This week, we welcome Gary Hodges back to the show for our year-end tradition! To get things started, we discuss the compromise between productivity and perfectionism that every comic has (4:30), tackling the tough work when that's all that's left (30:10), reaching the point where creativity has to give way to research (38:30), and the importance of backing up your work (45:00) before this week's main topic: the holiday special! We compare holiday traditions that have nothing to do with the holidays (52:40), then get into songs and shows we're either feeling or not feeling this holiday season (1:11:30).