Dec. 23, 2024

Dolly Parton's Christmas Tradition and What's Open on Christmas?

Show Notes
Transcript

In this special Christmas Eve episode, Johnny Mac shares good news stories and essential updates for the holiday season. He provides information on restaurant hours for Christmas Day, amusing anecdotes, and heartwarming tales - including Dolly Parton's holiday book release, a saxophonist's impromptu performance to cheer up stranded passengers, and Santa's helicopter visit in Arkansas. He also relays Santa's missing jingle bells incident in New Jersey, urging parents to heed the story discreetly. Tune in for a blend of festive cheer and useful tips for an enjoyable Christmas celebration.

00:36 What's Open on Christmas Day?
01:51Dolly Parton's Christmas Tradition
02:36 Saxophone Serenade on a Delayed Flight
03:26 Santa's Helicopter Visit (Safe for kids)

04:28 A Story just for the grownups

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Callaroga Shark Media. This was the night before Christmas and

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the second to last five good news Christmas stories for

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the twenty twenty four cycle. Tomorrow, I'll do Christmas stories

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because it's Christmas. Then no show Thursday because we'll go

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back to the usual Monday, Wednesday, Friday, five good news stories,

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non Christmas editions. All right, so Christmas today, Christmas tomorrow,

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nothing Thursday and regular episode Friday, and then back to

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Monday Wednesday Friday. You might be saying yourself, Jenny Mac,

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what if I want to hit a restaurant tomorrow? What's open?

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What's closed? Well, good news? I have a list. How

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about Starbucks good news? Starbucks store hours vary by location,

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but they're probably open. How about Duncan good news, probably open.

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Check your local store, McDonald's good news open, Chick fil

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A Nope closed, Chipotle closed, Wendy's possibly open, Cracker Barrel closed,

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Taco Bell Ours very by location, Burger King Ours very

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by location, Carls Junior, Heart Ease closed, Ie Hop open,

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out Back Steakhouse in case we're considering that for tomorrow,

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they will be closed. How about Texas Roadhouse closed? Applebee's.

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Some locations will be open and check your local listings.

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How about Hooters. Hooters tells USA Today, Yes, Hooters' locations

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will be open from four to midnight on Christmas. Oh,

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boy and Jue, move on, John, Okay, moving on. That's

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a choice. Dolly Parton says, Wow, awkward segue. Leave it in.

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Oh my god, I didn't do that on purpose. Dolly

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says she's never been home for Christmas. Mom, Dad, Why

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is Johnny mclaughing? I did not do that on purpose.

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Oh my goodness, that's so funny. I'm believing that. Dolly

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Parton says she's never not been home for Christmas. She's

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been promoting her book, Dolly Parton's Billy the Kid Comes

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Home for Christmas. It's her first ever holiday themed children's book.

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She told people in the book, performers have the dilemma

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of whether we go on the road or whether we

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take shows for money, because so many artists get so

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much money offered to actually perform at certain things during

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the holiday season, and for that to be a family tradition,

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you always want to be home for Christmas. And that's

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kind of what this little book is about. Billy gets

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a big offer to work at the Barkafella Center. So

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he's already promised that he'd be home for Christmas, and

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eventually he gets there. But then there's a lot of

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fun story and everything in between. Well, sometimes when you

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travel this time of year, you can get stuck on

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the tarmac and it's kind of nightmare. Flight twelve thirty

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eight was stuck in Atlanta. Passengers had been waiting for

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over an hour at apart and they were given more

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bad news. The replacement flight crew was stuck in traffic.

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A man stood up and began assembling his saxophone. Soon

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he started playing Christmas carols, wandering up down the aisle.

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Kind of fun. I would lose my mind. I'd be like, dude,

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I was listening to podcasts when I was half asleep.

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But I'm a grinch. Kate is a passenger, and she

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said I was surprised and delighted. People were clapping, singing along,

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and cheering the man for playing. He's Wayne. He served

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in the US Army band for twenty years. He even

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played Baby Shark for the kids and made everyone laugh

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with his horn. Kate said he played really well, and

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everything from memory. I don't know how Santa does it

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all he's still making the rounds. I mean, he's got

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to be pretty busy, right Well, Sanna and the missus

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visited Jefferson County, Arkansas, and they showed up in a helicopter.

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I guess the elves are packing the sleigh with all

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the presents, right, So he took a helicopter. Santa worked

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with Joe, who helped Santa rent the helicopter and said,

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hopefully Santa Claus will bring joy to the children and

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make them think about joy. This is so much fun.

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It brings a lot of joy to me, and I

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love to see the smiles on their faces. One student

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said he was so excited to see Sanna and mention

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how cool it was when Santa passed by and started waving.

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Another student said they knew Santa was real now, parents,

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Santa has sent me a note. He's got a story

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he wants me to share with you guys, but he

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wants to make sure that the kids don't hear it. Okay,

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So if you're listening with the kids, Santa doesn't want

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to hear this next story. I'll do the commercials here

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And if you're listening with kids, want you to check out

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everybody else can hang around, be right back all right.

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Once again, this story is for parents only, so if

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the kids are listening, hit stop. Well yeah, okay. From Phillipsburg,

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New Jersey, Santa Claus himself has filed a police report

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reporting his iconic jingle bells are missing. Apparently he lost

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them in the water, and the plan was for the

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Gordon State Underwater Recovery Unit to dive into the icy

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waters of the Delaware River to help Santa recover his bills. Now,

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part of this is practice for the Garden State Underwater

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Recovery Unit. You know, you got to dive down and

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look for something. So if you're practicing anyway, you might

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as well help Santa find those missing bills. A nice

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job by the GSU. R are you? And those are

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your five good News Christmas stories for today, Back with

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more in the morning. Make sure you leave some cookies

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out for Santa. Will you see you tomorrow.