Hello, my God,

Hello, my degenerate angels. Welcome back to your favorite fast track train to hell.

First things first, I want to apologize for my very nasally, more than usual Fran Dressiery voice. I have a cold,

not COVID, a cold. I tried to decongest and decompress before recording this. No luck. Jewish

sinuses. What can I tell you? Anyway, for anyone who's new to this little underworld that we've built,

hello. My name is Ali Weiss. I am a Z-List actor, writer, and professional conversationalist

from downtown New York City. And this is Tales of Taboo, My Baby, an anonymous confession show that is sourced directly from my listeners,

which celebrates the darker and less acknowledged corners of the human experience.

As I often say, imagine any topic that would make your conservative aunt blush and clutch her pearls if you brought it up at the dinner table, that's what we talk about here. Do you love it? I love it. So let's get into it. The entire month of December can be really difficult for anyone whose life doesn't fit into the traditional happy mold that is shown

in commercials. And this is something that I think about basically starting December 1st or even

before that, like starting around Thanksgiving at the end of November. But at the time that this

episode drops, we're going to be like five days away from

Christmas, and it just, these are things that I marinate on when I should be doing my homework,

you know? Like, what if you have a broken family or what if they live in a different country

across the world and you can't just drop everything to go and see them? What if they live in a different country across the world and you can't just drop everything to go and see

them? What if a relative just died? What if you're going through a breakup? Or you've been single for

years or you're at an age or in a location where finding a relationship isn't super easy. There's a big difference between being

lonely and just being alone, but because of the repeated idea of the importance of togetherness,

the holidays can blur those lines. And even on a more surface level, seeing everyone attend

holiday parties can trigger insane be the kind of person who normally prefers to spend time

alone or just with a few close friends, but all of a sudden you can't help but question,

am I not cool enough? Do I have

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