What a Weird Week Fri Dec 20 2024: Holiday Spectacular 2024!!

What a Weird Week gets you caught up on the weird news of the week.  https://www. shownotes.page or search "What a Weird Week" where you get  podcasts. Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff in the news. See below for a transcript of the podcast episode. To subscribe to the podcast or for social media and more links, you can get everything at www.shownotes.page. These are the shownotes for Season 5, Ep 51 first published on Friday Dec 20 2024. Here are this week's stories... This week, our usual format of Weird News is OUT THE WINDOW because, it's Christmas time, baby!
Here are some things we cover this episode:

Here is the HALLMARK OR HOAX quiz we played. These are all via Reddit contributor ajaj (see https://www.reddit.com/r/HallmarkMovies/comments/18iie5j/1_of_4_hallmark_holiday_movie_plot_or_plot_i_made/?rdt=57451)

There was a gathering of over 2,000 people dressed as angels in the Philippines, which was enough to break the world record.  The previous record of 1,275 people was set in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada around ten years ago.https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/ 2024/12/16/philippines- Guinness-World-Record-angels/ 3591734371304/video link is https://fb.watch/ww_g-UwuYL/

"Christmas Traditions from around the World":
The Yule Goats of Scandinavia! (https://www.visitgavle.se/en/ gavle-goat)

🎄 Christmas World Records!
Dateline, December, 2024!
A North Texas drone show company has a new Guinness World Record after using 4,981 drones to create a big ol' gingerbread house in the sky.
Congratulations to Sky Elements Drone Shows on the record for "Largest aerial display of a gingerbread village displayed by drones."
Important Note: the Gingerbread House was NOT made out of actual gingerbread, which is disappointing. 
(https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/ 2024/12/17/Guinness-World- Records-drones-gingerbread- house/3591734469408/)