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So every year I say to myself, okay, I am not going to let Christmas sneak up on me.

I am not going to let it happen this year.

And I say, I'm going to plan ahead.

Yeah, right. You guys know me. I don't plan.

That would make life too easy. So, yeah, guess what? It's Christmas. Oh, my gosh. It's almost Christmas.

And you know what that means? It means I'm out of time. So it's interesting because my friend Macy said to me this year, I'm going to help you. She was helping me out while I was doing

Dancing with the Stars, the finale. And she said, I'm going to help you. I'm going to get the kids

to write their Christmas list. And no joke, I said to her, it's November. What are you talking about? And she goes,

it's November. What are you talking about? And I was like, oh, this is, this is me. Why do I do this

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