early as a kid. then i think my favorite without a doubt, my favorite was a briefcase. i was a weird kid. i wanted to be a businessman. my parents divorced. we came to new york. we had nothing. me and my mom and two brothers. we lived in an apartment. it was four of us in a room in the middle of harlem in the 70s. when it was the most dangerous place in the world. we had no money, zero money. i didn t expect a gift that year. not only did my mom get me this briefcase. there was a bonus. inside was a calculator. i was a weird kid. it was the best christmas. you re still taking care of your mom. in the 8:00 hour, we re going to hear about a christmas miracle you had with her. what about you, your favorite memories? growing up we made peppermint christmas pecans. i made some last year. we have old pictures of me with my family actually, this was a couple of weeks ago. i celebrated early since i knew i would be working.
person, it can go to another person, you know, and grow from there. you should be overjoyed. you inspired a lot more than one person. we love your work ethic, how humble you are. you are, indeed, a throwback. james and blake, thank you both very much and merry christmas. thank you. merry christmas. did you forget somebody on your christmas list? you can still get them a gift. that s right. we got some really last-minute ideas for you. first a message from our troops. i would like to wish my nephew, anthony vernon, in des moines, iowa, happy holidays. and we love you. and take care. fact you won t find the brand pharmacists recommend most for cold and flu relief at the shelf. advil cold & sinus is only behind the pharmacy counter.
this. what about number 4, be prepared? what s that about? you never know what s going to happen. it s about if you get a gift from someone that you didn t get a gift for. always be prepared. you can work around that. let them know in your inbox, you re going to have an amazing gift coming to you. it could be an amazon gift card or our friends at bass pro shop. you can still do it right now. i m going to practice this right now. i received a lovely gift in the mail from anna this week. anna yours is coming in the mail. thank you. that s okay. you koo you can blame fedex too. you didn t get it? you fedexed it. on its way. thank you so much, rachel. grate stuff. it s a true story of american troops who brought christmas back to one town during world war ii. the author of the american st.
great hostess gift. this looks like a legit gift you would have thought about before. this is the keurig 2.0. you can get them at the super market. a and p and kroger sells them. what s nice about it is if you forgot, buy a k-cup pack and in the card say your keurigs on the way. you need to make sure you have clean teeth. this is at the drug store, the sonic clean. it comes in pink, black and white for anyone on your list. this is $220. there is also the phillips sonic care 2 series for
anywhere from 300 to 325. we wrap it extremely tightly in plastic wrap, once it s cooled off and then we press it. reporter: oh, look at that! watermelon goes straight down and then we re ready for the pork now. we re going to put sesame seeds on top and you re done. all right. now we get to try it. yes, go for it. thanks to tina trinh for that. if you are in new york city, definitely stop by fatty crab. haven t been there. but it s on hudson street in the west side. what do you think? never had asian watermelon. that s really good. is it good? yes? spicy, actually. did you know that watermelon is actually a vegetable? did not know that. in china and japan it s actually considered a good hostess gift. here s another fun fact. i didn t know, because i thought it was mostly water, that it actually has nutritional value. it s got fiber, vitamins a and c, potassium. this is the pork part, i m going to give this a taste. you are? okay.