. >>> mel wood and wusa9 salute all who serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> i want to say hi to all my friends and family back in d.c. have a good holiday. see you when i get back. >>> in tonight's consumer alert, if you or a loved one is enrolled in medicare, time is almost up to pick your plan for next year. the deadline to select a medical and predescription drug plan was moved from december 31 to tomorrow at midnight. right now, we hear people are having some trouble getting on to the website to make those choices, but keep on trying. the website to use is www.medicare.gov or you can call 1-800-633-4227. >>> get ready for more possibly offensive displays on the loudoun county courthouse lawn this holiday. already we have seen the community outraged at a skeleton santa on a cross. the board of supervie cores supervisors could have put an end to all of this but chose not to. >> if they were to ban the displays at this point, that would include the nativity scene. when the displays start coming up, we will see that nativity scene along with two displays from the church of

. >>> mel wood an wusa9 salute all that serve this holiday season. >> hello. this is alicia jackson calling from rose barracks in germany to my mom and my cousins living in the washington dc area. happy holidays and know that i would much rather be there than here but know that i love you and six months and counting. i'll see you soon. >>> the washington dc veteran affairs center and wusa9 salute all that serve abroad this season. >> hi. this is the family from the public of korea and we want to wish our family back in virginia a merry christmas and happy new year. happy holidays. >>> it has happened again. more stolen baby jesuses down near fredericksburg. one statue was stolen off u.s. 1 in front of a shopping center. another taken in front of the furniture store. furious owners say whoever is taking them is a joke but the humor is really falling flat. >> we know it's a prank, but we're all pretty disgusted. we haven't heard from anyone and we would like to have it returned as soon as possible. >> hoping for a christmas miracle. >> hoping for a christmas mir

. >>> mel wood and wusa99 salute salute all that serve at home. >> hi. we're saying a big hello and merry christmas to uncle bob. >>> the washington dc veterans affair medical center and wusa9 salute all that serve at home and abroad this holiday season. >> hi. my name is staff sergeant nyia wallace. i'm stationed in korea. i would like to say happy holidays to my mom and dad and my sisters barbie and kal in woodbridge, virginia. >>> it's beginning to look a lot like new year's eve. this is new york's time square where crews have finished hoisting up the giant crystal ball that -- well, the one that will drop at the stroke of midnight to usher in 2012. organizers say this year's design features friends holding hands all around the world. >> we actually saw people behind us on the time squares ball, and this year's theme is let there be friendship. >> depending on the weather, about a million people or more could fill time square for the big count town. among the entertainers scheduled for the evening, lady gaga and drake. >>> now, are you going to any co

. >>> mel wood and wusa nine thank all that serve abroad this season. >> hi. i'm daniel buckles.'m here in afghanistan. i would like to send a shout out to my fiancee and family back in virginia. >>> thieves figured there was a pot of gold in a pile of copper. the thieves keep targeting rural vacant homes getting out all of the copper they can carry. joe came home to find hundreds of gallons of oil in his basement. they had ripped the copper piping from his heating tank. the funny thing is, it was just about 30 or $40 worth of the metal and the thieves by passed more valuable stuff in the house. >>> tonight an ad causing some controversy. take a look at this. the sign above the company at the corner of 14th and corcoran streets some of our best cars are gay. what? the poster also features a yellow mini coup with a license tag and some folks in the lesbian-gay-transgender community are offended by this. nobody knows exactly what it means. we asked a few people that walked by what they thought? >> i think it's meant to be funny, but i don't find it particularly funny, i guess. >> i

. >>> mel wood and wusa9 salute all that serve this holiday season. >>. >> hi.d like to say happy holidays to my family in takoma park, maryland. happy holidays, uncle john, my >>> the washington dc veterans affairs medical center and wusa9 salute all that serve abroad this season. >> in kuwait, i want to give a shout out to my mom, my dad, my son jayden and all my sisters and nephews and nieces in virginia and happy thanksgiving to you guys for christmas and new years. love you guys. >>> is there anything facebook is not involved in these days? it looks like it had a hand in finding a stolen baby jesus statue. fredericksburg got a tip about the stolen statue after somebody saw a photo of it posted on the social networking site. it led to the arrest of 25-year-old amanda crelia of spoths vein yeah. she is now -- spotsylvania. she is now charged with grand larceny. she has been keeping the stolen figure in her father's garage apparently. no word yet why she took it. >>> car dealers know most of us envy the latest technology on new models. blue tooth, on star, gps

. >>> mel wood and wusa9 salute all that serve this holiday season. >>. >> hi.e would like to say happy holidays to my family in takoma park, maryland. happy holidays, uncle john, my cousin denzel and his wife karen. we miss you and we love you. ♪ [ female announcer ] this time of year you have a lot of festive meals. and safeway helps make every holiday meal a special occasion. ♪ so you can make all of your gatherings, just as merry as can be. get a safeway smoked shank half ham for just 99 cents a pound. need last minute gifts? safeway has hundreds of gift cards. including itunes and many others. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> the washington dc veterans affairs medical center and wusa9 salute all that serve abroad this season. >> in kuwait, i want to give a shout out to my mom, my dad, my son jayden and all my sisters and nephews and nieces in virginia and happy thanksgiving to you guys for christmas and new years. love you guys. >>> is there anything facebook is not involved in these days? it looks like it had a hand in finding a stolen baby jesus statue.