john muller and diana perez. >> merry christmas, everybody -- merry christmas eve, that is. can you believe it? >> i cannot. it is upon us and my tree is only halfway decorated. >> only halfway decorated? are you going to put on the music and have marshmallows in hot chocolate and do the whole thing? >> i think the problem is i have to work and it is hard to get into the spirit when you have an abbreviated day. you have a 1-year-old that wants to snatch everything off the tree. that's what we're going to do -- >> i have never been up this early on christmas eve morning. >> how about christmas day? i guarantee for santa -- >> when i was a kid not sleeping just because i was so excited. >> let's make pretend that's what we are doing. >> sounds like a plan. let's get it to. as the clock ticks toward christmas morning, retailers are hoping for a last-minute rush today and hoping it will boost their sagging bottom line. sales are down more than 3% over last year. shoppers hold on to their money. >> holiday sales top $42 billion