I saw it in the ground in new york. And here it is in rockefeller plaza. I dont think it needed augmentation. A lot of times they cut branches and fill it out. But it is just gorgeous. Beautiful. With the rain, what a beautiful production. I dvrd it. Matt and savannah and hoda and myself. And matt and savannah, at the home matt and savannah that part was theres the countdown, as well. Alec baldwin, Kate Mckinnon and helped hit the button. Were in a downpour. A deluge. I mean,t is coming down, cats and dogs. And the people around us are getting drenched. Theres matt and savannah. They had a tent overemey had a. Had butler and a masseuse. I watched it on dvr and i didnt notice it to this point. But the good thing is, its not like matt and savannah rubbed it in. Look at the picture they texted us. Oh, my gosh. Here they are, laughing at hoda and me. Thats they had someone mopping up the floor. They had somebody squeegeeing the floor. And bringing them cucumber sandwiches. We had hourslong conversation. It kept getting more beautiful. It changes and gets all curly. But, yeah. She was armed. With hairspray. Matts jacket is open. Its like they were at a different location. On a different planet. As like, theltnative earth. Look at that. I said, i got to take the where are matt and savannah right now . I didntice not this until now. Always aware of your environment. Gosh. What i love about you. What were aware of, the countdown, its december 1st. You have 24, 25 days. Christmas is still the 25th. You can say, i didnt see you christmas day. Here. You dont have to worry. We have the and i promise you biggest tomorrow ever. The entire hour. We have deals, like toys. Tech. Fashion. Home decor. Theres not a person on your list in your life that we will not provide something for. With a deal. Jill martin going to be running this. If its not a deal, we dont buy it. Thats what i say. The reason you had to watch it back, the Christmas Tree it was wet going in. And im in prespring clothing. This is a beautiful dress. I passed winter fashion. And i mistakenly wore a Yellow Spring ensemble. Heres savannah guthrie. I heard my name taken in vain. Is anyone going to eat this . Youre eating for two. Al just called you and matt out for being an easy street. Do you want t i cannot defend it because we were on easy street last night. I know. Look at you. No gloves. The mic for you there. Yes. There was weve never had it so good. And you and i have done the tree lighting, six years ago. Never been so good. Why were you in a tent this year . The rain. Wow. Meteorologist. They did put a tent up. Weve never had before. You guys were in the frozen tundra, being whipped around like a tornado. Were you concerned for al and hoda. Lets put the picture up to show the concern. Can you caption that . Savannah is laughing so hard, she is about to deliver. I was like, makeup, theres some tears coming out of my eyes, not from the cold but laughing at al and hoda. We matt says, should we tell them, our tarp sprung a leak. And the squeegee guy came. Can you recognize the sidebyside. Thats terrible. I have no defense. And the folks who were around us, put up with it, as well. It is all worth it. Looks like look at them. Remember in broadcast news when they ship off the reporter, like a competitor. And theyre like, lets put her thats what happened. Can we see it one more time . The splitscreen is devastating. Theres matt and savannah. And now, hoda and al, one more time. Can i get another hot cocoa. But i need marshmallows this time. But youre pregnant. If anybody deserved to be covered up thank you. You dont think that had anything to do with it . That was fun. Hoda and als professional. T lighting of the Christmas Tree. And it wasnt too cold. And you have fans with you. And also it was raining hard. You know what else . Brians 30th birthday, dylans husband. Im finally not married to someone in their 20s any longer. But youre still a cougar. I know. 5 1 2years younger than me. Hes been worried about it. Worried in what way . He wasnt ready to leave his 20s. Leaving them in a big way in two or three weeks. With her and the baby will be december babies. He will. Yes. Im going to go give birth. Dont leave. Wait until you hear what she did. What did you do . We couldnt celebrate his 30th birthday now. He wanted to celebrate it in vegas. For the last two years, hes been sending me random texts of what he would 30th birthday. He had no idea i saved them all. One of the odd requests is he wanted two cakes that tell a story. I found two cakes that tell a story. I called him fish. Growing up, his friends called the house the fish tank. Is that because of drinking . Because of drinking . Probably. I have been told to give you my seat. Thats the chivalrous thing. Isnt that enough after yesterday . Stand in the rain. To stand. Were happy youre here. Stay. The fish tank because they partied in his room. After 30, this is now, the father in finding nemo. Where did you find that . The cake place in vegas. Its martin . Melvin . Marlin. Marlin. Yes. The dad fish. Im going to swim around. It will be good. I will find dorrie. It will be fantastic. I called him the dad i didnt know his name. He requested a pinata filled with goldfish and star burst. He made that specific request . He was bored. Texting me. Heres what i would love. Oh. Thats how you slowmotion. This looks like is this in vegas . As the cosmopolitan in vegas. On the 65th floor. Hangover. Where is Zach Galifianakis . It felt like the hangover. It was the only stick i had. We went out to a nice dinner. And it was, yeah. We lost money gambling like we always do. It was a fun vegas trip about three or four months ago. Thats his big birthday celebration. Your last day is tomorrow. Yes. December 10th, i think, if my last day. If i make it. I think im going early. I mean, look at me. V and this baby is a toddler. Hes so huge. And nicki wasnt early. Our due dates are two days apart. Yes. How about the same day . That would be amazing. Thats like a movie. Imagine, were like texting each other. I know. Go to the same hospital. How great would that be . I know. We can be bestties. While giving birth. What am i thinking . You can . I dont think so. And al has a box you can put your phone in. And he tries to get me to put my phone in. You are having a baby, do whatever you want. Im giving your seat back. This was fun. You were on for an hour. I love it. Its fun to be with you guys. And thanks for picking up all of the hard duty. She is. Shes got to shes going to be filling in a lot. I diapers. Were neighbors and youre also welcome. If thats the case, just feet him bananas. I dont like you right now. Yogurt. Were neighbors. And i will be coming over. I hope so. And i will send you a little emoji. And i will come over with the baby say, what do i do . Were going to go walk off our pounds. 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So, can you see i cant see that far. I can see. Whats on the bottom left . This is from voucher cloud. Thats the logo. Okay. I cant find it. You ready to give up . Right. I still dont see it. I still dont see it. What happens around this time of year. If you look, its waldo. Youre so mean. I wouldnt be able to find waldo, either. What color is the cash . I dont see the bag. He has green cash. Is it in the bag . Oh okay. Everything else is a present. A green present. And thats cash. Thats your lets have a cleanser. A mental cleanser and go to something a little classier. A little more classier . Much classier. Instagram celebrities. I love it. This is where i live. Mostfollowed celebs of 2016. Who is number five . Kim kardashian. I thought she would be number one. Because of everything going on in her life, including kanye being released from the hospital and that robbery, shes not been on instagram. But her followers are there. There was talk that because of the instagraming certain situations, it could have led to and comeback to instagram and social media. And this thing happened with kanye. Of course, anybody. Beyonce, at 88. 9 million. Love her. Love her. Ariana grande. 88. 6 million. Taylor swift, 93. 6 million followers. She i now, heres im surprised at who is number one. This is a stunning, stunning revelation. Selena gomez 103 million followers. And my nephew is going to get mad at me saying this, Isaiah Mitchell hall, in college, his dream girl. Do you think, im back to number one . They may not. But the managers and all the people who make money off of the show a leg or something to get the account up. Theres that. A lot of the pictures that get the most likes. Even on our accounts. Do you look at the ones the ones that you show leg . In my case, a Little Chicken leg. A little al roker hair, thousands of likes. We like selena gomez. Ad adorable. What about the weather . Is it a adorable . Not so adorable. But not horrible. Show you what we have going on for today. Wet weather Pacific Northwest and snow in northern new england, between clouds around the rockies. We are going to see colder air through the rockies and the intermountain region, with temperatures in the 20s, 30s, 40s. 80s in florida. 70s in southern texas. We look for a Beautiful Day in the east with mild weather. Developing santa ana wins in southern california. Could be breezy there. Overspend on yourec santa. Al roker, these are the pictures you like from al roquer. Show the superman. When he shows chest ir. Thats a microphone. You use . Crest whitestrps. Crest 3d whitestrips whiten 25 times better than a leading whitening toothpaste i passed the tissue test. Oh yeah. Crest whitestrips are the way to whiten. Coming up on look famous people we catch flo, the progressive girl, at the supermarket buying cheese. 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Nondrowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat, stuffy. Head, no sick days medicine. The rock center tree is lit, which is the kickoff to Christmas Season and all of the holiday parties. To get in a festive mood, of how bad is it . Were testing our Holiday Habits and see if were on the naughty or nice list. I havent bought a single present yet. Heres your holiday questions. Question number one, how bad is it to store frosted cookies at Room Temperature . On your kitchen counter instead of in the fridge . I think thats fine. Is that bad . Not bad . Not bad. Most cookies are fine a container. The only exception is if you have ice cookies with royal icing. Sometimes theyre made with raw egg whites. I dont know what royal icing is. Dont worry about it. Keep your cookies on the counter. Okay. Next one. How bad is it to use the ovens selfcleaning feature right before a Holiday Party . Thats bad. Bad or not bad . Naughty . Bad. Not a good idea. The most stressful thing you can put your oven through. 900 degrees. It starts to smell in your house. Might break down. You might even get your fire alarm, Smoke Detector coming off. Good luck to get a repairman. I didnt know it worked. Its a big thing. They never clean their ovens. I dont. I use spray stuff. If youre embarrassed of your oven gunk, use baking soda and water, cover it in wipe it down. The safe way to do it. How bad is it to spend more than suggested on a secret santa gift . I think thats bad. I think it makes it it makes everyone else feel bad. Yeah. But we did one last year like 10. It was hard. Dylans right. Yeah. You cant do you should not spend more. It sends the wrong message. Youre trying to oneup your friends. Your coworkers. You might look like a brownnoser at work. They dont know who gave it to you. They feel bad next year. Its not really 10. Dylan, youre up one. You want to be a rulefollower. If you spend more, you kind of look like a jerk. I will save my money. Its the holidays. How bad is it to cook savory and sweet dishes at the same time in the oven . I think thats okay. I think thats okay. The turkey. Im going to give you a hint, what if your meat has garlic, spaces . Smelly stuff. Very savory stuff. Its not bad. It is bad. The flavors of your desserts can take on the garlic. You dont want your cherry pie and tasting like garlic. How bad is it to vacuum Christmas Tree needles . Can you do it . Yeah. Just suck them up with the hose. Thank you so much. Do we have a winnerwinner . Its because there are some people you should give underwear to this holiday. And there are some people you shouldnt. People you should. Shouldnt. Janice should. Shouldnt. Yes. No. Should. No way. Should. Definitely not. Ha ha, nay. You shouldnt give underwear to everybody. But for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. Ow so you think santa will like these. Red and green m ms . 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The most frightening. Misunderstood. A guy with a bat which has barbed wire on it. Lucille. Everybody was talking about the season premier, and they thought it might have gone too far. How did you feel about the premier . There was people that talked about some of the gore, really graphic violence. I dont know that the show was going to win either way on that. People were upset last year that we came back this year and bashed some heads in, and suddenly it was too much. I dont know that theres not even a happy medium there. That being said, you he had to do what he had to do. You cant even it was pretty horrible. Is it fun to play a bad character . This character in particular is he kind of takes such glee and the world its very fun and challenging character to play, but, you know, bringing him to life, theres a certain amount of glee you have to bring to this guy, and im certainly having fun doing it. Well, the anticipation of meeting meegan, the buildup for all of us online on the social Media Community for the no. What . I want this to work. And then to finally meet neegan. Everything. I still believe the top five most frightening non super natural villains of all time. Thank you. Youre going for it. Youre welcome. Now im solely watching for who is going to be killed. Is that wrong . I think thats wishful thinking. I think the claim would be you dont want him to die yet, do you . Sure, sure. The next question i first time, and he channels neegan. Did you see that . I sure did.