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Hey, I'm Kate Lindsay. And I'm Daisy Rosario. And you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I. Or, in case you missed it. Slate's podcast about internet culture. That felt good to banter back and forth again. Welcome to the mic again, Daisy. It's a pleasure to have you. Oh, thanks, Kate. Happy to be here to, I was never one to play tennis. So I guess I'm here for pickleball with you today. Perfect. Listen, I really can't say I'm good at either, so I will see how this

goes. But how is your Thanksgiving? We are back after a nice break.

Oh, man. I had a very lovely Thanksgiving in that I feel like I finally got a few goodnight's sleep for the first time in a few weeks.

You know, I mean, I know it should be more exciting than that, but that truly was the highlight for me. How about you?

Yes, it was lovely. I was in Western New York with my husband's family,

and the entire time I was there, it snowed. It, like, dumped snow, which is perfect for me because,

I mean, Thanksgiving is great and all, but really what it most represents personally is just

the barrier between when I'm socially allowed to start

celebrating Christmas. And Daisy, I know you and I, big Christmas heads. It was a delight to learn that.

Oh, I love Christmas. I love Christmas decorations. And I often tell people that when I met my now

wife, I remember the date on which we like admitted to each other very tentatively

that we were both like really into Christmas, like both of us downplaying it until we realized

the other one was also into it. So yeah, into it. Put up the tree for sure. Oh yeah. Yesterday I put

tree up, all the decorations up. I am in a completely

different boat, which is that my husband is a real scrooge about Christmas. I think now mostly at

this point, just to be like contrary to me. But I've gotten him to admit, like, we're finding

our own traditions. And he told me yesterday he did actually like the decorations.

It made him feel very cozy.

And we have some certain movies that we watch that we do like.

And so we're getting there.

But he's not on board with, nor would I expect any sane person to be vlogmas, which is my absolute favorite part of Christmas.

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