#274: Themed Thanksgiving, Pasta Christmas & Other Traditions

A Beautiful Mess Podcast

Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman

Leisure, Home & Garden

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week we are talking all about holiday traditions, things we do for Christmas, things we do for Thanksgiving, anything cozy, interesting or quirky. And at the end of the episode, we'll also have a book report.

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Chinese

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Beautiful Mess podcast, your cozy comfort listen. And this week we are talking all about holiday traditions, things we do for Christmas, things we do for Thanksgiving, anything cozy, interesting, or quirky. That's what we're talking about this week. And at the end of the episode, we will also have a book report. Okay. So basically we wanted to do an episode where we could talk about
0:25.1	our theme, Thanksgiving, our pasta Christmas Eve, wine and Dr. Pepper, and getting
0:30.7	matching tattoos for Christmas. So this is like a, this is a chaos zone. This is just one of those
0:36.5	holiday chaos where Elsie got what she wanted. We were like, what do we feel like talking This is like a, this is a chaos zone. This is just one of those. Holiday chaos. Where
0:38.1	Elsie got what she wanted. We were like, what do we feel like talking about? Yeah.
0:42.8	Is there a way we could theme all that together? It's like loosely, sure. Let's, yes, you sure can.
0:48.8	With the golden thread of it's something I'm interested in, right?
0:55.1	Pretty much.
0:55.7	Yes.
1:30.6	No, I like it. I mean, it's holiday season. We got to talk about holidays. It's true. We're not talking about holidays most of the time. Yeah. Then we're missing it. So, yeah. If we have time, we can talk about movies too. Okay. Yeah. It's the most wonderful time of the year. I love this time of year, Just like as soon as there's a twinkling Christmas tree in my living room, that is the happiest that I ever am until the day it has to go back into the basement. Yeah. It's a good feeling. I feel like if you're a little, a little on the sad side, first prescription that should be written, get out the Christmas tree with the lights.
1:32.8	Try that first and see what you think.
1:33.8	Because it helps.
1:37.2	It helps because it's, you know, just magical.
1:37.9	It's just magical.
1:39.1	It's just vibe.
1:40.0	It is true.
1:42.2	One year, it was the year 2020.
1:43.3	You might remember it.
1:47.5	I bought a Christmas tree in March march so you never know you never know what it might cure you can try it okay but before we get into christmas let's talk about
1:55.0	our themed thanksgiving because this has been the controversy of a lifetime and Oh, my God. And but I support it.
2:03.0	And so talk about like the origin of why we decide to start doing theme Thanksgiving because I think a lot of people will relate to this.
2:10.1	Okay.
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