>> some celebrated with prayer, others with a bit of flair. and even for those not celebrating christmas today, the spirit of peace and goodwill towards all mankind seems to be evident everywhere

you went. ♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪ >> good evening, everyone. i'm matt jablow. bruce johnson is off tonight. peace was the message from pope benedict xvi this christmas day. >> feliz navidad. >> cheers filled st. peter's square as he delivered his annual christmas day message. tens of thousands of worshippers and tourists gathered at the vatican for the event. the pope prayed for peace around the world especially in the middle east. for many of the 1.3 billion catholics around the world, today is about friends and family. here in the d.c. area, many chose to give rather than receive. armando trull visited with some of those good samaritans. >> does anybody want a present? >> reporter: santa had gifts for kids at the change community center. >> it makes me feel good to know there's people out there

willing to give a helping hand for those less fortunate. >> reporter: at the jewish community center in dupont circle, 1,000 volunteers were busy helping other organizations. >> i know that there are 50 agencies, and what would you say? how many people? >> literally tens of thousands of people. >> reporter: some even donated blood to keep area supplies from reaching dangerously low levels. and the spirit of christmas was alive and well here at the restaurant right across from howard university. they had enough food to feed anyone who was hungry and they even brought horses for the children, kiddies of all ages, to ride. >> string beans coming in. >> reporter: inside, plates of christmas dinner, enough for 2,000 people. >> the more you have, the more you ought to give, in my mind. >> merry, merry, merry christmas. >> reporter: dinner was broadcast live. at franklin square, folks didn't need two bits for a shave and a haircut. >> i think you did a wonderful

job. i thank god, you're doing a wonderful job. >> reporter: a coalition of 30 korean christian churches provided food and clothing. in other corner, young muslims and jews, side by side, underscored the true meaning of christmas. >> serving those less fortunate, so you have the community being strengthened. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: on this christmas day, many washingtononians of all ages, races and ages were united in peace and love. in washington, armando trull, 9 news now. also today in afghanistan, u.s. troops celebrated christmas with a church service and christmas lunch. some of the soldiers were also planning on contacting their families on the internet today to share the holiday with them. the first family spent christmas day with family and friends at a rented vacation home in hawaii. the obamas attended church services on oahu.

last night president obama called ten service members stationed around the world, two from each branch of the military to thank them for their service. the obamas return to washington early next month. hopefully all of your holiday gifts were good ones this year. if not, keep in mind that the rush to return is just hours away, and with tomorrow being a federal holiday, you can bet stores will be extremely busy. jonathan is live in northwest washington with advice. >> reporter: on christmas day, it's a challenge to find any stores open, with the exception of some drugstores open around the clock. but tomorrow expect to see some hard core shoppers with their serious game faces on. the day after christmas may not have the same hustle and bustle of christmas eve or black friday, but you can count on sandra gomez being in the mix on monday. >> it's my last day being on vacation, so i have to go to work on tuesday. so i think i will probably go and check the christmas

savings, probably 50, 75% off. so i may go shopping a little bit. >> reporter: if you plan to bring back any holiday gifts, remember most stores give you 90 days for returns. but when it comes to electronics, the limits are different. target has a 45 day return policy. and for wal-mart, it's 15 to 30 days from december 26. and macy's has no cutoff date for most products. so while many people will hit the stores for returns and also to take advantage of post christmas sales, remember the folks who don't have a company holiday. >> back to work. >> reporter: if you are making any return tomorrow, do not forget your receipt. now, some stores will honor your returns if you do not have receipts such as target and wal- mart. reporting live, jonathan costen, 9 news now. an update that compares themselves to modern day robin

hoods. computer hackers known as anonymous obtained thousands of credit card numbers from a texas based think tank and charged various charitable donations. one victim says $700 was taken from his account and given to the red cross, save the children and other charities. the hackers say they lined up enough targets to continue hacking into accounts for another week. an update on the double murder that prompted an amber alert in virginia last night. 2-year-old caden burnside is safe and we know who he was with when he was taken. police say 6-year-old edward bottomer, jr. and cheryl clap were shot to death in richmond. the gunman fled in the couple's car unaware caden was in the back seat. police are looking for clemens in connection with those two murders. some scary moments for a motel worker. a man with a gun tried to force the woman into a room at the motel 6 on old annapolis road. the man reportedly held a gun to the woman's head but took

off when he saw a hotel guest look out of another room to see what was going on. a motel employee fortunately escaped unharmed. the suspect was not yet been arrested. still ahead tonight, a deadly day around the world this christmas. and he's been on the job since before the great depression. meet a 106-year-old stockbroker who's still going strong. and grab your coats and your sunglasses if you're heading out the door for maybe shopping on monday post christmas. got lots of sunshine in store for us. here's your monday wakeup weather. temperatures in the 30s, a cold start by 9:00. still chilly. 33 to 38. i do have rain in that seven- day forecast. details coming up a little bit later.

terror attacks across nigeria leave 39 people dead. a radical muslim sect claimed responsibility. most of the victims were killed

outside a catholic church after christmas mass ended. the white house condemned the attacks as senseless. elsewhere an attack in afghanistan killed a member of the national parliament and 18 other people today. 40 people were wounded. it happened 155 miles east of kabul when a suicide bomber attacked afghans as they were leaving the funeral of a village elder. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. also overseas, britain's prince phillip remains hospitalized this christmas day. the 90-year-old prince is recovering from surgery to remove a blocked artery. members of the royal family visited phillip in the hospital this morning. buckingham palace says the prince is likely to remain in the hospital for the rest of the holiday season. still to come tonight, it's almost time to pop the cork on those new year's celebrations. a look at why champagne and sparkling wine are seeing a rebirth here in the d.c. area. and anne's back with a look at the forecast.

stay with us. we'll be right back.

more than 100,000 people call the north american aerospace command last night to check on santa's progress. norad said it took 102,000 phone calls breaking the previous record of 80,000. the agency's facebook page logged almost 990,000 likes. norad started taking calls about santa's whereabouts back in 1955 when a newspaper ad inviting kids to call santa printed the wrong phone number. urban kahn was -- the stockbroker has been working on wall street since before the great depression and is 106 now. even after all these years, he still shows up for work every single day.

>> reporter: wall street, 80 years ago. know who was there? irving kahn. >> when were you born? >> 1905. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: he rang the opening bell at the new york stock exchange on his 100th birthday. that was six years ago. >> how has wall street changed during your life? >> well, when i got to wall street, it was much more a rich man's game. not that i was rich, but i mean, it was designed for banks, for insurance companies or railroads or public utilities. it's no longer a rich man's business. it's a business for everybody. >> do you still watch the stock market very closely every day? >> well, i have the -- i don't

watch it because i'm not a trader. >> you're a value investor. >> right. and i stick to the 20 odd stocks that i hold. >> who is your idol, irving? >> van graham. >> that's warren buffet's idol, too. >> and a lot of other people that would say couldn't do what he did. >> he works every day. >> what do you think is the thing for your father's longevity? >> i would say that the fact that he has an office to go to, and a job, and responsibilities is extremely important. >> do you think that you will live to be as old as your father has so far? >> let me ask. >> you didn't always have bloomberg terminals, right? >> no. i was very lucky to be born in 1995. i was just in time for a lot of the new technologies. radio, television. >> do you have a cell phone

now? >> yes, i do. i don't use it much except to remind myself what my number is. >> i see. >> but irve doesn't think technology makes everything easier when he looks at the gadgets his grandson uses. >> he also has to know how to work his what you call it, the ibook. you have to. ♪ ♪ >> you go, irv. wikipedia credits him with creating the investingmethodology. they manage $150 million in funds for its clients. a much younger person is making news today. a 15-year-old american has become the youngest climber to reach the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. jordan romero's support team says the teenager has reached the peak of the highest

mountain in antarctica. 16,067 feet. in 2010 he climbed mount everest, an accomplishment he says sent a message. >> the message is that if you set your mind to anything that you set out to do, set a goal, it can be possible. >> romero broke the record previously held by british climber george atkins who finished climbing all summits in may at the age of 16. accomplishments made all the more remarkable when i think of what i was doing at the ages of 15 and 16. tomorrow my only goal is to wake up in time to get my run in before coming to work. i don't know if that's going to happen, let alone climbing summits. we talked about great holiday weather. a lot of folks will be doing shopping tomorrow. you've got also maybe some folks going to be out getting

their run in outside. not the best day to be outside doing that work, because it's going to be a blustery day. lots of sunshine, but temperatures will still be chilly. here's a look at the national picture. a lot of folks, travelers across the country will be fairly lucky. i want to zoom in to the south where this little system here bringing lots of showers to the south and southeast. it's also we're going to get a little bit of energy from that system by tuesday. locate your umbrella by then. for tomorrow, not looking at any rain, because high pressure in place, giving us a lot of sunshine and really nice conditions once again. temperatures, chilly out there. 40 in downtown. 37 in manassas. 46 in leesburg. 45 for annapolis. we will get down into the mid- 30s around downtown. our satellite radar picture showing us clear skies overnight. the winds will start to pick up overnight so you may hear it getting a bit blustery as you're sleeping. that trend will continue through the day tomorrow. right now, it's 40 in downtown. feels like 36 when you factor

in that wind. clear skies, our winds are out of the south/southwest at around 6 miles per hour. all right, so cold and brisk overnight. chilly and breezy for your monday. milder and wet for your tuesday. looking at a fairly quiet weather week as we finish off the year and head into the new year. here's a look at your futurecast. tomorrow looks really nice. lots of sunshine, chilly. it will be breezy. then come the changes tuesday. tuesday morning's commute, no problems. we'll see increasing clouds. afternoon we're looking at showers developing and will be widespread. evening commute, it is going to be wet. we're talking moderate to heavy rainfall where you see the yellows and the oranges. it's going to be a wet tuesday night, that's for sure. move on out quickly overnight. by wednesday, high pressure dominates once again. overnight, clear and cold. two blanket night. lows get down into the 30s. also notice the winds picking up. monday morning, lots of sunshine, cold and brisk. you want your jacket as you're taking the kids out, maybe do

shopping. get the after christmas sales. afternoon, looking like sunny and breezy, chilly, highs only in the mid-40s. northwest winds at around 10 to 15 miles per hour. gusts will be higher than that. highs for your monday afternoon, 44 for this time of year. d.c. getting to 47. buoy 46. annapolis 47. arlington 48 degrees. fairfax 36. sterling in the mid-40s. here's how your monday breaks down, again, a cold start in the 30s. afternoon breezy. 40 to 45 with lots of sunshine. you want your coat and your sunglasses and of course your sunscreen. here's your seven day outlook. breezy tomorrow. tuesday, milder at 50. showers arriving by the afternoon. wednesday, near mid-40s. thursday, mid-40s once again. friday, low 50s. it will be mild. i got a raindrop, only a slight chance for a shower. otherwise, high pressure will dominate the rest of the weather pattern into the end of this year. new year's eve, going to be

dry. that's the good news but probably cold. temperatures getting down to the 30s for new year's eve. back into the 50s to ring in the new year on sunday, matt. so no snow. maybe we'll get some in january, i'm hoping. >> good luck with that run tomorrow. >> i'm going to try. >> thanks. now that christmas is in the book, lots of thanks turn to sending 2011 out in style. and while the economy is still struggling, people appear to be willing to spend some cash to make magical moments more magical. jessica doyle raises a glass to a bit of the bubbly. >> reporter: looking for a little luxury consumers are popping the cork on champagne again. sales are popping too. >> we're up 22%. >> reporter: sam is the director of the u.s. sam pain bureau. >> more and more americans are drinking wine and wines that are from quality regions and good places. >> reporter: it's gotten easier to find quality bubbly at the

corner store. >> there are great restaurants, more wine stores and now the consumer in washington has lots more variety. >> reporter: to be called champagne, the wines have to be made with grapes from the champagne region of france. they're traditionally more expensive than from italy or the u.s., but this is a great time of year to find a bargain on sham pains. >> december is a time when many wine stores provide specials and opportunities where you can try maybe the champagne that was a little bit more expensive, might be on special this year. >> reporter: so how does a champagne expert open a bottle? >> hold the cork, twist the bottle, and you'll hear a nice, quiet pop of the air releasing and you'll have a beautiful wine to pour. this celebration can be about the wine and the moment together, not the spray. >> reporter: an elegant way to celebrate the holidays or ring in the new year. turns out for one major champagne producer, bottles were ply flying off the shelves

a shortage developed. it held back some bottles so there will be enough champagne to flow through the holiday season. jessica doyle, 9 news now. >> it's worth mentioning if you've had too much to drink while you're out between now and the end of the year, please do not get behind a wheel. just call 1-800-200-taxi to get a ride home. the regional alcohol program service runs between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. every night through january 1st. it covers the cost of the cab ride up to $30. we're back in a moment with a preview of what's coming up on tonight's sports plus. stay with us. we'll be right back.

a look at sports. one more week in a very disappointing season for the redskins. >> one more week. they talked about wanting to go out of the season with a bang. they looked good against the giants but then came back this week against the vikings and it was a two-win team. we've seen it time and time again this season, because they lost to philly and carolina, miami. it's a struggle they seem to have. unfortunately, it just, you know, it's just not going the way that they wanted it to. they could win out the season. unfortunately, their home finale was not what the redskins hoped for. hostings the two-win vikings led by the rookie quarterback, the redskins should have won. our double coverage team is in studio tonight to talk about the skins. boy, those guys are chomping at the bit. they can't wait to go off about what the redskins did on the field yesterday. and plus, we've got a christmas edition of grade the game. we'll have those for you coming up on sports plus. on the heels of his induction

into the ring of fame, we'll go one-on-one and iconic former redskins coach and player, ricky petitbone, ever humble through it all. >> it's really a thrill. and like he said, there are a lot of great coaches, a lot of great football players up there. to be included is really an honor. >> we'll whip around the league and address the nfc east as the playoff picture begins to take shape. and the mba got off to a strong start today. all of the stars in action on christmas day. kobe, lebron, griffin. we are going coast to coast with the ballers, plus a look ahead to the wizards season opener tomorrow versus the nets. basketball back in action. >> i was going to say, the professional ballers back. >> most definitely. good games today. we'll have that for you. >> thanks, kristin. tomorrow, we're looking breezy, chilly. temperatures around mid to upper 40s. tuesday milder. but then showers rolling in so you want the umbrella for tuesday.

then we pretty much are going to be letting high pressure take control. looks like wednesday, thursday, temperatures will be seasonable in the mid-40s with lots of sunshine. friday, a little raindrop. a slight chance for a shower. otherwise that's your mild conditions. we are ringing in the new year dry and fairly mild, especially by sunday. around 50 degrees. partly cloudy conditions. so december has been kind to us. i think we'll go into the new year not too bad. >> let's hope so. >> i hope it's not an omen for what's to come. >> don't even suggest that. thanks, anny. thanks for joining us tonight. your next news starts tomorrow morning. tonight we leave you with some of the scenes of the season including some of the photos you've been sending all month long at wusa9.com. have a great night. . ♪ ♪

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