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in the news a wild scene tonight in delaware, a raging inferno burning several homes, the blaze grew to four alarms along bay avenue near beach road this broke out at 7:30, two homes are believed to be a total loss. another two were badly damage. fire fighters battled the blaze for hours before gaining an upper hand no word how it started. investigators are looking into whether today's gusty wind contributed to a house collapse in the torresdale section of the city. home under construction on state road near linden street came crashing down at 2:00 o'clock. home next door was also damaged no one living in that home was injured and as you can see here, the christmas spirit remains intact though. and what a sight this was in pemberton, new jersey where a tanker truck rammed into a home there it happened at 7:30 this morning, on route 38, near birmingham avenue. fortunately the house was vacant and no injuries were reported no word tonight why

the driver who control. and in atlantic city a stolen pickup truck crashed into a storefront. vehicle then burst into flames , and then the people living in apartments upstairs had to be evacuated. this all happened the atlantic avenue early this christmas morning at 4:30. the 20 year-old driver facing dui, reckless driving and marijuana possession charges. but police say revenge was motive of a shooting this morning in darby boro. officials say multiple shooters fired at a home on the 200 block of north ninth street, people living there are related to 26 year-old ra shawn overton, overton is a person of interests in the shooting death of the man killed in the boro this past friday. updating now a little girl who was attacked by a racoon inside her own home. four month-old journey blake rodgers was released from st. christopher's hospital today. she needed 64 stitches in her face, after the frightening ordeal on thursday. it happened on 29100 brook of north 22nd street in north

philadelphia, and mercifully her eyes are okay. her uncle tells "action news" that she will not need digsal surgery. thank goodness. devon train station caught fire today, fortunately no one was injured but damage as you can see is pretty extensive. authorities say the fire started at 12:30 this afternoon, and was, out a bit past one. septa says resulting delays were minimal because the line was already operating on a holiday schedule. wow. >> all right. of course this was the way so many mornings started to day across the region and around the world. action cam on the scene here where the smith children came downstairs, inside of their home in northeast philadelphia brendon, giana and vincent had lots of presents to opened, they share similar ideas about what christmas means to them. >> i wanted to open up presents. >> open presents and it is really fun. >> all right. smith children pointed out the true reason for holiday

christian belief in the birth of the jesus christ. >> ♪ >> and that is reason that the faithful flocked to the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul in center city to day to celebrate the birth of jesus. three masses were celebrated this morning and afternoon to accommodate the crowds. >> with that said pope frances opened up his annual christmas message with the prayer for peace in the middle east. it calls following an upswings in tensions between palestinians and israelis. the pope made special mention of the children who suffered in war zones, or forced to flee their home countries. it was a very merry christmas for more than a dozen children in philadelphia 's 14th police district. officers arrived at their homes with santa claus and presents in toe to surprise some very deserving little children. "action news" reporter wendy saltzman has that story. >> merry christmas. ho, ho, ho. >> reporter: santa and his helpers rolled up with lights and sirens guiding their way

for children on this very special, christmas day. >> toys for all of the boys and girls. >> they arrived here with food , clothe ago this would be given away, with joy in their hearts looking forward to hearing little ones scream. >> yah. >> i was so worried that my kid would be left out. i didn't have the best situation, and you guys showed up with everything. >> it was amazing. just smiles on their faces. delightful. you know, just being excited and being happy, it makes me happy. >> reporter: when sleigh arrived, at stop number two, little boy could not be blue. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: with a gift of the toy truck, football and sneak tours boot. >> we wanted to show a little support for you and your grandson, jahlil, it ain't much but it hope it warms your heart. >> reporter: presents are donations from the police, community and business as cross germantown including

clothing and fresh food for a family to feed them for the entire week. >> it is important for us that they see police in the different light. not coming to arrest somebody but to help the community and supply some of the need. >> reporter: gratitude is evident as family members cheer. >> i brought something for everybody. >> reporter: and smiles, tears , prayers for the >> i didn't realize this was going to be, i just thought santa would give a gift or two and say merry christmas. i was than the expecting all this. >> reporter: fourteenth district holiday tradition of serving families in need had fans more than a decade, this year serving 13 children age one through 16, in germantown i'm wendy saltzman for channel six "action news". meanwhile first responders in wilmington delaware were treated to free meals today at saint frances hospital. breakfast, lunch, dinner were served as part of the annual meals for shields event, hosted by the trauma survivors foundation. lieutenant governor bethenny long-hall was participating. this year they have

donated 100 coats to the wilmington fire department's coat drive. of course to day was also about giving back and chosen 300 ministries of west philadelphia hundreds of people came together for pray er, and for christmas meal afterward, children who attended each received a toy. chosen 300 ministries served thousands of meals each and every year to the homeless of you will philadelphia. moving to consumer news, do you want to return one of your christmas presents if not more you? are not alone. americans returned nearly $90 billion worth of gifts over the holiday season who you about that. nearly four in 10 people will try to do it tomorrow or wednesday, so, you may want to postpone that trip to the mall if you are not a nan of big crowd. if you want aid white christmas all you have to do is drive, north of philadelphia, christmas morning was very snowy in places like erie, pennsylvania , boston, buffalo, not surprisingly. snow and ice made driving tricky though. even when the snowfall subsided windy conditions made

for harsh conditions. kind of the weather that kept cloud and deicers of some airports very busy. no snow here but blustery winds led toia handful of scenes like this all across the area. wires down and power out. "action news" on the scene here mill creek road near crosby brown road in lower merion tonight where a tree took down utility lines. peco has been busy restoring electricity for thousands of customers this christmas, as a result. time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist chris sowers and temperatures will make a dive now. >> yes. >> some of that, that wind damage there that is first of several front in the process of pushing through. lets go right over to the wind chill here as we take a lot the christmas tree from our city, center city camera here. it is a cold blustery evening around the delaware and lehigh valleys with temperatures, for the most part that are in the teens and 20's, actually we might have to skip over this. thinks big story over next

couple days, first front came through last night this will be the second arctic front that will battle through tomorrow evening. this is just a huge dome of cold air that is going to sit right over the area and some of the latest computer guidance suggest this could stick around for at lee 10 days maybe as long as two weeks and that is all she wrote. that ills pattern right there as we look at predict wind chills tomorrow morning we are looking at teens across the whole area they will continue to be this low right through midday and one, 2:00 in the afternoon, by 5:30 in the evening, same thing, teens, 20 's high temperatures tomorrow only climbing in the low to mid 30's. then we will get into tomorrow night and wednesday morning and then it gets even colder. by wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m., fine, feeling like in reading five. twelve in philadelphia. two below in poconos. fifteen in wildwood. overnight tonight, breezy, cold with a few cloud around. 17 degrees across the outlining suburbs. twenty-three for center city. for tomorrow partly sunny, cold. 34 degrees. maybe we will hit that for about an hour and then

temperatures start falling again. wind out of the west 10 to 15 miles an hour putting those wind chills back down in the upper teens, lower 20's and the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast if you had are a big fan of the cold weather this will be your week , my friend this will be the coldest week we have seen in about four years here in the philadelphia area. so, 34 degrees, for today, later this afternoon, but for wednesday, mostly sunny, 28. thursday, some sun, it stays cold, 27, and then friday, increasing included with a high of 29, and saturday we're watching a coastal storm right now it looks like we could see a few inches, could be more depending on the track. high of 29. sunday 28 degrees. monday's high is only 25. early indications are tuesday and wednesday's high could be in the teens. >> we can officially start using the word bitter. >> yes, we we can. in the health check at 11:00 we may not want to sit down for this one. new study published in the journal circulation add to evidence that sitting for long period of time may be bad for your heart. research measured proteins

called tropicalican that are damaged cardiac muscles. people who sat for 10 or more

back now to ducis and jamie more on an important but ugly w tonight right, guys. >> wow. >> they get first round bye, home field advantage through the playoffs. ugly because they went one of 14 on third down in this game. >> owe even if looked out of step and defense struggled and next week, we will see what

happens. will they rest starters or not >> lets lot at highlights, late in the fourth quarter it looked like raiders with this game tied would drive to take to get a go ahead field goal but ronald darby gets that interception, not a pick six, he was ruled down but that set up eagles in great position to go for the win. >> and then, nickel why the who missed a 32-yard field goal earlier in the game nailed one from 48. maybe that was just too close. eagles win 19-10. they add a meaningless touchdown in the end. doug pederson says a win is a win is a win. >> we found a way to win, bottom line, found a way to win. you know, i would love to win 40-three or 34-28, but sometimes you will be in theseg@ ourselves as coaches and players looking at this film, moving forward and get things fixed offensively. >> how about the sixers.

philadelphia sports fans have holiday hoops as well, against knicks, jj reddick for three. he had 24. put sixers up by seven. joel embiid got in the action too, he finished with 25. >> that back healthy. >> ben simmons, ice is it with the steel and the slam, sixers end that five game losing streak with a 105-98 win over the knicks. so we have sixers win, eagles win, merry christmas. >> yes, doug pederson will talk at noon. we will find out what he plans to do in the season final a begins cowboys, walter, back over to you. >> we will take all of the wins we can get. >> all right. volunteers reached on it to the less fortunate with food, clothing and caring. members of the mount olive wrist tan church and workers from the shipyard gave hundreds of men works men and children a hot meal at kensington anal again i avenue they have contributed warm clothe to go protect them begins elements all in the name of christian compassion. small business owner in norristown spent christmas day speeding anyone in the community, who wanted a good meal. avery johnson, owner of the

beardos shave company hosted second annual holiday dinner at carver community center right there on gentleman coke i street. volunteers provided a festive atmosphere in addition to the food there were pretzels and candy. for those not christians there is not much to do on christmas but doors of the national museum of american jewish history in old city were opened to everyone for a fun family day. youngsters enjoyed face painting, balloon making, music and dance while museum's contribute captured the attention of the older children and adults. and jimmy kimmel live is next here on channel six followed by night line. "action news" continues at 4:30 tomorrow morning with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy and karen rodgers with traffic. for ducis rodgers, jamie apody , chris sowers, cecily tynan, jim gardner and the entire "action news" team, i'm walt your perez. have a great night and we hope you had a merry christmas. >> ♪

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of the tree. >> the bring with a bang. >> you are going to learn today. >> yeah. >> i hope there's a surprise. >> kids spy a big box near the tree. >> okay, okay, you can open it. >> why this gift can't wait. [ screaming ] >> it may buck tradition, but makes perfect sense. see the reindeer rocking a modern day sled. and santa dresses to impress. >> excuse me. >> the prankster putting the bah

humbug in the holiday. >> christmas, the most wonderful time of the year. as these videos demonstrate, dangerous, too. does anything look like it could go well here? >> no. >> great idea. go for it, brother. you got this. >> this guy is climbing on a table with a chair on top of it. then he's going to climb on top of that because something needs to go on top of that tree. >> you know what he needs for christmas? >> a ladder. >> what is the rule? i'm holding the biggest man's table and the biggest man is on the chair. >> let's see how this goes. >> don't fall. >> he reaches over. >> thank you. i hear it crack. >> oh! timber! >> he said, i hear cracking, right before the big collapse.

that video really has some crazy christmas antics. let's see if this could be, too. this is their first christmas tree in their new house. they are about to make a lifetime memory because somebody is putting the last ornament on the tree. [ bleep ]. >> you gonna learn today? >> it will never happen again. >> in this last one, you are thinking, okay, yeah, they used the ladder. no. >> no. >> understand how force works. >> so, you have brittney there. she's holding the ladder. >> she is not holding the ladder. she is leaning on the ladder. >> she's doing something. scott tells her, okay, get out of the way. >> bad move, scott. ♪ >> oh! >> ooh! >> that looks like a broken leg. >> no broken leg. they escaped with bumps, scrapes and bruises.

this replaces a dog. she had a dog that died in 2009. their family got together and may have had something for her. they sat her on the couch. her son hands her a bag. before she could open it, it's like, hey! >> oh, look. >> she just starts bawling. >> surprise. >> oh, my god. >> kids are so excited. the kids can't handle it. >> they have been planning this as a family for a while now. >> bringing back so many memories, right? >> look at it. >> the other dog will always have a place in her heart, looks like there's room for more. look at that face. those eyes. they get you every time. they make you not want to go to work. >> amy and allison are in for a

little christmas treat. before this video picks up, their parents took them out of the house for the day. they were on to them. when they walked into the house, you heard that barking. >> i told you there was a surprise. i knew it. >> okay, okay, okay. you can open it. >> one, two, three -- [ screaming ] >> put the box back on. >> that thing is cute. >> super cute. >> so cute. >> something tells me they really wanted a puppy. [ screaming ] >> from there, the tears started rolling. something tells me both of these dogs are going to get a lot of hugs and kisses. >> kids have a lot of questions when it comes to christmas time. they wonder, how do the reindeer fly? i can tell you, it takes a lot of training. >> and magic. >> training, too.

these reindeer have to fly around the world all night long, making tons of stops. it takes fitness, tons of fitness. i hear you can see at least one reindeer. i can't identify which one it is. it could be rudolph, who knows. training by pulling this motor through the air. the reindeer here is with a coach, one of santa's training coaches. but, santa is involved in this as well. there he is. >> wait, he's only going to use one reindeer this christmas? >> no, no, no, they all get worked out individually. >> eventually, once they are comfortable alone, they come together as a group. >> exactly. >> makes perfect sense. >> exactly. they are a team in this case, they are training individually. santa's point of view here, this one sky trains. look, there's nothing left behind. >> that's true. >> i wonder if kids on the

ground are concerned. there's fear. is he gathering information for santa claus and bringing back notes? >> that's how they do it. >> all the reports. just say this is a training program. >> mm-hmm. >> you guys, draw your own. santa knows. doesn't matter how he gets his information. we all know that santa knows. we all know santa is real, right? >> yeah. >> of course. >> they are going to see how much kids know about father christmas. >> the person who gives us all the gifts. >> he gives a piece of coal when you are bad. >> a bunch of kids, boys and girls. they are all aboard a train. >> there's no way somebody could live over a thousand years. >> bringing your facts.

that's fake news. >> he is the kid that ruins it for everybody else. >> ruins what? ruins what? >> it. >> how do the reindeer fly? >> i don't know. >> magic. there's really no -- >> parents make it up to think it is real. when you grow up, your mom is going to tell you santa is not real. >> that's a case of post-traumatic santa disorder. where does he live, blake? >> he has a gingerbread house. >> he believes it. we are all aboard the same train. the more i see blake in this video, the more i love this child. >> i'm going to go there. i'm going to look every place. mom, you are coming with me. >> i want to see that video so bad. you are coming, too. you are going to show me santa. >> break in the door and set off the alarm.

>> kids have to go with it. where is this coming from? >> that's the answer for all of these questions and uncertainties, magic. >> because he's magic. >> they are sharp kids. they were not easily deceived. >> they are called fake santas. >> sees right through it. fake santas. they are there trying to get your parents hard-earned money and they all do. we have been fully educated on the world of santa claus. knowledge is half the battle. we are all winning. blake is definitely winning. >> there's no way. forget skiing or snowboarding. >> let's just unicycle. >> why this will leave you wanting a white christmas. plus, if you want to spice up your holiday, you can join santa in the holiday championship

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