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nativity scene with a live baby. you can hear the baby right there. >> that is really happening. first we want to welcome our special audience . men and women who serve our great nation from each of the five branches of the united states military. [applause] members of the army, navy and air force and marine corp and coast guard along with their families. we thank you for your service. >> that's right. and welcome to everyone here at home and merry christmas to you all. >> christmas is filled with angels and we get to meet every day angelos fox and friends. we meet people who overcame extraordinary challenges and most recently that comes to mind is a connecticut mom. each one of her three sons had facial paralysis. they had difficulty eating or smeeking and never smile. after years of senching, lisa found a surgeon to perform surgery and three months later her oldest son smiled for the first time. lisa is now working with operation smile to help thousands of other kid in the poverty stricken places get this surgery . the point, that her own family's ordeal made her reach out and help others. we see that spirits of generosity all of the time on our show. >> i was also touch happened by an angel on fox and friends. it was back in january and i interviewed roxanna green. mom of the little girl gunned down in tuson last january. i had to dig deeper than ever before in my television career as a journalist and mom of two small children myself. it was a painful interview. and i felt that angelic spirit of that beautiful little girl was with us as we remembered her the next day and later on this shower. and angel who are watching out for all of us are those who serve and protect and keep us flee. and the troops who make a dual sacrifice. and merry christmas. and before we get their angel stories. let me introduce you to my personal angel. who helped to get me to haiti. can i talk to you. the u.s. marine corp had my back and afghanistan staff sergeant torres. and navy lieutenant, sorry lieutenant wagner. start with you. rank has its privilege. tell me an angel in your life. his name is ray perez. i am a native of new york and i was pretty much having a rough childhood growing up he actually mentored me and put me on a better path and inspired me to be a marine and the way i pay it now. i am a mentor in my community in the bronx for high school students and when i can, i participate in the toys for tots for marines. >> excellent, excellent story and i believe that it is one of the great ways to get social mobility to get out of the rough neighborhoods and get the capacity to go back and help others. i am sure ray perez is very proud of you. how is the navy. >> great, and getting better every day. >> who is the angel in your life? >> i had the awesome privilege for those graduating from the naval academ yethree the of i guys. two marines and navy seal brendon loaney all died in service to the country and these were guys who impacted me. and and men of courage of that nature and inspired me and my wife and i talked about starting a career in navy medicine and going in on the medical side in the navy. we may not be able to save jp or roni or brendan but there will be others. >> you had three guys on the navy varity football team that perished. >> it is others. not just navy football. but people in the crowd have stories like that. christmas time, army and navy and a lot of families who are not able to watch that game with the service member over seas. >> and the guys who go in the service acaddly know if they want to pay pro ball they have to wait until after active duty service. >> it is's pleasure to tuke to you. >> go navy, in this crowd i have to be ecrumenical. >> it is already. i think i outrank the army folks so that is all right. >> thank you, geraldo . time to rock around the christmas tree. they are the rock-n-roll band . known as one of most successful and enduring rock groups ever. hear with us is chicago. take it away, guys. [applause] ♪ ♪ rocking around the christmas tree as the christmas party pop. ♪ mistletoe hung where you can see every as they to stop. it is it a christmas wreth. ♪ later we'll have some pumpkin pie and do caroling. . ♪ you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear. ♪ voices singing let's be jolly, deck the halls with boughings of holly. ♪ rocking around the christmas tree have a happy holiday. ♪ everyone dancing merrily in a new old-fashioned way. ♪ ♪ ♪ you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear. ♪ voices singing let's be jolly, deck the hauls with boughs of hole. - holly. ♪ ♪ you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear. voices singing be jolly. deck the halsewith boughs of hole. ♪ rocking around the christmas tree as the christmas party hop. ♪ mistle toe hung when a couple trice to stop. ♪ you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear. voices singing let's be jolly note deck the halls with boughs of hole. ♪ rocking around the christmas holiday. ♪ everyone dancing merrily, in a new old fashioned way. ♪ rocking around the christmas tree. [applause] >> fan tacic and we told you about every day angel that is we have met and now you will meet one on our own. a sister who lost 135 pounds all to save her brother's all to save her brother's life. 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[applause] ♪ welcome back to a fox and friends christmas. ebnezar scrooge was visited by the ghost of christmas past. here in the tv business we think of the tv shows of christmas past. >> at least i do. remember the shows like king family and perry cuomo and andy williams show and that was playing etch and every year. and no fox special to take up my hair. i remember one movie in particular. a lot of you think that fred clause is my favorite christmas movie. you are wrong. watch. ♪ seize the day. for the time of its life. you sure know how to pick them. >> that was a great movie. it dominated the childhood. >> good night brian boy. >> good to know. >> my favorite is a movie as well maybe you heard of it it is a wonderful life and here's a clip. ♪ ♪ yeah, merry christmas. merry christmas greta. merry christmas shepherd and all of our viewers. merry christmas. >> that was me. and one of my favorites is centered around a nine year old kid who wants only one thing for christmas. >> there it is. the holy grail of christmas gifts. red ryder air rifle. >> ralphie. what would you like. >> a red rider air rifle. >> oh, no. shoot your eye out. >> you guys remember a christmas story. it is back with a hilarous holiday musical and they are here stars of the stage. a christmas story the musical. [applause] ♪ ♪ you don't need a seed to be a cowboy. no. ♪ not a hero just by galloping up in the sun. ♪ what you need to be a cowboy. keep it trembling on the run. ♪ is a red bee bee gun. ♪ you go about the windy. ♪ all protect the neighborhood. ♪ and that winnow shows that weasels how the wild west was won. ♪ bang, bang. ♪ the red bee bee gun. ♪ my teacher could be taken by a pack of thieves. ♪ and my class invaded by cartoons . kids hurry down the hall. but they would be okay. ♪ i will save the day. and ♪ oh, ralphy, no bully can ever make fun. ♪ my mom is trying. and my dad is yelling. ♪ that boy is my son. ♪ with a red carbide bee bee gun. ♪ it is getting close. and don't know how o who. ♪ i got to geed a red carbine bee bee gun. [applause] it is getting close and counting down to christmas. note and it is 34, 53 minutes away. ♪ it is almost time to countdown to christmas day. [applause] >> wonderful job and merry christmas and you are on a national tour. we are joined by ralphy and john and rachel and ranny played by matthew. ralphy peter billingsly is one of the producers on tour with you guys . what is it like to work with the original ralphy. >> he is great and what he said is smart to draw life on a kid who is excited for christmas and you want the present that your parents will not let you go det. and randy in the movie, you are only playing with mashed potatoes and you get to eat a lot of mashed potatoes. >> yes, quite a few. they are not the best because they are powered but it is fun and great part to play. and mom gets to deliver the line you will shoot your eye out. did you have to stare in the mirror. >> i am a mother of a child who would like a gun. >> mom can i get a red rider bee bee gun. >> you will shoot your eye out. >> dad, major award in the movie. is there a mange award that you long and can't wait for and in the mucal as well >> there is a song called the leg of lamb. [applause] in fact, we would like to present you with your own major award. >> thank you so much and congratulations on the big tour. we'll put it on the fox and friends set. merry christmas. that movie wouldn't be here to enjoy if we were not here to celebrate the birth of jesus christ. here to join us is former mike huckabee. >> merry christmas to everyone. it is a pleasure and joyy to be a part of fox and friends christmas special. you know over the past few months we have seen people in occupy new york and occupy wall street and occupy los angeles always wanting to occupy. you know, the good news of christmas, that god wanted occupy. he came 2000 years ago and in the person of jesus to occupy us, but not just to protest what we were doing wrong but fill us with everything that makes life and world right. christmas is a time in which we can recognize no matter how down and out you are. you are never so far away that you are beyond the touch and concern of god himself. he didn't just write a book and send it. he came in person. and that's what the message of christmas is all about. and what we celebrate on this special season of christmas. may you and your family have the best christmas you have had regardless of the economic circumstancings are going this year. you can at least know that god is with us . >> thank you, governor. we are over by the live nativity. and it is terrific. and moving on, earlier this year, an unimaginable trag doo in tus son took the lives of six people. roxanna green has faith that moves mountains and your heart and you will meet her, coming up next. my name is robin. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. 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[ laughs ] [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. ♪ well, this next story is an inedible one about faith. nine year old christina taylor green was gunned down in the tucson tragedy. we were touched by her mother's strength. she knew her daughter was called to be an angel and trying to keep her spirit alive by helping other kids and their dreams. it is so good to see you in person. you were so brave on that day and continue to be so brave. >> thank you very much. we are grateful to be here and thank you for having us. >> i want you to have the opportunity to remember chris tin a. she had gone to see congresswoman gabreille giffords. she was excited about meeting her and learning about government. >> she wanted to ask her various questions and learn how to give back to her local community. and she was such a gregarous little girl. one of the things i remember about her. she was the only girl on the baseball team, right? >> she was tenacious and a lot of confidence and athletic. >> her interest in government meant that she was patriotic, right? >> she told you what she wanted to do in life? >> yes, she did. mommy, i want to be a star. i said singer or model. what do you want to be? i would like to be a president or sing with beyonce or major league female baseball player. she had big hopes and dreams. >> for a parent and some of the parents that are watching this, they just feel for you. and now that she's gone, one of the things that is helping you get through all all of this is to know she is an angel in heaven, in what way? >> my husband and i and our family have a deep faith and believe. and we know that christina is with god and her grandma which is my mom and he had a bigger plan and she needed to work in heaven. we know we will see her again some day. we try not to be sad. but concentrate on the fond memories and nine wonderful years. >> for some of us who have not lost a child. when you are trying to work through your pain and setting up a charit neher honor is that a way to numb the pain that you feel? >> i think it is very therapeutic and healing for my husband and our son and inner circle bunch of friend and family that worked hard to make this foundation a reality it is very healing for all of us. >> it is called caring through giving memorial foundation. what have you built so far in her honor. >> it is actually christina-tailor-green.org. we received our nonprofit status in november. and we are hoping to fulfill the dreams and goals that we had with her. as a family we will do that on a larger scale. >> i thand a playground was built in her honor. >> yes, at her old school where mason elementary. there is a beautiful playground and i know she is smiling from heaven seeing in delight that her classmates received a new playground. >> colors are red, white and blue. >> she was very patriotic like you said and she would be proud of the kids selecting red, white and blue in her honor. >> look at that beautiful shot of the rainbow. speaking of angels, i can see her looking down right now roxanne a. and one of the other things that came from this, other students are inspired by christina's story and they wrote you letters. >> we received card and letters from all over the country and a lot of students are joining student government and joined up with local charities and/or doing food and clothing drives and they said they were inspired by christina and her many interests. that makes me happy that young children are giving back and doing positive thingings. >> i than this christmas will be difficult with you without your beautiful child but through your work we'll tell follow your story and you are such a brave, brave woman, thank you for having me. i appreciate it. >> thank you for sharing your personal story. still ahead, sounds of the number one christmas group of all time. meinheim steamroller. ♪ ♪ welcome back. you close your eyes and you may think you are listening to former president george bush or john madden. we know him of frank of fox sports. come on . [applause] that's what i am talking about. come on, america. and that's what i am talking about. it is these men and women, in -- service people. you guys makes us who we are. you know. you see how we laugh at i don't know. you want a joke. switch it >> he's happy. this has to be your happiest time of year. >> yeah, i get to be home with my family and we get to see santa claus with my son and daughter joy and juliet. and monsters inc. we call them and my daughter we went to see santa claus, my brother in law, he asked daughter. if you are good or not. she said what did you say. she said he knows i have been trying. that was mean that you haven't been good. it is about the effort, dad. five years old and already milking it. and in addition to your own family. we see with the fox football family as well working with terry bradshaw which is a dream come true. like being on american idol like you are simon cowl. very funny. why can't you say it on tv. he hasn't explained the joke to me. let's shoot squirrels. howie baby sits terry. >> why? >> because i like to do crazy stuff like jump off roofs. >> listen that is what it is all about. if he doesn't have a joke with one he goes to the next voice. i tell you. doocy. what would i like for christmas. i am not just a video game mogul but ifiesic. and i would love those bret farve figurins. and i would loo like to line them up in the army and navy and marines and there it is goes. you and tommy retired. how did we get to that one. >> bret farve retired and he went back and forth. i am confused. i am not sure where he's going with this stuff but getting back to where it is supposed to be. >> for a moment you were former president of the united states. george bush. >> i tell you what i want for christmas. i want -- hold on, i got this stuff. you guys don't worry. he's okay with this. >> good peace toward men and ah .... the end. you felt that was not going well, but we got there. charles barkly what you want for christmas? things to be little less terrible. what do you think. i think nominal and i still don't know what is happening. doocy when you going to ask the question. you opened your mouth and i start talking approximate again. >> not only george w. bush. but you think you have voices in your head. what about george w. bush's colleague in president. >> where are you going with that? that is why i edit it out. no, no, no. you are right. we'll do an edit right there. and what about bill clinton. keep the energy up. come on everybody. get the energy up. what is going on here. come on, let's hear it, geez. don't make me come up there again. what was the question. bill clinton. >> yes, i think this is going to be a very, very good christmas. just end the joke with the thumb. acuna matadda. >> every monday on fox and friends, we have a guy by the name of donald trump, king of new york. >> probably most amaze incredible human beings in the history of the world. i have seven gold plated christmas trees this year. where am i looking. try to negotiate with this, come on. i love to see him next to a fish tank. where do you want to go with that? >> that's enough. >> can you top that. probably not. i can do it. >> yes, norno. wait a second no. hold on, i am definitely i may not possibly be running for president. i can't make it any clearer. >> ladies and gentlemen, the great frank. [applause]. >> merry, christmas, come oeverybody. come on i have a weak arm. >> give it up for these guys. [applause] >> all right. acting like an id yolt. permission to run into the audience . speaking of donald trump. i will sit down with donald and his family and finally find out what a trump christmas is like. christmas rolls on right after this message. here we go. here we g. clap out of this. [ male announcer ] the more you lose, the more you lose, because for every two pounds you lose through diet and exercise, alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. let's fight fat with alli. ♪ ... this new at&t 4g lte is fast. did you hear sam... ...got promoted to director? so 12 seconds ago. we should get him a present. thanks for the gift basket. you're welcome. you're welcome. did you see hr just sent out new... ...office rules? cause you're currently in violation of 6 of them. oh yeah, baby? ...and 7. did you guys hear that fred is leaving? so 30 seconds ago. [ noisemakers blow ] [ both ] we'll miss you! oh, facecake! there's some leftover cake. [ male announcer ] the new htc vivid. stay a step ahead with at&t 4g lte, with speeds up to 10x faster than 3g. ♪ to help raise awareness for the men and women who have suffered traumatic injuries in the war on terror. they need our help. through the wounded warrior project, you can help get these heroes back into life's mainstream. log on to woundedwarriorproject.org to find out more about this fine organization that is helping these returning injured veterans and their families with their new lives. the greatest casualty is being forgotten. let's make sure this doesn't happen to my brave friends. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] welcome back to a fox and friends christmas. this is a little different than the regular fox and friends show. we usually don't have a studio audience and you look marvelous. [ applause ] this time of year, it's always special but not always the same and for a few of us it's very different this christmas. >> absolutely. it's entirely different right now. this is the first time i get to see my son's face on christmas morning. i get to see the wonder in his eyes but he throws a few more in so it's like ho-ho-ho-ho-ho. >> and i like watching the wonder in my children's eyes but my wife and i found out we're having a third child. [ applause ] >> every time i every that baby jesus crying, a little glimpse that christmas. >> baby jesus from the show. [ laughter ] for many of the men and women of our military, this year will be different because they are home. let's go over to geraldo who is with some of the troops when they returned. >> brian, to be with some of the fellows just by chance that i've had the honor to be over there. let's start with air force master sergeant jeremy laneer. we met in haiti. when you signed up to fight our nation's wars, did you ever think you would be doing this kind of humanitarian work in the case of haiti as the world knows those poor people suffering from the catastrophic earthquake? >> yes, sir. that was part of what infired me to come into the air force. as america we are able to get out and help those less fortunate, my unit. to get out in and help humanitarian relief effort. >> ever give up in term of your spirits. there are so much suffering throughout. we can only do so much out there? >> i would never think of the glass as half empty. i want to think how much more can we do. >> you can't call my sir, i'm private geraldo. good to see you, matt. we were in afghanistan where the united states marines have been working so hard so far away from home. we're into the second decade of this endless war. how does the united states marines keep up with the spirit and how do you connect with families at home? >> a lot of different ways. e-mails and phone calls. it's nice to be with your fellow marines at christmastime but also very special to have your families near and dear to your heart. so there is a tremendous amount of support from them. >> there can't be more remote piece of property on god's plant than helman pro sflins afghanistan but one thing i found of interest there are communication ability that never existed in previous wars. you are guys are chatting skype or over computers. does that help or hurt? >> i think it helps tremendously. to have daily contact. in most cases, everybody has that ability and great way to keep up your motivation and spirit. >> after all these casualties, so many of these tough engagements, so many kids now. one-year-old and his wife is pregnant. getting paid what most people consider substandard wages, how do you keep up morale? >> when we take up to be marines we know what comes with the job. we're happy to do it. we're proud to do it. we're part of something that is worthwhile. that brotherhood and being faithful to our brothers and sisters. it's really important. that is what keeps us fighting strong. christmas music, a tradition for many holes, now the number one selling christmas group of all time with more than 30 million albums sold. has a new homeland manhe im. here is founder and composes all the music and built something elvis presley was the highest selling christmas person of all time. how did you do it, the side door of the music industry and change the genre? >> when we came out with the first christmas album, everybody said that will never work. i like a challenge. i went after the retailers and spoke to them and tried to sell one album. first year we sold 9 million albums. >> how do you explain the timelessness of it? >> a of it has to do with a couple of things. one is passed on from generations, that is part of it. i have teen traditional christmas songs and done a certain amount of it exactly the songs were originally intended. then i'll flip them over. >> here is mannhemim steam roller with "deck the hualgs." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> donald and his entire family up next. my name's jeff. i'm a dad, coach... and i quit smoking with chantix. knowing that i could smoke during the first week was really important to me. 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[ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. well, if you think christmas is nuts at your house, i know it is at yours,. >> this usually happens at my house. >> i have skaters behind me all the time. >> ima imagine christmas at trump. >> i got a chance to sit down with the entire trump family to find out what a trump christmas is like. hat the christmas is le. >> here at the trump tower we meet the trumps, all here. thanks so much, guys. >> thank you. >> first off, it is christmas team. where do the trumps go? >> we used to always go to queens. we lived in jamaica estates queens and my parents would always love us to go there for christmas on midland parkway and my mother and father, my mother would cook the turkey and we would spend a lot of time in queens. we love queens and we still love queens. >> ivanka, you were saying that is your memory being a little kid. >> very norm man rockwellesque. the big tree and the presents and a great home cooked dinner by my grand mother. >> even as you got older you would head out to queen foss matter what tower your dad was building. >> christmas day we were in queens. we didn't start the rest of the holidays until after that was done. it was a great experience and really much more normal than a lot of people would give us credit for. >> christmas morning was as magical as the traditional christmas. >> we always had a great christmas tree. today you can't use the word christmas tree you call it a holiday tree. but i will never do that. it is a christmas tree to me. we haded a beautiful christmas tree and my mother would put up presents early. we would get up at 2:00 in the morning and go downstairs and she would say no, too early, go pack to bed. so you couldn't sleep. it was a lot of fun. >> christmas is a molly henneberg day of giving where for the most part my image is you don't really need a lot or want a lot. how do you keep the christmas spirit alive and still exchange gifts. >> i think it is about putting the priority on collectivity, being together as a family as opposed to the actual presents. what we remember about the holidays was not any one present we steve. if fact, we probably don't remember most of them. it was about coming together as is a family and spending the afternoon together and eating way too much of my grandmother's home cooked food. that is what the priority is and that is what is so great about the holidays. >> eric, do you shut off the blackberry, not talk business. is it possible when you are in the same business. >> there was no blackberry. >> that is not possible but there was no blackberry. >> it is what we love. we have a lot of kid in the family. done has three kids and ivanka has a new born. >> and that esolved to our own tradition. as a family what that is what we do today. obviously and unfortunately our grandparents are no longer aleve on my father's side. we have taken the tradition and gone down to florida. >> how does this change now that you are a grand parent is this deja vu? >> it as cycle. i had great parents. they were really just terrific people. >> it you ever shut is down and reflect be on your lives, what you have achieved and accomplished together? >> we do. even for us we can turn the business side off a little bit and when we get together you can see it in his sense of humor. the way we get along and you have seen us off camera. we have fun poking fun at ourselves and having a good time and playing with my children and watching him play with my kids. it is just amazing and he has gotten to the point perhaps where he can step out of that a little pitt and be a great grandfather. i think my daughter loves him more than she loves me because for us there is a lethal component of discipline. it is fun for us to capture the images and engrain them in your mind. >> your final christmas wish to people washing around the clobber over 100 countries. here it is christmas day. >> it would be great if there could be peace. unfortunately there never will be ultimately. this world is a tough place. i just wish for peace for everybody. >> eric? >> christmas really speaks to family. speaks to religious beliefs. you know, it speaks to community, getting together, community service. philanthropy. that is what it means to me and to this family. eating copious is amounts of food. >> and ivanka, the holidays to you? >> t is important to those of us who have had great privilege in our lives to think about that and be grateful for that and try to figure out ways around the holidays to give back. >> and donald? >> i think we recognize how fortunate we have been and to be able to give back is important and understand what people are doing for us in this country our soldiers abroad and let them know he how much it means to us that they are doing the things they are doing to keep us living in the style they have become accustomed to. >> i will always remember this christmas because this is the first christmas sharing with the trumps unless you adopt me. >> not in that sweater. only in a trump tie. >> you will be abused in that in our family. >> thank you so much and thanks what you contributed to our show in share your life and your family with us. >> have a great who will did i. >> a trump christmas right here at the trauma man trump to you. that was a lot of fun. >> a blast of a family and i can't wait to have them all back in the studio. >> when we come back, wait for this. another christmas song from pop sensation david archuleta. ♪ noel, noel, noel noel born is the king    he puts me to the test every week but at christmas time i get to turn the tables on bill o'reilly. who wouldn't like to do that, right? i'm going to put the king of cable in the hot seat for a special edition of the christmas culture quiz. >> all right, bill o'reilly, are you ready for the christmas quiz? >> i didn't do well last year, i remember. i was embarrassed. >> last year wasn't too terrible. the year before that you stunk. >> last year wasn't so bad. it was encouraging. >> shouldn't i be sitting in your are chair? >> no, nobody hits me. >> in the christmas classic 12 days a christmas how many swans a imissing did my true love send to me. >> now, i have to go through the whole dopey song? >> 8, 7, 6 or five. >> 7. >> that's right! >> correct. 7 swans a swimming. >> 6 geese a laying. ♪ five golden rings >> that is enough. bahar is the second question. >> before they had stripes candy canes were straight white sticks of sugar candy but a choir master bents ends to look like a j for jesus. >> no. >> an angel wing. >> no. >> a fish hook. >> no. >> a shepherd's crook. >> yes! >> two for two. >> i'm smokein' here. >> is that what i smell? >> yes. >> two characters from sesame street rumored to have been based on two characters from its' a wonderful life. i'm talking about bert and a ernie. in the movie it's a wonderful life who was the cab driver bert or ernie? >> bert. >> sorry, i got that wrong. >> earn are knee. >> hi, ernie. >> hi, george. >> i'm a rich tourist today. how about driving me home in style. >> i put on my hat. >> christmas tree needles are a good source of -- vitamin b. vitamin c. sugar or or splinters. >> sugar. >> vitamin c. >> who on earth would know that? >> no one would know that. pine coniologyists. >> why don't you go in and get some physics questions. who would know that? go ahead, i had to vent. >> this is the best christmas ever for me. >> yeah. >> you will like this question. >> no, i won't. >> i bet you a dollar you will like this question. >> all right, good. >> as a little boy the best present a young bold fresh lad named bill oh he riley the best present he ever got when was a kid was? >> taking it out of my book, right? >> fanner 50. the little gun that you went boom, boom, boom, boom. loved it. i wore that to church. i did. >> you were very popular. >> i wore the 50 and the little draw who willster. >> look out, o'reilly is armed again. >> i remember my father going do you have that on in church. i loved it. all right, mercedes arery christmas. thanks for having me in. >> okay. >> ladies and gentlemen, the king of cable and christmas. ♪ >> we are back with pop sensation david archuleta and his cd christmas from the heart. here are is first noel. ♪ the first noel the angels did say ♪ ♪ was to serve the poor shepherds in fields that they lay ♪ ♪ in fields where they, they are keeping their sheep ♪ ♪ on a cold winter's night that was to deep ♪ ♪ noel, noel ♪ noel, noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ they looked up and saw a star ♪ ♪ shining in the east beyond the barn ♪ ♪ and through the earth it gave great light ♪ ♪ and so it continued both day and night ♪ ♪ noel noel ♪ noel noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ born is the king ♪ hallelujah ♪ noel noel ♪ noel noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ noel noel ♪ noel noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ ♪ born is the king ♪ oh oh ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] all right. how did you like that? that was great, right, folks? all right. up next some of our favorite things as seen in our own family photos as fox and friends christmas rolls on from i habe a cohd. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. 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[ applause ] >> welcome back obviously. christmas is a time for family and friends to gather around, show their appreciation for one another. at least that is what it looks like in the pictures. >> all right, so i have a photo that i wanted to share with everyone. this is one of our family traditions. every year we take a shot of all of the grand kids and every year or are two a new one is added. that is the latest cow is sin from two years ago, sadie. and this year my sister-in-law is expecting a child. we take these every year on the same sofa and to think my mother-in-law mean in years ago wouldn't have any grand children. >> you need a bigger sofa yes. >> thought you were going to make an announcement there. >> i'm not expecting but myco-hosts are. our fox and friends family is growing. >> yes, its. >> i have some favorite christmas photos as well. this goes back maybe five years or so. this is my husband casey and my daughter ci kia at the time. it was emblematic of the angel going on top of the tree and we have been heralding angels today as well. what more to christmas than putting the angel at the top of the tree. also have pictures that you can use against somebody later on. here is my son christian vacuuming in his diaper when was just almost two. >> he had a job already. >> we had just opened christmas gifts on christmas morning and i just like my dad who was always vacuuming the house maybe it is in the gene its he decided it was time to clean up. >> he is not wearing jeans. >> he is not. he was still in the pampers. >> my christmas pictures are moving, movie pictures. i make them every christmas morning. i stand at the bottom of the stairs with my video cameras saying okay, kids, santa was here, you can come down. watching the home movies we can see our kids, peter, mary and sally grow up one christmas at a time. >> look at your car, sally. look at your car. >> whoa! >> what do i see here. i got a ring. >> nice hair do. must be a college kid. >> and speaking of family, here now to share what christmas means to them, fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. and his daughter veronica. >> whether you are five or 50 or hopefully some multiple of 50 it seems we spend a lot of time waiting and hoping. waiting for good news. waiting for tomorrow. sometimes waiting for forever. we asked when will it come, the new job. the new love. the new beginning. and so it is with the unique hopes and tax increases of this christmas we each have we wait for our daughter to return home from her first year at college. veronica? >> some of you wait for your brave sons and daughters to return from iraq and afghanistan. we all wait for a special someone to be home in time for christmas and we pray that they please come home soon and safe. >> we christians call it advent and as we mark the days by lighting candles on a wreath or our children opening doors and finding a chocolate for each are day on the christmas calendar we wait and we hope and we pray that his grace and majesty will light up our homes and our lives brighter than any string of lights we could ever buy at sam's club. we live for all his coming means. in depression days past, my parents hoped that christmas day brought some fresh oranges, sugar candy or even extra wood or coal to heat the kitchen. my wife blanche dreamt of a doll with longhair to brush. my brother and i hoped for the 007 racetrack. even as i dreamt what i could get on christmas morning my parents taught us how important it was to give back. i admired the generosity of my mother who opened the christmas store. she found reason to give away rather than sell most of the ornaments. >> my sister blanche and i always knew how lucky we were at christmas. in working with children at the association to benefit children the knew that the hope of christmas to come was too often unrealized for some children. year i decided to make candy covered christmas trees which will be part of the dinner at ronald mcdonald house for children fighting their family's cancer together. >> i remember as a boy of 11 or 123 years old speaking at friday night advent bible vigils to a barely occupied saint joseph's church in greenwich village. congregation of widows who miled as they walked that young man in a jacket and tie, read isaiah. behold the serr virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name emanuel. and they beamed as i continued the key of the house of david will i lay upon his shoulder and the government shall be upon his shoulder and they seemed comforted and so was i at that young age. as he was walked in procession i heard the voice of our pastor almost willing the arrival of the baby jesus. he sang out o come emanuel and ransom captive israel. >> we live for the coming and today to us a child comes our wonder are counselor. our prince of peace. >> veronica, to all of us a son is given. christmas has come and we celebrate the fulfilled promise of advent. god bless us all. merry christmas. >> we are back now with the number one selling christmas group of all time, mannheim steamroller and their rendition of winter wonderland. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that was beautiful. coming up, a family about to lose their only son finds the strength to grant his last wish, one more christmas. story of inspiration that inspired an entire town. inspired an entire town. a fox and friends chris what is it about taking a first step that we find so compelling? is it because taking a step represents hope? or triumph? at genworth, we believe in taking small steps every day to keep your promises, protect what matters, and prepare for a secure financial future. no matter where you want to go, one step at a time is the only way to get there. go to genworth.com/promises. ♪ in her eyes... the world is never too big. in his...the weather should never keep you inside. ♪ because they see no limits, there's eukanuba nutrition designed to help their body go as far as their mind wants to. eukanuba. extraordinary nutrition for extraordinary beings. see the difference in 28 days or your money back. well, we have a story of inspiration for you now. a family about to lose their only son finds the strength to grant his last wish. one more christmas. and they inspire and entire town to to the same thing. the story of dax locke is now being told through the movies visit heart of christmas. joining me is h his family, julie and austin and eventually madeleine as well. great to see the both of you. for people who do not know about dax's story tell us about the brave little two-year-old. >> he was born to us a h healthy baby june 26. he was 9-pounds 6-ounces and perfect to us. you you know, when you see your first baby, we were so in love. and by the time he was 13 months, he had just been -- had constant, constant fevers and ear infections that turn inside eye infections and we just could not get them to stop. and everybody told me it was just a virus and that it would be okay and that these antibiotics would take care of it. eventually dax went completely lethargic and we found the cancer. >> so he had a rare form of leukemia. only 15 children a year get this form. often times leukemia is able to be cured. they told you you around halloween that he would not make it to christmas. >> they gave us a 50/50 chance we he first got diagnosed whether or not he was going to make it. so it was really tough as a parent to hear that. it is one of the worst things you can hear. >> and so you decided that you wanted to grant his wish because he was just starting to get into the christmas lights and you started to set up christmas then and there and you would take him out on rides and what would you do? >> they told us he wasn't going to make it until christmas so we looked at each other and we were like we have to give dax a christmas so austin pulled out the christmas tree early. it was -- i remember there was trick or treaters at my door when we had christmas lights up so it was before halloween. and neighbors started asking what is going on and that is how it spread. >> and you would take them out and look at the lights and all of the commune th community god and put up lights like this with his name. >> that is the front of our house actually. that s a complete strange's home that heard about our story. it didn't just cover our whole town. it started going to different states and then we got a picture from baghdad, someone had their barracks set up with dax christmas lights on them. we were so honored. >> and he made it through christmas. >> he did. >> and he passed away on december 30. >> december 30. he was very peaceful and i'm so grateful to have had st. jude. they kept him very comfortable and gave us every opportunity to cherish every moment that we could with him. >> st. jude gave us an extra year to spend with dax and that is priceless to us. >> and one of the things that you have ton in his honor is set up in foundation. >> i began a foundation called cherish every moment the dax locke foundation and my goal is to raise $1.6 million to run st. jude's hospital for one day in honor of dax. >> and so far you have been great at raising money. you have raised $550,000. >> yes. >> that deserves a round of applause. >> kimberly: >> i promised at the be ginning of the seth we woul segment weu your beautiful baby. hi, madeleine. >> she is one. and she is the joy of our life. >> i can imagine. >> there she is. >> if people would like more information on how you to raise more none any for dax what do they need to do? >> i have a website for nye foundation. go to www. daxlocke.com and you can donate there and see all of the things we done. >> and go to fox and friends .com and we will link your website to ours. such an inspirational story mixed in with so much sadness and you are such a young couple to have gone through you such a tragedy. we hope there is a rainbow in this for you and your beautiful child today. thank you julie and austin locke and madeleine. >> thank you. >> and merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you you. >> thank you, gretchen. what an inspirational story. coming up next, raindrops on roses and whiskers on kitten. the band chicago sings some of my favorite things coming up next. my name is robin. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. 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[ laughs ] [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. they have been at the top of the charts for more than four decades. they had 21 top ten hits and a i will guess you know the lyrics to all of them. we are back now with chicago. ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ myhese are a few of hi-five favorite things ♪ ♪ cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudel ♪ ♪ doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles ♪ ♪ reindeers that fly with moon on their wings ♪ ♪ these are a few of hi-five religion things ♪ snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes ♪ silver white winters that melt into spring ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when i'm feeling sad ♪ ♪ i simply rea simply remembere things and then i don't feel so bad ♪ ♪ so bad ♪ ♪ ♪ when the dog you bites, when the bee stings, when i'm feeling sad, i simply remember my favorite things and then i don't feel ♪ ♪ ♪ so bad ♪ i don't feel i don't feel i don't feel so bad ♪ [ applause ] well, it that's tim is thae year and we are almost to the end of your show but you are not going to believe who our last surprise guest just might ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now. but hurry -- the offer ends january 3rd. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ and video chat with up to 9 of your friends with the galaxy nexus by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. ♪ welcome back, everyone. no christmas special would be complete without the king of christmas himself, not elvis. take a look at who is here. it is santa claus in the studio! [ applause ] >> look at that. >> here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus. >> that's great. >> of course, a lot of these men and women home for the first time in years for the holidays. thank you for joining us. you have been a terrific audience. >> and, of course, we want to wish you tonight a

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