on woodland avenue yesterday.nother res -- rehearsal is scheduled for tomorrow. and then new year's day. >> reporter: i think i'll have long johns on that day. >> reporter: there are a lot of things to keep warmed on new year's day. >> coffee. >> reporter: coffee, let's go outside to the great northeast route 13 at bristol pike. nice light traffic if you're passing franklin mills. that's where i did holiday shopping. septa city buses subway and njt on modified schedule. >> reporter: 30s in allentown. 42 by 9:00. there might be a sprinkle down south in parts of southern delaware and south jersey. noon 45. sunny breaks are possible. partly sunny skies for a good portion of the afternoon. 46 by 3:00, the high is 47 degrees we'll hit that around 2:00. as we take a wide view across the country we have shower activity through atlanta toward the gulf coast. everybody else is dry. we check out the big board at the airport we're looking at green air extra of the in our most -- aircraft in our most traveled destinations. >>

the practice of tapping the trees in the woodlands is exhibited here. we have a stump, that is what we call cat faced. it was standing up and it has been notched into a tin collection cup was placed below the main cut. that's where the sap gathered. it was then poured into kettles and boiled. this was a very common practice, especially in north carolina, and cities like wilmington and maybe even savannah, georgia, are where they are today as a result of this industry. so, while they shipped it out as timber and naval stores to supply things like the british navy, the southeast had a real industry. even today, you can find logs that were cast -- that were sent down river, submerged underwater for 100 years and they are still perfectly good today because of the high resin content of this tree. the industry, particularly in north carolina, utilized rather poor labor forces who tended to often wander the woods bare foot. the amounts of tar and pitch on the forest floor meant a that things stuck to their feet and the name carolina tarheel probably comes from

. ♪ the woodland string band is a family affair.e the music. >> my 3-year-old helps me write some of the music. >> reporter: his sister kim and brother matt choreographed what you're watching. >> it's a bunch of trial and me and matt go back and forth all the time. >> reporter: their father frank senior plays in the band. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: there are 23 family connections in the woodlands string band. >> one, two, three, four! >> reporter: the fralinger string band has 25. >> i'm in the band with my son. >> to do this as father and son is very, very cool. >> reporter: the fralinger string band has played in hong kong. they've played bourbon street in new orleans. the 2015 mummers parade will be their 100th. but with dropping attendance and sometimes empty sidewalks, this year's parade will be abridged instead of running all day as it has in years past it will start at 10:00 and end at 5:00 this new year's day. it will save taxpayers the costs of extra police but it won't diminish what these two string bands are prepared t

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that's the woodland string band rehersing in the ikea parking lot. this will be the 100 annual performance for the string band. >> i'll be on handle for the mummers a usual. >>> help tore kiddie residents in the neighborhood were making a plea to help this cat which was trapped on a rooftop. >>> we'll have a live update on involved an accident an 10-year-old boy own police officer. "action news" continues. >> hello everyone, 6:00 a.m. monday december 29. tam is off, alicia vitarelli joins us. we have news you didn't see last night. >> an explosive garage fire sends two philadelphia police officers to the hospital. >>> a police officer have gloucester county struck and killed a 10-year-old boy while responding to a call. >> we continue to follow a developi

the woodlands string band is a family affair. helped. >> reporter: his sister and brother helped to choreograph. their father plays in the band. there are 23 family connections in the woodland family string band. another string band has 25. >> i'm in the band with my son dan. >> reporter: dan is the accordian player. >> to do this as a father and son is very cool. >> reporter: the string band as played in hong kong bourbon street in new orleans. the 2015 mummer's parade will be their 100th. but with dropping attendance and sometimes empty sidewalks, this year's parade will be abridged. instead of running all day as it has in years past it will start at 10:00 and end at 5:00. it will save the cost of extra police but won't diminish what these string bands are prepared to deliver. >> makes you so proud. >> this year they expect 8,000 people to participate in the parade. down from 12,000 a decade ago. we're reporting from city hall, mitch nbc 10 news. >>> wind waves and fire. the disaster at sea that has hundreds of people trapped o

the father of 3, will march withcn@ the woodland string band on new year's day. that they found the original source/m% of the ebola outbreak. >>> the groom is from(!÷ our area. we'll hear more about their wild wedding story. >>> talking about a plan blowing up in your face literally. why this crime did not pay. >>> and cecily tynan has the forecast for the last day of the), year. and eagles taking some time off when "action news" continues tonight.úz >>> an ocean of grief as families find?m! out their loved ones are dead inbghg7d the malaysia air crash. six bodies have been recovered. a debris field was found insm; the java sea about 10 miles fromóom the last known coordinates. it was headed from singapore wheni >> the only satellite slight benefit, it's closure. it's a scar 0] me for the rest of my life. it doesn't change anything. >>> they are sending naval support to the region. what needs toÑkó be found are the black box to help the investigators to figure outo4ñ what caused the crash. >>> a mother was killed inside of a idaho walmart. her own toddler shot he

. >> that's the woodland string band putting finishing touches on their performance down oregon avenue in south philadelphia. of course, it's in preparation for the parade come new year's day and the band has another rehearsal on tuesday and then it's show time. and not too far away in ikea parking lot in south philadelphia the string band was working out the kinks for their performance. this year will be the 100th anniversary mummer's day performance for the string band. >> much more to come. tensions are high in new york city between police force and mayor. what the city's top has to say about officers show of disrespect. >> a local eagle scout tackles important project. see how he's documenting person mystery through the veteran's stories melissa. >> sharee, lots of clouds overhead right now. rain showers for philadelphia and areas south we'll take a closer look at that and let you know what the first couple days of 2015 look like with the accuweather forecast. >> first a holiday greeting from one of our military members serving overseas tt2wút3n@24 bt@q[ tt2wút3n@24 "a@qk,d tt2wút3

palm oil plantations, in particular, keep encroaching on woodland.some 2/3 of sumatra's rainforest has vanished over the last 50 years -- taking the orangutans' habitat along with it. so preserving the rainforest is now conservationists' top priority. back at the jungle camp, a new orangutan has arrived. around 10 come here for training each year. >> we have a new orangutan. his name is ugo blanco and he was kept illegally. he's just 5 years old and needs training so that eventually he can survive on his own in the forest. >> dora's days of living in a cage are over. her trainers have decided that she's ready to be released into the jungle. animal-rights activists have reintroduced around 160 orangutans into the wild. even if dora seems a little hesitant, she's going to join her fellow primates in the forest and help to strengthen their population. her release will take place deep in the forest. her trainers keep going until they find the perfect place. there's a source of water close by -- and they leave a bit of food handy. >> it went well. she's o

woodland avenue in east palo alto flooded. city leaders hoping to prevent it again. take a look. there are lots of sandbags out here in places. on the peninsula. judy brought young friend to the pacifica pier to check out the weather tonight. we decided to come down and see how it was. >> really fascinating. amazing. but it is very, very dangerous. >> with big waves rolling in and the wind whipping. pacifica police closed the pier early. and plan to keep the gate locked tomorrow. it doesn't surprise me when it gets like this. when it starts to pick up. they close it for safety. >> city crews have in place, in case waves crash. they need to close the road. conditions are expected to intensify overnight. >> i have been here since 1964. >> in east palo alto, mamie roberts had lots of company. and down the street. went into the driveway. >> the bags will keep her garage dry. this drain can't handle a lot of water. the drain got soaked last week. with the bigger storm moving in. not taking chances. city leaders are proactive too. working with, california conservation core to have sand

. >> i worry, though, because our house does -- our backyard does face woodlands, which is the street that goes to university. >> everyone we talked to wants more rain, but no one wants the problems that can come with it. >> they will be continuing to follow those. crews in san francisco have a lot to do to get ready for today's storm. that's because yesterday's storm snapped more than a dozen trees. the one case, a 50-foot tall ficus tree couldn't handle all that rain. it tumbled over. thankfully, nobody was injured. crews worked overnight clearing the way for another day of heavy rain. >> that's right. we could see a lot more of the same. the roads are slick. christina hs a look at the forecast. the storms keep coming. it's good, though, we need it. >> we certainly do. it's a great story to tell. but hey, it's coming in all at once and making for a good condition. we want to show you the bridge which is slick this morning. we have heavy rainfall all across the board. but what's different about the rain that's coming in this morning and the rain that we had yesterday morning is we're

the three-day event will be held next june at the woodlands of dover international speedway.iranda lambert, carrie underwood also among the other big acts. tickets already on sale. $99 for a weekend pass. big barrel, the third country music festival in kent county next summer. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> cold and windy today. still breezy right now through the area. making it feel colder and we do get a little bit colder tonight. but we do stay dry. so that is the good news. and the storm that we've been watching all week, that's going to stay to our south over the weekend. so the weekend will be mainly dry, great news if you're running holiday errands. rainy, though, into next week. that starts with monday and does carry into your christmas eve forecast. i'll show you that in just a second. here's a live look at blue mountain ski resorts. snow borders, skiers still out there at this hour. the coldest spot on the map is mt. pocono. of course. 30 degrees there right now. mostly cloudy. with the wind, feels more like the teens i

. >> reporter: woodlands, which is the street that goes to university. >> reporter: in an area that has experienced major flooding before. this creek overflowed two years ago causing damage to several businesses. and forced the evacuation of three dozen east palo alto families. there was another flood in 1998. elizabeth lee lived in a palo alto apartment then, now she lives across the street from the creek. >> oh, i remember i managed to you know, get my shoes on. and walk through the water which by that time it was at least at the ankles. >> reporter: lee has a stash of sandbags on the side of her home just in case. >> we're having a drought so we really need the rain. >> reporter: this man's basement and his home flooded in the past which makes these storms something he is watching closely. >> there is a concern that we could have too much. i mean, we're getting a lot right now. and the news says we'll get more in the next two days. so unless we dry out soon it could be a problem. >> reporter: as you can see everyone we talked to tonight wants the rain but they don't want the problems

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"eyewitness news" in south philadelphia where the woodland string band rehearsed tonight making sureve everything just perfect. of course the mummers parade is a new year's tradition in philadelphia. this year the parade route is a little bit shorter. but all of that great hard work that so many put in will still shine. no doubt about it. it will be a great day. we watch want you to be with us for new new year's eve. we'll be broadcasting live once begun from penn's landing as we do each and every year with the always spectacular firework show at the stroke of midnight. jessica will be there. i'll be there. kathy will be there going to a great time. we also inn vat if you part of our program by sending us your new year's wishes go to cbsphilly.com or just use the hash tag on social media cbs3 ny nye. >>> of course, all eyes are on the new year's eve forecast. kathy joins us with a look expect. what can we expect, kathy. >> clear skies that's the good news, chris. it's cold and going to get even colder though, by tomorrow night. just about this time we'll be getting very close to ring

jackson said that, our democratic institutions are rooted in these vast tracks of wilderness and woodlandso my father considered this part of our heritage and, you know, our purple mountains' majesty and he saw the desstriction of those things, the short-sighted destruction by industry as really an attack on american values and sovereignty. >> is global warming today the biggest threat? >> i think global warmin thegrave gravest threat to, you know, the population is a threat. but global warming, it's the product of a war between old energy, the carbon cronnies who, by the way, could not stay in business in a true free market capitalism because these new technology like wind and solar can produce electropics and deliver them to their customers much more efficiently and much cheaper than the old energy economy. the only way that they maintained their foot hold in our economy is through enormous subsidies and through the domination of the political process you, through, again, through the subversion of democracy. if we could take the subsidies away from coal and oil, a trillion dollars of su

the foreman mills in pennsauken, new jersey, partnered with the woodland community center to identify,000 children in need of a warm winter coat. the kids were bussed to the store today where they did some shopping and when they went back to school, decked out in their new coats. >> absolute necessities when it's so cold outside. fantastic stuff. ba tock your fox 29 weather authority right now. >> it's cold but it will get warm and we'll get wet. i hear. >> yeah. we'll get real wet and we're talking about up to an inch or more in some locations, by the time all of this mess clears the coast but it will take some time as we look at ultimate doppler right now, you can see the heaviest of the rainfall still to the south as well as to the west. but we have some light showers across our area right now and then around the philadelphia area moving into parts of south jersey, camden, gloucester county, burlington county lookinlooking at light rain if e stepping outdoors to do holiday shopping on this monday, bundle up and take along the rain gear as well. toward the pocono mountains temperatu

>> reporter: friends say williams was a member of the state burners motorcycle club at 52nd and woodland nearby. members say he wasn't active lately but was known by most of of the older members. >> we're unsure if the victim is the target of the homicide or his duties being fulfill as a night watchman he may have interrupt add crime in progress. >> there's no reason why they should have did this to anybody especially hip. he did not deserve to go out like this. >> reporter: now no word if detectives found the murder weapon at the site. there is a $20,000 reward tonight for information leading to an arrest and a conviction. if you have any information, you should call the homicide unit or just dial police. iain. >> all right, dave, thank you. police in southwest philadelphia are looking for a burglar with some distinct tattoos. take look. police say he has a few tattoos on his hands. he's accused of breaking into a grocery store on the 61 hun hundred block of elmwood avenue. he got away with cash and cigarettes. if you recognize this guy give police a call. >> a time when families are ga

. >> reporter: off woodland and university, crews from the california conservation corps know their work has just begun. >> placing sandbags and building structures with them. >> reporter: two years ago, this part of the creek flooded big time. but today, a coordinated effort to get the word out about tomorrow's storm. >> informational flyers both in english and spanish, doing walking door to door. we also did a walk along the business corridor, commercial corridor of university avenue and are making sure that all of the businesses have this flyer in their windows. >> reporter: the santa clara valley water district hopes to prevent a repeat of flooding in years past. they spent the morning tackling potential problem spots. >> we have been removing sediment, any blockages, and we have done some erosion repairs. >> reporter: neighbors are doing their part to keep the flood waters away. >> better to be safe than sorry. so take 15 minutes out of your day, come with your husband, your children, and just have a little adventure, find out about how to fill a sandbag. >> reporter: all in a day's

the action cam stopped by the woodland string band club house. several other clubs are preparing for the parade. after all the countdown is on. >>> the big apple is getting ready for new year's eve. workers were there assemblying the crystal ball to signal the start of 2015. the two refugees who immigranted to new york will push the button for the ball's drop. >>> taylor swift one direction and megan trainer will be there for the fun. the special is hosted by ryan see crest. get your party hats and plan a memory and join us at 8:00 p.m. new year's eve. >> i'll be watching will you? >> i will stay up until midnight and watch. >> we'll meet a young man who made a resolution to change and boy did he, we'll tell you how he dropped 200 pounds since last december. >>> snow on the road is keeping skiers in france from getting to the snow on the slopes. >> reporter: knitted i can't we don't have any snow around here, but we have colder weather moving east i'll show you in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. i'm steve dem

joining us know, mercedes colwin, rebecca rose woodland. good to have you with us.ecca, are they right? are they going to pay for the risk they accepted? >> you know, they may. in this case these employees and former employees -- we have a class action from many sony employees, people who worked for sony at any given time of information that had has been hd and reported out. they claim they have information from within the sony corporation that made a business risk decision. a business risk like, oh, we know that we're vulnerable, we'd rather pay less money rather than to pay the money to secure. they said we'll take the chance. lou: will this have implications should it proceed and be sustained here, would this implications for target, for each one of these major businesses, i mean, we're talking about hundreds of millions of documents that have been released. >> what's most concerning about sony, it's their social security numbers. it's their private information. that's why they brought the lawsuit. it's not just e-mail communication. that's what we've heard a lot

. >> woodland, around since 1926. how about that? >> that's impressive.the mummers what more do you need? >> we need people. >> come on down to fourth and market. >> i tell you what of course we'll have coverage of the mummers parade tomorrow. and the new route to talk about. some may find us on twitter not very happen. >> i no? why not? >> change, change. >> oh, yes change in general. >> one in february, manayunk. >> oh, i did not know that. same thing? >> two for eight. >> mardi gras. >> now there is year was certainly filled with some great memories, so, before we ring in the new year, we have got to let go of 2014. >> let it go. let it go. >> one of the what's your nay, di? this is what i have to let go. >> okay? >> my granddaughter at the time i, all she talks about is elsa frozen. i showed her my daughter pulled out the video of our halloween show, my granddaughter teddy saw me dressed as elsa, and she didn't like t she was upset. i toll her i would never do it again. so i have my elsa, right here, from that day. and -- >> you wore this? >> he two.

williams was a member of the state burners motorcycle club at 52nd and woodland nearby. members say he wasn't active lately, but was known by most of the older members. >> we're unsure if the victim was the target of the homicide or fulfilling his duty as a night watchman he possibly could have interrupted a robbery in progress. >> there's no reason they should have did this especially him. he did not deserve to go out like this. >> reporter: homicide deck boss not say if they recovered the murder weapon at the scene. there's a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. if you have any information, you should call the homicide unit. at police headquarters, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >> police arrested the moon hid a woman's body in the trunk of a car in maple shade, inform. 41-year-old jose garcia is now behind bars on $150,000 bail. police have not yet released the name of the woman but they say tip led them to the car at a quality inn hotel on the 500 block of route 38 last night. an autopsy will determine how she died. >> ste

the foreman mills in pennsauken, new jersey, partner width the woodland community development centerfind 1,000 children in need of warm winter coats and there they are. the kids hopped buses to get to the store today where they did some shopping and went back to school decked out in those snazzy new coats. >> you know santa is supposed to leave gifts on christmas but apparently no one told that to this guy. the presents one mom says santa stole after had he ever christmas party. >> man's bev friend turned hero when family's home catches fire. >> this boy would have been a lot different right no. i could have been planning a funeral. >> but blue new just what to do. how this faithful pup saved his owner's live with just moments to spare. >> plus the billboard drawing a lot of double takes what this santa is holding on this holid holiday. it has a lot of jaws dropping. ♪ >> man oman a burglar got way than he bargained when he tried to get into a house through an open garage. the man was home at the time. he jumped on to that jeep because he was like, no, you're not leaving. he tried ca

. >> reporter: saving them from this small irrigation canal just east of woodlands, while back in theelta they took a wrong turn leaving the sacramento river swimming 30 miles in a ditch! ending up here in the middle of john brennan's rice farm. >> the drain that they are headed up is not headed towards spawning ground. it's headed to a maze of drains up on the west sideful valley. >> reporter: to certain death until the department of fish and wildlife took action. they tagged them and then 12 at a time drive them back to the sacramento river. >> they can make their decision whether they want to go up the feather or the sacramento or wherever they need to go. >> reporter: but not in a ditch. >> not in a ditch. that's exactly it. >> reporter: scientists say the confused fish keep coming because to them, the water smells and feels much like the river, especially on a rainy day when the irrigation water is flowing like the river current. one solution, reconnect the top of the ditch back to the river allowing the fish to escape. how far is the river from the ditch? >> two miles. >> report

so is the 2015 mummers parade and we got a preview of the show today in south philadelphia as the woodlandtring band put the finishing touches on their costumes. they are getting ready for a costumes. location this year. the festivities next thursday will begin at city hall. procession will march south on broad street ending at the intersection with washington avenue. >> always a fun time. >> yes, it. >> great day for a parade today. nice mild day. let's see if we can extends it >> let's check in with meteorologist melissa magee. can we. >> i think we can shirleen and rick at least for the first half of our weekend but we're tracking cool changes on the way for the second half. we'll go over the details. it is a gorgeous shot the day after christmas. sky 6 live in hd of the center city skyline, plenty of sunshine overhead and fairly mild temperatures. in fact, check out these numbers. this is december? certainly doesn't feel like it. christmas eve had a high temperature of 64 degrees but we also had all of that moisture to deal with as well. where across the region we picked up anywhere fr

this is the woodland string band putting final touches on their costumes today in south philadelphia.they make those costumes by hand is incredible. >> uh-huh. >> it is time now for the "action news" traffic report on a friday night. how is that commute looking. >> hi, matt. >> you know those mummers a philadelphia classic of course kind of like our schuylkill expressway. it's one of a kind and of course on a day when most of the highways look good, even the schuylkill it doesn't look so good, even today. we're watching the scene of a disabled vehicle here on the eastbound side by the conshohocken curve now off to the side but still giving us some stop and go traffic eastbound from past 202 through this point at the curve and westbound is just as heavy. nothing happening on the westbound side right now in terms of accidents or broken down vehicles, just a lot of heavy traffic headed out towards king of prussia, maybe to return some of those unwanted gift. in upper merion watching a crash along 23 river road and mccoy's lane and we still have the wreck on 422 westbound direction at kei

off woodland and university in east palo alto, crews from the california conservation corps know their work has just begun. >> placing sandbags and building structures with them. >> reporter: two years ago this part of the creek flooded big time but today, a coordinated effort to get the word out about tomorrow's storm. >> informational flyers in english and spanish doing walking door to door. we also did a walk along the business corridor at university avenue and are making sure that all of the businesses have this flyer in their windows. >> reporter: carol fredrickson with the santa clara valley water district says her team is ready. they hope to prevent a repeat of flooding in years past. >> we have been removing sediment, any blockages, and we have done some erosion repairs. >> reporter: these neighbors spent part of their afternoon at corporation yard doing some work now to keep the water out of their homes. >> it's better to be safe than sorry, so take 15 minutes out of your day, come with your husband, your children, and just have a little adventure and find out how to fill a sa

. >>> woodland string band visited our fox 29 news studios today helped us can be off new year's eve festivity. the change in the parade route is scary but should make things easier on the mum mrs. not everyone is in favor of it. we'll hear from them gone over what you need to know coming up at 5:30. stay with fox 29 for all the new year's eve celebrations. you can also get the latest forecast if you're headed out tonight. just head to our website myfoxphilly.com and click on the weather tab. >>> now torque a developing story out of cumberland county new jersey torque night. that's where one person was shot and killed by police. skyfox over south avenue near henry street in bridgeton where it happened around 9:30 last night. fox 29's jeff cole is live in bridgeton with the latest. jeff? >> reporter: well iain a memorial behind me the site where the shooting occur. you can see people beginning to gather. they've gathered as reporters have lined up to do their reporting in a time of national unrest over police shooting yet another in this south jersey community where reports of what ha

it would rename the woodland after veterans affairs medical center after corporal crescenz. as has been ident fid, he's philadelphia's only medal of honor recipient from the vietnam dockery high inal school, which gave a lot of young men. i have visited, as have my colleagues numerous times, the veterans medal center, making sure that it gives the veterans the care they deserve but i think one of the things that's important about this kind of recognition is not only that it's been earned with valor but the veterans who walk in and out of there each day, many of them vote yam -- vietnam veterans thems, will want to hear the story of corporal crescenz. his name will be enshrined, people will know about it and his heroism will live, continue to live, in infa my. i'm happy to yield. >> i missed the opportunity and should acknowledge the strong contribution of congressman grady in this effort along with yourself and congressman fitzpatrick and i neglected in my earlier remarks to do so. mr. fattah: this would not have happened without congressman brady's support. i thank the gent

the purchase will permanently protect nearly 200 additional acres of high quality woodland, prairie, and wetland habitat, including the eight acres of land originally settled by john years father, daniel, adjacent to the existing wildlife refuge and park. sierra club vice president spencer black gave a keynote speech on october 15 of this year in madison, wisconsin, celebrating the protection. his speech recognize that while while john muir failed to preserve the land in his lifetime, efforts have protected the landscape and inspired john muir to protect our while places. the wisconsin chapter is called the john muir chapter. here in northern california we have the home that john muir lived in for much of his adult life. this is not only the 50th anniversary of the wilderness act, that also of the establishment of the john muir national historic site in martinez peanut this is -- in martinez. this is the home he lived in for many years with his wife and two dollars -- two daughters. i wonder how many of you have visited this site. i am always amazed how few people in the bay area hav

>> woodland. >> we're family, that's what we do. >> also, no drinking in manayunk. >> no certainly not it twice. i'm excited, my first time, seeing the mummers parade. >> what's the route? you start at green strewn manayunk? >> strewn street up to manayunk by the brewery, matter of fact. >> right there at main street. >> and then afterward, there will be bands appearing in different areas, different venues, be able to get up close, personal, visit. we'll have some places where kids can try on mummer costumes, get pictures taken, and get to know more about us. >> by the way, today is a big moment. december the 18th, 1914, what happened? >> i was born -- oh, no. the fralinger string band came into existence, many here from fralinger. today celebrating their 100 birthday. huge huge reception at city hall, congressman bob brady will be there, huge milestone. most companies don't last 100 years. >> certainly not. bob, can you throw me that? alex here, first mummers parade. she does not know how to strut. who would like to teach her? >> mike is our best strutter. >> all right. >> i'll hole y

okay, let's get to the point i want a little woodland creatures for my stocking, love elizabeth. >> toafter seeing a homeless man on the street, she immediately wrote this letter to santa and her elf on the shelf blue, take these $10 i got on sunday, i think other families need this more than i need toys. >> wow! >> wonderful. >> that is sweet. >> that's the spirit of the holidays. >> finally this one, heather sent this one in, her child telling santa, sorry, i have been kind of bad, if you put me on the naughty list, i kind of deserve it. derservit. >> this one marks a special milestone from one of the best beloved christmas specials. >> we better be on our way. ready, rudolph? >> ready, santa. >> sorry, rudolph the red nosed reindeer looking shinier as ever as it celebrates its 50th anniversary, rudolph premiering right here on nbc in 1964. it is now the longest running christmas tv special ever. >> and the dentist elf, his hair still looks good. >> i like ucon cornelius. >> every year, we pull out the christmas classics and watch them all. >> stop action. >> my hair him. heat meiser