What to leave Santa Claus under the tree this year

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media hey er Johnny Mack who with our final five good News Christmas Stories of twenty twenty five. Were you in San Diego? Did you see eight thousand runners, walkers, and families dressed as Santa Claus. It was the thirteenth annual San Diego Santa Run, one of San Diego's most anticipated holiday traditions. The event combines fitness and competition with seasonal fanfare. Race director Eric said the Santa Run is the best day of the year at Pacific Beach, twenty twenty five is our largest event in event history. After the race, everybody heads over to the Pacific Beach Holiday Parade.

0:44 That's a lot of fun. Meanwhile, in Honolulu, it's the annual invasion of Christmas pop up bars. If you're looking to get a drink in the next few days, hit the Christmas Bar inside Tiki's Grill and barn Y ki Ki. This one's famous for its Florida ceiling decorations, massive photo ops, and sweet holiday drinks like butter beer and the hot snowflake mint mocha that sounds delicious. The entire space gets transformed into a full blown winter fantasy, complete with festive bites and desserts. It's one of the busiest pop ups in the city, so expect lines, especially on weekends. It runs through December thirtieth. I think it's funny that in Hawaii they're fantasizing about being cold. Meanwhile, here in New Jersey it's been eighteen degrees for like four weeks. I'd want to go to Hawaii. Meanwhile, in Kakaako Aloha, Mama Sita has gone full Grinch with the Grinch Miss bar.

1:31 What the restaurant is decked out and bright holiday decor. Okay, that's nice. They serve cocktails like these s'mores martini spiked hot cocoa jack frost, a neon green Grinch made with tequila and sour apple schnapps, and Christmas punch meant for sharing. They're open through December thirty first, closing only on Christmas Day. Downtown, the tiki speakeasy tucked inside Yours Truly at the Ace Hotel becomes Yules Truly isolated there. The cozy hideaway features fives but shelty cocktails, including a spiced paar rum drink called O Pear Tree. It was also the Coconut Cacao North Pole potion and a whiskey for ginger. Gentlemen, if you'd like your beverage in a tiny reindeer cup, get the jingle Java shot. Dozens of service members and veterans that Joint Base Cape cod got an early holiday surprise thanks to a Massachusetts based a nonprofit called Operations Service.

2:25 As part of its annual Trees for Soldiers program, volunteers delivered free Christmas trees to military families at Otis Air National Guard Base. The trees were distributed at no cost to local veterans, airmen and soldiers of the Massachusetts National Guard and active duty members of the Space Force and Coastguard. Operation Service was founded by brothers Mike and Joe. They were on hand to help prepare and distribute the trees. This all started back in twenty ten, when the Fermani family teamed up with the Gardener Spot to donate a small number of Christmas trees to local veterans and military families. Word got out, things got bigger. Joe said the partnership with the one hundre its second intelligence Wing, has been essential to the growth, adding that visiting Otis Air National Guard Base allows the organization to thank more of the men and women who serve. As you do your last minute shopping. If you want to give to charity, there is a browser extension called Tab for a Cause. Just by opening a new browser tab, we're told users around the world have helped raise more than two million dollars for nonprofit organizations. Tab for a Cause is a free browser extension that donates advertising revenue to charity every time a user opens a new tab. No purchase has required, no extra effort, just your normal Internet browsing. Nonprofit partners include Action against Hunger, Conservation, International Water, Dot Org, give Directly, Room to Read, the Humane League, and others. And Tomorrow night, Christmas Eve, is of course Santa's busiest night of the year, and while Americans usually leave out milk and cookies, around the world Santa gets some other treats. In Northern Europe, especially Denmark and Sweden, children leave out a war rice

3:55 pudding called reason Grod. In England and Ireland, Father Christmas against mince eyes, often accompanied by sherry or even a beginness. In France and Italy, children might leave a glass of wine. In Germany, rathering food, children write and decorate letters for Santa. The glitter letters that are left on window sills for him to read. In Latvia, children feed Santa's soul by reciting a poem in front of the Christmas tree before receiving their gifts. In Argentina, kids lay out hay and water for Santa's animals and place their shoes nearby. By morning, the hay is gone and small gifts appear in its place. And in Australia, where Christmas falls in the middle of summer, kids leave cookies, but they often pair it with beer. Those are five good News Christmas Stories, all right. That'll put a wrap on Christmas stories until next year. Five Good News Stories continues. I'll take a couple days off here for the holidays, and we'll pick up again with regular stories on the regular schedule. You have a very, very merry Christmas.