It's a big club, and you ain't in it.

Hey, we're recording the podcast.

Shut up.

Good morning to you, wherever you are, because it is morning somewhere.

Or the 2nd of December, 2004.

My name is Bernie Burns, sitting right over there. My own personal Advent calendar. It's Ashley Burns. Say hi, that sounded weird, though, when I said it. That sounds weird. That does sound weird. Why does that sound weird? That does sound weird. Because you're going to open another piece every day until Christmas. Break off a little something, something once per day. Advent calendars are a big

deal here in the UK. Look, I love a good Advent calendar. When I was little, Advent calendars were

very straightforward, and I loved them. It was the Advent calendar, I feel like we all had. It was

very consistent. It was the big, you know, like board size thing. You would open the little door,

and inside was a, like the plastic frame, and inside was a, like, the plastic frame,

and there was a little shaped chocolate inside, right?

That was the Advent calendar when we were growing up.

And it was always, it was always something I look forward to.

Every day leading up to Christmas.

We've discovered that Advent calendars have advanced on a technological and consumer...

Like everything...

On a consumerism level.

They've made them disposable on a grand scale.

Right. So now it's like, oh, do you want a whiskey advent calendar?

Do you want a toy advent calendar? You want a Minecraft admin calendar.

And there's...

Basically, do you want

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