 Hey friends today We are continuing our 12 days till Christmas countdown and we are just two days away. Well today's Christmas Eve Holy moly. We're just tomorrow's Christmas. Holy moly. Did I lose a day? Wait, holy moly, but anyways, we're gonna hang out go Christmas shopping And then we have to get food for Christmas dinner tomorrow And then I figure since we're cooking dinner tomorrow on Christmas day We'd have a nice little family dinner tonight So we're gonna eat some food drive around and have a beautiful Christmas Eve kind of night. Anyhoo Let's go do this. Oh, that's so awesome We are at Sam's Club right now, but we are gonna make our way down to shifts And I'm so excited to take you guys down to shifts this place This grocery store has a huge impact on my life. It's so funny But what do we come to what do we come to Sam's Club for Bon? We got ham ham from Sam's Club. I Was trying to find a nice little family restaurant that we can go to tonight for our Christmas Eve dinner But everything is kind of closed and it's kind of funny because I was like, oh It's closed because it's Christmas Eve, but no like most of these places are just closed But they open. Yeah, they're closed on Sundays. They're closed on Mondays and Tuesdays They close at 5 p.m. small-town restaurant kind of stuff. So it's very difficult and The only place my mom has never been to is Ruth Chris Steakhouse. So I think we're gonna go to the casino tonight we made it down the road to shifts market and this place is the very first place I've ever seen an animatronic and It terrified me. It scared me so bad that my mom Literally had to force me to come in here when I was a kid because I was so afraid to see the animatronic. I Don't think he is here anymore, but he was like mr. Schiff himself wasn't he was like a bald butcher and he was in the Meat section and he just like stood very up And I remember I used to be so afraid because he would move and I thought he was trying to get me He was following me. You remember too, right? So it's like and that's so funny because now I am like I'm the biggest fan of animatronics So something I was terrified as growing up now. I love I love animatronics This is it right here good old shifts. I haven't been here in a while. I think I'm heading straight back to the meat I want to see if he's up there used to be up there. I don't know if he's still there No, he's not there. He's gone Man, I gotta find him if I can find him I'd buy him Alright, we have an update and not only do we have an update We have a name and a photo of the mannequin now. It wasn't even an animatronic I don't even think it was an animatronic I was that terrified and scared of this mannequin that I thought it was moving Isn't that crazy? But his name was Fritz and he is not there. He was a butcher. He was a butcher mannequin and it terrified me and I mentioned it in there and everyone said the same thing they're all like He scared me so we did find a photo be prepared. This is like nightmare fuel and realize that this was once in a meat section of a small-town grocery store There he is good old Fritz they literally used to dress him up He's exactly where I thought he was standing in that corner. Wow, that is incredible I would love someone says they said in there that he's still around but holy moly childhood emotional damage Yo, I absolutely love these Videos this the 12 days of Christmas countdown vlogmas only because I get to give you guys a look of a little bit more of like The past for me and my history and I guess that's what you would call it right upbringing upbringing my mom sent me and Bonnie to the store and She gave us a list of things that we had to get and I'm pretty sure string cheese was not on it or this Plush throw Something that I think is hysterical The other day we went to a family dinner. It was a very fancy dinner and we were taking photos afterwards and my mom She was like, oh, there's not a lot of Christmas decorations She wanted to get like the elf in between us and she didn't think it was Christmassy enough And they have this new AI thing on Instagram where you can basically select a background and it Basically turns it into like a whole nother world So I'm gonna show her some of the pictures and be like oh look these photos came out great And then some of them even add like you could be like add a human into it add a family member And they look like weird humano like it's so creepy But I can't wait to show her and be like I don't remember taking that photo So you go in and you select a photo like this and then you hit next and you put like Christmas and Then hit Christmas and it creates like a background. It's it's really cool. Oh Like that see and then I'm gonna be like oh mom look at this one these photos came out great And she's gonna be like I don't remember this Wait never mind. I found a way better one I got this picture of me my mom and Bonnie and It's like you got that like the catering hall in the background But then I said make it Christmas and look at that. That is so awesome I'm gonna see like mom this picture came out great. So I'm gonna post this one to Instagram I think that's so awesome. You guys got to go check it out My did you see the pictures? Then they come out great Did you see the pictures in they come out great? I I didn't even notice that they had a fireplace there Did I I know it's literally and then the Christmas tree was really nice So Oh like the group of us yeah like this one Who was that who that guy on the end who are they That's the cousin I know that we're going out to dinner, but I can't like I got to get some more of the manuka I got to get maybe another lens or cookie Yeah, this is the way you should have the strudel now. I'm going with your cookie to Linda cookies to the season the holiday season Does anybody else put their pastries in the microwave? My mom also puts she also puts her bread in there, too Yo, no joke. I love these cookies You ever saw the office Where Kevin he they're trying to stay quiet and then Kevin breaks the silence by eating a candy bar and going I Tell her feel about these cookies Alright, we're loading up the car and we're gonna head out to Mohegan Sun That's where Ruth Chris's steakhouse is my mom wanted to go to Olive Garden, but I was just like we got to do something Better than I mean I love the OG don't get me wrong I'll do endless breadsticks soup and salad all day, but it's Christmas Eve. So it's a Christmas Eve casino trip Must be 21 to enter ma You know, I would have never thought in a million years the very first time I come home for the holidays I'd be spending Christmas Eve at the casino. My mom doesn't even like to gamble. I have to tell you this awesome story The first time I ever took my mom to a casino. I told her I was like trying to convince her I was like, oh, just come you can play the nickel slots, you know the nickel machines and she was like, oh, okay That sounds good. I pick her up and she hands me her bag and I'm like, geez mom Why is this bag so heavy? Well, she didn't know like she thought it was like back in the day We'd have to actually put nickels in so she went to the bank and actually cashed out a bunch of nickels I remember this it was so funny. I was like, oh My you want to play some slots later on some slots the nickel slots But here it is Ruth's Chris steakhouse and it's a little festive this time of the year Look at that toy soldiers over there frosty my mom's excited This place is very festive looking in here. I Like it very very nice You see it ornaments ornaments For starters, I ended up getting the corn chowder. My mom got corn chowder too. She loves some chowder Big soup lady. I'm a big soup guy That corn chowder was amazing and now I kind of want to pull a little National Lampoon's Vegas vacation If you ever watch that movie the Griswolds are all sitting down Having breakfast and Clark gets up and just like walks away and goes and plays a slot machine Waste lots of money and then just comes back and starts eating breakfast like nothing happened So I kind of want to do that, but hopefully win. I Actually got some free slot play because I bought like a dining package. So I got $20. Look at that 20 bucks I'm gonna make it big. Here we go. Max bet. Oh, what am I betting? Oh? What did I win I went three? I won three bucks. Oh Dang, oh, I didn't get anything there. Oh, I think I lost all my money. I didn't walk away I lost it all it's all gone. It's all gone. It's all gone The food hasn't come yet, huh? Sorry. I go to the bathroom real quick Mom the steaks are here Bonnie and my mom both went ribeye and I decided to go in with the bone in filet. Oh 500 degree plate Ariel ended up getting mac and cheese for her kids meal kids meal. This is this is the kids meal It's bigger than my steak Like that isn't saying this is the our gratin potatoes my mom wanted that this is a sweet potato casserole, which looks amazing I'm actually gonna fork into this real quick Look at that. Oh, and then we got Brussels sprouts and it's looking good. I Am loving the food mom. What do you think? delicious You too bun Everything's been amazing the filet I devoured right down to the bone. Oh Wow That's the bread pudding. Yes, it looks like a biscuit Wow What'd you get Bonnie? Oh my Lord is that cheesecake looks phenomenal mom got the apple tart. Oh No, that's a crème brûlée And what did she get hoggin doth Of the food, yeah, I'm taking a picture right now Ariel's liking that Yeah, I'm gonna dump these in Bonnie. What was your favorite thing about roots Chris? My mom said it was her best day. She's ever had Yeah I like that so I can't stop thinking what Ariel's doing over there. What's she doing? Are you doing hi? Are we on the racetrack we are on the racetrack mom, this is the horse track We don't belong here Yo mom I would pay you money to get down there in that chair and just start doing a lap come on Now we're gonna go drive around and see Christmas lights. You excited mom. I'm excited. I like how you're wearing my hat, too Hey, you want to see Christmas lights? All right, well now that we got to see the lights at Nay-Aug I think we're gonna head back up to the Peckville house my friend Jeff's house that was on the great Christmas light fight and we're gonna be able to walk around because it's not raining anymore I've been wanting to show you guys and actually go back and check it out might as well Christmas Eve Look at how amazing this is. I'm so happy We actually get to get out and walk around because like all the other Christmas light like Houses you actually just like drive by in your car. You ready Ariel? For more information about the Peckville Christmas house you can actually Find their information on Facebook like us on Facebook little QR code there, but holy moly Right, this is insane Bright Wow, yeah, look at all those penguins Wow There's a back section where you can drive through my mom didn't want to get out cuz she didn't bring her coat So maybe we'll drive mom through Bonnie Yeah, she'd love to see all this. This is so unbelievable Let me know in the comments if you've seen a better like like this is I've never seen that this amount of Christmas decorations before I Think we're gonna have to start making our way out though This is the end here though. This is like so like Beyond anything I've ever said like seen before when it comes to Christmas decorations still kind of shocked This is a special view Kelly we don't usually allow a lot of people This is fancy Oh Jeff yes, how many how many what is it called blow? Blow moles, how many blow moles are down there? Wow Yeah, that it's it's beautiful from up here. Honestly, I was geeking out when I was walking around on the pathway down there But seeing it up here is insane And with that I think we are done here tonight It's Christmas Eve tomorrow is Christmas day and it's the end of our 12 days till Christmas countdown I can't even believe it. I'm pretty sure I got messed up somewhere along the way Honestly, it was a lot of fun and maybe I'll do it again next year or maybe eventually I'll start doing more My kind of daily vlog style videos But any hoos, I hope you enjoyed the video Merry Christmas, Gracie says hello to Merry Christmas To you and to all a good night Before we go to bed, we got to put our cookies for Santa Gotta put our cookies for Santa Yep We sure do Cookies for Santa