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Two years ago, we went to nine Christmas markets in nine days in nine different countries. It was chaotic. We're running for a train that we don't even know if we can get on. We might be taking an Uber to Austria. Why does it always have to be like this? It was delicious. What did I do to deserve this life that we get to live? And so MUCH FUN. I CAN'T HELP BUT SCREAM. I'VE NEVER EAT this before. Then last year, we took our parents on a Christmas market river cruise through Germany and Austria.
There's Christmas lights and wreaths and decorations. They're playing Christmas music. At this point, Christmas markets have become a tradition for us. However, this year, we are right in the middle of filming a huge series in Asia. This is wild. So, we were afraid our tradition was coming to an end until we started doing some research. Apparently, Christmas markets are catching on here in Asia. So, we are going to see how the Asian Christmas markets compare to the ones we've been to across here. We'll start in Osaka, Japan. It's like a Japanese train station mixed with a German Christmas market. Then, we'll go to the ancient city of Kyoto. If there is a Christmas market, it will be a true hidden gem. And last
but not least, we will end in Shanghai, China for the grand finale. Who have thought? What is happening right now? So, join us for my favorite Christmas tradition. Welcome to Osaka, Japan. We just watched the most amazing sunset from our hotel. So, unlike the big cities that we visited in Europe that have a Christmas market on every corner, Osaka only has one Christmas market open while we're here. So, let's go check out our first Japanese Christmas market. Not sure what I'm looking at. We haven't even made it to the market yet, but so far, Japan surprisingly gets into the Christmas spirit. This is just at the train
station. I'm feeling hopeful for Asian Christmas market. Y'all know I love Christmas markets, and I love Asia, but I would be lying if I didn't say I'm a tad bit nervous for this experience. Of course, the food and the glue vine are the highlights of Christmas markets for me. And I just don't know, like, are they going to have glue vine? Are they going to serve like Japanese Christmas food? Are they going to try to do like a fusion of Japanese European food? I'm just trying to reset my expectations. This is a totally different experience and it's going to be amazing either way. Let's go. Lita Skybuilding Christmas. Okay, so far so good. There's an entire row of stalls that are hopefully selling delicious
food. But first, Kuba, if it exists. [bell] I was walking this way cuz I heard Christmas music thinking it's because there's a Christmas tree. Is that even a tree? I feel like a fully LED Christmas tree is not my preferred style, but it feels very fitting for Japan. I just read a sign back there that said there are over 130,000 LED bulbs on this Christmas tree. And it kind of feels like we're in a European Christmas market. It's like a Japanese train station mixed with a German Christmas market. I'm so happy. Our first glue vine of the trip acquired.
Cheers. I accidentally got a white glue vine. There was a little bit of a communication um issue, but that's okay. We're trying two new things. Also, all Christmas markets in Europe give you your glue vine in a mug and you pay like a couple extra euros and then you can either keep the mug or you can turn it back in and get those euros back. Here, the default is the paper cup, but you can buy a mug for extra and they don't even get the mug dirty. They put here's glue vine in a cup inside of her mug. So, obviously we bought a mug because that's what we do. And it's so huge. One
of the best mugs we've ever received. Like this is on par with Newberg, which has won the award for the best mug two years in a row. I'm going to pour my glue vine in here. There's treats in here. Come pie. Mine is awesome. Try that. This is good, but it's different. Wow. It's lemony. This is just like alcoholic apple cider. I would say an orange with a rind on it. Okay. Not traditional, but really, really good.
We also got our first snack of the trip. So far, I'm very pleasantly surprised with how they're attempting to emulate traditional European Christmas markets because we got roasted nuts. I will say they're not cooking them here, so the smell is not wafting through the air like it did. But you can't go wrong with sugar roasted nuts. Vibes are high, but the lines are insane. Like longest lines we've ever seen in a Christmas market. We've stood in some long lines, but it was like one, you know, really popular stall. All of these are popular. Somehow the crowds here are like adding to it.
Japan is like the most orderly country in the world. So, even though there are a lot of people, it doesn't feel as chaotic as some of the places that we visited in Europe. This is absolutely wild. I thought like Christmas markets wouldn't be a big deal here in Japan, so they probably wouldn't be as crowded. But this is actually crazy. I mean, I guess there's only one in the whole city, so if you want the Christmas spirit, you have to come here. Also, I remember in the past us complaining about there being no Christmas music playing at the Christmas markets. Apparently, in Europe, there's like a licensing deal, so they can't play music without paying a bunch of money. But either they splurged here in Japan or
those same licensing rights don't apply because the Christmas music is setting the vibe. We've got beer. We've got a pretzel with sauerkraut. So far they are doing a very good job mimicking the European Christmas markets. Good beer. Almost looks fried. Like a fried pretzel. It does. What is it? I think it's stuffed with custard. They had two different kinds of pretzels. They were sold out of one which I think might have been like the traditional one. This is like a dessert that I just dipped in mustard.
I'm just cracking up because after we bought it, I was like pointing. I was like, "Can we get mustard and sauerkraut?" Cuz she didn't put it on the plate. And she was like, "Okay." You see though? Yeah. It's not bad. It's just not what I expected at all. It's hard when you can't read the menu, you know? We're just guessing and hoping for the best here. Sauerkraut beer. And if I close my eyes, I'm almost back in Germany. Yes.
Perfect. All of these stalls are shopping. So, I'm going to take a quick break from the food, let my pretzels settle, and see what they have to sell here. There's a ferris wheel to commemorate the milestone we just had. So, I bought something from the very first stall. Usually, I like to browse and make my decisions, but these tiny little snow goes so cute. And this is our first Christmas market where we have our very own house where I get my Christmas decorations. I could just cry. I got two little skiers, one girl wearing purple and one guy wearing black to represent me and Nate. And they were only $6 a piece.
Yay. I think this is more than you bought in all of Europe. We didn't have our own house in here. Oh, this is dangerous. This is so I'm sorry. I had to. This is only my second stall. I'm two for two right now. We don't have a Christmas tree yet. So, I might save these for next time. Thank goodness. I don't know what these are, but I love them. Everything they had for sale felt like what you would expect to find at a classic Christmas market. Like ornaments, snow globes, stuff like that, but with a small Japanese touch, like
more stuffed animals. So maybe everything was like a little cuter because Japan loves cute. I think that's been a theme in every Christmas market video we filmed is you liking the dogs. Look at the dogs. Look at it. Just a normal dog. That is not a normal dog. That is above average. And now I think we owe it to you to wait in the longest line of the entire Christmas market just to see what it's all about. I vote we get food from another stall to eat while we're in line. So they do have all the classics here. We've got brought worst, the white sausage, curry worst, rlet fries, sausage and potatoes, all the things.
I didn't know it was this big. Snacks. So this is where the line starts. Okay, follow me. Oh, it's gone down. We waited for the perfect time. It was all the way down there and then some. Like into the black abyss. This is what they call a Christmas potato parade. I didn't know what it was, but I had to get it. It kind of looks like tater tots with cheese on top and ice cream. So good. They're nice and hot. The cheese is like, you know, we're not in Switzerland, but it's good. You tell by the fact that they're served in an ice cream cone.
I don't understand it, but I like it. And then we couldn't pass up the chance to try a matcha churro because if you don't know, matcha is a huge thing here in Japan. It's like ground up green tea leaves. It's a weird combo of potato. I don't taste the matcha. Pretty good lime smell. The most popular snack at the Osaka Christmas Market is what they call a long tree waffle. It's the waffle. It's a waffle in the shape of a Christmas tree drizzled with chocolate and topped with Fruity Pebbles. What's not to love? I think you're going to hate it. It's not bad. I don't usually like waffles, so that means a lot coming from me. I have to mention I don't think I've
seen anyone eating the Christmas tree yet. I've only seen people taking photos with them. I think they're just a major like Instagram. I forgot to take a photo. Oh no. The cuteness continues. So they have beer, glue vine cers, but there were a couple drinks that we couldn't leave without trying that I've never seen before. The first one is hot cherry beer, which sounds strange.
Is strange. Okay. How cute is this hot chocolate? They have little decorations on it. And from what I understand, it's hot chocolate with rum and this matcha whipped cream on top. It's very cute. Delish. Oh, that's a bit much. M. The matcha whipped cream is nice. I know. This is kind of like blue vine if it was carbonated. It's very cheery. This market was a lot more like sweetsheavy than the European Christmas markets. Like normally we can go You have matcha on your mustache.
Normally we can go like get dinner, but I feel like all I did was eat dessert. I would say my expectations were pleasantly succeeded by our first Christmas market in Asia. It was a Christmas market with a Japanese touch. Quite a bit smaller than the Christmas markets in Europe. Like here, I count it. And there were like 13 stalls that you could buy like gift things from. And then probably 15 or 20 stalls doing food. It was intimate. I loved all the people and they were playing amazing Christmas music which was hard to come by when we were in Europe.
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We're filming a bigger series here in Kyoto. And so, this was just kind of like a bonus if they have a good Christmas market. But based on what I've researched on the internet, I'm expecting more of like um a decorated mall. This may not be anything. I think that's a drone delivering a cake. What if they're delivering food with drones? Let's go. Getting closer. It feels like this could be a map. Start with an escalator. Christmas at that glider. It feels like we've come to a mall that has some decorations. We found another clue. Christmas in Scandinavia. 10th floor event. Hall information. Nordic food stall meets European Christmas. Let's go to floor 10. What floor are we on?
Who knows? Let's go. Okay, we've got a little bit of hope. We're almost there. Oh no. I think this is it back here. Okay, I think we got a little excited. It turns out the Christmas market in Kyoto is a complete bust. We are inside a mall which is technically selling Christmy things. So, I guess it is a Christmas market, but not the ones that we've come to know and love with the food and the glue vine. Just like for some context, it can be pretty hard to research things in Japan that aren't super touristy. Like, this was a website that I had to translate from Japanese to English. So, we're excited that this could be a possibility, but
we'll end it here and we will see you in China. Before we go to Shanghai, since tonight didn't really go as planned, we're going to bring back our tradition that we started last year, which is watching all of the Christmas episodes of The Office before Christmas. All I want to be is Santa. There we go. Oh my god. Nobody's ever let me sit on their lap before. Welcome to Shanghai. Based on my research, I actually have really high expectations for the Christmas markets here. So, over the next two days, we are going to be visiting four different Christmas markets, starting with the largest, the Chris Kendall Market, which, as you can probably guess based on the name, is a replica of a traditional German Christmas market. Not
only is this, I believe, the second Christmas market we've ever had to pay to get into, but we also had to book a timed entry. The tickets were like four bucks. I think it's more about controlling the crowds and less about making money. But this place is packed, but it looks like for good reason. And of course, first thing on the list is finding the glue box. Success. This is dangerous. Come in. Commit. So it doesn't even open. Gai was Japan. Oh, Japan was compai. We switched countries.
Woo. There was an option to add an extra shot of rum, which we did. So, it's a bit stronger than I'm used to, but it's pretty strong. But the flavor, it's actually amazing. It's quality. I am shocked. This is definitely better than Japan for sure. And the M. This tastes like I'm in Germany. Yes. We've only been here for 5 minutes and so far China is nailing the German Christmas market. Who would have thought, right? Good start to the night.
Good start to China. There's music at the market, but it's not Christmas. All right, cut this before we get demonetized. Vibes are high. Do not judge me. We have been traveling in Asia for a very, very long time. And we've had all the Asian food and I couldn't pass up this pizza. To be fair, the line was very long and I wasn't the only one who wanted it. Also, they handed out buffs. I think we've been in Asia too long because that's the best piece of pizza I've ever had. Honestly, I'm not kidding. It's the best I've ever had. They smeared truffle sauce all over the top of it. Oh.
New York sushi. We have found the jackpot. Probably one of my favorite Christmas market foods of all time is reclet, where they have the giant half of a cheese wheel and it's got this flame on top and they just shave the top layer of melted cheese onto a piece of bread. And I never expected this to be in China. Yay. Not sure how I would eat this without a glove. So, I'm glad they provided this. The bread isn't as good as it is in Europe, but it doesn't even matter because the cheese that is drowning it is so good.
It's like a piece of toast instead of a baguette. But it did come with all the veggies. So many things are surprising me about this market, but the next thing is it seems like every other stall is a different cuisine from a different country. Like obviously they have the German foods like rolette and sausages. We saw the pizza, which I thought was just kind of a funny tourist thing at the very start. But then I saw a Chilean stall that had empanadas. There was a Serbian stall. There was a seafood stall. And now we're at a Middle Eastern stall selling shukshuka and hummus and falafel. How fun. It looks amazing.
How did we do it? We're back in the Middle East. Hey, little sweetie. We are back in Germany. I waited in line for something called a roasti for like an hour in Nuremberg last year. I just got a roasti, which is a typical German like potato pancake that they deep fry except for they covered it in mushrooms. So, this is like two of my favorite foods on one plate. If this is garlic sauce, it's topped with garlic sauce. Three of my favorite foods on one plate. I cannot get over the fact that we're in China. Keep in mind, we have been here 4 weeks and eaten pretty much nothing but rice and noodles. So, our taste buds are craving different flavors right now.
I mean, they are, but I'm being serious. It has been really good. I'm just trying to be self-aware. If I close my eyes, I'm in Germany. I'm not kidding. That is the biggest cotton candy I've ever seen. They created a drink after Nate. Adele literally follows Cara everywhere she goes. There's Alicia K. Never mind. I knew that. I was making a joke. This even looks like Lyn. I love it. Here. Nate's really feeling the Christmas spirit right now. How good is this? Cuz this is not the best hat you've ever seen.
What is it? Oh, a dragon. You can find super unique gifts at the Christmas markets in Jon. I will say I've never seen one of these in Germany. Out of all the things Nate tries to talk me out of buying. He actually wants to buy this. It's so cozy. Is it not the best? I got to see what it looks like in a minute. Is this going in your suitcase or mine? I promise I'll wear it all winter. I'll take it home in my suitcase. Yeah. Take it away.
Okay. just had a really funny realization. But I bet 90% of the stuff that we see at German Christmas markets is made here in China. So in a way, buying something here would probably be more authentic than buying it at a German Christmas market. Mhm. China. Michael, how was the dentist? It was great. China. But they are selling everything here. like some of the best souvenirs at a market we've ever seen. I feel like there's going to be a small group of people that think we were hired by the Chinese government to come here and make it look good, but we're really just having that great of a time. We are not getting paid to do this.
This is just the beginning. This is only number one. This came with our $40 ticket. This just keeps getting better. Little crowded. Oh, we found the cotton candy. There is no way we'd be standing in this line, but check this out. This cotton candy is without a doubt the most impressive food I have ever seen at the Christmas market. It's like Santa's elves all working to make threeoot cotton candies. The last thing I need right now is a three-foot cotton candy, but cool to see. No way. Now they're making fake snow. It's snowing in Shanghai.
What is happening right now? I've lost Cara. I don't even know if she's seen this. That's wild. I don't know how anything is going to beat this, but let's go to the next Christmas market. Actually, that is incredible. The Christmas market's right there, and this is your view just a few steps away. Not bad. So, I feel like the prices that we paid at the Christmas market weren't too dissimilar from what you would pay in Europe. Maybe a bit cheaper, but some things in China are crazy affordable. Like this taxi ride that's taking us 20 minutes across the city cost a grand total of $4.50.
All right, Christmas market number two. Welcome to the swirling carnival. Found the glue vine right at the entrance where it belongs. Gambling. Not bad. A little sweeter than the last one. And they've got like floating fruits, a whole stick of cinnamon. So, this Christmas market is way less crowded, way more lowkey. We would come over to like the fancy part of town. We're surrounded by a bunch of like expensive department stores. Definitely a different vibe, but I think I like it so far. Forgot to mention I haven't found any mugs yet, but they did dress it up with like a nice Christmy sleeve for a paper cup. It's really cute.
The tree is spinning, which is probably why it's called the swirling carnival. Your little hat looks cute. Okay, this is the first time I've ever seen carnival games at a Christmas market. So, I'm going to attempt to wing carrot Santa. So, there's a bit of a language barrier, but I think I'm going to try to catapult the little Santa head into the chimney. Ready? Here it comes. Oh, not near hard enough. You just get one. I think I get five. Come on, Eton. You got this. You got I got to really go for it.
Oh, all right. Did you go over the whole thing? Somewhere in between. Somewhere in This is you, Nate. Here it goes. A. [screaming] IT'S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS. OKAY. I need a cheer. Nate noo. [screaming] What do you want? Uh, I want you to pick it. Two. I get two small ones. A reindeer and a Christmas tree. I love it. This one's for you for cheering me on. Merry Christmas. You're left with the reindeer. I love it. Thank you. Arcade games should be a part of every Christmas market.
Just one. Put it back. Oh, you didn't get any. Could have sworn she told me I could have two. It's okay. OH, ONE MORE. THREE. OH, they're pins. I love it. The best part of that was the crowd that Nate Drew. They were so excited. There's this old country song about like taking a girl to a fair and winning her a teddy bear. And that's all I can think of when I'm with Cara and there's like an arcade game where I can win a stuff. And I turns out this market was like actually really tiny. Like there were maybe 10 food stalls, but it was super cute. And the carnival games were a nice touch. If
I could do it again, I would start at this market, then go to the Chris Kindle market. But I'm glad we came. Glad I got my souvenir. We were going to collide. I have on. See you tomorrow for our last two Christmas markets. This next market that we're visiting has the potential to be the most interesting because from what I've read online, this is a Pokemon themed Christmas market. 10-year-old Nate would have been so excited about this. I would have been bringing my little uh binder with all my different cards I was collecting. So far, as expected, it's not very traditional looking. Instead of the little like German huts, we have these
brightly colored food trucks. Let's find the glue bun. We're back home and trying that vine. We love it here. Byebye. I haven't even had a sip yet. And that is without a doubt my favorite glue vine experience thus far. Bombbe. It's delicious. It's not in a mug, but they took such care in crafting the visuals. I'm not sure what is on this stick, but we have these little jelly balls. Looks like a mini donut. There's the mold fruits. There's a whole cinnamon stick. And then he placed so delicately some rosemary and they were just so sweet.
I definitely thought it was a donut. It's not a donut. On top of everything else, I think she could tell I was excited cuz I was taking a bunch of pictures and she gifted me this handmade Christmas tree candle. I love her. The hair are so sweet. Buy two blue vines, get a free candle. I could cry. Off to a great start. And uh so far, no Pokémon. handcrafted mold wine out of a real wine bottle. Last night's off to a good start. This market is so good. They're playing Christmas music and it's small, but it is packed with goodness. Like, every single stall is bringing it. It's hard to even choose. This one probably has
the most Asian food I've seen at any market before this. a lot of delicious classics and just like crazy stuff like pig legs and octopus, but then they also have stuff like French fries, churros, desserts. We are starting the night with the most interesting food that we've seen yet. This is like a stuffed pancake with red beans and Oreo. Red beans are like a traditional dessert here in China. You'll find it in a lot of different desserts, but I've never seen it mixed with Oreo. He puts down like the pancakey dough inside this muffin tin. puts all the stuffing in and then flips it over into another pancake. Here we go.
Do I have I think I just got the beans. And I'm not sure if this one has an Oreo in it. Okay, let's see if this one has Oreo in it. It came as a two pack. This one has Oreo. There we go. Not my favorite. Glad I tried it. So, there's a big permanent sign that says weekend market when you come in. And after gathering some context clues, pretty sure this market is always here, but during Christmas time, they spice it up and make it all Christmas themed. So, it's not your traditional Christmas market in terms of feel, but they've got plenty of Christmasy things to buy and tons of food.
We've never seen this before. This food truck is a Michelin restaurant. It's like a restaurant popup. They have tempura, sweet potato, oniiri, which is one of my favorite foods, and sake. So, naturally, you're getting oniri is my favorite thing to get in Japan. And I kid you not, I've never had it, not from a convenience store. It's like my favorite snack to get at 7-Eleven, and I can't imagine a better place to try the real one in China at a Christmas market. It is insanely good. Yeah, you should get one. This one's mine. 10 seconds later. I'm sorry I ate it all. Next. Tempura sweet potato. I love everything that's tempura and fried, so I think I'm gonna love it. But we'll see if it tastes like Michelin, you know.
Whoa. It's perfection. Perfection and deserving of a Michelin guy, if you ask me. Cheers. All right. It turns out it wasn't the whole Christmas market that was Pokémon themed. It was just this tree and then there's like a ice skating ring for kids on the other side of it. I could stay here all night. But we learned our lesson last night filling up at the first market. So, we're going to save ourselves because I heard the second one is really good. They're attempting to make a little bit of snow. Not quite the blizzard that was at the Christmas market last night, but it's A FUN TIME.
IT'S definitely snowing. I just pressed the button. Okay. Look at that. Oh, I thought it was going to open for me. We're not in 2050 yet. All right, so we haven't found the Christmas market yet, but check out this view. The Shanghai skyline is exceptional. And then, of course, there's the iconic round pointy thing. And the next Christmas market should be right around here somewhere. So, we might have a view of the skyline from the Christmas market. Last, but hopefully not least, there's a heler wearing a Santa hat. So, this last Christmas market is on the rooftop of the Polliner Beer House, which is like a super famous German beer that you would
see at October Fest. So, if anybody's going to do Christmas markets, right, it should be Paul. All right, first impressions of the Powiner Market. 100% best views we've had. We are overlooking the Shanghai skyline. Vibes are very different. It's quiet. It's cozy. Not going to lie, I prefer the chaos is a bit too calm for me right now. The crowds at the last few Christmas parties we've been to kind of take away from it. I'm just saying there's no crowd here. However, I just saw they have all the classic German market foods. I'm very excited. Plus, real mugs. Probably the most functional Christmas market mug we've ever received. This is like ceramic. Gross. We're basically in Germany.
It's good. It's legit. Maybe the best. Top two for sure. I can't get that last one out of my head, but it's great. If you've never watched one of these series before, being like a connoisseur of the mold wine is part of the experience. This is my coffee hug for life. Someone turn up the music. I'm ready to party. Everyone's talking so quietly. I don't understand. Satzel. Ooh, pretzels. Mushroom spatul. Not sure what happened to the audio here. I think I said something like spatzel was the only Christmas market staple dish from Europe. I was missing on this trip. But when I saw these long
noodles, I was a bit skeptical. As you can probably tell from my face, it wasn't quite up to Europe's standards. Nate was excited to redeem his custard pretzel experience, but he ended up feeling similar. I believe he described it as cold and saltless. So, this is the time in the video where I normally pull out the spreadsheet and we give all the Christmas markets that we visited a ranking based on best glue vine, best food, best vibes, all the things. But I think we'll do it a bit different this year. It kind of feels unfair to rank the Christmas markets in order because they were all so different. And also, I think the first Christmas market in Shanghai would just win all of them.
Yeah, that feels a little unfair. So, overall thoughts of Christmas markets in Asia? The Christmas market in Osaka was just the first one. So, we had this just joy and the newness of it and just the fact that, oh, there actually are Christmas markets in Asia that are good and fun. We just were elated that night. We really did not know what this trip was going to be if it was going to be like a total bust. Kyoto was, you know, the mall. Here's what I would say. The Christmas markets in Asia are not a replacement for the Christmas markets in Europe.
Like I couldn't recommend to anyone to plan a trip here just to come see the Christmas markets like I would in Europe. If you find yourself traveling around Asia during the holidays, it is definitely worth a trip to Shanghai to go to the Christmas markets here. Like if you need a little extra Christmas cheer because outside of the markets, it doesn't really feel like Christmas on this side of the world. Also, new category, best view at a Christmas market goes to the polar house. The cutest was the Pokemon one. The best arcade game was last night.
It's been a weird year for Christmas markets. The plan is to be back in Europe next year. Thanks for uh sticking with us through um a different one this year. It was awesome. I wouldn't change a thing. This was such a fun experience. And this is our last video of the year. Thank you so much for sticking with us this year and letting us call what we've done tonight and all the fun things we've done all year our job. We're so lucky. We don't take it for granted. Thank you for watching this video and for supporting us and we can't wait to keep doing it in 2026. As usual, we will see you in early January for our life update
video, which we always really look forward to because we get to recap last year. We'll fill you in on our plans for next year. Give you all of our big life updates. Where are the kids? What's happening epilepsy? What's going on with your house? See you in January. Thanks for watching. Happy holidays. We love you. Oops. The matcha on top was like a barrier and I was trying to like get the hot chocolate and then it just went all down my face and my shirt. I'm so sad. I'm just got to go wash my shirt. So, tonight's Christmas market is temperature regulated. They're playing Let's see what else they have. I love how orderly Japan is. Everyone's lined up on the left hand side. People who want to walk on the right, which makes
so much sense. Picture this. I put it on top of my ski helmet. You'll never lose me again. That would be helpful. You want THAT ONE? YOU GOT that one?
