that's a lot of lollipops. >> 100 green-and-white lollipops, 100 blue-and-white lollipops.nt 100 dark cherry cordials, and you want 600 of what? the party is on wednesday. >> by wednesday. >> let me see how we can get this done for you as soon as possible, and i'll give you a call back within an hour, okay? thank you. bye-bye. i have a large order. >> what is it? >> 100 purple-and-white lollipops, 100 green-and-white lollipops... >> is this real? >> 100 blue-and-white lollipops, 600 salted caramels, and 100 dark cherry cordials, and they want it overnighted tomorrow. >> nuh-uh. >> yuh-huh. >> pete, can you make 300 lollipops on tuesday? >> let me figure this out. [groans] >> what i need to know-- is this doable? >> i don't think that's possible. we're gonna need extra manpower to get this done. >> it pains me to turn down an order. >> i know. >> we have to find a way. we have to find a way. >> you guys have had to have large orders like this before, right? >> not-- >> yes, we have, but usually i have time. >> do they have a shelf life, the lollipops? >> they got a long one.

. >> all they were was lollipop sticks that had a light display. reporter: john's wife posted this photo of their twinkling home to facebook. when they awoke the next morning the lollipop sticks had disappeared. >> at first i thought it was a m` >> at first i thought it was a man and after watch the actions that figure was a woman. reporter: john sob this video of the thieves home surveillance system. >> spend eight minutes at my house. to call this bikes and everything about with it. put them in their car. reporter: this apparently happened because last week into people stolen inflatable penguin from a home in massapequa and three different maybe thieves stole this display in monmouth county. quick youtube sure for stealing christmas lights yield -- yields dozens of results. anytime anyone the news does anything negative during the holidays you call that person a grinch but in the case of the story the actual grants committed this exact crime. john duffy posted this surveillance video to facebook and tv stations put it on the news. in 24-hour some

>> ♪ we represent the lollipop guild the lollipop guild, the lollipop guild., you mean political thing? i think they represent the little people, you know, the people. and that's they way they were -- it came on in the book. you see, the book, if you're a purist, you wouldn't like the film. it's just like anything else. there are societies of people who meet and discuss the books. ok, there's even a society for the winkies, which are the guards around the wicked witch's, you know, castle. there really is! they meet once a year. and they're serious! they don't like the picture, because it didn't follow the book, see, because yip and the writers changed it, as hollywood will. amy: was the book a little bit more favorable to the winkies? >> no -- well, yes! the winkies were good people, and they were played up there. if you go back and read the book, you will see that they were a lovely, decent kind of people, yes. that was one thing. i guess it wasn't pc there, you know? but, nevertheless, when you read a good novel, and you see the film, there's hardly any rela

and also you get your free lollipop. >> they have free lollipops. >> clearly you don't go to banks. >> not that much. >> i've got young children. bribe them by going to the bank. get a free lollipop. so there's a good clans you're going to be buying or receiving a gift card. but many of them just end up in a drawer and never get used. >> so true. six years ago. never used them. before you toss those cards into the black hole of your junk drawer, there's other options. linzie janis explains. that almost everyone gets, the gift card. >> i love receiving gift cards. >> reporter: they're so popular. $130 billion are expected to be loaded on to them this year. they can be used to purchase anything from a meal to clothing. one company even allowing you to give the gift of stock in major corporations. but what if the card you get doesn't suit you? >> probably re-gift it. >> reporter: you may not know it but you can turn it into cash. websites like raise.com and giftcards.com will buy your unwanted gift cards and give you cash, though usually not for the entire amount. >> that sounds like a f

the special effects include mini domes, a lollipop and nautical fireworks. you may watch the display from the casino, penns landing, the adventure aquarium on the camden side of the delaware river, and then right here at winter fest. just to let you know, that's not all. so coming up in the next hour, we're going to let you know where else you can see the fireworks and what else is happening in philadelphia, a real tradition on new year's eve and new year's day. live in penns landing, no neek braxton, nbc 10 news. >> and we're helping your family celebrate 2016 with the fireworks along philadelphia's water front. nbc 10 and telemundo 62 will bring awe live broadcast of this year's sugar house new year's eve fireworks display at 6:00 on thursday night. >>> well, this morning we are dealing with the fog around the area. this is one thing we're going to be talking about through the rest of the morning commute. dense fog around with some late showers later on today. and we have a colder start to 2016 aside from that. the visibility is a half mile, allentown, zer

that's exactly how you feel when you walk into shane confectionary filled with rainbows of lollipops,shiny foil wrapped truffles, gum drops and butter scotch. thinks a special time of year for eric barely, one of the brothers who owns this old time candy store. the eyes light up. people feel like there's a magic land that they never knew existed. a land of candy gems. sugar plume truffles are a girl's best friend. liberty bells filled with georgia gnash and contra. >> i'm no amateur. > this shop is a step back in time with vintage clear toy candies. i was a german tradition brought over bavaria in the 1700s. look at how g gorgeous, works of art shaped from molds once used by hairy young owner of philadelphia's oldest candy store, young's candy which closed years ago. clear candy lives on at shane confectionary. we're just fortunate to be able to cook up hard sugar. we add a little bit of dye, either red or green, or uncolored which turns a beautiful amber gold. > a wonderful gift idea, among so many here like the gift of the margie truffle itself. >> this is a place that you want to s

police say this surveillance video shows 31-year-old tiffany fisher plucking light up lollipops from the yard of a home. the homeowner just wants to know why someone would steal his family's decorations. >> there's little children involved with christmas, you know. you don't think of the consequences of now as a parent i have four girls that i have >> another holiday thief was caught on camera in nassau county. a family in massapequa is hoping to once again see an inflatable penguin stolen from their home's front yard over the weekend. >>> parents and students are fighting to celebrate the holidays after a ban on decorations at school in brooklyn. students at ps139 say the school is missing holiday cheer after the principal enforced the ban. the principal has reportedly said it was done in the interest of diversity and inclusion. for students it just makes the season feel cold. >> i don't agree with it. >> it made the school feel more like a second home but now it just feels like norm school. doesn't have >> the department of education sent the staff guidelines on holiday celebration

that's exactly how you feel when you walk into shane confectionary filled with rainbows of lollipops,shiny foil wrapped truffles, gum drops and butter scotch. thinks a special time of year for eric barely, one of the brothers who owns this old time candy store. the eyes light up. people feel like there's a magic land that they never knew existed. a land of candy gems. sugar plume truffles are a girl's best friend. liberty bells filled with georgia gnash and contra. >> i'm no amateur. > this shop is a step back in time with vintage clear toy candies. i was a german tradition brought over bavaria in the 1700s. look at how g gorgeous, works of art shaped from molds once used by hairy young owner of philadelphia's oldest candy store, young's candy which closed years ago. clear candy lives on at shane confectionary. we're just fortunate to be able to cook up hard sugar. we add a little bit of dye, either red or green, or uncolored which turns a beautiful amber gold. > a wonderful gift idea, among so many here like the gift of the margie truffle itself. >> this is a place that you want to s

you've got everything you need: skill, strategy, and my lollipop hammer. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: oh, but, father, i can't. >> damn it, boy, take it! there's no place in this sweet world for your salty tears. >> stephen: but, father, i can't just leave you here like some worthless licorice swirl! >> hush, son. -- i-- had a good life. i spent my best years crushing candy. and, yes, as i crushed, i would sometimes think, "this is a huge waste of time. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i could be reading a book, or anything." i know i haven't been the best father. there were walls between us-- beautiful, shiny walls of jellybeans and lozenges. and no matter how many times i tried to break down those walls, there'd be a new level, and, well, there'd just be new walls. walls that kept me from you. now that i'm dying, i realize-- i realize, i-- are you paying attention? ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: what? what? i'm sorry. i'm sorry, what was that? go banning. this level is really hard. >> son, my timer has nearly run out, and there's something i i... love... >>

surveillance video captured a woman snatching decorative light-up lollipops. one by one her pile grows, her arms full. john has not one but two surveillance video cameras outside his home. the video helped investigators track down the woman they say is responsible for swiping the decorations. 31-year-old tiffany fisher was arrested and charged with petty larceny. she lives just blocks away from the scene of the holiday crime. >> what will this woman be getting from santa? >> coal. >> reporter: she's not the only christmas decoration thief caught on camera. in massapequa, a large inflatable penguin was stolen from a front yard. did know about it, that they could bring it back, because my three-year-old niece would love to have her penguins back. >> reporter: with each theft the one thing is for sure, the naught tea list is growing. mallory hoff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> one of the reactors at indian point tonight shut down. entergy says an electrical disturbance caused the reactor in unit 3 to shut down automatically. no radioactive was released. this is

police say surveillance video shows 31-year-old tiffany fisher plucking light up lollipops from a lawn in island park. the home is just a few blocks away from her own. investigators tracked down fisher but the homeowner says he just wants to know why his neighbor would steal his family's decorations. >> there's little children involved with christmas, you know, they don't think of the consequences of now as a parent i have four girls that i have to explain to my children what happened here. >> good point. another holiday thief was caught on camera in nassau county. a family in massapequa is hoping once again to see an inflatable penguin that was stolen from their home's front yard over the weekend. those stories. it's like stealing holiday decorations is the thing this year. >> let's turn to meteorologist bill evans. he's got the after school accuweather forecast. >> you need one of those laser things. david has one in his yard. >> it's pointed at the house by the way, just so you know, no faa issues. very colorful very nice. >> i was going to slip over and borrow it. >> yeah, borrow i

they call it the lollipop.hey don't want to describe it, but they say when you see it, you will know it thursday night. live at the convention center, i'm doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> more and more massive every year. >> i know, that's quite the tease, doug, we'll have to look for that. >> especially with the star wars reference, doug, thank you very much. >> nbc 10 and telemundo 62 will help bring the fireworks to your living room. you can watch live starting atk 6:00 p.m. on new year's eve here on nbc 10. >> after a recent stretch of warm weather, it's finally feeling more like winter outside. here's a live look at the blue cross riverrink at penn's landing. yesterday we showed you this picture, getting more like a puddle, glenn. >> right. and we're not going to be seeing a lot of puddles once we start the new year. we actually have winter-like temperatures that are coming our way. december, though, is going to end on a mild side, even with all the clouds today, we're still at least ten degrees above normal.

that is a look at your traffic, right now still to come on "eyewitness news" big honors for a lollipop warner team. >> we will show you city hall ceremony for northwest raiders. also ahead she spent nearly a full year in a local animal shelter, we have got an update on the pit bull annie rose when we come back. ahh. yeah, ahh. ahh. you probably say it a million times a day. but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your in-network annual checkup. so america, let's go. know. and take control of your health. cigna. together, all the way. >>> well, sadly, no one was lucky enough to win the entire power ball jackpot. >> yeah, including us but there was one ticket sold here in pennsylvania worth a million-dollar, that is pretty good, right. matched five numbers but not the power ball. here are winning numbers for you in case you have that ticket handy, 12, 36, 38, 54, 61 and power ball was 22. saturday night's drawing is now worth 334 million-dollar. we can dream. >> can you imagine. >> i just can't. >> i can't wrap my head a

special effects include mini domes, a lollipop and nautical fireworks. you may watch at the casino at penn's landing and at the adventure aquarium on the camden side of the delaware river. nbc 10, a proud sponsor of winter fest, is broadcasting the show live at 6:00. the 34midnight show will be on verifone screens, live streamed on nbc 10, all making for a wonderful way of ushering in 2016. we'll be back in about 30 minutes. live now from winter fest, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> thanks so much, monique. >>> fire the fireworks, for all the big new year's eve plans folks will be heading out doors later on today. nbc 10 meteorologist brittney shipp is here with your new year's eve forecast and the big question is how big of a coat do we need? do we need a blanket? what do we need? >> probably a pretty thick coat and blanket, too, if you're planning on staying up until midnight for the fireworks. so temperatures at 8:00 p.m. at 46 degrees. by 10:00 p.m. 42 and midnight 38. but we are going to be dealing with a windchill so it will feel closer to 34. 35

ten lollipops and 15 envelopes. what does all this mean? i've never seen so many numbers. go down the list and start writing them down. i write the alphabet down. every number symbolizes a letter on the alphabet. that's the 11th letter of the alphabet, this is the 16th. this first letter is k, then this right here spells out a word. please. that's k, p-o-e-a-s-e-g-e-t, then i got the next page. m-e, me. m-o-n-e-y, money. a-s-a-p, asap. please get me money asap. >> it's the jail version of texting. >> yeah, but no one's ever done it before. it's just weird. we connect on a different level. >> i'm not going to lie. a tear came to my eye. i kind of got choked up a little bit. because she figured out the same way i figured it was me. we're on the same wavelength. i don't know who would have picked up on that kind of thing, but we did. >> coming up -- >> you'll see that most heroin users are really close to their moms. >> an insight into a unique aspect of bergen county's heroin problem. >> that's why i call it a mama's boy drug. >> one inmate in the rehab center thrives while

then we'll put the lollipop stick in here and pop it on the cupcake. >> kids love oreo. so festive. hors d'oeuvres, appetizers. this is adorable. tuxedo cheese slices. >> if you don't want to dress up, you can dress up your cheese and crackers for the season. >> right. >> so you take a round cracker, any thinly sliced cheese. for the buttons and the bow tie, black olive. easy. go ahead if you want to help me, >> you're assuming i'm crafty. >> you can tie the bow tie. three olive buttons. >> very cute. great. >> now he's all dressed up. >> last but not least, you have to leave our guests, dylan, craig and sheinelle, favors. >> the black-eyed peas for good luck. >> i love sending guests home with black-eyed peace. also a great opportunity for leftover holiday ribbon. we can all use a little good luck in the new year. a great parting gift. >> great idea. >> happy new year. >> cheers. >> happy new year. >> great job. >> thank you. >> by the way, the rescipes and ideas are on our website, today.com/food. >>> we're back after your local we're not suregreenville, spartanburg, anderson will

these are chocolate melted into and pure if into a dixie cup, add a spoon, a lollipop stick and i like toppings on my, salted caramel. >> show me how to make this. >> you need a one-inch cutter and pop it into a brownie, so simple and i have a pastry bag. you melt those into steaming milk and i love that you went right in. that's awesome. >> i was not aware but it's delicious. >> it's good, nonetheless. >> add a little dollop of frosting. >> yeah. >> your little santa hat and if you want you can add a topper to it as well, a little pom-pom. >> all creative, beautiful, unique ideas and inexpensive. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks, abby. find these tips and more by liking todayhome on facebook. coming up next a favorite recipe for all of us. you and your family coming up hundred americans to make as much money as one top ceo. it's called the wage gap. and the republicans will make it those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wag

chocolate melted into heavy cream and condensed milk and pure if into a dixie cup, adad a spoon, a lollipop stick salted caramel. >> show me how to make this. >> you need a one-inch cutter and pop it into a brownie, so simple and i have a pastry bag. you melt those into steaming milk and i love that you went right in. that's awesome. >> i was not aware b b it's delicious. >> it's good, nonetheless. >> add a little dollop of frosting. >> yeah. >> your little santa hat and if you want you can add a topper to it as well, a little pom-pom. >> all creative, beautiful, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks, abby. find these tip and more by liking todayhome on facebook. coming up next a favorite recipe for all of us. you and your family comingp this is "today" on nbc. praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principledl and effective leader. building a future to biev

doorway, every balcony, every street corner and then you also have an enemy that is hiding amongst a lollipop favored guest on the program this week indeed. colonel, welcome to the program. >> merry christmas, stuart, good to be with you. stuart: merry christmas. now, if they retake ramadi, iraqi forces, boots -- iraqi boots on the ground, and they retake that city in difficult circumstances house to house fighting, surgical that will be a great victory, would it not? >> oh, no doubt about it. several elements of good news in this whole fight in ramadi, and i've spent more time in ramadi than i have in new york city. and that's a fact. but here's three elements of good news, stuart, first the iraqi army, their special forces and the sunni tribesman have entered the city. number two. urban close combat is absolutely beautiful. especially if civilians are caught in the crossfire. it's always bad. and there was a lot of that early on in 2006, 2007 in ramadi. that was al-qaeda in iraq the if you will the ancestor of isis. and third it's good the ramadi government in baghdad said "no" to the irani