Thanks for hanging out with us today for the all-girls Morning Thing crew!

Today on the show, we shared some of our favorite Christmas songs and some of the stories behind them! You can listen to our favorite songs by clicking the links below!

This one is a favorite shared by Marcy, Rachel and Lilly. It is now a Food for the Hungry tradition to sing this for the broadcast. Check out Amy Grant’s version of Grown-Up Christmas List here, and check out Lilly and Rachel’s version here!

We also shared some more songs that were performed during the Food for the Hungry drive this year! Check out our rendition of “Little Drummer Boy” by For King and Country. Check out the original here!

Listen to Briley and Cody Daniels rock their version of Lauren Daigle’s “Light of the World“, and listen to Lauren sing her version here.

Listern to one of Joe Rinehart’s favorites, it’s MercyMe with “Joseph’s Lullaby”!

One of Marcy’s favorites is from “the Nativity Story” and it’s called “The Virgin’s Lullaby“.

It’s not Christmas without a little TSO, right? Check out one of our favorites, “Christmas Eve Sarajevo“!

We would also like to say congrats to our winners from the show today!
Congratulations to Missy Moore from Mt. Vernon! She was our grand prize winner for the 2018 WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange! She won an overnight stay at the Mt. Vernon Grand Hotel! Thank you to the Mt. Vernon Grand Hotel for partnering with us to give away a GRAND prize for our gift exchange!

Also, congratulations to Donna from Mt. Vernon for correctly guessing our Morning Thing Game of the Day: “Movie Quote Monday”.
Today’s quote was from a Christmas movie classic…
“I can’t put my arms down!”
“You can put your arms down when you get to school.”

That’s Randy and his mom from “A Christmas Story”!
Check out this classic scene here!

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly, Rachel and Marcy

The Morning Thing Fave 5 this week focused on our favorite Christmas traditions.
Take a listen as each co-host (and guest) share a special way that they celebrate the holiday.

Marcy Rinehart

Daria Swisher

Trevor Moore

Rachel Rinehart

Wesley Boston

What traditions will you participate in this Christmas?
Are you looking for something NEW?
Check out this list of FUN and EXCITING traditions from parents.com
Click HERE to see 14 tradition ideas.

(Picture from www.parents.com)

Did you know Christmas is NEXT WEEK?! I know! We can’t believe it came so fast!

Do you still have some gifts you have to get for family and friends, but you don’t know how you’ll have time to get them? Well, we have some amazing DIY Christmas gift ideas for you!

How about a super cute Hot Chocolate mix shaped like a reindeer? Click here!

Or… some mini Hot Cocoa toppings in a cute little package? Click here!

To see the complete list from woohome.com, click HERE!

Don’t forget to call in for the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange each day this week! We have some amazing gifts under the WNZR Christmas Tree!

Each day of the contest, our DJs will select Christmas gifts to put under the tree. Throughout the day, the DJs will give a cue to call 740-397-WNZR (9697). Caller #9 gets the chance to pick which DJ’s gift they want from under the tree. You need to choose carefully, because you only get one chance to exchange the gift.

*There’s also a mystery gift under the tree each day!*

AND – every winner gets entered into a drawing for our GRAND PRIZE – an overnight stay in a standard room at the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel!

We’ll announce the grand prize winner on Monday, December 24 at 7:30 a.m. on The Morning Thing.

Find out more info about the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange at wnzr.fm

Today on the Morning Thing, we talked with those involved with Food for the Hungry about their final thoughts on this year’s campaign. Hear from our staff and some community members below. As always, thanks for listening!

Marcy Rinehart

Joe Rinehart

Curtis Newland– Food for the Hungry Host

Lisa Mazarri– Food for the Hungry Coordinator

Jenna Potts– Former WNZR Graduate Assistant

Lexie Merritt– WNZR DJ

Joy Harris– Interchurch Social Services

Jerry Scott– Food for the Hungry Auctioneer and Mount Vernon Police Chaplain

Jayme McMillan– MVNU Video Professor

Hannah Radke- Afternoon Drive Co-host

Emily Porter– WNZR Graduate Assistant

Christine Moretz and Megan Ashcraft– Salvation Army Officers

Anne Orr– Kokosing River Productions

Angelica White– WNZR DJ

Abigail Brown– WNZR News Director

Samantha Scoles– MVNU Coordinator of Communications

The 37th annual Food for the Hungry drive is on Saturday, December 8. We had a chance to talk with Coordinator Lisa Mazzari and Tracy Elliot with the OSU Alumni Association of Knox County. Thanks for listening! And check out the Food For the Hungry website for more information!