this is fox5 local news at 10.1. right now at 10, a man killed in a car crash after he just dropped off his father on this holiday weekend, and a teen speeding in a stole own car caused the deadly rec. a fire destroyed a grandmother's apartment. d.c. firefighters step in to save her christmas.istm it is christmas eve and also the first night of hanukkah. off the top tonight, we're taking outside talking about the weather ain't was a rainy start to the christmas eve and then the skies opened up. mike thomas is here with us tonight. mike we're not going to talk with the rain.ain. >> merry christmas. > i was

going to talk about the reindeer in the room, but nonetheless noo white christmas. the forecast is getting better. we just had something issuedssue that could cause some trouble if you're heading out late on the roads. happy hanukkah, merry christmas eve, holiday spirit. a dense fog issued for thethe district and baltimore, any counties you see here in the gray, includes prince george'sus county, southern half of montgomery, eastern of loudon,oo down through southern maryland o and portions of northern virginia as well.virg this goes into effect right now until about 6:00 a.m. tomorrow 0 morning. watch out for some areas of s dense fog if you're doing some late night traveling. no problems with santa claus. he'll be making it through the fog.fo 39-degree, the winds are calm. no wind chill out there for nowe but it's the calm winds that will help the

as we head through the next few hours. satellite and radar shows the upper levels of the atmosphere clouds are starting to break up a about it.. it's the low level stuff we're concerned with as we head intoai the overnight hours, 39 here in washington, but collect out cumberland at 50-degrees. that's not feel i are very chrissy, 48 for hagerstown, 46 for frederick. your holiday evening forecast on this christmas eve. you can expect skies to generally clear for some of the region, but again from d.c. and especially points south of hereh we could be looking at some dense fog. worse between now and 4:00 a.m. and then after 4:00 a.m. things0 will start to clear up. christmas does look good. we'll have your full christmas day forecast, plus the seven dav forecast. i'll send it back up to you. > take you to fairfax county, there was still no arrest in two homicides that may be linked.ine the victims are a man and womann

both friends.both the man was found dead in his on. the woman's body was latertr discovered less than two miles away. police, however, have not said how they were killed. the two homicides do not appear to be random. the latest now on the conditioni of star wars actry carriee fisher. we are told tonight she remains in intensive care in a los angeles hospital after sufferinr a massive heart attack on a plane. she was stricken as she was traveling from london to los angeles. her brother says the actress is receiving excellent care, but he could not describe her current condition. there are new concerns over a potential terror threat in the us.us. isis may call foray tacks onon churches and holiday events.nts. the warning came out after a public directory of churches was post odd a pro isis website. there are no known credibleredi

their surrenderrings and report any suspicious activity. new tonight, it's going to be a merry christmas after all forll one south d.c. family when fire damage ad their home on nailer road. they were upset about losing all the toys that they bought for our grandkids.rand local organizations including toys for to thes stepped up and replaced all the presents destroyed in the fire. we were really distraught by thh fact that their presents were destreet. so at that point we felt christmas was lost for us. but thank god for the communitym i want to thank god for all the firefighters. jumped in andnust the spirit in which you guys have helped allows us to know that there is a community here in ward 8. see that, the spirit of the holiday.

age from one to 13 years olds. as for the dixons themselves they do hope to rebuild theireir home. we're talking a little sports. last monday was an absolute nightmare. held to a season low 15 points. this afternoon a very quick turnaround welcomed by the head coach as the redskins get back into the win column against the bears. tight end jordan reed not suited up. he was dealing with the painful left shoulder injury. the second possession, third and two. chris thomas, welcome back. seven yards for the game's firse touchdown and a 7-0 lead justled like that. on the next possession it is third and nine for the redskins cousins gets a little pressure but he gets the screen pass away for thompson. the score for the redskins just like that 4-0. we go to the second quarter andd it is now 17-7. as we see kirk cousins behind center fakes the

kelly. two rushing touchdowns on the day, head to the stands, a nice little christmas present to a fan. the redskins in front 24-7. today alone they came away with five pics, thanks to quarterback barkly. the redskins crews 41-21.21. they are now 8, 6 and 1. staying alive for the post season and clinching a winning season. we started fast. after the way we started the game and then a little bit at the half. they come out the third quarterr create five turn officer overall. big plays by the receivers whoho ran the ball effectively.fect chris thompson got us in there and a third down kept us on the field and gave us a chance to get down in scoring territory and win points.and a combination of factors and put it on the board today to win.da by the way, how aboutha

we're going to hear a little l more about that. first, the giants 10 and 55. they are the first wild card. the packers are nine and six.x. the redskins with the win leap frog the bucks who loss to the saints. it's the giants who determine a lot. a redskins win over the giants on new year's day will get them into the play office. you'll be following it, too. as we move on tonight, spending christmas on the water. a marine corp vet is jet skiing from miami.. santa working on his trip around the world. this is a check on santa's noraa add tractor.ctor it is headed for cuba.a. we continue to track santa on this christmas eve. .

> a marine veteran from a virginia is embarking on m a vey long and wet christmas journey.o he's jet skiing down the east te coast of the us and he's doing it all to race money and help other veterans in need. >>reporter: when you thinkhink christmas in d.c. you think jet skying, right? that's exactlyxt what one us marine veteran is doing to help other veterans. the one week 1200-mile ride from outside d.c. to miami kicked off christmas eve morning. we he kipped our skis and we heh skipped ourselves for the righte gear for this sort of thing. you can see i'm wearing a dry suit. this keeps me safe property elements, keeps me dry inside.nd his helmet has communications gear and protects him from bad weather. the gas tank gets him up to 100 miles at a time. he even has storage for food. and once he's on the wate

goes go time even p it's againss the current. my biggest fear is a lot of winds. winds creates choppy conditionso choppy conditions slow us down tremendously. take point jet skiing group that races money for veterans andnd suicide prevention.. for him the long, wet rides are all worth it. it. i don't want to be doinge anything else. what else would i be doing right now in the point of all of it is to race funds so if you'd like o to help, head to take point now.com.m. reporting in lorton, alexandrana limon, fox5 a local news.ews. > that with christmashris practically here, less than two hours away, people scrambling tm get home, earlier today you bet it was stuff on the roads and at some airports because weatherrpr was certainly a can pennsylvaniaor. the in california, snow in midwest causing big back understand for many travelers. the holidays can be an emotional tile as

together from near and far. stieve williams was at reagan national airport where thehe holiday spirit was in full in force. take a listen. are you guys prepared to do jingle bells or rudolph. >> that would be great. for the fields we go, laughing all the way. way it's nice to be able to come to here and see the great big big christmas cheer.hee it really gets me in the holiday spirit. jingle bells, jingle all thehe way. owe, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh. a wonderful experience to be able to come and see my family, spend sometime with my my girlfriend. i'm really looking forward to it. this is probably one of my mosto favorite gigs. it's one of my most favorite gim of the year because it'sos fun o see everybody smiling andnd especially the kids dancing and jingling the

you know how stressful i is to travel, even if it's just within three verses of a christmas carol will have a little bit oft the stress melt away.y. hark the harold angels sing. glory to the newborn king.ing it's nice to sit back and take a look at what's going on around you and take a thought about th what christmas is all about. i didn't know i'd be able to come down here and get a free photo dressed up like this. traveling today has been great. it seems like everybody is in a holiday spirit. spi i'm in a holiday spirit and i'd like to pass on some cheer

hohoho. > the people are very nice. everybody is saying merry christmas. happy0xe holidays. happy holidays, happy new year. how about that. let's take a live look outside right now the good news is take a look over towards the airhe important, no problems. a rainy christmas eve thisthis morning. the day has cleared up a littlea bit. if anybody is going out flying -- i can't look at you with that sweater. where is your christmas spirit? >> you're not mr. screening ore the grinch. we hnoavet the tractor going on. o >> santa is across the aatlantickic ocean so kids

better get to bed soon. s he's in cuba right now? he'll be starting south and hing north. o > we're ready, santa, come onn in. what we are watching here. most people aren't flying. but what we have to watch outatc for is some fog that is startin to push into parts of our region. this is all playing a factor, 39 here in washington, gates ^berg 45, 39 in annapolis, 49 at quantico. remember 39 here in washington. let me throw the dewpoints at you reel quick.quic remember measure how much atmosphere in d.c. 39 as well in d.c. the temp and the dewpoints match, when those two happen you goodette some fog out there. that's what we're starting to see. washington, visibility down to t quarter of a mile in spots. annapolis, same deal. in spots we're starting to see some dep fog pop up. up. because of that we do have some fog. to the south as well. prince george's county, fairfax county and the districeotrge' if

until 6:00 a.m. christmashr morning. speaking of christmas morning mo here's your planner for the day tomorrow, any leftover fog should burn off rather quickly and it should be a mostly sunnyy day. we're log at a very nice ni christmas day with highs of ovef about 50-degrees or so. o travel monies a big day. i got those details coming up in about 15 minutes. jingle, jingle, jim.im. merry christmas, back to you. > fox5 is in montgomery countyi wheren thieves have been takinn advantage of holiday deliveries and helping themselves to packages on porches, butut hundreds of people got the presence they ordered online thanks to some quick action police work. they've ordered packages and other stolen items.m earlier this week they returnede some of the items to the rightful owner. i've been waiting for these. our police officers have done an awesome job because it's reallyl quick.

citizen that has given us thehe information. so really, none of this would wu have been possible withoutossi somebody seeing what happenedat and actually calling the policep to let us know what occurred. police have arrested four juveniles and 18 year old suspected of stealing the christmas packages.acka up next, uber and lyft strike a deal to stay put in maryland. we'll tell you why the rideide sharing companies werempan threatening to leave the district coming up next on this local news at 10. 10.

> tonight, a d.c. family is in mourning. police say a teen driving a stole own car caused a crashsh killing an innocent man. fox5's anjali hemphill with more. >>reporter: instead of

celebrating christmas tonight,og jim morris' family is grieving his teeth. what began as a robbery and cardiac jacking at a home in northeast ended in tragedy aftey police say a teenager sped away from officers in a stole car crashing it into a driver who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. d.c. police say just after midnight thursday night three suspects with guns wearing maskr snuck up on a woman unloading her car on eighth street. they stole her credit cards and keys and drove off. one of the scott officers recognized the cars. the next evening they spotted the car. they got p behind the vehicle. they activated their emergency equipment. the vehicle fled from them. they lost site of the vehicle. investigators say minutes

police drove up on a four-car crash on east capital treat. they say the stolen lexus was speeding in the eastboundtbou direction when it slammed intolm the back of 31 year old kenneth morris' jr.s car caution it to spin out and hit a tree. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. meanwhile, the three suspects in the car ran off. after a short chase, the 17 year old driver mclean. mclean is being charged as anan adult with murder. police are still searching for the two suspects who got away. anjali hemphill, for, 5 localloa new. > this advertise fox5 local news at 10. and fox5 is in maryland tonight where itn m looks like the ride hailing companies uber and lyft will be staying put. it comes after regulators say they will not force the companye to fingerprint all of thethe drivers. uber said it would pull out of

maryland if fingerprinting was required. written certifications of the driver's identities and certif alerting regulators to any changes in their background check process. they never keep up with piece technology and we have to decide whether we want it to, we have to balance security with privacy. you want to keep all the stringent safety stuff.uff. it's got to be a happy medium, because for us taxis are very expensive.ex uber and lyft have 10 days to accept the new requirements.uire uber is putting the brakes on its experiment with self-driving cars at least in california.al there are just too many roadoo blocks right now all of a sudden the car ran through the red light. chris cuff runs a sub shop in san francisco when he recently saw a self driving uber run a light red. it had to honk its horn, stop. he didn't hit

20 feet past that the car didn't stop. this is the first time he saw a self driving car run a light.t. this car was oblivious to the pedestrian on the far right. we're going to have a setback ie people aren't putting safety as their number one concern.once under california law, autonomous cars that drive without and here's the key words, withoutwih active human control need a permit. uber claims its self drivingelf cars do have a driver andver therefore don't need a permit. so it refused a state order todr get one. the state dmv responded by revoking the company's license.n uber blamed the define the ceo colon. i do not think he should be operating his driverless vehicles also without a permit. uber fired back releasing these photos along wit

statement, our cars departed for arizona this morning by truck.c. we'll be expanding our self driving pilot there in the nexte few weeks and we're excited toed have the support of governor ducey. nothing in maryland cars. special permits to duesues regulation and red tape. in fact release a statementemen saying california may not uber, but we do. in los angeles, wayne less necessary, fox news. > reunited with a priced possession. a decades old trophy ended up in an antique shop.ntiq that is until a kind stranger helped track down the rightful owner. .

> this is fox5 local news at 106789 welcome back, happy christmas eve, everybody and in a little l room of a basement im the building of a basement inasm the district there was someme holiday magic.ic. kids who didn't think they were getting a whole lot forfo christmas instead got a bigbig surprise. fox5's paul wagner has thatas story. >>reporter: never mind that it wasn't quite yet noon.oon. the invitation said dress code pajamas and in pajamas they came.came gigging their way through a holiday party with nothing but fun. some of them might not have christmas or they might have christmas, but we want to give something extra.a. a ginger bread house was made and just a few tables down marvin gay had them stacking cookies. kimberly howard came with her

he's like mommy, i have to wear my pennsylvania jambs.vani i said pajamas, he said, yeah.ea the police were there, fifth district officers pitching in to buy the children puzzles, bags of them. it means a lot because a lot of the parents are employees and the kids that's where these mene come in, metro track workers who took up a collection and raised of hundreds to buy toys for 40 girls and bis. gavin pit grew up here in the benning court apartments andt ap just said he wanted to givee back. we asked for donations for all the employees that work in the track department, safetrack and we came together and we were able to race $1,300 which paid for two gifts for

the party. and so we leave you with this, it's all about the giving, right? paul wagner, fox5 local news. > what i've learned here in my first -- if been here a year now you have an arsenal of costumes. >> who are you talking about, jim? > i'm rudolph the red nosed reindeer. santa, last check was in cuba.u. >> i'm faster than the other reindeer. > that's true. >> well, rudolph, -- yes, jim,, go on. weather wise it's been a prettyy quiet day. a little rain. it's perfect for, you know, flying. indeed.inde indeed it is. the first half of the day maybe not so

europe at that time.e. that's true.rue. making the rounds. i was make the rounds and theyy had beautiful weather there, a little colder than here, but all in all it was good. owe, yeah.h. you're getting a little special forecast here for this merry, merry christmas eve. merry christmas to you and your family as the home. happy hanukkah. remember last christmas? today's high, 48, last christmas eve 71-degrees we've ever had. no snow this year or last year. we are 23-degrees colder than we were that year. the skies clearing tonight. so that's great for santa and his reindeer team. lots of sunshine. we may have a little bit of fog. tomorrow afternoon we're back into the sun.n. clouds do return and then maybe some drizzle as well. by the time we get to monday and

pennsylvania border and maybe aa little bitnd of freezing rain az well mixed in. mild on tuesday, though. more like spring withik temperaturese approaching the 630s just briefly a and thenh we've got colder air coming in for late next week. 39-degrees, a little south, southwest winds just picked up u and our wind chill down to 36. one thing you might know it's's getting a little foggy outut there. satellite and radar shows --ws - satellite at this time because we don't have the sunshine is not going toic p up on the fog too well, but it's showing some clouds that are starting tortin break up.brea these are the high clouds hear g out there. so that's a good sign forn sunshine tomorrow but it's nottt going to pick up on that low fog that we have out there tonight. because we do have the fog dense fog advisories have been issued until 6:00 tomorrow. tom it looks like they've excluded baltimore, but anne arrundel, southern portions of prince george's county. calvert, charles, saint maries county, all these counties hereo going to be looking at some together. during the overnight hours, don't t

the way.the quarter of a mile advice bill. same deal with annapolis.nnap patchy out there, north and west not having any problem with the fog so no worries there.ther just kind of locally and down td the south of here where they're running into some fog issues.ue. futurecast is is picking up on e fog in the overnight hour. we're in the sunshine by thethe second half of tomorrow morning. by tomorrow evening clouds staro to advance back from the south and west and then we're into tho cloud cover and maybe some drizzle in here for us durings the day on monday.mond you see the pings up to thep north here.e. that's a chance of some freezing rain and drizzle up towards thet pennsylvania border. do not expect that here closer to home in washington.shin 40s and 50s through the day on sunday and into monday as well.. we do get kind of a one day and really only kind of a half a day warmup by the time we get to tuesday afternoon with 50s and a here in washington and pointsnts south and west i am expecting 630-degree temperatures justpera briefly again on tuesday

of the storm system before wee cool it back down into wednesday. your christmas eve forecast.fore there's my man and all my little team here, that's because i'm here, the christmas eve foresors cast. 48-degrees overnight. we're at 39. temps are not really going tong budge from where they're are att right now.. christmas day looks pretty good, 50-degrees, a little warmer than normal. not a white christmas for those who like the snowfall. if you're heading to any christmas parties, no concernon for the day tomorrow. the seven day forecast,ecas 50-degrees for christmas day. kwanzaa is on monday, 52-degrees. we head into tuesday, threes that 60 i was talking about. 62-degrees. maybe some showers again thee first half of tuesday morningsdy before we hit the 62. we cool it back into the 40s for wednesday briefly back into the 50s on thursday.on the time we get to friday and saturday, new year's eavee looking a little chilly,lly, 43-degrees with lowe's in the

girls watching, but you're ready to go to bed, the curiosity factor is large. i remember carrots for the reindeers. a little bowel of sugar. a bowl of sugar. it's probably not the thing to leave around mike thomas. i hear he's on santa's good list. i hear you should get him a car. > thank you, rudolph. > okay. a bit of in the past arrivedst just in time for christmas. a local man was reunited onn friday with a keep sake from his glory years and fox5 helped it happen. anjali hemphill has the story. >>reporter: this was in anan antique shop before a curious

help track down the rightful other than. 50 years ago a wakefield high school student named larry funkk houser won this baseball trophy, because it was recently spotted in an antique shop three hours away. kelly part low owner of its bizarre in percentville says a customer recently showedentl interest on finding the name on the plague in of engraved in 1966. he took to facebook posting the photo on the i group up in arlington facebook and it created a buzz. the next thing you know i'm getting a couple phone calls and the next thing you know we're getting several phone calls for people wanting to purchase the trophy. after several offered to pay th 48 buckspay to buy it and hopeso return it to funk houser. part low decided to put it aside and give it away if he

found. they found photos of funk houser in their database and turns out he still lives in arlington. so fox5 decided to make a special delivery in time for christmas. mr. funk houser, i think we have something for you. >> come on in. i haven't seen that for a long time. it's been half a century since larry played baseball for wakefield high school, but seeing the trophy it made itt ma feel like yesterday. i was kind of in the running for athlete of the year, but johnea, hum ergot that.at. a forgotten baseball trophyophy collecting dust finally gets its time to shine thanks to kindness. angeles hem l hill, fox5.5. > the redskins today went for a season high. what was the difference in

windy city.y. we're going to show you on the other side of the break.ak you just saw rudolph. santa has indeed arrived in the us. guess what he was spotted in frederick, maryland.fred if you're in frederick, go to bed. next up, atlantic city. santa has already delivered more than 5 bill gifts on this o christmas eve.mas stay tuned. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back?

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last week against the apartmenth the redskins threw 37 passes.es. they rushed the ball only 13y 13 times. the lack of balance resulted in a loss. but going into today's game against the bears, the skins were 30 and 5 where they rushed the ball less than 30 times. so you knew that had to changed. the redskins scored on their second possession.cond i was the very definition of ate plays, four returns, a 21-yardyd connection to desean

had his third straight 100-yard game. this draw to chris thompson which resulted in a seven yard touchdown. today they rushed the ball more than they threw it. 76 yards, but even kirk cousins got in on the action. he had five carries, including touchdown runs of nine and one yard. here's one of them right here.e. the redskins win 4 to 2 #. they're a half game behind the packers in the wild card spot. afterwards, talk with captaintan kirk. the story is that my wife always backs my suit. i just grabbed the back. i opened it up just now and saw this. it comes with pants and a matching tie, but i thought thag was over kill. we won and it was christmas eves i thought why not.. more importantly tony okayed it. merry christmas and thanks for being here and

a little early gift for you tonight. a saturday edition of the fox5 top five.ive. we're going to start with number five. vikings center nick easton this is quarterback sam bradford is in the center,.nter santa does a about it of a better job tonight.ight ouch. play four, bills and dolphins,ls watch dan carpenter make the tacking on the returner. and the role of the grip much daunting the downed dolphin and that starts a little bit of as fight.a that is kicker who was not necessarily in the christmasistm spirit. there you have it. of course the dolphins had a decent day. number three and you can see its for an hour on christmas day. espnu will air former notre dame and mike gold jr. eating cookies in front of a fire.e. yes, for an hour.ur. just doing this. maybe something nice to put on the background as you open presents. he's also going to need some milk to eat

there you see it, espn. there you have it. number two, the cowboys, he seekal elliott. we know it is the cowboys, but this was kind of cool.l. there it is. jumps into the salvation army kettle much the nfl didn't finee the league's leading rusher and by the way that resulted in an a spike of donations with many giving elliott's jersey number.r there you have it.it. the warriors dancing mom robin sha ribber.ribb last month her dance moves fromm the stands made her a sensation. with the orioles cheerleaders and again, not disappointing. this is fantastic. got to love it. we're back after this.

> mike thomas is a bad influence. egg nog is a holiday stable, but you may have had some trouble finding it this year.

turns out there's a major shortage of the holiday drink. apparently companies didn't make enough. one company that makes the drink says egg nog drinks is up 60 percent. usually saturatedurat with so much pumpkin products by now, the food company is trying to entice consumers with egg nothing. a new survey shows the average us worker will receive a holiday bonus, 25 percent larger than last year.. of course not everyone is getting more cash. 25 percent of the hr equal ex.x. the jobs you get the bigger payouts, investment bankers followed by surgeons and radiologists. goodwill and amazon are making it easy for you to give back after christmas. if you have some amazon boxes delaying around don't throw them out.

fill up the foxes with donated.. it can be dropped off or picked up. it will go to the near'sar's goodwill that is participating in the program. a waiter in virginia is feeling the holiday spirit. they tip bomb. they find a server every yearery and tip bomb. only fox5 was there for this year's surprise and here is fox5 alexandra limon. >>reporter: okay. when marvin mack land showed up for his lunch shift at calypsoyo sports tavern in reston, he didn't expect this. these people were very genius. i lost count at 600. in fact, the pile of cash totaled 1,000 $40. i had no idea. i was back in the kitchen and he said i just got time bombed. the tip bombers have pulled this of

completely anonymous and want ta leave it that way. in fact, they leave before the server realizes what happened. it's not about us. it's more about the idea of just giving to other people, making people happy. the idea is to inspire others to tip bomb, too. a they even have a tip bomb calculator on tip bomb.com. you may wonder why they do it. >> everyone is struggling with something. we think it's important to help others out. and how they pick the server, but they don't. each year a lucky stranger working at the right restaurant at the right time gets tip bombed. i mean i'm very excited for him and happy for him, but that's a spectacular thing to have happened right before christmas. they're in the holiday spirit,it i'll telyo

i don't know what to a. i'm speech less. i'm thankful. in restoration alexandra limon.m > that's fantastic t.fant as we head to break, let's give you a another live look at the norad. he's in hartford, connecticut right now, mr. he goes delivering toys to all the boys and girls in the nut meg state.

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> still have the sweater on. h it is the most famous house inav the est f country second possess course the white housese has ono big when it comes to christmas decorations. ronica cleary went inside to i look at all the holiday magic that happens at the white house. >>reporter: we have an insideni look at all the holiday magic that happens at the white house. decorator

christian burke joins us today. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us.hank we have a preview of a christmas ornament and holiday collection that you've created. tell us about that. >> this is a sneak peak so it's very special. the name is a about it of a mouthful colleen burke fitz. it is inspired by the amazing history and decorating by ourur first ladies. i love all of the pieces. what i love more are the stories behind them. tell me about the salt and pepper shaker and the story t behind thehe shoes. this first collection, the premier collection features nancy reagan and jackie kennedyd and their style.styl these little adorable salt and pepper shakers are a nod to nancy's holiday shoes. so every year nancy reagan, aa fashion icon would glue red pom-poms onto her black high

our little teddy bears because nancy also decorated with teddy bears is wearing black shoes with red pom-poms.ms the reagan were known for their love story so we have a little girl teddy bear and a little teddy bear. now you have these white christmas to bees, today weigh e consider them to be retro but at one time they were just new and fashionable. tell me about that. >> i was happy to design these because i want these. basically we have these historical pictures that are really national treasurers and some of them show the kennedy family celebrating christmas morning. in the background shows theth fireplace and they were whitehie and they had some pom-poms onn them and they have these really fun vintage retro little embellishments on them am we have a christmas tree.

stockings are inspired by the kennedy family to beings which were really popular atamily th. so that's what we did. tell me about the ornaments. each of the ornaments also has a different story. >> yes. > bring me through just one ore two of them. what you need to know is that each first lady puts her imprini on the decoration. it was jackie that says we need to put some thought into it.. her very first theme was the nut crackerment we have a couple of really fun nut cracker ornaments on our tree and this particulars nut cracker is holding the pt109 and that was the boat that jfk was on that sunk that brought him to the limelight. and a hat that would have been similar to the uniform. and then we have another nut cracker holing a duck and a sweat indoor fact that thethat kennedy children had ducks in dc thwh

could watch and see. we have our nut cracker withit some dungs. so it's just a tieback to a different time. our viewers should know that yot have decorated the white house for christmas and you wrote a book about this. you're a historian as well. what's your one piece of advice for the regular person decorating their house for christmas. bring a lot of love and what i learn at the white house is that they have a hard stop time t.e you get so much time to decorate and it's a lot to do. but once your time is over, it's over. > thank you so much for being us. we will be right back. . this is fox5 local news at 11 1 #. a man killed in a car