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Fake the Nation

232. The Smells Of Christmas (w/ Paula Poundstone, Dorian Warren, Samantha Bee, Wajahat Ali)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The tree! The smells! Paula Poundstone and Dorian Warren join Negin to talk about their favorite Christmas traditions. Later on, Samantha Bee and Wajahat Ali share their funniest memories which include an embarrassing moment at a children's recital and a language mix up in Istanbul. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Fake the Nation, episode 232.

0:04.0

Hello, hello, this is Fake the Nation where we talk about news, we talk about politics and where we

0:09.6

eat the red and green Hershey's kisses and swear to God that even though the color of the

0:15.3

wrapping has changed, that they do somehow taste more holidayier.

0:20.4

I am your host Naguen Farsad.

0:22.2

And there just really is something about a red or a green Hershey's kiss.

0:26.0

You know what I mean? It's just different.

0:28.0

So today on this very special holiday episode of Fake The Nation nation let's get into it with topic

0:34.5

number one. It's Christmas week so we're gonna talk about Christmas and

0:39.5

joining me I have Paula Poundstone and Dory and. Hi folks for joining me on the show today.

0:45.0

So my question for you guys is like do you celebrate Christmas,

0:48.2

do you, and if so do you decorate?

0:50.8

Like do you go all out?

0:51.9

What do you do? Dorian. I love Christmas. I'm not super

0:55.6

super religious, but I love Christmas and the thing I love about Christmas are the

0:58.4

smells. I love the smell of a fresh Christmas tree over several weeks.

1:05.8

There is nothing like waking up to the smell of pine needles or other, you know,

1:12.0

candles, I love.

1:14.4

I just love the smells of Christmas.

1:16.4

I grew up in Chicago in the Midwest,

1:17.8

and so I always relished a white Christmas

1:21.5

in terms of snow.

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