Right before the Christmas break a substitute teacher in Massachusetts\u00a0was\u00a0fired after he started discussing the issue of marijuana, and started smoking weed in class.\u00a0 The local news talked to a few people who were impressed the kids reported him for it.<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There’s a Grinch or two in western Germany, where a few people have most certainly been naughty.<\/p>\n Police say thieves made off with a town fire department’s Christmas tree, lights and all.<\/p>\n They say the thieves cut the cables to the lights and carted away the 13-foot fir tree from outside the fire department in the town of Bell.<\/p>\n Police believe several people were involved in the theft because of the size of the tree.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kate McKinnon was on “The Tonight Show” recently and told Jimmy she wears fake glasses because she likes the way they make her look.<\/p>\n __________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sylvester Stallone surprised a group of students visiting the famous \u201cRocky\u201d statue. The group of about thirty were admiring the statue when the star suddenly appeared on the famous steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He met with the students and later shared a clip on his Instagram account, writing:\u201d It\u2019s good to be home, here.\u201d The statue was placed in 1983 in honour of the famous movie scene, which saw Rocky run up the steps and dubbing them the \u2018Rocky Steps\u2019.<\/p>\n _______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 1904 – James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan” premiered in London.<\/p>\n 1981 Edmonton Oilers centre Wayne Gretzky scores his 100th point of the season to set record for fastest 100 points in NHL history; playing his 38th game of the season he will later bettered that mark in 1983-84 by scoring 100 points in 34 games.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n DECEMBER 27TH<\/sup>, 1978 <\/strong>Dolly Parton earns the first gold album of her career, with<\/p>\n “Here You Come Again”<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Most-Watched Music Videos of 2019, Plus YouTube’s Annual “Rewind” Video<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n YouTube released their 2019 data . . . including this year’s annual “Rewind” video, which highlights the best of the year on the site.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And this year they took a different after last year’s video was UNIVERSALLY hated.\u00a0 It still holds the record for the most-disliked video in YouTube’s history, with more than 17 million thumbs down votes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So they did it nice and easy this year.\u00a0 Instead of it being a new original video, it’s basically just a supercut of the most-liked videos, set to music.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They said, quote, “In 2018, we made something you didn’t like . . . so let’s see what you DID like, because you’re better at this than we are.”<\/p>\n ________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (Verses that DO mention Sweden have been added to the Swedish anthem over the years, which is why you might see it show up in some versions of the\u00a0lyrics.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a guy near Pensacola, Florida named Michael Esmond who’s a veteran.\u00a0 And he owns a business now called Gulf Breeze Pools & Spas.\u00a0 So he does pretty well for himself these days.\u00a0 But that wasn’t always the case.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Back in the 1980s, he had trouble paying his bills.\u00a0 And he went through one of Florida’s coldest winters ever with no heat.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He thought about it while he was paying his utility bills recently, because he noticed the due date on one of them was December 26th.\u00a0 So he wondered how many people out there would be in the same type of situation during the holidays.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And it inspired him to pay off the “past due” amounts for THIRTY-SIX random families he’d never even met.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He spent about $4,600 on it.\u00a0 Each family got a letter that said, quote, “Your past due utility bill has been paid by Gulf Breeze Pools & Spas. \u00a0You can rest easier this holiday season knowing you have one less bill to pay.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A news station in Pensacola picked up the story.\u00a0 And now a ton of people have reached out to thank him for it.\u00a0 So it might actually bring in more business.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He says the point was just to help people have a less stressful holiday.\u00a0 But he also wants to set an example, and hopes other businesses might follow suit.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 40 – Walker Hayes<\/p>\n 38 \u2013 Patrick Sharp, NHL player<\/p>\n 28 – Shay Mooney (Dan + Shay)<\/p>\n \u00a0______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Six Movies Opening over the Holidays<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Opening Christmas Day . . .\u00a0SPIES IN DISGUISE“<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(PG)<\/strong>\u00a0. . . an animated movie starring\u00a0Will Smith<\/strong>\u00a0as a legendary spy and\u00a0Tom Holland<\/strong>\u00a0as the tech nerd who teams up with him to save the world after accidentally turning Will into a pigeon.<\/p>\n The rest of the voice cast includes\u00a0Reba McEntire<\/strong>,\u00a0Rashida Jones<\/strong>,\u00a0Karen Gillian<\/strong>, and\u00a0DJ Khaled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Boston Celtics star\u00a0Kevin Garnett<\/strong>\u00a0also has a pivotal role in it as himself, when he borrows an expensive stone as a good luck charm for a championship game, but then doesn’t return it in time, which means Sandler can’t settle his gambling debts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n DO YOU PLAN TO PARTICIPATE\u00a0IN DRY JANUARY?<\/b><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n An on-going, online poll of an undisclosed number of people shows if they plan to abstain from drinking alcohol in January:<\/p>\n 40% No, I do not plan to participate<\/p>\n 14% Yes, I plan to participate<\/p>\n 33% N\/A- I don’t ever drink alcohol<\/p>\n _______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Here’s How to Bounce Back After All the Food, Booze, and Stress of the Holidays<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n We’re in the home stretch of the holiday season, and if you’re starting to feel burned out, you’ll want to hear this list of tips on how to deal with all the food, booze, and stress of the holidays.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The best thing you can do after over-indulging in sugary foods is to go for a walk to burn off the extra calories.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The best thing you can do is wake up at your normal time, even if you were out late or tossed and turned all night.\u00a0 Otherwise you risk getting in a cycle of bad sleeping habits.\u00a0 And since both Christmas and New Year’s fall on Tuesdays this year, you don’t have much time to recuperate before heading back to work.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0______________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FRIDAY DECEMBER 27TH<\/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 40 – Walker Hayes<\/p>\n 38 \u2013 Patrick Sharp, NHL player<\/p>\n 28 – Shay Mooney (Dan + Shay)<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n No games last night with the Christmas break<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada tops the United States 6-4 on Day 1 of the 2020 World Junior Championship.<\/p>\n Now, Team Canada can virtually assure itself the top spot in Group B by beating the Russians on Saturday, since Russia lost to the host Czech Republic earlier on Thursday. Canada plays Russia at 1pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n U.S. Federal law now prohibits the sale of cigarettes, cigars or e-cigarettes to people under age 21. The age was 18 under federal law, although some states already set it at 21. There was some confusion over implementation of the new law. It was expected to be delayed for some months, but the website of the Food & Drug Administration says the change is in effect now.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The jackpot for the next draw on Saturday, December 28, will be an estimated $13 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There was no Jackpot winner for the Christmas Eve Lotto Max draw.<\/p>\n The draw for the next Lotto Max draw Tonight is expected to be $60 million..<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n KEITH URBAN COUNTS ON EMOTIONAL NEW YEAR’S EVE <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Keith Urban\u00a0is gearing up for his fourth consecutive New Year’s Eve performance in downtown Nashville. He’ll again headline the Jack Daniel\u2019s Music City Midnight: New Year\u2019s Eve, where he’ll be joined by\u00a0Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires, The Struts, the\u00a0Fisk Jubilee Singers\u00a0and more. The 11th annual event will take place at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park and is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n The event has obviously become sort of a tradition for Keith and his family. He tells us that while it may seem cliche, he runs the gamut of emotions every December 31st.\u00a0[\u201cYeah, I go through every emotion on New Year\u2019s Eve, every emotion \u2013 regret, remorse, melancholy, joy, hope, sadness, gratitude, calm, anxiety.\u00a0(laughs)\u00a0There\u2019s a lot in that night for a lot of people. I\u2019ve always been a big . . .\u00a0 I love New Year\u2019s. Nic\u2019s not a big New Year\u2019s Eve person. I love New Year\u2019s Eve. The counting down is important to me and I find it huge, that demarcation of time.\u201d]<\/p>\n Keith and his wife,\u00a0Nicole Kidman, and their two daughters celebrated\u00a0 the Christmas holiday in their native Australia.<\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BLAKE SHELTON’S NEW ALBUM WAS AN ‘EASY RECORD’ – (12\/17\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Blake Shelton<\/strong>‘s new album,\u00a0Fully Loaded: God\u2019s Country<\/em>, was released on Friday (December 13th) and as he tells us, is probably the easiest collection of songs he’s ever assembled.\u00a0[“This was one of the easiest albums I ever put together because half of it is basically a greatest hits and the there’s about maybe three songs I would consider new at this point since ‘God’s Country’ and ‘Hell Right’ were the most recent singles. That really only leaves ‘Jesus Got A Tight Grip On My Soul’ and ‘Nobody But You’ as new tracks, and then of course a cover of ‘Tequila Sheila’ which is my favorite Bobby Bare song, and so this is an easy record for me to make. It was half made when we decided to put it together.”]<\/p>\n The 12-song collection features seven hits from previous albums and a total of five new tracks, including a duet with\u00a0Gwen Stefani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Blake sits in the Top 20 on country radio with his latest single, \u201cHell Right,\u201d featuring\u00a0Trace Adkins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BRANTLEY GILBERT SAYS NEW SINGLE IS \u2018A THREE MINUTE PARTY\u2019 – (12\/06\/2019)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Brantley Gilbert<\/strong>\u00a0recently topped the charts with a duet with\u00a0Lindsay Ell<\/strong>. Now, with the release of a new single, \u201cFire\u2019t Up,\u201d he says it\u2019s time to take things up a notch. Brantley tells us more:\u00a0<\/em>[As a writer and a player, after a while you have to be careful. You do a lot of familiar things on guitar and a lot of times, your melody lines can get almost repetitive or your licks can get almost repetitive. So, we did a lot of track writin\u2019 on this record and this was a track that Brandon Day brought to the table, and it was kind of rockin\u2019, but it had like a vibe that we\u2019d never done but still had a little hell raiser in there and we kind of just wrote to the mood.\u00a0 And, yeah, it\u2019s a three-minute party.]<\/p>\n FAST FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cFire\u2019t Up\u201d is on Brantley\u2019s latest album,\u00a0Fire & Brimstone<\/em>.<\/p>\n Brantley’s new album,\u00a0Fire & Brimstone<\/em>, was released in October.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 27th ","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-11998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 07:15:43","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-302\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998","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=11998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11999,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998\/revisions\/11999"}],"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=11998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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