 Oh, your pills got messed up. Oh, sorry. Okay, make sure everyone can see this. It's the most wonderful time of the year. Can you just sing that? It's the most wonderful time of the year. I love Christmas too. The holidays are fabulous. It's my favorite holiday. It is her favorite. We replace everything in the house except the children. Ha ha ha! Thank you for letting me just have Christmas throw up in our house. I, I love it. What's your earliest Christmas memory? My earliest Christmas memory, I have tons of Christmas memories, but my earliest Christmas memory would be our family Christmas tree when I was like seven or eight. My mom used to put those tinsels, the silver things. We did too. All over the freaking tree. And it'd be all over the freaking house. Everywhere, everywhere. I guess we would have to pick it up. The children. My earliest memory is being at my grandma and grandpa's house. My family was very small. It was just me and my mom, my dad and my brother. And I'll never forget, I tried so hard. I actually stuck down the hallway and fell asleep trying to see Santa Claus. Of course, I woke up in the morning in my bed. I'm like, how the heck did that happen? And just being there with my brother and my grandpa and my grandma and my parents is being so excited that I got a Tonka truck. And I just remember that as it was almost yesterday. It's kind of crazy. Man, I still get excited to get a Tonka truck, really. I remember asking my parents, I wanted a dog, a puppy. Did you get one? I got a stuffed animal puppy. And I remember crying. And they said, where you were? You were in particular. We got you the- That's messed up. No, but I loved. I still know what it looked like. You know the dog in Lady and the Tramp? But that's totally the dog. It was so cute. And I kept that dog. That dog, it's staying on my bed for as long as I can remember. So I loved it. So she got married. I love that during the holidays, you get that time off and you can spend really nice, amazing quality time with your family. I also, you guys know I love interior design. So I love just the look of Christmas. I love all the decorations that you can see, some right here. I do like the warm, like hot chocolate and cocoa, going ice skating, going and finding the tree. We come down a lot of times because there were a lot of Christmas tree farms back when I was little. Now they're all- Oh, I've always wanted to do that. Can we do that this year? I don't know for that many left. Most of them became vineyards. But when I was a kid, we got six Christmas tree farms in Napa. We can try to find one. I think that'll be so much fun. Can you imagine hating with a chainsaw? No, no. What's cool about our families is we see them both during the holidays. We're very blessed in being able to do that. So we flip flop. So one year will be at my family's, one year will be at Tamara's family's. We always have a feast. So then after that, we all go to a movie because there's usually like a huge blockbuster film that's out. My family, we always do something similar. We'll do the dinner, and then we'll usually play games. Now that the kids are older too, they like to play games. So Pujono or Pictionary, all the different fun family games. I grew up doing that. I remember as a child, or as I got into the teenager, we would have the dinner in the games and then we would leave mom and dad and adults and the teenagers would all go to the movie. So I'm looking forward to an eight minute or I do that. We always have to watch Christmas films. Like on Christmas day, we're actually leading up to Christmas. Let me just explain to you my son and daughter. They watch the Grinch in March. Yeah. So they inherited that from her. We love holiday films and we will watch Christmas films all the way up until New Year's. Pretty much. And after. Yeah. Yeah. Our traditional holiday meals, we're always gonna have green beans, mashed potatoes, turkey, collard greens. This man contrary to some people's belief, this man can cook some collard greens. He got the green lights and the AOK from Miss Darlene. And Lonnie loves. And Lonnie. He can cook some greens. There's a tomato truth bomb right there. It is. I can kill some yams. My pumpkin. Oh, my yams are bomb. I think my yams are. No. My yams are. Her yams are good. Mine are, they're different. Yours are, mine are mashed. Yours aren't. Okay. They're different. They're different. It's like a truck and an SUV. Both are very, very important. They're just different vehicles. Yeah. I love that we as a family, we make holiday cards. We take photos every single year and it started with when Aiden was born. Remember that? We take lots and lots. It's one of my favorite traditions. Let's just say that. You always like the outcome of it. And lots. I will say. Thank you. Lots and lots of photos. Thank you again because I usually always have this theme and he just goes along with it. The one that I can remember, Aiden had this red bow tie. I had my little scheme. Theme, not scheme. I had my little theme. It's a scheme too. Yeah, for him. It's a wonderful one. And Aiden did not want to wear it. Was wiggling, was crying, wanted it off. Aiden ran across the street. I wouldn't stop crying. But we got one. All it takes is one photo. And we got one. And we got one. There's actually two issues we've had. Really? What was the other one? It was the second Christmas with Aiden. And I did the photo myself. We did a selfie. Oh my gosh. And I said, never, ever, ever again. Is Adam going? It was Christmas 2014 or 2015. No, 2015. Going to do it. What made getting the picture just insane was trying to get everyone to look in one direction and smile. It sounds like such a simple task. Just look at the camera and smile. No. It took forever. I want to say at least like 45 minutes. And we shuffled ourselves. It's crying. It was just horrible. But the picture turned out fat. But we did get that one shot. You would never know. I know, though. Look in Aiden's eyes. Just look. Because we will let you guys see, though. I know. Yeah. If you hadn't said that, that wouldn't have happened. I don't know. I don't think you would have noticed. OK. Let us know. I don't know what our theme is going to be this year. It doesn't matter. You just tell me what it is. But you always write the Christmas letter. I do. What happened was years ago, my mom was complaining that she had to write a Christmas letter. And so my dad said, you know, your mother needs help with the Christmas letter. So I wrote it. And it became a thing for my family every year I write the Christmas letter. And I'm a little sarcastic in it. It's fun. And then when we got married, I started writing our Christmas letter much more brief. And you have fun with it. So it's not the boring, you know, in March. Tamara got her new teeth. And in April, she got new, you know, Botox. Now, those are true. I'm just joking. But like, just for a record, no Botox here. No Botox. And same teeth. Never touch his face. But for the record, have you guys, in the comments down below, let us know some of the crazy things that you've written in Christmas letters. Because I've read stuff like that. My mom always gives me the Christmas letters that they receive. And I read stuff. And I'm like, why did your son Sally just say that she got Botox? Well, because it is a trendy thing. But you don't tell people that in the Christmas letter. I mean, I read stuff in the Christmas letter. I'm like, yeah, I didn't even know about that operation. I'm glad you're OK, but. The strangest gift I've ever received for Christmas, I can't really say because I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings. OK, for me, it's like, yes, I've received gifts where it's like, oh, I will never wear that. I am so sorry. That is. But it's like, I, it's the thought that counts. Yes. I never actually, I'll be careful with you. I never open a present in something I don't want and go, oh, I never do that. We were not taught that. And I've never re-gifted for the record. She probably asked. What? I have never re-gifted. Re-gifting is a gift, OK? It is a gift if they don't know. And it's something that they wanted. I've never re-gifted. I've given things away. I've never re-gifted. This is a funny story I have to tell about Elena. And it's funny because if you've known, if you knew Elena, you would know she was feisty. She was sassy. And she always had an opinion about everything. She talked a lot. She talked a lot. So this is one memory that we can share, right? So I re-gifted something I gave it to Elena. I didn't think that she watched the talk show as much as I did. And you know how they give you tons of gifts? I remember she did in such a sweet way. She was like, time for your show? Weren't these? I was like, I think she caught us another time, too. She did? I think there was another time. She was so smart. I think it was another time where she was lying. But she was very grateful. She was thankful. But I will never forget that memory. I think she doesn't know my parents. I think Uncle Adam and Tamara gave me something that was given to her. Really? I think she was younger. But we gave her lots of things. Yes. Yeah. But I think this, from that time on, I made sure. I never re-gifted. It wasn't ever gifting. It was something that was brand new. We're still in a box with this amazing memory. It was true, but it was gifted to me. And I was like, oh, Elena would like this more. She totally caught you. She sure did. I will never forget that. You should be ashamed. I love giving, too. Yes. Like, I also love receiving gifts. OK. But there's just something about. What do you want for Christmas, by the way? I have no idea what to get you this year. I don't know. So in my family, I was always the one that found the unique gifts. Like, I take time to find something. Like, even your brother, Taj, I like to find things that people, like, they wouldn't necessarily get for themselves. Yeah. That's what we love. I love doing it. I love the thought process of, like, finding that perfect gift. And my mom actually said to me, you always give amazing gifts. My parents are the same thing. About me? No, about me. I know this sounds cheesy, but we're always giving each other gifts. So I like one we got a couple years ago. We got each other electric bikes. That was cool. That was cool. But what's that, a Christmas gift? We bought them in, like, in the October 1st for November. Yeah. But we were like, this is our Christmas gift for each other. It was one of those gifts. This cost a lot of money. So this is going to be your Christmas, your birthday. Mother's Day, Father's Day. Yes, it was all in, like, one anniversary. And I will say this, we are one of the households that don't go cray-cray on Christmas gifts. Because we also, and this is me, I mean, I can speak for the both of us, we do want our children to know the true meaning of Christmas. And at the same time, it's totally awesome and amazing to give and receive gifts. But we don't want it to be just about that. So there is a balance in our household. I think the biggest way to tell the story of Christmas is obviously make sure you bring in our faith to it so the kids understand what Christmas is about as well for what comes to the bigger meaning. But I have really cool books right now where you can talk about the birth of Jesus. We are a family of faith. So this is how we like to share the Christmas story with our kids. We even do something that's cool on my mom's side of the family whenever we're there. We will actually sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. It's actually pretty endearing. It's cute. I feel like the emotions that are brought up during the holidays, for me personally, is just happiness. I am like a kid in a candy store when I hear the jingling of the Christmas bells. I love music just in general, so I love Christmas music. I love the message behind Christmas music. We decorate and listen to Christmas music at the same time. Which means I carry the boxes in. Yes. And she moves things around 17 times so she finds the right spot. And we listen to Christmas music. Y'all understand, the struggle is real, but it always looks nice. And I drink Baileys. Yes. We drink while we decorate the Christmas tree. Thank goodness. I have my own Christmas playlist of like, I think 95. It's pretty dope. You play your Christmas, yes. I actually start playing my Christmas playlist before Thanksgiving. No. That is where we differ. We are not cost-effective. I would love to put up my Christmas decorations. I would like to do it before. I saw a store that had Christmas decorations in August this year. I was like, come on. Hello? Who's that? It's Santa Claus. He's using the front door. For me, the holiday energy, if you will, is always like, I agree it's a matter of positive. It's about joy. It's about happiness. It's about blessings. It's about trying to help others too. I mean, that's one thing we're trying to do is I want to help those who don't necessarily, especially now this year, maybe have the opportunity to get a tree or to be able to provide presents for their children. And then there's always, I always say sadness, but you have the memories. I remember the smell of my grandpa. And my grandma, Elena, seeing her first Christmas and spending 18 Christmases giving her presents. I mean, those are things that I do remember. And there's always a little bit of that, a little bit of nostalgia and a little bit of the heart wanting to have one more day. But I would say the majority of it is about just giving in that whole spirit. This holiday season, I am definitely looking forward to just decorating the Christmas tree. Listening to, there he goes again. Listening to Christmas music. That part's fine. Drinking while we're doing it. That part's fine. Carrying the boxes in, that part's not fine. The huffing and puffing that goes on. Can you move it again, maybe a millimeter to the right? Yeah. Twist as you move that millimeter and move a millimeter back in a quarter as you twist. But it always looks great, doesn't it? It's fabulous. It always looks great. That's the right answer. And you guys will see. So what are you guys looking most forward to this holiday season? Let us know in the comments below. And don't forget to subscribe to The Housing Life. There we go, everybody. Wow, and happy new year. We love you guys. And the housing.