Top Christmas Toys of the Year? The Fartblaster! (5 Good News Christmas Stories)

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news Christmas Stories. We're getting another version of band Aids. Do they know it's Christmas? This is apparently the fourth version. I had no idea the original came out in nineteen eighty four. I remember that one. I'm old I was around. Proceeds will benefit the band Aid Charitable Trust, which supports health and anti poverty initiatives across Africa. It is called the twenty twenty four Ultimate Mix. It'll be out November twenty fifth. The new version of the song includes original recordings from George Michael Boy, George Sting, and Simon Labond from the two thousand and four version I don't remember.

0:45 We get Robbie Williams from twenty fourteen's band Aid thirty, which I also don't remember. We get ed Sheeran, Sheinad, O'Connor, Sam Smith, Seal and One Direction. The backing band, compiled from the original in the two thousand and four versions includes Paul McCartney and Deuranda, John Taylor on base, Phil Collins on drums. The new version features Bono in both his original and a newer form that's kind of fun. In Santa Claus, Indiana, it's Christmas every day. The town was Santa Claus in the nineteenth century. They offer a year round Christmas cheer with attractions like Santa's Candy Castle, the Santa Claus Museum and Village, and of course, the famous Holiday World theme park. We can ride roller coasters and celebrate multiple holidays all at once. Visitors enjoy hitting up the Santa Claus Post Office to mail letters to the Big Man himself. Seasonal highlights include summer drive ins, winter parades, and the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration in December.

1:39 All over the world, people have different traditions. How about this one from Wales. This custom includes using a horse's skull, which is mounted on a pole, hidden under a cloth and carried through the streets. Known as one of the earliest traditions from Wales, locals once upon a time paraded the undead horse decorated with ribbons, streamers, or holly and ivy, around the village. The tradition was first recorded in eighteen hundred, when people dressed in characters such as Punch and Judy took to the streets. Those carrying the horse would sing a song while knocking on residence doors and requesting entry, food and drink through song. The Gray Mare is taking around a village traditionally, often between Christmas Day and twelfth night. She is dressed with festive lights and decorations, and is usually accompanied by other full characters like a jester and a lady. It is said, if the horse gets in your house the household she has entered, we'll have good luck for the rest of the year. Well, that case, I'm gonna wait till twelfth night and get good luck for you know, three hundred and something days, not four days. However, Welsh Methodists and other Christian nonconformists criticized the horse in the nineteenth century and it started to die out, and only a few processions were left by the nineteen sixties. However, these days the tradition is back, Baby Hey, good news.

2:48 If you're in Albany, New York on December fourteenth, hit up the Albany Santa Speedo Sprint. It's back for its nineteenth year. Also in Albany that day, having nothing to do with Christmas, the Chilly Chowderfest back for its eighth year. The Santa Speedo Sprint is an eight hundred meter run starting at two pm. They have some FAQs. One of them do I have to wear a speedo? The answer you do not. Runners wear everything from speedos and bikinis to costumes to three piece suits. Well, you're probably wondering what is number one on the Christmas toy wish list this year from Despicable Me for It's the fart Blaster. That's right, a fort blaster that makes fifteen sounds that blasts fog fart rings is one of the is one of the toys predicted to be a best seller this year.

3:33 The fart Blaster comes with two cents banana and fart. Some other toys include the Pets Alive Mama, Duck and Baby surprise set, featuring a duck that wattles and quacks and his soothing win her Duckling's line up behind her. That's a little nicer than a fart blaster. Also expected to be popular, and animatronic puppet of Disney Stitch, capable of making more than one hundred actions and sounds. Still on the list, legos and hot wheels. Personally, I'll take some hot wheels over a Ford blaster, and those are your five Good News Christmas Stories. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it. They might like it too. Hey, you know what make a good Christmas gift? Give somebody the show commercial free link in the show notes. Huh, five bucks a month you get this show and twenty plus others on the network. Here one of those shows, Daily Comedy News. I host that seven days a week to talk about the stand up comedians like John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan. You know those guys. That show's a lot of fun. Anyway, link in the show notes. Or if you're on Apple Podcast, why don't you click the banner You get a thirty day free trial of it. If you're on Apple Podcast, why wouldn't you at least make the commercials go away for thirty days? You know what I'm saying. Yeah, see you on Monday.