Nov. 16, 2024

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

Show Notes
Transcript

Johnny Mac shares five heartwarming Christmas stories, including the release of a new version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' benefiting African initiatives, the year-round holiday spirit in Santa Claus, Indiana, a quirky Welsh Christmas tradition involving a horse's skull, the annual Santa Speedo Sprint in Albany, New York, and the top Christmas toys of the year like the Fart Blaster from 'Despicable Me 4'. The show also promotes a commercial-free subscription option and Johnny's other podcast, 'Daily Comedy News.'

00:00 Band Aid 2024
01:08 Christmas in Santa Claus, Indiana
01:39 Welsh Christmas Tradition: The Gray Mare
02:47 Albany Santa Speedo Sprint and Chili Chowder Fest
03:14 Top Christmas Toys of the Year
04:01 Conclusion and Show Promotion

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

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good news Christmas Stories. We're getting another version of band Aids.

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Do they know it's Christmas? This is apparently the fourth version.

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I had no idea the original came out in nineteen

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eighty four. I remember that one. I'm old I was around.

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Proceeds will benefit the band Aid Charitable Trust, which supports

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health and anti poverty initiatives across Africa. It is called

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the twenty twenty four Ultimate Mix. It'll be out November

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twenty fifth. The new version of the song includes original

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recordings from George Michael Boy, George Sting, and Simon Labond

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from the two thousand and four version I don't remember.

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We get Robbie Williams from twenty fourteen's band Aid thirty,

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which I also don't remember. We get ed Sheeran, Sheinad, O'Connor,

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Sam Smith, Seal and One Direction. The backing band, compiled

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from the original in the two thousand and four versions

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includes Paul McCartney and Deuranda, John Taylor on base, Phil

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Collins on drums. The new version features Bono in both

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his original and a newer form that's kind of fun.

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In Santa Claus, Indiana, it's Christmas every day. The town

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was Santa Claus in the nineteenth century. They offer a

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year round Christmas cheer with attractions like Santa's Candy Castle,

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the Santa Claus Museum and Village, and of course, the

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famous Holiday World theme park. We can ride roller coasters

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and celebrate multiple holidays all at once. Visitors enjoy hitting

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up the Santa Claus Post Office to mail letters to

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the Big Man himself. Seasonal highlights include summer drive ins,

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winter parades, and the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration in December.

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All over the world, people have different traditions. How about

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this one from Wales. This custom includes using a horse's skull,

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which is mounted on a pole, hidden under a cloth

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and carried through the streets. Known as one of the

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earliest traditions from Wales, locals once upon a time paraded

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the undead horse decorated with ribbons, streamers, or holly and ivy,

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around the village. The tradition was first recorded in eighteen hundred,

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when people dressed in characters such as Punch and Judy

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took to the streets. Those carrying the horse would sing

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a song while knocking on residence doors and requesting entry,

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food and drink through song. The Gray Mare is taking

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around a village traditionally, often between Christmas Day and twelfth night.

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She is dressed with festive lights and decorations, and is

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usually accompanied by other full characters like a jester and

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a lady. It is said, if the horse gets in

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your house the household she has entered, we'll have good

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luck for the rest of the year. Well, that case,

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I'm gonna wait till twelfth night and get good luck

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for you know, three hundred and something days, not four days. However,

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Welsh Methodists and other Christian nonconformists criticized the horse in

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the nineteenth century and it started to die out, and

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only a few processions were left by the nineteen sixties. However,

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these days the tradition is back, Baby Hey, good news.

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If you're in Albany, New York on December fourteenth, hit

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up the Albany Santa Speedo Sprint. It's back for its

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nineteenth year. Also in Albany that day, having nothing to

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do with Christmas, the Chilly Chowderfest back for its eighth year.

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The Santa Speedo Sprint is an eight hundred meter run

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starting at two pm. They have some FAQs. One of

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them do I have to wear a speedo? The answer

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you do not. Runners wear everything from speedos and bikinis

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to costumes to three piece suits. Well, you're probably wondering

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what is number one on the Christmas toy wish list

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this year from Despicable Me for It's the fart Blaster.

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That's right, a fort blaster that makes fifteen sounds that

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blasts fog fart rings is one of the is one

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of the toys predicted to be a best seller this year.

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The fart Blaster comes with two cents banana and fart.

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Some other toys include the Pets Alive Mama, Duck and

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Baby surprise set, featuring a duck that wattles and quacks

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and his soothing win her Duckling's line up behind her.

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That's a little nicer than a fart blaster. Also expected

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to be popular, and animatronic puppet of Disney Stitch, capable

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of making more than one hundred actions and sounds. Still

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on the list, legos and hot wheels. Personally, I'll take

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some hot wheels over a Ford blaster, and those are

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your five Good News Christmas Stories. If you enjoy the program,

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tell a friend about it. They might like it too. Hey,

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you know what make a good Christmas gift? Give somebody

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the show commercial free link in the show notes. Huh,

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five bucks a month you get this show and twenty

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plus others on the network. Here one of those shows,

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Daily Comedy News. I host that seven days a week

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to talk about the stand up comedians like John Mulaney,

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Jim Gaffigan. You know those guys. That show's a lot

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of fun. Anyway, link in the show notes. Or if

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you're on Apple Podcast, why don't you click the banner

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You get a thirty day free trial of it. If

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you're on Apple Podcast, why wouldn't you at least make

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the commercials go away for thirty days? You know what

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I'm saying. Yeah, see you on Monday.