The melodores, and they are an a capella group. Superand today is the first day of winter or the last day of spring . First day of winter. And so tonight is the shortest night and then the longer days, we have something more to celebrate. And you guys a a huge thank you to all of you who helped to raise almost 1 million more the salv only needed to sell about 400 more books to make it. Goodgiftsbook. Org. I will never do more of them and you have let me know how much you lo pages in it with new r recipes and a memorial to frank. It is a sweelets get to 11 mi mark. We can do it. By o we have good news if you are a procrastinator, the store s as are open 24 hour, bee some people a stu like that, a so now, kohls is now open 24 hours until 6 00 p. M. On the 24th, and the same for walmart open 24 hours, and jcpennys and macys until Christmas Eve. And a lot of people, you work crazy shifts, and you need time to get ready. Yes, but, hoda, how many days do you t christmas . 364, about. Why do you wait for the end . It is the rush. Part of the reason i got into the news is because there is a deadline and i have to have the to file the story by 10 00, and so i am not totally panicked yet. Frank said that im on lombardi time, because you have to be ten minutes early or you are i think it is so rude when you think that your time is more valuable than somebody elses. And who is taller or do you both have on shoes . Allegedly. Big girl shoes. All right. Ladies, cook something. G and should we taub about the oh, my. More breaking news on the show. This is nbc news and mens health is out, and we agree that John Krysinski is hot, but looking around page 10, check it out. Our hunkie joseph, our floor director, is there. We are so proud of you, honey. You lost 50 pounds. I did. How did you do it . The boring way ak actually. I ate the way i should and started exercising. People dont like you at this moment. Give it a few more moments. And here is the thing about you. We d o day e was a picture of him in hawaii. Yes. And we looked at the before picture, and look at the, uhhuh, and we need the body before. And like was there an aha moment for you, joseph, when you said im going to lose some weight . Theres the before. A few friend of mine who inspired me. They lost weight and then mostly took until i was out of breath tying my shoes. But youre not. Youre a young man. You are young. Never thought you were heavy. Thank you. We thought you were stocky. Thank you for that. Husky. A husky boy. Yeah. The figured it was time. If i was going to start it would be now. Feels like you should have a cute girlfriend. We think that our friend friend zach should and our friend Kyle Michael Miller should. Lets start in the new year. Lets do a dating thing. For the Mens Health Guy . Whats your twitter handle . My name . yosefherzog. And im running my first Half Marathon in monor of my mom who is battling multiple myeloma and raising funds for mls. A link on my instagram page. Youre a really good guy. Wonderful. We thought you were hot before but now youre like scalding. Yeah. Burn, baby. Thanks, baby. Meredith viera. Cute how he talks about his mom, love that. Meredith here had some fun at someones expense in particular, but she showed photos to a bunch of kids. Mmhmm. And asked the kids is this person naughty or nice based purely on the photos. Heres whats happen. Im going to lift up pictures and you tell me naughty or nice list. Nice. Naughty. Foughty. Naughty . Naughty. Naughty. Do you know who that is . No. You dont know. Why are you saying naughty . Because she looks like it. She just looks like it. How about this person, naughty or nice. Nice. Thats hillary clinton. Do you know who that is . Yes. Who is that . President. Well, running for president. I dont know. Naughty, naughty, naughty. Why . He looks weird. I used to work with that guy. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness. Thats exactly what i sound like, i know. I feel bad for you. Thanks. I got over it, honey. It took a lot of therapy. You know what that is . Its not fair because its not his best look during november. Come on, that was funny. Come on. Oh, gosh. They love each other but how funny was that, creepy. So glad when its not me they are picking on, or you. Okay. Looks like gwen stefani and Blake Shelton are going strong. Yeah. Gwen tweeted out a christmas message along with a short video that we just cant get enough of. Oh. Like a gif. Anyway, thats enough. Im im going to see the ladies reaction to it . Yeah. Ladies. What did you think . I thought it was sweet. Blake shelton is fabulous. Isnt he fabulous. Fabulous. Appeals to all of us. Charming, nice, good heart, handsome. Tall. What about her . Oh, gorgeous, and also really supportive of the young talent on that show. I think shes great. Its cute. How sweet is she . Shes not what youve heard. Who . Susan lucci. She an intererica kane. By the way, just want to point out as the show is progressing, whats going on with you. Yosef, his phone is blowing up. Bring your phone here. Bring your phone here. Exciting. I cant wait. Hold on. Wait, wait, wait. Oh, my. How did they get your phone number . Hes on twitter. Password. Been there with you, hoda. Where is it coming. Oh, wow. Instagram. Naughty pictures. Let me tell you. Lets not im not going to. Wow. Oh getting a lot. Thats a good one. Wow. Yosef. I cant wait to see what happens. Going to be a happy holiday for yosef. Explosion. Awesome. We want updates. Thank you. All right. Sarah palin has taken a joke many times on snl. Yeah. And now we know that she can dish it out, too. Looks like theres a bottle brewing between tina fey and spal yeah. Sarah just released a video spoofing her character. Tinas character from 30 rock. Liz lemon. This one is called 31 rock. When 31 rock begins this january america will meet liz lemon. A tv writer who left the small town for the big city. No snow flakes. But shes struggling to have it all. Wheres my big gulp . Where s the new page . Melon, okay. Heres what you do. The star wars didnt actually change cinema. Theres only one way to find out. Good for her. That was done by a group called the independent journal review. Okay. How about john mccain playing. That was funny, right . And then and Lindsey Graham on the day that he announced that hes now hes a page on 31 rock. That was timely. I like him by the way. Hes feisty. I think he is feisty. The New York Times said trends that didnt actually catch on and some of them were like the apple watch, sorry, and man buns. Ugh. They asked the readers what trends they chose to skip this year and heres a look, and were going to ring the bell every time we passed on a trend. All right. So the return of crop tops. Past. Face contouring. Pass. Not me. Hoverboards. I gave one as a present. Does that count as passing. Harper lees new book. Pass. Snapchat, i didnt, i love that. Periscope. I like it. Empire. Love it. The game of thrones,. Unbreakable kimmy schmitz. Star wars, force awakens. Having a squad like taylor swift. We have a squad. Were a duo. Youre right. And finally watch me whip. Watch me naenae. The only one i do is face contouring. I say im using my time more wisely than anybody else out there. All right. So fuller house, the teases are out on netflix, the reboot of full house with the and we played that the other day, but this is what the girls from the cast looked like back in 1993, so thats Candace Cameron bure, jody sweeten and andrea barber. All right. And heres the new clip from the teaser. Okay. You already know who it is now watch me whip watch me naenae okay. Now watch me whip, watch me naenae watch me, oh, watch me, watch me. Watch me, watch me they got the moves. The what does whip naenae mean. Means nothing. Booze day tuesday, sparklers here, a little cocktail. Prosecco which you love. Apple cider and cranberry juice, maple sugar and sin mom. Did you make these for us, giada . Yeah. Go to our Facebook Page and see our stepbystep intrucksal video to see what giada didnt make and other fun holiday cocktails. Susan lucci is next. She brings joy to the big screen. And giada is here to bring a meal to your christmas table that feeds all your family and friends. Look at those two kids getting along. Ly human. We rely on our courage. The kind of courage that shows up when we need it. And when cancer is least expecting it. Courage. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Give now to the american cancer society. Feel a cold coming on . New zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45 . Shorten your cold with a snap, with zicam. No worries. To age faster than other skin. Now, theres new chapstick® total hydration. 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How many times do i have to tell you not to clean it out in the sink . Well, she thinks it is unlady like to talk about it direct her power anywhere danica chooses, a hand is the power of danica. Hello, sweetie. I am so thrilled to have been part of the movie to he wor with David Orussell who is an amazing director, and i have a they are telling the story of joy mangano, her life story, and her mother, jennifer, she is amazing in every frame and she is amazing. And have virginia madison plays her mother, and she was a apparently, joy, a timid woman who took refuge in her bedroom and addicted to soaps. And so danica was strong and she would quote danica. And live vicariously through her. Hopefully not so timid. And so david said that soap op opera actors were like athletes, and he chose you because he knew exactly what you could do. So generous with the comments. And you learned pages and the was a lot of volume everyday, and erica cain was so busy and i am so busy that i got the play her. T m inside of you off of th daylight hours, and all of that, but we had a lot to do everyday. And David Orussell said that what i ra read in one of the and tell us what d that h to do and we would just do it. We are ready. Not what is my motivation . And we come in with the motivation, and we know what we are supposed to be doing, because of the nature of the i say, like old man river, and si going to be rolling along, and it is going to happen no matter how late you were at the studios the night before. And were you able to work with some of the other actors . Yes. I got the work with jennifer who is brilliant of course, and also with robert de niro. Are you pinching yourself . Yes, virginia madysen is there and bella rosalini. And how about Bradley Cooper . I wish i had got a scene with him, but i was admiring his work. I bet you were. And on instagram, you are a busy poster, arent you . My daughter has whipped me into a frenzy. Mom, you have to pose everyday. What is happening here . Ooh, your everyday bubble bath. This is how i spend the weekends at the hotel right here on 54th street, and i am so sorry, hotel, i dont remember where you are, but it was a great time and it is like being so are you, and we love you sh, and Merry Christmas and merry everything. Give our love to everyone at your home. Christmas joy opens christmas day. Are you wrapping and you cant find your ribbon . Cant find your ribbon . Its that night of the year you come here. Cant find your ribbon . Looking for gifts so there wont be tears. Eleventh hour shopper. Thats you. Its ok because they know you. Theyre loaded up with gear. An xbox for the children. And a mixer for your dear. No need to shop around for present youve missed its all here. Youre off the naughty list Eleventh Hour shopper. Thats you see you next year, buddy get low prices on all your lastminute gifts. Walmart. When i booked your, place, my friends thought i was crazy. But this morning, a city id never been to felt like home. Thank you for sharing the world with me. Airbnb. Belong anywhere. This holiday, give the gift of ferrero rocher. Ferrero rocher. Make your moments golden. And there are some people should give undeyouashouldnt. Oliday. People you should. Shouldnt. Janice should. Shouldnt. Yes. No. Should. No way. Should. No. Definitely not. Ha ha, nay. You shouldnt give underwear to everybody. But for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. Holy night sleep in heavenly peace sleep in heavenly peace its time for brain teaser tuesday when we put your minds to work with a fun riddle co of buzz feed. Here it is, johnnys mother had three children. The first child was named april and the second child was named may and what was the third childs name . That seems too obvious. Think about it, google it. We will be back in a minute. And grab your toilet paper rolls and magazines. Dont talk like that, hoda. And we are about to wrap. And giada is here with a gr dont let bad odors escape. Continuously neutralize them with glad with febreze. The only bag with the irresistible scent of gain. Im kira klapper cam we have a microclimate weather alert for you. Its not so much for the rain anymore. But more for the strong winds that continue to roll through the bay area. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge er more for the strong winds that continue to roll through the bay area. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge are drivers are advised to keep both hands on the wheel all morning long. A high wind advisory remains in effect right now. And folks at one Bay Area Church are concerned about mudslides. Its along avalon canyon. Experts say the land there is unstable. Church leaders say its been that way before during periods of extreme weather like this. And they plan to meet later today to figure out what they can do to save their church. Well have a look at weather and traffic after the break. Stay with us. Weather toss to traffic good morning, im meteorologist kari hall. We do still have spotty light rain across the east and south bays at this point. And we are seeing the rain tapering off but still very soggy conditions. And the winds have been picking up as well. We will continue to have high wind gusts throughout the day with sustained winds at about 30 Miles Per Hour throughout the afternoon. And that may still raise the concern that we could have some tree damage across the bay area. Lets check in now with mike to see how the roads are moving. For schools, its vacation week right now. And so that means a lot of parents are off, too. We havent had much of a problem for the morning commute. The weather is more of a factor but the Traffic Volume not so much. 880 moving smoothly. No metering lights. Slowing 680. Earlier crash still causes slowing from danville. But south bay looking really clear. The south bay camera shows you northbound 101 through san jose, a nice easy drive as the rain left wet roads. For 101 and 87 recovering into downtown. We like all that green, mike. Thanks. Please join us at 11 00 for our newscast. Well see you then. It is is boozeday tuesday and before the break we gave you johnnys mother had three children. The first child was named april. The second child was named may and what was the third childs name . Johnny. We actually got that one. Was it a trick question . Duh. And have you ever realized on Christmas Eve that you are out of gift wrap, bags, bows . Yes. And we have some help from robin spicer. She has been on our affiliate in atlan no and she has ideas for creative homemade wrapping. Good to see you and it is robin to the rescue. You dont need anything fancy to make it fabulous, because we will rerecycle and repurpose with pizazz. So i thought of a person who is a word smith or the crossword puzzles, so my sister cheryl is a crossboard addict, and so we wrapped it up with crossword puzzle wrapment and that Little Center is right off of the milk carton. And i lovv host. And so i take this and make a figure eight. If it is exhard im not doing it. So it is seconds. Figure eight, and staple it in the middle and then layer up the figt figure eight, and before you know it, it is a bow to go. And smart here with the kids can color after it. Yes, the front page, sports section for the sports, anything. And now, egg cartons. Everybody has gotten them. And i have been eating a lot of eggs now, but they are grade a egg friends so i covered them with heresy kisses and filled it with candy, and is so it is is a lot of fun, but th are getting involved now. They are telling you how they are going to be wrapping so you take out the scraps, and this year, get all of the scraps before somebody throws them out. Yes. And you can see how pretty it i is. And im wild about the cardboard p paper, a soy put a beautiful piece of jewelry in here, and now i am going to be taking the tis tissue, and wrap it up in style with the tissue paper, and one, two, three, four, five, and then tie the edges like here, and you wi a finished wrap, and tie them with the bows, and that is really simple. Scraps, and you have it. And you could use a dish towel. Yes, that is a nice hostess gif gift. C roll up a tee shirt d, an or sweets. Cash cash goes great there. And who doesnt like cash. And now me. And i love this one. Literally straight out of the sock drawer. You want the try it and help me put it around the wine bottle. And look, one, two, three, and you have got it. And then wha t is to just add a few bows around the top, and one, two, three. And what is somebody going to to do with the one sock . Wine that you love so much, because i know that you have the favorite wine. Yes, we do. And the fact is that the other sock had a hole in it, and you only had one sock left. All right, all right, robin. Okay. Maybe we wil time. What is this . Well, marshmallows and dip them in the colors, and they will make perfect polka dots. You have to hold it down, hoda. And now you can see the finished product, and the kids love it. They will have so much fun. And make sure they dont eat it. You eat one, and stamp one. And dont mix them up. Tt is so much fun. And i alternated colors and took a little bit