Holiday Dinner 2025
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So welcome to our holiday special. If you have misophonia, sorry.
Yeah, this is the wrong app.
This isn't the right app for you. But we have a delicious meal and we invited some of our closest and most eccentric friends and our nicest friend.
Yeah, our worst friend and our best friend.
Yeah, exactly. To even it all out. And our wife is here as well. And Wobby Wob, who's going to be in and out.
And we'll let the listener decide who was the nicest and who was the meanest. Yeah, they need to guess. And maybe in the comments, you know?
Exactly. And then we're going to go through some fun questions that the listeners... Yeah, listeners sent questions in that are like fun dinner party questions.
Eric, your dad's... wonderfully colorful. Like, I'm going to try to use euphemisms and not use the word nuts. But was there any in your childhood, big blowups at a family Christmas gathering?
Well, every Christmas, I mean, it would start nice and then drinking would come and then it would be a big sort of blowout. But then it was great for me because I was an only kid and they'd feel guilty and then I'd get a lot of stuff to make up for it, which was fun.
So you're always hoping he would have a real embarrassing episode, so he'd have to apologize with Giz.
Wow.
Eric started crying. We never saw this side of him. I know. Oh, no, this stuff does hurt, Eric.
That's what happens on this show.
Yeah. You tell a story that you thought was funny for the last 20 years. Start crying. Wait, that's a terrible story.
Were you embarrassed, or did you find it funny?
I don't know if it was embarrassing, because it was family, so it wasn't like there were third parties there. But it was kind of... Predictable. It was really fun at the same time. It would get a little bit scary.
And you're attracted to that a little bit now as an adult.
It definitely gave me the ability to deal with chaos a lot better than normal people. And cause chaos. And cause chaos.
Can you tell the 30-second story about you and Molly being on your honeymoon and you bringing your parents along for some of it and then you guys being at an insanely fancy restaurant in Europe in tuxedos?
Oh, yeah. We were at Via de Este, which is a well-known hotel in Lake Como. It was very European. And so we're staying there and we're down at the restaurant. And I think it was the night we had checked in.
What humorous stories do the guests share about holiday dinners?
And my parents were already there. And they were sitting down. Then Molly and I came later. And I can tell they were a couple Manhattans ahead of us. Of everyone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My mom was kind of given... Molly, kind of a look that I knew was going to be dangerous. Uh-oh. My dad would do this thing where he would, Jose, what are you doing over there, Jose? I never figured out who Jose was.
Oh, he was kind of delirious?
Well, it was like a, yes.
Or was it vaguely a burn on her being Ecuadorian?
Oh, yeah, Molly's from Ecuador.
No, because it was pre-Molly. Oh, okay, okay.
It was like a, what's it called? A imaginary friend.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
A bit.
So he starts looking at Molly. He's like, you're a worm bait. You're a worm bait. And I'm like, dad, stop it. You know, this isn't cool. Molly's just sitting there. She doesn't know what's going on. And it's your honeymoon.
Let's remind everyone. I think we've really, really sped fast. The fact that he called her worm bait. Has anyone ever heard that?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:25
2
What humorous stories do the guests share about holiday dinners?
3:25–4:36
3
How do the guests rank their favorite Christmas traditions?
4:36–6:59
4
What is the significance of the 'unlimited gathering' concept?
6:59–7:20
5
What are the guests' thoughts on eating each other in a survival scenario?
7:20–11:19
6
How does the group reflect on what they are leaving behind in 2025?
11:19–11:35
7
What personal changes are the guests considering for the new year?
11:35–13:10
8
How do the guests discuss the impact of opinions on their relationships?
13:10–58:27