Ashley and Brad Show - ABS 2025-12-23

News; birthdays/events; should you be able to claim your pet on your taxes?; word of the day. News; game: Jeff Foxworthy's 12 days of Christmas trivia; it's festivus...how much do you know about this 'holiday'?; law enforcement list of things not to leave in your car druing the holidays (or ever really). News; game: baby boomer holiday trivia; where is the grossest place on a plane to store your coat?; what to do with all those Amazon boxes?!?!? (beside recycling them!). News: game: Christmas kid jokes; last minute gift ideas (from Good Housekeeping); goodbye/fun facts....national pear month...most pears get harvested during the month of December. Pears also have high nutritional value-- more fiber than bananas, oranges, and strawberries and pears are hypoallergenic, safe for people with allergies to eat, and has pectin which helps control high cholesterol. A recent survey showed that 84% of shoppers cannot tell when a pear is ripe. The best way to check if a pear is ripe is the check the stem of the pear...and you can help the ripening process by putting the pears in a brown paper bag on your counter for a day or two. Peak season is Sept-Jan btw.