It's beautiful. Football's harmonica's books were all sent in bulk. The Konamore brand offered cigarettes with a regimental crest embossed for the ultimate personal touch for absent sweethearts.

Its slogan was, in trench, mess, or on board a ship, every smoke will remind him of you, the giver. LAUGHTER the giver Say that's what a wall was good for The cigarette business Bringing lovers together. Yeah, it is nice. It would have felt how good would you have felt putting that copy out as a marketer? Yeah, what I felt real good. I don't take it a day off. I read it Yeah, as you wrote the giver the gi giver. With the white feather in your pocket,

to being a coward at home. LAUGHTER Some even got to go home for Christmas. Christmas leave for soldiers was an uncommon stroke of luck, and in some cases it was determined by drawing lots. Soldiers were relatively well looked after on the journey home from the front thanks to the activity of a number of wartime charities. Delays in the post meant that some families did not get the warning

of their loved ones arrival until they appeared at the door on Christmas Day. Amazing that bit. That's better. I'll put in you haven't made a bed for them. Yeah. That's a chore. Oh, the guy you're having in a fair with still there. That's all good. I've got a new son now. I've got a new son now. But all good things and bad things must come to an end, including World War One. That's, I've never really thought about it like that, but that's great. All bad things also must come to an end. Yeah.

That's fantastic. Wow. Looky on. So just out of interest, how long have we got left to do? Here on the homestretch here? Yeah, no, no reason. But sadly, a few decades after the war to end all wars, would you believe it? The next generation went back out there fighting again.

What? This time it's personal. And what else do I want to you back in the habit. What's out I would like secret of the years. Secret of the years. That's Matt's going to be a good one. Yeah, that's a bit too real in this one I think. Oh!

Rationing during wartime meant that a lot of everyday things were harder to come by during the Second World War, bacon, butter, sugar, meat, milk, cheese, eggs, and cooking fat were all rationed, and this had a big effect on the traditional Christmas meal. Once rationsing was in place, Turkey was off the menu. So mock food became popular, with foods such as vegetables and sausage meat replacing turkey in other festive treats. They called them turkey but they were often in reality a potato casserole formed into the shape of a bird. I'm actually all for that. But I don't know if it looks like a roast turkey or they tried to make it look like an alive turkey.

I feel so joe-of. That is potato. Gifts were a little different too. The most popular Christmas present in 1940 was soap. Yes. Just what you want. Now I've heard everything. Later on the use of paper was banned so you weren't allowed to wrap any of your gifts. Okay.

During World War II in America, Christmas trees were in short supply because of a lack of manpower to cut the trees down. Well they were cutting the tops off and sending them to the German soldiers. I've got to check in here. It's so cute. So because of this, Americans rushed to buy American-made artificial trees, and this is when those took off.

Puss-it-ones. Over in Germany, Christmas was also a little different. According to history.co.uk, the Nazis weren't keen on a traditional Christmas, especially whether it's religious overtones. Instead, they promoted the idea of a Nazi Christmas. Have yourselves! LAUGHTER LAUGHTER

LAUGHTER LAUGHTER LAUGHTER LAUGHTER I might not finish that. I mean, you've been to Nancy Christmas, the Nancy party and Adolf Hitler were at the centre of celebrations. This is a really weirdnessy bit of shit. Little baby Hitler.

People have been talking about killing you for years. Also, the fairies, there's also from history.co.uk, not my words. The fairies on top of Christmas trees were also replaced with swastikers. Oh, that's cool. Beautiful. Meanwhile, over in America, the National World War II museum recalls fewer men at home resulted in fewer men available to dress up and play Santa Claus. Women served as substitute centers at sectors

fifth avenue in New York City. So even they went to women next. And not very skinny 19 year old boys. I don't know if you know a lot about the war, Jess, but they were the want most business. Do you want to see what the world is really like? Yes. Four things is deliciously funny and spectacularly entertaining.

A woman planting her course to free to pat in love for. It's non-stop bunkers brilliance. I love that. Poor things. It's like theaters for December 15th. Let me ask you for to the Korean War. In 1950, the miracle of Christmas occurred. What's it called the Hangnam evacuation? Tuck.

LAUGHTER Why are you making that face, Jess? I just wasn't expecting that after Christmas Miracles. No, it's genuinely an incredible story. The BBC published an article on the evacuation in 2013. It's pretty amazing. In December 1950, some 100,000 UN troops were trapped in the North Korean port of Hangnam. They had been overwhelmed by Chinese forces

and what became known as the Battle of Shocin, and were lucky to have made it out of the mountains alive. They had faced an army almost four times their size, but now there was only one way to get to safety by sea. And they had very little time to do it as the Chinese were closing in. But the troops were not alone, thousands of North Korean refugees

had also fled to the freezing beach. Many had walked miles through deep snow with young children in the hope of being saved. They were cold, exhausted and desperate. They too faced a pretty uncertain fate of the Chinese soldiers caught up with them. So 100 ships came to rescue the troops, but the refugees were not part of the plan. But I'm pleased to say they started loading them on anyway, thousands lining up to get on board. And the BBC writes, the biggest ship, the SS Meredith Victory,

was designed to carry 60 crew with the most. And now it had 14,000 refugees on board, as well as the cargo. And you see a photo, it is, they are packed in, all across the deck. And the boat is mostly underwater. It's a rescue submarine at the stage. And you know how I feel about submarines.

Yeah, it was the choice between dying and getting them on the sub. You're just going to say no. I don't dislike submarines. I just think they're silly. I just think they're very silly. They got a little periscope. It's dumb. So there's that, that thousand people packed in.

There was no food or water, but despite the back conditions, no one died aboard the ships. All 200,000 people who had made the perilous journey to South Korea, half refugees, half troops, all reached land alive. And the population even grew on board, five women giving birth on the SS Marrow to the victory. Shit.

And this is probably a little bit racist, but the US crewman... But he's going to persevere anyway. That you can stop there. You don't have to. But it's got a silver lining here. The US crewman didn't know any Korean names, so they called each of the babies, Kim Chi-1, Kim Chi-2, 3, 4, 5. And the BBC article, they interviewed one of the babies they found him. And he grew up to be a vet called Mr Lee, and although he didn't like the nickname at first,

he grew to be proud and thankful for his survival, and now has a business card that says, Kim Chi-5. Oh! Is that just lovely? Are there thought to be around a million descendants? Did they not just ask the parents? Like, why did they have to come up with names for it? I imagine they would have literally just got born there. The moon couldn't have been far away.

LAUGHTER LAUGHTER Yeah, his name named Chris. No, it's not. There were thought to be around a million descendants of the hungnam evacuation living in South Korea and the world today, including the parents of Moon Jae-in who was president of South Korea until 2022. Wow.

Wonder be there without the South Korean occupation. That's cool. Christmas Miracle. Then came the Vietnam War and on Christmas Day 1967, all Australian commercial and national TV stations stopped their broadcasting to air a special called Messages from Vietnam. An army film made of the soldiers sending festive greetings

to their families back home. And the conscription for soldiers had only started the year before. They'd only been sent to Vietnam the year before. In an interview with the Australian Women's Weekly, Major Alan Hain said, we've made six separate programs for each of the states, recorded 265 messages, and at least 240 of these will be in the final program. So I'm not sure who didn't make the final cut. But I've watched

some of the special, which is on the Australian War Memorial website. And for some reason, all of their voices are really high pitched. I'm not sure if that's how people spoke, but then or if it's just the camera, but one of the guys goes, Dad, have a bit of courage for us over Christmas and make your ice cold. Cold. It really is. Where are beautiful things going? How we?

Tidio. Oh, the culture. Ice cold. Rise of blood. Let's go down to the Poterello. Culture. Ice-cold. Rise of blood. That's going out to the Poets Arey. Finally, in East Timor, in 1999, 100 years after their soldiers and ladies' myth

in the board war were shouled with an exploding Christmas put. The Australian troops were treated to another explosion. The rock and roll explosion of John Farnham, Kylie Minogue, and the living end. What a group! It's an interesting mix. John Farnham, Kylie, you're like, look, I'm living in. All right.

This is as a part of the tour of Judy concert for the troops. Doc Nason from the band The Angel Started All. And Nason also participated in the concert, which was held in Dilly and East Timor, despite having been involved earlier in the month in a serious traffic accident in Australia, in which he'd suffered severe whiplash and serious nerve damage to his neck and spine. That's rock and roll. Yeah. During the concert, he performed a number of the Angels tracks and geowets with phanum, monog and the living end,

and it sounds like such a great gig it was MCD by Roy and HG. Oh my god! Two of her absolutely favorites. We have lost it, we lost them. Well, we have big fan up there. That's cool. Kylie also performed Santa Baby and also Jingle Bell Rock with the living end. And then on everyone, and then every... It's so weird!

She didn't perform any of her own songs. Everyone got on stage for these four final tracks. Imagine this. Everyone on stage. I still call Australia home. Oh my God. Mom, gone. I'm crying in the back. Oh, I thought you meant you'd leave.

I can't stand it. Oh! Then it's, uh, you're the voice? No, it's the other- It's raining? Oh, the trips are singing along? Yeah. It goes off as always.

Then they did a bit of a long way to the top. Yeah. Sure. And finally, one of the angel's classic tracks take a long line. And you're like, oh, I guess a bit of a book in this moment. But, um, I'm now to finish- A classic song. What the fuck is wrong with it? I mean, it's, uh, that's a bit of a book dis-pointment, but, um, and now to finish- Classic song. What the fuck is wrong with it?

I mean, it's- Follow- I mean, your voice should have really finished it all. Yeah. Take a look. Oh, yeah, I was gonna say, but you got Doc Nason there, but- Yeah, I guess so. I'm gonna say he's also there. And now to finish this,

we will all stand and sing your the voice. Now let's sing, take a one more on you can start San Samuero's up We've done it now Oh, no, okay, wow. Is that our own Christmas miracle? Match shot the fuck up. Give it up for Dave Warnocky everybody. Thank you so much.

Well done. Thank you. What are you doing for Christmas? None of your business. I will be on Christmas holidays and I am not to be contacted. Do you want to do another bond bond? Just end on a joke? Yes, again. I thought you were about to pass over the billy.

Yeah, you two can do one there. Oh, okay. You said you're bad at these and that is so bad. I don't know how you can be bad at. You're about to see how bad I am. Here we go. Three, two, one. Told you.

Unless they're starting to make noise now. Jess has got a joke here. Yep. Why is the beach always so confident? Some of the better beings, as we tell him, he puts it there up to a shell. He's up to a shell. And he is itself. I was like, she's somewhere.

Everywhere I'm good. I don't have biggest piece of paper. That's it. No, the answer is it's 100% sure. That's good stuff. That's not even true. It's not. So that has to be...

It has to be true. We all do. We all do. Okay, and that's an unfair. I don't know who put these together, but I think that's an unfair. I don't know who put these together But I think that's an unfair expectation to put on the beach You know the beach has to be out here. Oh, I step up a lip go on I'll be right if you need to talk beach. I'm here If you need to talk beaches hold a shell up to your ear

And you'll hear me go. Hey, you're on the spot there! Hey, now, could I need my... You need a chap? You need a chap? Dave, I reckon food at home, he'll keep going. What's that holding there? A little bit earlier I had a tab of acid. No penny in the front row.

Penny? Oh my god, fuck, I'm so good, no, but give me three saints hats. Oh, that was good. Really? Truly a merry Christmas. For these. That's beautiful. Did anybody else bring gifts? Yeah. I'm glad I was joking but faith and that is very nice. I do like the improved three presents and they're all for me.

She's saying we could share but I refuse. So I put that crap on my head. Yeah, he's a one-fifth. Well, we've had some fun here today. The ninth annual Christmas special, it comes but once a year, but what a cool call. Just like Dave. Any day now! Jess is, of course, rounding up there. Yeah. I don't know. Is it too late to put myself on a timeout? Oh, just wrapped it up. Thank you so much for coming out. We truly hope you have a fantastic rest of the year.

We really appreciate you coming out. We love performing here. Thank you so much. We so much to Basement Comedy Club and College Hall of the Havings. Yes. Appreciate that. Thank you. Bye.

Thank you so much. Thank you so much. It's such a great place to come in the new comedy every single week. Come on down, check it out. I thank you so much. Once again, we love you all. And until next time, we'll all say,

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas! Thank you! Oh my God, how fun was that? I'm full of Christmas cheer from my toe to my ear. Oh wow.

Okay. And we, geez, we had fun there. All right, full disclosure, we haven't recorded it yet. Jess and I don't know what the topic's about. But we will have fun. We will have fun. I promise. We are recording the Patreon section ahead of time.

You know, just a bit of movie magic for you there. Yeah, we just want to make sure that no little boys or little girls don't, are walking out to their podcast Christmas there. Yeah, we just want to make sure that no little boys or little girls don't, walking out to their podcast Christmas tree. Yeah. And finding the cupboards bare. Yes. I've really muddled up a few.

Yeah, we're losing you. Metaphores there. But anyway, what we're doing here, I imagine Dave or AJ, I read it all, put under some jingle bells here. Oh yeah, just some like, there's some of those, those Christmassy bells, please, AJ. You have a whole thing, just a little bit. I appreciate you putting it in terms of AJ,

what I understand, I said jingle bells, but yeah, you're right. Christmassy kind of bells is probably clearer. Are there might call it something different over there? Oh yeah, they brought jungle bells. Yeah, jungle. Yeah, like the jungle drums, they have jungle bells. Yeah.

In New Zealand. Anyway, this is a drums. They have jungle bells. Yeah in New Zealand anyway This is a section of the show where we think and we do it differently this week We thank our great supporters, but this week we do it with Christmas cheer. That's right uh, and If you want to get involved With supporting the show, these are the people that make the show Go on there'd be no Christmas without these people would, there'd be no do go on. It would just be do if it wasn't for them.

And they go to patreon.com such do go on pod and they support us on, I know. One of many levels. That's where you go sometimes. You'd start talking here and then you, yeah. And it must be a fucking nightmare for people in the car.

Well, I do. I can totally adjust the sound. No, I do. I fix it. I do levels. No, no, I do. I fix it. I do levels me out now. It's like, I was like, hmm. I'm the willow with love you. You. You.

You. Yeah. Whitney Houston also a nightmare on podcasting. Just one of the things people can get involved in on that old petriot. Well, speaking of Christmas, they can get a Christmas card. Once a year we send out a Christmas card. They've been sent. They've been sent.

They've been sent. And most hopefully a bunch of been received. Yeah, it's not our fault though. The Alaska male is a little slow this time of year. Okay. Sorry about that. It's not our fault. Sorry, sorry, a little defensive.

Yeah, the Husky's a sledding him across to. It's not the best. Sorry, they're I'm a little defensive. But that was like, he's a sledding him across the world. It's like, I'm doing that with the life of every medicine. We also do bonus episodes each month. You get early access to tickets to live shows and live streams and all sorts of fun stuff that we do. And yeah, you get to be in the Facebook group, which is the nicest corner of the internet. And the first thing we like to do is for people who have signed up on the Sydney Shamburg level or above, they get to give us a fact-corder question, a section of the show we call fact-corder question, which actually has a jingle, I think, or something like this.

Fact-corder question, jingle bell ding. Oh, always remembers the jingle bell ding, always remembers the sing. You too. Great memories. How are we cute? You're so cute. You're adorable. I'm wearing overalls today. You are.

I'm getting a sense of sac. I'm wearing a Santa sac. I'm wearing a Santa sac. You're our little present. And I just made a call out for these facts, quotes, and questions live. So these have all come in hot off the presses. Whoa.

So when you say you don't read that, hot off the precious, this is precious. Come in hot off the preaches. Are these like less red than they've ever been? You already say you don't proofread, but these are so fresh. I sent out a couple of messages, the first one I'll say, if anyone can do them real quick, we're about to record a patron read. And then I said, oh, and by the way, it's Christmas if you could do it. But I think that Christmas one came into it. So sorry that these aren't, the Christmas is seast.

Actually one of them is, anyway, I think. Okay. All right, here we go. And I mean, I haven't read them, so I don't actually freaking know. Anyway, this first one comes from Cheryl Engelsman. Am I saying that right? I think so.

Great. And Cheryl Engelsman has the title, Captain C. Pants and the Kitty Cat Brigade. Oh, Cheryl just had that ready to go. Like you asked for these a few minutes ago, Cheryl had that. Love it. Banged it out.

So good. And Cheryl has a question. Love a question. Writing, hey guys. Hey. With the holidays coming up, oh my god. It's a Christmas related one. Well, she could be talking about a different type of holiday.

It's not funny. I just said, I don't think any of my Christmas related. With my holiday to Thailand coming up. Exactly. Let's find out. I said, when I said to America. It's my microphone. I met a couple of Arizona women at a bar and they were like,

oh, so what are you traveling for? I said, oh, just for holidays. I'm like, oh, what holiday? The Australian holiday or an American holiday? Thanksgiving or? Yeah. And I said, I don't know, took me a while. I'm like, what are you? What are you talking about? But I realized they cation. They didn't know. Yeah, they they mean something else on the side of which condo you're staying Which is just a stick now for condoms as we discussed in a recent episode Can I get you a glass of water water? Hey, John made a break open a condo for you What's what I say all right, doll? Let's break open the condo. It's always be safe doll Thanks doll the condo is not honest not on you know what I say

safe doll thanks doll the condo is not on it's not on you know what I say yeah great route me real good you ready to root me doll you're a safe doll it's right now I'm just right up the chop isn't this already full of Christmas cheer this Patreon reading Christmas cheese? So, share all right, take us. He comes to you. And Cheryl of course, been one of the most Australian names. There is Cheryl. Cheryl. Cheryl, right, take us.

With the holidays coming up, I was wondering what your favorite holiday treats are. Oh. Could be sweet or savory. Mine would probably, I love when people who ask a question, answer that question. So beautiful. And Cheryl has done so. Could be sweet or savory. Mine would probably, I love when people who ask a question answer that question. So beautiful. And Shazza has done so. Could be sweet or savory. Mine would probably be homemade pumpkin bread with butter.

Oh my god, that sounds awesome. I've never had it, but I think I can picture it. Love it already. Cheers and thanks for all the great laughter of the years. Hey, thanks to you Shazza. That was a great question. Shazza, a fantastic question. I have an immediate answer.

Yeah. Gingerbread, but here's the problem, right? Okay. I have, okay, there's two types of gingerbread. Coles, a local supermarket, brings out- A little wolf, there are two. The big two. Coles bring out a little gingerbread. They're like little gingerbread people, and they bring them out around Christmas time. Sometimes it's just like a biscuit like just around, but sometimes it's a person, and I fucking demolish them. I'll buy a packet, I'll eat the whole thing in one city, like it's inside, so I have to, I have to limit it, you know,

but I will keep going to the supermarket to get them. Then I also have a going to the supermarket to get them. Then I also have a recipe that I really like for ginger biscuits, cookies, and I, again, I cook them, I bake them, there's heaps of them, I eat all of them. Is that why they're called cookies? Because you cook them? Wow. Now you bake, I'm a spark. I should have made bakes. They're bakes. I think we can trace it back to the originator of the cookie. That is Oh really? It was it was it was maybe when I was looking at

a country practice. Maybe when I was looking at accidental inventions. I love cookies and nickname. Yeah. So good. Anyway, so I I have this recipe that I but it makes quite a few cookies and then I eat all of them in a very short period of time. You

bring some in sometimes. Have I done that? Yeah. Sometimes you say bring them in, but I've all of them in a very short period of time. No, you bring some in sometimes. Have I done that? Yeah. Sometimes you say bring them in, but I've already eaten them. I'm pretty sure I had one of yours last. Last Christmas. Yeah, because I try to, I now have to ban myself from making them the rest of the year

because I just demolish them. There's, I love gingerbread. Please bring them in this year. I will, please. I will. What day is it today? Well, it's, I mean, we're recording this ahead of time. I probably already have. Okay, thank you so much. I need. Please. I will. What day is it today? Well, it's, I mean, we're recording this ahead of time. I've probably already have. Okay. Thank you so much. I need to clarify. I was talking about the chocolate chip cookie. Oh, made by chocolate chip. Yes. Chocolate chip Johnson. It's claimed to have originated in the US in 1938 when Ruth Graves Wakefield chopped up a Nestle semi-sweet bar, and added the chopped chocolate to a cookie recipe.

So there you go. And wait, and that was sort of with the name. Chip is supposed to be the past tense of chop. Yeah, I keep things. I chip these really good. Okay, I see. What about you guys? What do you like?

I love a Christmas Pav, Pavlova. Yum. Yes, please. With all the berries, all the trimmings. All the best Pav inlova. Yum. Yes, please. With all the berries, all the trimmings. All the best Pav in your family. My wife. Really? Great Pav.

Are you talking your family of just you two, or you're saying like even in the... The family of Australia. Wow. That's how good it is. Better than my grandma. Sorry. Sorry, granny. I also love...

I feel like I've talked about this recently either on pod or with either of you, the ham. From Christmas, the leftovers, the week afterwards. What are we talking about, Betoqui? Yeah. Thanks to our sponsors, Betoqui. Fantastic Christmas, ham. It's no good that they sponsored a podcast where two thirds of vegetarian.

Yes. Hey Cheryl, you got a Betoqui coming in the mouth. Thanks so much for a question. Yeah, love ham and the ham bag in the fridge. I love chopping off a bit of ham, munching it with muffin geese, or putting it in toasted sandwiches. Yeah, love that.

Love that. I would love to have that too. That sounds great. Quickly the word cookie comes from the Dutch co-ac, meaning cake. Oh. In the diminutive form, little cake. Oh yeah.

So I think a lot of, because New York started off as a Dutch colony that was, they was traded to the Netherlands for islands in the sparse, a few sparse islands. And that's when it changed from new, what was it? New Holland? New Holland? What, actually, Charlie was New Holland. It was New Amsterdam. And then, and then, and then, so a lot of, and that's like, Cinta Clause becoming Santa Clause. So a lot of English words came through

America via Dutch origins for that reason. I think. That's interesting. This is from Bill Bryson's, Fuck me. Now, what's your favorite holiday treat? This is pretty dull, but it's potatoes and peas and pumpkin roasted with gravy. I just love it so much. I love gravy. I love you know, all the little, as a kid I love the advent calendar chocolates. Yep.

So thin and crispy out of the fridge. I have that great punch. You had the advent calendar in the fridge. Yeah, yeah. What? I'm sorry that I'm a cold chocolate guy. Sorry I didn't grow up with a house with a walk in fridge. Look at this thing, sir. Huge.

So you got half the bloody, your mom's going, oh, wait, I'll put the sausages. And there's also four kids. There's four advent calendars? All in the fridge. All in the fridge. We use the same one every year, because mom would just melt down,

she'd get cooking chocolate or probably different kind of chocolate and melt it down each year, back into the little slots. Oh wow. And I just loved it. So this little crispy, I love chocolate out of the fridge.

I know a bit weird in that way. Is that weird? It's actually not weird in my life. I've now ate my chocolate cold too, because my wife is so pro that I was like, well, this means more to you than it does to me. I don't think it is better, but you think it's way better.

So now I'll chocolate it's in the fridge. Yeah, right. Yeah, well, I'm with your wife. Yeah, well, you can't. In every way. I was meaning to bring this up with you more profit. Well, I wish you luck with the Pavlova. It's worth it.

Oh, it's worth it. I was ruining our friendship for the Pavlova. My grandma was famous for the Pav in our house, in our family, and if somebody else made the Pav, we'd be like, oh, fuck. But then when it was grandma's Pav, it was like, you team up, it's the best. My other favorite thing at Christmas time these days

is like a real ridiculous fancy beer. I'll like collect a few stupid beers. I've got a few in the fridge that I'm probably gonna bring around for Christmas day, including one that's like a gatto chocolate cake stabbed or something. Pretty ridiculous. Anyway, share them with the old man.

My mom makes, sorry, I know we need to move on. My mom makes us drink out of like the good crystal where for Christmas. I love the idea of making you. Yeah, she really does. I'll have a, I'll have a, it's gun point. I'll have a can of something. I'm like, I can drink out of the can.

She's like, no, put it in a glass. So then we, we revolted by then putting silly straws in it. So we have this beautiful crystal Stemware that they were given for like Stemware 30th wedding anniversary. I don't know what Dave thinks that means after the dinnerware debacle Stem cells Yes, yes wearable stem cells Thank you so much. Show what a great question and I appreciate you getting us a holiday related question at short notice. Great work. Next one comes from Rachel Johnson,

aka Princess Twinkle of Piperdale. Oh my goodness. And we got to remember these. They're coming up with these with seconds notice. Incredible stuff. How snappy was that? That was very snappy. Whoa, holy moly. Please continue. And Rachel Johnson, one of great supporters, there's all these people. Rachel has a quote which is, sometimes I sit and think and sometimes I just sit. And the explanation is my mom used to say this when she came across me sitting around or when I came across her sitting around it is generally attributed to Winnie the Pooh. Oh that's cute. That is real cute that they would do it to each other. Sometimes I sit something. I'm like corny by net album. It's called that. Sometimes I yeah and sometimes I just sit. Yeah sometimes I what is that

called. I've got it. Yeah sometimes I sit and think and sometimes I just sit Yeah, I like the Winnie the Pooh version better. You like the pluralizing six. Yeah, yeah, I have a sit's cuter That's a not was said by a stuffed bear. Yeah, or a dog If I fit like it's I think Winnie the Pooh is a bear. What I think I was right Thanks so much Rachel for that quote. Poo dog, we need to put poo dog. Come on Matt. Rachel Johnson also has my favorite Evan nickname

in the so far, which was just ham sandwich. It still makes me laugh. That is so funny. I forgot about that in Tolly. Man, you love ham. Yeah, ham on the brink. You love it. Next one comes from

Jess Green, okay, expert of saying I have to take an important phone call while still work, but really I just saw Matt needed a fact-quite-a-question for an episode and ducked out. That is awesome. And Jess is asking a question writing, hello! I assume that's Mrs. Debt 5 always. Hello! For each of you to answer, there's a question. For one recording of one to go on episode, you can choose three people to sub in to replace each of you. It can be just because you like them, you think they're similar to you, whatever reason.

And as I always ask, a question asks us to answer their own question. Jess says, I would sub in Michelle Brazier for Jess. Great choice. The one and only AJ for Matt. Oh! AJ's getting famous. He's gonna love that. AJ and HD on TikTok and Twitter.

And Dave's wife for Dave. Oh! No follow up questions please. Merry Christmas. Oh sorry, Merry Christmas. Christmas, that's so funny, my. I mean, she has appeared on bookcheats. Two appearances on bookcheats now, absolutely.

Yeah, so they've obviously, they've got a little taste. They're like, they like what they hear. Yeah. She's an eloquent woman. I feel like I'm hitting on her. She's an eloquent woman. I feel like I'm hitting on her. She's an eloquent sophisticated woman. I've got a mind she's already been stolen from him. I thought you'd hear someone.

Yeah, she's an eloquent woman with money on her mind. And I will say yes, I do see women as possessions to be stolen. That's a feminist I'm aware to say that. Oh, who's stopping you? Jess herself is doing that each doing three. I think each doing three, but this is a that. Oh, who's the unit? Jess Selsa doing each doing three. I think each doing three, bud. This is a better.

Jess, go. I want to put in Amy Pohler. Oh, fuck it. I'm just going to go that entire sort of universe. Amy Pohler, Tina Fey, my Rudolph. You go say who's who? It maybe doesn't matter. I'm my Rudolph.

I'm Tina Fey, let's be honest. Yeah, and you're Amy. Yay. Let's be honest, I don't know. Just'm my Rudolph. I'm Tina Fey, let's be honest. Yeah, and you're Amy. Yay. Let's be honest, I don't know. Just because I love them. Okay. So I would like to hear them. I can talk for a bit.

I would say, all right, let's go. Jess, Cili Piccola. Oh, yeah. Steve Bishimi, me, Captain Snooze. Right, Quantock, the big three. They're people that have been said similar to in the past. And I think that would make it great. That would be a sick podcast.

I thought that would listen to that. Yeah. It would be awesome. I'm going to say three first names I don't think, because it's all that's required. Yeah. Dick Barry Shandrick. Oh! Dick Van Dyke.

Barry Van Dyke. Shane Van Dyke. I'm sorry, excuse me. You said firstandike, Shane vandike. I'm sorry, excuse me, you said first names only and we got it. Yeah, and who's who? You pointed at me for Dick. Matt's Dick, obviously the oldest one. Yeah. Jess, you're more of a Barry energy. I agree.

And I think that I am the shain of this group. So I mean, you're my son. Yes, Daddy. That's what that is. That's what I said. Call me Daddy. Can I change my name in the group chat to Daddy, please? Daddy Warbucks.

No, just Daddy. Daddy Barry. Please. Daddy Van Dyke. No, I don't know if you have said yes. I'll leave it now. I think yes, I think you can. Daddy, yet again giving yourself her own nickname. Daddy, that's so funny. Okay, daddy. Daddy now group chat is going to say daddy has messaged a super part of dreams. Hello daddy. And then what am I now? You are your bulge dick dick trench. Dick trench. No dick dick. Dick bulge trench.

No dick. Dick. Dick. Golf trench. Yeah. That's right. The golf. Is that from an episode that's coming out? Yeah. No. Great. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The last one. Thank you so much Jess for that. What a fantastic, I'm so glad you pretended to have an important call. And finally, this week from Jacobi Austin to Angel, aka Nogg Boy, in brackets always room for Christmas Nogg. And Jacob, so I think this one might be Christmassy. Jacobi's got a quote as well, writing, just strong this together to try and make it into the Christmas episode and

Why do you say that? You snuck it in. Well done, boy. I've got one quote for each of you from the greatest Christmas movie of all time. Matt Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho. That's great. Oh Dave gets the girl and hums booby. I'm your white mate. I'm your white mate. And Jess of course the most iconic of all Yippee-ki-yay mother fuckers yes I got Yippee-ki-yay uh Merry Christmas from Jacobi and Margaret in Sacramento, California go kings which is a definite current sporting team yes they played basketball we believe very team. I'm sure they're doing well.

I could anyone to overlook the great Sacramento Kings. Go the Kings. Go the Kings. I don't understand what's happened. You're the King Kings. There was about a year or two ago, we were recording an episode of Dave's plays. You might not have been there, but I said something. Oh Sacramento, go Kings, if that's still a team, is that a team?

Yeah. And then we realized that they are still a team. And a few Sacramento fans got in contact with the saying, yeah, we never left. And I still think, I'm like, okay, we mean they've kind of followed basketball, but we should know that they're an existing team. I'm not even not know the 1951 NBA champs.

Yeah, sorry about that. Anyway, thank you so much for those facts, quits, and questions, all very Christmasy from Jacobi Jess Rachel and Cheryl. Rachel's probably wasn't technically Christmasy, but what time of year is better to sit and think? I think Christmas time. There is no better time to sit and think. It's about some of my favorite time to sit and think. Oh my god, it's a bad time. Well, actually, I just sit. Can you, it's going to be so good. I mean, you too. I'm already there.

It's to be the the old generation, you know, to be so good. I mean, you too. I'm already there to be the, the old generation, you know, the Grandpart generation of the family thing where you get there's a chair you have. Yes. And no kids are allowed to sit in your chair. I think in the Grandparts rocking chair, it was a comfy chair. We wanted to fucking sit in it. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. My granddad had a, a Grandpart did too. His, his, his, his, and Nana's reclined out as well. Yes. Yes. So it rocks and reclines. That was right.

That was the end. And what a cheer. What a way to go out. The next thing we like to do is think of you of our other fantastic Patreon supporters, Jess, you normally come up with a bit of a game based on the topic at hand. You will never believe this.

Because we don't know the topic. That's right, but I have found an Elf Name Generator. And to give you an example, you have to put in first and last name. I've put in mine. Jess, your Elf Name is Baubel Grumpy Bottom. Oh my God.

So I think this is gonna rule. I think we found you a unique name. That is, yeah. Sorry daddy. Sorry daddy. I'm leaving it to daddy. I want daddy forever. I'm leaving it to daddy. Leaving it to daddy. Oh daddy. All right, so

Dave, you want to go one for one here? Absolutely. I would like to thank from Mattlock. I can only assume they have the Mattlock expressway. In Great Britain, it's Gus Nicholson. Gus's name is Bell's Marshmallow Lips. That is not an elf. In Great Britain, it's Gus Nicholson. Gus's name is Bell's Marshmallow Lips. That is not an elf name, that's a porn star name. Bell's Marshmallow Lips. Oh, holy shit, that's fantastic. This fucking rules.

I really, I want you to have a go with mine at some point as well. I will, I will. Next up, I'd love to thank from VanCoover in British Columbia. I can be C Canada at Zach Tillipaw. Okay I'm on it hang on. You have to do that pronunciation there Dave. Tillipaw. Tillipaw. Tillipaw. Tillipaw. Tillipaw. Tillipaw makes a pow pow pow pow. Powerful pow. Remember that. Tillipaw. Pour. Pour. Pour. Makes a powerful pour., that was like a, no, no, we serve. Oh, herb, power. Zach's.

Elf name is mistletoe grumpy pot. Oh, grumps. Yeah, mistletoe. No, no criticizing the elf name. No, I'm not criticizing. Well, I'm hearing criticism. No, I'm just wondering, are elves a famously grumpy species?

Hello species. Yeah, just barely. They can be, they can be their own thing. They're not human. They're like human adjacent. Are they the missing link? I know scientists there's no real missing link. I got told off once before and I made a big

deal out of it on primates and the person who message me is like, oh I'm so sorry I didn't mean to. I mean I wasn't making a big deal out of it but I like to be like, I'm sorry. Yes, there's not a real. Alright, I'm so sorry I didn't mean it. I mean, I wasn't making a big deal out of it, but I like to be like, oh, I'm sorry. Yes, there's not a real. I can. All right, I would like to thank

from location unknown. A big shout out. Where's the Christmas version that deep within the, what's the Christmas version? I reckon the North Pole. What's probably the South Pole? All the way down. We're herely.

The least Christmassy place in the world. Yeah, exactly. Deep within the fortress of the South Pole. All the way down. We're herely. The least Christmassy place in the world. Yeah, exactly. Deep within the fortress of the South Pole, it's Joe. And Joe, just so you know, you are, it looks like you're last in begins with an S from your email. Just wanna put that out there.

Otherwise, Joe, everyone is called Joe can assume it's them. And maybe you were born, maybe you'd be about the age of what, 30? One, maybe based on your address, number email. And your, or you're quite elderly, one of the two. Elf name is syrup grumpy bow. It's grumpy again. Lot of grumpy. Let's say if we get anything different. Grumpy bow. But I think in elf, in elfish, uh,ish Society it's much like Australian irony, you know, you call red heads of blue-ey Happy people are grumpy. Yeah, so you really want to watch out for the happy happy people. Yeah If I can keep us going here from Hawthorne East here in Melbourne Australia, can I think?

Any relation Lauren Van Dyke Wow Melbourne Australia. Can I think any relation Lauren Van Dyke. Wow, Dipper Shane Lauren. Lauren, do you know Dick? Well Lauren's elf name is Zippy Rainbow Bam. That's that sounds like a niche disorder. Zippy Rainbow Bam. There's only three known cases. Yeah. Do you have IBS? No, I have ZRB. Rainbow Bum. I love it. Hey, I would like to thank from gig harbour in Washington, you know, states. Christine Kisman. Okay, okay. Very Christmas.

Oh my god. Christmas is. I'm just generating. Okay. Do you think the crew clocks clan does KK? Okay, okay, okay, okay. Do you think they do? Because that's like a Christmas is some sort of a Christian society. Oh, guys, names in the hat, we. It's not as fun as it would love SS over

them in particular and Christine's Elf is Bling sparkle pot. Oh, yeah, that's a good one. I like that. That might be one of my favorites so far I think they might be probably the celebrity of the yeah, everyone's like fuck and I you know blinks here Nothing blinging you in a spark. No, can I think from Cambridge? Oh, probably a big brain person here in Great Britain. It's Tim right Generating generating generating probably Tim wrong Starlight sugar stitches. We are cooking now. We are starting to cook starlight sugar stitches

Yes, we're on a roll now. I'd even accept accept Shruggestitch. I think I like that better. All right, Shruggestitch. I like that. Shruggestics. All of these are great. You've ruined it. No bad ideas, but that sucks. How fucking do you?

Hey, I'd like to thank from Colfax in North Carolina, Paul's for fun fact. North Carolina, that's where Venus flytrap's originated from. Fantastic, and I wonder if he's ever been caught in one. It's where Venus Firetrap's originated from. Fantastic and I wonder if he's ever been caught in one. It's Adam Coe. And Adam's elf name is WAM Rainbow Box. That's an even more niche disorder. WAM right in the Rainbow Box. I hope no one's playing Wemma Getten. Would that count as being out of it now? Just hearing the word Wemma. I don't think so. Okay, good.

If you imagine the concept of Wemma. If you're Wemma, if anyone is Wemma near you. Second last this week, I'd love to thank from Skellmasdale. Skellmasdale. Skellmas. It may be Lancaster in Great Britain, it's Rowan D. What's it Lancashire? Lancashire. Lancashirealmer's Dail. Schalmer's Dail. Schalmer's Dail. Schalmer's Dail. Schalmer's Dail.

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And the Elf name is Peppermint Fluffball. Oh, I like that one a lot too. Now, yes, Matt, I'll do you. Thank you. Oh, I'd like to know too. Hang on. While Jess is, uh, bringing those up, Dave, do you want to explain to the listeners what the TripDitch Club is, which is the next thing we get into? We're about to welcome some people into the TripDitch Club.

People have been supporting the show on the shadow level, are about for three consecutive years. We entran them in our beautiful clubhouse. We welcome them in once you come in, you can't leave. But why would you want to? You name's up on the wall. The bar is open. It's free.

Just behind the having snacks and drinks, I book a band. Matt is the sort of on the door on the MC. Welcome you in. It's a lovely place to be. I've made a candy can cocktail. And it's quite, you're gonna get fucked up. It's gonna be delicious.

Sugar and alcohol. Yeah, and I've made a few batches of my ginger cookies and I'm gonna need your help. Okay. Because I don't. And they're hot out of the oven, aren't they? They're a bit hot. How hot?

They're honestly too hot. I've done it again. They're too hot. I don't know. Do you think it's time to move on from the your industrial oven? That was one of the hardest I've ever laughed because of the soup that was too hot. Sorry to interrupt quickly. Matt, your elf name is Vanilla Tinsel Bob. Yeah, can you, that's, I'm on the door. I'm Vanilla Tinsel Bob. That feels right for you. I don't know why. I do. I do. I feel right. Before Dave comes up to MC the show, can you bring him up with his elf now? Please welcome your MC for the night. Hiping you up. It's chestnut angel lips. That was a really good. And after we welcome this people to the it. I'll be here. After we welcome this

people to the stage we'll be welcome to stage. I'm easy to go guest this week performing their Christmas album in full with full live band Harry Connick Jr. Wow. Wow. And without knowing what this episode was about, I wonder, is that relevant? Is that relevant?

Or was he the co-host in the project last night where I was doing warm up? Or what's he the co-host in the project last night where I was doing warm up here? And he's just fresh on the bright. Eric Connick's been brave enough to come back to Australia and live TV after. What we did to him. Yeah.

And was there any blackface last night? There was zero blackface in behind me. I think he probably now checks that before. He's like, I didn't used to think I needed to check that before doing TV, but I think he's surprised. I'm surprised. He was once invited on Heihei Saturday, and it was way too late for this, like, incredibly awful thing. It was it. It was beyond the millennium. Like 2010 or something.

Yeah. I'm invited on Heihei Saturday, which is a variety show where they have a... I throw it back to a show from the 70s and 80s. And they have like a Gong show, Gong segment web, like a talent quest and he was one of the judges and some people came out in Blackface. And he of course called it out. Objected.

But they were back. They were on the first run of the show. They were on and we're very successful and there was no controversy. So they brought them back and Darryl, the host was like, oh, geez, I'm so sorry. Harry, if you've been offended. Yeah it was a really beautiful apology.

Anyway but he's here performing in full tonight. It probably brought Australia slightly forward into the... Yeah and we thank him. We owe him that. And Dave I really hope your weekward play this week will be Christmas related. Is that fair to say? Oh yeah. As I bring in the inductees.

Cool. Well see how we go. Alright Dave I really think the inductees. Well, see how we go. Alright, Dave, I really think you need to do that. Um, okay, here we go. Let me try. And just we'll hold your hand through it. I'm always holding it's hand. Okay, so we got four inductees this week. Uh, so get in and let Dave hype you up.

Here we go from Arlington in MA in the United States. It's Daisy Chow. Daisy Chow down on this roast turkey. From Edinburgh in Scotland, it's Joe Greenan. Joe Greenan. Joe Joe Joe. Like ho ho ho. Oh, that's actually good.

I was gonna say. Greenan Red. Joe Green, like I miss all toe. I think mine's better. I think mine's better. But I've been, what about if I give it the full? Jo, jo, jo, Merry Green and... Oh yes, yes, that's it, that's it.

From London and Great Britain, it's Ellie Gleeve. Ellie, take it all Gleeve, this fantastic present I've got you. I'll make sure you gleeve out some carrots for the raindeed. Yeah, okay, that's pretty good. Ellie, also from London and Great Britain it's Robin case five golden rings four calling Robbins and enjoy this Christmas case yeah yeah yeah honestly Dave Jesus Christ I feel like I'm right there That was pretty good. We love you. Thank you so much and welcome in Robin L.A. Jones. Christmastone and all.

Is there anything we need to tell people before we go, Jess? Just that we love them. Remember that. Say it to yourself as you're going to sleep tonight. They love me. I am loved. And that you can suggest a topic over on our website. There's a link in the show notes

as well. You can find us on social media at do go on pod and Dave boot this baby home. Hey, we'll be back next week with another fantastic episode. Until then, thank you so much. Merry Christmas and goodbye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. well. Bye! Bye! Brilliant. I love that. Poor things. It's like theaters, December 15th.