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