Dec. 6, 2025

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

Show Notes
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Fans of John Carpenter's 'The Thing' are campaigning to have it recognized as a Christmas classic. The Grand Central Mall hosted a pet night with Santa, with proceeds supporting local animals. McDonald's has launched a Grinch meal in the U.S., while other fast-food chains introduce various holiday-themed items. Johnny also offers unique gift ideas for the culinary enthusiast, including fancy Italian tomatoes, Tuscan olive oil, and gourmet biscuits.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey, they're Johnny Mack with five good

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news Christmas stories. Good news if you're a fan of

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John Carpenter's The Thing. Some fans are campaigning to get

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John Carpenter's The Thing named a Christmas classic, much like

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the famous classic Christmas movie Die Hoard If you've never

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seen it, It's based on John W. Campbell's nineteen thirty

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eight novella Who Goes There. The film follows a group

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of Antarctic researchers as they encounter a malevolent, shape shifting

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alien creature. Fans are nagging the IMDb and Letterbox to

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declare it a Christmas movie. The petition reads, think about it.

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The weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful,

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no one has a place to go, and it stars

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Santa Claus kinda. They're hoping to get ten thousand signatures,

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which will then be sent to the IMDb and the

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Letterbox Content team, requesting that they officially reclassify the film

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as a Christmas classic. The campaign is dubbed Thing Miss.

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In a press release, they say, if Die Hard can

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become a Christmas classic, then so can The Thing. Some

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pets had a fun day, the Grand Central Mall hosts

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that it's annual Pet Night with Santa Claus Sanna. It's

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very busy this time of year, does a lot of appearances.

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Santa gave pet owners an opportunity to get holiday pictures

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with their furry friends. Santa said, well, they're fur babies.

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We want to include the entire family. Jeanie is comparently

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her title is Santa's manager. Right now we know who

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is managing Santa's career. She's worked with Santa for twenty

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five years. Jeanie said, it's always a big hit, and

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we always have people asking from day one when we

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open for every season, what night is Pet Night. It's

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always a big hit. Santa said, I've already had a

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couple of visits from some puppies, which was nice. We

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had a big fluffy kitten come in and it was awesome.

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I love pets. I've got ton of pets. I mean,

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obviously I have my reindeer, but I've got a few

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puppies too. Wow, we're learning a lot about Santa. I

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didn't know Santa had puppies. One of the moms came

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by with her teenagers and said it was a little

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hectic at first, but when they sat down, I think

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it went pretty good. They love Sanna and the photos

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turned out pretty good. There's another Pet Night coming up

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December fourteenth. Sanna will be back at the Grand Central Mall.

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You'll find the Grand Central Mall in Vienna, West Virginia. Now,

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if you can't wait, today, Santa will be hosting Pet

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Photo Day at the Clark County Humane Society. This time

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Missus Claus is coming along. No appointment needed. Proceeds help

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local animals. Sanna will be there from one to four.

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All pets and people are welcome. They do you ask

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for a ten dollars sitting fee per animal. Prints of

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the pictures will be available for purchase. Digital images will

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be available by email or on a flash drive. The

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event is, of course, a fundraiser for the shelter. One

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hundred percent of the proceeds go directly to the animals.

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McDonald's has introduced the Grinch Meal. Yeah, McDonald's has parted

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with the Grinch. I'm not sure they thought that through.

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The Grinch Meal includes the Dill pickle mixshaker fries. I

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am interested a choice of either a big Mac or

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ten piece chicken McNuggets, A medium drink, a pair of

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holiday themed Grinch socks, and one of four to designs.

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Last year, they had introduced the Grinch meal overseas. The Canadians, Ireland,

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Australian in the UK had it. American fans are like, hey,

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what about us? Well, the limited time meal is now

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available at participating McDonald's. Some other holiday fast food for you.

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Chick fil A has launched a new holiday twenty twenty

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five collection online, and a participating restaurant, Starbucks is collaborating

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with Hello. Kitty Burger King has introduced the twenty twenty

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five bk Advent Calendar, which sold out in less than

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an hour. Wow KFC unveiled its holiday bucket collection, and

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Raising Canes has rolled out limited time holiday ornaments, apparel

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and plush toys through the Raising Canes online gear shop.

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Who Knew all right, Johnny Mack is here to help

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you come up with gift ideas if you can't come

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up with something on your own. Today's theme is for

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the friend who treats their pantry like a personality. How

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about some fancy Italian tomatoes that basically require a soft

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focus filter. That's right, it's the cussa Marazzo Sun Marozzo

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dop appealed tomatoes a five hundred gram can. We're told

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these are proper tomatoes trademark. Great for that one friend

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who won't shut up about low and slow sauce. That

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are running around seven to nine dollars per can. You

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can find them on Yemmy, Bizarre or similar importers. Cassamarazzo

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also has yellow Erkolano tomatoes in brine. Yeah, these are

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bright yellow, mild and a bit sweet, but they look

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ridiculous in a good way. And salads on pizza are

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just jumped on piazza. Those are any fifteen to eighteen

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dollars a jar. You can find that at the Milk

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Street store. Maybe some liquid gold, the Capazana extra virgin

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olive oil out of Tuscany. It's peppery green and fancy enough.

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They really shouldn't cook with it. We're told this oil

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is bread dipping and salad finishing only they're running a

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thirty eight to forty five dollars per bottle. Switching gears

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ap about Maurice Sharp's pineapple Habanaro hot sauce. That's right,

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sweet pineapple proper heat from hob and Arrows. Perfect for tacos, eggs,

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or the relative who insists brunch needs a little something.

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It'll run you seven e eight bucks for a five

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ounce bottle. You can find it on Amazon or in

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your local hot sauce shop. And getting a little less spicy,

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how about some Tapho Losses biscuits. Yes, these are giant

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toffee and date biscuits, half covered in chocolate and it's

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all very London and Christmas tin it screams, I spent

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too much on cookies and I don't regret it. How

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much is too much Johnny Mack forty five to fifty

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bucks once you factor in the import charges, But you'll

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find that at fort Numbanmason dot com and THO. Those

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are your five good News Christmas stories for today. Have

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a good day.