November 21, 2024 • 16 mins
Do you or your family have a Thanksgiving tradition? Martha's involves singing, Christie brings the Tupperware, & there's always some craziness in Karena's house!
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Speaker 3 (01:03):
When the on air Mike goes off, the.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Talk talk begins. It's talk Talk with Martha Quinn.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Okay, I am already confused.
Speaker 5 (01:15):
Yeah, because we're doing We're not doing games.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Yes, however, I will let me just seek some clarification here.
Aren't we going to do board.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Games right now? We're going to talk about Thanksgiving traditions, So.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Just to seek some clarification, is Simon a board game? Yes,
Karina Alaskas, will you be the judge on this please?
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I realized we're not talking about this week. We're talking
about this next week. I realize that. But just to
seek clarification so I can prepare properly for next week,
which will be episode number two d and twenty four,
Christia is coming down on Simon as a board game.
I am absolutely against this.
Speaker 6 (01:51):
I am one hundred percent on your sign. Martha Quinn,
I don't count Simon as a board game.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
We have a week to figure it out, all right, Well.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Listen, I give thanks every day for you, two ladies.
I do, whether you're right or wrong. Like when you
said that Heart was an all female band, I still
love you.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
I do.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
I love you.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
It's I give thanks for you every single day. Even
in episode number two hundred and twenty three, which we're
going to talk are Thanksgiving traditions. This will be fun.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Yes, welcome to the show. We got Christy James, what's
going on?
Speaker 5 (02:32):
What you got?
Speaker 6 (02:33):
The fabulous and iconic Martha Quinn? What and in me?
Karina velaskaz you know what what? I'm gonna start with
the joke real quick, ladies. Why did the turkey cross
the road? Okay, I know the answer to this.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
I know you do, Christy. Why did the turkey cross.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
The road to get to the other slide?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
No, to get away from the cramp bear?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
No, to prove it wasn't chicken. That's all.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I got it. That's funny, she got it.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
So Thanksgiving traditions growing up? What was Thanksgiving like in
your house, Christy? With your mom, Miss Ruthie and your
brother Gamel, what was it like? Did you have a
big Thanksgiving or.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Was it just you guys?
Speaker 7 (03:24):
It was spent with my mom's cousin, little Sister, and
we'd always go to little sister's house in San Francisco.
So Thanksgiving in my house was never spent in my house.
We always no, we always went someplace else, most likely
to little sister's house or my mom's friend, Miss Brook's house,
and we would go there. So we usually always go
(03:46):
somewhere else for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I mean, I love that.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Your life is peppered with like little sister, miss Ruthie,
which is your mom Miss Brooks. H that's so endearing.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I love that. It's respect.
Speaker 7 (04:00):
Oh I don't call my mom's friends by their first name.
Get popped in my mouth.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
No, thank you to this day.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
You don't ah to this day.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (04:09):
They are not like the same age as me. No,
put some respect on their name.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
No, I don't. I would never go would be like
hey Karen, causey or hey Karen.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
I'm like, hi, mis Karen.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
That's funny because I didn't. I didn't grow up that way.
They never told me, oh, you got to call them
myth no or sister. It was everybody by their first name. No,
unless they're.
Speaker 5 (04:33):
Like my aunt or uncle, then it'd be like the
old Dia.
Speaker 7 (04:36):
Yeah, no, that's that's different. But no, yes, yeah, like
I said, put some respect on their name. And as
far as Thanksgiving traditions go, we would always go to
Little Sister's house and then yeah, she would cook and
my brother and I. She had like a basement in
San Francisco with like a lower kind of lower room,
and my brother and I would just go there and
(04:56):
watch TV all night and then my mom and her
would talk and then we would go back home.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
It's a free month.
Speaker 6 (05:01):
Oh so it was very just small, just little sister
or Miss Ruthie, your brother.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
It wasn't like a whole big family thing.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Nope, nope, that was it.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
And what about your Thanksgiving tradition now, Christy.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
We started going to my friend Adrian's house is a
friend of a friend and she cooks a lot of food,
and so we went there the past like two and
a half I think two or three years, or I
might cook something small at home from my brother and
my mom back.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
To little sister's house. Did you say grace? Did you
say things you are thankful for?
Speaker 5 (05:33):
No?
Speaker 7 (05:33):
I mean we say grace before we eat. But that's
every meal with my mom, every meal.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
May I hear that grace? Please?
Speaker 7 (05:39):
It's different and she usually does that.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Give us an example just to.
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Thanks for the food, you know, I don't know really
an example, but it's mostly like, you know, thank.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
You for the food, bless this house, blessed.
Speaker 7 (05:55):
A myriad of things, and then we eat and that's it.
But there's no like going around the circle and saying
what we're thankful for. We do that at birthday celebrations
at my friend Jeanine's house. You know, we do recognition
and praise on your birthday, but Thanksgiving, no, what.
Speaker 6 (06:10):
About you, Martha Quinn? What about your Thanksgiving traditions?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Well, growing up, it was always going to my grandparents
or one of my uncle's houses, either in Troy, New
York shout out or Cropsyville, New York Propsyville, n Cropsyville.
And it was always a whole bunch of us around
a table and you know, dogs and family and turkey.
(06:36):
And we didn't have sweet potatoes. Really, I don't remember
that well, Slee, I remember maybe, I guess maybe we
had mashed potatoes and salad. And always we had kind
of a singing grace thing that we did, really always
did that every single year. And I always thought, this
(06:57):
is the coolest thing in the whole world. I never
imagined in a million years that my life wouldn't include that.
And then one day I took a little trip to
California and met my husband, and I did indeed pack
up and move away from my family. And so then
(07:17):
when it was just us, the four of us, first,
when it was just me and Jordan, so maybe sometimes
we would come back east. But once we had kids,
we either went to my cousin Lily Bell's, who did
live near us, but mostly it was the four of
us because also, you know, we're vegetarians. We've got the
whole tofurky thing going on, so like we need to
(07:38):
nobody who would come to our house. So but we
always we didn't say grace. We weren't that house, but
we always went around the table and said stuff that
we were grateful for.
Speaker 6 (07:50):
Do your kids now follow kind of like any traditions
that your family would have, Martha Glynn as far as
when they say tell me more Ivan, Well, like you
said you would do a singing grace or is it
not really?
Speaker 8 (08:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Do my kids know that?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
I should hammer that into them. I should because I
actually was with my family not that long ago for
my cousin's you know service, because she passed away and
we all stood in the cemetery and sang one of
our grace songs and it was really beautiful. And if
my son didn't know it, and I thought I am
(08:22):
a slacker, I should have taught them that song. Maybe
one of these days I will.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
You're never a slacker anything. No, that is not a
true statement.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Oh Christy, my son would beg to differ.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
He called me this.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Morning and said, Mom, how often do I need to
wash my jeans? And I, well, you know, just kind
of eyeball it. You know, if they seem funky or smelly,
or they're sagging, you know, the knees are baggy. Then
Papa Minni goes. I honestly think this is something you
didn't teach me.
Speaker 5 (08:55):
No way.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
I was like, look, I couldn't do everything. Okay, I
couldn't do everything. Speaking of my kids. Shout out to Annabel,
who is our number one fan. She's always listening, so
thank you. We have to call her missus Annabel.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
Now, yeah, so crazy. I know, that's so cool.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
I would imagine in the Martha Quinton household would be like,
all right, let's go around and sing a little eighties hymn.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
You know how we should?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
What would be a good eighties song to sing on Thanksgiving?
Speaker 7 (09:26):
M you give love a bad name? No, I'm just kidding,
red red wine. If that's pouring, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I would think never going to give you up, never
going to let you down, never going to run around
to desert you you know, that's kind of bonding.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
That is a good one.
Speaker 5 (09:43):
Yeah, that is a good song.
Speaker 7 (09:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Karina of Alaskaz tell us about Thanksgiving in the Velaska's household.
I'm going to imagine it's lots of people.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
It used to be a lot of people at the
Velaska's household.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
My mom is one of ten kids.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
My dad has a lot of family on his side,
so it really used to be a ton of us
in one house. But then everyone started having their own
families and kind of just going their own ways. But
my family, so my sisters and their significant others and
then my parents, we do all get together at my
parents' house and we have the traditional kind of things,
(10:18):
giving me all the turkey, all that stuff, and whoever
wants to come to the house is more than welcome
to come. Like we have some cousins that have their
kids and maybe their mom's not doing anything, so we
always try to leave an open door policy for whoever
wants to come to the house.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
And my dad would always drink.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
It would be the only time that he would drink
a Koniac and it's remy Martin, so he always looks
forward to drinking that. On Thanksgiving, we wake up we
watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, pop some champagne, and
then my mom's the only one that handles the turkey
because once im I younger, my younger sister handle the turkey.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
And let's just say.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
All that okay, cooking it or carving.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
It, cooking it.
Speaker 6 (11:04):
My younger sister made an attempt when one year to
try to cook the turkey, and yeah, it did not
turn out as plan. The whole oven was on fire.
It was just all honestly, she did she did a
really bad job. Well clearly, yeah, that's that's yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
So we leave this unless it's flowm bay turkey flom bay.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened,
but yeah, we leave the turkey cooking to my mom.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
So may I say, Thanksgiving is the number one day
for cooking fires obviously, so heads up, this is not
a joke. Like, you know, be prepared to be aware
about cooking fires on Thanksgiving.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
And sometimes we also play if the family comes over,
we'll play. It's kind of like a bingo, but it's
called Lota and you basically just have to match the
cards with the pictures.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
It's exactly like bingo.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
And then we'll play that for like a quarter and
then just have some games and then maybe by ten
o'clock everybody goes home.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
So do you incorporate football into your day?
Speaker 5 (12:06):
Yeah, definitely. Football is always on for sure.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
Yeah, and my mom big football fan, so football definitely
part of the day.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
I love thinking about Miss Ruthie watching football.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
Why she loves football. She has always loved football. I
remember growing up and I'd be like, oh, okay, you
please turnus off. Why do we have to watch this?
She's always been a Niner fan, and yeah, watching football
even like I talked to her this weekend. What are
you doing, Mom, I'm sitting in the car. Why are
you sitting in the car. Well, you know I like
to sit.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
In the car.
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Well, I mean, when are you going in the house.
I'm getting ready to go in the house. I mean
I already missed the game, but I guess who's playing
a night? Well, you know so and still got hurt
and did it. Yeah, she's really Yeah, she knows, she
knows the game. She knows football.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
So we never watched football in my house. Like, I
didn't even really know that Thanksgiving Day football was even
a thing until way way more recently as a kid.
I mean maybe I guess it did happen. Did it
always happen, Like even in the eighties, did that happen.
I don't think Giving Day football, that's a great question.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
I think it's been a pretty like standard tradition.
Speaker 6 (13:11):
Yeah, but you don't even watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day
parade either, one of you guys, Christine.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Martin, I didn't.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
I did when my kids were little. I never thought
much about it. Like even when I lived in New York,
I never really thought much about the Macy's Day Parade.
Like a lot of those things that happen when they
happen in your own town, you kind of, I don't
know what it is. You sort of like tune them
out a little bit, like, oh, that is not really
(13:37):
a New York thing. That's kind of in its own bubble,
like you know what I mean. Like I never went
to New York City, I'm sorry, to Times Square to
see the ball drop. I never na never did anything
like that. Yeah, you know, that was for outsiders, but
that was for them, tourist people. I never went to
the Empire State Building until I moved to Kelif and
(14:00):
then went back on a visit, and then I did.
But in any rate, Thanksgiving, I love that we have
a national day that's focused on gratitude. I do love that.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:12):
And also because I was born on Thanksgiving, so it's
extra special.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
I'm a Thanksgiving baby.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
My mom was upset because she was so hungry, but
she couldn't eat because she had to have me. But
after she had me, the nurses set her up with
a nice little table and they brought her a turkey
leg and they hear and.
Speaker 5 (14:32):
My dad had a really nice, romantic dinner.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
And that's why Karina is a job Turkey exactly.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
That is why I'm a job Turkey. One year I.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Spend that is a good Turkey. By the way, one
year I did spend spend Thanksgiving in an ambulance when
I was my son was born early and he had
to transfer from one hospital to another, and we transferred
him on Thanksgiving Day. So I sat in the ambulance
(15:04):
with my little thermos of lentils. But you know, I
look back on that fondly, like, wow, that was a
wild day in life's journey. That that's how I spent
that Thanksgiving well, I have an idea. Let's go around
and say what we're grateful for.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
I'll go first.
Speaker 7 (15:21):
I'm grateful for being able to do what I love
every single day with cool people.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
Hey me, I'm grateful. Can I say that thing.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
I'm grateful for friendship, for family, for the roof over
my head, for being able to breathe every single day.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
I'm grateful for the journey.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Me too, I'm grateful for the journey. I am grateful
to you, guys, because you know, I'll never get over
how you pulled me out of the dark pit of
despair and really encouraged me and taught me so much
about walking in the light, just even if I had
to claw my way to positive thoughts. I'm so grateful
(15:58):
to you guys for introducing that concept to me because
I think it's so important and I do try to
pass that along as well, but I always trace it
back to you. And even though every day for years
already before that all happened last year, I'd been encouraging
people to shout out totally awesome news. And it was you,
(16:19):
guys that said, Martha, you encourage people to shout out
totally awesome news. Now's your opportunity to walk it like
you talk it, and.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
I was like, WHOA.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
So I'm super grateful for that. I'm super grateful for
the little Turkey Day arrival and all of that.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
Yeah, and thank you to everyone who takes the time
to listen and comment on our podcast.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
So thank you to the listeners absolutely until thank you
for checking out episode number two hundred and twenty three
of Talk Talk with Martha Quinn. The show that unites
the Morning Drive with Christy Live, cru Christy and Kreeen
of Alaska is the best morning show. I always say this,
(17:03):
and I'm going to say it every week. Thank you
until I'm sick of saying it, not just in the
Bay Area but on the planet. I'm a firm believer
in that. So this podcast unites the Morning Drive with
Christy Live crew and the Martha Quinn Show crew, which
is surprise me and producer Kreeen of Alaska. Yeah, Christy,
thank you for covering for me this week. I appreciate
(17:25):
you all.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
Good my pleasure.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Until we meet again, which will be episode number two
hundred and twenty four, we will see if we have
come to a conclusion as to whether or not Simon
is a board game or not. I mean, clearly it's not.
There's no board involved. But we'll see. We'll get into
a little throw down, probably when the mics are off,
and we'll see what happens next week. Until then, I'm
Martha Quinn.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
I'm Christy, I'm Karane of Alaskaz.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
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It's beginning to sound a lot like the holidays. The
Roku channel your home for free and premium TV is
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(18:43):
app on iOS and Android devices. So stream what you
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Roku channel. Happy Streaming,
I have a way to make your morning more efficient.
You can get caught up on the news in about
seven minutes. That is my promise to you as the
host of the Seven podcast from the Washington Post. And
in that time I will run down seven stories, everything
from the most important headlines to fascinating new information you
might miss otherwise. My name's Hannah jule. Go follow the
(00:23):
Seven right now wherever you're listening, and we will get
you caught up.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
It's beginning to sound a lot like the holidays. The
Roku channel your home for free and Premium TV is
giving you access to holiday music and genre base stations
from iHeart All for free. Find this soundtrack of the
season with channels like iHeart Christmas and north Pole Radio.
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(00:51):
Google TV, Samsung TVs, and the Roku Mobile app on
iOS and Android devices. So stream what you love and
turn up that cheer with iHeartRadio on the Roku Channel.
Happy streaming.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
When the on air Mike goes off, the.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Talk talk begins. It's talk Talk with Martha Quinn.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Okay, I am already confused.
Speaker 5 (01:15):
Yeah, because we're doing We're not doing games.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Yes, however, I will let me just seek some clarification here.
Aren't we going to do board.
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Games right now? We're going to talk about Thanksgiving traditions, So.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Just to seek some clarification, is Simon a board game? Yes,
Karina Alaskas, will you be the judge on this please?
Speaker 5 (01:33):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I realized we're not talking about this week. We're talking
about this next week. I realize that. But just to
seek clarification so I can prepare properly for next week,
which will be episode number two d and twenty four,
Christia is coming down on Simon as a board game.
I am absolutely against this.
Speaker 6 (01:51):
I am one hundred percent on your sign. Martha Quinn,
I don't count Simon as a board game.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
We have a week to figure it out, all right, Well.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Listen, I give thanks every day for you, two ladies.
I do, whether you're right or wrong. Like when you
said that Heart was an all female band, I still
love you.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
I do.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
I love you.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
It's I give thanks for you every single day. Even
in episode number two hundred and twenty three, which we're
going to talk are Thanksgiving traditions. This will be fun.
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Yes, welcome to the show. We got Christy James, what's
going on?
Speaker 5 (02:32):
What you got?
Speaker 6 (02:33):
The fabulous and iconic Martha Quinn? What and in me?
Karina velaskaz you know what what? I'm gonna start with
the joke real quick, ladies. Why did the turkey cross
the road? Okay, I know the answer to this.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
I know you do, Christy. Why did the turkey cross.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
The road to get to the other slide?
Speaker 3 (02:56):
No, to get away from the cramp bear?
Speaker 5 (03:01):
No, to prove it wasn't chicken. That's all.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
I got it. That's funny, she got it.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
So Thanksgiving traditions growing up? What was Thanksgiving like in
your house, Christy? With your mom, Miss Ruthie and your
brother Gamel, what was it like? Did you have a
big Thanksgiving or.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Was it just you guys?
Speaker 7 (03:24):
It was spent with my mom's cousin, little Sister, and
we'd always go to little sister's house in San Francisco.
So Thanksgiving in my house was never spent in my house.
We always no, we always went someplace else, most likely
to little sister's house or my mom's friend, Miss Brook's house,
and we would go there. So we usually always go
(03:46):
somewhere else for Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I mean, I love that.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Your life is peppered with like little sister, miss Ruthie,
which is your mom Miss Brooks. H that's so endearing.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
I love that. It's respect.
Speaker 7 (04:00):
Oh I don't call my mom's friends by their first name.
Get popped in my mouth.
Speaker 5 (04:03):
No, thank you to this day.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
You don't ah to this day.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (04:09):
They are not like the same age as me. No,
put some respect on their name.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
No, I don't. I would never go would be like
hey Karen, causey or hey Karen.
Speaker 5 (04:21):
I'm like, hi, mis Karen.
Speaker 6 (04:22):
That's funny because I didn't. I didn't grow up that way.
They never told me, oh, you got to call them
myth no or sister. It was everybody by their first name. No,
unless they're.
Speaker 5 (04:33):
Like my aunt or uncle, then it'd be like the
old Dia.
Speaker 7 (04:36):
Yeah, no, that's that's different. But no, yes, yeah, like
I said, put some respect on their name. And as
far as Thanksgiving traditions go, we would always go to
Little Sister's house and then yeah, she would cook and
my brother and I. She had like a basement in
San Francisco with like a lower kind of lower room,
and my brother and I would just go there and
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watch TV all night and then my mom and her
would talk and then we would go back home.
Speaker 5 (05:00):
It's a free month.
Speaker 6 (05:01):
Oh so it was very just small, just little sister
or Miss Ruthie, your brother.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
It wasn't like a whole big family thing.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Nope, nope, that was it.
Speaker 6 (05:09):
And what about your Thanksgiving tradition now, Christy.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
We started going to my friend Adrian's house is a
friend of a friend and she cooks a lot of food,
and so we went there the past like two and
a half I think two or three years, or I
might cook something small at home from my brother and
my mom back.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
To little sister's house. Did you say grace? Did you
say things you are thankful for?
Speaker 5 (05:33):
No?
Speaker 7 (05:33):
I mean we say grace before we eat. But that's
every meal with my mom, every meal.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
May I hear that grace? Please?
Speaker 7 (05:39):
It's different and she usually does that.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Give us an example just to.
Speaker 7 (05:45):
Thanks for the food, you know, I don't know really
an example, but it's mostly like, you know, thank.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
You for the food, bless this house, blessed.
Speaker 7 (05:55):
A myriad of things, and then we eat and that's it.
But there's no like going around the circle and saying
what we're thankful for. We do that at birthday celebrations
at my friend Jeanine's house. You know, we do recognition
and praise on your birthday, but Thanksgiving, no, what.
Speaker 6 (06:10):
About you, Martha Quinn? What about your Thanksgiving traditions?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Well, growing up, it was always going to my grandparents
or one of my uncle's houses, either in Troy, New
York shout out or Cropsyville, New York Propsyville, n Cropsyville.
And it was always a whole bunch of us around
a table and you know, dogs and family and turkey.
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And we didn't have sweet potatoes. Really, I don't remember
that well, Slee, I remember maybe, I guess maybe we
had mashed potatoes and salad. And always we had kind
of a singing grace thing that we did, really always
did that every single year. And I always thought, this
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is the coolest thing in the whole world. I never
imagined in a million years that my life wouldn't include that.
And then one day I took a little trip to
California and met my husband, and I did indeed pack
up and move away from my family. And so then
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when it was just us, the four of us, first,
when it was just me and Jordan, so maybe sometimes
we would come back east. But once we had kids,
we either went to my cousin Lily Bell's, who did
live near us, but mostly it was the four of
us because also, you know, we're vegetarians. We've got the
whole tofurky thing going on, so like we need to
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nobody who would come to our house. So but we
always we didn't say grace. We weren't that house, but
we always went around the table and said stuff that
we were grateful for.
Speaker 6 (07:50):
Do your kids now follow kind of like any traditions
that your family would have, Martha Glynn as far as
when they say tell me more Ivan, Well, like you
said you would do a singing grace or is it
not really?
Speaker 8 (08:01):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Do my kids know that?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
No?
Speaker 3 (08:02):
I should hammer that into them. I should because I
actually was with my family not that long ago for
my cousin's you know service, because she passed away and
we all stood in the cemetery and sang one of
our grace songs and it was really beautiful. And if
my son didn't know it, and I thought I am
(08:22):
a slacker, I should have taught them that song. Maybe
one of these days I will.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
You're never a slacker anything. No, that is not a
true statement.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Oh Christy, my son would beg to differ.
Speaker 4 (08:37):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (08:38):
He called me this.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Morning and said, Mom, how often do I need to
wash my jeans? And I, well, you know, just kind
of eyeball it. You know, if they seem funky or smelly,
or they're sagging, you know, the knees are baggy. Then
Papa Minni goes. I honestly think this is something you
didn't teach me.
Speaker 5 (08:55):
No way.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
I was like, look, I couldn't do everything. Okay, I
couldn't do everything. Speaking of my kids. Shout out to Annabel,
who is our number one fan. She's always listening, so
thank you. We have to call her missus Annabel.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
Now, yeah, so crazy. I know, that's so cool.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
I would imagine in the Martha Quinton household would be like,
all right, let's go around and sing a little eighties hymn.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
You know how we should?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
What would be a good eighties song to sing on Thanksgiving?
Speaker 7 (09:26):
M you give love a bad name? No, I'm just kidding,
red red wine. If that's pouring, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
I would think never going to give you up, never
going to let you down, never going to run around
to desert you you know, that's kind of bonding.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
That is a good one.
Speaker 5 (09:43):
Yeah, that is a good song.
Speaker 7 (09:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
Karina of Alaskaz tell us about Thanksgiving in the Velaska's household.
I'm going to imagine it's lots of people.
Speaker 6 (09:53):
It used to be a lot of people at the
Velaska's household.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
My mom is one of ten kids.
Speaker 6 (09:58):
My dad has a lot of family on his side,
so it really used to be a ton of us
in one house. But then everyone started having their own
families and kind of just going their own ways. But
my family, so my sisters and their significant others and
then my parents, we do all get together at my
parents' house and we have the traditional kind of things,
(10:18):
giving me all the turkey, all that stuff, and whoever
wants to come to the house is more than welcome
to come. Like we have some cousins that have their
kids and maybe their mom's not doing anything, so we
always try to leave an open door policy for whoever
wants to come to the house.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
And my dad would always drink.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
It would be the only time that he would drink
a Koniac and it's remy Martin, so he always looks
forward to drinking that. On Thanksgiving, we wake up we
watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, pop some champagne, and
then my mom's the only one that handles the turkey
because once im I younger, my younger sister handle the turkey.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
And let's just say.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
All that okay, cooking it or carving.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
It, cooking it.
Speaker 6 (11:04):
My younger sister made an attempt when one year to
try to cook the turkey, and yeah, it did not
turn out as plan. The whole oven was on fire.
It was just all honestly, she did she did a
really bad job. Well clearly, yeah, that's that's yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:22):
So we leave this unless it's flowm bay turkey flom bay.
Speaker 6 (11:26):
I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened,
but yeah, we leave the turkey cooking to my mom.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
So may I say, Thanksgiving is the number one day
for cooking fires obviously, so heads up, this is not
a joke. Like, you know, be prepared to be aware
about cooking fires on Thanksgiving.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
And sometimes we also play if the family comes over,
we'll play. It's kind of like a bingo, but it's
called Lota and you basically just have to match the
cards with the pictures.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
It's exactly like bingo.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
And then we'll play that for like a quarter and
then just have some games and then maybe by ten
o'clock everybody goes home.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
So do you incorporate football into your day?
Speaker 5 (12:06):
Yeah, definitely. Football is always on for sure.
Speaker 7 (12:10):
Yeah, and my mom big football fan, so football definitely
part of the day.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
I love thinking about Miss Ruthie watching football.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
I don't know.
Speaker 7 (12:18):
Why she loves football. She has always loved football. I
remember growing up and I'd be like, oh, okay, you
please turnus off. Why do we have to watch this?
She's always been a Niner fan, and yeah, watching football
even like I talked to her this weekend. What are
you doing, Mom, I'm sitting in the car. Why are
you sitting in the car. Well, you know I like
to sit.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
In the car.
Speaker 7 (12:36):
Well, I mean, when are you going in the house.
I'm getting ready to go in the house. I mean
I already missed the game, but I guess who's playing
a night? Well, you know so and still got hurt
and did it. Yeah, she's really Yeah, she knows, she
knows the game. She knows football.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
So we never watched football in my house. Like, I
didn't even really know that Thanksgiving Day football was even
a thing until way way more recently as a kid.
I mean maybe I guess it did happen. Did it
always happen, Like even in the eighties, did that happen.
I don't think Giving Day football, that's a great question.
Speaker 7 (13:07):
I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
I think it's been a pretty like standard tradition.
Speaker 6 (13:11):
Yeah, but you don't even watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day
parade either, one of you guys, Christine.
Speaker 5 (13:16):
Martin, I didn't.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
I did when my kids were little. I never thought
much about it. Like even when I lived in New York,
I never really thought much about the Macy's Day Parade.
Like a lot of those things that happen when they
happen in your own town, you kind of, I don't
know what it is. You sort of like tune them
out a little bit, like, oh, that is not really
(13:37):
a New York thing. That's kind of in its own bubble,
like you know what I mean. Like I never went
to New York City, I'm sorry, to Times Square to
see the ball drop. I never na never did anything
like that. Yeah, you know, that was for outsiders, but
that was for them, tourist people. I never went to
the Empire State Building until I moved to Kelif and
(14:00):
then went back on a visit, and then I did.
But in any rate, Thanksgiving, I love that we have
a national day that's focused on gratitude. I do love that.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:12):
And also because I was born on Thanksgiving, so it's
extra special.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
I'm a Thanksgiving baby.
Speaker 6 (14:21):
My mom was upset because she was so hungry, but
she couldn't eat because she had to have me. But
after she had me, the nurses set her up with
a nice little table and they brought her a turkey
leg and they hear and.
Speaker 5 (14:32):
My dad had a really nice, romantic dinner.
Speaker 7 (14:34):
And that's why Karina is a job Turkey exactly.
Speaker 5 (14:38):
That is why I'm a job Turkey. One year I.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
Spend that is a good Turkey. By the way, one
year I did spend spend Thanksgiving in an ambulance when
I was my son was born early and he had
to transfer from one hospital to another, and we transferred
him on Thanksgiving Day. So I sat in the ambulance
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with my little thermos of lentils. But you know, I
look back on that fondly, like, wow, that was a
wild day in life's journey. That that's how I spent
that Thanksgiving well, I have an idea. Let's go around
and say what we're grateful for.
Speaker 4 (15:20):
I'll go first.
Speaker 7 (15:21):
I'm grateful for being able to do what I love
every single day with cool people.
Speaker 5 (15:24):
Hey me, I'm grateful. Can I say that thing.
Speaker 6 (15:27):
I'm grateful for friendship, for family, for the roof over
my head, for being able to breathe every single day.
Speaker 5 (15:34):
I'm grateful for the journey.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Me too, I'm grateful for the journey. I am grateful
to you, guys, because you know, I'll never get over
how you pulled me out of the dark pit of
despair and really encouraged me and taught me so much
about walking in the light, just even if I had
to claw my way to positive thoughts. I'm so grateful
(15:58):
to you guys for introducing that concept to me because
I think it's so important and I do try to
pass that along as well, but I always trace it
back to you. And even though every day for years
already before that all happened last year, I'd been encouraging
people to shout out totally awesome news. And it was you,
(16:19):
guys that said, Martha, you encourage people to shout out
totally awesome news. Now's your opportunity to walk it like
you talk it, and.
Speaker 4 (16:28):
I was like, WHOA.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
So I'm super grateful for that. I'm super grateful for
the little Turkey Day arrival and all of that.
Speaker 6 (16:37):
Yeah, and thank you to everyone who takes the time
to listen and comment on our podcast.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
We really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
So thank you to the listeners absolutely until thank you
for checking out episode number two hundred and twenty three
of Talk Talk with Martha Quinn. The show that unites
the Morning Drive with Christy Live, cru Christy and Kreeen
of Alaska is the best morning show. I always say this,
(17:03):
and I'm going to say it every week. Thank you
until I'm sick of saying it, not just in the
Bay Area but on the planet. I'm a firm believer
in that. So this podcast unites the Morning Drive with
Christy Live crew and the Martha Quinn Show crew, which
is surprise me and producer Kreeen of Alaska. Yeah, Christy,
thank you for covering for me this week. I appreciate
(17:25):
you all.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
Good my pleasure.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Until we meet again, which will be episode number two
hundred and twenty four, we will see if we have
come to a conclusion as to whether or not Simon
is a board game or not. I mean, clearly it's not.
There's no board involved. But we'll see. We'll get into
a little throw down, probably when the mics are off,
and we'll see what happens next week. Until then, I'm
Martha Quinn.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
I'm Christy, I'm Karane of Alaskaz.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
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