Hi 'Morning Express' viewers!

"News To Me" host Eric Lanford opened one of his presents early this year... and he picked the one from Robin Meade! He's pretty hard to buy for, but somehow she picked the PERFECT gift: extra exposure! Yep, in addition to the usual weekend run, Robin is giving us 30 minutes of "Morning Express" for a few days. "News To Me" will be on at 6:30 in the morning on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas (all times Eastern) right after a special edition of "Not Just Another Cable News Show."

We've put together a great episode of "News To Me" for these extra airings... it's a best-of the best-of HLN's spotlight on citizen journalism, viral video and Web culture. If you are a "Morning Express" viewer who is new to our show, this is a great way to get a feel for what we do every weekend!

So big thanks to Robin for the awesome present... it's just what we wanted!

Now here's something for YOUR stocking... the links to everything in this special show:

CLOSE CALLS:
Backdraft -
- Full "News To Me" report
- Raw video on YouTube

Icy Rescue -
- Full "News To Me" report (in our "old school" red style)

Family Outruns Fire -
- Full "News To Me" report

VBS.tv:
Inside North Korea -
- Eric's full interview with VBS.tv reporter Shane Smith
- Shane's full series "The Vice Guide to North Korea" on VBS.tv

Garbage Island -
- Eric's full interview with VBS.tv reporter Thomas Morton
- Thomas' full series "Garbage Island" on VBS.tv

CAUGHT ON CAMERA:
- Trailer vs. bank
- Van vs trains
- Man rescued from burning car
- Experimental plane crash
- B2 bomber crash

TALES FROM THE DEEP:
Exploding whale -
- Eric and Nichole Lapin get the real story behind the exploding whale

Shark diving without a cage -
- Eric's full interview with shark videographer Tom Campbell

ADRENALINE JUNKIES:
Big wave specialist Garrett McNamara -
- Where in the world is Extreme Surfing World Champion G-Mac?
- visit Garrett's web site: garrettmcnamara.com

Blue suit skaters -
- Meet the skaters and the filmmakers who took high fashion to high speed
- Watch the full video on designer Adam Kimmel's Web site: adamkimmel.com

Mt. Hood ski-base jump -
- Watch the full "News To Me" report on Mattias Geriuas and his death defying jump off Mt. Hood

WEBHITS:
- Take a walk up El Camino del Rey
- Skydiving without a parachute
- This video has now been viewed over 63 million times on YouTube: Charlie bit me!
- Kid caught in vending machine
- Amazing viral travel ad
- "Clouds" of birds create the black sun phenomenon in Denmark

From everybody at "News To Me" thanks for watching, and we hope your holidays are everything you want them to be!

Catch "News To Me" in the New Year for new shows, starting with an episode dedicated to HLN's own citizen journalists... the iReporters, premiering on January 3rd!