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Okay. This is Rob Gronkowski from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and Jules. For the second season in a row, I partnered with T-Mobile's Friday Night 5G Lights, powering up hometown football across America. This year, T-Mobile invested over $4 million in prizes to help schools take their Friday nights to the next level.
Now it's time to crown our $1 million grand prize winner. A huge congrats to Derricks High School in Derricks, Arkansas, home of the Outlaws and your 2025 T-Mobile Friday Night 5G Lights Champion. They scored a home field upgrade, Gronk Fitness Weight Room, a 2026 tailgate party, and an all-expense paid trip to the SEC Championship game. to every school that competed, posted, and rallied your communities. Thank you, and a big thanks to T-Mobile for making it all possible and helping communities shine under the Friday night lights.
This season may be over, but the story isn't. Stay tuned for season three in twenty twenty six. This is Sophy Cunningham from Show Me Something. Do you know the symptoms of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, or O S A, in adults with obesity? They may be happening to you without you knowing.
If anyone has ever said you snored loudly or if you spend your days fighting off excessive tiredness, irritability, and concentration issues, it may be due to OSA. OSA is a serious condition where your airway partially or completely collapses during sleep, which may cause breathing interruptions and oxygen deprivation. Learn more at don'tsleep on OSA.com. This information is provided by Lilly, a medicine company. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10?
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All rights reserved. Mm. Yeah. This is Lee Habib, and this is our American Stories. And we tell stories about everything here on this show, from the arts to sports, and from business to history, and everything in between, including your stories.
Send us your stories, small or large, to our email, oas at ouramericanstories.com. That's oas at ouramericanstories.com. We'd love to hear them and put them on the air. Our audience loves them too. Today we have one of our regular features brought to us by Stephen Resiniak.
This time his nephew Paul is reading his story for us. The story is entitled, God Bless You Too. See you now. There was a boring regularity to life on the floors. The residents of this nursing home didn't expect nor welcome change, but at Christmastime everything did change.
And one year, something happened that two teenagers will never forget. Christmas was just days away. Decorations abound and a steady stream of holiday tunes quietly playing in the background only added to the joyful atmosphere. staff members hummed while performing their duties, and the residents well, they were drawn into the excitement. A surprise visitor was about to make this day even better.
The residents love children. Their visits, especially around the holidays, proved magical. Suddenly even the grouchiest senior became agreeable. Kids brought out the very best in everyone on the floors. On this afternoon a children's choir was scheduled to perform, and they had promised to bring with them a special guest.
Who could it be, they wondered? By early afternoon everybody knew the answer. Santa Claus was coming to town. And so they waited, and they became children again. A giddy sense of excitement filled these old kids as they began asking the important questions.
What will they sing? Is Santa really coming? And most important of all, do you think he'll bring cookies? Later that afternoon, and as promised, a children's choir burst forth into the dayroom singing a spirited rendition of Jingle Bells. For the next hour, audience members were treated to so many of their favorite carols.
And when the final words to We Wish You a Merry Christmas were being sung, A thunderous Ho Ho Ho reverberated throughout the room. A well-padded and very youthful looking Santa Claus arrived. and he had a large tray of assorted holiday cookies. The choir joined Santa as he mingled with his audience, stopping often to give and receive hugs. Um When it was time to feed his reindeer, a nurse asked if he'd visit with the bedridden patients.
Of course he said, and he did just that. Margaret was confined to her hospital bed, and yet, on this day, she was just another excited little girl awaiting Santa. She heard the choir outside her room. but was thrilled when a booming Ho, ho, ho echoed from her doorway. With failing eyes she saw his silhouette.
Santa? she whispered. Approaching her bedside, and in his pretend santa voice, he called out Merry Christmas, Margaret, adding, And what do you want for Christmas, little girl? Several members of Santa's holiday entourage smiled because they knew Margaret's nurse had already asked this same question, and they already knew her answer. With a twinkle in her eyes she quietly said I want a kiss from you, Santa.
Laughter filled the room, and all eyes were quickly upon him, curious to see his reaction. The laughing stopped when Santa gently took Margaret's hand in his own, bent down, and kissed her. Merry Christmas he said.
softer now, but still in his pretend voice. Merry Christmas, Santa, she replied. A smile appeared upon her wrinkled face, as tears welled up in her tired old eyes. Santa lingered for another moment and then, while still holding her hand, he quietly said, now in his own voice, God bless you, Margaret. God bless you too, Santa, she whispered back.
The sounds of muffled sobs suddenly filled the room. Fortunately the nurse reminded Sandon that he had other patients to visit, and so he moved on. Little did he know, it was time for some one else to be moving on also. Santa's group visit every bedridden patient, and afterwards he decided on one last stop. He asked his nurse escort if he could say goodbye to Margaret.
Struggling to find the right words, she told him that Margaret had died soon after he'd left her room. She said that in her final moments, Margaret spoke of being blessed by Santa, and of course. that he had kissed her. The nurse reassured him that when the end came, Margaret was content and that he was the reason why. Santa thanked the nurse for telling him and then quickly left the floor.
Nobody would want to see Santa Claus cry. I worked at this nursing home where the elderly lived and in the end they died. I'll never forget Santa's visit. He rarely set foot on the floors. Instead, he remained downstairs working as a part-time dishwasher.
He made a pretty good Santa Claus, though. We were both still kids on that afternoon all those years ago. Since then, my brother Paul and I have come a long way. Yeah. Yeah.
And thanks to Stephen Resiniak for that beautiful story. And we can picture in our heads That scene, that final scene. And also, imagine hearing that news. Uh that you'd put a smile on someone's face just before they died. And what a beautiful thing to do.
Probably the most formidable thing that happened in my life in high school, well, actually by far the most formidable thing that happened, was dating a girl who worked at a nursing home. And of course, because she was there, I was there. And I just got to know these folks, these these These older people who many of them didn't have family visit. Uh didn't have family left. Everybody had died.
And just being with them and spending time with them. And then watching them pass. after having developed relationships with them. Uh it it made me different than the other kids. Stephen Reseniak's story Margaret's story.
And for so many caregivers across this country, their stories too. Here. On our American story. No. Lee Habib here, and I'm inviting you to help Al American Story celebrate this country's 250th birthday coming soon.
If you want to help inspire countless others to love America like we do and want to help us bring the inspiring and important stories told here about a good and beautiful country, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to OurAmerican Stories. Go to ouramericanstories.com and click the donate button. Any amount helps. Go to ouramericanstories.com and give. This is Eva Longoria from Hungry for History with Eva Longoria and Maite Gomez Rejon.
Like the song says, it's the most wonderful time of the year, and also a wonderfully busy one. All that merriment can weigh down even Santa Slay.
So keep it wonderful by keeping yourself wonderful with a crisp, cold Coca-Cola. Ugh. Pause for fizzy joy. Look out for yourself and then look out for everyone else. And together we'll make this season as wonderful as it's meant to be.
Enjoy a Coca-Cola. Refresh your holidays. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10? Upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop. voted PC Mag's Reader's Choice Top Laptop Brand for 2025.
Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere. And Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit lgusa.com slash iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PC Mag Reader's Choice used with permission. All rights reserved.
At CVS, it matters that we're not just in your community, but that we're part of it. It matters that we're here for you when you need us, day or night. And we want everyone to feel welcomed and rewarded. It matters that CVS is here to fill your prescriptions and here to fill your craving for a tasty and yeah, healthy snack. At CVS, we're proud to serve your community because we believe where you get your medicine matters.
So visit us at cvs.com or just come by our store. We can't wait to meet you. Store hours vary by location. 10 athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit.
Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract for $250,000. This is where mindset comes in.
Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down. Trainer Games on Prime Video, January 8th. Watch the trailer on TrainerGames.com. Season 2 of Unrivaled Basketball is here, and the talent is unreal.
The best women's players on the planet are running it back with even bigger moments and bigger stakes. Don't miss as Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plum, Brianna Stewart, and more take the court and redefine the game. This isn't your regular season. This is Unrivaled, where the pace is faster, the energy is higher, and every athlete shines. Unrivaled Basketball, Season 2, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5th on TNT, True TV, and HBO Max.
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