A Taylor Swift Christmas Display!

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Good news if you like Taylor Swift and Christmas, I can combine those. If you're in Naperville, the Scott family has transformed their front lawn into a miniature swift Land showcasing all ten eras and even giving Travis Kelcey a shout out from the roof. Patrick is a fan of Taylor Swift, and he traveled to go visit the house and said, you don't normally think of a musical artist as a Christmas decoration, but Taylor embody so many different things. When you think about her messaging around joy, piece and love, it definitely relates back to a Christmas message. To me. It's unusual for Christmas, but it works, works really well. The decorations include a two story banner featuring all ten of the swift eras, a Taylor Swift stand up, complete with a sparkly outfit made possible with gorilla glue and glitter, friendship bracelets fashioned out of pool noodles, plastic balls around the trees, and a giant poster of Travis Kelcey on the roof. The display even has its own TikTok page.

1:03 Amy is a teacher at the local school, and said, we didn't expect all this, no, because at twenty sixteen, the family was named the Daily Herald's editor's choice winner for holiday light display that year. Their display had twenty thousand lights and a W on the roof to commemorate the Cubs World Series win. So guys, don't act like you didn't know what you were doing here, Okay. The Merry Swiftness display lights up daily from four point thirty until eleven pm. The Scott family is encouraging donation to Little Friends, a Naperville nonprofit agency that serves adults and children with autism, and they've even included a QR code among their decorations that takes visitors to the Little Friends website. That's a nice job there. If you're a Taylor Swift fan, we've got a sister podcast. It's called Taylor Swift Today. You can imagine what that podcast is about. Taylor Swift Today. Wherever you get your podcasts. Good news. The Hoffman estates toy Drive exceeded their goal in half the time they were faced with a daunting one week time frame to collect two thousand toys for Hoffman Estate's children in need. Wife Joe Anne said, it's just awesome.

2:00 People are wonderful and generous beyond belief. The effort is a partnership between Hoffman Estates, village officials and the Harvest Community Church. They seek to assist financially struggling families who've been identified by social workers, with many of the children attending a local school without an active parent teacher organization. Joeanne said, I think we're all terrified. What do you do if you don't have two thousand toys? How do you cut it off? But they hit their number, teen volunteers will begin dividing up the pile of stuffed animals, Lego sets board games and other toys into age categories, and I'll all make its way over to the gift market. That's pretty cool. A total stranger got added to a family group chat about the birth of a new baby, Zach is the Dead. He was excited and he started sharing some photos in the family WhatsApp chat.

2:43 Suddenly an unfamiliar face popped up, posting a photo of himself sipping from a water bottle. The stranger said, don't know how I got added to this group because I don't think I know anybody in it. Lol. But anyway, congrats Zach. My name is Bobby. By the way, shoot me your cash app info and I'll donate to the diapers. It turns out Bobby had inherited Zach's old phone number and had been added to the group chat accidentally by Grandma. The family offered their apologies attempted to let Bobby off the hook, but Bobby said, anytime another life comes to us, it's a blessing and a beautiful thing. Just happy to see people happy. I'm serious, though, I'll donate to the diapers because you can't even have enough l ol. And good news, we figured out what was inside your Christmas tree. You see. A woman was horrified after spotting something breathing inside her Christmas tree. Oh no, she thought maybe it was her pet cat. Nope, wasn't the cat. She said. I started to looking around to see if my cat was stuck behind the couch or something. But when I was looking around, I saw this really big, long looking rat tail. Oh no, it was a giant, gray, breathing ball of fur. What is it? It was a possum, she explained to her boyfriend and his friends and possibly a podcast host that she doesn't know, found the incident hilarious.

3:53 She said, I don't know what to do. I don't know how I got in here. I don't leave my doors open. Anyway, she figured it out. She put on some rubber glow and got the possum away from the tree. But wait, the possum went under the sofa, so she had to move the couch. And then we're told she tackled the possum like an NFL player. I have no idea what happened to the possum in the end. Good news you know that ring meet lost the one worth three quarters of a million euros, the one you lost at the Ritz hotel in Paris. That one, it's been found and a vacuum cleaner. The owner had filed a police complaint after suspecting an employee of stealing it, but Ritz security guards found the ring lying among the dust in a vacuum bag. The Ritz said they've offered three more nights to the guests to make up for the inconvenience, but it's understood that she does not intend to take up their offer.

4:40 In a statement to the newspaper, the hotel said thanks to the meticulous work of security guards, the ring was found this morning. Would like to thank the staff at the Ritz Paris who mobilized for this search and who work each day with integrity and professionalism. That's your five Good News stories for today. If you enjoy the show, tell a friend about it, and you can follow the show for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, where you get your shows. Astor will do five of good News Christmas Stories tomorrow and then I'll be back the day after. See ya,