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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What happens to the giant balloons after the Macys Day Parade?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What happens to the giant balloons after the Macys Day Parade?

Tomorrow morning is the annual Macys Day Thanksgiving Parade. When you pour yourself some coffee plop down on the couch and get your turkey day started by watching giant Balloons float down NYC streets. The mundane mystery today…. what happens to those balloons after the parade?

Back in the early 1920s when the parade first started Macys used to have a WILD competition. At the end of the parade they would release the balloons into the air and whoever brought them back would get a cash reward. Insane right? And seems very dangerous. Turns out it was. In the 1930s Felix The Cat got caught in a high wire and caught fire. Disaster. Then a few years later another balloon hit a small plane, almost causing the plane to crash. Luckily everyone was okay. After these two incidents Macy’s announced it would not award prize money anymore and decided to end the tradition of releasing the balloons. Probably the smart decision.

Now, the balloons are usually safely stored in a storage area until the following year or used at other events.

Enjoy the parade!

Wellness Wednesday: Thanksgiving Edition

Wellness Wednesday: Thanksgiving Edition

How can you pace yourself while eating all that delicious food tomorrow? Fit Body Vibe’s Amy Llinas has some great tips for you to get your fill without feeling sick.

WATCH: Star 99.9 Food Drive

WATCH: Star 99.9 Food Drive

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Star 99.9 Food Drive at Big Y in Milford🥫🦃 We collected 99 turkeys and TONS of canned goods for Connecticut Foodshare! A lot of people are going to have a great Thanksgiving this year thanks to all of you 🧡 Special thanks to our friends at Big Y World Class Market and Van Wilgen’s Garden Center

Wednesday November 24th, 2021: Unique Traditions; Thanksgiving Sides; Thanksgiving Dinner Time

Wednesday November 24th, 2021: Unique Traditions; Thanksgiving Sides; Thanksgiving Dinner Time

Anna had an awkward conversation with someone at a store about her leg brace of all things. This person made a strange suggestion to Anna that might upset a lot of people… (0:00)

Anna got a text last night from what she considers to be her worst holiday guest. Who are the worst guests at your holiday parties? (3:14)

If you call Thanksgiving this instead of Thanksgiving, that is all I need to know about you! (6:16)

Politics, vaccines, and much more! There are plenty of topics you want to avoid talking about at the dinner table during Thanksgiving. But we have some topics that are safe to bring up during that family dinner! (9:38)

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which means it’s time to eat! How can you keep yourself from over-doing it and getting sick? Amy Llinas from Fit Body Vibe has the perfect answer for you! (12:46)

Raven’s family wear oven mitts and unwrap gifts on Thanksgiving while Anna’s family always starts the holiday off with tortellini soup. What is your unique family tradition? (16:38)

Thanksgiving is all about the sides, but are you preparing them incorrectly? Food Network’s Chef Plum fills us in on all the side dishes we may have been making wrong this entire time! (22:56)

Christina and Ryan are supposed to go to Ryan’s parents for Thanksgiving, but Christina doesn’t want to because Ryan’s parents are hoarders. She says the house is messy, dishes aren’t clean and much more! Ryan says they should just go and get it done and be out quick. They can’t not go to Thanksgiving after all! Whose side are you on? (26:55)

Keith has a chance at the $1,300 jackpot before we take a small break from “Can’t Beat Raven” for Thanksgiving. Will he win it all before the holiday!? (34:14)

How would you cook a turkey without a stove? We asked children to give us the best answer they could! (38:00)

What is the usual time you sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner with your family? Does it meet the average time that most people sit down to eat? (41:53)

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 1 in 6 people will do this on Thanksgiving this year?

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 1 in 6 people will do this on Thanksgiving this year?

This week I have your chance to win a car pass for the Star Saturdays at the Holiday Lights Spectacular at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Bridgeport!

Play every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it…

Q: 1 in 6 people will do this on Thanksgiving this year?

A: Attend multiple Thanksgivings

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD! Inspiring High School Football team defies odds on their way to undefeated season

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD! Inspiring High School Football team defies odds on their way to undefeated season

It’s hard for any team to go undefeated no matter the sport or level of the league. It’s even more challenging when the team is up against something beyond just wining games.

This is exactly the case with “The Cubs”, an undefeated varsity football team in California. They’ve been all over the news lately because all of the players are deaf.  The players rely on sign language which competing, and somehow they have gone 12 and 0 so far this year.

This is a team who hasn’t even had a winning record in the last seven years.  If they can win their next game this Saturday, it will be the first division title in ANY sport in the school’s 68-year history! Unreal.

I for one will absolutely be cheering them on this weekend.

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why does turkey make us so sleepy?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why does turkey make us so sleepy?

It’s going to happen to all of us on Thursday right around an hour after your second helping of turkey. Eyes start to get heavy, the couch gets a little more comfy, the traditional post-meal nap! All thanks to turkey. But why?

Turkey contains something called L-tryptophan. Which is an amino acid linked with sleep. It encourages serotonin production in your brain that in turn makes you feel relaxed and sleepy.

While turkey has a ton of L-tryptophan, it’s not the only food that has it. Any high-protein food you eat on a regular basis, like other meats, cheese, nuts can have the same effect. So any of those Thanksgiving cheese boards could be the culprit too.

Happy napping!

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A New Thanksgiving Song

A New Thanksgiving Song

There aren’t many (good) Thanksgiving songs out there, so we tasked Producer Jon to write a brand new one! Tell us what you think! Should we add anything to it?

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