704- Worst Christmas Ever with Writer/Creator Claudia Lonow
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Writer/Creator Claudia Lonow (Rude Awakening, Good Girls Don’t, Accidentally On Purpose, How To Live With Your Parents For the Rest of Your Life) spent Christmas with her Jewish family, including her drunk ex-husband who loved guns, and the evening turned out to be anything but merry.
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| 0:00.0 | You're finally at that hot new spot, the one your friends keep raving about, sitting across from your date. |
| 0:06.6 | It's going another round? |
| 0:08.3 | Really well. And that dish you've been dying to try? Oh, it's headed your way. You can smell it. |
| 0:14.2 | Here it's sizzling fresh off that skillet as it comes closer, closer, and served. Go ahead, Enjoy. After your phone sneaks a bite first, |
| 0:23.7 | when you're with Amex, it's not if it's going to happen, but when? American Express, don't live |
| 0:28.5 | life without it. |
| 0:35.2 | Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy. Today on the show, writer Claudia Lawnow talks about her worst Christmas ever. |
| 0:43.8 | A great Christmas is fun at the time, then gradually morphs into a melancholy reminder that things aren't as good as they were. |
| 0:52.3 | A bad Christmas is a terrible signpost, a thing you |
| 0:56.4 | never want to repeat again. So the best news about the Christmas when you walk into your ex-husband's |
| 1:02.1 | apartment and accidentally trip over a sack of bullets, which, by the way, bullets come in sacks, |
| 1:08.7 | is that Christmas will never be this bad again. |
| 1:12.6 | Today on the show, writer Claudia Lano talks about the worst Christmas ever. Stay close. |
| 1:20.1 | Hey, my name is Claudia Lano and you're listening to Storyworthy. |
| 1:37.0 | Thank you. to Storyworthy. Welcome to Storyworthy. |
| 1:38.3 | My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California. |
| 1:42.5 | Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of over 11 years. |
| 1:46.0 | If you have not listened to the last 10 or 11 years, you have so much catching up to do. |
| 1:51.1 | I'm telling you. |
| 1:52.3 | In fact, Claudia, you're my 7001 guest. |
| 1:57.0 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:58.6 | Yeah, 701. |
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