Sawbones Classic: Christmas is Trying to Kill You

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

Medical History, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Medicine, Sawbones, History

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

A pre-Christmas warning, we're re-releasing our 2015 live show outlining all the ways that you need to watch out this Christmas – and not just from Santa's wrath. This week on Sawbones, Live from Huntington, WV and Candlenights 2015: CHRISTMAS IS TRYING TO KILL YOU. Grandma. Egg nog. Trees. Mistletoe. The Grinch. RUN. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Harmony House: https://harmonyhousewv.com/

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0:00.0	Sawbones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.
0:07.2	It's for fun.
0:08.7	Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?
0:14.2	We think you've earned it.
0:15.8	Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.
0:22.6	You're worth it.
0:25.9	All right.
0:27.5	Tommy is about some books.
0:30.6	One, two, one, two, one, two, three, four. We came across a pharmacy with its windows blasted out
0:52.0	pushed on through the broken glass and had ourselves a look around
0:56.0	the medicines, the medicines
0:58.0	that ask Gall and macaw for the mouth
1:01.0	Hello everybody, welcome to Sala Bones
1:05.0	Maryland to a misguided medicine
1:07.0	I am your co-host, Justin McElroy medicine.
1:12.8	I am your co-host,
1:14.3	Justin McElroy.
1:15.7	I'm Sydney McElroy.
1:19.9	Is it because you're waiting
1:22.1	until we've both introduced ourselves
1:24.1	and then applauding for us both?
1:26.8	How kind.
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