00:00:01 John Daub: Oh, hey, how's it going? For the last couple of years, I haven't really been getting my Christmas presents. I don't know what's going on. I got kind of a beef to pick with Santa Claus, but I'm in Japan, not back in the United States where I was a kid, so he might not even know I'm here.

00:00:21 John Daub: A lot of you in the United States are just waking up now. Santa and the NORAD tracker has just started, and I've been tracking Santa Claus. I want to tell you something, kids, and everybody else in the world. The NORAD tracker is completely off. They did not account for daylight savings times. How can Santa have already started, and it's still December 24th? Check it out on the clock up here. Do you see that? It's still technically December 24th, and Santa Claus has already delivered the presents? NORAD tracker, you're way, way, way off.

00:01:04 John Daub: You can't use the NORAD tracker. It's not accurate. How could he have delivered the Christmas presents if it's still the 24th? Obviously, the NORAD tracker did not take into consideration. He's already delivered packages through the Pacific, and he already came to Japan. Not possible. I'm here. The tracker's showing him in China now. He didn't come here, because it's still the 24th. I'm just saying.

00:01:33 John Daub: What I'm going to be doing here, I got a mask, because we're still supposed to social distance, and if I do meet Santa Claus, I want to make sure that I have my mask on. I just got a couple of things I want to tell him. I'm not going to climb into his bag like in the movie. I'm going to go to the Elf and then go to the North Pole. I don't think it works like that. Come on over here. This is going to be awesome. See that right there? It says here, "Eat thee, Santa." Right? It's not a trap, so he doesn't get suspicious. As soon as he comes, I'm going to jump him. I reckon he's not going to know.

00:02:25 John Daub: Let me show you my setup. It's not the 25th yet. We don't really have chimneys and stuff in Japan, so I don't know how he's going to come in here. I'm guessing through the front door. Maybe there's cracks in the building. In order for him to get to the tree, he's got to pass the tent. He can't come this direction because he's got to eat the cookies. And the cookies are right there. I've kind of camouflaged it. I have some trees here, so maybe he can't see too clearly. The campfire looks really cozy. I figure it's going to confuse him, and then I'll have a couple of seconds, maybe. And I'm going to jump him from the tent. Look, there's no presents. And that present came from Kanae Daub, and that's not really from Santa.

00:03:29 John Daub: Okapi's going to get a full eyeful of this, too. We've got him. We've got a couple of minutes before midnight. It is still Christmas Eve! I can't believe that more people haven't tried to do this! We're calling this, live, Santa Stakeout. And I have the headlight to catch him. I'm going to turn this on, on high blast. This goes up to like 1000 candlepower. He's going to be freaked out. There's two minutes to midnight. And he's got to make the rounds. It's going to take him some time, I think.

00:04:10 John Daub: Kanae Daub has wisely gone to bed, because she said to me, she might be right. If you try to do this, you're going to be on the naughty list, and you're not going to get anything. She's a little bit upset that I might be jeopardizing her Christmas presents, too. Meaning, if I do this, then she's going to get caught in the middle. And I told her, I was totally up on her. She's always looking for me. I better keep it down.

00:04:49 John Daub: I hear some sounds here. Before Santa comes, let me set up some stuff here. I'm guessing that Santa would like a beer, because he's working pretty hard. I think he's going to want the nice cold one. And if he wants more, it's right here. I know that this is going to attract him. I didn't do anything to these cookies. They're just normal cookies with walnuts inside of them. Now if he moves too quickly, I thought about this too.

00:05:38 John Daub: What I did was I bought at the curry pond store—does anybody believe in voodoo? I have here Santa in bread. So I figured we're gonna take a couple of bites and that might slow him down. The bakery has baked him in bread, and maybe we can slow him down with a little voodoo. Japanese bakers are pretty good. I'm gonna just take out his eyebrow. Oh that's good. And take out his left cheek. Look, there's cream inside. So I'm voodooing Santa and taking him out a little bit. I figure if I might be able to slow him down just a little bit.

00:06:44 John Daub: This one is Santa's cookies just to prove that these are okay. I'm gonna eat one because they look pretty good. Oh it's midnight! All right, these are really good. Don't tell him that I took one of the cookies too. There's plenty of them and I actually have some more in the refrigerator. Good old Frosty keeping them cold. Do you think you would mind if I take some of his beer? It's past midnight now. Santa Claus at midnight he starts up in Hokkaido and he works his way down to Tokyo. So it's not going to be very long now. He moves very quickly. We don't have a lot of time. Once we hear some noises or something we got to go and get him.

00:08:20 John Daub: Hokkaido is up in the north and now that's the 25th. I'm sure he's delivering the time zone. It won't be too long. So I'm gonna take him out a little bit long before he gets to Tokyo. Everybody just be quiet. This is a Santa Claus stakeout. We're gonna catch him. It's now midnight in Tokyo. Here's the Christmas tree. Kanae Daub is asleep and I don't want to wake her up either. I saw just a little bit of a red pants leaving the door.

00:10:29 John Daub: This letter was there. I don't think he ate the cookies because I was staring too hard at it. He didn't like the beer either. "Dear John, every year dozens of children try to stay up all night and get a glimpse of me. By doing this you give up your presents and may possibly be on the naughty list. Oh really? I can't promise I will return but if you don't get your sleep now you won't be able to upload your video on your new Only in Japan channel. That's right, on your channel. How does Santa know? I know you started over. You're doing great. Keep up the great work. The elves and I watch every time you go live too. How come he doesn't give any super chats? Get to sleep, Chris Kringle, Santa Claus."

00:11:36 John Daub: I'm starting to think that this probably was not the best idea. I guess he knows that kids try to do this. I did see his pants leg. He moves pretty quickly. He just tried to get in a little bit. I'm pretty sure that I woke Kanae Daub up too. I guess he's not going to need that beer, huh? It is interesting though, right? NORAD, which is the North American defense missile tracking thing, it started an hour early. Hello, American government. We don't do daylight savings times in Japan. You're not tracking Santa Claus. You're probably tracking an airplane, okay? Seriously. It just turned midnight and Santa delivered the packages on the 24th. I don't think so, NORAD.

00:12:33 John Daub: If you're downloading that app and stuff, I just confirmed, and this is like a news story. It's going to be in the New York Times probably tomorrow. They did not even consider daylight savings times. I can't even believe that somebody at the United States government did not know that Japan does not fall back and spring ahead. All of this tracking, I don't know what they're tracking, NORAD, but this is not... This is now a global market and you just got caught. It says here that he's in China. I don't think so because it's not even Christmas in China yet either because they don't do daylight savings times. So NORAD, I don't know what you're tracking, but I think you got punked.

00:13:32 John Daub: I'm going to get to bed soon because probably Santa's right. It's not a good idea to try to track Mr. Claus. Well, actually Mr. Kringle. Will Riley writes in Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. My friends, Christmas in Japan with my fiancée. Hey, done quarantine eating 7-Eleven pork buns and drinking sake to maintain social distance. Awesome. Will, welcome to Japan. And you did it in yen. Awesome, Will. Jesse, Marybeth. Merry Christmas, John. Wishing you the best for the new year. Thank you, Jesse. Mike D. Still waiting on that Christmas album. I was singing in the shower and singing when I set up my tent. And maybe Santa knew what I was planning. Sometimes you got to keep your mouth shut. This should have been more of a live stream, like a secret live stream. Thanks, Mike D. Ron Barr. Merry Christmas. Scotty Taylor. Tyler. Sorry. Merry Christmas, John. Thank you, Scotty.

00:14:35 John Daub: Air to the Ron. Starting work in a few minutes, but just saying happy holidays. Make hot cocoa for Kanae Daub and don't have too much eggnog. You know, Air to the Ron, I went to the store looking for eggnog. They don't have that here in Japan. I even searched all of the stores where they have foreign foods. Nothing. I think you got to make your own. It's like milk and put a raw egg in there. Because Japan has pretty good raw eggs. And mix it up with some sugar and cinnamon, right? Sounds like eggnog to me. He says he might come back. I'm guessing he has elves that will. Maybe he didn't appreciate my voodoo.

00:15:23 John Daub: But Santa, thanks for coming. And I hope you do come back. Or he sounds like an elf that has a backup system. I mean, it's 2020, right? The spirit of Christmas is strong. I've learned Christmas isn't about one day. Over 46 years of being alive, Christmas is not about one day. It's a feeling. It's a spirit. And it lasts longer than just Christmas Day. So it's something that we have to keep in mind as we go forward and think about other people. Because if Santa's always watching you, you have to be good.

00:16:02 John Daub: I think Santa's going to appreciate that. I did write that this was not a trap. Although it is a trap. It's kind of a lie. So I'm just going to leave this out here. The beer, I'm going to take it. Because Santa is 21, right? It's been a pretty good year, hasn't it? We started this year doing a street food episode in a stadium full of people. No way did I think that a year later we would be staying at home and trying to stay away from people. When in January I was all about being with people. That street food episode inside of Tokyo Dome was a lot of fun. That was one of my favorite live streams where I just ate a lot of food in a stadium. They're not going to be doing that festival this year, which is a shame. But I also went to Hokkaido, participated in festivals. That's not happening this year either. So it's going to be a big change in 2021. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's more than just a campfire. So keep on indoor camping, having some fun.

00:17:18 John Daub: I hope you have a great year. I know that Santa Claus will be coming over to the United States because apparently NORAD, which is a U.S. institution, does not do daylight savings times and their whole system is broken. I guess it doesn't get corrected until they get back to the United States. So everybody in Europe, Santa Claus is going to be an hour late, according to NORAD, because they don't know that it just turned to 25th like 15 minutes ago. Kanpai. And by the way, Merry Christmas to all of you that are watching. Thanks so much for joining me in my time. I'm going to go to my tent. For Christmas, I got Kanae Daub a present that has not been delivered yet. It cannot be delivered. But it's pretty big. But I'm pretty sure that it's going to come sometime next week.

00:18:09 John Daub: Let's go back in the tent here. I got some more food to eat here. So we missed Santa. That's all right. I ate Santa's face. To sum up, I have a Christmas tree cone. Japanese bakeries are pretty creative when it comes to Christmas time and all the other times of the year. Right before you go to bed, this is the best time to eat sugar. There's no mosquitoes in my house. Kids, don't try this. All right, family, parents, don't let your kids do this. Do not stake out Santa Claus. It's not good. He might not even come back. I'm probably not going to get my presents.

00:19:17 John Daub: Hi, Yvonne. Merry Christmas, John and Kanae Daub. We've got to keep it down. Hey, Jeff, as a new traveler. It's pretty crazy, right? I can't believe that I'm doing this. I'm pretty sure I saw his pant leg. Casey Chua, like last year. Yeah. Erin writes in here, enjoy your meal. Greetings from the Netherlands. Hope you're doing well. I saw that the numbers in the Netherlands were going up really high. And I hope you're staying indoors and you're staying safe, everyone. Merry Christmas, Erin. It's nice to hear from you. Made in Tokyo is thanking Shane. Why would you do that? Is Shane here? Happy I could finally join a live stream. That's nice. Kodringo. Santa took Kanae Daub with him. He did not. Kanai is still there. She's asleep. Santa, she doesn't even know that I was doing this, okay? So don't penalize her with the presents. Just come back and when I'm in bed, just come back and just put her stuff down there. I don't need anything.

00:20:41 John Daub: Where is the KFC Colonel? I don't know. He's gone. His TV is on fire. It's pretty cool. That's YouTube. It's keeping me warm here. It is very nice in here. It's a nice night. It's actually quite warm in Tokyo, too. There's not even a lot of snow on Mount Fuji, and a lot of people are getting worried about Mount Fuji. There's very little snow. It's snowing up in Hokkaido, but Mount Fuji, very odd. No snow. And I don't know how Santa gets around in the tropical areas, but I'm guessing he has some kind of rocket booster. If you watch that movie Elf, there's a rocket booster in the back. Or Christmas Spirit keeps him afloat, but I think he's got a booster.

00:21:56 John Daub: Any other questions? I just want you to know that Santa Claus has apparently left Japan. I missed him because I tried to stake him out. I tried to catch him. But he's moved past Tokyo. Most of the kids here are asleep anyways. And apparently he's in China now, and he's making his way to Europe. And Japan is 14 hours ahead of New York. So it's going to be about 14 hours before Santa Claus makes his way to you. But here in Japan, we're usually the first people to get Santa Claus and the presents, right? So by the time that you're getting your presents here in Tokyo, we're done. We opened up our presents tomorrow morning, and you didn't even get it yet. It's pretty funny, huh? Our Christmas is done. But as I said, not a lot of people celebrate Christmas.

00:22:46 John Daub: I bought Kanae Daub a cake for Christmas. We have a Christmas cake. I got it this afternoon, and that was really good. And that's about all that we do. We might eat some chicken. Like big pieces of chicken they have at the supermarket. And then a cake. And that's about it. That's Christmas. It's kind of different. For those people who have Christmas trees, I forgot the stockings. He said he might come back. So I'm just going to leave my socks out. Can you do that? I kind of wore them all day. I'm going to put the socks... I forgot about the stockings. We don't have a real fireplace. This would be for Santa, the beer. But look, I don't think he's going to drink and drive anyways. That was mean of me to give Santa Claus a beer. Maybe that's going to put me on the naughty list too. Just give him milk. Apparently he likes milk.

00:24:56 John Daub: Any questions about what it feels like to be in Christmas Day, and most of you are still in the 24th, and you're in a totally different day? Santa actually scales the outside of apartment blocks. Japan is actually pretty strict on breaking and entering. Merry Christmas. It's good to see chestnuts roasting on an open fire. It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring. Not even Santa. Not even a YouTuber trying to set up a tent and catch Santa Claus at midnight. Because he owes me. He didn't deliver me anything last year. Nothing. Kanae Daub gave me a shirt, and it was too small. And we tried to take it back, and they wouldn't. They gave us store credit. And there's nothing I liked, so I still have store credit.

00:26:01 John Daub: Why do you make Ramadan or Hanukkah? Because I'm neither Muslim or Jewish. I would do it if I was. In Ramadan, does somebody bring presents or something? Is there somebody that I can catch and stake out? I wonder. Merry Christmas from Guam. Bryce, did Santa come there? They don't realize that in Japan we do daylight savings time. So, NORAD was an hour early. It's crazy, right?

00:26:47 John Daub: Joy, tomorrow, Peter von Gomm, my buddy, is going to be reading The Grinch or a Christmas story tomorrow at I think like 10 or 11 a.m. So, I'm probably going to be watching Peter because he's really good at telling stories and has a narrator's voice. I'm just going to probably just edit a video because I have a new video that's going to drop, I'm hoping, by tomorrow. It's a sushi video. Nothing says Christmas like sushi. So, I'm going to drop a new edited video on sushi. I'm going to be working on it maybe tomorrow morning after Santa delivers the presents. Santa, I promise you said maybe you'll come back, probably. I'm going to get some sleep. But I might... I don't think I'll be doing the livestream tomorrow. I'm not sure.

00:27:36 John Daub: NORAD is a Santa tracker. Actually, NORAD is a missile tracker. But they did not understand that they came... They said that Santa delivered the packages. And it was at 11:15 in Japan. It was the 24th. NORAD. It's not possible. I'm just going to say to the President of the United States, look, your NORAD should adjust the clocks properly because the rest of the world doesn't do daylight savings times. Very few countries do daylight savings times. Totally off. Misty writes in here, favorite camping inside. Merry Christmas, John and Kanae Daub. Thank you, Misty. Thanks for joining us here.

00:28:15 John Daub: John, do you and Kanae Daub celebrate Christmas? New Year's. We do celebrate New Year's. And New Year's is actually like in Japan that is sort of the Christmas holiday. It starts around the 29th or 30th. We start to eat special foods. I guess it's the 31st maybe we eat soba to kind of cleanse ourselves and then the next day we have a really delicious meal. This year we're gonna buy it because we made reservation for a really special meal. But usually mothers and fathers will prepare really hard Japanese cuisine and it's a very special cuisine and each course has a kind of a meaning to it. It's really deep so there's special foods and special like a ritual that you do in the New Year's and we do that when we're in Japan but if we're in the US we kind of just don't do that because when you're in Japan you do the Japanese way and when you're in the US you do the US way.

00:29:36 John Daub: Japan finished yearly cleaning by 28th probably. Today was not a holiday in Japan people still had to go to work. In fact, Kanae Daub's sister's Beyonce still was working and probably still working right now. Christmas is not a holiday everything is open just like normal but the 28th in Japan is the last working day and then after the 28th it's gonna shut down and the 29th all the way to I think January 4th most things are closed. And probably because of the pandemic things might stay closed so Kanae Daub and I are buying a lot of stuff and we're doing good work for to last a week so that we're okay. Pies in kiestova my first live stream welcome. I am I guess this is not really work I'm just kind of hanging out since Santa gave up on me. Jimmy Wheels writes in happy holidays be safe be well wear a mask stay positive that's good and test negative.

00:30:32 John Daub: That TV has a strange shape really. I think it's pretty square it's a 65 inch LG C9 got that a couple years. Lac Google article on it it started back in 1970s. Made in Tokyo going to Costco. We're going to do that and try to load up probably. On the 4th we're supposed to meet a friend who's going to be giving us something that they don't need anymore I can't tell you any more than that and then maybe later on this week I will go to Costco to load up on some stuff. I wish they had eggnog or a pumpkin pie that'd be pretty cool. Shane merry Christmas John and Kanae Daub and also merry Christmas community. Hey Shane did the package come okay I hope it made it up to you before Christmas we sent it in the beginning of December so it's got my fingers crossed that it made it all the way up to Canada to you in time. Thank you for that Shane it's nice to celebrate Christmas with our community here. It is now Christmas Day it's about 12:20.

00:32:08 John Daub: I did try to catch Santa Claus and I failed miserably. Matt wishes our moderators a merry Christmas that's nice. Does Japanese YouTubers have roasting content if yes some names what do you mean roasting like on an open fire. Costco should have some they do they have some non-Japanese food in there but it's not quite the same. They have a lot of stuff from Australia actually because that's the closest western country that is big to here and Singapore too they do have some stuff from Singapore and from Hong Kong too I think. Merry Christmas this is from Darth Dogs Dog dogsy 74 GD thank you merry Christmas modaz me 10. It is now 11:26 pm in Malaysia still December 24th yes so Santa Claus already went to Malaysia it says and guess what it's still the 24th so NORAD is totally broken.

00:33:21 John Daub: Where's the NORAD tracker you know what I'm if you're in America I think I can get out of this tent now because all these countries were still the 24th. All right Santa's been to all the oh I guess he hasn't been to Malaysia yet yeah but he came to Japan and it was still 11 pm. Holy crud he's delivered according to this he's in Perth Australia. If you're in Perth you better be asleep. Holy moly he's delivered 1 billion 400 484 million presents according to NORAD. Oh my word he's in Australia look he's in Perth he's down under and look at how many presents he's delivered and nothing for me here because I tried to catch him and he did not give me anything. He's going to Christmas Island Santa's going to Christmas Island it's the settlement Christmas Island in four minutes and 46 seconds oh god that's awesome but like I don't know at the time Perth one hour behind Japan by the way so there's no way that he could be actually if Perth is one hour behind it's like the 24th so I don't know how NORAD knows he's in Perth because it's not even the 25th NORAD is broken.

00:35:09 John Daub: Oh he's already delivered in Indonesia too so if you're in Indonesia and he didn't come yet probably NORAD is not working so there you go. Ali in Dubai happy holidays to you and can I eat a lot of fried chicken happy holidays uh we can I know we're in Dubai just at the airport traveling through last year but we're hoping to be able to make it there. Can I wants to go up to Burj Khalifa and I told her that it's one of the most amazing views in a way because you can get up there and from one angle there's like you can't see almost it's just like desert and then you see this paradise in the middle of the desert and it's such an amazing city. I haven't been to Alia I haven't been to many places in UAE but hope we can see some more UAE is like such a convenient place to get through from Japan to going up to Europe because so many flights go through there Abu Dhabi as well. Nice kanpai everybody this is supposed to be Santa's milk but I put beer in it.

00:36:27 John Daub: Yeah merry Christmas Aaron merry Christmas Andrew. Amazon probably already did Santa is the second after Bezos no Bezos is not even close to Santa I don't even think that Bezos gets Christmas presents. Santa makes a list. Kevin I haven't seen any nativity scenes. For Japanese Christmas is not a religious thing at all. It's more about the shopping and the spirit I would say it's more like the Coca-Cola Santa Claus and not the nativity scene. When Kanae Daub and I do go to Germany and we did go to Europe we really like to see the religious part of Christmas because it just reminds us that there's a little bit more to it. But for me Christmas is more than just a religious and we know it's the birth of Jesus and this is really important part of Christmas but I also think it transcends religion in a way it's just about a spirit.

00:37:44 John Daub: I don't really go to any church or anything like that so but I love Christmas because I love the spirit behind it and people are smiling and singing songs and you know there's bells jingling and stuff like that it's nice. I can see behind me because here it's midnight is the night of our Christmas.

00:38:25 John Daub: Merry Christmas. Thank you, my friend. That's a great present. Even if Santa doesn't come, the community has been really good this year. So I want to say thank you. And I did buy kind of a really incredible gift that's going to be coming. It has to be delivered, not by Santa, because we had to order it online because of the pandemic. But I'll show you what it is when it comes. When Frosty came, the refrigerator, we live streamed the refrigerator coming. So maybe this too could be something that we live stream. That'd be pretty sweet. Like live streaming appliances coming in here. Thomas Roenert, Merry Christmas, John and Kanae Daub.

00:39:04 John Daub: Obviously, Santa knows a lot about quantum mechanics. As long as no one sees him, he could be everywhere at once. I think so. So it probably didn't make a lot of sense to be camping out and trying to get Santa. In theory, though, it does make a lot of sense, doesn't it? To try to trap him or try to see him or get a glimpse of him. I think this is all the kids do. But kids, this is not something that you should do. Don't try to trap Santa. I'm basically talking to adults, though, because Santa likes a good beer. Mr. Das, Merry Christmas. Any last questions before I go to bed and get ready for Christmas?

00:40:00 John Daub: I'm going to turn on the music. I don't want to kill Santa, but I don't feel like I'm turning on the music again. I'll keep that music on for Christmas Day. I hope everyone has a safe and cheerful holiday. I really love the messages. If you want to, for the last minute, before we take off, why don't you write in where you're watching from and you can give your Merry Christmas message to the world through this live stream. If you do put a message in chat right now, you do become a record of this episode for history forever and ever. As this chat goes by, you can see where everyone is watching from. Pozo in India. How you doing, Pozo? Jason's in BC up there. Detroit. Nagoya, Hong Kong, Singapore. Paraguay. We got a lot of people in Europe watching. New York. It must be morning over there. Merry Christmas from Harrisburg, PA, Jakarta. Look at all of you from all around the world and we're all brought together through this live stream. And for me, this is the wonderful thing of technology now because we can't meet in person in a pandemic, but this is the spirit of Christmas right here. All of us just coming together and just kind of hanging out with the campfire and Santa's trap cookies from Hong Kong, Toronto. Southland, UK, North Carolina, South End. Jakarta. A lot of people from New Orleans. A lot of people from New York. A lot of people from Indonesia. Santosh from India. We're going to try to make our way over to India sometime in 2021. James Boardman from Lincoln, Nebraska. It's going to be a while before Santa Claus makes it over there to Nebraska. He's got to make his way across Asia and Europe and Africa and then across the Pacific. Puerto Rico. Columbus, Ohio. Go Bucs. Mega Rad. Malaysia. Sweden. Brazil, Hawaii, Singapore.

00:42:18 John Daub: TDSTR. Beat this, Santa. That's awesome. I don't think Santa can beat that because I tried to trap him and he completely escaped. Somebody's from Pluto thank you TDSTR and thank you Shane as well and everybody else who's been so generous that's really nice of you we're just kind of hanging out and having some fun here. Citizen of the world checking in. I saw Florencia we love Florencia Tina Smith merry Christmas how you doing Florencia. Yeah merry Christmas John and Kanae Daub from Texas we have one of the best communities on YouTube. Watch from South Carolina I'm from earth. Manila oh that's awesome we were gonna go to the Philippines this year too but got canceled just in March everything hit we couldn't go to the islands. Scuba dad Panama wow I was in Panama 2003 beautiful country we ate a lot of fried stuff but the food was good we had fun in Panama. Panama has the best passport stamps too the stamp for Panama is round and it's big. From Vietnam our neighbors down there. Mexico City Amsterdam in the house Portugal Brunei New Mexico Singapore representing Puerto Rico England Thailand Hawaii Leanne from Barcelona Montreal Ohio Queens awesome I used to live in Queens Nepal Bangladesh Switzerland Australia Florida it's nice to see the live stream merry Christmas everybody.

00:44:41 John Daub: Merry Christmas to everybody. And I'm not going to be doing a live stream tomorrow. Kanae Daub's asleep. She didn't want to be a part of this because she didn't want to get sucked into the deception. And Santa Claus not delivering any presents to her. So she's actually off the hook. This was my trap. And I don't know, I'm going to do this again next year, maybe. But Santa got away. We have a really good audience in the Middle East, in the Arab world, which is great. All around the world.

00:45:26 John Daub: How could this be a trap? Look at this. They're really good. I actually, I'm the one who baked these, by the way. But Shane, actually, there's no brown sugar in Japan. So it was really hard to find brown sugar. So it doesn't have the same taste. And I tried my voodoo. I ate half of Santa's face to try to slow him down. I don't believe in voodoo, though. So it didn't, I don't think it had an impact. He's probably laughing. Nasha Broad's probably asleep. He's waiting for Santa, too, over there in California. Big shout out to Joy, who's in the Philippines, right? We're in the same time zone. Thanks, Joy. Kuma's Kitchen's cookies. These are better than, no, they're not. I can't beat Kevin. Kevin gave me some of his cookies once. They were some of the best cookies I've ever had in my entire life. Seriously.

00:46:49 John Daub: And Kuma's Kitchen, if you want to give somebody a Christmas present, and there's 775 people here, go over to my friend Kuma's Kitchen, Kevin Reilly's YouTube channel. He's about 200 subscribers away from getting to 10,000. And give him a Christmas present of getting to 10,000 subscribers. He loves his subscribers. He would be freaked out if he got to 10,000 subscribers on Christmas Day. He'll never forget that. Tomorrow, my friend Peter von Gomm will be doing a reading, a story reading, and he's got that narrator's voice, so it's going to be a pretty interesting live stream, so you might want to check that out tomorrow. Always support your friends, right? They'll support you too. Jesse Santiago, thank you. Leanne and Tina. Joseph Garcia, Merry Christmas. Tina. TDSTR. That was really kind of you. And Shane as well. You guys are so nice. I didn't expect that.

00:48:30 John Daub: Tomorrow is Christmas Day. I'm going to be editing the video, sushi video, and hopefully by the end of the day I'll be able to upload it. It looks like a really good episode. It's a different sushi episode, one that you've never seen before. And if you haven't already, subscribe to my new Only in Japan channel called youtube.com slash john daub. J-O-H-N-D-A-U-B. I've got to go to bed. Merry Christmas, everybody. Happy holidays. I'm going to be back before New Year's anyways, but tomorrow I'm probably going to take a day off. So enjoy the time with your families. Please, everybody, stay safe. Wear a mask. Go outside. Probably don't go shopping. Eat a lot of really bad foods. Have some fun. And don't forget to smile and feel that spirit that you should feel on a special occasion. And I hope you have a wonderful day, no matter where you are in the world. Just it's a happy day for everybody. Bye-bye, everybody. Now you're still sleeping. Bye-bye.