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- Christmas is just not Christmas
0:03
unless there are some gingerbread men cookies around, right?
0:09
They just scream, scream Christmas.
0:13
And one of my business acquaintance mother-in-law
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makes the best gingerbread cookie in the world.
0:26
And I did not ask her for the recipe.
0:28
I kinda had a feeling she might not want to share it.
0:32
So this is the recipe that I had on my website.
0:37
So I'm still in search
0:40
of the best gingerbread man cookies
0:45
that I could ever hope to make.
0:49
So this is my first shot at it.
0:52
And I think I'll be able to improve on it
0:55
as I work on these gingerbread cookies.
0:58
So I make a lot of ginger cookies,
1:01
but I just don't go to the, you know,
1:03
to the actual gingerbread man and woman.
1:06
All right.
1:07
So we're going to start by creaming
1:12
our dark brown sugar with our stick of butter.
1:17
And you know, it's kind of the typical ingredients.
1:20
And of course you can always
1:24
change about your spices if you want to.
1:29
If you like them with a real ginger flavor,
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add more ginger, if you like more cinnamon,
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add more cinnamon,
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and the same goes for your nutmeg.
1:44
And what was that other one that I didn't have put in here,
1:48
all spice?
1:50
So, just kind of play around with it.
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Do what suits your tongue.
2:03
Okay.
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I am just slowing this down until I get it under control.
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- [Eddie] And if you do want the cookie to be,
2:10
so firm like the gingerbread,
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- Yes.
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- [Eddie] Would you add more molasses
2:17
to make it a little more chewy?
2:19
- Actually, I would just put one egg in it
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because the more eggs you put,
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the more cake like it is.
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And I'm not really fond of cookies that are cake like,
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you know what I mean?
2:35
I like them crispy and some chewy,
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you know, in the center,
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that's kind of the way I like 'em.
2:45
All right, I'm gonna transfer this to a big bowl
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because after I get all this mixed up,
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I'm going to be adding our flour mixture to it.
3:02
Yeah.
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I'll be in search of that wonderful gingerbread cookie
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that I have dreamed about.
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And I guess it's been, what, maybe four years,
3:13
five years, Theresa?
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- [Theresa] Gosh, longer than that.
3:18
- Since Jeff's mother-in-law made those
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and shared with us.
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Mm, they were so good.
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All right, cream, cream, cream.
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(mixer hitting side of bowl)
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All right, now I'm going to add two eggs.
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I wish I wasn't adding but one,
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but we're gonna go with what I said
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the first go round.
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(mixer hitting sides of bowl)
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All right, now I'm going to add our molasses.
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Now this is molasses, it's not syrup.
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Molasses kind of looks like motor oil.
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It's real dark and real sweet.
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And then we're gonna take our flour.
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(mixer hitting sides of bowl)
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And add it to this mixture.
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To our creamed mixture.
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I'm going to take this and scrape my bowl down.
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There we go.
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I'd love it if some of the grandchildren
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would come in to help us decorate
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these gingerbread men and women.
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Maybe they will.
5:14
(mixer hitting sides of bowl)
5:16
Maybe somebody'll show up.
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Okay.
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All right, I'm going to come over here,
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and we've got our flour,
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and I'm adding salt, baking soda?
5:34
Don't remember if it was soda or powder.
5:36
Nutmeg, cinnamon,
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and ginger.
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I love ginger.
5:51
Every time I say it, Michael hears me say I love ginger,
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you know what he says?
5:56
Well, actually I liked Mary Ann the best.
6:00
He's so goofy.
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So, I wanna just kind of sift this together
6:10
using our little magic whisk.
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All right.
6:20
So, this is a little high for me to work with,
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but I think y'all can see better.
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Okay, so I'm just gonna work, stir this flour in.
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You know, you can use a spoon or a spatula,
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and then, we've got to put this in the refrigerator y'all.
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And let it set until it's firm enough
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that we can roll it out and cut it.
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Do our cutting out with our cookie cutters.
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You know what, I said to do it with a spoon,
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but I'm actually gonna finish this off with my mixer.
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And when you roll these out,
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you're going to want to make sure
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that you roll them on a surface
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that's well floured so they won't stick.
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And don't worry about them looking.
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Don't worry about the fact that you put down too much flour
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and they gonna look white because that will bake out.
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So don't worry about that.
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Just make sure you have enough flour
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so they won't stick.
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Okay, so there it is.
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Our ginger bread dough.
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Smells pretty good.
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It almost smells like sweet potatoes.
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Come smell, Theresa,
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see if this doesn't smell like a sweet potato to you.
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- [Eddie] I can smell the molasses.
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- You can.
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Smell, smells just like a sweet potato.
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- [Theresa] It does at first.
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- Doesn't it.
8:25
- [Theresa] I catch another.
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- So that's it.
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We're going to put these in the refrigerator,
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and then we're going to roll them out
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and cut them and throw them in the oven.
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And hopefully somebody will come help me decorate.
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I think I forgot to mention this part, y'all,
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but we need to work with maybe
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about a half a cup of dough at the time,
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because if you try to work all that dough at once,
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it's really overpowering.
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So we're gonna.
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And remember what I've told you about the flour.
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It's okay.
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And after this sits in the refrigerator, y'all,
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it's like hard as my arteries.
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It's hard.
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So if you got a big, strong man around.
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Put him to work.
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I don't like mine real thick.
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All right, here we go.
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First the girl because it's ladies first, remember.
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Always ladies first.
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Can see her little skirt.
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Now you can find these cookie cutters
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in different sizes.
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These are kind of rather on the smaller side.
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I kind of like the larger ones
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because when you go to decorate 'em,
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the smaller your surface,
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the harder it is to work with.
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And I done chopped off a piece of his foot.
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There it is.
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We just go hook it right back on there, little man.
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Just hook it right back.
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Okay.
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You know, children have so much fun
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decorating cookies at Christmas time.
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I know my grandboys just love it.
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And Jack's 14 now.
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And you know, he still enjoys
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getting in the kitchen with his grandma
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and making cookies.
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Jack likes to bake.
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So I will see if I can't work this up.
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I may mix this in with the rest of the batter
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that I've gotten the refrigerator.
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It's still chilling,
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and see if we can't get some more gingerbread people
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out of there.
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But these are going to get,
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It's getting towards the end of the day, y'all
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I'm going to put these in the oven.
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Let me see, at 350,
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and bake 'em for about 10 minutes.
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That's kind of the standard average number for cookies
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isn't it?
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350, 10 minutes.
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- [Theresa] Yep.
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- So that's what we gonna do with these little babies.
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And you can rework this dough.
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And like I said, I think it'll,
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I think if I mix it with some
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that's not been flowered yet,
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I think it'll work real good.
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So in the oven, 350, 10 minutes,
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and I can tell y'all something right now.
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Who's gonna decorate the most beautiful
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gingerbread man and gingerbread girl ever.
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Your cameraman, the college graduate from SCAD,
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Savannah art and design school.
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He will beat us all by far with his decorating.
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But I'm still gonna try.
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Okay, listen mister artiste
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has already done a few,
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and I want you to see how pretty they are.
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Aren't they pretty?
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- [Theresa] Well pick 'em.
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- [Paula] Oh, pick them up.
12:57
- [Theresa] Well just show them.
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- I love this one because it's got so much icing.
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She's got a little white flowery dress.
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- [Eddie] Oh that's a snowman.
13:11
- No this is a missus.
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- [Eddie] Yeah, but I made the other side a snowman.
13:15
I made it look like a snowman.
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- Where?
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- You don't think it looks like a snowman?
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- No, I just saw the skirt.
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You know what?
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It can be anything you want it to be.
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And I love the fact, Eddie,
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that you used the candy balls for eyes
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'cause it's hard to get that small amount.
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- [Theresa] So what you doing?
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- So I'm going to copy you.
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I'm going to copy you, and I'm going to take,
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Wait, what you waiting on?
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- [Theresa] I actually am going to come around
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the other side
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- [Paula] Come on.
13:50
- [Theresa] So I can shoot from the decorating's.
13:52
- [Paula] Come on.
13:58
This is very tedious.
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Oh, he has red eyes and he's so pretty.
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- [Theresa] Show her to me.
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- No, it's a man.
14:15
This a man.
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And I got to give him some boots, y'all.
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And maybe some gloves.
14:27
Your children will have so much fun
14:32
getting in the kitchen with you.
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- [Theresa] Eddie's getting really detailed over here.
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- [Paula] I know.
14:37
- [Theresa] We could be here 'till Christmas.
14:38
- [Paula] I know, I know.
14:39
- [Theresa] The real Christmas day.
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- But look how cute he is, Eddie.
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- He is cute.
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He's not overdone, is he?
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- Well actually, the pink looks really nice
14:48
on top of the gingerbread.
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- And you know what?
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I'm going to give him some hair like peepaw.
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Look at that.
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Now that's peepaw's
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Eddie, I think I heard a car door.
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- Do you hear six little feet?
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- I do. I think I do.
15:16
- Not reindeer?
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- Oh my gosh.
15:20
Maybe somebody is coming to help us decorate.
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The triplets gonna love these.
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And I swear, I think I heard them.
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- I think they are going to love the icing.
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I think fingers are going all over the place.
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- I think so too.
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Oh gosh, that's pretty.
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- [Theresa] Eddie, let me see your snowman.
15:43
Before the.
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- [Eddie] Before it gets eaten?
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- [Theresa] Exactly.
15:47
You've got to flip it up.
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I mean it's a normal camera, people.
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- [Paula] I still love mine.
15:53
The simplistic of peepaw.
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There.
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- Peepaw and mister snowman.
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- Missus, missus.
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- Well, well.
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- She's got a little skirt, Eddie.
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- [Theresa] Okay, guys, I hear the door.
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(speaking Spanish)
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- I would love to say y'all
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that our brilliant triplets decorated these,
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but I would be lying.
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What baby, what, what, what?
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But Mr. Eddie decorated those for you.
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Come on, okay.
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You can't make up your mind.
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No, no, no, all done.
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All done.
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(toddlers babbling)
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All done.
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That is Amelia's way of saying
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good to see y'all, but I'm all done.
16:50
Merry Christmas.
16:53
Merry Christmas.
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Look at her polka dot dress.
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Look.
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- Happy!
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(speaking Spanish) Happy.
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(toddlers babbling)
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He's saying Halloween.
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- [Paula] I know. I heard him.
17:20
You gonna get down there with your sisters?
17:23
- (speaking Spanish)
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- [Paula] Oh my, Ali.
17:27
That's so beautiful.
17:30
- She's a natural.
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- [Paula] It's beautiful.
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Thank you.
17:37
What baby?
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(toddlers babbling)
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- Whoa, (speaking Spanish).
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Can you say gracias?
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- You are so welcome, my precious.
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(toddler babbling)
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What? Okay.
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- (speaking Spanish)
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- All right, now taste it.
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Take a bite.
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- (speaking Spanish)
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It's so good.
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Taste it.
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There you go.
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- Yummy.
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- Yum.
18:14
Yum to my tum.
18:15
This is how Gini likes to eat it, like this.
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Yum!
18:23
(all laughing)
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