Meteorologist steve sosna. Steve, good evening. Thats right, ted. We are not going to see a White Christmas, unfortunately, in philadelphia. Not far away, though, in the Lehigh Valley, some snowflakes overnight. Even in the Lehigh Valley it will mix with rain and snow pelts. Not a clean snow for us. Snowflakes on Christmas Eve, it is something that is in the history books. All right. Lets take a look out at the radar now. Not much happening at the moment. Here is what we have to the west. We have this storm system moving through areas of indiana and ohio. This will spark a new low pressure system off the coast. The problem is the water temperatures are way too warm and we have a wind coming in off the water so that will keep the temperatures warm enough for mainly rain from philadelphia to the south and east. There will be some mixing of sleet and wet snowflakes in our northern and western suburbs, but even there i dont think any kind of accumulation. 41 in philadelphia right now, 37 in pottstown. Here is the hour by hour. You can see the wind direction coming off the ocean which keeps that milder air in place across south jersey and delaware. By 7 00, we should see sprinkles out there. After 9 00, youll see the blossoming of the rain and the snow. Up through the Lehigh Valley, but that will even go over to rain here and temperatures will rain above freezing for most of the area with the exception of the poconos. Ail break down the amounts and a cold punch coming up in your full ten day forecast. Thanks, steve. You see then. You can track the weather on the nbc10 app before you go to bed. If a new phone is under the tree, make sure you have our app downloaded. Just minutes ago, most Stores Across the region closed to this holiday on this Christmas Eve sunday without the eagles playing. The malls, the supermarkets, they were all packed. We sent nbc10s lauren mayk right into the lastminute shopping frenzy. She is live from the target on city avenue. Laura, that story is open for a few ho more hours and i see they have a few more toys left on the shelves there. Reporter yeah, stead, this is where you can get your lastminute gifts. Were at one of the busiest corners at the store. Behind me, the trofrpgs. If you take a look around the corner here, this is the toy section. Just a few minutes ago toys piled high heading to the checkout. Folks are getting the last gifts and everything in before Christmas Eve. Ringing up those last items on your list. Its the lastminute rush for those who planned ahead and those who need a little holiday help. Im a single lawyer, pretty much i work, i dont cook. I thought i was making a beef tenderloin, but i ordered cold roast beef instead. Trying to salvage a men u misstep amid the Christmas Eve rush. Is this your last stop . No. It steaeems like there is als one more thing aunlt list. Youre going to have the cam, curry coat and rice and peas. Reporter for those with gifting still left to do, the lastminute rush at the ball. They loaded up for gifts for each other. We know each other too much, too well. There surprises. We ran into a state representative on annual outing. We had breakfast about 7 00 and then we hit the road. Over at santas spot in the mall, a tradition for this family timed out just right. Its a very good tool to use because we still have to see santa and talk to him. We have to be good right up until christmas. Reporter sometimes, though, its the things that dont go as planned that make memories, too. Were both trying to figure this out together. Reporter to fix the Christmas Eve feast gone awry, they settled on a wrote and took home some instructions. What time are you eating . Whenever this gets done. Reporter some things just dont go as planned. Well, if you had your Grocery Shopping to do today, hopefully you did get that done because that store we were at today, that is closed. This target in West Philadelphia is still open until 11 00 for your lastminute gifting needs. Live in West Philadelphia, im lauren mayk, nbc10 news. Lauren, thank you. A Delaware County mom who was worried she wouldnt be able to give her kids the christmas they deserved got her christmas wish. Reached out to the chester mayor about her struggles and passed her story along and thats when she got the call that turned this christmas around. He said, you know what, a firefighter and his wife that dont know me from a can of paint said they were going to sponsor my kids. Even if they dont have christmas, theyre going to make sure my five kids have christmas. It just brought tears to my eyes. We really wanted to help. And as you can see, the children are just theyre so happy. And thats thats a blessing. Thats where we get our joy. The firefighter and other helpers pulled up in a truck filled with toys in the back. They carried them inside and stacked them under the tree before the children could rip open the paper and open their gifts. From shopping at Retail Stores to the redding terminal market, we found procrastinators everywhere. The hustle and bustle didnt stop people from picking up lastminute items. Redding terminal closed. It wont reopen until tuesday. At mother bethel ame church, church goers sang their praise to jesus on this Christmas Eve. President trump thanked american troops overseas and wished them a Merry Christmas. The president said, americans are thankful for their service and they are the greatest people on earth. Were grateful for each of you who spend this christmas away from your families and defend all of our families. Our freedoms and our flag. Every american heart is thankful to you the president also praised members of the coast gard guard for their efforts in saving thousands of lives during this years catastrophic hurricanes. Still ahead here on nbc10 news at 6 00, a sweet treat tradition in the delaware valley. Nbc10 takes you inside the bakery where people lined up in the middle of the night. Plus, we are tracking santas path towards the United States and our region. Just left tunisia, heading for algeria in a couple of minutes. You can also track santa on the nbc10 Facebook Page and our app. Were back in a moment. It is a south philadelphia tradition, wake up early on Christmas Eve, stand in line and grab some cannolis. You know what im talking about. Nbc10s Randy Gill Hall takes us inside the bakery. Reporter its one of those pure south philly traditions, standing out in the cold at 4 00 a. M. Surrounded by 100 hungry strangers who over the years have become more like your family. Before sunrise, the bakery doors open up and the crowds make a beeline for one thing, the stopped ricotta cheese cannolis filled with chocolate chips. How long have you been doing this . 28 years. 28 . What is it about the cannolis . Theyre the best in the city. Its just tradition. Every Christmas Eve im down here, 2 00 in the morning. Its perfect. Reporter back in 1921, this immigrant immigrated to the u. S. From italy with just a suitcase and a dream. They came over from sicily and started with nothing. Reporter times changed but the recipe stayed the same and his two grandsons run the place. And three generations later we have a family, a philadelphia institution. Every Christmas Eve the store is filled with decadent desserts, part of this decadeslong tradition of family, history and these fancy, fabulous treats. I come down and stock up on cannolis for the family and we try to just enjoy the time together down here. Its fun being around all the people. Reporter in south philly, randy jim haul, nbc10 news. Still ahead on this kreefb, pope francis just delivered his mass at the vatican. His message next. Messy mixture. Santa wont just have snow tonight, rain snow and sleet ill break down which areas what get what and what to expect for your Christmas Day. Pope francis celebrated Christmas Eve mass at st. Peters basilica in the vatican. Pope francis said christmas is the time of turning the power of fear into the power of charity. Tomorrow, the pope will deliver his Christmas Day message to the world. Lets check back with where santa is going now according to the official norad santa tracky, they are in mali. Santa will have to brave the elements in our area. Steve sosna is here with the weather near your chimney. Right, steve . Were going to get a little bit of everything. It depends really where you are. But santa wont have a clean sweep through the area as we will have some rain, sleet and snow. This is what you need to know. It turns mess and tonight. I would say between now and 8 00. Not a whole lot going on. But after 8 00, thats when our chances of rain, sleet and snow really ramp up. If youre north and west of the city, thats your best opportunity for a wintery mix. Some know, some sleet, some freezing rain. The best chance of a snow laying the be north of the Lehigh Valley and into the po poconos. The bigger story in all of this if youre out during the day tomorrow, its a cold wind that really hits you and it will not be a friendly feeling outside with gusts up to 350 miles per hour, the temperature in the upper 30s and the feels like temperatures 25 or lower for the rest of the day. It will be a numbing night out there for the eagles. All the fans, in youre headed out there, layers, layers, layers, and more layers. Now you dont need that. This is the live view from the blue cross river rink where everybody is out enjoying the 40 degree temperatures. 40s will feel great around here compared to whats going to happen in the tenday forecast. Youll see that. Not a huge variety in our temperatures. In the Lehigh Valley, its in the upper 30s. Ground temperatures now 237 in allentown, 35 in walnut port and right to the river there by easton, youre in the upper 30s right now. You will see some wet snowflakes and your best chances of an accumulation will be on grassy surfaces and maybe some of your car tops. Other temperatures, 41 in wilmington, 41 in philadelphia, 48 in trenton. You can thank your snowless christmas here because of the ocean temperatures. Check that out, 51 off the coast of deal there and 40s off the coast of new jersey. Its just simply too warm with the wind direction in off the ocean. So there is a system that will trigger a new low pressure system developing off our coastline. That will really ramp up as we move into tonight and into the day tomorrow. That will give new england a sizeable snowstorm from the boston area up through maine, but no luck for us. Here is a look at your hour by hour. Rain snow mix developing around 9 00, even in philadelphia, mainly rain. You may have a rain snow mixture for a brief time. Again, up in the poconos, thats where youre seeing some of the snow. This is where what you can expect here for this evening. Rain in philadelphia, delaware and much of new jersey. Its that rain, sleet, snow mix north and west. Little to no accumulation in and around the city. Lehigh valley berks county, maybe an inch of snow. Not looking great there. Maybe a few inches out towards the poconos where, again, you will have a White Christmas there regardless because theyve been making snow for weeks. The biting cold for the eagles game tomorrow night. Again, dress in layers. Have the hand warmers, everything, because it will be numbing on the field. Hopefully that will not affect their performance tonight. Dangerous cold ahead this week. Thats right. In the ice book. Stephen, thank you. All right. Eagles fans waiting with the anticipation of giddy kids to see if saint nick will bring them a Home Field Advantage in the playoffs. Theyll have to earn that tomorrow night. Caught up on who did clinch a playoff spot today. Up next in sports. This is captain william tate. Id like to wish my family and friends, my beautiful wife, beth, and my son cedric in North Carolina and my family and parents in pennsylvania happy holidays, a Merry Christmas and a happy new you year. I love and miss you guys and cant wait to see you when i get back. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. All right. Time to check in with Peter Alexander for a look at whats coming up next on nbc nightly news. Peter . Hey, ted. Good evening. Merry taxpayer to you and everybody in that area tonight. Coming up, it was the night before christmas and the final countdown is on. Lastminute shopping and shipping not too late. It is getting close. Plus, well show you who is in for a White Christmas. Also tonight, a tragedy in the sky this Christmas Eve and a dramatic rescue on the ski slopes. Youre going to want to gather your family around the tv tonight. Happy family reunions. The magical moments, the true meaning of being home for the holidays. Its all ahead when we see you a few minutes for nightly news, ted. Have a Merry Christmas. Thank you. Now to sports and marshall harris. This is sportsdesk, brought to you by xfinity. Will change the way you experience tv. Here for nbc sports philadelphia. The eagles just as excited as anyone else to wake up christmas morning. What a present theyll have. A chance to lock up the top seed in the nfc tomorrow when they host the raiders. Nick foles will be making just his second start in place of carson wentz. He can only hope it goes as well as his first. Foured its, no interceptions against the giants. For foles, its just as important to not throw interceptions as it is to throw touchdowns. Anytime a quarterback can protect the ball and not throw interceptions, thats huge. I know every quarterback wants to be aggressive but you take pride in playing good football and not shifting the momentum to the other team because thats what interceptions are, they shift the momentum. Meanwhile, matt ryan and the falcons facing the saints in the nfc battle. Remember the infamous punt fumble . Now we have a pass interception. On Marshawn Lattimore who is able to secure it on the enshoeing drive. Drew brees makes a payoff. For a 54yard touchdown strike. Falcons need to win next week to get in. On the doorstep, cam newton fumbles the snap, able to gather it up and get into the end zone anyway. Panthers dramatically pull off the 2219 win. They are in the postseason. Rams looking to lock up the nfc west at tennessee. Goff throws four touchdown passes, the last to cooper kupp in the Fourth Quarter to take the lead. The rams win their First Division title since 2003, 2723. Over in the afc. Andy reeds chiefs a chance to alex smith throws for 400 yards. This chance to travis kelce. Backtoback Division Titles for the first time in franchise history. The win put andy reed in a jolly mood. Surprising his players postgame dressing up as santa claus. Mean while, the sixers will be working on christmas for the First Time Since 2001. They face the knicks at Madison Square garden. They may not be in the best mood having lost the last five in a row. They will enjoy their christmas in the big apple. The families through the organization of bringing the families to new york city, you know, all of our guys will go into new york city and see their children and their wives and their significant others. And its a class gesture that the organization has made. That sports. Im marshall harris. Well be right back. hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. Another check of santa continuing his journey around the world. You can see right there, he is about to be in ghana. Heading our way and hes going to run into mostly some wet stuff, not white, in our area. Thats right. If he can get through territories of deserts and stuff like that, he certainly can get to our area. Eagles game, tomorrow night, christmas night. Should be a gate night to view the eagles in terms of the game, but the actual feel itself is going to be a bit on the brutal side. Feels like temperatures around 18, thats numbing and also will question tearinducing cold out there. Just be ready for that. When we stay in the deep freeze. Sounds brutal. Have a great evening. Well see you at 11 00. Tonight the final countdown. A shipping and shopping frenzy before midnight. If youre not down yet, there are still last minute deals to be had. Also the holiday forecast. Let it snow. Well tell you whos getting a White Christmas. President trump celebrating at his private club in palm beach wishing troops a Merry Christmas and taking aim at a familiar target. A tragedy in the sky this Christmas Eve. Deadly plane crash, no survivors, and questions about why the pilot tried to take off at all. Dramatic rescue on the slopes. Helicopters swoop in to save more than 150 skiers hanging midair for hours. And home for the holidays. Were there with the heartwarming family reunions. This is nbc nightly news with kate snow