A new study finds that an exercise “Advent calendar” - where you open a door each day leading up to Christmas to find a Holiday themed “Exercise” - could help get people off the sofa and shed a few pounds during the holidays.

- Personally, I go with a modified “12 Days of Christmas” Workout… I hire “Ten Lords a Leaping” and “7 Swans a Swimming” to go to the Heath Club for me.

- And then I have one of my “Four Calling Birds” dial my favorite Italian joint and order me a Pizza.

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Four runaway Cows in Quebec were caught in a Covert operation and returned to their thankful owner.

- What were four Cows doing running a Covert Operation?? Wouldn’t that be a Cow-Vert Operation??

- So basically the Cows were on the Lam…. You gotta admit she’s a good sport!

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Ladies and Gentlemen… According the the latest “guidance” from Stanford University, we’re not supposed to say “American” anymore… we’re supposed to say “U.S Citizen”.

- Which reminds… I’m not supposed to say “Ladies and Gentlemen” either… which I just did at the top of the story. My apologies.

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Nick Cannon admitted he feels “guilt” over not being able to spend enough time with all of his 11 kids which he’s had by 6 different women.

- WORD OF ADVICE FOR NICK: If you want to have more time for your kids… STOP spending so much time with their mothers!!!

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Dolly Parton says she wrote a brand new song and buried it in a Time Capsule at her Dollywood Resort. It won’t be opened until 2045 - 23 years from now - when Dolly will be 99.

- She said the song is, “So good peoples jaws will drop”.

- … Along with a couple of other things!

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The life expectancy for the average U.S. citizen has hit a 25 YEAR LOW, according to data from the CDC… with people born in the US during 2021 expected to live 76.4 years - the lowest average on record since 1996.

- Interesting information… So don’t say I didn’t get you anything for Christmas!!!

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Have a great day… Be safe in the Snowstorm… and I’ll see you back here Christmas Eve!!!

-Dick