Dec. 8, 2025

Warning - Christmas Music Can Make YOU Drive Fast!

Show Notes
Transcript

A study by Barber Law Firm reveals how Christmas music tempo impacts driving behavior. Secondly, Japan's unique KFC Christmas tradition and festive celebrations are discussed. Thirdly, a survey by Exotica highlights charming towns that could inspire Hallmark Christmas movies, with Maryland towns dominating the list. Fourthly, popular restaurants in Las Vegas are offering special Christmas menus, including Seagulls 1941, Marketplace Buffet, Buddy V's Ristorante, and the Eiffel Tower restaurant. Lastly, Publix introduces a 'Merry Birthday' cake for those with Christmas birthdays to ensure their day feels special. A regular episode will follow.

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

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good News Christmas Stories. Again. I haven't taken the feed

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all Christmas tomorrow being normal five good news stories. It's

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just you know that time of year, and I'm doing

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these as extra episodes in between the regular so you're

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not missing out on anything. A new study suggests that

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your favorite Christmas music could actually affect how you drive

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this season. Yeah. Research by the Barber Law firm shows

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that the temple of holiday songs can influence driver behavior.

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High tempo Christmas tracks anything over one hundred and twenty

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beats per minute may lead to more aggressive driving and distraction,

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while slow songs between forty and seventy beats per minut

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it can make drivers drowsy or limit their attention span. Right,

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so we got hit the sweet spot between seventy and

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one to twenty. How did they do such research? While

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the firm analyzed Spotify's most popular holiday songs and ranked

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by tempo. Slow tempo songs that could include fatigue include

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Carol of the Bells, Winter Wonderland, Candy Cane, Lean, and

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Oh Holy Night. Now on the fast tempo side, tap

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the brakes There if you're listening to Ariana Grande's Last Christmas,

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or maybe Shake and Steven's Merry Christmas Everyone, or that

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really crazy up tempo song by Bing Crosby and the

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Andrews Sisters Mele Khalika Maka Yes. Also Andy Williams, It's

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the most Wonderful time of the year. Could get you

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in driving trouble. All right, John, what songs should we

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listen to? Apparently the answer is Mariah Carey's All I

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Want for Christmas Is You Now. In Japan, they don't

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celebrate Christmas in the traditional Western or religious sense, but

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they have their own kind of thing. One of the

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most famous traditions over there is the Kentucky Fried Chicken

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Christmas Dinner. That's right. This goes back to nineteen seventy four.

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The KFC folks did a really really successful ad campaign

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making KFC the go to Christmas Bill, which, you know what,

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sounds pretty good and I might have to talk my

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wife into it. Families places orders weeks in advance for

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special holiday party barrels. Rismiths Eve is a romantic night

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similar to Valentine's Day, filled with dinners, lights, and gift exchanges.

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Another Japanese tradition is the Christmas Cake, which is a

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light sponge cake topped with whipped cream and strawberries, seen

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as a symbol of happiness and prosperity. They also have

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European style Christmas markets in Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama. A

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new national survey from a travel company called Exotica. Interesting

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game for a travel company. They asked over three thousand

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people which real life towns deserve their own Hallmark Christmas movie.

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You know the kind of places where there's a historic

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main street and garland and small town charm. You've been

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to that kind of town. Now, this was done I

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think out of Maryland because Maryland dominated at number one.

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Saint Michael's on Maryland's eastern shore was the top choice nationwide.

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Saint Michael's is known for its brickline streets, waterfront views

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along the Chesapeake Bay, and a tradition of elaborate holiday decorations.

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Number two, also in Maryland, Annapolis, blending colonial architecture with

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festival lighting displays. Number three, also in Maryland. Berlin or

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do you guys pronounce it Berlin? I don't know, but

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it's spelled like the place in Germany, and that whatever

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however it's pronounced. It has earned attention for its preserved,

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small town main street, filled with local shops, handmade gifts,

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and a strong sense of community. All Right, what if

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we're not in Maryland, John, We'll go to Blue Ridge, Georgia,

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a mountaintown known for its winter scenery, twinkling lights, rustic cabins,

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and holiday trains. Also making the list, Frankenmuth, Michigan, called

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Michigan's Little Bavaria. Frankenmuth is known for its German style architecture,

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Christmas shops, and winter festivals. Sant Augustine, Florida, makes the list.

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The nation's oldest city features Spanish colonial streets that glow

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during the season's nights of lights. Cape May, New Jersey.

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I could be there in three hours and change. You

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think New Jersey's not that big until you start driving

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to Cape May Exit zero on the Garden State Parkway. Yeah,

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not exit one, Exit zero. Cape May's pastel, victorial homes

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and decorated inns make it a perennial holiday favorite. The

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Washington Street Mall been there in this couple good bars

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There is the focal point of shopping, lights and carriage rides. Levenworth,

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Washington is a Bavarian inspired mountain village that transforms into

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a full Christmas town with Alpine style buildings, light festivals,

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and sleigh rides when weather allows. Bar Harbor, Maine makes

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the list up by Acadian National Park. I have to

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get up that way sometime. Bar Harbor mixes small town

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charm with dramatic winter scenery. Lake Placid, New York, known

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for its Olympic history. It offers ice skating, mountain views

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and classic wintertown imagery. And St. S Park, Colorado, at

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the edge of the Rocky Mountain National Park. St. S

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Park features alpine lodges, decorated streets, and scenic winter landscapes.

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Are you heading to Vegas or Christmas? Well? Some restaurants

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will serve Christmas even Christmas Day menus. This year, Seagulls

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nineteen forty one at El Cortes will feed you on

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Christmas from eleven am to nine pm. Guests receive a

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three course meal. The first course, roasted butternut squash soup

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ham with brandy pineapple sauce anchors The main plate, which

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comes with sweet potatoes and green beans. Fresh baked bacan

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or apple pie finishes the meal over at the Marketplace

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Buffet Christmas Day, ten to eight adults pay sixty five

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dollars and that'll get you a carving station with prime

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rib and glazed ham. Brunch items include lobster friata and

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blueberry pancakes, Wanton soup and assorted dim sum around out

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the spread for just sixty five bucks. Buddy V's Restaurante

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seventy five bucks a three course Christmas Day menus, starting

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with a pear and gorgonzala salad, slow braised veal, also

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buco with crispy Joki follows, and almond cake with raspberry

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moose Jilly ends the meal. Feeling a little French, head

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to the Eiffel Tower Restaurant that pair of strip Fuse

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and Blagio fountains with a one hundred and fifty five

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dollars dinner. Vegas has got expensive, hasn't it? Selections include

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pheasant lobster, bisk, beef tenderloin, roasted chicken breast, white chocolate, peppermints,

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who flay, and crim blay. That all sounds pricey, al right.

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What if you're one of those people that has your

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birthday on Christmas or you know, around Christmas well, Publix

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has you hooked up. They have announced a new Merry

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Birthday cake. I did not misspeak. It's the Mary Birthday Cake.

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They have a commercial and features a little girl who's

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tired of Santa stealing her big day. The Merry Birthday

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Cake is two tiered, with the first layer being loaded

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with sprinkles inside. It's only available by special order and

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order the cake online. And those are five good news

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Christmas stories for today, normal episode tomorrow. Okay, I'll see that.