I've got it. Do you have it? I've officially got the Christmas spirit! It helps that the weather has been a little chilly. You can smell chimney smoke in the air at night. They should make "chimney smoke on a cool night" potpourri. It's magical. You know what else is magical? Giving. Sometimes I think I'm one of the luckiest people in the world because every year at this time I get to give away thousands of gifts. I kinda know how Santa feels, or Scrooge after he wakes up from those ghosts. We kicked off my 12 Days Of Giveaways and so far, so great! Did you meet "Big Package?" He's a little square, but he's very sweet and he loves to dance like me. You should see the piles of gifts the elves have stacked up in the gift barn in the back, and they're just going to keep getting better and better.
I got a little gift myself this week. I got to talk to Jenna Bush's dad. I think we caught him off guard. He was probably relaxing after a hard day of work, and I interrupted him and Laura while they were in the middle of Guitar Hero 3. Vanessa Williams was a lot of fun, and so were newlyweds Michelle and John Brubaker. Maybe one of the best wedding dances ever. Did you see 9 year-old Carl Brown Jr., and 8 year-old Davis Soots? Carl saved Davis' life by giving him the Heimlich maneuver. What a great story. I'm really lucky to have some of the most incredible kids on my show like the amazingly talented Anthony Gargiula. He's like Clay Aiken in an 8 year-old's body. It was great having Paula Deen back for the holidays. How about that chocolate cheese fudge?