Always been passionate about taking pictures. Where did your love of photography come from . I guess borrowing would be a kinder word rather than stealing my fathers nikon, setting up a little darkroom in my bathroom, putting the tin foil on the windows and being in there with that red light with my tunes going on. The whole concept of time goes out the window. Just the idea of capturing time like that. Reporter but when he started acting, he left the darkroom behind, until 1976 when he starred in king kong. My character, jack prescott, had a camera. I said well, im going load that thing and take pictures. Reporter that started a tradition of taking pictures on his film sets. Photographs from king kong, the fabulous baker boy, and the big lebowski were included in a first volume of his pictures. Now bridges has released pictures volume 2, including photos from the sets of true grit, crazy heart and see biscuit. What happened here . I gave her a bloody nose. Seabiscuit is winning, and i cracked her in the nose. Oh, god. And i said oh, im sorry, im sorry, can i take your picture . Reporter he also turned his camera on the inflatable crowd in the racing scene. Gosh, you got all those extras up there, and youre all dressed. Its amazing. And then i got closer and i saw it was these guys. See . Here it is. Reporter bridges, who we met at the annenberg space for photography in los angeles says the tool of his trade now is a 35 millimeter wide lux panning camera, which allows him to shoot the dual image comedytragedy shots of his acting friends. Not me. Youre sad. Reporter he gave me a demonstration. Yeah, sad, look right over here. There you go, sad nice. Reporter bridges was encouraged to go into acting by his father, lloyd bridges, who starred in the 50s and 60s tv show sea hunt in which young jeff made several appearances. Yeah, but ive never been here before. It all looks the same. Reporter you were on the fence at one point about that. Oh, yeah, i sure was. For quite a while. I had maybe ten movies under my belt before i said you know what . This is for me. Im a product of nepotism. I dont think i would have got into the movies without my dad saying come on, come on. Reporter yeah, but you have to be good to stay in the movie. Well, thats true. But in the beginning i said i dont want to get the part just because of who my dad is. Reporter that changed, bridges says, after he initially passed on a part in the 1973 film the iceman cometh and a director he just worked with called him. Hello, larry. A very low voice and you turned down John Frankenheimer . Iceman cometh . Im bushed monty. Bushed . Youre an ass. And he hung up on me. You think i made up a phony, dont you. Reporter bridges took the part and eventually found ways to include his love of music and photography in his acting career. But his favorite photograph is not his own. Oh, yeah, my prized possession youre talking about. Reporter yeah. In his wallet he keeps a snapshot of the moment he and his wife susan meat method in 1975. So i have a photograph of the first words that my wife and i shared, me asking her out and her saying no, and heres that moment, you know. Look at that. Isnt that wild . Reporter he was smitten, he says by her beauty and her pair of black eyes from a recent car accident. Here is a closeup of her. Reporter with the black eye. Isnt she something . Reporter susan appears in the book visiting the set of true grit. So does bridges standin, who he has been working with even longer. There is my old buddy lloyd. Weve done nearly 70 films together. Well met on the last picture show. Reporter how unusual is it to have a standin through your whole career . Completely unusual. Got to hold the record i would think. Reporter what satisfaction do you get out of taking pictures . Opening that proof sheet and seeing what you took, you know. I just love that surprise. You always have High Expectations when youre making a movie, you know. And every once in a while, it exceeds those expectation, and you go oh, yeah, man. And that happens in the photographs too every once in a while. Youve gotten out of the way appropriately and the thing is just captured, you know. It feels great. Anthony mason reporting. And fun fact. Bridges says he didnt even know that photo of him meeting his future wife susan even existed. About a decade after they were married, a Makeup Artist found it in some old files and mailed it to him. Now bridges says he carries it with him everywhere he goes. Well there you visit. The cbs overnight news will be right back. Does scrubbing grease feel like a workout . Scrub less with dawn ultra. Its superior greasecleaning formula gets to work faster. Making easy work of tough messes. Dawn is a goto greasecleaner throughout the kitchen, too. Keep a bottle in the laundry room to pretreat greasy stains. 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Breathe happy febreze. La la la la la. Well, it wouldnt be Christmas Eve without a nativity display recreating the first christmas. Well, those displays come in all shapes and sizes, and one woman has a whole house full of them. Nikki battiste paid her a visit. Reporter the birth of jesus. Its what christmas is all about, though with all the frantic shopping and stock stuffing, its often overlooked. Thats definitely not the case for michelle devitt. How many nativity scenes are throughout your house . Well, my collection is almost 800. Reporter 800 . That includes some of the jewelry that im wearing on my vest and the earrings. Reporter on your back. And if you want to see the back, there is a collection of pins. Reporter and your ears. And the ears. It was kind of a secret. Nobody reallyized how many i had. Reporter her ohio home is a makeshift museum of natives from around the world. Its a love. Its just a love and a passion that i have. My faith is important to me, and the birth of jesus has always been a part of my life. Reporter the scenes all follow the same basic story line, but what do we really know about jesus birthday. True or false, jesus was born on december 25 . We dont know, but probably false. Reporter we asked professor eric peretto for a history lesson. Another myth is we have the wisemen and the sheep and the lambs showing up together. We have two different stories about jesus birth, one the gospel of matthew, one in the gospel of luke. One has magi. Some has shepherds. Sometimes we forget that were dealing with two stories. Many myths, many versions, many stories. And i think thats part of the beauty of the nativity scene is that it contains multitudes in it. Reporter whatever the actual facts are, the person we have to thank for the nativity scene as we know it is st. Francis of assisi, who created the very first nativity in italy in 1223 to inspire the local townspeople. Not too long after, that especially when we get into the renaissance in europe, noble family, wealthy families would start to commission the nativity sets to put on display in their homes. And it almost became a status symbol or a luxury good, that they would try to have the nicest nativity set in town. Reporter each creation usually includes joseph, mary, and baby jesus. The rest is up to the artist, which can mean, well, pretty much anything. This is our socalled hipster nativity. Reporter hipster nativity . Hipster nativity. Reporter the director of the library at the university of dayton. We have glutenfree feed. Marys bra strap is hanging out. Although i have to say one interpretation that of is that she is a nursing mother. Reporter as she drinks coffee. Thats a fair point. Maybe its decaf. Reporter do you like the hipster scene . To be honest, its not my favorite nativity in the collection. The first noel. Reporter since 1995, the library has presented an annual ativity exhibit. This is one of my favorite nativity sets in the collection. It is from kenya, and it is made out of recycled soda cans. Reporter i see a cheese grater. Youre absolutely right. The cheese grater is the stable. Jesus is a strawberry huller. Ill be honest. I wasnt super familiar with that implement either, but thats what it is. Reporter very imaginative. Very imaginative. Reporter regardless of the materials, its the message that matters. It has a certain holiness to it because of the story that its telling, but its not something that only a priest can touch. Its something that anybody is allowed to have. Reporter perhaps there is no better way to experience the mystery and miracle of the nativity hark the herald angels sing reporter than to actually be a part of it. Im nikki. Im tammy. Reporter can i call you m e mary . Yes. Reporter with over 200 volunteer, elaborate wardrobes and sets, this living nativity in mount laurel brings the Christmas Spirit to life. Its exactly as the angels told us. A baby lying in a manger, wrapped in swaddling cloths. Reporter tammy brown has been playing mary for more than a decade because she says it honors her faith. As for steven montgomery, aka joseph last night i was a shepherd, and today i found out they had plenty of shepherds and this was open. Reporter so you said youd be joseph. I did not know when i woke up this morning that id be joseph. Reporter and as they brave the freezing weather hour after hour, we thought it was only fair to give them the last word. The meaning of christmas in general can get lost. Its the reminder of what christmas is really about. Reporter not Christmas Trees and presen if youre in Southern California over the holidays, you may want to stop into a little town named solvang. Theyve got a Big Christmas display, including santa literally lighting the night sky. And he doesnt do it in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer. Jamie yuccas has the story. Santa is coming to town reporter the night sky lit up with the joy and humor of the holidays. Would you look at that reporter in a town that honors that feeling all year long. Some call it a christmas market, but to the danish, its yule fest, and in solvang, a tiny town of about 6,000, theyve kept their traditions alive sin danish immigrants first settled here in 1911. Even today, great attention is paid to customs and festivals. Solvang mayor ryan touissant. When people want to do over the top christmas . This is the place to be, yeah. Reporter the sights bring visitors from all over the world. One of the most satisfying crowd pleasers, the traditional christmas danish. Oh, my gosh, this is like the best donut ever. Reporter this year, the city decided to take the holiday to new heights with a fleet of 100 synchronized drones. Remarkably, all piloted by one operator and a laptop. It looks like a mess if you have never seen it before, but its pretty organized chaos, and we know where each drone should be during the whole procedure. Reporter kyle derieuxs drones is behind this aerial achievement. His quad continue or thes shape some 300 tall and can handle winds up to 25 miles per hour. He says its rare that a drone goes rogue. Is it cool to be a nerd . I think so, yeah. Its the coolest. Imreaming reporter while solvangs holiday spectacle has always attracted lots of fans, its that melding of technology and tradition thats wowing new crowds. I thought it was awesome it issy aye mazing. I liked all of it. I felt they were 3d. They were coming towards us. I didnt expect that at all. Reporter Event CoordinatorScott Shoemake chose the music and drubbed the show aurora. Christmas is about magic. Inside all of us is those memories of growing up and those memories of family. My goal was to try and pull those out. Reporter and inspiring the spirit of the season may be the best present yet. Would you want to see it again . Yes reporter for cbs this morning, jamie yuccas, solvang, california. Pretty amazing. And thats the ernight news for this Christmas Eve. Its tuesday, december 24th, 2019. This is the cbs morning news. Holiday getaway. Americans hit the highways and skyways to celebrate with loved ones. Will the weather be naughty or nice . Boeings ceo is fired. Dennis muilenberg is out after a year of disasters, delays, and setbacks. And christmas chaos. A prize giveaway at a mall goes horribly wrong. Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin with thho