How to Destroy the Holidays

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:24.9	Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com. I'm going to tell you how to destroy the holidays.
0:33.4	Grinch moment. How can you destroy the holidays? You ready? Make a list. If you're going to be a Grinch,
0:42.3	do it well. Okay? Take notes. Think about it. Number one, focus as much attention as possible
0:52.8	on material things.
0:55.2	Yes.
0:56.5	Because what really matters most is the size of the tree, how many ornaments are on it,
1:02.6	who put the ornaments on it, the number of presents underneath it, who sent a present,
1:07.3	who didn't send a present.
1:09.0	This is the most important part of the holidays.
1:13.0	So if you want to destroy the holidays, like a guy who called the other day, oh, I'm on the road
1:18.4	truck driver and I came home and the house is not as clean as I would like it. So I said,
1:22.1	you can't put up the tree. Until the house is clean to me. So I said, okay, I'm with you, guy. Make a list.
1:33.3	What the kids, depending upon their age, should be responsible for in cleaning,
1:37.3	what your wife should be responsible for in cleaning, and what you should be responsible for
1:42.8	and cleaning, and then happy happy happy
1:45.8	kiss and hug everybody in the family and say okay I'm going to count backwards from
1:50.6	three to one everybody finished their assignment and we will all put up the tree or you
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