Have a chance meet inging outside, and it turned to love, and we and just great. And if the holiday stress is zapping your energy, we have you goi continues all week with straight no chaser a capella news will perform. We have great nene. Well, i do, too, and i the think that mine is bet ter, but maybe not. And thanks to all of you, we hit the donation mark for good gift, and more than 7, 100 books have been sold to bring a total of 1,070,000. And so all of that money is going to the Salvation Army and for all of those people ringing christmas possible for those who wouldnt have otherwise. And it is to order good gifts book. Org, and bless you, too, for doing it. And how great. And more good news. All right. We like to have an tis paying. Here it is. If you are stress eded out in the holidays and you have gotten from memory. It does. It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory. And you know how something bothers you and you cant get it out of the head. And you know when you have been deeply hurt, and you have been able to forget, but you still remember. And this is is the quote from the guy who wrote the al alchemist. Posted a a picture of yosef because he is single and still searchin hey hey and for the first part, that part was reaeay running for and i am happy to say they did raise my fundraising goal thanks to you. And everybody else is very happy. My mom is battling multiple myeloma and i am running in march, and that is the primary rereon. And that is just great. And what about the secondary . He got proposals. And some very interesting pictures. Mom, i promise it. We love you. All right. Good luck on the rest. People knew Christmas Songs so we sent donna adorable out on the streets to finoc tree oChristmas Tree. I am so happy it is christmas go Christmas Tree o Christmas Tree oh, no. Okay. Hark the herald angels sing fa la la la la la la. Deck the halls you dont know deck the halls . Jingle bells jingle bells and oh what fun it is to ride in a one hor open sleigh and heaven and nature sing yes good job, donna. She has an interesting singing v vce our star donna has. It is interesting and memorable, and you will never forget it. It is just lovely. I dont think that i have ever heard her sing. Now, we are going to be singing guess the christmas e including us dont know them very well. So we are going to what do we do . They are show thelyric. No, we are going to listen or show it . We are doing to shoit we will see how many. And may all of the christmases be white. White christmas. How does people at at home re are the lyrics. And the mistletoe and and may all of your christmas be white. T is white christmas, too. Toe and ill be home for christmas. T home. And later we will have some pumpkin pie and some c oh. And carolling oh, it is the travel one im going to grandmas or all of that and later withe will have pumpkin pie. [ buzzer ] rocking around i sneed the music. You dont h. Candy canes and silver bells aaglow it is beginning to look like christmas. Say h you know. Good for you whoever yelled it out. Oh, my favorite. You are to tell people. Have yourself a merry little christmas. This not fup for the home viewer. Okay. This will be though. And we vhave other good news, the third piece of good news. My big fat greek wedding its coming out for a sequel. So much fun. So to celebrate, we want to celebrate in style, and celebrate the t camera positions. Opa opa sorry jerry and the guys. That is a posy original big fat greek wedding and check out the sequel poster there. From the original. In the new fillm they discover that the 1946 wedding didnt it never got signed so they are not legally married. And rdex. And she wrote that, and i did not know it, but the original fin her an oscar for my big fat greek wedding. And we are so happy for her. And something happened at a hockey matic mood and the fight started and now listen. We wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year oh, my god. I mean, we shouldnt laugh, because it is a atrocious behavior. It is a hockey game. And if you saw more of it like we did on t w umpires, the referees doing . Just skating around. Why did they let them fight . It is part of it. They dont break it up. Until they grab. Anyway, that is good and the singing was excellent, and somebody lost one of his teeth yesterday in one of the hockey matches. It happens. You know what, the National Hockey leagu has bp trying to the reduce the fighting allegedly. Thaha is jack edwards there. And this i make your day. And now, on this video was post posted with a little boy holding million views since friday. Do you love him . Can i have him . No. Me want to hold him. Oh, he is so sweet. Oh, how precious. Oh, he keeps kissing him. Cananle the you not to make about me, b b im about to. That brings back a million memories. Cody was the same way with cassidy, and it is a blessinyo that you know how much you are going to love your children, but you dont know how much you are go ging to love them loving each other. And day, he cant quit kissing her head. And she doesnt like it, but it is precious. They will have a bond those two for the rest of their lives. Two have been having fun may you wont spot him today, but who knows, maybe you will. And some celebrities have been owing elves visiting, too. Kardashians. Her elf plays pool. And this this one, the elves are rolling arrolls. What is more fun than that. And here they are. And here they are watching n tog with herer other son. Where is that . It is there. And it is sad that we cant bring it to you. And we wont see the elf on a shelf because of the graphic situation. Is in People Magazine and they wanted her to free associate giving oneword answers, and i dont know what they are, so lets see what she says. What did you say . I didnt do it. Happiness, and hoda said morn g morning. In the mornings. S a not sunsets. Love, and you said joel. Wow. That wouldnt have happened last year, and this is nice. They gave you kathie lee, and you said faithful. That going to make me cry. And twitter, and you said addicted. And the last one was guilty pleasure, and you said cookies, but it could have been one of many things. Cute. So go peop and see whatody had to say. I want to give a shout out to meg row who is a o show, and she is battling lung cancer, and we want her to know that we send our prayers and love to her, and she is a warrior and has a great group of friend s friends and i had the chance to e ph praying for you, and love you, honey. And cuekudos to our friend eric yes shgs, we love eric. And love you,sweeti and praying for you. Okay okay. And have you feltth got up and went . I am still looking. We willl wake up donna adorle, and we have a winter wakeup call gi is e going to be singing. Good m were only human. 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The medicine in advil is their 1 choice. Nothing is stronger on tough pain than advil. Relief doesnt get any better than this. Between the cooking, the cleaning, the shopping and watching, its easy to feel like you cant take another step. Theres no better time to put Energy Boosters into work than now. Here with hourbyhour help is the health dirirt of Family Circle magazine, lydia floyd. Wouldnt we all love some more energy. Absolutely. Wake up adorable and feel energized . Yes. What are the abcs . Whats the first thing little donna should do when she gets up. Give me ten, ten squats, pushups, lunges. So the nice thing about this is its easy, fast, exercise enhances blood flow. It pushes oxygen throughout your body. Youll get a lift all morning long. Just ten. Just ten. She didnt have the to go to the gym. Ten. Then what . Aroma therapy behind her. Okay. There are certain scents like peppermint that will give you a boost of energy. Jasmine during the day. If you can get that into your toothpaste, lotion, body wash. That will absolutely give you the lift you need. That wakes you up. Easy, right . You can do the things i do while brushing your teeth. Cal were moving on to breakfast. Make smart choices. Nutritionists say you want a nice balance of healthy carbs, a nice smoothy that balances all of those instead of a doughnut or something. G. That will make your blood sugar crash. That will make you tired. You dont want that. You want energy throughout the day. Oops. That was awesome. You have such good reflexes. Good save. All right. Heres what youre expecting. Coffee . Heres the unexpected part. Its all about whehe you drink this coffee. This is the last one for me. People want to pop out of bed and have that coffee immediately. Wait until about 9 30. Do some of the tricks that we had 9 30 . Not gonna happen thank you. Give it a shot. I have a question. A lot of people would say you should have one full glass of wawar whenou wakak up because youre dehydrated through the night. Throughout the day well get to that. Yes, hydration is important because one of the signs of dehydration is feeling tired. Glass. I feel much more awake after that water than before. We get up so much earlier than normal people. We get up in the middle of the night. A aqueeze of lemon in there. At about coffee . Stick of gum. Its refreshing, gives you a perk. Heres one thats a little different. Were calling it the wonder woman pose. All right . Youll stand like this. Hands on your hips. Chest puffed out a little bit. Thats right. Chin out, research has shown this gives you a boost of testosterone. Standing like wonder woman . Absosotely. You get up out of your chair. We all feel it. Dont you . Yes. Were trying. Here comes the water you were talking about. Iced water. Ice water. Its almost the equivalent of splashing your face with water. Heres a healthy indulgence for the afternoon. Instead of digging into a brownie or cupcake or something likeke that, little squque of chocolate. Thats going to give you stop with one. Stop with one. Savor it. Heres one i think we all know about. Funky dance party. Music. Music. It gets you going. Did i do that right . If it gets going. I thought i tapped properly. Maybe not. There we go. Right . Everybody knows how music can give you a nice boost. When youre stressed out it can calm you down. Who doesnt get down to mariah, right . Over and over and over again. I love it. Its one of my favorite Christmas Songs. Green tea in the afternoon really perfect boost as well, gives you caffffne, a nice little umph and its not too much. Coffee can have more caffeine than green tea. Last but not least. Lobes. For about 30 seconds. All right. Those are the Energy Channels in your body. Thank you so much, sweetie. 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The Salvation Army of siouxland provided food for 540 families on tuesday. There were also toys for more than onethousand children, donated by siouxlanders and organizations. For families that are having financial cares, said major von vandiver, Commanding Officer of the Salvation Army of siouxland. And i hope, if nothing else, that the folks that come to the Salvation Army know that somebody cares about them. Volunteers helped hand out the food and gifts, including folks frfr the Woodbury CountySheriffs Office and the sioux city explorers. Heres ben with weather. It is winesday wensdnesday and we are getting ready to play a our trivia game called who knew with christmas in the air, we are about to test your christmas knowledge. Kathie lee is across the street and ready to hand out 100 for those who get it right and her signed cd for those who dont. Sentimental. And here with me is will pierce who is author of mental gloss. And here we go. Each year on december 23rd, some folks in southern mexico create nativity scenes made out well, it is radishes. It is amazing and thousands of people come up to see all of the Beautiful Creations which started with shopkeepers trying to entice people into their stores. And denmark does not have just santa, but they have these, a devilish elf who will play tricks on families unless they leave him his favorite food rice pudding, chocolate cake or tiramisu . Rice pudding. Well, it seemed like a guess. But they are right. And this goes back to the scandinavian farming folklore and you do want to leave out the rice pudding, because that is something that you do not want to anger, bau the they are there to protect the livestock and help the chores if you are nice to them, but if not, the pranks back over to you kathie lee. What did you sayay indiana . Close. And this is a Christmas Day hot spot in japan, mcdonalds, pizza hut or kentucky fried chicken. Mcdonalds . The correct answer there is kfc. Yes, thaey have convinced people there in japan since the 7s to show up on Christmas Day, and a sign that the Christmas Day has arrived when the commercials come on, and you have to have reservations because there are lines out of the door. For kfc. Thank you. Kathie lee. In great britain, some children use this uninie method to send this letter to santa roll it up in a bottle, place it or place it on the window sill. Window sill. Good day for me. And it is that the back of the fireplace for santa coming down the chimney. And yes, it is neat, because theeanta can read what the wishes are through the smoke are from the fire. Clever and smart. Okay. Kath, over to you. From kentucky, icelander children were naughty over the past year, what might they receive instead of a present, a potato, spinach or carrots . A potato. Darn she has it right. A potato. It is, and you know, there are 13 santas in iceland and so it is nice that they have that and the kids as atheythey are leading up to Christmas Place them on the window sill, but if they have been bad, thaey get a potato. And now, charlottesville. Character named befana brings gifts of good cheer to children, and what is bef aana . A good witch. Yes, and he is still celebrating. A good celebration over there. And so he does bring presents like santa claus, and a lump of coal for those who have been bad. Thank you very much, and Merry Christmas to you and your fam family. Thank you very much o why the plaza has such special meaning from one couple, and we will also have a song are from straight no i use whats already inside me to reach my goals. So i liked when my doctor told me i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating whats within me. With onceweekly trulicity. It helps activate my body to do what its supposed to do release its own insulin. 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Ooh ooh ooh o holy night shining birth long may the world to be appear eded at his word the weary world rejoices for yonder a new and glorious morn fall on your knees hear the angels voices oh night divine o night divine when christ was born onight divine oh night o night divine oh yes the thrill of hope the weary world rejoices for yonder pray a new and glorious morn fall on your knee ss o hear the angel voices o night divine o night when christ was born o night divine o night o night divine holy night holy night oh yes, ooh yes holy night holy night noid oh, yeah wow. Gorgeous. And we will have an engaging and hip conversation with a strange ers before stepping out i said i really cant stay baby its cold outside i have to go away baby its cold outside i really cant stay baby its cold outside you never know who youll meet at barnes noble. The challenges facing the country never stop. So neither does the u. S. Army. We train. Adapt. And get smarter. Every soldier. Every day. Not to keep up with change; but to drive it. Nobody knows what problems tomorrow will bring. But we do know who will solve them. Why do i cook for the holidays . To share with family to carry on traditions to comomtogether, even when were apart in stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and more, swanson makes holiday dishes delicious lips appear to age faster than other skin. No worries. Now, theres new chapstick total hydration. Its 100 natural, age defying formula is clinically proven to provide healthier, more youthful looking lips. Chapstick put your lips first this holiday, give the gift of ferrero rocher. Ferrero rocher. Were only human. We. Get. Angry. Out of control, mad to the core, angry. So cancer, youve got two options. Get out of the way or get rolled d er. Anger. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Paris theres a lot to do on a d dry farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get ououthere and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Once upon time there because pretty woman who came to the plaza with her mom and daughter. And it watodo list. And so they came to the look u through the window. And little di that and in fact, sho of them was caught by our cameras. If you look closely, you can see them in the shot. Yes, they are the ones that are not fuzzy. And guess what h fuzzy to me. Well, they exchanged phone numbers and then i turned into cas. The first night they talked for three hours, and then it turned into a date, and well, we will let you tell them. And they are jen mendez and lane snow. Welcome, welcome. And a couple of year ss, you are out here coming to the today peek in the window. We wanted to be the stalker people. The bucket list say we went to the today show. And what happened . Well, i came into new york with a frien work with and i was off that friday and she had never been to new york. So you were with a girl . Plaza, did you hear himnotice him . Well, it is just like this. I said, it is my lifelong dream to meet kathie lee. No shgs, the way you really said it. Oka cranky, and i said, oh, it is my lifelong dream the meet katate lee. And i said, i just didnt even skip a beat, and i said, im so glad that we are here while you are realizing your lifelong dream. And so then you started to chat . I used to live in t town where she grew up. Yes, after i was gone. And my old boss from where i use used to work there graduated in class. And i sang with together. And i sang withh his boss this is god wink stuff. Yes, tell the choir. And so, we were doing a radio show and we were talking about conversation icebreakers and you called up and you said, by the and it is an amazing kind of 180, wasnt any. Yes. And he gave me satellite radio for my Christmas Gift and i w w driving to my parents listening to hoda at 2 00 p. M. On wednesday. So there are people listening you never know because they dont do ratings so is you dont kn i can move from the car to the office, too. And so when did it go from dating to you proposed . Yes, i did. We have been together fo n six years. Six years. And so i proposed a couple of years ago, and we were actuauay at her Daughters College in newport, and so i proposed to e her, and the mascot of the coll came over while i proposed. And one of my favorite stories and i hope that you t quickly, when you brought him home, you asked her about, obv a mixed couple, and so my concern was, that and she put me to eas quickly. And he said, is your dad going to have a problem with me . I said, what . And he said because im black. And i said, my dad isnt going to care that you are black, but h y are a giants fan. Lifelong. We are big eagles fans. And by the i wash, happy birthday. And so we thoht that you should celebrate, and so you out some cake, and so why not bring your daughter out. Come on out. And we will have some gifts for you. This is our favorite thing, and we have some of the wine that we drink here on our show. And some mug, and hodas first book, and she has another one coming out,nd one of my cd albums. I have the new book on order. I will give you one. And you know what we would yes. And we would like to offer that we host your wedding right he on the plaza when you are finally ready to do it. Im in. Is it a deal . Can our pastor come with us. Done. Can i wear the giants jersey . Andnd real quick, a a youappy to see your mom this way . Of course of course. I am happy to see her happy. And so in 2016, which hope that you become husband and wife rit here on the plaza. And i will sing, what the heck. It is my lifelong dream. And have you found regis . Cute pictures. Friends who have spotted the elf. Here is l. J. He found row jisegisregis. Way to go, l. J. And thet. J. And beth swanson and her son both found them. And haley found regis hide ing in the scarf. T tt is not an easy one. D we hope that mckenna is home feeling sick, but we hope she is better. But she was home when she spotted him. And if you spot him, take a him, and we will miss him, and we will have him back in the new year. And now, tomorrow, we will h edition of ambush makeover