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It’s that time of year, folks! This episode is a special Christmas edition. Well, it’s basically the same thing we always do, but it’s Christmas this time. Ok, so we need to get back to a certain formula moving forward. We need get back to talking about our favorite tunes and why we like them so that John can do what John does best: give you nerdy history. Please help yourself,
as a special Christmas gift, to all of these things in Episode 16: my favorite carols, John’s favorite carols, and the history attached to John’s favorite carols. Hint: It’s about Irving Berlin….who’s Jewish. Anyway, moving on.

This week's business is kind of cool. Do you all remember the end of season one? Well, if you don’t, we finished it off with a song for the Leigh Weimers Award Committee. They gave John
and I an award through the Rotary Club of San Jose. Through this meeting, we connected with the man named Jason Minsky. He is the executive director of Christmas in the Park, an annual family holiday celebration in downtown San Jose, that has been a tradition for many in Justin’s hometown of San Jose, California. He approached John and Justin about writing an original pitch for the festival. Very cool, right?! What’s even cooler? They made the festival drive-through and Covid-proof this year.

Well, Justin ended up going to the drive-through Christmas in the Park this year! He loaded his mom into the car with some burgers from 5 Guys and decided to check it out. (Thanks for the
free passes, Jason!) It was SOOO SWEET. It was a 15-20 minute drive-through of historic History Park in San Jose. First of all, there was a radio station synched to listen to on your drive that synched with the mouths of the singing characters! There were maybe a million pixel lights. Forests. Reindeer. Sleighs. Santa, (who waved at me). Pixel arches. Christmas Trees. Teddy bears. Penguins. Oh, man it was freaking beautiful. Kids were going bananas hanging
out of the sun roofs of their parents SUVs. Now, that doesn’t really sound safe at all, I know, but we were only allowed to go 2.5 MPH. So glad I was able to get there!

Happy Holidays to all, whatever you celebrate, from your guys at the Pod!

This Week’s Business:

CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK (CHRISTMAS IN HISTORY PARK, this year)*
*Drive-Thru Nov 27 - Jan 3 at History Park
https://www.christmasinthepark.com
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