Oct. 11, 2024

Hallmark Channel's Finding Mr. Christmas PLUS Mariah Carey says it's not time for Christmas yet! (5 Good News Christmas Stories)

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Johnny Mac shares five cheerful Christmas-themed stories.

The Hallmark channel is launching 'Finding Mr. Christmas,' a competition series premiering October 31st. Contestants, including former athletes and performers, vie for the title of 'Mr. Christmas' through entertaining challenges. In Australia, Kmart faces criticism for selling Christmas pajamas in summer. In Dallas, the Hotel Crescent Court offers a 'Nightmare Before Christmas' themed high tea. Jethro Tull announces an expanded edition of their Christmas album. Lastly, Mariah Carey teases festive content leading up to her holiday classic's season. This episode marks the start of Johnny's Saturday Christmas story features, with more to come closer to the holidays.
00:00 Introduction to Good News Christmas Stories
00:21 Hallmark's Finding Mr. Christmas Competition
01:42 Christmas Pajamas Controversy in Australia
02:16 High Tea at Hotel Crescent Court
02:42 Jethro Tull's Christmas Album Release
03:25 Mariah Carey's Christmas Countdown

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news Christmas Stories. I'm doing this on Saturday for

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the time being, and we'll ramp up as we get

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a little closer to the Holidays. I know it's a

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little early yet. Hallmark is searching for their next honky

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movie lead. It's the Finding Mister Christmas Competition? Do you

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want to be in a Hallmark movie? Ten aspiring actors

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are competing in an all new competition series. This is awesome.

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Hallmark knows what they're doing here. Finding Mister Christmas is

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Hallmark's first ever reality competition series. It premiere is October thirty.

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First ten aspiring actors compete in a variety of entertaining

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challenges with a Hallmark twist to be crowned Hallmark's next

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leading man and take home the title of Mister Christmas.

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All right, We've got former Texas Tech football player Blake.

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He thinks he'll be the perfect Mister Christmas. He'll bring

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a lot of good energy to the table. Jonathan, a

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former Team USA athlete, says he has an amazing smile.

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Isaac's a firefighter who has some charm. Elijah toured five

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years with Hamilton. He knows that it takes a little

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bit of love and kindness to win this kind of competition.

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Gage says he's gonna win this with his strong jawline.

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Dexed In, who was in the Book of Mormon, says

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he can sing, dance and act that'll set him apart.

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Hayden is from Australia and says he's ready for this

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step and is passionate. Ezra is a former US Navy

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rescue diver turned model. He described himself as full of

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love and confident finding mister Christmas October thirty first. Meanwhile,

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speaking of Australia, down there, the kmarts have upset people

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they're selling pajamas. One person said, I never understand why

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they released Christmas pajamas on Australia. Christmas is one of

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the hottest times of the year. Know what is whereing

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Christmas pajamas? Somebody else pointed out kmart missed the memo

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that it's summer at Christmas. Is this for real? Retail

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expert Chris told The New Zealand Herald that some retailers

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make up to eighty percent of their sales in the

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months ahead of Christmas, so in case you're listening right now,

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going why is Sean doing Christmas Stories in October? That's why?

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Down to Dallas you might want to check out High

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Tea at the Hotel Crescent Court. The Iconic hotel is

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hosting the Nightmare Before Christmas, indulging in eerily delightful manual

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offering Halloween Town sandwiches featuring Jack Skeletons, date stuffed chicken, Roulaiede,

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Sally's Big O'lockx with Caper and Herb cream cheese, and

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the Pumpkin Kings cinnamon coffee cake bursting with spooky pumpkin goodness.

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Sounds like a good time. Jethroatel have announced they will

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release a newly expanded and remixed edition of the jeth

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roa Tell Christmas Album that'll be out in December sixth.

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It is now retitled the jeth roat Tell Christmas Album

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Fresh Snow at Christmas. Originally released back in two thousand

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and three, it's a five disc set featuring two live sets,

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including Christmas Live at Saint Bride's in two thousand and eight,

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and he previously unreleased the Ian Anderson Band Live at

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Saint Bride's two thousand and six, along with the original

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album and a twenty twenty four remix. Ian Anderson said

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some of the tracks are not necessarily Christmas songs. They're

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more seasonal, so that gives a broader window. And there

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are a couple of them that I quite often play

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in the middle of the summer and say, it'll soon

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be Christmas. It's in the diary, so let's kick it

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off now. I feel you. Mariah Carey posted a video

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on social media that showed her lounging in a private

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jet Must Be Nice and preparing for takeoff. Behind her,

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you heard the opening notes of All I Want for Christmas.

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Then the pilot hops on board to say, this is

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your captain speaking. Welcome aboard, Mariah. We are headed to

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the North Pole. Carrie yells back, not yet, sorry, they

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always rushed me. Mariah doesn't do Christmas in October. She

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waits until November one, which, as you know, is the

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day after Halloween, and last year's clip, a bunch of

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costumed ghouls and ghosts helped thought her out of an

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ice block. She eventually shattered the ice with one of

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her whistle notes. In twenty nineteen, she marked November first

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by dropping a new video for all I want for

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Christmas is you, so keep an eye out for November. First,

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we'll see what Mariah Carey does this year. And those

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are your five good news Christmas stories for today. I'm

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doing this on Saturdays for now. We'll do more as

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we get a little bit closer. And you have an

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awesome day.