Delicious dreams come true. And good morning and Merry Christmas and happy hanukkah as the holidays coincide this year. We want to let you know for parts of the show were going to be on tape so that we can be at home enjoying this holiday with our families. In fact, as you watch this were probably both drowning in wrapping paper and diapers. Yes. No diapers for me. I got about 16 people staying at my house for a week. We cannot see the tree because of so many gifts. You know the people right . Yes. My family. Just wondering. Yes. My family. We do have a special holiday show for you this morning including more humor from this guy. The new york city childrens chorus is singing all morning long. Listen to those beautiful voices. I know all of you at home cant wait to hear more. More coming up. A talented bunch. They have performed in washington, boston, toronto and even austria and played at new yorks carnegie hall. The voices of angels right there. Amazing they can sing like that with scarves around their neck. We do want to point out that first there is news this morning, and we get it to ron for a look at the headlines. And good morning dan and paula. Merry christmas to both of you and Merry Christmas everybody, happy hanukkah and breaking news, a Russian Military airplane headed to syria has crashed into the black sea. The Russian Defense ministry saying at least 92 people onboard including members of the military choir disappeared from radar after taking off from sochi. This morning reports that parts of the plane and some bodies have been recovered. Pope francis celebrating a traditional Christmas Eve mass at the vatican urging christians to remember the suffering of children all over the world and on the west bank, tight security as thousands made the pilgrimage to bethlehem. The traditional birth place of jesus. President elect donald trump says he will take steps to shut down his charitable foundation. Abcs Erielle Reshef has more. Reporter overnight donald trump attending Christmas Service in palm beach. But in the midst of holiday celebrations, the president elect announcing plans to dissolve his foundation saying to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president , i have decided to continue to pursue my strong interest in philanthropy in other ways adding the foundation has operated at no cost for decades with 100 of the money going to charity. Those claims of 100 Charity Still under investigation. The new York AttorneyGenerals Office saying the Trump Organization cannot legally dissolve until the investigation is complete. The office questioning the accuracy of disclosures made by the foundation including the purchase of a sixfoot tall portrait for 20,000 in 2007. That transaction may have violated irs laws that prohibit Charity Leaders from spending money on themselves. This as trumps top pick for Communications Director, jason miller is opting out of the job saying he wants to make his family a top priority. Filling the gap, rnc Communications Director sean spicer. Trump set to stay in maralago for the holidays as time winds down to fill key positions ahead of his inauguration. For good morning america, Erielle Reshef. Abc news, new york. Star wars sending their best wishes to Carrie Fisher who remains in intensive care after suffering cardiac arrest friday. When on a flight from london. Harrison ford saying hes shocked and saddened. Our thoughts are with carrie and family and friends. You can call this a Christmas Eve miracle. The Cleveland Browns won a game to beat the San Diego Chargers 2017 at home in cleveland. Finally, the obamas looking back on their first christmas at the white house as they remember their past eight years living there. This is our first christmas in the white house. What . Stop youre going to have to pull it together. The first couple wishing everyone Merry Christmas and healthy and happy new year. I would like to do the same. Merry christmas to all of you. Paula is talking sports. Thank you very much, ron. Just when you thought you had opened up all of your presents, basketball, 13 hours of the nba are coming down your chimney if they can fit on abc and espn and whats a huge day with lots of great matchups. Here to unwrap it for all of us, espns tony. I thought you were talking about me when you said presents we havent opened up. This is for you. Pay no attention to that ron. It says to ron. Im regifting. Ill open it later. Five games. Big day for the nba not just christmas, not just a great day to open up gifts, but kicking things off, a nice rematch of the nba finals. Picking up where we left off. Cavaliers and warriors. That car in your driveway with the big bow on top, right . The lexus. Who is giving a car for christmas . I dont know. I wondered that. These two teams destined to repeat. This would be a threepeat in the nba finals. Thats never been done before in nba history. Many people think this is as good as the nba has ever been. This rivalry is the reason why. You have the addition of kevin durant to golden state. What has that done to change the dynamic . They may be the best offensive team we have ever seen in the nba. And this is because of the way they shoot the threepointer. Statistically like points per possession which is difficult to say sometimes on Christmas Morning when you get up very early. They are off the charts there with Klay Thompson in addition to curry and durant. Thompson had a 60 point game this month. Thats incredible. But when youre up against a team that can bear down against defense, and the Cleveland Cavaliers can do that, lebron james blocking that shot, i think hes going to want to stuff some coal in the stocking of golden state today. We mentioned five games. Game one is celtics. Knicks. Do not interpret my green today. As im cheering for the celtics. Optimistically cautious. tis the season right knicks fans . My 2yearold is just experiencing rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Had a very shiny nose. She thought he was a unicorn. True story. Sorry, franchesca, to say this on tv. Thats a parent fail. The knicks have a unicorn of their own chris palingas, 73 can shoot from 30 feet. Block shots from 10 feet. Huge wing span as well. Any other unicorns that we need to look out for . Its the christmas unicorn right . Every year the spurs are there at the end. Nobody talks about them in the meantime. Dwyane wade with the chicago bulls. Theyre slowly coming to form. Kind of been inconsistent for a while. Watch for minnesota and Oklahoma City tonight. Russell westbrook, he loves the spotlight. Cant wait to see what hes going to wear walking into the arena. Also a triple double machine. Im guaranteeing a triple double. For russell westbrook. You are guaranteeing a triple double . Absolutely. Im guaranteeing youre going to find something bright and shiny in your driveway. Maybe not. Have a small gift. Thank you. You cant go away emptyhanded. Thanks tony. Dan, over to you. Thank you, paula. It is Christmas Morning and what has been a turbulent and at times violent year. Joining us to talk about the meaning of this day and the holidays in general during these times, three faith leaders, dr. Jones, president of the Union Seminary here in new york. Rabbi Joshua Davidson and eman abgadi, and thank you all for being here. Thank you. As we sit here on this Christmas Morning and as we head into night two of hanukkah, i wonder what you would like our viewers to be contemplating. Let me start with you dr. Jones. Youre right, its been such a divisive, violent, troubling year. As we walk into the holidays its not as if thats gone all away and here we are getting ready to celebrate and what does it mean to celebrate in the midst of that. Im always reminded as a christian as we go into christmas that it happens on december 25th not because jesus was born on december 25th but because its a celebration of ancient rhythms that have to do with light coming into the darkness of winter. The original story of christmas could be a story surrounded by the headlines of today. It is a story of two parents, unwed mother, theyre displaced, theyre refugees, theyre immigrants literally who dont have any papers and they have been told by the state that they have to go to a city to be registered to be legal. And they get on their horse and they travel far, far from the people they know, and they end up in a barn. Not because barns are like nice romantic places to have babies like we like to do. In our little crushes. Because they cant find any other place to sleep. It is a desperate moment for these two people. Shes having a baby in hay and yet, in the hay surrounded by animals with strange people all around them they dont know who have come to be friends, this baby comes into the world and cries and life, not just for joseph and mary and the people there but in the story, its the cry of life for all people. Its an incredible story. It is indeed. Rabbi what would you like people to be contemplating . As i said, as we head into night two of hanukkah . Thanks, dan. I think hanukkah speaks to us with similar intent. In three ways. First, i would say that it reminds each of us who are religious, ethnic racial minorities in this country that we ought to celebrate our uniqueness. Second, it reminds all of us that groups can lift up what makes them different from others and still be committed to the values that are america. And finally, in this time of darkening days and in the world which is dark with trouble and the country divided, it reminds us that darkness can be dispelled by a single flame and that each of us has the opportunity to be that flame to stand up for justice and whats right and make the world better for our place in it. And were hearing a lot about the troubles in the world right now. What role do you think faith can play to heal these wounds . Thank you for bringing me over here. I see faith is the only solution for every single person. When we see that all the doors are closed, its only darkness, killing everywhere, and depression starts playing a big role in our life, people even start committing suicide, the only way for you is to get back to god and ask you for help, and hes the only one who is going to be able to help you. Now, people of faith, when they inspire people with this, they could definitely help them. You just mentioned whats happening right now in syria. There is no other way but only believing in god that tomorrow will be better. Although you may not see it in that way, but we have hope in god that hes able to change anything at any moment, at any time. And ill take the chance especially talking about the birth of jesus and we believe and its mentioned in the koran that he was born as a miracle. God is able to do miracles. God will do what he wants at any moment. We do have that hope in god that, yes, hes able to do it but we also have to be a part of it. I want to thank all three of you for joining us. Ill send it over now to diane. Thanks, dan. Were celebrating our tenth annual warm coats warm hearts drive partnered by burlington. And k. I. D. S. Fashion delivers. And max frost, a generous 4th grader from new jersey is teaching us all about giving back. Take a look. Meet 9yearold max frost. Lets pick the ones. We should take today to the store. For the second year the new jersey 4th grader is on a coat collecting mission joining the likes of celebs amy adams among others. Theres some kids that dont even have coats. So i wanted to help people get warm. He started making his boxes, designing them himself. I just put all of his photos on instagram, on facebook and ive gotten so many responses. Its amazing. Last Holiday Season his total hit 170. This year hes already beat that making boxes for the local hair salon and his class at princeton day school. His classmates have already wrangled 40 coats and counting. With the car loaded max heads to burlington where his donations filled two carts. Donating is so easy. All you have to do is bring it into our store, drop it in the box and we take care of the rest. As a gift to max for all his hard works, burlington donated another 100 coats toward his goal this year. Im so proud. Good boy. But perhaps a bigger gift, max got to meet the Stafford Family who benefitted from his donations last year. To see that it actually came from a boy thats a year older than my son, thats great. A young man proving one act of kindness can go a long way. Merry christmas and a very Merry Christmas to you max. Way to go. For the rest of our viewers, you can get in on the action by donating your gently used coat at any burlington store. For more information or to find a store near you just log on to goodmorningamerica. Com on yahoo. What a great little boy and what a great example hes setting, even for adults. Especially adults. A lot of kids are wondering how does santa get there. Kids, no more questions or if you do have question, ask rob. Rob you have a look at the way were tracking santa. Santa, a very popular man and he has a very big job and im always amazed not just with santas magic but with the technology we use to track his rounds. Santa claus on the move this morning almost done with his nearly 240,000 mile trek around the world. We can confirm santa is airborne at this time. His helpers at the north American AerospaceDefense Command using fighter jets and hightech gps to track his every move. Norad posting updates online and boy, does santa move fast. Over the last 24 hours, the jolly old elf delivering gifts to an estimated 390,000 homes per minute. Thats over 6,000 a second. Just how does he do it . Im sure he has like elves. Magic. And rudolph flies, too. Magic. Reindeer to make them fly. Since santa has been busy we turn to the next best thing. For sleighology. He can be everywhere at once. He has spt, he has space time package transfer. Amazon and fedex have been working very hard trying to harness this but its quite difficult. I mean, hes santa for crying out loud. Ready rudolph . Ready santa of course, we cant forget rudolph and the team of eight reindeer leading the way. Up, up, up and away you cannot take spt away from santa. No way to transfer that to fedex thats for sure. Hes santa for crying out loud. You just dont question it and you dont want to discount with all this technology, rudolphs role in this. That nose, the visibility is key. Hes almost done with his rounds at this point. No doubt its going to be a successful day for everybody across the globe. Can we add sleighologist to your title . Im going to get into that for sure. By the way, we used to dial up santa and see where he was at. Now we have rotary phones. Thank goodness. Lets talk weather. Heres your Christmas Day forecast locally. Your Christmas Day forecast locally. Certainly hope you and yours are having a fantastic holiday. Coming up, the all important list of our christmas cities in the forecast. Rob, thank you, sir. Sleighologist. Aspiring. Aspiring sleighologist. Trying to keep your kids busy this Holiday Season, how about a trip to the movies. Chris connelly runs down his list of the best bets. Celebrating the holiday with a trip to a Movie Theater . Head for space. Its not only rogue one taking audiences into the deep beyond. They are requesting a call sign. Its rogue, rogue one. Maybe you have heard, Jennifer Lawrence and chris pratt are in a movie together. We woke up too soon. 90 years too soon. When their hibernation ends too early theres tenderness and trouble. And passengers. Were just on our way to work at nasa. Based on actual events story of africanamerican women whose brain power help to get the u. S. In orbit back in the 1960s. Academy voters may also be taking notice as Denzel Washington directs while he and viola davis reprieves the role in fences. Annette benning could be looking at her fifth career oscar nomination for her role as a matriarch amid the company of el fanning. All of them, 20th century women. Dont you need a man to raise a man. No, i dont think so. For kids a host of appealingly animated animals with underdog pasts make their way to the stage and sing. I guess thats a balding Matthew Mcconaughey and ben affleck. Directing and starring in live by night. Meanwhile, such for your consideration award magnets as the emotionally calibrated moonlight, a heartfelt manchester by the sea and the made for the big screen musical, la la land. Sky with no ceiling remain in theaters making you part of the who will win discussion and giving you a night out. For good morning america, chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. Hope yall have time on your hands to see some movies. I havent seen any of those. Remains such a huge fan of manchester by the sea and moonlight. Both incredible movies. Not festive. But really moving. Not feel good flick. Not feel good. And lot of music in la la land. Speaking of music, we want to take another listen as youre hearing the new york city childrens chorus. Fa la la la la la la la see the blazing yule before us fa la la la la la la la la coming up on good morning america, i got the opportunity to tag along with deserving kids who took a trip to a real life candy land. How it turned into a willy wonka experience. Dan, i couldnt help but think of you when i was there. I somehow was not invited. Santa may have gotten your kids the toys and gadgets you want but how do things work . Our beckley worley is here with some help. Im justin, we would like to wish all our friends and family back in texas. Merry christmas and happy new year texas. Merry christmas and happy new year hey hey this is for you. Did you really . Did