Katherine: Lay it on me man--

Hank: Why are there 12 days of Christmas?

K: Something to do with Epiphany I think?

H: I have no idea.

K: --and that's the end of my answer to that.

H: Well there aren't really, no one does 12 days of Chri--

K: Not anymore. Some people do this like, lead up to Christmas with the 12 days but I think it's actually from Christmas on--

H: On, is the 12 days of Christmas.

K: Yeah.

H: Oh! Is wassailing a thing, or is that a myth?

K: It was a thing.

H: It still is!

K: Mm...

H: We did it when I was a kid.

K: I don't think you did.

H: Wait, what is it? I caroled.

K: That's... one part of it.

H: What else do you do when you wassail?

K: You get drunk.

H: I love this tradition!

K: Yeah.

H: Why did we get rid of that?

K: I think it was like all feudal, something. Basis, basis from the feudal times. So you'd go wassail up at the Laird's... lair, and he'd fill up your--

H: Cup?

K: Yeah.

H: You'd get some gruel. If you wassailed at the Wenceslas estate.

K: Yeah, you go up to Wenceslas and wassail... him... you're gonna get some good wassail. Out of Wenceslas.

H: I love the Wenceslas wassail!

K: It's great wassail.

H: I wonder, like, Christmas trees in Hawaii. Do you get-- because you don't have a bunch of like, Doug firs growing, do they ship 'em? They must fake trees. Or just like, bring in a palm tree.

K: They might just, you know, like put some lights on their ficus or something.

H: Yeah.

K: Their pl-- their ficus plant. I don't know, what about-- Hawaiians, what do you do for a tree? In Christmas? Do you--

H: Oh my god this person is born and raised in Hawaii! "We decorate a tree. Companies like Walmart, Costco, etc. will ship in real trees, and they also have fake trees. Some people use palm trees. We have a big dinner, open presents, sing songs, and we don't have to worry about getting snowed in."

K: My question is, like, what's with the red and the green?

H: Yeah!

K: I'm curious about that.

H: I get green, cause it's all about like, remembering spring. And then the red just looks good.

K: Berries? Maybe?

H: Santa wears red.

K: Yeah but he didn't always.

H: Holly? Holly is red and green.

K: Yeah.

H: Hey Google, what's with the red and green at Christmas?

Google: On the website whychristmas.com they say, "Red is also the color of holly berries, which is said to represent the blood of Jesus when he died on the cross."

H: Okay Google!

K: But this is the birth--

H: Yeah!

K: --part!

H: Yeah that's not-- that's Easter!

Google: My favorite thing about Christmas is the spirit of giving. If you're interested in donating or volunteering, I can help you find charities.

H: Oh my goodness.

K: Google's trying to--

H: No pressure, though.

K: --guilt us into volunteering this year. Alright!

H: Didn't ask you, but okay. "Why leave milk out for Santa if it's just gonna go bad before he gets there?" What do you think happens to milk?

K: Milk doesn't go bad that fast.

H: Like, before refrigerators-- is it re-friger-- how is it refrigerator?

K: [laughing]

H: Why isn't it just called frigerators?

K: Refrigerated... Happy Christmas!

H: Okay Google, what's the etymology of refrigerator?

Google: On the website etymonline.com they say, "Refrigerator. Origin and meaning of refrigerator by online etymology dictionary."

H&K: [laughing]

H: Still some glitches to work out! Google lives in the tree. This person asks, "Why do you all say Merry Christmas and not Happy Christmas?" They say Happy Christmas over the-- over the ocean. So happy, actually, used to mean, like, lucky. So like, a happy coincidence.

K: Oh!

H: Or happenstance is from the same thing.

K: Okay.

H: Merry actually meant happy before happy meant happy. So I think it might be just, that has continued from before happy meant happy.

K: Hm.

H: But I'm guessing.

K: I thought it was marketing.

H: It may also be marketing. Our final question comes from Ava, and this really is for you because I do not know, "What is figgy pudding?"

K: Uh, this is a language thing.

H: Yeah.

K: And a pudding--

H: Uh-huh.

K: --is a dessert.

H: Okay. I know that it has figs--

K: And bacon.

H: --and bacon. That's all I know about it.

K: I think it's just a traditional--

H: Dessert.

K: --like, once again, yeah, like, bring me out some-- some delicious food--

H: Right.

K: --person who I am--

H: We won't go until we get some--

K: --harassing. Yeah, person who I am harassing. This is what happens, like, when you give your workers a day off?

H: Mm-hmm.

K: They just turn around and like, they're just all up in your business.

H: Yeah.

K: Like give me more!

H: Banging on the banquet table, like, demanding figgy pudding. They're wassailing you, asking--

K: Wassailing all over the town! I mean, it's all about just eating fruit and getting drunk. Happy Christmas!