<p>Last episode of the year, in which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Knives Out, self-checkout lines, optional futures, and how not to hate Christmas. Also, Sarah gets a Zippo while heaven and earth meet at an unlikely funeral. </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://mbird.com/film/knives-out-and-the-cinema-of-perpetual-grace/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read Dave&#39;s review of <em>Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man</em> on Mbird</li> <li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/12/self-checkout-grocery-line-long/685125/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read Valerie Trapp&#39;s piece in The Atlantic on &quot;The One Line Americans (Weirdly) Choose to Wait In&quot;</li> <li><a href="https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/from-option-to-obligation" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to &quot;From Option to Obligation&quot; by Paul Skallas in the Lindy Newsletter</li> <li><a href="https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/no-more-flaccid-christmas-stockings/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read Sarah&#39;s &quot;No More Flaccid Christmas Stockings&quot; on Mbird</li> <li><a href="https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/how-to-not-hate-christmas/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read David Clay&#39;s &quot;How to Not Hate Christmas&quot; on Mbird</li> <li><a href="https://mbird.com/suffering/faiths-long-december/" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to read &quot;Faith&#39;s Long December&quot; by Kyle Wells on Mbird</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8lvnSmISc" rel="nofollow">Click here</a> to watch the performance of &quot;Fairytale of New York&quot; at Shane MacGowan&#39;s funeral</li> </ul>