The holidays are looking a little different this year, but we’re still talking about gift lists, holiday traditions, Vlogmas, and the conception of The Great-ish Jae Bake Off.

Show Notes

  • Check out our This or That: Gilmore Girls Holiday edition in the Pod-Mas highlight on the Instagram
  • I think I personally like Kirk as a woman of questionable morals better, but I honored Jae’s hot chocolate
  • Help me with my campaign to get Jae to eat a hamburger
  • Also, help me with my campaign to get Santa Burger’s on restaurant menus during the holidays!
  • #1 item on Angela’s Christmas list: Link to harry potter wand remote – Living out the Hermione Granger dream
  • Ummmm I need Jae to explain how she is sci-fy-y because I’ve never got her on board to any of my fandoms
  • It’s actually called a theragun, not a thermagun – link here. And you can see Jae use it in the pod-mas highlight as well
  • Side note: did you know that the boot shaft was called the boot shaft or shaft?
  • As someone who formerly worked in a shoe department, if someone was scandalized if i asked for their shaft height preference I would not be able to hold in the laughter
  • Check out of 2020 gift wrap up for Jae’s homemade presents
  • The one influencer I follow, Alicia Tenise, or @Aliciatenise on Instagram – insert web link here.
  • Fact Check #1: I’m really great at picking out gifts, the execution is harder for me though, finding something that fits the vision of what I want it to look like or convey, or even getting it to arrive on time. For example, last year I bought most of my gifts all through the same website, and the package was first lost, then smashed in transit, and needed replacement. I finally got most people their gifts in late January/early February.
    I’m so into cards this year because there is far less chance of them getting lost or destroyed and people will actually know I thought of them
  • Jae’s been teasing my gift ALL YEAR – this has been so difficult for both of us
  • We are big fans of mindful effort and that is what makes the perfect gift at the end of the day
  • Jae’s virtual Thanksgiving video is adorable and so thoughtful.
  • Lol – can you hear my glee when she mentioned a glitter bomb card?
  • Apparently, my Thanksgiving texts fell a little flat all around, so I’m going to try a little harder for the
  • Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Winter Solstice season
  • 29 hours for Barack Obama’s book?! – Is this normal, neither of us really listen to audiobooks before this
  • Did you catch Jae’s photos at the Christmas Tree lot in Pod-Mas Week 1? Check-it out on Instagram at @inomniapod.
  • Just take a shot whenever Jae calls me boomer
  • Please enjoy our brief psych interlude!
  • So sad I’m missing tamales!
  • Lol you are a real one if you made it through 55 minutes of us retelling Christmas movies last episode
  • Happiest Season, Dan Levy, Kristen Stewart, Aubrey Plaza – 10/10 recommend
  • Fact Check #2: I found the full interview where President Obama is asked about Drake’s desire to play him in a biopic about his life, and he says, “ “I mean, that is a talented, talented brother. So, if the time comes and he’s ready …” So this isn’t officially happening, but wouldn’t it be great if it was?
  • Anyone who’s interested in co-hosting a drake episode with me, DM us!
  • I can’t even tell you how we got so into Degrassi: The Next Generation, but we’ve seen all the episodes multiple times. I think Jae’s last binge was in college and involved YouTube pre-You-Tube TV.
  • What’s your favorite Disney Channel Holiday Episode
  • Jae recently introduced me to Whitney Cummings podcast and I’m now obsessed
  • Wow, I will concede that I’m basically a boomer with my confusion over time-lapse videos
  • And here The Great Pod-Mas Baking Challenge was born! We’re all using White Chocolate, Peppermint, and Marshmallows. This is a real insight into our creative collaborative process. It’s actually changed even more since this discussion, so check it out on Instagram!
  • Here’s a link to chef’s baking from kids’ drawings. —
  • I’m so new to the Food network. I watched a lot more of the daytime cooking shows on PBS, ABC, etc. and I’m fascinated by the food network challenges.
  • Fact Check #3 – we didn’t get to put them in different rooms, but we did create a mini forest in the living room!
  • In respecting both our families privacy, we aren’t showing a lot of pictures, but
  • White elephant or secret Santa for you and your family?
  • The sustainable gift wrapping was so much fun to make! I highly recommend it! Check out our Pinterest for our sustainable gift wrapping article.
  • I promise Jae’s not overly materialistic. She was trying to say that sometimes it’s difficult when
  • Please see the links for all of our holiday candy choices below.
  • Apparently given our chocolate preferences, Jae and I would be perfect to share a candy box.
  • Fact Check #4: The coconut-pecan mixture that tops and fills German Chocolate Cakes is a frosting. I thought it had a special name, but it is just Coconut-Pecan Frosting.
  • We’ve been friends for more than 7 years, and on December 5th, 2020 was the first time I put together Jae’s gluten allergy and sandwich dislike
  • What Christmas song would you get rid of?
  • A Cheetahlicious Christmas, opened by Ali & AJ –
  • Backstreet Boys – Into the Millenium
  • Our per episode plea for everyone to be safe and considerate of others
    And please remember to consider organizations that donate toys to kids for the holidays
  • Fact Check #5 – Jae did not play with pentagrams as a child. These were actually called tangrams, blocks of various shapes and sizes to build with
  • Vlogmas – haha do you love my definition of vlogmas?
  • When I say rapping tutorials I actually mean wrapping
  • I really don’t know how Jae has not attempted her own vlog-mas before this. Also, can you tell that Pod-mas was her creation?
  • Do you enjoy what I got for Christmas videos?
  • Juicy Star 07? What?
  • For those of you like me who did not know, a lace cookie is —
  • Our Christmas recap is on Instagram!
  • Kyber Crystals – the things that power the Jedi’s lightsabers
  • Alisha Marie Vlogmas
  • Fact Check #6 The Nutcracker song is Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and The Carol of the Bells
  • I checked, my Alicia does not do vlogmas, but she did do behind the scenes for all of her holiday campaign shoots
  • I always forget that influencing is actually a job.
  • Literally, Jae has introduced most of the social media and technology into my life
    AVO Toast #1: M7M’s in cereal is not great, it’s the texture. I stand by it, tried it again, and still not a fan
Jae & Angela Here! We are two friends diving into our past and present, evaluating if we are ever truly ready for anything. Quarter-life crises are real and we want to be with you SIA (stumbling in action) as well as give council wherever possible.