The Journey Home for the Holidays
HOLMES: OK. We love this one. That is Alyssa Whaley. All she wanted for Christmas is her daddy. This is a second grader from Charlotte, North Carolina. She literally wrote to Santa all she wanted for Christmas was her dad to be home from Iraq. He was able to deliver, but now look at this. He had two other kids in the school he is able surprise. These two others, a kindergartener and his oldest daughter as well.</s>DEREK WHALEY, U.S. ARMY MEDIC: This is one for the ages. I'll never forget it.</s>HOLMES: Now, that was one that we absolutely love. We have been seeing a lot of scenes like that over the holidays. The past couple weeks as a lot of our fighting men and women have been able to come home. Many of them will have to go back, some of them not having to go back, but no matter what. They haven't seen their families for quite some time. It's such a joy that they were able to make it home in time for the holidays and share a lot of moments like that. Glad we could share that one with you. Good morning to you, once again. Bottom of the hour here, yes, this Christmas morning. Welcome to you all. I'm T.J. Holmes. Live picture of Atlanta, Georgia where I am here in our World Headquarters this morning. And again, like we said, there are so many of our fighting men and women who have been able to get home for the holidays. They are not at all too far in their memories. Some of their comrades, they had to leave behind were still on the battlefields. I want to share some of that with you and as they talk about coming home and their buddies, they are hoping to come home soon as well.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, keep up the good work. We are proud of you. Take care. We are proud of you.