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And walking in a Winter Wonderland, from saks fifth avenue to radio city. How some of the most popular spots transform into this, the elves working behind the scenes to deck the brightest halls in america. A special edition of gma starts right now. Good morning, america, and Merry Christmas to everyone at home celebrating. Everyone here in the audience celebrating with us. Its actually not Christmas Morning here right now. We are on tape, so we can be home on this Holiday Spending time with our family. Im waving to myself in hawaii right now. On the beach. Weve got a very special show for you this morning. The nyu magical singers and jazz choir, so happy to have them back with us again this year singing some of our favorite Christmas Songs and theyll be doing it all morning long. How lucky are we and some really touching stories about incredible people stepping up to help those in need, including a 12yearold boy who spent the entire year collecting gifts for others. Thats what you call the christmas spirit. Yeah. Were going to get into all of that, but lets first go to abcs Ron Claiborne for the mornings top headlines. Robin, thanks. Good morning and a very Merry Christmas to all of you. We begin with the dangerous Winter Weather conditions affecting millions of holiday travelers. Two storms are bringing snow and ice to the northeast and bringing snow to the northeast and mid atlantic, with rain in the south. Theres also snow on the ground in the upper midwest where the temperatures are expected to stay below freezing for much of the week ahead. Its also a rare White Christmas in parts of the Pacific Northwest with snow swirling around seattles space needle but also icy conditions on the roads there before the rest of the mornings head good morning. Meteorologist mike nikko. Today, partly sunny, mild temperatures. Wood burning is banned today. Fewer clouds, cooler lows tonight. The remabder of the air will be without rain. As far as temperatures go, 58 in richmond, the rest of us about 60 to 65 dwres. Low to mid breaking overnight, a deadly suicide bombing in afghanistan. At least six People Killed in an attack in the capital of kabul. Officials say the device was set off in an office near the Afghan Intelligence service. Isis has taken responsibility for other recent attacks there. Fwaut is guatemala is following the u. S. And saying it will move its embassy for israel to jerusalem. The president of the Central American nation made that Christmas Eve announcement on facebook. Guatemala is one of only Nine Countries to vote against recognizing jerusalem as israels capital. Back in this country the first family is celebrating their first christmas together since mr. Trump took office back in january. The president also tweeting overnight, i am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase, Merry Christmas. Abcs Kenneth Moton has more from south florida. Reporter overnight, President Trump attended mass in south florida. Today and every day were incredibly thankful. Reporter the commanderinchief also spoke to the troops by Video Conference on Christmas Eve from his maralago resort. I wish everybody a merry, merry, Merry Christmas. Reporter trumps relentless attack on the media continues, retweeting this image. Look a little closer. Yes, thats the cnn logo squashed under his shoe. He also targeted Andrew Mccabe who trump has accused of bias during the Hillary Clinton email investigation. When you look at whats gone on with the fbi and the justice department, people are very angry. Reporter lawmakers on both sides have been concerned about the president s increasing attacks on the fbi, worried he will take aim at robert mueller, the special counsel in the russia investigation. No one is above the law. Let mr. Mueller do his investigation without interference. Reporter the president facing scrutiny about remarks he allegedly made in the oval office about immigrants. The New York Times saying President Trump had raised concerns about the number of immigrants who had entered the u. S. Since he took office. The times says trump complained of 15,000 immigrants from haiti all have aids and the 40,000 nigerian immigrants would never go back to their huts in africa when seeing the u. S. I have no belief that that actually transpired. Reporter the white house strongly denies the president made those comments, calling them lies and outrageous, ron. Kenneth, thanks. Of course, christmas is already in full swing, especially for britains royal Family Gathering at their estate. They attended Church Together with Meghan Markle appearing alongside prince now that santas job is done he appears to be heading to the beach, cocoa beach in south florida, hanging ten. Maybe the real santa was among those imposters. Lets send it back to times square. We hope youre enjoying this morning with your loved ones and now were going to hear from Cardinal Timothy dolan of new york on the deeper meeting of christmas. This is dan harris. We have a key interview this Christmas Morning. This morning is a time of reflection on the true meaning of this day, and joining us to talk about faith this Holiday Season and for the coming year is the archbishop of new york, Timothy Cardinal dolan. Good morning to you, sir. Good morning, a blessed christmas to you and all the folks kind enough to be watching. Right back at you, sir. Theres a lot of concern you hear this is something that i hear this time of year, is that the true meaning of the holiday is overwhelmed by materialism and commercialism and you have an interesting take on this issue. What is it . Well thanks for thinking its interesting. I think, to be griping and whining that were too wrapped up in material things, counterproductive. Why dont we try to make some gnocchi out of the dough we have got, okay . Like it or not, people are buying, theyre giving, theyre sharing, theyre coming together in unity. Theyre eating together, theyre having a good time. That aint bad, dan. Ill take it, okay . Those in a way are spiritual values. See, we have always believed that every good thing in this life is a hint of the eternal gifts that god wants to give us, so why not just rejoice that people are sharing, theyre giving gifts, theyre forgiving one another, theyre meeting with people that they havent seen until this time last year. They got happy memories. Theyre making good resolutions. Those are all good things, darn it. Its almost like its antipasto to the main course which would be the gifts that god wants to give us, okay . So i dont get all that mad that people might seem to be distracted by the gifts and the getting and the giving of the season. Heck, lets make hay while the sun shines. That could be a good way to bring god into the picture, right . You talk about bringing people first of all, i love that answer. You talk about the importance and the meaning of bringing people together and communion at this time of year. However, weve just come through a long and were still in the middle of a long and difficult political season in this country. Yep. Families are divided over political issues. How can faith be a balm at this time . Yes. Balm, not a bomb. Right . We need an ointment, some consolation. Precisely, dan, by reminding us of eternal things. All this stuff is going to pass, all this other stuff. It might be korea, washington, moscow. We center on bethlehem and the gifts that god gives us. And his son, our lord and savior, jesus christ. Youre in the business of news, right . If you went back and rewound tapes to last year or the year before, you would be saying the same thing. I would be saying the same thing. This was a bleak year. How are we going to get through this news . But darn it, the human project endures. Its like god is saying, i love what i created. I love creation. I love creatures. Boy are there a lot of ruffles, a lot of rough things. Sometimes my creatures dont act the way that i wish they did but im not giving up on them, okay . We got that affirmation of the basic goodness and dignity of the human person and the sacredness of human life from god himself, affirmed especially on christmas when he actually entered human history. If that doesnt give us consolation, i dont know what will. You make my job way too easy. All i have to do is ask you two simple questions and you fill the air with wisdom. So thank you. Thank you. I had three good eggnogs before i came on. Well said. Back to you. A blessed christmas back to you. I love how our audience has transformed into these wonderful helpers on Christmas Day. The city transforms into a Winter Wonderland as well. Ginger, you went to the north pole of sorts . This is unbelievable. I didnt know it existed but it does, from 18foot long candy canes to the iconic tree that sits at radio city music hall. This place is your fantasy land. Reporter its the most wonderful time of the year in new york city and along famed fifth avenue, all the halls are decked and glowing with christmas cheer. But before the city transforms into a Winter Wonderland, the holiday magic all starts here. This year we have installed about 1,000 Christmas Trees and over 10,000 wreaths and almost 5 million lights. Reporter this is the ceo of american christmas, in charge of decorating many of manhattans most famous buildings. We decorate radio city music hall and do everything for Rockefeller Center except the Christmas Tree. We do of course, saks fifth avenue and cartier. Ferragamo. Small companies. Reporter from trees and wreaths to bows and garland and ornaments, novelty items, the companys 110,000square foot warehouse has it all. This is our decorations department. I feel like i want the go shopping but thats not what this is for. Reporter if the buildings big, the decorations are even bigger. I will go ahead and say it, the biggest wreath ive ever seen. This is a 16foot diameter wreath with a pretty giant bow. These are 18foot tall candy canes that hang at 9 west 57th street. Theres nothing probably more iconic than a completely lit up panther. Cartier is a client of ours and we developed panthers for them that sit on the ledges of the exteriors of their stores. This is a rendering that we did for saks fifth avenue. Reporter one of their standout projects, this dazzling Department Store light show. More than half a million lights synchronized to music leaving audiences wowed. For fred and his team, the business of christmas is a yearround job. During the busy season we have 200 employees. Wow. So 65 full time and 135 seasonal. Our seasonal people start coming back june 1st. Reporter but those months of tireless work are all worth it in the end. It really is a tremendous feeling to walk through the city with family and friends and really enjoy what weve accomplished. That place was so special. I think the next natural step is letting us all in so we can shop. Every ornament of over size and color. I love a good christmas shop and that place would do it for me. I need some stuff for the house. Ginger, thank you for that. Christmas cheer is also spreading to theaters this season. One of our favorite holiday movies elf its going from the big screen to the big stage and amy got to see it all behind the scenes. Santa, santa reporter its the ultimate Christmas Movie elf now brought to life in elf the musical. Why do you think this story resonates . Its become the new iconic Christmas Movie. Its become the story that everybody wants at christmastime. Everyone gathers around and watches elf because its contemporary and feels like today and its a story that everybody can connect to. Reporter i went backstage at the theatre in new york citys Madison Square garden to get the inside christmas scoop starting with the magnificent costumes. You have Christmas Trees sort of hidden underneath like a Little Christmas surprise. Yeah, its absolutely stunning. And then this is santa claus. I mean, it doesnt get more magical than this. This is a great family show. So i brought my family. My daughters are here with us. Theyre going to be little elves. This goes above the knees and you look like youre the right height of a Christmas Town elf. There you go. My girls and i were transformed into magical elves. Thinking about how happy the elves are in Christmas Town. Happy all the time, ball change. Were happy all the time. You got it. I think you would be great in the show. Reporter next up, we tried the local cuisine made by the one and only buddy. The five food groups are cookies, candy, candy canes, candy corn and sear up. Syrup. Well, this is really all about putting too much syrup over the top. The verdict is . Its really good. Reporter after a hardy meal we got some exercise doing what buddy does best. Its the ultimate christmas story guaranteed to put a smile on everyones face. The end. Elf the musical is at Madison Square garden through december 29th. Back to you guys. Im excited. Big screen to the big stage. I want to deliver the line, hey buddy, hope you find your dad. From the theatre to basketball, if youre a big basketball fan, get excited. The nba has not one but five marquee matchups today. Michael, christmas for the nba means a lot more than whats happening on the court, we understand. Absolutely. These guys are great on the court and great off the court too. Some of the biggest stars are also making a huge difference, spreading cheer with the nba cares program. Abcs t. J. Holmes has the story. Reporter on the court 64, 210 pound point guard john wall is a force to be reckoned with. For three, john wall reporter but when hes not balling, hes giving back to the d. C. Community, mentoring and inspiring families in need through his John Wall Family Foundation and nba cares. My mom instilled in me you can be known as great basketball player but be known as a great person. Reporter as a special christmas treat this year, wall hosted a private advanced screening of jumanji welcome to the jungle, for 200 underprivileged kids. With help and a special message. Takiing some kids to see see jumanji. It was easy to place that call, was it not . Yeah. Im grateful to kevin hart. I wanted to show these guys the movie before the holidays and get them tickets to a game and for them to bless me with a private screening. Reporter but that wasnt the only holiday trick up this wizards sleeve. Wall had one more surprise for one special family. Harrison, where you at . Reporter the family fell on hard times. Mom is battling cancer. Dad lost his job. Inspired by their story, wall gifted them 1,000 worth of groceries, tickets to a wizards game and paid tuition for the twins private school. Mom and dad, thats one less thing yall have to worry about. Thank you so much for your generosity and your kind spirit. Just having a bad year this year and i really appreciate it. What stood out to you about this family . I lost my dad at the age of 9 from cancer so i know how it is to deal with a parent thats battling and to hear their mom is going through that i wanted to help. Reporter at that wizards game, the fields had a field day watching on as the wizards beat the clippers. For Good Morning America, t. J. Holmes, abc news, washington. And he will go to the line nothing like a little basketball. Dont forget to watch the games. Knicks are taking on the 76ers at 12 00 p. M. Eastern on espn, and then a triple header kicks off 7 00 p. M. On abc with the cavs and the warriors. Your complete guide to holiday gifts. How to use the hottest gadgets this season and what to do if you didnt get exactly what youre looking for. Say thank you. Thats right. A great time to watch new movies with your family. Well tell you what to see this week as the oscar race heats up. Plus your favorite Christmas Songs, we got them coming at you all morning long right here on abc and gma. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way were out here in we are 14th Protection Company out here in puerto rico coming from ohio, and we would like to wish you guys a very Merry Christmas. Whoo we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, and a happy new year but having his parents over was enlightening. You dont like my lasagna . No, its good. Hmm. 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Our tech expert, becky worley we showing us how to set them up and get the most out of them by turning to the experts. And we know who they are, kids. Theyre the experts. Good morning, becky. Good morning. Merry christmas, aunty robin. Reporter Christmas Morning, its all about the kids, and everything you unwrapped is really about technology. So who better to get all this gear up and running than you guys. Oh huh . How do i set this thing up . To answer that question ive asked my kids and a few of their friends to help. We start with one of the hottest gifts, voices systems. Alexa, how do i set you up . Did you know you can change your name so that podcasts or tv segments about alexa dont trigger it . We changed alexas name to echo. You download the echo app and get to work linking gadgets. Lots of things you already own may work with it. Echo, set the thermostat to 65 degrees. The heat is set to 65. Echo, tell him to start cleaning. Reporter hallelujah, my son is vacuuming. Well, he initiated robotic vacuuming. Also be prepared for them to try and buy things off of the echo. Echo, buy a fidget spinner. Reporter pro tip, use the app to install a code so they cant make any purchases. Aw mom. Mommy, can we play on your phone . Reporter next, a lot of toys are appenabled. An app enabled ukulele that teaches your kid to play, awesome. Using mommys phone for all those appenabled toys, not awesome. Make sure that you install all those apps on older devices or family ipads. Drones, super hot gift this year but flying a drone is not as easy as you think. Start out inside in a gym or an open room with a high ceiling. Avoid flying outside at first, especially if theres any wind. Oops, watch out for this drone killer. Keep the dog away from wherever youre flying the drone. Yikes. A lot of kids got this for christmas. An instant camera. How do you see the picture before you take it . Kids know nothing about film or that its expensive. You should think about that before you take like a million photos. Reporter also they dont understand that you cant blow it up and zoom in afterwards. One, two, three. Merry christmas reporter this is where our oldschool skills can help the techie kids. Theyre the cutest. We have all of these tips on our website but if you run into trouble setting anything up, guys, where can you go to learn about pretty much anything these days . Youtube. Reporter yep. Theres a tutorial for everything, so happy holidays, everybody. Happy holidays. All right, becky, thank you very much. When in doubt, ask the kids. They always know how to work it out. Lets welcome Rebecca Jarvis in right now. [ applause ] Merry Christmas. You have a lot of tips. Thats right. Good morning to all of you. Merry christmas. If you happen to find a lump of coal in your stocking or something under the tree that wasnt on santas wish list, were here to help. Reporter if santa didnt quite deliver on your wish list, dont despair, you are not alone. Americans returned nearly 90 billion worth of gifts over the Holiday Season. Thats almost a quarter of all returns for the year. But beware, not all return policies are created equal. What do people need to look out for . Like with return policies . What is the length of a return policy . Some retailers do 15 days, some dont allow you to return at all, others give you 30 or 45 days. Look at the condition of the returns that you send back. Some people say if the box is open you cant take it back. Lastly, check to see if theres free shipping. Reporter with more than onethird of retailers offering free return shipping, theres also a chance you can skip that trip to the mall. If you have to return in store, check those gift receipts. Close to 40 of people who are doing their post holiday returns will do it on the 26th or the 27th. So december 26th not to day to make your returns . I wouldnt do it the day after christmas. Id wait a week and probably return it the first or second week of january when you see major discounts as well. Reporter what about regifting . One survey found 56 of us admit to having done it. One of the most popular regifting items, gift cards. Some retailers will even swap out a new card without Christmas Decorations if youre looking to regift post holidays. Or you can sell it. You can actually get up to 90 of the cash back when you sell it in many cases. Reporter apps like card pool, raise and Gift Card Granny let you post and sell gift cards with the click of a button. Now is also a great time for post christmas sales. It is the most wonderful time of the year for holiday decor shopping. You can expect major markdowns on bedding, clothes, winter wear. If youre planning on fitness resolutions in the new year, now is a great time to get deals on exercise equipment. So think ahead. Time to think ahead. Way ahead. Yeah, way ahead. 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Reporter guillermo del toros the shape of water pits Michael Shannon against sally hawkins. Its been building oscar buzz for months. Is she deaf . Reporter while part of nebraska, Alexander Payne shrinks matt damon for downsizing. Nervous . A little. Reporter and its a good time to catch bona fide in it to win its, as three billboards outside ebbing, missouri is Frances Mcdormand a mother. I dont think those billboards are fair. Reporter lady bird. Its a dazzling firsttime effort for their director. Lady bird, is that your given name . Given to me by me. Reporter gary oldman is churchill in darkest hour. And also the florida project. I warned you. One drip and you are out. Oh, come on reporter and also star wars the last jedi, and in a galaxy closer to home, Dwayne Johnson and kevin hart in jumanji welcome to the jungle. Dont cry, dont cry. Dont dry. Reporter and also, i am not a fighting bull as well as Anna Kendrick harmonizes for a third go around in Pitch Perfect 3. Im coming up so you better get this Party Started reporter contenders and crowd pleasers, all eager for your post holiday attention at a theatre near you. Lets finish this. Reporter for Good Morning America, Chris Connelly, abc news, los angeles. [ applause ] for those of you who feel like staying at home theres always the good old Christmas Movies, the classics. Do you guys have a favorite . Love actually. The airport scene is always so great. Worth watching. Anybody else . A christmas story every time. I have to do it. Yeah. It never gets old. I watch the whole thing. Shoot your eye out amazing, most men love love actually. In my locker room guys loved it. When you were playing for the giants . Yeah. We loved that movie. It goes straight to the heart. Who knew . Okay. I have a musical cue for my favorite movie. Control room, can you hit it . Im mr. Green christmas, im mr. Sun do you remember the heat miser . I love the heat miser. Robin, the year without a santa claus. 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And you may want to burn that wood and get the house a little warmer because some of us are in the upper 30s to about the upper 40s. Our destination this afternoon, about 58 to about 56 degrees. Outdoor weather if the kids can handle the air quality for play with those toys. Unfortunately, look at this. The next seven days, which goes through the end of the month, absolutely no chance of rain. Jessica. Yes, mike, thank you. Merry christmas to you. Merry christmas. If you celebrate. If not, thanks for being from with us. Well have another news update in about 30 minutes and always good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Merry christmas. Were celebrating the reason for the season with incredible holiday heros inspiring so many, lending a helping hand to neighbors in need. Plus the little saint nick stepping up in a big way, spending his whole year gathering gifts to spread Holiday Cheer to kids who cant be home this christmas. Lastminute gift guide. Still need to cross items off your list . How to get the perfect present shopping right from your sofa. All that and were thankful for this guy, garth brooks, starting your holiday right on this special christmas edition of gma. As we say good morning, america. Happy holidays and we all wish you a Merry Christmas as well. Good morning, america. Thank you to the nyu magical singers. [ applause ] full disclosure, we want to let you know that we are on tape this morning so we could be at home or on a beach in hawaii with our loved ones. We hope that wherever you are of course youre enjoying christmas too. What are your Christmas Plans . Home. Home. I cant go anywhere. Right now im unwrapping a present with my kids. Im on a beach too. Youre on a beach too . See, i tell you what beach im in. Hes not telling. What about you . I just got off a plane 3 00 in the morning but my parents are here, my kids, my nieces and nephews. We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. Yes, we do. You know, somebody were going to see on christmas you wont see this person but they stopped by the studio. The big man himself, santa is here, everybody. [ applause ] he is here and is you can see, he is spreading the holiday spirit right here in times square. Good. Some christmas treats, we have some really good recipes for Christmas Day if youre thinking about cooking, like this beautiful hot chocolate. That is from our friends at the chew, Michael Symon and carla hall. Here with us with more great dishes straight ahead. That is really good. You wear it well. Thank you. We have some news to get to as well. Ron claiborne has that. George, thank you. Good morning and Merry Christmas. We begin with celebrations taking place across the pond. Meghan markle making history as the first fiance to spend christmas with the queen and the rest of the royal family, a crash course for the american actress set to marry prince harry in mall. Lama hassan has the very latest. Reporter good morning, ron, from a chilly morning where just moments ago members of the royal family stepping out, briskly walking from the queens sandringham estate heading to st. Marys. The royals delighting legions of loyal fans. Thousands and thousands of people lining up to catch a glimpse of prince harry and Meghan Markle. Kensington palace will not tell us if meghan will actually take part in all of the festivities but we can tell you what kind of presents the royals like to exchange during christmas. Think cheap and cheerful, a bit gimmic gimmicky, nothing expensive. After all, what do you get someone who has almost everything . Maybe more of everything. Pope francis just delivered his Christmas Day message urging the crowd in st. Peters square as well as the 1. 2 billion catholics around the world to help children in conflict areas around the world. A mass was held in bethlehem and crowds are noticeably thinner this year after protests sparked by trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital. The city of mosul celebrating their first christmas since the defeat of isis earlier this year. Back at home President Trump is spending the day with his family. Overnight he and the first lady attending services at the church where they wiere married. Kenneth moton is in south florida. Reporter it was golf with friends for the president over the weekend and twitter attacks against the media and fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe. Trump has accused mccabe of bias during the Hillary Clinton email investigation. Lawmakers on both sides have been concerned about the president s increasing attacks on the fbi, worried he will take aim at robert mueller, the special counsel and the russia investigation. The president appears to be on a twitter high after his first major legislative victory. He signed that 1. 5 trillion tax bill into law before leaving washington. The president tweeted, what an incredible year we had. Dont let the fake news convince you otherwise. Our insider polls are strong. The president likely not happy with other polls that have his Approval Ratings in the low 40s heading into the new year. Ron. Kenneth, thanks. With one more week to go in the nfl season, the best players are hoping to get lucky like new orleans defensive back marshaon lattimo lattimore, using his backside for a tackle. Kansas city chiefs coach andy reed dressing the part of kris kringle. Reed did stay in character as coach. Stay tuned to abc later today for lots of nbc action including a rematch of last years exciting finals with the Golden State Warriors facing the cleveland cavaliers. Tipoff at 3 00 p. M. Eastern time. Thats whats shaping up good morning and Merry Christmas. No wood burning today. I know you want to have a fire, but its a spare the air day. Partly sunny. Fewer clouds. Cooler tonight and no rain through the rest of the year. Temperatures today, 58 if in richmond, 59 in San Francisco and san mateo. Mid to upper 30s inland. Upper four40s at the thanks for spending this Christmas Morning with us. Lets send it now back to times square. All right, ron, thank you very much. Coming up, hurricane heros. What those who did so much to help others are now doing this holiday. Plus, the christmas story behind this tree that tried to shoot a little too high perhaps. Well explain. And then michael is in the green room. Yes, i am in the green room here with lori bergamotto. She looks so comfortable. Shes in the christmas spirit. Weve got your last minute Christmas Gift guide. What you can buy right from your couch, all coming up on this special christmas edition of gma. Be right back. To consider protect and grow. There are two halves instead of focusing on insurance or investments alone, we bring them together into one whole picture. 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Did you know you were going to get to see two shows here for your anniversary. Surprise. Yeah, surprise. You know what that also means . Two pop news with lara spencer. [ applause ] come on. The gift that just keeps on giving. Thats what it is. Here we go, everybody. Good morning and Merry Christmas. So, we have all been very busy with our Holiday Shopping and walmart would much rather you get into their store than to have you at home cyber shopping, so how about a little retail tainment. Thats what theyre calling it. The company is throwing holiday parties across the country, encouraging shoppers to try out the hottest items in the stores. Take it out of the box. They dont care. They want you in that store while celebrating the Holiday Season. While Online Shopping is easy, only brick and mortar allows you to test out the toys, car in a aisles, meet santa, have a snack and find the perfect gift all in one trip. That is to me a new word. I never heard of retail tainment. You take it out of the box and the kids play with the box there in the store. Yes. Hey, also in pop news this morning. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the classic film titanic and in a recent interview with vanity fair yeah, great movie. Its okay, clap. [ applause ] in a recent interview with vanity fair, director James Cameron made it very clear, people, he wants it to be known once and for all, hes exhausted, hes tired of people asking him why jack had to die. Fans apparently go crazy about this online. There are chat rooms filled with people getting heated over the scene because they say there was enough room on the floating door. Yes. This is still happening, robin. I mean, poor James Cameron. Kate winslets character, of course you know she survives. Myth busters even did an experiment proving that two people could survive on a floating door. You can in the caribbean. Exactly. James cameron saw that. He will not have it for one more second. He says, people, hear me loud and clear, its not about the fiphysics of flow unless jack died it would be meaningle meaningless. Im one of those people, i just interviewed James Cameron for avatar and i had to stop myself from asking him. I wanted to. I would say based on this interview, dont. Merry christmas. That was my gift to you. And then we do have one more quickie for you. Thank you, thank you. Wow. To a city embracing its imperfections, last year montreal set out to create a magnificent Rockefeller Centerlike Christmas Tree aiming to make it even more of a travel destination for the holidays. So they copied the playbook, but they may have read the wrong page. So heres what they came up with. Thats their tree. Its a little wonky. A little off, not exactly Rockefeller Center. They decided to go with that and make their tree the centerpiece of the montreal christmas. So this year they actually sought it out. Organizers created the village of the ugly tree. Take a look. This is this year. Looks like hooville. Its fantastic. Cool, i like that. Its got personality and they say that is what montreal is all about. Embracing the perfectly imperfect. Just like the grinch. Looks like hooville. Village. Your french, robin. Thats all i have though. Thank you, lara. [ applause ] well done. You know, this Christmas Morning we remember the reason for the season but also thinking about the people who stepped up to help those in need after all those devastating hurricanes that we went through and who are still trying to recover. So heres a look at how they are spending the holidays. Reporter its the season of giving. We are here trying to bring a little bit of hope, a little bit of cheer and some much needed supplies to the area. Thank you. Reporter volunteers from all over the country. My name is tyler smith from austin, texas. Im from chicago. Reporter lending a helping hand for the holidays in the areas our gma team visited last month that were hit hardest by hurricanes harvey, irma and maria. All right, so we are packing up all kinds of vehicles. Reporter in the u. S. Virgin ielg islands, we met vernon who directed care packages to thousands of recipients across the islands. Awesome volunteers working hard. Reporter since our broadcast, adopt a family has distributed more than 3 million in relief supplies. We had thousands, thousands more boxes that came in as a result of the previous broadcast and right now were doing everything we can to make sure that we are able to give a happy and healthy Holiday Season to many families here in the virgin islands. How are you . Reporter remember the Phillips Family from saint thomas . Two days after Hurricane Irma we asked all the neighbors for the food out of their refrigerator so it dont go bad and we cooked it. Reporter after surviving two category five hurricanes, the family of 14 took action, feeding hundreds of people in the community daily. Since you were here last, we would like to share with you a little bit of what weve been doing for the holidays. We would love to be able to put a gift in maybe every childs hands. No matter the situation, they look on Christmas Morning for that toy that they can open. We are joined by Ayesha Nelson reporter in hughessooustoho described being stranded on her roof with her family. We need help right now. Reporter today, ayesha is grateful to be alive and is working to rebuild her life. Im blessed and i just thank god that me and my family made it through that storm. Reporter the spirit of gratitude echos in the florida keys. We were finally granted our fema money, so yay reporter theresa bass and her family were adopted for the holidays by one of our gma viewers after she shared her emotional story of survival. The whole process of just accepting help from strangers and knowing that people still very much want to help us has been incredibly humbling. Reporter small acts of kindness going a long way this Holiday Season. [ applause ] im telling you, people who have gone through so much, you know that saying about when Mother Nature is at its worst, human nature is at its best. Being around people who have been infected by the hurricanes and their infectious spirit and we want to reassure them we are thinking of you all today and every day as you continue to recover. [ applause ] you know another person whos stepping up in a huge way to spread the christmas spirit, the young man, and hes determined to make Christmas Special for those who cant go home for the holiday. His name is alexander and heres alexanders story. Reporter 12yearold alexander foltzs Mission Began when he was just five years old. His little brother stuck in the hospital, battling a rare autoimmune disorder. As a kid, christmas was my favorite holiday and it still is, and its just it made me sad to know that kids couldnt get to go home for christmas. Reporter that sparked an idea. I used my allowance and random money i found in the couch to buy a few gifts for the hospital that christmas. Reporter he began holding fundraisers and eventually formed the nonprofit, alexanders toy truck, buying toys and clothes for babies in the nicu in charlotte, north carolina. Alexander never gets to see the recipients of his gifts but he says thats okay and heres why. I dont get to see santa claus give me gifts. I know theyre going to families that need them. Reporter but all thats about to change. Oh my goodness. We are very appreciative of all your help. Reporter for the first time, getting to meet some of those families. Thank you so much. It makes me feel awesome. Even though they cant tell you, they really appreciate it. Anyone can do good, so do it. [ applause ] what an incredibly inspiring story, and the family estimates that more than 50,000 worth of goods have been donated to the hospital, all from the idea of a 12yearold. Great story. Robin and lara. [ applause ] if you still have people on your christmas list, relax, youve got time. Sure, sure, sure. We do have solutions thankfully. Thankfully because we have Good Housekeepings lori bergamotto. She says there are still lots of great gifts out there, and apparently you dont even have to leave the couch or get dressed. Dont have to change out of your jammies. P procrastinators can rejoice. Boxed hotel, you can give a stay vacation. They sell goods and apply that more for your money mentality to hotels because we know those can be expensive. I can say, hey, at a 45 off discount, lara, lets have a girls weekend here in brooklyn or Something Like that. You can gift that to somebody because who doesnt want that . Luxury, maybe adventure. Fun. Book it online and write it in a card or do a little exactly. Email it to them. Go to hotelsboxed. Com. How about subscriptions . I love it. Architectural digest. Those are a fun gift. They keep on giving. We love a site called epic. This is particularly great for kids because it unleashes 25,000 unlimited books, audio books. They use this in a lot of schools as well so you can feel good about gifting that. You can go from six months to a 2year subscription. They get an email and they can use it in five minutes. Its instant. Another thing is a cooking subscription site. We tested hello fresh at the Good Housekeeping institute. It was the highest rated overall because it was simple prep and easy to do and tasters of all ages loved it which is the most important test, right . I think thats great. People love this idea too. Youre sitting on sorry. Last minute gift, the lotto ticket. I love the lotto ticket, yes. Theres a new way to do it now. In new york, maryland, virginia, you can subscribe to the lotto. So i could enter you, robin. Weve known each other about 8 years. I could pick the number 8 for Mega Millions or something. Do lucky numbers that mean something to the recipient and they get a whole year. Who knows every lotto . Every Mega Millions or powerball or whatever it is, you just have to check your state. If that isnt available in your state, theres always the trusty, stop at the gas station. You can still go in your jammies. I like filling a stocking is a great treat and you can get stuff at your local gas station. You can. There are some stores that are still open. I know its not all of them because today is Christmas Day after all. We have waited until the 11th hour but like cvs, starbucks, walgreens, they have really good gifts and you dont have to leave your couch because there are apps like task rabbit which will allow you to purchase a i dont want to say purchase a person but you can purchase the service of somebody tasking for you. Theyll go to the store. You tell them what to get and they will deliver it youre waiting until Christmas Day. Last but not least, i think we have a bottle of wine over here. For 3. 99 theyll deliver it to your door in under 35 minutes right to your door. Do you guys hear the doorbell . I think someones here. If somebody wants to come in whos been a good girl . [ cheers and applause ] Merry Christmas to you. You must be exhausted. Have a seat. Happy birthday. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Youve had a busy, busy night. Take a load off, santa. Thank you for the treats. Everybody, for more lastminute gift ideas from lori who is the best Merry Christmas go to our website. Coming up, the chew gang is with us. They have some great lastminute holiday recipes for you, your family, and the big guy coming up. Good morning. An update here on a big story we were following this morning. The chp has now confirmed one of its officers was killed in a crash on southbound interstate 880 in hayward. Crash happened just before the midnight and appeared to involve a chp vehicle and another car. Lanes of 880 near highway 92 are still closed as crews clean up debris. Authorities have scheduled a News Conference at 10 00 this morning. Meteorologi good morning. Merry christmas. If you celebrate on this monday. Dont burn any wood. Wood burning ban today and tomorrow because of the spare the air moniker. We have some poor air quality mainly down in santa clara valley. Some of it towards livermore right now. Temperatures running from the mid thirty in fairfield to 54 right now in half moon bay. Today, light breeze and chop. Watch the air quality. Have the coats and sun grasses handy. Temperatures will top out about 58 to 64 today. And its going to be warmer than average, dry through the end of the year. Mike, thanks. Well have another update in 30 mi whenever you are good tidings for christmas and a happy new year welcome back to gma, everybody. Merry christmas to you all. Were on tape this morning so we can be at home celebrating with our families as you are. And we hope youre all enjoying your christmas breakfast right now. We got a Little Something else. Speaking of having a good time, food, family, cooking up something delicious with the chews carla hall and Michael Symon. [ cheers and applause ] so great to be here. Last minute recipes. First of all, how do you all celebrate christmas with your families . My family, my mothers family my moms family or my husbands family. We go to either nashville or michigan. Two good choices. Yeah, its great. Cant go wrong there. I thought everyone was supposed to wear a hat. We didnt get the memo. Im in cleveland usually for christmas. My grandfather who actually turns 100 this year wow. His birthday is december 16th so were in cleveland celebrating his birthday and then christmas so im really looking forward to this year. It will be a lot of fun. Does he like this . No. This will be gone by the real Christmas Day. So give us some last minute recipes here. I think if you have puff pastry in your freezer, youll always have something last minute. Were going to make a pin wheel, and lara, youre going to help me. We have cream cheese here. Dumb in whatever kind of cheese you want. Some fresh thyme, a little bit of clove and butter. That gets mixed all in. Then we get this. Heres our puff pastry. Take half of that. Half of this. Half of this. [ laughter ] lara, its like crafting. Then you spread it. I can do that. You spread it and then take some kind of ham. We have this ham and well put this down like this. This could be deli ham. Deli ham, any kind of cheese. Roll this up. This would be great actually with swiss cheese as well. Yes. Then we slice this like this. Im very busy still with my ham. Carlas done and laras still going. Then we cook this for 15 to 20 minutes at 400 degrees and this is what we have. Then we finish it, we take a little bit of honey. Drizzle that on there. Oh. Its all about the finish. Take a little bit of orange zest, boom, boom, boom, olives and look. You have the sweet, the salty, very simple. Beautiful. Little bit of everything there. I love it. So easy even i could do it. Yes. Thats to start but were going to get to the main course. Michael, we need you for this. Say you have a lot of people coming over but you have a small oven. This is a very good thing. So what you do is take something and be able to make an entire dish in one pan. Were going to roast a pork butt and were going to finish the vegetables in the pan with it and make a gravy in that same pan. It perfect. I of lo a onepan wonder. Im going to give you the salt and you just let it go. Just be aggressive, stray. Be aggressive. Treat that pork butt like a corner back. Thats good. This is a huge piece of meat. Be aggressive, be, be aggressive this is a large piece of meat. You can be aggressive with the salt. Im trying to figure out if they spelled it right. This is already seasoned. We put this in an oven for two hours at 400. Right until it gets to this point. I take about 15 garlic cloves, a mess of redskinned potatoes. Throw them in. Throw them in whole. Carrots, throw them in, onion chopped up, throw it in. A little bit of salt and pepper again and it goesz back in the oven for about three hours. There you go. Cook your pork butt so its 195 internal temperature. Thats the key. Thats when it really falls apart. Then you take the drippings. George, pour in that flour. George is making a roux like the master that he is. Whisk in a little bit of stock. You can add your favorite bourbon to this if you wanted to jazz it up a little bit, or white wine. Then you let this simmer and you have a beautiful gravy which is right down here. Really easy and really good. So we have our roasted pork. We have our vegetables, we have our gravy. What i like to do is you also keep some buns for leftovers. That looks delicious. You can make sliders. You get this beautiful roast. [ applause ] carla and michael, you know how to do it. When we go to commercial break were going to eat. You can see the chew at 1 00 p. M. Eastern right here on abc. Dont go anywhere. Carla and michael are saving the best for last coming up next. Christmas desserts are coming up next. Hi, im sergeant aminna smith. Im deployed to afghanistan. Id like to wish my family a happy holidays and to let them know that i love you guys. Ill be home soon. Zoe, i miss you, baby. 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Everything goes in the mixer, my butter, flour, water, salt and sugar. It goes into a mixture and comes together like that. We blind bake. We take our crust, put it in the pan and crimp it and put parchment paper, black beans and our pie crust. To hold the crust down. Were not eating the black beans okay. Thank you. Then we have brown sugar, white sugar, mix these up. Its a little bit of corn meal. You have a little bit of salt. Yes, yes, whisk, yes. Baking powder, salt, sugar. You have coco powder. This is a chocolate chess pie. Oh, i like that. Such a big strong man and youre not the greatest whisker. Im going to say. Thats okay. Youre doing great. Youre doing great. Its a little weak. We put some eggs in there. A little bit of buttermilk. Give me that mustache, ill whisk that sucker around. This all comes together. We pour this into our blind bake crust. We bake it at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes and this is what we have. I want you guys to taste down there. Thank you, carla. It truly is a pantry pie. Im not stopping. Everybody else can eat. Now you got a groove going. Michael, here you go. So good. Right . [ applause ] do you like chocolate . I love chocolate. Thats good. So light. This is one of my favorites. Really good. Love the crust. I dont even taste the black beans. Thank you, guys. You can get the recipes on our website. Coming up, a special holiday performance from garth brooks. Love him. [ applause ] your gma moment brought to you by the frame from samsung, the most beautiful tv youve never seen. Your gma moment brought to at home. Ld generate your own energy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. Do your thing, with Energy Upgrade california. We are back now with a special performance on this Christmas Morning and we couldnt think of anyone better to sing for you all than our dear friend, garth brooks. Here he is with what im thankful for. [ cheers and applause ] very sweet. I just want to say happy holidays to everybody. The great things about great music is for me its sometimes about how we should treat each other around the holidays but the truth is this is one of those songs that i think we should think about maybe 365 days of the year. What im thankful for aint on no list for it only in my heart exists for time has helped me understand the things i cant hold in my hand for those that came before my turn or from whom ive gathered Lessons Learned that light the path that lies ahead i see them as i bow my head im thankful for the lord above, the gift of his unending love the promise kept that there is so much more these are the things im thankful for for our children hear this prayer let love surround them everywhere and may their childrens children know the one from whom all blessings flow and amidst the many presents we receive this holiday may we take a thoughtful second just to fold our hands and pray yes, im thankful for the lord above, the gift of his unending love, the promise kept that there is something more these are the things im thankful for [ cheers and applause ] happy holidays. [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang ok, i gotta run. Hey, wait, theres something i need to tell you dang. Dang dang dang. Dang. 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Theres so many people behind the scenes here at Good Morning America who work so hard to get our show on the air every single morning. You guys know it takes a village. You know that at the chew. Unbelievable. Same here at gma. A huge thank you to each and every one of them. Merry christmas to you. [ applause ] dashing through the snow in a onehorse open slslslslslslslsl oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells [ cheers and applause ] whoa the mercedesbenz winter event is back and you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the gla 250 for 349 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Hi. Lets check your Christmas Day forecast with mike nicco. Hi, mike. Hey, jessica. Hi, everybody. If you celebrate on this monday, Merry Christmas. We have poor air quality. Wood burning is banned all day today and guess what, its going to be banned all day tomorrow, also. Hopefully wednesday, but im not counting on it. Things could change. Were stuck in the same pattern. Were in the 40s and 50s in most neighborhoods on our way to about 58 to 63 degrees this afternoon. A nice day to be outside playing with those new toys if the air quality cooperates. Look at that, jessica. Upper 50s to mid 60s and no rain through the end of the year. Mike, thanks. Disney parks Magical Christmas celebration is coming up next and our reporting continues on our news app and abc 7 news. Com. Have a great day and merry have a great day and merry chri [ its the most wonderful time of the year plays ] announcer Merry Christmas from Walt Disney World resort in florida and Disneyland Resort in california. This is disney parks Magical Christmas celebration. Starring Julianne Hough and nick lachey. Featuring performances by. Ciara. Darius rucker. Fifth harmony. Fitz the tantrums. Idina menzel. Jason derulo. Lea michele. 98 degrees. And sofia carson. Plus. Jesse palmer and the dazzling Disney Christmas parade. Now, on the Cinderella Castle stage at Walt Disney World resort. Shes a talented singersongwriter