This is Hannah McCarthy. You're listening to Civics 101. This is Nick Cappadice. And this is Rebecca

LaVoy. And this is Christina Phillips. And folks, it is barely noon. And the sun already looks ready to set there is a run on

peppermint extract probably because so many normal foods now have peppermint in them at the grocery

store and everyone seems to have stopped responding to emails including us which uh means

it's time for our annual holiday-themed episode on Civics 101.

So this year, we are talking about food, specifically holiday food at the White House, because there is an absolute treasure trove of historical documents about how presidents passed celebrated the winter holidays.

Now, most of our presidents were Christian or followed Christian traditions.

So this trivia is a bit Christianity-centric, but as usual, the president is only our starting

place.

So we will be branching off from there.

Now I have divided this trivia into four courses.

We have drinks, appetizers, the main course, and dessert.

Mmm.

Yes.

And before we begin, I just have one question, a little icebreaker for you.

What is your opinion of fruit and chocolate?

I'm thinking the chocolate orange, the cordial cherries.

Rebecca, I'm getting a thumbs down.

I'm a massive fan of the chocolate orange.

I think that's one of the greatest creations of human kind. The chocolate orange, especially when you leave it on your parents' dashboard and then it gets all like melty.

It's so specific. and you have to crack it

it you like take it and you smack it a handful of times yeah yeah well that's if you don't leave

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