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 Bing Crosby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby Frank Sinatra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra Jack Daniels: https://www.jackdaniels.com/ Balsam Hill Christmas Trees: https://www.balsamhill.com/c/artificial-christmas-trees A Christmas Story: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/ Christmas Vacation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/ Die Hard: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/ Arnold Schwarzenegger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger Hallmark: https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/ VW Buzz: https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html Doug Demuro’s review of the VW Buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1TsmhSv5k Rivian: https://rivian.com/ Chrysler Pacifica: https://www.chrysler.com/pacifica.html Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/ Shiba Inu: https://shibatoken.com/ Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump Ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ XRP: https://ripple.com/xrp/ Hawk Tuah Coin: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/hawk-tuah/ State of JS Survey: https://stateofjs.com/ Chris Manson: https://x.com/real_ate Jonathan Creamer: https://x.com/jcreamer898 Syntax: https://syntax.fm WordPress: https://wordpress.org Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/ Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/ Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ Telemundo: https://www.telemundo.com/ Manchester United: https://www.manutd.com/ David Beckham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beckham Liverpool FC: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/ Real Madrid: https://www.realmadrid.com/ Learn with Jason: https://www.youtube.com/@learnwithjason Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/ Node: https://nodejs.org/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Vite: https://vite.dev/ Astro: https://astro.build/ React: https://react.dev/ Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/ Whiskey.fm: https://whiskey.fm Whiskey.fund: https://whiskey.fund Connect with Chuck and Robbie Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.