out today to return unwanted gifts. and if retailers get their wish, they ll spend more money on post-christmas sales. brian mooar is joining us now from washington with details. brian, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, veronica. well, everybody out there in tv land, did you get what you wanted for christmas? after speeding around the globe to deliver all his gifts on time jingle bells, jingle all the way reporter: santa and his friends spent time surfing with his friends. and he did a pretty good job this year. foul weather left u.p.s. scrambling to get tens of thousands of packages delivered on time. and speaking of scrambling, it s now crunch time for the republican presidential candidates, just eight days left before iowa. meanwhile, president obama and the first family are chilling in sunny hawaii. here you go. reporter: this is, of course, the season of giving, and many spent their christmas day doing just that. 1,800 meals served at a church
out today to return unwanted gifts. and if retailers get their wish, they ll spend more money on post-christmas sales. nbc s brian mooar joins us now from washington with the details. brian, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, veronica. well, everybody out there in tv land, did you get what you wanted for christmas? santa! ho, ho, ho! reporter: after speeding around the globe to deliver his gifts on time jingle bells, jingle all the way reporter: santa and his friends spent time surfing with his friends in florida. and he did a pretty good job this year. foul weather left u.p.s. scrambling to get tens of thousands of packages delivered on time. and speaking of scrambling, it s now crunch time for the republican presidential candidates. just eight days left before iowa. meanwhile, president obama and the first family are chilling in sunny hawaii. here you go. reporter: this is, of course, the season of giving, and many spent their christmas day doing just