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00:00Brandon.
00:01I am obsessed with blow mold figures.
00:03My gosh.
00:04Where'd you get them all?
00:05Dumpster diving.
00:07I will do anything to get the blow molds.
00:11Mom, here.
00:12What are you guys up to?
00:13Hi.
00:15Look at you, all dressed as a menorah.
00:17You need a hat?
00:19I've been planning these parties for 40 years.
00:22It's time for you guys to take on this party.
00:25Um.
00:28Hey, fans, it's the king of Christmas.
00:30Did you get this Santa?
00:32We have to go pick it up.
00:33Hurry up.
00:36Unbelievable.
00:38Deck the halls with boughs upon you.
00:42La la la la la la la la la la la la.
00:45Tis the season to be Johnny.
00:51Hey, friends.
00:52Want to go to lunch?
00:54Well, I'm having a little bit of a problem right now
00:56because I can't find the angel teddy bear blow mold anywhere.
00:59And I know I have it.
01:01I just don't know where we have it.
01:03My name is Brandon.
01:04I live in Uni Beach with my mom, Lori.
01:06And I am a first grade teacher.
01:08I don't see any bears under there.
01:11I see lots of reindeer.
01:13So Lori lives in my house with all of my Christmas decorations.
01:16I don't think so.
01:18I think you live in my house.
01:24I kind of look at it as a best friendship at this point.
01:27We've just grown together.
01:28We've grown up together, I think, in some ways.
01:32I got my love of Christmas really from her.
01:35Besties for the resties.
01:36Besties for the resties.
01:37That's it.
01:38Hey, what's up?
01:41Hi.
01:42How's it going?
01:43This is for you.
01:43Oh, thank you.
01:44You're welcome.
01:45Wow, I love that.
01:46My name's Amanda.
01:48Brandon had a Christmas in July party a few weeks ago,
01:50and I wasn't able to attend.
01:52So I wanted to bring over a gift.
01:54This is my mom, Lori.
01:55You remember her, right?
01:56Hi, nice to see you.
01:56Nice to see you again.
01:58Oh, my gosh.
01:59The trees?
02:01Yes.
02:01Oh, my gosh, Brandon.
02:04Does that sign up all year?
02:05All year.
02:06We got a lot of things, like I'm refinishing some things.
02:09We have, like, that was for my party.
02:11People could sign them and everything, which is really neat.
02:14I love that.
02:14Yeah.
02:15And the little balloons.
02:16The balloons.
02:17Oh, my gosh.
02:18It's summertime, so walking into here,
02:20I was not expecting to see all the Christmas trees,
02:22all the decorations already up.
02:24I was blown away.
02:25I was shocked.
02:26I love it.
02:27But that's not all.
02:28I mean, there's other things.
02:29Oh, yeah, you have to come.
02:30You have to see the other rooms with the trees.
02:32Oh, my goodness.
02:32The trees.
02:33Well, Brandon's been into Christmas since he was two.
02:39He used to decorate his room.
02:41He wanted his own tree.
02:42I am obsessed with Christmas.
02:44We definitely have some rare pieces,
02:46and they're going to be out.
02:47I want you to be able to see them.
02:50It's cool that people, like, appreciate
02:52the uniqueness of them.
02:54We are sort of famous for doing the lights.
02:57People recognize us all the time, like, wherever we go.
03:00Where they'll be like, you're the people that do that house.
03:02And I'm like, yep.
03:12Is this your garage?
03:13It was our garage.
03:14It was supposed to be from my car, but it's no longer.
03:18I knew you were crazy about Christmas, but not this crazy.
03:24Just a little bit.
03:25What is this, Brandon?
03:26I would just be careful, because you might have an avalanche.
03:29I'm going to keep this shut, then.
03:30Everything's good, yeah.
03:31I'm going to shut it.
03:32I've never seen anything like this.
03:34Well, just wait.
03:38Wait, there's more?
03:39That's not even a quarter of it.
03:42A quarter?
03:43There is a major obsession with the blow mold figures for the yard.
03:48We have well over 2,000 blow molds.
03:50There could be more.
03:51It is always a challenge to be like, well, I think we have this one, but I don't even
03:55know how many we have, or something like that.
03:57I feel like I get torn.
03:59Like, it's too much, and then I'm like, but he really loves them, and it makes people happy.
04:04You've got to just say, there's stuff everywhere.
04:07More light-up stuff.
04:10Under my pool deck, all the way to the end.
04:12This is crazy.
04:14It's crazy.
04:15So, the garage, all of this, and there's more.
04:19And there's more.
04:21Yep.
04:22Brandon, how do you even know what's in here?
04:25I found a deer.
04:26What?
04:27Oh, my God.
04:29Oh, my God.
04:31I'm standing back.
04:32I really love blow molds so much because they're just really simple.
04:36They're just a piece of plastic that just has a light inside.
04:40My love of blow molds started when I was very young, and I just think they're so cool.
04:45They're so colorful, and they evoke such nostalgic, fun Christmas memories.
04:51Oh, my God.
04:52What just fell on me?
04:53Oh, my God.
04:54There's a bug.
04:55And then we got tons of stuff over in here.
04:59Just stay back for a minute.
05:01So...
05:04Brandon!
05:06Am I a hoarder?
05:11The day-old holiday question here.
05:13Yeah.
05:14That is insane.
05:15Yep.
05:16Merry Christmas, everyone.
05:18Maybe, like, I'm on the cusp of being a hoarder.
05:21Over here.
05:22Oh, my God.
05:23Almost got taken down by the soldier.
05:26I think I'm a collector.
05:28We'll use the C word instead.
05:30I'm a collector.
05:31I disagree with collector.
05:33I call it hoarding because he can't just have one of something.
05:35He has to have, you know, multiples of everything.
05:38And he doesn't like to part with things.
05:40Like, I have no...
05:41I have no space in this house.
05:43I feel like I have my room and my bathroom, and that's about it.
05:48Okay.
05:49So I'll put this guy down here, and let me open this one up.
05:56Just a couple more.
05:58I don't know if me gifting you this was necessary.
06:01Well, actually, funny you should say that.
06:05There's one.
06:08I should have known that you'd already have this.
06:11But wait.
06:12They're triplets now, though.
06:13So that's exciting.
06:14Oh, my God.
06:15Well, I love that there's three of them.
06:17Right.
06:18Now they're, like, friends.
06:19Where'd you get them all?
06:20Yard sales, flea markets, dumpster diving.
06:24Merry Christmas.
06:28All right, Bill.
06:29Let's see what else we can use.
06:30What's your focus?
06:31Focus right now is the dining room, because I want to give it that Gilded Age look.
06:45Oh, my gosh.
06:46I'm Mario, and this is Bill, and we live in Yonkers, New York.
06:50We work together.
06:51We run a retail store for 28 years, and we're there every day.
06:58You know, we're inseparable.
07:00I agree.
07:01These soldiers are actually going to go upstairs this year.
07:05They're not going to go in the dining room because they don't fit in with that theme.
07:08I was always fascinated by Christmas as a child.
07:11I just love the sparkle and the whole magical theme behind it.
07:15It's just, it's the best time of the year.
07:18And then where are these going to go?
07:19Well, these are the reads for the staircase.
07:21We met in high school in 1986.
07:23We were friends for quite a number of years, and then it just morphed into a relationship,
07:28and the rest is history.
07:30I'm the trophy.
07:31All right, Bill.
07:32What are you going to bring up?
07:34So, for my vision, I think we're going to bring up the golden white Santa.
07:41Because he'll work in with that theme.
07:44All right.
07:45You got it.
07:46I've got him.
07:47My Christmas decorating style, it's like couture clothing.
07:52It's perfection.
07:54So, I want you to grab the Nutcracker butler.
07:59Okay.
08:00Whether it's my Santas or my Christmas trees, my ornaments, everything is like a couture garment.
08:08Look at these ornaments.
08:09They have that old world, old good age look.
08:12Oh, yeah, yeah.
08:13Every year the collection grows.
08:15Those are all ornaments there.
08:16I have my small reeds here for the window.
08:18Oh, my gosh.
08:19I have all these trees.
08:20I've got these guys, these Nutcrackers here.
08:23I don't think it's a hoard.
08:25It's not a hoard if it's good .
08:28These are the soldiers that are going to go upstairs this year.
08:30They used to be in the dining room.
08:31Gosh, you're buying a lot of stuff.
08:32I mean, I'm the king of Christmas, so it has to be more.
08:35More is not more for me.
08:37I could take a collection and I could pick, you know, my favorite and take some away.
08:42I cannot get rid of them.
08:45I can't.
08:46This is the last one, right?
08:48Oh, no, Bill.
08:49There's dozens more after this.
08:51As a child, I would, you know, decorate the ceiling or the walls.
08:55And one year, my sister-in-law said, oh, Mariam, you're the king of Christmas.
09:00I must have been maybe 10 or 11 years old when she said that.
09:03And to this day, it stuck with me.
09:05So when I started my social media, I said, oh, what am I going to call this, you know?
09:10And I said, I'm going to call it official king of Christmas.
09:15All right.
09:16I love this guy.
09:17He's going to look great.
09:19Color scheme is perfect.
09:24Takes up a lot of room.
09:26Yeah, but look how good you look together.
09:28Hello.
09:29Billy and Santa.
09:31Oh, my gosh.
09:32How great is that?
09:33That's beautiful.
09:34Great bit.
09:35Perfect.
09:37He rushes it.
09:38It's like rushing my life.
09:41I want to enjoy, you know, the summer and all that.
09:46But the minute July 4th passes, he's like, summer's over.
09:49Game on.
09:50It's game on.
09:51The entire house is decorated from top to bottom in Christmas.
09:56And it debuts on social media at 8 p.m. on Halloween night.
10:00Everybody loves it.
10:01My followers on social media continues to grow.
10:05And I want that.
10:06And then you're going to do tree and tree?
10:08So I'm thinking my new couture Santa.
10:11And maybe how about two more couture Santas on either side?
10:14I could always replace the tree with a pair of nutcrackers.
10:19Actually, they might work with my couture Santa.
10:23Now, did you get this Santa?
10:25Uh, no.
10:26Is it coming in the mail?
10:27It is not coming in the mail.
10:29It can't be shipped.
10:30We have to go pick it up.
10:31Where?
10:32Um, I can't tell you just yet.
10:34Oh.
10:35My artist who makes my Santas, who I will never reveal, uh, pretty much whatever she creates,
10:43I scoop up.
10:45Here we are.
10:47Wow, there's a lot in there.
10:51There are a lot.
10:52There are a lot.
10:53I actually have the largest collection of her creations than anyone else.
10:57Some people might have one or two.
10:59I have almost 30 or 40 pieces.
11:02I keep all my handmade Santas in a cabinet in my dressing room so that every morning I can open up that cabinet and say,
11:10good morning, friends, and start my day happy because looking at them makes me happy.
11:17I'm just happy with a cup of coffee.
11:19Okay, so just so I know, when you go, when you die, do you want this cremated with you?
11:29You know, that wouldn't be a bad idea.
11:32Or maybe you could just cremate me and buy me a mausoleum and put these all on the shelf surrounding me.
11:37Yeah, I'll figure it out, whatever.
11:40Okay, thank you.
11:43It's Menorah Madness Heaven, and it can be all yours.
11:49I'm not doing it.
11:50I'm not doing it.
11:51There's a lot of branches in my way.
11:53I don't think we should be taking stuff out of there.
11:55I knew there would be Christmas stuff in here.
11:58It's a little messy in here.
12:06I've been going through things.
12:13What are these, Mom?
12:14Cute little menorahs.
12:16Aren't they adorable?
12:17I found these really cute hats and a wig.
12:21Oh, be careful.
12:22And I wanted to see what you look like in them.
12:26My name is Flo, and I'm from New Jersey.
12:29You try it on.
12:30Let's see how it looks.
12:31Come on, honey.
12:32You look good in blue.
12:33Okay.
12:34Let's see.
12:35Oh, look how chic you are.
12:37I love it.
12:38Oh, wow.
12:39I love the Hanukkah holiday because it makes me feel joyful and appreciate all of the miracles
12:46in life.
12:47We could match with the headbands.
12:48It would be so cute.
12:49Let's see.
12:50Oh, that is adorable.
12:51Do I have a lot of stuff?
12:54Absolutely.
12:55And I'm proud of it.
12:56My dreidel divas.
12:58I love it.
12:59I'm Tara.
13:00I'm Flo's oldest daughter.
13:02And I'm Lauren, and I'm Flo's youngest daughter.
13:06Over the past 20 years, she has started collecting more, shopping.
13:11Can we just talk wrapping paper for a second?
13:13Sure.
13:14Okay.
13:15We're good this year, Mom.
13:16I think you're really good if you could see, like, look at all this.
13:18I think you've got, like, 50 rolls.
13:20Anything she finds Hanukkah, she purchases.
13:23You should see the pajamas I got for everybody.
13:26She's also very crafty, so she makes some of these things herself.
13:29Look at this.
13:30This one shimmies.
13:32Oh.
13:33It shimmies.
13:34It shakes and shimmies and shines.
13:36Don't you love it?
13:37Oh.
13:38The internet is her friend.
13:39This is an invention that you won't believe.
13:43When you screw this onto the nozzle of your faucet, it turns the water blue.
13:50Oh, wow.
13:51So it's perfect for Hanukkah.
13:52And if it's not available online, she will have it custom made.
13:56Oh, my gosh.
13:57That is my extra large menorah.
14:00Oh, my gosh.
14:01You think that's big?
14:02I found one that's three times the size.
14:05Mom, you didn't get it.
14:06No.
14:07They're holding it for me.
14:08I'm picking it up.
14:09Mom, you don't need it.
14:10You never know when you might need something like this.
14:13I know.
14:14I know you won't.
14:15I don't think I'm a hoarder.
14:17Does anybody need any shopping bags for Hanukkah?
14:20I have quite a few.
14:22No.
14:23I know my way around my basement.
14:25Be careful, Mom.
14:26There's like so much here.
14:27No, I'm fine.
14:28I don't want you to sit.
14:29Okay.
14:30I'm fine.
14:31Menorah Madness, it's the most over-the-top Hanukkah party you have ever seen.
14:36We probably need a few more things to make it look nice and full.
14:39Why don't you grab this tower?
14:40This one.
14:41Let's grab this one.
14:42Oh, here.
14:43There's like three.
14:44You like those?
14:45They're cute, aren't they?
14:46Wait, Mom.
14:47We're taking this, right?
14:48They're cute.
14:49Hanukkah is a tradition that we look forward to every single year.
14:51And as the family grows, it seems that the party grows.
14:54You know what?
14:55It would really be great for you guys to take on this party.
15:00My parents were Holocaust survivors and went on to lead productive lives.
15:07It's a miracle.
15:08So that also has perpetuated me wanting to, continuing to honor the miracle.
15:15I know that you have what it takes to do this.
15:20So what do you think?
15:22Mom, you're a Hanukkah legacy in this family.
15:26I don't think we could ever meet these standards.
15:28No, we could.
15:29Absolutely not.
15:30And Laura does Thanksgiving right before.
15:33Sometimes it's even, like, right around the corner.
15:35So close.
15:36And Tara, you do Mother's Day.
15:37That's kind of her holiday.
15:39I hope my daughters will take over Menorah Madness.
15:43Even though they share with me their feelings about the voluminous amount of things I have Hanukkah-related,
15:51they love this party.
15:53Tara, you have a garage?
15:56What's important is that they continue the tradition, that they recognize the miracle of this holiday.
16:03Maybe it'll just take a little convincing, but I have to go get changed for the party.
16:08The guests will be arriving soon.
16:10That should be enough.
16:11Ah, you know what I forgot about?
16:14Look.
16:15Blue toilet seat.
16:17I've used it before.
16:19It got rave reviews.
16:26I can't wait to see what they have.
16:28I know.
16:29I might find something good here.
16:30You might.
16:31It really is that thrill of the hunt.
16:34And as a collector, I'm, like, always seeking the next cool thing for my holiday displays.
16:39They got a lot of trees.
16:40Oh, my gosh.
16:42Wow.
16:43I like that one.
16:44I think that one's a blow mold tree.
16:46There's this antique store in a town over from us.
16:49And that's one of my main spots to go and hunt for the blow molds.
16:54Hey, guys.
16:55Hi.
16:56Hey, how are you?
16:57Good.
16:58How's it going?
16:59Good.
17:00Just on my blow mold hunt.
17:01You got any new ones?
17:02Oh, yeah.
17:03We might have some special ones.
17:04I'll let you take a look through the basement, maybe.
17:05All right.
17:06Oh, I love going through the basement.
17:07If you guys are good.
17:08When you are, like, a serious collector, you build these connections with community people,
17:12and you become friends with the shop owners at the antique places.
17:15Well, remember, we're looking for an angel teddy bear.
17:19There is a very large blow mold community.
17:22It's a nice community of people who enjoy the same thing as you.
17:25Like, if somebody has one they don't have, I think it's cool.
17:27You know?
17:28I'm like, oh, I need that one.
17:29Like, the other day, someone posted a rare teddy bear angel blow mold that I thought I had,
17:34but I can't find it.
17:35Yeah.
17:36Oh, my God.
17:39All right.
17:40Well, I don't think it's in here either.
17:42Yeah.
17:43I really felt confident in this one, knowing that, okay, this is out there, and now I need
17:49to be able to hunt it down and be able to find it.
17:52That's the thrill of it, finding the piece that maybe you don't have.
17:55Probably need a flashlight, yeah?
17:57I'm a little nervous.
17:59Looks dark in here.
18:01A lot of equipment.
18:02Oh, God.
18:03Lots of music stuff.
18:04Lots of music stuff.
18:05I like that.
18:06There's a lot of Christmas stuff in here, so.
18:09They do.
18:12That's terrifying.
18:13Yeah.
18:14Thank goodness we have a flashlight.
18:15Oh, gosh.
18:16Oh, there's more blow molds up there, Bryn.
18:19Oh, my God.
18:21It's a blow mold goose wearing a guitar.
18:24Oh, my God.
18:25It has a wig.
18:26It has a wig.
18:27You could dress him up as a Santa suit.
18:30I have to have this, I think.
18:31Oh, my gosh.
18:32Do we need it?
18:33Add to cart.
18:34Add to cart.
18:35Great.
18:36I've spent more than what people would pay for a house, I think, on blow molds.
18:41Last year alone, I think we spent like $17,000 on Christmas decorations.
18:44Which is crazy.
18:45This is why you can't get your own place.
18:47Do you realize you could pay off all your debt and then still have money in the bank if
18:51you sold some of this stuff?
18:54Minimal.
18:55Minimal.
18:56No debt.
18:58I don't know if I've ever actually gone this deep into the basement.
19:02Look.
19:03Nice.
19:04I'm going to have to go digging in there.
19:09Good luck.
19:10Oh, my God.
19:11There's a lot.
19:12But now I have to know what else.
19:13I don't know how to get in here.
19:15Don't stand up.
19:16Well, I don't think I could stand up if I wanted to.
19:18Don't even try.
19:19There's stuff all the way in the back.
19:20I could see it.
19:21Yeah, there's blow mold all the way back there.
19:23Maybe you'll find your teddy bear angel.
19:26There are also spider webs and that's going to be a little bit of a problem.
19:31I will do anything to get the blow molds, whether that be dumpster diving, pulling them
19:37off the side of the road, picking them up from friends, cutting open boxes at box stores.
19:44He's insane.
19:45Isn't he a red?
19:47If there is a way to get them, I will find it and I will get them.
19:51Oh, Santa.
19:52Hello, Santa.
19:53Oh, my God.
19:54I smacked my head so freaking hard.
19:57You're not going to believe what's back here.
20:08They got the Santa with the puppy, but I'm not seeing the one we're after.
20:15All right.
20:16Well, let's go.
20:17All right.
20:18But I am going to get the goose.
20:19That was like a treasure hunt almost.
20:21So my knees didn't like it.
20:24It's the best goose I've ever seen in my life.
20:26Yeah, but you're paying.
20:28We got the holiday goose, so.
20:31That's cool.
20:32That's a good piece.
20:33Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20:34I like the goose.
20:35Can we do 20 bucks on the goose?
20:36We can do it.
20:37Do it for them.
20:38Yep.
20:39They're our regular good customers.
20:40You got your goose for 20 bucks.
20:45Now, where are we going?
20:47Well, I can't tell you that just yet.
20:50Okay.
20:51You'll see as we go.
20:53So Bill's taking the ride with me to pick up my new Santa from my secret Santa lady.
20:59I have the cream of the crop.
21:00I have the best of the best.
21:02There are people out there that don't have some of the pieces that I have.
21:05And I don't want anyone else having her Santas, her creations.
21:10Every time I meet with her, it's a different location because I'm so worried that somebody's
21:15following me.
21:16Oh, gosh.
21:17Are you for real?
21:18It happens.
21:19People hide in the bushes.
21:20Oh, boy.
21:21Oh, I'll be excited to meet her.
21:24No, Bill.
21:25Nobody gets to meet her.
21:27She is my secret, just like Santa is a secret.
21:30She is my Santa.
21:31Jesus.
21:32Who were you worried about knowing?
21:34Well, I'm worried that family and friends and even my followers on King of Christmas will,
21:40you know, eventually know who she is.
21:42And then you don't want her busy on other people's stuff.
21:46I don't want, correct.
21:47I'm just afraid that I won't get the half a dozen that I want every year.
21:52Wait a minute.
21:54You don't buy six a year.
21:56Well, if you count, I buy them as early as January and as, you know, as far as December.
22:02That's getting crazy.
22:06Wish me luck, Bill.
22:07Ah, yeah, you got it.
22:08Go ahead.
22:09I know I got this.
22:10Hurry up.
22:11All right, awesome.
22:12Then I want my wine.
22:13You'll get your wine.
22:14All right.
22:15Okay.
22:16Hurry up.
22:17Unbelievable.
22:18Still has a cute butt.
22:31Darn bug.
22:32This is ridiculous.
22:33Come on.
22:34I got it, Bill.
22:35Great.
22:36I did it.
22:37I got it.
22:38I'm so excited.
22:39There's a lot of bugs.
22:40Can't wait to see it.
22:41All right.
22:42Calm down with the bugs.
22:43Calm down.
22:44Oh my gosh.
22:45The minute I saw it, had tears in my eyes.
22:48Oh my goodness.
22:50It happens.
22:51You know, I get emotional over them.
22:54I couldn't have dreamt what she came up with.
22:57Magnificent.
23:00Bill, this is the best she's ever made.
23:02Wow.
23:03Look at this hat.
23:04Wow.
23:05Look, she created the hat out of old Gucci fabric.
23:08It's definitely extremely special.
23:11Probably more special than the other pieces in the collection.
23:15Look at this lace trim going around his coat.
23:18And this beautiful, beautiful crushed velvet fabric.
23:23Everything about this is just perfect.
23:26It's beautiful.
23:29That's it?
23:30That's all you got?
23:31It's beautiful.
23:32Yeah.
23:33It's breathtaking.
23:34It's spectacular.
23:36It's breathtaking.
23:38It's spectacular.
23:39It is the best.
23:41So you're happy?
23:42I am ecstatic.
23:43Good.
23:49All right.
23:50Let's see what we find.
23:52All right.
23:53Where should we look?
23:54Go down by the beachfront.
23:55Yeah.
23:56And then maybe up around the beachfront.
23:58That sounds good.
24:00This is my favorite day to look for stuff because it's trash day.
24:03It is trash day.
24:04So we are going to be on the hunt.
24:06We are after the angel teddy bear blow mold.
24:09So I am searching high and low for this piece because it would be wonderful to have this like diamond in the rough piece a part of all of my future holiday displays.
24:22More garbage.
24:23Garbage.
24:24My favorite.
24:25Blow molds.
24:26Blow molds.
24:27The street's got some garbage cans.
24:29That one's over there.
24:31Oh, that's like recycling cans.
24:32It's recycling, yeah.
24:34Plastic at least.
24:35Yeah, it is plastic.
24:36Not the kind of plastic you want, but it's plastic.
24:39As a teacher, definitely don't make the most amount of money.
24:42Garbage picking is how I find a lot of our blow molds and a lot of the pieces that we use in our displays.
24:47I mean, I have no shame.
24:48I'll just pull over and go get it.
24:50Bold pickup day.
24:51Don't forget it.
24:52It's like his birthday.
24:53It's like, yeah, it's like a holiday, you know, second Christmas.
24:57Bold pickup day.
24:59See anything?
25:00I'm going to just go take a look.
25:08Nothing.
25:09All the garbage was picked up on this block.
25:11Oh, God.
25:14Is it surprising to see him go trash picking?
25:17Because you have to do it with him.
25:18It's kind of scary in a way because you know how people are going to react to it.
25:21And, you know, and they're probably thinking you're crazy.
25:23Why are you going through somebody's garbage?
25:25But it would support anything that he wants to do in his life.
25:28And that's part of the problem is I think I'm an enabler.
25:31If I wasn't, we wouldn't be in this position.
25:34It's all coming out.
25:36So there you go.
25:39But that's my thing.
25:40Like, he does it to make people happy.
25:42And people are genuinely happy when they come to see the display.
25:46Oh, stop.
25:47Stop, stop.
25:48I think I see a blow mold in the trash.
25:49Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:50Wait, wait, wait.
26:00Ooh.
26:01The thing is, I'm not just picking up garbage.
26:05I pulled busted blow molds out of the garbage just to take the light kits.
26:08Yes.
26:09Or like the eyeballs.
26:10Just to take, you know, the pieces that I know I can fix another one with.
26:15Oh.
26:16Oh.
26:17Oh.
26:18Oh.
26:19Oh.
26:20What is your face doing?
26:21Look at your garbage, bro.
26:23I gotta blow mold.
26:28That guy's just like, hey, what the are you doing?
26:31I'm like, um...
26:33I'm just trying to live my life, dude.
26:35I don't know.
26:36That's funny.
26:37When you're on the hunt and you do crazy things
26:40like garbage picking and dumpster diving,
26:41you do get confronted by people.
26:43It's almost like a panic a little bit.
26:45You're like, well, I'm going to take this
26:48and just, I'm going to run with it.
26:50All right, well, I found a blow mold.
26:51It's broken.
26:52A little crap, and we could fix it.
26:54A little.
26:55No blow mold left behind.
26:56It is the sickness.
26:57You know this, right?
26:59One man's junk is another man's treasure, right?
27:01Do you remember years ago when we started
27:07using bagels and latkes?
27:09They look nice on your tree.
27:10They look really nice, right?
27:13They look good enough to eat, but they're not.
27:15He's a big one.
27:16Yes, so here, scissors, just be very gentle.
27:19I know how to cut plastic.
27:21All right, look.
27:22All right, okay, Bill, I'm cutting fine.
27:24Don't worry.
27:25No, no, no, Bill, you have to go slow.
27:26Bill.
27:31Hello, here's some Hanukkah gelt for you.
27:37We have costumes here if you'd like to wear one.
27:42We are doing a pre-Minorah Madness party
27:46to convince my daughters to continue this tradition.
27:50So we did it early and invited a bunch of guests.
27:55Look at you, all dressed as a Minorah.
27:57You need a hat to go with that.
28:00To continue to impress upon my daughters
28:04how important it is for them to pass this idea
28:09through the generations.
28:10Oh, look at Rabbi Pat!
28:14I would never have recognized this good Catholic girl.
28:18not to let it be part of history.
28:23Look at these people.
28:25You can see how much fun they're having.
28:27They are.
28:28They're walking around as menorahs, as rabbis, as dreidels.
28:33No detail was left undone between the decorations,
28:38the costumes, all the details.
28:41It was just a once-in-a-lifetime celebration for me.
28:47Never been to anything like it before.
28:49It's Minorah Madness Heaven, and it can be all yours.
28:55Oh, you better greet your guests, Mom.
28:56Yeah, get the door.
28:57Go ahead.
28:58Hi.
28:59I can't.
29:00I'm not doing it.
29:01I'm not.
29:02We do love Minorah Madness.
29:04Absolutely.
29:04It's like you enter into this Hanukkah world
29:07when you come in here.
29:08So it's really neat to have the gift of that.
29:11Did it inspire you?
29:13It inspired me to come back and see
29:15what my mom does next year.
29:19Girls, come over here.
29:21OK.
29:21You remember years ago when we started using bagels and latkes.
29:27It must have been, what, 20 years ago you varnished these bagels?
29:29Probably more than 20 years.
29:30Probably 25 years ago.
29:32And these potato pancakes that you varnished.
29:34Right.
29:35What do you think of them?
29:37They look nice on your tree.
29:39They look really nice, right?
29:41I use them every year as part of my decoration.
29:44They look good enough to eat, but they're not.
29:48When you take over this party, you can hang them wherever you want.
29:53We don't want that.
29:54You keep this.
29:55Mom, this is your thing.
29:56You know what?
29:57One day when we take over Hanukkah,
29:59we'll have our own twist on it.
30:00Ah, I gotcha.
30:02You said you were taking it over.
30:04Mom, I didn't mean take over Minorah Madness.
30:06Oh.
30:07You did.
30:07I heard you, because I didn't say it.
30:08Small scale.
30:09No, I think they didn't get that on tape, right?
30:11Yeah, no, they did.
30:13I would be willing to take it over at a fraction
30:17of what she does.
30:18It would not look like this.
30:19Absolutely.
30:20I won't be doing that, but I'll take little pieces.
30:26So I'd like to welcome you all to Minorah Madness.
30:30I have been holding this party for about 40 years.
30:39In thinking about this, however, I
30:42would like to make an announcement that I will be
30:46passing the baton to my capable daughters, Tara and Lauren.
30:57Let's give them a round of applause.
31:01I knew I was going to put my daughters on the spot,
31:04but that was the only way I felt that I could be successful
31:08in my mission.
31:09And happy Hanukkah.
31:10Enjoy.
31:11Happy Hanukkah.
31:12Happy Hanukkah.
31:13Yeah.
31:14Don't ever expect this again if we're taking over.
31:16Yeah.
31:23If you would like to have a Minorah Madness party,
31:26this is all you need.
31:28A step-by-step manual to successful Minorah Madness parties.
31:33You will absolutely be met with success.
31:36Try it.
31:45Yeah, my friend told me that there was an estate sale here
31:47the other day.
31:48I don't know.
31:49I don't know either.
31:50Well, guess we'll find out.
31:54Well, this is it.
31:55What do you think they have?
31:56I mean, I don't know.
31:57What do you think they have?
31:58Wait, don't go in there.
31:59Let me see if there's somebody home.
32:00I'm ready to dive in.
32:01I'm not going to lie to you because I think I see something.
32:02I know, but we have to make sure.
32:04There might be some good stuff in here.
32:07We are after the angel teddy bear blow mold.
32:10This item's so rare and so hard to find and so sought after
32:14that you have to do some extreme things sometimes.
32:18Be careful.
32:19Yeah, no, that's not too sturdy, but.
32:21You have to go garbage picking and thrifting
32:24and dumpster diving and things like that.
32:26There's a lot of branches in my way.
32:28Wait.
32:29I don't think we should be taking stuff out of there.
32:33Oh, my gosh.
32:34He will do anything to get a blow mold.
32:36I mean, the first time he did it,
32:37I think I was a little taken back by it
32:39because I'm like, you're really going to jump into a dirty dumpster
32:42to like look through to see what's in there.
32:44That's a little crazy.
32:48People probably have a camera on their house
32:50and we're going to get videos.
32:52It won't be the first time.
32:53We're the last time I'm on somebody's camera for dumpster diving.
32:55Oh, what do we got going on over here?
32:57What do we do?
32:58I knew there would be Christmas stuff in here.
33:00Oh, my gosh.
33:01Is it a blow mold?
33:02I can't see.
33:04Come on.
33:06Who would throw that away?
33:07Do you need that?
33:08I need a prize, so from dumping, going in the dumpster.
33:13Come on now.
33:15It's broken.
33:16It's dented.
33:18I am doing the Earth a service.
33:21That piece did not have to go to the landfill
33:23and it's single-handedly because of me.
33:26I can't even argue with that.
33:29Well, where there's one, there's more.
33:31So there's definitely going to be another light bulb in here
33:32somewhere, I'm sure.
33:33Or something else, Christmas.
33:34Or...
33:35Come on.
33:36What are you guys up to?
33:37Hey, how are you?
33:38Hi.
33:39Are you guys moving in soon?
33:40Oh, no.
33:41We don't live here.
33:42I just kind of used this dumpster as my digging spot today.
33:45Do you have permission?
33:46Um...
33:47No.
33:48No.
33:49No.
33:50No.
33:51No.
33:52No.
33:53No.
33:54No.
33:55No.
33:56No.
33:57No.
33:58No.
33:59No.
34:00No.
34:01No.
34:02No.
34:03No.
34:05No.
34:06No.
34:07Um seems like it's gone.
34:08Um...
34:09Do you have permission?
34:10Um...
34:11To my homeowner?
34:12I wouldn't say permission, but uh...
34:13Are you the Christmas guy?
34:14Oh, of course.
34:15Yes.
34:16A lot of people will talk about you.
34:17Thousands and thousands and thousands of lights on your house.
34:20Correct.
34:21I'm still looking for more.
34:22And all decorations.
34:23Yeah.
34:24I've heard about you.
34:25That's so funny.
34:26That is funny.
34:27You got to come over.
34:28Nice meeting you guys.
34:29Nice meeting you too.
34:30Bye.
34:31Ah.
34:32Twins.
34:33Twins.
34:34It's winning.
34:35Catch.
34:36Even though we didn't find the angel teddy bear blow molds, the hunt still continues.
34:42Like, you don't ever get like a discouraged moment.
34:44You're like, oh, well, now I'm done.
34:45I'm not going to go look.
34:46If anything, that makes you want to go find it even more because now you've like struck
34:51out and you're like, all right, well, now, you know, we've got to keep going.
34:53We've got to get it.
34:54We've got to find it.
34:55I'll make it work.
34:56Okay.
34:57You say so.
35:06Oh, my gosh.
35:07How do you like it?
35:08Oh, my God.
35:09There's so much stuff.
35:10Where's the new Santa?
35:12Well, the new Santa is on the mantle.
35:14Doesn't he look great?
35:15Go check him out.
35:17Don't trip.
35:18I know it's a mess.
35:20Wow.
35:21Right?
35:22He's the center of attention.
35:23All of our guests are going to see him the minute they walk through the door.
35:26I still find more and more detail.
35:28He's just really a statement piece.
35:30Pretty.
35:31Oh, gosh.
35:32All the stuff.
35:33Maybe I'll help you with this.
35:35Um, no, Bill.
35:37I don't need your help.
35:38I'd prefer that you don't help me.
35:40Maybe I'll, um, maybe I'll sit in the corner with a glass of wine.
35:44Um, no, I'd rather you, uh, step out of the room.
35:48I want to get this done.
35:49I'm focused on decorating this room.
35:51Oh, what's this one?
35:52Bill, don't touch my ornaments.
35:57Look, it looks so nice in the light.
35:59Bill, don't play with the ornaments.
36:00They're not toys.
36:01All right.
36:02Okay.
36:03I'll put it down.
36:04If you're itching to do something...
36:05Oh, this is pretty.
36:06That is a very pretty ornament.
36:07I know it's my favorite.
36:08Oh, wow.
36:09But please, please, Bill, you're gonna break it.
36:10Put it down gently, please.
36:11All right, okay.
36:12It's very delicate.
36:13I know you're itching to do something.
36:14What about unwrapping the nutcracker?
36:16All right, I'll go.
36:17Would you do that for me?
36:18He's a big one.
36:19Yes, so here, scissors, just be very gentle.
36:21Um, just make sure you don't cut the fabric.
36:23I know how to cut flat.
36:24All right.
36:25Look.
36:26All right, okay, Bill.
36:27I'm cutting fine.
36:28Don't worry.
36:29No, no, no, Bill, you have to go slow.
36:30Bill.
36:31Oh.
36:32Isn't he cute?
36:33Did you name him?
36:34This is Colonel Winchester.
36:36Let's put his plume on his hat, and now he's ready.
36:39Isn't he awesome?
36:40Can I get you a glass of wine?
36:42I'm sure Colonel Winchester would love a glass of wine.
36:44Do you want me to trim his beard?
36:45Why don't you go there?
36:46No, do not, do not go near his beard.
36:48Thank you, Bill.
36:49I really appreciate your help.
36:50I'll get a glass of wine.
36:51All right, go ahead.
36:52I'm really excited to show off to my fans and my followers
36:56my room and my vision.
36:588 p.m. is when I unveil the house on social media,
37:01and I hope everybody loves it.
37:03And look at that.
37:05Now he's complete.
37:06Isn't he awesome?
37:08Let me just see this.
37:09All right.
37:10Be careful.
37:11Be careful.
37:12Bill.
37:13You want to fight?
37:14Bill.
37:15Bill.
37:16Bill.
37:17No, no, no, no, no.
37:18All right.
37:19No.
37:20I genuinely don't think I'll be able to stop looking for this piece,
37:33this blow mold, teddy bear, angel bear, simply because there is definitely an obsession,
37:40heads are rolling today with getting more and more and more pieces for my collection.
37:48What are you doing?
37:50Trying to find the blow mold.
37:52I've looked everywhere else, and this would be my last attempt to try to find that blow mold,
37:56but I don't know where I could have put it.
37:59It's got to be here somewhere, though.
38:01I see a lot of boxes back there.
38:03I don't see it.
38:04We have a lot of stuff, so.
38:05We don't have a lot of stuff.
38:07We have a lot of stuff.
38:08You have a lot of stuff.
38:09You have a problem.
38:10Okay.
38:11You have a Christmas collecting problem.
38:13Maybe a little bit.
38:14A little bit.
38:15But your look may be over because I think I found it.
38:18No way.
38:19Look.
38:20So obviously I love my son.
38:21I would do anything for him, which obviously I do.
38:24You know, I go out with him.
38:25I find him things.
38:26I'm helping him.
38:27We're helping others.
38:28We feel joy.
38:29They feel joy.
38:30I would love a few less blow molds.
38:32At the end of the day, it's a bond that we have, and that's what this is all about.
38:35It's all about Christmas.
38:37No way.
38:38Where is that?
38:39It's in Red Bank.
38:40Like our Red Bank?
38:41Yes.
38:42Like close?
38:43Yes.
38:44Right around the corner.
38:45Where did you find that?
38:46So my friends have been looking for me too, and they found it.
38:49You think we should go?
38:50We're going right now.
38:51Let's get in the car.
38:52What do we do with this stuff?
38:53We're leaving that stuff right there.
38:54We gotta go.
38:55You gotta clean up.
38:56We gotta go.
38:57All right.
38:58Let's go.
38:59Yay!
39:00Woohoo!
39:05All right.
39:06Well, it's not over here.
39:07We usually have a lot of blow molds down this way.
39:09It's not there.
39:10There's a lot of stuff up there, you know?
39:11Sometimes they're on the top.
39:12There's a store in a town over from us.
39:15It's a place I go to often to buy a lot of the blow molds.
39:19So I'm excited to see if they really have it.
39:22Nope.
39:23Nope.
39:24Nope.
39:25Nothing up there, right?
39:26Not there.
39:27That's the same sound that you have.
39:28Nope.
39:29There either.
39:30Nope.
39:31Nope.
39:32Nope.
39:33Nope.
39:34Nope.
39:35Nope.
39:36Nope.
39:37Nope.
39:38Nope.
39:39Nope.
39:40Oh my god, there it is.
39:41Yay!
39:42I can't believe we found it.
39:43I'm so excited.
39:44Finding the piece is like almost indescribable.
39:45All right, wait.
39:46We gotta take a selfie with it.
39:47All right, all right.
39:48Let me get in there.
39:49I gotta post it.
39:50Are you gonna turn this way maybe?
39:51I don't know.
39:52I think that's the reason that you keep hunting and you keep trying to find the pieces and
40:10go after all of these things is because you're always chasing that feeling.
40:14It's almost like that bragging rights of saying like, I got it.
40:17I was able to pull it off.
40:19Of course you do.
40:20It looks in good shape.
40:21It's in really good shape.
40:22Yeah, it's perfect.
40:23Yeah.
40:24It's perfect.
40:25All right.
40:26Unfortunately, I have to pay for it, so.
40:27Yeah.
40:28Well, you're paying for it, not me.
40:29Exactly what he was looking for.
40:30Perfect.
40:31All right.
40:32You're all set.
40:33Yeah.
40:34Yeah.
40:35Yeah.
40:36Yeah.
40:37Yeah.
40:38Yeah.
40:39Yeah.
40:40Yeah.
40:41Okay, Bill, you tell me when you're ready.
41:00Okay.
41:01Go.
41:02All right.
41:03Hey, fans.
41:04It's the king of Christmas.
41:06Welcome to my dining room.
41:09Let me show you what I've done this year.
41:11Are you hitting record?
41:12Yes.
41:13Are you sure?
41:14Yes.
41:15So this year we're doing a Gilded Age theme, and right now we have on the table my handmade
41:19vintage Santas, and then over here we have Colonel Winchester.
41:24I know that every time I post him on my social media, he gets a lot of likes.
41:29Isn't he fabulous?
41:30And right here we have the little Colonel here with the Delarobia Garland.
41:36And here we have a brand new Santa this year.
41:39Auntie, are you getting this, Bill?
41:40Yes.
41:41You're nodding off.
41:42What's going on?
41:43No, no, no.
41:44I'm getting it.
41:45I'm getting it.
41:46Because it's very hot.
41:47You know what?
41:48Lick your lips because they're dry.
41:49Yeah.
41:50Oh, yeah.
41:51I lick my lips over Santa because he's fabulous.
41:52Oh, God.
41:53Shut up.
41:54It's my pride and joy.
41:55He stands 25 inches tall.
41:58He is wearing designer boots, a designer hat.
42:02And look at the back of him.
42:03Look how gorgeous that is.
42:05Bill, make sure you get the detail, okay?
42:06Perfect.
42:07Come in closer.
42:08Yes, I'm zooming in.
42:09Look at his Christmas tree that he's holding in his hand.
42:11He is absolutely spectacular.
42:13I'm ecstatic over the design of the new Santa.
42:16It fits into the space perfectly.
42:18Look at Santa's sack.
42:19It's an old beaded purse, and it's filled with antique and vintage jewels
42:23and components.
42:24It went above my expectations.
42:26It's magnificent.
42:28What do you think?
42:30I think it's beautiful.
42:32All right, so wrap it up.
42:42And that's it for today, but there's plenty more to come.
42:45Make sure you follow me on social media, official King of Christmas, to see more.
42:49Perfect.
42:50Okay, so now let me just hit record.
42:55Bill, are you kidding?
42:57Just kidding.
42:58Ugh.
42:59I had it recorded.
43:00All right, okay.
43:01Good boy.
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