1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:11,919 Speaker 1: Caalaroka Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five 2 00:00:11,919 --> 00:00:14,480 good news stories. Now you're like Johnny Mack, you just 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,519 told us Buffalo is the best Christmas town in America. 4 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,440 You're not going to change that on us. Look, I'm 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,679 not the one doing the surveys. Here's another one. The 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:24,800 Dallas suburb of Grapevine has been named the best Christmas 7 00:00:24,879 --> 00:00:28,760 Town in America. Officially designated the Christmas Capital of Texas 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:31,039 by the States Centered back in two thousand and nine, 9 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:33,960 Grapevine draws about two million visitors a year and hosts 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,439 more than forty days of holiday celebrations. Newsweek ranked the 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,520 town number one in its reader's choice list. Family skate 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,479 outdoors beneath a towering live tree, They ride the North 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,359 Pole Express on the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, and they browse 14 00:00:47,439 --> 00:00:50,520 artists in markets and boutique shops. With parades, pop ups, 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,200 and photo ops across town. It's walla wall merriment with 16 00:00:53,359 --> 00:00:57,439 small town warmth and big stage sparkle. Other finalists include 17 00:00:57,479 --> 00:01:02,439 San Antonio and Fredericksburg, Texas, Santa Claus, Indiana, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,319 and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which is where you'll find Dolly 19 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,400 Parton's Dollywood Good News. If you're me and you like chocolate. 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,439 Hershey Park Christmas Candy Lane was named a winner in 21 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,879 USA Today's ten Best Readers' Choice Travel Award contest for 22 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,760 best Theme Park Holiday Event. A holiday tradition for more 23 00:01:19,799 --> 00:01:23,680 than forty years, and I've been there many times. Hershey 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:27,000 Park Christmas Candy Lane runs on select dates through January fourth, 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,640 with daily operations starting on the eighteenth. They are closed 26 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,680 on Christmas Day, though five million lights, including the Noel 27 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,599 Lights Show synchronized to holiday music, along Spring Creek seven coasters, 28 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,040 and select family rides, the all new Twinkling Through Time 29 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:45,680 Holiday Show. Inside it the heated Music Box theater. That's 30 00:01:45,719 --> 00:01:48,400 a legit theater. Like I get why they're telling you 31 00:01:48,439 --> 00:01:50,560 it's heated. It's a building. You would be shocked if 32 00:01:50,599 --> 00:01:52,879 it weren't heated. I'll put it that way. In the 33 00:01:52,959 --> 00:01:56,359 Treeville Trail, located around the East Coast Waterworks in the 34 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,719 Boardwalk water Park, with more than twenty five uniquely decorated 35 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,640 tree sharing stories of the sweetest place on Earth. By 36 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:06,400 the way, if you go out to Hershey, get the shake. 37 00:02:06,599 --> 00:02:09,400 The shake is amazing The shake might be one hundred 38 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:12,439 and forty three thousand calories, but once a year you 39 00:02:12,479 --> 00:02:15,240 gotta get one. Let's take a look at Country Living's 40 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,759 twenty five best Christmas books of twenty twenty five. They 41 00:02:18,759 --> 00:02:21,680 include The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year. That's by 42 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,080 Ali Carter. It's a flirty Holiday, Who've Done It? For 43 00:02:24,199 --> 00:02:27,800 Fans of Knives out, Emily Stone's Always in December, a 44 00:02:27,879 --> 00:02:31,520 tear jerking romance about love, loss and fate. Royal Holiday 45 00:02:31,599 --> 00:02:34,360 by Jasmine Gilroy is a feel good royal romance set 46 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,240 in London. Comfort and Joy by Kristin Hannah as a 47 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,120 moving fable of healing and new beginnings. And a Christmas 48 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,159 Appeal by Janis Hallett is a clever small town murder 49 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,599 mystery sold through emails and transcripts. Good News we caught 50 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:50,479 one of Sanda's reindeer. Yeah, one of the reindeer escaped 51 00:02:50,479 --> 00:02:53,560 from a Christmas event. They had to even call in 52 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,319 the Royal Marines. The police were tracking the reindeer's movements 53 00:02:57,319 --> 00:02:59,240 throughout the area, but they lost track of the animal 54 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,439 as night fell well. The Rescue Trust lifeboat team even 55 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,479 joined in. The lifeboat team was able to use thermal 56 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,199 binoculars to locate the reindeer on the beach officials let 57 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:12,800 us know. Although capture proved difficult, the team successfully shepherded 58 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,639 the animal into the sand dunes, where a police drone 59 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,919 maintain watch. The reindeer eventually settled, allowing a vet to 60 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,560 safely secure it return it to Santa. Will be good to 61 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,080 go on Christmas Eve. Don't you worry about that? Are 62 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,680 you struggling for gift ideas? Today's segment is gin Z 63 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:31,800 Beauty and self care stocking stuffers. How about the Tiktoki 64 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,680 Serum lotion Hybrid. That's right, it's Glazing Milk, a hydrating, 65 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,240 slightly milky liquid that makes skin look dewy and less said. 66 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:43,000 It works under makeup or on its own. Thirty two 67 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:45,719 bucks at Sephora. How about a deodorant that looks like 68 00:03:45,759 --> 00:03:49,360 a design object. It's the Salt and Stone natural deodorant, 69 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,719 which comes in various sense. We're told it's aluminum free, 70 00:03:52,719 --> 00:03:55,719 sleek as l smells like a fancy hotel spa instead 71 00:03:55,759 --> 00:03:59,280 of a locker room. Twenty bucks at Saltonstone dot com. 72 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,240 Maybe you just need a clip on smartphone ring light, 73 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,439 a rechargeable ring light that clips over the top of 74 00:04:04,439 --> 00:04:09,080 the phone and instantly makes zoom calls, selfies and whatever. GRWMS, 75 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:10,960 what's that? Group messages? I don't know what that is. 76 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,840 I'm old. What is grwb? The Internet's Telling Me stands 77 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,519 for get Ready with Me, a popular social media trend 78 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,319 where creators film themselves doing their daily routines like makeup 79 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:25,319 and choosing outfits or preparing for an event, often chatting casually, Okay, 80 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,040 you live and learn. I'm wearing sweatpants and a baseball 81 00:04:28,079 --> 00:04:29,800 cap as I talk to you right now, So that's 82 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,839 not a good gift for me, but maybe for somebody else. 83 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:34,519 Thirty bucks on Amazon. Those are your five good News 84 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,319 Christmas stories for today. I have a great day.