ho-ho-ho-ho-ho. >> and i like watching the wonder in my children's eyes but my wife and i found out we're having a third child. [ applause ] >> every time i every that baby jesus crying, a little glimpse that christmas. >> baby jesus from the show. [ laughter ] >>> for many of the men and women of our military, this year will be different because they are home. let's go over to geraldo who is with some of the troops when they returned. >> brian, to be with some of the fellows just by chance that i've had the honor to be over there. let's start with air force master sergeant jeremy laneer. we met in haiti. when you signed up to fight our nation's wars, did you ever think you would be doing this kind of humanitarian work in the case of haiti as the world knows those poor people suffering from the catastrophic earthquake? >> yes, sir. that was part of what infired me to come into the air force. as america we are able to get out and help those less fortunate, my unit. to get out in and help humanitarian relief effort. >> ever give up in term of your spirits. there are so much suffering throughout. we can only do so much out there? >> i would never think of the glass as half empty. i want to think how much more can we do. >> you can't call my sir, i'm private geraldo. good to see you, matt. we were in afghanistan where the united states marines have been working so hard so far away from home. we're into the second decade of this endless war. how does the united states marines keep up with the spirit and how do you connect with families at home? >> a lot of different ways. e-mails and phone calls. it's nice to be with your fellow marines at christmastime but also very special to have your families near and dear to your heart. so there is a tremendous amount of support from them. >> there can't be more remote piece of property on god's plant than helman pro sflins afghanistan but one thing i found of interest there are communication ability that never existed in previous wars. you are guys are chatting skype or over computers. does that help or hurt? >> i think it helps tremendously. to have daily contact. in most cases, everybody has that ability and great way to keep up your motivation and spirit. >> after all these casualties, so many of these tough engagements, so many kids now. one-year-old and his wife is pregnant. getting paid what most people consider substandard wages, how do you keep up morale? >> when we take up to be marines we know what comes with the job. we're happy to do it. we're proud to do it. we're part of something that is worthwhile. that brotherhood and being faithful to our brothers and sisters. it's really important. that is what keeps us fighting strong. >>> christmas music, a tradition for many holes, now the number one selling christmas group of all time with more than 30 million albums sold. has a new homeland manhe im. here is founder and composes all the music and built something elvis presley was the highest selling christmas person of all time. how did you do it, the side door of the music industry and change the genre? >> when we came out with the first christmas album, everybody said that will never work. i like a challenge. i went after the retailers and spoke to them and tried to sell one album. first year we sold 9 million albums. >> how do you explain the timelessness of it? >> a of it has to do with a couple of things. one is passed on from generations, that is part of it. i have teen traditional christmas songs and done a certain amount of it exactly the songs were originally intended. then i'll flip them over. >> here is mannhemim steam roller with "deck the hualgs." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> donald and his entire family up next. my name's jeff. i'm a dad, coach... and i quit smoking with chantix. knowing that i could smoke during the first week was really important to me. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced my urge to smoke -- and personally that's what i knew i needed. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reaction to it. if youevelop these, stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. if you have a history of heart or blood vessel problems, tell your doctor if you have new or worse symptoms. get medical help right away if you have symptoms of a heart attack. use caution when driving or operating machinery. common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. these are the reasons i quit smoking. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. >>> well, if you think christmas is nuts at your house, i know it is at yours,. >> this usually happens at my house. >> i have skaters behind me all the time. >> ima >>> imagine christmas at trump. >> i got a chance to sit down with the entire trump family to find out what a trump christmas is like. hat the christmas is le. >> here at the trump tower we meet the trumps, all here. thanks so much, guys. >> thank you. >> first off, it is christmas team. where do the trumps go? >> we used to always go to queens. we lived in jamaica estates queens and my parents would always love us to go there for christmas on midland parkway and my mother and father, my mother would cook the turkey and we would spend a lot of time in queens. we love queens and we still love queens. >> ivanka, you were saying that is your memory being a little kid. >> very norm man rockwellesque. the big tree and the presents and a great home cooked dinner by my grand mother. >> even as you got older you would head out to queen foss matter what tower your dad was building. >> christmas day we were in queens. we didn't start the rest of the holidays until after that was done. it was a great experience and really much more normal than a lot of people would give us credit for. >> christmas morning was as magical as the traditional christmas. >> we always had a great christmas tree. today you can't use the word christmas tree you call it a holiday tree. but i will never do that. it is a christmas tree to me. we haded a beautiful christmas tree and my mother would put up presents early. we would get up at 2:00 in the morning and go downstairs and she would say no, too early, go pack to bed. so you couldn't sleep. it was a lot of fun. >> christmas is a molly henneberg day of giving where for the most part my image is you don't really need a lot or want a lot. how do you keep the christmas spirit alive and still exchange gifts. >> i think it is about putting the priority on collectivity, being together as a family as opposed to the actual presents. what we remember about the holidays was not any one present we steve. if fact, we probably don't remember most of them. it was about coming together as is a family and spending the afternoon together and eating way too much of my grandmother's home cooked food. that is what the priority is and that is what is so great about the holidays. >> eric, do you shut off the blackberry, not talk business. is it possible when you are in the same business. >> there was no blackberry. >> that is not possible but there was no blackberry. >> it is what we love. we have a lot of kid in the family. done has three kids and ivanka has a new born. >> and that esolved to our own tradition. as a family what that is what we do today. obviously and unfortunately our grandparents are no longer aleve on my father's side. we have taken the tradition and gone down to florida. >> how does this change now that you are a grand parent is this deja vu? >> it as cycle. i had great parents. they were really just terrific people. >> it you ever shut is down and reflect be on your lives, what you have achieved and accomplished together? >> we do. even for us we can turn the business side off a little bit and when we get together you can see it in his sense of humor. the way we get along and you have seen us off camera. we have fun poking fun at ourselves and having a good time and playing with my children and watching him play with my kids. it is just amazing and he has gotten to the point perhaps where he can step out of that a little pitt and be a great grandfather. i think my daughter loves him more than she loves me because for us there is a lethal component of discipline. it is fun for us to capture the images and engrain them in your mind. >> your final christmas wish to people washing around the clobber over 100 countries. here it is christmas day. >> it would be great if there could be peace. unfortunately there never will be ultimately. this world is a tough place. i just wish for peace for everybody. >> eric? >> christmas really speaks to family. speaks to religious beliefs. you know, it speaks to community, getting together, community service. philanthropy. that is what it means to me and to this family. eating copious is amounts of food. >> and ivanka, the holidays to you? >> t is important to those of us who have had great privilege in our lives to think about that and be grateful for that and try to figure out ways around the holidays to give back. >> and donald? >> i think we recognize how fortunate we have been and to be able to give back is important and understand what people are doing for us in this country our soldiers abroad and let them know he how much it means to us that they are doing the things they are doing to keep us living in the style they have become accustomed to. >> i will always remember this christmas because this is the first christmas sharing with the trumps unless you adopt me. >> not in that sweater. only in a trump tie. >> you will be abused in that in our family. >> thank you so much and thanks what you contributed to our show in share your life and your family with us. >> have a great who will did i. >> a trump christmas right here at the trauma man trump to you. >>> that was a lot of fun. >> a blast of a family and i can't wait to have them all back in the studio. >> when we come back, wait for this. another christmas song from pop sensation david archuleta. ♪ noel, noel, noel noel born is the king >>> he puts me to the test every week but at christmas time i get to turn the tables on bill o'reilly. who wouldn't like to do that, right? i'm going to put the king of cable in the hot seat for a special edition of the christmas culture quiz. >> all right, bill o'reilly, are you ready for the christmas quiz? >> i didn't do well last year, i remember. i was embarrassed. >> last year wasn't too terrible. the year before that you stunk. >> last year wasn't so bad. it was encouraging. >> shouldn't i be sitting in your are chair? >> no, nobody hits me. >> in the christmas classic 12 days a christmas how many swans a imissing did my true love send to me. >> now, i have to go through the whole dopey song? >> 8, 7, 6 or five. >> 7. >> that's right! >> correct. 7 swans a swimming. >> 6 geese a laying. ♪ five golden rings >> that is enough. bahar is the second question. >> before they had stripes candy canes were straight white sticks of sugar candy but a choir master bents ends to look like a j for jesus. >> no. >> an angel wing. >> no. >> a fish hook. >> no. >> a shepherd's crook. >> yes! >> two for two. >> i'm smokein' here. >> is that what i smell? >> yes. >> two characters from sesame street rumored to have been its' a wonderful life. i'm talking about bert and a ernie. in the movie it's a wonderful life who was the cab driver bert or ernie? >> bert. >> sorry, i got that wrong. >> earn are knee. >> hi, ernie. >> hi, george. >> i'm a rich tourist today. how about driving me home in style. >> i put on my hat. >> christmas tree needles are a good source of -- vitamin b. vitamin c. sugar or or splinters. >> sugar. >> vitamin c. >> who on earth would know that? >> no one would know that. pine coniologyists. >> why don't you go in and get some physics questions. who would know that? go ahead, i had to vent. >> this is the best christmas ever for me. >> yeah. >> you will like this question. >> no, i won't. >> i bet you a dollar you will like this question. >> all right, good. >> as a little boy the best present a young bold fresh lad named bill oh he riley the best present he ever got when was a kid was? >> taking it out of my book, right? >> fanner 50. the little gun that you went boom, boom, boom, boom. loved it. i wore that to church. i did. >> you were very popular. >> i wore the 50 and the little draw who willster. >> look out, o'reilly is armed again. >> i remember my father going do you have that on in church. i loved it. all right, mercedes arery christmas. thanks for having me in. >> okay. >> ladies and gentlemen, the king of cable and christmas. ♪ >> we are back with pop sensation david archuleta and his cd christmas from the heart. here are is first noel. ♪ the first noel the angels did say ♪ ♪ was to serve the poor shepherds in fields that they lay ♪ ♪ in fields where they, they are keeping their sheep ♪ ♪ on a cold winter's night that was to deep ♪ ♪ noel, noel ♪ noel, noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ they looked up and saw a star ♪ ♪ shining in the east beyond the barn ♪ ♪ and through the earth it gave great light ♪ ♪ and so it continued both day and night ♪ ♪ noel noel ♪ noel noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ born is the king ♪ hallelujah ♪ noel noel ♪ noel noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ noel noel ♪ noel noel ♪ born is the king of israel ♪ ♪ born is the king ♪ oh oh ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >>> all right. how did you like that? that was great, right, folks? all right. up next some of our favorite things as seen in our own family photos as fox and friends christmas rolls on from i habe a cohd. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! >>> look how happy that audience is to be here. tell us what is going on within you to be here on this christmas special. a round of applause if you are happy and you know it. [ applause ] >> welcome back obviously. christmas is a time for family and friends to gather around, show their appreciation for one another. at least that is what it looks like in the pictures. >> all right, so i have a photo that i wanted to share with everyone. this is one of our family traditions. every year we take a shot of all of the grand kids and every year or are two a new one is added. that is the latest cow is sin from two years ago, sadie. and this year my sister-in-law is expecting a child. we take these every year on the same sofa and to think my mother-in-law mean in years ago wouldn't have any grand children. >> you need a bigger sofa yes. >> thought you were going to make an announcement there. >> i'm not expecting but myco-hosts are. our fox and friends family is growing. >> yes, its. >> i have some favorite christmas photos as well. this goes back maybe five years or so. this is my husband casey and my daughter ci kia at the time. it was emblematic of the angel going on top of the tree and we have been heralding angels today as well. what more to christmas than putting the angel at the top of the tree. also have pictures that you can use against somebody later on. here is my son christian vacuuming in his diaper when was just almost two. >> he had a job already. >> we had just opened christmas gifts on christmas morning and i just like my dad who was always vacuuming the house maybe it is in the gene its he decided it was time to clean up. >> he is not wearing jeans. >> he is not. he was still in the pampers. >> my christmas pictures are moving, movie pictures. i make them every christmas morning. i stand at the bottom of the stairs with my video cameras saying okay, kids, santa was here, you can come down. watching the home movies we can see our kids, peter, mary and sally grow up one christmas at a time. >> look at your car, sally. look at your car. >> whoa! >> what do i see here. i got a ring. >> nice hair do. must be a college kid. >> and speaking of family, here now to share what christmas means to them, fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. and his daughter veronica. >> whether you are five or 50 or hopefully some multiple of 50 it seems we spend a lot of time waiting and hoping. waiting for good news. waiting for tomorrow. sometimes waiting for forever. we asked when will it come, the new job. the new love. the new beginning. and so it is with the unique hopes and tax increases of this christmas we each have we wait for our daughter to return home from her first year at college. veronica? >> some of you wait for your brave sons and daughters to return from iraq and afghanistan. we all wait for a special someone to be home in time for christmas and we pray that they please come home soon and safe. >> we christians call it advent and as we mark the days by lighting candles on a wreath or our children opening doors and finding a chocolate for each are day on the christmas calendar we wait and we hope and we pray that his grace and majesty will light up our homes and our lives brighter than any string of lights we could ever buy at sam's club. we live for all his coming means. in depression days past, my parents hoped that christmas day brought some fresh oranges, sugar candy or even extra wood or coal to heat the kitchen. my wife blanche dreamt of a doll with longhair to brush. my brother and i hoped for the 007 racetrack. even as i dreamt what i could get on christmas morning my parents taught us how important it was to give back. i admired the generosity of my mother who opened the christmas store. she found reason to give away rather than sell most of the ornaments. >> my sister blanche and i always knew how lucky we were at christmas. in working with children at the association to benefit children the knew that the hope of christmas to come was too often unrealized for some children. year i decided to make candy covered christmas trees which will be part of the dinner at ronald mcdonald house for children fighting their family's cancer together. >> i remember as a boy of 11 or 123 years old speaking at friday night advent bible vigils to a barely occupied saint joseph's church in greenwich village. congregation of widows who miled as they walked that young man in a jacket and tie, read isaiah. behold the serr virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name emanuel. and they beamed as i continued the key of the house of david will i lay upon his shoulder and the government shall be upon his shoulder and they seemed comforted and so was i at that young age. as he was walked in procession i heard the voice of our pastor almost willing the arrival of the baby jesus. he sang out o come emanuel and ransom captive israel. >> we live for the coming and today to us a child comes our wonder are counselor. our prince of peace. >> veronica, to all of us a son is given. christmas has come and we celebrate the fulfilled promise of advent. god bless us all. merry christmas. >> we are back now with the number one selling christmas group of all time, mannheim steamroller and their rendition of winter wonderland. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that was beautiful. coming up, a family about to lose their only son finds the strength to grant his last wish, one more christmas. story of inspiration that inspired an entire town. inspired an entire town. a fox and friends chris what is it about taking a first step that we find so compelling? is it because taking a step represents hope? or triumph? at genworth, we believe in taking small steps every day to keep your promises, protect what matters, and prepare for a secure financial future. no matter where you want to go, one step at a time is the only way to get there. go to genworth.com/promises. ♪ in her eyes... the world is never too big. in his...the weather should never keep you inside. ♪ because they see no limits, there's eukanuba nutrition designed to help their body go as far as their mind wants to. eukanuba. extraordinary nutrition for extraordinary beings. see the difference in 28 days or your money back. >>> well, we have a story of inspiration for you now. a family about to lose their only son finds the strength to grant his last wish. one more christmas. and they inspire and entire town to to the same thing. the story of dax locke is now being told through the movies visit heart of christmas. joining me is h his family, julie and austin and eventually madeleine as well. great to see the both of you. for people who do not know about dax's story tell us about the brave little two-year-old. >> he was born to us a h healthy baby june 26. he was 9-pounds 6-ounces and perfect to us. you you know, when you see your first baby, we were so in love. and by the time he was 13 months, he had just been -- had constant, constant fevers and ear infections that turn inside eye infections and we just could not get them to stop. and everybody told me it was just a virus and that it would be okay and that these antibiotics would take care of it. eventually dax went completely lethargic and we found the cancer. >> so he had a rare form of leukemia. only 15 children a year get this form. often times leukemia is able to be cured. they told you you around halloween that he would not make it to christmas. >> they gave us a 50/50 chance we he first got diagnosed whether or not he was going to make it. so it was really tough as a parent to hear that. it is one of the worst things you can hear. >> and so you decided that you wanted to grant his wish because he was just starting to get into the christmas lights and you started to set up christmas then and there and you would take him out on rides and what would you do? >> they told us he wasn't going to make it until christmas so we looked at each other and we were like we have to give dax a christmas so austin pulled out the christmas tree early. it was -- i remember there was trick or treaters at my door when we had christmas lights up so it was before halloween. and neighbors started asking what is going on and that is how it spread. >> and you would take them out and look at the lights and all of the commune th community god and put up lights like this with his name. >> that is the front of our house actually. that s a complete strange's home that heard about our story. it didn't just cover our whole town. it started going to different states and then we got a picture from baghdad, someone had their barracks set up with dax christmas lights on them. we were so honored. >> and he made it through christmas. >> he did. >> and he passed away on december 30. >> december 30. he was very peaceful and i'm so grateful to have had st. jude. they kept him very comfortable and gave us every opportunity to cherish every moment that we could with him. >> st. jude gave us an extra year to spend with dax and that is priceless to us. >> and one of the things that you have ton in his honor is set up in foundation. >> i began a foundation called cherish every moment the dax locke foundation and my goal is to raise $1.6 million to run st. jude's hospital for one day in honor of dax. >> and so far you have been great at raising money. you have raised $550,000. >> yes. >> that deserves a round of applause. >> kimberly: >> i promised at the be ginning of the seth we woul segment weu your beautiful baby. hi, madeleine. >> she is one. and she is the joy of our life. >> i can imagine. >> there she is. >> if people would like more information on how you to raise more none any for dax what do they need to do? >> i have a website for nye foundation. go to www. daxlocke.com and you can donate there and see all of the things we done. >> and go to fox and friends .com and we will link your website to ours. such an inspirational story mixed in with so much sadness and you are such a young couple to have gone through you such a tragedy. we hope there is a rainbow in this for you and your beautiful child today. thank you julie and austin locke and madeleine. >> thank you. >> and merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you you. >> thank you, gretchen. what an inspirational story. coming up next, raindrops on roses and whiskers on kitten. the band chicago sings some of my favorite things coming up next. my name is robin. i'm a wife, i'm a mom... and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantiis proven to help people quit smoking. it reduthe urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking orood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while taking chantix. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic or skin reactioto it. if you develop these, stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away as some can be life-threatening. if you have a history of heart orlood vessel problems, tell your doctor if you have new or worse symptoms. get medical help right away if you have symptoms of a heart attack. use caution when driving or operating machinery. common side effects include nausea, trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. my inspiration for quitting were my sons. they were my little cheering squad. [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. >>> they have been at the top of the charts for more than four decades. they had 21 top ten hits and a i will guess you know the lyrics to all of them. we are back now with chicago. ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ myhese are a few of hi-five favorite things ♪ ♪ cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudel ♪ ♪ doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles ♪ ♪ reindeers that fly with moon on their wings ♪ ♪ these are a few of hi-five religion things ♪ snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes ♪ silver white winters that melt into spring ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when i'm feeling sad ♪ ♪ i simply rea simply remembere things and then i don't feel so bad ♪ ♪ so bad ♪ ♪ ♪ when the dog you bites, when the bee stings, when i'm feeling sad, i simply remember my favorite things and then i don't feel ♪ ♪ ♪ so bad ♪ i don't feel i don't feel i don't feel so bad ♪ [ applause ] >>> well, it that's tim is thae year and we are almost to the end of your show but you are not going to believe who our last surprise guest just might ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now. but hurry -- the offer ends january 3rd. [ santa ] hoth up to 9 of your friends with the galaxy nexus by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone. no christmas special would be complete without the king of christmas himself, not elvis. take a look at who is here. it is santa claus in the studio! [ applause ] >> look at that. >> here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus. >> that's great. >> of course, a lot of these men and women home for the first time in years for the holidays. thank you for joining us. you have been a terrific audience. >> and, of course, we want to wish you tonight a very
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Open Library
American Libraries
TV News
Understanding 9/11
