At the beginning of this episode, we swap some memories of childhood Christmases in Hawaii during the '70s and '80s.

At the end, we include a song about Mauna Kea on The Big Island, written and recorded by Toast back in the '90s, called "Sometimes She Wears White." If you listen to it and notice some words you don’t understand, the Hawaiian lyrics are "Kuahiwi nani nō, kuʻu puʻuwai, kuʻu puʻuwai" which in English means "Truly beautiful mountain, my heart, my heart."

Anyway, that’s the beginning and end.

What about the middle?

In the middle, we talk about ideas for managing the excesses of the holidays: ribbons, cards, edible treats, and gifts.

Ribbons
Iron out any wrinkles, put in a big Ziploc to reuse later.

Cards
Use a scissors to cut out artful shapes from cards, punch a hole in it, and use them as gift tags. You could even add glitter, or glue on a backing to reinforce or add color to the tag. Crafty stuff.

Edible Treats
Freeze extra snacks in Ziploc bags so you don’t waste them, nor eat them all at once.

Gifts
Don’t hold on to items that you don’t or won’t use. Instead, how about ‘using’ them to be more of a giver yourself, giving them to people or organizations who will use them. 

Speaking of giving possessions away, what’s the difference between something being 'vintage' vs. 'antique'? 

• Antique is anything that’s at least 100 years old.

• Vintage has a looser definition, anything ranging between 25 to 50 years old or so. 

• We’re vintage, but we aren’t antiques!