Morning Show Insider: I Need to Shop!

DETROITEvrod Cassimy: Cheers to the weekend! What a week it’s been! As we wrap up the week it’s a good reminder that there are less than two weeks before Christmas! I still haven’t done ANY Christmas shopping at ALL! Have you? Tonight I’m gonna hunker down and plan what I’m getting everyone. It’s time to order online or make plans to hit up some local businesses. Christmas will be here before you know it. I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend!

I hope you have a great weekend and we’ll see you Monday morning from 4:30 a.m. - 7 a.m.!

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Today’s Trivia Retake

Every weekday morning at 6 a.m., we ask you a trivia question on Local 4 for a chance to win a prize.

  • Friday Question: Who terrorized the teens at Camp Crystal Lake in the original ‘Friday the 13th’ movie from 1980?
  • Answer: Pamela Voorhees (Jason’s Mom)
  • Be sure to watch daily at 6 a.m. and click this link to enter for a chance to win.

National Days: December 16th

  • National Chocolate-covered Anything Day
  • Barbie & Barnie Backlash Day

History Highlights: December 16th

  • In 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
  • In 1905, the entertainment trade publication Variety came out with its first weekly issue.
  • In 1944 the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg (the Allies were eventually able to turn the Germans back).
  • In 1980, Harland Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, died in Shelbyville, Kentucky, at age 90.
  • In 2000, President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African-American secretary of state.

Celebrity Birthdays: December 16th

Celebrating a birthday Monday? Submit a Sunshine Award here and we could say your name on Local 4 News Today during our 6 a.m. show.

Here's who you're sharing a birthday with –

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
  • Jane Austen (1775-1817)
  • Actor Benjamin Bratt is 56

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