Christmas Tree Lane to return despite Altadena L.A. wildfires

0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news Christmas stories. A high school graduate and heart transplant recipient will be featured in a Hallmark movie later this year. McKenzie is an ambassador for Abbott Heart Mates. McKenzie will appear in The More the Merrier. That's a Hallmark Christmas movie set at a hospital. Also appearing Damar Hamlin. Remember him. He was the guy from the Buffalo Bills that had that scary moment on the field a couple years back. He's in this too. Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during a game on January two, twenty twenty three. He made a full recovery and started in fourteen games last season with the Bills. Since then, he's got involved with multiple heart health related organizations. In The More the Merrier, fourteen year old heart patient David brings unexpected joy, connection and a few surprises to everyone around him during a snow in on Christmas Eve, as tends to happen in these holiday movies. You'll find that as part of Hallmark's annual Countdown to Christmas lineup, which my wife is probably watching right now. Tricia Yearwood, we'll release a holiday album and do a Christmas show with the Nashville Symphony. A new album November seventh that's called Christmas Time, followed by the tour Christmas Time with Tricia Yearwood Twelve Days of Christmas Tour. One of the tracks on the album is Blue Christmas, best known for the Elvis Presley version. However, that was originally recorded by Doyle O'Dell in nineteen forty

1:33 eight and Ernest Hubbs's popular version in nineteen forty nine. Elvis recorded it nineteen fifty seven. He performed Blue Christmas as part of his iconic nineteen sixty eight comeback special. Yearwood also covers You're a mean one, mister Grinch, my Favorite Things from the Sound of Music, and pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. There's even an original song, Merry Christmas Valentine. It features her husband and I didn't know this. You probably did? You know who her husband is? I didn't know this, grth Brooks. Christmas Time will be out November seventh. The Commemorative Air Force has unveiled the lineup for its twenty twenty five twelve Planes of Christmas. That's an annual holiday fundraiser which supports the restoration and preservation of historic World War II aircraft.

2:18 It's now in its tenth year. This December, the twelve Planes of Christmas will spotlight thirteen aircraft. They are I'll fly through these the SNJ four Gulf Coast Wing, the P forty Warhawk, the TBM three e Avenger Doris May, the A six M zero, the PT thirteen Steerman, the eight six Nela, the B twenty four Diamond, Lil L twenty six ikes Bird, the BT nineteen, the BT thirteen, the pby Catalina, the SNJ four, and the J three cub. You can check all this out on the twelve Planes of Christmas website. Good news for Doctor who fans, you will get a Christmas special of sorts. It's an audio adventure featuring the thirteenth Doctor Jody Whitaker. Doctor heads off to Henry the Second's court in the Thirteenth Doctor Adventures Lionesses in Winter, a thrilling full cast audio drama due for release in November. The Doctor in yeazz Gate crash the King's family Christmas as Henry's estrange wife Eleanor returns to spend Yule Tide with the family. In the year eleven eighty three, the doctor in Yaz uncover an impostor among them. But who is this impostor and what do they want? And good news out of the LA area.

3:29 Remember there was horrible fires in Altadena. Well, Christmas Tree Lane is going back up. For one hundred and five years, Christmas Tree Lane in Altadena has been bringing holiday spirit to locals on Santa Rosa Avenue for a glimpse of its famous holiday lights. In January, when the horrible fires happened, there were still lights up on the cedars on each side of the mile long highway. Residents have gathered once again to start on the work to bring back the tradition. The president of the Christmas Tree Lane Association says some of the lines will burned, but not many in terms of fire damage. There had been some safety concerns whether or not the lights would go back up. Others wondered if it was too soon, but one of the locals said, it's been an overwhelming amount of support that people want the lights on. They want one of the last things that Altaden is known for that didn't burn down, So we want to keep the tradition going. The tree lighting ceremony is scheduled to take place December sixth. They will include a special ceremony memorializing what was lost in the fires.

4:26 And those are your five good News Christmas stories for today. You have an awesome day.