Dec. 17, 2024

Taylor Swift Inspired Christmas House

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Johnny Mac shares five delightful Christmas stories, including a Taylor Swift-inspired house, a Hallmark Christmas Experience in Kansas City, a reminder from Indiana State Police about Christmas lights on cars, a humorous tree lighting mishap in Dublin, and creative Elf on the Shelf ideas for parents. Each story highlights the joy and creativity of the holiday season.

00:15 Taylor Swift Inspired Christmas House
01:47 Kansas City's Christmas Experience
02:34 Indiana State Police's Christmas Lights Warning
03:00 Trinity College Christmas Tree Lighting Mishap

03:32 Santa's Secret Message for Parents Only

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

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good news Christmas stories. Good news, the Taylor Swift inspired

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Christmas House is back and we're told it's better than

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last year. Amy and Brian have been working for weeks

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on their Swift miss house in Illinois. In October, the

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couple went on a date to a nearby restaurant jotted

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down notes to incorporate three of Swift's eras, Reputation, Folklore,

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and the Tortured Poet's Department into their lights display. Among

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their ideas, a folklore cottage and oversized Tortured Poets typewriter,

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and a Look What You Made Me Do? Set up

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with a tuxedo clad Travis Kelcey. Amy says, we started

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with writing a mission statement together spread love and joy

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through the holiday season. We took notes as we ate dinner,

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and our brains were overflowing with ideas. In the folklore section,

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a moss adorned cottage replicates the set piece on the tour.

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The wood came from a neighbor's bed frame left on

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the side of the road. A chandelier donated by another

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neighbor hangs inside to light up A stool and cart again.

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At the foot of the cottage are mushrooms and disco balls.

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In the Tortured Poet section, you see a six foot

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cardboard cutout of Taylor Swift in her signature white dress.

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Along the bottom of the couple put glitter a typewriter

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similar to the one in the Fortnight video, as keys

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made of pickle jar lids. Last year they did the

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Red Speak. Now nineteen eighty nine and evermore Eras Brian said,

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we didn't know the whole world was gonna see it.

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People would come and stay for hours and sing songs.

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So there's a lot of camaraderie and the passing of

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friendship bracelets. It's really what we want. I had news

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for you, guys. You're gonna have to up yourselves next year.

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I don't envy you at all. In Kansas City, they

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opened up the Christmas Experience. It's near Hallmark headquarters. Darren

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his Hallmark's chief brand officer. He says it ten D's

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can walk through these square lined with vendors offering five

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golden rings. Blitzen's Barbecue Christmas to Molly's. Visitors can ice

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skate to Christmas tunes. There are Hallmark movie marathons, workshops

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for creating your own Holiday, to cores and panels with

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Network stars spelling behind the scenes secrets about their projects. Laura,

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Margie and Ruth are friends and fans. Ruth calls herself

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a Hallmark junkie and saw the advertisement for the festival

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back in June and said, we're going girls strip. Laura said,

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you'd never suspect we watched Hallmark twenty four hours a day,

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but we do. I love it. Ah. Those grnches at

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the Indiana State Police are warning people to stop putting

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Christmas lights on your cars. In a social media post,

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the cops said they're seeing more and more cars decorated

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and bright and colorful Christmas lights and remind us courding

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an Indiana Code nine to twenty one seven DASH ten,

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using colored lights anywhere outside the front and back of

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a non emergency vehicle is illegal. We didn't write the law,

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but it is on the books. Meanwhile, in Ireland, a

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holiday goer is gathered at Trinity College, Dublin. We're there

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for the Christmas tree lighting, and Jasmine said there was

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a huge crowd and carol singers were waiting for the

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lights to start singing. There was gonna be a five

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second countdown. Everybody was holding their phone and waiting for

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the magic to happen, and nothing Onlookers laughed. Everybody looked

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around in confusion, wondering why nothing happened. After a fifteen

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minute delay, officials determine the tree lighting ain't gonna happen

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due to an electrical issue. Okay, parents, if you're listening

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with the kids, I appreciate you. Santa has sent me

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a note he wants there's a surprise for the kids

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on Christmas. Okay, Santa doesn't want the kids to hear

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this one. So if you're listening with the kids, hit stop.

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I'll take the commercial breaks, and then the next story

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is for parents only. Okay, you hearing me? Hit stop?

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All right, I'll be right back. All right, just parents

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now right, kids aren't listening. If the kids are still there,

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hit stop. I tried to warn you here. Okay. You know, parents,

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around this time of year, the elf on the shelf's

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getting a little old, right like right after Thanksgiving. It's fun,

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and then you know, every day you wake up and

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you're like, oh shoot, I forgot to move the elf,

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and then you find yourself trying to move it before

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the kids get out of bed. You've been there. I've

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been there when I would remember, I enjoyed putting it

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in ridiculous places, But you know, you forget and then

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it's like ah, elf on the shelf goes back to

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two thousand and five to twenty years now. Yeah, it's

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like establishment. I remember when that was new. Folks on

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social media have some ideas for your elf if you're

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running out of ideas. Some of them include hiding the

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elf in a toaster, attaching it to a rupper duck,

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and putting it in the toilets on the back part,

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not the part where you go, but like the back tank.

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I mean, let's not be gross. Some suggested putting the

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elves on the ceiling. Done that, been there, or having

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the elf lift weights made out of marshmallows. One suggested

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having the elf defy gravity by securing the ELF's head

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to the ceiling using double sided tape, dangle its feet,

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and attach its legs to Christmas lights. It'll appear that

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the elf is walking a tightrope. That one's a little

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too involved for me. Okay, those are your five good

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news Christmas stories. If you enjoy this program at all,

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tell friends about it. Hopefully they'll enjoy it too. So

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until Christmas. Normal episodes Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and five Good

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News Christmas Stories the other days, you have an awesome day.