neilson is also tie-ing into twitter to measure social media chatter about tv programs. . if mcdonald's has its way there'll be more than just chinese take out available on christmas day. hoping for higher december sales in its stocking mcdonald's is taking the unusual step of urging restaurant owners to open on christmas day. the request is surprising and attributed to the pressure on mcdonalds to increase same store sales. those sales were down in october for the first time in nine years but rebounded in november. as restaurants stayed open on thanksgiving day following a corporate suggestion. bing becomes the official "santa tracker" for the u.s. military. norad, charged with keeping an eye on the nation's air space, chose bing over google maps for its offical "track santa" program. bing has a big job. santa travels more than 175 million land miles on christmas eve. at last count more than 1.4 million people had dowloaded norad's "track santa" app. don't go anywhere-- just ahead on the show... is now the time to buy a car or home now .. or next year.? predictions on int