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all the latest Hello,

1:01

and a very happy Christmas to

1:03

all of you. Welcome to our special

1:05

Christmas edition of Table Manners. Well,

1:07

I hope it's all going well. I

1:09

I hope you've managed to avoid too

1:12

many or champagne before the grave is made. the grave

1:14

is made. We have gathered together

1:16

some brilliant out guests to find out

1:18

how they'll be spending the festive period

1:20

hear to hear about their Christmas traditions

1:22

to see if you want to inherit

1:24

any of them. of the first time,

1:26

this special is going out on

1:28

Christmas Day. We think think it's the perfect

1:31

accompaniment. lunch or lunch, listening on listening

1:33

on your walk. Well you're in for a

1:35

you're in for a treat we'll

1:37

be be joined by kitchen disco queen

1:39

herself, Elizabeth. The The gorgeous will be

1:41

will be dining in from

1:43

music rehearsals. The film director, Richard will

1:45

be telling us about his

1:47

latest Christmas movie, and we

1:50

movie. And we catch Girls Allowed, who's currently

1:52

hot is it to Heathrow. it

1:54

to Heathrow. But first, his Ugly Betty Broadway

1:56

star, the the wonderful Vanessa Williams,

1:59

is currently starring. in the West End

2:01

in the Devil Wares Prada. Hi

2:03

Vanessa, how are you? I'm okay.

2:05

I'm okay. We're looking gorgeous. Thank

2:07

you. We've already done 52 shows

2:10

already here which is incredible. So

2:12

considering we just opened, we've been

2:14

here for a while. How's it

2:16

all feeling at the dominion theater?

2:18

Devil Wares Prada, how's it feeling?

2:20

It's. phenomenal. I mean, it's the

2:23

best entrance I've ever had in

2:25

my life on stage. I come

2:27

up in a lift after this

2:29

whole swell of a crescendo of

2:31

the orchestra bringing me up and

2:34

then there's a ding of the

2:36

bell and everyone imagines the doors

2:38

open and I get a thunderous

2:40

applause every every show so it

2:42

could not be any better. I

2:45

thank I thank Jerry Mitchell for

2:47

for putting it in the show.

2:49

How fabulous. That's quite interesting because

2:51

I know that like applause is

2:53

usually happen on Broadway when a

2:55

star enters. But we're so reserved

2:58

in the UK. So it must

3:00

be, well, everyone's very excited about

3:02

seeing you, Vanessa. But also, that's

3:04

quite unusual for the UK audience

3:06

to give an applause, isn't it?

3:09

Yeah, it's been, again, I'm used

3:11

to Broadway audiences, so I get

3:13

it, everyone usually gets an entrance

3:15

applause. Yeah. But again, it's so

3:17

dynamic with the orchestration, and it

3:19

literally is like a crescendo, and

3:22

then I'm wearing an incredible. multi-colored

3:24

fur with a gorgeous suit and

3:26

the glasses and I'm holding the

3:28

runway in my hand with a

3:30

fabulous bag so the people that

3:33

love the franchise are like yeah

3:35

we're ready the people that have

3:37

no idea about the story at

3:39

all but just are coming because

3:41

they're bringing their daughter or whatever

3:44

they are thoroughly entertained and and

3:46

Jerry Mitchell who is our director

3:48

and choreographer knows how to make

3:50

a hit show. She's a big

3:52

star just. She's bound to get

3:54

a huge huge entrance. Vanessa, can

3:57

we ask, are you going to

3:59

be basing your turkey this Christmas

4:01

like you do at Thanksgiving? I

4:03

wish, I don't think I'm cooking

4:05

at all. We've got a show

4:08

Christmas Eve and then we've got

4:10

a show on Boxing Day and

4:12

I'm in a flat, a two-bedroom

4:14

flat, so I'm, you know, you...

4:16

you've got your your pants that

4:18

you like and your your butcher's

4:21

that you like so I haven't

4:23

found I'm sure there's amazing places

4:25

here I've not done my research

4:27

to find the proper thing so

4:29

I'll probably either go out or

4:32

I don't know what I'm going

4:34

to do. Why are you invited

4:36

for Christmas? We've got a space

4:38

for you if you need one.

4:40

Ah, well thank you. Otherwise Vanessa

4:42

I do think you need to

4:45

get your reservation in order ASAP.

4:47

I hate to break it to

4:49

you but you know we need

4:51

to get that clarages reservation like

4:53

done. Yeah. Lenny, I'm still dreaming

4:56

about you did a flowerless chocolate

4:58

cake when I came to your

5:00

home that I still, and you

5:02

did no flour and I think

5:04

it was plums or something, it

5:07

was so moist and delicious that

5:09

still haunts me to this day.

5:11

Oh my goodness. Oh maybe I

5:13

better make you another one for

5:15

Christmas. And or you're getting out

5:17

away with it this Christmas because

5:20

you're not... on home soil? Yes,

5:22

I'm getting away without not doing

5:24

it because my children came in

5:26

for our opening on December 1st,

5:28

so they all had their opportunity

5:31

to hang out in London for

5:33

a week or so, which has

5:35

been great. And they had a

5:37

wonderful time. I mean, there's nothing

5:39

like London for the holidays. The

5:41

streets are lined with beautiful decorations

5:44

and lighting and... Every store is

5:46

just decorated to the 9th. It's

5:48

beautiful here. So it's like a

5:50

giant Christmas market everywhere you go.

5:52

Yeah, a recent guest called London

5:55

the Christmas City and I really

5:57

think it is. It's funny, I

5:59

think we're all so bahumbug about

6:01

it. Yeah. Like, oh God, the

6:03

idea of being in bloody Oxford

6:05

Street is my idea of hell

6:08

right now. It is busy, that's

6:10

very... But I guess you have

6:12

to be there, but at least

6:14

you can just walk. Yes. So

6:16

lots of my friends have come

6:19

in to see the show and

6:21

then do their holidays. So I've

6:23

done the Fortinna Mason, we did

6:25

the tea there, because Sundays are

6:27

my day off. So Sundays I

6:30

tend to have to... Shepard, all

6:32

my friends and friends that are

6:34

in the city to, you know,

6:36

we went to see the Elin

6:38

John at the Victoria and Albert

6:40

Museum. He has this beautiful retrospective

6:43

of photography, so we did that.

6:45

We've done high tea, you know,

6:47

selfages and the Harards and everything

6:49

there is. So I know the

6:51

crowds on Oxford Street. I have

6:54

been, you know, wiggling my way

6:56

through the crowds as well. Is

6:58

there a Christmas tradition on Christmas

7:00

Eve? Will everyone stop and have

7:02

at the end of the show?

7:04

Will you all have a glass

7:07

of champagne and maybe just a

7:09

bit of a celebration and a

7:11

group hug before you? Everyone breaks

7:13

up for Christmas Day. I don't

7:15

know. We'll see. I mean, I

7:18

know my dresser Murray, who's phenomenal,

7:20

did decorated, I snuck into my

7:22

dressing room and decorated, put a

7:24

tree up and all kinds of

7:26

beautiful twinkle lights. So there's that,

7:28

and we had a Christmas jumper

7:31

days, we did a big group

7:33

shot of that. So it's a

7:35

wonderful cast. Where did you get

7:37

your Christmas jumper from Vanessa? Prada.

7:39

Prada. Prada. Prada. Prada. We like

7:42

to call it a primoisse or

7:44

pramani sometimes. Yeah PR begins with

7:46

Prado and Prima almost the same

7:48

aren't they? Before we let you

7:50

go Vanessa so you can actually

7:53

just rest. What is your favorite

7:55

Christmas song? Well I mean personally

7:57

I have one called... December lullaby

7:59

which I recorded for my silver

8:01

and gold album so I had

8:03

my mom was is a well

8:06

she used to be a music

8:08

teacher and she had a children's

8:10

choir so I always would have

8:12

her bring a select group of

8:14

kids to sing on my albums

8:17

and then Sasha was only four

8:19

at the time so she starts

8:21

it off with shh. Listen. And

8:23

then it always makes me cry

8:25

because every time I hear her

8:27

voice, it's like, oh, that's my

8:30

little baby. And so that's, September

8:32

lullaby has, you know, her say,

8:34

la la la, la, la, la,

8:36

la, la, la, la. So it

8:38

just breaks me to listen to

8:41

her saying, the traditional one, probably.

8:43

I mean Silent Night is just

8:45

a beautiful, beautiful medley. Melody and

8:47

it's just timeless. I've sung it.

8:49

My most unique time was singing

8:51

it in German for Arnold Schwarzenegger

8:53

when he was governor of California

8:55

and Maria Shropper called and said,

8:57

listen, they're doing, you know, Arnold

8:59

is finishing his term as governor.

9:01

There's a group of people that

9:03

are going to fly up to

9:05

surprise him. And it was me,

9:07

Danny DeVito. Tom Arnold, Sylvester, it

9:09

was like the weirdest group of

9:11

people on this private plane to

9:13

surprise him. And I sang still

9:15

in October. Eilginach to him in

9:17

German, which was silent and it

9:19

was amazing. And he, I made

9:21

him cry, I made him tear

9:23

up and Maria's like, how did

9:25

you do that? I can't make

9:27

him do that. How did you

9:30

do that? You made the Terminator

9:32

cry. That's amazing. Can I ask

9:34

one thing, Vanessa? Are you wearing

9:36

stilettos throughout the whole show? I

9:38

am I change pretty much with

9:40

every scene so and I have

9:42

a tip that I saw on

9:44

reals I think on Instagram if

9:46

you put I've got you know

9:48

those corn socks like those toe

9:50

like yeah tubes that are cushioned

9:52

if you do your third and

9:54

fourth toe together it makes your

9:56

feet more narrow and it cushions

9:58

where the pressure is so you

10:00

can wear high heels all day

10:02

long so that's my tip and

10:04

it actually works so it's it's

10:06

toes you know there's a pinky

10:08

toe so the one right next

10:10

to the pinky toe and the

10:12

third toe take to put those

10:14

together. Find them up put just

10:16

put your heels on and you

10:18

will not feel any pressure. which

10:20

is what kills you in the

10:22

high hills. Wow, that's amazing Vanessa.

10:24

Thank you for that tip. All

10:26

the Christmas parties, everyone needs to

10:28

know. So you're going to be

10:30

having your flatties on on Christmas

10:33

Day. Yes, or Bears. For sure.

10:35

Vanessa, we can't wait to come

10:37

and watch you in the Devil

10:39

wears Prado. Thank you so much

10:41

for being on our Christmas special.

10:43

You look gorgeous, happy Christmas, and

10:45

we'll see you soon. Yeah, and

10:47

break a leg and many legs.

10:49

So great, catch up with Vanessa,

10:51

looking absolutely gorgeous, sitting in central

10:53

London. Now we're going from one

10:55

queen to another. It's time to

10:57

speak to the kitchen disco queen.

10:59

Well, Mom, hang on, I think

11:01

she's slightly more than that. She

11:03

had probably one of the biggest

11:05

pop moments. She's had a big

11:07

year. In 2024. Yeah. And it

11:09

was right, well, it was right

11:11

at the end of 2023. And

11:13

then, you know. She performed at

11:15

the BAFTAs this year. She has

11:17

a New Year's Eve special on

11:19

BBC and she's going to be

11:21

in America at the same time,

11:23

basically on two different screens, trans-Atlantic,

11:25

celebrating the new year. And she

11:27

puts the glamour back in the

11:29

kitchen. She's the gift that keeps

11:31

on giving. It's Sophie Elis Bexta.

11:33

What are some of the Christmas

11:36

traditions in your house? So we

11:38

have a lot of traditions actually

11:40

and some of them I didn't

11:42

realise until I was... probably into

11:44

like my teens that not other

11:46

families were doing them. So they

11:48

all emanate from the Ellis side

11:50

of the family and we host

11:52

Christmas every year Richard and I

11:54

we have done for about must

11:56

be nearly 20 years now, everybody

11:58

comes to us. And my mum

12:00

is always with us, so these

12:02

Alice traditions prevail. Some of them,

12:04

okay, I don't know, do you

12:06

know about tree presents? See I

12:08

think this is a strange one.

12:10

Yeah. Oh, you did? My friend

12:12

does that on Christmas Eve, right?

12:14

So she does tiny tree presents

12:16

that are about a pound. Little

12:18

tiny things and everyone gets a

12:20

tree present on Christmas Eve. Okay,

12:22

what's your tree present? So for

12:24

us, it's anything that can be

12:26

balanced on the branches of the

12:28

Christmas tree. So not really necessarily

12:30

a pound. Sometimes they might be,

12:32

I suppose like stocking filler-esque. And

12:34

yeah, diamond rings. No, no diamond

12:36

ring, it could be. It's not,

12:39

yeah. It's it. And every year

12:41

you have to balance them and

12:43

then lose some. So there's always

12:45

an awkward bit when you open

12:47

them, which is usually after the

12:49

big meal on Christmas Day, so

12:51

we'll open them like. five or

12:53

six in the evening and I've

12:55

always got a couple of people

12:57

where I just cannot find this

12:59

very small item but I've somewhere

13:01

hidden on our tree. I think

13:03

it's been my mother-in-law more often

13:05

than not and it's genuine I

13:07

haven't not got her something but

13:09

it always looks like I haven't

13:11

because I can't find it. What's

13:13

been your best Christmas tree present

13:15

that you've given and been gifted?

13:17

I think my favourites used to

13:19

come from my grandpa actually he's

13:21

sadly not around anymore but he

13:23

was a very practical man so

13:25

he would do quite sort of

13:27

useful type gifts so it might

13:29

be a gadget for something maybe

13:31

like a kitchen gadget or something

13:33

a bit a bit useful like

13:35

that and a lot of them

13:37

I still use so I always

13:40

think of him actually this time

13:42

of year he used to be

13:44

a special effects man at the

13:46

BBC for years and the BBC

13:48

for years and sometimes he would

13:50

come to Christmas and he'd made

13:52

like a homemade firework for the

13:54

quite bonkers, but good fun. And

13:56

then for giving people, well, there

13:58

was a year actually, why, I

14:00

framed pictures of the school

14:02

kids you know, know they're like

14:04

class photos photos. so done done

14:06

different kids for different family

14:09

members. members. And accident again,

14:11

Daphne, my my mother -in -law, opened it

14:13

and opened it I didn't want that

14:15

one want that one. We're not going to

14:17

say which which child that

14:20

was was. She came to to of it. It

14:22

fine fine. And the other And the other

14:24

tradition we have, which I don't think other people

14:26

do. do, is is whenever we

14:28

do the Christmas pudding. pudding. So you you

14:30

set fire to it then then carry

14:32

it around the house a a line singing

14:34

here comes the comes the pudding to

14:36

the of his, he's a jolly good good fellow.

14:38

Maybe could do that here comes

14:40

the the pudding here comes the Christmas

14:43

pudding he comes the Christmas pudding, comes the Christmas pudding, he

14:45

my god that sounds really fun

14:47

us. like that yeah like you

14:49

weave around the house and I

14:51

like it it's it's definitely odd

14:53

but I like it it's jolly I

14:56

like it's jolly. Do you wonder if you

14:58

could do that with do that with a trifle?

15:00

Yeah, here comes the Christmas trifle. Yeah, okay, amazing. Wow, I'm really,

15:02

I feel amazing. adopt some of I feel

15:04

like I may adopt some of

15:06

your Christmas traditions. The Christmas What I used

15:08

to think is a really good a

15:10

kid you so like about it

15:12

as a kid? the excitement got

15:14

all the excitement of Christmas the the tree

15:16

present was like a little a little nice little... It

15:18

would sort of give you a little pep in

15:21

the evening when the grown -ups had eaten a lot

15:23

and they were all sitting quite quietly lot you were

15:25

feeling like a bit like oh and that the end

15:27

of you know a the oh is that the mad

15:29

rush of excitement in the the morning and it

15:31

would give you just another little like in

15:33

thing to open it quite give quite a nice

15:35

moment little kids get they look forward to it

15:37

because it's like a little fun bit and

15:39

it's sometimes quite silly things and just something

15:41

thoughtful to it be something crazy it should just

15:43

be something bit and it's sometimes quite silly

15:45

things appreciate, I guess. or funny. funny.

15:47

you doing the cooking this

15:49

year? does the does the majority. a

15:51

He's a much better cook than

15:53

me, and he's much calmer

15:55

in the kitchen. the kitchen. I used to I

15:58

used to find it very hard to delegate. he's

16:00

very good at we all muck in Christmas

16:02

Eve we get all gathered together we'll be

16:04

chopping peeling on Christmas Day he's he's the

16:07

guy in the in the kitchen with the

16:09

apron he loves it so he's got his

16:11

apron on you've got your glitter glittery tinsley

16:13

leotard and you'll be singing what music do

16:16

you have playing when you're cooking your dinner

16:18

we have a Christmas playlist it's all the

16:20

songs you would expect all the classics all

16:22

the classics all the classics all the classics

16:25

My favorite, I think is still Christmas wrapping

16:27

by the waitresses. I've always loved that one.

16:29

Do you know that one? Ready? The one.

16:32

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. But I think I've

16:34

done it. Do you think I was this

16:36

one this year? I thought it's called. Oh

16:38

wow. It's like a love song. It's a

16:41

very fun song. We always have the Charlie

16:43

Brown album. They like jazz Charlie Browner. I

16:45

love that's what me and Sam put on

16:47

when we like wrapping presents. I love that

16:50

one. Yeah, I'm very inter, I never get

16:52

bored of them. I never get bored of

16:54

them. to in February. I won't be, but

16:56

anyway. What's the best present you've ever received?

16:59

I think Richard's done some quite thoughtful ones.

17:01

He's actually very good with Christmas presents and

17:03

he once bought me, I once said when

17:05

I was growing up I remember being horrified

17:08

when my step-mum said she wanted for Christmas

17:10

a salad spinner. I was like, I never

17:12

want to get to the stage in life

17:15

where I think that that's fine. I just

17:17

I remember being like what do you just

17:19

want a salad spinner? So one year he

17:21

bought me a salad spinner and when I

17:24

opened it there was a necklace inside that

17:26

I'd seen in a shop that I really

17:28

loved and he remembered got the necklace and

17:30

hid it inside the salad spinner. That Richard

17:33

is just a good guy. He cooks and

17:35

they work together they're the best. Now on

17:37

to New Year's Eve you're having like the

17:39

most Mammoth, New Year's Eve, Bicostal. Yeah, Bicostal,

17:42

is that what we say? I don't know,

17:44

cross transatlanticly. Are we allowed to know about

17:46

what's happening? Absolutely. So I think the one

17:49

that's occupying the most brain space in a

17:51

really good way is the one that we're

17:53

doing together. So the BBC, we're doing a

17:55

New Year's Eve show with some my songs

17:58

and special guests, including your lovely self, which

18:00

I'm so happy about, because it's just looking

18:02

forward to it and I'm not really nervous.

18:04

It just feels like playing and fun. So

18:07

that's going to be pretty special and that's

18:09

about an hour's worth of music. So there's

18:11

lots of things happening, lots of prep, but

18:13

it's all coming together. And then when Midnight

18:16

Strikes in New York I'll be in Times

18:18

Square because I'm singing on this show that's

18:20

been running since the 70s called Dick Clark's

18:23

Rock and New Year and it's where the

18:25

ball drops and in Times Square and there's

18:27

like a million people in Times Square and

18:29

three tons of confetti apparently. So I'm looking

18:32

for saying that I'm going to take my

18:34

mom into that. I'm my eldest boy. So

18:36

I think that'll be, for me, that's like

18:38

a champagne cork, like, but I think that

18:41

the New Year's Eve show that we're doing

18:43

is like, just like a real, I think

18:45

it's a bit of a career moment, actually.

18:47

It's just really special. I'm, I feel excited

18:50

about it. Well you deserve it Sophie. You're

18:52

a treasure and we're so thrilled for what's

18:54

happened this year for you with saltburn. It's

18:57

an absolute tune Murder on the Danceville but

18:59

it's been so nice for like a new

19:01

audience to be introduced to you. You did

19:03

your first tour in the States which blows

19:06

my mind that that was your first tour

19:08

in like how long have you been making

19:10

music? I mean I started my first giggers

19:12

when I was 16 which will be 30

19:15

years ago next year. Okay, so so so

19:17

that you you did you did your first

19:19

tour in the States this year You've got

19:21

your own New Year's Eve special on BBC

19:24

One you're now When the ball drops in

19:26

New York, it's just what what's the plan

19:28

for next year? Well, you know what you

19:31

know yourself you get like special things but

19:33

the important thing is to remember it is

19:35

special and actually I think I will have

19:37

another year like this one and that's why

19:40

I've been trying to really drink it in

19:42

and you know I think it's it's good

19:44

to remember like what we do for a

19:46

living is like it's a really twisty little

19:49

road isn't it and sometimes you can find

19:51

extraordinary things happening and you just got to

19:53

really like just enjoy the wonder of it

19:55

because it doesn't happen all the time and

19:58

that's what makes it special. and next year's

20:00

probably going to be like I can't think

20:02

it can't top this year but I would

20:04

love to just have a nice year with

20:07

the new record I've put a lot into

20:09

that so well you know what it's like

20:11

when you're about to release new music I

20:14

think that's that's a big deal to me

20:16

so yeah a new album but but probably

20:18

not touring as much it's been quite and

20:20

honestly like singing with you is going to

20:23

be like another highlight. I can't, I can't

20:25

wait, I'm lucky to be doing. Sophie, have

20:27

you met Mary Keone at all, face to

20:29

face? I have met him, yes. Yes. Did

20:32

he get his willy out? Did he look

20:34

down or did he get high level? It

20:36

was just quite funny because I was, it's

20:38

about a year ago actually, I was going

20:41

to sing the, and they were doing the

20:43

premiere in LA. in the lift, the kind

20:45

of incognito and I thought I just don't

20:48

think now is the time so I had

20:50

to just sit there kind of giggling to

20:52

my staff thinking well wait till we're like

20:54

properly introduced but I could just be like

20:57

hello you're in a trap space with me

20:59

now. I think it's I mean like what

21:01

like extraordinary thing to have yeah that dance

21:03

a big moment yeah quite a big exceptional

21:06

really. Well listen I better go and try

21:08

and try and rest my voice for tomorrow

21:10

but happy Christmas. Yes. Happy New Year. I

21:12

can't wait to see you on everybody's screens

21:15

on New Year's Eve and the whole of

21:17

2025. But thank you, Sophie, for joining us.

21:19

Oh thank you so much.

21:22

a good rest of

21:24

your a It's a lovely

21:26

here, I like it. Sophie has very

21:28

has very good Christmas

21:31

traditions, I Mum. the tree I

21:33

like the tree the end

21:35

of the day the end

21:37

of the day, but

21:40

I don't know how

21:42

that will go down

21:44

with Sam. I just

21:46

love like I like, I

21:49

haven't given them enough.

21:51

I'm gonna give them

21:53

an extra present on

21:56

the tree after the

21:58

full day of Christmas. of

22:00

Christmas. That's the kind of

22:02

of gal, Sophie El Spector

22:05

is. Yeah. Always love chatting to chatting

22:07

to you, Sophie. And

22:09

you can listen to

22:11

Sophie's full episode of

22:14

Table of She joined

22:16

us in Edinburgh for

22:18

the first show of

22:20

our tour back in

22:23

2022. show of our tour it

22:25

was in I think, quite

22:27

was by the end. quite

22:30

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22:32

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22:34

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you. Mom,

23:52

what's what's your favourite

23:54

Christmas movie? movie? Elf. Okay.

23:57

It's favorite. my Well,

23:59

don't tell that to

24:01

our next guest,

24:03

please. please. Because I think think

24:06

we might have... new

24:08

favorite in our house is called That

24:10

Christmas. It's on Netflix and it's directed

24:13

by our next guest Richard Curtis. Richard

24:15

and his gorgeous wife Emma Freud joined

24:17

us a couple of years ago on

24:20

the podcast for our comic relief special

24:22

where we had guests join us in

24:24

the kitchen and actually it was like

24:27

the chef from Truelow which was just

24:29

really funny and anyway. I don't remember

24:31

a lot of that episode because I

24:34

was on Tramadorf and I slipped this.

24:36

Do you remember? Well I remember I

24:38

made very dry marbéa chicken actually. Oh

24:41

it's dry marbéa chicken than tramadol. But

24:43

it's been a good year for Richard.

24:45

He won an Oscar, no biggie. So

24:48

Richard, hello, are you going to put

24:50

it in your toilet like Kate Winslet

24:52

does so people can practice their speeches?

24:55

No. And nor do I believe that

24:57

she does. But it's all about mantelpiece.

24:59

It's the first thing people see when

25:02

they come into the house. Actually, it's

25:04

funny how people don't notice it and

25:06

then eventually have to take. By the

25:09

way, look. And my kids are on

25:11

their third watch of that Christmas. It's

25:13

so good. That's so sweet. I'm so

25:16

happy because in the end, it took

25:18

so long to make. It's quite hard

25:20

to sort of remember why... You bothered

25:23

doing it? Yeah, it was like five

25:25

years of work. Is that because it

25:27

was animation? Does that make everything a

25:30

bit harder? Animation just takes forever. But

25:32

I'm so thrilled if people are like

25:34

you, and particularly you, and particularly your

25:37

children. I know it's your mom can

25:39

not be asked to watch it. No,

25:41

I haven't, I didn't know. She actually

25:44

didn't know you had a Christmas film

25:46

out, Richard, because Lenny, what are you

25:48

watching at the moment? No, I'm not

25:51

watching anything, really. because the Alameda. Read

25:53

in, then. Don't know, darling. So sorry,

25:55

Richard. But Richard, it's really brilliant and

25:58

beautiful. I think the characters are gorgeous.

26:00

I wondered whether your gorgeous daughter, Scarlet

26:02

was involved in some of the script,

26:05

because it kind of feels so like

26:07

part of her voice. It's so witty.

26:09

It's really funny. The thing is, we've

26:11

fused into one thing. I simply do

26:14

what she says and think what she

26:16

tells me to think these days. So

26:18

it's difficult to avoid me. Well, it's

26:21

working. And also, my son spiked so

26:23

and turned to me at the end

26:25

and said, Dad, do you have no

26:28

imagination at all? Because it's so close

26:30

to the way that we live up

26:32

in Suffolk that he just thought it

26:35

was like transposition, not actually... So we

26:37

have a Christmas swim, we have a

26:39

barn, we have kids who all meet

26:42

in the barn. It's basically a documentary.

26:44

Yeah, it's an animator. So that's your

26:46

tradition, a Christmas swim. Yeah, and Warbur's

26:49

wing. There is one of the village.

26:51

It's absolutely insane. It's gorgeous. It happens

26:53

at 11 o'clock on the beach and

26:56

most of the village turn up and

26:58

half the village go in, which is

27:00

about 100 people, charge into the sea

27:03

and about 25 seconds later they charge

27:05

out again, get dressed and have a

27:07

glass of mold wine and then go

27:10

off to see their priceless lunches. Emma,

27:12

are you in charge of the mold

27:14

wine? Are you getting in as well?

27:17

Do you know, I do cold swim.

27:19

I go all throughout the year, but

27:21

on Christmas day... I like to not

27:24

because I like showing off my beautiful

27:26

bikini body to my dog and my

27:28

best friend not to that all the

27:31

people in the village that I live

27:33

with I get shy. Of course not.

27:35

So people don't wear wet suit? No.

27:38

That's very much frowned upon. They're hardcore.

27:40

Oh, they're hardcore. So at the moment,

27:42

I think your top. top three in

27:45

Netflix, you're killing it, Richard Kurt. Well,

27:47

I'm very, I'm very pleased because I

27:49

am obsessed by charts. For instance, I

27:52

just wrote down here because it's Christmas,

27:54

just so that you know what a

27:56

sad figure I am. At the moment

27:59

in the UK top 40 singles charts,

28:01

26 of the 40 souls of Christmas

28:03

songs and Wham is number one. Whereas

28:06

in America, 21. of the songs of

28:08

the top 40 of the songs. This

28:10

is the moment when anyone listening who

28:13

might have thought, oh I really wish

28:15

I was going out with Richard Curst,

28:17

he's fantastic, are going thank God. No,

28:20

they're thinking it would be nice going

28:22

out in Richard Curst, because he spends

28:24

a lot of time in his own

28:26

room doing private things on my own.

28:29

this is also innuendo-led private things growing

28:31

as a human being I think I

28:33

think you've just made there's not a

28:36

family podcast I'm afraid Richard Curtis you

28:38

disgusting man oh I know all the

28:40

good I tried to do by writing

28:43

it not a non-swearing Christmas animated film

28:45

was just gone out the window but

28:47

can I think I did yeah my

28:50

family yeah what is it chick we

28:52

had four children and now we got

28:54

a fit Oh wow

28:57

that's a beaut. Anybody that can't

28:59

see what's happening Emma has the

29:01

golden guy the Oscar Mr Oscar

29:03

in and is it is it

29:05

is it hefty is it heavy?

29:07

I've used it as a dumbbell

29:09

and it really works it's eight

29:11

pounds I think. That is quite

29:13

enough of that. That's beautiful. What

29:15

did you do? What did you

29:17

do after, where did you eat

29:19

after winning your Oscar issue? This

29:21

wasn't our finest hour. We had

29:23

a lovely evening. They gave us

29:25

a whole table at the Governor's

29:27

Ball which is where they gave

29:29

the lifetime achievement Oscar in November

29:31

rather than in March. And there

29:33

was food there, but nobody really

29:35

ate the food because they were

29:37

too busy wandering around other tables.

29:39

Yeah. And then at the end

29:41

of it we went off to

29:43

party and there wasn't one. And

29:46

so we went back to our

29:48

hotel and we sat in the

29:50

bar with three people and we

29:52

had chips and balies because we're

29:54

English. That's what you do. We

29:56

had chips and balies for about

29:58

half an hour. and then we

30:00

went to bed and then at

30:02

about two in the morning I

30:04

got a text from Hugh Grant

30:06

who said sorry I couldn't because

30:08

I'd asked him to come to

30:10

our hotel room so I mean

30:12

the hotel lobby sir it really

30:14

felt like we were in Hollywood

30:16

and he said really sorry I

30:18

couldn't come I was at the

30:20

after party. What do you mean

30:22

the other? Did you get an

30:24

NFI? Not fucking invited. Not fucking

30:26

invited. Not fucking invited. That's for

30:28

your family show. That's a liberty.

30:30

They only gave out four Oscars

30:32

and one of the people had

30:34

already died so there was only

30:37

three people they needed to ask.

30:39

It was three guest lists. For

30:41

God's sake. Who is in charge

30:43

of the invitation? They don't care.

30:45

And they don't care. That's the

30:47

point. We're so important. When I

30:49

did my first film called The

30:51

Tall Guy, we had a huge

30:53

party afterwards, and I was surprised

30:55

that I saw so few people

30:57

involved in the production at the

30:59

party. And it was only the

31:01

next day that I was told

31:03

that there'd been a private room

31:05

for people involved in the film.

31:07

And I thought it was all

31:09

that it was just me and

31:11

my mum and... But I will.

31:13

That's not kind. We've never been

31:15

cool. We've never been cool. No,

31:17

no, I'm sorry. You are the

31:19

greatest hosts. I have been privy

31:21

to your hosting. You are fabulous.

31:23

Can you tell us apart from

31:26

the Christmas swim? What is a

31:28

Freud Curtis Christmas tradition? Oh, I'll

31:30

tell you food in a sec,

31:32

but the biggest Christmas tradition is

31:34

we always watch a Christmas film

31:36

and obviously it's elf. So that

31:38

goes down to the other one

31:40

in our house. We haven't seen

31:42

Love actually since the... I get

31:44

text from people saying I'm watching

31:46

Love actually and I show them

31:48

to the family saying, look, this

31:50

is what everyone else is doing,

31:52

but they're not having any of

31:54

that. What's the big Christmas food

31:56

thing? I'm mainly interested in brandy

31:58

butter. and I'll have that with

32:00

turkey. I have it with sprouts

32:02

just anything. Brandy butter. We've got,

32:04

it's a lovely thing this year

32:06

and Jesse you'll get this in

32:08

about 15 years but my middle

32:10

son is 22 and interested in

32:12

cooking and he and I for

32:15

Christmas are cooking together. That's the

32:17

dream isn't it? And we're making

32:19

a porcetta. Because it's so Italian

32:21

in our blood that porkcetta at

32:23

Christmas feels like the nice... tradition

32:25

to be embracing. This sounds really

32:27

lovely and I actually think that

32:29

my middle child who's the baby

32:31

that you held when you did

32:33

the podcast first, he'll be my

32:35

guy that's helping me. You're not

32:37

helping me at all this year.

32:39

I'm doing it. Oh you're doing

32:41

the stuffing? I'm doing the stuff

32:43

remotely helping. I'll do whatever you

32:45

need, Lenny. I would care, darling.

32:47

You know, what I said to

32:49

him was, before we joined you,

32:51

I hope they're getting on better

32:53

than before. And it's a, I'm

32:55

disappointed, but it's still time for

32:57

rebirth, as you know, at Christmas.

32:59

Absolutely. We're going to let you

33:01

go, but Merry Christmas. Thank you

33:03

so much for coming on. It's

33:06

a good show. It's a good

33:08

show. But we can say it's

33:10

strong. It's a beautiful cafe, a

33:12

panitoni, it's the best panitoni in

33:14

Britain. Which panitoni is that? River

33:16

Cafe, it's absolutely... Oh! To be

33:18

honest, we were giving it, but

33:20

I'm now giving it to you.

33:22

I'm regifting my panozoni and we'd

33:24

like you to have it and

33:26

really enjoy it and I'm holding

33:28

it up to the screen now.

33:30

Oh, what a piece you can't

33:32

have it. We'll have it before.

33:34

And congratulations on a marvelous year

33:36

and you are two of my

33:38

role models and I hope by

33:40

this dynamic I'll be wearing glasses

33:42

too. God Richard you are always

33:44

welcome we need to just carry

33:46

on this tradition of being able

33:48

to see each other and congratulations

33:50

on that Christmas because I really

33:52

think it's just it's heaven for

33:55

everybody and I particularly love the

33:57

head teacher. The head teacher was

33:59

based on Yemeni to be honest.

34:01

Thank you. She's not Miss Trunchball.

34:03

I'm trying to think of a

34:05

ferocious old word who used soft

34:07

underneath. Oh and right. And are

34:09

you good at you're not very

34:11

good with snowmen or igloos? I

34:13

don't know I've never tried. Find

34:15

out. For anyone who's who's listening

34:17

who hasn't seen it yet, when

34:19

you watch it, if you every

34:21

time you see the head teacher,

34:23

if you think Rachel Reeves. He's

34:25

also looking pretty much. It's slightly

34:27

Rachel Reeves and also the lady

34:29

that's like Grisowski in in Monsters

34:31

Inc. Yeah. You know the one

34:33

that's like... I never tell those

34:35

two apart anyway. On that note,

34:37

Merry Christmas. Like so much. Lots

34:39

of love. Lots of love. Would

34:41

you go for a cold water

34:43

swim on Christmas Day, Mom? No.

34:46

I can positively tell you I

34:48

would never ever ever do that.

34:50

Get the kids in front of

34:52

Richard's new film whilst you are...

34:54

finishing the turkey. What's the name

34:56

of it again? That Christmas. It's

34:58

really so gorgeous. As opposed to

35:00

last Christmas. Exactly. Now we had

35:02

to invite Tom Adele to our

35:04

Christmas special because he gave one

35:06

of the best gifts we've ever

35:08

received this year. Oh, the chocolates.

35:10

Yes. Oh, you like those? Where

35:12

were they from again, Tom? They

35:14

were from Bruges, weren't they? Yes.

35:16

And they were delicious. That's nice.

35:18

And now, not only have you

35:20

given me the gift of good

35:22

chocolate, of good chocolate. You've also

35:24

given me the wife and her

35:26

wife and her wife and her

35:28

wife and her wife and her

35:30

which is well actually it's being

35:32

exhibited in her exhibition right now

35:35

and yeah big fan of Georgina

35:37

Adele yeah it's absolutely amazing that

35:39

you did that she is so

35:41

thrilled and she encouraged me to

35:43

encourage you to say go and

35:45

have a look at it at

35:47

so her review your wonderful art

35:49

is hanging up there amongst other

35:51

mobiles well it's not I mean

35:53

listen it was something that okay

35:55

let's just so Tom and I

35:57

bumped into each other at the

35:59

Royal Academy summer exhibition because that's

36:01

what we do isn't it Tom

36:03

on our days off we just

36:05

go to you're so cultured darling

36:07

but you had a reason to

36:09

be there because your wife was

36:11

exhibiting in there she was doing

36:13

and and so we met and

36:15

obviously me and you know each

36:17

other and I saw her work

36:19

and she's brilliant and then she

36:21

made me this beautiful mobile for

36:24

my 10-year wedding anniversary which is

36:26

made of aluminium but that is

36:28

Georgina and she's fantastic But on

36:30

to you and Christmas. Are there

36:32

any Adele Christmas traditions? Are there

36:34

any that you and your wife

36:36

are creating together or inheriting from

36:38

each other's families? Oh, that's very

36:40

interesting. I know that Georgie's mom

36:42

likes to make smoked salmon sandwiches,

36:44

which I really like as well,

36:46

on like, you know, like white

36:48

bread, like hovers or something like

36:50

that, which is like a real,

36:52

they're really good. I think it's

36:54

the best bread for so many

36:56

things. I feel like culturally kind

36:58

of being written off a little

37:00

bit in recent times by the

37:02

more the sour dough and other

37:04

types of more boogie hipstery bread.

37:06

The white sliced bread is fab.

37:08

Yeah it's great it may not

37:10

have any wheat in it but

37:12

it's damn tasty. Who cares? It's

37:15

gorgeous and it's the best toast

37:17

in my humble opinion. Yeah I

37:19

agree for baked beans don't you

37:21

think? Yes for bait. Yeah, or

37:23

Vegemite, which is also a great,

37:25

great condiment. Is it your wife

37:27

that's vegetarian? No, we're both, we're

37:29

both pestitarian. Oh, so you're having

37:31

fish for Christmas. Yeah, well, we'll

37:33

have fish for Christmas, which is

37:35

a great, great thing, you know,

37:37

works well with roast potatoes and

37:39

vegetables. Which is your favorite fish,

37:41

Tom? Probably is, like, like, sea

37:43

bass or salmon. I actually quite

37:45

like monkfish as well, but like

37:47

Georgie doesn't really like monkfish, but

37:49

I like it. It's really nice.

37:51

I made very nice salmon oncris.

37:53

the other day so good and

37:55

it was great for his celebration.

37:57

Samuel crew I think might be

37:59

my favorite food yeah it's so

38:01

good you've you're at the premises

38:04

which is a kind of institution

38:06

for people rehearse is the rehearsal

38:08

recording studios in East London so

38:10

what are you rehearsing for Tom

38:12

something very spectacular I think well

38:14

I do have a show in

38:16

yeah in Sydney in you have

38:18

to Yeah too. I feel like

38:20

you played lots in Australia Jesse.

38:22

I have not and I love

38:24

Australia and we have loads of

38:26

Australian listeners. I've been there twice

38:28

in my life and I love

38:30

performing there. I love the food

38:32

and all of it. Do you

38:34

enjoy being there? You know I've

38:36

not a bit like yourself like

38:38

I haven't really spent that much

38:40

time I think I've probably been

38:42

two or three times and always

38:44

absolutely loved it. Like I have

38:46

some family who live in Melbourne

38:48

as well so like looking forward

38:50

to seeing them but like... Yeah

38:53

just looking forward to some sunshine

38:55

as well not to make everyone

38:57

jealous but it should be nice.

38:59

Yeah yeah yeah yeah it should

39:01

be good. Will you do like

39:03

a wine tour? Will you do

39:05

some eating and drink? I've got

39:07

really good Melbourne recommendations actually. Oh

39:09

really great I have to get

39:11

some of that. You're playing in

39:13

Sydney though so we're going up

39:15

to Byron we're going up to

39:17

Byron we have some friends up

39:19

there in in Byron which is

39:21

meant to be really nice kind

39:23

of... beachy place so that would

39:25

be fun I'm looking forward to

39:27

that but yeah I don't really

39:29

know it that well so it's

39:31

like a bit stepping into the

39:33

unlike you know like playing in

39:35

Germany or or Belgian of course

39:37

I'm not really that familiar with

39:39

it so it's kind of I'm

39:41

excited to take a look around

39:44

you know have you finished your

39:46

Christmas shopping Tom? I haven't started

39:48

my Christmas shopping yet so are

39:50

you all on Christmas Eve bloke?

39:52

to defend the sort of lazy,

39:54

unthoughtful and reflective man. But I

39:56

do think that shopping on Christmas

39:58

Eve is actually really magical. Yeah,

40:00

please sell it to us. It's

40:03

really Christmas-y and Not stressful. Yeah,

40:05

and you could do it if

40:07

you've got to go all day

40:09

You can go all day, but

40:11

yeah, it's probably not the most

40:13

ideal thing But no, I definitely

40:15

gonna go this week into town,

40:17

but although I've gone into town

40:19

quite a bit over the last

40:21

two or three weeks just for

40:23

various things It's just like gridlocked.

40:25

Yeah, you can't move in central

40:28

London Yeah And also, we, George

40:30

and I, we have our birthdays

40:32

right next to each other and

40:34

we had our wedding anniversary. So

40:36

it's like too quite intense. This

40:38

was like three weeks ago. So

40:40

it was two really intense, like

40:42

shopping trips, like, you know, those

40:44

are two really intense things you

40:46

have to buy for. And so

40:48

I'm kind of like, you know,

40:50

Christmas is kind of in the

40:52

shadows. What did you do for

40:55

paper anniversary? I wrote a really

40:57

long letter. She got me two

40:59

really nice pens with an inscription

41:01

on it which I really like

41:03

having pens I do I like

41:05

writing on paper like with you

41:07

know handwriting I like doing that

41:09

so on paper yeah and we

41:11

really enjoy doing that it's really

41:13

um calming what is the Best

41:15

and worst Christmas present that you

41:17

have given or received? For a

41:20

little while I used to buy

41:22

my sister the most annoying present

41:24

I could find. I once got

41:26

her a trampoline. How old was

41:28

she? Which she really didn't want.

41:30

And then I got her like

41:32

a giant virgin Mary from like

41:34

a stone virgin Mary. And then

41:36

also got her a few virgin

41:38

Marys actually. which she really doesn't

41:40

like and gets kind of annoyed

41:42

about it. What did she do

41:45

with them? Well she had quite

41:47

a few virgin marries in her

41:49

garden. Good luck. trying to find

41:51

a Virgin Mary on Christmas Eve.

41:53

So yeah that's a bit bit

41:55

weird but I don't this is

41:57

more like when I was a

41:59

bit younger I don't buy her

42:01

with presents anymore. I guess it

42:03

used to be slightly funny. Tom,

42:05

thank you so much for joining

42:07

us on our Christmas special. Go

42:10

and eat some lunch. Yes. Go

42:12

and do some Christmas shopping. And

42:14

good luck in Australia in January.

42:16

I'm very jealous. If you need

42:18

me to do a duet with

42:20

you, I would be very happy

42:22

to fly out there and eat

42:24

and drink some wine with you.

42:26

Come on over. Okay, perfect. Let's

42:28

just chat about this. Offair. We'll

42:30

make something happen. Oh, great. Yeah.

42:32

Nice to see you both. Happy

42:35

Christmas. And thanks for another great

42:37

year of your podcasts. I appreciate

42:39

them. Never stop. Tom Adele, you're

42:41

a gorgeous man and I wish

42:43

I was jetting off to Australia

42:45

in January too. Our next guest

42:47

is jetting off somewhere but maybe

42:49

not quite as far flung as

42:51

Tom. It's Nadine Coyle. Where are

42:53

you Nadine? You're on the move.

42:55

I'm on the move. Yes, and

42:57

this is a last month of

43:00

flight. Do you know one of

43:02

those? I got maybe pack up

43:04

like run like the one. Where

43:06

are you going? I am going

43:08

to Heathrow for a holiday. Well

43:10

just a little quatrip, just a

43:12

little quack pre-Christmas trip. Hot cold.

43:14

Cold. Okay. Ireland is always cold.

43:16

Oh you're going to Ireland. Yeah.

43:18

Right. What is a Nadine Christmas

43:20

special meal? Like what what what's

43:22

something that you're always going to

43:24

have on the table on Christmas

43:27

day? I start the clippant for

43:29

the sides on Christmas Eve. So

43:31

I will do this Christmas, able

43:33

to do all the stuffing and

43:35

cauliflower cheese. And then we've started

43:37

doing the, you know, the American

43:39

sweet potato with the marshmallows on

43:41

the top of Thanksgiving dish. So

43:43

we started that last year. Yeah,

43:45

and it was a baget. So

43:47

it's been requested again this year.

43:49

That's a good idea. So that's

43:52

kind of my thing besides turkey?

43:54

Of course. My mom does that.

43:56

My mom does the turkey and

43:58

she'll do like the potatoes and

44:00

we're in Ireland so there's multiple

44:02

kinds. We have mashed, we have

44:04

roasted. Are you going to be

44:06

an island then? Yes, I'm going

44:08

to be in Ireland for Christmas.

44:10

What's some of your Christmas traditions

44:12

that like, you know, apart from

44:14

the cooking, is there any traditions

44:17

that your household has? There's quite

44:19

a few of us. So we've

44:21

been through the phases of my

44:23

sisters, her kids, girl one off,

44:25

getting everything organized for Santa. We've

44:27

got this bear part. I don't

44:29

know if we spoke about it

44:31

the last time we met, but

44:33

there is some grisly bears that

44:35

the sanctuary. It's not too far

44:37

away in Donegal. No, we did

44:39

not talk about grossly bears. We

44:42

didn't talk about that. Okay, so

44:44

we do this thing. We're a

44:46

few days before Christmas. They do

44:48

this lovely Santa thing and you

44:50

walk around and every year I

44:52

think it's a great idea. I'm

44:54

like, let's go. And then we

44:56

get there and I think what

44:58

are we doing walking around with

45:00

Wesley Bears? I feel like we're

45:02

in Jurassic Park. I'm like, we'll

45:04

non to everybody. So that's a

45:07

thing we started. I think I

45:09

started it. I started it and

45:11

then I'm like, what was I.

45:13

What was I think? And so

45:15

we'll probably have to do that

45:17

again as well. What's on your

45:19

Christmas playlist? Do you know, Anaya?

45:21

My little girl made one. She

45:23

made a Christmas playlist. And she

45:25

came on the other day and

45:27

she had her iPad on her

45:29

shoulder, you know, like a boom

45:32

box. And she came like walking

45:34

on the plan or a new

45:36

Christmas playlist. It's all the classic.

45:38

Just all of your classic Christmas

45:40

songs. Nothing, nothing wide or alternative.

45:42

And are you drinking wine or

45:44

Guinness and balies? We're drinking slur.

45:46

See the slur? Slur. Oh yeah,

45:48

like schlur. Slur. The non-alcoholic. the

45:50

non-alcoholic slur. Which, which flavor? So

45:52

we we used

45:54

to think we're

45:56

being really clever.

45:59

So if you

46:01

mix the white

46:03

and the red

46:05

and you make

46:07

your own white and the

46:09

red and you make your own rosé.

46:11

So that again, the

46:13

one the year that

46:15

year that you to slur. So it's

46:17

a tea Christmas. Christmas. Well for

46:19

the afternoon, know, the day day

46:21

gets on. Yeah, I'm sure. Are you you

46:24

a Christmas lunch or Christmas

46:26

dinner? We're more of a of

46:28

a Christmas dinner. dinner. We We usually do

46:30

a a breakfast My mom

46:32

will do, and she'll make will

46:34

do and she'll make stuff, and

46:36

stuff. a smoked and do like

46:38

a small of some kind

46:40

of you bagel, you know muffin

46:43

vives, and eggs and some sausages. some

46:45

sausages. So you're never really

46:47

hungry. at lunchtime.

46:49

So it of, when everybody starts to

46:51

gather, kind of aim for moving. gather, we

46:54

kind 5. for maybe four or

46:56

five. later on. thank you thank

46:58

you for joining us. he hope

47:00

Heathrow isn't And on Earth. Christmas.

47:02

You know, I am Christmas. a lot, but

47:04

just perfect. Go on on Christmas. And congratulations

47:06

on an amazing, amazing year. Yeah.

47:09

It was was such a joy

47:11

to see the girls And I

47:13

I think maybe 2025 we should

47:15

should do a few more

47:17

performances please. Yes please. Please. Yes, please.

47:19

Yeah. Oh, well, well, we'll Thank you

47:21

so, so much for what Thank

47:23

you so much for all. That's

47:26

That's Nadine dashing off to the

47:28

airport with with signal. I love

47:30

you love you you're completely bonkers.

47:32

So nice to hear to some

47:34

of our alumni. of our alumni. I hope

47:36

you've enjoyed our Christmas our Christmas

47:38

got you through the stress of

47:40

getting the Christmas dinner getting the Christmas

47:42

dinner whilst wrapping those last -minute

47:44

presents. We'll be back next week,

47:46

presents. We'll be back next for listening. Christmas

47:49

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47:52

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