The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets 🎁 Holiday Read Aloud. The Cool Bean loses his cool over the annual holiday gift exchange! The pressure to find the perfect gift is overwhelming him. KidTime StoryTime reads this holiday story that reveals how anyone can give the perfect gift!
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Be sure to like and subscribe! Yeah! Hey Kid do you feel that chill In the air? yeah I think a cool front
is coming a cool front or a cool Bean Cook Happy it's so good to see you back
again thank you it's good to be To be in what have you been up to since
the last time we saw you when you got Your confidence and and you faced your cool
friends and and you got all that kindness in Return and then you were confident again and
full of friends well I gotta tell you Lagoon Awesome two days when I totally lost my cool what
what oh you didn't know what happened well I got With a big attack of um shall we call it gift
insecurity oh I think I know what you're talking About yeah I had quite like a journey yeah right
there and it was as I say as cool as it gets Oh okay so since last we saw the cool Bean
uh cool Bean did not feel cool then regained A sense of cool and then apparently completely
lost all coolness once again and then apparently Regained it I think that's how that went well
let's just dive inside as cool as it gets shall We and look at cool being looking adorable
and there are all the super duper cool being Friends they are seriously the coolest the
one with the leather jacket the one with the Sideways cap the one with a whole pink matching
outfit and look there's a new cool being there That I didn't remember seeing before let's
Dive In oh already the coolness has begun We have stickers stickers stickers and we have
another page of stickers stickers stickers use These holiday stickers to make gifts for your
cool friends and they even have like two and From tags so you could use these to stick on
gifts but then look you have cool beans and You have squiggly things and then you have
lights and you have like bulbs and you have More cool beans and Candy uh oh oh and look at
that green bear green beer come here take a look I know right let's go let's go you
know this is gonna be good because The cool Bean well and then like all
of his friends all his cousins you Know The Bad Seed and The Good Egg and
the couch potato they're all super cool Face bells are ringing those
are jingling tinsel is tingling Yep whatever it doesn't matter wait wait what I
feel like I just got hit with emotional Whiplash One moment we're happy about the holidays and
next moment where whatever it's all part of The journey oh Journey the truth is I don't
usually feel very festive Jolly or Mary this Time of year oh I'm starting to like this I
may be a cool Bean but I don't always have The coolest holiday season oh no oh yes no no no
no yes yes yes here's why talk to me Beanie Baby Fancy oh holiday party all the beans in town are
there to celebrate and whip it up and there's Cool Bean holding the holiday party you're
invited invitation I don't see a problem here
Like seriously this house sounds pretty awesome so
far and if every single year we have a gift it's Exchange and there they are he's thinking about
exchanges past and everybody looks happy and Everything is beautifully decorated feeling very
festive again I am not seeing the problem no right To enter this gift exchange you select a Bean's
name out of the out of a hat this year I randomly Picked B J not to be confused with being a dead
ass of course not those two are totally different But that Jay is one of the coolest of the cool
beans hi and I knew she would be expecting one Of the coolest of the cool gifts it's kind of a
big deal there's a lot of pressure to be a great Gift Giver during the holidays yes the pressure
the pressure is a pressure cooker oh it's terrible Which episode there's a lot of pressure to be a
great Gift Giver during the holidays after all What's cooler than making someone stay with an
amazingly expensive present am I right I okay Well I mean it's not that cool being you're
completely wrong so you're saying that I'm a Little wrong well it's just the whole expensive
part that's really what's gotten me hung up I Mean why on Earth do you think that you could
afford to buy an expensive jacket or a fancy Watch or a really pricey tricked out bicycle or
even video games electronics are expensive cool Bean I know there is the struggle you know I know
you want to give a good gift but you know where's That money gonna come from of course I couldn't
buy her something extravagant like that I had no Bean bucks to my name I can learn you some bat
bugs no don't give cool beans bad bucks besides Nobody takes bath bucks that's where you're
wrong oh really what Jefferson said who in the World takes bat bucks I'll tell you which Mark oh
Amazon amazonk and also don't forget trainer bats Are these real never mind so I tried finding a
gift for being a dad oh okay so we're lacking On a bit of a treasure hunt I went on
a treasure hunt oh that's not exactly What I thought across town alas all I found
was an acorn a button a rock an apple core A broken leaf and a single solitary shoe and
not just any kind of shoe but a fly-filled shoe Jealous sign I'll be like Bernadette wouldn't want
any of that stuff and apparently digging through His Bean buckless Pockets only turned up another
solitary shoe and an empty tomato can and a bone And a small leaf and a half used tube of ointment
I considered not going to the party at all no I Really want to go to the party I could hide in
my house with the lights out in case anybody Came looking for me things would be easier that
way oh no but easier isn't always better but then Just as I was starting to panic oh I like a panic
part let's Panic some more no which have his head I spied some pens and paints and
paper in a Dusty forgotten cabinet Oh this cabinet does look like it's basically
loaded with goodies and fun potential stuff hmm I hmmed suddenly I had a cool idea it had been
a while since I done anything creative but I Decided to give it a whirl I drew a line then
another then another oh this is right up my Alley getting all creative it started out as a
simple landscape then I added a couple of tigers
A lightning bolt a sporty car an electric
guitar and a double rainbow I love a double Rainbow I topped it off with a sketch of being
a debt herself looking oh so very cool cool After an hour or two I admired my illustration
it had humor it had heart it had a lightning bolt Really good one was it the best thing I'd ever
made perhaps I put the drawing in a folder and Headed to the party before I could talk myself out
of it there we go that's the spirit let's do this Let's party finally I'll be named Charlene
ding the glass like this ding ding ding It's gift time she hollered gather round all the
beans sat in a circle a few friends waved me over Yeah they should be really fun I said way
too loudly then I laughed awkwardly oh gosh This is getting super awkward and everybody
though somehow seems to not mind or notice Uh yeah the beans are just having a cool time
you know and the tunes are playing and they're In Good Company good spirits then I sneeze
on us somebody's plate of cookies had you Isolate that then I bumped my knee on the
coffee table yeah hey everybody just stared I spotted Bernadette sitting straight across from
me looking excited sorry in advance I thought It's gonna be fine why do I feel so nervous All the beans exchanged gifts immediately there
were Yelps of approval it was a Cavalcade of shiny Expensive stuff like Electronics whoa clothes
jewelry wowzers you name it giant bear finally It was my turn oh The Dread oh The Dread but there
was no way out just like I like it no way out I'm So excited about the forthcoming disaster and
embarrassment and shame the screaming the cry The blood curling screams in particular I'm really
looking forward to that yeah what can it happen Maybe it will happen I don't Bernadette took
the folder and shook it listening for a rattle She smelled it in case it was sweet finally
she opened it and gently removed my artwork Holding it in both hands she stared at it
for a full minute there was only silence And the beads of sweat forming on Cool Beans brow
definitely feeling the Heat I knew it I thought The worst gift of the party time to disappear
forever forever forever into a black hole of Abyss and sadness and blood curly screams yeah I
don't think no not forever no I I don't think so I started plotting my Escape just as I was about
to Sprint to the door and never looked back and Start a new life somewhere where somewhere being
a dad finally spoke up wait you drew this for me She asked um yes I said feeling a bit queasy you Goodness this is the absolute coolest present
I've ever received she said it yay [Music] I asked it's totally and completely wonderful
she said this gift is as cool as it gets Everybody crowded around my drawing all the beans Had nice things to say about it
like wow neat cool what a coffee Cool Bean I'm not kidding you're
totally stressing me out yeah me too And original and you know Storyteller loves unique
and original I've given it away and it had made
Somebody happy all in a day did you see that fly
apparently the flyer wants to get in on the kids Exchange too all right the rest of the party sped
by in a blur of holiday music sweets and fun games Some of the other beans asked if I would make
drawings for them oh look and there's a little Dance party going on oh it's so big this morning
and ain't no party like a phoenix party and that's The coolest party what ain't no party like a bean
dance party it's the coolest party in town some of The other beans asked if I would make drawings
for them and look at that they're all gathering Around and they're still dancing because
ain't no fun it's like a cool Bean party oh And I received a neat present too it was a
scarf that a bean named Jean had made it for me He'd been really nervous about my reaction he
said I told Gene how much it meant to me that He'd taken the time to make me something okay
I have to make a confession I was gonna wait Till the end of the book but I can't hold it in I
have to tell you no because I saw a scarf on cool Bean and I just wanted to tell you that everything
that Storyteller is wearing right now was knitted By someone close to her a friend a family member
that's right everything the gloves handmade this Headband handmade this Poncho handmade uh-huh
that's right so it just goes to show you people Love gifts from the heart and sometimes gives
from your hands but wait there's more sorry And my new scarf kept me cozy when I went outside
it was truly a cool and also warm gift indeed bye Everybody bye it was great seeing you that's an
amazing party let's do this again next year and Going home and everybody's in super happy Spirits
because you know how could you not be happy after That loving gift exchange the walk felt shorter
this time I had a pep in my step and a smile on My face yeah this has actually turned into
a pretty cool holiday season after all I've Realized that a gift is a gift whether it's bought
found or created from scratch I even came up with A new motto when in doubt just make something
I like that just make something something that Wasn't there before so that's what I'm gonna do
from now on and I see the cool Bean is already Beginning Gathering supplies I see brushes
of different kinds different styles of paper Happy holidays everybody and what a perfect way
to spend a holiday evening by a cozy fire and Playing the holiday Tunes a nice cup of hot
cocoa and you see the marshmallows floating In there oh yeah all the colors and crayons and
brushes and paper and nothing but imagination To unleash upon the page wait where's the
blood curly screams I guess we didn't have Any where's the eggs gone where where's the
sadness the recrimination the disappointment Um I guess it didn't come oh it came all right
I got it all oh well it's better with you than Everybody else and remember you can make stuff
look you can make this and you can make a drawing And you can make a poem there's so much in your
hands and if you happen to get your hands on This book which is as cool as it gets you also
are gonna get the stickers in case you want to Put a little extra something something on
someone that you love happy holidays kid
