Christmas Stories - Is The Thing A Christmas Movie? Plus McDonald's goes Grinch

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, they're Johnny Mack with five good news Christmas stories. Good news if you're a fan of John Carpenter's The Thing. Some fans are campaigning to get John Carpenter's The Thing named a Christmas classic, much like the famous classic Christmas movie Die Hoard If you've never seen it, It's based on John W. Campbell's nineteen thirty eight novella Who Goes There. The film follows a group of Antarctic researchers as they encounter a malevolent, shape shifting alien creature. Fans are nagging the IMDb and Letterbox to declare it a Christmas movie. The petition reads, think about it.

0:44 The weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful, no one has a place to go, and it stars Santa Claus kinda. They're hoping to get ten thousand signatures, which will then be sent to the IMDb and the Letterbox Content team, requesting that they officially reclassify the film as a Christmas classic. The campaign is dubbed Thing Miss. In a press release, they say, if Die Hard can become a Christmas classic, then so can The Thing. Some pets had a fun day, the Grand Central Mall hosts that it's annual Pet Night with Santa Claus Sanna. It's very busy this time of year, does a lot of appearances. Santa gave pet owners an opportunity to get holiday pictures with their furry friends. Santa said, well, they're fur babies. We want to include the entire family. Jeanie is comparently her title is Santa's manager. Right now we know who is managing Santa's career. She's worked with Santa for twenty five years. Jeanie said, it's always a big hit, and we always have people asking from day one when we open for every season, what night is Pet Night. It's always a big hit. Santa said, I've already had a couple of visits from some puppies, which was nice. We had a big fluffy kitten come in and it was awesome.

1:46 I love pets. I've got ton of pets. I mean, obviously I have my reindeer, but I've got a few puppies too. Wow, we're learning a lot about Santa. I didn't know Santa had puppies. One of the moms came by with her teenagers and said it was a little hectic at first, but when they sat down, I think it went pretty good. They love Sanna and the photos turned out pretty good. There's another Pet Night coming up December fourteenth. Sanna will be back at the Grand Central Mall. You'll find the Grand Central Mall in Vienna, West Virginia. Now, if you can't wait, today, Santa will be hosting Pet Photo Day at the Clark County Humane Society. This time Missus Claus is coming along. No appointment needed. Proceeds help local animals. Sanna will be there from one to four. All pets and people are welcome. They do you ask for a ten dollars sitting fee per animal. Prints of the pictures will be available for purchase. Digital images will be available by email or on a flash drive. The event is, of course, a fundraiser for the shelter. One hundred percent of the proceeds go directly to the animals.

2:41 McDonald's has introduced the Grinch Meal. Yeah, McDonald's has parted with the Grinch. I'm not sure they thought that through. The Grinch Meal includes the Dill pickle mixshaker fries. I am interested a choice of either a big Mac or ten piece chicken McNuggets, A medium drink, a pair of holiday themed Grinch socks, and one of four to designs. Last year, they had introduced the Grinch meal overseas. The Canadians, Ireland, Australian in the UK had it. American fans are like, hey, what about us? Well, the limited time meal is now available at participating McDonald's. Some other holiday fast food for you. Chick fil A has launched a new holiday twenty twenty five collection online, and a participating restaurant, Starbucks is collaborating with Hello. Kitty Burger King has introduced the twenty twenty five bk Advent Calendar, which sold out in less than an hour. Wow KFC unveiled its holiday bucket collection, and Raising Canes has rolled out limited time holiday ornaments, apparel and plush toys through the Raising Canes online gear shop.

3:40 Who Knew all right, Johnny Mack is here to help you come up with gift ideas if you can't come up with something on your own. Today's theme is for the friend who treats their pantry like a personality. How about some fancy Italian tomatoes that basically require a soft focus filter. That's right, it's the cussa Marazzo Sun Marozzo dop appealed tomatoes a five hundred gram can. We're told these are proper tomatoes trademark. Great for that one friend who won't shut up about low and slow sauce. That are running around seven to nine dollars per can. You can find them on Yemmy, Bizarre or similar importers. Cassamarazzo also has yellow Erkolano tomatoes in brine. Yeah, these are bright yellow, mild and a bit sweet, but they look ridiculous in a good way. And salads on pizza are just jumped on piazza. Those are any fifteen to eighteen dollars a jar. You can find that at the Milk Street store. Maybe some liquid gold, the Capazana extra virgin olive oil out of Tuscany. It's peppery green and fancy enough.

4:39 They really shouldn't cook with it. We're told this oil is bread dipping and salad finishing only they're running a thirty eight to forty five dollars per bottle. Switching gears ap about Maurice Sharp's pineapple Habanaro hot sauce. That's right, sweet pineapple proper heat from hob and Arrows. Perfect for tacos, eggs, or the relative who insists brunch needs a little something. It'll run you seven e eight bucks for a five ounce bottle. You can find it on Amazon or in your local hot sauce shop. And getting a little less spicy, how about some Tapho Losses biscuits. Yes, these are giant toffee and date biscuits, half covered in chocolate and it's all very London and Christmas tin it screams, I spent too much on cookies and I don't regret it. How much is too much Johnny Mack forty five to fifty bucks once you factor in the import charges, But you'll find that at fort Numbanmason dot com and THO. Those are your five good News Christmas stories for today. Have a good day.