Musing Interruptus is a podcast meant for sharing thoughts and stories and enjoying idiomatic phrases and words in general. You can read along; the transcription is in the description of this episode. The idiomatic expressions are in italics. Try to get the meaning from the context and then look them up to see if you were right. If you like it, share it, but more importantly, continue the conversation. 

Hello. Welcome, I’m Renée Valentina and this is Musing Interruptus. Tis the season to be holly, jolly, and otherwise kind to people at large. Santa is watching. Today, Naughty and/or Nice. 

Listen to me closely boys, girls, young and old, there is an old man with grey hair, a long grey beard, and a large belly, presumably from eating cookies just once a year. In his defense, he eats them at night, and that is not the best ti ...