Deeder bone first time on the talk show. It's been too long without having you on.

Yeah, but been a long time listener. It's good to be on. How you doing?

Oh, terrible. Today was the Rupert family Christmas tree day.

It is still. I say was as though it's the past.

Well, it's in the house. Our living living room is on the second floor. It is,

I don't know if you know this or not. I don't know if you follow follow my

wife on Twitter. My wife has a predilection for very large Christmas trees.

So take a take a tape measure measure the ceiling in your abode and then add two feet and that's

helping of a Christmas tree she wants. And it is every year.

My son even said in the car ride on the way home from the

it. Artisanal Christmas tree farm we have to drive to. Yeah.

That doesn't feel like it was just yesterday.

I mean, at least this one fits in the house. That's all I can say.

Yeah, but it did get it up on the second floor. It is so hard.

And then try to pick up all the needles on the way up just to disaster.

Do you know what though? We've been doing this for for a long time. My wife and I have been together

for many years and we've always had a big Christmas tree.

And it's always a huge mess getting the damn thing out of the house.

And then I don't know why and this is this is just me being an idiot.

This seems like something I should have thought of years ago.

But last year we had a tree that we moved to a bigger house a couple years ago.

Well, a house with higher ceilings at least.

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