Jason Kelce his New Heights on a Christmas Album with Stevie Nicks (5 Good News Christmas Stories)

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five Good News Christmas Stories. Yep, doing a little Christmas bonus episodes on Saturdays for the time being. As we get a little closer to the Holidays, I'll roll this out even more. Gerald Dickens has been performing a one man version of a Christmas Carol since nineteen ninety three, touring it since nineteen ninety five. He says, I'd been an actor before then, but not really making a living from it. So that's when my career really began. Once I tried performing my great great grandfather's works, which lend themselves a very well to theater interpretations, I was hooked. Yeah. If Gerald Dickens's name sounds familiar, his great great grandfather is Charles.

0:50 Charles himself traveled to the US in eighteen forty two and again in eighteen sixty seven and sixty eight to perform for Americans who worshiped him like the international celebrity that he was. Gerald Dickens has inherited several of his ancestors traits, including his raven hair, thick eyebrows, and bushy beard. If you'd like to see Gerald Dickens he's touring the Christmas Carol in twelve states October twenty first, they'll be in Burlington City, New Jersey. I won't read all the dates, so that might be a cool one for you to look up. Meanwhile, in Birmingham, the local airport has announced that a production company has wrapped up filming a movie there. The movie is set in the eighties, but if you flew in and out of Birmingham Airport between September fifth and eighteenth, you may have seen a movie set decked out with Christmas trees, reets and lights. The movie has the working title Layover. They filmed over at the baggage claim, the terminal gate, the parking deck, and even inside the airport at a couple places the public doesn't normally get to see. To minimize the impact of flyers, the production company filmed in the evening and the overnight. The airport managers remind us, our team worked really hard to make the process easy for cast and crew, but customers come first.

1:56 You think I started early with the Christmas stuff at Disneyland. Christmas started July twenty ninth. They started with the Nightmare before Christmas Celebration, The Haunted Mansion normally shuts down for part of August to transition from the original Haunted Mansion to one that blends in a nightmare version of Halloween and Christmas, but this year they redid the ride, so they just started a little earlier. Disneyland also jumped in on August twenty third with the first Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney World. Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween started August ninth. Todd Reagan runs a website mice Chat, and he says Halloween is starting earlier and earlier because it's big business, and as long as guests keeps snapping up extra cost parties in Halloween merch in the heat of summer, the trend will continue. Christmas long ago swallowed up Thanksgiving, making August through early January a dual mega holiday season. Like it or not, it makes financial sense for the parks, and guest spending has fueled the trend. Stevie Nix will join Jason Kelsey's Christmas album. Jason has hinted on Instagram that he is teaming up with Stevie. He posted a photo of himself with seventy six year old Stevie Nicks and the caption the crossover we didn't know we needed coming soon to a Christmas album near you. This will be the third year in a row that Jason Kelsey will release a holiday album. It's called a Philly Special Christmas Party. Last year's album featured Patti LaBelle. Philadelphia Magazine is reporting that the album, which raises money for charity, will also feature Boys Two Men and Charlie Hall from the War on Drugs. The album will be out November twenty ninth. And for you Harry Potter fans, Christmas at

3:29 Hogwarts is a brand new picture book. Every page is a cozy slice of nostalgia, made even more charming by enchanting illustrations. It's a chance to relive the magic of Harry's first Holiday at Hogwarts in a way that's both visually stunning and heartwarming. This one's out now fourteen bucks wherever you get your books. And those are your five good News Christmas stories for today Again. If you're new to the show, I do good News stories Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and we're doing Christmas on Saturdays. You have an awesome day