The holidays are over and your hosts are picking over the leftovers.

Matt continues to make the case that pantomime is not really good for anybody involved, while somehow Mike managed to swerve the Boxing Day show.

We have reports and regrets from New Year's and wildly inaccurate predictions for 2026.

All that plus stories of mild family strife and peril, made worse by cross-cultural misunderstandings. Or maybe better? We can't tell? Because this is Britain and maybe it was all just irony?

Roll on new year.

Mike and Matt are back with a flaming festive cracker.

Yes, it's that time of the year again. The time when we ask questions like: What is bread sauce? When do you open your presents? What does cricket mean, and why do England lose it?

In a word, it's the season of The Snowman featuring David Bowie (but only in certain editions). And if you've never truly experienced the joy of a British Christmas, don't worry, by the end of this episode you'll be just as befuddled and tipsy as anyone else on these isles.

Plus, news from the homeland of extortionate World Cup tickets and a trade deal going south.

Merry Happy Christmas!

Mike and Matt talk holidays, particularly the best and most American holiday, as long as you're not a turkey. How did you spend your Thanksgiving Black Friday, mate?

This week also includes two new features: Relevant Recos - cultural tips for transatlantic types - and Visa Stories, the first of which is weirdly funny.

Later, a news update about an Ohio senator who wants Americans to pick one nationality and stick with it, no duals allowed. Is this idea as Moreno-ic as it sounds and will it stand a turkey's chance of surviving the holidays?

Plus, what British phrase makes you irrationally angry? Reddit has opinions, and so do your hosts.

All of that, plus Matt invokes the spirit of grunge for his latest attempt at a theme tune. Will it be better than the first one?