Hey everyone, it's Brian. And if you're listening in real time, Thanksgiving was just over two weeks ago.

Christmas Day is just over two weeks from now. That means we're halfway through Christmas of

2023, and boy is it flying right on by. I hope you're making the most of it. Over here at Christmas

past headquarters, we've been baking, making a gingerbread house,

reading Christmas stories, and listening to lots of Christmas music.

My son Dashel really loves Deck the Hall this year, which he calls the La La La La

La Song.

That one will go in the old memory bank for sure.

It is, after all, a season for making memories like that, and that brings us to

the reason we're here together right now. One of my favorite parts of creating Christmas past is

sharing your Christmas memories. I love the warm connections I've had with so many of you over the

years and the glimpses you provide into your Christmas's past. So today I'm excited to take a break from the normal action

and bring you an episode dedicated just to you and your Christmas memories.

Of course, many Christmas memories have a toy at the center of them.

Back in the 1970s, the daredevil evil-can-eval was an international sensation,

gaining fame with stunts like attempting to jump

the fountains at Caesar's Palace on a motorcycle. The evil-can-eval stunt cycle was a hot Christmas

toy when it was introduced in the early 1970s, capturing the imagination of kids everywhere.

But not only kids. Here's Robert and Ireland to tell us all about it.

It must have been Christmas of 1979, and at the time in Ireland, one of the must-have toys that Christmas

was an evil-can-eval stunt cycle.

So I was very, very excited on Christmas morning when I went into our living room to see what Santa Claus had brought.

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