A Very Merry ADHP Christmas Special! | ADHP (Ep. 35)

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Christmas is supposed to be joyful.Instead, it turns fully grown adults into stressed-out, passive-aggressive maniacs arguing over gift bags, traditions, and why ONE Christmas light strand never works.In this Christmas Day episode of Adulthood Pending, Zaga breaks down why the holidays bring out the absolute worst versions of otherwise normal people — from Christmas dictators and last-minute chaos shoppers to over-gifters, nostalgia police, and the people who mysteriously disappear during cleanup.This episode spirals quickly and includes:A Christmas edition of Weekly CrisisA wildly unhinged Nick Doesn’t Get It segment that somehow involves Christmas lights and government conspiraciesA long round of Normal or Unhinged?A Tito Time that wraps the chaos into an actual adult life lessonAnd a couple unexpected appearances you’ll want to stick around for 👀If Christmas makes you tired, overstimulated, broke, or questioning humanity… congrats.You’re normal.🎄 Merry Christmas🎁 Happy Holidays🧠 Welcome to adulthood🎙 Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/6M2NGbzarhLytxjoi3GucK?si=ADNyYlK6Tf2F4aBUX9Odpw📲 Follow us everywhere:🔗 All Links: https://linktr.ee/ADULTHOODPENDING📱 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@Adhpshow📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/Adhpshow🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6M2NGbzarhLytxjoi3GucK?si=ADNyYlK6Tf2F4aBUX9Odpw💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/rbVHTNeFbH👕 Rep your millennial chaos:Because December may be a scam, but your outfit doesn’t have to be.👉 https://adulthoodpending.myspreadshop.com🎵 Music Credit:“LVL UP” — Luke Bodine, Luke Oxendale, Tosh Peterson & Adamm Mitchell© Sleep Deprived Records / DistroKidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5pEs6Q1dzoMusic by Dmitrii Kolesniko from Pixabay⏱️ Timestamps00:00 – Christmas Day surprise episode01:40 – Being festive but already exhausted03:00 – Opening presents on the pod06:30 – Why Christmas turns people into psychos09:40 – Passive-aggressive holiday behaviour14:05 – Weekly Crisis: Christmas Edition19:40 – The types of people Christmas creates20:00 – The Christmas Dictator21:55 – The Fake Chill One25:30 – The Last-Minute Chaos Person27:20 – The Over-Gifter29:55 – The No-Effort One32:33 – The Nostalgia Police34:18 – The Escape Artist36:16 – Judging gift wrapping38:05 – Holiday “date night” chaos44:34 – Nick Doesn’t Get It45:00 – Are Christmas light companies spying on us?51:59 – Normal or Unhinged? Christmas Edition01:07:00 – Tito Time01:08:20 – A very unexpected appearance01:11:18 – Final Christmas send-off#adulthoodpending #millennialpodcast #christmasepisode #holidaystress#millennialhumor #christmaschaos #adulting #holidayburnout#comedy podcast #relationshippodcast #christmasstress#weeklycrisis #normalorunhinged #nickdoesntgetit #titotime

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