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> “A Fox & Friends Christmas” airs tomorrow night from 8-10pmET, hosted by the weekday and weekend F&F teams. Special guests stopping by include Alan Colmes, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren and more “unannounced” guests, sharing their favorite traditions and recipes, singing carols and exchanging presents.

> Michael P. Hill of Newscaststudio Blog interviews Sam Mandragona, NBC Artworks creative director who is leaving at the end of the year. He describes the Decision 2008 graphic switch, the 3-D environments and more.

> CNN’s Ed Henry, on assignment covering the President-elect’s vacation in Hawaii, describes on the AC 360 blog an experience while the press pool followed Barack Obama on the golf course yesterday. Obama told the journalists “to have a beer and put it on his tab. No one took him up on the offer.” Henry also wore board shorts on the air last night:

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