Santa's favorite and LEAST favorite Christmas songs

  West Virginia has been ranked as the most excited state for Christmas 2025, based on Google search data. Carter, a college sophomore, and his family are collecting handwritten cards for hospital and nursing home patients in honor of his late grandmother. Kim Kardashian showed off her extravagant holiday decorations on Instagram. Olive Jean, a pit bull, captured hearts with her reaction to seeing Christmas lights for the first time. Lastly, a story fpr parents only.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Caloroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five
good news Christmas stories. Now, if you're like, hey, those
people in West Virginia, they seem like they're really ready
for Christmas this year. Is there any data to back
that up? Well, good news there is. A casino has

(00:23):
ranked West Virginia as the most excited state in America
for Christmas twenty twenty five. Analysts reviewed Google search activity
from November one through the twenty eighth, tracking how often
residents looked up thirty Christmas related terms. Those range from
Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Elf on the Shelf, Santa Tracker,
Christmas movies, Rudolph Snowman, and Secret Santa. Are you sure

(00:46):
they just weren't doing prep for their podcast? West Virginia
scored eighty two point three out of one hundred, a
full forty two percent higher than the national average. No
other state came close. Number two was Kentucky, than Ohio, Indiana,
and Tennessee. Last Hawaii. They're the least excited thirty seven
point twenty six percent. West Virginians are searching at high

(01:07):
rates across nearly every category. Again, I think they're just
recording a podcast. And have to do some research to
find five stories. Every day they're looking up decorations, music recipes,
Christmas markets, Santa updates and more. A to Sales University
sophomore in his family are gathering thousands of handwritten greetings
for people who will be in hospitals and nursing homes
this Christmas. They're welcoming extra help. Carter is a parishioner

(01:32):
at Saint Anne's and he started Grammys Greeters three years
ago to honor his late grandmother, Betty. He explains, she
always taught me to be a good person and to
give back when we can, so my family and I
are honoring her legacy by learning that listen and doing
this project. Last year, Carter and his family delivered nearly
six thousand cards to sixteen hospitals and nursing homes. This year,
they hope to do more. If you'd like to help out,

(01:54):
go to the Grammys Greeters facebook page. Kim Kardashian has
gone all out with her Chris Some decorations for twenty
twenty five. She revealed her holiday set up on Instagram,
as Kim Kardashian would do. She explains, we just finished
decorating for the holidays. She filmed a long hallway lined
with snow covered trees strung with fairy lights. She said,
I can't even begin explaining to you what this smells

(02:16):
like and feels like. It's pretty insane. She pointed out
a hidden elf on the shelf tucked into one of
the branches. In twenty twenty three, she and her daughter
North transformed her bedroom into the North Poles I see
what you did there, with theme trees, handbags as ornaments,
and a North Pole sign above the bed. Olive Jean
as a pitpoll adopted earlier this year, and Olive Jean's

(02:38):
reaction to seeing a Christmas tree lit for the first
time is warming hearts across the internet. Jennifer recorded Olive's
reaction when the Christmas tree lights turned on. The dog
stared up at the branches, and the reflections dancing on
the ceiling completely mesmerized. The video, posted to Olive's TikTok account,
which is Olive dot Jean dot Marie. When viral was
racked up about half a million views and over a

(02:59):
hundred six thousand likes. The caption read, I can't with
how sweet she is. We don't deserve dogs. Now, parents,
if you're listening with children, I've got a message from
Santa for the parents out there, and he doesn't want
the children to hear this one. So if you're listening
with kids, why don't you dive out of the show
before the commercial break here and then I'll come back
for a message for just the parents. All right, parents,

(03:23):
you did stop the podcast. There's no kids in the
room with you, right, don't get mad at me. I
did warn you. Professional Santa's across the country or sharing
which Christmas songs they love and which ones that can't stand.
They also talk about the mishaps and fun moments that
come with helping Santa out at the mall. Nigel says
he said everything from a guinea pig diving into his

(03:44):
beard to moving encounters with children and hospitals. His favorite
songs include Earth Are Kids, Santa Baby, and Rootolph the
Red Nose Reindeer. He avoids sad songs like The Little
Boy that Santa Claus Forgot, Arnold loves Do they Know
It's Christmas but cannot stand Spike Jones All I want
for Christmas is my two front teeth, calling it cheesy
and irritating Cleave, who performs as Rasta Claus, prefers winter

(04:08):
classics such as Baby It's Cold Outside and says he'd
rather hear that than Mariah Carey for the one thousand time,
and Simon is a classical music fan. He says Perkoffeev's
Sleigh Ride is his top pick, although he admits hearing
Donny Osman's Christmas songs too often can test anyone's patience.
And those are your five good News Christmas stories for today.
Have a great day.