Show
Notes for Monday December 24, 2018
It's
another #MovieStarMonday as we talk with Ashley Williams. She most
recently starred in the TV Land series “The Jim Gaffigan Show”,
but first won over audiences as a teenager when she played Meg Ryan’s
daughter, Danielle Andropoulos, on “As the World Turns.” Later,
she starred alongside Mark Feuerstein in the NBC series “Good
Morning Miami” and in the Lifetime telefilm “Montana Sky.”
Williams also had a memorable
recurring role on the comedy “How I Met Your Mother,” as
Victoria. We'll visit about her latest movie. Northern Lights of
Christmas” on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
#JohnAndHeidiShow #MovieStarMonday
#AshleyWilliams #NorthernLightsOfChristmas #HallmarkMovies
#ChristmasMovies
December
24
National
Eggnog Day
Christmas
Eve
Monday December 24, 2018
"The
greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." --Michelangelo
IS
IT A GOLF COURSE... OR IS IT A REHAB CENTER!
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I'm
going to give you the name of a REAL place...I want you to tell me if
it houses a GOLF COURSE or a REHAB CENTER!
Lost
Creek in Austin, Texas ….. GOLF COURSE
BRAIN
ON DRUGS:
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How
sad is it when even Santa suffers from a brain on drugs? Well, not
the REAL Santa of course... An
armed Santa robbed a drug store in Virginia of the painkiller
OxyContin (also known as “hillbilly heroin”). "An individual
dressed as Santa . . . beard, hat, the whole works just walked to the
back of the store to the pharmacist, displayed his weapon and asked
for the OxyContin," said Chesterfield County police Captain Mike
Spraker. "Once he got it, he ran from the store. We had K-9 [a
trail-sniffing dog and police officer trainer] right in the area, and
they were there within minutes." However, the trail ended at a
nearby apartment complex’s parking lot. Police feel that the man
got into a car and drove off.
BIG
SCREEN-LITTLE SCREEN:
Lindsay
Lohan has told friends she expects to be in Times Square on New
Year’s Eve to promote her new show, “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach
House.”
(http://goo.gl/wpvLrH)
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Meghan Markle’s dad says his daughter has “ghosted” him and is asking the Queen of England to intervene. (https://dailym.ai/2EzkbS8)
66-year-old actor Mickey Rourke stepped out with his 32-year-old girlfriend in Beverly Hills last week. (https://dailym.ai/2Chxg0a)
SCOOP
OF THE DAY:
You’ve heard of the gift that keeps on giving... well two men have taken that concept to a whole new level with a twist... it’s the gift that keeps getting given!
Roy
Collette and his brother-in-law have been exchanging the same pair of
pants as a Christmas present for 11 years -and each time the package
gets harder to open. This year the pants came wrapped in a car mashed
into a 3-foot cube. The trousers are in the glove compartment of a
1974 Gremlin. Now Collette's plotting his revenge--if he can get them
out.
It
all started when Collette received a pair of moleskin trousers from
his brother-in-law, Larry Kunkel of Bensenville, Ill. Kunkel's mother
had given her son the britches when he was a college student. He wore
them a few times, but they froze stiff in cold weather and he didn't
like them.
So
he gave them to Collette. Collette, who called the moleskins
"miserable", wore them three times, then wrapped them up
and gave them back to Kunkel for Christmas the next year.
The
friendly exchange continued routinely until Collette twisted the
pants tightly, stuffed them into a 3-foot-long, 1-inch wide tube and
gave them back to Kunkel.
The
next Christmas, Kunkel compressed the pants into a 7-inch square,
wrapped them with wire and gave the "bale" to Collette. Not
to be outdone, the next year Collette put the pants into a
2-foot-square crate filled with stones, nailed it shut, banded it
with steel and gave the trusty trousers back to Kunkel. The brothers
agreed to end the caper if the trousers were damaged. But they were
as careful as they were clever.
Kunkel
had the pants mounted inside an insulated window that had a 20-year
guarantee and shipped them off to Collette. Collette broke the glass,
recovered the trousers, stuffed them into a 5-inch coffee can and
soldered it shut. The can was put in a 5-gallon container filled with
concrete and reinforcing rods and given to Kunkel the following
Christmas.
Two
years ago, Kunkel installed the pants in a 225-pound homemade steel
ashtray made from 8-inch steel casings and etched Collette's name on
the side. Collette had trouble retrieving the treasured trousers, but
succeeded without burning them with a cutting torch.
Last
Christmas, Collette found a 600-pound safe and hauled it to Viracon
Inc. in Owatonna, where the shipping department decorated it with red
and green stripes, put the pants inside and welded the safe shut. The
safe was then shipped to Kunkel, who is the plant manager for
Viracon's outlet in Bensenville.
Last
we heard, the pants were trucked to Owatonna, 55 miles south of
Minneapolis, in a drab green, 3-foot cube that once was a car with
95,000 miles on it. A note attached to the 2,000-pound scrunched car
advised Collette that the pants were inside the glove compartment.
"This will take some planning," Collette said. "I will
definitely get them out. I'm confident." He then added, "Wait
until next year... "I'm on the offensive again."
FUN
FACT FOR YOU:
Share this with your friends... they'll think you're really smart!
Share this with your friends... they'll think you're really smart!
In
the Thomas Nast cartoon that first depicted Santa Claus with a sleigh
and reindeer, he was delivering Christmas gifts to soldiers fighting
in the U.S. Civil War. The cartoon, entitled "Santa Claus in
Camp," appeared in Harper's Weekly on January 3, 1863.
THE
GRANDILOQUENT WORD OF THE DAY!
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Gelogenic (JEL-low-GEN-ik)
Adjective:
-Productive or provocative of laughter.
-Tending to produce laughter
From Greek gelos “laughter" + word-forming element -genic meaning "producing, pertaining to generation."
Used in a sentence:
“Pubert’s wife just did not find his jokes quite as gelogenic as he’d thought she would.”
A waggish person may be described as gelogenic.
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Gelogenic (JEL-low-GEN-ik)
Adjective:
-Productive or provocative of laughter.
-Tending to produce laughter
From Greek gelos “laughter" + word-forming element -genic meaning "producing, pertaining to generation."
Used in a sentence:
“Pubert’s wife just did not find his jokes quite as gelogenic as he’d thought she would.”
A waggish person may be described as gelogenic.
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WEIRD
NEWS:
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How long has Santa Claus been around? Far more than Christmas trees or candy canes, Santa Claus sparks controversy among Christians. Many believers reject the idea of the kindly old gentleman in the bright red suit because it takes away the primary focus of Christmas: celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior. Certainly when the focus of Christmas becomes children's expectations of gift receiving, using St. Nicholas as the agent of distribution, we have missed the true meaning of Christmas. Unfortunately, the original Nicholas and his godly example is lost in the controversy. St. Nicholas was a Christian priest who lived in Myra, in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), from 280-343 AD. He became Bishop of Myra, and was known for his generosity. He did not like to be seen giving gifts, so the children were told to go to sleep quickly or he would not come. He also is known for giving gifts of gold to a poor man's three daughters, placing the bags of gold inside their stockings, which the young ladies had left by the fire to dry. The name "Santa Claus" was derived from the Dutch "Sinter Klaus" pronunciation of St. Nicholas. When Dutch settlers landed in New Amsterdam (now New York), their "Sinter Klaus" celebration in December came with them. Interestingly, in many other European countries, and Latin America, Santa Claus is not even the deliverer of gifts to the children. Other figures fill the role. Nevertheless, the original (the REAL) St. Nicholas did demonstrate, "it is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).
How long has Santa Claus been around? Far more than Christmas trees or candy canes, Santa Claus sparks controversy among Christians. Many believers reject the idea of the kindly old gentleman in the bright red suit because it takes away the primary focus of Christmas: celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ our Savior. Certainly when the focus of Christmas becomes children's expectations of gift receiving, using St. Nicholas as the agent of distribution, we have missed the true meaning of Christmas. Unfortunately, the original Nicholas and his godly example is lost in the controversy. St. Nicholas was a Christian priest who lived in Myra, in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), from 280-343 AD. He became Bishop of Myra, and was known for his generosity. He did not like to be seen giving gifts, so the children were told to go to sleep quickly or he would not come. He also is known for giving gifts of gold to a poor man's three daughters, placing the bags of gold inside their stockings, which the young ladies had left by the fire to dry. The name "Santa Claus" was derived from the Dutch "Sinter Klaus" pronunciation of St. Nicholas. When Dutch settlers landed in New Amsterdam (now New York), their "Sinter Klaus" celebration in December came with them. Interestingly, in many other European countries, and Latin America, Santa Claus is not even the deliverer of gifts to the children. Other figures fill the role. Nevertheless, the original (the REAL) St. Nicholas did demonstrate, "it is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).
Imagine
your grandmother telling you to go out and buy your own present for
Christmas – and then not giving you any money to do so! A
kindly 90-year-old grandmother found buying presents for her family
and friends a bit much one Christmas, so she wrote out checks for all
of them to put in her Christmas cards. Inside the card, she wrote,
"Buy your own present" after her name on them then sent
them off. After the Christmas festivities were over, she found the
checks in her desk! Everyone had gotten a Christmas card from her
with "Buy your own present" written inside, but without the
checks!
FAKE
NEWS OR FLORIDA:
Is
this story "Fake News" or something that actually happened
in Florida.
A Miama man dressed as Santa got stuck in a chimney trying to steal
Christmas gifts “Grinch Style” - FAKE NEWS
Firefighter
Dresses Like Buddy The Elf And Starts Pillow Fights
With Shoppers–and it’s Hilarious https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org
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