makes an unbelievable knife. and takes care of any oyster you can buy. alisyn: don t stand a chance. the bourbon barrel, table and chair. yeah, these are great. you know, louisville you can t walk down the street without kicking a bourbon barrel. and a guy named jc poohed decided he would take these and make great furniture out of them. what s cool, you can see the legs, he they take the shape of the bourbon barrel. they re strong and in addition to that because they ve held bourbon, permeates them and stronger than you can imagine. alisyn: and this is dave s favorite, bloody mary mix. what s wrong with the bloody mary mix, we need some vodka. the guy in the company were car salesmen and hangover and went to get the bloody mary mix and decide today make their own, it was horrible and led them into the idea of let s see if we can come up with a great bloody mary mix.
alisyn: so good. this is vegetable based and stock base, habanero, and we drink a lot of bloody marys in the south. alisyn: we do here, as well. and dave is the judge of that. an expert around here. and the classes are cool because they re made from wine bottles? yeah, another cool story. daniel hart in atlanta. he was laid off from his job and having dinner, a couple of bottles of wine, one of them fell off the table and cracked. as he looked it on the ground. i can make glasses fwr that. and he winter through thousands of wine bottles figuring how to get the right curve and smoothness and every glass is different and bottles from shops in atlanta. alisyn: everybody was doing something different and they either quit or laid off and followed their dream and that s the message there. really what everything, that made in america should be. alisyn: yeah. great stuff. alisyn: and just a passion.
predict made in the south and all of the winners are small businesses owners who followed their dreams. gabe debenedetto is the editor in chief. welcome, dave. thank you so much. glad to be here. alisyn: tell how you pick the winners, do they all have a common thread? well, we look for artisans, small, small outfits, craftsmanship is a big key and we have a number of great judges who once we get 200, 250 and we winnow everything down and spend time with them and the product and quality of it, as much as the new mixes in the store. let s go through some of the products. one of the first ones is this chris williams oyster knife. what s great about this? most of them are made overseas, they re cheap, they re ugly and they re not very functional. chris was a former investment banger and his grandfather use today make knives and decided what he wants to do and he
things happen. one, in newt stumbles in some way and some of his support falls into other three candidates and the conservative opsism remains divided and important for romney that the other candidates do well last night, which they did. alisyn: gotcha. mark, thanks so much for coming in with your score card telling who you think the winners and losers are as well. you can find us on twitter. thank you, mark. thank you. alisyn: a college lecturer s comment sparked outrage, said that soldiers get paid and why should they get christmas care packages. we have a veteran here with his reaction. a group of home owners holding the virgin mary hostage. why they re asking for ransom or else.
he s special, a very special man. no flaws on this one. alisyn: wow. and the socks that s i wear the same kind. dave: under oo s. and rick is at the christmas celebration, hey be, rick. exactly, the sun comes up and changes the season at the christmas light display, you re right. take a look at pictures, what the place looks like at might. people come out here from all over the state, trying get a look at the beautiful light display and one of the unique things, about the christmas wonderland, they set it to music to kind of get the full experience and 1.7 mile drive people go through experiencing the light show, a beautiful thing. all right, let me tell you, it s cold across a lot of the country right now. in fact, across the northeast, the coldest temps that you ve seen so far this year. and really, at that, it s not that bad. 29 in new york, 22 in cleveland.