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<v Speaker 1>It's time for another epic encounter with a Brandon Kravitz,

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<v Speaker 1>not Rushmore. We have.

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<v Speaker 2>This will be controversial.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, there are certain holiday favorites that are left off

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<v Speaker 1>for very particular reasons, and we will get into all

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<v Speaker 1>of it right here. Number one is the reason for

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<v Speaker 1>the season, always the Fourth of July fireworks. What makes

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<v Speaker 1>you feel more proud to be a red blooded American

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<v Speaker 1>than fire in the sky. Even if it's ninety three

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<v Speaker 1>degrees that feels like temp is one oh two and

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<v Speaker 1>we're getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, there's still something that

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<v Speaker 1>feels so right when we gather to watch this display

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<v Speaker 1>in the sky. Whether it's red hot and boom, or

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<v Speaker 1>you're watching down by Disney or your over zealous neighbor

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<v Speaker 1>that overspent at the tent down the street, the Fourth

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<v Speaker 1>of July fireworks an absolute A plus celebration. Number two,

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<v Speaker 1>the second face on the Mountain is trick or treating

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<v Speaker 1>fun for the whole family.

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<v Speaker 2>You get free candy on top of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Unfortunately, you do have to cut this one off at

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<v Speaker 1>about the age of thirteen if you don't have kids,

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<v Speaker 1>because then it gets weird. But still, even in today's

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<v Speaker 1>world where you really can't trust anybody anymore, and people

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<v Speaker 1>aren't as friendly as they used to be. This one

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<v Speaker 1>is still holding on for dear life as a nationwide standard.

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<v Speaker 1>Number three is the Thanksgiving Feast. This is as good

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<v Speaker 1>as it gets. It's so good it deserves its own list.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got the food, you've got the football, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>the family, you've got the classic.

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<v Speaker 2>Macy's Day parade that precedes it.

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<v Speaker 1>It hits all the notes and you can gorge yourself

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<v Speaker 1>with no judgment whatsoever. And the NFL has been kind

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<v Speaker 1>enough to tack on an extra football game just for

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<v Speaker 1>good measure. And if you aren't hosting to get together,

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<v Speaker 1>you also are absolved of dish duty, which is great. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Number four is where I think things can get a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit controversial. I think a lot of people expect

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<v Speaker 1>at this point for there to be a Christmas celebration

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<v Speaker 1>in this Mount Rushmore. I'm going with Saint Patrick's Day

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<v Speaker 1>at an Irish bar instead. If you are fortunate enough

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<v Speaker 1>to make this happen on Saint Patrick's Day, and for me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been years since I've been able to do this,

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<v Speaker 1>but there is nothing like it. The cheesy green beer,

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<v Speaker 1>the guinnesses, the crappy Irish music, everyone's wearing green. I've

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<v Speaker 1>never been to an Irish bar on Saint Patrick's Day

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<v Speaker 1>where everyone isn't having a blast, So it's a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a sleeper here at number four on the list.

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<v Speaker 1>But I couldn't do a mount Rushmore and not have

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<v Speaker 1>a drinking holiday on there fourth of July, Trick or treating,

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<v Speaker 1>Thanksgiving Feast, Saint Patrick's Day at an Irish bar.

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<v Speaker 3>Your thoughts, so to be clear, these are activities that

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<v Speaker 3>occurred during the holiday, not the holiday itself.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct.

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<v Speaker 1>I think these are the celebrations within the holiday.

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<v Speaker 3>That I think it is in a very important detail

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<v Speaker 3>at a point now here.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Christmas is an even for someone that grew up

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<v Speaker 1>in a Jewish household, Christmas is a mount Rushmore holiday.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason I left I think what most people would

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<v Speaker 1>consider in terms of the the mainstream celebration is wake

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<v Speaker 1>up in the morning, you go to the tree, you

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<v Speaker 1>open up the gifts. This is a new endeavor for me,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way. I'm just experiencing this and I'm enthralled

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<v Speaker 1>by it. But that I left it off because it's

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<v Speaker 1>so isolated. You've got a couple of people. You're not

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<v Speaker 1>inviting the whole family over for this. All of these

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<v Speaker 1>other celebrations that are on the Mount Rushmore, you bring

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<v Speaker 1>a group together. You're either out in public or Thanksgiving feast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got a big family, there could be twenty

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<v Speaker 1>people at your house. With Christmas Morning, it's not as

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<v Speaker 1>much it's a tradition, not a celebration. That's where that

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<v Speaker 1>one didn't lie.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I think that it can be fair, and

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<v Speaker 3>this is where the religious hall it's kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 3>how how do you factor it in Easter?

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<v Speaker 2>Egg hunts on Easter?

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<v Speaker 3>It's a big one that if you do celebrate Easter,

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<v Speaker 3>then obviously that's huge and the same kind of thing

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<v Speaker 3>as Christmas Morning, whereas it's probably some of your best

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<v Speaker 3>childhood memories.

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<v Speaker 2>And then once you.

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<v Speaker 3>Get older, you get to watch your child go through

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<v Speaker 3>those same memories and you start to enjoy it for

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<v Speaker 3>different reasons. You when you're young, you light you love

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<v Speaker 3>receiving the gifts, and as you get older, you naturally

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<v Speaker 3>shift towards loving to give the gift. So that's why

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<v Speaker 3>Christmas Morning it holds up through time. But where I

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<v Speaker 3>would kind of push back a little bit is I

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<v Speaker 3>think the percentage of people that actually do Saint Patti's

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<v Speaker 3>Day the proper way, or even do Saint Patti's Day

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<v Speaker 3>is limited. You have cities that go crazy for it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's Chicago, I believe that dies their river green for

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<v Speaker 3>it for the celebration. You know, that's that's awesome, And

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<v Speaker 3>I'm with you. If you can be in one of

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<v Speaker 3>those scenarios every year, sign me up. However, I just

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<v Speaker 3>don't think that as many people do it because similar

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<v Speaker 3>to the fourth of July, which fourth of July is

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<v Speaker 3>a holiday and like people have off, you're not working

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<v Speaker 3>on the fourth of July more often than not unless

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<v Speaker 3>you work in hospitality or something. But if you are

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<v Speaker 3>in the business world and follow the traditional work schedule,

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<v Speaker 3>you are not working on the fourth of July. The

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<v Speaker 3>same with Thanksgiving, and I think that's why those two

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<v Speaker 3>kind of separate themselves. But Saint Patti's Day, you gotta

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<v Speaker 3>work a lot of times Saint Patty's Day unless it

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<v Speaker 3>falls on a weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's what makes it so good when you do

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<v Speaker 1>get to when you do get to experience it without

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<v Speaker 1>the you know, you're almost playing hooky in some ways.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it is it is definitely the least attainable

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<v Speaker 1>of all four. Yeah, but when you're able to do it,

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<v Speaker 1>it hits all the notes.

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<v Speaker 3>That's where bringing up like, I mean, well, we can

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<v Speaker 3>get really hot and.

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<v Speaker 2>I love Fourth of July and I don't want that's

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<v Speaker 2>get twisted. And this isn't a list of holidays. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a list of holiday activities.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the fireworks on the fourth, the trigger treating on Halloween,

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<v Speaker 3>the Thanksgiving feast. That's where the Fourth of July it

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<v Speaker 3>falls on a Wednesday. You get lucky this year or

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<v Speaker 3>the Friday. A lot of people are getting three four

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<v Speaker 3>day weekends this year, and we will for the next

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<v Speaker 3>couple because but the last couple of years, guess what,

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<v Speaker 3>I started this show on July fifth of twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't have as good of a Fourth of July.

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<v Speaker 3>That was on a Tuesday that year, knowing that I

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<v Speaker 3>had to come to work the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>It's our new job that day.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's part of the downside of the Fourth of

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<v Speaker 3>July is you can you can plan and do whatever

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<v Speaker 3>it is you want to do, but most years you

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<v Speaker 3>are going to have work the next day. And that's

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<v Speaker 3>where the sleeper is like the Labor Day, the Memorial Day,

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<v Speaker 3>the days where it is guaranteed that you have a

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<v Speaker 3>three day weekend, those can be sneaky on on certain

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<v Speaker 3>list of like best holidays and the activities you're able

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<v Speaker 3>to do. Obviously, the beach are getting in some body

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<v Speaker 3>of water big for some of those three day weekend holidays.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things I realized in researching this is

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<v Speaker 1>because I did do that, you know, I pulled up

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<v Speaker 1>all the holidays online. I did my due diligence, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's just not enough celebrations for the holidays that we

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<v Speaker 1>have that we have days off, and most of the

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<v Speaker 1>celebrations are just a Rooms to Go has thirty percent

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<v Speaker 1>off couches. You know, we need to do better than

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<v Speaker 1>this as a collective. And I don't think I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to get any pushback on Valentine's Day dinner or a

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<v Speaker 1>New Year's Eve party.

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<v Speaker 2>New Year's Eve party is good, but they're usually pretty overrated.

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<v Speaker 1>I do like the ball dropping though, I like staying

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<v Speaker 1>up for that feeling the newness of the new year,

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<v Speaker 1>so that one almost got on there. But I thought

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Patrick's Day really needed a Saint Patrick's They need

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<v Speaker 1>a tip of the cap. That's a good time.

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<v Speaker 2>How here's one thing of what I'd say for ah Man.

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<v Speaker 3>But you can combine the two now with the ball

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<v Speaker 3>What really killed the ball dropping.

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<v Speaker 2>Is George is Ohio State football.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what killed the ball dropping because every sports fan

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<v Speaker 3>in the country was left in a decision years ago.

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<v Speaker 3>But do they still do those games on New Year's

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<v Speaker 3>Eve with a new playoff format? I think that they

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<v Speaker 3>still do it, just didn't go as late this year.

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<v Speaker 3>I might be mistaken on that though.

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<v Speaker 2>Years ago I think they move it around.

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<v Speaker 1>We were left with a decision do you want to

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<v Speaker 1>see the ball drop or do you want to see

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<v Speaker 1>the end of a college football playoff game? Many chose

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<v Speaker 1>the ladder and missed the ball drop.

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<v Speaker 3>So if it's this iconic event in the modern world

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<v Speaker 3>for sports fans, because we're people too, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You got it, you gotta factor that in.

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<v Speaker 3>Whereas Thanksgiving feast, Listen if grandma wants to turn the

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<v Speaker 3>game off, if you want to do a traditional round

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<v Speaker 3>the two able dinner for twenty minutes, no one's fighting

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<v Speaker 3>grandma to watch the third quarter of the Cowboys game,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, would you listen?

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<v Speaker 1>I would fist fight my grandma for that. Yeah, there's two.

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<v Speaker 1>There's two things. There's two things you gotta do. Leave

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<v Speaker 1>the game on, keep that air running, don't sweat