Late Night Laughs
Holiday Update› Holiday shopping is upon us, and Amazon is trying to make it even easier by debuting a new store concept called Amazon Go. It’s a store where sensors detect which items you’ve grabbed, charge your Amazon account, and you can just walk out. … I prefer the normal way of shopping through Amazon — buying stuff online at 2 a.m. and being surprised by whatever shows up at my front door. — James Corden› The Better Business Bureau just released a list of the top 10 holiday scams to avoid. And get this, the list only cost me $200. — Jimmy Fallon› The Hallmark Channel is coming under fire for having mostly white actors as the stars of their Christmas movies. Then Hallmark said, “That’s not true. None of the actors in our movies are stars.” — Jimmy Fallon› We’re just 10 days away from Christmas! And if you want to know if Santa has you on his “nice” list or his “naughty” list, just ask Russia to hack it for you. — Jimmy Fallon› According to a new report, the cost of all the gifts listed in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song is up $233 from last year. Man, that Lords a Leaping union is killing us. — Conan O’Brien› A growing trend among families is giving their kids a few small presents ahead of Christmas to break up the tension of getting everything on Christmas Day. They actually have an interesting name for this — Hanukkah. — Jimmy FallonSource: www.newsmax.com
Lisa DentonThanks to Reader’s Digest for these funny Christmas and Hanukkah moments, most true stories from readers, posted at www.rd.com.
Into the church
Three buildings in town were overrun by squirrels: the town hall, the hardware store and the church.
The town hall brought in some cats. But after they tore up all the files, the mayor got rid of the predators, and soon the squirrels were back.