1 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:01,250 (upbeat music) 2 01:00:01,458 --> 01:00:02,166 Good morning. 3 01:00:04,041 --> 01:00:05,875 And welcome to Morning Serial. 4 01:00:11,833 --> 01:00:12,666 Okay, good morning 5 01:00:12,666 --> 01:00:13,833 and welcome to Thursday 6 01:00:14,041 --> 01:00:16,458 and a Morning Serial mini episode. 7 01:00:16,458 --> 01:00:17,625 And of course, a very 8 01:00:17,625 --> 01:00:18,708 Merry Christmas to you. 9 01:00:19,166 --> 01:00:21,000 And straight into our quote today from 10 01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:22,250 St. Nicholas himself 11 01:00:22,250 --> 01:00:23,750 who said, quote, "The giver 12 01:00:23,750 --> 01:00:25,916 of every good and perfect gift 13 01:00:25,916 --> 01:00:27,916 "has called upon us to mimic God's giving 14 01:00:28,250 --> 01:00:30,041 "by grace through faith and 15 01:00:30,041 --> 01:00:31,583 this is not of ourselves." 16 01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:32,333 End quote. 17 01:00:32,833 --> 01:00:33,791 Well, the four moments that 18 01:00:33,791 --> 01:00:35,583 matter for December 25th are, 19 01:00:36,250 --> 01:00:37,083 today's special day 20 01:00:37,083 --> 01:00:38,250 is obviously Christmas. 21 01:00:38,250 --> 01:00:39,750 And again, if that's not your thing, 22 01:00:40,250 --> 01:00:41,791 it's also National Pumpkin Day. 23 01:00:41,791 --> 01:00:42,750 And I'm not sure why 24 01:00:42,750 --> 01:00:44,083 that is, but there you go. 25 01:00:44,083 --> 01:00:45,500 Put that in your oven and bake it. 26 01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:48,666 Today's historic moment came in 1941 27 01:00:49,041 --> 01:00:49,958 when Bean Crosby 28 01:00:49,958 --> 01:00:51,416 introduced the classic song, 29 01:00:51,875 --> 01:00:53,541 "White Christmas on National Radio." 30 01:00:54,333 --> 01:00:55,291 The number one song on 31 01:00:55,291 --> 01:00:56,416 this date back in 2008 32 01:00:56,916 --> 01:00:58,041 was "Single Ladies Put a 33 01:00:58,041 --> 01:00:59,416 Ring on It" by Beyonce. 34 01:00:59,791 --> 01:01:01,500 Now I know you remember the music video 35 01:01:01,500 --> 01:01:02,875 and the dance for this song. 36 01:01:02,916 --> 01:01:04,083 What an earworm. 37 01:01:04,708 --> 01:01:05,916 Well, happy birthday to you. 38 01:01:05,916 --> 01:01:07,250 Today is your birthday. 39 01:01:07,708 --> 01:01:08,875 You drew the short 40 01:01:08,875 --> 01:01:11,000 straw with singer Dido. 41 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:11,958 She's 54 today. 42 01:01:12,458 --> 01:01:14,791 Politician Justin Trudeau, he's 54 today. 43 01:01:15,083 --> 01:01:16,166 And musician Annie 44 01:01:16,166 --> 01:01:18,041 Lennox, she's 71 today. 45 01:01:18,583 --> 01:01:19,708 Well, wherever you are 46 01:01:19,708 --> 01:01:20,791 and whoever you are with, 47 01:01:21,041 --> 01:01:21,666 thanks for sharing 48 01:01:21,666 --> 01:01:22,916 part of your morning here 49 01:01:22,916 --> 01:01:23,958 with us at Morning Serial. 50 01:01:24,250 --> 01:01:25,791 On a mini episode, we will 51 01:01:25,791 --> 01:01:26,708 see you back here tomorrow. 52 01:01:27,041 --> 01:01:29,250 And until then, have a fantastic day. 53 01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:32,041 Don't forget to follow and subscribe 54 01:01:32,041 --> 01:01:33,416 to the Morning Serial podcast 55 01:01:33,791 --> 01:01:35,541 on the One Life Live It channel. 56 01:01:36,041 --> 01:01:37,750 You can find more episodes and videos 57 01:01:37,750 --> 01:01:39,208 by visiting our YouTube channel 58 01:01:39,416 --> 01:01:40,541 and the website at 59 01:01:40,541 --> 01:01:43,041 seaningless and at seaningless.com, 60 01:01:43,333 --> 01:01:44,166 where you can also 61 01:01:44,166 --> 01:01:45,625 follow our other podcasts, 62 01:01:45,958 --> 01:01:47,125 the Mr. and Mrs. English podcast 63 01:01:47,666 --> 01:01:48,833 and the Life Happens podcast. 64 01:01:49,666 --> 01:01:51,791 And these other podcasts will dive deeper 65 01:01:51,791 --> 01:01:53,625 into everyday issues, self-improvement, 66 01:01:53,750 --> 01:01:55,333 well-being, business and finance, 67 01:01:55,916 --> 01:01:57,500 and we welcome special guests too. 68 01:01:58,000 --> 01:01:58,750 So join us. 69 01:01:58,750 --> 01:02:00,041 It'll be a good time, I promise. 70 01:02:00,791 --> 01:02:01,666 Thanks again for listening. 71 01:02:01,875 --> 01:02:03,458 Have a fantastic day and 72 01:02:03,458 --> 01:02:03,958 we'll see you tomorrow.