Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Jennie Mack with five
good News Christmas Stories. Again. I haven't taken the feed
all Christmas tomorrow being normal five good news stories. It's
just you know that time of year, and I'm doing
these as extra episodes in between the regular so you're
not missing out on anything. A new study suggests that
your favorite Christmas music could actually affect how you drive
this season. Yeah. Research by the Barber Law firm shows
that the temple of holiday songs can influence driver behavior.
High tempo Christmas tracks anything over one hundred and twenty
beats per minute may lead to more aggressive driving and distraction,
while slow songs between forty and seventy beats per minut
it can make drivers drowsy or limit their attention span. Right,
so we got hit the sweet spot between seventy and
one to twenty. How did they do such research? While
the firm analyzed Spotify's most popular holiday songs and ranked
by tempo. Slow tempo songs that could include fatigue include
Carol of the Bells, Winter Wonderland, Candy Cane, Lean, and
Oh Holy Night. Now on the fast tempo side, tap
the brakes There if you're listening to Ariana Grande's Last Christmas,
or maybe Shake and Steven's Merry Christmas Everyone, or that
really crazy up tempo song by Bing Crosby and the
Andrews Sisters Mele Khalika Maka Yes. Also Andy Williams, It's
the most Wonderful time of the year. Could get you
in driving trouble. All right, John, what songs should we
listen to? Apparently the answer is Mariah Carey's All I
Want for Christmas Is You Now. In Japan, they don't
celebrate Christmas in the traditional Western or religious sense, but
they have their own kind of thing. One of the
most famous traditions over there is the Kentucky Fried Chicken
Christmas Dinner. That's right. This goes back to nineteen seventy four.
The KFC folks did a really really successful ad campaign
making KFC the go to Christmas Bill, which, you know what,
sounds pretty good and I might have to talk my
wife into it. Families places orders weeks in advance for
special holiday party barrels. Rismiths Eve is a romantic night
similar to Valentine's Day, filled with dinners, lights, and gift exchanges.
Another Japanese tradition is the Christmas Cake, which is a
light sponge cake topped with whipped cream and strawberries, seen
as a symbol of happiness and prosperity. They also have
European style Christmas markets in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama. A
new national survey from a travel company called Exotica. Interesting
game for a travel company. They asked over three thousand
people which real life towns deserve their own Hallmark Christmas movie.
You know the kind of places where there's a historic
main street and garland and small town charm. You've been
to that kind of town. Now, this was done I
think out of Maryland because Maryland dominated at number one.
Saint Michael's on Maryland's eastern shore was the top choice nationwide.
Saint Michael's is known for its brickline streets, waterfront views
along the Chesapeake Bay, and a tradition of elaborate holiday decorations.
Number two, also in Maryland, Annapolis, blending colonial architecture with
festival lighting displays. Number three, also in Maryland. Berlin or
do you guys pronounce it Berlin? I don't know, but
it's spelled like the place in Germany, and that whatever
however it's pronounced. It has earned attention for its preserved,
small town main street, filled with local shops, handmade gifts,
and a strong sense of community. All Right, what if
we're not in Maryland, John, We'll go to Blue Ridge, Georgia,
a mountaintown known for its winter scenery, twinkling lights, rustic cabins,
and holiday trains. Also making the list, Frankenmuth, Michigan, called
Michigan's Little Bavaria. Frankenmuth is known for its German style architecture,
Christmas shops, and winter festivals. Sant Augustine, Florida, makes the list.
The nation's oldest city features Spanish colonial streets that glow
during the season's nights of lights. Cape May, New Jersey.
I could be there in three hours and change. You
think New Jersey's not that big until you start driving
to Cape May Exit zero on the Garden State Parkway. Yeah,
not exit one, Exit zero. Cape May's pastel, victorial homes
and decorated inns make it a perennial holiday favorite. The
Washington Street Mall been there in this couple good bars
There is the focal point of shopping, lights and carriage rides. Levenworth,
Washington is a Bavarian inspired mountain village that transforms into
a full Christmas town with Alpine style buildings, light festivals,
and sleigh rides when weather allows. Bar Harbor, Maine makes
the list up by Acadian National Park. I have to
get up that way sometime. Bar Harbor mixes small town
charm with dramatic winter scenery. Lake Placid, New York, known
for its Olympic history. It offers ice skating, mountain views
and classic wintertown imagery. And St. S Park, Colorado, at
the edge of the Rocky Mountain National Park. St. S
Park features alpine lodges, decorated streets, and scenic winter landscapes.
Are you heading to Vegas or Christmas? Well? Some restaurants
will serve Christmas even Christmas Day menus. This year, Seagulls
nineteen forty one at El Cortes will feed you on
Christmas from eleven am to nine pm. Guests receive a
three course meal. The first course, roasted butternut squash soup
ham with brandy pineapple sauce anchors The main plate, which
comes with sweet potatoes and green beans. Fresh baked bacan
or apple pie finishes the meal over at the Marketplace
Buffet Christmas Day, ten to eight adults pay sixty five
dollars and that'll get you a carving station with prime
rib and glazed ham. Brunch items include lobster friata and
blueberry pancakes, Wanton soup and assorted dim sum around out
the spread for just sixty five bucks. Buddy V's Restaurante
seventy five bucks a three course Christmas Day menus, starting
with a pear and gorgonzala salad, slow braised veal, also
buco with crispy Joki follows, and almond cake with raspberry
moose Jilly ends the meal. Feeling a little French, head
to the Eiffel Tower Restaurant that pair of strip Fuse
and Blagio fountains with a one hundred and fifty five
dollars dinner. Vegas has got expensive, hasn't it? Selections include
pheasant lobster, bisk, beef tenderloin, roasted chicken breast, white chocolate, peppermints,
who flay, and crim blay. That all sounds pricey, al right.
What if you're one of those people that has your
birthday on Christmas or you know, around Christmas well, Publix
has you hooked up. They have announced a new Merry
Birthday cake. I did not misspeak. It's the Mary Birthday Cake.
They have a commercial and features a little girl who's
tired of Santa stealing her big day. The Merry Birthday
Cake is two tiered, with the first layer being loaded
with sprinkles inside. It's only available by special order and
order the cake online. And those are five good news
Christmas stories for today, normal episode tomorrow. Okay, I'll see that.