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Coming up at about four minutes after the hour, it's my strawberry letter for today, and the subject

is smoke and mirrors.

Smoke and mirrors.

We'll get into that in just a few because right now it is time for the nephew and it's

prank phone call for today.

What you got for us now?

Well, you know, it's Christmas time, Charlotte.

Christmas decorations, okay?

Cat dog, if you could.

Hello?

I'm trying to reach Cecil.

Yeah, this Cecil, what's going on?

Hey, this Manning, man.

I live like about four, five streets over from you.

This Manning, how you doing, brother? I'm doing good, man. How you doing? I'm good. Hey, uh, I see you, you got your Christmas lights up, right? Yeah, yeah, I got them up. I got my whole little theme. Everything set up, man. It's looking real good. Okay, let me, let me ask you something, man. The theme you got in your yard, where you get that idea from?

What you mean where I get them from? The idea, like you got a snowman, you got Santa Claus, some rain deals, you got your whole house decorated. You got Jesus with the manger and the wise men around him. Where did you get your idea from?

I'm lost. What's you talking about, man. You ask me where I got a theme from. I mean, you try to imply something. I'm asking you a question. Where did you get the idea from? I made this up. I made this up. Jesus and the manager, you know, that represents Christmas, man. You go with a theme that's Christmas base, man, and that's Christmas base. Jesus is Christmas. Jesus in Jerusalem and Bethlehem and, hey, what's going on, man? Who are you? Where you'll get my number from, anyway? I'm Manning, man. I'm Manning. I got your number from one of the people that live on your street, and I'm just asking you, on the real, where you get get this idea from I made this idea but I made this up man I made this up you just the second time you can ask me where I get this

idea from what are you trying to imply okay here go to real deal dog the same thing you got if you come

four streets over I got the same thing in my yard, and it looked like you

just stole my idea. And see, what you ain't going to do is try to win Christmas yard of the

season, and you don't stole my idea. That's the problem I got with you. No, the problem you got is

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