December 5, 2025 • 5 mins
First, a new board game, 'Christmas Union,' highlights elves unionizing against Santa for better working conditions. Next, Oyster Bay, Long Island, aims for a record 50,000 toy donations with their annual Toy Drive. North Pole, New York, a year-round Christmas theme park established in 1949, continues to delight visitors, allegedly even inspiring Walt Disney. Meanwhile, the post office in Santa Claus, Indiana, famous for its special Christmas postmark, sees over 400,000 mail pieces each December. Mack also gives holiday gift ideas, including advent calendars for Pokémon and Star Wars fans, a LED Bluey decoration, and a horror-themed Christmas sweater.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Caloroga Shark Media. Hey there, Johnnie Mack with five good
news Christmas stories. I haven't cut back on the regular content,
so on the days where you would normally get five
good news stories, you're still getting five good news stories.
This is all extra for the month of December. Let's
(00:23):
kick off today with a Christmas board game that's all
about unionizing against Santa Claus. That's right, we're told Santa's
elves get a crumy deal. Three hundred and sixty four
days a year spent making La booboos and Nintendo switches
in one years the pit crew for a supersonic reindeer sledge,
and what do they get? Nothing? Well, there's a new
board game called Christmas Union. In Christmas Union, the elves
(00:46):
go on strike. Here's how it works. Elves want to
see different kinds of improvement in Santa's workshop. Better pay,
improve working conditions, more recognition for their work, a more
solid retirement plan. Achieving these goals requires you to get
the elves out of the factory floor and into a
union meeting, and then agree on a plan for collective
action at the assembly. Boy, this just sounds like board
game fun. How does it work? You have dice. Total
(01:08):
of the two dice gets marked into one of four
strake columns connected to your demands. Fill out the card
and you win. There are gems and snaff foos that
get you negative oh my dear points deer spelled with
two e's. But the good thing about the game there's
no direct competition between players, so unlike Monopoly, you might
get through it without a fight. Santa Claus is coming
to town the town of Oyster Bay, Long Island, where
(01:31):
residents are trying to pull off the community's biggest toy
drive yet. Town supervisor Joseph says the generosity has grown
every year. Nineteen thousand toys in twenty twenty, and that
was the pandemic year, then twenty five thousand, then thirty
four thirty eight, last year forty two thousand. He says
this year Santa will need a bigger sleigh. We want
to hit fifty thousand. For the first time they've partnered
(01:51):
with Toys for Tots. The event takes place tomorrow, December sixth,
Burns Park and Massive Peak Weell Long Island from ten
to three. Sanna is gonna be there. Missus clause activities
for kids, high school teams show up in uniform, some
bowling leagues show up, car and motorcycle clubs by the dozens.
Sounds like a really fun time in Oyster Bay, which
is a great town. He used to live out that way,
(02:12):
so help them out. Up in the Adirondacks in New York,
there's a place called North Pole, New York. And for
more than seventy five years, Santa's Workshop has been charming
kids and adults with what many consider the first true
theme park in America. It opened to July first, nineteen
forty nine, which is when you would open a Christmas
team park. That makes sense. Only a couple hundred people
(02:33):
came through the gate that day. Today, thousands visit to
experience a park built entirely around Christmas at twelve months
a year. Santa's Workshops is at the base of Whiteface Mountain,
just minutes from Lake Placid. According to Lore, Walt Disney
himself sent his engineers there to, you know, take some notes. Hey,
you know, I don't company that. You know, don't ask questions.
Santa lives on the site year round and makes appearances
(02:55):
throughout the day, which makes a big draw for most kids.
You can expect a full late of live events, musical performances,
magic shows, comedy acts, parades, animal encounters, costume characters, elves, snowmen,
ice princesses, dancing bears. In nineteen fifty three, the US
Post Office even designated a special North Pole post Office
at the park. More than a million letters to and
from Santa I've gone through the tiny building, each one
(03:17):
postmarked North Pole, Santa's Workshop three twenty four white Face
Memorial Highway in North Pole, New York. Meanwhile, in Santa Claus, Indiana,
a completely different town, the world's only post office with
that name is once again offering its annual holiday postmark.
Each December, the tiny Spencer County Post Office receives more
than four hundred thousand pieces of mail from across the
(03:39):
country and around the world, all from people hoping to
get the special cancelation stamp. This year's stamp as always
designed by a local high school student. This year, Christopher
Schurer of Mariah Hill School is the designer. And as
we make our way through the month, I've been sharing
some holiday gift ideas. As I've mentioned before, no affiliate
sales here. I'm not making any extra bucks other than
(04:01):
the commercials I'm just telling you some stuff that exists
in case you need to get somebody something. And by
the way, speaking of the commercials, if you'd like those
to go away, open up the Apple podcast app. Click
the banner. It says uninterrupted listening, and then for five
bucks a month, you'll get this show and just about
everything else on the Calaruga Shark Network ad free. That
includes daily comedy news which I host seven days a week.
And if you just want to try it out, see
(04:21):
if you like it, see if it's worth five bucks
to you. There's a thirty day free trial, So do
that click the banner. Why not? All right? How about
a Pokemon tc G Gleacian and a Lowland Vulpi's Holiday calendar, John,
you have no idea what that means now, I don't.
Apparently it's some sort of advent calendar for Pokemon cards.
Each window conceals a new surprise, including exclusive variant cards, accessories,
(04:43):
and booster packs, making it a daily December ritual four
card collectors. That sounds fun. Are you into Bluey? You
can light up your home with the led Bluey blow mold,
a cheerful yard or indoor decoration featuring the beloved Australian
pup dress for the holidays. Meanwhile, if you chuse Star
Wars you can get the lego Gingerbread at at Walker,
(05:03):
which includes a Gingerbread style Darth Vader to command the
confectionery machine. Are you into horror? How about the Led
or the Clown Christmas Sweater which blends the ugly sweater
tradition with the cult horror franchise. Lights and All. And
another advent calendar that's also another Star Wars thing. It's
the Star Wars Miniature Legacy Lightsaber Hilts Countdown Calendar. That's
(05:24):
a lot to say. It's a twelve day advent calendar
featuring ministure replicas of iconic hilts from across the franchise.
Each day reveals a new lightsaber from Luke Skywalker's return
of the Jedi hilt to Count Dooku's curved blade, creating
a compact but impressive display for devoted fans. How that
ties to advent, I don't know. And those are your
five good News Christmas stories for today. Have a great day.
Caloroga Shark Media. Hey there, Johnnie Mack with five good
news Christmas stories. I haven't cut back on the regular content,
so on the days where you would normally get five
good news stories, you're still getting five good news stories.
This is all extra for the month of December. Let's
(00:23):
kick off today with a Christmas board game that's all
about unionizing against Santa Claus. That's right, we're told Santa's
elves get a crumy deal. Three hundred and sixty four
days a year spent making La booboos and Nintendo switches
in one years the pit crew for a supersonic reindeer sledge,
and what do they get? Nothing? Well, there's a new
board game called Christmas Union. In Christmas Union, the elves
(00:46):
go on strike. Here's how it works. Elves want to
see different kinds of improvement in Santa's workshop. Better pay,
improve working conditions, more recognition for their work, a more
solid retirement plan. Achieving these goals requires you to get
the elves out of the factory floor and into a
union meeting, and then agree on a plan for collective
action at the assembly. Boy, this just sounds like board
game fun. How does it work? You have dice. Total
(01:08):
of the two dice gets marked into one of four
strake columns connected to your demands. Fill out the card
and you win. There are gems and snaff foos that
get you negative oh my dear points deer spelled with
two e's. But the good thing about the game there's
no direct competition between players, so unlike Monopoly, you might
get through it without a fight. Santa Claus is coming
to town the town of Oyster Bay, Long Island, where
(01:31):
residents are trying to pull off the community's biggest toy
drive yet. Town supervisor Joseph says the generosity has grown
every year. Nineteen thousand toys in twenty twenty, and that
was the pandemic year, then twenty five thousand, then thirty
four thirty eight, last year forty two thousand. He says
this year Santa will need a bigger sleigh. We want
to hit fifty thousand. For the first time they've partnered
(01:51):
with Toys for Tots. The event takes place tomorrow, December sixth,
Burns Park and Massive Peak Weell Long Island from ten
to three. Sanna is gonna be there. Missus clause activities
for kids, high school teams show up in uniform, some
bowling leagues show up, car and motorcycle clubs by the dozens.
Sounds like a really fun time in Oyster Bay, which
is a great town. He used to live out that way,
(02:12):
so help them out. Up in the Adirondacks in New York,
there's a place called North Pole, New York. And for
more than seventy five years, Santa's Workshop has been charming
kids and adults with what many consider the first true
theme park in America. It opened to July first, nineteen
forty nine, which is when you would open a Christmas
team park. That makes sense. Only a couple hundred people
(02:33):
came through the gate that day. Today, thousands visit to
experience a park built entirely around Christmas at twelve months
a year. Santa's Workshops is at the base of Whiteface Mountain,
just minutes from Lake Placid. According to Lore, Walt Disney
himself sent his engineers there to, you know, take some notes. Hey,
you know, I don't company that. You know, don't ask questions.
Santa lives on the site year round and makes appearances
(02:55):
throughout the day, which makes a big draw for most kids.
You can expect a full late of live events, musical performances,
magic shows, comedy acts, parades, animal encounters, costume characters, elves, snowmen,
ice princesses, dancing bears. In nineteen fifty three, the US
Post Office even designated a special North Pole post Office
at the park. More than a million letters to and
from Santa I've gone through the tiny building, each one
(03:17):
postmarked North Pole, Santa's Workshop three twenty four white Face
Memorial Highway in North Pole, New York. Meanwhile, in Santa Claus, Indiana,
a completely different town, the world's only post office with
that name is once again offering its annual holiday postmark.
Each December, the tiny Spencer County Post Office receives more
than four hundred thousand pieces of mail from across the
(03:39):
country and around the world, all from people hoping to
get the special cancelation stamp. This year's stamp as always
designed by a local high school student. This year, Christopher
Schurer of Mariah Hill School is the designer. And as
we make our way through the month, I've been sharing
some holiday gift ideas. As I've mentioned before, no affiliate
sales here. I'm not making any extra bucks other than
(04:01):
the commercials I'm just telling you some stuff that exists
in case you need to get somebody something. And by
the way, speaking of the commercials, if you'd like those
to go away, open up the Apple podcast app. Click
the banner. It says uninterrupted listening, and then for five
bucks a month, you'll get this show and just about
everything else on the Calaruga Shark Network ad free. That
includes daily comedy news which I host seven days a week.
And if you just want to try it out, see
(04:21):
if you like it, see if it's worth five bucks
to you. There's a thirty day free trial, So do
that click the banner. Why not? All right? How about
a Pokemon tc G Gleacian and a Lowland Vulpi's Holiday calendar, John,
you have no idea what that means now, I don't.
Apparently it's some sort of advent calendar for Pokemon cards.
Each window conceals a new surprise, including exclusive variant cards, accessories,
(04:43):
and booster packs, making it a daily December ritual four
card collectors. That sounds fun. Are you into Bluey? You
can light up your home with the led Bluey blow mold,
a cheerful yard or indoor decoration featuring the beloved Australian
pup dress for the holidays. Meanwhile, if you chuse Star
Wars you can get the lego Gingerbread at at Walker,
(05:03):
which includes a Gingerbread style Darth Vader to command the
confectionery machine. Are you into horror? How about the Led
or the Clown Christmas Sweater which blends the ugly sweater
tradition with the cult horror franchise. Lights and All. And
another advent calendar that's also another Star Wars thing. It's
the Star Wars Miniature Legacy Lightsaber Hilts Countdown Calendar. That's
(05:24):
a lot to say. It's a twelve day advent calendar
featuring ministure replicas of iconic hilts from across the franchise.
Each day reveals a new lightsaber from Luke Skywalker's return
of the Jedi hilt to Count Dooku's curved blade, creating
a compact but impressive display for devoted fans. How that
ties to advent, I don't know. And those are your
five good News Christmas stories for today. Have a great day.
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