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December 19, 2019 9:35 amSomeone in St. Paul, Minnesota stole a package off a woman’s porch, and left a thank-you note behind just to rub it in her face. Luckily it was just a cell phone charger, but she wishes it was something worse that they couldn’t use.
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Last Saturday organizers in Portsmouth, Ohio say over 1,400 people showed up to wrap gifts. Wrapping paper was provided by the Hallmark Channel and a Guinness World Record adjudicator was on hand to ensure all wrapped gifts followed the rules. The Guinness employee confirmed that they broke the previous record of 876 for most people wrapping gifts simultaneously.
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If you haven’t seen this: Somebody posted a video on TikTok of a simple but brilliant gift-wrapping hack for when your wrapping paper is too small for the box.
Instead of matching up the box so it’s parallel with the paper, rotate the box at a 45-degree angle, and then fold up and tape the paper by the corners. You really have to see it to get it.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Clint Eastwood was on “Ellen” and talked about his age. He’s 89-years-old but says he doesn’t think about it . . . But he did when he was young. Sometimes when he hung out with his grandfather, who was in his 90s, he would think, “Jesus, who the [heck] would want to live this long?”
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Bosses at Disney have issued a warning that the latest movie in the Star Wars franchise could trigger seizures for those with photosensitive epilepsy. The new film, “The Rise of Skywalker”, hits theaters later this month, but in a letter to cinemas in association with the Epilepsy Foundation, the studio is requesting that venues warn moviegoers about the potential risk. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrives in theaters TODAY.
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TODAY IS……………….
- “Holly Day”, while the prickly leaves and berries make lovely additions to any holiday décor, eating holly can be bad for your health. The leaves and berries can cause nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and other issues. While toxic to dogs, cats and horses, consuming 20 or more berries can actually be fatal to children.
1997 [22] “Titanic” opens in theaters. It becomes the top-grossing movie of all time ($2.2 billion, currently #3)
1917 [102] 1st ‘National Hockey League’ games played (5,500 fans watch Montréal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 7-4, while 700 soldiers get in free to see Montréal Wanderers defeat Toronto Arenas 10-9)
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
Alan Jackson went No. 1 with “She’s Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)” in 1992.
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RANDOM REPORT
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was invented in 1938 as a marketing gimmick to get kids to buy holiday coloring books.
- The tallest Christmas tree ever cut was a 221-foot Douglas fir that was displayed in 1950 at a Seattle mall.
- Christmas caroling began as an English custom called “wassailing”, which was toasting
neighbors to a long life.
- Reindeer antlers grow at a rate of more than an inch a day, making them the fastest growing tissue of any mammal.
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GOOD NEWS
An older lady in Tulsa posted on Craigslist the other day looking for a surrogate family to spend Christmas with.
In the post, she said she gets lonely around the holidays, and even offered to cook and bring gifts. Apparently, a bunch of jerks made fun of her online, so she took the ad down.
But now people want to host her. One of them is a guy named Carson Carlock, who was the first person to post about it online.
He’s since talked to her and invited her to his family’s Christmas, but she’s not sure she wants to after all the hate she got. He says she’s got an open invitation though, if she changes her mind.
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BIRTHDAYS
[95] Cicely Tyson, actress (“The Help”, “Fried Green Tomatoes”)
[56] Jennifer Beals, actress (“Flashdance”, “The Book of Eli”)
[47] Alyssa Milano, actress
[39] Jake Gyllenhaal, actor
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SMART SPEAKERS
With smart speakers like Google Home and the Amazon Echo, we’re all PAYING to let tech companies into our house to listen to our conversations 24 hours a day.
And we just kinda hope they aren’t going to exploit us.
But even though we’re all suckers for these products, there’s still ONE company we’re not willing to trust in our homes: Facebook.
Facebook created the Portal video chat device and smart speaker a little over a year ago, and it’s NOT selling.
According to one study, it makes up just 0.6% of the sales in the smart speaker category.
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A MATTRESS COMPANY IS HIRING ‘SLEEP INTERNS’ WHO HAVE TO SLEEP 9 HOURS A NIGHT
This just might be the perfect job. Wakefit, an Indian company that sells mattresses and other sleep products, is looking to hire “sleep interns” so it can better understand sleep patterns.
If you land the job a mattress and fitness tracker will be sent to your home. The job lasts seven nights a week for 100 nights, and you’ll be paid about $1,400. To qualify you’ll need to have a degree in any field, be able to fall asleep within 20 minutes of getting into bed, and be able to stay in bed for at least nine hours of sleep.
You’ll also have to record and analyze your sleep patterns. The company says the ideal candidate will not log much screen time, won’t consume much caffeine, and will blissfully ignore phone notifications at night. You can apply by visiting wakefit.co/sleepintern/.
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THURSDAY DECEMBER 19TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[95] Cicely Tyson, actress (“The Help”, “Fried Green Tomatoes”)
[56] Jennifer Beals, actress (“Flashdance”, “The Book of Eli”)
[47] Alyssa Milano, actress
[39] Jake Gyllenhaal, actor
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- NHL
NJD 3 – ANA 1 COL 4 – CHI 1 STL 2 – EDM 1
- Last night, ABC recreated a couple of classic episodes of “Good Times” and “All in the Family” on their holiday special, “Live in Front of a Studio Audience”. For “Good Times,” O.G. dad, John Amos, was back playing a politician taking on a younger politician played by Jharrel Jerome. Tiffany Haddish and Jay Pharaoh played Willona and J.J.
Patti LaBelle and Anthony Anderson sang the “Good Times” theme song.
- Carrie Underwood was at the taping of the Kennedy Center Honors the other night, and talked about the legacy of Linda Ronstadt. She loves how Linda broke the rules and sang music that was true to her . . . while also being a chameleon who could easily crossover to different genres. Carrie sang “Blue Bayou” and “When Will I Be Loved” on the show, and it’ll air Sunday on CBS.
- Jussie Smollett may return to “Empire”, marijuana wrapped like Christmas gifts, Tekashi69 got sentenced, and a woman falls at a bar. (From Seth Meyers, and David Spade on Wednesday, December 18, 2019)
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CHRISTMAS HAS DOUBLE MEANING FOR FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE’S TYLER HUBBARD
Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line says this is going to be a special Christmas for his family. He and his wife Hayley have two kids in their house for the holidays, their two-year-old daughter, Olivia and their four-month-old son, Luca. For Olivia, it’s not just Christmas. Tyler explains: [Olivia was born two days before Christmas on the twenty-third and we actually came home on Christmas Day, had a very untraditional Christmas. It was super quiet at the house. Just a really, really special day for us to get to come home with a child. And it was very surreal. So, this Christmas we’re excited. You know, she’s grown so much over the last year and gained so much personality and she’s so much fun. So, we’re going to have probably the best Christmas ever, I would say. And at this age I think we’re just gonna not try to not spoil her; just go ahead and spoil her, probably more for the sake of Hayley and I and the joy that we get in that. But yeah, that’ll be a challenge over the next few years. We’re going to try to find a healthy balance and make sure she’s appreciative of everything that she has.] S
FAST FACTS
Tyler and Hayley married July 1, 2015,
FGL is off the road until April 18. On that date, they’ll play with Kenny Chesney in Arlington, Texas.
They currently have 21 dates scheduled with Kenny for 2020.
CARLY PEARCE SHARES FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MEMORY
Carly Pearce has been working on a new album that will be out on Valentine’s day, but for now she’s looking forward to Christmas with her new husband, Michael Ray. They’re spending the holidays together in Alabama. We asked Carly about her favorite Christmas memory, she told us this: [I think just the tradition of being with family, always going to my grandparents’ house on Christmas Eve, and opening presents and going to midnight Christmas Eve service.]
FAST FACTS
Carly’s single with Lee Brice, “I Hope You’re Happy Now” is in the Top 30.
Carly and Michael got married in October.
Carly’s next show is January 18 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
GARTH BROOKS, ERIC CHURCH, FGL HAD TOP COUNTRY TOURS OF 2019
Pollstar has compiled the list of the year’s Top 100 Worldwide Tours and Garth Brooks, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, and Zac Brown Band made it into the Top 50.
Garth grossed $76.1 million and ranked at Number 24, followed by Eric at Number 28 with $68.6 million, FGL at Number 35 with $54.5 million, Carrie at Number 44 with $44.9 million, Thomas at Number 45 with $44.3 million and Zac Brown Band at Number 48 with $43 million.
The trade publication considers concert data, including ticket sales, number of shows, and money earned to determine ranking.
Pop star Pink topped the list with $215.2 million.
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This post was written by Dave Palmer