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David Jeremiah - Make The Season Bright - Christmas On Broadway

December 21, 2024 | S1:E1293

David Jeremiah - Make The Season Bright - Christmas On Broadway
Celebrate the season with this special Christmas event where Dr. Jeremiah and special guests remind us of the reason for the season.
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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - Make The Season Bright - Christmas On Broadway | December 21, 2024
  • Male announcer: a brighter day and a better year begins
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  • By living in god's light.
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  • Introducing dr. david jeremiah's
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  • Newest 365-day devotional for 2025,
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  • "living in his light."
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  • With dr. jeremiah's inspiring insights and reflections,
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  • You'll find yourself immersed in god's radiant truth,
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  • Allowing his light to transform your every moment.
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  • "living in his light" is your daily recharge,
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  • Keeping you connected to his presence
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  • And walking in the brilliance of his love
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  • Day by day.
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  • With a beautifully designed cover
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  • And stunning images throughout,
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  • Each reading will not only lift your spirit,
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  • But brighten your entire day.
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  • Even when the world looks bleak and your days seem dark,
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  • Let dr. jeremiah remind you each day
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  • That the closer you are to christ,
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  • The brighter your days will be.
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  • Request your copy of "living in his light" today
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  • For a gift of any amount in support of this program.
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  • Or for a gift of $120 or more,
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  • Receive four copies: one for yourself
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  • And three to share his light with those you love.
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  • Let god's light guide you every day.
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  • Request "living in his light" from "turning point" today.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ when a million stars are dancing ♪
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  • ♪ sparkling in the night ♪
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  • ♪ the city comes alive ♪
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  • ♪ with every sound and sight ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ brilliant and entrancing, let your heart take flight ♪
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  • ♪ let's celebrate the reason that makes the season bright ♪
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  • ♪ light it up, light the sky ♪
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  • ♪ turn it on, you can feel your heartbeat ♪
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  • ♪ let it shine, let it shine ♪
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  • ♪ all through the night ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to make the season bright ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ it's a season filled with magic ♪
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  • ♪ the season filled with love ♪
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  • ♪ let's lift our voices loud and strong ♪
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  • ♪ to the heavens above ♪
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  • ♪ light it up, light up the sky ♪
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  • ♪ turn it on, you can feel your heartbeat ♪
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  • ♪ let it shine, let it shine ♪
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  • ♪ all through the night ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to make the season bright ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ see the wonder of the season ♪
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  • ♪ through the eyes of every child ♪
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  • ♪ hope and peace are on the air ♪
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  • ♪ and light and love are everywhere ♪
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  • ♪ light it up, light up the sky ♪
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  • ♪ turn it on, you can feel your heartbeat ♪
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  • ♪ let it shine, let it shine ♪
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  • ♪ all through the night ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to make the season bright ♪
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  • Male announcer: coming to you from new york city
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  • And the historic beacon theatre,
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  • It's "make the season bright:
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  • Christmas on broadway with david jeremiah."
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  • Featuring singing sensation jordan smith,
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  • The comedy of mike goodwin,
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  • Music by michael sanchez, and the voices of lee.
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  • With special guest sheila walsh,
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  • And an inspirational christmas address
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  • From dr. david jeremiah.
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  • It's time to make the season sparkle
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  • More than you ever thought possible
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  • With "make the season bright: christmas on broadway."
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  • ♪ light it up, light up the sky ♪
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  • ♪ turn it on, you can feel your heartbeat ♪
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  • ♪ let it shine, let it shine ♪
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  • ♪ all through the night ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to make the season bright ♪
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  • ♪ light it up, turn it on, let it shine tonight ♪
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  • ♪ it's time to make the season bright ♪♪
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  • [cheering and applauding]
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪
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  • ♪ with the kids jingle belling ♪
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  • ♪ and everyone telling you be of good cheer ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪
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  • ♪ it's the hap-happiest season of all ♪
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  • ♪ with those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings ♪
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  • ♪ when friends come and call ♪
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  • ♪ it's the hap-happiest season of all ♪
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  • ♪ there'll be parties for hosting ♪
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  • ♪ marshmallows for toasting ♪
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  • ♪ and caroling out in the snow ♪
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  • ♪ there'll be scary ghost stories ♪
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  • ♪ and tales of the glories ♪
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  • ♪ of christmases long, long ago ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪
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  • ♪ there'll be much mistletoeing ♪
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  • ♪ and hearts will be glowing when love ones are near ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ there'll be parties for hosting ♪
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  • ♪ marshmallows for toasting ♪
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  • ♪ and caroling out in the snow ♪
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  • ♪ there'll be scary ghost stories ♪
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  • ♪ and tales of the glories ♪
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  • ♪ of christmases long, long ago ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪
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  • ♪ there'll be much mistletoeing ♪
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  • ♪ and hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ yes, the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ yes, the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ of the year ♪♪
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  • Michael sanchez: hey!
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  • [cheering and applauding]
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  • Announcer: ladies and gentlemen,
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  • Please welcome david and donna jeremiah.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Dr. david jeremiah: well, first of all,
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  • I should tell you we're not going to sing and dance.
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  • That will make your life a lot better.
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  • But we just wanted to come out at the beginning of this night
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  • And tell you how thrilled we are to be back here.
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  • This is our fourth time to be here for this event,
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  • And it's just special every year.
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  • [audience applauding]
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  • Donna jeremiah: you know, honey, christmas really is
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  • The most wonderful time of the year, isn't it?
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  • [audience applauding]
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  • Dr. jeremiah: and let's get it all started, honey.
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  • Why don't you introduce our wonderful friend and host?
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  • Donna: we are really privileged to have
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  • For the second year in a row the greatest hostess there is,
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  • Sheila walsh.
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  • [audience applauding]
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  • Sheila walsh: christmas truly is the most
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  • Wonderful time of the year.
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  • And would you agree with me that christmas
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  • Is also the most timeless time of the year?
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  • For generations, we've gathered with loved ones
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  • Around record players, around pianos,
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  • Radio or television, sometimes now even a computer
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  • To sing heartwarming carols of the season
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  • Written many, many years before.
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  • At christmas, traditions of all kinds
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  • And family come together in one place
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  • To celebrate the precious memories of the past,
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  • And make new ones for the future.
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  • There's no time quite like christmas
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  • And there is no place quite like home for the holidays.
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  • [radio tuning]
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ oh, there's no place like home for the holidays ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause no matter how far away you roam ♪
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  • ♪ when you pine for the sunshine ♪
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  • ♪ of a friendly gaze for the holidays ♪
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  • ♪ you can't beat home sweet home ♪
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  • ♪ i met a man who lives in tennessee ♪
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  • ♪ and he was heading for pennsylvania ♪
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  • ♪ and some homemade pumpkin pie ♪
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  • ♪ from pennsylvania ♪
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  • ♪ folks are traveling down to dixie's sunny shore ♪
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  • ♪ from atlantic to pacific, gee, the traffic is terrific ♪
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  • ♪ oh, there's no place like home for the holidays ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause no matter how far away you roam ♪
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  • ♪ if you want to be happy in a million ways ♪
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  • ♪ for the holidays ♪
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  • ♪ you can't beat home sweet home ♪
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  • ♪ for the holidays ♪
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  • ♪ you can't beat home sweet home ♪
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  • ♪ for the holidays ♪
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  • ♪ you can't beat home sweet home ♪
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  • ♪ home sweet home ♪♪
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  • [audience applauding]
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪
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  • ♪ it's the best time of the year ♪
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  • ♪ i don't know if there'll be snow ♪
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  • ♪ but have a cup of cheer ♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪
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  • ♪ and when you walk down the street ♪
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  • ♪ say hello to friends you know and everyone you meet ♪
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  • ♪ oh ho, the mistletoe hung where you can see ♪
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  • ♪ somebody waits for you, kiss her once for me ♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪
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  • ♪ and in case you didn't hear ♪
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  • ♪ oh by golly ♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas this year ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ oh ho, the mistletoe hung where you can see ♪
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  • ♪ somebody waits for you, kiss her once for me ♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪
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  • ♪ and when you walk down the street ♪
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  • ♪ say hello to friends you know ♪
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  • ♪ everyone you meet ♪
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  • ♪ oh, the mistletoe hung where you can see ♪
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  • ♪ somebody waits for you, kiss her once for me ♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas ♪
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  • ♪ and in case you didn't hear ♪
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  • ♪ oh by golly ♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas this year ♪
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  • ♪ oh by golly ♪
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  • ♪ have a holly jolly christmas this year ♪♪
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  • [cheering and applauding]
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ sleigh bells ring, are you listening? ♪
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  • ♪ in the lane, snow is glistening ♪
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  • ♪ a beautiful sight, we're happy tonight ♪
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  • ♪ walking in a winter wonderland ♪
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  • ♪ gone away is the blue bird ♪
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  • ♪ here to stay is a new bird ♪
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  • ♪ he sings a love song as we go along ♪
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  • ♪ walking in a winter wonderland ♪
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  • ♪ in the meadow, we can build a snowman ♪
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  • ♪ and pretend that he is parson brown ♪
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  • ♪ he'll say are you married, we'll say no man ♪
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  • ♪ but you can do the job while you're in town ♪
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  • ♪ later on, we'll conspire as we dream by the fire ♪
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  • ♪ to face unafraid the plans that we made ♪
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  • ♪ walking in a winter wonderland ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ in the meadow, we can build a snowman ♪
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  • ♪ and pretend that he's a circus clown ♪
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  • ♪ we'll have lots of fun with mr. snowman ♪
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  • ♪ until the other kiddies knock him down ♪
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  • ♪ later on, we'll conspire as we dream ♪
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  • ♪ as we dream by the fire ♪
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  • ♪ to face unafraid ♪
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  • ♪ the plans that we made ♪
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  • ♪ walking in a winter wonderland ♪♪
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  • [audience applauding]
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  • Announcer: you are watching
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  • "make the season bright:
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  • Christmas on broadway with david jeremiah."
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  • Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome jordan smith.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪
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  • ♪ let your heart be light ♪
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  • ♪ from now on ♪
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  • ♪ your troubles will be out of sight ♪
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  • ♪ mmm-mmm ♪
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  • ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪
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  • ♪ make the yuletide gay ♪
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  • ♪ from now on ♪
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  • ♪ our troubles will be miles away ♪
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  • ♪ away ♪
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  • ♪ here we are as in olden days ♪
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  • ♪ happy golden days of yore ♪
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  • ♪ faithful friends who are dear to us ♪
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  • Jordan smith: i see you.
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  • ♪ gather near to us once more ♪
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  • ♪ through the years we all will be together ♪
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  • ♪ if the lord allows ♪
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  • ♪ hang a shining star ♪
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  • ♪ upon the highest bough ♪
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  • ♪ and have yourself a merry little christmas ♪
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  • ♪ now ♪
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  • ♪ now ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ hang a shining star ♪
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  • ♪ upon the highest bough ♪
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  • ♪ oh, and have yourself ♪
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  • ♪ and have yourself ♪
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  • ♪ oh, and have yourself ♪
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  • ♪ a merry little christmas ♪
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  • ♪ now ♪♪
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  • Jordan: merry christmas.
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  • Announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mike goodwin.
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  • Mike goodwin: i have great memories of christmas as a child
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  • Because my father loves christmas.
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  • Man, he loves it, he gets into the lights.
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  • Matter of fact, my father's the biggest fan of santa claus.
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  • Santa claus, he would leave out milk and cookies.
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  • He even had us write letters to santa.
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  • If you know anything about me, i don't do things by the rules,
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  • I kind of break it up a little bit.
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  • So, i wrote letters to santa, but i made them more personal.
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  • I used santa's nicknames.
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  • I wrote, like, "dear kris kringle," letters.
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  • You know, i wanted to stand out.
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  • And that's one thing too about being from the south,
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  • We love nicknames in the south.
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  • We could try to be funny with nicknames.
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  • I know people nicknamed after food.
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  • I know a cornbread, a pork chop, and a collard green.
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  • I know this one dude, his nickname is boss,
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  • And he ain't got no job.
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  • I'm like, "who you the boss of, yourself?"
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  • Yo, but i think southern white dudes
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  • Have the coolest nicknames,
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  • I really do, 'cause their nicknames
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  • Go with them their entire life.
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  • They have nicknames like rusty, skip, chip.
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  • Your nickname could be chip, you could be the ceo of a bank.
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  • You could have chip on your business cards.
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  • The brothers can't do that.
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  • Pookie can't be a branch manager at the bank.
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  • You don't trust your money with pookie.
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  • Like, "right this way, dr. junebug will see you."
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  • I'm like, "no, he will not."
  • 00:21:22.464 --> 00:21:24.833
  • But now, christmas is much special
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  • Because i'm a parent,
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  • That's a whole different type of joy,
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  • I'm a parent now.
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  • But it's difficult to buy them gifts now.
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  • You know, they're getting a little older,
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  • My daughter's in middle school now.
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  • And she wants big gifts, money gifts.
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  • You know, those days of dollhouses are over.
  • 00:21:36.545 --> 00:21:40.015
  • But my son on the other hand,
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  • He's simple 'cause my son loves football.
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  • And i'll buy him anything that relates to football.
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  • Matter of fact, my son played flag football this year,
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  • Played flag football.
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  • Yeah, that was a waste of money right there.
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  • Yeah, they went defeated this year.
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  • One of the games, they tied.
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  • They tied, my son came home super excited,
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  • Hopping around, real happy.
  • 00:22:06.508 --> 00:22:08.043
  • I said, "hey man, what you so excited about?"
  • 00:22:08.043 --> 00:22:12.414
  • My son was like, "dad, coach said that whenever we tie,
  • 00:22:12.414 --> 00:22:15.650
  • It's like both teams won."
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  • [audience laughing]
  • 00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:23.091
  • "no son, score was 0-0.
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  • Y'all both lost, son, that's what."
  • 00:22:28.930 --> 00:22:34.302
  • And it's so much different nowadays with the kids.
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  • You know, we bought our son and daughter
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  • A tablet a few years ago.
  • 00:22:38.206 --> 00:22:40.108
  • They can google anything.
  • 00:22:40.108 --> 00:22:42.210
  • You know, they just get on wi-fi and google stuff.
  • 00:22:42.210 --> 00:22:44.446
  • When i was a kid, i couldn't get on wi-fi and google.
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  • I remember when i didn't know how to spell a word,
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  • I would ask my mother how to spell the word.
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  • You know what my mother would tell me?
  • 00:22:51.486 --> 00:22:54.356
  • "look it up in the dictionary."
  • 00:22:54.356 --> 00:22:58.460
  • I was like, "mom, i don't know how to spell the word."
  • 00:22:58.460 --> 00:23:00.996
  • Yo, i spent four weeks in the l's looking for elephant,
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  • I was like, "mom, i don't think that works."
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  • Other wonderful thing about christmas
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  • Is spending time with your loved ones,
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  • Your family members.
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  • That's a great time,
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  • You spend time with the ones you care about,
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  • And you spend time with the other family members.
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  • Yo, i have a cousin who was a drama queen.
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  • The whole world is her stage.
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  • We went out on, like, a holiday dinner,
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  • My cousin at the table going off.
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  • The server did something, my cousin was like,
  • 00:23:38.133 --> 00:23:40.202
  • "when he gets back,
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  • I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind."
  • 00:23:42.137 --> 00:23:46.508
  • I was like, "wait a minute,
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  • You can't afford to give anybody a piece of your mind.
  • 00:23:49.144 --> 00:23:55.617
  • Matter of fact, you need to go get all the pieces
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  • You done gave out,
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  • Bringing them back together like humpty dumpty,
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  • That's what you need to do."
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  • New york, y'all have been absolutely wonderful.
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  • Merry christmas, i'm mike goodwin.
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  • [cheering and applauding]
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  • Announcer: you are watching
  • 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:13.335
  • "make the season bright: christmas on broadway
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  • With david jeremiah."
  • 00:24:15.737 --> 00:24:17.973
  • Ladies and gentlemen,
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  • Please welcome the voices of lee.
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  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:27.382
  • ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪
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  • ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪
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  • ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪
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  • ♪ these are a few of our favorite things ♪
  • 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:42.297
  • ♪ da-da, daa da-da, daa ♪
  • 00:24:42.297 --> 00:24:46.134
  • ♪ da-da, daa-daa-daa-da ♪
  • 00:24:46.134 --> 00:24:49.604
  • ♪ cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels ♪
  • 00:24:49.604 --> 00:24:53.341
  • ♪ doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles ♪
  • 00:24:53.341 --> 00:24:57.112
  • ♪ wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings ♪
  • 00:24:57.112 --> 00:25:00.882
  • ♪ these are a few of our favorite things ♪
  • 00:25:00.882 --> 00:25:04.953
  • ♪ da-da, daa da-da, daa ♪
  • 00:25:04.953 --> 00:25:08.456
  • ♪ girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes ♪
  • 00:25:08.456 --> 00:25:12.193
  • ♪ snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes ♪
  • 00:25:12.193 --> 00:25:15.997
  • ♪ silver white winters that melt into spring ♪
  • 00:25:15.997 --> 00:25:19.734
  • ♪ these are a few of our favorite things ♪
  • 00:25:19.734 --> 00:25:24.205
  • ♪ when the dog bites, when the bee stings ♪
  • 00:25:24.205 --> 00:25:27.609
  • ♪ when we're feeling sad ♪
  • 00:25:27.609 --> 00:25:31.046
  • ♪ we simply remember our favorite things ♪
  • 00:25:31.046 --> 00:25:34.983
  • ♪ and then we don't feel so bad ♪
  • 00:25:34.983 --> 00:25:43.491
  • ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪
  • 00:25:43.558 --> 00:25:46.494
  • ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪
  • 00:25:46.494 --> 00:25:50.298
  • ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪
  • 00:25:50.298 --> 00:25:54.202
  • ♪ these are a few of our favorite things ♪
  • 00:25:54.202 --> 00:25:58.106
  • ♪ when the dog bites, when the bee stings ♪
  • 00:25:58.106 --> 00:26:01.910
  • ♪ when we're feeling sad ♪
  • 00:26:01.910 --> 00:26:05.513
  • ♪ we simply remember our favorite things ♪
  • 00:26:05.513 --> 00:26:16.958
  • ♪ and then we don't feel ♪
  • 00:26:09.217 --> 00:26:19.928
  • ♪ so bad ♪
  • 00:26:19.928 --> 00:26:29.971
  • ♪ these are a few of our favorite things ♪♪
  • 00:26:31.673 --> 00:26:34.909
  • [cheering and applauding]
  • 00:26:35.543 --> 00:26:44.352
  • Sheila: you know, music, songs, laughter, and family,
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  • Such are the ingredients
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  • Of a joyous and heartwarming christmas.
  • 00:26:50.158 --> 00:26:53.628
  • And if we're not careful, we could have missed it.
  • 00:26:53.628 --> 00:26:56.131
  • We could have got so caught up and distracted
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  • By the chaos outside and confusing world around us,
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  • And we could forget the hope who is within us.
  • 00:27:03.304 --> 00:27:08.109
  • "for unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.
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  • And the government will be upon his shoulders.
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  • And his name will be called wonderful, counselor,
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  • Mighty god, everlasting father, prince of peace."
  • 00:27:22.757 --> 00:27:29.364
  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:27:40.809 --> 00:27:50.185
  • ♪ all is well, all is well ♪
  • 00:27:51.252 --> 00:27:59.661
  • ♪ let there be peace on earth ♪
  • 00:27:59.661 --> 00:28:06.301
  • ♪ christ is come, go and tell ♪
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  • ♪ that he is in the manger ♪
  • 00:28:15.143 --> 00:28:22.317
  • ♪ sing ale ♪
  • 00:28:22.317 --> 00:28:26.221
  • ♪ sing alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ all is well ♪
  • 00:28:35.163 --> 00:28:42.804
  • ♪ lift up your voice and sing ♪
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  • ♪ born is now immanuel ♪
  • 00:28:50.979 --> 00:28:58.820
  • ♪ born is our lord and savior ♪
  • 00:28:58.820 --> 00:29:06.427
  • ♪ sing alleluia ♪
  • 00:29:06.427 --> 00:29:13.968
  • ♪ all is well ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:29:24.212 --> 00:29:32.287
  • ♪ born is now immanuel ♪
  • 00:29:32.287 --> 00:29:40.361
  • ♪ born is our lord and savior ♪
  • 00:29:40.361 --> 00:29:47.669
  • ♪ sing alleluia ♪
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  • ♪ all is well ♪♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • [audience applauding]
  • 00:30:15.263 --> 00:30:26.140
  • Jordan: you know, as an artist, perhaps one of the best things
  • 00:30:26.207 --> 00:30:28.910
  • About the holiday season
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  • Is the music that comes along with it.
  • 00:30:30.678 --> 00:30:35.183
  • As a singer, there's no better music to sing
  • 00:30:35.183 --> 00:30:38.319
  • Because it's all so beautiful.
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  • But it's not just because it's beautiful.
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  • Part of it is the message,
  • 00:30:43.658 --> 00:30:45.059
  • But the main thing that i think of every christmas
  • 00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:49.497
  • Is the tradition that we have in my family,
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  • Where we go to my grandparents house.
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  • And before we have dinner together,
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  • Before we do anything else, we all sit down,
  • 00:30:55.637 --> 00:30:58.740
  • And my aunt brings out these little red booklets
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  • Full of lyrics of all the christmas carols.
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  • And we sit together and we sing.
  • 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:09.751
  • And it reminds me every year
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  • That we all come from different places,
  • 00:31:11.352 --> 00:31:14.389
  • We come from different walks of life,
  • 00:31:14.389 --> 00:31:16.858
  • We have different backgrounds,
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  • And not a single one of us is the same.
  • 00:31:18.893 --> 00:31:22.130
  • And yet god, in his infinite wisdom,
  • 00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:25.667
  • Put something within all of us when he gave us a voice.
  • 00:31:25.667 --> 00:31:31.139
  • Even people who don't necessarily have a voice
  • 00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:34.309
  • To be able to speak out loud still have something to say,
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  • And that truly is a gift from god.
  • 00:31:37.478 --> 00:31:41.149
  • Of course it rings true at christmastime,
  • 00:31:41.149 --> 00:31:43.151
  • But always, always it's amazing that we can walk around
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  • And have this gift within us.
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  • That at any moment, we can open our mouths
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  • And we can create beauty, we can speak life.
  • 00:31:53.294 --> 00:31:57.865
  • So tonight, i thought if in this moment,
  • 00:31:57.865 --> 00:32:00.668
  • Could we sing a song together?
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  • You'll join me?
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  • ♪ silent night ♪
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  • ♪ holy night ♪
  • 00:32:10.878 --> 00:32:15.850
  • ♪ all is calm ♪
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  • ♪ all is bright ♪
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  • Jordan: you sound beautiful.
  • 00:32:24.225 --> 00:32:25.560
  • ♪ round yon virgin, mother and child ♪
  • 00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:34.502
  • ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪
  • 00:32:34.502 --> 00:32:42.710
  • ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
  • 00:32:43.411 --> 00:32:51.919
  • ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
  • 00:32:53.287 --> 00:33:00.228
  • ♪ silent night ♪
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  • ♪ holy night ♪
  • 00:33:07.368 --> 00:33:11.639
  • ♪ shepherds quake at the sight ♪
  • 00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:20.615
  • ♪ glories stream from heaven afar ♪
  • 00:33:20.615 --> 00:33:29.524
  • ♪ heavenly hosts sing alleluia ♪
  • 00:33:29.524 --> 00:33:38.399
  • ♪ christ the savior is born ♪
  • 00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:47.108
  • ♪ christ the savior is born ♪
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  • Jordan: oh, you sound amazing tonight.
  • 00:33:56.317 --> 00:33:58.953
  • ♪ silent night ♪
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  • ♪ holy night ♪
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  • ♪ son of god ♪
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  • ♪ love's pure light ♪
  • 00:34:15.870 --> 00:34:20.308
  • ♪ radiant beams from thy holy face ♪
  • 00:34:20.308 --> 00:34:29.350
  • ♪ with the dawn of redeeming grace ♪
  • 00:34:29.350 --> 00:34:37.925
  • ♪ jesus ♪
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  • ♪ lord at thy birth ♪
  • 00:34:40.795 --> 00:34:47.668
  • ♪ jesus ♪
  • 00:34:47.668 --> 00:34:50.071
  • ♪ lord at thy birth ♪
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  • Jordan: you sound amazing tonight.
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  • Can we stand together and sing this last one together?
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  • ♪ silent night ♪
  • 00:35:02.016 --> 00:35:06.854
  • ♪ holy night ♪
  • 00:35:06.854 --> 00:35:11.993
  • ♪ all is calm ♪
  • 00:35:11.993 --> 00:35:16.898
  • ♪ all is bright ♪
  • 00:35:16.898 --> 00:35:21.969
  • ♪ round yon virgin, mother and child ♪
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  • Jordan: i hear you.
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  • ♪ holy infant so tender and mild ♪
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  • ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
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  • ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
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  • ♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪♪
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  • [cheering and applauding]
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  • Announcer: you're watching
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  • "make the season bright:
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  • Christmas on broadway with david jeremiah."
  • 00:36:21.762 --> 00:36:24.932
  • Dr. jeremiah: this year, like most of you,
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  • I watched frank capra's christmas classic
  • 00:36:28.502 --> 00:36:32.039
  • "it's a wonderful life,"
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  • And it continues to be viewed by thousands each christmas
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  • Because there's something universal about its message.
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  • The desperate and discouraged george bailey
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  • Is about to end his life
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  • When his guardian angel intervenes.
  • 00:36:47.722 --> 00:36:50.858
  • Clarence, the angel, gives bailey the chance to see
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  • What the world would be like if he had never been born.
  • 00:36:54.895 --> 00:36:59.033
  • Bailey doesn't like what he sees.
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  • It's a nightmare.
  • 00:37:02.203 --> 00:37:05.072
  • In the pivotal scene in the movie,
  • 00:37:05.072 --> 00:37:07.241
  • George bailey stands on a snow-covered iron bridge,
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  • The dark river swirling below, and he cries out loud,
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  • "i want to live again.
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  • I want to live again."
  • 00:37:17.785 --> 00:37:21.088
  • George bailey realizes the importance
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  • That one life can make, and he becomes a new man.
  • 00:37:23.791 --> 00:37:29.697
  • What if we were to take this same thought
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  • And apply it to the christ of christmas?
  • 00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:36.504
  • What if christ had not been born?
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  • What would our world be like if no angel had appeared
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  • To a jewish maiden with the news that she was chosen
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  • To be the mother of the messiah?
  • 00:37:48.316 --> 00:37:51.485
  • What would our world be like
  • 00:37:51.485 --> 00:37:54.155
  • If no angels appeared to the shepherds
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  • On the hillside outside of bethlehem,
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  • Telling them that a savior was born?
  • 00:38:00.194 --> 00:38:03.931
  • What if there was no bethlehem,
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  • No bethlehem inn where the weary couple
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  • Lodged for the night of the baby's birth?
  • 00:38:09.003 --> 00:38:12.807
  • What if there never were any wise men?
  • 00:38:12.807 --> 00:38:16.811
  • What if there never was a miraculous child
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  • Born to a couple named joseph and mary?
  • 00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:23.451
  • What if jesus had not come?
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  • When we contemplate the implications of such a thought,
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  • We begin to see this season of celebration
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  • In a brand new light.
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  • For if there were no christmas, we could not know god.
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  • Jesus was born into humanity to show us that god
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  • Was not merely a principle, but a person.
  • 00:38:48.209 --> 00:38:51.245
  • Jesus was not an idea of god, not a picture of god.
  • 00:38:51.245 --> 00:38:54.982
  • Jesus was god himself in human form.
  • 00:38:54.982 --> 00:38:58.419
  • If jesus had not come to this earth,
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  • We could not have a correct understanding of god.
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  • We could not know what god is like
  • 00:39:05.326 --> 00:39:07.395
  • If he had not sent his son to reveal himself to us.
  • 00:39:07.395 --> 00:39:11.899
  • One day, jesus was talking to his friend philip.
  • 00:39:11.899 --> 00:39:16.270
  • And philip said to jesus, "lord, show us the father,
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  • Or show us god,
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  • And it will be sufficient for us."
  • 00:39:22.476 --> 00:39:25.579
  • And jesus said to philip,
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  • "philip, have i been with you so long,
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  • And yet you have not known me?
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  • He who has seen me, philip, has seen the father."
  • 00:39:33.554 --> 00:39:38.159
  • God gave us his son, and then his son gave us god.
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  • If there is no christmas, we cannot know god.
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  • And if there is no christmas, we cannot be forgiven.
  • 00:39:47.768 --> 00:39:51.405
  • If christ had not been born,
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  • We could not be forgiven of our sins.
  • 00:39:53.974 --> 00:39:57.311
  • In one of the early announcements of jesus's birth,
  • 00:39:57.311 --> 00:39:59.780
  • We are told, "and she will bring forth a son,
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  • And you shall call his name jesus,
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  • For he will save his people from their sins."
  • 00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:09.857
  • If jesus had not come into the world,
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  • There would not be such a thing as forgiveness of sins.
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  • If christ had not come,
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  • The course of humanity would be one long downward trudge
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  • Toward the eternal night of despair.
  • 00:40:21.235 --> 00:40:24.605
  • If christ had not come, we could not be forgiven,
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  • And we would still be in our sins.
  • 00:40:28.375 --> 00:40:32.279
  • And if there is no christmas, we cannot be understood.
  • 00:40:32.346 --> 00:40:37.117
  • In hebrews chapter 4, we read these wonderful words,
  • 00:40:37.117 --> 00:40:41.355
  • "for we do not have a high priest
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  • Who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,
  • 00:40:43.190 --> 00:40:46.927
  • But was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin."
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  • This is referring to christ.
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  • "let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace,
  • 00:40:54.068 --> 00:40:57.304
  • That we may obtain mercy and find grace
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  • To help in the time of need."
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  • Here, the humanity of jesus is linked to his ability
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  • To understand where we are,
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  • To sympathize in our troubles and infirmities,
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  • To understand us when we pray.
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  • When jesus went back to heaven
  • 00:41:15.789 --> 00:41:17.491
  • After his ministry on this earth,
  • 00:41:17.491 --> 00:41:19.593
  • He did not lay aside his humanity,
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  • But he lives on in his resurrected body.
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  • And because he became one of us,
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  • He can understand us when we pray.
  • 00:41:27.768 --> 00:41:31.272
  • Jesus came into this world knowing what it would cost him.
  • 00:41:31.272 --> 00:41:34.675
  • He bore in his body the marks of evil
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  • That we might be pure.
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  • He bore in his sinless soul the weight of sin
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  • So that we could be forgiven.
  • 00:41:42.950 --> 00:41:45.386
  • He bore in his manly frame the hurt and pain of injustice
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  • That we might be understood.
  • 00:41:50.257 --> 00:41:53.294
  • And we do not pray to one who cannot understand
  • 00:41:53.294 --> 00:41:55.829
  • The feelings of our infirmities.
  • 00:41:55.829 --> 00:41:58.499
  • He has lived where we live. he has been where we are.
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  • He has felt what we feel.
  • 00:42:02.703 --> 00:42:06.040
  • Dr. maxwell maltz tells a remarkable story
  • 00:42:06.040 --> 00:42:10.411
  • About a man who had been injured in a fire while attempting
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  • To save his parents from a burning house.
  • 00:42:13.581 --> 00:42:16.951
  • He couldn't get to them. they perished.
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  • His face was burned and disfigured,
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  • And he mistakenly interpreted his pain as god's punishment,
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  • And he would not let anyone see him,
  • 00:42:27.962 --> 00:42:30.965
  • Not even his wife.
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  • She went to dr. maltz, a plastic surgeon, for help.
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  • He told the woman not to worry, "i can restore his face."
  • 00:42:37.638 --> 00:42:42.042
  • The wife was unenthused.
  • 00:42:42.042 --> 00:42:44.011
  • Her husband had repeatedly refused any help.
  • 00:42:44.011 --> 00:42:46.847
  • She knew he would again. then why her visit?
  • 00:42:46.847 --> 00:42:51.552
  • She said, "i want you to disfigure my face
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  • So that i can be like him.
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  • If i can share in his pain,
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  • Then maybe he will let me back into his life."
  • 00:43:00.761 --> 00:43:04.565
  • Dr. maltz was shocked.
  • 00:43:04.565 --> 00:43:06.900
  • He denied her request, obviously,
  • 00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:08.802
  • But was so moved by this woman's love
  • 00:43:08.802 --> 00:43:11.672
  • That he went to speak with her husband.
  • 00:43:11.672 --> 00:43:14.174
  • Knocking on the man's bedroom door,
  • 00:43:14.174 --> 00:43:16.410
  • He called loudly, "i am a plastic surgeon,
  • 00:43:16.410 --> 00:43:19.847
  • And i want you to know that i can restore your face."
  • 00:43:19.847 --> 00:43:23.417
  • No response.
  • 00:43:23.417 --> 00:43:25.085
  • "please come out."
  • 00:43:25.085 --> 00:43:27.087
  • Again there was no answer.
  • 00:43:27.087 --> 00:43:29.590
  • Still speaking through the door,
  • 00:43:29.590 --> 00:43:32.059
  • Dr. maltz told the man of his wife's proposal.
  • 00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:35.596
  • "she wants me to disfigure her face
  • 00:43:35.596 --> 00:43:38.465
  • To make her face like yours
  • 00:43:38.465 --> 00:43:40.668
  • In the hope that you will let her back into your life.
  • 00:43:40.668 --> 00:43:44.538
  • That's how much she loves you."
  • 00:43:44.538 --> 00:43:47.675
  • There was a brief moment of silence,
  • 00:43:47.675 --> 00:43:49.643
  • And then ever so slowly, the doorknob began to turn.
  • 00:43:49.643 --> 00:43:55.516
  • The way that woman felt about her husband
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  • Is the way god feels about us.
  • 00:43:58.285 --> 00:44:01.422
  • But he did more than make the offer.
  • 00:44:01.422 --> 00:44:03.957
  • He took on our face, our disfigurement.
  • 00:44:03.957 --> 00:44:06.960
  • He became a man so that god would become touchable
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  • And approachable and reachable.
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  • He is emmanuel, god with us.
  • 00:44:12.332 --> 00:44:15.302
  • And for all of us,
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  • That will be a useful thought during these next few days.
  • 00:44:16.870 --> 00:44:21.842
  • So, if there is no christmas, we cannot know god.
  • 00:44:21.842 --> 00:44:26.547
  • If there is no christmas, we cannot be forgiven.
  • 00:44:26.547 --> 00:44:30.184
  • If there is no christmas, we cannot be understood.
  • 00:44:30.184 --> 00:44:33.921
  • And if there is no christmas, we cannot have hope.
  • 00:44:33.921 --> 00:44:38.392
  • Jesus came to this earth at exactly the right time.
  • 00:44:38.392 --> 00:44:42.463
  • In a world ruled by the sword,
  • 00:44:42.463 --> 00:44:44.998
  • This teacher spoke of perfect peace.
  • 00:44:44.998 --> 00:44:48.268
  • In a world of violence and retribution,
  • 00:44:48.268 --> 00:44:50.871
  • He spoke of loving your enemy.
  • 00:44:50.871 --> 00:44:53.607
  • In a world of death, he offered hope of life
  • 00:44:53.607 --> 00:44:56.910
  • For now and for beyond the grave.
  • 00:44:56.910 --> 00:45:00.180
  • The romans dominated through the power of terror,
  • 00:45:00.180 --> 00:45:03.217
  • Lifting a high cross
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  • That performed its deadly task with unimaginable pain.
  • 00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:09.590
  • Jesus accepted that cross, submitted himself to it,
  • 00:45:09.590 --> 00:45:13.994
  • And lifted it high as a bridge
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  • From the grief of earth to the joy of heaven.
  • 00:45:16.630 --> 00:45:20.467
  • And that bridge he made clear is available
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  • Even to those who do not believe that he exists.
  • 00:45:23.103 --> 00:45:28.008
  • In just a few days, it will be christmas,
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  • And something incredible will happen.
  • 00:45:31.311 --> 00:45:34.481
  • Every store in america will close.
  • 00:45:34.481 --> 00:45:37.417
  • Families with small children will get up earlier
  • 00:45:37.417 --> 00:45:39.586
  • Than on any other day of the year.
  • 00:45:39.586 --> 00:45:42.890
  • The streets and the freeways will be empty,
  • 00:45:42.890 --> 00:45:46.059
  • And over $730 billion worth of gifts
  • 00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:50.464
  • Will be exchanged.
  • 00:45:50.464 --> 00:45:52.666
  • All of this is explained by something that happened
  • 00:45:52.666 --> 00:45:56.303
  • 2,000 years ago in an obscure place
  • 00:45:56.303 --> 00:45:59.740
  • Which is described in the bible
  • 00:45:59.740 --> 00:46:01.842
  • As "little among the thousands of judah."
  • 00:46:01.842 --> 00:46:06.180
  • Whatever you may think about christmas,
  • 00:46:06.180 --> 00:46:08.782
  • You have to admit that is an amazing story.
  • 00:46:08.782 --> 00:46:12.219
  • Even people who don't claim to believe in god
  • 00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:15.255
  • Will celebrate an event that happened
  • 00:46:15.255 --> 00:46:17.457
  • As described in luke 2:7,
  • 00:46:17.457 --> 00:46:19.960
  • When mary brought forth her first child
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  • And laid him in a manger.
  • 00:46:23.096 --> 00:46:26.300
  • The obscure birth of this peasant child,
  • 00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:30.704
  • Seemingly insignificant in its time,
  • 00:46:30.704 --> 00:46:33.574
  • Reaches across the years to demand our attention.
  • 00:46:33.574 --> 00:46:37.077
  • It suggests importance not just for those
  • 00:46:37.077 --> 00:46:39.546
  • Who were involved in the events, but for all of the rest of us,
  • 00:46:39.546 --> 00:46:43.417
  • Even from a distance of 20 centuries.
  • 00:46:43.417 --> 00:46:45.986
  • The story of jesus is ultimately not a narrative
  • 00:46:47.387 --> 00:46:50.691
  • About its own time, but about all time.
  • 00:46:50.691 --> 00:46:55.028
  • It is not simply about mary, joseph, and the others.
  • 00:46:55.028 --> 00:46:58.498
  • It concerns us just as we had stood
  • 00:46:58.498 --> 00:47:01.435
  • Beside those shepherds that night,
  • 00:47:01.435 --> 00:47:03.904
  • Knelt by the manger,
  • 00:47:03.904 --> 00:47:05.973
  • And marveled at the newborn child.
  • 00:47:05.973 --> 00:47:09.576
  • Our response to what he has done must be clear.
  • 00:47:09.576 --> 00:47:14.548
  • He has offered us this gift, and the question is,
  • 00:47:14.548 --> 00:47:17.551
  • Have we received it?
  • 00:47:17.551 --> 00:47:19.653
  • We must believe in him
  • 00:47:19.653 --> 00:47:20.988
  • Because he invites us to a life that makes sense.
  • 00:47:20.988 --> 00:47:24.024
  • We must believe in him because he alone can forgive our sin.
  • 00:47:24.024 --> 00:47:28.729
  • We must believe in him because, as he said,
  • 00:47:28.729 --> 00:47:31.498
  • He is the only way to the father.
  • 00:47:31.498 --> 00:47:34.167
  • He came, as we celebrate at this season of the year,
  • 00:47:34.167 --> 00:47:37.905
  • To offer us hope in the midst of a hopeless world.
  • 00:47:37.905 --> 00:47:42.242
  • Christina wanted to leave her poor brazilian neighborhood.
  • 00:47:43.710 --> 00:47:49.416
  • She wanted to see the world.
  • 00:47:49.416 --> 00:47:51.451
  • Discontent with a home having only a pallet on the floor,
  • 00:47:51.451 --> 00:47:55.155
  • A washbasin, and a wood burning stove,
  • 00:47:55.155 --> 00:47:59.426
  • She dreamed of a better life in the city.
  • 00:47:59.426 --> 00:48:03.297
  • And one morning, she slipped away,
  • 00:48:03.297 --> 00:48:07.801
  • Breaking her mother's heart.
  • 00:48:07.801 --> 00:48:11.071
  • Knowing what life on the streets would be like
  • 00:48:11.071 --> 00:48:13.140
  • For her young attractive daughter,
  • 00:48:13.140 --> 00:48:15.509
  • Maria hurriedly packed to go find her.
  • 00:48:15.509 --> 00:48:19.313
  • On her way to the bus stop, she entered a drugstore
  • 00:48:19.313 --> 00:48:21.949
  • To get one last thing, pictures.
  • 00:48:21.949 --> 00:48:25.018
  • That's right, she sat in the photograph booth,
  • 00:48:25.018 --> 00:48:27.220
  • Closed the curtain,
  • 00:48:27.220 --> 00:48:28.555
  • And spent all the money she had on pictures of herself.
  • 00:48:28.555 --> 00:48:32.492
  • And with her purse full of small black and white pictures,
  • 00:48:32.492 --> 00:48:35.629
  • She boarded the next bus to rio de janeiro.
  • 00:48:35.629 --> 00:48:39.833
  • Maria knew christina had no way of earning money.
  • 00:48:39.833 --> 00:48:43.503
  • She also knew that her daughter was too stubborn to give up.
  • 00:48:43.503 --> 00:48:47.841
  • And when pride meets hunger,
  • 00:48:47.841 --> 00:48:49.576
  • A human will do things that were before unthinkable.
  • 00:48:49.576 --> 00:48:53.714
  • Knowing this, maria began her search:
  • 00:48:53.714 --> 00:48:57.184
  • Bars, hotels, nightclubs,
  • 00:48:57.184 --> 00:48:59.519
  • Anyplace with the reputation for streetwalkers or prostitutes.
  • 00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:04.691
  • She went to them all.
  • 00:49:04.691 --> 00:49:06.760
  • And at each place,
  • 00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:08.161
  • She left her picture taped on a bathroom mirror,
  • 00:49:08.161 --> 00:49:12.099
  • Tacked to a hotel bulletin board,
  • 00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:14.601
  • Fastened to a corner phone booth.
  • 00:49:14.601 --> 00:49:17.537
  • And on the back of each photo, she wrote a note.
  • 00:49:17.537 --> 00:49:20.941
  • It wasn't long before both the money
  • 00:49:20.941 --> 00:49:23.010
  • And the pictures ran out, and maria had to go home.
  • 00:49:23.010 --> 00:49:27.614
  • The weary mother wept as the bus began its long journey
  • 00:49:27.614 --> 00:49:30.917
  • Back to her small village.
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  • It was just a few weeks later that young christina
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  • Descended the hotel stairs.
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  • Her young face was tired, her brown eyes no longer danced.
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  • Her face spoke of pain and fear.
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  • Her laughter was broken,
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  • Her dream had become a nightmare.
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  • A thousand times over,
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  • She had longed to trade these countless beds
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  • For her secure pallet, yet the little village
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  • Was in too many ways just too far away.
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  • It seemed all hope was gone.
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  • Then one day, as she reached the bottom of the stairs
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  • Of yet another hotel,
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  • Her eyes noticed a familiar face.
  • 00:50:12.259 --> 00:50:15.362
  • She looked again, and there on the lobby mirror
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  • Was a small picture of her mother.
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  • Christina's eyes burned and her throat tightened
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  • As she walked across the room and removed the small photo.
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  • Written on the back was the compelling invitation,
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  • "whatever you have done, wherever you have been,
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  • Whatever you have become, it doesn't matter.
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  • Please come home."
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  • And she did.
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  • And god the father has sent his own son
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  • To our world with the same message.
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  • Whatever you have done,
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  • No matter how far away from god you may think yourself to be,
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  • It doesn't matter.
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  • God has made his forgiveness available to you,
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  • And he is standing with his arms open wide to receive you.
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  • This christmas, isn't it time for you to come home?
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ o holy night ♪
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  • ♪ the stars are brightly shining ♪
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  • ♪ it is the night of our dear savior's birth ♪
  • 00:51:30.570 --> 00:51:38.612
  • ♪ long lay the world in sin and error pining ♪
  • 00:51:40.580 --> 00:51:49.890
  • ♪ till he appeared and the soul felt its worth ♪
  • 00:51:49.890 --> 00:51:57.931
  • ♪ a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices ♪
  • 00:51:59.699 --> 00:52:08.341
  • ♪ for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn ♪
  • 00:52:08.341 --> 00:52:16.950
  • ♪ fall on your knees ♪
  • 00:52:17.017 --> 00:52:25.492
  • ♪ o hear the angel voices ♪
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  • ♪ o night divine ♪
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  • ♪ o night when christ was born ♪
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  • ♪ o night divine ♪
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  • ♪ o night ♪
  • 00:52:59.125 --> 00:53:03.663
  • ♪ o night divine ♪
  • 00:53:03.663 --> 00:53:07.400
  • ♪ truly he taught us to love one another ♪
  • 00:53:07.400 --> 00:53:16.643
  • ♪ his law is love and his gospel is peace ♪
  • 00:53:16.643 --> 00:53:24.684
  • ♪ chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother ♪
  • 00:53:26.319 --> 00:53:35.795
  • ♪ and in his name, all oppression shall cease ♪
  • 00:53:35.795 --> 00:53:45.305
  • ♪ sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we ♪
  • 00:53:45.372 --> 00:53:53.880
  • ♪ let all within us praise his holy name ♪
  • 00:53:53.880 --> 00:54:02.856
  • ♪ christ is the lord ♪
  • 00:54:02.856 --> 00:54:10.897
  • ♪ his name forever praise we ♪
  • 00:54:10.897 --> 00:54:19.306
  • ♪ his power and glory ♪
  • 00:54:19.306 --> 00:54:28.848
  • ♪ evermore proclaim ♪
  • 00:54:28.848 --> 00:54:36.222
  • ♪ his power and glory ♪
  • 00:54:36.222 --> 00:54:45.899
  • ♪ evermore proclaim ♪
  • 00:54:46.566 --> 00:54:52.806
  • ♪ fall on your knees ♪
  • 00:54:54.374 --> 00:55:02.816
  • ♪ o hear the angel voices ♪
  • 00:55:02.816 --> 00:55:10.724
  • ♪ o night divine ♪
  • 00:55:10.724 --> 00:55:19.165
  • ♪ o night when christ was born ♪
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  • ♪ o night ♪
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  • ♪ divine ♪
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  • ♪ o night ♪
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  • ♪ o night divine ♪♪
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