I'm your host Annie F. Downs, come on in!

Hi friends, welcome to a very special episode of That Sounds Fun.

I'm your host Annie F. Downs, come and add you in the middle of our

Advent series with a very special Christmas party episode.

I'm really happy to be here with you today and we have got a great show and

store. Before we dive into today's conversation, I want to share about one of

our amazing sponsors, BetterHelp. During this week in our Advent series, we're

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