phil: mayor marty walsh upholding a tradition started by his predecessor mayor tom menino. erika: newscenter 5' s todd kazakiewich tells us the menino family joined mayor walsh in delivering gifts on christmas eve. reporter: on the eve of coming a little early. are. it' s an annual provision started in 1993 by former mayor tom menino. now his children and grandchildren are keeping the tradition alive. now. what he has done is for our kids and our kids want to take it over. >> he may not be here physically, but he is your spiritually. reporter: the generosity is overwhelming for recipients. susan is picking up items for her granddaughters. mayor menino' s successor, mayor marty walsh, came to support the effort, as did cardinal o' malley. >> i grew up watching him do all of the stuff for the community. he was the one who was able, for us to ask -- to experience everything that he did, now we do the stuff that he did. . has helpers. as for stand that himself, we are tracking him with norad. phil: you know the best part of norad, you can see the reindeer' s eight moving. erika:

>> reporter: this is the tom menino mall here in middlesex county in new jersey. a fire inside the mall. maybe near the victoria secret store is where the fire was described. now, they have completely evacuated the menlo park mall as a precaution. you can see all the shoppers have been evacuated out into the parking lot. a lot of the employees without jackets in this cold weather. but again, small fire at tom menino mall. the mall has been completely evacuated. live in chopper 2, joe biermann, cbs 2 news. >>> thank you. otis livingston when we come back with a scare on the sidelines. with sports. piano music. i'm glad you finally made it, dad. you have to experience this city. that's what you always say. you were right about the food. hi john. hey kevin. spent the day with an astronaut. one more. it's beautiful, isn't it? how about a baseball game next time? done! done. book priceless experiences around the globe with... >>> an important week for the jets and giants. otis has more. >> a scoreboard watching time. they don't control their own destiny so both the gia

. >> julie: continuing tradition for tom menino. how children and families are helped in need this christmas. >> shiri: close but no cigar. temperatures really close and within the degree in high in worcester and providence, rhode island and break down the hot spots in the weekend next. >> daniel: where police in new instead of tickets thanks >>> complete new england news coverage starts right now. this is the fox25 morning news. >> julie: good morning and merry christmas. it is now 9:30 on december 25th. this is what we are seeing earlier. lexington battle green and work the fog was thick and now the son has come up and looking a lot better but. >> daniel: winter will make a comeback. >> shiri: not today though. check out how starting the morning. 53 boston down to plymouth, 55 hyannis and new bedford and we got upper 40s now in lawrence and bedford, worcester at 50 , nashua 41, portsmouth, new hampshire, 45 and dare say it is balmy out there now, fog is quickly eroding some of the lingering fog right now over nantucket and not den

the event was started by the late boston mayor tom menino more than 20 years ago. his son was there keeping the tradition alive. >> you saw people earlier. today they were sitting on the front stage over there, all the kids got all the toys and big smiles on their faces. their eyes were gleaming. they knew there was something for them. that's all it is. >> and the event gave a gift to more than 500 kids and families. >>> malls were packed with last-minute shoppers. a report from south shore central plaza where people took advantage of the warmer weather. >> doesn't feel like christmas. >> reporter: call it crazy or unseasonable. last-minute shoppers basked in warmth. >> spent the last couple months in seattle, so coming home to 60 degrees in boston and not three feet of snow, it's great! >> reporter: no trouble getting to the mall or finding deals, especially on cold weather gear. >> we definitely seen sales, quite a bit of sales on winter apparel and winter items. so it's something to take advantage of. >> reporter: one analytical firm estimates sales of sweaters,

responsible for. boston, fighting for his constituents, the greatest ghosts for him is the ghost of tom menino. one legend is hard for another to follow. ed: mayor marty is mayor he is the same guy. >> he got out of the olympics thing in better shape than he should have. [laughter] on casinos, what he is doing is fighting for people in ec and going against a casino magnet. janet: -- dcf and the opioid crisis. how confident are you that that will change? jim: that is a public policy question and nobody will get their head around it. it will be a real issue on the campaign trail because it is in states like new hampshire and idaho that an iowa. -- and iowa. mary ann: i' ve never seen people republicans and democrats worked so hard on the opioid crisis. if there is any hope, that is it. everybody knows somebody who has been affected, so hopefully that gets resolved. charlie baker is the fix-it guy. janet: opioid vote has just to come -- has yet to come. patrick: we have a 50 plus year problem, it has been building and jim is right, it is not just a public in massachusetts, it is all over the coun

the christmas gift event was started by the late boston mayor tom menino more than 20 years ago. now his son is keeping the tradition alive. >> sitting on front stage and big smiles on face and eyes gleaming. you know what, they knew there was something for them and >> daniel: gave out to gifts to needy families. volunteers provide males for more than 350 people. >> julie: touching tribute for veteran that lost his life. how complete strangers honored service and sacrificemy -- he made for others. >> daniel: why lotly officials winner won't be getting prize money. >> shiri: warmest of the next few and big cooldown and see when it leads to snow coming up but first this week fire department and today is >> jessica: honoring the fire guard. >> there's a call for any kind of ceremony we are there. we are more ceremonial and funerals all over the state. i have known everybody that died and for us it is hard and try to stay professional and come rotary is incredible. >> do 21 gun salute. >> important. add to the performance of the last part of somebody's life. >> i feel it an honor to

it is an annual provision started in 1993 by former mayor tom menino. now, his children and tradition alive. >> he would be so happy that when he has done now has been instilled into our kids, and they want to take it over. >> he might not be here physically but spiritually he is here. todd: for the recipients, the generosity is overwhelming. susan copeland is picking up presents for her granddaughters. >> they were not counting on it. s successor came to support. team many now did the shopping. >> we grow up watching him do all the stuff of the community so it was like, he was the one for us to experience everything he did. todd: and dorchester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. doug: 2016 candidates firing back. antoinette: the cartoon that has all the candidates agreeing. it has been a wakefield tradition since 1991, but this may be the last year. danielle: the christmas holiday is going to be mild, but big changes are coming. the big coal down that follows. feel connected. rso, when important things happen, we're here. your local tv and radio br

phil: mayor marty walsh upholding a longtime boston tradition started by his predecessor, mayor tom menino. newscenter5's todd kazakiewich tells us the menino family joined mayor walsh in delivering gifts on christmas eve. reporter: on the eve of the holiday, christmas came little early for 500 children in need. thousands of gifts organized by age groups were give it given out in dorchester the annual mayor. now, his children and grandchildren are keeping the tradition alive. >> he would be so happy right now. the one he has done now, you know, and now our kids want to take it over. >> he may not be here but spiritually here, this is what you started year ago and decided to continue it for every year to make it better. reporter: the generosities is overwhelming. sue sand copeland is picking up present force the granddaughters. >> it is piking pause they would not count on you. >> the successor marty walsh came to support the effort as did card mall o'malley. a. ous donors wrote checks to buy the gifts ap men nen know did the shopping. >> he like grew up watching him do all of the stuff for

for decades, mayor tom menino helped hand out gifts to hundreds of kids in need at st. peter's teen center in dorchester. for those who get the gifts the generosity is overwhelming. just one reason the late mayor's children and grandchildren are determined to carry on in his tradition. >> my dad may not be here physically, but spiritually, he is here. randy: mayor menino's successor, marty walsh came to support the effort, as did cardinal o'malley. anonymous donors wrote checks to buy the gifts. shopping. antoinette: survivors of the iran hostage crisis, getting a benefit years after the ordeal. randy: how the government is recognizing their struggle. and a little boy hoped for more friends this christmas, but he's getting so much more. the people becoming his heroes, next. antoinette: and ahead in news to go, decking the halls at an american landmark. christmas de danielle: welcome back. boston checking in this morning at 55. syracuse, new york, at 34 degrees. cooler air is going to work its way in as we head through the weekend. for today, for christmas day, we're tal

it was started by the late boston mayor tom menino and his son is keeping the tradition alive. >> we made kids smile. you saw people earlier. today they were sitting on the front stage over there, all those kids got all those toys, big smiles on their faces, eyes gleaming, they knew there was something for them. than 500 kids and families. >> it is brady and the jets. still to come on the "fox45 news" what he -- revis says about this rivalry. >> the one thing we have been enjoying for months is finally having in the world travel business. >> next a message of humility, ple >> fox news has more on the christmas eve celebrations that have taken place on every continent. >> as the clock strikes midnight around the world, christmas is celebrated in lands peaceful and desperate. in the town of bethlehem, pilgrims are gathering at manger square near the church of the nativity. in iraq where religious differences can mean the difference between life and death there is hope for the future [speaking foreign language] >> our hopes are just like all iraqis. we want the security and stability in

for decades, mayor tom menino helped hand out gifts to peter' s teen center in dorchester. for those who get the gifts the just one reason the late mayor' s children and grandchildren are determined to carry on in his tradition. mayor menino' s successor, marty walsh came to support the , effort, as did boston' s catholic archbishop cardinal sean o' malley. anonymous donors wrote checks to buy the gifts. antoinette: survivors of the iran hostage crisis getting a benefit many years after the ordeal. randy: how the government is recognizing their struggle. and a little boy hoped for more friends this christmas, but he' s the people becoming his heroes, next. antoinette: and ahead in news to go, decking the halls at an american landmark. christmas de cor at the white danielle: welcome back. temperatures starting in the 50' s in boston, 30' s right now in southern new hampshire because we have some dense fog out there. dense fog advisory in effect until 9:00 today. you can see why, some visibility down to about one quarter mile. along ports -- parts of the south shore, too. a l

the christmas gift event was started by the late boston area, tom menino 20 years ago. now, his son is keeping the tradition alive. >> look what we did, we made kids smile. tutz e all of those kids saw all their face, their eyes were you know what? they knew there was something for them. and that's all it is. >> eric: pumped up about it. and for good reason. the gift gave more than 500 gifts to kids and families. >> stephanie: still trying to figure out how to get in a little skiing. take a look at this video, it was sent to fox 25 from a viewer in lakeville. and as you can see, these guys and friendsly decided it was warm enough to break out the water i tos on christmas day. in fact, they took out the jet skis for a spin around long pond. >> eric: even with the cold front, pretty brave, they were wearing wet suits, good move, since the water is dangerously cold. the coast guard wants everybody to remember that. this week, the boston harbor, for example, under 50 degrees even though the air temperatures hit the sichts. if you plan on hitting the water, make sure to wear