Christmas In September

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media. Is that Christmas music? Yes it is. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack. Let me do some quick explaining here. I did this last year and it was a lot of fun. Welcome to Five Good News Christmas Stories. Now how this is working this year? On the main feed Five Good News Stories. I'll do the Christmas episodes on Sunday, but I'm also putting them on their own feed. So you may have discovered this on five Good News Christmas Stories. And if you're discovering me there, there's a regular feed that's just five Good News Stories without the Christmas part. As we get closer and closer to Christmas, I'll start it once a week. Eventually there'll be enough Christmas stories we'll do twice a week, and as Christmas really gets close, it might be all seven the final week. But to start out for now, it's only September, and we'll do these on Sundays. And our first story comes from the town of Kinston. At the Friends of the Homeless Shelter, stockings were stuffed, ornaments were hung, tears of joy flowed freely.

1:07 Residents celebrated Christmas on September third. That's right. It was a Christmas to remember. In September, they transformed the shelter decorated with the tree, stockings, music, even Santa Claus came by. Griffin and her husband George served meals at the shelter every month, and she wanted residents to experience Christmas in a way many hadn't for years. They got to pick out gifts. Griffin explained. The gifts were based on their own wish lists. They weren't luxury items, they were basics we all take for granted, like socks, shoes, bathroom that fits. The evening began with a hands on activity. Residents decorated Christmas ornaments before sitting down for a family style meal. Griffin said, every single one of them sat down, made an ornament and hung it on the tree, and that meant a lot. Santa came by. It's, you know, early in Santa season. He's got some free time and handed out rap presents prepared for each guests. Griffin said.

1:54 One man was sitting there quietly. She asked him, do you believe in Christmas miracles? The man said, I think so, No I do, Griffin said, when he opened his gift, tears began to flow. He hugged me and said it was too much, too expensive, But I told him you're doing the right thing. You deserve this. Each resident also got a stocking donated by a community member that was filled with candy, fruit and hygiene products. Griffin said, it's not Christmas without stocking. It's great stuff there, huh. All right Over at the Paul Bunyan Farm and Nursery, they're already selling Christmas trees. Susan Lopez said, as soon as they start, usually the first two days open, I sell over three hundred Christmas trees. Takes me a long time to grow them, up to ten years, and the big ones are more like fourteen to fifteen feet. They take twenty years to grow. But there's a big demand for them.

2:40 This is what Christmas trees do. They bring people joy. The Jonas Brothers are going to have a family friendly holiday movie. There's a trailer out In it, Joe, Nick, and Kevin have to overcome some seriously silly obstacles if they're gonna have a nice Christmas. It's called a Very Jonas Christmas Movie. It'll premiere globally on Disney Plus November fourteenth. In it, the Jonas Brothers face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families. In the trailer, we see the boys dash through the snow in a stranger's car. They run around London. They freak out as a pack of wolves surround them in the woods. Staying on that side of the pond. Kate Middleton's Together at Christmas annual concert will once again be held this year. This is a good opportunity for me to cross promote the Palace Intrigue podcast where we cover the British royal family and we do cover Kate Middleton Princess Kate's Together at Christmas concert Palace Intrigue where if you get your podcast seven days a week anyway. Together at Christmas traditionally takes place at Westminster Abbey in early December and that is later televised. It's an annual carol concert that includes holiday themed readings and musical performances from celebrities and members of the royal family. Last year Prince William came by. Kate started hosting this thing in twenty twenty one. It is comprised of local volunteers and charity workers.

3:58 Last year, over sixteen hundred to ten enjoyed the show before receiving an Order of Service award with a special letter from the Princess of Wales thanking them for all their good work. And I'm sure in your local tale there's a Spirit Halloween by now well, they're also going to do for the second year in a row, Spirit Christmas. Spirit Halloween has started teasing this on social media, saying Spirit Christmas is coming back to town. Last year, they did eight stores, mostly in the Northeast. A spokesperson last year told CNN our goal is to create a festive retail experience that captures the spirit of the season, much like we do for Halloween. We'll see how many they do this year. Last year was eight in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Brick Township, New Jersey, Marlton, New Jersey, May's Landing, New Jersey, Woodbridge, New Jersey. And I live in New Jersey, so I can go to any one of those. Bahamia, New York, but Keepsie, New York, and Erie, Pennsylvania. And those are your five Good News Christmas stories, So again, follow the five Good News Christmas Stories feed wherever you get your podcasts, or follow five good News Stories main Feed wherever your podcast, you have an awesome day.