The Snixxmas Special

nothing you dismay. Remember Christ, our Savior was born on Christmas Day to save us all from Say that's power when we have gone astray. Old tidings of confort, joy, comfort and joy. Oh Tidy Angel, Conford Angel. Hello, Hello, Thanks John Lot got our friends. Hello. Welcome to you, and That's what you really missed the podcast The Nicks miss Special. Oh, it's so good to see you all in person. I am Jenna, I am Kevin, and we are coming to you live from the I Heart Theater

in Bourbank, California. Oh. We are beyond excited to share some of our most favorite holiday traditions, in particular the Nick Smiths charity Drive benefiting Alexandria House of Los Angeles. All in the name of our dear friend Naira Vera. A special welcome to our listeners and welcome to everyone joining us at home on the live stream. Hello plus a big Giganta, Welcome to our first ever in person

live audience for Snick Smiths. By buying a ticket tonight to join us here, you have contributed to an incredible cause. We have a great night in store. We have special guests, we have games, we have fireside chats and performances and more. But before we get going, we want to bring out our partner and Snicks Crime, who also works side by side with us on on the Glee set from the

very beginning. Give it up for the cousman himself. Tell me who's This is our third Snicks miss together and you know, and I really loved the holidays and she was an extraordinary host, and you know, she had some of the best events ever and the crowning jewel of that was her Christmas Party, Snick sms uh and two years ago with niagone and the world shut down, we were in grief in so many ways, and we knew that giving back to an organization that i I had

a personal connection with would help keep her spirit alive in a truly meaningful way. I'd like to take a moment to thank Nia's family for joining us here tonight. Thank you for coming. We're up here right, UM. We are so blessed to have you as part of our family and to share in the joy that she has brought to us all. Thank you. So. The charity that we are benefiting this evening is Alexandria House. It's a transitional woman's home for children, women and children here in

Los Angeles. UM. Alexandria House works tirelessly to provide housing for those in need, and we will be sharing more about the organization later in the show. But we are so proud to welcome some of the staff and the community members from Alexandria House tonight. So welcome everyone. Let's give everybody around on a plot. So happy to have you guys here. Now, let's remember we are here to raise some money for Alexandria House, and we have so

many ways used to do it. And there are still time to enter the sweepstakes for a chance to win a zoom with some of the Glee cast an appearance on our podcast where you can ask us whatever you want and more. So, head over to fan dam dot com slash Headliners slash Glee to donate an enter to win one of those experiences. Additionally, you can also head directly to Alexandria House dot org slash donate to donate directly and be sure to you know, to tag a

little snicks miswo and the donor designation section. Okay, so we got some exciting news before the show that if we raise five thousand dollars tonight, um, we have a donation that will be matched by an anonymous donor. We're so grateful. So that means if we raise five thousand dollars, we actually raise ten thous dollars, which is double good. Thank you all for Alexandria House. So if you are

joining us, yay. So if you're joining us on the live stream and you have like a little bit more to give, head over to Alexandria House dot org slash donate or our friends in the audience here. No donation is too small. From what we've learned in past years, every little bit counts, all right, So let's get this show started. We have a couple of video greetings from some special friends. I will see you all later. Enjoy the show. Thanks who's here? Mary Snick Smith is Christian

Channel with a k April Rhodes, the hot Mess. Not a lot to change except my face. I want to say happy Holidays to everybody, no matter what you celebrate, celebrate it with vigor. I want to wish all of my fellow Glee cast members. I know I was just a guest star, but I love y'all and I miss y'all um. And also I'm proud of you. I remember when we all first met and I chold you guys,

don't change, and you didn't. I was so proud. Anyway, I'm sending love um in the air to Naya and to our Corey and to Mark and just you know, it's been it's been a long journey, but those of us are here. We we celebrate, We we send love to everybody. Um. Anyway, that's all I have to say. I won't be heading off to have any drinks, but um, I might be shopping, okay, I ho ho ho Mary Snicks miss everyone. Thank you so much for buying tickets, donating to Alexandria House. It meant so much to Naya.

I wish I was there in person celebrating with all of you, but I know you're having a blast and enjoying the sweet serenades and dance moves of the most talented humans across the lands. I love you all so much and in the spirit of Maya, let's all have a good being time. Thank you, christ and jed With and Becca Tobn. You know, Kristen was our very first guest star on the show. Chris and I were very excited. Um,

she remains a dear friend to all of us. We love you, Kristen and of course Becca, who we wish could be here. Um, but let's get to some people who are here. It's time for a fireside chat. Why do you say, Kevin? So I think you should bring some friends, Like, what do you guys say? All right, our first special guests have all formed wonderful relations relationships and friendships on an off screen and our dear friends to us. Let's bring out Chris Cole for Ashley Fank

and romy rose Ma. That chair works for you, yep, I'm literally I want my own because they're sharing one chair. Okay, because I'm old, Romy so short. It's all m I though. That's why I'm sitting like this. That's very brave. We are very very thankful to have Chris, Ashley and Rome here. A thank you gus so much for being here. I mean so much to us. Thank you you guys, Thank you for being here. Sparkly you are Wow, I am sparkly. I don't think I realized how sparkly this stress was.

You know, you're going to be on a stage in front of lights. You knew exactly what you were doing. I like to sparkle from the inside out, Kevin, but now sparkling from the outside out. Okay, anyway, to our guests, you guys, thanks for being here. I literally realized that here here no closer to your mouth. Yeah, let's turn Romy's micaup. It's very low, it is, right. Yeah, it's because they know they don't want to hear too much

from I got um. So we're here celebrating snicks. Miss. We wanted to start with asking you guys because those sixest parties that I would throw very thin, we're incredible, you guys up top. You remember they were wild times where she would spend months planning. Um, probably too much money. Um. There was always a I was like, who, what contract did you negotiate? I thought we were making the same Um.

I never thought that. But that's how much she cared about making sure we all had a great time, because she was like, this is she hadnt quate it anyway. I won't to say those details, but she wanted to make sure everyone in the cast and crew could come and make sure everyone, um had a great time. Do you guys have any fond memories, favorite memories that we can share, you know, in a way that I can't share. Spill it? Yeah, Chris definitely does. Oh my god, please UM. Okay,

So my favorite six miss memory was um. Someone in the cast who shall remain nameless told me that it was a costume Christmas party, and I love a costume party. So I showed up to this party the first one as elf on a shelf. You sure did, and I looked adorable and everyone thought I worked there and I earned about forty bucks and tips that night. I tried to get a drink from you, Christian for a drink,

I thought you were a Bart's under John. By the way, John Locke, who was our Glee band, drummer from the Pilot on also DJ all the Six Most Parties. Naya put me in a tree one time. I think I was suspended. You're in a treehouse above everyone in a tower right into Is that nice though? To look down on everyone? No comment? What was your favorite? My favorite? There's so many and I'm trying to think of one

I could tell um. I do remember the uh the year that I I showed up by myself and everyone's like, where's Chris, where's Cole for what's going on? And I was like, oh, he's coming with somebody different and everyone was like, what's going on? And then he showed up with his um boyfriend Will and everyone was gag was coming with my parole office. Obviously everyone's gag gooped. And that was And now you've been together with ten years, so that was ten years ago. I'll never forget where

where's the Landa? Where's you Orlanda? Did you land up there? I'll never forget when you Orlanda and Nini Leaks were on the dance floor Togain my dad, that was my god Neveret and they had she would always have that weird shot like the holiday cheer shot, which was like fine, no remember that, Yeah, but we were young. That was ten years ago. I mean fall with a little cinnamon. It was like fireball and peppers, like schnops and like a topper of egg nog. Like I over, don't drink, kids,

don't do it. Drinking is terrible. You should never do it. And we never drank at a Snicks even once. But she is amazing, amazing, like Christmas chere cocktails and we would all were little shots and we'd all do shots and dance the night away and it was so special. Yeah, my favorite was the ice drink you just walked into. Literally she covered the pool over as a dance floor and made it an ice drink and it was just extravagant. I mean truly, there's how I clearly wish that I

had gone. Yeah, you made a mistake. Everybody was always booked, busy and blessed. But I'm just saying these sounds amazing. They were. The problem was a maze always would have a Christmas party on the same night, and so I felt very story. I had to plan out my night to make sure I could do both. And the one where the ice drink happened people were texting me like where are you because I would do James and on the dance plot and I'm like, oh my god, there's

an ice drink. And there I was playing trivia with Natasha Beddingfield, who I was obsessed with, and I'm like, I'm sorry you dropped it, Natasha, thank you. I don't want to just keep her on the floor like that. For my friends know how obsessed I was with her.

And I looked at her and go, I have to go, and she's like, but our team's winning, and I'm like, but I have to go because you can't tempt me with a dance floor because the year prior, I ripped my pants on the dance floor and there are pictures online and I found it. I saw the picture yesterday where I'm on the floor like this, but I had my jacket from my suit tied around me because the entirety of the back of my pants well tied through

and around. I needed. I needed full coverage. It was all of it, and everyone I just like Nick, not his sister, who was like, I don't know how old you were at the time, but she was back there just like embarrassed for me because I had no shame, and I should have You also had no underwear, right, don't talk about that, John. What if I didn't make it on the internet. That's for another hope. That was underwear. Jack came off of my back so fast and I

wrapped it around dancing. He never nothing gonna show that night. I can't believe I missed that video. Rip your pants night later. Yeah, okay, it's not like Kevin's pants haven't split more than once on a dance floor. We can make it happen again. I h Kevin. We went to a wedding, one of our member's wedding wedding, and we were all staying in the same hotel as the actual wedding. So Kevin's dancing. Then all of a sudden he disappears, and I'm like, where the after Kevin go? And he

comes back in stretchy pants. I'm not kidding. We are maturing, we are growing, we are learning. We've learned, we have learned. I'm ready to get down and buggy. Um, I have so I have. It's the holidays. Do you guys have favorite holiday traditions? Things that you do, things that you love to do, are looking forward to doing, or eat bourbon bourbon. No that what's what's my note? I'm so thankful for Amazon Prime, um shop small obviously. Uh oops, um no, uh go I bake, I mean I bakes

delicious and delicious delicious. I would bring it when I worked, when I wasn't locked in the basement. Uglee. Um and uh but you and I were down there to change a lot. I think bert just was like a marriage it now get in the basement. Um and so you don't need to be you don't need to know. Um so. But what was weird was so many people were like, are those regular brownies? I'm like, are you kidding? Yes, they're regular brownies. Ask you that. I would ask me

why I'm the mom. Why would anyone ask why if they were regular brownies? That's wild? That is crazy. That is crazy crazy nowhere when it's supposed to gluten free right exactly Realmy No, Romie really does make wonderful pastries. And she would always bring them to the makeup trailer and we'd always sigh because we'd all be like, I was gonna eat good today. Here we are. It was I mean, I have to say it was a little bit sabotaging. I mean, they're just they're so young and beautiful.

Did you ever ever young and beautiful? Grandma romy walked out here like she was lady and Titanic like any day now, I'm gonna go any day. What's what's your Christmas traditions? Y'all? Um? I stole my boyfriend's sour cream coffeecake recipe and it's very good. And I can't you know me, I can't cook or baked to save my life. No, I gave him. I've also given him food poisoning and from undercooking pre cooked sausages. How is that even possible? Anyway?

Why were you doing that in the first place? I thought they were pretty cook and I tricked my family and I made it, and now they think I'm a baker and they asked me for it every Christmas, and I obviously I'm not. So I thank you, Austin for that. Thank you until they watch this, Austin, you're finally getting your credit. Finally I lied. It's like I made this up myself. You're getting better. You're you bake and you do Christmas? You did that like Brazilian chocolate thing? Yes,

well it's in a blender. It's a blender cake. You know that resilient. We've gotten far off the point now. Yeah, it just it just looked gorgeous. There was like melted chocolate just coming. It was. Yeah, it was a sexy cake. This a sexy cake. It was a sexy cake. And you had a great the website you were doing during the pandemic, and it was during the pandemic. It was wonderful. Yeah,

to raise money. Yeah, we got people to um, we got fancy people to uh to donate um recipes and so when with that, we we shared the money with them various charities, which was really nice and it gave us something to do because you're a good person. I like to watch Um, can we say Christmas movies on this Yeah, we can do whatever we want to. Okay, great, Um National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation And I like to watch a Christmas Story. I'm very excited for the Christmas Story

Reunion Revival movie. UM. And I eat a lot of chicken parm my Christmas. During the pandemic. We got to spend Christmas together actually and was great. Austin and I made a beautiful charcouterie board. They talked about board at least David didn't even look at They just ate it. And I was like, look at this beautiful board. I'm like, what lactose intolerance? Whatever we did, we watched a terrible movie and yeah, that was That was our Christmas together.

It was exactly what's you don't want to say? I mean it was a superhero movie came out on Christmas? On Christmas? Any friends, No, who do you think we are? I mean, yeah, that's that's that's the same girl. We don't think I'm just picturing and Avengers rated X. I mean say iron Man. Iron Man just has a whole different meanings. This is why we can never get together in public. You guys, too many secrets to bear the

risk we run. We also have to like faction off into smaller groups because you get all of us together, it spirals out very quickly. Too many secrets, too much teeth. Hince why we collectively, If we get together, we can piece together. Maybe fifty of the Snakes was party because everyone only remembers fragments because it was so much fun. There was one year that we were dancing and I was dancing against a hot tub and the hot tubs spilled over onto my dress. And then I found myself

upstairs and I his bathroom blow drying my dress. I was like, how did I get here? And how did you get here? I was like, I don't know. Seven in the morning, just in your your bathroom. I was just gonna brush my teeth, and here's Jenna blow drying her dress. You get too, little boy? Hiro gets nothing? You everyone any look like Michael Hitchcock. Oh I brought something for everyone everyone. Yes, only some of the audience got candy canes, but you all get something real. Go

inside and just pick something. Do I hate this? G No, No, you just pick it. Don't look pick pick, pick there you go. Oh, you've got some Niagara spray starch. Every actor needs that. How about you, Jenna? What do you get? What you get? A sun? Do you need it because of freckles? Whatever you want? There's there's all sorts of things. Oh you get a slow cooker cookbook. Actors, they're busy. You've just said it and forget it. What did you get? I'm a little afraid. Oh this is really fun. Now

watch this? What is it? Well? You pull on it and it's a fan with the American flat Because Christmas is absolutely the most patriotic of all the holiday. Does anybody want to trade? Oh, I've got some Star Henderson's creamy soups flippy with bacon. Well, I know how much you like The Exorcist. Christmas whenever you want. Now, I'm here not so much to hand out gifts, since I'm here to ask you, what is your Christmas guilty pleasure? So Niagara spray start plus um, this is empty? What

where's the rest? I used it? Getting? This was just curious mind? Probably I listened to the Glee Christmas albums. That's that's that's real. You would think if you listen to the album, you'd be better at that game. You're just I wasn't playing. I was host because that was the first album I ever sang on to that, the Glee Christmas album. And I don't know anything. As we all saw alight, it was more than seventy four years ago. Who else has got a guilty pleasure? Whiskey? Why do

you to be guilty about that? Get back? I gotta say I kind of hate Christmas because I'm powowing it all the way. But I love snick Smiths, That's true. I like to get a little tipsy and like, um, go look at Christmas lights, not drive. Don't worry. UM, I have someone drive. I have a driver. It's called my mom. She's great. UM. I have like yeah, I have some cocktails and we drive around like you know when like the Christmas lights are a little blurry and

it's a little sad. I love it. And we're going to alert the Burbank police. And I remember like when I was loved and stuff like that. At Candy Kay Lane in Wood the Hills is incredible. And if you're a little tipsy walking around, it's it's even just kiss it's even better your guilty fresh I think, I mean, it's really it's um, it's it's really. I love to as a Jewish person. It's a Jewish person I love. But I was a terrible jew. We didn't let we we opened things on Christmas Eve so that we were

cheating and it really didn't make any sense. But the the actual Um, I love giving gifts. I love shopping for him, and I love getting them on sale. See how I blended. I blended the two to go, but I'll see you. I'm sure to get out. Good Bye John Lock and give it up one my time for Chris Ashley and Robin. Merry Christmas. Yes, God, Merry Christmas any day now. I'll see horrible. Thanks Chris. We may see Chris later, we may ask he'll be back, nor Kevin,

someone else wants to say a lot. I have no idea. Let's see who Bye, it's me and fill me a Christmas movie. So I can't be there. I wish I could be there celebrating Snake Smith with everyone. Um. And I'm just over here celebrating all the money we're going to raise for Alexandria House. I'm so okay. Bye, hey everyone. Oh God, that's that's a mirror of me. I'm so sorry. UM, thank you so much for everyone who has joined the

live stream. I'm so sorry cannot be there. I filmed this yesterday, which is today for for y'all, because I won't be able to make it. As you can see, I am shooting today. Um and uh. I just want to say thank you to all the people that have donated to have joined the live stream UM, and to Jenna and Kevin and the rest of the cast and friends that have um ate this such a beautiful, wonderful night to celebrate our girl Nia. She threw the most

epic snakes Miss parties as you've heard or seen videos of. Um, and it's going to a wonderful cause, Alexandria House. So thank you so much for for donating. And I just wanted to pop in and say hi and wishing everyone happy holidays in a happy happy y years. Who that was so nice. Thank you Vanessa and Harry for popping in to stay hello. And if you're just joining us, we are here with me. And that's what you really miss podcast for a very special Snakes Miss special, very

snacks special. Okay, never mind, I take it back. Um, it's benefiting the amazing Alexandria House to remember the brilliant right Nia Era And while everyone is still donating and entering the steep stakes, right, that's what we're doing. It's important to us that you know exactly where your donations

are going. Alexandra House has helped hundreds of women and children reach safe in supportive housing, and every dollar that is donated goes directly to help fund programs like housing, food, childcare, counseling, financial literacy, job readiness, and other activities to help families transition from homelessness to permanent housing. So go enter the and went away. So go enter the sweep stakes. Your donations will go directly to Alexandria House. I think we

covered that beautifully. Professionals get together. That was really funny. Okay. We have a wonderful group representing Alexandria House here as we know this evening, and we are so grateful for them coming tonight. And you may recognize Alexandria House in a music video by an artist that we have no idea who is just kidding, Justin Bieber. Justin films his single Intentions at Alexandria House, so make sure you go

check it out after the show. Um, you can see some of the amazing facilities and services that Alexandria House provides. And we wanted to learn a little bit more about Alexandria House from someone who has actually benefited from their

giving services and support. So tonight we are joined by Marissa Espinosa, executive director of Alexandria How and Ashley Nwfio massoul, a former resident at Alexandria House who has come to share their experience with us tonight, and we couldn't be more appreciative that they are here to speak with all of us. So let's bring out Marissa and Assay today the season Zoo, Ben, Rissa, Ashley, thank you so much for being here, really so for having us here to

it looks so festive and beautiful. We tried to accord it a little more than we did. We called each other okay, So UM, thank you for being here. Please. Versus is going to interview Ashley and just kind of talk about UM Alexander House and the amazing things that they do. So take it away. Well, if I could first start off just thanking you all. Thank you, Jenna, thank you Kevin. I don't tell at least in the

back somewhere. Thank you Tanya Rivera's family who's here today, for just hosting this event and for supporting our organization. Alexander House has been around for twenty six years and we have been as transitional healthing program as you all said, UM house of hospitality and a neighborhood center, and we provided narrative services for folks, for women and women with children UM to find their way, to find their stability, to find their independence. And so Ashley here UM lived

with us UM. She arrived at Alexander House when she

was twenty one years old um in UM. I'm very excited to say Ashley graduated her program and she has been stably housed in Torrents with her three children UM Elias, Remedy and Delilah and so UM she is also participating in one of our programs, which is our Startup Sisterhood Program l A And what that is is an enterprise Entrepreneurship program UM where the women really during the pandemic came to us and asked us UM to help them start their own businesses as a means of being able

to provide for their children when many of them lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic. And so Ashley and her sister Zoe UM are working on their own juicing line UM that we hope will soon beyond shelves everywhere. So yes, so Ashley, maybe you could share with everyone here what brought to to Alexandria House. Oh, long story. So I was actually homeless for six years and UM I was in a really dark place. Uh yeah, definitely, sorry,

I was in a really dark place. I found myself living with my kids UM at a house that had no gas and no electricity. Who I was running UM from a lady who I didn't know, was bringing in and out like drugs, meth, crack, and it was just a very dark place and it was the only place that I had at the moment, and I stayed there for three months and trying to dig myself out of this hole. I was searching online and I ran through YouTube and finally came up with the idea like maybe

it is time to go into a shelter. But like everyone thinks of a shelter, they think of something that's unsafe. You don't really want to bring your kids to live with strangers and in an environment you don't know, you know, there's a lot of just a lot of things that can happen. And so I found the Alexandria House and I was familiar with the street name, and I called them for a year until I got in. And when

I got in, it really changed my life. I was, you know, I would never imagine myself being here today, dressed this way, this confident, this lively. I it was six years was very hard, and I was on my own and I was just not the person I am today. And I'm so grateful for the alexander Your House and all that they've done for me. And my family. And when you reflect back on your time at a house as we call it, ya, what was the most helpful

thing about it for you and the kids. I think there's a lot to be grateful for when coming to the Alexander House. I can talk all day, but I think the most important part was the sense of community. Um. When I was homeless, I really didn't know anything. I was homeless fifteen and sixteen years old till one, and I saw a lot of things that I didn't know

was real in the world. I saw a lot of you know, people that were completely lost, you know, a lot of theft, a lot of abuse, and when I had lost the light in life, I had lost, you know, hope in anything that was better. But when I went to the Alexandria House, it's a whole sense of community. It's a very big community that feels like a family that I didn't have at the moment. And I think that my kids benefit that and so much because they've grown up with some of the kids that lived there

and still come back to visit. We see each other for the holidays. They've grown bonds with these kids and these adults around them that show them, you know, a respectful person, somebody who wants to change other people's life. The light at the end of the tunnel, and it's just on giving. They don't stop giving. I appreciate it so much and my kids do too. She's got beautiful children. Um, you're part of our current cohort of startup sisterhood l A.

Can we share with the team with our audience today? UM, why you joined in, how it's been helpful to you. I joined because I wanted some to learn something. I love learning things, especially at the lex Indrea House they have a lot of life skill lessons. Um. But I had sat on this idea of making a juice, creating a juice blend of vegetables and fruits, and I have sat on the idea for almost five years and I

never really went forward with it. When they said that they were doing an entrepreneurship class, I said, hey, you know what, what do I got then to try to learn something new and put my best foot forward in something that I have no business diving into because I have no experience in owning my own business or having the confidence and you know the information that you need the details. You know. They helped me build a business plan. Um, so I just hope great things to comfort me and

my sister who are joining the class to do our juice. Yeah, can you share with our audience today, um, to affirm with them why they should support Alexandria House. Why not? It is amazing the things that they do. They're like I said, I would have never imagined that there was a community out there in the world, especially being in such a dark place. You kind of just see the ugly,

You forget about what's outside and you hide yourself. Um. I think it's just really really great if you guys would support us, because they do change lives and they don't stop there. You don't just graduate the program and

they leave you like there. It's just there's numerous of life stale classes that I've gone through, parenting classes, money saving classes, I've gone through college, through scholarship for Business Office Association, which I graduated, and they it's just it's the place that keeps giving and it doesn't stop there. It's it's safety, it's everything. I encourage you guys to donate today because it does change lives, and it changed my lives and my kids lives forever, and it will

continue to change and I'll support you guys forever. Do you see Ashley here today with us, and you see what's possible when when women have the support they need to be able to do the things they want for them. And there's children m for Ashley story, there's three d other stories of women that have gone through our program and find the same support and the resources and more importantly,

the relationships that help them find their light again. Ashley said she lost her light and regain hope that they have the tools, they have the power, they know that they know what they need for themselves and their children. It's just someone to believe in them, um and support them and getting back on their feet. So thank you all for being here today and for supporting our organization. Thank you so cool. Thank you actually, thank you Marissa,

Thank you guys so much for being here. It is truly an honor to be in your guys' presence and the hope that you bring to these women's lives like Ashley. This is what we do this for. This is what it's all about, and this is what Naya you know, saw in you guys, So thank you so much, give thank you so much. All right, you guys saw it for yourself that I mean some so amazing. It is really the reason that we are here tonight. There is everything else kind of goes away right that's you know,

it's just for me. It's so powerful. Put things in perspective, so you can actually see where the money is going. And we got to tour Alexandria House um A couple weeks ago with Nya's mom and sister. Thank you so much to the team for showing us around. It's absolutely incredible. And they showed us the new apartment building they have actually behind the Alexandria House, the two houses that they have re done. It's unbelievable the work they have done and the people that are going to be able to

help through that. So that that's thanks to all of you who have donated previously and thanks to spreading awareness about Alexandria House. So thank you again for all the work that you do and thank you for showing us in person. And remember that if you can donate, no dollar amount is too small, as we've seen for past years, So ahead to fandi him site now to donate and win a chance for some great prizes. And just a reminder, if we are able to raise five thousand tonight, five

dollars to night. It will be match for a total donation of Ready for the Math. So please, if you are able, head over to Alexandria House dot org slash donate to donate now, and please tab me and Kevin so we can see that you guys have donated. We will repost, we will thank you over and over again, and also tag and that's what you really miss pot on Instagram. So, Kevin, my voices so dry now from all the talking. Well, do you want to sing a song? Whiskey? Jenna?

Do you need whiskey? Is that for your throat? Yeah? I need some whiskey. Oh. I don't know why I want to sing a song, but I guess we will. And um, I encourage all of you to sing along with us in the holiday spirit. Please sing along if you will, right, yeah? Can we bring a zack out? Come on, give it up for zack? Everyone? Sit down? Do you want to sit down? Yeah, let's sit down. It's gonna be relaxed. Sing loudly, cover our voices. I'll sit here. This feels good, all right, Sure, let's see

what happens. Oh no, are the lyrics on here? Sorry? I just need some lyrics. Oh they're not. Oh no, all right right and if we go quiet, somebody help us. Okay, we got it. You're ready? Sure? Yeah? Do you think we know lyrics at this point? M you ready? Dashing through the snow? Write song right on one horse, open slay or the fierce We go laughing all the way, bells tells, read, make spirits bright, got it? What fun it is to ride and sings so great? Oh jingle

jingle sing gingle all the way. Yes, oh fun it is too right into one horso ba say gingle be gen gingle. Oh fine, it is to ride one horse stag. The good news is we just do that first over again, Thank you, Kevin. It's like my math, but we can make it more exciting and like do it key change, wait when we're gonna do it there? But okay, let's

try it. Dashing through the snow. We got it on a one horse coping slay all the piece you go left in all the way there we go, make spirits brown, spirits, friend too gay jingle bells gingle change again, Yes, oh fun it is to ride it stay jingle bells jingle bath jingle all the way. Oh what funnest. All right, so I got thrown scared. Goodness says, no one came here to see us thing, But we did it, and are we going to get through this next time? We're not. We can't do it. We're going to try it, but

we don't know the words. Give it up for Zach. Everyone, Yeah, thank you Zach. Thanks for putting up with us. You're a sweet man, You're talented. Thank you. Well. I heard Austin laughing in the back because I went down. I chose to option down and instead of the option up as one you know what, I spared you all? Okay, let me just say that. All right, let's keep this moving. Let's go. Who do we have surprising us next? I don't know, Kevin? Is it? You know it's not? Is

this thing on? Hello? Hello? Hello? How everyone? Matthew Morrison here. I just wanted to wish you all beautiful, happy, healthy holiday season. Can we just talk about real fast that Jenna Ushkowitz and Darren Chris, our parents. Wow. Um. I wish them all the best. I wish you all the best, and thank you for your donations and for contributing to this beautiful night to celebrate Alexandria House and our beloved Ny Rivera. Oh thank you, Matt, so great to see you.

Wish you could be here with us, but he's moved off to some place prettier and it's probably smart. I don't know. Okay, let's get to our next fireside panel. We have some people you might want to see. We'll bring back Chris Cole for Yeah, let's bring Heather Morris. Hello, everybody, thank you for being here. Heather. Hi, Hi, Michael, Hi, Chris Cock. I'm glad you could be out here and stay. Now now that you're in a chair, you're allowed to stay and look at the end of the people up here.

It's like Queen Elizabeth that she rest in peace. I'm sorry, Chris, I'm sorry. We know how much you love the Queen. I think I got more texts when Queen Elizabeth died than Prince Charles did. I almost texted you. I almost texted you, and I was going to tell you, ask you if you were okay. I'm surprising. Well, yeah, I did think of you. I don't think I texted you, but I thought of you. Thank you. How are you guys?

Hi good? We're so happy to be here. We're I was just thinking, like, wow, we really botched that song, but they know what to expect from us, Heather, we you guys today. Earlier, we got to meet some fans virtually on the meet and greet, and we were just so moved by the people and how much they loved the show, obviously, and especially how much they loved Santana

and Brittany. There is a lot a lot um. I was wondering if you had a favorite heye, like Santana Brittany story or some of your like your favorite memory of the two of you working together, some of my

favorite memories. I mean I don't have like a specific moment, but I did really enjoy the scenes where it was just Santana and I because I mean we all knew as actors, like being on on camera with Nia was just a gift that kept on giving, Like she was always there and always in the moment, and I just felt so blessed that I got to act next to her, and she was always my biggest champion to like in a scene, she would give me anything I needed. Um. I think Landslide was very very special and it always

will be. It just was such an iconic moment a beautiful song. Um. It was one of the first moments that we had on the show. Yeah, that's a really good one. Um. I also fun fact about now I could show up and be like, what scene are we

doing today? And she would have one of those crazy page long monologues, you know, Jen and I would be going over our two lines we had in the episode and sweating, sweating over the I have the two seconds to get the line out, and then I would be like going to the hair and makeup tailers, like Okay, let me look at this, and then she wouldn't miss a word, spit. It wouldn't miss a single word. It

was the wildest thing to actually witness. She would never jumble her words, she had never It was just it was really like infuriating and also incredible to watch because it wasn't like, oh I can just memorize it and then I'm just reading it out. She was so good, like just so so good. And I think I only got to be in one scene with her by myself because we couldn't just not laugh the entire time and we had to actually like shoot it where we had

to not look at each other. And luckily she was standing and I was sitting And when I watched it, she's like looking over my head because even the thought of like yeah, I was like I can't we did. It wasn't a funny scene, but it was just I'm like, I can't look at her face and she can't look at my face because we're going to lose it. Because it's one of those things where you're so in awe like watching her and also like how are you doing this? Like you're crazy? Like what it was a gift that

we got to be around every single day. Hitchcock, What was it like in the writer's room writing for characters like Naya Santana like that you knew would just like if we're keeping on on her. She's one of those people that could do comedy obviously, but then can switch to rama at the drop of a hat. And if you watch any scene she was in, there's always something

behind behind, There's there's something in the heart. She had, like just all this pathos behind almost everything she said and in the best way possible, um amazing scenes to watch. I remember I was on the writers most of the time we were writing. We didn't get to go to

set that much. But when we did go. It was always such a treat and a lot of times we got to go when you did your musical numbers and the one when they were doing um, her big thing where she was dancing and it was I think it was a rumor has it and and then she had to go. She had to go hit Corey, she had to slap him, and she went from doing that entire dance and they didn't want to take for many of them, and then she just went out there and boom and

it was just whoa. And they had to do it several times and always in character and had to go from that performance and then into that and it was fascinating to watch and devast eating at the same time, always so good. It also helped like that you knew whatever she got was going to be like lifted and made even better. Yeah, off the page, absolutely, Um, Hitgecock. Did you come to Snextest parties? What did you come to any Snextest parties? You don't remember, I don't, we

don't remember anything from that two of them. The thing and I know we've talked about this in your podcast before, but like picture a home in Los Angeles with real snow in the front yard she brought in it does not snow here, and then a disco floor that looked like an ice skating rink in the backyard. Every type of food you could think of, elves that she hired. Um, she didn't hire, right, that's right, Um. And you have to remember this isn't just it wasn't just for the crew,

I mean for the cast. All the crew got to go to they were all invited, and there was one crew. Remember. I remember in particular she got quite tip. See she had the strangest Christmas hat on. I mean it looked like a Christmas tree, and then she lost her Christmas tree and then she found it later. It's a fascinating story and I'm glad I spent the time that story very deeply. But she was very happy the whole time. Whether she lost her she didn't. Yes. I will say

we have a special guest in the audience. We talked about a lot we will have on the podcast at some point if he'll come on. But m Andrew Mitchell is here. And Andrew Mitchell is by far the best steady cam operator in America for sure, maybe the world. So every ever, all those sweeping shots you see, he did it. He danced at this. So basically what we would do is we would rehearse the number and Zach would record it or Andrew would record it on his iPad.

And then when we got on the stage and we were doing the number, the steadicam became another like blee member and they were dancing with us. And for those of you who don't know a city cam, how how how much is the way that he's wearing on himself and dancing around us like this in and out of all of us, and graceful like he walking like that you skateboard? Is that what you do is like a Greek god? Like his calves are incredible. Yeah, it's just phenomenal. And he just you know, he's a big part of

the glee. Those sweeping shots of the hands going up in the camera going off with that everyone's basically and you've ruined it for the rest of us anytime we do anything else. Every time I see somebody who was sitting him like, there's like a sweat and a panic. And Andrew's was a cucumber. Should I tell the story about the lady with the Christmas hat again? You should? Maybe later we'll bring you back out later. It's so fun. Yeah,

I bet it is. Anyway, I did find so. I we were trying to find some pictures of snake smiths. Luckily there's not many that exist. Um, but I did find it. I'm not going to post it because I didn't ask permission, but I found a picture of I think it was Diana. Remember there's like some old like me folder, like Apple folder from a decade ago, and it's like Diana and two other people I hardly recognized, but they were also in full costume. The same person

told her it was a costome Christmas party too. I need to know who this week. Tell you later if it wasn't me, right, it wasn't you. Honestly, don't really remember. I think I just wanted to dress up. Yeah, but that's how hard everybody went. Like Dana coordinated with two other people and they came as He's like snowflake, snow queen. It was things. What do you guys do? It's really none of your business. Okay, he's right, he has a point, turning our Christmas tree hats. I'll just leave. It's fine.

What are you guys doing for the holidays? Early? What am I doing? Not getting sick. I hope, Oh my gosh, lucky for all of our health and our good things that are happening right now. Yeah. No, I'm going to Arizona as well, Arizona for Christmas. Nic excited. My kids are in the audience, My husband, my wonderful husband, cutest kids, and the biz. Um. Well, should we another game? We love games? We love games, he says, should we? Um? Did we bring out some other friends? Okay, yeah, let's

bring out some more friends. If you're back there, Let's have everybody come out for this one, because this is going to be messy. Come on out, everybody that's This game is one that we would always play on Nice's birthday trips. Um. Yolanda might remember this one because we taught her how to play. Um. This is never have I ever Holiday edition? Yeah, alright, do they know our new guests? By the way, what do they know our new guests? Well, yes, we'll do it again. Matt Howson

over here was a writer on legs. She was are literally our babysitter's secret daughter everything, and now she's a powerhouse. She's a hot shot working for Brad Fault, Chuck and six Planner. Um. Okay, thanks guys for being here. Um, Kelly, are you gonna take this one away and do this? I'm going to moderate this. Okay, thank you, guys. Have

a seat. Okay, all right, well, okay, so we don't have drinks, so everyone's gonna put up five fingers, and if you've done the thing that I've said, you're gonna put down a finger. Last finger standing wins. We're not going to judge. So you win a little if you have done less things, fewer things, if you were the same, they're synonyms. No, that's a little. You have not done it. You put your finger down. If you've done it, and

get rid of it. Okay, you've done it. You put a finger down, and whoever has a finger left, right, we got we gotta go ahead, go ahead, ones, Okay, So, never have I ever drank too much eggnog and passed out on the couch a little early specifically egg no, yeah, like you know, just had a little to much to drink, fell asleep a little early on. So never have we ever drank too much that we fell asleep too early

on Christmas, on Christmas holiday or your favorite holiday. So if we put on the figure, if we have done that, Okay, I'm just a ride around stupid. I guess I lied when I said we always played they always play it. We're and we're always play it. Okay. Never have I ever shared a kiss under the kiss under the mistletoe? Have you done it? I've never gotten black out on Christmas. I've never done that. Okay, we're past that one. Okay. Never have I ever set a Christmas tree on fire?

You and the audience can also play. You can put your hands up because I want to see what we're working. Put the finger out, Matt, put a figured out. We got two figures now that Mike to Matt, what's what's what? You burn down? Babe? Just a close call. You know the candles are dangerous. I would department. No, no, no, it was a lesson learned. Alright, This one a little like a Christmas story theme. Never I've ever got my tongue stuck to a frozen metal pole? What about what?

Matt Hodgson Negan, No, he didn't do Megan, she grew up in west She's from Chicago, Wisconsin. Yeah, okay, we're not here, we're not touching, we're notching. Never have I ever been home on Christmas break and hooked up with someone from high school. Never have I ever been home on Christmas break and hooked up from someone from high school? Again, she from Chicago. If you put her on count, were going to be her time? Have I accounts? Sorry, been snowed in in a blizzard. We were snowed in at

Becca's wedding. That's right. We woke up after morning after the wedding. We're like, oh, I guess we have to stay. Some people did, oh, some people did. Okay, this is a fun one. It's not that was not that um okay, this is a two parter. Never have ever dumped someone right before the holidays so that I didn't have to give them a gift? She started. It's an evil laugh. I wish the audience was playing one. We're down to two over here, Oh yeah, alright, alright, and here at

part two. Never ever stayed with someone until the holidays were over, just so that could have a date. She did it. Some laughter. We're gonna start fights tonight. Okay, down to the Okay, here's one that ended up on the list. I don't know how I never I've ever hit a deer with my car again, that's it. I think I've hit two deer. Or like everyone, Megan Doyle called Peter, she's a murderer. Hide the reindeer back here there anything you want to set protect a deer on stage?

Would you like to make amends here tonight? There's plenty of deer you're on stage, Megan, I would like to eat. These are actually the deer from both accidents. Uh, these are replica. Okay, Okay, we're down to our last few. Never have I ever returned a gift and not told the gift giver about it? Obviously? Um okay. Never have ever made up an excuse to not go home for the holidays, made up an excuse We're all suckers, story family, Okay, and who's the last last question? Fingers? Never have I

ever fallen asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve? That was a real Oh yeah, we got some chews over yere r. We like to see people still in the game. Chris Cole for Ashley, Think you too? Ashley? Hi? What No, I've never fallen asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve. I would be wonderful. At least you're better people than we are. Um, well, we did it. That's never have I ever what we got? Alright, everybody, everybody here. I

think there's somebody. Somebody came to visit more video. We have another little I think, Hi, everybody, it's Javier Bays. I'm so sorry that I could be there today. I really wanted to be there. But as you could probably tell, I've a little bit sick. It's dock COVID, but it's something pretty bad. So I've quarantined myself and I've sealed off the house so nobody is getting in her out of here. Oh my god, oh god, Hi, how did you get in here? I have a key, You're a key.

I've a had keith. I'm here all the time. I'm gonna like it. Thank thank you. You've done a great job with the place. How do you were a little bit thick? I am a little bit sick, a little bit thicky. Actually, you do what I'm I'm feeling so much better. I feel so good now. I know you feel warm. I have a solution, which is a little mental rub to take a shut. I'll take my shirt off. Took half the holidays. Holidays. It's hard to tell if

their inner out of character. It's a real special dynamic. Yes, well, We hope Jama feels better soon. But thank you Jama and Justlyn for the hilarious video. UM. So thank you everyone out there for being with us tonight. And don't forget. You can donate through the fandium site and enter to win prizes or donate to the wonderful Alexandria House directly at Alexandria House dot org slash donate and don't forget to select a Nick Smith twenty two for the donor designation.

We have some very special people that would we would like to invite on stage now to share some thanks with all of you. Uh, let's please give a warm round of applause for Nya's mother and sister, Yolanda and Nikaela. Hi everyone this year, you guys, this is awesome just to be here and here all the stories and my baby's work ethic. Hear her her singing. UM, It's it's a little bit overwhelming, but it's love. It's love that we all have for the Glee family and for Nia.

And right now, I'm happy, I feel good. I do UM because this is what Naya lived for when she was on this earth with us. UM. She enjoyed family, friends, she enjoyed food, drank, she enjoyed just the company of people. And I look around and UM, and that's what we're doing. This is what I see, you know, this is this is what she lived for. And I just want to thank you for your contributions to Alexandria House. UH, because this was one of her last calls to us all.

She she put it on the Instagram and came out of nowhere. UM. And that call was to give, to give to others, to lift each other up in a positive way, and to give to um make make people's lives better. And she found that in Alexandria House. And that's part of her legacy. That is part of her legacy. And here we are, we're living what she desired. So UM, thank you to the Glee family for your unwavering support. You guys are forever in our hearts. Forever forever in

our hearts. Thank you to Alexandria House for all the work that you do. And thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. God bless you all. I would just like to express, um, not only mine, but my mom and my dad and my brother and my nephews, our sincere deepest, deepest gratitude to you all for sitting here. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone a part of the Glee family.

Everyone a part of my sister's family, her friends, her colleagues, the people that she supported, and I think that it's absolutely beautiful to see her legacy to this day, that she has brought us all together for a reason and that purpose is still continuing. So thank you so so much, Thank you both so much, Thank you so much for coming out here and speaking. Yes, thank you, give another warm out than thank you, guys, thank you, thank you. Uh. We couldn't be more grateful that um, you guys have

all joined us for the third annu All Snake Smith event. Obviously, thank you too, Nya's family, Yolanda, Nikola um and even more that you guys have all contributed to a cause that was so important to Naya um and now it

is important to us as well. So before we go, we just want to remind you that we have a goal to raise tonight for five thousand dollars that if we raise it this evening, it will be matched by a generous donor giving us a total of ten dollars for Alexander House, so please consider donating if you can, um if you've donated in previous years, we thank you for continued support. And if this is your first year celebrating snakes with with us, we welcome you with open

arms and open hearts. Thank you so much for joining us. The fandom sweepstakes will be open until December thirty one of this year, so you can continue to or you can you can enter for that until the thirty one, and if you'd like, please continue to donate directly to Alexandria House again at their website Alexandria House dot org slash donate. We are so grateful to I Heart Radio in the I Heeart Theater and our incredible producers of and that's what you really missed for helping us put

this in person fundraiser together. They get us all here in this room, so let's give it up for them. Thank you to our listeners, our viewers, and thank you again for all of your donations. And don't forget those sweepstake prizes can also be a great holiday gift for the obsessed cleek in your life. And we have a gigantic thank you to John Locke are amazing DJ don donate. Um everyone at Alexandria House, especially A Marissa and Ashley

for coming pay I'm Michelle, Lena, Judy, anybody. Thank you guys, Thank you everyone so much for joining us Merry Snacks Mess. Thank you guys for tuning in that that is our show. Everybody, thank you for supporting this amazing cause. And thank you to all of our guests. Mary snicks Man, thanks for listening and follow us on Instagram at and That's what you Really miss pod. Make sure to write us a review and leave us five stars. See you next time,