Lottie

If you've got a problem?

Lottie

Lottie's got the answer?

Lottie

She won't sugarcoat them?

Lottie

Cause it's Lottie And Lottie don't lie?

Lottie

Cause it's Lottie And Lottie don't lie.

Lottie

Welcome to Lottie Don't Lie.

Lottie

This is Samantha and Melissa.

Lottie

Happy Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Happy Thanksgiving.

Lottie

It's our first Thanksgiving altogether.

Samantha

I know.

Samantha

I'm really excited.

Samantha

So what are we doing?

Lottie

We're going to all celebrate Friendsgiving.

Samantha

Yes.

Lottie

Tomorrow on Black Friday, ax throwing, singing, karaoke, and drinking beer.

Lottie

Because why not drink beer and throw axes?

Samantha

Well, I'm not going to drink beer because I don't like beer, so that's why not.

Lottie

And I don't drink, but I definitely.

Lottie

But y'all can drink and throw axes.

Samantha

That's right.

Lottie

I'm going to sing and throw accents.

Samantha

I'll probably drink something.

Lottie

And you're going to sing, too.

Samantha

Have, like, cider.

Samantha

Yeah, I'm going to sing.

Lottie

Yeah, you are going to sing.

Lottie

I'm popping that cherry.

Samantha

My funny thing is with singing, though.

Samantha

Like, I like to sing.

Samantha

I wouldn't say I'm super good at it at all, so please don't get excited.

Samantha

But my friend.

Samantha

I had a friend years ago because we would sing in the car together, and apparently I always start this the, like, the next line of the song, like, half a minute too early.

Samantha

Not half a minute.

Samantha

Like, half a beat too early.

Samantha

So I'm always singing, like, a word ahead of everyone, so I might do that on accident.

Samantha

And I'm.

Samantha

But you guys have some patience with me.

Lottie

I don't know that one.

Lottie

Anyone would notice during karaoke.

Samantha

Okay, good.

Lottie

Two, no one sounds good in karaoke unless you go to Nashville, and it's all those assholes that are, like, trying to get noticed.

Samantha

Oh, is that the deal?

Samantha

Yes.

Lottie

And Asheville, it's fun to go listen to karaoke, but it's, like, everyone who's, like, trying to make it and get noticed, and so everyone's good, but it's fun to watch.

Samantha

That is so funny.

Samantha

I've never been to Nashville.

Lottie

Do I need to pop that cherry?

Lottie

Cherry later.

Lottie

Sounds great.

Lottie

I love popping cherries.

Samantha

I love getting them popped.

Lottie

Oh, my God.

Lottie

Well, since it's Thanksgiving, I feel like we should talk about Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Yeah, let's do it.

Lottie

What do you want to do?

Lottie

Well, I feel like you grew.

Lottie

You grew up a little different.

Lottie

How did you guys have Thanksgiving growing up?

Samantha

Oh, yes.

Samantha

Okay, so we wanted to talk about traditions, for sure.

Samantha

Right?

Samantha

So what if I did look up some, like, typical Traditions before.

Samantha

Because I do want to share.

Samantha

Yes.

Samantha

What did I do?

Samantha

What did my family do?

Samantha

And then we want to hear from Sam, obviously, because it was her idea.

Samantha

Love it.

Samantha

And.

Samantha

But let's start off, if you don't mind me sharing, like, what are the most popular traditions?

Lottie

All right, Melissa, what are the most popular Thanksgiving traditions that you have found?

Samantha

Okay, I found some basic popular ones, but then I found.

Lottie

I haven't heard these yet.

Samantha

She hasn't.

Samantha

And there's one, actually that I found that I was surprised at and I didn't know it was a thing, so you guys are gonna have to tell me if you did.

Samantha

But here's the basics.

Samantha

Feasting, Obviously, we all know that cornbread, stuffed stuffing.

Samantha

Actually, cornbread was not a tradition for me, but stuffing, gravy, potatoes, yada yada.

Samantha

Okay.

Samantha

Watching the parade.

Lottie

Uh huh.

Lottie

Uh huh.

Samantha

Okay.

Samantha

Did you guys watch that growing up?

Lottie

Mm, yeah, they still watch it every year.

Lottie

Oh, really?

Samantha

Okay, we're going to talk more, but watching football.

Lottie

Hell yeah.

Lottie

It's a Dallas game every Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Okay.

Samantha

Did not know that.

Samantha

We will talk more about that.

Samantha

Sharing gratitude.

Samantha

Did the family make you do that?

Samantha

Um, growing up, my dad was like, everyone say what you're thankful for.

Samantha

And it's like, well, you were just yelling at me 10 minutes ago, but.

Lottie

I would be thankful if you are not an asshole.

Samantha

Oh, no, I didn't say that.

Samantha

But you know, sometimes, so that's funny.

Samantha

But share volunteering, and that's a good one that we never did.

Samantha

We didn't volunteer.

Lottie

Oh, that's interesting.

Samantha

I suppose we donated food.

Lottie

Being such a big part of a church, I feel like that would be highly encouraged.

Samantha

I know you would think that I mean, the volunteering many times in other ways, but at Thanksgiving time.

Samantha

No, I just know that we donated food.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

And usually we try to buy food for a family.

Lottie

Makes sense.

Samantha

Of course.

Samantha

Baking, playing games, watching a movie.

Samantha

And then the last one was.

Samantha

Wait, where'd it go?

Samantha

Oh, Turkey trot.

Lottie

What is that?

Samantha

That is usually like a 5K.

Lottie

Oh, hell no.

Samantha

No, I did it once with a family I used to babysit with and for, and it was really fun.

Samantha

And I still have the shirt, and it's super raggedy.

Lottie

Interesting.

Lottie

Yeah, I'm not gonna run ever, so especially not on Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Oh, gosh.

Samantha

I have a hilarious story, guys.

Samantha

Last night, Jacob and I were driving down the road, and this lady was running across the street with her dog.

Samantha

But then after she got across the street, she kept running.

Samantha

And I said, why is she still running?

Lottie

What?

Samantha

Is she running?

Lottie

She stole the dog.

Samantha

Jacob was like, yeah, some people exercise.

Samantha

Oh, my God.

Lottie

That's even better than assuming she stole the dog.

Samantha

Oh, my God.

Samantha

That happened.

Lottie

I was like, why is she.

Samantha

Okay, okay, sorry.

Samantha

So, yeah, apparently turkey trot is a thing, and then this last one is a thing.

Samantha

I know, because my family every year break their wishbone.

Samantha

Breaking the wishbone.

Lottie

Ah.

Samantha

But, yeah, so those are some of your basics.

Samantha

Here's the one that I did not know was a thing.

Samantha

And I feel like I should have known this because clearly it's been televised every year.

Lottie

Tell me, did you know that the.

Samantha

President pardons a turkey every year?

Lottie

No.

Samantha

Oh, okay, good.

Samantha

Neither did I.

Samantha

I was about to feel kind of dumb.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

No.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

So, okay.

Samantha

Apparently the apocryphal story is.

Samantha

We're not sure if it's any truth to it that Abraham Lincoln's son was upset that they were gonna eat a turkey, and so he asked them to not do it, and so they didn't.

Samantha

And then apparently a lot of people.

Samantha

And then it was just a thing that one time, and then a lot of people thought that, like, President Truman brought it back, but it was John F.

Samantha

Kennedy, and he said, let's keep this going.

Samantha

And so they basically have a turkey that when it's donated to the White House and raised to be the turkey meal, they pardon it.

Samantha

And, like, George Bush sent his away to play be on a children's petting zoo.

Lottie

Yeah, they have a turkey on the grounds.

Samantha

No, there's a turkey that is raised for them somewhere and donated, and then they pardon it.

Lottie

And pardon.

Lottie

That means like, oh, you are not.

Samantha

Going to execute you.

Samantha

You're pardoned.

Lottie

This is morbid.

Lottie

So it's like, basically, the chickens growing up, being on death row, and then it's like, oh, just kidding.

Samantha

Yes.

Lottie

Like, that's cruel.

Samantha

I didn't even.

Samantha

Well, I mean, the.

Samantha

If the chicken was whispered to you every day, being like, you're gonna die, I guess that would be cruel.

Lottie

I'm assuming the turkey knows what it's intended to say.

Lottie

Chicken.

Samantha

But, yeah.

Lottie

Oh, no, I.

Lottie

Chicken.

Samantha

I think I'm.

Samantha

I don't know now.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

Nora calls the chickens turkeys.

Lottie

And so I guess I'm now calling the turkeys chickens.

Samantha

Oh.

Samantha

When I was little, my brother did this.

Samantha

He was probably three, because he was in preschool or something, and they made him, like, trace his hand and decorate it as a turkey, and he had to name it.

Samantha

And then they.

Samantha

Then when we went to the store to pick out a turkey and he had named it Melvin.

Samantha

When we went to the store to pick out a turkey, we just started calling it a Melvin.

Samantha

And then my brother, the night before, the day before Christmas or Thanksgiving, I mean, my mom opened the freezer and he just burst out screaming and crying.

Samantha

And she's like, what is wrong?

Samantha

And he's like, you.

Samantha

You froze, Melvin.

Samantha

Like, he was just so upset.

Lottie

It was.

Lottie

It wasn't alive turkey, right?

Samantha

It was not alive turkey.

Lottie

It was like a grocery store.

Samantha

It was a grocery store turkey.

Samantha

But I think he thought that we were gonna have a Melvin around for Thanksgiving or something.

Lottie

Oh, it's gonna miraculously turn into a turkey.

Samantha

I don't know.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

I don't know what he thought as a three year old, but he was very upset and traumatized.

Lottie

Oh, that's a good one.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

So we always say that every year you froze, Melvin.

Lottie

That's funny.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

So how did you guys start Thanksgiving every year?

Samantha

So it was the night before.

Samantha

We would watch like a Christmas movie and start breaking bread for the stuffing.

Lottie

Oh, okay.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

And my mom would get up super early the next day.

Samantha

I don't remember if she toasted the bread that night or not, but yeah.

Samantha

And then we would wake up early as kids and watch the parade.

Samantha

For some weird reason, my dad had this fruit salad he always wanted to have, and I've never had it anywhere else, but it's literally just apples and raisins and bananas and it's just fruit thrown together in a bowl, like with.

Lottie

The yogurt or anything in it.

Lottie

Oh, okay.

Samantha

And I don't know why not, because that sounds amazing.

Samantha

And that is amazing.

Samantha

I've had that kind, right?

Samantha

No, it's just a fruit salad.

Samantha

I've never seen it anywhere else.

Lottie

Huh.

Lottie

Okay.

Samantha

Anyway, so that was a thing every year that we had to have, and we had to have one with raisins for him and one without for my mom.

Samantha

And I'm trying to think.

Samantha

We did break the turkey bone.

Samantha

We didn't watch football, but we played football every year.

Lottie

Oh, I love that.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

You guys would just as a family or as kind of like a community type thing.

Samantha

As family.

Samantha

And we were in the Mormon Church, so when I was real little, I remember we invited missionaries over for dinner because they're serving a mission.

Samantha

They're away from their families for two years.

Lottie

Oh, yeah.

Samantha

And so they would be like in our.

Samantha

They would be coming to church with us, but they would be from somewhere else.

Samantha

Right.

Lottie

Oh, that's.

Samantha

So we'd invite them over for Thanksgiving and They would get to, like, not have to wear dress up clothes for a day.

Samantha

They get to play football with us.

Lottie

Okay.

Samantha

Yeah, that is pretty strict for a mission, but, yeah, it was fun.

Samantha

It was good memories.

Samantha

And then when you moved to Utah, when I was later, older, we would get together with my cousins.

Samantha

I remember going to the park and we had to.

Samantha

My one cousin was like, we've got to have, like, the out of bounds lines.

Samantha

We've got to have it all.

Samantha

So we were, like, trudging through the snow and trying to.

Lottie

Oh, my gosh.

Samantha

Trying to, like, make the lines.

Samantha

And then we played and it was fun.

Lottie

Did you have a lot of cousins?

Samantha

I did have a lot of cousins.

Samantha

My dad has four siblings and my mom also has four, I believe.

Lottie

Wow.

Samantha

Wait, right?

Samantha

Aunt Linda, Aunt Peggy, Uncle Terry, Uncle Kelly.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

Huh.

Lottie

I was always jealous of people that had a lot of cousins around them.

Samantha

It was fun.

Samantha

It was fun.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

I have to admit, I was.

Samantha

I feel lucky where I don't talk to him nearly as much as I should now.

Samantha

But they do follow our journey, some of them.

Lottie

Aw.

Samantha

I love that.

Samantha

We could give a shout out.

Lottie

Love that for you guys.

Lottie

Love that for us.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

Hi, Dave.

Samantha

Hi, Jess.

Lottie

So did you guys break the wishbone the day of or the next day?

Samantha

It has to dry out, so it was usually like a week later.

Lottie

Oh, okay.

Lottie

Okay.

Samantha

And it would.

Samantha

You'd always have to, like, you know.

Lottie

How did you decide who broke it?

Samantha

I just remembered something because I was just trying to say that I was like, we would have to decide.

Samantha

There was three of us.

Samantha

Three of us kids.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

No, I forgot.

Samantha

My dad used to always buy two turkeys.

Samantha

He always does everything, like, extra.

Samantha

And he wanted to make sure there's always enough food.

Samantha

And we always had leftovers, of course, and we'd freeze some of it.

Samantha

And so, yeah, there was always two wishbones.

Samantha

Oh, so I forgot about that.

Lottie

All the kids got to pull it.

Samantha

We did, yeah.

Lottie

Oh, that's fun.

Samantha

That sounded inappropriate.

Lottie

All the kids got to pull the bone.

Lottie

Did anything come out of the bone?

Lottie

No.

Samantha

Oh, God, I would have been traumatized to this day.

Samantha

No.

Samantha

Yeah, so we did.

Samantha

We always pulled and broke the wishbone and.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

How about you?

Lottie

Um, so this.

Lottie

We didn't do anything the day before Thanksgiving, but we also would get up early.

Lottie

We'd watch the Christmas parade while dad started cooking.

Lottie

It was always a big deal to all see Santa at the end of the parade.

Samantha

Yes.

Lottie

Um, we would eat and.

Lottie

Which I guess isn't, like, common.

Lottie

I Guess I thought it was normal to eat your Thanksgiving meal as lunch and not dinner.

Samantha

Yeah, we did, too.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

Yeah, definitely.

Samantha

That's why my mom would wake up at like, four to start the tr.

Lottie

Yeah, same.

Lottie

But a lot of people I know, they do like dinner, like kind of late night dinner.

Samantha

I would not want to do that.

Samantha

Because you have to clean up at the end of the night.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

And starve all day.

Lottie

Like, I don't.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

You're, like, trying to make sure that.

Lottie

You Maybe you get to snack all day, like on unusual snacks.

Lottie

But.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

So we would eat lunch and then either the Dallas game would be on during that or after.

Samantha

Always.

Samantha

The Dallas.

Lottie

Dallas and the Lions always play every year.

Samantha

What?

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

Who's the Lions?

Lottie

Detroit Lions.

Samantha

Detroit.

Samantha

Okay.

Samantha

Yeah, she gave me a side eye, but she very kindly hid it from her voice.

Lottie

You're welcome.

Samantha

How did you not know that?

Lottie

It's not.

Lottie

I'm.

Lottie

No, it might be.

Lottie

It's not common.

Samantha

It probably is if it's.

Samantha

Literally everything's.

Lottie

We just.

Lottie

I grew up with a lot of football, so that's just why.

Lottie

I know.

Lottie

And it's always fun every year to find out who.

Lottie

So just like the super bowl, there's a halftime on Thanksgiving games, and so it's always fun and exciting to know who's doing this.

Lottie

The Thanksgiving halftime show.

Samantha

I didn't know that.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

And so this year, Shabuzi's doing one of the half times.

Samantha

Sorry, I don't like Shabuzi.

Samantha

Oh.

Lottie

Nora's obsessed with Shabuzi, So we're excited, so that's okay.

Lottie

And I can't remember what her name is, but she's really fucking cool.

Lottie

And she's the girl who plays the electric violin.

Samantha

And she's Lindsay Sterling, maybe.

Lottie

That sounds familiar.

Samantha

Yeah, she grew up Mormon.

Lottie

Really?

Lottie

Yep.

Samantha

Oh, that's so funny.

Lottie

Yeah, she's playing one of the Thanksgiving halftime shows.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

So I'm really excited because I love violin and I like when it sounds cool.

Samantha

Yeah, she's like a rocker style, like.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

Electric violin.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

So usually after we eat dinner, the.

Lottie

A football game will be starting.

Lottie

My sister and I will jam out to whoever's doing the halftime.

Lottie

Um, we're always real silly.

Lottie

We used to sometimes play football, but we always.

Lottie

Every year, while the Dallas game is on, we'll get the Christmas stuff out and start decorating the tree.

Samantha

Oh, actually, you're right.

Samantha

I.

Samantha

No, for us, I think it was the day after Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

That's cute.

Samantha

Not cute.

Samantha

That's not the right word.

Samantha

Sounded you trait.

Samantha

No.

Samantha

That's fun.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

What did.

Samantha

Are there any, like, dishes that you guys, like, always had that you kind of wanted?

Lottie

Good question.

Lottie

We are creatures of habit, and I feel like I might have adapted that, adopted that.

Lottie

Logan and I are obsessed, and we have to, have to, have to have this one particular broccoli cheese casserole.

Lottie

So good.

Lottie

And it's just I have to have it every year.

Samantha

Does it have, like, chicken in it or anything?

Samantha

Like, there was one that my mom used to make for dinner.

Lottie

Like, no.

Lottie

It's a lot of cheese, broccoli, and I think, like, mushroom soup or something, which I don't want to know because I hate mushrooms, so I'm pretending that's not a thing.

Samantha

It's not.

Lottie

And so we have to have that every Thanksgiving and every Christmas because it's my favorite.

Lottie

And Logan has also, like.

Lottie

He will eat all of it.

Samantha

Nice.

Lottie

And then we have macaroni, the turkey, mashed potatoes.

Samantha

I feel like macaroni is a Southern thing.

Lottie

Really?

Samantha

I don't know.

Samantha

We never had it out west.

Lottie

Oh, interesting.

Samantha

But I feel like it's around everywhere in the South.

Samantha

Like, everyone has it.

Lottie

Okay.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

What kind of foods?

Samantha

Which is weird because my dad's from Kentucky.

Lottie

Oh.

Samantha

So I don't know why he didn't.

Lottie

What kind of foods did you guys.

Samantha

Have always, you know, like, obviously, like, mashed potatoes and turkey and gravy stuffing inside the chicken.

Samantha

Turkey.

Lottie

I mean, he always makes that.

Lottie

But you don't like it soft like that?

Lottie

I don't think so.

Lottie

I think it's gross.

Samantha

Okay.

Samantha

That's fair.

Samantha

It makes sense.

Samantha

And then.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

What else do we have?

Samantha

Sweet potatoes with marshmallows.

Samantha

But I don't like that at all.

Lottie

Interesting.

Samantha

You ever had that, like, sweet potatoes cooked with the marshmallow and brown sugar on top?

Lottie

I have yet to put a sweet potato in my mouth that I like.

Lottie

And I don't like marshmallow, so I highly doubt that that'll be it.

Samantha

Fair.

Samantha

Do you like maple syrup?

Samantha

Eh, my very favorite.

Samantha

This is a side note.

Samantha

Cause we didn't have it for Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Well, we did, actually, later, when I started having Thanksgiving with my friend.

Samantha

But maple.

Samantha

So it's sweet potatoes diced up or cubed?

Samantha

Cubed, and then doused in butter and maple syrup and salt and pepper and.

Lottie

Interesting.

Lottie

That's all.

Samantha

Well, actually, I've added other things like pecans and stuff before.

Lottie

Okay.

Lottie

That would be good.

Samantha

So good.

Samantha

I.

Samantha

I'll make it one day, and you can try it.

Samantha

And if you don't like it.

Samantha

I won't be offended, but.

Samantha

Okay.

Samantha

Maybe I'll change your life.

Lottie

Maybe.

Samantha

No, just.

Samantha

Oh.

Samantha

There was later, I would just say when I turned 12, my dad started making cinnamon rolls every year.

Lottie

Mm.

Samantha

Actually, I lied.

Samantha

It was cinnamon bread.

Samantha

Cinnamon and raisin bread.

Lottie

Was that for breakfast or like, a dessert?

Samantha

I make it during the day.

Samantha

And did we do it the day before?

Samantha

I don't remember, but yeah, it was just, like, a snacky thing.

Lottie

Oh, okay.

Lottie

Yeah, we always do cinnamon rolls for breakfast on Christmas.

Samantha

I want to do that.

Samantha

Someone just told me there was a place in Gainesville where they go and they buy fresh.

Samantha

Fresh, but frozen.

Samantha

Homemade Frozen cinnamon rolls.

Samantha

And they're, like, amazing.

Samantha

And I'm gonna find out the name of the place.

Lottie

If I can find you down for some amazing cinnamon rolls that you don't.

Samantha

Have to, like, make.

Samantha

Homemade?

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

Oh, I.

Lottie

For sure we don't do homemade.

Lottie

It's frozen.

Lottie

From the grocery store.

Samantha

Oh, okay.

Samantha

Where do you.

Samantha

What kind?

Lottie

Like, it's just Pillsbury.

Samantha

Oh, from the can.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

Okay.

Samantha

Got you.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

Okay.

Lottie

Still no things in the making.

Lottie

No, not a thing.

Lottie

I told you guys last week.

Lottie

Last week or when we were talking about Thanksgiving fails, we talked about how we had a friends giving one time, and it was interesting to see what everyone brought.

Lottie

So I learned that, like, cranberry sauce is a common thing.

Samantha

Yeah, we didn't have that because no one in my family liked it.

Samantha

But once I started doing it later with my friend every year, and it was homemade, she made the best.

Samantha

So it was like.

Samantha

It was, like, real cranberries simmered down and cooked into, like, a jelly, like, orange zest and spices in it.

Samantha

Oh, my gosh.

Lottie

Yeah, that's the thing that's weird to me.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

It's like eating Jello, and I don't.

Samantha

No, it's a compote, more like.

Lottie

That makes sense.

Lottie

But I feel like the can one is what I have been offered, and that definitely was like, jello on a plate.

Lottie

And I don't know why people love that.

Lottie

We don't do, like, any of the fancy corns usually, and I feel like corn's usually a big Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Oh, I didn't realize that either.

Lottie

Oh, and it's really funny that you mentioned cornbread is a common tradition, because we've never done that before.

Lottie

But I made cornbread for the first time a couple of nights ago when I made chili, and now everyone in the house is obsessed with it, so now I'm making that for Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Did you do it homemade or was it a box?

Samantha

Because there is a certain box that I love.

Lottie

Do I have to answer that?

Lottie

Because I still made it good.

Samantha

I tell you guys, I love the jiffy box.

Samantha

It's so stinking good.

Samantha

Oh, it's like a little bit sweet, but not very sweet.

Samantha

It's just so perfect.

Lottie

Mine was not jiffy, but it was a prepackaged box.

Lottie

And I put a bunch of honey into the mix before I cooked it.

Lottie

And then when it came out, I coated the top with honey and let it soak in.

Samantha

That sounds amazing.

Lottie

It was really good.

Samantha

There is another thing I like to do with the jiffy box.

Samantha

It is a cornbread casserole, but it's not really a casserole.

Samantha

It's more just a really super, like, souped up cornbread.

Samantha

So you put, like, creamed corn in it and sour cream, and you can put, like, jalapenos in it if you want.

Lottie

I bet you could put, like, chicken in it or sausage.

Samantha

You could.

Samantha

You could.

Samantha

But, like, literally, I just do the extra good corn and sour cream and cheddar cheese, and it's like a very moist, so savory, delicious.

Samantha

It's so good.

Lottie

Now I want to make that up for dinner and put either chicken, leftover turkey, or.

Lottie

What's that?

Lottie

Andouille sausage.

Lottie

And Julie, I bet that would be delicious.

Samantha

I called andouille.

Samantha

I always call it andouille because I think it's spelled with L's.

Samantha

It's andouille.

Samantha

You're right.

Lottie

I don't know.

Lottie

It's just a sausage.

Lottie

Okay.

Samantha

We're gonna normalize not knowing how to say words.

Lottie

Worcestershire.

Samantha

Worcestershire.

Lottie

Worcestershire sauce.

Lottie

Are there any traditions that you do as an adult that you did as a child?

Samantha

Honestly, no, because I.

Samantha

No.

Samantha

Well, I guess when I.

Samantha

So now I go up to my friends in North Carolina, I say, I.

Samantha

Brett and I.

Lottie

Good.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

And I.

Lottie

That's where you guys spend Thanksgiving?

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

With friends and.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

Okay.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

And so that's what we do.

Samantha

We've done it for the last, like, three years, some or four years.

Samantha

We play board games all day during the day.

Samantha

Granted, there's a part of me that feels a little guilty because my.

Samantha

My Danielle, my good friend and her mom and brother all stay upstairs cooking and I go downstairs and play board games with the guys.

Samantha

But maybe it's not a gender thing.

Samantha

It's more of just a who wants to help and who wants to not.

Samantha

And I guess I'm that not helpful person.

Lottie

I would take it at.

Lottie

Well, okay.

Samantha

This doesn't I don't help.

Lottie

This doesn't apply to you, but in my case that would be me because no one wants me fucking cooking on Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Okay, got you.

Samantha

Well, I do take a homemade and they do request it every year I take a homemade.

Samantha

What am I saying?

Samantha

Green bean casserole with the French crispy French onion salad.

Samantha

And I do not use canned soups.

Samantha

I make it fresh from scratch.

Samantha

So that is very yummy.

Samantha

And I do help that way.

Samantha

I always take like a dessert or two.

Samantha

So I take a few things and then I try to make sure, like, hey, if there's something I can do, I try to be there.

Lottie

Yeah.

Samantha

And then.

Samantha

But yeah, it's pretty amazing.

Samantha

I love it.

Samantha

I love it.

Samantha

We play board games and it's such a good Thanksgiving.

Samantha

And we do actually do the same thing, I think where everybody, we do, we go around and say what we're thankful for.

Samantha

And we did grow up saying doing that.

Lottie

I like that.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

We do think we feel like the going around the table and being thankful shouldn't just be on Thanksgiving.

Lottie

So we actually do that every night.

Samantha

You do?

Lottie

We do with the kids.

Samantha

I love that.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

We didn't do that growing up, but with the kids, every night we do three thankfuls.

Lottie

So.

Samantha

Love that.

Lottie

I actually think we'll skip it on Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Okay.

Lottie

Because I mean, I.

Lottie

Why do you need a.

Lottie

Why do.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

Why do you need a particular day to be thankful?

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

Actually this would be like a fun conversation for Christmas because that was something that we really took and made our own with our own family.

Lottie

But for Thanksgiving we kind of still do the same thing.

Lottie

I don't get up early, I don't find it exciting, and I don't make the kids watch the Christmas parade.

Samantha

Right.

Lottie

That's just not too enjoyable to me.

Lottie

I'd rather have a nice quiet time before we have to go and be surrounded by family that maybe we don't want to be surrounded by.

Lottie

And we all have some of those, I think.

Lottie

So we always go to my parents house for Thanksgiving and that's just how it's always been there.

Samantha

Was going to ask, where do you guys go?

Lottie

Here it is changing up.

Lottie

This year we are still going to their house.

Lottie

But this year Simon's doing the majority of the cooking.

Lottie

But of course he's a really good cook, guys.

Lottie

His turkey is like to die for, unlike any other turkey.

Samantha

Really?

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

So he's taking over turkey this year.

Samantha

Wait, what does he do?

Samantha

Is he fry it and does it do it?

Samantha

No.

Lottie

Makes this.

Lottie

He Makes this like butter thing and then he like shoves it over the.

Samantha

Skin and Herbed butter.

Samantha

That's how.

Lottie

Yeah.

Lottie

And whatever he does.

Lottie

And then there's like all these juices that he like, squirts all over and it always actually comes out juicy.

Lottie

And I'm.

Lottie

I'm always used to getting a dry turkey for Thanksgiving, so it'll be interesting to see what everyone else thinks of his turkey.

Lottie

And there's only been a couple of Thanksgivings that we didn't do that.

Lottie

When I think it was the first year that Simon and I were together for Thanksgiving.

Lottie

My parents lived in South Carolina, and for some reason I cannot remember why we were going to do our own Thanksgiving.

Lottie

And I remember Simon bought this like tiny, tiny turkey that was just big enough to feed the four of us.

Samantha

That's really cute.

Lottie

And he.

Lottie

I think he either put it in the oven or told me to put it in the oven for him.

Lottie

And then he had to go to work for a few minutes or for a couple of hours.

Lottie

So the turkey went in the oven.

Lottie

But then Amelia woke up sick and she has a hole in her heart.

Lottie

And so at that time, anytime she got a fever, got sick, it was a big deal.

Lottie

So you had to go to the hospital.

Lottie

So I took her to Choa on Thanksgiving thinking that the turkey would be okay in the oven.

Samantha

Oh, no.

Lottie

And Amelia was fine.

Lottie

We got home.

Lottie

I mean, honestly, we weren't there for too long.

Lottie

Like it was fine.

Lottie

But by the time we got back home, the turkey was fried.

Lottie

Simon was like trying to shave off like burnt stuff so we could at least eat the insides of it.

Lottie

And it was a very ungrate food Thanksgiving.

Lottie

But it was our first Thanksgiving together.

Samantha

And so we always remember it.

Lottie

I do.

Lottie

And then that was the first year that we were together together.

Lottie

So that's the first year that Simon and I put Christmas stuff up together because we did do that.

Samantha

Cute.

Lottie

Yeah, I like it.

Lottie

I do.

Samantha

I really enjoy decorating for Christmas.

Samantha

I haven't done it the last few years.

Samantha

Well, that's not true.

Samantha

Two years ago I did.

Samantha

Last year I just was way too busy.

Lottie

I feel like it's the only holiday I do decorate.

Samantha

I love it.

Samantha

I want to sit around.

Samantha

I think this year I am going to go with my sister in law and get a Christmas tree at the same time as them.

Lottie

Good.

Samantha

I.

Samantha

Yeah.

Lottie

Real.

Samantha

A real one.

Samantha

I wanted a real tree.

Samantha

I would love to have a real tree every year.

Samantha

Brett doesn't love decorating, and that's part of the reason why it's not that important.

Samantha

Like, I kind of let it.

Samantha

If I'm busy, I just do it.

Samantha

But we did, like, two years ago come to a compromise.

Samantha

Well, let's just get an artificial tree.

Samantha

Cause he just didn't think, I just don't wanna spend money on a tree every year.

Samantha

I do.

Samantha

And I told him that I wanted to get a real tree this year, and he agreed.

Samantha

Even though we have an artificial one that we could use.

Samantha

So shake it up a bit.

Samantha

Right.

Samantha

I just.

Samantha

I just love sitting around a tree with the lights off.

Samantha

The.

Lottie

Yes.

Samantha

Twinkling on the tree.

Samantha

On.

Lottie

Right.

Samantha

And you're just drinking a tea or cocoa, reading.

Lottie

Maybe you just end up, like, tranquilized in the tree lights.

Samantha

Yeah, Tranquilized.

Samantha

That's cute.

Lottie

Is that.

Lottie

No, tranquilize is the word.

Samantha

I think you mean mesmerized and trans.

Samantha

What's the word you're trying to put with it?

Samantha

Something.

Lottie

I make up my own vocabulary.

Samantha

I love it.

Samantha

But tranquilized works too.

Samantha

You could just like.

Lottie

Now I need to look up what word I was.

Samantha

Trying to go in the kitchen or living room and they're like, mom, wake up.

Samantha

She's just been tranquilized by the tree.

Lottie

Oh, my.

Lottie

I love it.

Lottie

Well, it would be interesting to hear all the different ways to celebrate.

Samantha

Yeah.

Samantha

And honestly, this is getting me excited.

Samantha

One for Thanksgiving and two, for now.

Samantha

Even decorating for Christmas.

Lottie

Yeah, I'm excited to talk about Christmas.

Samantha

Me too.

Lottie

So Happy Thanksgiving.

Samantha

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Samantha

We love you.

Lottie

We'll talk to you in December.

Samantha

That's right, Skirts out.

Samantha

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Lottie

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Lottie

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Lottie

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Lottie

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Samantha

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Samantha

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Samantha

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Samantha

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