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 news. 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 gigi, 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 salvavaon army and the kettles, and it is to make christmas possible for those who wouldnt have otherwise. E. And it is to order good gifts book. Org, and bless you, too, for doing it. And how great. And more good ws. All right. We like to have an tis paying. Here it is. Ififou 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 boers you and you cant get it out of thth head. And you know when y y have been deeply hurt, and you have been able to forget, but you still remember. And this is is the quote from and remembmb, yesterday we posteded a picture of yosef becausushe is single and still searchch hey hey and for the first part, that part was really running f f and i am happy to y 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 reason. And that is just great. And what about the secondary . He got proposals. And some very interesting pictures. We love you. All right. Good luck on the reses and n n, finish the lyr kwwow well people knew Christmas Songs so we sent donna adorable out on the ststets to finoc tree oChristmas Tree i am so happy it is chchstmas go Christmas Tree o Christmas Tree oh, no. Okay. Hark the herald angels sing fa la la la la la. Deck the halls you dont know deck the halls . Jingle bells jingle all of the way and oh what fun it is to ride in a o o horse open sleigh and heaven and nature sing yes good job, donna. She has an interesting singing voice our star donna has. It is interesting and memorable, and you will never forget it. It is just lovely. I dont think that i havav ever heardrder sing. Now, we are going to be singing guess the christmas e including us dont know them very wellll so we are going to what do we do . They are show the lyric. 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. How does people at at home know what we are doing . Here are the lyrics. And the mistletoe and and may all of your christmas be white. T is white christmas, too. Toe and ill l home for christmas. T home. And later we ll 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. 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And somethingngappened at a hockey maticmood 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 iyou saw more of it like we did on t w umpires, the referees doing . Just skating ound. Why did they let them fight . It is part of it. They dont break it up. Until ty grab. Anyway that is good and the singing was exceceent, 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. That is jack edwards there. And this i make your day. And now, on this video was posted with a little boy holding his little baby brother and 62 million views since friday. Do youou love him . Can i have him . No. Me want to hold him. Oh, he is so sweet. Oh, how precious. Oh,e keeps kissing him. Can ile the you not to make about me, but 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 othehe and day, he cant quit kissing her head. And she doesnt like it, but it is precious. They will have a bond those and w, i i noeknow that you two have been having fun may you wont spot him today, but who knows, mbe you will. And some celebrities haveeen showing 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 theyre. And here they are watching n tog with her 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. 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. In the mornings. S a not sunsets. I like the beginnings. Ve, and you said joel. Wow. That wouldnt have happened last year, and thiis 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 ny things. Cute. So go peop and see what hody 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 you, honey. And cuekudos to our friend eric hill who is battling. Yes shgs, we love eric. And love you,sweetind praying for you. Okay okay. And have you feltth got up and went . I am still looking. We will wake up donna adorable, and d have a winter wakeup call gi is e goioi to be singing. Good m were only human. We rely on our courage. The kind of courage that shows up when we need it. And when cancer is least expecting it. Courage. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Feel a cold coming on . New zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45 . Shorten your cold with snap, with zicam. This holiday, give the gift of ferrero rocher. Ferrero rocher. Make your moments golden. Ok, youre elbow deep up the busisiss end of a turkey, and were gonna a rve sunday dinnererff a counter i got salmonella just thinking about it. Me too. You want clean, get a cleaner with bleach in it. Clorox means clean. 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. Fact. When emergency room doctors choose an otc pain reliever for their patients muscle, back and joint pain. The medicine in advil is their 1 choice. Nothinis stronger on tough pain than advil. Lief doesnt get anynyetter than this. Betweenen the cookinin 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 Direct of Family Circle magazine, lydia floyd. Wouldnt we all love some more energy. Absolululy. W we up adorable and feel energized . Yes. What are the abcs . Whats the first thingittle w wn she hops out of bed, give me ten, ten squats, pushups, lunges. So the nice thing about this is its easy, fast, exercise enhances blolo 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 thingss i do while brushing your teeth. Cal were moving on to breakfast. Make smart choices. Nice balance of healthy carbs, fats and proteins. A nice smoothy that balances all of those instead of a doughnut or something. That will make your blood sugar crash. That will make you tired. You dont want th. 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 when 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 w w had 9 30 . Not gonna happen thank you. Give it a shot. I have a question. A lot o people would say you should have onene full glass of water when you wake up because youre dehydrated through the night. Throughout the day well get to that. Because one offhe signs off dehydration is feeling tired. When i wake up i drink a full glass. I feel much more awake after that water than before. We get up souch earlier than normal people. We get up in n e middle of the night. A squeeze of lemon in there. What about coffee . Stick of gum. Its refreshing, gives you a perk. Heresne thats a little diffffent. Werr 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 a b bst of testosterone. Standing like wonder woman . Absolutely. You get up out of your chair. We all feelit. Dont you . Yes. Were trying. Here comes the watererou were lking about. Iced water. Ice water. Its almost the equivalent of splashing your face with water. Heres a healthy indulgence for the afteteoon. Instead of digging into a brownie or cupcake or Something Like that, little square of chocolate. Thats going to give you stop with one. I cant. 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. Iihought 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 pererct boost as wellll gives you caffeine, a nice little umph and its not too much. Coffee can have more caffeine than green tea. Last but notot least. A little massage around your ear lobes. For about 30 seconds. All right. Those are the Energy Channels in your body. Thank you so much, sweetie. 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Highs will be in the mid 40s to mid 50s today with cooler temps tomorrow, although we stay mild into the weekend. We have a Second System friday night into saturday with rainin and snsnw with the third rain, snow or a combination of both depending on the track of the low. Well be back in 30 minutes, be sure to check kwwl dot com for the latest news yoyore watching kkwwl, weve got you covered. Good morning, its 8 26. Hawkeye fans are preparing to head west for the rose bowl. The game is a week from friday the Football Team plans to leave more than a week in california despite the many activities and festivities that go with the rose bowl they know this is a business trip. Yea were gonna enjoy the trip bowl game and theees alot of funun things to do there and theyve for one reason and its to win and ou 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 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 of this, doenuts or radishes or legos . 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 toto entice people into their stores. And denmark does not have just santa, but they have these, devilish elf who wilil play tricks on families unless they leave him h 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 to them, but if not, the pranks are ly. Back over to you kathie lee. Close. And this is a Christmas Day hot spot in japan, mcdonalds, pizza hut or kentucky fried chchken. Mcdonalds . She wanted the cd. The correct answer there is kentucky fried chicken. 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 chchdren use this unique method to send this letter to santa in the bottom of the fireplace or place it on t t window sill. Good day for me. And it is that the back of the fireplace chimney. And yes, it is neat, because the santa can read what the from the fire. Clever and smart. Okay. Kath, over to you. From kentucky, icelander chililen were naughty over the past year, what might they receive instead of a present, a potato, spinach h carrots . A potato. Darn she has it right. A potato. It is, and you know, there are 13 santas in iceland and so its 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, in italian folk lohr, a character named befana bringng gifts of good cheer to children, a good witch. Yes, and he is still celebrating. A good celebtion over there. Anan so he does bring p psents lili 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 with onceweekly trulicity. Trulicity is not insulin. It helps activate my body to do what its supposed to do release its own insulin. Trulicity responds when my blood sugar rises. 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Ooh ooh ooh o holy night the stars are brightly shining it is a night of the saviors birth long may the world at his word the will of hope 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 cist was born onight divine oh night oh yes 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 night when christ was born o night o night divine ooh yes ooh yes holy night holyight oh yes, ooh yes holy night holy night noid oh, yeah i have not hearit that way. Wow. Gorgeous. A a we will have an engaging strange ers before stepping out i said i really cant stay baby its cold outside i have to go away baby it cold outside i really y nt stay baby its cold outside you never know who youll et at barnes noble. the challenges facing the country never stop. So neither does thu. S. Army. We train. And get smarter. Every soldier. Every unit. Every day. Not to keep up with chahae; 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 come together, en when were apapt in stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and more, swanson makes holiday dishes delicious lips appear to agegeaster than other sksk. 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 fifit give the gift of f frero rocher. Ferrero rocher. Make your moments golden. Were only humum. We. Get. Ngry. Out of control, mad to the core, angry. So cancer, youve got two options. Get out of the way or get rolled over. Anger. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Once upon time there because pretty woman who came to the plaza with her mom and daughter. And it watodo list. Through the window. And little di that her prince charm ging was feet away. 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 t t ones that are not fuzzy. And guess what h fuzzy to me. Well, they exchanged phone numbers and then i turned into calls. The first night they talked for three hours, and then it turned into a dada, andwell, we will let you tell them. And they are jen mendez and lane snow. Welcome, welcomf. 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 oday 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 b bn to new york. So when you were on the 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 kathie lee. And i iaid, i just didnt even skip p beat, and i said, im so glad that we are here while you are realizing your lifelong dream. And so then yououtarted 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 gduated in class. And i sang with together. And i sang withis boss t ts is god wink stuff. Yes, tell the choir. And so, we were doing a radio show and we were tking about called upndou said, by the way, i met the guy at the plaza, and it is an amazing kind of 180, wasnt any. Yes. And he gave me satellite radio for my Christmas Gift and i was 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. Nd so when did it go from datiti 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 actually at her daughterss 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 a question, and can you tell worried to meet her lk, because i was wowoied abouou obv a m med couple, and so my concern was, that and she put me to eas quickly. And he said, is your dad going to have a problfm 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 yre a giants fan. Lifelong. We are big eagles fans. And by the i wash, happy birthday. And so we thought that you shouldldelebrate, 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 ofofhe wine that w w drink here on our show. And some mug, and hodas first book, and she has another one coming out, and one of my cd albums. I will give you one. And you know what we would like to make one suggestion . 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 . No. And real quick, are you happy to see your mom this way . Of course of course. I am happy to see her happy. And s in 2016, w wch hope that you become husbananand wife rit here on the plaza. And i will sing, what the heck. It is my lifelong dream. Cute pictures. A shoutout to the facebook friends who h he s stted the elf. Here is l. J. He found row jisegisregis. Way to go, l. J. Andndhet. J. Nd beth swanson and her son both found them. And haley found regis hide ing in the scarf. That is not an easy one. D we hope that mckenen 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 kim, and we will have him back in the new year. And now, tomorrow, we will h edition of ambush makeover. And alsls we will see you onnoon. Holiday travel ramping up today. A few reminders before you hit the road. And thhrain is here, b bt for how long . Kyle is tracking that for us l be back in 30 minutes, be