Dec. 3, 2024

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

Show Notes
Transcript

Highlights include KFC UK's innovative launch of chicken-flavored lickable wrapping paper, controversy over Coca-Cola's AI-generated Christmas ad, and the heartwarming survival of a Christmas tree from Hurricane Helene, now displayed in the White House. Also featured are President Biden's pardoning of two turkeys, a 'Hot Santa' sighting in a Target ad, and a generous act by a mystery man who paid for everyone's breakfast in a cafe. The episode wraps up with expert advice on whether you should wash your Christmas tree before bringing it indoors.

00:24 KFC's Lickable Wrapping Paper
01:40 Coca-Cola's AI Christmas Commercial Controversy
02:21 White House Christmas Tree and Turkey Pardon
02:54 Target's Hot Santa Ad
03:26 Heartwarming Cafe Gesture
04:14 Debate on Washing Christmas Trees

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Caloroga Shark Media. We're in December now that means even

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more five good News, Christmas Story still the normal format

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on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. I'm not taking anything away from you,

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but you're getting extras this month. Tuesday, Thursday and the

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weekends are Christmas stories and good news. If you like

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the taste of chicken. KFC has launched Christmas wrapping paper

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that tastes like chicken. But there's a catch. Well, of

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course there's a catch. KFC has launched Lickable wrapping paper

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for the gifting season. The limited edition paper supposedly tastes

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like KFC's original recipe chicken quotes, with a refreshing hit

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of cranberry sauce and an aromatic pinch of sage from

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the sage and Onion stuffing Party. I got bad news

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for you. You're gonna have to go to the UK to

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get this. I don't think they're doing it in America.

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Phoebe Simms is the brand manager at KFC UK and

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Ireland and said, despite the festive battle of the birds,

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at KFC, we believe in chicken, introducing our first ever

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lickable wrapping paper, inspired by our epic limit edition Stuffing

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Stacker Burger. Oh wait now, pay attention. KFC has worn

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that the wrapping paper is not intended for human consumption.

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All right, you can lick it, but don't eat it.

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The lickable areas of the paper have a protective cover

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that needs to be peeled off to access the tasty part,

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and you're advise not to lick any patches that don't

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have the protective cover. The company also notes that the

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paper may require a few licks to get the full flavor.

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And while we're doing this, let's talk about the stuffing

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Stacker Burger. The burger consists of two original recipe filets,

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sage and onion stuffing lettuce cheese and spicy cranberry sauce.

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People got mad at Coke for their recent AI generated

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Christmas commercial that fans have called disastrous. It pays homage

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to their nineteen ninety five Holidays or Coming campaign. In

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the new ad, you see a fleet of cherry red

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trucks driving down a snowy road to deliver ice cold

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bottles of coke to customers at a festively decorated sound.

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People got annoyed at that little text there that says

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created by real magic. AI, A spokesperson says, we're always

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exploring new ways to connect with consumers and experiment with

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different approaches. This year, we crafted films through a collaboration

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of human storytellers and the power of generative AI. When

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user on social media didn't pull any punches and said,

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I feel like I'm watching the death of art in

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our planet unfold in front of my eyes, and no

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one in real life seems to care. The folks at

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Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains have

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been growing trees for more than six decades. However, Hurricane

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Helene destroyed thousands of trees, but not all of them.

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First Lady Jill Biden unveiled one of the surviving trees

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as this year's White House Christmas Tree. The First Lady

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said the Cartner family lost thousands of trees in the storm,

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but this one remains standing and they named it Tremendous

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for the extraordinary hope that it represents. The Fraser fur

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is being displayed in the White House's Blue Room. Also

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some recent good news for two turkeys, Peach and Blossom.

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They were pardoned by the President last week. Have you

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seen Hot Santa disappears in an ad for Target. The

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campaign it's called Happier Holidays from Target, in which a

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mother and child walk through a Target store that transforms

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into a magical world, conjuring the emotional connection of shopping

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for loved ones during the season. But people have their

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eyes on this good looking guy. I'm I think it's

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Dane Cook. The good looking guy with a slightly white

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beer in a Target sweater has a Target name tag

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that reads Chris Kay. Chris Ka drives a vintage red

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Ford Bronco with the roof chopped off and apparently hangs

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out a Target. Good news if you were recently in

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a cafe, a man paid for everybody's breakfast, leaving diners

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and staff speechless. This happened at the Market cafe, and

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the guy covered everything from home fries to toast, tea

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and coffee. The mystery man had been in the cafe

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enjoying his tea. As he prepared to leave and settle

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the bill, he stunned a staff member by offering to

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pay for all the food and everyone in the cafe. Now,

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many things can be true at once. One this is

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super awesome too. It was like fifty bucks Joy works

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at the cafe. And went on Facebook and said it

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was a very heartwarming gesture for these times. Everyone appreciate

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it and it really lifted everyone's spirits. A wonderful customer

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quietly paid for everyone in the cafe and they all

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got a lovely spries thanks to that kind man. When

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commenter said, it's great to know there are still some

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nice people in the world. Best kind of kindness, not

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expecting anything in return, bit early for Christmas, but that's

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the true spirit of Christmas and humanity. Did you put

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your tree up yet? We got ours up over the weekend.

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I didn't know this was a discussion or not, but

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people are apparently debating whether or not you should wash

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your Christmas tree before you bring it indoors. A viral

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trend says you absolutely need to wash your tree so

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you don't bring any bugs in. Well, good news. Eric

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Benson is a professor at Clemson. Professor Benson tells us

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the insects that live on Christmas trees are not serious

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pests that are dangerous to your home or people in pets.

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It's not like you're bringing in bed bugs or pests

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that can cause structural damage to your home on a

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Christmas tree. Plus even if there were, they're not going

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to last long because it's too hot and there's no food.

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They'll probably just dry up within a day or two

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and die. And those are your five good news Christmas

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