clayton: now we have christmas shout outs, i guess if you will. and some photos of our family here at fox news and the people that make fox & friends get on the air, cause it certainly ain t us. producer laurie winier and her husband and family. merry christmas to you guys. ainsley: then patty ann brown s son, conner, and their dog in front of the fireplace. rick: production assistant kristy markinzik and her parents at her father s retirement ceremony. ainsley: pretty family. clayton: merry christmas to them. writer kate hay and her sister and cuffs. and looks like santa. merry christmas. ainsley: then our production assistant and her family in 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
we have 275 of those square feet taken up with furniture. i don t have an excess space. clayton: get the charlie brown christmas tree. rick: people in milwaukee are experience ago major storm. now this morning there is more snow and freezing rain and some tornadoes that we ll tell you about. wild weather is threatening christmas travel for millions of americans. look at the weather maps. you can see it s very cold, zero in rapid city. this is a look at the radar picture right now. we ve got big problems that are going to be brewing told. snowy component to the storm and spear weather component to the storm a. tornado watch box in effect across parts of texas and louisiana and then you see the colder air in there. this is a really dangerous situation. where you see the red area, moderate risk for severe weather, this is like what you would see in the spring with severe weather and the threat
i ll sneak in some gifts. i bought some yesterday. and she said oh, that s sweet. i ll add things. ainsley: the key is marry someone who is responsible with their money, and then you don t have to worry about it. then you need your separate fund. clayton: you don t want to see on the account that you bought it at this place and you know what you re getting. ainsley: at least that worked for us. rick: marriage in the 21st century. when you get your christmas tree, people have different theories. some want a perfectly decorated tree and some people like the charlie brown thing. clayton: some like the understated tree. some like this one. now germans are hoping to clone the perfect christmas tree using some science from the firs so they give off the perfect glow and have the perfect stem and foliage. ainsley: they don t have open spaces in between the branches. rick: they re saying a lot of the trees they grow, after ten to 14 years after all the
that just being on the nice list is what helps. not right at this time. clayton: security is tight up there. rick: i would dream as a kid to go to the north pole. ainsley: what s it like the day after christmas? well, it is wonderful because i get to deliver gifts to all the nice children, it just fills my heart up to be able to do that. and to be out there with the reindeer and the sleigh and landing on the roofs, it is just a wonderful, wonderful day. rick: how full are you? we just heard how many calories you consumed last night. there was a lot of milk, like 3 billion-calories from cookies. how do you feel right now? let s just say a little full, but it was delicious cause mrs. clause makes sure that i eat healthy during the year. she just limits me to two cookies, as long as i ve eaten everything. on christmas eve, i just go wild and eat everything.
ainsley: while some people are busy trying to erase christmas from our culture, one church in the south is keeping christmas alive. literally with people singing from its branches. rick: fox news radio todd sterns has more. baptist church in memphis has a reputation for doing big things. they have three big crosses. they have a big bible verse. they have a big congregation. and they have a really big christmas tree. . it is 44 feet tall, over 100,000 lights, all driven by a computer program. the sipping christmas tree is a mid south holiday tradition, been around since 1976, a cast of more than 400 people and many of them are not even old enough to drive. i think it s pretty amazing that just this church and how we