Part 1:  Ray talks about yesterday’s show and a phone call from one of our kids, Black Friday Shopping. Ray reflects on a question that his son, Tripp asked him yesterday. He reflects on the caller from yesterday.

Part 2:  Ray talks about some of the texts that he receives and asks the audience to tell us who is their favorite guest that he has had on the show. Dee Dee reads an email from Bob of K’bunk.

Part 3:  Ray talks about the Portland Tree Lighting and some of the fun  events that they have scheduled.

Part 4:  Ray welcomes Shawn Moody in studio and Fox News Radio’s Jon Decker. They talk about the President’s hush hush surprise trip to Afghanistan to surprise the troops. Ray asks Jon how was his Thanksgiving. They talk about the Impeachment shadow that is hanging over the country.

Part 5:  Shawn and Ray talk about how Jon Decker says that Trump is planning on coming up to Maine and that we need to get a balance in who is representing us. Maine has become a monopoly in power. Shawn stresses that people don’t go broke during a recession because the banks won’t let you borrow like they do during the good times. That is when people over extend themselves.
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Part 6:  Casey Gilbert of Portland Downtown joins the boys by phone. They discuss the line up of the all the fun activities. Ice sculpting demo, free eggnog, create-your-own holiday card, free horse & wagon rides and the not to mention the tree lighting. All will be entertained with music provided by Maine Academy of Modern Music and Northern Pitch. Casey has a limited amount of commemorative ornaments to give out. She quickly gives a rundown of some of the other activities going on in Portland surrounding the holidays.

Part 7:  Ray asks Shawn about his family traditions. Shawn gives a rundown of some of his favorites. Ray tells about one of his which is the photos with Santa. Shawn says that it is important that actions speak louder than words.

Part 8: Ray welcomes the Toys for Tots crew back in. Marine Staff Sgt Will Cieza, 2019 Coordinator of Toys for Tots, Sgt. Brandon McDaniel, 2019 Assistant Coordinator of Toys for Tots, Peter Levesque, President of Dirigo Kids and Peter’s daughter Elle Levesque. Since our annual event joined forces with our local Toys for Tots organization in 1994, our fundraiser has helped support over 100,000 children with over 300,000 toys to our local Maine communities. Will tells Ray about some of the organizations of some of the donations that they have already received. Peter reminds the TFT Dinner on December 6th at the Italian Heritage Dinner. There will be silent auction and they name off some of the great items. Deb also talks about the paper trains that they want to plaster all over Maine’s Main Streets. Go to the Dirigo Kids website for more information.

Part 10:  The Toys for Tot crew are still in studio. Peter talks about how businesses can have fundraisers to help and they can also sell paper trains similar to the MDA fundraiser. Not to mention their Toys for Tots Dinner on Dec. 6. For more information visit Dirigo Kids. They need your help to put a smile on a kid Christmas morning.

Part 11:  Ray gives a recap about the Portland Tree Lighting and traditions. Ray is disappointed that people were fighting about politics on Facebook on Thanksgiving.

Part 12:  Ray kept it lighthearted and recapped the show.

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