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Strawberry Letter

Behind The Christmas Tree

Strawberry Letter

iHeartPodcasts

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Dear Steve and Shirley, I’ve been married for 14 years and I have a busy schedule as a high school basketball coach. After years of marriage, my wife still doesn’t get how stressed I am around this time of year and she had been pressuring me to buy a Christmas tree and have it up by December 1st. I missed her deadline cause of my schedule.........................................

 

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.8

Well, now it's time for today's strawberry letter.

0:07.6

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0:12.3

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0:16.1

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0:16.9

And all you have to do is just click, submit strawberry letter.

0:20.2

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0:21.5

live on the air, just like we're going to read this one right here, right now. And you never know,

0:26.2

it could be yours. You never know. Buckle up and hold on tight. We got it for you. Here it is,

0:31.3

the strawberry letter. Thank you, nephew's subject behind the Christmas tree. Dear Stephen Shirley, I've been married for 14 years,

0:40.4

and I have a busy schedule as a high school basketball coach. After years of marriage,

0:45.5

my wife still doesn't get how stressed I am around this time of year, and she'd been pressuring me to

0:50.9

buy a Christmas tree and have it up by December 1st.

0:54.1

I missed her deadline because of my schedule.

0:57.6

This past Saturday, I left for practice and she said she picked out a tree online and it was going to be delivered later that day.

1:05.8

I knew it didn't sound right, but I didn't really care at that point.

1:10.4

Around noon, one of my players got sick,

1:13.1

so I canceled the practice. I intended to go home and help out with the Christmas tree.

1:18.6

I drove up and my daughter was outside shooting hoops with her friends. She said her mom and

1:24.7

Mr. Tim were inside putting up the tree. The only Tim I know is my wife's ex-boyfriend

1:31.3

that drives a truck like the one in front of my house. I walked in and my wife was disheveled

1:37.8

and acting jumpy. I hugged her and I could smell cologne all over her neck. I pulled her with me as we went to look at the tree and I asked where Tim was.

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