Ever created. We will let you decide. Not that we needed a song. Also ahead forget the real, or artificial debate, how about, upside down, for right side up the Christmas Tree trends that has us talking this season. All that and more on this very special christmas addition of good day philadelphia. We thank you very much for still waking up early with us. Maybe you had friends coming downstairs and you will have surprises underneath your tree good morning. Good morning thomas. Merry christmas. Turkeys in the oven. Im sure you are prepping, getting ready perhaps putting the ham in. It will be a great day. It will be a great day. Let us know what you are making as well, are you a ham person, goose, do do you lamb. We have lamb come up later today. I try to switch up up from thanksgiving, we have a turkey ham burnout. I will also do some fish. That is wonderful, like shrimp scampi, as you are getting ready on this day, and all of the kid are, thank you. What better way to start off then with a little music. So doing us the honor are some of the kid from the philadelphia performing arts string theory choir, they are a nation they will kick things off by singing variations or jingle bells. Jingle bells, jingle bells jingle bells, jingle bells jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh dashing through the snow on a one horse open sleigh oer the fields we go laughing all the way bells on bob tail ring making spirits bright what fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight oh, jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells nicely done. What, i know is what inside do i. Quiet like socks or something. This is from you, we will unwrap it. I do have a present for you i will wait until the end just for fun. I want to tell but this university of alabama student because she may regret a challenge to her twitter followers this season. She made a challenge to her followers and you will want to hear this one. Her name is kelce hall and she challenge her followers. She only had 300 at the time. She took this picture. She said if you share this picture of me wearing a Christmas Tree costume a thousand times thinking ive only got 300 followers what are the chances, i will wear it. They have reached that mark. She promised to wear the costume to class for the rest of the semester. Do you know what happened . They tweeted, she got 15,000 retweets, in three days. 15,000. So basically her plan backfired. She wasnt shy about showing her disappointment. She said the promise is, a promise, and, well, fortunately for her she only has one week of classes left until christmas break and i think she should extend it. Into the new year next semester as well. She has a cute boyfriend willing to stand by her side. It all paid off for kelce. He looks embarrassed, looking other way, i cant believe you made this challenge. 300 followers and got 15,000 retweets. Can you imagine . What do you mean you will not hold my hand. I will just this one time, tomorrow is a different story. Winter fest is one of the go to Holiday Events each and every year. Our alex took a trip to penns landing her family, to check it out. Well, it is that time of the year, holiday version of alex around town and im here at one of my Favorite Places winter fest, i love it, i love it, i love it, i really cold it colder sister of Spruce Industries harbor park. We have emma with the Delaware River front corporation to explain some new things this year for families. There are some new things. We are standing in one of them right now. We are here in this nice new warming area. We have these, propane heaters , keep you nice and warm back here. Without all of the smoke. That is important for some people. You dont want to go home smelling smokey. We have a bunch of new trees, new lights, that is one of the additions. We have a ton of new food, all different price points for everyone to come down and enjoy. What i love about this area is you have a great view of the ice skating rink. You can see your parents. And my parents and my grandfather they are relaxed over here cozying up by the fire. And, they are from texas. They are bundled up. One, two, three. Chestnuts roasting on a open fire that is all we know. Off to the chestnuts. But we are not just singing about chestnuts on open fire, you can get chestnuts here and this is new this year. Not just chestnuts but what else candial monday. Yes, rose marie, roasted chestnuts hot chocolate and other candice from shayne confections. Okay. We made it inside to the lodge , cheers, everyone. We have made it inside the warmth. So, emma what are we drinking here because this is amazing. We are drinking a warm apple pie, which is apple cider, jim beam, a little bit of Graham Cracker crumble and whipped cream. Fabulous. Very good. Very good, okay. So lets get to the food. You guys have a lot of new food items this year. We have a couple different types of funnel cake, plane regular funnel cake, we have one with the cannoli topping which im excited about. Im told this is funoli. I didnt know that, that is great i have been doing my research. From garces we have the impossible burger. It is actually supposed to be so guy dont know that is a vegetarian burger. Completely vegetarian. Impossible it is not meat. Impossible. And then we have a new Fried Chicken sandwich as well. And some fried oreos because we like our stuff fried here sometimes. Okay, everyone, ready to dig in. Ready mother, i know you were big, you have to try it. One, two, three. So that is just some of the new things happening here at winter fest plus your annual favorites that are here, so bring family out. You have until march 4th to enjoy some of this holiday fun , i will leave it to the kid though, count of one, one, two, three. Winter fest. Yeah, they love it here. What a great time for everybody. The whole family can go, obviously. Brings back so many memory of my family they would take is ice skating and we would fall so many times and wrapped us around because i fell. Little extra padding. They have a little skate helpers to help you get around coming up on good day philadelphia which Christmas Song makes you the happiest. There is a brand new song that is claiming to be the happiest, we will let you be the judge. Pretty good. Umhmm. Welcome back great to have you here on this very special morning. Merry christmas everyone. Merry christmas, karen. Merry christmas thomas. Merry christmas to all of us joining us. We need your opinions on the happiest Christmas Songs out there. Is there such a thing as happiest Christmas Song in the world . First though lets start with some of your favorites, and our favorites. We want your feedback but i want to know yours, as well. I love little drummer boy and my favorite version is david bow i version, we will take a listen. Drummer boy ahh, i just love it, because it is story, doesnt have anything to give and he can just play and it is his gift. You went classic. I went back to my preschool days, all i want for christmas is my two front teeth. Oh, no. Two front teeth, two front teeth so, so many different version, that is michael bubli and it is just one of those songs you learn after Merry Christmas, all i want for christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth. I love it. I went through that last year when your kid lose their two front teeth because they get two coming in at a time and lose them both and then you go around sing ago this song. So cute. They Start Talking and all you hear is that and it remind s me of the song. It turns out there is a Christmas Song claiming to be the happiest Christmas Song, ever, take a listen. Okay, music expert, doctor joe bennet, studied theme, tempo from 200 favorite different christmas hits from mariah carry, and they found there is a secret to success and in the references to how many times you say santa, snow and sleigh bells. How many times have you heard that Mariah CarrieChristmas Song. I love it. I love it too. It gets you in the spirit. She puts on quite a christmas expect tack last. She does. Shes doing it again this year in new york, if you get a chance, check it out. It may be too late, now that it is christmas, we will check after we heard this song for the first time here on good day we decided to see just how happy the song would make us. So, this is our version of the that song called love not just for christmas. We make up the worst choir ever. Ever. Ever. You were pretty good, you got in the spirit there. Im a ham im not shy person whether i know moves or not or song or not i just went all out. It was fun. Cute, catchy song it is catchy we have to do karaoke, i could not follow the word. I really am good at karaoke , i cannot sing but i can act. I will be your backup singer. All right. Time for more music celebrating reason for the season a Chris Stephen choir featuring shyla stephens. Listen as they perform hashing the herald angels sing recorded at new millennium studios in clifton heights, pennsylvania. Hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn king peace on earth and mercy mild god and sinners reconciled joyful, all ye nations rise join the triumph of the skies with the angelic host proclaim christ is born in bethlehem hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn king hail the heavnborn prince of peace hail the son of righteousness light and life to all he brings risn with healing in his wings mild he lays his glory by born that man no more may die born to raise the sons of earth born to give them second birth hark the herald angels sing glory to the newborn king glory to the newborn king by the way camden, new jersey native who performing nsynxer john legends ban. How cool is that. I love local boy did good and up there doing what your dreams are and living it, that is a christmas success story. Love to hear that. Forget burr traditional Christmas Trees there were crazy trend this is year. We will talk about our favorites from the year when good day comes right back, it all starts with a wish. The final days of wish list are here. Hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complimentary first months payment. Merry christmas and welcome back. We are having our christmas conversations thanks so much for joining us on this chris mayday. This year i dont know if you had these in your house they are crazy trends but they are fun to watch and love them different Christmas Trees in every different kind of shape, way, position, in your home. All right. So first there was the upside down tree which i first i thought was absolutely ridiculous. I went to the Holiday Party last week and saw them and their Christmas Tree and they had poinsettias up top, coolest thing ever. Upside down Christmas Tree some people hang it from the ceiling, others have it stand at bottom and is upside down. Like a giant chandelier of lights, fund, fabulousness. We did this here on good day, the ladder tree. So that is how it looks. I love how balls are suspended in the middle. Then other pinterest version. Those are more interesting then the ladder tree we did here. It was like everything that we found across the studio and in the news room we would put on our ladder tree or fox 29. Those are pretty impressive. Well, you know how we are, it is a good day tree. So, we have that one. Then what other kind of things did we do. There is pine apple, pine apple Christmas Trees are one of the most searched pinterest trend this is year and some decorating their pine apples with ornament, lights and others are decorating their real trees to look like a pine apple. I think that is fun. That is really great, as a center piece and it is different, really i think that is neat, festive. Growing up we had silver tree, white tree we went through different phases. Maybe you have them in your house ice sickles, tinsel and it would get all over. Popcorn, and then the dog would try to eat the tree. We had popcorn every where. We have people that had cats, that can be a struggle. It is real taking everything down. Licking water and tree dries up, we can go on a on and on. Still ahead. So many great lights in our area we think of lights, we think bob kelly, it is a kelly christmas. He will take us to one of the best light shows in our area when good day comes day comes right back welcome back. Would you look at this, you had so many amazing lights that you have been putting up and just making everybody so happy. Thank you so much for doing that. So, of course, our bob kelly will take to us one that is epic, as we do our christmas kelly, again, and then this. We have the lights, how about the music, all morning long, we have Great Holiday music from talent all across the area. And. We apologize in advance for this but we have quincy on the show so he went out, a guy that can sing, bobby hill, he has the voice of an angel and they are singing carols with folks we accosted on the street so more good day high jinks and antics. That is after six hours of voice lessons can you imagine six months ago here we go, great to have you here on this Christmas Morning im Thomas Drayton with karen hepp. Thanks for all of the presents on the table. Wait until you open them. I have been shaking, cant wait to open them. That is coming up in a moment. Lets listen to wonderful music. A lot of you are opening up your gifts and getting your meals ready. So lets put good music on. We will have the keystone state boy choir. Here they are performing sleigh ride. Just hear those sleigh bells jingleing, ringting tingleing, too come on, its lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you outside the snow is falling and friends are calling yoo hoo our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we were snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be lets take that road before us and sing a chorus or two come on its lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you just hear those sleigh bells jingleing, ringting tingleing, too come on, its lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you outside the snow is falling and friends are calling yoo hoo come on, its lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you 7 our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we were snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be lets take that road before us and sing a chorus or two come on its lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you epic, i love boys choirs, thank you to them. Another thing i love on a holiday lights displays people working so hard to create. I tried this year. I put up so many different lights secretly in competition with my neighbors. I waited or my neighbor waited until i had my lights up. I thought i had best lights in my neighborhood. I did not. I cannot plug any more lights in because my house would be just go up in flames. I have so many extension cord around back, inside, trying to be best and brightest house. Well, you know, it is all right, good number two is good showing. Our very kelly christmas. I dont know how bob finds these amazing homes. You guys like to show us all up every single season. One of the stops bob made was in levittown where holiday lights tradition is actually coming to an end. Hi, gang thinks unbelievable in levittown. Im here, with the man of harmony, everybody give a wave , Merry Christmas from levittown. We are in the front line of neil despirito who for 25 years has been decorating the neighborhood, lighting it up. This is the last year, neil, were calling it quits after this. This is very last one were not going to do it again. Umhmm, look who is coming. I do believe in santa claus it could be, it could be, there he is, it is santa claus i know him. I know him. Kid, go up and say hi to Santa Santa Claus now you have been doing this for 25 years. The address again here in levittown. Number one white spruce lane that is a lot of lights. Com. Santa will take a seat and be here with us. Come over here, pete i want to say, old school ornaments, now pete, neil what do you call these here. They are in the blow ups. These are called blow molds and some of these go back to 1939 the won in the back row are the oldest and they come forward with the new. Lets go back here and see old won. You have been collecting these for all of these years. Thirtyseven years i have been collecting these. Boys, choir in the back, unbelievable, and so what are you going to do with everything at the end of christmas, if you are wrapping up and calling it a quit. I want to pack it up and keep it but i have four offers im considering very carefully what i will do. It will live on somewhere. I like your choice in suits oh, thank you so much. You heard him gang, this is it, the final year, after 25 years neils gone on vacation, and were on our own, right. So, this is definitely the best here in levittown. Come on by put kid in the car just like my dad did and bring them up here to levittown and check out christmas lights, sit on santas lap. We have candy canes. So from all of us here in levittown to all of you at home. Merry christmas. Merry christmas, until you get that light bill. Yes, right, ahh. Unplug those lights. Absolutely amazing. So, i love, and maybe you do and hopefully do you because you are listening to our music singing christmas carols, so much fun, so much fun we will send quincy out there with bobby hill who can sing and they will sing along with you and moments notice because we have the best fans in the entire delaware valley. Good day comes right back. Merry chris fred would do anything for his daughter. Get in, fred even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. Fear not fred, the front half washed his shirt with gain flings and that smell puts the giddy in giddy up. Thats because one gain flings pac has more freshness than a whole bottle of the other guy. Gain. Seriously good scent. Yeeeeaaaahhh uh oh. A painful sore throat . Not now. Take cepacol instamax. Look unlike regular cough drops it contains 2 max strength pain relievers and cools in seconds. Bye bye sore throat. Take cepacol instamax. Hey, guys. Where are the cookies for the. Bake sale . Bake. Bake sale . Need to bake in a hurry . Use new country crock buttery sticks with sunflower oil. Theres no softening required. So baking is delicious and easy. Ooh, cookies ah, ah, ah laughter ooh, cookies checking on the turkey. It is still surviving, if you will, in the oven. I like lasagna. For christmas lasagna. Yeah, switch it up, Merry Christmas everyone. Great to have you with us. So where ever you go this time of the year, shopping in the stores or even in the streets i love when people knock on your door and maybe it is happening at your house and singers outside singing songs. We used the, term loosely when it comes to singer, quincy harris, we sent him out with our friend bobby hill, who is a singer to see who is ready to sing. So excited to have world renowned opera singer, opera phenom bobby hill. You have a concert coming up. I do my concert at Kimmel Center on new years eve from 4 00 p. M. To 6 00 p. M. You can get everything you need to know for your new years eve, done right after my concert. Oh, yeah. It is a benefit concert. Okay. For a charity called end artlessness which brings choirs and Music Programs in schools that dont have any music at all. Our goal to get every school in the philadelphia area that doesnt have philadelphia and camden areas that dont have a Music Program in a choir in there. Yes. You are part, you sang for the pope. Yes, i did. Four to 6 00 new years eve december 31st at the Kimmel Center, Kimmel Center. Org. Kimmel center. Org. Can we do this. Yes. It is christmastime. Can we get people in the holiday spirit. Yes. Sing us christmas carols. Lets go. Hello. How are you doing. Good. Do you want to sing christmas carols. Deck the halls of bows of holy, falalalalalalalala. Tis the season to be jolly, falalalalalalalala. Don we now our gay apparel. Falalalalalalalala. Time to go, sorry, sir. Holy infant so tender and mild. I know some rap songs we can do. What do you got. It go down in the, um. Where are you from. Spain. Spain. Feliz. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse opened sleigh, hey. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. Thank you, mr. Hill. Thank you. I had an appointment to go to but that was fun. See you next time. See you next time. Oh, yeah. Oh, holy night, the stars are brightly shining, it is the night of the our saviors birth. Apparently that was the re mix. Yes. Quincy has an an album out you can find the in the bin in the super certainty. Discountedy like he is dock his maria carey he will be distract by the finger movement. Merry christmas to you anyway. Still ahead here on good day. Coming up, one of the staples of the holiday season. Im so excited. The mummers. Our mummers parade, nationally recognized. Well, of course it is obviously good unstop right there im about to pop a cap of mmm fresh in that washer. With unstopables inwash scent boosters by downy. And if you want, pour a little more. Ah, its so fresh. And its going to last from wash to. Wear for up to 12 weeks. Right, freshness for weeks unstopables by downy. For a fresh too feisty to quit. All right. Merry christmas and welcome back right now. So one of my favorite traditions toys get all bundled up and to go out and watch our mummers parade. So much fun. It wouldnt be new years without it. We are glad to watch at home. Depending on how cold it is truth be told i may want to watch it on the inside, and divisions, and comics, it is best. It turns out we are best in the nation. Yeah, yeah we are. So we love it. It is wonderful. Number one holiday parade according to a poll by u. S. A. Today. They beat out detroits thanksgiving day parade and baltimores Christmas Parade for top spot. Report noted mummers fancy brigades, costumes, string bands and the comic skits, a lot of them out there show of shows along broad street and the Pennsylvania Convention center. Ahh, i see some more. Get ready. Cant wait to see themes this year. We will have more of course and also we are celebrating the Christmas Music all morning long, right here on good day, as you make your food, opening your presents just keep listening to our songs. Right now 14 yearold avery performs a song im sure you will know and love, all i want for christmas is you. I dont want a lot for christmas there is just one thing i need i dont care about the presents underneath the Christmas Tree i just want you for my own more than you could ever know make my wish come true oh all i want for christmas is you i dont want a lot for christmas there is just one thing i need, and i dont care about the presents underneath the Christmas Tree i just want you for my own more than you could ever know make my wish come true oh all i want for christmas is you all the lights are shining so brightly everywhere and the sound of childrens laughter fills the air and everyone is singing i hear those sleigh bells ringing santa wont you bring me the one i really need wont you please bring my baby to me quickly i dont want a lot for christmas this is all im asking for i just wanna see my baby standing right outside my door baby all i want for christmas is you all i want for christmas is you Merry Christmas, philadelphia. Yeah. Merry christmas to you. Wonderful job. Not easy to do acapella. No, not at all. You know i cannot sing. Karens version coming up after this. Mariah carey. With my wild finger you wont note that is horrible sound out of my throat. We have much more holiday music as this christmas addition of good day is coming right back. This is charlie not coughing because he took delsym. This is charlie not coughing while not to waking zeus. And this is charlie not coughing while getting really into nanas party. Nothing lasts longer than delsym for powerful cough relief. No doubt bit, this year we have had some Great Holiday performance is here on good day. Turf say one of the best was from sons of serendipity. They can sing. And not bad on the eyes, attractive humans, sorry, my Little Christmas present to you. I know what you want for christmas, lets take a listen. Have yourself a merry Little Christmas let your heart be light from now on our troubles will be out of sight have yourself a merry Little Christmas make the yuletide gay from now on our troubles will be miles away. Here we are as in olden days happy golden days of yore. Faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more. Through the years. We all will be together if the fates allow hang a shining star upon the highest bough. And have yourself a merry Little Christmas now. Have yourself a merry Little Christmas we all will be together if the fates allow looking for balance in your digestive system . Try align probiotic. For a nonstop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support, with align. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. Also in kids chewables. When you said youe, sir. Were at the doctor, but your shirt says you were at a steakhouse. Thats when you know its halfwashed. Add downy odor protect with 24hour odor protection. Downy and its done. Right now on good day philadelphia spreading holiday cheer, overseas, how one local woman is making an impact around the globe. And this is not your typical santa claus, why one santa local mall had people talking this holiday season. And. That is not the frosty i know about. We have lots of wonderful holiday music as you get your morning started all morning long on good day. Great day to spend this very special morning with you, Merry Christmas, great to have you with us im thomas draize ton karen hepp. Good morning to you it is finally here. It is