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  • What do you know about christmas, huh?

  • Let's talk about that!

  • Good mythical morning

  • It's christmas week!

  • Look at the set!

  • Lights everywhere

  • A few of them are blinking

  • We've got our stockings hung by the chimney with care

  • Which I have an issue with the stockings

  • What- What issue?

  • There's no issue.

  • I think it's self evident

  • There's an issue with my stocking

  • or it might be there's an issue with your stocking

  • One of them is not correct

  • It's force perspective.

  • Mine's a lot further away

  • It's like Will Ferrell in Elf

  • He was closer to the camera

  • Just like my stocking is just closer to you

  • Okay, alright.

  • Even though that's not true.

  • Ah, Merry Christmas to everyone.

  • Listen, uh...

  • You may think you know about christmas cause you're living it

  • But do you really?

  • I'm gonna put you to the test today, along with my friend Rhett. When I quiz him on all things Christmas knowledge.

  • It's time to play, "Does Rhett Know Stuff About Christmas? Or Is He Just a Christmas Grinch?"

  • Okay, Rhett. If you get at least four of these correct, you get what's in the nice stocking and I have to take what's in the naughty stocking.

  • Don't know what it is, but if you don't get four, you get what's in the naughty, I get what's in the nice. And you've got four life- three lifelines.

  • To help you put here.

  • First one is avalanche the answers, where two are removed by an avalanche of snow.

  • Uhh, you can also ask for a hint from Christmas past.

  • Oh, interesting.

  • Or, you can ask an actual elf to help you out.

  • Oh, an actual elf.

  • Are you ready to test your-

  • I am so ready!

  • weird Christmas fact knowledge?

  • I know so much about Christmas.

  • Eating a few poinsetta - or poinsettia depending on where you live -

  • Uhh... eating a few of those leaves will give little 7-year-old Jimmy nothing more than some nausea and vomiting.

  • Really?

  • In fact, he would have to fill his 50-pound frame with how many leaves to actually die from poinsettia poisoning?

  • Is it roughly thirty five leaves? About a thousand leaves? Around five hundred and fifty leaves?

  • Or zero leaves because Aunt Becky is going to kill him first for ruining her immaculate Christmas decorations for the third year in a row!?

  • Well if you had to die on Christmas, poinsettia poisoning wouldn't be a bad way to go.

  • Gotta eat some leaves, though. How many?

  • It'd be a festive way to go.

  • It'd be a long way to go depending on how many leaves.

  • So a few leaves give ya-

  • A few leaves, eh don't worry about it, he's just gonna vomit.

  • Hmm...

  • Thirty five? A thousand? Or five fifty?

  • Uh, I think that a thousand leaves would be a lot smaller amount than you'd actually think

  • Like I think like a- like a big mixing bowl is actually a thousand leaves

  • So I'm gonna say a thousand. B, final answer.

  • That's not true. Uh, a mixing bowl is around five hundred fifty leaves, which is the right answer.

  • Five hundred fifty is the right answer?

  • I measured them up. Five hundred fifty is the right answer.

  • Oh, come on. That's too specific.

  • If- If you thought...

  • I can take a thousand, when I was 7.

  • If you leave a kid alone long enough to eat five hundred fifty leaves, then you're a sad parental guider.

  • Next question.

  • Okay, little bit naughty already.

  • If people knew the real meaning of the word "mistletoe," they might be less inclined to kiss under it, because the original Germanic word literally means what?

  • Does it mean toenail fungal infection?

  • Does it mean dung on a twig?

  • Does it mean testicles of a mouse?

  • Or does it actually mean "Your toes are actual missiles; this relationship is over?"

  • Cause that's what Germanic people-

  • Yeah.

  • might say if they-

  • I could see a German saying that.

  • they break up with you.

  • I could see how dung on a twig would become a Christmas tradition.

  • Because twi-

  • You could, huh?

  • A twig seems very Christmasy.

  • And then like, "Sure, put some dung on it. It's Germany."

  • I'm trying to make it make sense and it's not.

  • Very sound logic.

  • But I'm going with B. Dung on a twig.

  • Haha

  • You're right! Dung on a twig.

  • Uh, a bird called the Mistle thrush eats berries then leaves droppings, which eventually grow into new mistletoe plants.

  • Isn't that-

  • Oh, really??

  • A cycle of life.

  • the mistletoe comes from the dung thing?

  • Got that one right.

  • The best selling music single of all time is actually a Christmas song.

  • Having sold over 50 million copies, which one is it?

  • Is it Mariah Carey's

  • (sings) All I want for Christmas

  • (continues singing) you bay-bay

  • or

  • Bing Crosby's

  • (sings) I'm dreaming

  • You left out the "is"

  • Oh.

  • You left out the "is". That's-

  • I said it, but I was taking a breath.

  • That's my favorite part.

  • White Christmas

  • Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song

  • (sings) Chestnuts roasting

  • Familiar.

  • Or Rhett and Link featuring Hannah Hart and Grace Helbig's Christmas Sweatz

  • Oh, yeah. That sold well.

  • (sings) You got some green sweats, I got some red sweats

  • Uh, I feel like I know this one, 'cause it seems like the kinda thing that, like, one rainy afternoon while perusing cable somebody on VH1 said-

  • Well just give me your answer if you feel like you know it.

  • A!!

  • Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You

  • You-

  • Okay...

  • You think that-

  • You think that the best selling single of all time-

  • Of all time.

  • Is-

  • Is Mariah Carey

  • Of all-? Okay.

  • Of all time. People buy singles now, man.

  • It's Bing Crosby's White Chrsitmas.

  • No it's not!

  • It is, man.

  • I- I-

  • The best selling single-

  • I dispute that!

  • Mariah is amazing!

  • Well-

  • That song- That song is so crazy.

  • Of course she's amazing.

  • She's rich because of that song.

  • Okay.

  • Nick Cannon doesn't know what he left.

  • Yes he does. Mariah Carey.

  • Alright. Next one.

  • Do- Don't give up hope yet.

  • The spirit of Christmas has not died.

  • I was sure-

  • But you're killing it slowly.

  • I was sure of that.

  • Santa's reindeer underwent some rebranding over the years, and two of them - Donner and Blitzen - originally went by what names?

  • Dunder and Blixem?

  • Dumble and Bloxen?

  • Donder and Blisten?

  • Or Dumbledore and Bilbo?

  • Dumbledore and Bilbo

  • Dumbledore and Bilbo

  • Uh, I need to use a lifeline, because I suck so far.

  • Yeah, you do.

  • Uh, and I want to avalanche some of the answers away.

  • Alright.

  • Boobadyboobadyboodoodaboom

  • C and D are gone.

  • So it's either Dunder and Blixem

  • or Dumble and Bloxen?

  • Yeah.

  • Why would it ever have been Blixem or Bloxen?

  • Those are both dumb names.

  • I'll tell you why.

  • Uhh...

  • A. Dunder and Blixem.

  • You got it right!

  • Yes!!

  • Uhh...

  • They- The names were taken from the Dutch words that mean "thunder" and "lightning."

  • Okay.

  • "Dunder and Blixem" is "Thunder and Lightning."

  • Scientist have confirmed that Santa has to travel at what speed in order to visit the roughly 800 million houses on Earth in the 34 hours of darkness?

  • Oh, because he moves with the sun.

  • He does.

  • He gets 34 hours.

  • And the international dateline

  • Yeah. Something about a science.

  • Does he move at 99.999999% the speed of light?

  • Or the speed of sound?

  • Does he move at 3x the speed of light?

  • Or he moves at whatever speed he wants - the dude is MAGIC?

  • He's magic.

  • Uhm.

  • Let's not forget.

  • I feel

  • like this is the kind of thing that an elf would have insight into because he's probably been there.

  • For it.

  • Hm. Alright, he's asking for an elf.

  • Elf?

  • Here he comes.

  • Look at him.

  • The chaser elf.

  • Uhm.

  • Mr elf-

  • Cheesin' it up!

  • Have you ever been with Santa while he's traveling? In those 34 hours of darkness?

  • Why are you standing like that? Is this a Sears catalog or something?

  • No I haven't, that's not-

  • But you know the elf that does it?

  • You have to be really high up, yeah.

  • You know- You've got a friend of a friend?

  • Yeah.

  • So what's the answer?

  • Uhm.

  • I don't know.

  • This is one of those question I always get wrong on the quiz.

  • 3x the speed of light, just below the speed of light, or speed of sound?

  • I think that it's...

  • 99.999999% the speed of light.

  • The real question, though is, elf

  • and Link

  • Does this take into account

  • present time?

  • Like, the time in the house.

  • Or is this just

  • going point to point?

  • Assuming he's doing everything at the speed of light

  • I'm assuming that he's doing everything at the speed of light.

  • Anything close to the speed of light

  • I feel like

  • or three times the speed of light

  • would be way more time than he actually needs, but

  • Three times the speed of light... You can't...

  • Nothing in the universe can go faster than the speed of light.

  • So C is impossible.

  • Scientists would never say that.

  • So I'm gonna go with

  • A,

  • my elf answer,

  • 99.999999% the speed of light.

  • Sonic boom!!

  • That's right!

  • Yes!

  • Sonic boom has nothing to do with it.

  • Thanks, elf.

  • Uh. Yeah, so he goes almost the speed of light.

  • Fact.

  • Next question.

  • Data analyzed from Facebook wall posts indicates that two weeks before Chrsitmas is one of the two most popular times of the year for what?

  • Is it A, quitting a job?

  • B, getting engaged?

  • C, breaking up?

  • Or D

  • Complaining about game requests from Farmville?

  • Oh, yeah. Those are still happening, aren't they?

  • Uh, yes. I think.

  • Farmville?

  • Two weeks before Christmas

  • One of the mose popular times

  • for quitting a j-

  • No one quits a job right before Christmas.

  • Because you're like-

  • That'd be stupid.

  • "I gotta get dat money, gotta get dem presents"

  • I think

  • You begin to think about the long term possibilities of a relationship,

  • at this time of the year.

  • And you think, "I gotta spend Christmas with this person for the rest of my life?"

  • And you break up with them.

  • But you know what?

  • To confirm that, I would like to play my last lifeline.

  • A hint from Christmas past

  • Where's that gonna come from?

  • From me.

  • Don't look at my face, I'm Christmas-

  • ghost of Christmas past.

  • The statement I make is unfortunately true,

  • it is something that's

  • very hard to do.

  • Breaking up is hard to do! C!

  • Alright. You got it.

  • Let's see. 1, 2, 3, 4.

  • So you earn-

  • I got 4 right!

  • You earned the nice stocking, but I've got one more great question for you, Rhett.

  • The oldest fake Christmas trees date back to the late 1800s and were made out of twine or dyed good feathers-

  • Yeah, they were.

  • but in the 1930s, an enterprising company began making artificial Christmas trees out of what material?

  • Defective roof shingles?

  • Toilet brushes?

  • Broken pencils from an assembly line?

  • Or deceased reindeer parts?

  • That would've been innovative.

  • Uhm.

  • I think, if you're an enterprising company

  • in the bristly of the bristle brush...

  • I actually used a toilet brush, in your house, last night.

  • Just so you know.

  • We'll talk about that later.

  • And that's why I'm gonna say B.

  • That's right!

  • Yes!

  • British, based Addis housewares company created the first official Christmas tree made from the machinery used to make toilet brush bristles!

  • I am so nice!

  • Congratulations!

  • And

  • You're gonna get to choose

  • very soon

  • From the nice

  • thing

  • And I-

  • I've got to figure out what's in the naughty

  • But first, we want to thank you for liking,

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  • and subscribing

  • to our channel.

  • You know what time it is!

  • "I'm Kylie and I'm in Seaside, Oregon. And it's time to spin the wheel of mythicality."

  • Get your lips and your beard ready for the winter with

  • Link's Peculiarly Perfect peanut butter peppermint lip balm

  • and Rhett's Beastly But Balanced beard oil.

  • Oh, Peculiarly Perfect.

  • RhettandLink.com/store

  • Click through to Good Mythical More, where I'm gonna find out what's in this naughty stocking.

  • I'm told I'm not gonna be happy about it.

  • Oh, goodness.

  • Maximum Security Prison

  • The Musical

  • Cha- Cha- Cha- Clink

  • Cha- Cha- Cha- Clink

  • We're in the clink

  • What do you think?

  • I think we can't get out

  • 'cause it's a m-m-m-m-m-m-maximum security prison

  • And I've got an idea

  • We can start chippin' away at the walls

  • Right now, we can do it

  • If only we try our best,

  • we can use spoons, and some sort of shank

  • And then there's been this dude in the cafeteria

  • who's been looking at me a little funny

  • He said,

  • "I wanna be your friend...

  • but, I don't have any money"

  • I'm gonna pay him in cigarettes

  • Yeah

  • I want him to leave me alone

  • he'll give me some...

  • He's gonna give me a fork

  • Please leave me alone

  • Nah, he...

  • Leave me to myself

  • Just let me be myself

  • in this maximum security prison

  • Diggin' in the hole

  • Merry Christmas, convicts everywhere.

  • In my first year of marriage, uh, with my wife, Christy...

  • We, uhm...

  • As opposed to the other marriages I haven't had yet, or whatever.

  • I don't plan on having any other marriages.

  • Yeah.

  • Oh, I'm really digging a hole, here.

What do you know about christmas, huh?

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