this morning on a special edition of "today's take" merry christmas, everybody, grab a cup of hot hoe coo and we're sharing our favorite traditions and catching a movie this weekend, all must-see entertainment and we'll head into the kitchen where al is whipping up his favorite christmas meal coming up next. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with willie geist, al roker, enhorls and tamron hall live from rockefeller plaza. look at that beautiful tree on a beautiful christmas morning. it's friday, december the 25th,

i'll willie along with al, natalie and tamron. mist mass, everyone. >> merry christmas. >> "jingle bell rock." >> classic. >> now we're feeling it. >> uh-oh. >> jingle bell, jingle bell jingle bell swing >> pretty much you're out after "bingele bell >> you got two out of three wrong. >> nothing feels as good to see someone using the christmas gift you gave them by mistake. >> except it's not plugged in. >> in your case probably the best thing. >> it's our last hour, so we have secret swap. >> in the earlier hours and our hours. >> tamron had two gifts. >> she drew my name twice. >> i drew natalie's name twice and i was hesitant because the

got the bags mix up and i'm describing the gift i'm about to get her know and i tone and it's a microphone. >> which is like a karaoke. >> and i snatched it from her hand. >> so act surprised when you get this one. >> she doesn't know what it is. >> you doesn't decipher. >> she said it was something -- >> don't repeat it. >> okay. 1 so here it is. >> $40 a person. >> right. >> that was our man. i'm told i go first. >> you go first? always my favorite part of christmas when you get the person you guess. >> you have to guess in this hour. >> tamron got me. >> again this year, al roker. >> thank you. >> you got him again. >> it was an honor to serve of. >> wow. what's in that? >> this is for a man who loves to grill. >> franklin barbecue.

>> franklin an his wife stace. >> it's heavy. >> that's called the meat smoking manifesto. >> favorite barbecue sauce. >> all the sauces. >> i knew i smelled food. it's sealed and i can still smell it. >> and al is a discriminating barbecue eaters. franklin is one of the best. >> thank you so much. >> that's the one with the coffee beans that you like, right? >> i don't know if you have the and the to use this, but i wanted to give it to you. >> it's like a bromance because i think it's somewhat classic, going retro and i wanted to give you something old school, new school, vinyl? >> got him a little vinyl. >> yes, sir. >> vinyl. >> oh, my gosh. >> old school.

>> oh, my gosh. >> see those. >> little j.j. >> oh, i look it. >> can't beat j. >> and a little middle school. >> jack light. >> and look at that. a great cover, too. >> i love vinyl. >> you gave me some nwa last year. i love vinyl. it's just so cool. merry christmas. >> deejay willie getting the ones and twos. ed. >> whole thing going. >> al, very cool. >> love it. >> get a d.j. >> all right. here we go. do over. >> i'm doing me last. >> wow. so many things. okay. nat. here we go. first of all. i was elated to get your name twice. i was intimidated because there's so many things i can get you because it cost more than $40, as i said you're on the go,

this would be something that would pep you bus of your busy lifestyle. it's lists as the best gift to give fitness people. if you have a fitness freak in your house this is listed as top five. >> is that a bong. >> it's a christmas bong. >> it's a blender. >> what does that have to do with christmas. >> i can make my shakes on the go. >> totally inappropriate. >> that gift looks so wrong in so many ways. >> party at my house. merry christmas! >> okay. >> that leaves me. >> i love it. no, i can make my smoothies. >> we both make our smootd his in the morning. >> you pop it off and you go. you don't have to dirty dishes. >> open this one carefully.

>> is this from colorado. >> no, it's not from colorado, and there's nothing that goes in here. >> fantastic stuff. >> natalie, i need a do-over. >> this is the best. >> i thought it was a smart -- >> keep moving. >> i love it. >> thanks, buff buzzfeed. >> you went to buzzfeed for a gift. >> seriously? >> wow. >> this is awful. now. >> thank, internet. >> okay. >> okay. >> by the way, that's part one. the other one is -- there's a whole theme here. >> oh, yeah.

>> matching bongs. >> like i said party at my house. >> that actually is one, i'm sorry. >> here's a holiday tip. >> next year. >> merry christmas. >> that is a -- >> i'm sorry. >> not to be confused with everything else. it's a decanter in spain. they pour -- you put your wine in there like you would a decanter. i think red may be too dangerous for us right now. shall we try white. >> oh, we're going to do it. >> so it's good luck. >> thank you, nat. >> yes. >> like i don't know how i'm going to use this. >> i love it. >> it's a good party trick. i'm not going to fill it all the way. >> you put it in and it airates the wine. >> and here's the thing.

>> going to drink it out. >> going to move my new records. >> bar tend here. >> can i have the lid to that. >> thank you. >> make sure nothing goes off the top. >> what have you got? >> you wanted to do it. >> oh, no. >> is it supposed to go in the glass? >> don't make me laugh. >> that's much better. the further you go, the closer you get. >> that's a neat trick. >> you start out with like a dollar bottle of ripple. >> i don't know. pour it from the bottle. >> natalie, i love my gift. >> i'm happy you're here for the demonstration demonstration.

>> how about a christmas game. >> do you have your vinyl. >> i was protecting it. >> show you first scene it a holiday film and you have to name it. >> all right. >> here we go. number one. >> first scene. >> "what a wonderful life." >> very nice. >> bedford falls. second move. >> i love this movie. >> next movie. >> the "home alone. ". >> house from "home alone." >> so fantastic. >> in chicago. >> said that area? >> john hughes land. >> "christmas story." >> based on the old car. >> shot on the west side of cleveland. >> giving the opening credits only. >> next one. >> the someone's christmas card. >> "frosty the snowman."

>> i didn't see that one. >> i know you ladies will get this next one. >> "love actually." >> he profile us. >> and the last one. this is for you, will. >> "diehard 2". >> it is. >> this is one. >> that's one. >> that is one. >> i've never seen either one. >> "diehard." >> very good. >> hard to get "die hard" out of that show. >> this has been the best christmas ever. >> come on. shall we try >> jeremy: good morning, merry ch merry christmas. we have dry conditions, and otherwise partly sunny skies as we go through the day. and another mild day ahead of us with temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s.

cover at times. mostly cloudy skies tonight. forecast. through the day tomorrow, a couple of showers, better chance of rain tomorrow night and better chance of snow and ice on tuesday. . >> that's the latest weather. >> next time use the red wine over a white rug. >> i think you leave the cork off and let the air flow. >> it's fun. >> i'm going to make vine video if we do it. >> okay. >> we're going to clean ourselves up and pull ourselves a little bit and coming up share some of our favorite chale hood christmas memories and some new traditions we've made with our

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as you sell operate christmas with your own traditions we thought we'd share some with you. >> some a lock back at some classic holiday memories with some new ones. >> when i was 8 or 9 years old my dad had a company car, a gray buick sky lark and how many he had locked all the christmas gifts for us kids in the trunk. crist has was going to be ruined. my dad and my uncles, they had been enjoying egg nog over the course of the day and herb came up with a brilliant solution to save christmas and emerged from a garage with a sledgehammer and before my dad could stop him from going after the company car herb took five pore six swings and the two sides of the truck butter flied up and they could

my dad had to go to work the next monday and they said what happened? and he said fender bender. >> one christmas i was sick and couldn't come out. i was 8 or 9 years old and i remember my dad moving the christmas tree into my bedroom so we had christmas in my room. i always remember thinking that that was about as special as it gets. >> i'm 8 years older than my brother and i think i'm around 10 and he's a little kid and showing him the ropes of christmas and showing him how to open his toys and for me it was sister. >> when i see my kid and the joy that they have this time of year doesn't matter what they are getting for christmas. it's more about just being together as a family. >> we dress up in our christmas pajama before we run down and we

>> one the things that's become a tradition with us for our kids is something that happens out of necessity in new york city which is going to get the christmas tree and i for years have taken my two young children and we walk down broadway and we go to the corner and pick up the tree and the three of us can be seen on a december afternoon hauling a massive 6 foot or 7 foot tree down broadway. >> the teenage sleeping syndrome has not hit my boy yet. he's in the bedroom waiting to go downstairs and then there's a blizzard of wrapping paper and to go for breakfast. >> i have three nieces and nephewses and love spending christmas with them and they love visit new york and they visit the tree and ice skate and

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>> or if you're staying moment holiday classic you can catch right on tv. here with your roundup is jessica shaw. jessica, good morning. >> good morning. >> love to go to see. >> yeah. >> let's start off with golden globe nominated movie "joy" jennifer lawrence racking up another nomination for this. >> directed by david o' who directed her in "silver links playbook." her performance is incredible. nominated for a golden globe and oscar. >> when the "silver linkings" crew gets together. >> good female empowerment >> like that. >> "concussion," will smith >> that's right. >> so many people talking about this, a real life problem in the

>> absolutely is. plays the pat gist who discovers the disease and will smith spent timed with the doctor watching him perform autopsies and seeing the damage firsthand and it worked well because he was nominated for a golden globe. >> on the lighter side, looking for a little comedy. you'll want to go to dead's home. will ferrell and mark wahlberg and vince vaughn. need i say anything more. >> will ferrell is so good. he plays a step dad. trying to be a good guy to his wife's kids and it's holiday time and who flies into town. their birth father played by mark wahlberg. guns out and shirt out on the motorcycle and if you happy to be another at a laky game you got to see one of the funny scenes in the trailer where will ferrell clubs a poor cheerleader in the head with a basketball. >> this is a proven comedy combination. >> the other guys were so funny in that movie. >> absolutely. >> let's talk about "point

we loved the original. and now they are remaking it. >> they are remaking it. and it stars edgar ramirez who plays jennifer lawrence's husband on "joy." >> i don't know what he's doing but going to be in the movies. plays the character of body the one originated by patrick swazi. about a young fbi agent who infiltrates a group of adventure seeking criminals. >> wouldn't be christmas without all the tv marathons. "christmas story" of course is a classic. don't turn the -- don't change the channel just yet. >> because it's on right now! >> the that's okay. it's going to be on later. going ton on all day, right? >> started last night on tnt and tbs and do a 24-hour marathon of the movie. kind of interesting because this move came out in '82 and did well enough at the box office and now it's an outright

>> my kids outright love it. >> it will shoot your eye out. >> good ole raffly. >> thanks so much, merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you. kids who are giving gifts rather than receiving them in the true spirit of christmas. we have that story coming up after your local news. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax.

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fiat chrysler is recalling more than 350,000 suvs because wires in the vanity mirror can overheat and create a fire hazards. it includes cheap grand cherokees from the 2011 and 2012 model years and a separate recall covers 93,0002015 patriot suvs. they have a clamp that's out of place allowing fluid to leak. tens of thousands at the vatican gathered for christmas day celebrations as pope francis delivered his traditional city and the world message. the pontiff appealed for peace and praised the generosity of countries taking refugees from war-torn countries like syria. and in england, queen elizabeth has led the royal family to a traditional christmas day church service. prince william and duchess of cambridge also attended but their two young children did not.

been waiting since 4:00 a.m. to catch a glimpse of the royals. and a volcano marked rift mass eve in dramatic fashion. the giant plume was lit by the setting sun. people living nearby were advised to cover their doors and windows with wet towels to keep out the falling ash. the volcano in the western part of the country is one of mexico's most active. and there's weather misery in the deep south and more heat in the east. christmas eve record were broken new york and washington, d.c. with each city hitting 71 degrees and in northern california heavy blanket of snow fell over the sierras. drivers had to slow down and kids turned the holiday into powder, too. check of the weather. more record warmth in the east and most of us should enjoy a mild christmas day.

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tuesday. the ceo 9-year-old logan. >> i was coming home from my violin lesson and i asked do all kids get to take music lessons if they wanted to and she said no and i brought together a whole group of kids and started kids can. >> i'm just feeling happy that i'm letting kids get what i already have. >> focussing on a different volunteer each month the group's mission is to empower children

the community and give back to other kids who may be less fortunate. in spring they made arts and crafts at miami children hospital and last month they sent off cards to deployed troops and then they made art for safe places for kids after school. the motivation is simple. >> if i were in this situation i would want people to be here for me. >>ed with the holidays in full swing. >> you can write santa or christmas. >> making holiday cards and deserving kids. >> how many is that? yeah. >> thank you. >> it's been great. some kids actually thought about us, to give us gifts. excited. >> a bright future beginning with a bright holiday season. >> the idea is to change our community and to grow that next generation of children who want to give back works want to give of themselves and be selfless.

>> it made me feel like we can give back to them, too. sglltd giving continues even after the holidays. next month kids can is working with a group of trade school students in orlando who will donate haircuts, food and basic medical checkups for the homeless for flee. up next, heading into the kitchen where al is making his favorite kitchen death, a this. (beat begins) (the beat drops again) strangelove strange highs and strange lows strange love that's how my love goes strangelove will you give it to me? gucci guilty the fragrances for him and for her. there is a place where the sky

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on "today food" i'm making one of my favorite christmas dishes. the roast beef from "how the grinch stole christmas."

it, put in the oven and you used to marvel at my mother making this every christmas. >> beautiful. >> start with really good ham. i like from the snake river farms in idaho, love this ham, a lot of great ham makers out there. crushed pineapple, mustard, original zest, honey, brown sugar, cinnamon and some cloves. okay. you're going to take your ham and fat side up, and you're going to cut across. there's a big cap of fat on top of this so you're going to score this. score this across and you'll make these cross hatches. >> nice. >> and then you're going to put a bunch ever water in the bottom of the pan. >> what does that does is. >> it will keep it for burning. >> have to watch it because as it cooks the water may ivap ate it. >> you kend it and put it in the oven according to the instructions you get from the hammaker and you put that in the oven. that will go in. in the meantime you're going to

you'll put in brown sugar, crushed pineapple and some mustard. >> delicious. >> and some honey. >> a little lemon zest, and -- and original zest and lemon juice, and -- and a little pinch of cloves and throw that all in. and you're going to mix this up. you're going to cook it down. it's going to finally become like a syrup and once that's in, you'll take it out of the oven and whether there's an hours worth cooking and you're going to keep glazing it during the cooking process so it get a caramel cruz. >> gorgeous. >> when an hour to go you'll take the sliced pineapple, used to love watching my mom do. would take it and put it all around and stud it with cloves. >> that's

>> you put it back in the oven for another hour and let the meat rest, let the meat rest and while that rests brussel sprouts, i take them and i cube the bacon and render it. you basically remove the bacon on to the sheet, baking sheet that has some paper towels so the oil will drain off but you'll be left with some lovely bacon fat left in the fan. >> this is so good. >> okay. i also take about 20 cloves ever garlic and peel those. >> you're going to take a pound to two pounds of beautiful brussel sprouts, small variety. >> you don't -- >> especially when they are this small. >> all right. >> and then you're basically going to coat these brussel sprouts and garlic in the bacon fat. >> oh, my gosh.

>> you let them cook there for a while. >> let them cook covered. >> and i actually sometimes jut like putting them right on the baking sheet. put that there. you don't put the bacon in just yet and you put the bacon in after and into the oven and about 350 to 375 for about 30 minute. you'll bring them out and take the bacon and you will put the bacon together and serve it up like that and slice your ham. >> delicious. >> at the bottom of the pan, you'll skim off this -- the clearest part and be left with the stuff underneath. whisk in a little water and flour you have a fantastic ham gravy. >> just yum. >> look how beautiful that is. >> looks so beautiful you shouldn't eat it. >> and look at that. >> look at that. >> and you eat it for the rest of the week. >> makes great ham sandwiches. >> by the way we'll put this and

whatever is left over, we'll use this to make a keach for new year's. >> and i'll be making a soup out of bone. >> for this recipe head to today.com. and coming up next, a capella "12 days of christmas" with straight no chaser right after this. here's a little healthy advice. eat well, live well, and take of what makes you, you. right down to your skin with aveeno aveeno daily moisturizing lotion with the goodness of active naturals oat and 5 vital nutrients for healthier looking skin in just one day. healthy skin equals beautiful skin. and for shower softness, add the body wash, too! aveeno naturally

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now for a christmas treat from the world famous a capella group straight no chaser. the new old-fashioned features covers of the weekends "can't feel my face" and even a little bob dylan. >> but it was their renditions some holiday classics that put them on the map so here is straight no chaser singing "the 12 days of christmas." on the krirs days of christmas my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree on the second day of christmas my true love gave me two turt will doves >> and on the fifth day gave me five golden bells on the ninth day of christmas my true love gave to me, eight liodice dancing,

in a pear tree on the eighth -- >> no. on the seventh -- deck the bou o halts with boughs s s of holly and particular dij in a pear tree on the 11th day of christmas my true love gave to me 11 made a milking. five golden rings, four calling hence and three

gave to me 12 drummers drumming like in the sarin getting 11 pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping they were dancing for me eight milks a-milking, they were milking just for me christmas down in africa i'm at christmas down in africa i am christmas down in africa africa

partridge in a big pear tree partridge in a big pear tree >> straight no chaser. guys, you're awesome. thank you so much.

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