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Tell Us Your Favorite Christmas Song and Movie

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the music and movies of the season. Everyone has their favorite, but there are some common songs and films that everyone seems to love.

The most popular Christmas song, “White Christmas”, recorded by Bing Crosby in 1942, has sold over 50 million copies, but Mariah Carey’s 1994 hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is at the top of every list of modern favorites.

Christmas is a time for love, but there are seasonal songs that everyone loves to hate. At the bottom of the favorite Christmas song list are both “Christmas Shoes” and Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time”.

As far as Christmas movies go, people are generally in the “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation” camp or the “A Christmas Story” camp. But the 1946 classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, holds the top Christmas movie spot on nearly every national list.

“Miracle on 34th Street”, “Home Alone”, and the various renditions of the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol” are also perennial favorites.

Listeners can go to WGRT’s Facebook page to tell us what your favorite Christmas music and movies are. Happy Holidays!

Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland

Kids Can Visit Miss Michelle at Discovery City

Michelle Stuckey-Wolford, owner of Wonder Wolf Entertainment, gets to play make-believe for a living, and kids can benefit from her bubbly personality by visiting her at Discovery City every Wednesday morning until March 9th.

Port Huron Museums collaborated with the Wyatt Walker Friendship Fund and the Rotary Club of Port Huron to sponsor face painting and balloon twisting with Wonder Wolf Entertainment.

Families with Bridge cards can visit Discovery City for free due to a partnership with the James C. Acheson Foundation, and admission for others is $5 per child or $15 for a family with 3 or more children.

When asked what her favorite part of Discovery City was, Miss Michelle said, “I love to bring my daughter, and she loves to pick apples from the apple tree, and she likes to go into the restaurant and cook in the Blue Water Diner, and she likes to be a captain on the Blue Water Ferry.”

Adults must supervise their children at all times while they play in Discovery City, and tickets can be purchased online <HERE>.

Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand

 

 

What’s Your Favorite Christmas Cookie?

Cookies are hot right now. Bev Taylor, the owner of Port Huron’s Royal-T Cakery, said that cookies are flying off the shelves of her bakery.

When asked what the most popular cookie is this year, Taylor said sugar cookies are all the rage. Usually, chocolate chunk cookies are the most sought-after, but everyone seems to want sugar cookies during the holiday season.

Blue Water Area consumers are just slightly different from the national trends when it comes to cookie preferences, according to a recent survey from YouGov.

Nationally, chocolate chip edges out sugar cookies, with fudge coming in third. Whether or not fudge is a cookie is a debate for another time.

Those peanut butter cookies with the Hershey’s Kiss in the center have been a holiday staple for at least 50 years and they are near the top of the list this year as well.

Toward the bottom of the list are old standbys like jam print cookies and pfeffernusse. While most cookies are a variation of the mixture of butter and sugar and flour, throwing in flavors like anise and chai will land the cookie at the bottom of the list, where chocolate tends to land the confection at the top.

What’s your favorite? Go to WGRT’s Facebook page and leave your answer.

Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland

Free Yoga for Cancer Patients at McLaren Port Huron

The National Foundation for Cancer Research says that yoga can have positive effects on the health of cancer patients, and Port Huron Yoga and the Karmanos Cancer Institute at McLaren Port Huron are partnering to provide a chance for patients to try it out for free.

The yoga classes for cancer patients will take place in the Charles Classroom at McLaren Port Huron, and they will focus on gentle yoga practices to promote physical and mental well-being. Patients can work on the floor or learn chair yoga.

Classes will teach mindfulness techniques, body awareness positions to minimize pain, and how to create more openness with your body and heart.

The free six-week session runs from January 10 – February 14th on Mondays from 1-1:45 PM. Those who participate in all six sessions will receive five free sessions at Port Huron Yoga studio, so they can continue their yoga practice.

Space at classes is limited, and proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 is required.

To register, call the oncology social worker at McLaren Port Huron at 810-989-1006.

Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand

U-M, MSU Requiring Covid Booster Shot for Returning Students

Going back to college campuses after winter break could mean also getting a third COVID shot. Some colleges and universities are requiring the shot in an effort to stem the predicted spread of the highly contagious omicron variant of the COVID virus.

Both Michigan State University and the University of Michigan are requiring students to get the booster as soon as possible.

The omicron variant has been detected in the U of M community. All faculty, staff, and students on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses of U of M have until February 4th to get the shot. Testing and masking protocols have been tightened up as well as the university tries to keep in-person classes going for the next semester.

Michigan State University is also requiring the booster shot and is continuing to allow for exemptions for religious or medical reasons while maintaining masking requirements and other safety protocols.

St. Clair County Community College requires students to be fully vaccinated but has not issued a booster shot requirement.

Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland

Three Businesses Cited for Selling Alcohol to Minors

On Monday, December 20, 2021, the Port Huron Police Department conducted a compliance  check operation focusing on underage sales of alcohol to minors. 

During the operation police sent underage decoys into 31 Port Huron stores licensed by the  Michigan Liquor Control Commission to sell alcohol. Of the 31 businesses checked, 28 were  found to be in compliance by refusing to sell alcohol to the underage decoys. 

Three businesses were not in compliance and were cited for selling alcohol to a minor: 

  1. Speedway, 2611 Ravenswood Road, Port Huron 
  2. Electric Ave Sprit Shop, 3407 Electric Ave, Port Huron 
  3. Family Dollar, 2700 Pine Grove Ave, Port Huron  

The Port Huron Police Department would like to thank all of the stores that were found to be  in compliance and encourage all licensed establishments to check identifications to prevent  the use of alcohol by underage minors. 

Submitted by the Port Huron Police Department