1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Hi there, Johnny Mack with five good 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,359 news Christmas stories. Today in Compton, it's the seventieth annual 3 00:00:17,559 --> 00:00:22,359 Compton Christmas Parade. Seventy years that's pretty impressive. The parade 4 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,399 starts today at eleven, starting at Bullets Road. It'll complete 5 00:00:25,399 --> 00:00:28,879 at Alameda. We're gonna just say Compton City Council, Compton 6 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,240 Unified School District, bands, Compton Cowboys and car clubs will 7 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,039 be involved. Santa is gonna make an appearance, and the 8 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:39,200 celebration continues afterward at Wilson Park. Your Grand Marshall today 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,640 two time Grammy nominated multi platinum rapper, producer, entrepreneur, and 10 00:00:42,679 --> 00:00:46,679 Compton native Jason the Game Tailor. The mayor said, the 11 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:49,240 Compton Christmas Parade is a celebration of our city's unity, 12 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,640 culture and pride. As we mark this seventy year milestone. 13 00:00:51,679 --> 00:00:54,240 We're honored to welcome The Game, one of Compton's own, 14 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,119 to lead this year's parade and help us celebrate the 15 00:00:56,159 --> 00:00:59,240 spirit and strength that made our city so special. The 16 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,560 Game said, coming, It's just where I'm from. It's made 17 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,600 me who I am, shape my music and drives everything 18 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,560 I do. It's the fire behind every bar and why 19 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,599 I keep grinding and giving back. Meanwhile in Green Bay, 20 00:01:08,719 --> 00:01:10,719 Santa He's busy, but he's got that magic sled. He 21 00:01:10,719 --> 00:01:13,400 can get places pretty quickly. Between one and three, Santa 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,640 Claus will be at lambeau Field. Families are invited to 23 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,239 have their photo taken with Santa Claus. Photos will be 24 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,840 captured from the North End zone platform of the lambeau 25 00:01:21,879 --> 00:01:25,400 Field Bowl. Packer's staff will assist fans with photos. No 26 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:28,959 professional photographer, They'll use your own phone. That's actually better, right, 27 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,840 Like they're not gonna like hook you up for like, hey, 28 00:01:30,879 --> 00:01:32,799 you gotta pay twenty five dollars for this photo. Nope, 29 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,040 use your own device. That's pretty cool. To learn more 30 00:01:35,079 --> 00:01:37,680 of VI is it packers Hof and tours dot com. 31 00:01:37,719 --> 00:01:40,120 So in the middle there that's Packers hof a n 32 00:01:40,239 --> 00:01:43,079 D tours dot Com. Some more Christmas books if you're 33 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,879 looking to have something to read or perhaps by present 34 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,840 for your wife. I'm just saying. Some of the top 35 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,840 picks include Winter Street by Ellen Hildebrand, a classic Nantucket 36 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,000 set family saga full of holiday dysfunction and charm. How 37 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,239 about Good Spirits by BK. Borson, a paranormal twist on 38 00:01:58,239 --> 00:02:01,120 a Christmas carol featuring a ghost who falls in love. 39 00:02:01,519 --> 00:02:04,719 By the way, I'll promote on the Christmas pop up channel, 40 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,280 We're rerunning from two years ago our ghost podcast Ghost 41 00:02:08,319 --> 00:02:10,639 Scary Stories. We did the twelve Ghosts of Christmas and 42 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,599 we're rerunning those on the Christmas pop Up Channel, So 43 00:02:13,719 --> 00:02:17,240 check out that podcast feed. Christina Lauran wrote in A 44 00:02:17,319 --> 00:02:21,719 Holiday's Daze, a witty time loop romance about second chances. 45 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,360 Becker Freeman's The Christmas Orphans Club is a heartfeld New 46 00:02:25,439 --> 00:02:28,800 York story of found family and friendship. Lori Gilmour is 47 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,240 the Christmas Tree Firm, tells us of a small town 48 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,759 love story trapped in a snowstorm. Hey, do you have 49 00:02:34,759 --> 00:02:36,759 one of those old ugly sweaters and you want to 50 00:02:36,759 --> 00:02:39,800 wear it to work? Well, the United Way has come 51 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:42,680 up with Ugly Sweater Day. It's Friday, December nineteenth. Here's 52 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,159 what you do. You pay your boss five bucks to 53 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:48,680 where your ugly Christmas sweater to work. Employeers are asked 54 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,719 to notify the United Way that they're participating by Friday, 55 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:55,639 the twelfth. United Way director jan Ita says, in twenty 56 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,039 twenty three, we brought back ugly Sweater Day. I was 57 00:02:58,039 --> 00:03:00,000 excited to think, you know, maybe make five hundred, six 58 00:03:00,159 --> 00:03:02,520 hundred bucks. I was blown away three hundred and seventy 59 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,159 participants and eighteen hundred dollars for our campaign. In twenty 60 00:03:06,199 --> 00:03:09,120 twenty four more people three hundred and seventy five and 61 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:13,159 it raised twenty one hundred and seventy three dollars. Wanita says, 62 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,960 this is a definitely fun, beneficial event for the United Way, 63 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:18,080 and we love getting the pictures of the various individuals 64 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,479 and groups. Ugly sweaters was a trend in the nineteen fifties. 65 00:03:21,479 --> 00:03:23,080 It went away for a while, and it came back 66 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:25,479 in the eighties, then it went away again, then it 67 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:27,639 came back in two thousand and one when for some reason, 68 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:30,639 ugly sweaters came back around. When eighty says, life is 69 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,039 actic around the holidays, everyone's asking for help as well. 70 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,520 This event is simple fun for participants to share with 71 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,800 coworkers' families and even churches. It's a chance to be 72 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:43,680 silly with low investment, only five bucks per participant. Here's 73 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,000 some more gift ideas for you. This list is for 74 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,439 people who want their house to smell expensive all right. 75 00:03:49,599 --> 00:03:53,120 Number one the tomato vine candle for people who wish 76 00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:56,520 they lived in a greenhouse. That's right, it's Cobos tomato 77 00:03:56,719 --> 00:03:59,520 vine soy candle, which told it smells like you just 78 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:02,680 brushed past tomato plants in July. Green, leafy and a 79 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,919 little earthy. You'll find that one at Barnes and Nobles. 80 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,879 That'll run you around thirty three bucks. How about a 81 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,039 literal snowball that you set on fire. It's Costa Bodhis 82 00:04:13,159 --> 00:04:17,639 Snowball Votive Campbell holder. It's a classic Scandinavian glass that 83 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,399 looks like a snowball. You can find that on online 84 00:04:20,439 --> 00:04:23,680 retailers including a Bloomingdale's an Amazon. That'll run you around 85 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,240 forty five bucks. How about a hand cream that smells 86 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,959 like tomato leaves and geraniums. It's Norfolk Natural Livings geranium 87 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,399 and tomato leaf hand cream. Good for gardner's cooks or 88 00:04:33,399 --> 00:04:36,360 anyone whose hands are wrecked but hates floral Grandma sens 89 00:04:36,399 --> 00:04:38,639 eighteen to twenty two bucks. You'll find that at Norfolk 90 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,800 Naturalliving dot com. Perhaps I can interest you in some 91 00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:45,199 bath salts that look and smell like a Gothic Italian holiday. 92 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:49,079 That's right, it's the Ambra nera bath salts, rich amber 93 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,920 spice in a very dramatic packaging. You'd put some in 94 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:55,920 the tub. Suddenly you're in a moody Sicilian palazzo having feelings. 95 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,959 That'll run you eighteen to twenty five bucks for smaller 96 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,240 packs if you want to make back forty five. You'll 97 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,480 find that at Ortigia Cecilia's US website and retailers like Beauty, 98 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,519 Habit and one more The Please let Me Sleep until 99 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:13,720 January bath. It's Neil Yord's Beauty Sleep foaming bath. We're 100 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:16,959 told it's lavender e herbal and design to knock you 101 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,399 gently towards actual rest. Well, you don't want to fall 102 00:05:19,399 --> 00:05:21,360 asleep in the bathtub. I'm not sure what we're doing here, 103 00:05:21,439 --> 00:05:24,800 John ag to twenty five bucks. You'll find it at 104 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,519 Neil Jord's US website. We're told it will give you 105 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,720 you survive this year. Go lie in hot water energy. 106 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:34,079 But again, do not fall asleep in the bathtub. That 107 00:05:34,079 --> 00:05:37,360 would be terrible. Knows your five Good News Christmas stories 108 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:38,920 for today. Have an awesome day.