Saturday & Sunday 12/16 & 17/23
Celebrate:
Saturday
Barbie and Barney Backlash Day
Boston Tea Party Day
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
National Wreaths Across America Day
Stupid Toy Day
Sunday
International Jewish Book Day
National Maple Syrup Day
Pan American Aviation Day
Wright Brothers Day
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The Golden State Warriors are satisfied with the NBA's indefinite suspension of their star forward, Draymond Green, after Green hit an opposing player in the face so hard that he fell to the floor. "We’re looking to turn it into a positive,” the GM said. Before Wednesday's punishment, Green had been suspended three times already this year, most recently last month for putting a player in a headlock.
Maybe he should be in the NFL instead.
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Ikea stores in the U.K. have been giving away 9½-pound "turkey-sized meatballs" as holiday meal centerpieces. In addition to a social media contest, the furniture chain has somehow been hiding the giant meat spheres in its stores around the U.K.
One of the comments is..We're gonna need a bigger gravy boat.
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Trains between Newark and New York were held for nearly an hour yesterday when a bull got onto the tracks. After police corralled the bull, he was brought to a nearby animal sanctuary where WCBS 880 reported that he is now known as Ricardo, having been named after one of the officers who helped him. Ricardo reportedly escaped from a local slaughterhouse.
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New at the Movies
Wonka - Before the Chocolate Factory, sing and dance with Timothée Chalamet, Sally Hawkins, Keegan-Michael Key, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant.
Christmas With the Chosen: Holy Night
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This year it was all about Barbie. Soon it could be all about American Girl dolls. It's one of the 14 films based on toys from Mattel in the pipeline, including Hot Wheels, Magic 8 Ball, Polly Pocket, Rock ‘Em Sock ’Em Robots, and UNO.
The producer of the movie says, “They are historically accurate toys and accessories that feature elaborate and immersive backstories uniquely suited to bring to screen.”
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TheGuardian.com put together a list of the 25 Best Christmas Films and it doesn't have A Christmas Story on it!!??
Anyway, here's their list.
1. "A Muppet Christmas Carol", 1992
2. "Tangerine", 2015
3. "The Apartment", 1960
4. "Gremlins", 1984
5. "Carol", 2015
6. "Meet Me in St. Louis", 1944
7. "The Long Kiss Goodnight", 1996
8. "It's a Wonderful Life", 1946
9. "Elf", 2003
10. "The Dead", 1987
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I'll bet it's a really rare occurrence on the set of a romantic comedy that one of the actors gets bitten by a giant spider. But we can no longer say it's never happened. Because Sydney Sweeney got bitten on the arm by a massive Huntsman spider while filming her new movie "Anyone But You" in Australia.
She even brought a clip of the incident with her to the "Tonight Show" this week. She was actually supposed to PRETEND it was biting her, but then it really dug in, so she started screaming for real.
Her co-star Glen Powell seemed to be the first person to realize she wasn't just acting.
What nobody knew at the time Except Sydney, was that she had already been cast as Spiderwoman in the upcoming movie "Madame Web".
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Office Christmas Party time, and weird bonuses.
It's been a tough year for some companies, so people are venting about the "cheap and terrible 'holiday bonuses' they received."
They include: A sales team that got a book on how to be better at sales . . . a $10 Starbucks card . . . Cheesecake Factory workers were given a cheesecake, from Costco . . . a mandatory work party that COST money to attend . . . a $30 DoorDash voucher . . . and a subscription to a "Jelly of the Month" club.
And one person said, "We got told we were getting nothing. Management's excuse was 'Well, not everyone celebrates Christmas, so it wouldn't be fair.'"
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3% of people think retailers should keep their holiday displays up YEAR-ROUND. 21% of people think four weeks is plenty.
To those 3%..NO...I've been covered in glitter since mid October!
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According to AccuWeather, you may not want to get your hopes up for a "White Christmas." The probability of snow is low for most of the country, with the exception of the Rocky Mountains . . . the northwest part of the Midwest . . . and northern New England, in upstate New York and Vermont.
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