The Great Holiday Crafting (And Drinking) Episode

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen are drinking, crafting, and answering listener questions. Find out how to make a Gin Snowball, learn Elizabeth’s surprisingly easy paperbag snowflake method, and learn who Ray Keith is. While getting festive, they talk about toys of yore that changed their lives, ponder how necessary Santa is to Christmas magic, and throw out ideas for teen stocking stuffers. Watch us on YouTube! Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Video production by Micah Phillips. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode will contain explicit language.
0:09.8	Welcome to Carav Eating, the show that's as honest and as messy as parenting itself.
0:15.8	I'm Lucy Lopez.
0:17.2	I also host another podcast, The Mamasita Rica.
0:20.2	I'm mother to Amelia who's 15, Avery who's 13, and we live in Miami, Florida. I'm Zach Rosen. I host another show called Weirdly Helpful. I am Dad to Noah, who's 8, and Ami, who's 5. We live in Detroit. I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 9.
0:42.1	We live in Honolulu, Hawaii.
0:44.6	Before you get jealous of that, I just want you to know that she lives in Honolulu, Hawaii,
0:49.6	that I am going to get Elizabeth and Zach totally shvasted.
0:55.6	Done.
0:57.1	It's a wrap.
0:58.3	Well, I'm kidding.
0:59.6	So we have a really fun holiday episode plan for you.
1:02.8	I'm teaching these two how to make a gin snowball.
1:06.1	Get ready.
1:06.6	You need gin, coconut puree, a lemon, a handful of raspberries, and some simple syrup.
1:13.9	Okay?
1:14.6	Where is my simple syrup?
1:15.7	I don't have simple syrup.
1:17.0	I made simple syrup.
1:19.2	Oh, no, here it is.
1:20.1	I got it right here.
1:21.5	Yeah, this is actually happening.
	...

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