merry christmas. happy holidays i'm annie yu and yes, it is tucker barns with us this morning. >> this is the gift we're bringing you this sunday. caitlin we miss you. but it's wonderful she gets to be with her family this morning. >> thank you. it's a tradition i work on christmas morning. i've gotten used to it. >> yesterday was kind of a wash-out >> i have breaking news. i think i might have seen santa and rain deer last night. i saw a red light after midnight >> rudolf's nose? boys and girls, tucker saw santa >> i tried to get a picture >> he moves too fast. >> too fast >> so what is the day like today? everyone is going to wants to play with bike, scooter, >> the fog we had has burned it should be a beautiful afternoon. a little cool. daytime highs in the upper 40's to 50. all in all, >> that's super nice, tucker >> do you want numbers? do weather now? ok. 38 now in reagan national. 40 dulles, bmi marshal 35. fog advisory during the overnight hour, still burning off in spots. otherwise, you'll feel that moisture when you walk out, but we should be in for plenty of sunshine an nice afternoon as mentioned santa in addition to delivering lots of gifts, delivering a beautiful day across the area. we'll talk about what's coming over the next couple days in a few minutes. let's enjoy today. 50 degrees, partly cloudy out there. and dry. you got a new bike, get out. >> 50 is good on christmas day >> you have to wait few days for a sled >> did you just say a few days >> we're getting into the winter time. >> all right. thank you, tucker. time is 8:02. holidays get ready for headaches on the way home. it will be a white christmas for the northern plains and parts of the west. about two inches of snow falling north of la cause a traffic neighbor yesterday but by tomorrow morning, those travel moves could impact millions trying to fly home. they're under a blizzard warning today and tomorrow and under an ice storm morning and snow is in the forecast for much of ida hoe, montana, utah and colorado. >> fox's will carr takes a look. >> reporter: celebrating christmas tonight, pope francis presiding over midnight mass in st. peter's with sill ca at the vatican where the baby jesus is placed in a mainjer. >> let us also allow to be challenged by the children who today, aren't laying in a couth and aren't being dressed >> the vatican heavy of the berlin where a terrorist random a truck there have also been additional threats made against holiday gather -- but worshippers are saying they're not allowing that to deter them >> of course, we are, but especially with christmas, we hope that peace will come. >> i don't think isis will go up against the catholic church. i think the pope attacking the pope would be very stupid and so i don't think anything is going to happen here. >> reporter: a mass the church and the nativity led by the latin patriot arc of jew reduce lump. >> it's christmas time and here's where everything started, and yes. so i'm enjoying it. >> reporter: pope francis will deliver his annual christmas day message from the saint peters basilica. i'm will carr for fox news. have a wonderful christmas eve. happening today, christmas day mass will be held at the basilica of the national shrine of the make cue lit conception today at noon. cardinal whirl will stop in and if you can't make it. it will be broadcast live. >> the jewish celebration of hanukkah is in full swing with the national hanukkah man newer are a lighting where the band is set to perform and eight-day holiday commemorates the rededication of the holy temple. it starts at 4:00. a little boy from maryland is showing us the true meaning of christmas give back to the community. those who don't have a place to call home. alexandra limon is live this morning with this wonderful christmas story. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. well, it's christmas morning, breakfast laid out in their dining room today, the springton family has what looks like an assembly line and it's all for helping others. this is 9-year-old josh. josh why don't you explain to me what exactly it is you're doing >> it's called for the homeless and we pretty much put this stuff on the table, hand sanitizers, soap deowed he didn't wipes, chap sticks. >> reporter: you're making these bags to hand out to the homeless. it's the second year you've done this >> yes. >> reporter: can explain it to me >> one day i just wanted to search up something on google to help and i found this and we started doing it. >> reporter: i have to say i don't know a lot of 9-year-olds who sit there thinking, man, i'm not doing enough to help. mom, what was your reaction when he came up with this >> we're going to be busy but that's ok. he started drive three years ago. within a week, he made a flyer and printed it off and gave it to the neighbors. he had 30 pairs of shoes for church. and he just liked it ever since. >> reporter: last year was when you did the blessing bags themselves. explain to me that, what you did. >> pretty much like probably in december we would start the blessing, december, november, then then we would collect from like december 23rd, like we did this year, and then on -- in on december 23rd, we would make the bags and then then we would go out and hand them out christmas eve. >> reporter: in fact, this family went out and planned to go out to places like test cities, finding people on the street, handing them these bl and the essential things we take for granted but not all have every day. i am truly amazed that you came up with this idea and your family is dedicating this week to doing all of this, truly amazing, we will have more on this but for now i will send it back to you, annie. >> thank you, thank you. we'll check back in with you in just a bit how are you celebrating? we want to see those pictures and tradition that is you're involved with. tweet us using #holiday we're going to feature your tweets on the show. we didn't see family decorations cookies and you're looking at some we got throughout the weekend. the time is 8:08. coming up a christmas miracle, family of three rescued from a remote snowy forest near the grand canyon, the redskins are still in the running for the ploffs. we got a recap against the bears. and tucker will be back with the weather next, we'll be right back. ck. . this is luke cardalino in korea, i'd like to wish my friends back in the washington, dc area a merry christmas and happy holidays. ys. the latest on the condition of carrie fisher. we're told she remains in intensive care in los angeles after suffering a massive heart attack. the 60-year-old was stricken during a flight from london to los angeles. fans and friends of fisher offered their prayers and well wishes. >> i mean, she was like to me, the star wars queen and she's so young having a massive hea thank god there was somebody on the plane that could help her. she's just one of a kind, a great author as well and her moth, i feel so sad for her family and particularly her mother, debbie reynolds >> fisher's brother said the actress is receiving excellent care but could not describe the condition a popular member of the howard stern show was found dead inside his new york see apartment. he died of natural causes, boots gamed fame on the howard stern show four feet bombing and other antics. talk about a christmas miracle, a pennsylvania family stranded in a snowy force was safe. they took trying to reach the northern rim of the grand canyon which is closed during the winter. they got stuck and authorities fund a woman inside of a cabin after she walked 26 miles to find out. the woman's husband and son found back near the vehicle, which had gotten stuck and the woman is in the hospital this morning as being treated for exposure to cold. i know. >> 26 miles? amazing, >> it is. it's a christmas miracle. you know what? this weather today is so nice. it's no the bad at all. >> it's going to be close to perfect this afternoon. lots of sunshine and we'll see high temperatures, a few degrees above normal. merry christmas >> we got our loyal weekend fan base out there have not good morning to all of you. >> we love that about you. >> we did this because you're here today. it's tucker time. we make it happen. add a little bit of style. >> need my hat back. it's friday. >> is this kind of a way to kill a little time >> not at all. we got all the team. ♪ ♪. >> there you go, everybody. 38 in -- keep the music on. 38 in washington. we're trying to clear out. we had the fog developed last night, good thing for rudolf and his nose because that definitely helped the conditions. 32 in gaithersburg, 34 in leonard's town. 28 in culpeper. about 50 today. all system go for a beautiful christmas afternoon, we'll be dry later today. not so much sledding weather. if you get a new bike, get out and play with that a little later. we should be looking at mostly sunny conditions for our day. today's high pressure builds in from the west and nice conditions out there. our next area of storm believe it or not is toward denver, eastern colorado there's a cold front, ahead of that, we're going to start to get a push out of the going to allow warmer temperatures, it will be nice and mild. temperatures few degrees above normal. high pressure today and a pleasant afternoon. tonight we'll get cloud cover and drizzle overnight in spots. overnight in early monday morning, i think it will be warm enough to get light drizzle and we'll be in for mostly cloudy conditions tomorrow. futurecast kind of showing you that here. there we are this afternoon at 5:00. generally we got clearing skies out to the west. still on the cloud cover and the clouds will move back in, we wake up tomorrow. we'll have clouds around. i don't think we'll get rain tomorrow. the rain showers will hold off until late monday, early tuesday with the next cold front, as the cold front comes through, it's going to be just rain showers here early tuesday morning, and mild temperatures. in fact, we may get close to 60 degrees by tuesday. 50, partly cloudy cool and dry. santa is done. there's your seven tuesday, 62 degrees up ahead of the front, and then cooler temperatures end of the week, new years eve, temperatures will be in the 20's by midnight. i'm focus on that. annie, let's talk football. >> thank you so much, tucker. it is a christmas miracle, the redskins beat the chicago bears and are still alive in the playoff. here's a recap. skins were up 7-0 in the first, quarterback kirk cousins avoided the blitz and dumped it off to chris thompson who went 17 yards for the score, it was 14-0, in the second quarter, cousins doing his best aaron rogers impersonation, going eight yards for the score, washington goes up 24-7. not many chicago highlights in this one as the redskins roll 41-21. check out cousins's festive suit from last night. check it out. >> yeah, the story is my wife always packs my suit and i just grabbed the bag when i come home d i opened it up and saw this. comes with pants an matching tie. i thought that was overkill. so we won and it's christmas eve i thought why not? more importantly tony wiley okayed it. merry christmas to all you guy you say, it's christmas eve, merry christmas and thanks for being here and covering us. the skins are now eight, six and one staying alive, clinching a winning season. this morning at fox 5, we're on santa watch. we were showing you this yesterday. and look, he's all done, santa is done headed back to the north pole. it's been a very busy night. the north american aerospace north deoffense center. tracked santa as he makes his way around the world and norad uses satellite systems, high powered radar and jet planes to keep an eye on old saint nick. if you're wondering how he hits the houses around the world, he flies faster than starli tucker thinks he saw him last night. time is 8:18. michelle obama got into the holiday spirit tradition, helped take calls for the norad santa tracking system. she was one of the 1200 volunteers who gave updates to curious kids about santa's whereabouts and the obamas are enjoying the holiday from hawaii. 8:19. next, are you going to be popping bubbly with your family and friends today? we'll call it a champagne christmas after the break we got recipes and how you can use it to cook as well. we'll be right back. from wideman air force base. appeased merry christmas and holidays. to my wife, hillary and my children, miss you guys and love you all. all. thanks for waking up with us, it's 8:22. here's a live look at the white house. the dmv. a lot of champagne corks we popped but the bubbly is not just for drinking. you can incorporate it into holiday recipes and lifestyle expert nicole showed us three recipes that will wow your guests. >> thank you so much for coming in. >> i see the bacon and we have to start there because i can smell it too >> a great way to sort of take your entertaining is a bacon bar, set up a display with bacon, you can print these cute labels >> you put them on mason jars >> beautiful around the house, everyone will love it. if you want to take that concept to the next level. try my champagne, ruffle bacon, you take the champagne and put some honey in here, you start whisking. add in truffle salt pepper. and you're going to just brush this on to your bacon. take the whisk. put that down, grab the brush. bacon >> you want to get a generous amount >> you're going to bake this at 375, 25, 30 minutes, remote your baking sheet halfway through the process. try it tell me what you think of that >> absolutely delicious. takes it to the next level. that truffle, such a great combination, put it on bacon and you're good to go. >> this is a great party accessory >> how about this -- this is adult fruit salad. >> it's a spicy sparkling fruit salad. started with champagne and honey. you add some toe bass co pepper sauce. it will >> you get a nice little kickth you add orange juice to that mixture. add tobasco, whisk this together and drizzle it over the fruit. >> that one is set and ready >> give it a little risk >> then you pour it over the fruit about two, three cups of fruit. >> i love the smell of it. >> sweet and the heat together. >> give it a little toss. >> i want to try that as well. >> it would be wrong not to eat it. >> i want to try a black berry. sweet and savory. >> so much flavor. >> that's beautiful i don't normally think about fruit with the holiday party. >> you want to have a little fruit. you gave it a bite with the pepper sauce. >> i think knowing that you're having champagne incorporated makes it sound more fe bubbling. we love to drink it. tell me about this cocktail >> they're lot of fun, a lot of fun champagne cocktails but you don't want to go outside of the box, this is my santa's secret belini. we're going to add champagne to the pitcher. we want to go about halfway up the pitcher with your champagne my secret ingredient is a black tea blended with candy cane sugar sprinkle >> i was putting it in a pitcher and guests kind of serving themselves. you can serve them. now i'm going to add cola because it's not too sweet. more of a natural flavored cola. doesn't overpower the flavor >> you finish that up. i believe we can try it and toss back this is try. >> not too spicy. you want to add not to spicy. >> give me >> cheers. nicole thank you so much for coming in. delivers and delicious champagne recipes for the holiday season, back to you. >> thanks so much, erin, time is 8:27. coming up an inauguration controversy. some of the famous new york city rockettes say they're embarrassed to perform at the inauguration next month. find out why they're calling for a boycott. we'll be right back. ack. >> i'm lesley bacon deployed right now. i want to wish you holidays to my friends and family back home. see you when i get home. love you guys. time is 8:30. there's a live look. looks like the fairfax county. roads are clear, everyone is at home. opening up gifts from santa. all the boys and girls can play with their bikes and scooters and skate boards and whatever else they got >> all things outdoors little later. i believe it's a gift from sa