so christmas ham, you can't show snowy santa but santa surfing.s is obviously santa and his elves. >> that ham looked delicious. >>> this time of year, a lot of videos with a lot of santa's helpers looking like the jolly old guy. this one is what i would call maybe a bad santa. >> oh, my god. >> him and his buddies come up with the idea to do the eggnog challenge, very similar to a milk challenge where you try to guz ella gallon of milk and see if you can keep it down. this opt for a half gallon of eggnog. >> seriously chug this? that's gross. that's awful. >> think about how thick it is. >> couple of guys start knocking it back. doesn't take long before this party turns sour. >> don't puke on your beards. >> oh, man. >> oh. >> oh. >> i'm not even looking and it sounds awful. >> that is straight eggnog. that is just straight eggnog. >> not exactly. >> that's sick. >> not exactly straight eggnog. there are some other contents. >> look at the chunks that came out of my stomach. hot dog and quiche. >> why would you eat that before you drink a gallon

just put that up to santa claus. >> santa is getting naughty.wn lap. >> i think if you were going to sit on your own lap, i think that's how you'd have to do it. >> okay. that's possible. >> i love nathan, but he -- he -- he -- >> pretty creepy. >> pretty creepy santa. >> our friend scott has uploaded another cute chinchilla video. this one is all about the holidays. >> oh. >> the little chinchillas hanging out in the holiday basket. >> they look cozy, too. >> i would have liked to see a santa hat on these guys. >> i think you could easily photo shop one right there on it. what's so cute they fall asleep in the happy holidays basket cuddle up like slippers. >> are they breathing? >> you can't tell. ♪ the season is upon us it's that time of year ♪ >> that means fami s. is such a representation of what your families are like. your family christmas is >>> steven, this is swanky the snowball. >> not show up for a lot of dates, never call you back and stuff. >> or because he's sniffling. flaky my great freddie brazil to northern europe to alleviate h

olay regenerist. ♪ here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus, right down santa claus lane ♪ >> ithappy sweaters, and this is -- we don't know what's about to happen here. all we know is we have our own santa claus visiting. we have our own -- >> ho, ho, ho. merry christmas, boys and girls. merry christmas. yes, i am tired. i am all messed up here. i've just been running around. merry christmas, everybody. >> do you have presents for us, santa? >> oh, yes, i do! yes, i do. lots of presents. what would you like? back off, young man. back off! i said back off! >> that is beautiful. what is that, velvet? oh, my lord. >> i'm going to give you something really nice. yeah, that looks perfect. >> what else do you have? >> hey, here's a little mickey for you. >> oh, look at that, santa. >> this is for you. >> and a mug for you. >> i've already got a mug, santa. this is the most cheap, rundown, broke santa i've ever seen. >> have a little ball for you, too. merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. merry christmas, everybody. merry christmas. >> santa, before you scare anymore suburban c

how does santa get into your apartment?for the dryer. >> reporter: he gets in through the hole for the dryer? belief, very much alive. that santa and all his elves can somehow fill the gaps. >> can you get me some new teeth? my front teeth. >> reporter: and there will be plenty of smiling children tomorrow. ♪ good tidings for christmas and a happy new year ♪ >> reporter: sharyn alfonsi, abc news, new york. >> and we are wishing all of those children a merry christmas. that's going to do it for "world news" on this christmas eve. we leave you tonight with this christmas postcard from downtown oklahoma city, illuminated with more than 4 million christmas lights. our thanks to affiliate koco for this great picture. for diane sawyer and everybody at abc news, thank you for watching and please have a merry and safe christmas. >> dan: coming up "abc 7 news" is there as crews rescued from the rain swollen napa river. some serious problems remain. >> carolyn: problems like a landslide. trouble spots where saturated soil is giving a

but our santa has a serious point to make. >> i think it's an aberration. there's no bad santa.ay be people who act as santa who are bad people. >> bad santa was perhaps the best that this honor is ever going to get. >> what are you doing? delicious, kind of world weariness to his santa. >> i'm on my [ bleep ] lunch break, okay? >> reporter: don't we all at times feel a little bit like that at the holidays? i'm nick watt for "nightline." >> yikes. "bad santa 2" will be coming out in 2013. thank you, nick watt and thank you for watching. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. have a great night. >> dicky: up next on an all-new "jimmy kimmel live," this week, an unnecessary censorship. >> i might [ bleep ] your bum if you're naughty. >> dicky: carson daly. >> how many times have you been to the white house since i've had my daughter? >> twice. >> you choose this country over your friend's daughter. >> dicky: and zachary knighton. and music from dan deacon.

goggle is tracking santa on its maps. you can interact with him on goggle plus. >> and the good news when santa comes our way he'll get nice weather >> should be pretty nice. >> no rain. >> have a great day, everybody, and merry christmas. >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, december 24th, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." a christmas wish could become a christmas mess as major storms bring problems all the way from california to new england this week. >>> tough talk from the nra adds fuel to the gun control debate, and is the new movie "zero dark think thirty" telling the truth about torture? the search for osama bin laden. >> but first your world in 90

and looks like santa. paris. >> clayton: i've never seen that building behind them. what is that? dave brigs and his kids. >> ainsley: the new addition. >> clayton: logan looks like she has a better cobra pose than the other ones. merry christmas to dave and brandy up there. hope you're having a wonderful time. >> ainsley: i'm glad dave is off this christmas, but he gets real teary eyed when his wife is sending him the pictures of the kids. >> clayton: now i'll be the one teary eyed. let's talk about this, because santa was out last night. we were having norad track santa around the country and around the world here on the show. santa is now in our green room here in midtown manhattan. how are you feeling this morning? >> i'm feeling much better. it was a great evening last night. everything delivered and now it's time to relax. >> clayton: you can't relax yet because we have some e-mails from viewers and tweets with some questions they want answered from santa. they didn't get a chance to see you. taylor

the santa clause third you're going to skip to santa clause three and a number of years ago and the folks at hustler i've written for them a couple of times they've excerpted from a couple of my books in fact we're just experience for me with richard this was maybe three years ago when my book screwed came out and they excerpted a chapter from a piece a piece of a chapter and on the front cover it said get screwed by thom hartmann and so. that's you know that was the cover us literary maybe cover. but it was very well received in there was a lot of very positive feedback from middle class folks so you know they contacted us and said you know can you revisit this santa clause thing and. sam has been writing on this topic and so we you know it's a good opportunity because you talk about it in the intro alternative media here i mean i did score we're trying to address a major problem with the middle class in america right now and we need to get that message out to as many people as as we can and not just people who read the new york times the wall street journal or whatever but also people w

folks affectionately called him santa jim. >> my dad was santa claus. >> reporter: pat cook is santa's daughter. now 81, she's been helping santa since she was 12. you have the posters there say santa claus -- >> the only place with a post office, yes. >> reporter: that's why letters with no address or stamps arrive here each day. >> we get letters that say north pole, big red guy, guy in the red suit. they all get delivered. this is the santa's elves headquarters. >> reporter: unlike commercial lettered-writing operations today, their service is free. >> for my daddy, i would like for him to find a job. for my mommy, a little time to relax. >> reporter: under her watchful eye, dozens of elf volunteers answer nearly 30,000 letters each year in red ink with a personal postscript that teaches a lesson. >> if we can just make a difference with one child, that's a difference. >> reporter: now the keeper of the letters, she displays the best ones in this museum. >> here's my favorite. "dear santa, i want my dad to be smarter. please, can my dad be smarter?" >> reporter: show of hands if y

the kids just loved meeting santa claus. >> he's excited. >> how many for santa? >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smile. there you go. >> merry christmas. >> what you want for christmas? >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably about 500 children. >> start out with like five right now. my grandma is -- she's a go- better, she loves what she does. she's so good at it. it's part of her personality. that's where -- it's reached where it has. >> good job, pedro. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and it just grew on us. we wanted to come back. >> 6-year-old boy. a girl, 12, and 8. >> it's been a very small community and then there was a flood a long time ago. >> it was the scene of frantic desperation, hundreds of residents trying to save their homes from flooding. some threw their bodies against the water trying to hold it back. >> one of my daughters, her mother-in-law started to volunteer. >> get in the back. >> seeing their faces like up when they see santa is just something that -- it breaks me up. >> you can choose

gould go santa tracker has been tracking santa. has been making phone calls to good girls and boys. kids of all ages can watch santa hop from continent to continent. if you're all doing shopping you can still follow him. >> in the bay area sports news. the 49ers fresh off a monster game against the patriots last week ran a three headed monster in seattle last night. rookie quarterback russell wilson threw for touchdowns, running back marchand lynch scored twice, and seattle's defense kept calling the cabinet and freight corp. from getting anything done. wilson's touchdown is put him one shy of pavement is a rookie record of 26. calcite lynch added 111 yds rushing and a 24 yd touchdown run on seattle's opening drive that set the tone. cabinet and the 49ers struggle with the defendant noise echoing around centrally the field, making for a tough 49th birthday for 49ers coach jim harbaugh. >> the 49ers lost both born in davis and mario minicamp to injuries last night. the they will host the arizona cardinals next sunday in the regular-

the kids got to see santa. it was a bittersweet time deintiet -- despite the holiday spirit. >> this is our last year. wewere sold and this will be the last event for us to get together and show our children that we love them. . >> emotional times over there. rg steel was sold after the former owner filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. there was some hope that they would sell the mill whole but they will sell the parts and tear down the plant. >> in -- there is another woman who was out of work this hol l day season but for a different reason. a dental assistant was fired for being too pretty. lisa spent ten years as an assistant until her boss let her go. he said she was too tempting and a threat to his marriage. the woman is 32 years olds and a mother of two. shesued for jendzer discrimination but lost on tuesday. the courtsays that dr. noois was justified in -- knight was justified in firing her. >> i'm devastated. i really am. this is as far as we can go, there is no a-appeal. >> the dentist's lawyer sai

the boardwalk in santa cruz.eet, we go through depot park and man with the bag meet it is train there and his lovely wife, santa and mrs. claus board the train at depot park. they make their way from one end of the train to the other end of the train and spend some time with everyone on the train. >> ladies and gentlemen, may i present mr. and mrs. santa claus. >> merry christmas. ho, ho, ho. have all you kids been good this year. >> it's great. the kids have fun and santa and mrs. claus spend time with the kids. >> ♪ [jingle bells ] >> frosty the snow man was a jolly happy soul ♪ >> we got to go through the tunnel and it's very cool because we're on a train that's the polar express. >> this captures like the true feeling of christmas. and they take the extra effort to decorate the train, we love it. >> it was awesome. >> ♪ [we wish you a merry christmas ] ♪ >> we hope you enjoyed our holiday program. from all of us here at ktvu we wish you and your family a merry christmas.

that's why we have a flood warning through noon in santa cruz and santa clara county. gusts in combination with the front marching southward, we've got a rough time for the next couple hours. >> thank you. talking about the strong winds, they have blown over a big rig on the lower deck of the richmond san rafael bridge. abc7 news reporter nick smith joins us live with an update. nick, i thought they told you to get off that bridge. >> carolyn, they did tell us to get off the bridge. but you mentioned something earlier and the california highway patrol said it to us again, nick, we responded to 70 different road-related accidents this morning which is why whoa are allowing you to stay so you can keep pushing the message to slow down on the highway. carolyn, look over my shoulder. that truck we have been talking about all morning, crews are getting into place now to try and upright that truck. this is what we know. this is how it all went down. i want you to look at the video we shot. gusty winds knocked over this rig on the richmond raphael bridge. it was heading east a

a santa tracker is set up and right now santa is preparing for his big launch. this is video from santa's trip around the world last year and they promise up to the minute reports and even pictures from key stops on santa's trip. we'll have a link for you on our website, nbcwashington.com. always fun for the kiddos. >> if you think santa was moving fast there, a lot more kids in the world these days. you have to get on it and make it happen quick. >> he and his elves have been very busy. will they have a clear flight? for more on that we go to meteorologist tom kierein. >> it doesn't matter because rudolph has radar in his nose now. this morning we have low cloud cover over our region. clouds will be with us for the morning hours. might get a few breaks in the clouds perhaps around 8:00, 9:00 this morning and then cloudy the rest of the day. right now it's cold. we're below freezing across virginia, maryland, into west virginia except right near the waters. reagan national at 32. montgomery county near 30. it's in the upper 20s near 30 in fairfax county and arli

>> hello, herald. >> santa.t's been a while. >> remember what santa told you, all the children are good, they have that spirit inside of them, and they're excited to see me. >> always. who wouldn't be? i'm excited. >> we have so much fun here, don't we? >> absolutely. now that i met the big boss, it's time to learn how to take those iconic santa photos. >> let's bling in the children. >> to take a photo, it's the space bar here. >> this should be easy. it's not as easy as it looks. we're good. bring them in. she looks happy, santa. she looks good. we're going to look right here at the jingle bell. right there for me. say cheese for me, jasmine. >> wonderful. after some practice, i finally get it right. >> that's a good one, guys. that's a good one. santa, i tried. >> you have a lot of spirit. you interacted with those children very well. >> thank you, santa. and you have a merry christmas. >> remember, this is the most wonderful time of the year. ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. >> what a day it was. >> i really enjoyed you

what if santa can't find me? to help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive.our gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. crowd's attention as the festivities got under way. chris cringe gel and the -- chris kr nie gle and the missal-tones, get it, kept the crowd busy. downtown businesses stayed open late tempting shoppers with gifts for the holidays. fun. >>> a five-year-old wisconsin girl will not soon forget this holiday season. >> what would you like for christmas? >> my daddy to come home. >> where is daddy? >> in the afghanistan. >> dad is in afghanistan? >> she could not believe it when her dad walked through here. he arrived home three days early from a 10-month tour of duty. how nice it is to get exactly what you wish for. >> that is a christmas gift to remember. boy santa pulled off a good one there. >> i thought dad might have been santa. >> that would have been a good way to do it. >> all right, the warriors gett some nice presents too. coach mik

folks affectionately called him santa jim. >> my dad was santa claus. >> pat cook is santa jim's daughter helping santa since she was 12. >> you have the advantage of the postage that says. >> indiana. >> that is why letters with no address, no zip code, even no stamp awry here in santa claus each day. >> we get letters that say north pole, big red guy, guy in the little red suit. they all get delivered. this is the santa elves head quarters. >> unlike letter operations today, their service is free. >> for my daddy i would like for him to find a job, and for my mommy a little time relax. >> under her watchful eye, dozens of elf volunteers answer merely 30,000 letters each year. >> if we can just make a difference with one child, that's a difference. >> yeah. >> now the keeper of the letters, she displays the best ones in this museum. >> here is my favorite. dear santa, i want my dad to be smarter. pleads can my dad be smarter. >> show of hands if you believe in santa claus. >> these three received their letters from santa, but it's clear they already understand what christmas is all about

north of santa rosa, the stormy weather is still north of santa rosa at 11:00 p.m. this storm really starts to hit the north bay at 5:00 a.m. continuing across the heart of the bay area. heavy rain, wind and even the potential for a thunderstorm or two. sunny breaks will come out. i will have a detailed look on how much they will receive and a look at where the rivers are right now. larry? >> thanks. we will check back with you in a few minutes. as the next storm moves in, the big concern is in the north bay. look at the video from the stump town brewery in gernville. you can see how quickly the russian river has risen. a flood warning has just been issued. alan wang joins us live in sonoma county with the latest. >> hi, larry. along the santa rosa creek, the water level hasn't changed much. it may have risen one or two feet in the past three days, but that's because the city has an excellent storm drainage system. they are seeing a dramatic change in the river levels. >> by sunday into monday it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gernville i

the letters are addressed to santa, just "dear santa" and some of them really show what a tough yearbegin with a passionate "dear santa." >> i'm 11 years old and been really good this year. >> reporter: what follows are often emotional requests from model cars to miracles. >> what i really want is that you return my mom's health so she won't be sick anymore. >> reporter: each holiday season hundreds of thousands of letters are sent from across the country addressed to, well, to santa claus and for 100 years now fulfilling some of those wishes has been a tradition of the u.s. post office. >> this area is where we send the gifts out. >> reporter: keith fontana is keafe elf of "operation santa" at new york's main post office where last year some 500,000 letters to old st. nick came through. there are thousands of letters here. >> there's roughly about 700, 800 to each tray. >> and this is all letters to santa claus. each letter is open, read, catalogued and then photocopied and offered to a willing volunteer elf. for more than 25 years, friends beth and nancy have been buying gifts for

excited to meet santa claus right now. >> come meet santa. >> hohoho, merry christmas. >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smiles, there you go. >> merry christmas. >> are you going to ask me what i want for christmas. >> what do you want for christmas? >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably about 500 children. >> we started out with five right now. >> my grandma is a go getter. she just loves what she does and she's so good at it. it's just part of her personality that's how it's gotten where it's reached where it has. >> good job pedro. >> thank you. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and i don't know it just grew on us and we wanted to come back. >> you got peter. >> one. >> an 8-year-old boy. >> a girl 12 and eight. >> no, no, wait wait. >> it's been a very small community then there was a flood a long time ago and a lot of families were put out. >> it was a scene of frantic desperation. hundreds of alviso residents trying to save their homes from flooding some people threw their bodies against the wall of water trying to keep it out

this santa tracker has been set up. santa is preparing for his launch. this is video from his trip around the world last year. they promise up to the minute reports and even pictures from key stops on santa's trip and we'll have a link for you on our website, nbcwashington.com. it's great because as tom mentioned, they have radar now. rudolph has radar in his nose so he can't get lost. >> gps these days. everybody has gps to get around. >> and santa uses an ipad to check off his list apparently. >>> 11 minutes after 5:00. we take a live look at tom kierein with the forecast. >> good morning. starting off this christmas eve morning this monday morning with a lot of clouds. cloud cover over us. no precipitation. pavement is dry. shouldn't have any travel problems weatherwise around the region. if you are heading south, you may run into rain in the carolinas and down toward kentucky and tennessee. right now a lot of low clouds around. it's cold. we are at or below freezing around most of the region except right near the waters and shenandoah valley and moun

excited to meet santa claus right now. >> come meet santa. >> hohoho, merry christmas. >> the family gets their picture taken with santa. >> big smiles, there you go. >> merry christmas. >> are you going to ask me what i want for christmas. >> what do you want for christmas? >> a monster truck, a real one. >> we have probably about 500 children. >> we started out with five right now. >> my grandma is a go getter. she just loves what she does and she's so good at it. it's just part of her personality that's how it's gotten where it's reached where it has. >> good job pedro. >> thank you. >> we came out here the first year to do santa and i don't know it just grew on us and we wanted to come back. >> you got peter. >> one. >> an 8-year-old boy. >> a girl 12 and eight. >> no, no, wait wait. >> it's been a very small community then there was a flood a long time ago and a lot of families were put out. >> it was a scene of frantic desperation. hundreds of alviso residents trying to save their homes from flooding some people threw their bodies against the wall of water trying to keep it out

[chanting] >> we want santa. we want santa.look forward to starting the days with you in the new year. >> so from heather, heather, patti ann and myself, we wish you and your families a very merry christmas and a happy new year and god bless all of you. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back, everyone to a "fox & friends" christmas. nearly two months after hurricane sandy destroyed homes and lives, the images are still shocking, but, out of the destruction there were stories of amazing sacrifice. in queens, new york, two sisters organized hundreds of volunteers to help those stranded, long before fema and the red cross even could arrive. over in brooklyn, 18 staff members at the brooklyn aquarium risked their own lives to save the lives of those that they loved so much, the animals. the people you are about to meet embodied the true spirit of christmas. they are sisters jamie and jill jordan. and john dolland, director of the new york city wildlife conservation society. and they are my guest. so great to see all three of you. >> thank you. >> it'

i mean fill in santa monica there and in santa monica a group of...give me the name of a small group of annoying people with incredibly limited control over our culture >> atheists jon: atheists will do. that's right. everyone's favorite uncle that lives in oregon that no one ever sees. a group of atheists have ruined christmas by forcing the removal of... i need a classic christmas symbol. (laughing) dam it, brian, we're trying to do something here. go sit in the car. >> a nativity scene jon: thank you, nativity scene. some people are still grown-ups over there. okay. all right. so we're done. let's see if we can put that altogether, shall we >> athee i haves seemed to have ended a 60-year-old christmas tradition in santa monica california >> a federal judge backing sapt a monica's decision to no longer allow nativity scenes at a public park >> jon: oh, my god, that is such an out... (snoring). christmas has become a rote observance. devoid of all its original spiritual meaning. even if it's most ardent opponents have seen doubt creep? >> a lot of pe

. >>> y talia que le pide a santa?. >>> feliz navidad y lo mejores deseos. >>> mientras tanto estaba lista. >>> hablamos de carlos macías. >>> ♪. >>>con sus temas, el cantautor chapaneco macías, ha conquistado a miles. >>> el asgura que la aceptación por sus canciones le ha cambiado la vida. >>> llore mucho con esa novela, de pronto tener más de cinco mil seguidores en twitter, que la gente empiez ahablñar de la cancion. >>> y hoy tengo cinco millones de reporducciones en cinco meses. >>> nos confeso nque llego el extioe een un momento crucial. >>> antes de eso, estaba a punto de renuncia. >>> aubnque ahora esta disfrutando de la victoria no s epolvida de los que lo olvidaron. >>> era como mi hermano, araceli arambula, yo le produje el disco, gracia s apablo. >>> grandes artistas han grabados sus temas. >>> se gano un grammy en 2003. >>> y ha sido nominado en 4 ocasdione al latinoamérica grammy. >>> me puse una buena borrachera. >>> y grabo duetas con lupez parsa, alvberto castro, el mestro napoleon. >>> la verdad que a

merry christmas, santa. eee! >> her merry christmas santa.nd when cindy lou went up with her cup-- nice kid. bad judge of character. he went to the chimney and stuffed the tree up. and the last thing he to was the log for their fire. on their walls he left nothing but some hooks and some wire. and the one speck of food that he'd left in the house... was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse. [ squeaks ] then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant, around each who home, and he took every present. clearance sale. everything must go. [ screeching ] hmm. what now? - [ screeching ] - aah! - hmm. - mmm. [ scraping ] [ sucking ] [ man snoring ] [ cackles ] martha, have you ever kissed a man who lost his tonsils twice? [ woman's voice ] no, silly! - [ kissing ] - [ max whining ] but it's an experience that i've always longed for. kiss me, you fool! [ loud kiss ] [ whimpering ] [ evil chuckle ] [ cackling ] ♪ la, la, la [ cackling ] ha, ha! [ laughing ] - ooh! - [ screeching ] aah! [ laughing ] whoo-hoo-hoo! [ cackling ] [ cackling

and other areas near santa rosa, san jose. calm winds for tonight but it is going to need a break for tomorrow. there's already another system that will be here on christmas day. for tonight, the rainfall is wrapping up. look for patchy fog developing a through tomorrow. otherwise, mostly sunny and nice for christmas eve. christmas day, watch for increasing conditions. this is a six our path for this storm portion to the east. a six-hour expended. path these clouds could increase by tomorrow night. futurecast, by 6:00 a.m., there is the bay area notice we are seeing bricks of cloud coverage. dense fog with breaks--a cloud coverage. by noon, mostly sunny skies and this and next system offshore will get closer toward tomorrow evening, 6:00 p.m. watched the high clouds increasing and we will become mostly cloudy as the go towards christmas by 1:00 a.m., christmas morning that rainfall still off to the north toward 6:00 a.m., mostly cloudy and through the ukiah out and for the north bay. it will spread for the rest of the bay area

cooler in parts of the north bay. 53 in santa rosa. looking southward to monterey bay, showers will end later in the day. high temperatures mainly in the mid-50s. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. there is a slight chance of some showers mainly in the north bay on friday. chance of rain on saturday and drying out again on sunday. we'll have sunny skies on monday which is new year's eve and day of sunshine on tuesday with high temperatures in the mid-50s. >> dan: after christmas rain we will be ready for that. >> you are right about that. >> dan: larry beil is off but rick kwan is here. >> sports world is celebrating christmas with lots of n.b.a. basketball. do you hear what i hear? >> jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪ ♪ hoe oe what look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitt

so christmas ham, you can't show like snowy santa. you got to show santa surfing.am looks delicious. >>> you guys remember the end of semester feeling. class is pretty much done and you want to have fun. that's the case at the university of detroit, mercy. an experiment being done here. it sort of looks like beer pong for nerds, maybe? they've got a bunch of blue cups all over the floor. you see the smoking bottle there. it's a little bit of liquid nitrogen. the guy closes the bottle up. runs away, and the pressure dumping in a bucket of 1500 ping-pong balls. and here's the show -- wait for it. >> wow! >> it even blew up part of the garbage can. they came out of the bottom. >> ping-pong balls go flying everywhere. >> it's a fundraiser. can you buy a cup for a buck. place it anywhere on the floor you want. somewhere in that 1500 ping-pong balls is the golden ball. if it landed in your cup, you got $100. >> that's cool. >> that's pretty cool. >> there were other prices available if you managed to catch a ping-pong ball. but the big prize was $100. >> i'm glad it was

special santa app. >> what would you tell santa about making sure he has enough things for his trip?him to bring with him? >> three lollipops, seven oranges and nine pickles. >> hand motion. > >> extra boots. another jacket. >> oh, that would be good. >> less present. >> no. >> do you think he should maybe take vacation after christmas? >> yes. >> 'cause he needs a break after? >> yeah. >> he could go to the beach but would wear different clothes because he wouldn't everybody saying, do you want my autograph? can you take my autograph? >> avery, stop playing with the present. you know we're gonna be on the news, right? santa claus is gonna watch this? >> i don't know. does he have cable in the north pole? >> yes. >> then he will definitely see this. well, hey, santa, thanks for watching. our thanks to the kids of the mandell school of new york for sharing their fascinating insight on santa claus. that is "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. up next, sunday night football, the 49ers and the seahawks. i'm lester holt. for all of us here at nbc news, good night.

we're going to need a santa.and applause ] ♪ >> hello, how are you? >> jimmy: wait a second, all right. very, very nice. how are you doing, santa? everything good? >> i've been doing very well, jimmy, how are you? had a good year so far this year? [ light laughter ] you look very nice. i like the suit. you look good in it. >> jimmy: thank you so much, santa. [ light laughter ] hi, rose. >> jimmy: all right. santa, very, very good. welcome. this world -- did you say "oy?" >> i did -- >> jimmy: all right. very good. >> my sciatica -- >> jimmy: okay, very good. this world record attempt is for "most people sitting on santa's lap and giving their christmas wish simultaneously." >> ooh! >> jimmy: officials, get in counting position. let's start bringing some people in. come on in, guys. ♪ yeah, yeah. here, get on santa's lap. yeah, yeah, yeah. there we go. >> lord, oh, god. ugh. >> jimmy: all right. there we go. >> oh. >> jimmy: all right. is everyone on santa's lap? one last -- there you go. all right, perfect. now,

say goodbye to santa, boys. >> bye, santa. >> the next big thing. it is disgusting.or mario brothers? >> i hope that was a purely natural reaction from the cat and nothing else. i want to go to you first. you have strong opinions about christmas. very, very emotionally. >> i also find fat men sexy, so you should come to me. >> can you defend this sick and depraved ad? i find it disgusting. >> what is wrong with you? here is the deal, santa comes down the chimney. he exchanges cookies for presents. i think we are all fully aware of what is in the box. >> presents? >> have you not cut a a box? have you not stuck your junk in that box? >> that is a different network. >> oh my god. i can't trust you to do anything wholesome on this show. >> i don't know why you have me here. >> well, do i know, but that is another story for another time. moynihan, we arrested the guy who made the innocence of islam video. shouldn't we do the same to the people who made this ad? >> absolutely. was that convincing? totally. this is an offense against nature. i love the people of gnus bust

>> this is santa.istmas and a happy new year. >>> this dude. >> took an old '69 mustang, a beater, a junker and revitalizes it. >> this ain't no ordinary mustang. see why the fix up ride had former racer mario andretti in awe. +1 >>> steven, this is flaky the snowball. >> did not show up for a lot of dates and never calls you back. >> more because he's made of snowflakes. >> and flaky has migrated to brazil from northern europe to alleviate his seasonal depression. >> seasonal effective disorder does spell out sad. >> this was one sad little snowball when he migrated down to pra zil he forget to think about one thing, right now it's coming up on summertime. what does flaky have to do. >> might need to sit in a bowl of ice cubes. >> that would work. he wouldn't be able to move around and explore brazil. what flaky does is flaky finds shadows. >> basically pulls the vampire routine. flaky, if i have to say anything to you buddy, now is the season you should be around the snow and be around your snowball

north of santa rosa, the stormy weather is still north of santa rosa at 11:00 p.m. this storm really starts to hit the north bay at 5:00 a.m. continuing across the heart of the bay area. heavy rain, wind and even the potential for a thunderstorm or two. sunny breaks will come out. i will have a detailed look on how much they will receive and a look at where the rivers are right now. larry? >> thanks. we will check back with you in a few minutes. as the next storm moves in, the big concern is in the north bay. look at the video from the stump town brewery in gernville. you can see how quickly the russian river has risen. a flood warning has just been issued. alan wang joins us live in sonoma county with the latest. >> hi, larry. along the santa rosa creek, the water level hasn't changed much. it may have risen one or two feet in the past three days, but that's because the city has an excellent storm drainage system. they are seeing a dramatic change in the river levels. >> by sunday into monday it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gernville i

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look at santa rosa. know you are going to get problems when the wind are gusting over 40 miles an hour. we have branches down with our last couple of systems. the front is on the move. take a look at the east bay from concord, alamo, 580 and 880 and 680, meraga more heavy rain. back westward it's not as heavy but you have the gusty winds and it will pick up the next hour. union city, the dumbarton bridge, very wet weather and gusty winds down through the south bay. campbell and the santa cruz mountains, it will take until about 1:00. then we are looking at the rivers and streams rising here as well. here's a look at a loop. you will notice that even though the front begins to push slowly southward, we are still looking at the heavy rain really locked up into the north bay. within the next couple hours it continues to sink south. temperatures are mild in the 60s with the gusty south winds. we have the flood warning for napa and sonoma counties. that means flooding is happening right now. the flood watch i

you're never too old to sit on santa! >> santa, you're going to let all these people sit on you?rst? >> me! >> ho, ho, ho! >> so next time you're in the mall, a food court, or a lecture

santa can always use feedback. but going to the toy section with his dad and grandmother was having fun taking photos on a smart phone of her grandson using the store as a playground. >> they can spend a half an hour in an aisle. they had snow shovels and big plastic balls. he had a wonderful time. they put it aul back on the shelves and walked away. >> reporter: back on the shelves and not having to spend money. last minute shoppers can also brag they are taking advantage of mark downs at the palace minute. some stores were offering 25-40% off. >> dan: thanks very much. >> carolyn: big retailers are doing a lot of deals to lure the shoppers. how are small local businesses competing? lyanne melendez will that have story coming up at 4:55. >> dan: let's move to overseas news. after afghan policewoman is in custody after shooting death of an adviser. >> it happened outside the police headquarters in the capital city of kabul. she walked into and shot and killed the american. she was able to enter the facility armed b

. >>> we're getting a break from the rain and wind, but when santa gets here we're afraid he will get a little bit wet later tonight. >> it looks like we've got another storm bearing down on the bay area. of course we've seen a tremendous amount of rainfall, over 5 inches of rain. here's the latest storm system. we're catching a break as the first storm heads east. this one just setting itself up off the coastline, pushing in and clouds rolling from for santa, then the rain picking up in my morning. patchy fog to start with in the central valley. as we head to the afternoon, not a bad day, but then the clouds begin to roll in, and it looks like tomorrow morning about the middle of the morning a few showers begin to show up. how much rain are we going to see? we'll talk about it in a few minutes. >>> you can track the storm any time you like with our doppler radar on our website. >>> last minute holiday shopping bringing hopes to retailers this afternoon, but the late rush may not be enough to save sales. >>reporter: we're actually down to the wire hours before santa is expected to app

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