On Fox News’s The Five‘s Christmas Special, the political commentator quintet gave each other Secret Santa gifts.

Bob Beckel assured the viewing audience that there was a Santa, before the group cracked into a boatload of presents.

This afternoon, President Obama delivered remarks in the White House briefing room on the last-minute passage of the payroll tax cut extension. He celebrated the passage of the compromise, crediting the average Americans who participated in a social media push to get it done, and urged Congress to pass a full year extension when they return. Toward the end, though, the President ran afoul of a rule that GOP candidate Newt Gingrich spoke about earlier this week, that “no federal official at any level is currently allowed to say ‘Merry Christmas.’”

For everyone who doesn’t have a musical Fireplace or a wrapped one under the tree. Sit back and enjoy our high tech version of the Christmas Yule Log (with music). And let’s not catch you worrying about standing in those long return lines on Sunday. Enjoy! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Mediaite.

What’s not to love about Christmas songs? From Hallowe’en on for as long as we can remember, they’ve been drummed (ba-rum-tum-tum-tum) into our heads, so no matter who you are or what you celebrate in your own home, you can sing along to pretty much any of them. Which is always fun to do, unless you’re a total Scrooge (hi, Garrison Keillor!) Here are just a few of our favorites, from old classics like Bing & Bowie (aw) to The Boss, The Pogues, The Muppets and The Mariah. So, enjoy! And MERRY CHRISTMAS! I love doing that. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Woo, the Internet is magic!

‘Tis the season for Christmas classics on Hulu! Since he’s one of our Mediaite 50 and the top magazine mover of 2009, we thought we’d present his star-studded song-littered bear-fighting Christmas special from last year called A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All. Features Elvis Costello, Feist, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, John Legend and Jon Stewart, singing.

Want to get away from all the Christmas Day festivities for a few minutes to watch some late night comedy?

Here’s a collection of holiday-themed moments from the past couple weeks. From the Muppets to Betty White – here’s how late night TV celebrated the 2009 holiday season: