Speaker 1: Caloroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Jennie Mack with five
good news Christmas stories again. After the holidays, we'll get
back to the normal three day a week five good
news stories format. But for now, it's holiday time and
holiday travel is stressful. Long security lines, over stuffed carry ons,
weather delays. Oh my poor son. The other night he
had a flight delay, and another flight delay, and another
flight delay and landed at two fifty something in the morning. Yikes. Anyway,
Delta Airlines has decided to reward the people who make
travel a little less miserable. Delta is giving away holiday
medallion cards to one hundred thousand people between now and
January fifth. But you can't buy them. You gotta earn
them by performing a random act of kindness. While traveling.
Delta employees will be handing out the cards to customers
they see doing something thoughtful. That could mean letting someone
off the plane first so they can catch a tight connection. Yeah,
stop being a selfish jerk. Also, just everybody learn how
to in one move get your luggage out of the overhead.
I could do this at a full sprint. It is
not hard. Please learn this skill. You guys don't know
how to d board I digress. Delta will also recognize
people helping a stranger with a heavy bag, sharing a snack,
a phone charger, or just being a decent human being
in an airport. The Delta folks said, while holiday travel
brings its own share of pressure, Delta is shifting the
spotlight to simple acts of humanity that make our journeys memorable.
All right, Johnny Mack, what do you actually get? Well?
The Holiday Medallion cards can be redeemed in the Delta
Shop for a surprise gift. Those gifts include one hundred
year anniversary merchandisee asids, deltas, one hundred year merchlike collectibles,
and plush airline toys. A limited number of cards can
also be traded for centennial gift sets, which include trading
cards and a five hundred dollars Delta gift card. So
be on good behavior because story number two, a record
breaking number of Americans are expected to hit the road
this season, prompting Triple A to tell you when you
should and shouldn't travel. Alright, this is useful, Triple A
tells us interstates are expected to be especially crowded the
weekend before Christmas. That's this weekend. As travelers begin their
trips on Saturday and Sunday. The worst travel times generally
fall between midday and early evening. Best times to drive
early morning or late at night. Some light days for
travel Christmas Day and New Year's Day. You want specifics
Okay Saturday worst noon to eight best after nine pm,
Sunday worst one to seven best before eleven am. Next
Monday and Tuesday, the twenty second, twenty third worst one
to seven best before ten am next Friday and Sunday,
December twenty sixth through the twenty eighth worst, eleven to
eight best before eleven and if you want to plan
ahead for the twenty ninth and thirtieth worst noon eight
best before ten am. Here are some of the most
congested roots. Washington to Baltimore Saturday delays will increase one
hundred and thirty three percent. Yikes. Boston in New Hampshire
on Saturday delays up one twenty six percent. La to
Palm Springs the day after Christmas delays up eighty nine percent.
New York City to Lahampton's on Monday delays up ninety percent.
Be like Johnny mack head down to the basement you've
got an Xbox, a PlayStation five and streaming services, you
don't need to go anywhere. You can even record some
podcasts while you're here. A new guide from Time Out
is highlighting the best Christmas gifts for frequent travelers. Their
recommendations begin with the popier off Pieced Travel Journal, a stylish,
customizable notebook with dedicated sections for packing lists, accommodation details, itineraries,
and plenty of writing space that are running around thirty
five bucks or so for packing, and they recommend Antler's
Compression packing cubes, which use double compression zippers to maximize
suitcase space. They're also big fans of the Carl Frederick
check in suitcase that will any over five hundred bucks,
though it's described as a durable, premium suitcase built with
an aluminum frame, polycarbonate shell, and zipper free locking system.
If you're looking for sleep, the Drowsy Sleep Company Silk
sleep mask is praised for its padded silk and full
blackout design, and they also like the Loop Quiet two
earplugs for around twenty bucks or so, designed for flights
with twenty four decibels of noise reduction and pressure equalization.
I'm the writer on the podcast Palace Intrigue, where we
talk about the royal family a lot and Queen Camilla
hosted her annual festive children's party at Clarence House. She
welcomed young guests to help decorate the tree, enjoy a
visit from Father Christmas and the reindeer. It was the
twentieth year Camilla has hosted the event. Photographs from the
event show the Queen smiling as she sat in a
sleigh alongside children, with Santa position behind her. There's probably
some royal protocol there. Even if you're Santa Claus, you
can't stand in front of the Queen. I guess the
sleigh itself is a royal heirloom first used by Queen
Victoria and Prince Albert. Santa even brought toys for the
Queen's dogs. Now you know who else was there? This
guy Major Treasure. He's a really good looking dude, and
some royal watchers liked keep an eye on Major Treasure.
That's his name. His name is Rob Treasure and his
rank is Major, but just the nickname Major Treasure is awesome.
Handsome dude, and Major Treasure was seen placing decorations on
the Christmas tree using his ceremonial sword. Yes, royal fans
like that one. And I guess this isn't good news,
but it's interesting news. The Oconto Christmas Parade was scheduled
for last weekend, and you know what canceled the Christmas
parade the cold. They're expecting one degree temperatures with a
windshill of minus sixteen. Rebecca is the parade organizer and said,
my thought kind of was going off the school rules.
You know, they can't be outside if it's below zero.
So I'm like, well, if we don't let our kids
outside below zero in general during the daytime, I can't
imagine the nighttime. It's just so cold. You know. Many
commenters on Facebook were not too happy. One said they
had three thousand pieces of candy and no little kids
to give it to. And those are your four good
news Christmas stories and whatever that last one was. At
least it was interesting and I'll see you tomorrow.