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12/3/24 - Holiday Movies, December, and Leftovers

Tuesday 12/3/24


Celebrate:

Giving Tuesday

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Let's Hug Day

Make a Gift Day

National Apple Pie Day

National Green Bean Casserole Day

National Peppermint Latte Day

National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day

World Trick Shot Day - in honor of The Harlem Globetrotters.  They started in 1926 and played their first road game the following year.

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Things to look forward to in December.

Hanukkah starts on Christmas!

In sports:  College football's bowl games start the 14th.  There's also lots of NFL and NHL action and the second annual NBA Cup tournament runs through December 17th.


In theaters:  

"Sonic the Hedgehog 3" 

The live-action prequel "Mufasa: The Lion King" both open December 20th.

On Christmas Day "Nosferatu" with Bill Skarsgard and Lily Rose-Depp

"Babygirl" with Nicole Kidman

Timothée Chalamet plays Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown".


On TV:  Lots of holiday specials, including the "National Christmas Tree Lighting" December 20th. 

Jamie Foxx's new stand-up special hits Netflix next Tuesday

The Billboard Music Awards are next Thursday

Season two of "Squid Game" lands the 26th.

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Yesterday was Cyber Monday and it is the most popular online shopping day of the year.  But is it also #1 overall now?

A poll by Bankrate.com found 59% of Americans planned to shop today, compared to just 53% who planned to shop on Black Friday.

But hold on, because the National Retail Federation disagrees.  They claim Black Friday is still #1, and it's not all that close.

According to their own survey, 183 million people planned to shop between Thanksgiving and today.  And of those people, 72% were shopping on Black Friday, while just 39% planned to shop on Cyber Monday.

Black Friday could even be muscling its way back in when it comes to ONLINE sales. Americans are expected to spend $13.2 billion on Cyber Monday this year, up 6% from 2023. But Black Friday is making gains at $10.8 billion, up 10% from last year. 

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It's been five days since Thanksgiving, so . . . technically . . . YESTERDAY!!!!!!!! was the last day to eat your leftovers before they go bad.  Some people might live dangerously and push it a few more days, but experts don't recommend it.

According to the USDA, turkey, stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, gravy, and pumpkin pie can all safely be stored in the fridge for three to four days.  But after that, they might make you sick.

If you don't want to waste food, most leftovers can last a few months in the freezer so they should have gone in there last night. 

There's one Thanksgiving staple that will survive in the fridge a little longer though.  Homemade cranberry sauce lasts a week to ten days and the canned stuff can last up to two weeks in the fridge.

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Getting a song stuck in your head can be annoying.

There's a 40-second audio track called the Earworm Eraser and listening to it can supposedly get songs UNSTUCK from your head.

It's constantly changing tempos, time signatures, and musical styles, so it won't just become ANOTHER earworm to replace the one you're trying to get rid of.

The Earworm Eraser is on YouTube (the video is hilarious), and a lot of people in the comments say it worked for them . . . although some say it didn't.  

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Here are the 20 "best" Christmas comedies ready to stream from Entertainment Weekly:

1.  "A Christmas Story",  1983.  Max

2.  "Bad Santa",  2003.  Paramount+

3.  "Elf",  2003.  Max

4.  "Scrooged",  1988.  Paramount+

5.  "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation",  1989.  Max

6.  "Love Actually",  2003.  Prime Video

7.  "Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey",  2020.  Netflix

8.  "Jingle All the Way",  1996.  Disney+

9.  "Home Alone",  1990.  Disney+

10.  "A Charlie Brown Christmas",  1965.  AppleTV+

11.  "The Santa Clause",  1994.  Disney+

12.  "The Holiday",  2006.  Prime Video

13.  "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!",  1966.  Peacock

14.  "The Muppet Christmas Carol",  1992.  Disney+

15.  "The Nightmare Before Christmas",  1993.  Disney+

16.  "The Family Stone",  2005.  Hulu

17.  "Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas",  2021.  Netflix

18.  "The Christmas Chronicles",  2018.  Netflix

19.  "Spirited",  2022.  AppleTV+

20.  "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas",  1977.  Peacock

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The reason there are usually mirrors next to elevators is to keep people distracted while they wait.

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