Someone in St. Paul, Minnesota\u00a0stole\u00a0a package off a woman’s porch, and left a thank-you note behind just to rub it in her face.\u00a0 Luckily it was just a cell phone charger, but she wishes it was something worse that they couldn’t use.<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n —————————————————————-<\/p>\n If you haven’t seen this:\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n 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. \u00a0You really have to see it to get it.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clint Eastwood was on “Ellen” and talked about his age.\u00a0 He’s 89-years-old but\u00a0says\u00a0he 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?”<\/p>\n ____________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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, \u201cThe Rise of Skywalker\u201d, 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.<\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1997 [22] \u201cTitanic\u201d opens in theaters. It becomes the top-grossing movie of all time ($2.2 billion, currently #3)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1917 [102] 1st \u2018National Hockey League\u2019 games played (5,500 fans watch Montr\u00e9al Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 7-4, while 700 soldiers get in free to see Montr\u00e9al Wanderers defeat Toronto Arenas 10-9)<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Alan Jackson<\/strong>\u00a0went No. 1 with\u00a0“She’s Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)”\u00a0in 1992.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/li>\n neighbors to a long life.<\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n An older lady in Tulsa posted on Craigslist the other day\u00a0looking\u00a0for a surrogate family to spend Christmas with.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the post, she said she gets lonely around the holidays, and even offered to cook and bring gifts.\u00a0 Apparently, a bunch of jerks made fun of her online, so she took the ad down.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But now people want to host her.\u00a0 One of them is a guy named Carson Carlock, who was the first person to post about it online.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 He says she’s got an open invitation though, if she changes her mind.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [95] Cicely Tyson, actress (\u201cThe Help\u201d, \u201cFried Green Tomatoes\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [56] Jennifer Beals, actress (\u201cFlashdance\u201d, \u201cThe Book of Eli\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [47] Alyssa Milano, actress<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [39] Jake Gyllenhaal, actor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n SMART SPEAKERS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And we just kinda hope they aren’t going to exploit us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But even though we’re all suckers for these products, there’s still ONE company we’re not willing to trust in our homes:\u00a0 Facebook.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Facebook created the Portal video chat device and smart speaker a little over a year ago, and it’s NOT selling.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to one study, it makes up just 0.6% of the sales in the smart speaker category.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0__________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A MATTRESS COMPANY IS HIRING ‘SLEEP INTERNS’ WHO HAVE TO SLEEP 9 HOURS A NIGHT <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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\/.<\/p>\n \u00a0______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n THURSDAY DECEMBER 19TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [95] Cicely Tyson, actress (\u201cThe Help\u201d, \u201cFried Green Tomatoes\u201d)<\/p>\n [56] Jennifer Beals, actress (\u201cFlashdance\u201d, \u201cThe Book of Eli\u201d)<\/p>\n [47] Alyssa Milano, actress<\/p>\n [39] Jake Gyllenhaal, actor<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NJD 3 – ANA 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COL 4 – CHI 1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STL 2 – EDM 1<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Patti LaBelle and Anthony Anderson\u00a0sang\u00a0the “Good Times” theme song.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n __________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CHRISTMAS HAS DOUBLE MEANING FOR FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE\u2019S TYLER HUBBARD <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Tyler Hubbard<\/strong>\u00a0of Florida Georgia Line says this is going to be a special Christmas for his family. He and his wife\u00a0Hayley<\/strong>\u00a0have two kids in their house for the holidays, their two-year-old daughter,\u00a0Olivia<\/strong>\u00a0and their four-month-old son,\u00a0Luca<\/strong>. For Olivia, it\u2019s not just Christmas. Tyler explains:\u00a0[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\u2019re excited. You know, she\u2019s grown so much over the last year and gained so much personality and she\u2019s so much fun. So, we\u2019re going to have probably the best Christmas ever, I would say. And at this age I think we\u2019re 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\u2019ll be a challenge over the next few years. We\u2019re going to try to find a healthy balance and make sure she\u2019s appreciative of everything that she has.] S<\/p>\n FAST FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Tyler and Hayley married July 1, 2015,<\/p>\n FGL\u00a0<\/strong>is off the road until April 18. On that date, they\u2019ll play with\u00a0Kenny Chesney<\/strong>\u00a0in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n They currently have 21 dates scheduled with Kenny for 2020.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CARLY PEARCE SHARES FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MEMORY <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Carly Pearce<\/strong>\u00a0has been working on a new album that will be out on Valentine’s day, but for now she\u2019s looking forward to Christmas with her new husband,\u00a0Michael Ray<\/strong>. They\u2019re spending the holidays together in Alabama. We asked Carly about her favorite Christmas memory, she told us this:\u00a0[<\/strong>I think just the tradition of being with family, always going to my grandparents\u2019 house on Christmas Eve, and opening presents and going to midnight Christmas Eve service.]<\/p>\n FAST FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Carly\u2019s single with Lee Brice, \u201cI Hope You\u2019re Happy Now\u201d is in the Top 30.<\/p>\n Carly and Michael got married in October.<\/p>\n Carly\u2019s next show is January 18 at the\u00a0Ryman Auditorium<\/em>\u00a0in Nashville.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n GARTH BROOKS, ERIC CHURCH, FGL HAD TOP COUNTRY TOURS OF 2019 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Pollstar<\/em>\u00a0has compiled the list of the year’s Top 100 Worldwide Tours and\u00a0Garth Brooks, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett<\/strong>, and\u00a0Zac Brown Band<\/strong>\u00a0made it into the Top 50.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The trade publication considers concert data, including ticket sales, number of shows, and money earned to determine ranking.<\/p>\n Pop star\u00a0Pink\u00a0<\/strong>topped the list with $215.2 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 19th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":11651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 08:36:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/12\/on-todays-show-298\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11887,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11886\/revisions\/11887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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