Hey there Fools, Dylan Lewis, no analyst with me over the airwaves today, just me in the home studio.

And I'm here recording a few days before the big day.

My girlfriend Jess and I are a day away from making the trip up to

New Jersey to spend Christmas at my mom's and if I'm being honest in keeping with tradition,

I have not packed at all. Not one bag yet.

But I'll get there. I guess I'm not too worried about it because I know the place that I'm heading back to, and I know that if I know the place that I'm heading back to and I know that if I forget a pair of socks or if I want an extra sweater, I know the drawers and I know the deep recesses of the closets and I'm sure back there I will be able to find

something next to the forgotten toys and collectibles of my childhood. It's a comfort to

go back to a place like that for the holidays and it's a feeling that I haven't had in two years.

In 2021 we were supposed to go back to California to do a sunny Christmas with

Jess's family but we got COVID before our flights and we had to stay home.

And so last year we made up for that by going out to the West Coast.

We found ways to have fun with our stay-at-home Christmas,

and I had a great time with Jess's family last year,

but neither of those years had the rituals

that I was used to around the holidays. Going to bed

in a hotel room hits a little differently than Christmas Eve cheese fondue

around my mom's dining room table. But my mom's house never had a Filipino

buffet and holiday cocktail competition. I imagine some of you guys are like me this year hosting or traveling somewhere

familiar and some of you might be like me last year going somewhere new

going somewhere exciting.

exciting.

Unfortunately, I know that some of you are in the same spot I was two years ago,

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