wringing smiles to the faces of people who don't celebrate the holida who don't celebrate the holida holiday. stay right here >> san francisco memorial church kept off a month of holiday events with song and sup tear. more than 5000 people gather at the church to celebrate the christmas holiday and share a meal with all the trimmings too. marked 50 years of service to the tenderloin community offering meals, health care and housing assistance to those in need. >> restaurant in oakland jack london square open the doors to those in need on christmas day. the center of hope church team one chicken and waffle to serve between 2 and 300 meals. the church took care of the food. leaders work with different restaurant each year to host the holiday meal. >>> well there were a lot of toys to go around after lefty last minute christmas eve toy drive in downtown san francisco. the union square area restaurant collected more than 15,000 toys for needy kid kids. that's well over the goal of 10,000 and more than last year total of 11 200. they did just grit because of the generosity of so many peop

. > t is before the holida storm. doublen rad shows an enormo amount of moisture comi our way from the south. it'soig to make for a very wetis eve day. metloela magee is at the big board. whats e latest from accea? >> a tracking it from the nortan sor south direction. you sed the leading edge of that pratn er the ohio val south of our nation's capitol. theres more moisture to come. area over the northern sections of mississippi you see the moiur streaming in from the gulf mexico. it works in as early as tomorrow morng we a showing you the arrival of t rain as we press forward. rous of heavy rainfall preinto the delaware and lehi valleys. you ha at moisture to contend with. visil a concern. expt si we are down to 2.7 miles. slow trav concerns down to .7 in millville. thiwi mix out. we get breezy conditions the aftno hours. visit ease in the aftno we e calling for threqu of an inch to half inch of rainfall. it's pounding the roads. 60s on the way for christmas eve >nk you, melissa. loo live at the airport. doze of fligh

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warriors parting shot before the holida holiday.aking on the lowell lakers without kobe bryant out resting and golden state runs in an absolute buzz saw. now they started off tonight withcly thompsonment wrap around pass. and early 9. so many turn over by golden state. the steal. ahead to jordan. clarkson with authority. curry. to holiday. nick young. races to the corner. sets his feet. time to admire it go. lakers up 14. third quarter come back time. here comes curry launching 7 state points. 21 lead cut to sixteen. thompson from green 10 point game. 75-65 here come no look at lynn back is open for j lynn lakers came in at 8 and 19. they come out of retirement to hit shots from half court. that was 90,000 $for charity. more lakers. carlos leading with 18 and seth in disbelief. the guys it's not final yet. just went fina final. 115-105 a second loss in the last 20 games forth warriors. college hoop stanford just got the christmas present tonight. cardinal go to austin, texas and upset 9th rank long horn in overtime. randall for the

as we think about apparel in terms of gifting purchases for holida holiday, apparel tends to be halfholiday purchases. and we are seeing improvement for employment for younger demographics. and the gas prices at multiyear lows which brings out discretionary spend. their company specific drivers, as well, american eagle is becoming more nimble with better and faster execution in fashion and this is on top of very weak results last year. you do have bankruptcies from smaller players like delia's. they free up some market share if american eagle, a. its main competitor abercrombie could be an opportunity, as well. another thing we like about the stock is they are playing defense better, basically doing the right thing for the business by pulling back on aggressive promotional events, managing ev inventories and expenses tighter. and there are a number of store closures coming. arie is their intimate apparel brand which has solid momentum. and could become a growth story over time. >> okay. anna, good to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. >>> looks like americans plan to spe

. >> tell me, what are we going to do about this weight gain that so many of us get over the holida holidays look, i think this is a very critical week. because we gain all the weight from thanksgiving, we're heading towards christmas and new year. i'm convinced this is our chance this week or next ten days to get a few pounds and not get to january 1st and say, okay, i'm going on diet pills and laxatives and those stuff that doesn't work. number one, i would not treat this as a real holiday. meaning that once you say this is a holiday, you make an excuse and justify to take that extra plate. so treat it like any other day. this is just another normal day. there's a lot of celebration. try to drink a lot of water before you go to the party. i think that's the key. when you fill up your stomach with fluid, water, you're not going to be as hungry. i also think that by changing the size of your plate to much smaller one so you don't have room to put more food or more candies or more cake there's another small trick you can use. and finally, a funny thing is to use chopsticks. when you use chops

. >> es not in the holida spirit, the sixers are singing christmas carols tonit, ps reminiscent of thetanford cal play, latelst ape right in the >>fi cge bowl game outsid north america since 193 so wild, ending is so insyove to see this, to watch this finish in the bohama bowl, over and over agai centra igan down 35, in the fourth, they come back aga wn kentucky, no time left, final play down one sco, central michigan qb, coop ross to jesse crawl and wat the insanity. three laterals, six different playerhe the ball, they go 57-yard, they score 34 strg points, unreal. they a down one. all they need is an extra point to force overtime, and they get greedy, they go for two and the win. they blow it. aftll of that, central micga loses to western kentky by one. >>thy be the worst team in the nba but sixth are are feelin l tonight. theya won back to back gamefo the first time. they a in such a festive mood w caught sixers singing chrtm cs, listen. >> gro the the sno ♪ better watch out, you betr not po i'm telling you why. >> dk the halls with bows of hol >> r t red-nosed reiner reindeer had

some really get into the holidae spirit. >> even at work. >> like this woman transformed her minneapolisou have those skills?pp' >> i could do -- take me a long time. i would be at work really jlate sawing logs. >> it would be valentine's day. >> all right. well, meanwhile, an australian company put up a slip n slide through the office for their holiday party. >> that looks fun! >> no, no, no, we must do that. >> can we do a slip n slide? >> tomorrow, is there any way? >> please! >> let's do $6é,xit! >> i mean, the thing is, it is summer in australia, it's a little cold here, but i don't care. >> i've been on this show a year, i don't ask for much. but, please! >> but that means i have to get the wet suit with you guys? >> how do you propose to do xxxñ this? >> no, just put jeans on, we'll wear t-shirts. >> have you ever had wet jeans, they don'tmm feel good? >> our shirts will say, slide or die, because that's what very well may happen. >> let's do it! >> it remains to be seen. >> if i have to be in a wet suit with the two of you guys, that's a christmas nightmare. >> we're not scuba d

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