Hey everybody, it's Ira.
Okay, so what you're listening to right this second is not our regular weekly program,
but an extra episode that we decided just to throw it on the podcast feed for the holiday and Merry Christmas.
We just figured that lots of you might be traveling long distances this week,
flying or driving and might want to have something extra to listen to on the way.
Or maybe you're with your family and you just need a long walk where you get a break from people who you love.
You definitely do love them.
There's no question, but sometimes a person does just sometimes need a little break.
Okay.
Anyway, it's Christmas time.
This episode is from our very first year as a national show,
has a couple of classic old school stories that definitely stand the test of time.
Okay, I've said enough.
I'm now handing off now to uh, myself back then.
You know that saying, you can really tell who somebody is in a crisis.
You can really tell at Christmas too.
That's because Christmas, more than any other day in the American year,
is a day when we're all handed the same,
the same stage props, the same tree, the presents,
the meal, the relatives, and all the same expectations.