, gold, frankincense or mer. >> gold. >> it's myrrh. >> who is better? yes! >> who is the elf? >> buddy. >> i've never seen the movie. >> she's never seen "elf." >> what's the better christmas movie "elf" or "scrooge?" >> "elf." >> no, "scrooge." >> can we please be on -- we want to be with you. billy on the street, take us along. >> he's so hysterical. >> i want one of those oncies, by the way. is it inappropriate for a onesie. >> no, because a 52-year-old will be doing it christmas eve. harrison ford 64. >> 63. >> on the cover of men's journal. >> oh, my god. >> he looks good. also, only harrison ford or macgyver could survive a plane crash. >> look at the picture. he's got to be making fun of it. wars." did you ever see "star wars," by the way? >> i have two children so i have to plan my social life carefully. probably not on opening weekend maybe when i can watch it from the comfort of my own home. we haven't been to a movie in a long time. >> there's a lot of good ones. every since the globes came out. "the big short." >> i have a small child at hom

willing to follow the star it leads them to the child and they bring them this magnificent gifts of frankincense and mur. and there is joy and universality peace in the birth of the christ child. >> and those are beautiful ideas people can hold on to this time of year. and then there is to be perfectly honest the other side of christmas, where we talk more about the shopping and the crush of people in the malls and the "what i want for christmas "aspe" aspect of it. do you feel like something is lost there, as though our communities is are not reallyholding onto the most important parts of the season is this. >> i think if we are able to reside more in the story of jesus, just as my colleagues have described that there is something about this love coming into the world. and the gift of light and love and wanting to share that with each other. and i think we get really sort of out of whack how to manifest that. and i think people do feel a lot of pressure around it and i think people sometimes can get caught in making sort of lists of things that may not give the benefit that we would hope that t

>> for a dollar, which is better, gold, frankincense or myrrh? >> it's obvious. >> gold? >> it's myrrh. >> who's the one american actress in "love actually"? >> laura linney. >> who's the elf? what's his name? >> buddy? >> what's his real name? >> i'm right here! >> what's a better christmas movie, "elf" or "scrooge"? >> "elf." >> can we please be billy on the street? take us along. >> oh, my god. he is so hysterical. >> hilarious. i want one of those onesies by the way. is it inappropriate for a 34-year-old to squeeze into one of those onesies? >> no, because an a 2 52-year-old is going to be doing it new year's eve. >> harrison ford is smokin' and is on the cover of men's journal. crash. it. he's all about the "star wars." have you seen "star wars" by the way? >> i have two children, so i have to plan the social life pretty carefully. probably not on opening weekend, when i can watch it from the kft comfort of my home. >> ever since the golden globes came out yesterday, there are so many i want to see. >> i have a small child at home. >> how are the kiddos? >> the cutes

he had abs you could grate frankincense on. well, in that year-end tradition, today, do we have it right here? "sports illustrated" named its 2015 sportsperson of the year, and it's serena williams. right there. ( cheers and applause ) she's looking like she's beyonce auditioning for "game of thrones," i think. ( laughter ) this year, incredible year, she almost got the grand slam winning three of the four majors, over $10 million in prize money, and won 53 of her 56 matches. i mean, give it up! absolutely. i'm sorry -- no, i was just saying, if you're another tennis player, consider giving up. but, and this kind of shocked me. it's kind of bad. some angry internet people out there think that t tple crown winner american pharaoh should have gotten this title instead, tweeting "disappointed that #americanpharoah the only nominee to actually win a #grandslam didn't get it." "american pharaoh was robbed... so sad" and "american pharoah is the winner-hands down." really? winner "hands" down? ( laughter ) he has hooves. and they're

put it over by the frankincense. [ laughter ] buttermilk or anything? thank you, batteries, for not feeling lonely, even though you're never included. [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: come on. come on. [ cheers and applause ] never included. >> jimmy: for the holidays. >> steve: kids can laugh at that one. >> jimmy: thank you, getting a a christmas-themed sweater on christmas. for basically saying, you can wear this today or 364 days from now. there you go. christmas-themed sweater. [ applause ] thank you, c-3po, for being the love child of a crash test dummy and a saxophone. [ applause ] there you guys have it right there. those are thank you notes, here. there you go. thank you, everybody. popcorn bins. guys, we have exactly one show left before we go on christmas break. this is it. [ cheers and applause ] but it means that it's time for the last time of that "the tonight show" tradition. it's time for 12 days of christmas sweaters. here we go. [ cheers and applause ] 12 days of christmas sweaters no more shows >> jimmy: that is right. every night

and which is better, gold, frankincense or myrrh? >> gold? >> no, it is myrrh. >> and now, for $1, who is the actress in "love actually"? >> laura linney. >> yes! >> and what is the elf's name? >> buddy. >> oh, it is the movie. >> she has never seen "elf." >> he s is right here. will ferrell. >> and what is a better mo elf f "elf" or "scrooge"? >> oh, can we please be on the billy on the street. can he take us along. >> i want one of those onesies anyway. >> those are -- >> is it inappropriate for a 34-year-old to do that? >> no, because a 51-year-old and a 52-year-old are going to to be anyway. harrison ford by the way is >> 73. >> and he is smoking. "men's journal. >> he looks good. and also, only harrison ford or crash. >> look at the plane crash, and he is even making fun of it. "star wars." and did you eve see "star wars" by the way? >> well, i have two children and i have to plan the social life carefully, and probably not on opening weekend, but probably from the comfort of my own hod we have not been to the movie in a long time. >> an

b, frankincense. c, myrrh. d, uggs. [ laughter ] let's see the next one. what was jesus' occupation? a, baker. b, blacksmith. c, carpenter. d, director of human resources at a medium-sized internet i mean if someone a or b they might just be a bad christian. if they say d -- [ laughter ] you might not be a christian. laughter ] a little trickier. let's see what's next. which of the following is not part of the holy trinity? a, the father. b, the son. c, the holy ghost. or d, blade. [ laughter ] i wish he was too, but he's not. everything would have gone down differently, i think. if blade was there. up next, one of f sus' most well-known mirles was when he turned water into -- a, wine. b, snapple. c, more water. d, keystone light. [ laughter ] which would not be that impressive. [ applause ] turning water into keystone light is just adding a can. all right, let's see. the last question, which of the following was not one of jesus' disciples? a, matthew. b, john. c, judas. d, allah d. above. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we've got a great show for you

reason we think that there are three of them is because matthew says they brought gifts -- gold, frankincense myrrh. >> just as mysterious as the wise men was the sign they followed. today's astronomers suggest the magi saw an exploding star or a comet or maybe the planet jupiter. or was the star of bethlehem a miraculous event which no one can explain? >> and of course, it's a great irony because they come to jerusalem and they come to herod and they say, "where is this child born, the king of the jews?" and so there's a sense that the star has led them almost far enough, but actually to the wrong king, and we often miss that when we just do the christmas carol thing, that this is actually much more about the fact of jesus is going to draw people from east and west and north and south. [ choir singing hymn ] >> the nativity scene as we envision it today is largely a result of the devotion of saint francis of assisi, who had life-size nativity scenes with live animals. so there are some elements of the way christmas is celebrated which go beyond what we find in the gospel texts. >> so many re

a, frankincense, b, diamonds or c, a tree? >> a. >> you went to sunday school.why was the grinch so mean? was his heart two sizes two small, his brain was two sizes too small or c his shoes were too tight? >> he was running for the gop -- no, sorry. >> a. >> a. >> i'm going to go with a as well. >> it turns out it's b, his brain was -- >> really? [ buzzer ] >> i'm a rudolph guy myself. which popular christmas movie is based on the gene shepherd book "in god we trust. all others pay cash." miracle on 34th street, b, it's a wonderful life or c a christmas story? >> i'm going to go with a. >> i'm going to guess c. it's just a guess. >> anna, you're right. that's why we started eating chinese food, because of that movie. >> let's watch a clip of that. >> i want a red ryder -- >> you'll shoot your eye out, kid. merry christmas. ho, ho, ho. >> no! >> we've been asking everybody about their favorite christmas movie. >> peter billingsley was actually in "elf" with will ferrell. >> no way. >> that's my favorite movie. >> i'm 0 for 5 right now. one choice, easy one before