cloudy christmas. but we're and cloudy christmas. but we're not going to give up hope on a christmas miracle. >> yes, and over 6 billion presents have already been delivered 300,000km travelled. we're going to be tracking the rest of father christmas journey. he's finishing delivering presents across north america as we speak. >> has he been to your house yet.7 the >> has he been to your house yet? the king set to break with tradition later today. he's going to deliver his annual christmas message from a former hospital chapel. >> yes he is. and the princess of wales delivers a message of togetherness alongside her family. it's been a tough year. this during her christmas carol service. >> and are you busy in the kitchen this morning? well, one christmas dessert is on the bnnk christmas dessert is on the brink of extinction. but will it be on your table later today? >> and of course, it's the season of giving. brits are expected to donate over £1 billion this christmas season alone. we're going to be looking at how to help those in need this christmas. >> a very merry christmas from the sports desk here @gbnews.

we'll be taking a look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of the sporting year. that was 2024, particularly if you're a man united fan like patrick. there's also a big day of boxing day racing. join me later. >> well, it might not be a white christmas this year, but it should be an all right christmas as far as the weather is concerned. particularly if you're heading outside for a walk. i'll have the full details coming up soon in the forecast. >> well, it's just gone 6:00 on christmas morning. i'm patrick christys and i'm emily carver. >> and this is gb news christmas breakfast. >> well, look. hey, very merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you, pat. good to see you. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. to you at home. >> becoming a fixture. this isn't it. on day three four years, four years in a row i've been doing the christmas breakfast, and it is an absolute

pleasure. >> can i just say as well, because this is four years in a row. yes. wow. there you go. and this is our first christmas morning as a married couple, which is rather nice. so it's nice to mark the occasion. it's nice. it's nice to share it. absolutely. >> it's nice to share it. you know what? we are already being bombarded with lots of happy christmas. merry christmas messages on gbnews.com/yoursay. you're also wishing each other a merry christmas, which is rather nice. i feel like there's very much a community going on. >> absolutely. well, so look, we have been tracking father christmas flights around the world as he delivers gifts for christmas. i think we can maybe have a little look at where he is at the moment. so he's he's he's just over colorado. so the children of colorado are going to be having presents dropped down their chimney very shortly. >> yes. and i think it might be a white christmas in colorado, surely. how many presents? >> well, 6.7 million now. billion. billion. billion. billion. billion. billion. billion course. yeah. otherwise it would be a lean christmas. >> yeah, but slim turkey as well. >> what we would like for the

start of the show, if that's okay, is if you could just let us know if father christmas has been to your house. so if you could maybe drop us an email. vaiews@gbnews.uk. com just send us some pictures of what father christmas has delivered for you and your loved ones. >> yes, some of you will probably have children or grandchildren who've been up at the crack of dawn, and that's probably why you're up at 6:00 in the morning, to be honest. so let us know if santa has been. let us know how happy everyone is to receive their gifts. >> absolutely. well, we're going to be talking about loads today, and the royal family are going to be attending their annual christmas celebration on the sandringham estate. later, alongside a morning service at saint mary magdalene church in norfolk. >> yeah, of course, it's been it's been a bit of a tough year for the royal family, both the king and the princess of wales undergoing cancer treatment. it's been tough, hasn't it? >> it has been tough, but they've managed to come out the other side of it. and the princess of wales delivered her christmas message yesterday evening during her annual together at christmas carol

service at westminster abbey. >> welcome to our together at christmas carol service here at westminster abbey. the christmas story encourages us to consider the experiences and feelings of others. it also reflects our own vulnerabilities and reminds us of the importance of giving and receiving empathy. it encourages us to turn to love, not fear. the love that we show ourselves, and the love that we show others. love that listens with empathy. love that is kind and understanding. love that is forgiving, and love that brings joy forgiving, and love that brings joy and hope. it is love which is the greatest gift we can receive, not just at christmas, but every day of our lives. because in times of joy and sadness, we are all each other's light. i wish you and your loved

ones a very merry christmas. >> oh, it's sweet, isn't it? >> that's rather nice, isn't it? >> that's rather nice, isn't it? >> it is, it is. »- >> it is, it is. >> what do you say in your christmas message? >> well, i think i just wish for peace on earth. probably. and i would. yeah. just just i think just hope, hope that everyone has a has a very, very happy, smiley christmas. yeah. >> i mean, we're expecting the king to talk about community and also touch on touch on health as well. i think those are sort of things that everyone can, you know, buy into and feel that way this christmas. the duchess of york, sarah ferguson, has also shared a bit of a christmas message. >> it's a time of reflection, and i just want to say thank you and i just want to say thank you and a huge embrace of goodness to and kindness to those of you who've been so kind and so supportive and to people all over the world that are feeling a little bit sort of low or sad and just take some joy and

bubbles from from us here where we're sending you so much love and we must just keep, keep showing light, turning to the light, finding the joy and saying thank you. >> i really think that that. there we go. what do you make of that with the corgis? >> a bit of a wind chill, wasn't it? yeah, that was a wind tunnel. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> by the way, we have deliberately. there are a lot of people who find this time of year tough. you know, they might be alone or they might have lost a family member. and it is about spreading that, spreading that love to people who, you know, your neighbours as well as your family. >> absolutely. and we have made a conscious decision to not inflict keir starmers christmas message on any of that. we decided to veer away from that. >> so on that point, i always thought that the politicians released their christmas messages today on christmas day, but they all came out yesterday morning, christmas eve morning. >> yeah, they went early. they

went early. >> and i wonder why. yeah. get in there. they didn't want to. >> well i suppose then they can have a have a proper day off. theni have a have a proper day off. then i suppose maybe everyone in the digital team has decided to go home. so they just had to get it out early. but i tell you what, we thought we'd show you this because it's a little bit different. it's cristiano ronaldo. he swapped saudi arabia for lapland this christmas and here he is with his hat off. >> guys look at this experience. look freezing. —20. and now what ihave look freezing. —20. and now what i have in my front look cold minus two. i'm gonna do it right a little bit. oh. >> centrar todo. >> centrar todo. >> oh, there he goes. you couldn't pay me to do that? >> no, i tell you what, what, what what kind of bloke would gratuitously get his kit off on

the television and go swimming around in some freezing cold water? do we know anyone who might have done that this year? >> i think i am married to this man over here, and he does like to take his kit off for the television, don't you? right. for gb news. >> oh, i'm glad we're doing this on christmas morning. >> just, just just your shirt. i mean, you've done a dip in in the lake district. yes, in sticklers tarn. >> stickle tarn? yeah. we raised a bit of money for. for friends of the elderly. >> a bit of dream boys at one point. yes. which involved taking your shirt off. >> not just my shirt. >> not just my shirt. >> no, no, no, i was going to leave it a shirt, that's it. but there you leave it a shirt, that's it. but th