How to Handle the Holidays

Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper

Comedy

4.4 • 164.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, Alex opens up about why the holidays rarely live up to our expectations. She breaks down how family dynamics, past trauma, and a change in routine can make this time of the year really hard, and how to stop comparing your life to a Hallmark movie. Alex also shares a guide to meeting your partner's family this season, and how to let judgmental comments roll of your back. Finally, a reminder that it's actually better to break up with someone before the holidays than after, and how to find joy if you're spending the holidays alone. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hello, Daddy Gang. Welcome back to another cozy, cozy Sunday session with your father.
0:08.1	I hope you guys are all having a lovely Sunday, relaxing, maybe getting ahead on some stuff.
0:14.5	If not, no worries, you're just hanging out with me. And yeah, I'm just going to jump right into it because here's the thing. We are heading
0:24.5	into the time of year where everything is supposed to be magical. Oh my God. The holidays, you guys,
0:31.8	literally so excited. Can't wait, right? Oh my God. Oh, my God. It's going to be amazing.
0:35.7	Like we have Thanksgiving coming up and then right around the corner is Hanukkah and then Christmas and then New Year's. It is, quote, unquote, supposed to be the best time of the year. Emphasis on the supposed to be, which is why I kind of like to do a yearly PSA episode around the holiday season. If you have been with me for many years, you know I kind of do this often because I
0:55.9	think it can be very, very not only helpful for you, but also for me. This could also just be like a
1:02.4	full episode where I'm just really doing this for myself and talking to myself and my family
1:06.2	members, but hopefully this is relatable to you. I think it's important to do a little reality
1:10.7	check around
1:11.5	this time of year because we are kind of weeks out from all of the amazing sometimes chaos beginning.
1:19.0	And I feel like we can picture what our holiday is going to look like and we can easily get our hopes up.
1:26.2	We think it's going to be like the Hallmark
1:28.3	movies. We're going to have matching pajamas with our family, although that may be a nightmare
1:33.6	to some people. Some people would like that, you know, big meals, presents, family time,
1:39.0	laughter around the fireplace, hot cocoa carolers. Like it's, you're like, okay, this is the time of year that I've
1:46.0	been literally waiting for. Like, this is my Pinterest board. Like, this is it, Alex. Like,
1:50.4	I couldn't be more excited. And then we get to the moment that we've built up in our head. And we're
1:56.1	like, wait, why do I feel like, loki kind of disappointed in like a little letdown like this is
2:03.7	literally not what I was envisioning it's because the truth is is that this time of year can be
2:09.4	so disorienting and it can be a letdown on paper it's supposed to be the most joyful holiday season
2:16.7	but for a lot of us,
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