Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. Hi. Hey. I really shouldnt be doing this on the air. Hey, everybody. It is wines day wednesday. So delighted youre here with us. It is december 11th. You have two weeks, missy, until christmas. Its two weeks from today. Two weeks . Two weeks. Tell everybody how much youve done. How prepared are you . Ive done nothing yet. Well show our trees tomorrow because you did do that. Kind of. Havent bought a single thing yet. You . Yeah. Yeah. Im finished. I am finished because i have have yourself a merry Little Christmas thats good. Piano guys. Piano guys are here. Theyre a lot of fun. Theyre from utah. Theyre a bunch of dads and they do these videos. And well help you rate your marriage. Get out those number two pencils. All right. This morning it was bitter cold here in new york. My first winter with a dog. Hoda is having a reality check. I love blake. I know. But went out at 4 30 in the morning, took him out for a spin. He loved it outside. He didnt have a coat on. What was the temperature . It was 23. What was the windchill . Probably a lot colder. It was windy. Yeah. I noticed as you look around new york, if anyones ever seen manhattan, you see people walking dogs. They all have parkas, coats, little boots. Scarves. Ear muffs. I started feeling bad. Maybe he should have a coat on him. He seems to love it. He has his own coat anyway. Beautiful little fur coat. I tweeted out this morning, do you have coats for your dogs . Well, you got a response. People have coats for their dogs. Do you know who he looks like . The grinch. He looks like gerard. Hes adorable. He looks like the grinch. Lets see the next one. Look at the hood. Thats a whole fullon thing. And what else do we have . Now, do dogs need coats . Whats the correct answer to the question . I think what they need more than coats is booties because of the salt they put down for the ice. That can be damaging to their paws. Hes naked out there, right . I didnt know the first day. There was salt. Did you wipe it off when you got home . I wiped it off. They talked about those little plastic what do you call them . Theyre disposable. Little galoshes except theyre plastic and you throw them away . Am i saying it right . Is that what you meant . I dont know what she wants me to say. Im trying to be helpful. Is that what you mean . The disposable ones, yeah. Thats what i meant. Okay. We want to ask viewers, do you put a coat on your dog or is it a new york thing. Or chicago or minneapolis or people who live in apartments. Were really talking about that. If you dont have a yard to put your dog in. My dogs coat isnt really thick has he has a normal coat. Tail wagging. Look at him. All right, hoda. We hear that jimmy fallon is at it once again. The man would have no career if he didnt have lets hear what he has to say. Pros and cons of christmas in new york. Here we go. Pro, going to Rockefeller Center to see the tree get lit. Con, going to the fourth hour of the today show to see the hosts get lit. Same place. Turn around. Theres the tree. Dont have to move. Dont have to move. Who is that guy . Who is that guy, getting in on the jokes . That was the sidekick. Oh, ive never seen him before. You havent . No. The voice was on last night. Its getting down to the nitty gritty. Down to the top three. Top finalists perform. Two were sent home. The ones who made it are tessanne, the girl we love and the other girl who we adore, on christinas team, jacquie. Im not sure which one she is. These are the bottom three. Of these, two are gone. Lets watch. Shameless oh i dont have the power now i dont want it any how so ive got to let it go without you i cant live with or without you the sound of feet upon the ground carry on no its never gonna stop us now okay. And those are the three. So only one survived. One survived. I think it was the last one that survived. You do . I think it was the first one with the beard. Youve heard them all along. Im at a disadvantage. Who is it . Will from team adam was saved. You were right but wait a minute. The guy with the beard, he was so good. Oh, my god. Showbiz sucks. Wait a second. Is there no one from team blake . No. So nobody is in the finals from the voice is over. Its not over. Three people would like to think theres a chance, hoda woman. I cant believe team blake that means the streak is broken. Yes. Thats what i mean. He has always won this is huge. He has won it three years in a row, right . Yes. Its somebody elses turn, hoda. Like when the yankees won every single like when the giants do. But, you know, when the yankees you have to have somebody else have a chance. Whose team was the guy from that they saved . Team adam. Sexiest man of the year. He has mojo. Cee lo has nobody and blake has nobody. Oh, okay. Thats it. Now you are uptodate. What else is going on . A couple of musical stories since were on the music roll, right . Robin thicke and will ferrell. Oh, thank goodness. Will ferrell is promoting everywhere he goes. And in a very unusual way. He can sing that ron burgundy. He teamed up with robin thicke to sing ride like the wind. I sound good. Ride like the wind youre riding like the wind, for those of you who dont know. I was born the son of an honest man with a girl in my hand something is dangerous. I love that song. Is that robin thicke . I just love that song. Whatever happened to him . I cant believe thats robin thicke. Because we dont usually hear him in that register. We usually hear him in that higher register. Youre right. He is a terrific musician. He really is. But i couldnt tell what ron burgundy was saying. Second thing to go from your eyes is your ears. Yeah. Lea michele released her first single off the debut album called canon ball. Lets listen. Like a canon ball like a canon ball i love it. There seems to be a ball thing lately. Wrecking ball, canon ball. I love her. Its interesting to hear her take on Something Different from shes very successful, very, very talented. If they end up doing funny girl on the nbc musical next year you know what . Youre right. Who actually knows how to sing very well. Youre right. We have to show you this photo. This is a picture of Gisele Bundchen multitasking getting her makeup done, hair done and nails done while breastfeeding. The caption was, what would i do without this beauty squad after 15 hours of flying and only 3 hours of sleep . Multitasking. Shes certainly right. I dont know how shes doing it without one arm. What happens if your nails are wet. Her nails are getting done. Maybe shes just getting buffed. You really do need to hold on to your baby with two i dont think shes multitasking. Shes very passive in that equation. She knew there was a camera there, something tells me. On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your relationship . You and i have a ten, hoda. We do. From your arguments to your sex life, the questions you should start asking each other right now. And for the person who has everything, finally, something they dont have. Some unique items youre going to find online to make awesome gifts. You should do your shopping today, on the show. [ coughs, sneeze announcer today all night is sponsored by alkaseltzer plus. Rest. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil cold and flu liquid gels dont unstuff your nose. They dont . [ male announcer ] nope. They dont have a decongestant. Really . [ male announcer ] really. Alka seltzer plus night fights your worst cold symptoms, plus has a fastacting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ inhales deeply ] alka seltzer plus. Oh. What a relief it is. [ male announcer ] cant find theraflu, try alka seltzer plufor fast liquid cold and flu relief. How happy are you . Eight. Ten being perfectly happy and one being totally miserable or just respond instinctively. Okay. Ready . Ready. Eight. Eight. Thats brad pitt and Angelina Jolie in mr. And mrs. Smith, rating their marriage. It turns out thats not such a bad deal. Giving your marriage a numerical score can actually benefit your relationship. Here with the questions you should be asking to see how yours stacks up is elizabeth bernstein, who recently wrote an article. Here with psychotherapist, excuse us, barry neuman, and author of a new book. Fascinating article. How do people go about rating their relationships . Researchers and clinicians said this would be a very good tool for people to use at home. You want to know what is wrong in your marriage and you basically cant fix something unless you know whats wrong. You also want to know whats good. You go about asking yourself what different areas of a marriage are important . These are the three things that you say couples should rate themselves on. These are interesting. Heres the first one. My partner doesnt keep any big secrets from me. The second is my partner and i share every day news and experiences with each other. And the third is our bodies respond when we see each other. Those are the three. Thats all you need. Thats it . You said Something Interesting early on. You know when something is wrong, but you dont know what it is . You dont know what it is. How can that be . You live with this person. You know when your sex life isnt good, right . You know when he makes you angry or she. Genders are different. People are very often satisfied with different parts of life and Different Things are important to them. The crucial part about scoring is that healthy marriages always work as a team to find out how we can make things better. Its a misnomer to think we have to wait until something is wrong and then fix it. Healthy couples look at the problem as the enemy. But they dont know what the problem is, is my point. You dont know until you sit and say regularly, once a year, whatever, how are we doing . Are we together making our needs met and known . How can we Work Together as a team to make them better . What is good, too, not just what is bad but what is good, too. Sure. There are certain areas couples have to see eye to eye. Some of these things may matter more to the husband and more to the wife. Some see it as a big problem and some see it as a big yawn. I tell people not to worry about the scores being different because thats what makes men and women different. We learn from each other. Sex, communication. Those things might be different. We say to each other, how do we work it out . Most couples talk about their marriage in a negative rant. When were angry we say, you never do this. You our love is so important, what can we both do to make it better . Lets talk about how we should make it better to be best. Shouldnt this be a conversation you have before you get married . That would be a great idea. I think its awfully a good idea to get a bit of counseling before you go into this thing, what your expectations are. Often people go too late to marriage counseling. Some people think when they do go early, gosh, you already have issues, youre already discussing things before you get started. I dont think if you discuss it that mean you have a problem. Thats what the healthy couples do. Ive had people come to my talks 60 years theyre married and say were always working and always learning. Every couple who is longterm married are still looking around the corner. What can we learn here . How can we still have fun . Its constant. What if one part of the couple thinks the marriage is just fine and the other one thinks theyre not signing up . I talked to a lot of therapists about that. They said that is a big problem. One person who is mentally checked out and one person in denial. Those kinds of marriages need some professional help. And thats the nice thing about scoring. Sometimes when you take a questionnaire, instead of saying how is your marriage . Its okay. When you say, well, its a four or three. Oh, its not so okay. And then you get a book, dvd, go to a therapist. You do something active. Most people come to me way too late. Thats the issue. Most honey mooners would say they rate it a ten. They do. Theyre in that blissful but longterm marriages and our wounded warriors, they come back and maybe theyre not able to perform sexually or something, but something happens, a dynamic between the wife and husband and its a sexless marriage, in a sense, but its a deeper, richer love affair in many ways. Sure. Think about the difference when you say premarital counseling, thats an excellent idea but nobody is prepared for children. No one is prepared for the issues. Or illness. Or illness or death. Thats why you have to keep checking it out. I tell people a month before your anniversary, score your marriage. Not the night before, please. Spoil. Work at it so you hit that anniversary we could talk about this for a whole hour. Thanks so much. For more information on how to find the relationship quizes head to klgandhoda. Com and press the connect button. We promise youll give these Holiday Gifts a high score, we promise. Some of the most unusual gifts youll find online after this. [ female announcer ] what does he really want for the holidays. Wishin and hopin and thinkin and prayin you give him ky yours mine. Its naughty and nice. All you got to do is hold him and kiss him [ female announcer ] bandaid brand waterproof toughstrips. Designed with a foursided seal. Theyre waterproof, shielding out water, dirt, and germs. cause bandaid helps heal me [ female announcer ] and they make great Holiday Gifts the holidays are always a good time to show how much you care. If you wanted to do that with something out of the ordinary, you have come to the right place. Weve scoured the internet for hidden jems and she always comes up with them. You sure do. This is the opposite of a fruitcake. Youre not going to regift them. You can get them all online. Everyone loves their poochies. Pastel originals, start at 45 for an original work of art, unframed, dogs in pastels. Is that bambino . It is. Gift certificate before christmas. Thats nice. Awfully late for that. Thank you. Its not too late for this. You both should have stock in wineries all over the world. Were working on that. Shes ahead of you. If you dont consume as much as you, you can adopt a vine for one price only for five years, you get a certificate, tag on a vine in california. After the vine matures in five years, you get vino etched with your name in it. How cute. Barbour farm. Harbour. I told you, the eyes are the first to go. Beautiful. Thats fun. Moving on to the carbohydrate factor, mini donut factory. Stop it. Its a splurge, its 149. When you count up how much you spend when you take the kids to get donuts and coffee, it makes 60 donuts in a second. What . Im sorry, 30 in a minute. That is great. Most popular mom in the world. Kids would love that. Pretty good and you dont have to pay for the donut shop. This becomes an instant heirloom. This artist hand stamps letter by letter, vintage silver plated and it says kathie lees licks, frank, pucker up. Hoed a hodas hot chocolate. Good morning, hannah. Anything you want. Terrific message. So sweet. How much does that cost . It starts at 16. 50 and goes up. So very affordable. This is incredible. Starts at 5. I took the liberty to send a message from you to frank. Lets go to the videotape. I cant wait. Meet me under the mistletoe in the living room at 8 00 pm. Come unwrapped. Nobody wants to see that. Thats adorable. Well change it. Come wrapped, frank, if youre watching. I thought it meant me. Okay. Adorable. You send it in and they send you a link or something . A link, and you send it to anybody you want. Okay. Colored toilet paper. Everybody needs it. Yes. You can only get it at gracious home right now. Fantastic from europe. You give it to the person who has everything. Okay. Last, but not least in oldtime europe, everyone had a monogram. You can have one, too. Look at hoda. Look at hodas. Wow where would one use that without looking like youre totally in love with yourself . Its block art. Use it as a headboard, wall art. Were ready to play who knew . In case youre not aware, today is the anniversary of Joe Dimaggios retirement. In case you didnt know. To those who get the questions right, they get 100. To those who dont, they get kathie lees cd. Here to help me in the studio is aarp magazine contributor Barbara Hannah reperman. Are you ready . Yes, and who knew life could be so great after 50 . Its not. Im just kidding. From memphis, right . Jack nicholson played a man facing retirement in which 2002 film, as good as it gets, how do you know, about schmidt or anger management . As good as it gets. This has like 14 great songs on it. Look, she looks happy. The correct answer is about schmidt. Yes. Jack nicholson, we love him. He is really like a bad boy but i think he has found his calling to be a poster child on how to be really cool as you get older. Like the bucket list, its all about living your best life after 50. He gets it. Back across to kath. Celebrating her birthday today here from indiana. Indianapolis, i think she said. What is the current average age of retirement in america . 57, 59, 61 or 63 . 61. I think thats right. 61. Yeah, good job. Ten years ago, it was 59. It really is climbing steadily up, according to aarp. A lot of americans are pushing retiring further and further away. Sure. Thats one of the big reasons why aarp dropped retire from its name officially a few years ago. Theres a big trend happening in america. People are retiring from their first jobs and going into their second and sometimes third, like i did. Excellent. Back across to kath. Youre from birmingham, right . Yes, maam. Which of these musical acts has never signaled their intention to retire with a farewell tour . Cher. Barbara streisand, kiss or the Rolling Stones . Cher . Oh, no. Cher said goodbye, i think, five times. Yeah. The correct answer here, the only group is the Rolling Stones. They just keep on rolling, right . They do. They all do. All these other acts do, too. Even though they did say byebye like Barbara Streisand in 2000, she came back in 2006, and gene simmons from kiss just said recently we have a good five to ten years left. And cher is actually coming back in 2014 with a huge world tour. Yeah. Shes something. Just rockin and rollin. Back across to kath. Gentleman from chicago. Which state has the greatest number of people over 65 . Florida, california, new york or arizona . Going to have to go with florida. Youre going to love this cd. Its really good. I would have guessed florida, too. But the correct answer, california. Sure. Well, yes, because its a very tricky question. According to aarp, the largest percentage is in florida, but the largest number of people over 65 is in california. Thats a trick question. Its so cold here right now, i would go to either of those places even though im only 56. Lets go. Back across to kath. Another birthday girl here from the beautiful town of atlanta. All of the following celebrities will turn 65 in 2014 except who is it . Bruce springsteen, meryl streep, Vicki Lawrence or Pierce Brosnan . Lets say Pierce Brosnan. Happy birthday. Wow i cant believe that bruce springsteen, meryl streep and Vicki Lawrence are turning 65. I know. They should be shouting to the world, this is what 65 looks like. Lets talk about Pierce Brosnan. He is 60 and sexy and dashing and incredible. All of us are showing how to age well and how great life can be after 50. They just keep on going. Thank you so much. Kathie lee will come back across the street. Were going to talk Holiday Gadgets for yourself or for a friend. And who knew they had 300 million views on youtube . The very talented piano guys show us what theyve got. First, these messages. So you can see like right here i can just. You know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim. You know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. Oh, thats so cool. Well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. No dude, youre on the jumbotron whoa. Ah. Yeah, pretty much walked into that one. Geico anywhere anytime. Just a tap away on the geico app. Its time to change the way we and free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. Lysol power free has more cleaning power than bleach. The secret is the Hydrogen Peroxide formula. It kills 99. 9 of germs. Thats healthing. Powerful cleaning thats family friendly. Lysol. Start healthing. And for where it matters most, try new lysol power free pourable. Make the seasons and friends a little more festive this year, we have got what you need. Here with the gadgets, author of gadget nation, steve greenberg. Hi, steve. Love your ugly sweater. That is hideous. Catzilla with lacers opening packages and we made the hem here is like that is great. Of course, you need to complete the look with fancy santa hat. Jingle bells. Jingle bells do you like that . No. Moving along. Somebody will. Lets dim the lights, shall we . Musical pathway lights. The motion sensors would trigger this as you come up the pathway. 30 different songs come along with it. And lights the way as your guests come to your home. Neat idea . Is that affordable . About 80. Hammacher schlemmer. If you do it up your whole drive way it could be a problem. You get three with that. This is the wine box. You ladies need that. If you have a brotherinlaw you want to control. Teenager. Put it on here, set the lock. They cant get to the liquor that way. No, no, no. Thats from amazon wine. Perfect. Next. Thank you, hoda. These are candy cane spoons. Theyre spoons made out of candy canes. Clever. Dip them in hot chocolate or put them in hot chocolate. Ill try it. Thats very clever. Delicious. There you go. What a smart idea. Six for 6. From partycity. Com. Adorable. Next for in the morning, reindeer waffles. This is so cute. Reindeer waffles, chefs choice. You dont have to eat each prop, you know. You can put other things in or just that one . That is it. You bring it out once a year. But its adorable. You could do it all winter. Wayfarer. Com, 50. Not bad. Shall we dim the lights again . Absolutely. Please dim the lights. Light show power strip. This is from skymall. Com. Put ordinary lights into this power strip. You can make flashing lights, do the chase. Whole bunch of different options. I like the chase. 25. Theres an indoor version, outdoor version. Do you shop on sky mall . I love sky mall. Great, great stores. Lot of great things there. Absolutely. Making a tree easier to deal with. Snowflake thirsty ornament. You hang it on your tree like a regular ornament but a string goes down into the pot. When its dry, the light starts to flash to remind you to water your tree. Do you know how much water that tree outside takes . How much . 90,000 gallons a day. Are you kidding . 90,000 gallons a day . Its true. I want Fact Checking on that. Somebody fact check that. Somebody google it. Its true. 90,000 gallons a day. This tree doesnt handle that much. But this is a funnel. That tree is plastic. Well, yeah. It goes down on the side. You put it at the top. Tree nanny. Very cute. And it has a thing here that will play music when its dry as well. Good stuff. Always a pleasure. Ho, ho, ho. Ho, ho, ho. Yeah. They rose to fame covering everyone from adele to one directions hits known as the piano guys. Love them. Its great. Fall is finally here. And for every season theres a reason to watch wake up with al weekday mornings on the weather channel. Its just right. All your local weather and travel stories. The front will move through. That will change the temperatures. You cant beat this weather. Everything you need to know first thing. Were sort of like a killer app in the morning. Tap into us. Announcer wake up with al with Stephanie Abrams and al roker weekday mornings at 6 00 and 10 00 only be on the roker weekday mornings at 6 00 and 10 00 only be on the weather channel. Ready or not. [ female announcer ]. So you can be up there. Here i come [ female announcer ]. Down there, around there. And under there for him. 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You think back and say, how did those relationships happen . The cousins. Those happened with us. Now here we are with 90,000 albums floating away. No. Number. Thats cruel. I liked them before. Im teasing. You guys get stopped on the street before somebody asking for directions, yeah. You get the chicks. You get the chicks. We have beautiful wives, thanks to our music. Thats right. Our title track on the album. Angels we have heard on high, four guys on a piano. Were so excited, you guys. Here they are, the piano guys. Gloria in Excelsis Deo Gloria in excelsis deo oh, gosh. That was fantastic, you guys. The piano guys. We love that. Merry christmas, guys. Well be back with some special guests, but first this is today on nbc. So good the holidays snuck up on us pretty fast this year. Our toy drive was ready and gifts are on their way to children all across the united states. More than 10 million worth of toys and gifts. 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