Hi friends, Merry Christmas. It's day seven of the 12 days of Christmas here at that sounds

fun. It's our third Sunday of Advent this year. My name is Annie F. Downs. I'm the host

of this little Christmas party and I'm happy to celebrate Christmas and Advent with you.

Hey, I hope you enjoyed yesterday's full episode about anyagram and any gram gifting

with Drew Mosher. Be sure to go back and listen that one if you missed it. Hey, the music

in the background is from our good friends. We're in the collective. Their new Christmas

album, a Jolly Irish Christmas volume two is so good. I hope you'll get a copy for

yourself. Just a reminder, my new book, That Sounds Fun is available for pre-order everywhere

you love to buy books and as a thank you for your pre-order, you receive a copy of the

audiobook for free. Just submit your receipt at that soundsfundbook.com and redeem it for

your free audiobook read by me and I only cried twice. Thank you very much. No waiting till

the book comes out in February. You get it now plus three bonus podcast interviews at

the end of the audiobook that won't be heard anywhere else. Remember that the first

3,000 friends who purchase books from Barnes and Noble will get an autographed copy.

Before we dive into today's conversation, let me take just a minute and tell you about

our amazing partners, Causebox. You all have heard me talk about them before. I love them

so much. There are a lot of different subscription boxes out there, but here is why I love Causebox.

Every single product and brand in Causebox has a positive mission to give back and make

the world better. I know they're all looking to be thoughtful and are buying habits and

I love that Causebox is making that possible. They recently launched their new winter

box and I got mine in the mail. Y'all, it comes with over $275 worth of sustainably

made, beautiful and useful products. All for less than $50. My favorite product in the

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