In reality, the ball was part of a larger year-end auction organized by MLB — which included “Dropped Fly Ball by Aaron Judge” in its description of the item.

"To the people, we hope your end of year will be a little happier now, and all your cancelled year-end celebrations to be restored," said National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik, as he announced the result.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. convened on Sunday in Rancho Park for its annual year-end voting meeting, at which the group chose and announced its winners.

At the core of that playful, pointless dispute is whether John McClane’s year-end vacation is or isn’t a Christmas movie.

But this year, there have been more than a few complaints that the long-awaited year-end data dump was surprisingly "boring," and reeking of AI.