Episode 1281: Our Christmas Episode! Why Does December Feel So Unhinged?
The RELEVANT Podcast
RELEVANT Magazine
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In our Christmas episode, Cameron Strang, Jesse Carey, Derek Minor and Emily Brown dive into a packed RELEVANT Buzz, including NFL players putting faith into action in unexpected ways, a Christian animated film debuting near the top of the box office, Timothée Chalamet unexpectedly singing Kirk Franklin and a spontaneous worship moment from Justin Bieber that caught the internet’s attention.
The crew also tackles one of the most important questions of the season: what actually makes a perfect Christmas day? From wake-up times and breakfast spreads to family expectations, church plans and evening traditions, they attempt—somewhat successfully—to agree on a Christmas schedule everyone can enjoy.
Plus, it’s an Ask the Cast: Christmas Edition, with listener questions about end-of-year burnout, holiday boundaries and when it’s officially time to stop saying “Merry Christmas.”
Highlights:
1:00 – Emily’s Quilt Room Setup
4:00 – RELEVANT BUZZ
4:30 – Baltimore Ravens Wash Kids Feet
8:20 – David Hits No. 2 at the Box Office
11:30 – Is Avatar Still Impressive?
14:30 – Timothée Chalamet Sings Kirk Franklin
24:30 – Justin Bieber’s Worship Moment
25:45 – Designing the Perfect Christmas Day
36:12 – SLICES: The 6-7 Meme Gets RealÂ
44:05 – The World's Largest Gingerbread Home Alone House
46:05 – ASK THE CAST: Christmas Edition
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| 0:00.0 | It's episode 1281 and it's the relevant podcast Christmas edition. |
| 0:10.3 | Look at us. |
| 0:11.6 | Put another show on Christmas week. |
| 0:13.3 | Here in Orlando, I'm your host, Cameron Strang. |
| 0:15.0 | And joining me from Loverland, Virginia is Jesse Carey. |
| 0:17.7 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:19.1 | From Nashville, artist, producer, Mogul, Derek Miner. What up, Do? And right there down the street, our managing editor, downtown, Natalie Brown. Hey, y'all. I'm not in my house. I want to clarify, I'm not technically down the street. I was going to say, what's up with the quilt on the wall? Yeah. I am very much at my parents' house. This is my mother's quilt room. So that is where I'm recording today. That is cute. Your mother has a quilt room. I was going to say, she has a room dedicated to, now let me ask this. When you say it's a quilt room, does she make quilts? |
| 0:54.6 | Or is this just a room to collect quilts? |
| 0:56.8 | Or is it both? |
| 0:59.2 | Well, I mean, both, I guess. |
| 1:02.1 | This is her quilt room. |
| 1:03.3 | So I'm actually, the table that I'm using to put my laptop gear on is technically a table for a sewing machine. |
| 1:12.5 | I had to take the sewing machine out out put something over the hole in the middle |
| 1:14.5 | so yeah no she's |
| 1:16.5 | she's a quilter |
| 1:17.3 | Karen is a quilter |
| 1:18.6 | and do I see |
| 1:20.4 | graduation pictures in the back |
| 1:22.3 | oh yes |
| 1:23.4 | oh um |
| 1:25.5 | I knew I should have taken them down. |
| 1:33.1 | This is a video podcast now, Emily. |
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