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of christmas spectacular though next week would make more sense I'm Kate Kennedy, your host. I suppose today is, um, they'd be there in five of Christmas

spectacular. Though next week would make more sense. I think we're going to talk about the docu-a-a-a-a-a-a-sore docu-series. There's only two episodes coming out. I'm hoping it's enough material to chew on. Alas, we'll see. I am typically able to do recaps longer than the material itself. So I have high hopes. But I wanted to

do something holiday related, as we usually do. And this year, I kind of foolishly thought we could take

on a topic for fun in the name of all things Holly and all things jolly, as you know, I feel strongly

about Christmas cheer. But I didn't know that this particular topic was met with such Christmas

disdain, such Christmas

fear. Okay, first of all, I should start by saying, if you're listening and there's like kids

around, turn this off, because we will be talking about the holidays in the context of jolly old

St. Nick and a cohort of Narkey, pointy-eared pals. He's deployed in millions of homes around the

world. I also, when I was

doing research about this topic, I learned this from a harrowing news story about Lara Spencer of

flea market flip fame. Talented host, Great Lakes, God awful taste in a vintage credenza. Are they gone?

Bye. See you later, kiddos. She talked about Elf on the shelf. On GMA, not as if it were like a mystical magical elf, like parents have to, but like reported on it, not in a way that was kid friendly. And she had to like do a public apology. And I'm like, as parents, we need to acknowledge that even if things are kid friendly, it doesn't mean they're four kids, you know. I on an unassuming, you know, Tuesday or Wednesday in November,

put out an Instagram story that said, hey, moms, I need some shelf help. What's the, what's the vibe

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