As Texans, Julie (the mother) and Renee (the daughter) love the feeling of a white Christmas, but more importantly, they love the feeling of being merry and bright.

Theme music by Brent Miller
Creative direction by Renee and Julie Rhodes

Lyric: “May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white.”
Song: White Christmas
Musical: White Christmas
Music & Lyrics: Irving Berlin

Now into the month of December, Julie (the mother) and Renee (the daughter) talk about the look of Christmas, what they like about it, and how it starts so early each year!

Theme music by Brent Miller
Creative direction by Renee and Julie Rhodes

Lyric: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go.”
Song: Pine Cones and Holly Berries/It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Musical: Here’s Love
Music & Lyrics: Meredith Willson

Julie (the mother) has some things to say about looking down at screens so often, referencing a lyric from the classic musical Les Mis.

Theme music by Brent Miller
Creative direction by Renee and Julie Rhodes

Lyric: “Look down, look down, don’t look them in the eye.”
Song: Look Down
Musical: Les Miserables
Music & Lyrics: Claude-Michael Schonberg & Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics)

Julie (the mother) uses a lyric from the opening number of one of Renee's (the daughter's) least favorite musicals, The Music Man, to dive deep into a conversation about communication.

Theme music by Brent Miller
Creative direction by Renee and Julie Rhodes

Lyric: “Ya can talk, ya can talk, ya can bicker, ya can talk.”
Song: Rock Island
Musical: The Music Man
Music & Lyrics: Meredith Willson

Renee (the daughter) learns Julie (the mother) listens to K-pop as the two discuss the big and small things that bring them joy and happiness thanks to a lyric from Daddy Long Legs.

Theme music by Brent Miller
Creative direction by Renee and Julie Rhodes

Lyric: “I’ve discovered the secret of happiness is...”
Song: The Secret of Happiness
Musical: Daddy Long Legs
Music & Lyrics: Paul Gordon

Julie (the mother) and Renee (the daughter) take some time at the start of their road trip to get to know each other and to introduce themselves to listeners using a lyric from The King and I.

Theme music by Brent Miller
Creative direction by Renee and Julie Rhodes

“Getting to know you, getting to know all about you.”
Song: Getting To Know You
Musical: The King and I
Music & Lyrics: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II