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
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reason. what would be your message to those folks? if you re angry at seeing a black santa, then you re not for me. but i m here for everyone else who enjoys the christmas spirit, enjoys seeing santa and wants to see themselves reflected. i hold no ill will towards people who don t like me seeing santa. i m here for kid and families who want to see representation and just want to have a good time with christmas. there s literally nothing wrong with seeing something, not liking it and moving on. that s what the person that wrote that letter should have done. if they didn t like it, they should have just moved ond and i wouldn t have been on this trajectory more than likely. i would have just stuck to doing this for my family and friends. but there s sadness in the fact that there s not more black