Speaker 1: Caloroga Shark Media hidare I'm Johnny Mack with five good
news stories. Good news for Brooke, she was able to
get part of her routine back. All right, here's the background.
Brooke was diagnosed with als and she now uses a wheelchair.
Brooke used to take long walks and hikes with her dog, Dre,
but the leashes kept getting tangled in the wheelchair because
Drey's a little dog, so they couldn't go out on
their trips anymore. Brooke wrote a letter to Chewy clause
in the voice of Dre the dog, asking for a
solution that would allow them to go out together again.
Drey's request was the first grant that as part of
Chewy's annual letter writing campaign. Brooke and Drey the rescue
Dog received a basket of gifts and a custom wheelchair
attachment designed to accommodate Dray safely. Brook says, Dre has
seen me be less and less active, and this leash
is just showing him that I'm still here, still the
same lee shoulder of always been. This is one less
time I have to ask someone to help me do
something I used to do by myself multiple times a
day in my normal life. Brook has embraced what she
calls living life in dog years, a reminder to make
the most of every moment. In recognition of Brook and
Dre's story, chewy Clause is donating ten thousand dollars to
Team Gleason, which is an als advocacy organization. Chewy Clause
is now fulfilling thousands of wishes and accepting letters at
chewy dot com slash chewy clause. For every wish submitted
through December twenty fourth, the company will provide five meals
to pets and need up to a total of sixteen
million meals. In the hills east of Cincinnati, you'll find
Dogwood Pass, and Dogwood Pass is turning back the clock
for the holidays. It's a metigulously crafted late eighteen hundreds
frontier town. This sounds really cool, complete with a saloon, bank, stable,
general store in this time of year, a wild West
Christmas village. This sounds fun. Dogwood Pass, you'll find it
in Beaver, Ohio if you want to look that up.
Little bit of a far road trip for me. I'd
love to go though. That sounds so much fun. Country
Living put out there twenty five best Christmas books of
twenty twenty five. My wife, when she's not watching holiday movies,
is reading, so this pretty much nails it for her.
Topics include Winter Street by Ellen Hildebrand, a classic Nantucket
set family saga full of holiday dysfunction and charm. B. K.
Borson's Good Spirits is a paranormal twist on a Christmas
carol featuring a ghost who falls in love. In Holidays
by Christina Lauren, There's a time loop romance about second chances.
Becker Freeman's heartfelt New York story of found family and
friendship is called The Christmas Orphans Club, and Laurie Gilmore's
small town love story trapped in a snowstorm is called
The Christmas Tree Farm. Some more Christmas traditions from around
the world. In Catalonia, family celebrate with the Teo d Nadal,
a wooden log decorated with a smiling face and wrapped
in a blanket. Children feed the log small treats throughout December,
and on Christmas Eve, they sing songs and tap the
log with sticks to courage the log to these candy
and small gifts. In Iceland, it's a little more ominous
thanks to the myth of the Yule cat. According to
the story, the Yule cat prowls the snowy countryside looking
for anyone who has not received new clothes before Christmas.
The tale originated with the processing of autumn wool, when
workers who finished their tasks were rewarded with new garments.
Those who didn't, we said, risk an encounter with the
yule cat. In Italy on Epiphany Eve January fifth, Bifana
is described as an older woman who rides at Broomstick,
delivering candy and small gifts to children. Legend has it
she missed the birth of Jesus and continued searching for
him ever since, leaving presents as she travels. And some
more holiday movies came out, he excited about Merry Christmas.
The Wright brothers already have a sibling rivalry. Then they
find love and schedule their weddings for Christmas Day, both
of them. That's all kinds of complicated, guys, What are
you doing? How about mistletoe? Mix up? This room Netflix.
This follows workaholic and hopeless romantic Holly, who suddenly finds
herself finding two two potential partners in one day. The
problem they're brothers? Are they the right brothers? Is she
marrying those two guys on Christmas Day. I don't know,
And you'll have to wait till Monday to watch Santa
boot Camp. That's right. Rita Marino and Emily Kenny are
among the cast. It's about a shopping mall magnate who
hires Emily to run a Christmas gala, but before she
gets the gig, she needs to complete Santa boot Camp.
You'll find that one on Lifetime. And those are your
five good News at Christmas stories. Have an awesome day.