I know, I know, seems like an insane question. But you’ll be surprised by the answer!
Here’s the thing… if you are really in to recycling, you actually can eat your Christmas tree. The needles provide vitamin C. And if your tree comes with pinecones, the pine nuts can be healthy too.
Some Christmas trees are donated to local zoos as food for the animals. Who knew?!
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A viral video featuring a raccoon in a Christmas tree has been going around. Have you ever had an issue with an animal (domestic or not!) and a Christmas tree? You won’t believe what happened with a cuddly Koala bear! Get the full story in the podcast.
All week I have tickets to Daughtry at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday February 12, 2022.
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Here’s today’s question if you missed it…
Q: THIS was the largest selling Christmas toy in 1980, sold for $1.99, but now sells for nearly $10.
A: The Rubik Cube
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This is really a feel good story on so many different levels.
About a year ago this one county jail in Utah started letting inmates spend time with unadoptable dogs. The goal was to have them train the dogs so they would be able to get into a home with a family. So far it’s been a huge success. They had 28 dogs go through the program, and every single one came out of it ready to be adopted!
A few of them even got adopted by inmates after they got released from jail too. What a great idea. Like any story that involved good deeds there were even a few time that the prison guards used their own money to help with the adoption fees. See… giving and positivity is contagious! Love this story.
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This is a very random one today, but do you remember those old school boxes of animal crackers? The package had that white string on top. I always wondered why? Just a fun handle? To make it easier to hang in the stores? Nope. None of those reasons. It’s actually more festive than that.
Animal crackers were first introduced around Christmas time in 1902, the reason they added the string was for people to use the empty cracker boxes as ornaments on your Christmas tree. How cool! I might have to go pick some up tonight and put them on my tree.
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Have you ever realized how weird Christmas songs are? Like, listen to the lyrics, there’s some questionable stuff going on there! Anna and Raven dissect THIS Christmas song in the podcast!
Two CT breweries make national beer magazine’s ‘best of 2021’ lists CT Post
‘It’s about feeding people’: Stratford gets state’s first hydroponic mobile farm CT Post
The story of Bethlehem, Connecticut’s ‘Christmas Town’ CT Post
7 new CT restaurants to try in January CT Post
5 Connecticut creameries serving fresh holiday eggnog CT Post
Job growth in CT was steady in 2021 — but still not enough to recover from COVID NH Register
Connecticut’s Webster Bank merger gets final approval NH Register
New Haven mom-and-pop shop serves up unique mini donuts WTNH
HOLIDAY LIGHTS: Coventry home to wonderland light display WFSB
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All week I have tickets to Daughtry at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday February 12, 2022.
Listen every day at 4pm to win.
Here’s today’s question if you missed it…
Q: 1 in 3 men admit they will do this on Christmas Eve this year
A: All their Christmas shopping
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Every company is looking for a creative idea for their annual holiday party. This waste management company in Oregon may have won them all with this one.
More than 80 employees and their families all got together and assembled bikes for kids during the company’s annual Christmas party this year. They put together over 150 bikes which are now being given to local charities, school districts and programs that help children experiencing homelessness.
What an incredible idea!
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It’s that time of year you’ve probably seen the Salvation Army red pots outside the stores lately. But why do they use the red pot?
The first ever Salvation Army collection kettle took place in San Francisco at the Oakland Ferry located at the foot of Market St. It was actually a large crab pot with a sign that read “Keep the Pot Boiling”
So now when you drop in a few coins you know why that pot is red.
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