This week, Robbie and Chuck talk about Christmas traditions, from sweaters and trees to classic holiday movies and music. They dive into various light-hearted hot takes, holiday preferences, gift-giving etiquette, and more. Along the way, they review a Cream of Kentucky bourbon, discuss JavaScript and API challenges, and share Robbie’s big announcement—twins on the way!

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:49) - Whiskey intro and rating: Cream of Kentucky
(07:59) - Bing Crosby vs Frank Sinatra
(09:31) - Real vs fake Christmas trees
(13:59) - Christmas Story vs Christmas Vacation
(16:34) - Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
(18:09) - Are gift cards a good present or just lazy?
(20:50) - Robbie’s big news
(21:32) - The state of EV
(27:45) - Investments and crypto
(33:40) - The results of the State of JS Survey
(38:00) - Podcast merch
(39:21) - Futbol and food
(44:58) - Robbie on Learn with Jason
(50:11) - Everybody likes Vite
(53:13) - Representing your brand
(55:02) - Holiday plans

Links

Cream of Kentucky: https://creamofkentucky.com
Bing Crosby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby
Frank Sinatra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra
Jack Daniels: https://www.jackdaniels.com/
Balsam Hill Christmas Trees: https://www.balsamhill.com/c/artificial-christmas-trees
A Christmas Story: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/
Christmas Vacation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/
Die Hard: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/
Arnold Schwarzenegger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger
Hallmark: https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/
VW Buzz: https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html
Doug Demuro’s review of the VW Buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1TsmhSv5k
Rivian: https://rivian.com/
Chrysler Pacifica: https://www.chrysler.com/pacifica.html
Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/
Shiba Inu: https://shibatoken.com/
Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
Ethereum: https://ethereum.org/
XRP: https://ripple.com/xrp/

Hawk Tuah Coin: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/hawk-tuah/
State of JS Survey: https://stateofjs.com/
Chris Manson: https://x.com/real_ate
Jonathan Creamer: https://x.com/jcreamer898
Syntax: https://syntax.fm
WordPress: https://wordpress.org
Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/
Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
Telemundo: https://www.telemundo.com/
Manchester United: https://www.manutd.com/
David Beckham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beckham
Liverpool FC: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/
Real Madrid: https://www.realmadrid.com/
Learn with Jason: https://www.youtube.com/@learnwithjason
Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/
Node: https://nodejs.org/
Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
Vite: https://vite.dev/
Astro: https://astro.build/
React: https://react.dev/
Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/
Whiskey.fm: https://whiskey.fm
Whiskey.fund: https://whiskey.fund

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Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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