Gift. And we sent Liliana Vasquez to the north pole and find out what she found there. Real live reindeer. And old dominion are going to be performing their latest single for us. I i know, that we are all feeling terrible for the guy who had the best year of anybody would be of course steve harvey. Steve harvey is a friend of ours and a great guy. And you know when nice people make a mistake, you feel horrible. Yeah, yeah. But he made a whopper. He did and it happened live on television during the Miss Universe pageant. Thats a whopper. And he crowned the wrong ms. Colombia instead of ms. And this is the moment. Miss universe 2015 is colombia [ applause ] i have to apologize. The first runnerup is colombia. Miss universe 2015 is philippines. Philippines. But he said something else. This is exactly what is on the card, but i will take responsibility for this, and please dont hold it against the ladies, and please dont. A great night. Oh, gosh. Ugh if you were watching it last night live like some people were, amanda, avery, they didnt actually take the crown off to give it to the other woman on tv, and so they saw miss colombia with the crown on and miss philippines next to her clapping. And then it was worse, he tweeted it out how sorry he was and then spelled both countries wrong. He spilled philippians which is a wonderful book in the bible. And colombia was spelled columbia. And you know how you mess up and then it just keeps messing it out and one causes the next and the next. Yes, it is because he wanted and he took credit and didnt blame anybody else. He is a great guy, everybody. And i like him taking, he didnt blame it on everybody. We as you try to brush it off when its us. And he even showed the card. And heres how, the two women really acted like a champ. Heres them backstage. Do you have anything to say to your fans . Everything happens for a reason. So im happy. Im happy for all what i did for becoming this way, so im so happy. Thank you for all, thank you for voting for me. We love you its a very nontraditional yeah, very, very 2015. Why is ms. Usa there . She was third runnerup, though, right . She was support. No, second runnerup, because ms. Colombia was first runner. Why dont you just say youre a second, youre a third . I dont know. I dont know. Steve harvey looked at the card and saw first and thought colombia. Dont you think your brains funky when youre in the middle of something . My brains funky right now. That explains it. He says his motherinlaw and mic. Thanks for coming to visit. Nice talkin to you. All righty, Merry Christmas to yall. We do have a statement from ms. Universe. She said the excitement of live tv was evident. Means humor error can come into play. Unfortunately, donald trump was asked something. And both of them, he basically said i would have given both of them the crown and if he were running ms. Universe this never would have happened. Vintage donald. Amy poehler and tina fay were back together, two besties hosting snl, and a lot of people were wondering if they would reprise their roles as Hillary Clinton and sarah palin. Take a look. You changed your hair. People said i should, so i did. Arent you worried about the republicans . Whos their front runner . I will tell you but only if you grab onto something to brace yourself. Tell me. Im warning you. Just tell me. Donald trump. Oh, geez, it looks like i went through time and space again. Had to become a secretary. Of state that was a real fun election, i was paired up with that cute lil jon ttle john mccain fella, may he rest in peace, im guessing. Still alive. I will let you get back to sleep. Yes, i need to get back to 2008 and send a bunch of emails. No cute, too cute. Their movie was wellreviewed. But its obviously in the juggernaut of star wars, it didnt do so well. I think it might be one of those things people go to later. If you didnt stick around to the very last of snl, you missed out on something. Paul mccartney joined the boss, bruce springsteen, and trust us, it was excellent. You better not pout, im tellin you why santa claus is comin to santa claus is coming to town he always, i dont know, he looks terrific he works out a lot. Theres something very cute i havent seen. Have you seen this . Hmmm. Microsoft opened a new store right down the street from apple. Its a new commercial for the holidays, addresses the rivalry, i guess its legendary between the two companies, lets look. Let peace begin with me let this be my moment now with every step i take let this be my solemn vow to take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally and let it begin with me [cheers and applause] pretty cool they auditioned everybody that worked for them and said we want the best singers weve got. Thats what were hearing. I dont know if its true. But microsoft got permission from apple to film the stores. Thats very, very sweet. Thats something you dont often hear me say around here. Its a beautiful song. Has a beautiful sentiment to it. So Theresa Giudice is going to get home before christmas. Shes expected to be home on wednesday. Shows confined, shes got like home confinement, and shell be there until february 5th. I dont think shell mind home confinement. Shell be with her kids. Shes been there since january. Then her husbands going next for 41 months. And then after that, he may be taken out of the country back to italy . . Merry christmas. The pop sugar boxes, people are getting them. Remember the things we told you that had our favorite things in them. Theyve been arriving, and we told you to take pictures. Lark tommy got hers in arizona. She took this picture with her goodies. One is all she got. Go to klg and hoda. Com. Tell them where to purchase this gift box. One person got it . What happened . Hoda . Chocolate. It looks like chock lacht look at the red lipstick. Hold on. Wipe off mine. I took it off. Okay. And its chocolate it wont last very long, right . Because youll eat it off. Its chocolate lipstick. Its a miracle. My god, its a christmas miracle. It tastes like chocolate. Youll be licking your lips all day long. 48. Isnt that interesting . Mine is a Daily Planner for 2016 by anchored press. It includes daily bible verses and inspired devotions, and i have a friend who has a boat, so i thought i would give it to her, because look how nautical it looks. Emily, if youre watching, thats for you, 49 from anchored press. Com. Can you believe it really is lipstick in. I dont think it is, but it looks beautiful, ive got to say. Coming up, how john legend gets Chrissy Teigens wheels spinning. The latest buzz right after this. Is. Phlegmy cough. Yeah. But what about mike . He has that dry scratchy thing going on. Guess what . It works on his cough too. Cough guess what . 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Alkaseltzer heartburn reliefchews. All righty. It is time for today thes buzz when we bring you a wrapup of all of the hollywood headlines that you may have missed. And bob is here. We love you. I love you. We loved you first. And taylor swift with another good, good deed. Talking about the fantasticness of taylor swift, over the weekend, she went to colorado to visit a child with cancer. A 13 year old, delaney has blastoma, and so her mother said you have a guest, and she came in and visited her and they took instagrams. So dear. It really is sweet. This all started because friends of delaneys started a hash tag of delaney meets taylor, and thousands of people retweeted it and now they are best friends, and it is beautiful. Taylor is great. What a beautiful person. And the way she uses her celebrity to do so much good. Concert film just came out this week on itunes and she says that her favorite place is blank space, and so in this break in the tour she is going to become a mixologist, and how fun. Yes. And she is going to learn how to make drinks. She should come here, and make us a drink. Start a hashtag for us. And john legend and chrissy teigen. An interesting christmas gift. I think theyre the most fun couple out there. And he got what he called her dream cheese wheel. She says that she he got a cheese wheel to cook my pasta side. Basically, i dont know if youve ever had pasta rolled in the cheese wheel. It coats it in deliciousness. Any pasta served any other way is like being the runnerup at oh thats not what i thought it was. You actually cut the stuff in there . Its hot and cooked and you roll it in this cheese wheel. And its just. And you put that in the fridge . Its a storage thing. You do need storage. I think they can afford it. Honey, wheres the cheese wheel . Thats one of the things i craved so much when i was pregnant. She loves food. She has a cookbook coming out in february. Im eating and shell make pasta. Star wars knocked it out of the park. Could you imagine . Did anyone see anything else . 538 million. Thats worldwide. 238 million domestically, and 538 million worldwide. Thats including china and everything. It broke records. But thank you for asking. 68 of the audience of star single lady out there, go to the star wars movie. There are a lot of men. The ratio is pretty good. Call chewbacca, and youll get a date. Beautys in the eye of the beholder. Did you see it . Im not an Opening Weekend crowd kind of person. Im going to wait a couple weeks. That numbers going to keep growing. And sisters took in 13. 4, and i think they are going to benefit from all the publicity, the fold posters in the theater. And alvin. It was the least successful movie in the alvin series. Is your phone ringing . No. Pick it up. Its us you could be our fan of the week. Or not. But dont worry, we didnt leave liliana out in the cold. Shes going to show us the magical trip she took to the north pole coming up after this. Cute. Cute. T, challenges, whatever they might be. So, the u. S. Army masters not only tactics and strategy, but also physics and chemistry. We make battle plans and create breakthroughs in medicine, science and engineering. Our next mission could be anything. Now its time to surprise our fan of the week. Drum roll, please, while we spin the globe, and today its landed, hoda in boston, massachusetts. Thats where our friend lauren watches us. Shes with us via skype. Is that your mom with you . Yes were going to tell everybody why you were chosen. Throughout college, lauren watched our show and never missed an episode. And she never went to school excellent. Now that shes a tax accountant, she must have graduated. She watches from her desk, so sneaky. My accountant, but i have to be on time and i cant file an extension. Sorry. Last year, her home was broken into and a lot of belongings why stolen, including her computer. She loves the today ambush makeover and wine has helped her through rough patches. Its nice to have a nice big mug of it. Its time to put you to test with a trivia question. Are you ready . Our elf on the shelf surfaces af day in a new spot. Whats our elfs name . Regis yes woo youve won a fabulous resort vacation, you and a guest are going to be headed to the bahamas, where you will stay four day, three nights at the one and only ocean club. Which is beautiful. Oh, i love that place. Youll also receive dipper for are you going to take your mom or some special person . Yes oh, have a great time. And thank you for watching. Hon. Merry christmas. Well tell you how to keep little ones busy. And we sent our own liliana to the north pole, really, to helpers. It is funday monday, with more of today, and while youre stringing lights to get in the christmas spirit, theres one place where its christmas all yearlong. It is, its the north pole, alaska, we september our girl Liliana Vasquez straight to the source. How was it . The temperature was just above 20 below. And i only had four hours of daylight, but i suited up to met some Pretty Amazing people. Cool. I made it im here in the north pole. But i only have about four hours of daylight to track down santa. So we gotta move. Time was limited, but i had a perfect idea of where to start. Wait, wait, wait, stop, stop, stop. How are you doing . Fine. Are you taking letters to santa. I just did it. Do you know where i can find him . Down that way. Hi im liliana. Nice to meet you. Oh, you jingle. Now these outfits lead me to believe that you have some inside info on where santa is. We are the king and queen of north pole. Santas at his workshop getting ready for the holidays. You might ask the mayor. Where might i find the mayor . Over there. City hall. City hall. Should i courtesy . Yes. I found the mayor trimming the city hall tree. Does santa live in the north pole year round . Santa does live here year round. Even in the summer he doesnt take a vacation in hawaii . You might see him vacationing every now and then. Husky, which way to the kids . Thank you. Knock, knock. Is this caseys class . Yes. Its christmas time, and im having the hardest time finding santa claus. Okay. Who here has seen him . Where did you see santa . At the hockey party. Where did you see him . Can you guys draw me a map to santa . Yeah. Go down the road, turn this way, turn again and thats santa . Yeah thank you guys so much. Happy holidays. Youre welcome, liliana. With help from the kids, i could feel myself getting closer. Next up, an ice sculpt tour park. It takes about one week to build this slide. Its about 135 feet long. I hear its super fast, and something tells me that maybe santa is at the end of the slide. Ah woo you know what . I didnt find santa, but i had a lot of fun. Hi, buddy. I was wondering, could you me know where santa is . And finally, i got a nod in the right direction. I found santas house. Where better to find santa than at home. Whoa hello, liliana, what are you doing here . Santa, i have been looking for you all day long. So what do you want, liliana . Really simple, and its really just one thing. Okay. Wow. What was it . You cant tell. I cant tell, but i did tell santa that i wanted to bring some special gifts for you guys, so i brought these back from the north pole for you to wish you a very, very happy holiday. Oh, thank you. Theyre direct from the north pole elf in trainle, north pole alaska. Oh, you got me a big one. It fits, hoda. Thank you, thank you. By the way, the north pole is crazy. Honestly, i felt like i was actually did fly all the way to. There. It takes a long time and the people are sweet. The children that you met, do their parents all work there . Its a big military base, and they love living in fairbanks in the north pole. If you have the opportunity to go, go, its the most beautiful. I thought you were if a n a mall or something. You can catch more of liliana on klg and hoda. Com. And to see what he does in his off time, you can see building off the grid on the diy network. And the latest hits. And creative ways to keep your kids busy on the holidays coming up after this. Cant believe the hat fits. Thank you. You. T the rent is outrageous. Good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. With great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. X [doorbell] delivery. Hey. Lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. Have a good one. Ah, these small new york apartments. Protect your belongings. Let geico help you with renters insurance. [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] everyones life. Thats why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. Delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. Thats three times longer than the leading cough liquid. All night. This week marks the slow rollout to the start of winter country. But keeping them busy can sometimes be a challenge. Angie goff is here. And shes a nbc washington reporter. Check out her family, shes the mother of two. Great to see you, happy holidays. After christmas comes and goes, what stays with us . The kids who are home from school break, and to try to beat that cabin fever can be a challenge. Coloring. Kids love to color, but they get bored with it. So you probably i have a ton of wrapping paper. Stuff thats cheap. You color on the back. Use the whiteside of that. The tables on it literally. Whos under there . Thats what we have little sophia doing. This is the michelangelo style. Like mike chelangelo on the sistine chapel. Are we playing hopscotch . We are. We are taking an oldie but a goody and bringing it back in style. Everybody has the blue painters tape laying around. So you can create this on your own floor. If you want something you can whip out whenever you want it. I took this yoga map and used masking tape. Great idea. Their is beautiful kathryn. Way to go, kathryn. And this is actually an idea that was suggested by holly Parenting Team. We used to play hopscotch in school. I used to love it. I had a refresher course. Thanks, hon, that was, length. T. J. , what are you up to . P. J. Got the funnest game of all. Get the kids out in the snow, thats what Parenting Team members say, we took food coloring, mixed it with water, put it in cheap squirt bottles. And they can spend hours outside doing that. But if not, this is really easy. Take everything from bowls, cupcake pans, any kind of pan really, freeze blocks of ice with mixed food coloring and water, and you have your ice blocks. You dont want to touch them right now. But you can make your own ice skults tours. And eventually theyll melt. And finally, this is one of my favorite things. What i created was a time capsule. You want to get these printables. And they give you these chances to write out a survey and what youve accomplished this year and also what you predict is going to happen in five years. This is the copelin family. They have included everything from mementos. Ribbon, thats how tall their child was that year. Throw the pictures in. I dont we dont have all the time to do it. You close it up. Lock it up. Lock it up and put on a little sign that says do not open until 2020. Thats a cute idea. Something to do as a family. Make sure you store it in a dry place. Angie, thank you for coming. To share your own ideas go to today. Com Parenting Team. Old dominion performs one of the citi Concert Series on today, is proudly presented to you by citi. Old dominion is the nickname for the u. S. Commonwealth of virginia. But its also a charttopping music band. Today they are making their national tv debut. Here with snap back off meetin candy is old dominion. 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It brings a lot of joy to kids and families all over the u. S. It sure does, and here again partners, from jax pacific. What do you have for us . Were donating over 178,000 retail value worth of toys today. This has got to be one of the hottest. Elsa, and she is nominated as girlfriend of the year. Whether you donate your time or money, giving back is just as good for the giver as it is for the receiver. We value kids, because theyre the future for tomorrow. Its more than a play thing. Its an esteem builder, they can create their own lasting memories. This is for the kids who dont have anything. This is so important. Thank you so much. Remember, you have until tomorrow to donate. Go to klg and hoda. Com to donate. Guess whos goi here tomorrow . Susan lucci. My favorite days