5 MYTHS THAT CAN TRASH YOUR HOLIDAYS *

* Compliment of Focus on the Family

> Every holiday fathering with family is filled with peace & goodwill.

> Connecting during the holidays will compensate for disconnection throughout the year.

> Taking time out of the busyness for you & your spouse is selfish.

> Family gatherings should look like a scene from a Hallmark movie.

> You can take Christ out of Christmas.

MORE YULETIDE NEWS

"'World's most expensive ugly Christmas sweater selling for nearly $40K. A holiday sweater made from silk, 24-carat gold, diamonds & Swarovski crystal is being sold by a U.K.-based artist who made it himself." Fox News Online

"Labor shortage may mean no Santa." Norfolk Daily News, 12/8

TRENDING

"Cold weather states struggling to hire snowplow drivers." Drudge Report

"Tesla scrutinized after drivers play video games." Omaha World Herald

"Want to know how old a whale is? Check out its earwax, which builds up over time & hardens into a tubular plug. Take a cross section of the plug & count the number of concentric rings. It's like tree ring dating, just wetter." Reader's Digest, Sept. 2021

CRIMINAL MINDS

"Mom stole daughter's identity to start college, date young guys." Drudge Report

"Slithering 'snake burglar' steals thousands from business in CA. Police were looking for a man dubbed the 'snake burglar' who wriggled his way through a Southern CA business & fled with several thousands dollars. Surveillance video showed the man slithering on his belly at the Rustic Roots salon at around 5 a.m. last FRI after apparently getting into the business through a rooftop fire escape." Norfolk Daily News, 12/4

CLIMATE CHANGE

"New Greta on the shelf doll will track your climate sins." Babylon Bee

COVID

"New Pfizer punch card lets you get free sub sandwich every 10th booster." Babylon Bee

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE NEW ZEALAND

"A couple in New Zealand recently grew a potato that was about 17 lbs & named it Doug. It's what many in New Zealand are calling 'our top story tonight.'" Seth Meyers, latelaughs, NDN 12/3

DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-STEALING

"President Biden returned to the White House this morning after spending the weekend at his beach house in Delaware. Things must be pretty rough in Washington if you think to yourself, 'you know what would be great? The beach in November!'" Seth Meyers, latelaughs, NDN 12/3