Imagine the pressure of being a bakery during the holiday season. Now imagine the pressure of being a bakery during the holiday season who gets a phone call from Taylor Swift’s team ordering a birthday cake that needs to be ready in less than 24 hours.
That’s exactly what happened to Bywater Bakery in New Orleans last week and they stepped up to the challenge creating a “Lavender Haze Surprise”
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We just finished sending writing and sending out our Christmas cards in our house. Which involved lots of holiday postage stamps. These weren’t always available though.
Canada debuted the first Christmas postage stamp in 1898! Then it took forever for America to catch up. The first U.S. Christmas themed stamp was issued in 1962. The design was a candle and wreaths in green and red.
I feel like they should bring that back one year.
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It’s National Package Protection Day, so how do you make sure your deliveries don’t get stolen off your doorstep Amazon Manager Andrew gives you the best tips on what to do!
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Every Friday in The Feed Kevin talks to Megan from CampByMama.com about all the great things to do in Connecticut with the family. Heading into the last weekend before Christmas there are plenty of festive evens and light displays to see. Megan’s gives us her list of all the best spots to see some holiday cheer this weekend. And even where you can get brunch with Santa!
KEVIN’S PICKS:
Big Y Express Milford, Saturday 12pm-2pm: I will be live from Big Y in Milford celebrating their new Big Y Express where you an now get gas and fuel rewards from Big Y. 150 Boston Post Rd. in Milford. If you’re doing your grocery shopping, stop by and fill the tanks and say hello!
MEGAN’S PICKS:
1. New Canaan Santa Run Saturday, December 17 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am Waveny Park. Come run and have fun. 8:30am Santa Dash for Kids, 9:00am 5K run & 1-mile walk. Benefiting Filling in the blanks.Â
2. Wonderland at Roseville in Fairfield. The display uses over 350,000 lights and features the most creative decorations. 226 Roseville Terrace, in Fairfield. The event is free, but donations are welcome.
3. Holiday Stroll in Stamford. A family friendly walk-through experience featuring over 60 larger than life holiday displays, carnival rides and games, food trucks, and winter beer garden. Use code campbymama5 at checkout for $5 off your tickets.
4. Holiday Wish an immersive, light-filled world of Holiday enchantment at Stamford Town Center. Designed to put families into the spirit of the season.
5. Brunch with Santa at Pinstripes in Norwalk. Saturday December 17 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Bring the family and snap a picture with Santa while enjoying your favorite brunch menu items.
Megan’s Mom Quote of The Week: “If anyone is Christmas shopping for me, I’m a size Saturday night babysitter.”
All week I have $100 gift cards to Adam Broderick Salon & Spa. Perfect to give as a gift for the holidays or just to use on yourself!
Listen for the trivia question every day at 4pm to play. First one with the correct answer wins. Here was today’s if you missed it…
Q: The average person will do this more than 10 times this holiday season
A: Watch a Christmas/holiday movie
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I feel like bakery owners are naturally very helpful to others and just overall kind people. Like this bakery in England called Brickyard Bakery. They have opened up their facility and oven to anyone in the area who might need to bake some treats for the holidays. Engery costs have skyrocketed over in England so doing it at home could be very costly. Brickyard are letting people do it free of charge. All they need to do is drop off whatever it is their making all set to go in the oven. Cakes, breads, cookies, whatever it may be. Then a few days later they can come pick it up.
What a generous thing to do. Love that!
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If you celebrate Christmas you probably have you tree up already in the living room. Usually anywhere from 4 feet to 7 or 8 feet for standard home. Then we have the big trees in the center of town or at Rockefeller Center which seem massive. But none of the come close to the tallest Christmas tree of all time.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the tallest Christmas tree ever was a 221-foot Douglas fir displayed in Seattle, Washington back in 1950. For a little perspective, 221 feet is more than 20 stories tall. Skyscraper type height. Insane!
I’m not sure anything will beat that record, but if there is a tree that will do it probably has many more years to go before it grows to that height.
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Anna’s a soccer fan and is tired of hearing Raven complain about the World Cup and saying that soccer is a terrible sport. She got him a special Christmas gift!
Can you tell if these holiday movies are real or fake, based on the description alone? Catch up with the podcast and see if you can get more right than Anna!
When was the last time you got into a snowball fight? You might be surprised at how long it’s been since the average adult has participated in one! (:22)
Every Friday, Raven’s wife Alicia calls in to give him a grade on how he did as a husband that week! This week, Raven’s Christmas shopping (or lack thereof) is making it unlikely he’ll get a passing grade! (3:30)
If you’ve hired someone to clean your home, but then make a mess as soon as they’re done, that’s all I need to know about you! (6:49)
The Santa Tipline has returned! Call 833-431-0905 and leave Santa a voicemail about who has been naughty and who has been nice. Anna and Raven will play the funniest messages on the air! (10:45)
There’s a lot of ridiculous Christmas movies out there, but can Anna guess which ones are real and which ones Raven made up? (13:46)
What’s the worst gift you can get for your kid’s teacher? You’d be amazed at how many parents gave surprisingly intimate gifts to the people who teach their children! (17:42)
It’s time for Mommy’s Margarita Friday: Father’s Day Edition! Moms (and Dads) share all the crazy things that their kids have put them through this week that have definitely earned them a margarita! (28:45)
Can you guess a Christmas song just by listening to the music? Producer Jon is going to play 5 different Holiday songs on his guitar and Anna and Raven have to guess what they are! (32:28)
Jackson and Judy’s 16-year-old daughter got a nose ring without their permission. Judy says she either has to take it out, or she’s not going on their Bahamas holiday trip with the family. Jackson says that’s too harsh, she’s almost an adult and what’s done is done. What would you do? (36:27)
Melissa thinks she’s got what it takes to beat Raven in pop culture trivia! Can she succeed and win the $1400 jackpot? (44:22)