Hey, everybody here, buddy. Welcome and Merry Christmas to one and all, you know,

through all the coughing and achy stuff that's been going on around our house, the smells

of, you know, Vicks' Maple Rub and herbal throat coat tea. There's that undeniable joy of

Christmas that just washes over me. I love it. Now, Heather hasn't looking, you know, festive

on the inside of the house. It's beautiful. And I'm working on my outdoor lighting game.

I've got a bit of an attitude when it comes to hanging lights, but I can change, okay?

And I'm open to that. So I hope you all are feeling happy and healthy. And, you know,

I thought it would be good to do an end of the year check-in with our old friend, Dr.

Fauci. So I think I got him here. Hey, D.F., I haven't seen you in these last few weeks.

How you been? Yes. I've been stationed at the North Pole to make sure that maintaining,

you know, proper CDC sanctioned, you'll tie protocols and procedures. So how's it going?

Unfortunately, all the elves have not been vaccinated. We aren't sure what is causing the

hesitancy, but we're just talking it up to massive disinformation that's circulating and

has really stagnated a promotional push. What was the promotion called? It's called

Get the Stick for St. Nick. That's cute. Well, you know, because Christmas cheer isn't the

only thing that's spreading this year, right? So we had one of the elves test positive

for COVID. So that put production behind a few weeks. So we've been trying to keep up,

you know, and do daily testing, but it's it's unbelievably difficult to swab an elf.

I mean, if it's right to hold down an elf and stick a swab up that beak up that little

that little Elvin beaks, it's hard to put a swab in there, you know.

So, so how are you staying safe up there at Santa's workshop?

Well, I mean, we took all the precautions we could, you know, we had hand sanitizing stations and

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