Stavvy's World Bonus #160 - Kushmas Brothers Vol. 1 [PATREON PREVIEW]

Summary

Stavvy's World Bonus #160 - Kushmas Brothers Vol. 1

Host: Stavros Halkias
Date: December 25, 2025
Episode Type: Patreon Bonus Special ("Kushmas" = Christmas hangout edition)

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Episode Overview

This special holiday episode of Stavvy’s World is a chill, cozy, and laughter-filled conversation about Christmas, family traditions, childhood gifts, and a big dose of nostalgia. Stavros and his friends swap stories about their multicultural upbringings, memorable Christmas mornings, gaming nostalgia, and the unexpected emotional depth of family get-togethers. They riff on everything from traditional Jewish Christmases and immigrant gifts traditions to the wild highs of receiving new game consoles, and even cartoon characters people found "hot" as kids. The tone is loose and affectionate, filled with friendly teasing, warmth, and holiday spirit.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Holiday Traditions Across Cultures

• Jewish Christmas (Chinese Food + Movies):
  • One guest recalls the "classic" Jewish-American tradition of eating Chinese food and going to the movies on Christmas Day, since they don’t celebrate Christmas traditionally. [01:00]
    • “We obviously did the Chinese food movie.” — D [00:59]
  • Another shares their family’s tradition of movies and hibachi on Christmas Day. [01:15]
• Christmas Light Drives:
  • Driving through neighborhoods to look at Christmas decorations is a shared memory, sparking "Home Alone" vibes. [01:30]
• Immigrant Family Traditions:
  • Russian/Soviet tradition of New Year's gifts and trees ("Papa Frost") instead of Christmas. [02:56]
  • Greek families trying out New Year's gifts but wanting to fit in with American Christmas traditions. [03:04–04:00]
  • The pressure on immigrant kids to receive gifts on the mainstream day, not the Old World day. [03:44]
  • "[New Year’s] lasted like one year. And we were like, we're not doing this, give us our shit on fucking Christmas." — C [04:08]

2. Gaming Nostalgia: The Console Wars

• Defining Childhood Christmases by Game Consoles:
  • The excitement of receiving major gaming systems (N64, GameCube, PlayStation) is described as some of the all-time happiest family moments. [04:23–06:53]
    • "That had Nintendo 64. I mean, I was over there." — D [05:49]
    • "I don't think I've ever felt closer to my brothers." — C [06:00]
    • "Truly, that might have been the happiest I’ve ever been in my life." — C [06:50]
• Console Loyalty & Transitions:
  • Memories of sticking with Nintendo as long as possible before switching to PlayStation/Xbox [05:15]
  • NES and the pride in correctly calling it "Nintendo Entertainment System."
• Simple Games, Modern Joy:
  • Even today, Tetris and classic Mario (now on Switch) bring deep satisfaction. [05:25–05:39]
    • "I play Tetris on my laptop. I need simple." — D [05:25]
    • "I just did beat Super Mario 3 on the Switch...childhood dream come true." — D [05:32]

3. Family, Food, and the Joy of Lounging

• Homemade Food and New Traditions:
  • Stavros took over Christmas cooking, striving for a "better high" than his parents could provide ("like your parents’ cocaine – you don’t know good drugs!") [06:59]
• Passing Traditions to the Next Generation:
  • Now adult siblings/aunts/uncles game with kids and nephews, passing down the communal gaming joy. [07:27–08:01]
    • "I just kicked the shit out of this kid in Mario Kart. It was awesome. What a beautiful experience." — E [07:45]
• The Cool Older Kid/Aunt/Uncle Effect:
  • Joy of being a role model for younger family kids — especially as a "cool" guy to younger boys. [08:01–08:54]
    • "When you're like eight, a sixteen-year-old in a leather jacket—you're the coolest guy of all time." — C [08:34]

4. Cartoon Crushes and Gender Childhood Puzzles

• Who was the sexiest cartoon?
  • The crew discusses childhood crushes on animated characters.
    • "Tweety pissed me off when I found out Tweety was a boy." — C [10:58]
    • "I think she's like gender false. Like, I think she does whatever she wants...Like RuPaul." — D [11:00]
  • Jessica Rabbit and Jasmine from Aladdin are front-runners for "first crushes" [13:06–13:21]
    • "That might be the first time I was overtly horny—like, I want to see her tits." — C [13:13]
    • "Jasmine's gorgeous." — D [13:24]
  • Ongoing bit at comedy shows: "What cartoon would you fuck?" [11:56–13:03]

5. Favorite Holidays Debate

• Christmas vs. Halloween:
  • Stavros and guests discuss why Christmas is king for "lounging and giving", but one holds out for Halloween and Fourth of July (for pools, not patriotism) [14:00–14:22]
    • "I just love a theme." — D [10:18] & "Bar none the best holiday." — C [13:55]
• Performing/Working on Holidays:
  • For those from minority backgrounds (or comics), working on holidays is a source of unusual joy. [14:22–15:03]
  • "Or any, any type of job. I would take everyone's Christmas shift." — D [15:03]

6. Travel and Holiday Routines

• Traveling on Holidays:
  • Stavros tells about a wild Thanksgiving, renting a minivan with multiple warning lights just to make it home. [15:32–15:59]
• Best Egg in the World:
  • Baltimore gets love for its iconic diner eggs at Blue Moon Cafe. [16:11–16:54]
    • "Sweet baby Jesus, look at that egg." — D [16:44]

7. Singalongs, Limericks, and Sober Grandpas

• Queens, Irish Christmases:
  • Lively family parties; one-up celebrations with music, limericks, and drinking. [17:17–19:33]
    • "It was like that scene in Titanic where all the Irish people are dancing." — E [17:23]
    • "One person writes the first line of a limerick, you pass it down, and then, like, you read them all." — E [19:27]
• The Family’s First Sober Guy:
  • Tribute to the grandpa who quit drinking and smoking cold turkey, and was a man of mystery and tattoos. [19:33–20:14]
    • “He quit drinking and smoking on the same day and no one knows why.” — E [19:37]
• Kids Searching for Santa:
  • Stavros' dad gamed the Santa myth perfectly, using sleigh bells and door slams to "prove" Saint Nick’s visit. [20:47–21:06]
    • "He rang the sleigh bells and slammed the door... you just missed Santa, you dumbass." — C [21:05]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "We obviously did the Chinese food movie." — D [00:59]
• "We started going to a movie and a hibachi restaurant every Christmas Day, and it turned out to be awesome." — E [01:15]
• "That might have been the happiest I’ve ever been in my life." — C [06:50]
• "When you’re like eight, a sixteen-year-old in a leather jacket—you’re the coolest guy of all time." — C [08:34]
• "Tweety pissed me off when I found out Tweety was a boy." — C [10:58]
• "One person writes the first line of a limerick, you pass it down, and then like, you read them all." — E [19:27]
• "He quit drinking and smoking on the same day and no one knows why." — E [19:37]
• "He just had like... he rang the sleigh bells and he slammed the door. And he was like, you just missed Santa, dumbass. He was just here. I was like, what the fuck? I heard the sleigh bells. God damn it." — C [21:05]

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• [00:59] – Jewish Christmas traditions: Chinese food and movies
• [01:30] – Driving around neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights
• [02:56] – Russian/Soviet New Year's celebrations
• [04:23–06:53] – Video game console Christmas memories
• [07:27] – Playing Nintendo Switch/Mario Kart with the next generation
• [10:58] – Tweety Bird as a gender/childhood crush confusion
• [13:06] – First cartoon crushes (Jessica Rabbit, Jasmine)
• [14:00] – Christmas vs. Halloween and Fourth of July
• [15:32] – Stav’s wild Thanksgiving road trip
• [16:11] – Baltimore’s iconic diner eggs, Blue Moon Café
• [17:17–18:47] – Family singalongs and Christmas Eve parties
• [19:27] – Family limericks game
• [19:37] – Grandpa gets sober, family legends
• [20:47–21:05] – Genius Christmas "Santa" trick by Stav’s dad

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Authentic, funny, affectionate storytelling
• Gentle teasing and honest self-reflection
• Welcoming, nostalgic, and genuinely warm

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Summary

This episode of Stavvy’s World wraps listeners in the warmth of multiethnic holiday traditions and the universal power of nostalgia. It’s about how families—whether Jewish, Russian, Greek, or Irish-American—find their own "Christmas" via food, jokes, games, and goofy rituals. The laughs are real, the stories are heartfelt, and the entire vibe is both comforting and hilarious. Whether your childhood was marked by taiyaki and Chinese buffets or vying for the hottest game console, it’s a reminder that the best holiday memories are shared, improvised, and perfectly imperfect.

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[D]

I remembered one of my favorite Christmas traditions. Jewish. We obviously did the Chinese food movie.

[C]

What?

[E]

Bring in the stand in.

[C]

Bring. No. I know. I'm so envious of the traditional Jewish Christmas.

[E]

So I did. I did some. My family did Jewish outreach for much of my life because the big focal point was Christmas Eve. But Christmas day, we started going to a movie in a hibachi restaurant every Christmas Day, and it turned out to be awesome.

[C]

Finish your tradition. I'd love to get.

[D]

There's neighborhoods around us that like, went hardcore. So we'd get in our car and we would drive around and look at all the Christmas lights. Yeah, but we were like in Lincolnwood, I feel is where all the lights were in these giant houses and the whole. The whole little cul de sac was.

[C]

Some home alone vibes.

[D]

More like animatronic. Multiple floor things in a window. Like. Like a. Like it's pretend going through the roof. Like creative. So we would like drive around and look at the lights. And I do. I did. I just remembered that and I really enjoyed it.

[C]

How old were you when you came to America?

[D]

I wasn't. I was really young. Three.

[C]

Oh, three. Okay, so you don't have like pre. You don't have Christmas memories As a baby, all your memories kind of happen. Three, I feel like, is the cut.

[D]

Off for where my first memory, though, is before I was three. I will be honest, it's the only memory I have. Young, but I fell into a fountain with a bunch of like fish when I was like two something. And I remember being in the fountain. I do.

[C]

That's awesome.

[D]

I remember being in there.

[C]

You remember?

[D]

It was dramatic enough. Like I think it was just like, I don't know or people said it enough that it's in my brain but I really feel like I remember it.

[C]

That's cool. A fountain with fish. A baby. Memory is sick. Yeah, I have, I have like I think I was four my for three and a half or so. I remember my looking at my little brothers on a chair. I remember a specific like chair and the light is hitting their heads in a specific way. I have that memory in my head still.

[D]

But we do New Year's gifts in my family. We have a New Year's tree. That's like the Russian Soviet vibe of us, I think.

[C]

Yeah, that is.

[D]

That's Papa Frost.

[C]

Greek people do that too. Yes, but we just got so Americanized that we were just like, well it's.

[D]

Awesome because we get all the ornaments and all the fun on sale and we get all our gifts on sale and then we kind of have a great time on New Year's and then my sister would go out with her friends all night afterwards.

[C]

On New Year's.

[D]

Yeah, like we would do. We celebrate the old year. We do like an 11 o' clock dinner of the old year. And then at midnight, you know, we party a little bit. And then I was a kid so I'm always like gifts?

[C]

Yeah, yeah, we would open gifts. Our parents tried that. But we just when you're a little kid and everyone it's like, I don't know, everyone was talking about their Christmas gifts. There was a year where my parents tried New Year's but we also have kanuka. Right.

[D]

You.

[C]

It's as like for Jewish love Christmas for a Jewish family. It makes sense because it's like you don't care. It's not really your gift giving holiday anyway. But like it's not your identity anyway. And for us it was like Christmas is the biggest deal. And then why didn't you do it? We did do. Our parents tried to do it on New Year's because Greek people do it on New Year's. But we were like, all our friends at school are talking about their Christmas gifts. And we're like, what the fuck, I want my gifts. And literally lasted like one year. And we were like, we're not doing this bullshit give us our shit on fucking Christmas. But we didn't really have any. Honestly, we didn't really have traditions. Like my favorite Christmases were like the years we got a gaming system.

[E]

Oh, and I was like playing PlayStation 1998 N64.

[C]

N64 was a big N64 was huge.

[E]

Massive.

[C]

And then there was a Christmas.

[E]

Maybe the biggest Christmas ever.

[C]

Well, remember the Christmas. The console wars on Christmas. There was one Christmas that GameCube and Xbox came out the same Christmas.

[E]

Right, but. And wasn't Dreamcast also in the mix?

[C]

I got a Dreamcast.

[D]

One was.

[C]

The obvious winner was yes, but I was a gamecube. Like my family was Nintendo. And so we held out.

[D]

I only got an nes. I had a Nintendo Entertainment System.

[E]

Respect. You're playing Duck Hunt.

[C]

Thank you for saying the nes. No one has ever like said the whole title. I had this. I had the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

[E]

I have the Extreme Box. I have the extreme box 360.

[C]

Then we switched to. We eventually ended up going to all of them, but we were GameCube. We held the Nintendo line until. Until it was so clear. Xbox and PlayStation.

[E]

Dude, the energy just.

[D]

I can't handle like my brain can't handle that much technology. Like even now my go to. I. I play Tetris on my laptop.

[C]

Hell yeah.

[D]

Like I need simple. And then I just did beat Super Mario 3 on the Switch. And that was like a childhood dream come true.

[C]

Fun.

[D]

It felt really cool.

[C]

Yeah, that is.

[E]

But the hype, the energy of just like the pure capitalism in your veins when a new video game system was coming out and it was Christmas, that had Nintendo 64.

[D]

I mean, I was over there. I was over there.

[C]

Oh, fuck that. The Nintendo 64. Christmas was awesome. And GameCube Christmas was great too. I was. I think I was a freshman in high school or some shit. And literally, I don't think I've ever felt closer to my brothers. Like we just fucking were playing Madden. We were playing the FIFA together. We were doing co op Star Fox games. Yeah, that was fun.

[E]

Come play backyard baseball with me, George.

[C]

We literally were broing out. That's like one of my most. That's one of my most beautiful Christmas memories. Me and my. Me and my little brother's room. They had the slight. They had a bigger room because there was two of them sharing it. And that's where the tv, like we had a TV there. We just went. When our parents for Christmas would be like, all right, you can take the thing into your room instead of playing on the main TV. And we stayed up like till fucking 3am we woke up at like 8, had like pie and like roast, you know, leftovers for breakfast and chocolates and shit. Immediately got to playing. Truly, I think that might have been the happiest I've ever been in my life.

[D]

Maybe I'm happy hearing this. I'm like, wow, this sounds beautiful.

[C]

It was fucking awesome. And yeah, but we didn't really have a specific. I think that's why I took over the cooking, because we didn't. This is what happens when you're, like, addicted to food. You're like, this isn't up to my liking. I'm not able to reli. I'm not. It's like, imagine if you went home and you had to, like, do your parents. Cocaine. You're like, you don't know good drugs. That's kind of how I felt about the cooking, which is like, you know, let me handle this shit. So I've been making that rib roast in the sides for a while now.

[D]

You know what's cute? So my close friends, they have two daughters and they got the ninja Nintendo Switch with. And we got to play Mario Kart all together.

[C]

Oh.

[D]

So now, like, we get to play with these kids.

[C]

And that's fun. So I can't wait.

[D]

They're experiencing the new games.

[C]

I can't wait to game with my nephew.

[E]

That rocks. We did that with. With my girlfriend's nephews, and one of them's like six, and I just kicked the out of this kid Mario Kart. It was awesome. What a beautiful experience.

[C]

That's a sacred relationship. Is the guy dating your. Your aunt?

[E]

Yeah, you're.

[C]

Because you're not really close. You're kind of just like the coolest young guy he has access to. Like, that was the thing. It's like when we were growing up, it was like my mom's. We didn't have any blood relatives here. But you know, my. The immigrant thing, where it's like your mom's best friends are your aunts. And so it was like her daughter, the. We would go over the one place for Christmas sometimes, and her daughter, the guy she started dating when she was in high school, was like, we didn't have access to, like, bros. And so he was like the. He was like 16. And when you're like 8, a 16 year old in a leather jacket, you're like, you're the coolest guy of all time. Can we play? Yeah. Can we play video games? Can we play catch?

[E]

Oh, my God. He went to Wilson's House of Leather and got that jacket in the mall.

[C]

Dude, he wears gel in his hair. I can't wait to be Like, I.

[E]

Bet he has a Zippo lighter. Let's ask him.

[C]

But you're. You might be doing that for that kid.

[E]

I would be honored. I think you might be seek to fill that. Oh, yeah, we went to the lake. I was like, trying to get the kid on the water ski thing. Yeah, yeah.

[C]

Get them on the. Yeah. Tossed them in the ocean.

[E]

I was throwing them in the pool.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[E]

That's key. That's cool.

[C]

That's big.

[D]

I just. The thing with the Nintendo 64, the thumb swirl never got.

[E]

I can't.

[D]

I just. I just can't do.

[C]

Is a badly designed controller.

[E]

Oh, wait.

[D]

Did you ever play Doom?

[E]

Yes.

[C]

Hell yeah.

[E]

That was fun. Doom ripped.

[C]

Doom was awesome.

[D]

Hell yeah.

[C]

What was. What was some of his. What were some of Dooms or. No. Yeah, what was the guy. What were the guy sayings?

[E]

No, I'm thinking of Duke Nukem.

[C]

That's what I mean.

[E]

I played here to kick ass and chew bubble gum.

[C]

Yeah, Duke Nukem was awesome.

[E]

Steel.

[C]

I've got balls of steel. That's right. Balls, balls, balls of steel. And then when you got the Duke Nukem soundboard, that was good stuff. But yes, Doom and Duke Nukem were very, very related.

[D]

Oh, you know what? Is it weird that I keep bringing it to Christmas or.

[C]

No, it's Christmas.

[E]

It is Christmas.

[C]

You're doing a. You're doing a better job hosting than I am. I'm like, dude, I think. I think we could put sliced cheese and Mac and cheese. I would still be talking about that if you guys hadn't moved us forward. I'd be like, come on, guys. Don't you think as part of it, it could be good?

[D]

Anyway, I just love a theme. But my mom became close with this Guatemalan family work, and so we got to go to their house for Christmas. And I got a Christmas Barbie doll. And I was like, this is the best one. No, it wasn't life size, but she had this gorgeous red and gold dress. It was like the Christmas Barbie of the year.

[C]

I mean, it was just like, that's big.

[D]

Because even though we did gifts, my parents were kind of like. We were kind of poor. Like, we. I loved all my gifts, but they weren't high ticket items.

[C]

Right. To me, I was like, it was survival gifts.

[D]

Is this Barbie? I remember my parents got. I got a tweety shaped pillow. Yeah, and that, like that. That really rings into my.

[C]

It pissed me off when I found out Tweety was a boy.

[D]

Honestly, I think she's like, gender False. Like, I think she does whatever she wants. She's like RuPaul. Like Tweety, you know, RuPaul's like, you could call me he, you could call me she, you could call me Regis or Kathie Lee. It doesn't fucking matter.

[C]

It pissed me off as a little boy. And I think I was just thinking about this. I think it's because I wanted to Tweety. And I was like, wait a minute.

[E]

They made me gay part of it.

[C]

Come on.

[E]

Tweety's cute, but to want to fuck.

[C]

When you're a little kid. Tweety's got eyelashes. You have a crush on. I don't mean I want to. The bird, like physically. I mean, when you're like five, you're like, I have a crush on every girl cartoon. And then when they're like, actually, Tweety's a boy, I'm like, what? I'm not gay, dude.

[D]

Yeah, okay. Okay.

[C]

I think so. I don't know, but I think that's why it made me mad.

[E]

The female cats that were made to look like skunks that Pepe L was harassing were pretty sexy.

[C]

She was hot.

[D]

The cats, I actually have been doing a bit lately because I have a joke about it. So then I've been asking audiences, cuz it's fun, what cartoon character they'd like to. And it all stemmed because I played the m. The marsh. Oh, nice penis. J.P. the microp.

[C]

Oh, no, stop. My pants.

[D]

I really don't have a connection with him.

[C]

That's okay.

[E]

That's why I said him. Because no one has a connection.

[C]

That's okay.

[E]

Least sexual.

[C]

Oh, let me see her dick.

[D]

Sorry. That went over.

[E]

One of the popular answers that you get when you ask this question.

[D]

What started this was the Mic Drop Club in whatever state I was in, I can't remember, but it's Robin Hood themed. And that fox is like very.

[C]

I've heard that a lot from a.

[E]

Lot of girls showing a lot of.

[C]

Leg and they wanted to. Robin Hood.

[D]

Oh, the fox in Robin Hood. He is really hot. I like all the. But it's beautiful animation. And so I love Robin Hood. That's what started it all. But people like, Jessica Rabbit's a constant.

[C]

I mean, and then I'm. I mean, as a child, I was.

[E]

Designed to be a hot lady.

[C]

Yeah, sure. But dude, as a little kid.

[E]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

That legit might be the. That might be the first time I was overtly horny. Like, I was over. Like, I want to. Like, she's very Hot. See her tits. I don't know if I was horny.

[E]

For Jasmine, but I was just.

[C]

Oh, true.

[E]

Fell deeply in.

[C]

I love Jasmine. You're right.

[E]

Yeah, absolutely.

[D]

Jasmine's gorgeous. But so my best friend Julia, like I started going home to her family and they do Christmas. American Christmas. And I just like love the pajamas. I love the snacking. I love the movies and I love gifts giving. Get it like I like love it. I love all the little. I just enjoy the lounging and it's.

[C]

A very lounge forward holiday.

[D]

And the gifts and the stuff. It's cute. I like love it.

[C]

I love to lounge. Yeah. Bar none the best holiday.

[E]

Yeah. Oh, I think so.

[D]

Not for me.

[C]

What would you put over Christmas?

[D]

Well, I'm just humiliated. I don't want to be this person Halloween.

[B]

But I won't.

[D]

I also love the fourth of July. Not for America.

[E]

I had a dalliance. The fourth of July is my favorite.

[C]

Barbecue versus Christmas.

[D]

But you get to be at a pool. No. I love Christmas. You're right.

[B]

You're right.

[E]

Pools, beaches, things of that nature. I get it.

[C]

You know summertime because it's all basically the ultimate summer hang and the most hopefully have off. True.

[D]

Or it's like something because I like performing on Christmas. But now that I do Christmas with Julia and we have like a friend group that's been doing it for the past five, six years. I think that's in New York. So I just perform Christmas Eve. But performing on holidays all night at the Cellar I really do love. And everyone's getting kind of drunk. It's a lot of Jews or weird. Yeah. Or like people.

[C]

It's like I'd like to do that one day.

[D]

So I enjoy going doing spots on the holidays.

[C]

That is fun. I mean I found and when I.

[D]

Waitress, like since I was Jewish I would like take the shifts.

[C]

Yeah. So.

[D]

Or any. Any type of job. I would take everyone's Christmas.

[C]

I do like doing a weird thing on a holiday. I like like traveling on the actual holiday is fun. One time I literally on a win I wasn't gonna go home.

[D]

The pilot wearing a Santa hat. You love it.

[C]

Sick. That's awesome. Yeah. They're gonn. The stewardesses are like pun. They're like, you know they'll have little. There's probably like a cake or some bullshit. Like a Christmas dessert or like an extra Christmas little thing.

[E]

Little Hershey Kiss.

[C]

Yeah. They'll do something nice.

[E]

Red and green wrappers.

[C]

I drove on actual Thanksgiving. That was actually the most insane thing I ever did. I went to LaGuardia and rented the last car. It was a minivan with a check engine light on. I drove it. I said it had both the check engine and the, like, change oil lights. It was literally the only car they had left. No, I just lived in Queensland. I drove to Baltimore day of Thanksgiving.

[D]

Wow.

[C]

It was in. It was kind of crazy.

[D]

Did you have to wait in line?

[C]

I did, yeah. And I literally, I was like, good luck. And like, people were getting like, like box trucks when they, if they wanted. Like, I think you'll like to know.

[D]

This, but I had the best cooked egg I've ever had in my life in Baltimore, if you. Wait, really?

[C]

Where?

[D]

The Blue Moon.

[C]

Blue Moon's classic.

[D]

The, like egg.

[C]

I, I, that's, I'm actually fascinated to hear that.

[D]

And I went.

[C]

It's great. But I would never think of it as the place that really took a photo of the.

[D]

I took a photo of the whole dish.

[E]

I'd never eat their sober.

[C]

Yeah, that was the place you go, like, because they were up. They were like a meme restaurant a little bit. They had like the Captain Crunch French toast.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, there's cinnamon roll.

[D]

Makes your dick okay. So this is the big thing.

[C]

That's awesome.

[D]

Sweet baby Jesus, look at that egg.

[E]

That's jammy.

[C]

It's a great egg.

[E]

That's very, very great egg.

[C]

Show that the eldest love that.

[E]

Wow.

[C]

So hold that to the camera. That looks awesome.

[D]

And then this is the big dish.

[C]

Damn. And so did you get those big ass biscuits?

[D]

I got a short stack of peanut butter and jelly French toast. And I took it back to the hotel and I had that.

[C]

Great move.

[E]

We would always be jumping into the French toast because we were recovering because, like, Christmas Eve was the night that it really went off.

[C]

Oh, really?

[E]

We would go to my great aunt and uncle's house in Queens and it was just like, like, you know that scene in the, in Titanic where it's all the Irish people, like, dancing? It was like.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Guitars always came out. And my Uncle Dick, who was like a theatrical guy, he, like, he just would do, like little performances and everyone would do performances.

[C]

Theatrical. He was closeted.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, you're just like your Uncle Jake.

[D]

I know.

[C]

Like, is he actually theatrical?

[E]

You know, he was, was. He played like the King and the King and I and probably some problematic.

[C]

Production of the King taped his eyes back.

[E]

You want to commit or not?

[D]

I knew a fun family, different state, like a. And they did a huge party Christmas Eve and tons of people came over and I'm like, oh, your parents are popular. Like, that's pretty fun. And then they did Family Christmas Day, and I kind of like the idea of getting lit on the eve.

[E]

Yeah, right.

[C]

That's. So it was like a proper. They're getting up.

[E]

Yeah. People pounding butt heavies. Grandma's drinking whiskey and stuff, you know.

[C]

Now what are we.

[D]

What was.

[C]

Where were you?

[E]

In Queens. You know, in Breezy Point. It's like on the Rockaways.

[C]

Oh, hell yeah.

[E]

Beach community out there.

[D]

Nice.

[E]

The Irish Riviera.

[C]

Did you guys do like a. Like the Italians will do the seven fishes or whatever? Do you have a Christmas Eve?

[E]

Yeah, we did this seven, but seven potatoes.

[C]

Yeah, the seven types of whiskey.

[E]

Eventually we just started ordering Italian food, catering, because we didn't feel like cooking anymore.

[C]

In the way, like, ah, who has time to eat? We're here to get chicken palm.

[E]

Who cares?

[C]

Make sure the booze is here.

[E]

There's a lot of Bill Clinton jokes in my party piece this year, so I'm trying to perform.

[C]

That sounds awesome.

[E]

We do, like, this limerick based game where, like.

[D]

Wait, you're really. You're really Irish pretty.

[C]

Yeah, that's. Is. You're. This is making me incredibly happy that you're doing it. This like. Like, that's like.

[D]

Limericks is nuts.

[C]

Limericks is crazy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, keep going.

[E]

No, it's like one person writes the first line of a limerick, you pass it down, and then like, you read them all. It's very.

[C]

Was there one whimsical. Who was the first person in your family to get sober?

[E]

Oh, God. So my grandpa with my same name, my dad's dad. He quit drinking and smoking on the same day and no one knows why. He just cold turkey them both.

[D]

I wonder what happened the night before.

[E]

Yeah, I wonder too.

[D]

He.

[C]

He stayed cold turkeys.

[E]

He's a mysterious guy. He had a tattoo from World War II of a skull and crossbones on his forearm. No one. He never talked about that. He was that. That style of individual.

[C]

That's awesome.

[E]

But, yeah, he was probably the first. Everyone else kind of stayed pro their entire career, well into their 80s.

[C]

Oh, really? Are you the first but of your generation? You're not the first of my generation.

[E]

I think I am.

[C]

Yeah. Wow, look at you, dude.

[E]

Yeah, because I was 25, I was pretty young.

[C]

Everybody else is like, Well, I guess JP's gay.

[E]

I thought he was gay. He never brought a girl to Christmas.

[C]

It broke my heart. He. I thought I. If he was gay, I could handle it.

[E]

And now he must have quit drinking because they like to have abs.

[C]

Oh, dude, that's beautiful.

[E]

Christmas went off crazy. Every and then you're driving back late at night, you're look. You're looking for Santa out the window. You're looking at every. Every plane that flies by. You think it's Santa.

[C]

Oh, yeah. My dad, one year, because I was a fucking. I was like, I'm gonna sit. I literally. I took my comforter and I was like, I'm sitting next to the tree. I'm gonna catch Santa. And my dad waited till I was asleep and had, like, sleigh bells and shit. And he just had like. He rang the sleigh bells and he slammed the door.

[E]

Terrifying.

[C]

And he was like, you fucking just missed Santa, dumbass. He was just here. I was like, what the fuck? I heard the sleigh bells. God damn it. I was fucking pissed. I was like, are you fucking kidding me?

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