Porch Theft, Holiday Traditions, Trending Toys, Holiday Apps

Important conversations and encouraging words to help you make every day a great one. Christmas Music and Porch Theft (00:00) Lisa reviews the results of our listeners’ favorite and least favorite Christmas songs. According to research published by the Associated Press the top 5 cities most likely to be impacted by package theft during the holidays are Austin, Salt Lake City, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta, and Raleigh-Durham. Safewise, a security review website, came up with this list after looking at FBI larceny statistics from 2017 and Google Trends data for searches of ‘missing package’ or ‘stolen package.’ Salt Lake City had the highest overall larceny-theft statistics. We’ve gathered a few expert tips and tricks to help you protect yourself from porch theft during one of the busiest times of the year. Christmas Gifts and Kids (14:16) Regular presenter Carrie Ann Rhodes joins Lisa to discuss holiday gifts and how we can best ensure that our kids don’t become greedy around the holidays. Holiday Traditions (52:22) Everyone has a favorite Christmas tradition—but most people have a least favorite, too. There’s always some tradition or trend that just seems too ridiculous or annoying to take seriously, and yet it keeps coming back, year after year. We’re going to evaluate some of our most popular, annoying, outdated, or forgotten traditions, and decide which we should ditch and which we should adopt. Some traditions discussed include ugly sweater parties, the song Baby It’s Cold Outside, and white elephant gift exchanges. Trending Toys (1:06:59) Are you having a hard time finding gifts for your loved ones this holiday season? We’ve compiled a list of some of the trendiest gift ideas of the season as well as some of our own personal suggestions. Holiday Apps (1:27:15) With only 15 days until Christmas, we’re all looking for better ways to do everything that we need to get done. We’ve found some perfect holiday apps to help you out! Apps discussed include Santa’s Bag, Elf Yourself, and NORAD Santa Tracker.