Oct. 5, 2024

Hallmark Christmas Movie Preview (5 Good News Christmas Stories)

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In this episode, Johnny Mac shares five heartwarming and fun Christmas stories ahead of the holiday season. Highlights include a viral life-size Buddy the Elf decoration from Home Depot, Kate Middleton's return to the Together at Christmas service, and the beginning of Hallmark Channel's holiday movie lineup starting October 18th. Additionally, Universal Orlando's Hogsmeade gears up for Christmas with themed merchandise, and The Broadway Bar in Grand Rapids, Michigan, embraces early holiday decorations to lift spirits. Johnny also previews regular good news updates throughout the week and special Christmas stories on Saturdays.

00:26 Viral Buddy the Elf Decoration
01:20 Kate Middleton's Christmas Service
01:46 Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies Lineup
04:12 Universal Orlando's Christmas at Hogsmeade
04:51 Broadway Bar's Early Christmas Decorations

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

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good news Christmas stories. We did this last year and

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it was a lot of fun. Now you're probably like, John,

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it's October fifth, what is going on? Yeah, I know

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it's early, but there are already stories. A one hundred

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and ninety nine dollars life size Buddy the Elf Christmas

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decoration has gone viral and the reviews are a lot

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of fun. Head on over to home Depot and you

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will find a life size Buddy the Elf. It comes

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with curled up black shoes, yellow tights, a green shirt,

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and a green hat. There's a viral video on Instagram.

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The Elf says, Hi, what's your name? My name's Buddy.

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Some of the reviews, one said it's like a horrible

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combination of Will Ferrell and Paul Giamatti. Another said, currently

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losing my mind because that is not Buddy. Some are

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arguing that it's not a Ristmas decoration, it's a Halloween decoration.

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Another said I'd buy him and put him in a

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haunted house. The home Depot product listing says it collapses

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for easy storage and adds the right holiday touch to

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your indoor space. If two hundred bucks is a little

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much for you. They do sell an inflatable buddy for

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thirty four to ninety eight. That one holds a sign

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reading Santa OMG, I know him. Good news. Kate Middleton

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will return for her annual Together at Christmas service. By

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the way, cross plug for our sister podcast, Palace Intrigue

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where we talk about the British Royal family seven days

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a week. Palace Intrigue where you get your shows. The

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annual event started in twenty twenty one. It takes place

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at Westminster Abbey and is broadcast on ITV on Christmas Eve.

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Kate has been laying low for most of the years.

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She takes care of her health, so it's good to

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see her back. My wife will be excited about this one.

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It's time for the Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies. It's the

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fifteenth iteration of Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas. It kicks

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off October eighteenth runs through December Friday, October eighteenth, Sit

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in front of the TV for twas the day before Christmas.

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You want me to run through these titles? Okay? The

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nineteenth Holiday Crashers, the twentieth Scouting for Christmas October twenty fifth,

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Operation Nutcracker on the twenty sixth, The Christmas Charade, the

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twenty seventh, five Year Christmas Party November one to Carol

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four to two November tewod Our Holiday Story November third,

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Holiday Mismatch November eighth, Trivia at Saint Nick's Love It

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November ninth, Santa Tell Me November tenth, 'tis the season

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to be Irish? November fifteenth is Christmas with the Sings

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jingle Bell Run on the sixteenth, Confessions of a Christmas

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Letter on the seventeenth, Christmas on Call on the twenty second,

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Three Wiser Men and a Boy on Saturday November twenty third,

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To Have and to Holiday November twenty fourth. On the

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twenty eighth, you get Debbie Macomber's Joyful Missus Miracle, There's

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a Mouthful. On November twenty ninth, It's a nineties Christmas

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and deck the Walls. On the thirtieth, you get Believe

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in Christmas and Holiday Touchdown, A Chief's Love Story, I'm Curious,

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Holiday Touchdown and Chiefs Love Story is an original movie

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about a diehard Chiefs fan and her family are competing

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to win the team's Fan of the Year contest. Alana

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is sure that her family's lifelong history as Kansas City

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Chief Superfans makes them a frontrunner to win the team's

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Fan of the Year contest. They meet up with the

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Director of Fan Engagement, who is tasked with evaluating how

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Alana and her family stack up against the other two finalists.

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As the pair spends time together, it's clear there's a

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spark between them. This is great. When her grandfather's vintage

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Chiefs Good Luck Winter hat goes missing, Alana begins to

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doubt everything she's believed about fate, destiny, and even questions

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her future with the Director of Engagement. Then until that

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is a little Christmas Magic throws a hail Mary. Wow.

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Can't wait for that one. That's epic, all right. December first,

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the finish Line Finish as in Finland to two ends

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in the middle there and the Christmas Quest December sixth,

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Private Princess Christmas December seventh, Sugar Plum to December eighth,

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Leah's Perfect Gift on the thirteenth, Hanukah on the Rocks

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on the fourteenth, the Santa Class on the fifteenth, following

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Yonder Star, and we wrap it up on December twenty

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second with Happy Holidays. Down in Universal, Orlando, they are

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bringing it. It's Hogsmead for Christmas. If you hit the

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stores down there, you'll find a green shelf packed with

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festive goodies from mugs to backpacks and even slipper socks.

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You can get a hogsmeat hat that't only thirty five bucks.

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It is described as a winter essential with earflaps, a

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white fuzzy lining, and a green, red and white plaid pattern.

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It screams cozy Christmas. Don't forget to keep your toes

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toasty with the hogsmeat slipper socks. Those are thirty bucks,

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boxed and ready to gift, with pomp palm details and

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a castle patch on the front. They're topped off with

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a red ribbon, making them perfect for last minute giving.

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And I know it's sucked Ober fifth, and you're like, John,

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what are you doing? Well? In Grand Rapids, Michigan, the

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Broadway Bar is already decked out with Christmas decorations. Tom

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whose wife owns the bar, puts out the decorations every year.

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He says, with all things going on in the world

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right now, we need someplace like this to bring everybody's

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spirits up, and we've been doing it for thirty years

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and I'm trying to get a jumpstart on it. Everywhere

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you look in the bar there are Christmas trees, figurines

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of Santa Claus Garland straight from the ceiling, and even

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an animatronic reindeer. Reservations are already filling up. Get moving,

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Tom says. Everybody that works here is either family or

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we consider them family. That's what people love about coming

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in here. It's nothing to do with the chains. It's

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never too early for Christmas. Amen. And those are your

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five good News Christmas Stories number one for the twenty

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twenty four season normal episode on Monday. If you're new

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to this, jump on board. I have five good news

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stories for you Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and we're doing Christmas

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on Saturday. And as we get a little closer, you

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might get a little more Christmas. But I'll start lightly.

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Have a great day,