Nov. 25, 2025

What time should you serve Thanksgiving Dinner? 2pm

Show Notes
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Johnny Mac shares five uplifting stories, including Martha Stewart's recommended Thanksgiving dinner time of 2:00 PM, Olive Garden closing for Thanksgiving and Christmas to allow employees family time, Reno's law on parking in front of homes, a heartwarming Arizona tradition of an accidental Thanksgiving invitation turning into a decade-long friendship, and the Detroit Lions teaming up with Eminem for an electrifying halftime show. Enjoy these feel-good stories and tips for a happy Thanksgiving.

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Caloroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. Now. If you and your family are like, hey,

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what time should we have Thanksgiving dinner? Well, good news.

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Martha Stewart went on TikTok and has explained the preferred

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time for sitting down. According to Martha Stewart, she says

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two pm. Yeah. She says, people are hungry, they're starting

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to circle the kitchen. If you have a bunch of guests,

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you don't want to wait till night time. You can

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eat and then watch the big game and then have

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more drinks and fun and eat dessert later. Some people

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didn't agree one s at Thanksgiving lunch, No thanks four

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pm at the earliest. Obviously, the correct answer is when

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the NFL twelve o'clock game starts to be a blowout,

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you try and eat during the window before the late game.

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That's the move. There. Good news. If you work for

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Olive Garden, you're most likely off on Thursday. Olive Garden

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is closing most of its locations on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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They say it's to allow team members to spend time

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with their family and friends. Remember a couple years ago

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when like the malls tried to have Black Friday start

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on Thursday at like six pm, and just people revolted

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against that. I think that's gone away. That was crazy,

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So good job Olive Garden. Other places that plans to

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close Chick fil A, Chipotle, and most of the cheesecake

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factory locations. Now maybe you're wondering, hey can I park

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in front of somebody's house? Or hey can I get

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really annoyed someone else parked in front of my house. Well,

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in Reno, they have sorted this out. Officials tell us.

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While it can be annoying, it's not illegal. See in Reno,

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parking on any public street is legal unless the areas

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mark would sign it's recording a permit. That means guests

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may legally park in front of another person's home as

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long as you don't block a driveway. In Arizona, a

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tradition that began with a wrong number is continuing for

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its tenth year. Back in twenty fifteen, Wanda accidentally texted

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somebody she thought it was her grandson's phone number, inviting

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him to dinner. It wasn't her grandson. It was actually Jamal,

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who responded to clarify the mix up, but Jamal asked,

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can I still come? Wanta said sure, and Jamal showed up.

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The two have celebrated Thanksgiving together every year since twenty sixteen.

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They have been friends through major life changes, including the

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passing of Wanda's husband and her cancer diagnosis in twenty twenty.

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This year, they're partnering with Green Giants, you know, the

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can food people. She said, their annual gathering reminds people

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how awesome Thanksgiving can be. This is all about good

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food and family and loved ones and getting together with conversation.

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We actually get to inspire people, and that's all I want.

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Inspire people to do better or to step out in

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your comfort zone and try something new. Now, Martha Stewart

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knows a lot more about this stuff than Johnny Mack does.

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But that two o'clock dinner might be a problem. If

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you're a fan of em and m The Detroit Lions

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have teamed up with Marshall Mathers. You may know him

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as Eminem. The Lions and Eminem have teamed up to

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consult on talent selection and production for the halftime show

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the Lions always play on Thanksgiving since nineteen thirty four,

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or recent halftime shows have included Big shn, Jack Harlowe,

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and Chabboozy. Chauboozi was really good. I think that was

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last year. So I'm sure halftime on Thursday will be

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something awesome, unless you follow the Martha Stewart plan, in

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which case you'd be like, oh, I want to go

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watch halftime, and like Grandma will get mad at you know,

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it'll just be ugly. Don't listen to Martha Stewart, listen

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to Johnny Mack when the Lions games will blowout. Then

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eat those your five good news stories. Have a good day.