I have a feeling you need this Buddhist monk cover of Metallica’s Enter Sandman right about … now. Come for the first half, stay for the second half.

+ High school-run grocery store takes good deeds as payment.

+ This Alberta dad sat through 30 hours of tattoo pain so his son would feel better about birthmark.

+ Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are Time’s people of the year. The NextDraft Person of the Year: If it’s a group, it’s health care workers. If it’s a bigger group, it’s the millions of people who picked up the slack in their communities when we needed them the most. If it’s an individual, it should be Dr Li Wenliang who warned the world about the virus and later died of it.

+ “Hugs are like hand sanitizer for your internal anatomy — no need to drink bleach.” The plastic barrier that’s enabling hugs in a retirement community.

+ A Florida man just paid off the past dues for 114 families at risk of having their utilities shut off. (Yes, a good story about Florida Man! When I say Feel Good Friday, I mean it!)

+ Brian Baumgartner, Kevin from the Office, pulled in a cool million on Cameo this year.

+ Dolly Parton saved the life of a 9-year-old actor on set of new Christmas movie. Of course she did.