Best of DLS: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fishmas

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz slides into holiday chaos—Merry Christmas, however you say it.

We finally built a true Christmas episode. Two Greg Cody Back in My Days, a new Christmas rap, Roy’s Top 10 plus his 12 Days, Dan’s 2014 LeBron homecoming essay, Tom Izzo on accordion for carols, and a Dolphins fan’s epic 12 Days to wrap it all up.

What did Greg take aim at first?

Christmas trends gone lazy. Earn your lights, not laser showers that could spook Santa, ditch gift-card autopilot, and bring back real carols instead of glossy pop cash-ins.

And his other Back in My Day?

A flamethrower for fake trees and a culture that celebrates the artificial. He traces it to a childhood silver tree and vows never to go faux, joking even the manufacturers prepped for people trying to set them ablaze.

What’s this Fishmas track?

A Dolphins carol hyping defense, Tua’s fireworks, and a party spirit that nods to 1972.

Roy, hit us with the list.

Twisted holiday bits like Rudolph with a black nose, the Grinch stealing my tires, and Morris Chestnut roasting in a fryer. It starts hot, wobbles by design, and lands with a grin.

Who dropped the Christmas rap?

Touchdown arrival, what’s-in-my-bag swagger, and a thank-you roll call to God, family, and the grind. It’s gifts under the tree with Miami flavor.

Remind us of Dan’s LeBron essay.

Miami as the basketball mistress, left for the first love back home. Fans feel torn between gratitude and sting, remembering those us-against-the-world years while the rest of the country suddenly swooned for the going-home story.

Coach, can we get the carols?

Accordion out, we roll through Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Joy to the World, Deck the Halls, and Up on the Housetop while everyone belts along. It’s chaotic, charming, and exactly the kind of recruiting energy you’d expect.

Close us out?

A Dolphins fan’s 12 Days relives the one-win odyssey: injuries, onside kicks, London, false hope, Ted Ginn drops, and the miracle over the Ravens with Camarillo before the Parcells chapter looms. It’s cathartic misery set to bells, and we felt every beat.