nicolette sheridan is here to get you in the christmas spirit. >> performance by the texas tenors. >> love them and ambush make-overs because we missed everybody at the parade yesterday. hope you had a great thanksgiving. hope you enjoyed the parade. >> we have bad news for you, so you might as well brace yourself as you're sitting there scratching your belly because the average american, just so you know, consumed yesterday 4,500 calories. >> is that like four days' worth of food basically? >> about. about. 3,000 on your turkey dinner, 1500 calories on snacks and drinks. >> that's the only way that saves me. i love that meal so much, i don't snack on anything. >> you don't? >> huh-uh. because then you don't have your appetite for all the good stuff. >> you are right. here's a question, when you go to someone's home for thanksgiving, do you ask for leftovers? do you say hey. >> hey. >> i'm leaving. >> going to eat that? >> taking that turkey? >> going to finish that? >> apparently this is a big thing. people go to other people's homes and not wait to say does anyone want extra sweet p

now nicolette sheridan is starring in a new christmas movie play ago journalist whose spirit survivesas. take a look. >> have you ever celebrated christmas? >> what do you mean celebrated? >> family dinners? >> no. >> church? >> no, never. >> a tree? >> tree. no. no. not a tree. >> you got to fix that. >> we are joined now by actress and producer nicolette sheridan. good morning. >> good morning. >> you're the boss here, right? you created the idea. >> i came up with this idea and i took it to hallmark because what better place to do a christmas movie than hallmark. yeah. it all started in january and it's airing on sunday. >> you shot it in october. >> we did. we shot it in a small town called lebanon. >> ohio. >> yes. >> and the town really rallied around you guys, right? >> they did. they brought out all of their decorations for us for christmas in october. >> instead of halloween they had chase. >> exactly. one street was halloween, the other was christmas. they parpack in the movie. they played extras in the town hall and in the shops. >> i love it's not a holiday movie. it's a c

. >>> the answer to the aflac trivia question of the day is nicolette sheridan.fore the top of the hour. 'tis the season to be giving. >> as john stossel demonstrates in tonight's' episode of "stossel," not everyone in every organization represent has charity. >> i put on a fake beard and tried begging in new york city. can you help me, ma'am? people gave me money. they gave me money when it said homeless and cold and even gave when i changed it to, need a beer. thank you. >> thank you. >> when we asked givers why they gave, people said things like this. >> that guy looked pretty needy. >> i just begged for an hour, but i did well. i did this for an eight-hour day, would have made 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year. tax free. >> so who should you donate to? let's talk to the guy who is not really homeless. we're talking about john stossel. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> are you suggesting that the people who are begging for money on the streets, we should not give them money? >> yes. it's not i who am suggesting that. the people who work with the homeless say