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Subtitle: The 2024 Upgrade Holiday Special

To celebrate the season we discuss Christmas lights, tech gifts, favorite holiday food items, holiday TV and movies, and answer some holiday-themed listener questions. Happy holidays to all Upgradians!

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Links and Show Notes:

Gift lists

Myke:

• Racing Sim Setup for F1 games
• M4 Pro Mac mini (64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, 10GB Ethernet, Two Studio Displays)
• PlayStation 5 Pro 30th anniversary edition
• Remarkable Paper Pro
• Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Jason:

• Retro arcade cabinet (Dream Arcades, Arcade1Up, Xgaming)
• Sony BRAVIA XR A95L 77 inch QD-OLED 4K HDR Smart TV
  
• Litter Robot 4
• A proper set of reliable video cameras for the outside of my house
• A robot mop, probably

Final food tier list

• S – Roast Potatoes, Chocolate, Ginger snaps/Gingerbread
• A – Mashed Potatoes, Brussels sprouts, Stuffing, Pigs in blankets, Pumpkin/Sweet Potato Pie
• B – Turkey, Maple glazed parsnips and carrots
• C – Roast Beef, Ham, Egg Nog
• D – Candied Yams
• F – Green bean casserole, Aspic

Christmas content draft results

• Jason: A Charlie Brown Christmas
  
• Myke: Home Alone 2
  
• Jason: Miracle on 34th Street
  
• Myke: Die Hard
  
• Jason: Elf
  
• Myke: Frozen
  
• Jason: Duck Soup
  
• Myke: Jingle All the Way
  
• Jason: Doctor Who: “Last Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol”
  
• Myke: The Bear: “Fishes”
  
• Jason: Muppets Christmas Carol
  
• Myke: Love, Actually
  

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