12/9/25 - Golden Globe Noms, Box Demon, and Butter Dipped Ice Cream Cones
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Tuesday 12/9/25
Celebrate:
Christmas Card Day
International Anti-Corruption Day
International Day of Veterinary Medicine
National Llama Day
National Opal Apple Day
National Pastry Day
World Techno Day
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Genologyexplained.com has a list of Christmas traditions that once defined the American holiday season (60s & 70s)—and then disappeared completely.
Door-to-Door Christmas Caroling
In the 1960s and early 70s, you’d hear singing on your porch without warning.
Scout troops bundled up. Church youth groups grabbed songbooks and flashlights. Families made it a yearly thing.
Homeowners kept cookies and hot chocolate ready. Some groups collected for charity—UNICEF boxes, March of Dimes containers.
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A regional grocery store recently went viral after unveiling an unusual — and intriguing — treat: butter-dipped ice cream cones.
Stew Leonard's, a Connecticut-based chain, posted a video showing an employee dipping a vanilla soft-serve cone in a bowl of melted Stew Leonard’s brand butter.
Some internet comments:
"My son just said (in awe), 'We don't even do that in Wisconsin,'"
"Just because you ameriCAN doesn't mean you ameriSHOULD,"
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Restaurants across the country are reporting a surge in reservations for very early dinner times, specifically 5:00 PM and 5:30 PM. Americans of all ages are embracing earlier dining, driven by a desire for better value (early specials), convenience, and potentially better digestion and sleep health.
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A homeowner in Pennsylvania reported a strange incident where a person wearing a crudely made paper-plate mask approached their doorstep, left an empty box, and declared into the Ring camera: "I am the box demon, I leave this gift, this box, a gift for you." The video of the bizarre, non-threatening encounter went viral as a piece of pure internet absurdity.
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Paul Thomas Anderson's film One Battle After Another leads the nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes, dominating nine categories. Other top nominees include Frankenstein and Adolescence, while the musical Wicked: For Good received some noticeable snubs.
Watch the Golden Globes on Sunday, January 11th.
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another
Best Motion Picture — Animated
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
"Dreams as One," Avatar: Fire and Ash — Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
"Golden," KPop Demon Hunters — Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick
"I Lied to You," Sinners — Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
"No Place Like Home," Wicked: For Good — Stephen Schwartz
"The Girl in the Bubble," Wicked: For Good — Stephen Schwartz
"Train Dreams," Train Dreams — Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner
Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
The Studio
Best Television Series — Drama
The Diplomat
The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
Slow Horses
The White Lotus
Special Awards
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Helen Mirren
Carol Burnett Award
Sarah Jessica Parker
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - When the animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired on December 9, 1965, Charlie Brown's famous rejection of a fake, modern tree in favor of a small, real one caused the aluminum Christmas tree fad that had been popular since the late 1950s to virtually cease production within two years.
(See yesterday for discussion of the aluminum trees.)
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