KFC's Lickable Wrapping Paper (5 Good News Christmas Stories)

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media. We're in December now that means even more five good News, Christmas Story still the normal format on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. I'm not taking anything away from you, but you're getting extras this month. Tuesday, Thursday and the weekends are Christmas stories and good news. If you like the taste of chicken. KFC has launched Christmas wrapping paper that tastes like chicken. But there's a catch. Well, of course there's a catch. KFC has launched Lickable wrapping paper for the gifting season. The limited edition paper supposedly tastes like KFC's original recipe chicken quotes, with a refreshing hit of cranberry sauce and an aromatic pinch of sage from the sage and Onion stuffing Party. I got bad news for you. You're gonna have to go to the UK to get this. I don't think they're doing it in America.

0:54 Phoebe Simms is the brand manager at KFC UK and Ireland and said, despite the festive battle of the birds, at KFC, we believe in chicken, introducing our first ever lickable wrapping paper, inspired by our epic limit edition Stuffing Stacker Burger. Oh wait now, pay attention. KFC has worn that the wrapping paper is not intended for human consumption. All right, you can lick it, but don't eat it. The lickable areas of the paper have a protective cover that needs to be peeled off to access the tasty part, and you're advise not to lick any patches that don't have the protective cover. The company also notes that the paper may require a few licks to get the full flavor. And while we're doing this, let's talk about the stuffing Stacker Burger. The burger consists of two original recipe filets, sage and onion stuffing lettuce cheese and spicy cranberry sauce.

1:40 People got mad at Coke for their recent AI generated Christmas commercial that fans have called disastrous. It pays homage to their nineteen ninety five Holidays or Coming campaign. In the new ad, you see a fleet of cherry red trucks driving down a snowy road to deliver ice cold bottles of coke to customers at a festively decorated sound. People got annoyed at that little text there that says created by real magic. AI, A spokesperson says, we're always exploring new ways to connect with consumers and experiment with different approaches. This year, we crafted films through a collaboration of human storytellers and the power of generative AI. When user on social media didn't pull any punches and said, I feel like I'm watching the death of art in our planet unfold in front of my eyes, and no one in real life seems to care. The folks at Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains have been growing trees for more than six decades. However, Hurricane Helene destroyed thousands of trees, but not all of them.

2:32 First Lady Jill Biden unveiled one of the surviving trees as this year's White House Christmas Tree. The First Lady said the Cartner family lost thousands of trees in the storm, but this one remains standing and they named it Tremendous for the extraordinary hope that it represents. The Fraser fur is being displayed in the White House's Blue Room. Also some recent good news for two turkeys, Peach and Blossom. They were pardoned by the President last week. Have you seen Hot Santa disappears in an ad for Target. The campaign it's called Happier Holidays from Target, in which a mother and child walk through a Target store that transforms into a magical world, conjuring the emotional connection of shopping for loved ones during the season. But people have their eyes on this good looking guy. I'm I think it's Dane Cook. The good looking guy with a slightly white beer in a Target sweater has a Target name tag that reads Chris Kay. Chris Ka drives a vintage red Ford Bronco with the roof chopped off and apparently hangs out a Target. Good news if you were recently in a cafe, a man paid for everybody's breakfast, leaving diners and staff speechless. This happened at the Market cafe, and the guy covered everything from home fries to toast, tea and coffee. The mystery man had been in the cafe enjoying his tea. As he prepared to leave and settle the bill, he stunned a staff member by offering to pay for all the food and everyone in the cafe. Now, many things can be true at once. One this is super awesome too. It was like fifty bucks Joy works at the cafe. And went on Facebook and said it was a very heartwarming gesture for these times. Everyone appreciate it and it really lifted everyone's spirits. A wonderful customer quietly paid for everyone in the cafe and they all got a lovely spries thanks to that kind man. When

4:05 commenter said, it's great to know there are still some nice people in the world. Best kind of kindness, not expecting anything in return, bit early for Christmas, but that's the true spirit of Christmas and humanity. Did you put your tree up yet? We got ours up over the weekend. I didn't know this was a discussion or not, but people are apparently debating whether or not you should wash your Christmas tree before you bring it indoors. A viral trend says you absolutely need to wash your tree so you don't bring any bugs in. Well, good news. Eric Benson is a professor at Clemson. Professor Benson tells us the insects that live on Christmas trees are not serious pests that are dangerous to your home or people in pets. It's not like you're bringing in bed bugs or pests that can cause structural damage to your home on a Christmas tree. Plus even if there were, they're not going to last long because it's too hot and there's no food.

4:48 They'll probably just dry up within a day or two and die. And those are your five good news Christmas stories unless you're a bug. If you enjoy the program of tell a friend about it. They might like it too. If you like the program without commercial interruption, if you're on Apple Podcasts, click that banner. If you're not on Apple podcast click the link of the show notes to tell you how that works. All right, normal episodes tomorrow, See you then,