Hi friends, Mary Christmas. Welcome to the first day of the 12 days of Christmas here. That sounds fun. I love this time of year. My name is Annie F.

Downs and I'm the host of this little Christmas party. We're doing 12 days in a row of that sounds fun podcast episodes and we have a great show in store for you today.

Hey, the music in the background is from our friends. Rend collective. The new Christmas album, a jolly Irish Christmas volume. Do it so good.

They were interviewed on the podcast last Thursday. So be sure you go back and listen to that and grab yourself a copy of their new Christmas album to help you get through the Christmas spirit.

And have you seen all the fun new merch? We have a shop Annie F. Downs.com. We got the 2021 gospel reading download hoodies and hats and prints that say work hard,

pray hard, rest hard, play hard and those gorgeous earrings we did in collaboration with our friends at able. I hope you'll find gifts that you're excited to give people you love.

We do still have a few of those signed books available as well and they make great gifts before we get into today's very important conversation. I want to take just a moment and tell you about one of our incredible partners.

Amazon Alexa, you know Alexa. I'm always working and looking for ways to make my home life easier and more efficient.

And it is a bonus when something makes it more fun to when convenience that I can't believe I lived without smart bulbs connected to Alexa.

You guys, if you don't have smart lighting in your home, now is the time to check it out.

Singlet smart bulbs allow you to set every possible mood with over 16 million light colors to choose from.

Warm tones and cooler hues depending on your lighting preferences and needs. I mean, the lighting is as much a part of your home decor as your couches.

It is so easy to install your new smart bulbs through the singlet app and connect them to an echo or the Alexa app on your phone.

Even with my trusty backpack, I rarely have my hands free when I walk in my door, my lunch box, the mail y'all send me my keys, everything else I am juggling.

And at night, that means I'm fumbling around putting things down so that I can find the lights and turn them on.

But with the smart bulb on my front entrance, now I just say Alexa turned on the lights and y'all know I have my routines for waking my house up and put my house to bed.

And with smart bulbs, you can set lighting routines to gently wake you up in the morning, helping you wind down at night or completely turn off at a certain time.

You can create a moody setting from when you're watching your hallmark movies and there's even a preset holiday option, y'all.

So you can make the room merry and bright automatically right now get $10 off a two pack of singlet smart color changing light bulbs only at Amazon.com slash that sounds fun.

Our guest today very important conversation also as you saw in the title mini BFF warning. This is probably not one you want your kids listening to but without you listening to it first.

But our guest today is none other than our good friend Santa Claus. He's made his third appearance now on the podcast.

But this year's different you guys it's different because we had to talk about COVID and the restrictions and and how he's going to handle the next couple of weeks and that big fateful night.

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