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ohio. we celebrated a town coming together to celebrate their unbreakable spirit. it was two christmases ago that wilmington was hit by a self-described economic tsunami. d.h.l. shipping closed its factory doors. 7,500 people out of a town of 12,000 found themselves suddenly unemployed, just in time for christmas. the town faced a choice. in that moment, wilmington, ohio, was to become pottersville or bedford falls. wilmington, ohio, chose the latter. people banded together, having rotating dinners at each other's homes. no one was going to let their neighbor go hungry. they supported each other. they still do. they became self-reliant. this is a town that turned hopelessness into hope. they took homeless into their

homes. they redefined worthless and made it in to worthy. we showed you earlier this week, what was just the beginning, what we had planned in wilmington. i want to show you now more. take a look at the stage show. we put on for the town. [ applause ] >> merry christmas! ho, ho, ho, ho! [ coughing ] oh. i had the pancakes at the hotel. oh. ahhh. ohhh. i have some presents.

mr. al gore. it's coal. this is for barack obama. it's a mop. it's a socialist mop. this is for congress. tickets to hell. [ applause ] this one is for john boehner. kleenex. [ laughter ] what a damn crybaby that guy

is, huh? never trust a girly man that cries like that. what a kick he is. this one is for george soros. it's a t-shirt that says, "i collapsed four economies and all i got with this damn t-shirt." [ applause ] this one is for michelle obama. 500 pounds of sausage. well, it was. it ate most of it on the way over. god bless, michelle obama. it's been a tough year for santa. i have the elves organizing with seiu. can you imagine -- i have to

take this damn thing off. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you! [ applause ] >> this is what santa will look like soon. don't touch santa claus. don't touch santa claus. if you're going to touch santa claus, don't touch him there. getting ready? put the eyebrows on. they're nice, aren't they? it's like andy rooney. have you ever wondered why santa has creepy eyebrows?

and the mustache. oh, yes, i am santa claus. especially with the boots. yes, who has been naughty and who has been nice, yes? i love the fact that these came with this. i don't know if these were side burns, we didn't know what these were. i don't know, i'll glue them to my face. they don't match. they're yellowish. like santa is a heavy smoker all of a sudden. [ coughing ] come on up, kids. got a little emphysema. ow. congratulations. [ applause ]

everyone goes home -- [ inaudible ] [ laughter ] >> glenn: i cannot see. i cannot feel my face. i'm going to do the rest of the show like this. what? we're going to talk a little politics now. that's all we're going to do. this one has a little bit of my dna. yeah. you may clone me now. you know -- ow! the amazing thing about santa claus. i mean it would be great to be santa claus, wouldn't it? i mean, you could be around the kids and have all the fun

and then leave. like yeah, i left you noisy toys. yeah, it sucks to be you! i never understood that. people who give noisy toys to kids. we have christmas at my house because we're going on vacation in a couple of days. darn not going to be able to be with the in-laws. rats! they were sitting at my house the other day and my father-in-law was like so you're not going to be around for christmas? no. it's going really suck. he said, "i know it will. gracie, grandpa got you a toy." it was one of the damn pianos that just never shuts up. it was like look, gracie, it's a drum machine, too. he looks at me like oh, you're going away, are you?

it would be great to be santa, because you could have the flying reindeer. you know, you could -- i mean it is magic. that is the thing about christmas. we are on one end of the spectrum or another. when you get trapped in the middle, when you allow yourself to be in the middle, neither santa nor the kids and that's with a we're doing now. we're paying attention to the toys, not to the magic. i said to my wife the other day, i said, i really have lost most of my eyebrows. does it look wonderful?

we get in to a place we all have to do so much. she says to me, "we're not going to be able to christmas cards. we've got to send out christmas cards. we have to get the family all dressed exactly alike and take a picture some place we never are. pretend we're all happy together. we're never having an argument. stand over there! stand there and you will smile!" that's the way they're made. kids are crying, "you will smile now!" then everybody gets the cards and they're like, "oh, they're so cute." yeah, they are. it took me 45 minutes to get that shot! she is like we're not going to do christmas cards. i'm like is somebody really going to say what the hell happened to the beck family?

we didn't get a card from them. do they not like us anymore? are they dead? have they slipped in a worm hole? i don't think anybody is going to care. everybody who knows us and likes us, they don't need a christmas card. we see them all the time. they're our inlaws. how is santa this fat and wear this outfit all the time. he has to be a billion degrees all the time. it is so hot. no pockets. [ laughter ]

>> glenn: i suddenly don't know what to do with my hands. let me tell you -- if you were from texas. let me tell you something else. i've been thinking. do we have a chalkboard? [ applause ] can we bring the chalkboard up? [ applause ] let us just look at the little santa claus for a moment, shall we? do we have it or did you load it on a bus already? look, the town is moving suddenly. let's just connect the dots here. santa claus. happiest man on the planet. enslaves a whole race of people. we now call them elves and we look at them and say oh, they're so happy, they're so happy. look at the cute little elf.

look at the cute little elf. [ applause ] thank you. josh. and look, it is green and red. it's magic. slaves. [ laughter ]

[ applause ] >> glenn: let's break this down just a little bit here. slaves are a group of people, they work 365 days a year. the boss only works one day. he may be enron. he may be halliburton. but let's dig a little deeper, shall we? >> glenn: now we will tie

santa together. >> glenn: you want to rearrange the letters? can anybody do it? [ laughter ] i remember getting pajamas -- we didn't get the footie pajamas because we never bought pajamas. grandma made them for us. it was for rich kids. we went over to their head and they had feet in their pajamas. grandma was like you don't get feet. wear your socks. for a while you're like i

don't get feet? grandma is going to take my feet away. but she used to be excited about stuff. every year we'd get pajamas for christmas. gra grandma would make them. whatever my pajamas looked like, grandpa always had a new shirt like it. we weren't old enough to realize i'm just getting grandpa's scrap material. as pajamas. grandpa would be dressed in his flannel shirt, during the day. and you'd be wearing it to bed. my sisters and i would get pajamas and we'd be excited about the pajamas and cookies that came from grandma every year. that was the thing that you look for. we didn't -- i remember getting sears catalog. remember getting the sears catalog as a kid? you would look through the

catalog. i have would come and you would be -- i'd spend a month just looking through the catalog. knowing i wasn't going to get any of that a crap. but you could dream. i remember thinking z you'd see the big cars that you pedal. not even remote control cars, but the pedal cars. wow! must be cool. i hope i get a spoon. now i don't -- now because i'm torn, i'm in between places. i don't know. is anybody else like this where you don't know where the line is sometimes? you know what i mean? i remember the year that i was really, really -- i was

at the bottom. i couldn't afford anything. all my kids wanted, my daughter. all she wanted was -- remember the figurines, ten or 15 years ago, the figurines, the plastic things. you can get them at cvs, charlie in the box, santa and rudolph the red nosed reindeer, the figures. i remember standing in cvs. without being able to afford them. and thinking with a kind of lousy dad are you? christmas shopping at the cvs. and you can't afford the set.

has anybody else felt like this? you either feel like you haven't done enough? or you've done too much. i can never -- it has pockets! [ laughter [ laughter ] i am suddenly at home. you can never find the sweet spot. at least i can't. am i alone in that? does anybody else feel that way? you can't ever find the sweet spot. every christmas. tanya asks me. what is wrong? i'll either say we got too much. or i shouldn't have held back on "x," "y" or "z." my kids are fine. i'm screwed up somehow or another. keep that to to yourself.

when really, the only thing our kids really want is time. >> glenn: when we come back, a look at some of the people behind the miracles of wilmington, ohio. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> glenn: the spirit of wilmington, comes from one place. the hearts of its residents. take a look. >> we're not waiting for someone to saver us. we're going to save ourselves and we're going to do it together. ♪ ♪ >> we have had our confidence in our government. we have had our confidence in our jobs. and right now, things seem uncertain. the only thing that is certain right now is god. >> for our family, for me. we feel that as part of our

relationship with the lord, we value praying for other people and lift up other people's needs more than our own. >> if nothing et cetera, it encourages me and builds my faith and family's faith. >> he will grant it easily. that is why we encourage each other. >> it could have been great heartbreak and in a sense it was. but heartbreak is different when you're around people who will hold you up and take care of you. >> despite everything that happened, with d.h.l. packing up and leaving and with the unemployment, we'll be a stronger, better community five years from now than we were five years ago. ♪

♪ >> i think god is trying to show an example of his kingdom. and if it's a community in time of hardship, love is broken and pull together. with 32 churches involved. each church does one meal a month. >> when a girl came in, she had a young child. she came in and desperately needed a job. she had no unemployment. she didn't know what she was going to do. my front desk staff member said i will cut my hours by this many. you can give them to that young girl and her child. i can do that. >> it's exciting to see people return and pay it forward to help others. watching them to encourage those where they were at one time. ♪ ♪ >> we used to have a small

cabin. i was driving back and forth to the cabin weekly. /had to go -- i had to go past an old building that was chained up. it looked empty. one day i came through town and the owner happened to be here. he asked me are you going to buy my hotel? i go i'd really like to, but i'm a nurse, my husband is a firefighter, we have five children. that probably isn't happening for me. he said it's okay. i'll give you a loan. i thought what do you mean you'll give me a loan? he said i happen to own all these banks. that was it. it bought the hotel that day. >> my wife had been a teacher for about 12 years. decided it was time to follow her dream and become a bookstore owner. she went to american book sellers school and got a little information on opening a bookstore. and with no more brains than that, we did it.

>> our little town is also not like any other little town. we have christmas on the main street every year. corn fes value in the fall for -- corn festival in the fall for harvest and most people here still go to church every sunday. >> i have one wonderful lady who is in her late '80s. who every time she comes in to a show i always get to hear story she points out a chandelier where her and her future husband sat on their first date and he put his arm around her. >> three years ago if you were in clinton county and didn't have a job, you chose not to have a job. we went from that to having the highest unemployment in the state of ohio. >> mayor was in germany. they were celebrating the big hubs that d.h.l. had and we were the united states hub. they invited them. the same day he was there for the celebration is the day they said they'd close this

hub and move out. >> i was working at d.h.bel. i was at work the day the announcement came outism can't think of a harder slap in face than that. >> 8,000 jobs were lost. we are a town of 12,000 people, so it affected every single person here. >> people aren't going on vacation or going out to eat. restaurants are having a hard time. a lot of families lost their homes. we'll be a stronger community than we were five years ago and a lot is spirit of the people. >> we're not waiting for someone to save us. we're going to save ourselves and we're going to do it together.

"special report." now back to glenn. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: back now with part two of america's first christmas. watch. >> i still think it's fun to be santa, but it's really fun

to be a kid. really fun to be a kid. last year we got nerf guns. it was the best! going shopping with my wife. she's never been a boy and has no idea what she is looking for. she goes around and she is looking at the stupid nerf guns where you put one thing in and it has a suction cup on it. "this would be fun." i'm like three aisles down, with one with the bullets that are all in line. it's like rambo. i come out of one aisle. shooting her like -- i'm like this is the greatest ever! i'm standing there with those guns and my wife comes out. oh, no, you are not going to do that. don't give me we're not

teaching our kids violence. you're standing there with a gun, mama. "i don't know this --" and she's just like -- [ babbling ] the reason i have two is they're two brands. i have can't decide this or this. that we're not considering. this or this one. she's just like -- [ unintelligible ] behind her is a 9-year-old boy. and he comes up by himself. he is standing behind her. [ unintelligible ] and he comes up behind her and he's like -- [ laughter ] i'm standing there with the gun. i'm like -- she does this. she turns around.

are you two deciding which gun? the kid looks and goes that one, i think that one. it's much better. so, of course we got that one. i want you to know that i truly, truly value your time, your input. and your friendship and to me and everybody on the staff. next year, i'm a little tired of being the bell ringer. i'm a little tired of being paul revere. there comes a time even paul got off the horse and said if you don't get it now, dummy, you're on your own. i think there would be a time where everybody put the damn bell down, you're driving us nuts!

i am -- i find our country in a unique place. this is it, gang. this is really it. this will separate us, the men from the ys.bo we will either go down as just every other country every other group of people that had a shot. and we blew it. because we con sen freighted on the stuff -- concentrated on the stuff. materialism was the mortar that kept our bricks together. or we will be the people -- this has never happened in human history. but with communication and what we have at our disposal, we can change it. we can change our own course. [ applause ]

we do not have to go the way of every other great people. we do not have to go that way. we can change our own horse. that's why i want to be in wilmington so badly. i see what you're doing. i see what is happening here. i have been looking and i have been praying. the great thing, you're not alone. you're not the only community th like this. next year, i'm launching the e-4 project. e-4. my mission is to remind american americans of the four ees. if we restore the four "e"s. and dedicate ourselves to these four things we will turn the ship around. it may not be in the shape we want it to be in.

it's not going to be. is your life like it was five years ago? is it worse? is it? it's different. it's different. my father taught me there is no such thing as bad. there is no bad experience. it's what you do with that experience and how you react to that experience. i'm not going to react and say it's bad. it's tough. it hurts. but let's not be whiny babies about it. we knew. how many of us thought we'd get social security under 50? c'mon! we knew. we wanted to believe.

santa's magic exists. tim geithner's magic does not. [ applause ] so next year i'm going to explain the 4es. the 4es. the first "e." is "enlightenment." you have done it here. store front across the street. you restore god to his rightful place. when you do that, when that is your foundation, you'll make it. next year, e-1. enlightenment. e-2, education. e-3, empowerment. don't you dare let anyone tell you that you can't do

it. you can do it. you can do anything. 15 years ago nobody would ross the street -- would cross the street to shake my hand. i was hopeless alcoholic. don't tell me it can't be done. empower is e-3. entrepreneur is number four. [ applause ] next year is a new year and a new beginning in america. e-4. thank you so much for coming. thank you for a great year. god bless you. god bless you! ♪ ♪ if your racing thoughts keep you awake...

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♪ ♪ >> glenn: prayer is at the center of wilmington, ohio. this is a town that literally prays around the clock. watch. ♪ ♪ >> if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and turn from the wicked ways and seek my faith, i'll hear from heaven. i'll forgive their sins and heal their land. >> people will come in and they will write prayer request on the wall. and what begins top happen is

you're praying for somebody. you're expecting that there is going to be a change. because that's why you're praying. change for that person. but what begins to happen is you encounter god. you begin to experience the things that he loves. you begin to love. >> when you come here, you come here with the purpose of praying for other people and serving other people. but because the lord is a perm god, that you always take away more than you give here. so when you leave, you don't feel empty. you feel full. ♪ ♪ >> it's will god not grant us to his elects who are crying out day and night? yes, he will. he will do that and grant this. that day and night prayer is

an answer for justice. and that's what he says. he will grant justice to the electorate crying out day and night. ♪ ♪ >> if you're seeing hearts begin to receive and awaken to the reality of their need for god. there was a lack of hope and there was the uncertainty as the church bans together and lays down the differences. there's a hope that is starting to stir among the people that we're going to be okay. >> if the lord wants us to here, he'll make a way for us to stay. don't freak out over the checkbook. every month we pay for our

bills about maybe we'll have one or two or three in the checking account but we determined we're not going to be afraid. we're going to trust god. if he wanted a computer player room, can't be in fear

♪ ♪ >> glenn: final look at america's first christmas. i hope your holidays in your town can embody the spirit of wilmington, ohio. ♪ ♪ >> i will never forget the day i thought this is it, forsure we're closing. closing our doors in 24 hours. an older woman came in the restaurant and said i have made you part of my budget. i will come in once a week. i promise. i will be here once a week. will you open for me?

>> in clin top county, you don't have to teach people to help each other. they just do it. it's in their heart and they just do it. >> second of the second chapter in the bible talks about how they gather together daily, studying the word from the apostle. god added to the numbers, daily. they took care of those who didn't have. that's what we're experiencing right now. those that have are taking care of those that don't have. those that don't have once they receive have been giving back to the community. >> we elected officials food trucks out of their pocket and gone out to serve people. we have boy scouts and girl scouts and key club. and the city schools and the hospital.

they pitch in to help us feed people and feed the poor. it brought unity like i've every experienced in my life. >> we have unity. pastors meet here every week and pray together, the camaraderie, linking arms of many denominations. we have seen people coto the prayer room and pray from the various denominations. they are coming together for the sake of the lord and the community. >> if you could pick any ten people off the street of wilmington and they feel the same responsibility. they don't think it's one person job. it's our job to lead us out of this. ♪ ♪ >> what blows me away i get the privilege of living with a group of people who knows what is right, the right

thing to do to care about people and take care of each other. i found one in wilmington, ohio, and i get to live here. >> in the '90s wilmington was recognized as one of ten best cities in the united states. in 2010, when people look at wilmington they will easily say this is one of the finest small city in the united states. >> they won't let the community die or fade away. they keep working hard to make it a success, because we know at one point in the future things will return. ♪