the british royals celebrated christmas dressed to the nines and in good spirits yesterday. prince william, duchess kate, george, and charlotte went to church for a christmas service. and at one point candy canes proved too much for the toddlers, with princess charlotte adorablebly deciding to use her cane as a digging tool, as you see there. that as queen elizabeth misses the traditional christmas service for the first time in 30 years due to a severe cold. before she got sick, the queen reported a video urging people to focus on small acts of kindness this holiday season. our friends in canada may be celebrating boxing day today, but retailers across the country are bracing for the post holiday crush that is the day after christmas, where millions of americans make the mad dash to stores and shopping malls for the dreaded gift return.
the british royals celebrated christmas dressed to the nines and in good spirits yesterday. prince william, duchess kate, george, and charlotte went to church for a christmas service. and at one point candy canes proved too much for the toddlers, with princess charlotte adorablebly deciding to use her cane as a digging tool, as you see there. that as queen elizabeth misses the traditional christmas service for the first time in 30 years due to a severe cold. before she got sick, the queen recorded a video urging people to focus on small acts of kindness this holiday season. our friends in canada may be celebrating boxing day today, but retailers across the country are bracing for the post holiday crush that is the day after christmas, where millions of americans make the mad dash to stores and shopping malls for the dreaded gift return. nbc s chris clackum has more.
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about 4700 have faced delays. the worst has been in philadelphia, newark, and la guardia. there have been problems in miami and atlanta. that s mostly as a consequence of the ripple effect. all in all, it s about a two-hour delay at most of the big airports. watch. my family is in california. i m going to see them for thanksgiving. but my flight got delayed overnight. the plane from philadelphia is still late. so unfortunately i can t fly out until tomorrow morning at 10:00. i ll have to make due until then, i guess. reporter: that ripple effect means even airports without bad weather could feel the impacts of delays and cancellations for a few more hours. tonight everybody is urged to check online, download an app if that helps, call ahead for flight information. perhaps the smoothest trips have been on amtrak. no cancellations and only a few delays, all of which were in new england. amtrak added trains today in order to deal with the holiday crush. the highways, on the other hand
canceled. about 4700 have faced delays. the worst has been in philadelphia, newark, and la guardia. there have been problems in miami and atlanta. that s mostly as a consequence of the ripple effect. all in all, it s about a two-hour delay at most of the big airports. watch. my family is in california. i m going to see them for thanksgiving. but my flight got delayed overnight. the plane from philadelphia is still late. so unfortunately i can t fly out until tomorrow morning at 10:00. i ll have to make due until then, i guess. reporter: that ripple effect means even airports without bad weather could feel the impacts of delays and cancellations for a few more hours. tonight everybody is urged to check online, download an app if that helps, call ahead for flight information. perhaps the smoothest trips have been on amtrak. no cancellations and only a few delays, all of which were in new england. amtrak added trains today in order to deal with the holiday crush. the highways, on the