The Lautners: A Squeeze-mas Special

Summary

Podcast Summary: "The Lautners: A Squeeze-mas Special"

The Squeeze
Host: Taylor Lautner (Tay Lautner)
Co-host: Taylor Lautner (actor, Tay's husband)
Release Date: December 24, 2025

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Overview

In this festive "Squeeze-mas" special, hosts Tay and Taylor Lautner celebrate the season by reflecting on holiday traditions, memorable moments, and mental health growth over the past year. They engage in warm, sometimes hilarious, Christmas trivia and invite past guests (including notable celebrities) to share their own holiday experiences and traditions. The mood is light-hearted and cozy, overflowing with nostalgia, laughter, and genuine encouragement for listeners (“Lemon Drops”) to create their own meaningful holiday intentions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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Reflections on the Year & Mental Health Growth

• Season Recap & Gratitude:

  • Tay and Taylor celebrate the end of their third season, having produced over 150 episodes.
  • Tay acknowledges feeling the year flew by and expresses gratitude for the community.
  • “Thank you, Lemon Drops. We’ve done over 150 episodes, which is actually kind of crazy to think about.” – Host (01:37)

• Reliving a Year with New Wisdom (Citrus Got Real):

  • Tay (Host) and Taylor are asked what year they'd relive with their current knowledge. Both choose pivotal years that shaped them through adversity.
  • Tay: 2021, after leaving nursing during COVID, was a turning point for her mental health and growth.
  • Taylor: 2012, referencing a time of personal struggle and rejection, now seen as transformative.
  • “[2021] was when I really left the hospital. That was when all of the things really started happening. So probably makes sense.” – Host (03:19)
  • “I’d probably go all the way back to, like, 2012 … felt the most rejected and, like, unwanted, now that I have the knowledge that I am and … made it through and I’m here.” – Taylor (04:09)

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Setting Intentions for the New Year

• Choosing a Phrase or Word for 2026:
  • Tay encourages listeners to pick a word or phrase to guide their mindset for the new year.
  • Hers: “I can do hard things.”
    • She wants to challenge herself professionally and personally, seeking further growth and healing.
    • She suggests writing down intentions or setting calendar reminders to stay focused throughout the year.
  • Taylor jokingly (but perhaps not entirely) picks: “I can do easy things” and “I can do harder things.”
  • “I’m going into this new year with the phrase ‘I can do hard things.’ … I want to challenge myself … personally and professionally. I’m excited for a challenge.” – Host (07:09)

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Lautner Christmas Traditions & Trivia

• Favorite Holiday Traditions:

  • Pajama exchange on Christmas Eve, a tradition from Taylor’s family.
  • His mother’s elaborate year-in-review scrapbooks (which took years to complete).
  • New tradition together: gifting one another ornaments commemorating the year.

• Tree Preferences:

  • Taylor is nostalgic for real Christmas trees (from Michigan days), but they’ve mostly used a fake tree in California.
  • Both muse about possibly making the switch to a real tree next year for the experience.

• Holiday Foods & Memories:

  • Taylor’s holiday special: prime rib roast.
  • Tay treasures her grandmother’s mashed potatoes and mother’s butternut squash soup.
  • Both love Christmas cookies, with a soft spot for sugar cookies (specifically those with Reese’s or Hershey’s Kisses in the middle).

• Christmas Songs:

  • Taylor’s pick since childhood is “Feliz Navidad” – even without understanding all the words.
  • Tay enjoys Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, and Mariah Carey (noting Mariah for the “beginning of Christmas” vibes, Buble for winding down).

• Other Fun Traditions:

  • Matching pajamas: Yes!
  • Movie Traditions: Santa Claus is Taylor’s must-watch, while Tay loves The Grinch.
  • Ornament exchanges, quiet staycations, and whimsical mentions of accidental late take-downs of Christmas decorations (March!).

• Gift-Giving Styles:

  • Both pride themselves on keeping gifts a surprise; Tay’s mom struggles, often blurting out details out of excitement.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “We can do hard things.” – recurring sign-off and encouragement from both hosts (24:25, 25:26)
• “I’d probably go all the way back to, like, 2012. … Now that I have the knowledge that I am [wanted], and I made it through and I'm here.” – Taylor (04:09)
• “My phrase heading into the new year is ‘I can do hard things.’” – Host (08:17)

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Christmas Q&A with Celebrity & Special Guests

(Full names were not specified, but voices and context suggest high-profile guests including Pete Davidson, Heidi Klum, and others—each sharing unique family traditions.)

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Guest 1 (possibly Pete Davidson)

• Favorite Tradition: Decorating the tree and telling stories tied to each ornament with family (26:52).
• Holiday Food: Wife’s pumpkin chocolate chip cookies ("I’m gonna send some to your house!" – 27:38).
• Song: “O Holy Night” (28:15).
• Pajamas: This year: spouse-matching, kids “independent” (28:27).
• Tree Setup: Details an elaborate system for Saran-wrapping and storing entire decorated trees (29:03).
• Wish List: New bowling ball and bag (30:19).
• Shopping Style: Spreadsheet master for family budgeting (31:19).
• Cookie Preference: Gingerbread over sugar (32:17).
• Most Excited about: Hosting Christmas in a new house; “It’s not your house until you have the holidays there” (34:54).

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Guest 2 (Alex)

• Tradition: Making egg rolls on Christmas Eve—a quirky Italian-American tradition from her family (35:15).
• Holiday Food: Costco croissants (“goodbye French patisserie!”), family lasagna (38:42).
• Best Gift: Taylor-brand guitar treasured since childhood (36:57).
• Least Favorite Food: Turkey, finds it bland—“Maybe I’m a ham girl” (42:49).
• Music: Prefers classic crooners (Buble, Frank Sinatra) and Josh Groban ("if you want to cry", 43:34).
• Wish List: Cherished family time in a new home (45:40).
• Christmas Films: Deep love for The Grinch and Elf (49:00).
• Decorating: Supportive of pre-Thanksgiving lights for a festive mood (49:44).
• Gift Surprises: Self-admitted weak secret-keeper due to excitement (50:46).
• On Mariah vs. Buble: Mariah opens and closes the season; Buble “carries us through” (51:21).

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Guest 3 (possibly Heidi Klum)

• Tradition: Family fondue with meats (not just cheese/chocolate) on Christmas Eve (52:20).
• Holiday Food: Utah-style funeral potatoes ("cheesy potatoes that are diced up … you'd love it" – 52:56).
• Least Favorite: “Great stuffing” (Thanksgiving side – “I need more bready!” 53:16).
• Music: Ariana Grande's Christmas album (“Is everyone gonna judge me for that?” – 53:42)
• Matching Pajamas: Yes, absolutely (53:56).
• Tree: Real, cut themselves in Utah (54:35).
• Wish List: Spray tan machine—plans to teach her partner how to use it (54:20).
• Gift Surprises: Loves keeping gifts a surprise, opposite of her husband who can’t hold in the secret (57:12).
• Film/Decor: Star on the tree; holiday decorating starts after Thanksgiving for her (56:41, 56:48).
• Most Excited About: Being home with friends and family after months away (57:32).

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Notable Segment Timestamps

• Season Reflection & Mental Health: 01:23–04:18
• Setting Intentions for 2026: 05:08–09:09
• Lautner Holiday Traditions: 09:54–13:01
• Christmas Song Preferences: 14:11–15:13
• Rapid-Fire Guest Q&A (Pete Davidson): 26:47–34:54
• Guest Q&A (Alex): 35:11–52:09
• Guest Q&A (Heidi Klum): 52:20–57:32

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Memorable Moments & Listener Takeaways

• Tay’s encouragement to “set intentions” for the new year and revisit those intentions monthly.
• Taylor’s vivid recounting of keeping the Santa myth alive for his sister—including faking “Rudolph” flying by (19:16).
• Recurring theme: family time and creating traditions (from elaborate scrapbooks to homemade egg rolls or fondue).
• Comedic debates over real vs. fake trees, the “correct” time for Christmas lights, and gift-wrapping mishaps.
• Guests sharing unique, sometimes surprising, family traditions (egg rolls, Italian food, funeral potatoes).
• Light-hearted reminders that joy, presence, and togetherness trump any one tradition or gift.

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Conclusion

The Lautners wrap up season three of The Squeeze with warmth, humor, and heartfelt reflection. They (and their guests) invite listeners to embrace their own unique traditions, set gentle intentions, and savor the magic of being together—reminding all that “we can do hard things.” The episode is both a loving conclusion to the year and a pep talk for whatever comes next, filled with relatable moments, encouragement, and the deep sense of connection that defines the best of the holiday season.

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Closing Quote

“We can do hard things.” – Tay & Taylor Lautner (24:25, 25:26)

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For listeners:
Expect to feel uplifted, inspired to cherish your traditions—or start new ones—while also feeling equipped to head into the new year with hope and a little more self-compassion. This Squeeze-mas Special truly offers the comfort that you are not alone, whatever your lemons may be.

Transcript

[Alex]

The following podcast is a Dear Media.

[Taylor]

Production Is this Call Her Daddy?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

My Christmas wings.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Christmas Ranch really just been our best season yet.

[Taylor]

So this means we're not stopping the podcast. You did just announce that we are doing a season four.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We are coming back for season four.

[Taylor]

Okay, that's good to know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We have some fun Christmas trivia and also some of our guests that you've seen over the past few episodes. Favorite Christmas food?

[Taylor]

I don't really know what Christmas foods are.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Well, cider. Like, alcoholic cider.

[Taylor]

Oh, he's like, that could make a difference.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know. Yeah. I was not expecting that.

[Alex]

Egg rolls on Christmas Eve, Girl, that's like a new one.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Have you ever had funeral potatoes?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

No.

[Alex]

Maybe Santa likes wine and drinks a lot of wine that night, too. I think that might be part of it.

[Taylor]

It's always been Felice Navidad.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I feel like that's what it is. Mariah Carey's more Beginning of Christmas gets me in the mood. It's exciting. It's upbeat. Michael's is more like, carries me out through the end of it. Oh, who do you spend the holidays with?

[Taylor]

This one.

[Alex]

Okay. I was like, is it me? Like, I'm used to?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Until what age did you believe in Santa?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

What are you talking about?

[Taylor]

You just ruined it for me.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

L. For the Grinch.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

What are you talking about?

[Taylor]

Moving on, moving on, moving on.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Hello, Lemon Drops. Welcome to our final episode of the year.

[Taylor]

Final episode of season three.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Of season three. That's crazy.

[Taylor]

Three years. This is impressive.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We've done.

[Taylor]

Thank you, Lemon Drops.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We've done over 150 episodes, which is actually kind of crazy to think about. Wow. Yeah. We're here. I feel like the end of the year really just snuck up. Like, it hasn't fully set in.

[Taylor]

It's been a fast year.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

In general.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. I feel like the last part really. If felt like it.

[Taylor]

Right? Yeah. We always get so excited for this time of year. And then you blink and it's over.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Like, I don't want to take my Christmas decorations down, but I will sadly have to at some point. Would you like to start us off with the Citrus Got Real?

[Taylor]

Our last one of before that, I'd like to start us off by showing everyone my fringes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, yeah, Go ahead. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's good.

[Taylor]

I wish they could go all the way around, but they can't. Yeah. They're like my little wings.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

My Christmas wings.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. That's good.

[Taylor]

All right.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Christmas Ranch.

[Taylor]

Now that you've seen those.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Citrus got Real. That's right. I almost said. All right, let me grab the lemon.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

7. It was like, welcome back to your first episode in ages.

[Taylor]

Wow.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Do you remember what this podcast is called?

[Taylor]

No. Is this Call Her Daddy dummy.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

All right.

[Taylor]

Drum roll. If you could relive one year of your life with the knowledge you have now, which year would you choose?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, well, that. That's a good. That's.

[Taylor]

That's a big Citrus Got Real question.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Honestly, that feels like it was placed. Since we're ending our year and heading into a new year. That was a good draw.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

And it was not placed. Yeah.

[Taylor]

One year of your life with the knowledge you have now.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I would redo it, but I wouldn't want the outcome to change. I would just like to make my experiences maybe, like, a little easier, probably 20, 21, because that was when I really. That was when I left the hospital. That was when all of the. All of the things really started happening. So probably makes sense. Do you have one?

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

It's a tricky question because, like, that makes sense that you would say that, but I would say, like, also, that's the year that, like, shaped.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

And I would probably say the same thing. I'd probably think of a year that changed me the most. Like, I'd probably go all the way back to, like, 2012.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Like, some year that I felt the most rejected and, like.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Unwanted. Now that I have the knowledge that I am and I. And I made it through and I'm here. But again, you know, that's what shaped me.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

But, yeah, I feel like this year, unbiasedly, has really just been our best season yet of the Squeeze. I feel like we had so many incredible guests on, ones that I never thought we would have on. And I don't know about you, Lemon Drops, but I am just very excited to get into season four because, boy, do we have a way to kick it off for you.

[Taylor]

Wow, you're teasing that one.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Pete, you're just gonna have to wait, because that's all I'm gonna say.

[Taylor]

So this means we're not stopping the podcast. You did just announce that we are doing a season four.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We are coming back for season four.

[Taylor]

Okay, that's good to know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Did. Did people think we weren't.

[Taylor]

Nope. I'll check my schedule.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yep. Well, you're not really in it anyway, so it doesn't make a difference.

[Taylor]

Thank you. Thank you for having me. It's an honor to be on the Squeeze. What would you like to dive into?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I would love to dive into which I know you have an answer for going into this new year.

[Alex]

He's.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Taylor's, like, hating me. Well, no, we were just talking about. I'm a big. As you guys know, I love, like, setting goals and intentions going into a new year. I think it's a fun way to obviously kick off the year, but also I get really motivated at the beginning of the year to kind of set myself up for success and dream big. Um, I love setting, like, super big goals and also realistic ones because I think it's important to do both. Um, but.

[Taylor]

And you've learned it's okay if you don't hit them all?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yes, I have learned that, and I still continue just to put them on. I do feel like this year, though, I did. I did get a little, like, discouraged that I didn't hit some of them, but I'm. I'm.

[Taylor]

What you said last year.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, I did.

[Taylor]

What are you talking about?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's. That was also last year.

[Taylor]

That was the whole thing last year.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay, well, may. Yeah, I guess maybe I carried it a little bit into this past year as well. But going into 2026, it's an even year. I'm going to be even more.

[Taylor]

You're going to be even keel. What is that saying?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, even. Even keel. Even killed. Oh, yeah, even killed.

[Taylor]

This is not good.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We have Christmas brain.

[Taylor]

We have a podcast.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We've had too many cookies. You can tell we're a little rusty. I would encourage you all listening and my husband included, because he has not thought of this, if it's okay. You still have time. Everyone still has time. I'm just a planner, so I've planned for the new year already.

[Taylor]

Right before we started rolling, just FYI, I was like, so, what are we talking about? She was like, oh, we're gonna talk about this and that, and then we're gonna talk about our word or saying going into next year. And I was like, I don't have. What? You're just dropping this on me? I don't have a word for saying for next year. She's like, well, I do. I'm like, okay, well, then you can talk about it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

So I'm gonna talk about it, and Taylor and the rest of our lovely lemon Drops will think, I'm going into this new year with the phrase I can do hard things. I'm like, really in this phase of wanting to grow more and heal more and more. I'm just, like, really, like, pumped to experience life. So that's my. I want to challenge myself. Like, I want to I want to do things that I didn't think I could do, but personally and professionally, I'm just, I'm just, I'm excited for a challenge. I want to like, prove to myself that I can do hard things.

[Taylor]

Where did you hear that? Or come up with it? Because I did hear you say it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

The other night when you were eavesdropping. Oh, I don't know. I've been thinking about it for a couple months.

[Taylor]

So you just came up with it yourself, huh?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Like, I just, I was really feeling like I wanted to challenge myself and it just, it just kind of came to me.

[Taylor]

The phrase I can do hard things just came to you?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Uh huh.

[Taylor]

Wow, that's cool.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, so that's, that's my phrase heading into the new year.

[Taylor]

That's a good one for. For a lot of people.

[Alex]

I.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

You can also have that one too, if you want.

[Taylor]

I'll steal it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'll let you borrow it. 11 drops. You can take it if you want.

[Alex]

But that's.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, that's my mentality going into the new year. So before this new year comes, I challenge everyone listening, and my husband included, to take some time and set some intention with it. Because I think it's important to set the intention, maybe write it down and put it up somewhere where you can kind of see it throughout the year. Um, or even like sometimes what I'll do is set like a calendar reminder to go off the first of every month to like, re. Remind me of something like an intention that I'm wanting to do so that, you know, you don't get caught up in work and life. And then six months goes by and you're like, oh, I was really wanting to do this thing just to kind of keep it.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Top of mind.

[Taylor]

I got mine.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, okay.

[Taylor]

I can do easy things.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

You can do easy things?

[Taylor]

I can do easy things.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. And you can do hard things.

[Taylor]

I can do harder things.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Period. We have some fun Christmas trivia that Taylor and I are going to do. And also some of our guests that you've seen over the past few episodes are also going to be joining us and answering these fun Christmas questions. If you like them, you should ask your family these questions. I feel like they're fun little.

[Taylor]

I'm excited to.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Family questions.

[Taylor]

Well, I guess I was a part of.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, you were a part of one of them.

[Taylor]

Yeah, I forget. I forget the questions though.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

So this will be question one I have for you. My sweet husband is.

[Taylor]

So these aren't like rapid fire. This is just like A questionnaire?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, it's like a questionnaire.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

What is your favorite holiday tradition?

[Taylor]

Well, I'll give two. I think growing up the. The night before, I think a lot of people do this, but we, you know, get given our pajamas for the year. So our whole family puts on the pajamas. Um, and then my mom, every year, she finally stopped doing this, which she needed to because it was way too much work. But every year until what was. I mean, a few years ago.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Until we were married.

[Taylor]

Yeah. So for high 20something years, she would make a scrapbook for us with pictures and memories and, like, she would write in it as well for, like, highlights of the whole year. Like, kind of month by month, it would be this massive scrapbook.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

And she would do that for me and my sister, and we. We have those.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

So, like, I'll, you know, one day be able to go, hey, I want to check out my seventh year.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

And then.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's such a good idea.

[Taylor]

Yeah. We need to remember that it took her so long.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Do those. I was. I was actually glad that she finally stopped.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, that one's sweet. I mean, yeah, I've always done the pajama one too. And I think something that we've implemented is the ornament thing. Taylor and I will get each other an ornament. He's like, crap, I haven't gotten Tay an ornament yet. I got his ornament.

[Taylor]

You did?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Because I'm a planner. No, that's just because I go to Target more than you do. But no, we'll give each other an ornament on Christmas Eve along with the pajamas. To.

[Taylor]

That's something.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Commemorate. Yeah. A memory or something. To. Yeah, Wrap it up. I loved. I've loved doing that. That's sweet. So we have, like, a box of all of our sentimental things, but I was actually thinking we need to start putting the year on them.

[Taylor]

We don't do Sharpie.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I think we started and then we kind of dropped off and then. Yeah, I just. Because I just went through the box. We didn't remember.

[Taylor]

That's another thing that I. You know, my mom started that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

I have for every year. It's like 1998, and it's like a. I don't know, a bottle. Well, hopefully I wasn't still drinking.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, yeah. I was like, no, you would have been one. But I was.

[Taylor]

I would have been six. Hopefully wasn't drinking out of a bottle.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's funny. Okay, next question. Is hot cocoa or cider?

[Taylor]

Cocoa.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, I Think. I think cocoa would be mine as well.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

You know, why does it have to do something with the Santa Claus? Yes. Oh, because that's what you think of with your mugs, right? Is that what you said?

[Taylor]

Well, yeah, but no, just like my memory, when I. When I think of cocoa and when I fell in love with hot cocoa.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

It was when Charlie gets to the North Pole.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

And they bring him that, like, steel mug of hot cocoa.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Like, steaming it. Just.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, if you haven't watched the Santa Claus movie, go back.

[Taylor]

And if you haven't watched the Santa.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Claus, it's a yearly occurrence for us. We're about to watch the third one probably tonight. So really just set the mood for Christmas. Favorite Christmas food or holiday meal?

[Taylor]

Last year I. I did a big prime rib roast, and I'm doing it again this year. So recently that's what. That's been my shtick. I love your cookies and sweets.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Cookies and sweets.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, I like those. But I also really love my nana's mashed potatoes.

[Taylor]

I kind of do those for every.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Holiday now, though, the question said or holiday meal, so.

[Taylor]

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, we just do those for everyone.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Or my mom makes a really good butternut squash soup that she does. That one is really good. And she only does make that on Christmas. I should actually make sure she's making that.

[Taylor]

Oh, okay.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I need to. Yeah, I need to check in. Mom, if you're listening to this, hopefully you've made it least. Favorite Christmas food.

[Taylor]

I don't really know what Christmas foods are.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Just like. Yeah.

[Taylor]

Like, if you said Thanksgiving, I'd say cranberry. I don't like that stuff.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I think. Can't cranberry also be Christmas?

[Taylor]

What is that? But I don't. I don't really know what Christmas foods are. Ham. I like ham.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, No, I think you like all of the Christmas food.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Favorite Christmas song.

[Taylor]

I got mine. It's tough because, you know, we love our Christmas songs, but it's. It's always been Feliz Navidad. That's not what you can expect.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Do you just like. Like that? It's, like, upbeat always.

[Taylor]

Yeah. Since I was a kid, I would sing it, and I didn't even know what it was saying. I didn't speak most of that. The words in that song, but I just. Prospero, onio y felicidad. Like, I don't even know what that I'm saying. But, like, since I was.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Catchy.

[Taylor]

Yeah, it's a great song. So catchy.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It's a banger.

[Taylor]

So I knew all the words from when I was a kid and would sing the whole thing. Had no idea what I was saying.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

But it was a little bilingual and you didn't even know it.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Look at you. The one that has been really stuck in my head is the one Cher song.

[Taylor]

I don't remember what it is.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It's. That's the only thing I want this year.

[Taylor]

I don't know what it is.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It's a share Christmas song that's on our pop Christmas one.

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It's her most iconic song.

[Taylor]

Yeah. We go back and forth between, like, classic Christmas playlist or pop Christmas.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Like Ariana. Ariana honestly has some really good Christmas songs and I hope one day she does another Christmas album. Her and Kelly Clarkson have a song together too, which is just insane because they're both insane. Vocalists, Matching pajamas.

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yes. Who do you spend the holidays with?

[Taylor]

This one, unfortunately.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Hey.

[Taylor]

Kidding.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

You love holidays with me. Yeah. No, it's just us. We're stuck with each other. You're never gonna spend another holiday without me. Oh, that's cute.

[Taylor]

I'm not. Oh, I thought that was a question. No, you were just saying that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Like, no. We're gonna have all of our holidays together.

[Taylor]

Yeah. Wow. Something would be wrong if we had to.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Spend one without each other.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That would be sad. Real tree or fake Christmas tree?

[Taylor]

See, I know you know that like Christmas lover and being from Michigan in me.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

You would get a real tree when you were a kid in Michigan.

[Taylor]

Yes, in Michigan. And then. Yeah. When we moved out here, all of a sudden.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

It became fake tree. And it's been fake tree ever since. And I think there's pros and cons to both.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know. I am kind of thinking that next year maybe we get a real tree.

[Taylor]

Could try it. It's. It's.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I think I've. I think I had a couple when I was younger, but no.

[Taylor]

Been pretty fake.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Honestly, it was just like walking the Christmas tree farm was.

[Taylor]

I know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Really sweet.

[Taylor]

Well, it's just so cute. I feel like, especially like, for a family, like, to like, bring your kids and be like, we're going to pick out our Christmas tree.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

And then you have like an argument between the kids which tree it's going to be.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

The argument is just us, though, since we don't have kids.

[Taylor]

Yeah. And then you like.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Chop it down. Or, you know, here we just buy.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It from Home Depot and.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, wow.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

It's fun.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We could probably find somewhere you can.

[Taylor]

Smell from it too. I know you people, people put like smells, artificial smells into their fake ones. But you get the real pine.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Wow. Frick pine. Maybe we'll do it next year. Maybe this time next year we will be reporting that we'll have a real tree. Maybe, maybe two. Who knows? Are you a last minute shopper? Do you plan ahead? I think we know.

[Taylor]

I think we all know the answer to this.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Um, no, I think it kind of depends. Normally though, with Christmas, you are ahead. I feel like this year it just really snuck up on us. So.

[Taylor]

Yeah, Christmas is something that. Your second super bowl is my second super bowl for sure.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

Um. And yeah, I usually am. I am an ahead person. Christmas shopping this year didn't really happen, but yeah, for the most part I am.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'm like 50. 50.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I plan ahead with some stuff and then other things.

[Taylor]

Spiraling a little bit at the last minute.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, just a little gingerbread cookies or sugar cookies?

[Taylor]

Sugar.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I like a sugar cookie.

[Taylor]

Like, like the peanut butter with the kiss. Yeah, my grandma would make. Yeah, like. No, not peanut. Yeah, Reese's in the middle. Yeah, it's like a cookie with like, you know, like a little hole in it and then a Reese's.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

A Reese's or Hershey's Kiss.

[Taylor]

Reese's.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Whoa.

[Taylor]

Yeah, she like homemade them, actually. I can't remember honestly, if the Reese's part were homemade or if she just bought those and put them into the homemade cookies. But they're very good.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, we should get that recipe regardless of the Reese's being real or not. Yeah, that's really good.

[Taylor]

Yeah, I should get that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Until what age did you think Santa was real? Do you remember finding out Santa wasn't real or was it just like something that you heard in school?

[Taylor]

Yeah, I don't really recall. Yeah, I think I was early though.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, I remember.

[Taylor]

Like, what's early? I don't. I want to say like eight. I remember I was earlier than.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

And then you got to play along with it with. For McKenna?

[Taylor]

Yes, I played along with it. Seriously, for McKenna.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

You did?

[Taylor]

Oh, yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

What'd you do?

[Taylor]

I would. I would sleep on the floor in her room on Christmas Eve.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Taylor]

And because we would wake up in the middle of the night and we would go downstairs and we would look at the tree and we'd take like a glance at the tree at, you know, 2, 3am Whenever one of us woke up first in the middle of the night and then we'd go back to bed. But we just wanted a glance at the. The presence and the tree and everything. And then, yeah, I would just play along. Like, the milk had been drank and the cookies had been bit, and I'd be like, McKenna, look, like you came. And then I remember one year before we fell asleep, I saw an airplane outside the window.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, gosh.

[Taylor]

And it had a red light, and it was flying through the sky, but it was dark enough. You just see a red light. And I was like, mckenna, look, it's Rudolph. There they are. And something happened. The plane ended up going right over our house. So I plotted this whole thing where I was like, they're landing on our house. They just went over our house. They're on our roof right now. And I started shaking the bottom of her bed, and she started freaking out. She was like, oh, my gosh, they're on top of the roof. And I. Yeah, I took this very seriously.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, my gosh. It's all making sense now. Why you're so good at freaking. What's it called? Mafia? Why you take these things so seriously. I can't. I honestly have no recollection of finding out Santa was real. Because, like, even I think there. I don't actually think it was ever discussed. I think I just knew. And my mom, even still to this day, gives me presents from Santa. Like, it's just a fun thing. So I think I knew, but we just never really, like.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Talked about it.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Al. For the Grinch, it's a toughie.

[Taylor]

You'd say the Grinch.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I would say the Grinch.

[Taylor]

I think I'd say the Grinch, too.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. The Grinch is just like my. That's. That was like my Christmas movie I would watch all the time.

[Taylor]

That was yours. The Santa Claus is mine.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's so funny. It's such a good movie. It's. It's so good.

[Taylor]

Or every year, my parents would make us. I say make, but we liked it to a certain point. But they would make us watch the. The classic, like the, like, 40s, 50s, 60s. Like the original. Like Frosty of the Snowman.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, yeah. Those are sweet.

[Taylor]

Those.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, those are good memories. When is it acceptable to put Christmas lights up? Well, we.

[Taylor]

We had a little disagreement this year. And it's surprising because how much I love Christmas. I was defending the fact. I think it's. I want. I'm wanting to protect Christmas. That's how she wanted the sec. She wanted before Thanksgiving. She wanted the second, like, November hit.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I wanted it and I got it.

[Taylor]

Yeah. So we had Christmas lights up, but.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We weren't the first in Our neighborhood. That was your thing. You were like, as long as we're not the first people in the. On the block that do it, then it's fine. And we weren't. We were like the fourth.

[Taylor]

Yeah. But still, I. I feel like that needs to be a day after Thanksgiving thing.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. I. I just. So short and it's so sweet to look at the houses with all the lights.

[Taylor]

I know I would have them on year round.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know there was one year we did leave a Christmas tree up until, like, March.

[Taylor]

Was it March?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It was March.

[Taylor]

That's concerning.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That was a little too long. But no, the Christmas lights is sweet.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Are you good at keeping gifts a surprise?

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'm too.

[Taylor]

Yeah, you are.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. My mom is not. Sorry. Mom.

[Taylor]

Lol. She literally, the second she buys something, she, like, has to tell you.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

She's just so excited. I mean, which I understand. So I. I get it. But I will, like, wrap it. And I try to, like, forget about it because I get excited. Mariah Carey or Michael Buble.

[Taylor]

I'm gonna go Buble. Like, I. Mariah. Mariah's, like, the song is, you know, probably the biggest, like, modern Christmas song. But I just, I. I could listen to, like, Buble's whole album.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Taylor]

All day long.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. No. Yeah. I'm torn. I'm torn because Mariah stuff is more like I'm decorating for Christ. I feel like that's what it is. Mariah Carey's more Beginning of Christmas gets me in the mood. It's exciting, it's upbeat. That's what I feel. And then Michael's is more like, carries me out through the end of it.

[Taylor]

Yeah. And it's just. Yeah, it's just chill and relaxing and cozy.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, I love that. Last question is, what are you most looking forward to this holiday season?

[Taylor]

Spending it with you.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, I was gonna say kind of wrote itself.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Wrote itself.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. No, I'm excited. I'm excited to. Yeah. Spend some. Well, we're gonna have a quiet little holiday, so I'm excited to do that. Every year, Taylor and I, our Christmas present to ourselves is a little staycation for a couple nights right before that's coming up. Yeah. So as you're listening to this, we will have just gotten back home.

[Taylor]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's our little Christmas tradition. I guess that's our. That's our tradition that we've done for the past four years.

[Taylor]

True. Forgot about that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

So, yeah, I'm excited to close out this year and start a new one together.

[Taylor]

Amen.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

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[Taylor]

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[Taylor]

All right.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Lovely favorite holiday tradition.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Decorating the Christmas tree. My father would always pull out each ornament and tell a story behind each one. So we, me and Danielle, we do that with our girls and it's really special.

[Alex]

That's sweet.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Hot cocoa or cider?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh, hot cocoa.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, I know. I don't really know why I have.

[Taylor]

That question in there.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'm just waiting for someone to say cider.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Well, cider, like, alcoholic cider.

[Taylor]

Oh, he's like, that could make a difference. That changes.

[Alex]

Could. Could.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

No, change. Hot chocolate.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay, Okay. I. I'll. I'll specify the question next time. Favorite Christmas food or holiday meal?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh, my God. My wife makes a. Her cookies. Like, Christmas cookies are just insane. Like, the Italian knots and then the chocolate.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Chocolate.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

She has a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie that is my mom's recipe, but Danielle makes them pumpkin chocolate chip, so it's.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Wow.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

I'm gonna send some to your house. Are you allergic to pumpkin?

[Taylor]

Nope.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Okay, I'm gonna. You will be receiving a package.

[Taylor]

Okay.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. You let me know how they are.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Wow. I am excited. Least favorite Christmas food.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh.

[Taylor]

Oh.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Least favorite. You know, I'm kind of soft on turkey.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Yeah. I love that turkey. We have. We've. Now we have ham as well on Thanksgiving and Christmas, because I'm kind of soft on turkey.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'm a ham.

[Taylor]

I'm a ham girl.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I love ham.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Me too.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Favorite Christmas song.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh, wow. Favorite Christmas song. Oh, Holy night.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, we don't need you to sing it. Matching pajamas. You can sing it.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Matching pajamas. Um, this is a big. This is a big topic of conversation in our household. Oh, you know, we've done the matching. We've done the non matching. We've done the matching adjacent. We've done it all. I will say that this year, we are all going independent, but me and my wife are matching. We do have matching.

[Taylor]

Okay. Okay.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

We've already decorated for Christmas. Okay.

[Taylor]

Yeah. Tay's asking if we can.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

And I'm like, I slowly started. I just went to Target.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

No, no. Like, the whole team was at the house today. Like, we've already put the trees up, but, like. Okay, you want to hear something crazy?

[Taylor]

Like, we're.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

We're like. We're, like, pretty intense about Christmas.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

We built a new house. We built an entire area in our facility, in our house, in our garage area that hosts the Christmas trees for the year. We Saran Wrap them. So we. My wife, like, she's like, Miss. It's like Mrs. Christmas. She takes every single ornament. She takes it upside down and then takes the hook off, puts wire ties in, and wire ties them so that all you see is the ball is how they, like, department stores do it.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

And so they, like, float on the tree instead of hanging. And then because of that, we like, like saran wrap, like plexi wrap all the trees and then roll them into this thing so that every year we pull them out and then we just, like, put them together because they're already.

[Taylor]

That's pretty clutch.

[Alex]

Oh, wow.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'm gonna need to take notes on this. Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

You're building a Christmas tree farm in your backyard, sir.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Literally. Literally. What is on your Christmas wish list this year?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Christmas wish list. Okay. Are you, Are you lists people?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

She is Christmas lists, bro. You literally, what, you make an itemized number list in your phone?

[Taylor]

I do.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Well, I guess it's for other people. Not for yourself.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

For other people. So I, I hate that. But it's the only way no one knows what to buy me. Yeah, right. They're like, what do I get? Like, I'm like, I don't know. I want a new bowling ball.

[Taylor]

Oh, well, there we go. Breaking news.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

I want a new bowling ball and bag. That's all I want.

[Taylor]

There we go.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

And a bag. Oh, my gosh. Do you go bowling a lot?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

I, I, if I, if I. I love golf and I love bowling. I was on the varsity bowling team, as in high school.

[Taylor]

I'm such a nerd.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's a, that's a party trick.

[Taylor]

That's a flash.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

We need to build you, like, a bowling lane next to this Christmas tree aisle.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Honestly, I looked at the length of my home and figured out if I could do it. We. And it just wasn't gonna be fair enough. Regulate regulation. And so I was like, it's not worth it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, fair enough, Fair enough. Real tree or fake tree?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

That's gotta be. I love the smell of a real, but I know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Are you a last minute Christmas shopper or do you plan ahead?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh, I plan ahead.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Great. Love that.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Okay, so we, like, I have a spreadsheet going with the girl. Like girls, Christmas lists and friends and family. But then I break down, like, all the links and I'll put all the pricing next to it so that we align pricing points with the girls so that we make sure that one is not getting more than the other. It's like a very balanced act, very thought through.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Wow. That made me really excited. Have children.

[Taylor]

I love a spreadsheet. You definitely got excited about that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I freaking love a spreadsheet.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

There's. Speaking of a spreadsheet, there's this girl that's tracking all of our set lists from the tour because we're changing the opening song and Then all of the. Get all the special songs we're playing, and she's been doing it from the number one. But the spreadsheet is a tool that I now use to see what. Where we map out the show and see what we haven't played and what we need to, like, maybe still play and do what we haven't played on the. It's so amazing. I'll send it to you after this. It's really cool to look at because it's, like, really well done.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, wow. That's impressive. Okay. Aside from your wife's cookies. Gingerbread cookies or sugar cookies?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

You said gingerbread or sugar. Yeah, I think gingerbread. I'm a. I like gingerbread.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Yeah, me too. Until what age did you believe in Santa?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

What are you talking about?

[Alex]

You just ruined it for l. For the Grinch.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

What are you talking about?

[Taylor]

Moving on. Moving on.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Moving on.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Elf. And a little secret for everyone that has yet to see our Christmas film.

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Christmas man himself is. Starts our film.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, wow.

[Taylor]

What?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Yeah, it's pretty special. Him and his entire family are the opening scene of our Christmas film, and it's insane.

[Taylor]

That's massive.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Yeah, it's. You got. The cameos in this film are wild. Our whole year is just the year of cameos, I guess.

[Taylor]

Totally.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Because, like, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Chloe Bennett, Laverne Cox, Will Ferrell are all in our Christmas movie.

[Taylor]

Never thought about asking, you know, the werewolf from Twilight if he wanted to do a cameo in it.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

You know what? You're. You're. You're.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I hate.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Can I tell you something? We did think about it, and there was this whole thing where we had to start hiring people that were already working in Canada.

[Taylor]

Yes. That's that rule. I do know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay, last couple, and then I will let you go. Star angel on top of the tree.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

We have. Oh, no. Neither. We have. We have Frosty's top hat. That's cute.

[Taylor]

Love that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Wait, I don't think I've ever heard of that.

[Taylor]

Really?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

It's something that someone. We did one time, and it's like, it's been with us ever since.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's so cute.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Are you good with keeping gifts a surprise?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh, yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Mariah Carey, Michael Buble. Ooh.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Queen and king. I will say, there's more Michael played.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Than Mariah in the holiday season.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Plus, he's a friend, so I can say that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Last question is, what are you most looking forward to this holiday season?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

We literally finished the tour on the 22nd of December, so I'm going to finish in New York and drive my car home and be like, okay, I'm at home at peace. And we host It's Christmas in our house for the first time this year because we built a new home. And this will be the first time having these memories.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, wow.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

You know, it's like, it's not your house until you have the holidays there, you know?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Sure.

[Taylor]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

And that's how I feel. And this will be that year, so I'm really excited.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Christmas questions.

[Alex]

Oh, yes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Alex]

Love already.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

What is your favorite holiday tradition?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Ooh.

[Alex]

Okay. We have a few. This one's weird because we're Italian, so Christmas Eve, we make egg rolls. We have no business.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay. My brain just went, egg rolls. Did she mean cinnamon rolls? No, she said egg rolls.

[Alex]

Like pork egg rolls.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Alex]

So this all goes to my grandma, who my late great grand. My not great grand. My late grandfather loved Japanese culture and loved Asian culture. This is a six foot four Irish guy.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Alex]

Irish Catholic, almost was a priest. Met my grandma. Goodbye, priesthood. Okay. So really fun story for them. He would. My grandma thought. I don't know, she gets these ideas sometimes where she's like, every year, let's do a new cuisine the night before, which is like, so not Italian. I'm like, where are the seven fishes? Where is, you know, the whole. The whole smorgasbord. I think she just wanted to get out of cooking, to be honest. So now I guess she made egg rolls one year, and my grandpa loved it, and my mom grew up with it. So then now in our house, we go to mass.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Like, we go to the Catholic church, We come home, we have homemade focaccia and olive oil and bread and egg rolls, and we open up one gift, and then the next day is Christmas. It's the weirdest thing.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I think I'm gonna need this recipe.

[Alex]

Honestly, it's great. I will send it to you gladly. I will so said. It's so fun. They're really fun to make because you make the filling.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And then you wrap them and then you. You fry them yourself. It's like a whole tradition.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I love egg rolls, too. Honestly, I. Oh, I was not expecting that.

[Alex]

Egg rolls. Egg rolls on Christmas Eve, girl, that's like. It's a new one.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It's good. Number two. Hot cocoa or cider?

[Alex]

Hot cocoa.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Best gift you've ever received.

[Taylor]

Oh.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh.

[Alex]

Which is wild because it was in my dream the other night. I think literally last night or night before. I was in. So I secretly like a lot of People I like. I love music and I play guitar and I've been playing since I was little. And so my dream was this like, Taylor guitar. So in your namesake, darling, most beautiful thing. And if my parents, one Christmas they op I you rounded the corner because we do this weird thing where our Santa presents. Cuz Santa Claus comes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Even though we were 18 and 20.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

And Santa still comes for me, 28.

[Alex]

So Santa is always coming. Santa's real, so don't even. But yeah. So I think rapping didn't want Santa in our house. Doesn't like to rap.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Santa is like, I do enough, y'. All. I'm just gonna put a blanket over it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

He's got a lot going on.

[Alex]

He's got a lot going on. Yeah, a lot going on. You know, maybe Santa likes wine and drinks a lot of wine that night too. I think that might be part of it. But then we'd open up, like, we'd have a blanket layout as for me and my brother. And so I'd lift over the blanket and it was this beaut. This my dream Taylor guitar. Wow. And I was just. Oh, my God. That thing and I were attached to the hip. I think I slept with it in my bed, like probably for three months. Love that thing. And then it was so funny the other night I had a dream it was stolen and now I'm like, worried. I'm like, wait, I need to go check. And I know it's in the house, like it's back home in Florida, but I have like half of mine. My parents are at our house right now because they just moved out. And I'm like, can you check on the Taylor?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Like she.

[Alex]

Is she good?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

She's okay.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Alex]

She's there.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Nobody took her. Oh, my gosh.

[Alex]

Yep. Oh, that's so weird. I just remember that dream too.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's so funny. Um, favorite Christmas food or holiday meal.

[Alex]

Other than egg rolls? Um, I would say, I mean, if.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

One doesn't top it, it can be the egg rolls. Because those egg rolls are up there.

[Alex]

And then we have. Then we go to Costco and we get. By the way, if you haven't done this, Costco's croissants girl. Goodbye, French patissier. Like, it is so good. It's so good. They are like, beautiful and buttery and you can buy them in bulk.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

So we go to Costco the week of. We're really path of least resistance here, guys. Can you tell I'm the youngest? Can you tell I'm the youngest kid so yeah, we just do egg rolls in the morning while everyone's opening presents. I love that. And then we always but all the Italian food we always have. Yeah, like we make it throughout the entire year. My mom makes a mean lasagna. Yeah, got a great recipe for that too. But yeah, I'd say the croissants in the morning.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

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[Alex]

Oh, I'm gonna get a hate. A lot of hate for this. I don't love Thanksgiving food. Okay. I know, I know. I feel like you're a Thanksgiving girl.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

No, I'm actually. What. What is your least favorite thing?

[Alex]

Probably the turkey. Yeah, I love the mashed potatoes. I just. I never. Maybe I just. No offense to my mom's cooking, but maybe I just haven't had turkey in the way. Yeah, I just find the color, like the. The palette a little bland for me.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. No, I have to, like, drown it in, like, like a mash. Like, it needs to need something. I'm more of a ham girl.

[Alex]

See, we didn't do ham in our house. Maybe I'm a ham girl.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I love ham so much.

[Alex]

You're like, it's all ham.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

You're like, screw the turkey. We just want that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I think I get, like, one turkey and the rest I get. Like, my mom will make ham because she knows I love ham.

[Alex]

Oh, my gosh. Okay. Maybe that's what we'll do this year.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Because I'm in charge of Thanksgiving this year, and I'm like, oh, God, here we go. Okay, we'll do a ham.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. I recommend ham. Favorite Christmas song. Ooh.

[Alex]

I love a Michael Buble cover. I love any type of, like, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Old school Christmas. Oh, and a good Josh Groban moment if you want to cry.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

What's the one song from Polar Express? Oh, I hear his, like, beautiful voice. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna try. I was, like, about to do it. I'm like, bbb. No, not doing that. I love that. Yeah. Michael Buble's Christmas album or just traditional Frank and Dean.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

The old crooners.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Those are good.

[Alex]

It's homey.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. I like those matching pajamas. Yes or no?

[Alex]

Yes, but we don't do it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Alex]

Maybe we'll do it this year.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

You should. We do. We do it.

[Alex]

Oh, where do you get them? Do you, like, do the ugly pajamas or like, they cute.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I feel like it varies. Sometimes it's a onesie. Sometimes. Last year I did skims.

[Alex]

Last year I almost did that, honestly.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

But they're really comfortable.

[Alex]

They're so comfortable.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Have.

[Alex]

You know, is it just me, though? Because I'm. I'm like a dachshund. I have very short legs. But are.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

No, they're very long.

[Alex]

Okay. Yeah. I was like, is it me? Like, I'm used to. I have tiny wiener dog legs. They were a fun suggestion. I'm like, you could have given me, like, an inch or two more.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, no, I have to. I have to roll the waistband a couple times.

[Alex]

Okay, good. I feel better because I bought them and I'm like. Even Alex was like, are they supposed.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

To be that long?

[Alex]

Like, I don't know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I think I'm just short. Like, it's not my fault. Yeah. Who do you spend the holidays with?

[Alex]

You know, now that I am in a loving, wonderful relationship, this is new. So I obviously was always with my parents.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Now we are in the position of his family is in Pennsylvania.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Alex]

And my parents used to be in California. Now they're gonna be in Florida. So quite literally, when I leave, we have to figure out our travel plans between the two. So we. We flip flop. Either one of one family gets us for Thanksgiving, the other family gets us for Christmas.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay, what is on your wish list this year?

[Alex]

Oh, gosh. It's fun to get older because I don't, like, I don't want things anymore.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know.

[Alex]

It's weird, actually. Like, I. I'm kind of sad because I loved making a Christmas list. Like, I would do, like, a little PowerPoint presentation and, like, print it out, like, hey, Mom. Hey, dad.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Honestly. No, that's a lie. I really want the house. I. My Christmas wish is that everybody who is coming to my house, my brother's coming with my nephew. We just moved, so we have, like, a lot of interior decorating to do. I just want that moment, you know, that moment when everyone's in the house. The music is playing and it's beautiful. And the Christmas tree's up. I gotta get a Christmas tree. I just want that moment.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. That like.

[Alex]

Oh, my gosh, we did it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Like, we're hosting people for Christmas. That's what. That's my wish this year. Yes. Oh, the family.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It'll feel so good.

[Alex]

I can't wait.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Real Christmas tree or fake one?

[Alex]

So we grew up with a fake one. Okay. Because allergies in my family. But Alex grew up with a real tree. However, we live in Florida.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

I don't.

[Alex]

Do we get, like a wonky or like a palm tree? I would never. So we'll see if we can find. I'm sure there's got to be a pine tree somewhere. So I think we're gonna go real this year and see how it goes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay. Are you a last minute shopper or do you plan ahead?

[Alex]

A little bit of both. I also am that person. Like, I'll buy something for somebody.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And just, like, sit it in a closet. I'm like, they're gonna love this.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Or I'll just, like, buy it in gifts. I like gifting people throughout the year.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. It's weird.

[Alex]

I just, like, thought of you.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'm the same.

[Alex]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Gingerbread or sugar cookies? Oh.

[Alex]

Oh, God. I love them both so much. I will say gingerbread because I made some last week before we left. Oh, I love an early gingerbread. It's essentially a pumpkin spice.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Muffin.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Fair enough. Fair enough. That's true. Until. Until what age did you think Santa was real?

[Alex]

Okay. The problem about being the youngest by a fair amount was I really went with the logic case. Like, I full lawyered my mom. I remember at the time we were living in Atlanta before we moved to California, and we were at California Pete's Kitchen. I remember this so boldly on the back seat of our wood paneled Suburban. And I went, mom, I think I was in the. I was like five or six. It was kindergarten into first grade. And I said, mom, there's no way. And she goes, what? I was like, there's no way Santa does it. Like, he could not go to that many houses over one night, period. And she goes, but there's like a specialty. I'm like, no, there's not. There's not that. So we had a full argument. And then she tried to tell my brother to convince me and all this stuff. And then where the dead giveaway was was that year Santa brought me talking. They would. This was wild. This is like early robots talking. Simba and Nala, Okay. They were like these stuffed animals, but they would communicate with each other, which is kind of weird.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I was like, I'm.

[Alex]

I'm old enough that we shouldn't have had that technology yet. But anyway. And my brother came into my room Christmas morning and said, you got the Simba and Nala. I'm like, what do you mean? He's like, mom and dad got you the Simba and Allah. And then when I went downstairs, they said it was from Santa. And I was like, right. And of course I got my brother in trouble because I was a terrible younger sibling that just loved to get him in trouble. But I already knew. So, yeah, I figured it out. And I tried to really. I pushed my argument. They thought I was going to be a lawyer. And then I realized, so funny. I hate paper.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

So who would play you in a Christmas movie?

[Alex]

Oh, you know who I would love? I've. Someone's told me this lately, which I think is such a compliment. And even though our ages don't make total sense, I would love for Hillary Duff to play me in a Christmas movie.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, great. Yeah, I can see it. Yeah. I know.

[Alex]

People are like, you guys look like you could be sisters. I'm like, oh, my God. Thank you. Love her also.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

She's fit.

[Alex]

Yeah. Like girl lifts.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I'm like Janet Hill, period.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It does Elf or the Grinch?

[Guest (possibly Pete Davidson)]

Oh, oh.

[Alex]

I'm gonna say elf, but, God, the Grinch is great.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I cry at the Grinch, though.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know. It's a. It's a hard decision. What time do you normally wake up on Christmas morning?

[Alex]

I don't usually wake up early, but I do on Christmas morning. I still love the magic of it. So a good seven. 7:15.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I'm not a 5:30 person.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, no, no, no.

[Alex]

When we have kids one day, though, I'm like, oh, God, yeah, it's coming. Yeah, it's going to. I know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

A star or an angel on the top of the tree.

[Alex]

Angel on the top of the tree.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

When you start decorating. Okay.

[Alex]

Technically, it should be on it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I'm going to say when is it? When is it acceptable?

[Alex]

Are we talking tree up or lights? I like to break them up.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay. Well, technically, my next question is, when is it acceptable to put Christmas lights up? So.

[Alex]

Okay. Both. Okay. I actually think putting the lights up, like the week before Thanksgiving.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Alex]

Is great because you're welcoming people. Yeah. I also can understand the argument for putting the tree up so that it's there for Thanksgiving.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Not a Popular opinion, but also, you get it, it's done. And I like the lights up. The word. I mean, how sad is that? When you take the lights down like that first week of January, right after New Year's, I try to leave them up till, like, the 14th.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

But still, I'm like, dang.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

No, I'm, like, itching to get them up. Yeah. I keep telling Taylor. I'm like, how soon is too soon? Yeah.

[Alex]

Like, when are you gonna. I'm like, no, I. I might just book the.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Like, the guys come and they do.

[Alex]

All the things, and then you can make the argument it was cheaper if they came early because they're so in demand.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Right.

[Alex]

And I'd rather get the guys who hang the lights. I want them fresh. They're on a lot of ladders. I get nervous watching them. I'm like, I don't know how you guys do that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

So.

[Alex]

Yeah. I just say you booked it early because there was a discount.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Getting ahead, that's what's best. Are you good at keeping gifts? A surprise?

[Alex]

Yes and no. Yes and no on it. You know, so it's probably. No, that was. I. I literally caught my own lie right there. Yeah. I'm great at keeping a secret. No, I'm terrible. If you are so excited about giving someone something, do not tell me.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Because I'm like, you're gonna love it. Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's.

[Alex]

Ask me three questions.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

I hate it. Like, I just. Because I get so excited thinking about. I, like, truly overthink what. Their reaction and how they're gonna respond to something. And I get, like, so much weird joy, mentally.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

So, yeah. Don't tell me the secrets. Just don't.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's funny. Mariah Carey or Michael Blueblay.

[Alex]

Oh, well, Mariah Carey has to open and close everything.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

Right. So we know the season starts when she sings All I want for Christmas is you. But I'd say she's like, the opener and the grand finale.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

And then Michael Buble carries us through the whole season.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Great.

[Alex]

Because he's got. He's got far more Christmas music anyway.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Alex]

He's got a deeper library.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's great. Yeah. That's a really good answer, actually. What are you most looking forward to this holiday season?

[Alex]

Oh, gosh. I think being in a new house, in a new environment, it'll be a little. I mean, it's. I guess it's not different from California. It'll be warm for Christmas. Yeah. But I'm excited to have Alex's family come. It's going to be their first time seeing the house. So it's this. I think it's stepping into this role of like, oh, this is our home and our new life in this new chapter. So making. Making our. It's truly going to be our Christmas for the first time this year, which I'm like, really excited about.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's so sweet. Just some little rapid fire questions for you. Favorite holiday tradition. Ooh, hey.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

My family, ever since I was a kid, for our Christmas Eve dinner, we do fondue dinner, but not with like chocolate and cheese. It's like oil and we cook meats in it and we've done that forever. And I don't know why, but I don't know where we got that from, to be honest. But it's really social and fun. So that's probably one of my favorites.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I haven't heard of that. Hot cocoa or cider?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, hot cocoa. Yeah, absolutely. Cider for picking cider. I don't know about that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know. I'm just having it in so I can out someone. Favorite Christmas food or holiday meal?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, have you ever had funeral potatoes?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

No.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, my gosh. It's a Utah thing. It's just like cheesy potatoes that are, like diced up. You'd love it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, wow.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

We should do friendsgiving and I'll bring funeral potatoes.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I would love nothing more. Least favorite Christmas food.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, least favorite. I'm like, what even are Christmas foods?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

I can tell you my least favorite Thanksgiving food.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Great stuffing.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, that one took me a real. I only like a certain kind of stuffing. I never liked it growing up. And then recently someone made a stuffing. I can't even tell you where I had it. But it was good. Okay. Because it was more like bready. Like it. Okay. It was more crouton knee bready. Okay, interesting.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Like I'll trust you.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Favorite Christmas song. Oh.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Can I say, like, Ariana Grande's Christmas album or is everyone gonna judge me for that?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

No. Okay, great.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

I love that.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I actually just rediscovered that recently.

[Alex]

Why?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Is it so good?

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, no, it's. It's really good and I think she should do another one.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Yeah, I agree.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Matching pajamas, yes or no?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Yes, absolutely.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Who do you spend the holidays with?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Brandon. And also usually, like, we stay with my family because we are moving home from season literally, like December 23rd.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, wow.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

So we go straight to staying with my family, but we kind of pop around because, like, his parents are both in Utah too.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

So.

[Alex]

Okay.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. What is on your Christmas wish list this year?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, this is a good one. A spray tan machine. Oh, and I'm going to teach Brandon how to give me spray tans from home.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Amen. Amen. I taught Taylor how to do my back with the foam. Oh, love. Yeah, it's good. Real tree or fake tree?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Real tree. Done it my whole life.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

We would go up to Utah and cut it down ourselves, throw it on our back, call it a day.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Oh, my gosh, that's so good. Do you plan ahead or are you a last minute shopper?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, I'm a last minute shopper.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Thank you, Amazon. Yeah. Gingerbread or sugar cookies?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Sugar cookies.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Until what age did you think Santa was real?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, my gosh, it's really sad. It was the fifth grade, and my fifth grade teacher told our whole class. Yeah, yeah. She had a son who was in kindergarten and he would, like, be in our classroom for, like, the first 10 minutes, and then he would, like, walk down to, like, his class. And it was during Christmas time and he went to his class and he had just left. And she was like, if you have kids in the car. Hang on. She was like, hey, yeah. No one tells Tommy that Santa's not real. And we were all like. Because it was already the age of. Everyone was like, is Santa? Yeah, we're not sure. Went home and told my mom, and she was like, what? No, Santa's real. Meanwhile, calling the district, being like, oh, this teacher told. Yeah, it was really sad. I still remember it. Obviously it still hurts.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah, it's still.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

The Santa is real. So I don't know.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

My mom still uses the Santa wrapping paper. Oh, yeah.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Still it's from Santa.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Always. Who would play you in a Christmas movie?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Ooh, who would play me? Someone really tall who's like, tall and blonde.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Hello. My first reaction was to say Heidi Klum.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, I'll take that. Heidi Klum. Yeah, sure, let's do it.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

L for the Grinch.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, probably the Grinch.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Okay, I agree. Yeah, people have said that, but I.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

I. Grinch especially like the cartoon version. Like, that reminds me of my childhood.

[Alex]

That's sweet. Yeah.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

What time do you normally wake up on Christmas morning?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

I don't know. Probably like nine, Eight or nine. We don't really have that many little kids in our family anymore, so that's good.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Star on the top of the tree or an angel Star. Yeah. When is appropriate to start decorating?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Oh, that's a good question. If I had a home to decorate, I would probably start. Oh, I want to say after Thanksgiving, but I can see where people want to get started a little early because Christmas, it's only a month long. You got to celebrate it for as long as possible.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

I know, I know. I'm. Yeah, I'm ready to get going on it. Are you good at keeping gifts? A surprise?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Yes. I love a surprise. Brandon's the worst.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

He'll.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

He'll get me something and be like, I got you something today. I'm like, don't tell me. I love a surprise.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

That's funny. Yeah. Mariah Carey or Michael Blue? Bl.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Michael Buble. The Grove also loves him. I feel like every time I go, it's just him.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Period.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

All it is. What are you most looking forward to this holiday season?

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

Being home.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Being home.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

I haven't been back in Utah since August, maybe September, and so just like being home with friends and family for sure. Just taking a little time off from all the busyness.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

Yeah. Sweet. Love you, Lemon Drops. Hope you guys have a beautiful rest of 2025 and can't wait to start 2026 off with you in a very special, one of a kind way.

[Taylor]

Drink some coffee.

[Host (possibly Alexandra Cooper)]

It's gonna be fun.

[Guest (possibly Heidi Klum)]

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