kris kringle finds himself in a mental competency hearing and must establish his identity in the court u.s. treasury attorney bedford arranges for susie to present the judge with a $1 bill. the judge looks at the dollar, sees the inscription, "in god we trust" and declares -- >> federal government put its trust in god. it does so on faith and faith alone. it's the will of the people that guides the government and it is and was their collective faith in a greater being that gave and gives cause to the inscription on this bill. the state of new york, by a similar demonstration of the collective faith of its people, can accept and acknowledge that santa claus does exist and he exists in the person of kris kringle. >> in 1897, there is a santa claus because the sun said so american print journalism had such authority that an unsigned editorial could verify the existence of a mythical being. in 1947, there is a santa claus because the post office delivers his mail. the will of the people is verifiable through its faith in its government agencies. in 1994, the collective fate of the american

kris kringle is currentlyy in edin burg . received a record 4000 telephone calls from children lookking for santa and they have liked the santa behook book page. and setting a record. updating the top story. former house speaker newt gingrich saying he will start in an aggressive campaign after the tit remembered that rick perry will not be on the primary bell on the. -- ballot. >> calvin coolige turned on the lightts for the first national christmas tree. it was hauled in from vermont. 48 feet tall. the so called community tree and also the first white house tree to decorated electric lights . since then it is been a presidential tradition . and 88 years ago today. that's how fox -- and fox stay right where

kris kringle unites >> wait till you hear this, santa might be asking for razor this year after he got his beard stuck in a pulley system in florida. oh, man, a mall santa claus trying to make a grand entrance by rappelling down to the stage, and his beard got tangled in the gera. h-- gear. he had to rip it off to get free. the martial arts skills are hoping to deter naughty kids. most people do not realize that christmas is a major holiday in south korea, which is home to one of asia's largest christian populations. as we get into the holiday spirit, donna hamilton, ava marie, mindy basara will be there tonight for the lighting of the washington monument in mt. vernon. tonight's vacation begins at 7:00. still ahead, a guest from the animal hospital is here to answer your questions. e-mail us at petquestions@wbal11tv.com. how to protect yourself from scams this holiday shopping season. >> we will see if the sun stays in our weather this weekend. the forecast is just ahead. >> today is world aids day. the bleak outlook on world economic markets has medical experts worried about their ab

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bad santa featured billy bob thornton as a foul mouth alcoholic kris kringle. >> what do you want?hat do you want? a snot rag? >> charming. last december a real life bad santa was fired from san francisco macys for doing what? a drinking on the job, punching an elf, cursing at kids or telling a dirty joke. the answer is, telling a dirty joke. this is not a good performance tonight. >> i don't know. >> you don't know bad santa. >> i didn't see bad santa either. >> it's a wonderful life. >> billy bob thornton. >> i like christmas vacation. do you have one of those? >> mckellem already lost but you playing at home i am sure have gotten all of them right. >> the movie white christmas was a huge hit in 1954. ♪ i am dreaming of a white christmas ♪ ♪ just like the ones i used to know ♪ >> the film white christmas featured songs by irving berlin the author of many christmas songs. that is ironic because berlin was known for being what, a jewish, atheist, communist, secularist, what was berlin? he made a fortune writing christmas songs. cards up, please. a he is jewish. >> i knew he was jew

. >>> the case of the missing kris kringle has been solved. his inflatable santa has been returned. he was stolen from the front of his yard last wednesday. he went public asking for the thief to bring him back. yesterday, he found it in a bag on his front yard along with an apology note and $100. he says there are no hard feelings and he's happy to have st. nick back where he belongs. >> tough to hide that. that's a big santa. >>> coming up, new details on the prime suspect in the case of missing florida mother michelle parker. >>> and the top items [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices... in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum... we can empower more people to innovate... putting momentum behind our economy. and we can reduce the deficit... with more than thirty billion dollars paid by america's wireless companies. it's simple -- more spectrum means more freedom. for everyone. you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with

heather: kris kringle, st.here did he come from and what does he have to do with christmas? professor rudolph just ahead. >> having him come home early was the best christmas present i could ever have. >> good to see my third daughter shaoerbgs was bor she was born december 6th, the first time i've seen her. heather: you can watch the scene over and over, some troops returning from the battlefield for the holidays. some soldiers are not so luck aoefplt many of them are turning to social media to be as close a home as possible. we have the online operations manager for facebook. he's a u.s. marine, iraq and afghanistan veteran. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. heather: tell us about this social media guide for military families that facebook is launching. how does it work? >> yeah, we're rile excited to have had the opportunity to partner with blue star families to launch this social media for military families. blue star did an incredible job of putting together this summary of ho

. >> -- version of "miracle on 34th street" susan tells kris kringle she wants which of the following for christmas? a house, a brother, a dad or all of the above? >> a dad. i'm the first one to miss. >> yeah. no, you're not. >> all of the above is the correct answer. >> santa was very good to her that year. this is a remake of the 1947 movie. didn't do that well. it's still good. it's a fun movie to watch. >> she's so cute. you can watch her all day. back across to kath. >> a gentleman from western massachusetts. what do greg's parents give pam's father, jack, as a christmas hanukkah present in "little fockers"? the star of david, a dreidel -- >> i'm going to go with a dreidel. >> wrong. >> the correct answer is? >> it's a yamaka. it's a funny scene. dustin hoffman and barbra streisand give her father one because they say he's half jewish. >> woef time for one more. >> where you from, honey? >> auburn. >> okay. here we go. which mariah carey jingle plays a pivotal role in the movie "love actually"? >> "a." >> yeah! now you appreciate your mother. >> congrats. a terrific scene from th

are we about to see less jingle for kris kringle. deep discount blizzard like conditions are mr. b. to blanket parts of the southwest with up to a foot and a half of snow. so forget about folks out there batoning down the hatches. this deep freeze about to put a big chill on holiday sales anywhere? janice dean on how bad this is going to get. what does it look like? southwest got hammered week after week after week winter. we have not seen much of anything. this continues to be the trend as the jet stream across the south. look at the snow flying across colorado and new mexico. albuquerque and then into kansas where blizzard conditions are possible overnight tonight and temperaturewise could drop 20 to 25 degrees within just a matter of hours. santa fe 37. lubbock 5240 in amarillo. 20 overnight tonight. significant drop in a very short period of time. a lot of snow in a short period of time. some cases three to four inches in an hour. so, in some areas across this shaded blue region, 10 to 20 inches isolated amount. gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour. people advised to stay off th

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bad santa billy bob thorton alcoholic kris kringle. >> what do you want?l, come on, what do you want? a ♪ rag? >> bill: charming. last december, a real live bad santa was fired from a san francisco macy's for doing, what? >> bill: what did the real live fat santa get -- at least he had clothes on there. they are naked out there. the answer is telling a dirty joke. maccallum this is not a good performance tonight. >> i didn't see bad santa either. >> bill: you are focused on positive things. >> it's a wonderful life. >> bill: not a drunken billy bob thornton. >> i like christmas vacation. do you have one of those in here? no maccallum has lost. you playing at home i'm sure have gotten all of them right and i hope you continue your winning streak. the movie "white christmas" was a huge hit in 1954. ♪ i'm dreaming of a while christmas ♪ just like the ones i used to know. >> bill: by the way,s that what a toupee that bing crosby had. okay. >> how do you know that? >> bill: i know everything. the film "a white christmas" featured songs lie irvin berlin the auth

kris kringle. the matching ties and head bands. it's all there. days of yore? you can almost smell the leather. and as long as we're going way, way back, this isn't a card but it's a very festive photo of a very young justin timberlake, complete with garland around his neck, a jacket that shines brighter than the moon on the new fallen slow and a christmas gift in a box that he's holding it somewhat higher than he did many years later for his "snl" video with adam samberg. ♪ something real ♪ i want to give you something from the heart ♪ >> something special, girl. ♪ it's my [ bleep ] in a box ♪ ♪ my [ bleep ] in a box ♪ it's my [ bleep ] in a box ♪ my [ bleep ] in a box, girl >> i think he's funny. speaking of our videos, can we talk about my favorite one of the year? it's the honey badger. let's watch just a little bit of it, shall we? >> the honey badger has been referred to by the guinness book of world records as the most fearless animal in all the animal kingdom. it really doesn't give a [ bleep ]. if it's hungry it's hungry. ooh,ha

second graders in new york learning about the north pole, natural are you kris kringle comes up in the but the teacher leaves a heaping mound of coal in the children's stockings, telling a roomful of 7-year-olds that santa is not real, and she told them their parents are the ones putting presents under the tree. now there is an angry army of parents who are outraged. should this teacher be disciplined? joining knee now former possible cue eastern cohost of "the five." kimberly guilfoyle and jonna spilbor. this is not the first time a teacher has taken to a roomful of students and told this out and out lie about santa. i want to get that straight. we'll engage in a theoretical discussion if she could have been right. but we all know there is a teacher and i don't know why this teacher said what she said. should she be disciplined? >> i think she should. it's not her responsibility or job to say things like that. the fact that she did this shows she is a mean spirited angry person. i think this is very inappropriate and damaging behavior that she engaged in. megyn: jonna, let's just say

. >> kris kringle, i'm santa claus. >> oh, you don't believe me, do you?cs have found the spirit of every santa claus is rooted in a real saint. st. nicholas, a bishop in the byzantine empire and the rests in the cathedral. >> he was known as a giver of gifts and redeemed people from slavery secretly. he gave dowries to women secretly. he helped the poor secretly. and never to embarrass anyone or glorify himself, but to glorify god. >> as christianity spreads through europe. so does the celebration of saints like nicholas, the patron saints of the poor and children. >> let's fast forward then to the low countries of belgium. the netherland and luxembourg, and we have st. nicholas in the language, sinter clause. >> and you can hear santa claus. associated with generosity and gift giving of people of the low country. >> then comes one of the great schisms of christianity, the veneration of saints, including saint nicholas. >> the dutch said forget it we're going to do it we don't care. and the english said, okay, what if we move it to christmas eve and say w

like this one, kris jenner, kriss kringle, the matching ties and head bands.hristmas card from days of yore. you can almost smell the leather. as long as we're going way, way back, this isn't a card but a very festive photo of a very young justin timberlake, complete with garland around his neck, a jacket that shines brighter than the moon. and a christmas box that he's holding higher than he did for his snl video with andy samburg. ♪ i'm going to get you something from the heart ♪ ♪ i'm going to get you something special, girl ♪ ♪ it's [ bleep ] in a box >> i think he's funny. speaking of our videos, can we talk about my favorite one of the year, it's the honey badger. let's watch just a little bit of it, shall we? >> the honey badger has been referred to in the guinness book of world records as the most fearless animal in the animal kingdom. what is that? oh, it's got a cobra oh, it runs backwards. the snake's up in the tree. honey badger don't care. honey badger don't give a [ bleep ].