{"id":40648,"date":"2025-12-16T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=40648"},"modified":"2025-12-16T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:28:04","slug":"5-things-you-need-to-know-for-december-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2025\/12\/5-things-you-need-to-know-for-december-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things You Need To Know For December 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>December 16th is the 350th day of the year. There are 15 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54690 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/ef794108-cksy_5_things_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"90\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Chatham-kent.ca\/library\/Pages\/default.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatham-Kent Public Library<\/a> hosts Movies @ Your Library every Tuesday at the Chatham branch.<\/p>\n<p>Stop by today to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6225520\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Man Who Invented Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Movies start at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/fd341b29-cksy_5_things_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"74\" \/>Santa has one more stop in Chatham-Kent before his big trip next week.<\/p>\n<p>The Thamesville Santa Claus Parade is this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The parade will start from the corner of Wallace and Mary St., at Thamesville Area Central School. It&#8217;ll travel Mary St. to Ann St., Ann St. to Jane St., Jane St. to Lemuel St., Lemuel St. to London Road, London Road to Ann St., Ann St. to Sherman St. and Sherman St. to Wallace St.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3acb2f67-cksy_5_things_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"90\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadapost-postescanada.ca\/cpc\/en\/home.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Post<\/a> has released their holiday shipping deadlines for 2025 for local, regional, national and international deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to send packages within Canada for the holidays, Canada Post&#8217;s shipping deadlines depend on whether items are going to a local zone, regional zone or national zone and how you&#8217;re shipping them.<\/p>\n<p>For <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">local deliveries<\/span>, here are the deadlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular Parcel \u2014 December 19<\/li>\n<li>Expedited Parcel or flat rate box \u2014 December 22<\/li>\n<li>Xpresspost \u2014 December 23<\/li>\n<li>Priority \u2014 December 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The deadlines for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">regional deliveries<\/span> are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular Parcel \u2014 December 16<\/li>\n<li>Expedited Parcel or flat rate box \u2014 December 18<\/li>\n<li>Xpresspost \u2014 December 23<\/li>\n<li>Priority \u2014 December 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re sending a package <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">nationally<\/span>, you&#8217;re too late if you were sending regular or expidited, these are Canada Post&#8217;s holiday deadlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xpresspost \u2014 December 22<\/li>\n<li>Priority \u2014 December 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re sending packages to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">anywhere in the U.S.<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xpresspost USA \u2014 December 1-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When it comes to cards, the holiday deadlines are much simpler; The deadline is December 19 if you&#8217;re sending cards locally, December 18 for regional deliveries, and December 17 if you&#8217;re sending cards across the country.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/63a1a3cf-cksy_5_things_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9690\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/01\/6b652683-lotto-max.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/01\/6b652683-lotto-max.jpg 600w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2020\/01\/6b652683-lotto-max-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Another chance to become a multi-millionaire tonight. Since there was no winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olg.ca\/en\/lottery\/play-lotto-max-encore\/past-results.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lotto Max<\/a> ticket on Saturday, the jackpot stays at $80 million.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth time the jackpot has grown to $80 million since early in 2024. The last time someone won the jackpot was on October 28th, when a $40-million ticket was sold in Grey County.<\/p>\n<p>There will be an estimated 21 Maxmillions prizes, worth $1 million each, are also up for grabs. Lotto Max is $5 per play and draws take place every Tuesday and Friday. Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olg.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> or in store until 10:30 p.m. on draw nights.<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Powerball<\/a> jackpot was at an estimated $1.1 billion US &#8211; and no one won!<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday nights draw will be worth $1.25 billion. It&#8217;s just the 12th to cross the $1 billion threshold in the past five years.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow nights draw is at 10:59 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3a9171bb-cksy_5_things_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"89\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21799\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2024\/03\/62c1b254-merriam-webster-695x695.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"100\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merriam-Webster<\/a> has named its 2025 Word of the Year \u2014 and it\u2019s \u201cslop.\u201d As in A.I. slop.<\/p>\n<p>They define it as low-quality digital content churned out in bulk by artificial intelligence. And let\u2019s be honest \u2014 from sloppy writing with bad facts to those weird videos your dad shares on social media, A.I. slop is everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Merriam-Webster says they picked the word because it perfectly sums up the problem in just four letters, even adding that it sends a message to A.I.: sometimes, you\u2019re not that intelligent.<\/p>\n<p>Other words that made the shortlist include gerrymander, touch grass, performative, tariff, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dictionary.com<\/a>&#8216;s word of the year \u201csix seven\u201d.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2023\/08\/2491f728-ckmornings-podcast-feature-695x411.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Never miss a minute of CKMORNINGS! 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