mariah carey's "all i want for christmas is you" or brenda lee's classic "rockin' around the christmas tree". >> we share what the bay area >>> not your average thieves. sophisticated crooks hit up several stores in pacific heights, high-end stuff for thousands of dollars. >> each told the same story. employees are talking and sharing surveillance video with police and melanie woodrow. >> reporter: dion and dan, the story these thieves were telling the stores is they were here visiting from paris. apparently very engaging, talkative, one of them talking, others were walking. shops on fillmore are no stranger to thieves. >> i've had shoplifting before, not as good as this time. >> reporter: but these sophisticated shoplifters got past employees at several stores this month, saying they were visiting from paris. surveillance video from mio, stuffing jackets worth thousands under outer wear. >> pros are so good, can do it in front of you, you never know. >> >> reporter: no masks or smash and grabs, crooks were engaging. >> able to distrac the sales people on the floor, quickly, precisely.

she's joined by yet another christmas classic as brenda lee's rockin around the christmas tree lands at the number 2 spot. both of those songs released years ago, it's the first time in billboard history that 2 holiday songs have tops the charts together. >>a quarter of a century since the release of that song co writer walter after massive opened up about his relationship with the queen of pop sitting at a piano, the legendary songwriter han wraps their creative process and the legacy of their global festive classic. >>and that could to kind of a very simple but just be any kind of blocking all things and then she starts singing the melody and we started doing this thing that ended up being all alone for christmas is you. and so we we played around with that and. at the time of writing it we weren't really sure it was just panel on her her ideas. >>she starts >>i would go for. was a >>that ah. >>my dreams come and then i >>life for 25 years now. like in russia england it's the year of denmark, it doesn't matter where you are in the world, it's the number one. the most powerful chris

brenda lee, who sang this when she was 13 years old, she is now 75, she must know that this song is laids a song you want to hear, hit me up on social media, ktvu on facebook, instagram or twitter. >>> the new miss america has now been crowned and the competition has a new format. >> camillle schrier, virginia. >> 24-year-old camillle schrier, a biochemist from virginia, she impressed the crowd last night by performing a science experiment, but her victory comes as the 99-year- old pageant tries to change its image, they are going to focus on accomplishments instead of appearance. the competition is now called miss america 2.0. the participants are no longer called intestines, they are candidates, competing for the job of miss america. >>> the 49ers will have two key players back for tomorrow's game against the l.a. rams. richard sherman is coming back from a hamstring injury, co- juan williams is back after suffering a concussion. without those players, the 49ers struggled in last week's surprising loss to the falcons. the 49ers can have home-field advantage through the playoffs if they

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