would we cater to? would we appeal to? forgotten men and women that deserve their shot at the american dream. ♪ >> laura: this is a special christmas addition of "the ingraham angle." coming up tonight, how the liberals are trying to ruin everything that is good about this holiday season, from classic christmas songs, rudolph the red nose reindeer, it goes on and on. i have a reality check for them. he will take us behind the scenes of a special holiday trip for hundreds of gold star. he speaks to the catalyst behind it all. gary sinise. a heartwarming story will not want to mess. plus, my friend and former boss bill bennett has an update to

his book, he is here to explain that ny might be the most important part of the christmas story. but first, we thought it might be fun to have some of our favorites and share some of our best christmas memories ever. i'm talking about favorite meals, favorite presence, favorite fights are on the table and yes, family photos. chairman of the american conservative union, shannon bream hosted fox news at night, chief national correspondent, ed henry. we'll go around the table. i want to start with you. tell us if you can, your favorite or most poignant christmas memory. >> poignant or jarring, i was six or seven. my parents that it was a good idea to get my sister and i a puppy, which is a great idea. except when you get under the tree and they have the dog in a box, there was my elation. the dog wasn't going to die.

>> laura: this is sounding tragic. >> you think you're getting the latest "star wars," they had the camera ready. this dog jumps out and start scratching, it scared me. i am most had a heart attack him i was six. i felt traumatized. i didn't get over it for a long time. [laughs] >> laura: counseling. >> my mom will laugh when she hears this, every year she says the same thing. this year things are tight, gripping a modest family and she says, there will not be allowed for christmas this year. she always manages to pull up great presence on things. i remember one year when i was maybe five or six, speaking out christmas morning because her parents say, sleep in. i remember looking under the tree, they are making out with santa. >> that is it a random girl. [laughter] santa is going to foul a me to

charge. i remember -- i don't know if anyone will remember this toy. i remember peeking and then i went and i cut back my bed. that was it. [laughter] >> what is your favorite christmas memory? >> we have the family altogether, at this point we lived in new jersey. the irish family would get together, i remember thinking how much beer everyone drank. however one -- how are they driving home? [laughter] at a young age, i was learning. >> laura: how old were you when you were worried about them? >> a child. >> i guarantee you, it wasn't

1.8 beers. i can guarantee that. >> laura: you would be like for me the el who wanted to be the dentist. you are too perfect. my friend pam and i went with my mother to cut down our christmas tree. there is a tree firm nearby in connecticut. we didn't have a small sock, we had a big rattle hacksaw. the two men saw, whatever it is called. we cut it down, it was a nice tree. we brought it back into my house and we are putting it out. the old stands for you can never get them straight. my mother says, laura, a year and fly across the room. it started to tip over and she said, straighten out the bottom. i am only may be 11 years old. i don't know or my dad was. so we take it out and a tiny

living room, a braided rug. i have my hand on it, this big old red saw. i say, can you hold the tree down? you know how it gets kind of stuck? i went down on my thumb and it was like a gag. with the blood spurts out, it was like a geyser. it went shooting up. this is christmas eve. i rolled back in the blood comes out and pam says, are you okay? i said i'm doing great, thanks a lot. my mother comes out, this is a crisis! she is freaking out. i go to the hospital, i get five stitches. all night long, thump thump. every time i see pam, it is still a little sensitive right

here. christmas must be coming. [laughs] it was fun though, it was like an adventure. i had never gotten stitches before. my mother was freaking out all night. >> you would divide the government regulations all laid out. [laughter] >> i think it is impressive that your mother was letting you cut down the tree. >> laura: in those days. your favorite or least favorite toy? >> toy? >> laura: we will come back to you. >> my favorite toy, there is a picture of me and my diaper playing a piano keyboard. my family is very musical. i ended up studying music my whole life and playing piano for years. >> laura: aren't you the prodigy. >> i was but it everything else, i was bad at gymnastics and skating. when i sat down at the piano, i

could do something not terrible. i still have a picture of that. the worst toy i ever got, you won't remember. the doll that you would feed? it would eat the food and then it would go through. and then you had to change the diaper. >> laura: that is how you encourage people to epic families. >> i was like, this is not a toy this is like work. there was too much effort. >> laura: people are saying what these look like now. >> was at your favorite? my favorite was, i love tennis growing up. my mother was a tennis pro. i got a tennis racket, the first aluminum tennis racket and i was jazzed. it was a big deal. i was happy. it was a good christmas.

>> laura: did you go to the club? >> no, we worked there. this is like my family christmas. >> i left batman when i was a kid, i have a picture of me and batman pajamas >> were you making out with batman like i was? >> i look the same a little bit. >> you are adorable. i am for action. i also loved -- jimmy walker had the saying, "dynamite." i had this player and he put it in the side and it changed the song. you had to do it like at&t dynamite. [laughs] now with the ipod it takes half a second.

>> i love that. >> laura: match, your least favorite >> my mom was also a style icon. i got the big bell bottom pants, the stretchy pants with the bad color pockets. i remembered opening up that present, i remember it. i remember the pain. >> laura: there you are, you are singing. >> i was much more dandy than david >> laura: do you remember the 70s christmas special? we are going to walk down memory lane. let's watch. ♪

♪ merry christmas! >> laura: we actually -- when we were in vegas on my book tour, we actually went. >> wasn't it awesome? >> laura: i was so in love with him. i had all the life-size posters. when he stepped on her table, just for a moment, i was ten years old. getty policing puppy sing puppy love? do you remember the game, kerplunk? you pulled the long stick in the marbles would fall out. >> i do not remember that. >> laura: maybe you had a dream about it. my favorite toy was kerplunk and battleship. >> i loved battleship. the board game, risk.

>> that was a big game. that takes hours of your life. >> it is world domination. sorry, i love sorry. i love trouble! it would make that sound. the boards were thicker. now they are kind of clumsy. >> they are made in china. >> laura: the toy i like to be best, we didn't have a lot of money. it was light bright, do you remember that? look at that. that was the best commercial. we could make any of that. you can still buy a lot of that stuff and live your childhood. family traditions, food, what was your favorite food?

>> my mom always makes the italian feast, the feast of the seven fishes. it is awesome. we are not the least but italian. [laughs] >> laura: why do you do that? >> have no idea. i would love to take that. >> on new year's day we have black-eyed peas and corn bread, very southern. that is super traditional. i married into the bream family, there is a huge thing every christmas eve. there is the punch. i will want to get the recipe to that. i don't have it yet. if you can find me. [laughs] it is very good.

>> i want to go there! this will shock you, i'm a potato guy. the mashed potatoes are quite an art form. now i'm on the quito diet, it sometimes turns into the chito diet. >> can you eat potatoes on that diet? >> you cannot. >> laura: my mother was polish, she always made the kielbasa. now when i go to connecticut, the kielbasa. just the smell. isn't it funny how smells take you back? you can smell something and you are back in your kitchen with a little table and a little chair. christmas, our faith, our family, food is such an important part. it is your favorite christmas song? >> silent tonight. >> because i was born and christmas time, my middle name

is noel. i love that song. >> anything that can call. silent night >> laura: i love that song. it is one of those songs that it's you right here. thank you panel for spreading some christmas cheer. up next, a special christmas angle. the attack of the liberal killjoy's come on the left is trying to ruin everything that is sacred about this holiday season. the 12 days of christmas starts on christmas. we always get that wrong. we will be right back. ♪

>> laura: liberals are telling us how to feel, how to celebrate, if you can believe it, even how to pray during the holiday. if you decades back, they fought really hard against the campaign, to remember when she was lobbying for warning labels on music that had explicit content? let's face it, whenever parents raise concern about music industry, the explicit lyrics, over sexualized scenes on tv, liberals responded with, just change the channel. today they have a current case of amnesia, they are now the new

sensors. the offending content? christmas songs. >> the character in the song is saying no, they are saying well it does not mean yes? in 2018, what we know is consent is a "yes." >> did you see that video? she tries to leave and he grabs her arm. he says you can't leave. >> it is making me rethink. >> laura: i am rethinking a lot of things to after watching my comments. baby, it is really cold outside. notice how the left, they don't want to place any limits on what is truly objectionable content, hip-hop, rap, some of the worst stuff. it demonizes law enforcement and celebrates things called murder. instead they put the darkest been on part of our american musical tradition. the left has no problem with

performances like these, but baby it's cold outside as a national disgrace. thankfully, not everyone is thrilled about where the politically correct crowd is taking us. >> we have to agree to disagree. i think it is a light, flirtatious song. she clearly doesn't seem to be upset. listen to the old song before you make a decision. i'm so irritated by that. we are losing our sense of humor nowadays. >> laura: bingo. even christmas specials -- we look for to them every year. the only play once a year. even though specials aren't safe from the liberal blacklist. rudolph the red nose reindeer has been singled out by "the huffington post" as seriously problematic. have they watched tv recently? people are being sexually

assaulted 24/7. a54-year-old claymation reindeer sends them all to the crying room? actually scenes like this are quite harrowing. >> from now on he won't let rudolph join in any games >> i love the whistle around his neck. >> laura: i have to take a moment here. i think just seeing that scene may have triggered my p.r. sd, post rudolph stress disorder. >> all right hassan, try it on. >> i don't want to. daddy, i don't like it. >> you will like it and he will wear it there is one thing i want to make very clear, no bill of mine will be seen with a red nose reindeer. >> laura: some of the grief counselors.

they say to sexist because his dad tells his wife that the search for their son ms. man's work. she can go out in the cold. he will go find rudolph, you stay here in the homefront honey. this is a beloved christmas special on the longest continually running one as well. do you see what liberals seem to do? they are trying to disrupt and destroy traditions and replace them with her own version of some transitory nonsense. same dark forces and in an instant christmas special, they divide us. the goal of ripping away another innocuous thing that families have enjoyed for more than a half a century. nothing fun and traditional off limits, for any of these stories. years ago they started complaining that charlie brown, that christmas special was offensive. it was too christian.

>> the angel said unto them. for unto you is born this day in the city of david, a savior. jesus christ, the lord. >> laura: i still cry when i see that. it could have never been made today. anyone expecting that peta will have a complaint against the grinch. that green guy with the attitude didn't treat max the dog very well. the left are the worst types of more or less because they claim not to be. they talk about tolerance and diversity in being your authentic self. i will speak my truth. what they really want is for you to bow down and worship at their alter of self-righteous political correctness. they want to control what you watch, what you eat, what you yu here and how you speak. even as we saw during the bush 41 funeral, how you pray. >> the apostles creed being recited, president trapani first lady not reading.

what was that about? >> it is odd. he is the supposedly religious person who has a spiritual advisor and they prayed at his inauguration. i thought that was bizarre. he didn't even try to read it. >> laura: first of all, trump is considered a religious person? i don't know what she is reading. sally quinn who is a journalist in her memoir described texting two people, three of them died. she will demand that trump gives a religious creed at a ceremony or judge him? i thought there was no judgment. again this is the problem with the left, depending on the politics they go from being libertines to puritans. the once aggressive secular suddenly become religious enforcers, these are the same

people who applauded when prayer was driven out of the public schools and who cheered when the manger scene was pulled from the public square. forever crowing about how we need separation of church and state, a phrase found nowhere in any of our founding documents. today's left is blissfully unaware. how much have they become characters of what they accused conservatives are being? they claim to be tolerant. they are among the most rigid, intolerant people on the planet. they claim to be pro-choice, that only applies to abortion or gender. they claim to be for creative expression but they are control freaks and monoliths. what they want to do is stifle and marginalize conservative voices, whether they are in college campuses, and the work forces, and the military. her right ear and cable tv. while they point the finger at president trump for being decisive, they are the ones working overtime to divide the country along lines of race,

ethnicity. above all, liberals have become aggressively boring. they are no fun at all. that is the angle. joining me now for reaction, harmeet dhillon, the fox news contributor, jennifer holdsworth. first of all, i want everyone to know that this is a safe space. we want to censor you like some of the liberals. raymond, i want to with you. there is a sense of fun and whimsy that seems to be missing in this full political correctness moment that we've been living in for some time. >> jokes are out the door. you can't kid. how do we get over difficult situations? could we overcome and find connections with people we disagree with? we joke, we make fun of each other and ourselves. that is being pushed further and

further out of society. you can't play a suggestive song. in the 1950s, people interacted. it was a way to suggest something without gratuitously hitting you over the head with it. now we are in a gratuitous age where you can't make the quiet side swipes, the fund jokes. everything has to be very plain, very black-and-white and frankly, does a lot uglier. >> laura: and not fun. this is what jerry seinfeld said a few years ago. he was on with seth meyers document what it is like being on the comedy circuits. he says he will not perform on college campuses, talk button on fun place. let's watch. >> people say that is offensive to suggest that a person moves their hands in a flourishing motion and you need to apologiz apologize. there is a creepy pc thing out there that really bothers me. >> i don't think it is so much

about political correctness than being sensitive to what might really hurts someone. we talk about christmas songs, i wouldn't put bay beach is cold outside in the realm of christmas songs. when you talk about liberals criticizing the way president trump praise. this is a president who was sitting less than a foot away from another president who a lot of conservatives talked about being a muslim for the last decade as if there was something wrong with that. i think we talk about turning the tide of the national conversation into something that is a little less offensive, it is not to do with political correctness. i would like to see what conservatives would have said had it been president obama who did not recite the apostles creed. >> laura: one thing that is different, conservatives actually try to say we want to conserve the culture. we want to conserve -- what makes it different is okay.

but i'm trying to get to, he didn't quite seem to understand what i'm saying. in this world of -- if you are offended, i can't say it. i can't even feel it for fear of losing my job. people are afraid to speak their mind. that is not liberal, that is scary. that is what the left have considered conservative. >> absolutely. conservatives are not in the business of critiquing a people pray, that is crass. he prayed how he felt comfortable. what i see on college campuses and workplaces where i do litigation, people are constantly censoring themselves. walking around on eggshells, young people are actually doing consent videos before they moved to second base with a girl. it is sucking all the joy out of life. >> laura: and romance. >> from a young person these

days, i would be stressed out and having to take all the drugs they take. they are always worried about with the new rules are. >> are you saying consent is sucking the joy out of romance? >> no, what i said -- not making a video is sucking the joy. >> the fear of being dragged, the fear of litigation. it keeps boys from asking girls out and vice versa. >> and the presumption of guilt. don't forget about title ix who puts all the boys who looked at a girl in the box. >> that is a conversation about due process and what we need to do on college campuses. i think consent is a different conversation. >> laura: you actually interviewed candidate trump. >> about prayer in particular. >> laura: liberals criticizing how someone decides to pray in the moment. that is wild to me. i want to play what he said to

you about his own prayer. >> when you pray, what you pray for? >> i don't want to talk to about that. i pray, it is personal to me. i'm a personal belief. i pray for my family, i pray for my country. i don't want to talk to you about that. that is personal. >> it is between you and god. >> laura: i like the fact that he didn't want to talk about that. i get trashed for wearing this cross. >> i never get trashed. >> go to my twitter feed. you are liberal, you can do whatever you want. >> the moment criticizing the man for not praying the creed, first of all you're dealing with a man who is new to faith. he is working his way through it and he is not ostentatious. i would prefer someone -- i would rather a faithful pagan

who protects religious freedom and advances basic morality in our government over a prius fraught with salts both. that is the difference that many people had with president obama. it was a policy, not the man. >> there is a difference between criticizing how someone prays and putting out the hypocrisy. liberals have been called godless for years when they have worshiped a variety of gods. >> laura: what. that is a non sequitur. you are not arguing the point. liberals claim that they are pro-choice, trump is bring the way he wants. he gets trashed by don lemon. he has gone so for over the line. god bless them. i don't know what is going on with him. you are so upset with trashing trump, you have to trash him at the moment when everyone is

honoring george bush. i don't understand that. it speaks so poorly of where this culture is chemicals back people are truly just afraid. they are afraid. there afraid to speak i'm afraid you feel, if you hum along to baby it's cold outside, you might as well rape somebody. it does not fun. i guess you can smoke pot, do edibles and talk about how you might want to change her gender, that is interesting. you can't do much else. play sports? honestly, and the public life. it is very hard. jerry seinfeld is right. humor is dead. >> moving to a secular dogma, pope benedict when the phrase, dictatorship of relativism. i think we are here. >> laura: when we come back, this christmas there is a bright spots. hundreds of the gold star families got to make a special trip to disneyland thanks to

gary sinise and the snowball express. raymondfo takes us there next. raymondfo takes us there next. ♪ raymondfo takes us there next. ♪ college of the ozarks gave me the chance to work for my degree i'll graduate debt free from a college where character is as important as class work and patriotic education is part of the curriculum we are hard work u and we are working for our american dream where's tommy? (sfx: stage doors opening) i thought he was with you? no jack! (sfx: piano plays "twinkle twinkle little star"

tommy? (sfx: audience laughing) go get him! don't stop. keep playing. (sfx: pianist playing masterful duet) here we go here's the fun part did you do this? great job! (sfx: audience applause) dad and son: we just finished dinner ahe hates [i hate] homework.. dad: i know he's bright. son: why is it so hard for me? both: he's just got to try harder. i'm trying as hard as i can. narrator: 1 in 5 children struggle with learning and attention issues.

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♪ merry christmas and live from american news headquarters. on this christmas day, our men and women stationed across the world got a special phone call from our president, donald trump. he spoke to members of all five branches of the military. he thanks them for their service and acknowledges the sacrifices they were making. the president who normally spends christmas at his estate in florida state behind after the partial shutdown. another christmas message, this one from pope francis to catholics around the world. his annual address from the vatican, he called for a fraternity among people of different faiths and races. the pope said the universal message of the holiday is that we are all brothers and sisters. he also made a plea for political leaders around the world to put aside their differences.

more than $400,000 is refunded after a go fund me campaign turns out to be a scam. did you hear about this? a new jersey couple set up the page after they say a homeless veteran from philadelphia had given his last $20 when they run out of gas. prosecutors say the viral feel good story was all put together by the trio. all that money has been returned. merry christmas. back to "the ingraham angle." have a good night. ♪ >> laura: this christmas there are tens of thousands of troops fighting for freedom abroad and even here at home. 7,000 troops will never return home. for those families, the over casualties of the war, the holidays can be really painful. the foundation holds a special trip that captures the spirit of christmas. raymond arroyo joins the gold star families, gary sinise and

the snowball effect disney world for an unforgettable five day experience. when that holds lessons for all americans. wash. >> you may have seen this video that went viral last week. the national airport came to a stand when travelers paused to sing the national anthem in the concourse. ♪ they were honoring children of fallen servicemen and women who were boarding a very special flight. this year as it has for the last 13, the snowball express sponsored by the gary sinise foundation and american airlines has taken more than 1,000 children of the fallen, from 87 cities on a christmas trip. it is filled with joy, family, and remembrance. their destination is

disney world. >> everyone of these children has lost a parent of the military. want to focus on these kids, we want to bring them together in this healing environment and also allow them to have a lot of fun. >> it has been really fun. we've got to go on all the rides. it is my first time at disney world. ♪ >> it was amazing. it was super special. >> stephanie, herself a war veteran lost her husband to ptsd once he returned home. she and her three children join the snowball express annually. >> they had to deal with a lot at a young age. she was only two months old when her father passed away.

it was hard. it has been a huge change, the smiling faces. >> for the moment, grief has been replaced by the talk of a favorite ride. >> the dinosaur ride! i love that ride. melissa's husband died a month after their daughter was born. she sees this experience as an important one for her daughter and all the kids here. >> just have fun and let go. it is really nice. they'll have quite a burden emotionally to bear throughout life. sorry. i think it is really special to give them this. >> i know holidays can be a rough time. >> it can be. especially when someone is always missing. >> there is one special area at the resort set aside to remember

the absent dads and moms who brought them together. in between the fun and the mirth to be had here, these families take a moment of remembrance. the 650 flags represent the men and women who have fallen in the line of duty or when they returned home. these families take a moment in this room of remembrance to mourn them. ♪ >> when i walked in, i was speechless. it is amazing when you look at these flags and he realize that it represents a parent of every child that is here. also that this is just a small bit, there are so many others that have lost a family member.

it is overwhelming. it is speechless. it is very emotional. my daughter did not know her father. he was a marine casualty post 9/11. she was only eight months old when he died. just going through life without knowing your father, hearing stories. becoming a part of snowball makes you realize the makes her realize, there are a lot of children here without a father. you don't feel alone. >> the shared experience bonds of these gold star kids and allows them to establish close ties. >> it has been awesome i don't get to act like how i do now. people make fun of me. >> what we take with you back to arizona? >> probably just pending a bunch of time with her family and

friends. the best thing about this is meeting new people and making friends. >> they feel like they are not alone. children who have lost their parents. just to know that there are so many of them that are going through the same thing that they are experiencing at such a young age. it helps them. >> i made a lot of friends. i think it is super special that they do this for us and i love it here. every year we come and we make new friends as we come. it is beautiful. >> these two girls met at the airport in california and stuck together for the entire five days. >> i just saw her at the airport and she looked like she was my age. >> i hear she was filling something out. >> she is doing college apps. >> for us as moms it gives us an opportunity to bond and talk about what we are doing. it is a really good support

system for us as well. >> this year i'm at a new family, it is their first year. she didn't know much about things that will help her through her grief. i helped her this whole time. she's been with us and her daughter. she told me that her daughter hasn't talked about what had happened with any other children, what happened to her father. that is the stuff that you really -- no one gets to see that on the outside. these kids lost their dad. this is a family that sees, they know what we are all going through. no matter what it is. being in the military life is hard and then losing someone as hard. >> every snowball express ends with a special concert by gary sinise and his lieutenant dan band. this year was no exception.

>> a round of applause for gary sinise! the band has been playing since 2006, eventually taking the entire program under the wing. ♪ what do you think as you watch these families recreating and forgetting about their loss for a little bit and finding that camaraderie? >> it is wonderful to see them smile. that is the whole thing for me, just to make these kids happy. let them know they are loved and appreciated. ♪ they get a lot of love and a lot of support. it is emotional for them too, they are all thinking about the reason that they are here.

that is why we do it. it is a tough time for children and december who have lost a parent. we show them that we are not forgetting, we remember, we don't forget. that can carry them into the next year with a new sense. i'm important. what i'm going through is appreciated and it is not being forgotten. there are others, i'm not alone. it is a beautiful event and i'm so proud that we can support it. ♪ [applause] >> laura: not every absent parent died in the battlefield, ptsd is claiming the lives on the homefront. according to the veterans administration, 20 active service members take their own life every single day. this is a reminder of the enduring cost of war and reminds us all that we must never forget

the families of our brief service people. up next, bill bennett is here. the true st. nicholas, who was he and what does it matter? special message this christmas, next. ♪

>> laura: the christmas police were out in full force this year from trying to ban classic songs and getting rid of christmas trees altogether.

it is good to know if there are still some believers in the traditions of this wonderful season. my good friend, an old boss, bill bennett. >> former boss. i'm not old. [laughs] >> laura: his book is, "of the true st. nicholas." it changes the way you think about the tradition of giving and where that came from and the religious underpinning of who the bishop actually was. we'll get into that. this bold war on christmas, christmas is here now. you look back on the season, so many politics into malts and the culture does that time of year where you like things to slow down and maybe reminds us that we have to do that more regularly. >> does a good idea. it is a good idea to slow down and thank you laura. i understand you are reading this book. >> i am, to my children. be careful so we don't reveal too much.

>> it is special. i am into it more. she said you turn on the christmas music after thanksgiving and i said i did. i think having kids helps a lot. we are all getting into the spirit. >> laura: from growing up, i know your brother bob and my other old boss, both of you were my former bosses and by youth. i was tough to get through. [laughs] what is your most powerful memory of christmas? >> in brooklyn, new york, santa does come to brooklyn. he has a lot of ground to cover. going up on the roof of our building and trying to see if we could see santa and the slant everything. we couldn't do it so we went downstairs into our beds and somehow my mother and her husband, my

stepfather got some sound, they got something to scrape on the roof. it sounded like something was coming in for a landing. they said there he is. i'll never forget that. >> laura: that feeling. i heard santa twice last year. i heard him. i've always believed. i believe to this day. >> for our little guys, they are not so little anymore. we would drive over to uncle bob's and go to his christmas party. when they were little, there he goes! that is a memory. >> laura: it is so fun. the evolution and to the santa claus that we envision today. what he looks like, the chimney, there is historical roots. >> 280 a.d., nicholas is born to an older couple. they didn't think it would have a child but it was a miracle.

they have some money, they die and he inherits the money does know what to do. they decide, he decides to give it away to be a good steward. and the town there is a gentleman who has three daughters and he is quite poor. he doesn't have enough for a dowry, in those days you had to have a dowry to give her daughter out after marriage. i got a dowry, but it was parking tickets. [laughs] there are these three daughters and they are very poor. one night, this is the seminal santa claus story and 300 a.d. this young man becomes a priest and then a bishop and he takes a bag of gold and goes to the open window and throws it in the open window. it lands in a stocking or issue.

how about that? he does it three times. he wants to be anonymous. the third time, it father catches him and says, i know it! there was a wonderful irony, the men who wanted to remain anonymous becomes over time the most famous gift giver. >> laura: he didn't want to become a bishop as i recall in your book. he thought he was too young and he hadn't done enough. and yet the bishop basically -- speak of the next religious guy who walks into our church will make the bishop and that was nicholas. then he goes and he misbehaves because there is a heresy. he goes up and slaps in the face, there is a lot of history. >> laura: it sounds like what your christmas was like, you guys would punch each other. this is the real spirit of

christmas. >> my mother paid my brother a nickel a day not to fight. in brooklyn, it is not easy to stay out of fights. >> laura: help with the names? saint nick, santa claus, chris pringle. >> fame was all over the world and so does a story. we get into the 16th century, the reformation people were kind of hard on st. nicholas. we love you, you destroyed icons and stained-glass windows. he goes into the homes and becomes a favorite character. much beloved of children. the name of st. nicholas and then getting towards the end, the dutch come to new york and bring with them, santa claus. he writes a poem called twice a night before christmas, washington irving writes about this gentleman.

it is america, coca-cola discovers him and puts on a hundred pounds. he gets a big red coat and that is our guy. >> laura: it is amazing. the metamorphosis, the evolution, but the historical foundation of all of this is real. an entire western tradition. >> in the moral foundation. it begins with the idea of a gift being given. >> laura:ia in my christmas message after this. ♪ for powerful a1c reduction. tresiba® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don't share needles or insulin pens. don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, sweating, confusion, and headache. check your blood sugar.

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>> laura: i want to wish you all a wonderful christmas and the days after christmas. remember, the season keeps going on. happiness, health, take time to relax. reach out to someone you haven't been in contact with, someone important to you. that is always nice to do, especially at christmas time. 2019, can you believe it? it will be full of promise, challenges i'm sure but we will have a lot of great shows. we have an amazing staff and we

can do it without them. we are blessed to have them and blessed to have you. thank you for sharing some time with us every day, "the ingraham angle." good night from washington. merry christmas. ♪ >> this is a fox news alert, what started as a christmas greeting for american troops around the world ends up as an ultimatum for his political foes. president donald trump telling reporters parts of the government will stay shot as long as democrats refused to build more barriers on the mexican border. good evening and merry christma merry christmas. i mike emanuel and for bret baier. we have team coverage on this very busy holiday. from the pentagon on the president's prepared remarks for troops and our allies. first would begin on the north lawn. what happens when the president went off script today as he spends christmas here in washington amid the partial government shutdown.