of cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 25th. of course you know, we ve all been waiting for this beautiful morning. i m amara walker. good morning and merry christmas to you as well. thank you for spending part of your holiday morning with us. just ahead this morning, fighting racism from a one horse open sleigh, after getting hate mail for put putting up a black stanta in his yard santa in h yard, one man fights back. and how dollar stars are quickly becoming the go-to destination for shoppers. and we re going to introduce you to this year s cnn hero of the year, with a heart warming moment as she accepted her award. first let s get you caught up with this morning s headlines with whitney wilde. good morning and merry christmas to you, if you re celebrating at home. we begin with this brutal weather storm. at least 22 deaths are blamed on the storm and more than a quarter million people are without electricity. more than 3,400 flights were cancelled yesterda
i m curious to know what your daughter thinks about santa and i ve heard that are people who come from hours away just to meet you. yeah. so we kind of do this as a family. my daughter is my elf. my wife is mrs. claus. my first really big event was the northern light vest val and we had a come come from mississippi. i know she had her daughter come and pick her up and they had driven well over 300 miles to come and visit. and, you know, it was i m so glad the camera wasn t on me when she and i were talking because, you know, i teared up because she was telling me, you know, she was 80 years old, 80 plus, and she had never seen a