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The Upworthiest 12/22
The moment he realizes what the gift is 🥲
Many people dream of somehow being able to pay their parents back for the sacrifices made for them during childhood. Whether that’s something physical, like paying off their mortgage, or simply being the best version of ourselves to make them absolutely proud.
For Lindsay Moore, it was finding a “prized possession” her dad once gave up to help the family, and returning it to him once again.
"You are the father!"
There was drama at the Denver Zoo after the birth of a baby orangutan named Siska. The zookeepers didn’t know if the father was 16-year-old Jaya or 30-year-old Berani. So, to learn the truth about Siska’s paternity, they found the perfect man for the job, Maury Povich.
For 31 years, Povich was the host of his eponymous daytime talk show, where one of the highlights was his paternity tests, where he dramatically explained, “You are the father” or “You are not the father.
More and more young people are planning to ring in the new year by cutting out alcohol for a month.
The Dry January challenge as we know it has around since the early 2000s, but the idea of taking a break from alcohol the first month of the year actually has its roots in World War II. To save resources, the Finnish government initiated “Raitis Januar,” or Sober January, in 1942, encouraging people to stop drinking alcohol entirely for at least that one month.
The modern Dry January has become more and more popular as people recognize the health benefits of abstaining from alcohol and acknowledge the impulse to cut back after the indulgent holidays. According to the American Association for Cancer Research, 19% of millennials, 14% of Gen Xers 12% of baby boomers say they plan to participate in Dry January 2024. That's about 31 million Americans.
"Just think of the tasty treats I can make my family with this mixer."
A mother’s exasperated reaction to getting Christmas gifts from her family in 1988 shows that things haven’t changed much for mothers in 35 years.
Jordan Alvillar, 36, was transferring his family’s old camcorder footage when he found this goldmine of footage of his mother. "I digitized my family's home videos from the '80s," Jordan Alvillar, 36, captioned a TikTok video. "Here's my mom's soul leaving her body on Christmas Day!"
The shining moment is when Alvillar’s mother, Susan, opens up her gift, a Kitchen-Aid mixer. "It's a mixer!" Susan says to the camera in a sarcastic deadpan. "Boy, oh boy, I can't wait to use that to make my husband a wonderful meal."