Ingredients: 8 pieces of stale bread, 16 oz cream cheese, cinnamon, 2C milk 1/3C maple syrup, and 12 eggs scrambled.
Cube and layer the bread and cream cheese by placing 1/2 of the bread cubes in a 13×9 baking pan, spread cubed cream cheese over the layer of bread, and cover the cream cheese with the rest of the bread. Sprinkle bread with cinnamon.
Mix all of the wet ingredients together well. Pour wet ingredients over the bread. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight.
Uncover and bake in a 375 F oven for 45 mins or until brown and not jiggly.
Serve with extra maple syrup/confectioners sugar and bacon.
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson is joined by Tyler Thomas (The Pepperidge Farm Cookie Man) who comes bearing gifts. They catch up and then talk about Mission 413 and the difference between doing “well” and doing “good”.
Segment 3: Ray reminds people that today in history was the Boston Tea Party and Gunny Mike Hall reminds people that tomorrow is Wreaths Across America Day. Ray reads a chapter from his book “Every Stone Has A Story”.
Segment 4: The boys talk about the classic music and movies of the Christmas season.
Segments 5-6: Mike Shepherd, Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News, joins Ray and Tyler and discusses the Maine Heating Bill and Rick Bennett, which evolves into a discussion about running for office versus serving.
Segment 7: The boys are joined by Steve DiMillo (Owner of DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant) in Portland Maine and the talk about Carnaval ME being held in their parking lot this year. Then they get into the Feast of the Seven Fishes tradition in the Italian culture.
Segment 8: Ray plays the David Bowie and Bing Crosby version of Little Drummer Boy.
Segment 9: Pete McVety, Becca (Pete’s daughter that was in a horrible accident), and Kenny Cianchette (owner of Erik’s Church) join the boys. They are celebrating the miracle of healing for Becca and they wanted to be able to thank all of the people that prayed and were there to help during her accident and healing process.
Segment 10: They have a quick segment to remember this special Christmas.
Segment 11: The boys take a call and Arthur Langley shares his family’s history of laying wreaths.
Segment 12: Ray shares the story What About My Son from his book “Every Stone Has A Story” and they discuss Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, December 17, 2022.
Segments 13-14: The boys take calls from Ethan, Saco and Brownfield Dave, and more.
Segment 15: The panel discusses Jesus, faith, and belief.
Segments 1-2: Ray Richardson’s monologue starts off with the crazy sports over the weekend. He has a few technical issues and then Todd Piro of Fox and Friends First joins Ray and they discuss Dicken’s A Christmas Carol and have just a friendly conversation about Christmas and children.
Segment 3: Gunny Mike joins Ray and they discuss Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, December 17. Their mission is to lay a wreath on every eligible headstone. The boys also talk about the Jan. 6 Committee, the farce of getting to the truth about what happened on that day, the organizers, the FBI, FBI’s censorship, misinformation deletions, Elon Musk, Twitter, the truth, Ray shares that he and many other people are heading up to Erik’s Church on Thursday night for Karaoke, he then reads a text from Barry from Calgary and more.
Segment 5: Vern Dukes (The Trucker of Truth) joins Ray and they discuss the passage of time, life is too short to be miserable.
Segment 6: The boys talk about their height and the wisdom that comes with age, the lack of tolerance of different opinions, and more.
Segments 7-8: Ray gives a shoutout to Springer’s Jewelers. Vern talks about how he misses working in the jewelry industry. They take a call from Steve from Westbrook. They talk about Eastpoint Christmas service times which are Dec. 23 @ 6 pm, Dec 24 services are 3 pm (no children’s programs available at the 3 pm service), and 5 pm. No services on Christmas Day.
Segments 9-10: Maine Rep. Joshua Morris (R-Turner) joins Ray and Vern and they discuss the weather, faith, roads, Rick Bennett’s proposal, and more.
Segment 11: Ray and Vern discuss the Little Drummer Boy song and drums. Larry and Al from Saco call in.
Segment 12: Ray plays Alabama’s Tennessee Christmas and Ray sings with them. He urges people to come out on Thursday Night to Erik’s Church Karaoke night. Vern says thank you to everyone that is working on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day. Ray expands on that thought of “Being Nice”.
Segment 13: Ray and Vern talk about the generosity of people and random acts of kindness, the woke culture, they question how bad we keep hearing our country is but if that is the case why are people trying to get into our country? The boys get back to Jesus and his lineage. Irish Jerry calls in and they talk about Karaoke With Jake Foster at Erik’s Church on Thursdays at 7 pm. Ethan from Saco calls in.
Segments 15-16: Ray and Vern continue their discussion with Ethan from Saco about Jesus and that it is about a personal relationship. Scott Jordan calls in with a story about generosity. He takes more calls.
Segment 1: Ray Richardson is joined by Dr. Michael Ciampi of Ciampi Family Practice in the studio and they discuss the Twitter files drop and its implications on the FBI and the government.
Segment 2: Dee Dee Richardson joins in for a quick segment and they take a call.
Segments 3-4: Bob Witkowski joins the fun after Ray plays a clip by Mike and Connie Mercer singing. Bob and Ray talk about Christmas traditions and his Christmas plans.
Segment 5: Ray reads the United States Bill of Rights and Amendments. He and Doc discuss them one by one.
Segment 6: Ray and Doc continue their discussion about the intentions of our Founding Fathers. They take a call.
Segment 7: Ray and Doc discuss the history of where and the pettiness and vindictiveness of the parties.
Segment 8: Ray and Doc are joined by Bailey Richardson (Ray’s daughter-in-law) and she presents Ray with a gift.
Segment 9: Ray and Bailey talk about her journey to becoming an ISR (Infant Swimming Resource) Certified Instructor and starting her company Swimming B ISR. She explains what ISR is and the commitment it takes. She is looking for a pool to conduct lessons. To find out more call 207-939-9587 or find her on Facebook, Instagram, or her website.
Segment 10: Ray tells Bailey about the texts he is receiving about the need for ISR and Bailey shares a story of a fellow classmate/fireman.
Segment 11-12: Steve Robinson of The Maine Wire joins Ray. They discuss Steve’s full-circle journey, the website and the lobster industry, climate change, wind energy, and more.
Segment 13-14: Steve Robinson and Ray discuss the town of Bucksport pulling a Christmas nativity scene from public property after receiving a complaint from Tom E. Waddell, the local chapter president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, who lives in Litchfield. The boys talk about school systems not being consistent and non-biased. They discuss some of the examples including the Gorham School System banning Christmas music on all school buses because of one email, the book Gender Queer and the school systems in several school districts.
Segment 15-16: Ray talks about QC Kinetics and urges people to ask for Dr. John. Ray talks about the wonders of the season and urges people to stand up for their beliefs. Ethan from Saco calls in. Ray talks about the difference between religion and faith. Cheryl from Sagadahoc County calls in as well.