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With us. Nice to see you. Its the today show theme. The theme is different today. Were happy because right now, were spending the day with our families. We taped this special Christmas Show for you. And so, in our way, were getting to share it with all of you. Merry christmas. A fun christmas for all of us. But a new little baby. New little baby. It makes it extra special, doesnt it . Its a cool morning. My baby is home from college. Exactly. We want to start with a check of the top stories. Morgan radford is on duty with those. Good morning and Merry Christmas to you. Christian s around the world today are observing the Christmas Holiday. A time of joy and of hope. In the holy land there are fewer visitors making the pilgrimage to the birthplace of jesus. Officials say recent clashes with palestinians and Israeli Security forces are now keeping religious tourism down. But thankfully, so far, no reports of violence today. And at the vatican, pope francis used his Christmas Eve mass to defend the rights of immigrants. He compared displaced families to mary and joseph, saying they, too, could find no place to stay. The pope told 10,000 worshipers that today we are seeing families being driven from their own lands. Thats when he made the plea for a new social imagination, where no one isnt made to feel there isnt room for them here on this earth. Back here at home, President Trump and his family are spending the holiday at their maralago resort in florida. But the president hasnt exactly left politics behind in washington. Nbcs Garrett Haake joins us from West Palm Beach with the latest. Garrett, good morning. Reporter good morning, morgan. The president s trip so far a mix of the traditional and the traditional for this president. Last night, the president and the first lady attended a Church Service where they were married. Earlier in the day, they spoke to children by phone, conveying the wishes for santa, talking about the tracking program that norad does to keep prtrack of santa claus. And the president had a video teleconference for troops stationed overseas. The president is being active on twitter on this break, including a tweet about christmas itself. People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. Im proud to have led the charge on the assault of our beautiful phrase Merry Christmas. The president taking aim at a senior fbi official who he accused of a conflict of interest investigating the clinton case back in 2016. Finally, the president will wake up with a political Christmas Gift under his tree from guatemala who announced they will be moving their embassy in israel to jerusalem, the first such country to follow the u. S. s lead since our announcement earlier this month. Garrett, thank you so much. I see youre enjoying a nice, warm christmas in West Palm Beach this morning. Thanks for joining us. Arctic air is dominating the north with some of the bitter cold and windchill moving in. Then, snow is expected to fall across parts of the pacific northwest, all the way up to the northern rockies. Finally, widespread snow and gusty winds from the great lakes. Thats stretching to new england, where up to a foot of snow is expected to make for a White Christmas in maine. A White Christmas in maine. Now, im Morgan Radford. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. All of us at today show wishing you a very Merry Christmas. Hoda and savannah, back to you. On Christmas Morning, we turn to a man who spends a lot of his time thinking about the meaning of this day, timothy dolan, the archbishop of new york. He talks about goodwill that walks through the door when you do. A blessed christmas. Thanks for wearing the red. And savannah, a blessed christmas. Wheres my head. Its an important tradition for me to be with you. Thanks for the invite. We love it. You have a powerful message on Christmas Morning. Its a powerful season. Its a powerful feast day. If this is the holiday of joy. A lot of people wake up and joy isnt what theyre feeling, what hope can you provide . Look at it this way. This is the dark naturally, this is the darkest time of the year. We just had the darkest day of the year a couple days ago, naturally. The sun is at its lowest. That represents i think youre right, savannah, im afraid you are maybe the discouragement, the somberness, the darkness that many people feel. Were in the mood, now, of surveying last year. You two journalists are in the business of looking back over what has happened. And we cant deny theres been a lot thats happened the last year thats caused us darkness, right . But heres the meaning, heres what we need you know that song, we need a Little Christmas do we ever need it. Just as the sun gets to the lowest, eit begins to go back u. The sun is always going up. Light is conquering darkness, good evil, lifedea life death. And as the sun goes up in the sky, god sends his son, son, a confirmation of his love. Everything is decent and right in the world. A lot of people could be sad this morning. But christmas is that time, i think for all of us, if only for a few moments, things gel. Things work out. We say, this is the way things should be. Families together, sharing forgiveness, generosity, faith and prayer. Just for a moment, things seem right. I think because you talk about this a lot, when you are feeling the way we were just talking about, you take the focus off of yourself and put it somewhere else. Yep. You know, if its st. Patricks cathedral. Last night when i was able to carry the baby jesus. Everybodys eyes are on the christ child, the baby jesus, the infant. For a moment, we get our eyes off of ourself. Were not naval gazing, this narcissistic feeling sorry for ourselves like we tend to do and we raise our eyes up, we see the newborn savior of the world and things click. You say, i might be ready to give up on life, but god isnt. God is affirming life. Thats what christmas is about. Theres people of different faiths that might be involving this. And the message is god is involved and god is plunging into Human History in a real way. Everybody, even if theyre not christmas, as they celebrate this as the birthday of the messiah, of our lord and savior, jesus christ, it is a season and a time when you might call the more noble uplifting characteristics of the human person seems to rise to the surface. Everybody seems to appreciate it. We know it from the excitement in new york. You cant, in christmas season, you cant walk the sidewalks without getting excited. It seems to affirm and put a gods Good Housekeeping seal approval on everything that is good in the human person. Im looking at you and im picturing you as a little boy. I see you on Christmas Morning and you have that light. I havent been called little in a long time. What was it like for you as a little boy on Christmas Morning . I had a great family. Im the oldest of five. We didnt we were far from wealthy. We had a simple house. My dad worked hard. My mom stayed home. But christmas was a joy and we always got these nice little gifts. The grandparents came. We had a great meal. We were at mass at the parish. When i got older, i served in mass. Christmas is one of the highlights. We have little kids. I think its important demeane kids want to open up the presents and that stuff. I want to ground my children in the real meaning of this holiday and what it means. Savannah, you would know better than anybody, the insight that hoda had about getting our eyes on somebody else instead of ourselves. Nobody does that better than a baby. When you have a baby and you had one this time last year, a brandnew one. When you have a baby, that baby becomes the center of your attention. Everything you do and dream and dare and attempt is for that ba baby. Thats the way we feel about the baby jesus. He becomes the center of our life. And for you, what do you do . I know you do a lot of things, obviously, for the church. What else do you do for yourself around christmastime . Its for us, its a lot of work. But still, its refreshing work. Just to see people because this isnt an easy time for religion. To see people this time of year who are eager and open to religion, thats a gift in itself. I have good friends come up i have great friends from home in st. Louis, two good priest buddies that come up to be with me, a couple ive known for 50 years. We have a good time and we relax. I wont get to relax until a little later on christmas afternoon. Then, i get a few down days. You earned them. And this eggnog is helping. Its a strong pour. Im going to use this instead of wine. Merry christmas. This marks the trump familys first christmas in the white house. While the west wing keeps busy, other areas are decked out with personal touches from the first lady. Heres Kristen Welker with the story. Reporter President Trumps first year in office has been jampacked. But during the holidays, its all about the hostess in chief, like the first ladies who have come before her, Melania Trump is leaving her mark on christmas at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The first lady and oldest son, baron, greeting the tree from wisconsin. She personally selected every detail of this years holiday decorations. Anita mcbride served as chief of staff to former first lady laura bush. I think every first lady feels the pressure how they will be remembered or viewed for how they used the white house. So, i think she cares about details. Reporter this years theme, timehonored traditions. The white house says it was designed by mrs. Trump to pay respect to 200 years of Holiday Cheer inside these walls. The grand foyer, a nod to former first Lady Jackie Kennedy and her 1961 firstthemed christmas, the nutcracker suite. This year, the family dinner display featuring reagans china, a silhouette of jfk. The first lady taking special interest in the decisions, like her signature christmas breathes, 71 to be exact, including the ones decking the 300pound gingerbread house. Visitors will walk the halls, admiring the work of volunteers who spent 1,600 hours preparing the peoples house for the holidays. How important is this time of year for the staff . It is something where they, as much as its hard work, it really is a lot of fun. Reporter outside the white house, the whole family, in full force, with first daughter, ivanka, and jared kushner, joining in the annual lights of the Christmas Tree. Melania and i are full of joy at the start of this blessed season. Reporter a season in which the trump family will make new memories, while paying tribute to pass traditions. Kristen welker, nbc news, the white house. Thank you, kristen. The white house is so beautiful over the holidays. So much tradition and yeah. It looks lovelier than ever. A beautiful time of year. As you spend time with family this morning, it is important to remember the thousands of u. S. Servicemen and women serving overseas. While many are far from their loved ones, they are finding ways to celebrate. Kelly cobiella has more on all that. Good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning. On this Christmas Day, nearly 200,000 americans are spending their holiday away from their families and loved ones, deployed to 177 countries, iraq, afghanistan, somalia, and beyond, serving their country. Its americas longest war. For the 16th year, troops are carving up a christmas feast in afghanistan. This captain, a doctor, has been here for two months. Her husband and 18monthold son, home in austin, texas. I think it helps to feel like theres a sense of purpose here. And i fit into that and i have an Important Role to play. That helps me deal with the fact that im away from my small child and husband that i miss very much. Reporter 11,000 are stationed here. And this year, the pentagon announced more are being deployed. Part of an openended war against the taliban and isis. Around the world, americas military touches nearly every country on earth. In all seven continents an on every sea. In hot spots like syria, the baltics, the korean peninsula. As the white house puts it, threats dont take a holiday. As north korea speeds ahead with its nuclear programs, more than 28,000 troops stand guard in the south, where a lump of coal in the stocking is a good thing. Soldiers handed out the fuel, spreading goodwill. The soldiers are excited to give back to the people to provide heat during these cold winter months. Reporter in europe, they are also working through the holiday, with reports the pentagon plans to Bolster Forces in the baltic to push back against putin. Nearly 40,000 are already deployed in germany alone, like private first class crystal arena. It is her first year abroad. Overseas, it gets overwhelming sometimes. The Culture Shock is there but i wouldnt have it any other way. Reporter in afghanistan, troops follow traditions, carols, golf cart races and ugly sweater contests. Americans keeping spirits bright as they serve. Thousands of cards, decorations and even some Christmas Trees were sent to farflung bases this year, spreading Holiday Cheer for all of those troops who cant be home for christmas. Guys . Kelly cobiella, thank you so much for that. Coming up, it is the worlds most famous Christmas Tree. It happens to be in our backyard here. Were going to have the story of this years special spruce. Then, the Holiday Season is all about dreams coming true. 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Its shut down and gridlocked all morning. 880 is closed. Well keep you updated throughout the morning. Anser hassan, nbc bay area news. That you know very much. Lets look at the forecast for this Christmas Morning. Kari hall is in. Yes, it starts out all clear and cool as we get a live look outside in San Francisco. Unhealthy air quality today. Its a spare the air day because of the unhealthy air quality in the north bay and the south bay. Wood burning the illegal today. The temperatures will be 46 degrees as you head out. 37 degrees in fairfield and 42 in san jose. The high temperatures this afternoon in the mid to upper 50s. Partly to mostly cloudy skies throughout the day and dry weather continues, not only today, but the next several days. We will continue to watch our rain chances as we go through the rest of the week. Thank you very much, kari. Well be back with another local update in a half hour. Have a wonderful Christmas Morning. Yep. 7 30 now, monday morning, Christmas Morning. A few nuns skating on ice. Our Christmas Present to you. More than a few. This is almost like madeline. Were lucky that our camera captured this. I want to see them break out in a routine. Above the rink is the beautiful tree. A lot of twinkling lights the were going to tell you the story behind this years tree in a moment. Also ahead, the heroes among us. We met an incredible choir. They touched our hearts. They went from practicing in a shelter to a historic performance on the big stage at Carnegie Hall. Were going to have their stories. Wait until you hear them sing. Well hear about a few of your holiday traditions. And were going to share some of our own. First, back to that gorgeous tree right outside. Being here in new york, its easy to take it for granted. But it is one of the true icons of the season. Heres a look at how it all comes together. Im looking for a perfect tree that has a nice shape, thats nice and full, you cant see through it too much. Three, two, one. Reporter for 85 seasons, the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center has been the highlight of the holidays, a tradition that dates back to 1931. Its something that take all year to do. Reporter he does it all. I saw this tree in 2010. It was perfect. Reporter he spotted it on a road trip to penn state. He was smitten. When eric first knocked on my door, i didnt believe him. Reporter an educator, scott bought this home after taking a principal position at a middle school. The tree has been in the corner of the property. I always thought of it as a really large spruce. Reporter the norway spruce was made over when it arrived here in new york city. Wrapped with five miles of l. E. D. S and topped with a 25,000crystal swarovski star. Everybody will see it on a daily basis, it blows my mind. I like how you said it got a makeover in new york. 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Joshua fought the bat official jericho jonathan, what a spectacular idea, the idea of a homeless choir. How did this come about . It was a pickup choir of anybody at the day shelter. I would make an announcement, hey, who wants to sing today . When i came in, there wasnt no seats. They were going to turn me back around to leave. And someone said, sing. I just sung and people was like, he can have my seat. No, he can have my seat, ill go. I felt at home there. And it just made me really want to come back again tomorrow. Reporter jonathan has become more than just the director of the dallas street choir, hes family. And for many, the one constant in their lives. A lot of choir directors deal with certain things. You have a whole different set of issues that you need to deal with. Sure. Whether you have Mental Illness or not, you are welcome in this choir. We have folks with addiction. And if youre under the influence, youre asked to leave and say this isnt your week. Come back next week. Reporter everyone gets a second chance. And a third and a fourth. Reporter after 2 1 2 years of conducting the choir, jonathan thought these men and women deserved an even bigger stage. Carnegie hall is just so beautiful. Im just feeling like im a queen because i get to go to the royal palace. Its surreal. Not only are we making history for us and the dallas street choir, but were making history for Carnegie Hall. Thats pretty. Reporter to prepare, they need more than just their music. Were going with this right here. Reporter for many, its the first time out of texas or even on a plane. 22 members set off on the trip of their lives. And over to the left, we have times square. Reporter joined by another of jonathans community choirs. It scares me how well you do that one. Reporter in its long years, Carnegie Hall has never showcased a homeless choir. Hi. This is big. Do you have family members who know whats happening . Yes. Reporter they do . My oldest son says, shut them down, momma. Reporter you want to come and take a little peek . See what its like on the stage of Carnegie Hall. Are they Carnegie Hall good . Are they Carnegie Hall good . It wasnt matter. Reporter why doesnt it matter . Because its not about being Carnegie Hall good. Its about being Carnegie Hall worthy, and that they are. Reporter are you all right . Ive been poor all my life but right now, i feel so rich. I feel validated. Reporter do you all want to try a couple of notes to see how it sounds . Cant you feel the brandnew day cant you feel the brandnew day reporter from rehearsal to concert, the night is theirs. Cant you feel the brandnew day i want them to know that we might be homeless but we have a voice. I know the lord i hope when they see us, they can understand our story, that we used to be homeless or were currently homeless, but we never gave up. [ applause ] and that guy right there, the man with the big voice, you guys, got himself a solo album. Hes a star. He needs it. He should be on the voice. We need to work in a out with carson. And the woman, caroline, shes moved into transitional housing. You can watch whats happened with their lives just through the music. I love the choir director and his attitude, come one, come all. Everybody has something to offer. Its transformational. Just ahead, dylan will look at your favorite holiday traditions. And in the next half hour, well [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] for tim and richard smucker, giving a gift of their familys delicious jam always made the holidays just a little bit sweeter. We forgot to put our names on them richard, i think theyll know who its from. Thank you boys. Youre welcome. Youre welcome. [ male announcer ] happy holidays from our family to yours. I love christmas some attention. 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We asked our viewers to share some of their favorites. Renee writes, making gingerbread boys for everyone with a recipe thats been in the family for generations. Melissa posts, piling into the car in our pajamas to look at christmas lights. Karen writes, my 84yearold mom making dinner while sipping her christmas cocktail. And kara tweets, my dad and i see a movie every Christmas Day because its the only time we can make it to the theater. And rose posts, we set the table with good dishes and then we go to church. We go to wendys drive through and everyone gets what they want and theres no trestress. You can share your traditions on orangeroom. Dylan, thanks so much. Coming up, were going to share our favorite christmas traditions. Thats going to be fun. The new star wars dominated the box office. What else should you look forward to this week . The big premieres and the cantmiss movies. Cantmiss movies. This new day looks nothing like yesterday. Trails are covered. 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Good morning and we are starting out with cloudy skies, chilly temperatures, too, as we look at three microclimates, south bay, peninsula and trivalley. Coldest in the trivalley at 40 degrees. Right now, 48 degrees in San Francisco. As we get a live look outside in San Francisco, we will have unhealthy air quality today for the north bay and the south bay. Its going to be the worst in the south bay, no wood burning today as well as tomorrow. The high temperatures reaching mid to upper 50s from the inner bay. Oakland, 55 degrees and 59 degrees in san jose. 59 in morgan hill today. Over the next several days, the temperatures will be warming up as we get a lot more sun. Morning temperatures will be chilly. San francisco dropping back to the mid40s for inlaind. Look at the high temperatures for the afternoon. We reach the mid60s. Unfortunately, no rain in the seven day forecast. We lead into the end of the year and the first of the year with no rain over the next several days. Well have more updates on this. Back to you, laura. Thank you. Happening now, we continue to follow a crash overnight involving two chp officers. 880 is shut down. Anser hassan is there live. Whats the latest . Reporter no update on the condition of the two officers. We know they have been hospitalized. Im going to show you live pictures happening right now. Chp patrol car that was involved in the crash. Investigators have been out here since midnight. They are just about done with the investigation. They are sweeping up the freeway and waiting for a tow truck to remove the car and reopen the freeway. Chp hasnt released many details except it happened sometime after 11 30 last night. This is 880 near southland mall. They are expecting to open the freeway in less than an hour. Most of your holiday headaches are over. But not so fast what you need to do to prevent your new gifts and your home from becoming the target of thieves. Plus all new stories from overnight and any breaking news. Tomorrow morning from 4 30 to 7. Have a holiday Jolly Christmas its 8 00 this Christmas Morning. Coming up, well share some of our favorite holiday traditions and share our favorite gifts that we had when we were kids. Come on. Plus, santas sweet spot. Theyre the minty candies synonymous with christmas. And well show you how theyre still made by hand at a denver candy store. And a stefani christmas. You make it feel like christmas were in for a christmas treat when she sings her hit today, december 25th, 2017. I dont want a lot for christmas Merry Christmas from today. All we want for christmas is a selfie with hoda. Happy holidays from the today show. Merry christmas. Wow. Welcome back to this special Christmas Morning of today. Merry christmas. Look at us together. Festive and bright, ready to celebrate the holiday. Coming up, this is always one of the biggest days of the year at the box office. Theres some movies you do not want to miss this Holiday Season. Well walk you through the picks that everyone will love. And what is perfect on a cold winters day . Hot, sweet drinks. Well sample a few, including a hot chocolate with gingerbread and something called a vermont sleigh ride, giddyup. Something extra in it. First, lets get a check of the top stories. Nbcs Morgan Radford standing by. Morgan, good morning and Merry Christmas. Good morning and Merry Christmas to you. Overseas, a dramatic rescue that some are calling a holiday miracle. 150 skiers serving in the french alps were saved after dangling above the slopes for nearly two hours after their ski lift stalled. Hospitals lowered them and rescued their teams on to the gondolalike cars and used the ropes to lower the skiers on to the ground. There werent any injuries and everyone made it back safe and sound in time for the holiday. And all eyes on the newest royal couple to be. Meghan markle joined the British Royal family for their Christmas Day service at the queens estate. Seeming at ease, she ascettendl Church Walking arm in arm with harry. Typically partners are not invited to spend time with the queen until theyre married. But markel was a rare welcomed exception with their wedding just months away. Trump and his family are spending the holiday at his socalled winter white house. Garrett haake joins us live this morning from sunny West Palm Beach. Garrett, good morning. Reporter good morning, morgan. Its been a mix of the traditional and the traditional for this president this Holiday Season. Last night, the president and first lady attended a latenight Church Service here in palm beach at the church they were married. Earlier, they took some time to take phone calls from children around the country, talking about what they wanted for christmas. And the president spoke to Service Members all around the world, thanking them for their service. The president made time for some golf earlier in the day, as well. As usual, the president has been active on twitter the last couple of days, including tweeting yesterday about the Christmas Holiday itself, writing, people are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. Im proud to have led the charge against the assault on our cherished and beautiful phrase, Merry Christmas. Some of the president s tweets have been more political. Hes been criticizing a top fbi official who is involved in the Clinton Probe of 2016 and the ongoing russia investigation. And a bit of a political Christmas Present for the president this morning from guatemala, whose president announced they would move the embassy in israel to jerusalem, the first country to follow the United States lead, since the u. S. Announced it would move its embassy earlier this monlth. I hope youre enjoying the sun and the beach there. Happy holidays. Lets get a look at the Winter Weather thats coming your way. A blast of bitter cold and windchills as arctic air barrels up north. This is happening as snow is expected to fall across parts of the pacific northwest, stretching all the way to the northern rocky mountains. That snow and gusty wind going strong the great lakes to new england, where up to a foot of snow is expe good morning. It starts here with some cool temperatures, as you get ready to head out the door. We have some low 40s from the south bay peninsula to the trivalley. Up to 38 degrees, or i should say down to 38 degrees right now in the north bay and San Francisco, 48 degrees. It is a spare the air alert day. No wood burning. Unhealthy air quality, especially for the north bay and south bay. Temperatures will reach into the mid to upper 50s with partly to mostly cloudy skies. Thanks for joining us this morning. Im Morgan Radford. All of us at today wishing you a happy holiday. For millions of families waking up, this holiday is all about traditions. That could be Midnight Mass or opening presents at the crack of dawn or helping out at a soup kitchen. We heard about some of your favorites. Now, its time for us to share. We lived in the desert. It wasnt one of those cut down your Christmas Tree situations. We would go to the parking lot of a big box store. I would not say our tree was one of the classy, elegant trees. We had a fake tree. You needed some pine scent. We were like, squirt it down. We always had a real tree. One year, i was 8 or 9 and i had the mumps. And i couldnt get out of bed. And my dad moved the tree into my bedroom. And we had Christmas Morning in my bedroom. We left our tree up. It was like it could have been february or i dont even know, maybe even later. Someone would knock on the door and my dads like, oh, my god, the tree. We ran it into a storage room. My dad was like, welcome, people. And i remember, the next year, were like time to decorate the tree. Oh, look. Its already done. We have a turkey. We have a ham. Black eyed peas and rice, mac and cheese. My moms big goto was cornish hens. My mom would cook us each one. Green bean casserole with the mushroom soup. Stuffing, sweet potatoes. I like to have mexican food on Christmas Eve. I grew up in the southwest and i think its fun and festive. We make a salad just to say you did. But nobody eats it, really. I think i was maybe 7 years old. There was a race set called the mot motoriffic race sell st. It was terrific. I wanted a trumpet. I am not musical. I have no skills. Theres nothing about me that would make sense to have this trumpet. I will never forget, one year, the gift that every little girl wanted was wonder woman und underroos. We all posed for a picture that i have now burned. No. Come on. Come on. Santa knows. Oh, my gosh. I love you, santa. Oh, my gosh. I remember this. Wow. I didnt think they made these anymore. Please tell me theyre size large for me now. Im not touching them if theyre used. Theyre underwear. Im reliving my childhood right now. Oh, god, its used. This is a rossen reports in the making. I think the tradition of family and being with people you care about and love is more important to people than its ever been. To me, christmas is magical. Theres no other time like it. And we lost my dad when i was a teenager. And christmas was his birth dda. So, it already was a special time. It can mean the food you make or the decorating of the Christmas Tree or the gift you received that was most special. Or most of all, the time you reflect on what the holidays is really about. Youre asking about my christmases past. I know they must have meant something but not compared to now. I get the give haley christmas. Christmas is a time that makes you realize you have so much to be grateful for and thankful for. And im thankful for her every day, but especially on christmas. Thats so cool. Hoda, you got your trumpet. I was hoping it was going to be that. What was your favorite gift that you got as a kid . Favorite gift was the yellow walkman. The walkman sport. It closed on the top. That was the best Christmas Ever. I remember that walkman but i think i was in college when you were a kid. Remember . Oh, yes. Weve got a lot more coming up ahead today, including the best movies out right now that are worth leaving the house for. Plus, raise a glass. We have hot and delicious holiday drink ideas that go perfect with this Christmas Morning. And holiday hacks in a hurry. Simple ways to make stress of christmas a little better. And the amazing gwen stefani will perform the song of the season right here in our studio. Somehow we always leave packing to the last minute. Time to break these bad boys out no i have a couple of things to wash we got this come on. 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Here to break it down is imdb special correspondent, dave carter. Merry christmas. Same to you guys. I love that you give us the viewing guide. The greatest showman is out. This is the musical bio pic of p. T. Barnum played by hugh jackman. Its a spectacle. It has great visuals. The cast is wonderful. Zendaya, zac efron, michelle williams. But the music is written by ben passic and justin hall, who did dear evan hanson. They did the songs for la la land. And i think the music in this one is better than the la la lands songs. The bearded lady has the big showstopping number called this is me. Thats a possible oscar nominee for best song this year. We have a sequel of jumanji. The original came out 22 years ago. Were old. Now, theres a sequel. And four High School Students get sucked into this video game. And they assume the avatars of the game. One of them becomes the rock. One of them becomes kevin hart. And the teenage girl becomes jack black. We do a christmas outing, ages 770, this is the one were going to do. Categories is families with teenagers. We cannot wait for Pitch Perfect 3. Bring it. What a surprise blockbuster phenomenon this franchise has become. This one is a lot of fun like the other two. The bellas are out in the real world. Theyre having trouble finding jobs. But the uso hires them to do a european tour. They go around the world. Theres great songs but theres a little bit of action in this one. There is. Anna kendrick and rebel wilson. How does this compare to the other two . Its superfun. The humor can be a little crude. Families with teenagers, as opposed to younger kids. Everyone from the cast that you want to see back. When you put tom hanks and merrill streyl streep in a movi together, it has to work. The post, right . This is directed by steven spielberg. This is a true story of the publisher and the editor of the washington post, as they decided to publish the pentagon papers, which was the behindthescenes information about americas involvement in vietnam. This is going to be huge in the oscar season as we talked about weeks ago. Tons of nominations expected across the board. A really timely fame, lly filmy given the current state of the media. And downsizing. This is a movie when you shrink yourself to five inches tall. Matt damon and kristen wiig are adorable. They are deciding if they should do this, too. Thats a bizarre concept. Its really funny in the first half. And its really moving and thoughtful in the second half. Very surprising movie. One of the most original films ive seen this year. As you can tell, i love it. Very clever. I cant wait for that one. Bring us home with mollys game. That opens today. Its the first time aaron sorkin has directed a movie, the creator of the west wing. Its about molly bloom who creates this highstakes poker game. And she gets brought down by the fbi and has to defend herself in a legal case. A wonderful performance by Jessica Chastain also in the awards chase. Do you have contender . Dunkirk, the post, the shape of water and lady bird. He knows his movies. You tell us everything we need to know. Thank you so much. Merry christmas. You, too. While youre taking in all that entertainment, you might want to do a little snacking. Were going to be enjoying some special munchys in a moment. But first, the candy cane. 1. 8 billion are made in the u. S. Every year. We decided to take a look at the family favorite candy confection. This is santas sweet spot, a wonderful of sugar and spice and everything nice. Founded in the 20s, this small denver sugar shop, hammans candies is making candy canes by hand. We produce 36 different flavors. Peppermint, cherry, and we get into the apple pies, chocolate. Reporter 8 million candy canes are cooked and cut right here. Its a 90minute process that starts with corn syrup, water and sugar. Pulling, stretching. Folding and molding the candies into shape. The day after christmas, were making candy canes to sell for the following holiday. Reporter the origins of the candy cane can be traced back to the 17th century. But modern folklore suggests symbolism, the shape of a shephe shepherds crook, one that they would have carried to meet baby jesus. Candy cams are timeless and classic. I hope when someone opens one up this christmas and takes a taste of it, it reminds them of a better time. Reporter the most wonderful time of the year. They are the best. Okay. Youre in the mood, now, for something sweet. We frhave the perfect guest. Zane is the chef at the lodge in park city, utah. Merry christmas. Bark. You have to make bark. We melted some White Chocolate. And a few drops of peppermint syrup. Its going to give it a little punch. A little zing. Then, we go into this waxed dish. It comes right out. And if you take a little of the dark chocolate and pour it on top. We create a marbling effect. Superfun and great to throw in a bag and take to the neighbors. You create this little swirl. And finish with our candy canes. We just came from our candy cane segment. Give it about an hour. You have bark thats ready to go. A home crafted present, people love. And the kids will go crazy for it. Do you bake that or freeze it or what . It will set up and become crispy bits. Its dlish ees delicious. Were the peanut gallery. Good snacking stuff now. I love this popcorn. This is a great recipe. Its easy to do. Snicker doodles, that 1960s idea, really fun. We pop some popcorn. Easy to do. Weve taken a little bit of sugar and a little bit of corn syrup. Weve gone ahead and melted it. Was there butter in there . Finish with butter. We give this a little vanilla just for color. We work the vanilla in. A great caramel, easy. And we go right over the popcorn. Oh. Its so good. Thats the easy part. Now, put your hand in the bag. We go into the bag. Oh. And the paper bag works great. Why a paper bag . To shape up. Im going to dump this in. We have butterscotch chips, pretzels and peanuts. And for the vegans, we put in butternut squash. Give that a good shake. This is the fun part for the kids. I love this idea. Easy enough. And you pour it out . Out on the paper. Kids go nuts for that. Oh, yeah. We want to let it cool just a little bit. We kind of break it up. And those chips will all melt. Voila. Let it cool for a little bit. Give the chips a chance to melt. Simple, easy. Another good homemade gift. Snickerdoodle popcorn ready for Christmas Morning. Whats the drink . It ees gingerbread hot chocolate. I warmed up milk and half and half. A simple recipe. But some tricky parts that give you that flavor. Molasses. A few tablespoons of molasses. A little vanilla. And we have clove, anise, basil and ground ginger. Give it a few moments to infuse the flavors. Once this is going, were going to pour it over three cups or so of White Chocolate chips. I assume you use a strainer so the bits dont get in there. You get all of the cloves and things out. Thats rich. You give this a little stir while we add a few tablespoons of brown sugar. Thats it . Thats it. Really simple. You have the beautiful and intense flavor. Can you put a little rum in there . I prefer the bourbon. You can do an alcoholic version for the holidays. Finish with crushed gingerbread candies and marshmallows and your favorite hot chocolate for the season. And one more quick drink. Were calling this the vermont sleigh ride. A little warm milk. A little bit of ginger and a little maple to give you that. Ooh. And you can go a little bourbon in this thing. Or a lot of bourbon. Sleigh bells ring, are you listening . It adds a little happy to the holidays. Ill say. What . It only takes one sip. It does. Whoa. Cheers and Merry Christmas. Merry christmas. If you would like to make some of the delicious recipes and youre still sober, go to today. Com food. Coming up, a special christmas performance from the spectacular gwen stefani right after your local news and weather. I m. An update now on the 880 crash good morning to you. Its 8 26 on this Christmas Morning. Im marcus washington. An update now on the 880 crash involving two chp officers in hayward. In the last 30 minutes, chp confirms one of the officers involved in that crash has died. The crash happened around midnight just north of the highway 92 exit. Forcing the closure of all southbound lanes. We are expecting to get more details surrounding the crash from chp. A News Conference is planned for 10 00 this morning. Developing in San Francisco, forced from their homes, at least four people are looking for another place to stay this christmas after a fire overnight spread quickly. That fire broke out around 1 30 this morning near prospect and virginia avenues. Our crew spoke with San Francisco Fire Department early this morning and were told three homes were affected with that fire starting in the front of one of the homes before spreading to two others. Heres what those neighbors had to say. I heard a bang and there was an explosion. You know, flames, smoke. So it was very sudden. Thats what i saw. I kind of just heard her freaking out. And then i didnt know what was going on. And then she said look outside. And, yeah, it was up in flames. The good news here, none of the people were hurt. Well have more news coming up in an hour. Jingle bells 8 30, monday morning. The bells are jingling. Its Christmas Morning here in the heart of rockefeller plaza. You wipe the visions of sugarplums from your eyes. Hopefully santa got your list and your presents are under your tree and you have family and everybody you love. Just ahead this morning, well sehelp you celebrate with song. Gwen stefani has one of the hottest holiday albums of the year. Shes going to grace us with a special performance. With all of the wrapping paper torn off, we will help with the cleanup. Holiday hacks to make that chore easier this year. We just got the tree up. Its christmas italianstyle. We will treat you heres whats going on in your neck of the woods. Merry christmas. Its a cool start. We will see some clouds moving through. A mix of sun and clouds throughout the day. Some unhealthy air quality as well. Its a spare the air alert day. Our temperatures go up into the mid to upper 50s today. Its about normal for this time of year. We continue on with some unusually dry conditions over the next seven days for San Francisco, expect a high of 60 degrees this weekend. Now, to some holiday hacks in a hurry. This is easy ways to keep your kids busy and clean up and make the rest of the week go smoothly. Elizabeth mayhew is a genius and expert. Merry christmas, you guys. Were going to start with crafts for the kids. After they get the presents open, theyre bored a lot of times. Youll have a few days with them at home. These are things you likely have around the house. You wont have to go to the grocery store. Lets start with the cute marshmallow snowflakes. You take a big marshmallow. You stick some toothpicks in that thing. And you have them stick the minimarshmallows. And it looks cute right on. You put it in your hot chocolate. Next . Also using marshmallows and candy canes. Take a candy cane. And you break off the top. And you have a stick. Then, take a screwdriver and dip it in warm water. And you make a hole through the marshmall marshmallow. And you thread three of them on the candy cane stick. It looks like that. You can use twizzlers to make the neck. Use white icing. If you want to put a hat on, you can use chocolate kisses. To make the nose, i use orange m ms and cut it in half. How do you think of this stuff . And for eyes, you can use a gel pen. You dont need the eyes. If you want it all edible, there you go. Supercute. Another use of candy canes. This is taking your candy canes from christmas to valentines day. You unwrap the candy canes and you glue them together. Who knew it makes a heart . And the other thing you can do if you want them to make, they can make valentines cards. You take two little ones, glue it on a card and you have valentines day. Maybe its time to clean up the big mess. Pine needles are everywhere. Theyre not good for your vacuum cleaner. Theyre not . Theyre not. If you have this, a lint roller, you go like that and it picks them up. If you dont have it, duct tape. Duct tape or any kind of tape. Look, youre a professional cleaning. Look at me cleaning. If you want to store ornaments, often you open up the box after christmas and a couple are broken. Wrapping paper, go ahead and shred it. You can use egg cartons. And solo cups. Put them in a box. Pack them in there. And you can use a wine box. And the nightmare of the lights, just wrap them around a hanger. And you can go like this in your closet and you have them all down. Coming up next, a classic italian feast from ildia whoa the mercedesbenz winter event is back and you wont want to stop for anything else. [ barks ] ho lease the cla250 for 329 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Its a very festive today food this morning. Were celebrating christmas with a little italian flare and our dear friend lidia bastianich. Her latest book is lidias celebrate like an italian. Good morning. Good morning. How are you . Spending Christmas Morning with you guys is great. A dream of mine would be at your house for christmas dinner. What is that table like . This year is about 26 of us. Four generations, starting with my dear mother, who is 97. Stop it. You have a dear mom. Kids, grandkids, great grandkids, were all there. Thats the idea. Lets cook up pasta something. This is a great pasta for holidays and gathering. All you need is this, a little oil, a little stock, some pasta, pepper flakes and escarole and sausages. Sausages, you take them out of the casing and use them for flavor. Want me to help you . Just get it into small pieces. Mush it up there. You take the sausages and cut it like that. Get the meat out of there, out of the case. You can make great meet bal s meatballs out of this meat. How long does this cook . You need to get it nice and crunchy. This is what its supposed to look like. Exactly. And then some thats fascinating. Can we get a closeup. Thats crazy to watch. Aha. Thats awesome. Get your fingers out of there. Im scared of you. Fresh garlic. You mix that. And get the escarole. Explain what the lettuce is. Escarole is an endive. Its a great salad. You use uh aall of this outsided leave the inside for a salad. And the outside, you can make a great dish, just like this or a great soup or whatever. You throw that in there . In that there. Whats the purpose of that . To get greens in there . You want a balanced meal. And chicory is not bad, its in season. We put a little salt in here. You have the seasoning and the p pepper. You cook it until it gets just like that. Our tasters are enjoying this. Tell us about it. Spectacular. Really good. Lidia, i try to make this as home and its never as good as when you make it. Practice. Practice like everything else. How do you get to Carnegie Hall . Practice. What kind of pasta is this best over . Tubular pasta. These are rigatoni. These are a little smaller. You know what i love . Youre supposed to add the pasta to the pot of sauce as opposed to put the pasta on the plate and dump the sauce over. Exactly. You cook it a little bit and you mix it and let the pasta take some of the flavor. This is yours. This is how it should look. When you cook pasta, salted water. Never put oil in the cooking water. Why . The oil cooks the pasta and the sauce doesnt adhere to it. Maybe thats part of the problem there, that they never taste the same. You have to leave the oil out of the pasta water. I dont do that. I follow the recipes word for word. Its just your magic touch. We have a lot of beauties up here. Beautiful salad and dessert, all on the website. Have a beautiful christmas. You can find these on today. Com food. And for lidias cookbook, go to today. Com shop. Comingup a , really . Really . Really . Really . Really . Really . See zero in a whole new way. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero first months payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. Now with the people first warranty. The citi Concert Series on today is proudly presented to you by citi. Welcome back on this Christmas Morning. It would not be the holiday without a Little Christmas music. Who else to get us in the mood than superstar gwen stefani. She is putting her personal take on a classic. From her album, you make it feel like Christmas Gwen stefani. Dashing through the snow in a onehorse open sleigh oer the fields we go laughing all the way bells on bobtails ring making spirits bright what fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight oh, jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh hey jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh now, the ground is white go at it while youre young take the girls tonight and sing our sleighing song just get a bobtailed bay 240 as his speed hitch him to an open sleigh and crack, you take the lead jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh hey oh, jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh jingle jingle bells frx can you hear the jingle bells shes dashing through the snow got to meet her baby by the mistletoe jingle, jingle bells loving and a hugging as we jingle all the way oh, jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh hey jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh oh what fun it is to ride in a onehorse open sleigh hey oh, yes. Gwen stefani, thank you. Coming up next, our secret santa gift swap. First, this is my wish was a clubhouse, but we call it the wish house. People visit National Parks from all over the world. Food tastes better when you dont have to cook it. He was just supposed to be my dog. I dont know why. vo were proud that, on behalf of our owners, the subaru share the love event will have donated over one hundred fifteen Million Dollars in just ten years. Get 0 financing for 63 months on select models. Plus well donate 250 to charity. Well, before it was even founded, a french teenager, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. And Great Stories kept coming. Like when the military came and built the boats to win the war. [warplane] some are tales told around crowded tables. [streetcar rumble] and others are performances fit for the stage. Stella cause for three hundred years, Great Stories have started the same way. One time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] welcome back on this Christmas Morning. The time has arrived for us to open our gifts. We drew names a little bit earlier. A little too much eggnog there. We went on search for the perfect presents. We did not reveal who the recipients were. Al explained secret santa. Can we tell each other now . We can. Im going to start. Hoda, youre my recipient. What . What is it . Its a very small speaker. You know how you love music. You can put it in your pocket or your purse. Hoda is saying, listen to this song. And its really small. And it should fit in your purse. It is perfect. Thats so fun. Thats great. And it will go in your new purse. This is awesome. Thank you. Am i next . I think so. Mine is savannah. How funny. Okay. Oh. What is this . Oh. The cutest. Its little guitar picks with the kids faces on it. Thats impressive. I know you love the guitar. Look at your little ones. Thats the cutest ever. Well done. Both on a musical theme. Thats awesome. I go next. Al, big surprise, i got your name. I want to see. Oh, this is fantastic. What is it . Its a salt block. You cook on them. I dont understand. You put this on the bourner r the grill. You get it hot. And you cook the food on the surface. Does it make it salty . No. It seasons it. You use it over and over. It is spectacular. We both love salt. Or you can be like a deer and just lick it. Exactly. That will last a while. So, ive got a little present. Dylans is over here. You got to open the package first. I forgot. Its a twopart center. Yes. This is fun. This is fun. Salt and pepper. My gosh. Were on a theme. Well, keep going. Theres more . No. Thats awkward. And i also got for you to use with the salt and pepper, a giant ribeye steak. Dinner. Ill eat the whole plate. Its baked potato and broccoli. You dont have to have dinner. You can cook it over and cook it on the salt block. Als running joke is that i can polish off a steak by myself and he struggles to eat it. Shes the greatest eater ever. You have a cooking theme and we have the music theme. It was meant to be. We want to wish you the happiest of holidays. We should thank everybody who works here behind the scenes to make the show that we all love possible. So, from our family to yours, Merry Christmas. I want you, baby slow hands like sweat tripping down on dirty laundry no chance that im leaving here without you i know yeah all what were going to do your plans and those slow hands oh next to you the sky is so blue and baby oh, oh, next to you the sky is so blue and in malibu, baby oh, oh i miss the way you make me feel its real we watch the sunset over the cars so lonely we pushed the sunset over the cars so lonely we watch the sunset over the cars, so lonely here havana, havana my heart is in havana we took me to east atlanta oh, nana my heart is in havana my heart is in havana take me back to my havana half of my heart is in havana, yeah took me back to east atlanta all my heart is in havana my heart is in havana i m. An update now on the 880 crash good morning. Its 8 56. Im marcus washington. An update now on the 880 crash involving two chp officers in hayward. In the last hour, chp confirms one of the officers involved in that crash has died. In just a few minutes ago, the chp suv was towed away. The crash happened midnight, north of highway 82 exit, forcing the closure of all southbound lanes. Were expecting more details from chp. A News Conference is planned for 10 00 this morning. Fire investigators in the south bay are trying to figure out what caused a Christmas Eve house fire. That started in a garage of a home in san jose last night and spread to the rest of that home. This happened a block away from san joses hill view airport. The owner of that home at the time, but hes expected to be okay. Firefighters say one bedroom and garage were destroyed. Happening now, at least four people were forced out of their homes during an overnight fire. This one in San Francisco. This happen around 1 30 near prospect and virginia avenues in vernal heights. Three homes were damaged but one of those was in the front of the home. No cause no word of the cause of that fire. And happening now, the Salvation Army is getting a lot of volunteers to help deliver 4,000 meals in San Francisco. Most of your holiday headaches are over. But not so fast what you need to do to prevent your new gifts and your home from becoming the target of thieves. Plus all new stories from overnight and any breaking news. Tomorrow morning from 4 30 to 7. This morning on megyn kelly today, a very Merry Christmas. On this Christmas Day, we celebrate faith, family and togetherness. A discussion with religious leaders from all walks of life on a common goal. And paying it forward. A woman seeing a need and fulfilling it. One book and pair of pajamas at a time. Plus, the big finish. Our month of merry freebie train makes its latest and greatest stop. What does conductor alex have in store for his grand gift finale. All that and more on a very merry megyn kelly today, right now. Welcome,

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