In the last of the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian celebrate their whiteness with WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954). Topics include Little Debbie Christmas Tree snack cakes, eating disorders, and food planning; more Grinch stuff; QUEER and John Waters and please take a shower, sir; a BARBIE rewatch; the whitest Christmas movie ever made; policing Christmas; Mom commentary; Edith Head!; minstrel shows; not the half-naked Abercrombie & Fitch guys from the 90s; Don Draper in the Carousel Club; clever dialogue; why it might be okay that we still watch this movie; inside jokes and family trauma; our most ADHD episode yet!; and even more!

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In the penultimate of the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian go off about RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (1964), A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965), and DR. SUESS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1966). Topics include having no time for emotions and yet making time for holiday emotional labor; a parenting win; rotating a karate costume like hot dogs in a gas station; cash me outside, the cleaner; cannibalistic marshmallow snow people as art; HARRY POTTER and THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW; a RUDOLPH macro-view; yo, boomers, re-watch this childhood classic; Americans: we remember nothing; gender socialization through reindeer; drag Christmas songs; a really sad sketch show; Lucy was the OG hipster; the nativity of our childhood and residual trauma; hiding baby jesus; all other versions of THE GRINCH are trash; who made the Grinch green?; and even more!

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Continuing the Holidaze theme, Heather and Rian wax nostalgic about A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983). Topics include ADHD Home Depot holiday shopping; hobbling with a tree cane; Sky Mall; bacchanalias, baby; the romance of a white christmas; sumptuous writing and complicated narratives; all those spitty teeth; shiny cowboy costumes; we will never not talk about gender inequity; shouting christmas carols; profanity as an art form; grading with a crayon; the gluttonous joy of unwrapping gifts; quiet christmas moments; and even more!

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