What Makes a Christmas Movie? Plus, a Toast to New Beginnings

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk about Christmas traditions, from sweaters and trees to classic holiday movies and music. They dive into various light-hearted hot takes, holiday preferences, gift-giving etiquette, and more. Along the way, they review a Cream of Kentucky bourbon, discuss JavaScript and API challenges, and share Robbie’s big announcement—twins on the way!

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:49) - Whiskey intro and rating: Cream of Kentucky
• (07:59) - Bing Crosby vs Frank Sinatra
• (09:31) - Real vs fake Christmas trees
• (13:59) - Christmas Story vs Christmas Vacation
• (16:34) - Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
• (18:09) - Are gift cards a good present or just lazy?
• (20:50) - Robbie’s big news
• (21:32) - The state of EV
• (27:45) - Investments and crypto
• (33:40) - The results of the State of JS Survey
• (38:00) - Podcast merch
• (39:21) - Futbol and food
• (44:58) - Robbie on Learn with Jason
• (50:11) - Everybody likes Vite
• (53:13) - Representing your brand
• (55:02) - Holiday plans

Links

• Cream of Kentucky: https://creamofkentucky.com [https://creamofkentucky.com]

• Bing Crosby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby]

• Frank Sinatra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra]

• Jack Daniels: https://www.jackdaniels.com/ [https://www.jackdaniels.com/]

• Balsam Hill Christmas Trees: https://www.balsamhill.com/c/artificial-christmas-trees [https://www.balsamhill.com/c/artificial-christmas-trees]

• A Christmas Story: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/]

• Christmas Vacation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/]

• Die Hard: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/]

• Arnold Schwarzenegger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger]

• Hallmark: https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/ [https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/]

• VW Buzz: https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html [https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html]

• Doug Demuro’s review of the VW Buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1TsmhSv5k [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1TsmhSv5k]

• Rivian: https://rivian.com/ [https://rivian.com/]

• Chrysler Pacifica: https://www.chrysler.com/pacifica.html [https://www.chrysler.com/pacifica.html]

• Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/ [https://www.tesla.com/]

• Shiba Inu: https://shibatoken.com/ [https://shibatoken.com/]

• Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump]

• Ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ [https://ethereum.org/]

• XRP: https://ripple.com/xrp/ [https://ripple.com/xrp/]

• Hawk Tuah Coin: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/hawk-tuah/ [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/hawk-tuah/]

• State of JS Survey: https://stateofjs.com/ [https://stateofjs.com/]

• Chris Manson: https://x.com/real_ate [https://x.com/real_ate]

• Jonathan Creamer: https://x.com/jcreamer898 [https://x.com/jcreamer898]

• Syntax: https://syntax.fm [https://syntax.fm]

• WordPress: https://wordpress.org [https://wordpress.org]

• Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/ [https://www.djangoproject.com/]

• Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ [https://rubyonrails.org/]

• Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/ [https://typecraft.dev/]

• Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen [https://x.com/ThePrimeagen]

• DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ [https://x.com/dhh/]

• Telemundo: https://www.telemundo.com/ [https://www.telemundo.com/]

• Manchester United: https://www.manutd.com/ [https://www.manutd.com/]

• David Beckham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beckham [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beckham]

• Liverpool FC: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/ [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/]

• Real Madrid: https://www.realmadrid.com/ [https://www.realmadrid.com/]

• Learn with Jason: https://www.youtube.com/@learnwithjason [https://www.youtube.com/@learnwithjason]

• Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/ [https://www.netlify.com/]

• Node: https://nodejs.org/ [https://nodejs.org/]

• Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ [https://nextjs.org/]

• Ember: https://emberjs.com/ [https://emberjs.com/]

• Vite: https://vite.dev/ [https://vite.dev/]

• Astro: https://astro.build/ [https://astro.build/]

• React: https://react.dev/ [https://react.dev/]

• Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/ [https://www.shepherdjs.dev/]

• Whiskey.fm [http://Whiskey.fm]: https://whiskey.fm [https://whiskey.fm]

• Whiskey.fund: https://whiskey.fund [https://whiskey.fund]

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

• Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner [https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner]
• Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd [https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd]

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