‘The Family That Crossed the Line’ Ahn Jung-hwan made a 39+ comment.

On the 68th episode of Channel A‘s ‘The Family That Crossed the Line’, which aired on the 30th, the 4 MCs Ahn Jung-hwan, Lee Hye-won, Yoo Se-yoon, and Song Jin-woo, as well as Sam Hammington from Australia, Chris from the United States, and Julia from Finland appeared as guests, and the families that crossed the line from the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States presented various events they had prepared for the new year of 2025, drawing attention.

First, the ‘Dutch family’ Min-jung X Rennert made their first appearance. These Amsterdam residents revealed a unique Dutch house with endless stairs and high ceilings, and declared, “We will participate in the ‘Sea Swimming Festival’, which is held every January 1st in the Netherlands.” The ‘Sea Swimming Festival’ has the meaning of washing away the bad luck of the previous year by jumping into the cold sea and welcoming the new year. Rennert, who is serious about ‘dipping into the water’ and participates in the festival every year, suggested to Min-jeong, who “had difficulty getting into the water because she “usally suffers from cold hands and feet,”, “let’s try some cold weather training.”Right after, they went jogging in -5 degree weather and then tried the ‘Ice Water Spa’, where they trained to ‘hold for 3 minutes’. After returning home, they warmed up their bodies by eating ‘Stampot’, a traditional Dutch winter tonic.’After a few days of practice, when the new year came, the ‘Dutch Family’ ate ‘Oliebollen’, a food eaten on the first day of the new year. Min-jeong commented, “In terms of taste, it‘s quite similar to glutinous rice donuts.” But while eating oliebollen, Rennert heard the news that the ocean swimming festival was canceled due to bad weather. Unlike Rennert, who was disappointed, Minjeong replied, “That’s sad news” and smiled slyly. However, Rennert, who never gives up, said, “It‘ll be okay because the lake is less windy,” and gathered his friends together and succeeded in “jumping into the lake.” While watching the video of the “Dutch Family,” Ahn Jung-hwan made a surprise declaration, “We will also jump into the water if the ”Family that Crosses the Line“ reaches 100 times.” Then, he showed great enthusiasm by saying, “Since our 100th episode will be around September, the water won’t be cold,” and received cheers from the production team.

Next, the ‘Swiss Family’ Park Min-ji X Park Maverick made an appearance after a long time. ‘Swiss Park Seo-bang’ Park Maverick showed his ‘die-hard Young Tak fan’ side even in his new house in Lucerne. In particular, Park Maverick left the house carrying his ‘Young Tak pillow’ that he always has on his bed, and declared, “I’m going to start the second part of the ‘Swiss Tour’ for Young Tak hyung.” The ultimate goal of the ‘Swiss Family’ was the ‘Golden Matterhorn’, which can only be seen after three generations have accumulated virtue. They listened to Young Tak’s new song ‘Super Super’ on repeat as they boarded the ‘Train Carrying Cars’ and arrived in Zermatt. After taking in the fresh air in Zermatt, where all internal combustion engines are prohibited, the two took the train again and arrived at Rotenboden, the second highest train station in the world, where they entered the ‘Igloo Hotel’ after a arduous climb down the snowy roads.

The ‘Igloo Hotel’, made of actual ice, is a unique accommodation that is only available in the winter, and costs about 1.6 million won per night. The ‘Swiss Family’ introduced the accommodation decorated with detailed ice sculptures, saying, “‘The‘Golden Matterhorn’ is very visible from this accommodation, so we took the courage to ‘Flex’. After looking around the rooms for a while, they ate ‘Fondue’ at the restaurant inside the igloo, slept in a two-person sleeping bag, and woke up early the next day to enjoy the spa to see the sunrise. When they opened the window right in front of the bathtub, the vivid ‘Golden Matterhorn’ appeared as if it were a lie, and the cast members were surprised and said, “Isn‘t this CG?” In addition, Park Maverick made Park Min-ji burst out laughing by making a New Year’s wish, “I want to go to Young-tak‘s concert,” while looking at the golden Matterhorn.

The last to appear, the ‘American family’ Kim Ro-eun X Roberts family, said, “It’s December 31st in American time, but it‘s January 1st in Korean time, so we’re going to show you our annual family routine,” and started ‘making dumplings. The five brothers born to Kim Ro-eun X Roberts moved according to their mother‘s instructions, and Lee Hye-won was envious of the whole family making dumplings together, saying, “Should I have had more (children)?” Then, Ahn Jung-hwan threw a powerful ‘39+’ comment to Lee Hye-won, saying, “How should I wash it?”, and Yoo Se-yoon sent Ahn Jung-hwan a ‘shoutout’, saying, “So romantic~”. The ‘American Family’, who had finished making dumplings, went out in downtown Las Vegas to celebrate the end of the year, and just in front of the Bellagio Hotel, the signature ‘fountain show’ was taking place, drawing admiration.

When night fell, the ‘American Family’ said, “Every year on December 31st, ‘fireworks’ are held simultaneously at each hotel, but there is a special ‘good spot’ that only we know of”, and headed to a friend’s house. At the home of a friend who is part of the same Korean-American international family, they made tteokmandu-guk with dumplings made by the ‘American family’, and finished the tteokmandu-guk after shouting ‘Happy New Year’. Afterwards, everyone wore hanbok and did ‘Sebae’. Finally, they watched the New Year‘s countdown and the fireworks show that stood out on a different scale in Las Vegas, and said, “Let’s love more from now on~”.

‘The Family That Crossed the Line’ airs every Thursday at 8:10 p.m.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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