And it turned to love, and we m and just great. And if the holiday stress is zapping your energy, we have ha you goies continues all wk 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 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 the kettles, and it is to make christmas possible for those who wouldnt have otherwise. 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 ed 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 alchemist. And remember, yesterday we posted a a picture of yosef because he is single and still searching, and ra hey hey and for the first part, that 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 reason. 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. And now, finish the lyric. K how well people knew Christmas Songs so we sent donna adorable out on oc tree ochristmas out. 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 jingle all of the way and oh what fun it is to ride in a one 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 have ever heard her sing. Now, we are going to be singing guess the christmas song. Including us dont know them very well. So we are going to what do we do . They are all christ sho the no, we are going to listen or show it . We are doing to show it. We will see how many. And may all of the christmases be white. White christmas. 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. That is white christmas, too. Toe and ill be home for christmas. At home. And later we will have some pumpkin pie and some carolling oh. And carolling oh, it is the travel one im going to grandmas or all of that and later wie will have pumpkin pie. [ buzzer ] rocking around i sneed the music. You dont have it. Candy canes and silver bells aaglow it is beginning to look like christmas. Say hello the you know. Have a holly jolly christmas. 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 have other good news, the third piece of good news. My big fat greek wedding it is coming out for a sequel. So much fun. So to celebrate, we want to celebrate in style, and t ebrate the greek wa camera positions. Opa opa sorry jerry and the guys. That is a poster fromy original big fat greek wedding and check out the sequel poster there. It is is har i it, everybody from the original. In the new film they discover that the 1946 wedding didnt happen it never got signed so they are not legally married. And remember dex. And she wrote that, and i did not know it, but the original her an oscar for my big fat greek wedding. And we are so happy for her. And something happened at a hockey match. Te mood and the fight started and now listen. We wish you a Merry Christmas 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 w umpires, on the news 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 league has bp trying to the reduce the fighting allegedly. That is jack edwards there. And this is going make your day. And now, on this video was po posted with a little boy holding his little baby brother and 62 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. Can ile the you not to make it a about me, but im about to. That brings back a million memories. Cody was the same way with cassidy, and it is a blessing u that you know how much you are going to love your children, but you dont know how much you are going to love them loving each other. And to this 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. And now, i i nknow that you two have been having fun spotting may you wont spot him today, but who knows, maybe you will. And some celebrities have been showing elves visiting, too. Kardashians. Her elf plays pool. And this this one, the elves rolls. What is more fun than th. And here they are. And here they are watching prose fro 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 situatio situation. We 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 morning. In the mornings. I like s a not sunsets. I like the beginnings. 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 to people ma and see what hody had to say. I want to give a shout out to meg row who is a big fan of 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 friends and i had the chance to the eaph praying for you, and le you, honey. And ckudos to our friend eri hill who is battling. Yes sh, we love eric. And love you, sweetie, and praying for you. Ok okay. And have you felt up that g went . I am still looking. We will wake up donna adorable, and we have a winter wakeup call for you, gi is e going to be singing. Gi is e going to be singing. Good 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. Give now to the american cancer society. Feel a cold coming on . New zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45 . 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And now with help from Family Circle magazine is lydia floyd. Hello, ladies. Happy holidays. Wouldnt we like more energy and wake up like donna adorable and feel energized . And what are the abcs that little donna should do . Well, when she gets out of bed drop and give me ten squats, and ten pushups and ten lunges. And so the nice thing about this is that it is very easy and fast and exercise enhances the blood flow and pushes the oxygen throughout the body to get a lift all morning long just are from that. Just ten. She do go to the gym, just ten. And then what . A little aromatherapy behind her. And there are scents like peppermint that give you a boost of energy like jazmine and you can put it in the toothpaste and the lotion and the body wash. That is going to be the lift that you need. Real easy, right . And you can do what i do while you are brushing the teeth. Calisthenics, baby. And now, moving to breakfast. Nutritions say you want a healthy balance of the carbs and the fats and the proteins, so moothies th going to make your blood sugar crash and you dont want that. You want to be feeling full and energy day. Oops you are having such good reflexe reflexes. H is what you are expecting, coffee. But this is the unexpected part. It is when you drink the coffee. In is a difficult one for me. You know e some of the tricks that we have, and wait until 9 30. That ist not going to be happening. A shot. And can i ask you a question, because some people say one full glass of water when you wake up, because you are dehydrated. No, throughout the day, this is and we will get to that, but yes, hydration is important, because one of the signs of dehydration is feeling tired. And when i wake up, i drink a full glass and i feel much more awake of that than before. And we wake up so much earlier than normal. And yes, that is going to help a squeeze of lemon. An coffee, and a stick of gum. It is refreshing to give you a perk. Okay. Here is one that is different and we are calling it the wonder woman pose, all right. And we will be standing like this, an the hips and chest puffed out, and res research is showing a boost of testosterone. Absolutely. So you get up out of your chair here. Feeling power here. And here you go with the water, iced water, and it is the equivalent of splashing your face with the ice water, and get it down, and this is the healthy indulgence into the afternoon and instead of diving into the brownie or the cupcake, a little square of chocolate. Stop with one. I cant. But savor it. And here, music, it will get you going. If it gets going. It might not, but i thought that i tapped properly, but maybe not. And mno there we go. Everybody knows how the music can give you a nice boost. When you are stressed out, kit calm you down. And over and over again, yes. And one of my favorite Christmas Songs, green tea in the afternoon really perfect boost will give you the caffeine, and that boost is not too much, right . And tea can help you. And last but not least, a little massage. Under the ear lobe. Yes, these are the energy chann channels in the body. Now, thank you very much. They were two strangers when they stepped on to the plaza. They stepped on to the plaza. When its your job to protect the worlds greatest nation, they stepped on to the plaza. Its your responsibility to solve the worlds greatest challenges. This is why we search for the best and brightest. Why we train for every eventuality on land and water, in the air, space and even cyberspace. We operate in a complex world with one simple mission. Win. Olive gardens allnew flavorfilled pastas, with raviolis so nice we filled them twice. Bursting with indulgent flavors like chicken marsala ravioli, an irresistible twist on an old favorite. Plus unlimited salad and breadsticks. 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Temperatures climbing in spite of rain. 64 degrees by 6 00 this evening. Today is expected to be the busiest travel day of the christmas season. Jessica boyington is keeping an eye on whats happening on the air and on the ground. Right now were not seeing a big change in our morning drive. Weve avoided that rush hour. Were seeing the most problems at the Philadelphia International airport because of foggy conditions. Were working with a 73minute delay for arriving and departing flights. This accident scene has been out and lingering all morning. An accident information scene for a fatal accident. An overturned tractortrailer on the Atlantic City expressway westbound around exit 28 at route 54. The left lane is closed eastbound and westbound and like i said, 95 at cottman avenue, no traffic headed in or out of center city. Pennsylvanias budget stalemate could be headed toward a resolution. A bipartisan spending bill cleared a procedural hurdle in the statehouse yesterday. That means a spending package could land on governor tom wolfs desk sometime today. Im rosemary connors. Coming up at 11 00, well have a full hour of news. See you then. It is winesday wednesday and we are getting ready to play a specia 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 of this, donuts 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 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 are ugly. Back over to you kathie lee. What did you say indiana . Close. And this is a Christmas Day hot spot in japan, mcdonalds, pizza hut or kentucky fried chicken. Mcdonalds . She wanted the cd. The correct answer there is kentucky fried chicken. Kfc. Yes, they have convinced people there in japan since the ea7s 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 unique method to send this letter to santa roll it up in a bottle, place it in the bottom of the fireplace or place it on the window sill. Window sill. Good day for me. And it is that they thr the e for santa coming down the chimney. And yes, it is neat, because the santa 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 aththey are leag up to Christmas Place them on the window sill, but if they have been bad, they get a potato. And now, charlottesville. And now, in italian folk lohr, a character named befana brings gifts of good cheer to children, and what is befana . 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 f 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. Trulicity is not insulin. 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Give now to the american cancer society. Once upon time there because pretty woman who came to the plaza with her mom and daughter. And it was on todo list. And so they came to the look u through the window. And little did she kn that her prince charming was feet away. And in fact, a shot 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. Fuzzy to me. Happens. Well, they exchanged phone numbers and then texts and turned into calls. 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 years, you are out here coming to the today peek in the window. We wanted to be the stalker people. And the bucket list say we went to the today show. And what happened . Well, i came into new york with a friend of min work with friday and she had never been to new york. So you were with a girl . So when you were on the plaza, did you hear hnotice him . Well, it is just like this. I said, it is my lifelong dream to meet kathie lee. No sh, the way you really sa it. Okay, i was cranky, and i said, oh, it is my lifelong dream the meet kathie 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 the town where she grew up. Yes, after i was gone. And my old boss from where i u used to work there graduated in her hiclass. And i sang with t. And i sang with 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 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 know who i 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 for now almost six years. Six years. And so i proposed a couple of years ago, and we were actually at her Daughters College in newport, and so i proposed to e her, and the mascot of the college came over while i proposed. And one of my favorite stories and i hope that you can quickly, when you brought him home, you asked her a question, and can you tell worried to meet her folk, because i was worried about, obviously, a mixed couple, and so my concern was, that and she put me to ease 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 he is goi you are a lifelong. We are big eagles fans. And by the i wash, happy birthday. And so we thought that you should celebrate, and so we 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, and one of my cd albums. I have the new book on order. 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 here 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 so in 2016, which hope that you become husband and wife right here on the plaza. And i will sing, what the heck. It is my lifelong dream. And have you found regis . We will find out with some cute pictures. More people protect their homes with state farm. Talk to a local agent or find one at statefarm. Com a shoutout to the facebook friends who have spotted the elf. Here is l. J. He found row jegiregis. Way to go, l. J. And there is t. J. And beth swanson and her son both found them. And haley found regis hide ing in the scarf. That is not an easy one. And 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 picture him, and we will miss him, and we will have him back in the new year. And now, tomorrow, we will have l edition of ambush makeover. And also, we will see you tomorrow. On. Right now at 11 00, long trips are beginning with long lines. Plenty of people are packing Philadelphia International airport right now on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Good morning, im rosemary connors. Big crowds combined with fog and rain you see it right behind me are causing some delays. We have Team Coverage of the holiday travel, Jessica Boyington is keeping an eye on the roads and whats happening at the airport. Brittney shipp is tracking the weather. We begin with Monique Braxton live at philly international with more on the passengers there. Hey, monique. Reporter hey, rosemariment we saw a o