The Santa Class (Hallmark Channel - 2024) ft. Alonso Duralde

[00:00:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Hi, I'm Brian and I love Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Brian and I like Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Dan and I despise Hallmark Christmas movies. I'm Alonso and it's nice to be back and this is the Deck The Hallmark Podcast. Deck The Hallmark, it's his podcast. My friends host this podcast. We hope you like this jolly podcast. Hello, everybody. Very special guest with us this week.

[00:00:37] [SPEAKER_05]: It's been a while. It's been a while. Alonso, welcome back to the show. It's a big, big day. You know, you join us all year for various things, but it's always good to go back to the beginning, you know? The big show. To get you to review a Hallmark Christmas movie with us is always thrilling. Back to our roots or as Brian would say, our roots. Our roots. Rum with the roots in it. Alonso, how are you doing with your, I know you try to watch them all. You join us every year to top, top, top and bottom them.

[00:01:07] [SPEAKER_05]: Well. Well. How are you doing, though? I know it's always a journey.

[00:01:12] [SPEAKER_05]: Spilo.tv. For all those reactions. I know it's always a journey to get all the movies watched. How are you doing?

[00:01:20] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, I have resigned myself every year to knowing that once Thanksgiving week hits, all my best intentions go out the window. I do a pretty good job of keeping up until then, and then I'm just dog paddling to get through.

[00:01:33] [SPEAKER_03]: So by the time we sit down to record best of, worst of, then absolutely, or top and bottom it as you will, I will be ready. I'll be caught up. But, you know, because on top of it, like I'm trying to watch, I'm out here on these streets watching mistletoe murders and, you know, holidays and the unwrapping movies and, you know, keeping up with finding Mr. Christmas on your behalf. So it's just, it's been a lot, Hallmark.

[00:01:59] [SPEAKER_05]: It has been a lot. He's out here on the streets. He's out there on the streets doing it. I, you know what? I know we're coming to a close here in the next week or so. I got to think Hallmark regrets the amount of stuff they've put out. Right. They have to be like, I think we did too much this year.

[00:02:13] [SPEAKER_05]: I think we stretched people a little bit too thin. And I know that's saying something because they've put out 40 movies the last four years or whatever.

[00:02:22] [SPEAKER_04]: But they did 47 plus a miniseries.

[00:02:23] [SPEAKER_04]: With the Hallmark, it's a lot.

[00:02:25] [SPEAKER_04]: Plus a Grimsby.

[00:02:25] [SPEAKER_04]: We're not, and we haven't even mentioned the name of Wes Brown.

[00:02:29] [SPEAKER_06]: Do you see a list in series they've done?

[00:02:31] [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, right. Yes. The, the, the, the Wes Brown's light show.

[00:02:35] [SPEAKER_03]: We haven't even mentioned it.

[00:02:37] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it's out.

[00:02:38] [SPEAKER_05]: It's out.

[00:02:39] [SPEAKER_03]: Lost in the ochres out there.

[00:02:41] [SPEAKER_05]: You got to feel like they're like, we, we did it.

[00:02:43] [SPEAKER_05]: We did it.

[00:02:44] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, again, they had a shiny new, you know, streaming service to show off.

[00:02:48] [SPEAKER_03]: I understand.

[00:02:49] [SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, it, it, it all, it stacks up.

[00:02:52] [SPEAKER_03]: And, and, you know, the, the big selling point for a happy holidays, which you guys are going to talk about later on with, with Dave White was, you know, oh, it's the winner of finding Mr. Christmas.

[00:03:00] [SPEAKER_03]: But like how many people actually watched finding Mr. Christmas?

[00:03:04] [SPEAKER_03]: How many people subscribe yet to Hallmark plus?

[00:03:07] [SPEAKER_03]: So I don't know if these things are stacking up on each other the way they're supposed to.

[00:03:10] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, we'll, we'll see.

[00:03:12] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, Ezra's got big boosts to fill.

[00:03:15] [SPEAKER_05]: One thing I didn't really think about until, uh, today was, I wonder if the actors that, you know, have been acting for many years and that take the craft seriously, look at finding Mr. Christmas and look at Ezra and go, come on, man.

[00:03:31] [SPEAKER_05]: Like, yeah, I went to Juilliard.

[00:03:34] [SPEAKER_05]: I know the joke is anybody can do this, but come on.

[00:03:39] [SPEAKER_03]: There's gotta be some of that, right?

[00:03:42] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, yeah, there is.

[00:03:43] [SPEAKER_03]: If you've spent a lifetime honing your craft and then a contest winner steps in and I could see maybe where they might kind of cock an eyebrow at that.

[00:03:52] [SPEAKER_03]: But, you know, I'm sure he's committing to the bit now and like, you know, going to, going to classes and working with a coach and, you know, he's going to, he's going to bring his A game.

[00:04:02] [SPEAKER_05]: He's taking his shirt off, uh, per the, per the articles.

[00:04:05] [SPEAKER_03]: I would think so.

[00:04:06] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.

[00:04:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Did, uh, did, uh, was there a, uh, shirtless contest during Mr. Christmas today?

[00:04:12] [SPEAKER_05]: So he's like, here's how you properly take your shirt off on screen.

[00:04:16] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:04:16] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, I think maybe they're saving that for season two.

[00:04:19] [SPEAKER_03]: Season two.

[00:04:19] [SPEAKER_03]: I think they're saving that.

[00:04:21] [SPEAKER_03]: I know.

[00:04:21] [SPEAKER_03]: I was the hunky photo shoot.

[00:04:23] [SPEAKER_03]: There was a hunky photo shoot with the adorable puppies.

[00:04:26] [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, I thought.

[00:04:27] [SPEAKER_01]: Don't say puppies.

[00:04:28] [SPEAKER_01]: I know.

[00:04:29] [SPEAKER_03]: He's so sad about the dog.

[00:04:31] [SPEAKER_03]: Um, I thought for sure we were going to have like a, a log splitting thing.

[00:04:36] [SPEAKER_03]: Cause that's, that's next level Hallmark hunk to be able to like grab that ax and, you know, uh, but you know, maybe it was an insurance thing.

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know.

[00:04:45] [SPEAKER_03]: Do you think we'll see a next year, a finding Mrs. Christmas?

[00:04:51] [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, I mean, you know, I don't know that there are, that there's a shortage of women to be in these movies.

[00:04:57] [SPEAKER_03]: That's generally been their stock and trade.

[00:04:59] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's, I think where the, they're always number one on the call sheet.

[00:05:03] [SPEAKER_04]: So have they already approved to season two?

[00:05:06] [SPEAKER_04]: No, I haven't heard.

[00:05:07] [SPEAKER_03]: No, I'm just guessing.

[00:05:08] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know.

[00:05:08] [SPEAKER_03]: But, uh, you know, look, Jonathan Bennett's got places to be and things to do.

[00:05:12] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, he does.

[00:05:13] [SPEAKER_03]: Lock it down if they want to have it happen.

[00:05:14] [SPEAKER_05]: He's a hostess with the mostest.

[00:05:16] [SPEAKER_05]: That's for sure.

[00:05:17] [SPEAKER_05]: And then Melissa Peterman.

[00:05:18] [SPEAKER_05]: I mean, come on.

[00:05:19] [SPEAKER_05]: Didn't get the credit she deserves.

[00:05:21] [SPEAKER_04]: I watched a total of 30 minutes of this particular program.

[00:05:24] [SPEAKER_04]: And my takeaway was more Melissa Peterman on the network.

[00:05:27] [SPEAKER_04]: That was my positive.

[00:05:28] [SPEAKER_04]: Always.

[00:05:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Always.

[00:05:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Always.

[00:05:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, let's talk Santa class, shall we?

[00:05:33] [SPEAKER_05]: The Santa class.

[00:05:35] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, originally aired on the Hallmark Channel on December 14th, 2024.

[00:05:39] [SPEAKER_05]: And it went a little something like this.

[00:05:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Kate reluctantly works at her family's business.

[00:05:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Business.

[00:05:45] [SPEAKER_05]: Man, I got a list going on today.

[00:05:47] [SPEAKER_05]: About my business.

[00:05:48] [SPEAKER_05]: My business.

[00:05:49] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, North Star.

[00:05:51] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a year-round operation that trains mall Santas.

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, despite its festive name, it's a big commitment that's made her a bit grumpy about Christmas.

[00:06:02] [SPEAKER_05]: When her dad decides to step away, Kate steps in.

[00:06:05] [SPEAKER_05]: But the business is a bit of a mess.

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_05]: Her sister Bailey agrees to help her out this season as they figure out next steps for the business.

[00:06:12] [SPEAKER_05]: Her rival and top instructor at another school, Dan, works for, um, the name of the company I didn't write down apparently.

[00:06:21] [SPEAKER_05]: But it's the rival.

[00:06:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Santa Zara.

[00:06:23] [SPEAKER_05]: Santa Zara.

[00:06:24] [SPEAKER_05]: Is that true?

[00:06:24] [SPEAKER_05]: No.

[00:06:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, this, uh, this other school wins the Christmas Cup every year.

[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_05]: After Dan gets fired from his job for making too much money, basically, he approaches Kate.

[00:06:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Despite their awkward past, they did once go on a date or, as she puts it, a scheduled gathering.

[00:06:42] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, they decide that they're going to join forces in an attempt to win the Christmas Cup.

[00:06:48] [SPEAKER_05]: Who can say no to that?

[00:06:49] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, they carpool on the first day and they have to screech to a halt when a Santa walks right in front of them on the road.

[00:06:57] [SPEAKER_05]: He looks very confused, but he is dressed in his Santa garb.

[00:07:01] [SPEAKER_05]: He doesn't know his name or what he's doing.

[00:07:04] [SPEAKER_05]: And it's at this point that they look up and they see Santa's reindeer and sleigh flying away.

[00:07:11] [SPEAKER_05]: Is he the real deal?

[00:07:12] [SPEAKER_05]: They decide, better be safe than sorry, right?

[00:07:15] [SPEAKER_05]: They're going to bring him with them because at least they'll have this guy.

[00:07:18] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, and they can keep an eye on him because you should always do that before you take somebody to the hospital.

[00:07:24] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, you don't want to take him to get checked out.

[00:07:25] [SPEAKER_05]: You just want to keep an eye on him and then decide if it's worth the hassle.

[00:07:28] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right, yes.

[00:07:29] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, they go to school and Dan is immediately concerned.

[00:07:32] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a real ragtag group.

[00:07:34] [SPEAKER_05]: There's an older fellow that wants a ragtag group.

[00:07:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, isn't that what I said?

[00:07:40] [SPEAKER_05]: I think you should rag tab if I'm not mistaken.

[00:07:42] [SPEAKER_05]: Stand by it.

[00:07:42] [SPEAKER_05]: You know what?

[00:07:43] [SPEAKER_05]: I've heard it both ways.

[00:07:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:07:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, there's a, there's an older, yeah, we all have now.

[00:07:48] [SPEAKER_05]: There's a, there's the older.

[00:07:51] [SPEAKER_05]: There is an older fellow who just wants to be Santa for his grandkids.

[00:07:54] [SPEAKER_05]: There's a woman who wants to prove that she can do anything she puts her mind to.

[00:07:57] [SPEAKER_05]: There's a ventriloquist and his dummy, some actor named Paul Campbell.

[00:08:02] [SPEAKER_05]: And then there is Nick who just wants to eat a giant bowl of cookies and down some milk.

[00:08:09] [SPEAKER_05]: The Santas begin to train, participating in an obstacle course and learning how to properly ho, ho, ho.

[00:08:15] [SPEAKER_05]: Santa Nick begins to have some weird memory flashes whenever he touches someone, but doesn't,

[00:08:22] [SPEAKER_05]: whenever they like hold hands or whatever.

[00:08:24] [SPEAKER_05]: He doesn't go around touching people.

[00:08:25] [SPEAKER_05]: No, he's not just touching people.

[00:08:26] [SPEAKER_05]: No, no, no.

[00:08:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:08:28] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, but doesn't.

[00:08:28] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a ragtag.

[00:08:29] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a ragtag.

[00:08:30] [SPEAKER_05]: But doesn't know.

[00:08:31] [SPEAKER_04]: I've heard it all three ways, really.

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_04]: That's right.

[00:08:32] [SPEAKER_05]: But doesn't know how to make heads or tails of it or what it means.

[00:08:36] [SPEAKER_05]: The next test is a big one.

[00:08:37] [SPEAKER_05]: They have to actually deal with kids in a mall.

[00:08:41] [SPEAKER_05]: And it's an intense operation for all of them except for Santa Nick.

[00:08:45] [SPEAKER_05]: He crushes it.

[00:08:47] [SPEAKER_05]: He knows what all the kids want.

[00:08:49] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, but he also sees what Kate's dad's friend Ned wants.

[00:08:54] [SPEAKER_05]: He wants to buy the school.

[00:08:56] [SPEAKER_05]: So Kate goes and has a conversation with him and she strongly considers the offer.

[00:09:02] [SPEAKER_05]: There's a gift exchange and Kate gives Dan a nice gift, a Christmas sweater with his face on it.

[00:09:07] [SPEAKER_05]: That says best Santa trainer.

[00:09:09] [SPEAKER_05]: So obviously she's into him.

[00:09:11] [SPEAKER_05]: That could just the only thing that that could mean.

[00:09:13] [SPEAKER_05]: He asked her out on a date and she agrees.

[00:09:15] [SPEAKER_05]: And what better way to go on a date than by crashing a Christmas party.

[00:09:19] [SPEAKER_05]: They have an absolute blast together.

[00:09:20] [SPEAKER_05]: They end up getting kicked out and that leads to them making out.

[00:09:24] [SPEAKER_05]: And then the next morning they make out some more.

[00:09:28] [SPEAKER_05]: Word gets out.

[00:09:29] [SPEAKER_05]: What was that?

[00:09:30] [SPEAKER_05]: It was a, you know, excited double make out.

[00:09:32] [SPEAKER_05]: Word gets out that Kate's sister and the other Santa, the other Santas that Nick is the real Santa.

[00:09:39] [SPEAKER_05]: And it's almost Christmas Eve and Nick still hasn't regained his memories.

[00:09:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Kate decides to try something.

[00:09:45] [SPEAKER_05]: She's going to show Nick the bag that they found and maybe that will jog a memory.

[00:09:51] [SPEAKER_05]: And he's looking through it and he finds this whistle.

[00:09:54] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a weenie whistle.

[00:09:55] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, and caught and, you know, and blows it.

[00:09:58] [SPEAKER_05]: And maybe that'll make something happen.

[00:10:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, Dan finds out that Kate is considering selling the school and that bums them out.

[00:10:04] [SPEAKER_05]: He assumes that also means that she doesn't seem to see a future with him.

[00:10:08] [SPEAKER_05]: So he decides it's best if he just leaves.

[00:10:11] [SPEAKER_05]: It's time for the Christmas cup.

[00:10:12] [SPEAKER_05]: It ends in a tie.

[00:10:13] [SPEAKER_05]: It comes down to sudden death.

[00:10:15] [SPEAKER_05]: First person to finish the obstacle course wins.

[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_05]: You got to draw names to see who is going to compete for your team.

[00:10:22] [SPEAKER_05]: And Nick draws his name.

[00:10:25] [SPEAKER_05]: Just then Nick's wife shows out.

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Turns out his name is Chris and she is Mrs. Claus.

[00:10:32] [SPEAKER_05]: The whistle told her where he was.

[00:10:34] [SPEAKER_05]: And she reminds him who he is.

[00:10:36] [SPEAKER_05]: He goes to do the obstacle course and he's behind the whole time until they get to the chimney climb.

[00:10:42] [SPEAKER_05]: And somehow, almost like magic, Nick slash Chris appears at the top of the chimney and rings the bell.

[00:10:49] [SPEAKER_03]: Laying a finger aside of his nose.

[00:10:51] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, of course.

[00:10:52] [SPEAKER_03]: Of course.

[00:10:53] [SPEAKER_05]: After the win, Kate decides not to sell to school.

[00:10:56] [SPEAKER_05]: Now that they are Christmas cup champions, the opportunities are endless.

[00:11:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Santa gives her tickets to Paris and tells her that she still needs to live a life.

[00:11:04] [SPEAKER_05]: Kate and Dan make up and then they kiss.

[00:11:08] [SPEAKER_05]: They all go back to her place to celebrate.

[00:11:10] [SPEAKER_05]: And just then the doorbell rings.

[00:11:12] [SPEAKER_05]: She goes to answer it and finds a bell.

[00:11:14] [SPEAKER_05]: And inside of it is a whistle with a note that says,

[00:11:17] [SPEAKER_05]: If you ever need any help with the school, give me a call.

[00:11:20] [SPEAKER_05]: And that, my friends, was the Santa Claus.

[00:11:26] [SPEAKER_05]: We did it.

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_05]: Let's take a quick break.

[00:11:29] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll come back.

[00:11:29] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll get to all the segments as we break down the Santa Claus.

[00:11:33] [SPEAKER_05]: Here on Deck the Hallmark.

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[00:11:42] [SPEAKER_05]: I've heard nonstop about it.

[00:11:44] [SPEAKER_05]: I wish you'd stop talking about the cat.

[00:11:45] [SPEAKER_05]: Well, they're particular.

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[00:13:20] [SPEAKER_05]: Hello, everybody.

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_05]: How are we?

[00:13:22] [SPEAKER_05]: How are we?

[00:13:23] [SPEAKER_05]: I think we're doing well.

[00:13:24] [SPEAKER_05]: We're talking about the Santa.

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a big week.

[00:13:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Final big week of the year.

[00:13:28] [SPEAKER_05]: Final big week of the year.

[00:13:29] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:13:29] [SPEAKER_05]: It's time to talk about the Santa class to break it down.

[00:13:33] [SPEAKER_05]: Alonzo is joining us to break down a Hallmark Christmas movie.

[00:13:37] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a big one.

[00:13:37] [SPEAKER_04]: Definitely.

[00:13:38] [SPEAKER_04]: It's Alonzo.

[00:13:38] [SPEAKER_04]: We're going to start with a guest for sure, right?

[00:13:40] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, let's find out.

[00:13:41] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't want to step on Brian's slot.

[00:13:44] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.

[00:13:44] [SPEAKER_03]: That's fair.

[00:13:45] [SPEAKER_04]: The thing is, if anybody goes first and Brian doesn't know what to say.

[00:13:47] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:13:47] [SPEAKER_04]: That's what you don't know about him.

[00:13:49] [SPEAKER_05]: He freezes.

[00:13:50] [SPEAKER_04]: He freezes.

[00:13:51] [SPEAKER_04]: If he's in his script is taken by Alonzo, then he's lost.

[00:13:54] [SPEAKER_04]: I've seen it happen once.

[00:13:55] [SPEAKER_05]: He got in the fetal position.

[00:13:56] [SPEAKER_05]: He didn't get up for days.

[00:13:57] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:13:57] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't have time for that this week.

[00:13:58] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't do that.

[00:13:59] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a big week.

[00:14:00] [SPEAKER_06]: It's a big week.

[00:14:00] [SPEAKER_05]: It's time for the hot tickets where we share exactly how we felt about this movie.

[00:14:03] [SPEAKER_05]: We do not hold back.

[00:14:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian.

[00:14:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_05]: For the sake of not getting in the fetal position, what did you think of the Santa class?

[00:14:10] [SPEAKER_05]: Boy, what a good time.

[00:14:12] [SPEAKER_06]: I probably one of my favorites, if not favorite of the year is duking it out there.

[00:14:17] [SPEAKER_06]: It's duking it out there with Carol for two.

[00:14:20] [SPEAKER_06]: Is it still?

[00:14:21] [SPEAKER_06]: Yep.

[00:14:21] [SPEAKER_06]: That's still up there.

[00:14:22] [SPEAKER_06]: What a good time.

[00:14:24] [SPEAKER_06]: What a super cool intro.

[00:14:26] [SPEAKER_06]: The music.

[00:14:26] [SPEAKER_06]: This got me into the Jennifer Hudson's Christmas album.

[00:14:29] [SPEAKER_06]: I was like, where's this song from?

[00:14:31] [SPEAKER_06]: I'm going to have that on.

[00:14:32] [SPEAKER_06]: Really great.

[00:14:34] [SPEAKER_06]: Freaking love Ben Ayers.

[00:14:35] [SPEAKER_06]: I thought I couldn't like him anymore.

[00:14:36] [SPEAKER_06]: I thought I had peaked out, but it turns out I like him more than I thought I did.

[00:14:41] [SPEAKER_06]: Kimberly Sustad.

[00:14:42] [SPEAKER_06]: Great.

[00:14:43] [SPEAKER_06]: I like them making out early and often.

[00:14:46] [SPEAKER_06]: That was really cool.

[00:14:47] [SPEAKER_06]: Early and often.

[00:14:47] [SPEAKER_06]: That was different.

[00:14:50] [SPEAKER_06]: I disagree.

[00:14:51] [SPEAKER_06]: I loved it.

[00:14:51] [SPEAKER_06]: Thank you.

[00:14:53] [SPEAKER_06]: Early and often.

[00:14:53] [SPEAKER_06]: Early and often.

[00:14:54] [SPEAKER_06]: Tim, Timothy there, fun character.

[00:14:57] [SPEAKER_06]: Question of Andrew Walker.

[00:14:58] [SPEAKER_06]: I thought it was Andrew Walker.

[00:15:00] [SPEAKER_06]: I'm like, they're doing a whole thing.

[00:15:01] [SPEAKER_06]: Bringing these people in.

[00:15:02] [SPEAKER_06]: Paul's going to play himself.

[00:15:03] [SPEAKER_06]: Andrew's going to play this nerd.

[00:15:05] [SPEAKER_06]: Not Andrew Walker.

[00:15:06] [SPEAKER_06]: He was really great though.

[00:15:08] [SPEAKER_06]: That big picture theme of representation.

[00:15:11] [SPEAKER_06]: Everybody's included.

[00:15:12] [SPEAKER_06]: Everybody gets to do their thing.

[00:15:13] [SPEAKER_06]: Really cool.

[00:15:14] [SPEAKER_06]: I really like that represented through a Santa Claus.

[00:15:16] [SPEAKER_05]: In the words of Mrs. Claus and A Year Without a Santa Claus, anyone can be Santa.

[00:15:20] [SPEAKER_05]: You can wear the mask.

[00:15:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Anybody can wear the mask.

[00:15:23] [SPEAKER_06]: So a couple of things stood out that were just like, hmm, a couple of questions.

[00:15:27] [SPEAKER_06]: I'll save that for the way it was.

[00:15:28] [SPEAKER_06]: Oh, good.

[00:15:28] [SPEAKER_06]: I was going to say, we have a full segment.

[00:15:31] [SPEAKER_06]: It wasn't all just, you know, all rise.

[00:15:33] [SPEAKER_05]: There were a few things that gave me feels.

[00:15:36] [SPEAKER_05]: But again, I'll address those later.

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER_06]: But overall, great, great stuff.

[00:15:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Alonzo, Santa Claus, what'd you think?

[00:15:42] [SPEAKER_03]: This was a treat.

[00:15:43] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, just all the things that you want from a Hallmark comedy, including actual laughs,

[00:15:49] [SPEAKER_03]: which I think is still a relatively new development here at the network.

[00:15:54] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, just, you know, Santa magic and scorching chemistry with actual smooching.

[00:16:02] [SPEAKER_03]: And the best sort of Hallmark meta in joke I think I've ever seen in one of these movies.

[00:16:09] [SPEAKER_03]: The Paul Campbell of it all was just delicious from start to finish.

[00:16:13] [SPEAKER_03]: And he's really the only one who could play that role.

[00:16:17] [SPEAKER_03]: Because I think you look at Walker and Tyler and a lot of the main dudes of the network.

[00:16:22] [SPEAKER_03]: They are professionally chill.

[00:16:25] [SPEAKER_03]: Like, everything's cool.

[00:16:26] [SPEAKER_03]: Everything's great.

[00:16:26] [SPEAKER_03]: You need a bit of a neurotic live wire.

[00:16:30] [SPEAKER_03]: PC's your man.

[00:16:31] [SPEAKER_03]: And he delivers.

[00:16:32] [SPEAKER_03]: So I was utterly charmed by this.

[00:16:35] [SPEAKER_03]: Had a great time.

[00:16:38] [SPEAKER_03]: Definitely among, if not my very favorite of this year.

[00:16:41] [SPEAKER_04]: I always thought he was a Capricorn.

[00:16:43] [SPEAKER_04]: Wow.

[00:16:44] [SPEAKER_04]: Turns out he's a live wire.

[00:16:47] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, this movie slaps.

[00:16:51] [SPEAKER_05]: The chemistry was off the hooks.

[00:16:53] [SPEAKER_05]: The kissing often and early, early and often.

[00:16:56] [SPEAKER_05]: Either way you put it.

[00:16:58] [SPEAKER_05]: Fantastic.

[00:17:00] [SPEAKER_05]: The Santa.

[00:17:01] [SPEAKER_05]: The use of a real Santa.

[00:17:03] [SPEAKER_05]: A Christmas magic.

[00:17:05] [SPEAKER_05]: You know, it's going to be hard for me not to absolutely love a movie when there's a real Santa.

[00:17:12] [SPEAKER_05]: And a great movie to play Christmas movie magic to, by the way.

[00:17:16] [SPEAKER_05]: So much Christmas fun.

[00:17:17] [SPEAKER_05]: You can still pick that up right now.

[00:17:19] [SPEAKER_05]: DecktheHomer.com slash game.

[00:17:21] [SPEAKER_05]: This movie is incredible.

[00:17:22] [SPEAKER_05]: The only thing that I have a bit of a struggle with, especially when a movie starts off as strong and as funny as this movie did, is it's hard to keep that up.

[00:17:36] [SPEAKER_05]: Especially in the homework universe where the movie is so much about the romance and the chemistry there.

[00:17:42] [SPEAKER_05]: And so I felt like the movie started off really strong with the laughs and kind of tapered off a little bit as it went on.

[00:17:48] [SPEAKER_05]: But I didn't care as much because you got the chemistry that is just so great.

[00:17:55] [SPEAKER_05]: I think some of the best chemistry we've seen all season.

[00:17:57] [SPEAKER_05]: And I agree.

[00:17:58] [SPEAKER_05]: Benjamin Ayers absolutely crushed this movie.

[00:18:01] [SPEAKER_05]: He was so funny.

[00:18:02] [SPEAKER_05]: He was so charming.

[00:18:04] [SPEAKER_05]: And an absolute delight.

[00:18:06] [SPEAKER_05]: So a big win all the way around.

[00:18:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Dano.

[00:18:10] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm having a tough time with this one.

[00:18:12] [SPEAKER_04]: And I've heard the three raves.

[00:18:13] [SPEAKER_04]: And I just don't know.

[00:18:16] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, it's good.

[00:18:17] [SPEAKER_04]: It's good.

[00:18:18] [SPEAKER_04]: All three of you.

[00:18:20] [SPEAKER_04]: I did laugh a lot in this movie.

[00:18:23] [SPEAKER_04]: And that is very rare.

[00:18:25] [SPEAKER_04]: All right.

[00:18:26] [SPEAKER_04]: You got it?

[00:18:27] [SPEAKER_04]: You're going to wait for me to keep going.

[00:18:29] [SPEAKER_04]: Wait for it.

[00:18:30] [SPEAKER_04]: There we go.

[00:18:31] [SPEAKER_04]: Sorry.

[00:18:32] [SPEAKER_05]: You're good now.

[00:18:33] [SPEAKER_04]: I laughed a lot in this movie, which is always nice.

[00:18:36] [SPEAKER_04]: The Paul Campbell thing I thought was wonderful.

[00:18:39] [SPEAKER_04]: I almost wanted Paul and Ben to be playing opposite roles.

[00:18:43] [SPEAKER_04]: I actually would have loved to see Ben Ayers do this thing where he's just a full of himself

[00:18:48] [SPEAKER_04]: actor because he just relishes so great in these roles where he gets to just play.

[00:18:54] [SPEAKER_04]: But his chemistry with Sesto was really good.

[00:18:57] [SPEAKER_04]: For two or three years, I just was like, man, I want him to make comedies and stuff.

[00:19:01] [SPEAKER_04]: And now they're making them.

[00:19:06] [SPEAKER_04]: There's a lot happening in this movie.

[00:19:08] [SPEAKER_04]: And I was looking at my rankings and I laughed a bunch.

[00:19:12] [SPEAKER_04]: But I cared about no one in this movie.

[00:19:16] [SPEAKER_04]: And this is going to sound crazy.

[00:19:17] [SPEAKER_04]: This is the most scalding take I've had all year.

[00:19:20] [SPEAKER_04]: And I'm not saying this is a better movie.

[00:19:23] [SPEAKER_04]: I want to be very clear.

[00:19:24] [SPEAKER_04]: I cared about no one in this movie as much as I cared about the leads and following yonder star.

[00:19:30] [SPEAKER_04]: Um, so I'm having a hard time because the all the different Santas I found to be a great bit.

[00:19:37] [SPEAKER_04]: Uh, the Paul Campbell thing I found to be a great bit.

[00:19:40] [SPEAKER_04]: The Sustat and Ayers chemistry I thought was great.

[00:19:43] [SPEAKER_04]: But what you have is, is we're asked to take a magical Santa and the end to dueling Santa academies and just suspend our disbelief, which I'm fine to do.

[00:19:52] [SPEAKER_04]: But in doing so, I'm expecting a movie that, that strikes the perfect tone of Hall of the Holly, which is like clear satire, clear farce.

[00:20:01] [SPEAKER_04]: And I just kind of felt caught in between in this movie.

[00:20:06] [SPEAKER_04]: It's definitely better made than most of the ones we've seen this year.

[00:20:09] [SPEAKER_04]: But it doesn't rise to the heights for me that I think it did for everyone else.

[00:20:13] [SPEAKER_04]: Um, so yeah, I know that that's kind of a, like a mad review, but I don't know how else to do.

[00:20:18] [SPEAKER_04]: Like it's in my top 10, but I just kept looking at movies going.

[00:20:22] [SPEAKER_04]: There are characters I really like more in these other movies.

[00:20:25] [SPEAKER_04]: And, and you know, I laughed about as much in this as I did in three wise men and a baby.

[00:20:30] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't know.

[00:20:30] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm, I'm, uh, I'm torn.

[00:20:33] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm torn and I'm still torn.

[00:20:34] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't know where it will end up.

[00:20:36] [SPEAKER_04]: Uh, but the laughs are there.

[00:20:37] [SPEAKER_04]: The laughs are there and the, and the chemistry is there.

[00:20:40] [SPEAKER_04]: So those two things alone, I think, you know, catapulted above 30 of these things.

[00:20:44] [SPEAKER_03]: Dan was conflicted about the movie.

[00:20:47] [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, it's our favorite song.

[00:20:49] [SPEAKER_01]: We love this one.

[00:20:50] [SPEAKER_01]: Crank it up a lot though.

[00:20:57] [SPEAKER_05]: It's time for all the feels when we're talking about what this movie gave us feels.

[00:21:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian?

[00:21:01] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah.

[00:21:01] [SPEAKER_06]: The, the making out a lot was a surprise and works really well.

[00:21:04] [SPEAKER_06]: That's a good feels.

[00:21:05] [SPEAKER_06]: But the, the, the Timothy and Bailey kept the sister, them coming together and like her

[00:21:11] [SPEAKER_06]: giving him the confidence and like that, the way they played off each other was sort of

[00:21:15] [SPEAKER_06]: my feels here.

[00:21:16] [SPEAKER_06]: The way that she gave him confidence and he became like a new man.

[00:21:20] [SPEAKER_06]: Like he, he walked out of there and you could tell like she was really pumping them up and

[00:21:23] [SPEAKER_06]: he was, they were having a great time together.

[00:21:26] [SPEAKER_06]: They were sort of like a perfect match for each other there.

[00:21:28] [SPEAKER_06]: And that, that I thought was such a great pairing and I was really interested in them.

[00:21:32] [SPEAKER_06]: And so that was my feels, those two.

[00:21:34] [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, Alonzo.

[00:21:36] [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, man.

[00:21:37] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, look, you had me at animated credits.

[00:21:39] [SPEAKER_03]: That always, I think just puts me in the right mood.

[00:21:42] [SPEAKER_03]: Like, can we park on Kimberly Susted as the ideal Hallmark comic leading lady?

[00:21:49] [SPEAKER_03]: Like she has killer timing, a great deadpan.

[00:21:54] [SPEAKER_03]: Like I think can, can deliver a punchline better than maybe anybody on this network.

[00:21:59] [SPEAKER_03]: And at the same time can handle the responsibilities of the love story that will inevitably be placed

[00:22:06] [SPEAKER_03]: upon her as the lead.

[00:22:08] [SPEAKER_03]: Um, I just think she's dynamite and I don't think that she gets the sort of queen of Hallmark

[00:22:13] [SPEAKER_03]: status that she deserves on top of being a screenwriter.

[00:22:15] [SPEAKER_03]: So I just, you know, I just want to tip my hat to her.

[00:22:20] [SPEAKER_03]: Um, I love just a lot of the little crazy throwaways here.

[00:22:24] [SPEAKER_03]: The part where I, I, I wrote this down, but I forget who did it.

[00:22:27] [SPEAKER_03]: Somebody starts telling a sad story and there's like sad music.

[00:22:30] [SPEAKER_03]: And then the person says, really?

[00:22:32] [SPEAKER_03]: And then like, no, well, you know, like that made me laugh.

[00:22:35] [SPEAKER_03]: The, the, when the guy says the filaments, I mean, um, the, the, the Paul Campbell thing,

[00:22:41] [SPEAKER_03]: I get the first day.

[00:22:42] [SPEAKER_03]: He's like, Oh, ha ha.

[00:22:43] [SPEAKER_03]: That's a fun cameo.

[00:22:44] [SPEAKER_03]: And then he sticks around for the entire movie.

[00:22:47] [SPEAKER_03]: And every time they cut back to him, they find some new thing to do with him.

[00:22:51] [SPEAKER_03]: That is hilarious.

[00:22:53] [SPEAKER_03]: And that is self-deprecating and also acknowledging the nonsense of these movies in a, in a fun

[00:22:59] [SPEAKER_03]: way.

[00:22:59] [SPEAKER_03]: Like I couldn't have handled that better.

[00:23:03] [SPEAKER_03]: Um, the smooching is great.

[00:23:05] [SPEAKER_03]: The let's talk like grownups is great.

[00:23:07] [SPEAKER_03]: And, uh, even in a movie in a year that gave us a movie that was built around trivia.

[00:23:12] [SPEAKER_03]: This movie has the single best piece of Christmas trivia I've ever heard in that it was actually

[00:23:18] [SPEAKER_03]: a tough question.

[00:23:20] [SPEAKER_03]: Usually in these movies, the trivia questions are super dumb and we're also impressed that

[00:23:24] [SPEAKER_03]: they got them.

[00:23:24] [SPEAKER_03]: Um, but that Grinch question about thorough Ravenscroft is a, is a, you have to think about it and

[00:23:30] [SPEAKER_03]: it's easy to get wrong.

[00:23:32] [SPEAKER_03]: And so kudos Hallmark for getting a trivia question right for once.

[00:23:35] [SPEAKER_05]: How about that?

[00:23:36] [SPEAKER_05]: How about that?

[00:23:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, yeah.

[00:23:38] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, you gotta love the trivia.

[00:23:40] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, the, the kiss the next day after their first kiss in the car, I didn't see it coming

[00:23:48] [SPEAKER_05]: and I thought it was wonderful.

[00:23:49] [SPEAKER_05]: And then the, him walking into the room with his hair all messed up was so, was so funny.

[00:23:56] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, and I also just want to give a shout out to whoever casted this movie.

[00:24:00] [SPEAKER_05]: I thought they did a great job across the board, but the character of Bailey looks so

[00:24:07] [SPEAKER_05]: much like Kimberly Sustad and talks very similar to her that I just didn't.

[00:24:12] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, there were times where I was like, is that, is that Kimberly?

[00:24:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Like when they were, when they were far away.

[00:24:19] [SPEAKER_05]: And so I definitely bought them as sisters and sometimes it just seems like with casting,

[00:24:26] [SPEAKER_05]: it's like get anybody, no one's going to care.

[00:24:29] [SPEAKER_05]: And so, uh, with this one, I actually felt like these two were, uh, were, were related.

[00:24:33] [SPEAKER_05]: So, so shout out there.

[00:24:34] [SPEAKER_04]: Uh, Dana.

[00:24:35] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:24:35] [SPEAKER_04]: All the Santas work for me more than the magical Santa did.

[00:24:39] [SPEAKER_04]: I like, that was the big surprise to me is I didn't, I didn't see anything

[00:24:42] [SPEAKER_04]: bad about magic Santa, but the, the hodgepodge beluga of Santas that we get is perfect.

[00:24:49] [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, the, the, you know, the ventriloquist, the dude who just wants to try stuff, uh, Megan,

[00:24:54] [SPEAKER_04]: I believe who was like, we finished bronze and Rio or whatever, like in Paul Campbell, like

[00:24:59] [SPEAKER_04]: that, that idea of this ragtag gang of Santas, I thought was really fun and funny.

[00:25:06] [SPEAKER_04]: And I thought that they got enough screen time to kind of etch themselves out as a character.

[00:25:10] [SPEAKER_04]: And I appreciated that.

[00:25:12] [SPEAKER_04]: And I did get some legitimate laughs from all of those characters.

[00:25:15] [SPEAKER_04]: I thought they all had something to offer and they were really good.

[00:25:18] [SPEAKER_04]: Uh, let's do this.

[00:25:19] [SPEAKER_05]: Let's take a quick break.

[00:25:20] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll come back.

[00:25:20] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll get to the way one, the, what the hallmark here on deck, the hallmark.

[00:25:33] [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, hiya.

[00:25:34] [SPEAKER_05]: How are you?

[00:25:34] [SPEAKER_05]: Hope you're well.

[00:25:35] [SPEAKER_05]: We're talking about the Santa Claus today, a movie all about Santas and, uh, their class

[00:25:42] [SPEAKER_05]: system is my understanding about it.

[00:25:43] [SPEAKER_05]: That's exactly right.

[00:25:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Um, let's, uh, let's get to the way.

[00:25:46] [SPEAKER_05]: What is where we talk about the Santa class system?

[00:25:48] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes.

[00:25:48] [SPEAKER_05]: A different movie.

[00:25:49] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a different movie.

[00:25:50] [SPEAKER_03]: The book was called the Santa cast, but they thought that was too much.

[00:25:53] [SPEAKER_03]: That's too much.

[00:25:54] [SPEAKER_04]: People would forget the E.

[00:25:55] [SPEAKER_04]: It would be a whole thing.

[00:25:56] [SPEAKER_03]: It'd be a whole thing.

[00:25:56] [SPEAKER_03]: Right.

[00:25:57] [SPEAKER_03]: Uh, let's reverse Santa Claus situation.

[00:26:00] [SPEAKER_04]: Let's get to the way.

[00:26:01] [SPEAKER_04]: What is where we're talking about Santa's controlling all the other Santas that are down there working?

[00:26:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:26:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:26:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Sorry.

[00:26:07] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, we call them elves.

[00:26:08] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, Brian, what'd you think?

[00:26:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Uh, what'd you got?

[00:26:10] [SPEAKER_05]: Wait, what?

[00:26:10] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, sure.

[00:26:11] [SPEAKER_06]: I was a little confused about why they all wanted to be Santa.

[00:26:14] [SPEAKER_06]: It seems like a big commitment.

[00:26:15] [SPEAKER_06]: Like if you're going to go to Santa school, I feel like you got a big picture in mind.

[00:26:19] [SPEAKER_06]: Like I'm going to do this.

[00:26:21] [SPEAKER_04]: So go ahead.

[00:26:22] [SPEAKER_04]: I go ahead.

[00:26:22] [SPEAKER_04]: I didn't mean to interrupt.

[00:26:23] [SPEAKER_06]: Oh, that was, that's just like a thing.

[00:26:25] [SPEAKER_04]: I think that you have to give this movie the fact that there is an, uh, like such a thing

[00:26:31] [SPEAKER_04]: as multiple Santa school, like, like we have to pretend it doesn't take more than a, it

[00:26:38] [SPEAKER_04]: takes more than a costume to be Santa.

[00:26:41] [SPEAKER_04]: Like we have to pretend that so many people care about their craft enough to go to intensive

[00:26:46] [SPEAKER_04]: training to be Santa Claus, which is like fundamentally crazy now, but the movie is funny.

[00:26:52] [SPEAKER_04]: And so I think this is part of my, like it can either be a wait, what, or it can be,

[00:26:57] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm giving the movie this and it's a silly movie.

[00:26:59] [SPEAKER_04]: And if it's a silly movie, then I just don't like it as much as I would if it was like,

[00:27:04] [SPEAKER_04]: not that, but I think that's fair.

[00:27:07] [SPEAKER_04]: I mean, everybody that has a mall Santa, some Santas do it professionally.

[00:27:11] [SPEAKER_04]: They do, but others just throw on a beard and go out there and say, ho, ho, ho.

[00:27:15] [SPEAKER_04]: And they, you know, give it their best shot.

[00:27:17] [SPEAKER_04]: I'd like, I think that there's a, you know, a multitude of ways to go about this.

[00:27:22] [SPEAKER_04]: And the idea that there would be a Santa school isn't crazy.

[00:27:24] [SPEAKER_04]: The idea that there would be two competing schools that carry that much in a town.

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_04]: In one town.

[00:27:31] [SPEAKER_04]: In one town.

[00:27:31] [SPEAKER_04]: Is buh-buh bonkers.

[00:27:33] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a Santa-based economy there.

[00:27:35] [SPEAKER_04]: And so you either have to say this is stupid or it is stupid on purpose.

[00:27:38] [SPEAKER_04]: And I chose to do stupid on purpose and give it the benefit of the doubt.

[00:27:42] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah.

[00:27:42] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah.

[00:27:42] [SPEAKER_06]: So that was just, it's sort of a what the hallmark, but I had a different what the hallmark.

[00:27:46] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah.

[00:27:47] [SPEAKER_06]: Fair.

[00:27:47] [SPEAKER_06]: Fair.

[00:27:48] [SPEAKER_06]: How are they going to commit to this?

[00:27:49] [SPEAKER_06]: But I really liked knowing us, knowing that he was a real Santa.

[00:27:53] [SPEAKER_06]: And when, I mean, when they figured it out and that started to roll through each person,

[00:27:57] [SPEAKER_06]: that was hilarious.

[00:27:58] [SPEAKER_06]: Like I thought that was so well done.

[00:27:59] [SPEAKER_06]: I kind of wanted to, you didn't like that.

[00:28:01] [SPEAKER_06]: Oh yeah.

[00:28:02] [SPEAKER_06]: The what?

[00:28:02] [SPEAKER_06]: No, no, no, no.

[00:28:03] [SPEAKER_06]: I'm just over here wearing donuts.

[00:28:04] [SPEAKER_06]: Like that was, I kind of wish they did that sooner.

[00:28:06] [SPEAKER_06]: And everybody got in on that early.

[00:28:08] [SPEAKER_06]: I thought that's where it was going.

[00:28:09] [SPEAKER_06]: Everybody's going to help him remember based on their childhood memories of Santa.

[00:28:13] [SPEAKER_06]: And it didn't go that direction.

[00:28:15] [SPEAKER_06]: That would have been a lot of fun.

[00:28:16] [SPEAKER_06]: But I thought that the way that that rolled out was really great.

[00:28:18] [SPEAKER_06]: I just kind of wanted that earlier with everybody finding out who he was.

[00:28:23] [SPEAKER_06]: The guy who wants to buy North Star is the judge in the competition featuring the North Star.

[00:28:28] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah.

[00:28:29] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah.

[00:28:29] [SPEAKER_06]: Maybe a conflict of interest there.

[00:28:30] [SPEAKER_06]: Just a little bit.

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_05]: I don't know about that.

[00:28:33] [SPEAKER_05]: Which really like, how bad have they been for all these years?

[00:28:36] [SPEAKER_05]: If your dad's like good buddy who judges the competition has never been thrown one.

[00:28:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Throw him a bone like every couple of years.

[00:28:43] [SPEAKER_05]: He's got integrity.

[00:28:44] [SPEAKER_05]: He does.

[00:28:45] [SPEAKER_06]: I guess that speaks to it.

[00:28:47] [SPEAKER_06]: So he's fine.

[00:28:47] [SPEAKER_06]: It's all above board there.

[00:28:49] [SPEAKER_06]: And the last one I'll mention is they go to the mall to be mall Santa.

[00:28:52] [SPEAKER_06]: It felt like it's day two.

[00:28:54] [SPEAKER_06]: Like right away.

[00:28:55] [SPEAKER_06]: That feels like.

[00:28:56] [SPEAKER_04]: Just throw him into the deep end.

[00:28:57] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:28:57] [SPEAKER_06]: You can traumatize some kids with that.

[00:28:59] [SPEAKER_06]: I felt like that was a little too soon.

[00:29:01] [SPEAKER_06]: Like maybe it was just movie making magic and it wasn't that fast.

[00:29:04] [SPEAKER_04]: But it felt too soon.

[00:29:05] [SPEAKER_04]: To be fair, when I heard the premise of this movie, I thought we were going to have a lot of time in a classroom learning how to be Santa.

[00:29:11] [SPEAKER_04]: And they did not do that.

[00:29:13] [SPEAKER_04]: That's true.

[00:29:13] [SPEAKER_04]: To their credit.

[00:29:14] [SPEAKER_04]: That's true.

[00:29:14] [SPEAKER_04]: They did stuff that doesn't make sense.

[00:29:15] [SPEAKER_04]: Like sending them to the mall on day two or like running an obstacle course when they're just supposed.

[00:29:21] [SPEAKER_04]: They're training to be mall Santas, right?

[00:29:23] [SPEAKER_04]: That's what they're training.

[00:29:24] [SPEAKER_04]: They're not training to be real Santas.

[00:29:26] [SPEAKER_04]: They're training to be mall Santas.

[00:29:27] [SPEAKER_06]: Well, you never know when you're going to get the call.

[00:29:29] [SPEAKER_04]: I guess.

[00:29:29] [SPEAKER_04]: Yes, but that was more entertaining than sitting in a classroom.

[00:29:33] [SPEAKER_04]: At least I would assume so.

[00:29:34] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:29:35] [SPEAKER_04]: Alonzo, what you waiting and what you wanting?

[00:29:37] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.

[00:29:38] [SPEAKER_03]: This is also in the category of we have to give it the benefit of the doubt because it happens.

[00:29:42] [SPEAKER_03]: There's some version of this exists in almost all of these movies, which is why is all this happening in late December?

[00:29:48] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.

[00:29:49] [SPEAKER_03]: Training a mall Santa that should maybe be a summer thing.

[00:29:52] [SPEAKER_03]: Perfect for summer.

[00:29:53] [SPEAKER_03]: September.

[00:29:54] [SPEAKER_03]: There's actually a really good documentary on Max called Santa Camp about a real life, you know, one of these sort of training facilities.

[00:30:01] [SPEAKER_03]: But yeah, the only one in its city as far as I know.

[00:30:05] [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, that was weird.

[00:30:06] [SPEAKER_03]: And then the ongoing issue of Santa abandonment.

[00:30:10] [SPEAKER_03]: Yep.

[00:30:11] [SPEAKER_03]: This comes up with some frequency.

[00:30:13] [SPEAKER_03]: Going all the way back to a terrible 1960s movie called Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny.

[00:30:18] [SPEAKER_03]: And then more recently in Violent Night.

[00:30:21] [SPEAKER_03]: And now in this movie, there's this notion that like Santa could just be abandoned by the reindeer and left to fend for himself.

[00:30:29] [SPEAKER_03]: And it's like, dude has been around for centuries at this point.

[00:30:33] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know how they haven't fixed that system a little to like, you know, some sort of backup plan in case like he gets off and gets amnesia or something.

[00:30:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Listen, they're flying reindeer.

[00:30:46] [SPEAKER_05]: They can only handle so much, Alonzo.

[00:30:48] [SPEAKER_03]: I guess.

[00:30:49] [SPEAKER_03]: But like, I don't know, a little GPS monitor or something.

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, I'm glad Mrs. Claus shows up when he blows the whistle.

[00:30:55] [SPEAKER_03]: But that just felt a little too little too late for someone this important who has a deadline.

[00:31:01] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, NORAD can track them, you know.

[00:31:04] [SPEAKER_03]: Right?

[00:31:04] [SPEAKER_03]: Exactly.

[00:31:05] [SPEAKER_05]: It's not Google.

[00:31:06] [SPEAKER_05]: Google's fake.

[00:31:07] [SPEAKER_05]: We've talked about this.

[00:31:08] [SPEAKER_05]: It's not real.

[00:31:09] [SPEAKER_05]: We don't need to harp on this.

[00:31:10] [SPEAKER_05]: Their Santa tracking program is a fraud.

[00:31:13] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm trying to fraud.

[00:31:14] [SPEAKER_04]: Santa's real.

[00:31:15] [SPEAKER_04]: Listen.

[00:31:16] [SPEAKER_04]: The tracking program from Google, fraud.

[00:31:18] [SPEAKER_04]: That's exactly right.

[00:31:19] [SPEAKER_05]: There's just, all Google does is scrape info.

[00:31:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Again, we don't need to dive into this, but it's just, they're not, none of it's not doing any real work.

[00:31:27] [SPEAKER_03]: They're generating anything.

[00:31:28] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:31:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Listen, I love holiday beverages, a pep moat, a hot cocoa, et cetera.

[00:31:38] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm also known for a lot of things, but one of the things that I know myself as doing is a lot of people won't drive with an open canister of coffee in there.

[00:31:54] [SPEAKER_05]: Okay?

[00:31:54] [SPEAKER_05]: You want to get there.

[00:31:55] [SPEAKER_05]: So I will do that.

[00:31:57] [SPEAKER_05]: I throw caution to the wind and I sometimes just take a mug, no lid, coffee, and that's fine.

[00:32:02] [SPEAKER_05]: But my coffee is black coffee.

[00:32:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Even I, as somebody who loves sweet beverages, would not bring an open container of hot chocolate with marshmallows into a car.

[00:32:15] [SPEAKER_05]: It's common courtesy.

[00:32:17] [SPEAKER_05]: If it's your car, that's your decision.

[00:32:19] [SPEAKER_05]: You can't get into the passenger seat of somebody's car with open container hot chocolate with marshmallows.

[00:32:25] [SPEAKER_05]: You just can't do it.

[00:32:26] [SPEAKER_05]: And that's coming from me as somebody who plays by his own.

[00:32:30] [SPEAKER_05]: Known for a lot of things.

[00:32:31] [SPEAKER_05]: Known for a lot of things.

[00:32:31] [SPEAKER_05]: Known for a lot of things.

[00:32:32] [SPEAKER_05]: Known for a lot of things.

[00:32:32] [SPEAKER_05]: Known for a lot of things.

[00:32:33] [SPEAKER_04]: And also known by myself as doing one thing specifically.

[00:32:37] [SPEAKER_03]: Even I wouldn't do this.

[00:32:38] [SPEAKER_04]: And this is after.

[00:32:39] [SPEAKER_03]: But they do make it a bit, though.

[00:32:40] [SPEAKER_03]: They do.

[00:32:41] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes.

[00:32:41] [SPEAKER_04]: This is after he begs her for a ride.

[00:32:44] [SPEAKER_04]: He does not have a car.

[00:32:46] [SPEAKER_04]: He doesn't have it.

[00:32:46] [SPEAKER_04]: So he begs her for a ride.

[00:32:48] [SPEAKER_04]: Maybe that's why.

[00:32:49] [SPEAKER_04]: And then he spilled all of his drinks.

[00:32:51] [SPEAKER_04]: And he just burned all those bridges.

[00:32:52] [SPEAKER_04]: Sits down with a cup of marshmallows to the brim.

[00:32:55] [SPEAKER_05]: Shout out to double-handled mug mug.

[00:33:00] [SPEAKER_05]: Love that.

[00:33:01] [SPEAKER_05]: Love to see that.

[00:33:02] [SPEAKER_05]: Look, we complain when the cups are empty.

[00:33:04] [SPEAKER_05]: That's true.

[00:33:06] [SPEAKER_05]: You know what?

[00:33:07] [SPEAKER_05]: You're right, Alonzo.

[00:33:08] [SPEAKER_05]: I retract it.

[00:33:09] [SPEAKER_05]: Do whatever you want as long as there's a liquid in the cup.

[00:33:14] [SPEAKER_05]: I feel like Santa Nick really lucked out with the children that he got to see.

[00:33:21] [SPEAKER_05]: The first ones are like chugging all their hands, just grabbing.

[00:33:24] [SPEAKER_05]: One kid's just like, hey, Santa, what's up?

[00:33:27] [SPEAKER_05]: And then the other girl just needs a stuffed animal.

[00:33:30] [SPEAKER_05]: That is just a cakewalk compared.

[00:33:33] [SPEAKER_05]: But that's a great point.

[00:33:34] [SPEAKER_05]: I said this while we were watching it.

[00:33:37] [SPEAKER_05]: She's missing her reindeer stuffed animal.

[00:33:40] [SPEAKER_05]: And he's like, check my bag.

[00:33:42] [SPEAKER_05]: And she's like, this is it.

[00:33:44] [SPEAKER_05]: Santa, did you steal it?

[00:33:47] [SPEAKER_05]: He's lucky that she didn't ask that.

[00:33:49] [SPEAKER_05]: She's like, where'd you find it?

[00:33:50] [SPEAKER_05]: No, she's just like, yay.

[00:33:51] [SPEAKER_05]: So I feel like all things considered, most people would have done okay with those kids.

[00:33:57] [SPEAKER_05]: Those kids were chill and nothing in comparison to what the other Santa saw.

[00:34:01] [SPEAKER_05]: But that's also the magic of Santa.

[00:34:02] [SPEAKER_05]: So he's a calming effect on him for sure.

[00:34:05] [SPEAKER_05]: Super chill.

[00:34:06] [SPEAKER_05]: And that's it for me.

[00:34:07] [SPEAKER_05]: Dano?

[00:34:07] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:34:08] [SPEAKER_04]: So a lot of stuff is, you know, this movie has Christmas magic at play in it.

[00:34:12] [SPEAKER_04]: So it is difficult to get in the weeds on some of this stuff when, you know, you can just say it's Christmas magic.

[00:34:17] [SPEAKER_04]: I will say this.

[00:34:18] [SPEAKER_04]: Because we get to watch some magical Santa movies from time to time here.

[00:34:21] [SPEAKER_04]: Not as much as we'd like to.

[00:34:22] [SPEAKER_04]: We enjoy those movies.

[00:34:24] [SPEAKER_04]: But not since I believe the North Pole sequel, which we did with Ry Guy from ABC.

[00:34:30] [SPEAKER_04]: Shout out.

[00:34:30] [SPEAKER_04]: Do we have a Santa with amnesia?

[00:34:33] [SPEAKER_04]: Real Santa, but amnesia storyline.

[00:34:36] [SPEAKER_04]: And it's kind of wonky.

[00:34:39] [SPEAKER_04]: In that one, it's a sequel.

[00:34:40] [SPEAKER_04]: And so you know that he's Santa and it's very real, very North Pole.

[00:34:44] [SPEAKER_04]: In this situation, Ben Ayers and Kim Suss that need to take this guy to a doctor.

[00:34:48] [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, you're talking about the Snow sequel.

[00:34:50] [SPEAKER_05]: Snow.

[00:34:50] [SPEAKER_05]: I'm not North Pole.

[00:34:51] [SPEAKER_05]: North Pole.

[00:34:51] [SPEAKER_04]: My bad.

[00:34:52] [SPEAKER_04]: My bad.

[00:34:52] [SPEAKER_04]: Snow.

[00:34:53] [SPEAKER_04]: Different sequel.

[00:34:54] [SPEAKER_04]: Ashley Williams.

[00:34:54] [SPEAKER_04]: Yes.

[00:34:55] [SPEAKER_04]: Kavanaugh.

[00:34:56] [SPEAKER_04]: Those two guys.

[00:34:57] [SPEAKER_04]: Those two actors.

[00:34:59] [SPEAKER_04]: This movie, they have to take him to a doctor.

[00:35:01] [SPEAKER_04]: You have to.

[00:35:01] [SPEAKER_04]: If you see a sleigh, great.

[00:35:05] [SPEAKER_04]: This guy doesn't know who he is, nor does he know his name.

[00:35:10] [SPEAKER_04]: He's not omniscient, all-knowing Santa with a wink and a touch of his nose.

[00:35:15] [SPEAKER_04]: He doesn't know his name, guys.

[00:35:18] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, you can't just go, what if we take him to Santa camp?

[00:35:20] [SPEAKER_04]: And maybe that'll jog his memory.

[00:35:22] [SPEAKER_04]: Okay.

[00:35:23] [SPEAKER_03]: I'm sorry.

[00:35:24] [SPEAKER_03]: I have to disagree with you on this because the movie sets this up.

[00:35:27] [SPEAKER_03]: They not only see the sleigh, they see the reindeer fly away.

[00:35:30] [SPEAKER_03]: Of course.

[00:35:30] [SPEAKER_03]: And they know that if they take him to the authorities, he's going to get vivisected.

[00:35:35] [SPEAKER_03]: But the problem is.

[00:35:36] [SPEAKER_03]: He even says, look what they did to E.T.

[00:35:37] [SPEAKER_03]: I understand.

[00:35:38] [SPEAKER_03]: They've seen Miracle on 34th Street.

[00:35:40] [SPEAKER_03]: They see what happens.

[00:35:41] [SPEAKER_04]: But maybe this is why it's hard to do this plot line.

[00:35:46] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, if Santa knows, I like this movie a lot more.

[00:35:49] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, Santa's there to give everybody the belief that they can be Santa, and he knows it all along.

[00:35:54] [SPEAKER_04]: That's fun for me.

[00:35:55] [SPEAKER_04]: This is this weird thing where it's like, the more times that he keeps, like, almost fainting, you're just like, there has to be a plan.

[00:36:02] [SPEAKER_04]: Maybe bring out a doctor you trust.

[00:36:05] [SPEAKER_04]: Something.

[00:36:06] [SPEAKER_04]: I will say, I was concerned with the almost fainting.

[00:36:09] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, the whole E.T. thing doesn't do enough for me.

[00:36:11] [SPEAKER_04]: But, I mean, agree to disagree.

[00:36:12] [SPEAKER_04]: That's fine.

[00:36:13] [SPEAKER_04]: We do have this great scene with Kim Susten and Ben Ayers, and they're like, and tomorrow's the big day.

[00:36:18] [SPEAKER_04]: And they cut to the next morning where they're waking everyone up, and they're in the same clothes.

[00:36:23] [SPEAKER_04]: So, we can take that however we want to.

[00:36:25] [SPEAKER_04]: Filming mishap.

[00:36:26] [SPEAKER_04]: Filming mishap.

[00:36:27] [SPEAKER_04]: We can take it however we want to take it.

[00:36:29] [SPEAKER_04]: How's his hair looking?

[00:36:30] [SPEAKER_04]: I'm just saying.

[00:36:31] [SPEAKER_03]: Sometimes an adult will just wear the same thing today.

[00:36:34] [SPEAKER_03]: It's Christmas.

[00:36:36] [SPEAKER_03]: A little Christmas magic.

[00:36:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Sometimes you miscount how many days you're going to be gone.

[00:36:41] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:36:41] [SPEAKER_05]: You don't put enough pants in the suitcase, and you're just going to wear them again.

[00:36:46] [SPEAKER_04]: Even though they live in town.

[00:36:47] [SPEAKER_04]: Yes.

[00:36:49] [SPEAKER_04]: There is a bar in this movie that has a burger and a beer for $8.

[00:36:56] [SPEAKER_04]: This is fantastic.

[00:36:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Guys, in 2024, the year of our Lord, a burger and a beer for $8?

[00:37:05] [SPEAKER_04]: Sign me up right now.

[00:37:06] [SPEAKER_04]: Maybe the highlight of this movie for me is that this place maybe still exists.

[00:37:10] [SPEAKER_04]: A burger and beer for $8, guys.

[00:37:12] [SPEAKER_03]: I've heard of, yeah.

[00:37:12] [SPEAKER_03]: But is it $8 Canadian?

[00:37:14] [SPEAKER_04]: Ooh, now we're in the weeds.

[00:37:15] [SPEAKER_04]: See, but I thought we were in the States.

[00:37:17] [SPEAKER_04]: But if it's Canadian, I'm back out again.

[00:37:20] [SPEAKER_04]: You know.

[00:37:22] [SPEAKER_04]: I guess.

[00:37:23] [SPEAKER_04]: They don't know beer in Canada.

[00:37:24] They do.

[00:37:26] [SPEAKER_04]: They use a really great digital snow in this movie.

[00:37:34] [SPEAKER_04]: They've spent some time on it.

[00:37:35] [SPEAKER_04]: It looks so good.

[00:37:36] [SPEAKER_04]: It looks so good aside from one scene.

[00:37:38] [SPEAKER_04]: And it looks so good that in one scene it stands out when Susten and Ayers are walking

[00:37:44] [SPEAKER_04]: through the trees and the snow is going.

[00:37:46] [SPEAKER_04]: Not only is none of it landing on them, but it immediately, you can see it immediately.

[00:37:50] [SPEAKER_04]: And I hated it for this movie because the rest of the time the snow looks really real

[00:37:54] [SPEAKER_04]: when it is clearly not.

[00:37:55] [SPEAKER_04]: But in this one scene, it's tough.

[00:37:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Even Bran said it was tough.

[00:37:59] [SPEAKER_04]: It's tough.

[00:38:00] [SPEAKER_04]: And I hated that.

[00:38:02] [SPEAKER_04]: But then I just, Christmas magic, I assume these paper tickets to Paris that just say

[00:38:06] [SPEAKER_04]: Paris on them are going to transform.

[00:38:08] [SPEAKER_06]: Fully redeemable at the airport.

[00:38:09] [SPEAKER_04]: Into Paris tickets whenever she decides to go.

[00:38:12] [SPEAKER_04]: Or is it just, it's just maybe like I took a picture of the gift and put it in the box.

[00:38:16] [SPEAKER_04]: It's still in the mail.

[00:38:16] [SPEAKER_04]: The real.

[00:38:17] [SPEAKER_04]: It's a coupon.

[00:38:18] [SPEAKER_04]: The real QR codes are on your phone.

[00:38:20] [SPEAKER_04]: I took a picture.

[00:38:21] [SPEAKER_04]: Check your email.

[00:38:21] [SPEAKER_04]: So you have something to open.

[00:38:23] [SPEAKER_03]: The real QR codes were the friends we made along the way.

[00:38:25] [SPEAKER_03]: That's exactly right.

[00:38:26] [SPEAKER_04]: And when I looked down and only saw one set of footprints, it was the QR codes.

[00:38:30] [SPEAKER_04]: Karen, that's all I got.

[00:38:34] [SPEAKER_05]: It's time for what the hallmark is for.

[00:38:35] [SPEAKER_05]: We wonder what could have been.

[00:38:36] [SPEAKER_05]: Maybe how it goes to clear.

[00:38:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Any questions we still have?

[00:38:38] [SPEAKER_05]: What are we still wondering about now that the movie's over?

[00:38:41] [SPEAKER_05]: Brian?

[00:38:41] [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah.

[00:38:41] [SPEAKER_06]: Early on, Kim's character was going to take a manager job at some other company.

[00:38:47] [SPEAKER_06]: That's right.

[00:38:47] [SPEAKER_06]: And skirted that.

[00:38:48] [SPEAKER_06]: Had to abort that plan and stay put.

[00:38:51] [SPEAKER_06]: What was that job?

[00:38:52] [SPEAKER_06]: Where is she going to go?

[00:38:53] [SPEAKER_06]: Is this another Santa job?

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_06]: Get out of town?

[00:38:56] [SPEAKER_06]: No, she was selling it.

[00:38:57] [SPEAKER_04]: She didn't want to do Santa stuff.

[00:38:58] [SPEAKER_06]: I don't think so either.

[00:38:58] [SPEAKER_06]: So I was really curious where she was headed.

[00:39:02] [SPEAKER_06]: Fair.

[00:39:02] [SPEAKER_06]: A long time?

[00:39:03] [SPEAKER_03]: Sure.

[00:39:03] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.

[00:39:04] [SPEAKER_03]: This film posits a universe in which both Santa Claus and Hallmark movies exist.

[00:39:09] [SPEAKER_03]: And I think that opens up a lot of possibilities.

[00:39:13] [SPEAKER_03]: I can't begin to scrape the surface there, but I think if nothing else, they would really

[00:39:17] [SPEAKER_03]: be after him for a cameo.

[00:39:19] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:39:20] [SPEAKER_05]: At the very least.

[00:39:21] [SPEAKER_05]: I think.

[00:39:22] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:39:26] [SPEAKER_05]: You have to wonder how much of it is all a facade.

[00:39:32] [SPEAKER_05]: You know, like how much of what he's doing says a lot of things.

[00:39:37] [SPEAKER_05]: How much of what he's doing.

[00:39:39] [SPEAKER_05]: Thank you.

[00:39:40] [SPEAKER_05]: How much of what he's doing is real and how much of it is to do the thing.

[00:39:48] [SPEAKER_05]: It's arcade.

[00:39:50] [SPEAKER_05]: It's arcade.

[00:39:51] [SPEAKER_05]: It's his only.

[00:39:53] [SPEAKER_05]: It's a ragtab facade.

[00:39:54] [SPEAKER_05]: That's right.

[00:39:55] [SPEAKER_05]: What if his mission, all his mission is, is to help her?

[00:40:00] [SPEAKER_05]: This is her first year of Santa's school and he is going to come alongside.

[00:40:06] [SPEAKER_05]: That's a fun movie.

[00:40:07] [SPEAKER_05]: And maybe get these two lovebirds together.

[00:40:10] [SPEAKER_05]: Like maybe all the whole amnesia thing isn't real at all.

[00:40:15] [SPEAKER_05]: It was just a means to an end to get him there to do the thing.

[00:40:19] [SPEAKER_05]: It's listen.

[00:40:20] [SPEAKER_05]: It's Santa.

[00:40:21] [SPEAKER_05]: It's Santa.

[00:40:22] [SPEAKER_05]: And I like to think that there's a world where that happens.

[00:40:25] [SPEAKER_05]: I think we'd have gotten a wink.

[00:40:27] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:40:28] [SPEAKER_04]: One or two.

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_04]: One or two.

[00:40:30] [SPEAKER_04]: Maybe.

[00:40:30] [SPEAKER_04]: Yes, perhaps.

[00:40:31] [SPEAKER_04]: Dana.

[00:40:32] [SPEAKER_04]: So I wrote this line down.

[00:40:33] [SPEAKER_04]: I get the feeling someone will be able to explain it to me.

[00:40:35] [SPEAKER_04]: I think I missed the context of this line and I'm very curious about it.

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_04]: When she finds out that Susted is going to, is it, who finds out Susted is going to sell

[00:40:46] [SPEAKER_04]: the place?

[00:40:46] [SPEAKER_04]: He does.

[00:40:47] [SPEAKER_04]: He does.

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_04]: So he finds out and she's like, yeah, like, of course I'm going to sell it.

[00:40:53] [SPEAKER_04]: Like this offer is really, really good, blah, blah, blah.

[00:40:56] [SPEAKER_04]: And he said, and then she says, I can't let nostalgia determine my life.

[00:41:01] [SPEAKER_04]: And then he says, it's the North Star, not the Supreme Court.

[00:41:06] [SPEAKER_04]: What does he mean by that?

[00:41:09] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, I would love to know.

[00:41:11] [SPEAKER_04]: Like, I assumed I missed it.

[00:41:12] [SPEAKER_06]: Oh, that it can.

[00:41:13] [SPEAKER_06]: I think he means he can.

[00:41:15] [SPEAKER_06]: Nostalgia can.

[00:41:16] [SPEAKER_06]: Like, in the Supreme Court, I would assume, like, you can't make things, like, we can't

[00:41:20] [SPEAKER_06]: keep things the way they are just because of nostalgia, like the way they are.

[00:41:23] [SPEAKER_06]: We don't want to change it.

[00:41:24] [SPEAKER_06]: But in this case, you can.

[00:41:26] [SPEAKER_06]: You can, like, hold on to things, right?

[00:41:27] [SPEAKER_04]: But, well, she's saying I can't let nostalgia determine my life.

[00:41:33] [SPEAKER_04]: And he's like, it's the North Star.

[00:41:35] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, so he's saying.

[00:41:36] [SPEAKER_04]: You can.

[00:41:36] [SPEAKER_03]: In the case of this, you could.

[00:41:39] [SPEAKER_04]: But, and he used the Supreme Court as an example.

[00:41:41] [SPEAKER_04]: That's right.

[00:41:42] [SPEAKER_04]: I just thought I missed something.

[00:41:44] [SPEAKER_03]: The Canadian Supreme Court.

[00:41:45] [SPEAKER_03]: I think it's a different course.

[00:41:46] [SPEAKER_04]: And they dress like Santa in the Canadian Supreme Court.

[00:41:49] [SPEAKER_04]: And it all comes together.

[00:41:50] [SPEAKER_04]: Makes it fun.

[00:41:51] [SPEAKER_04]: I can easily just, like, I mean, Russ Hainline.

[00:41:54] [SPEAKER_04]: Can give me an easy answer for this.

[00:41:55] [SPEAKER_04]: I think, I think Bri's right.

[00:41:57] [SPEAKER_04]: You think that's it?

[00:41:58] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:41:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:41:58] [SPEAKER_04]: Struck me as weird.

[00:41:59] [SPEAKER_04]: Go ahead.

[00:41:59] [SPEAKER_04]: Yes.

[00:42:00] [SPEAKER_00]: I just, without me, because isn't the Supreme Court a position for life?

[00:42:05] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:42:06] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the only, I think I was like, you're not tied down to this job forever.

[00:42:09] [SPEAKER_00]: You can.

[00:42:10] [SPEAKER_06]: Well, that's the other argument for it, that you can let it go.

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_04]: But he's trying to talk her into staying.

[00:42:14] [SPEAKER_04]: Right.

[00:42:16] [SPEAKER_04]: I don't know.

[00:42:17] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know.

[00:42:17] [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe the original founder's intent of creating the Santa school.

[00:42:23] [SPEAKER_04]: Yeah.

[00:42:23] [SPEAKER_04]: When they started.

[00:42:24] [SPEAKER_04]: You can keep it in your name.

[00:42:25] [SPEAKER_04]: But when they started packing the Santa school, that's when I was.

[00:42:27] [SPEAKER_04]: Sure.

[00:42:28] [SPEAKER_04]: When FDR was like, the Santa school needs more people.

[00:42:31] Yeah.

[00:42:31] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:42:31] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah.

[00:42:32] [SPEAKER_05]: But I hear you.

[00:42:33] [SPEAKER_05]: We did, everybody.

[00:42:34] [SPEAKER_05]: Congratulations to us.

[00:42:36] [SPEAKER_05]: Yes.

[00:42:37] [SPEAKER_05]: Alonzo, it's been fun.

[00:42:39] [SPEAKER_04]: Marbury versus Madison.

[00:42:40] [SPEAKER_05]: This is it.

[00:42:41] [SPEAKER_05]: We're done with you.

[00:42:42] [SPEAKER_05]: We're done with you for the year.

[00:42:43] [SPEAKER_05]: That's it for the whole year.

[00:42:44] [SPEAKER_04]: We do have a Dave White coming up.

[00:42:46] [SPEAKER_04]: We do have Dave White coming up.

[00:42:46] [SPEAKER_03]: You sure do.

[00:42:47] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah.

[00:42:48] [SPEAKER_03]: So we'll be doing, we'll be topping and bottoming in 2025.

[00:42:51] [SPEAKER_03]: We will top it.

[00:42:52] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll top and bottom in 2025.

[00:42:54] [SPEAKER_05]: It's not the Supreme Court.

[00:42:55] [SPEAKER_05]: If you're lucky, if you're lucky, we'll top and bottom throughout the year as well.

[00:42:59] [SPEAKER_05]: Don't tease me with a good time.

[00:43:01] [SPEAKER_05]: With rankings and whatnot.

[00:43:03] [SPEAKER_05]: Alonzo, you're the best.

[00:43:04] [SPEAKER_05]: Everybody else, you're also the best.

[00:43:07] [SPEAKER_05]: Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

[00:43:09] [SPEAKER_05]: And I'm known as a lot of things, but I also know myself.

[00:43:13] [SPEAKER_05]: We'll be back tomorrow with another one until then.

[00:43:15] [SPEAKER_05]: It was the first to wish you a Merry Christmas.

[00:43:17] [SPEAKER_05]: Merry Christmas.

[00:43:18] [SPEAKER_04]: The Bramble Jam podcast is produced by Aaron Shea.

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[00:43:46] [SPEAKER_05]: Thanks for listening or don't listen.

[00:43:48] [SPEAKER_05]: It's really up to you at this point.

[00:43:50] [SPEAKER_05]: It's at the end of the show.

[00:43:52] [SPEAKER_05]: I mean, you're listening to me.

[00:43:53] [SPEAKER_05]: Hi.

[00:43:54] [SPEAKER_05]: But here they come.

[00:43:55] [SPEAKER_05]: I promise they're coming.

[00:43:56] [SPEAKER_05]: Yep.

[00:43:57] [SPEAKER_05]: Here they are.

[00:43:58] [SPEAKER_05]: Happy day.