Leg Lamps, Dinosaurs, and Dolly Oh My! (Hour 2)

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Good things coming up for you.

We got some entertainment news to kick things off a little bit later.

We're going to get into some fun stuff.

Got a couple of good ones here for us.

Where is that?

Yeah.

Our favorite dinosaur melt.

Oh, yeah.

We were talking about that earlier this week.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We're full.

We're going to catch back up with that one.

We got that coming up for you a little bit later.

And some other fun stuff for you.

And of course, we'll wrap up the show talking a little bit about our weekend lineup

and some of the cool things you got coming up.

But Dolly Parton.

We are the home of Dolly Parton News here at W.I.J.R.

Yes, we are.

So we got to cover one of the queens, if not the queen of music.

And Dolly was recently asked what her wish would be for the holiday season.

And her answer was kind of beautiful as you would expect.

She just wished people would have peace and goodwill towards one another.

Quote, that is my wish that people try to put aside all their differences

and just try to find that peace that comes from Christmas.

And that peace within themselves and just try to love one another.

Yeah.

Amen.

Yeah.

Elsewhere in the interview Dolly also talked about her Christmas books

and how she dresses up like Santa Claus and still has a cookie night

with all of her nieces and nephews.

Oh, I love that.

One of my favorite memories and one of the quintessential things

memories for me of Christmas is making cookies with my mom and sister and brother

and all that and packaging them up and everything.

I can't think of anything maybe more wholesome than Dolly Parton doing this.

That's amazing.

That's awesome.

Basically, she loves the holiday season and goes all out.

She even called herself, quote, a holly Dolly Christmas girl.

That seems like a song.

That seems like it should be a song.

It's a holly Dolly Christmas.

It's a great one.

And Dolly Parton's Billy The Kid is, you can get that right now and it's randomly signed.

You can find that and it goes into the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

Nice.

You can find out more about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library through Women's United

through the United Way of South Woodenham's County.

They got a bunch of stuff going on over there right now.

Check them out at uswac.org and get in on that everybody.

But one of the greatest things you'll do every year is getting into the Imagination Library.

It really is.

It's a beautiful thing.

The importance of kids reading at a young age or being read to at a young age, it goes so far

to help prepare them for later in life.

The worth of it is, you can't.

There's no words.

Well, I mentioned before, you know, one of the ways that I've realized that I show my appreciation,

my love that I think of people as gift giving.

But I think the only, the extension of that is doing it anonymously.

I can't think of many cooler things to me than doing something like that, but doing it anonymously.

And something like this, it just is that way.

You just do this and it's for somebody in Wood or Adams County.

And some kid out there is getting those books.

I don't know who, but I know that they're getting them.

It's pretty cool.

It's a fun feeling, especially this time of year.

One of the more versatile entertainers, and the last, I'd say, 15, 20 years, Lady Gaga.

She has a new album called LG7, and it sounds like it is a trip.

Gaga says it includes, quote, so many different genres, so many different styles,

and so many different dreams.

It leaps around genres in a way that's almost corrupt, and it ends with love.

That's the answer to all of the chaos in my life, and that I find peace with love.

Just quoting her on her new album.

And while the album does end in a very happy place, she says, quote,

every song that I wrote, I just kept getting kind of swept away in these different dreams I was having about the past.

Quote, almost like a recollection of all these good and bad decisions that I made in my life.

Sounds like a really complete album from her.

Yeah.

And I'd be interested in hearing that. She's a fantastic singer.

And to this, to that point, and to what she's talking about here,

a lot of people are making this sound like this is something brand brand new for her.

Did you not see her with Tony Bennett, or see her in her meat dress, or see her at the Super Bowl?

She's done, and she's already been doing this her whole career showing you that she can sing every different type of style.

I always talk about this with actors.

I was getting into this with Pete Schwab the other day.

To me, the greatest actors, it's not just that you can do it on stage, but you can do it all.

Drama, comedy, everything.

She's that as a singer.

Yes, and too often, the fans of people want, they want just the same thing all the time.

But no, I like you in this. I want to see you like that every time.

Well, no, that's not, it's not a whole lot of fun for the performer or the singer to just be shoehorned into one.

We talk about that with typecasting.

You have to play the same roles all the time.

Well, no, why not show the range of someone and be able to see all those different things?

My favorite is seeing someone in a role and not recognizing them.

Yeah, absolutely.

Oh, yeah.

And then you look at one point, you're like, wait a minute.

Is that?

Oh, my gosh, that's, you know, someone so, that blows my mind.

I love it.

I'm right with you on that.

There are certain actors that I've studied and followed.

It feels like my whole life.

And when they do it, it just blows me.

Again, Robert Downey Jr. and Oppenheimer.

It's not like he's in a ton of makeup or anything like that.

It's not that.

It's his actions and his mannerisms and his face and just the way he, you forget that's Iron Man.

You forget that that's, you know, it's a really great performance and stuff like that.

I'm so with you on. That's a great one.

And let's see here.

Well, it's new on your small screen, new on your big screen this weekend.

It's interesting this time of year because while they do put plenty of stuff out there,

there's also people understand, oh, there's a lot of traveling, a lot of parties going on.

And we're all watching a Charlie Brown Christmas.

Yes, yes.

As long as that's on, who cares what else is it?

Tonight at seven o'clock on CBS, the national Christmas tree lighting.

That is on.

On CBS at eight o'clock, right after that is Josh Groban and friends home for the holidays.

Christmas special.

Oh, that should be fun.

You could check that out.

On Netflix, the six triple eight starring the great Carrie Washington.

That one looks pretty good.

Also, you've got NFL football this weekend.

On Saturday, you've got the chiefs and the Texans.

On a little bit after that, you'll have the Ravens and Steelers.

On Saturday at live, Martin Short is hosting.

Really?

Oh, cool.

I can't wait.

Oh, God, I love it when he comes back to 30 Rock.

One of the greatest performers in 30 Rocks history.

That's great.

Hozier is going to be the musical guest.

So that's a good one, too.

Sunday night football, Dallas Cowboys versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

You also have at 730 on CBS, the 47th annual Kennedy Center Honors.

Honors include Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Rate,

and Arthur O'Sandival, jazz trumpeter.

Oh, nice.

And a special award for the Apollo Theater.

Cool.

That's pretty cool.

Yeah.

I like that.

That is pretty interesting.

So that's what's new.

I know.

There's one major award.

You know, if you're going to give it to a building, that's the one to give it to.

The Apollo is, if you, I would rather perform it the Apollo than Broadway.

That's wild for me to say.

I don't even believe the words are coming out of my mouth, but I just know it.

You just said them.

Everybody heard it.

Yeah.

Just knowing the history of the Apollo Theater and everything.

There's so many cool stories about that place.

Yeah.

That's the one for me.

I personally feel that any award that is given in the month of December needs to be a

light lamp.

Yes.

A hundred percent.

It should be your requirement.

Yes.

That should be the shape of it.

I want a major award.

Put it into existence.

Yes.

Put it into existence, everybody.

New on the big screen for the holiday season.

Just a couple of these we'll touch on and then we'll give them more next week.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is coming out.

The Reaves is one of the voices in this one.

Really?

Jim Carey is back.

I do too.

I'm a big fan of Keanu and he's a really good voice actor.

I bet.

Just a really good one.

Homestead is out.

You got a couple of, that's a limited release, I believe, along with Baby Girl is also in limited

release.

But in a wider release, Mustafa the Lion King.

Oh.

Yeah.

Is that the live action one?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yes.

And I love the, that they've included the speech.

Yes.

I think Girl Jones at the beginning.

Yeah.

The Mustafa.

It's a nice tip of the hat to an amazing, amazing actor, amazing career.

Yes.

And a movie that I'll be honest, I'll probably only see it once, but I cannot wait to see it.

The brutalist.

This is the movie that is, you're going to be hearing a lot more about in the next month

when Oscar season comes around.

Adrian Brody is a Holocaust survivor separated from his wife, Felicity Jones, and Budapest,

and then he makes his way to America, and eventually finds himself working for Guy Pears.

While trying to figure out how to reunite with his family, there are so many layers to

this movie and such amazing performances from Felicity Jones.

The Guy Pears, they're saying that it's the performance of his career, which is really

saying something.

And Adrian Brody is already one in Oscar, and this may be another one of those where this

is the best work he's done.

And this is the guy who's already won an Oscar and has already done some amazing work.

Just the trailers get me emotional.

I can't.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie.

While also knowing that there'll probably be one time watch.

There's certain movies.

I think Shindler's List is one of the greatest movies I'll ever see, and it's one of the

most complete movies I've ever seen.

While I've gone back and watched some clips, I can't watch that movie twice.

I can't do it.

I'd love to be able to lie to people and tell you I could, but I can't.

Well, and some of the history, it's, well, it is difficult to take it in.

It's important that we don't forget it, because they say, you know, if we don't learn from

history, we are doomed to repeat it.

I agree with that sentiment as much as I agree, also that we owe it to those that from

the past to keep history alive.

Yeah.

And just a real quick side note here, I want to say a gigantic shout out and congratulations

to the newest cast of arsenic and old lace.

I don't know that they've announced it yet, but I feel like they probably have.

And I know that we've got a local guy around here that he's going to be in it.

So I want to send a shout out to Seth and the whole cast.

Congratulations to everybody.

I haven't seen it yet.

I haven't seen the cast yet either, but I imagine that it's probably out there.

And I want to wish them well.

They're going to break a leg.

They're going to have a great one.

And I'm sure they will be joining us on Bid Day Magazine.

Okay.

Yeah.

It's not on their Facebook page yet.

I also want to send a big shout out to everybody out there of our weekend lineup and what's

coming up next week.

Okay.

We've got some great stuff lined up for you this weekend.

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Be sure to check that out.

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Join our Poke Guy Tim Hubboldt for a great one, he'll have, I believe he's got a Christmas

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I believe that for a director's cut, we're going to be replaying last year's Christmas

special.

We did with Melissa.

We can.

And we're doing a new one too, right?

Yeah, yeah, we got a new one coming up next week for you, everybody.

We're very excited about kind of a new tradition for us around here.

The three of us get together for Christmas on director's cut.

Seth faces music from 6 to 8, Seth will have a great one lined up for you there.

We should have checked that out.

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And some of the best production you're going to hear too, by the way, is this lights out

on that show.

Yeah, yeah.

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All right.

Got it.

Is there a theme this week?

Yeah.

So last week I did a Christmas special side A. And it was a little more obscure Christmas

songs.

Okay.

This one side B, the hits.

The hits.

So you flipped it.

Yeah, right.

Yep.

And the B side was A and now we're going to get the A side on B.

Yes.

Yes.

So to me, is that not, I mean, did that everybody just like right away nods her head, well,

that's what James would do.

Yes.

Of course.

Of course.

I was shocked when I looked at how many big hits that are still being played like non-stop

right now that came out in the 90s.

Yeah.

I believe it.

Isn't that one?

Isn't that one?

Did you include MC in that one?

Yes, I did.

Yes, I did.

Wow.

I feel like that was, it's not my, it's not my tape.

These mixtapes are made for you guys.

So in order to make a true mixtape, somebody likes that song, obviously, got to get it out

there.

And of course, we've touched on this a little bit.

We will have for you coming up our 30 hours of Christmas next week.

We'll get into the lineup and everything that's in store with that next Monday, this

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Shockly they fall, where do they go?

They cover the ground without a sound.

Delicate voice at Gregory Porter.

I want to hear that whole song.

I've never heard that before.

Oh, yeah.

Purple snowflakes.

Yeah.

Oh, good song.

Good song.

I'm writing that down.

There's a lot of great Christmas music.

A lot of great styles of Christmas music and everything, but I really love Christmas

jazz.

Yeah.

I wholeheartedly admit that I am a jazz fiend, so there's that, but I do love Christmas

jazz.

And I definitely like Jag Jazz versions of classic Christmas songs.

You know, speaking of Christmas, Melissa, there are a few things that we haven't covered

by now, Christmas wise.

We've covered the gamut.

That's what we do here at the morning show.

We're talking gifts.

We're talking presents, all kinds of things on Mondays.

Yes.

Seth and Melissa and I are going to talk about what you're putting on the top of your tree.

We're going to be talking about that.

We want audience participation, so do some homework this weekend and look at the top of your

tree.

Look.

Do some research.

Hey, what did we put up there?

But, you know, one subject we have not covered a dinosaurs.

We have not covered dinosaurs in the Christmas season.

What's your favorite Christmas dinosaur?

I mean, we all go over this.

I don't know.

We talk a lot of Christmas stuff.

Why not throw something else in there that's a little bit different and fun.

And it has been going all over Reddit in a couple of places online.

You can go to ugov.com to find out the ugov.org to find the complete list of this one.

We're getting into the print adults that have their favorite dinosaur.

It's one thing for a kid.

Now, right, for journal, you know, we are a talk station and we focus very heavily on

news.

I do a little journalism.

I just talked to a five-year-old and by that, I mean, I went across the hall.

And I asked this very intelligent, a creative five-year-old, what her favorite dinosaur was.

And she looked at me dumbfounded and we came up with a dodo.

Oh, we came up with it.

I mean, technically, that is a dinosaur.

Yes, it is.

It is.

And she's going to pick one out, though.

She is going to pick one out.

But there's a lot of great dinosaurs out there.

And it's one thing to ask a kid what their favorite dinosaur is.

Most of them will have an answer for you, but adults, I love this question for adults.

I think it's a lot of fun.

In some of what of a random new poll, over 1,000 American adults were asked what their favorite

dinosaur is.

And I think almost tragically, 41% said they didn't have a favorite.

They didn't have any, even though I'd answered the question.

Not surprising.

Not surprising the most of the ones that people did pick are common ones.

19% of people said that their favorite is the tyrannosaurus rex, 6% said velociraptor,

and another 6% said a brontosaurus, 5% said triceratops, 4% said teradactyl, and another

4% said a stegosaurus, and overall, 13% of adults say that they love dinosaurs, and

another 31% say that they like them.

So 47% said that they are indifferent about it, but the box office number is for the

next dinosaur movie, which is coming out any day now.

We'll tell you differently, because they always do well.

Just a touch on this subject that I didn't really think about until I came across this

poll.

I love things that somehow combined worlds of being young and old.

We learn almost every one of us learn about dinosaurs and the types of dinosaurs when

we're in grade school.

And the idea that you still have a love of dinosaurs, or even carry a little bit, even

interested in them slightly, or something, or every once in a while, you catch yourself

going down a rabbit hole of it, or when they archaeologists find a dinosaur bones and

you read the article, I feel like that's not just nostalgia or anything like that or

just interesting information.

I feel like it is kind of a touch back to our childhood a bit.

A little bit.

Yeah, I'd agree with that.

I wouldn't have known this until my godson, Cole, who was on the spectrum, Cole and I spent

a lot of time together when he was little, and one of the things that Cole could do that

just blew my mind was Cole knew all, like literally all of the dinosaurs, and he knew

the actual like scientific names for them.

I'm looking at them right now, Melissa, and I can't say them, like this kid knew him

like up and down.

And it was seeing it through his eyes that really gave me an idea of like, wow, this

is one of those things that you talk about a subject that oftentimes can bring young and

old together, or be the icebreaker that you need.

I brought this up with a lot of people that do big brothers, big sisters, and so many

of them, their first question is, what do I say?

Talk dinosaurs.

Talk dinosaurs.

Even if they don't like dinosaurs, it's a great like lead in.

It's a great icebreaker.

It's just kind of a fun subject, and we're still finding dinosaur bones.

Yeah, well, especially as the ice caps are melting, and exposing parts of the earth that

we as humans have never seen, and never even like, you know, dug into.

Yeah, which is terrifying, but also interesting at the same time.

That's the world we live in right now, isn't it?

Yeah.

Melissa, I have to ask though, do you have a favorite dinosaur?

I do.

I do.

It's a serothalus.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I see it right here.

Yeah.

And it's ducky from the land before time.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's awesome.

Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep.

Oh, that's a good one.

That's a good one.

I like that.

My name is ducky.

That's what it is.

I don't believe that saber2tiger's count, but if they did, I would easily choose that.

But I don't think that they necessarily count.

I think that you could also cheat on this and say turtles, or birds, or, you know, certain

things.

I have a chicken on this list that chickens evolved from dinosaurs, but I got to go with

the stegosaurus.

I think stegosaurus are cool.

I just think they're cool.

I mean, because there's also sharks.

Yeah.

Yeah.

These snakes, I mean, we do have modern day dinosaurs.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Which is, again, going back to the whole keeping history alive thing, when we talk about

that stuff, we're not just talking about, you know, horrific or big events in human history,

but just the continuing of human history.

History that was 233 million years ago.

That kind of stuff.

Rocketiles.

Yeah.

Stridges.

Keeping history alive is not just, I think, important for future generations.

It's fun.

It's cool.

This is wild, man.

There were velociraptors running around.

In games, we're eating modern day dinosaurs with chickens, but also, like, crabs and

oysters.

Yes.

Yes.

But I'll never forget being a kid and finding that out about chickens, and then, like, how

I felt eating a drumstick from then on, like, I'm eating a dinosaur, I'm like, yeah.

Yeah.

There's something to that.

It's kind of interesting.

Feel free to call up and let us know what your favorite dinosaur is, everybody.

Even if you haven't thought about it since you were 10.

Yeah.

This type of, this time of year really brings out the kid and a lot of us, and maybe

this subject will.

Sure.

We will get back, come back, I should say, after our newest break and our sports break

and hanging out with our partners a little bit here.

We'll do that when we get in the plenty more when we come back on the morning show at WFHR.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning show here at WFHR.

This Christmas will mean something more, maybe this year, life will appear deeper than

ever before, and maybe forgiveness will ask us to call someone we love, someone we

lost.

Tracy Thorne playing us in.

Wonderful voice.

Another song I've never heard at Christmas time.

Tracy Thorne, especially back in the late 90s and everything worked with a lot of electronic

bands, especially massive attack and a couple of really good ones.

It's cool to hear her voice over different music than just trip hop beats or something like

that.

It's interesting.

I'm sorry, I got distracted.

The moon's out.

And anytime I see the moon during the day, it just gets me.

Squirrel.

Yep, exactly.

Exactly.

That happened to me earlier right as we were going to commercial break.

There was an eagle flying by, we've got an eagle nest ahead of us and I haven't seen

them in a while.

That was pretty cool.

Oh, yeah.

Good to see him.

Our new official national bird, everybody.

What?

Yeah, Seth and I were talking about this the other day.

Apparently the eagle, the bald eagle, has, you know, we've got it on our currency and

all these things, but it hadn't ever really been an artificial state country bird.

And now it is.

Now it is the official symbol and all that.

Really?

Yeah.

Got some.

Interesting notes here, some side notes.

We got a huge holiday poll that came out and it looked at the various activities we've

got planned this month.

And here's what Americans are doing for the holidays this year.

86% of us will celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or another winter holiday.

86%.

That's pretty high.

That's a lot.

Yeah.

Yeah.

87% of people celebrating will put up some sort of decorations.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

It's a, there's a higher percentage of people, and it's only 1%, but there's a higher

percentage of people putting up decorations than celebrating the holiday for holidays.

Some of us just like to seasonally decorate James.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing at all.

You know, I, I, I, I really appreciate people where we, I feel like where we are or at

least where we're getting with this, where we're just, you know, whatever you celebrate

or whatever, go ahead and say it.

Like I, I don't know, I don't, I don't, I don't see,

the bent out of shape that there used to be of this or how that used to be a talking

point.

Well, I think we're getting past it.

Yeah.

It is.

It is.

Whatever you, whatever you celebrate, celebrate it.

We're great.

Good for you.

Well, people losing their minds over a Santa that, you know, basically are a black or

a Spanish or anything Santa, like, what are you doing?

What are we doing?

What are we doing?

We're talking about an imaginary, a, a, a wonderful person, a wonderful human being.

They could be anything.

Could be anything.

Yeah.

We don't know.

I mean, we, we see images of Santa.

We see Santa in certain places and everything, but he, uh, I, seems to me, he could be just

about anything.

Right.

Those are our representations of the character.

You're not, I mean, have you actually seen the, the Santa is what I mean.

Yes.

The, yes.

Yes.

Yes.

I'm not going to call.

I personally met Santa 29.

Yeah.

And, and I'm going to say this too.

I, I, I learned from the Elf call and show, I'm not calling on the big guy anymore.

I'm not calling on that anymore.

I learned.

Yeah.

He doesn't want to get.

Apparently.

75 also got a text, James.

75% will listen to Christmas music.

Okay.

Yeah.

I mean, by choice.

That's a great follow-up.

That's a great follow-up.

Because you're going to hear it this time of year, even if you don't, you know, purposely

put it on.

Mm-hmm.

Just walk into a store.

75% will also watch at least one holiday movie this year.

Yeah.

75.

That's a pretty high number.

Yeah.

The numbers are a little higher than I think I expected, actually.

That's interesting.

Right.

70% plan to go look at lights.

Yeah.

That's cool.

Yeah.

That's great.

Yeah.

Because the people who put the effort into making those fantastic light displays are more

power to you.

Yes.

That's awesome.

And I, yes, would love to come see it.

I'm not going to do it myself.

I mean, I did put a string of lights up in my living room.

Yay me.

Good on you.

Good on you for doing it.

My parents have never put outside lights up.

They put up some candycaids this year.

My dad was all proud of it and everything.

Yeah.

I think in between us, I think part of the reason he did it was just so he could figure

out how to like get the extension cord and did like maneuver it around and all that.

Like I think he loved the process as much as he loved the loves a month.

Actually putting something.

Yeah.

I did put a wreath up on my door, but I hung it on the inside of the door because it's

real cedar.

It's like real cedar bows.

So I didn't want it to just freeze and die.

Yeah.

And they keep better at, you know, around like the not super freezing.

So you can still see it through my windows and love.

And hey, you get to enjoy it.

I mean, that's cool.

That's cool.

And I go out my door.

The way.

60% hope to have at least one cup of hot cocoa.

Yeah, definitely.

I got to get that in.

My numbers are low.

Actually, James, James, you're going to be, you're going to be jealous of this.

I had a pumpkin spice hot chocolate.

Oh, that sounds amazing.

Oh, that sounds really good.

As much as we pick on pumpkin spice, it's actually after we get past Thanksgiving, I

think it's more acceptable somehow.

Absolutely.

Yes, somehow it works out that way.

But yeah, definitely all that like in November, but now, yes, yes, there we go.

48% will attend at least one holiday party this year.

Hmm.

That's good.

It's great.

Some of this stuff is this, I think like, like the idea of driving around and looking

at lights, you know, to think that these traditions are still popular and that cool

and everything.

I like seeing that.

That's fun.

Yeah.

Yeah, I do too.

44% will send out at least one card.

Hmm.

We, we just got done a big shout out to Pam and putting together all these Christmas cards

for us to send out.

All I had to do was sign them.

Pam did all the heavy lifting.

Nice work, Pam.

Greatest card giver ever.

Yes.

She absolutely is.

42% will attend a religious service.

Okay.

There you go.

I mean, it's kind of big this time of year.

The one time I went to Midnight Mass once with my Nana and it was important to her every

Christmas going to Midnight Mass and it was beautiful.

It was beautiful.

I was very moved by it.

Yeah, they're usually beautiful ceremonies with lots of, I love the singing.

Yeah.

That's probably my favorite part.

It really was.

I was young when I did it and everything, but it really was impactful.

22% hope to kiss the one under the mistletoe.

22%

Is that something anymore of the people coming up mistletoe?

I don't know.

I don't know.

It did this day at age.

I'm not sure, you know.

Talk about knowing your audience.

What?

Definitely want to know your audience before you go into that one.

Well, yes.

It's a, it's a consensual thing.

You must consent, obviously.

I mean, don't mind me just running around with my sprig of mistletoe and holding it above

my head.

It's fine.

If you want to join me under this mistletoe, it's totally your choice.

I want to know the percentage of us that will see somebody walking around with one of

those hats with a mistletoe out of it.

I want to see that in those clothes.

That's what I need.

They don't have to hold it.

Nope, nope.

Just right there for you.

Everywhere you go.

19% will build a snowman and 14% plan to make a snow angel.

I have plans that they're going to have to wait till Monday according to Brittany, but

then we'll have the snow that we can, that's packable.

So last night we get done with things here and I ran to my folks house.

It's just me and Sam and I got Sam outside and as we're out there, I'm like, okay, I get

the shoveling done now.

At least it's, you know, a little bit easier in the morning.

So I'm doing that and it's just been a long week, you know, and I don't know why, but

I just dropped the shovel and made a snow angel.

Nice.

And now it turned out as a devil and I don't know why that always happens to me.

I don't know.

The hair chains.

The hair.

That's a shout out to Hober Simpson.

That's not my joke.

That's Hober's.

But I didn't actually make a snow angel.

I actually did.

I actually did.

It was fun.

Yeah.

And I encourage you to do that stuff, everybody.

Like it actually was worth getting cold.

It really was.

It's better when you ring snow pants though.

Yeah, I should have been doing that.

I did not plan that out.

Because Christmas mornings will have fewer than 10 people in attendance, 39% said less

than 5.

So just immediate family, 5% said more than 20 though.

Wow.

And that's for big family gatherings that do it on Christmas.

That's cool.

I've only had a couple like that in my life, but they were cool.

It was cool.

Like all my cousins or something like that were there.

That kind of thing.

That always did Christmas day, like the Christmas morning with just immediate family.

All our family gatherings were around that time.

It's such, that is one of my favorite things about the holidays.

And probably the biggest thing I miss about the holidays is all that family that you don't

see that often.

But you know, you're going to see them on Christmas or, you know, something like that.

And I miss that.

I really do.

And two thirds of families will hang stockings for Santa to fill.

That's a good one.

And hey, for those that aren't, that's just less work for the big guy.

Oh, Darn it.

I did it again, James.

For Jolly St. Nick.

45% wrap up our list here.

45% will leave out milk and cookies on Christmas Eve.

I got to bake them cookies.

Miss Holly said he likes them soft in the middle.

He does like them.

Keep that in mind, everybody.

Now, Santa's not picky.

He'll, he'll, he'll, he'll just appreciate you doing it.

But if you want to, you know, maybe, maybe it's up the points a little bit.

Yeah, because some of us are really cutting it.

They were getting in at the last second here and everything.

You know, but just speaking for myself is getting in at the last minute.

You know, James, I know you tried packaging those up and shipping them to the North Pole.

They rejected at the border.

I don't know how I'm going to get that Millennium Falcon.

If I, if I don't, I got, I got just a couple of days left here to get on that good list.

I'm going to do it.

I'm right in the middle.

You know, I think I, I believe in you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

We will come back with some good stories of the day.

Oh, maybe that'll help.

We.

Yeah.

Maybe that'll be one of them.

James got out of the good list.

First time in 20 years coming up on the morning show.

Welcome back, everybody.

Morning show here at WFHR last segment of the week.

We'll take you right to the top of the hour.

Melissa and I have a whole little Christmas.

It's the best time of the year.

I don't know if there'll be snow.

But have a cup of cheer.

I have two cups, everybody.

It's cheer.

It's cheer.

I do have calories.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Get it.

We got some great good stories of the day for you and some local stuff we're going to touch

on at just a moment.

But I cannot help myself, Melissa, when you can combine the wonderful romance and the Christmas

season.

That's a story to me.

And this is a really well done one by them.

Santa Claus made an early visit to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

One of my favorite cities.

I love that.

The name of that city.

There's some interesting stuff about it.

But Santa presided over 14 weddings for the city's pre-Christmas wedding Wednesday.

Whoa.

That's pretty cool.

That's that's a lot.

Quote, time does get a little tight this time of year.

But lucky, luckily, with a lot of help from Miss Clause and a lot of good help from

the elves, we're able to make things happen up here.

Santa said.

The event marked the second annual wedding Wednesday sponsored by the city and presided

over by a jolly old Saint Nick.

Wow.

The newlywed couples were treated to rides in horse-drawn carriages after the ceremonies.

Oh, that's fun.

That is really cool.

How cool.

Wedding Wednesdays.

It's supported by the city.

I love it.

It's a really fun idea.

I like it.

Quote from the head of their tourism and economic office.

This year, we filled up very quickly on our options.

So maybe next year, we'll have to have more slots available because all 14 slots, like,

filled up early in the year.

So this is really popular over there.

Yeah.

That's cool.

And one of those events, people travel for.

Like, I think they said somebody from Minnesota, like a couple from Minnesota, traveled

to have this done.

That's, hey, I mean, there's destination weddings who knew it would be Oklahoma.

Yeah, yeah.

That's pretty cool.

That's pretty cool.

It's a fun story.

Fun story.

Be sure to check out more stories like that and share those stories with us, everybody.

We love when you guys share stories with us and everything.

Especially local good stories are so good.

Speaking of local good stories, we got some for you.

First, our lineup for today.

We got a great one.

Be sure to stick around for Matt and air on air.

Jane and Greg, we'll get you ready for your afternoon.

They'll be here from 11 to noon.

And not only will they have some great content for you, they'll have that civic media,

growing up, gift list, text to win contest word.

They will.

It's coming up at just a little bit.

Be listening for that, everybody.

And be listening again at the top of the one and four o'clock hours that's afternoon

for your last chances to get in on civic media's growing up, gift list, text to win contest.

That's right.

Todd, although we'll have your one at one o'clock during his show.

Yeah, yeah.

Be sure to check that out.

Also, we got a great lineup for you tonight from two to four, Maggie Dawn Show.

Man, I love Maggie Dawn Show.

Great show.

Check that out, everybody.

And then from four to five, we'll be here with Midday Magazine one more for the week.

And it's a good one.

Good one.

In part one.

Oh, sorry, Melissa.

Oh, it's just a good, good.

I can't wait.

Tell me what it is.

In part one, Senator Patrick Testin will be joining us.

Excellent.

Always an open and real conversation with Senator Testin looking forward to him joining us today.

I'm going to talk a little bit about some of the committees he is on and some of the other things

going on towards the end of the year here.

Yeah.

And in part two, we'll catch up with our friends from Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Rapids, public schools.

Superintendent Ronald Rasmussen will be with us.

Excellent.

Melissa, I don't know how much you've heard about this or our community, our audience has,

but they're doing something really cool over at Lincoln High School.

They had this cool to be kind program that has turned into an interact club with the rotary club.

We're going to talk a little bit about that and how kids are helping other kids with mental health

and transitioning and so many other things.

Good.

That is going to be a really interesting conversation.

Be sure to check that out at 430 today, everybody.

And a big thank you to Pam Hilke and the amazing scheduling job she does week in a week out.

We appreciate you, Pam.

Thank you, Pam.

Some sports on your radio dial.

Tonight, five to six join us for playmakers.

We'll be here alive and direct taking your sports feelings and thoughts.

Calling it with ping pong.

Just a solo show today.

I forgot to set this out.

I'm going to be honest with everybody.

I complete up until this moment right now.

I forgot the set was out.

Oops.

I was so proud of myself this week.

I've been a step or two ahead of almost everything this week.

But there's just one or two things that slip by.

That was one of them.

Well, you were juggling along this week, James.

But I'm not alone because I got this audience with me.

So I won't because you'll be my co-host tonight.

Everybody for playmakers from five to six.

A big thank you to quality plus printing sponsoring that hour.

Sunday, we got some great basketball for you in noon.

Wisconsin men's basketball taking on Detroit Mercy.

Be sure to check that one out.

Great.

I also wanted to mention some other great things going on in our community.

Like they winter farmers market.

Yeah.

That happens on Saturday mornings.

9-1.

Join the Moravian Church.

Yeah.

3-10 first having yourself right here in Wisconsin Rapids.

Not only a great opportunity to buy local support local and support our local ag industry.

But I know a lot of people that go there and they like to just see some people

and maybe get out of the house a little bit and everything.

Yeah.

I'm pretty sure they have refreshments that are complimentary, warm you up,

and you can shop in the warm or visit in the warm.

It's all good.

Be sure to check that out, everybody.

And they have different vendors every week.

Yes.

Yeah.

That's another great note, Melissa.

Thank you for that.

And I wanted to mention this too.

And we'll be talking about this a little bit more with Ron later,

Superintendent of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools.

Just reading off of the Lincoln High School Facebook page here.

Lincoln High School Community Holiday Concert was supposed to occur Thursday evening.

But thankfully to their staff members, they had the foresight to record the concert early in case today,

though the weather was bad and it was.

So you can still enjoy it, everybody.

Oh, great.

That's awesome.

These talented students work so hard on this one.

And they rehearse and practice, and then they have it canceled.

That's a shame that they can't do it live.

But it's great that you can still support these kids and check that out.

Go to Lincoln High School's Facebook page and you can find the concert right there.

There's a link in everything.

I encourage you to do that.

Rapids pride, baby.

Yeah.

And definitely better that everybody stayed safe last night.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

And there's something about this week.

I think it was last year or maybe the year before, one of the key concerts that was coming to the pack happened.

And I wanted to go so bad and there was a huge snow storm or unable to.

It just seems to happen this time of year.

We got other good stories going on as well that we want to touch on.

Like Sant, let's see here.

Jeff Bezos's ex, Mackenzie Scott, is closing out 2024 with a bang.

She just announced another two billion in donations.

Whoa.

That's a lot.

You use a billion with a bee.

Yeah.

Yeah.

She's now given away over 19 billion since they split up five years ago.

Good for her.

Oh, cool.

Like, look, I'm going to be real with everybody right now.

I've read a lot about her and she's doing this.

It really seems like from all purposes out of her heart.

This is just the kind of person she's always been.

But if she was doing this just to like kind of like, you know, poke him or anything, I'd be fine with it.

I'm fine with that.

I'm cool with that.

Whatever.

I don't care why she's doing it necessarily.

The two billion in donations.

I mean, James, in all reality, we shouldn't have billionaires.

No.

No.

No.

What good does it do to have that much money?

None.

None.

None.

Oh, except you can buy an election.

There's that.

Yeah.

Outside of being able to buy politics in many ways.

Yeah.

There's not many good.

And how many billionaires are good people?

How many good things?

How many good things?

No.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

With those billions that they have.

It doesn't feel like they say that power corrupts.

I think money corrupts.

Yeah.

I mean, it does say in the Bible, money is the root of all evil.

Oh.

But that was thrown around a lot when I was growing up.

I don't know if I've ever necessarily thought about that.

But what do you think about that top one percent?

How many of them are doing any good?

At least she is.

And again, 19 billion, she has donated over five years.

That's incredible.

Yeah.

That's good.

And a 19-year-old, on Long Island named Andrew Reed,

put together a huge Christmas display using mostly junk.

The Troubled Charlie Brown tree here.

He fixed up decorations that were being thrown out to save them

from ending up in a landfill.

So repurposing them, recycling them.

Ice.

His display includes more than 500 decorations

and close to 100,000 lights.

Wow.

All repurposed.

Wow.

He made it a charity fundraiser

with all the proceeds going to the Rhonda McDonald House.

How cool.

He called it, misfit island Christmas lights spectacular.

Oh.

I bet you could not help yourself.

It's so good.

It's so good.

It's so good.

Look, that's a wonderful story.

And again, 19, 19-years-old.

It is so easy for people to take shots at the youth

and to lean, oh, they're not doing this.

They're not doing that.

Every day we do good stories.

And almost every single one of them have to do with an under 20-year-old.

They're doing some great work out there.

Let's meet them halfway.

Let's also, as older adults, meet them and do some good work, too.

Yeah.

And the idea of repurposing things has always been really cool to me.

I always use the example and somebody takes an old door

and turns it into a table or something like that.

I think that stuff's just really cool.

I love taking the carpentry or construction world

or anything and putting it into the creative world

because they both are hand in hand.

But this is taken into another level.

That's pretty cool.

Well, we do live in a throwaway society

and I think we're learning that that's going to cause some problems.