radio city music hall.ont of their building to promote their annual christmas spectacular. it's a gat show. but would you look at the calendar? thanksgiving is two weeks away. couldn't they wait? i know in some places santa claus and christmas decorations were in storage before halloween. but let's take on holiday at the time. but other pumpkins and then the pumpkins and pilgrims and then you can decorate for christmas. he gives more meaning to each holiday. to me, it's disgraceful that some retailers are kicking off christmas shopping at 8:00 p.m. on christmas night. thanksgiving -- a time to stop and give thanks for our blessings and not parts down

it's the whole rockefeller plaza radio city music hall, the spirit that people come to new york fromere. there's no place it in the world. >> this got started during the great depression, this tree. >> sure did. >> going through some tough times. this is really in a sense a beacon, not just for the country but the world. >> absolutely it is. it's a rejuvenation of the times that have passed and the times that are in the future. >> and we should mention the radio city christmas spectacular begins tomorrow. we have to get this tree down right after your weather forecast. >> luckily we've got the fine folks here who are going to put this up as they have so many years going on into this. let's show you what we've got weather-wise. starting with today, a gorgeous day in the east. a little on the chilly side. we're looking for temperatures that are going to be into the 40s. we've got 50s along the mid-atlantic coast. look for some showers making their way through the pacific northwest. mountain snows as well, and then for tomorrow look for some rain in the pacific northwest. i should say i

. >> reporter: and then danced with them on the great stage of radio city music hall. >> what was ite-in-a-lifetime tlhrill for dancer given a new hope for tomorrow. for "today," nbc news. >> hillary did amazing. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> st. jude celebrating 50 years. now in that time, have you all been able to keep track all of the patients over the years? how many lives have been saved? >> well, we do keep track of all of them because we have an after completion therapy program and we want to know how they're doing all the time. but we have about 7,800 active patients, 250 we see a day. but it's almost impossible to calculate because we send our doctors to china, south america, latin america, the mideast, we have these websites where doctors can be talking to us, asking questions. we give about, i think, 250 consultations a week. and they're for free, which is unusual for doctors. and then we have another website where the doctors can talk to our doctors. so we're just so spread out that millions and millions of children. >> i know you have a lot to be thankful for.