WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:06.919 It's Night Side with Damn Way on WBZY Boston's news video. 2 00:00:07.559 --> 00:00:09.880 Emma, thank you very much for giving me an intro. 3 00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:13.000 Hope everybody is comfortable. 4 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:18.160 Maybe that top button of your jeans is open, because 5 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:22.839 after all you wait today, you need to be able 6 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:24.480 to breathe more freely. 7 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:26.079 I'm Morgan White Junior. 8 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:29.679 Been a part of Beasy Broadcasting since nineteen ninety six. 9 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:34.240 I was here last night. I'll be here obviously tonight, 10 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:36.920 tomorrow night and Saturday when I do my show, The 11 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.240 Morgan Show. I've got a nice show planned for you 12 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:46.880 tonight and once Thanksgiving has come and gone and it 13 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:51.119 only has, you know, roughly three hours and fifty minutes 14 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:57.479 left to celebrate Thanksgiving, It's Christmas season now. 15 00:00:58.560 --> 00:00:59.159 Some of your. 16 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:05.799 Moms and dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles really don't know 17 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:11.359 what to get for the kid or kids in your life. 18 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.040 Your old buddy Morgan is here to help you. I 19 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:18.480 got a woman who's been a participant of my shows 20 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:22.879 plural I'm buz off and on over the past fifteen 21 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:28.120 twenty years. I have her here tonight because she's a teacher, 22 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:34.200 and she overhears the conversations that kids have when they 23 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.040 tell their friends. You know, I hope Santa brings me 24 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.640 x or y or z and she is here to 25 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:44.480 share that information with you that may not know what to. 26 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:45.120 Get your kids. 27 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.640 So please everybody welcome my buddy teacher Terry. 28 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:54.840 Hello Teacher Terry, and a. 29 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.959 Happy Thanksgiving too. I hope everyone had a wonderful day today, 30 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.760 and you remember to wear elastic pants so you are 31 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:09.000 now comfortably sitting. I am plunged out someplace and quite 32 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:09.879 happy with your day. 33 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:11.639 I am. 34 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:16.439 I was quite happy with my day and my evening 35 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.360 consists of talking to thirty eight states in Canada. For 36 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:22.639 what more can I be happy? 37 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.360 Exactly? What more could you ask for? 38 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.840 There you go, and before we get started, I want 39 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:32.080 to send the message to two of my regulars. One 40 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:35.080 to Florence AND's family. I think she was not going 41 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:39.000 to be able to call in for Thanksgiving issues, so 42 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:41.759 I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. 43 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:42.319 Florence. 44 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:46.159 And a caller who's been on my side for decades, 45 00:02:47.039 --> 00:02:50.759 Janet Forbes, I hope things are doing well with you 46 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:54.319 and I want you to know you're in my thoughts, 47 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:59.199 so I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. Now, what's 48 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:00.000 the scuttle button? 49 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:01.680 With the kids. 50 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:06.400 Now you second grade teach or third grade teacher, because 51 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:07.159 you've done both. 52 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:12.280 I've done both. I'm presently I work with I work 53 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:16.479 a little bit through from third through seventh. But I 54 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:20.919 have to say that and some of the ideas that 55 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:25.479 I have are definitely you know, it will work across 56 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:32.639 all of those ages. Some of them are directed more 57 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:37.000 towards the younger group, but yeah, they're all over the 58 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:40.039 place a bit. That's I am. Presently. I'm working as 59 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:42.439 a reading interventionist, so I spend a lot of time 60 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:44.199 in a lot of different classrooms. 61 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:45.159 Well let me. 62 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:50.199 Say this twelve months ago, at this time, coming off 63 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:57.120 the success of the Summer movie of twenty twenty three, Barbie, Barbie, 64 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:04.599 her Friends, the Automobiles, the Home, everything Barbie was I 65 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:05.639 can't miss. 66 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:09.199 Yes, everything Barbie, everything, the color pink. 67 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:13.360 Yeah, is that still trending? 68 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:18.759 No, not as much, not as much. But you'll notice 69 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.160 that movies definitely come out around the holiday. So Malwana 70 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:26.639 too just came out. So there are you know, some 71 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:32.920 things that go around the Disney things like that. I 72 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.480 haven't had an opportunity to see it, but I believe 73 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:41.439 it's called Hot to the one with Dwayne Johnson as 74 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:42.319 Santa Claus. 75 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:46.759 You missed by one digit. It's called Red. 76 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:50.959 One, Red One Boy or any one. 77 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:55.600 And there's another one movie out there, Transformers one. 78 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:57.040 Uh huh. 79 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:02.639 They've had easily eight, nine, ten Transformers movies, so why 80 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:06.319 calling it one? I think it's they've gone back to 81 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:13.800 the original storyline. That's why they're saying Transformers one. And 82 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:15.839 I guarantee you there are toys for that. 83 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:20.839 I guarantee you that any of these holidays or any 84 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.680 of these holiday movies that you know came out between 85 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:29.920 November and now are going to be huge hits with kids, 86 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:34.240 and they're definitely going to want the latest greatest toy 87 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:42.839 that came with that. So go ahead, you say, yeah, 88 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:46.839 that is definitely you know, that is always whatever is, 89 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:51.319 whatever is in the media catches the kids. They're you know, 90 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:54.199 we are definitely in a digital age, and so whatever 91 00:05:55.319 --> 00:06:00.639 comes up on media is definitely what you know drives 92 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:06.319 the kids to to want. So the more something is advertised, 93 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:09.959 the more likely it is that they will be head 94 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:12.439 over heels about it in particular. 95 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:14.959 Okay, and. 96 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:18.920 Do not answer this question yet because I'm going to 97 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:21.279 take a break, but I want you to think about 98 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:25.959 this question. From what you know, and I know the 99 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:30.279 era of your kids being in that age has long passed, 100 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:38.079 But do you recommend ordering something through the phone or 101 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:40.720 going to a big box store. Don't say a word. 102 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:43.399 We'll pick that up when we come back. Anybody wants 103 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:46.839 to join our conversation six one, seven, two, five, four, 104 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:51.279 ten thirty or eight eight, eight, nine to nine, ten thirty. 105 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:56.519 This is nights Side. Dan raisof I Morgan White Junior. 106 00:06:56.680 --> 00:07:00.639 I am here, so let's just take our breaks. Retirement 107 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:05.079 temperature eight point fifteen forty two degrees. 108 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:09.800 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 109 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:11.439 night Side Studios. 110 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:15.319 On WBZ News Radio. Welcome back to Morgan filling in 111 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.199 for Dan. I'll be here till midnight. Hope we can 112 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.120 stay as long as possible. 113 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.800 This first hour, we're talking about what toys to get 114 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:28.199 the kids. And I've got a woman who's been a 115 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:34.319 teacher and I'm going to cactually say this for decades 116 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:35.040 and decades. 117 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:36.720 Is that safe enough, Terry. 118 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:39.920 For a while? Yes? Indeed? 119 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.000 Okay, Well, as. 120 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:44.959 You were talking earlier, I was like, you don't have 121 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:47.360 to bring up really how long I've known you? Do you? 122 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:48.879 Well? There you go. 123 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:52.120 It has been a while though, that is indeed true. 124 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:55.600 We have known each other for years. I think we 125 00:07:55.959 --> 00:08:00.680 even knew each other during the bush A ministry the 126 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:01.439 first one. 127 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:03.680 Yeah, that's entirely possible. 128 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.879 That's entirely possible. So I gave you a question to 129 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:12.160 think about. You are an advocate of ordering it by 130 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:15.839 phone and having one of the delivery companies bring the 131 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:19.639 presence to the house, or getting in the car, shoving 132 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:22.720 the key and the ignition, going to the mall with 133 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:23.839 a list and doing. 134 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:24.399 The best you can. 135 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:33.120 I don't. I think that's just that to me, that 136 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.799 is a very personal thing. People figure out whether or 137 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:40.600 not this is you know, do I have the time? 138 00:08:40.759 --> 00:08:43.320 Do I have the resources to be able to do that? 139 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:48.960 You know, for better or worse, technology has given us 140 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:53.120 this ability to be able to do many things from 141 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:57.000 our homes and personally, people like me. 142 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:58.639 I'm doing the show from my home. 143 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:03.480 And first people, that is a tremendous life saver. Like me, 144 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:08.720 I do my job from home, and so, you know, 145 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:14.919 it really does. It's much more of a an individual preference. 146 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:18.639 It doesn't really matter one way or the other. You 147 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.279 can get you can get the same type of deals 148 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:28.240 whether you're doing it in person or or online, many 149 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.120 of the same things are available. So it's not like, 150 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:34.399 you know, with the exception of the door busters that 151 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:38.919 that you'll get going to overnight tonight. 152 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:45.919 As doors open, uh, Cyber Monday, Black Friday, tomorrow. 153 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:50.120 Yes, yes, yeah, So you know, with the exception of 154 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.120 the things that are are and they really are doorbuster 155 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:56.720 things because they're the things they want to pull you 156 00:09:56.799 --> 00:10:01.120 in to the store, and so they're offering deals that 157 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:04.519 are bigger than anything else you'll get if you wait. 158 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.879 And the same is true with the Cyber Monday. They're 159 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:12.200 offering bigger deals online then. But there are so many things. 160 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:17.519 I just heard on one of the morning news stations 161 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:24.440 that and it was the National News. Two wait for 162 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:29.240 things like televisions to get now, but pretty much anything else, 163 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:33.480 the smaller things, the prices are pretty much going to 164 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:35.919 be in and around what they are, and so you 165 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:42.639 don't really have to put off until you know, tonight 166 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:48.919 or tomorrow to do that shopping. So I do not 167 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:53.720 I know what I do for convenience sake, and you know, 168 00:10:53.840 --> 00:11:00.480 for convenience sake, I have family who doesn't live in 169 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.240 the same state that I do, so I do a 170 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.960 fair amount of shopping and have it delivered even to 171 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:11.879 their house. Yeah, so I will. You know, I have 172 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.759 family in Iowa, So if I'm going to send something 173 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:19.279 to my great nieces and nephews in Iowa, I will. 174 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.679 I'll purchase things and ship it to them. And I 175 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.600 can do that easier online obviously than through a store. 176 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.919 So it depends on who you're shopping for and what 177 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:35.399 you know, what your ability is to be able to 178 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:40.200 get to the store. You know, sometimes life is hectic 179 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:42.879 enough that the best thing, the easiest thing to do 180 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.360 is to do your shopping from home, because you don't 181 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:49.759 have to worry about do I have someone to watch 182 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:53.720 the kids and I you know, then again, you may 183 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.159 very well want to hire a babysitter and go out 184 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:59.440 and spend your time away from your children in the 185 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.759 madness that is everyone else trying to do the same thing. 186 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.759 But that's really a it really is a personal preference 187 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:11.440 in what people like to do one way or the other. 188 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:17.600 Some of the gifts that I have always liked, and 189 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:21.399 my children are older now, but they have said those 190 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:30.000 are the ones that they still ask for now. So actually, no, 191 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:35.240 all right, this year I'm getting an awful lot of money. Yes, 192 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:39.320 but in the past it's rather than buy me something, 193 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:42.080 can you plan an event that you and I can 194 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.639 do together? 195 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:44.679 Oh? Yeah, that's nice. 196 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:50.000 So as an example of my daughter who's almost thirty now, 197 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:55.200 she last year we decided that we were going to 198 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:59.080 attend a pink concert together, and so we got tickets 199 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:02.200 and a hotel and we actually went to Philadelphia to 200 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:06.559 see it, even though she was in Foxborough. We did 201 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:10.720 the extra trip to just make it an extra special weekend. 202 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:14.879 And so if you have an ability to take to 203 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:18.120 take and it doesn't have to be something as big 204 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.519 as bad, but if you have an ability to take 205 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:26.600 and do an event with your children as opposed to 206 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:32.000 buying them something, they will remember it much longer and 207 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:37.279 it will have a much bigger impact on them because 208 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:39.240 it's something that you all did together. 209 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:43.279 I'm speaking with teacher Terry, a contributor to me in 210 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:49.559 the radio for a while, a long while, and you 211 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:53.159 mentioned you and your daughter. I'm not going to say 212 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.960 your name, you and your daughter doing a joint trip. 213 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:03.200 I can still remember the day you brought your newborn 214 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:12.120 young girl, maybe a week old, to my house so 215 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:18.000 my grandmother could see your baby. Yeah that good grief 216 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:19.600 is thirty yard years ago. 217 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:25.279 Yeah, yeah, yeah, wow, we came over to see Nana. 218 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.080 Yep. 219 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:32.720 Anyway, uh, I got three minutes before news. Give me 220 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:38.639 a good suggestion for a boys' toy elementary school age 221 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:41.639 and if this time before the news, I'll have you 222 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:43.279 give me a girl toy. 223 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.000 Let's do boys first. 224 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:51.720 Well, as you said, the Transformer movie is out, there's 225 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:58.639 a new one out. Any car type Transformer type very 226 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:05.559 much into video games as another thing. But there are 227 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:11.799 some games that have a bit of an educational or 228 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:14.919 they can have not always. I don't want to tout 229 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.879 one as being specifically educational, but there are some games 230 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:23.320 like The Fortnight or Roadblocks, and they're coming out with 231 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.519 some new I believe. I had a sixth grader tell 232 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.960 me there were new skins coming out, so even though 233 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:31.960 he hadn't played it in a long time, he thought 234 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:33.240 he would go back to playing it. 235 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:34.919 What are skins? 236 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:40.360 Well, that's a very good question. I listened, but my 237 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:43.759 son could tell me, well, he's not here. But he's 238 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:46.919 not here, so, oh you know what. 239 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.039 My producer Dan said, they like different costumes. 240 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:52.879 There you go. 241 00:15:53.840 --> 00:15:55.840 So is that an accurate description? 242 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:59.039 Yeah, I think that. I think that's very true. And 243 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.480 so they have new costumes that the characters can put 244 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.799 on and things, so they you know, anytime they make 245 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:11.600 updates like that, that becomes something that the the kids 246 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:15.200 can get back into, even if they weren't as interested, 247 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:17.320 you know, like, oh, I'm kind of bored with this. 248 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:19.799 They come up with something new and they go, oh, okay, 249 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:21.279 well I can go back and check that out. 250 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:28.000 I'm old fashioned. I found out just yesterday that Bruce 251 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:32.519 Wayne is no longer Batman. It's his son. 252 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:34.759 Oh. 253 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:40.600 That came from a union between raz Ogul's daughter and 254 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:46.600 Bruce Wayne. I didn't know any of this. Well, I 255 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.759 feel old. 256 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.120 Yeah, it gets to all of us. Huh. 257 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:54.279 No one tells me these things. Let me take my 258 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:56.799 news break. I'll bring you back in about three or 259 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.120 four minutes. Anyone else wants to call in. If you 260 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:04.400 know of a great gift to give an elementary school 261 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:09.640 age child that's basically first grade through sixth grade. 262 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:12.200 Give me a call. Six one, seven, two, five, four, ten, 263 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:14.319 thirty eight, eight, eight. 264 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:18.359 Nine to nineteen thirty. This is night Side, also known 265 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:22.519 as Dan Ray's Show. Here, I'm busy with the time 266 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:26.799 and temperature is eight thirty forty two degrees. 267 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:32.839 You're on Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's 268 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.519 news radio. 269 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:36.559 I am Morgan White Junior. I hope you and your 270 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:41.279 family had a great Thanksgiving. Let's do the best we 271 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:45.319 can too. If you're driving, be extra careful out there. 272 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.640 We don't want you to become a Thanksgiving statistic to 273 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:53.359 the negative. Anyway, I have a guest teacher, Terry, who's on. 274 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:57.799 She knows what kids want for Christmas. She said to 275 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:05.599 share that information to you, moms and dads, aunts and uncles, grandparents, 276 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:07.319 even next door neighbors. 277 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:12.400 So we've talked about boys. What well a young girl 278 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.880 of let's say eight nine years old hope to get. 279 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:23.359 Well? As they said, Uh Mawana has a new movie 280 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:27.559 out there. You know, there's always the movie Pinch around. 281 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:36.720 But squash mellows are still big. They're still popping up 282 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:46.240 around my classrooms. So those are just extra squishy stuffed animals, 283 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:54.079 and they are. They are still a hot commodity among 284 00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:59.319 the younger students, the younger excuse me, the younger people. 285 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:03.519 Right, And I need to make an apology. It's not 286 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:07.359 an apology per se, but I've been saying Christmas. 287 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:07.839 There are a. 288 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:17.680 Variety of holidays in December obviously hanukah ill also, yes, Kwanza. 289 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:22.359 I'll even say for the fictional holidays festive us for 290 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:25.759 the rest of us. So if there's if there's a 291 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:29.359 child who you want to put a big smile on 292 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.839 their face for the holidays, you should be taking notes. 293 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:41.839 And now, what are the squeezable animal toys called squash 294 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:48.759 mellows squish mellows. I take out the word marsh mellow, 295 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:53.160 take out marsh and put in squish And what is 296 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:54.359 a squish mellow. 297 00:19:55.039 --> 00:20:01.559 It's just an extra squishy stuffed animal type. They all have. 298 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:09.039 One of the things that they have done that kids 299 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:15.559 really really love is when you get a toy like 300 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.359 a squish mellow and it comes with its own name. 301 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:24.880 Build a Bear has these kind of things where you 302 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:28.160 can go in and build stuff, you know, build your 303 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:32.200 stuffed animal. And you know, if you have a lot 304 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:36.599 of money, build a bear is a lovely thing. But 305 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:41.680 once you get into building the bear or the stuffed 306 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:45.279 animal that they choose, then they all have clothes and 307 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:47.880 by the time you leave there, you could spend a lot, 308 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:51.920 a lot, a lot of money. However, it also can 309 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:55.480 be you know, they get a birth certificate and all 310 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:58.039 those type of things, and that is really one of 311 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:04.200 the things that girls especially really like those type of things. 312 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:07.759 And it reminds me going back to the Cabbage Patch 313 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:10.720 dolls and how they came, you know, I mean that 314 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:17.880 was now I they just dated myself. But but they 315 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:20.400 came with the birth certificate, they came with a name, 316 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:23.960 they came you know, this was you know, this was 317 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:29.400 like the real deal, and little girls really really liked that. 318 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:35.519 I remember my son who's now forty one, forty two 319 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:40.880 years old, he was seventy nine, ten years old during 320 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:47.000 the craze of the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yes, they 321 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:52.160 themself have had five incarnations of fading out, coming back, 322 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:57.119 fading out, and they did a smart thing and it 323 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:01.599 was echoed by other toys of the era. There were 324 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:05.119 one hundred and fifty friends, the same. 325 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:09.240 With Pokemon correct, same with Pokemon. 326 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:12.519 And fifty friends. And once you get all one. 327 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:17.680 Fifty, which there were people who did another new one fifty. 328 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.319 Now we're making at three hundred Pokemon. 329 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:28.079 Friends and enemies of the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Are 330 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:30.960 there any toys of the using that concept right now. 331 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:41.319 I don't think any that have that expansive, you know, 332 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:45.519 I mean to some extent. I mean, Pokemon is still there. 333 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:51.400 You know, they have managed they're not you know, it's 334 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:54.400 not even a card deck as anymore, as much as 335 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:59.839 it is an online game. Pokemon Go also kind of 336 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:06.799 grew up with the you know, with their people, and 337 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:10.640 so they have big festivals and things like that. So 338 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:18.200 you know, they will sell tickets to a Pokemon Go 339 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:22.640 festival in New York City and you go and this 340 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:26.759 is where you can get You can walk around and 341 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.039 just collect a lot more Pokemon. You can collect things 342 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:33.119 that you won't be able to get any place elf 343 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:39.079 because they're only available at this particular thing. So Pokemon 344 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:43.920 has done like they have continued to build on what 345 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:48.359 they created before and have enhanced it and continue to 346 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:53.480 do that. So that is definitely That's definitely something that 347 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:59.359 is out there and people are still Pokemon fans. 348 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:04.559 I've got another This is an off subject. It's not 349 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:08.839 a toy, but a lot of families plan to go 350 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:15.079 away during the I'll say Christmas because that week it's 351 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:19.160 a Christmas vacation. Kids who are out of school, yes, 352 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.240 and a lot of families plan like a Disney trip 353 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:29.480 or Universal Studios trip, even a cruise. Do you hear 354 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:33.240 if that sort of approach is popular among the kids 355 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.400 that you teach. 356 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:44.440 Oh, absolutely, anytime that you can plan a trip away 357 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:49.720 with your children and plan something that you have as 358 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:56.599 a family that you will do together. Any you could 359 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:02.000 go and visit any city and check out different things 360 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:06.480 and take them on events throughout the day. So anytime 361 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:11.960 you can plan trips like that, you're not only doing 362 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:16.960 a vacation, but there's there can be so much educational 363 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:24.640 especially cultural learning that takes place of different areas. And 364 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:29.920 you know, we live living in Massachusetts. There's such a 365 00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:34.680 rich history there that you could go out and spend 366 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:39.599 the day in Boston or Conquered or Lexington or you know, 367 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:44.400 name the community, and there's so much history. And there 368 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:48.039 are other cities that have the same type of thing 369 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:53.279 where a trip can be incredibly educational. 370 00:25:54.119 --> 00:26:01.359 To Sturbridge for Oldbridge Village forms plantation. 371 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:05.240 Exactly, they're great day trips right there. 372 00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:08.599 Exactly. They don't have to be you don't have to 373 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:14.599 get into on an airplane and fly anywhere. They're you know, 374 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:20.880 fortunately we have access to all of that right within Massachusetts, 375 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:27.559 and there are day trips that are both educational and 376 00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:31.759 completely fun. And the other piece of it is that 377 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:36.400 if it's something that you enjoy doing with them, they 378 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:39.960 will instantly know that and it will become more fun 379 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:44.680 for them something that they have done with mom or dad, 380 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:49.799 with grandma, or Grandpa, with Uncle Joe, you know, whoever 381 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:52.480 it is that they're with. If they know that that 382 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:55.640 person is having a good time as well, they're spending 383 00:26:55.680 --> 00:27:01.319 the day together, they're doing this together. This becomes something 384 00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:07.000 that they go sound in their memory forever. And it 385 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:11.160 is such a positive impact that we can make on 386 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:17.960 our young people's lives by just taking that extra time 387 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:24.440 whenever we can and spending it with them, learning about 388 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:28.960 our area together where we live, learning about all of 389 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:31.240 that and doing that together. 390 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:34.759 I am at the break time. We still have about 391 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:37.759 another ten twelve minutes with you and I but I'm 392 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:41.000 going to take a break and we'll take a call 393 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:44.480 from San Francisco and anyone else wants to call in 394 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:47.359 and carment on this six one, seven, two, five, four, 395 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:51.359 ten thirty or eight eight, eight, nine to nine, ten thirty. 396 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:54.759 And I meant to do this for you young lady. 397 00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:59.720 You were talking about family before. I want to send 398 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:06.279 Hello to a cousin. Your cousin, Cindy, So if she's listening, 399 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:09.839 because I know she lives in Minnesota, because they can 400 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:15.119 listen in Minnesota to our sa Hello, Hello Cindy. So David, 401 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:17.240