>> the herald angels sing. glory to the newborn king. >> peace on earth. >> the way that people used to gather around a parlor piano and sing together is not something that really happens in american life anymore. except at christmas mark schamel mark rutte. everybody knows the words to at least a few christmas songs. that's one last little remnant of communal life. and. celebration. to towns in a christmas song. >> more than set decoration or prop design can really signify to an audience what time of year it is. but more importantly, the vibe of the story that your nose. it's like putting a little tinsel around the framing of the movie. >> meet me in saint louis takes place at the turn of the century, but it's released during world war ii, when so many families are separated. >> merry christmas! >> there was a sense of nostalgia, a sense of missing what people, in some ways perceived as the innocence of the pre-war years. >> mgm at that time was bringing color, bringing music and all of this sort of pageantry

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. ♪ hark, the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king ♪ stuart: don't you love it?t's real christmas music p. that's frank she gnat rah, for heaven -- sinatra, it sounds like bing crosby. are you sure you got that right, producers? >> frank sinatra's a very talented man. [laughter] stuart: i better move on. we are 13 days away from the times square new year's eve celebrations, and can we see it? yes, we can see it. if okay, they're getting ready to announce this. that's the giant 7-feet-tall numerals for 2025. they have arrived at times square with. we thought we'd like to show you. the ball drops at midnight, december 3 isst. it's going to happen right there. >>> to the markets. oh, don't you love the green? the dow industrials up 200. the nasdaq's up nearly 60 to points. big tech, mostly higher but not entirely so. we've got -- oh, i'm wrong. nvidia is up, alphabet is up, but apple, amazon and microsoft are down a little. check the 10-year treasury yield, that's around 4.40. precisely 4.40. all right, now this. i'm a big fan of new york times' columnist bret steph

we actually got a look at the iconic eight foot angels that herald in christmas. tishman speyer owns them and is our client, and what we do for them every year is paint them, take care of them and make them look brand new every year over year. taller than me. so the company says it takes a crew of six to clean, paint and refresh the sculptures every year. that includes fixing 3000 lights. now, to make sure that you don't miss a second of this christmas in rockefeller with kelly clarkson right here on nbc. bay area is tomorrow night at 8:00. you know those angels are such a part of rockefeller center, too. so festive there. yeah. and if you've never been in new york for city christmas, i mean, it's got to be on your bucket list. it is just. it's nice. it is. and some years, you really got to bundle up. yeah. and it's something we're not really used to. so it's like that level in the snow, right? yeah. so it almost feels like it could be new york city. this is like our high temperature. there. what we're complaining about this morning. so it is a cool start. and a l

boysin incidentally all the delivery boys in london were singing a new carol that year, hark the herald angelsas pinched the king. he described a royal christmas as being dickens but in a faberge frame. i think that probably holds well today. it's just like ours, there is the turkiye, everything of course of succulence and excellence. the meal is not dragged out for ages, it's usually over in an hour, but they do like playing games and our late queen was particularly fond of shards. it is said her margaret thatcher imitation brought the house down christmas after christmas. and they will have opened their presence yesterday on christmas eve. that's a german custom that queen victoria and 1525 00:14:29,158 --> 00:14:29