I'm tired of working and ready for the holiday break. So let's get this show on the road. Jared Hill and I am entertainment journalists editor all of the fabulous things.

Anderson Mary Quistney's happy qualms the Philly's Hanukkah something about a solstice and seasons greetings to all of you wonderful people.

We've got a very special setup and episode for y'all today. We know you're listening to this episode a couple days before Christmas or maybe you're tucked away from family right now listening to us on Christmas.

No matter we know that some holiday tunes have been in the air since at least October 31st or November 1st. But if you're like us there are some you'd rather not here.

Today we're giving Christmas songs the Phantai treatment detailing the tracks that we love and those we love a lot less so much less we don't love them at all in fact.

And joining us for this special episode first up back for his second appearance friend of the pod music lover TV executive and he was our very first guest.

Amen.

So okay welcome back Michael Chen. How are you love? I'm great blue. How are you?

I'm doing alright. Thanks for coming back. I'm glad to be here.

And joining Michael Chen with us when I tell y'all this person's folk is anointed honey. I mean it. Okay.

Grammy nominated finally Michael Keogor welcome to Phantai seasons greetings and celestial tidings to you all.

So happy to be here.

I love how holy and sanctified you have become.

And since we started reporting the show.

It's taken a time. Welcome to welcome to both Michaels.

So we have all come prepared with the selections of a Christmas song we love and a song that we hate but before we do that to set the stage for today's conversation if you had to recommend one Christmas album.

To the listeners that has as few skips as possible which one would it be I'll start off first so I'm doing a bit of the thing with my songs later.

And I'll kind of explain it now. So I'm going to say the Braxton family Christmas.

I thoroughly enjoy the album and the songs that I chose for what I the song I love and the song I hate are also both on this album.

Oh wow.

They have version of both of these songs on this album and we'll get into those a little bit later but I love the Braxton's their voices together are just beautiful.

They're not going to beat that five part harmony.

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