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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:13,247 --> 00:00:23,291 [Piano music and fire crackling] 2 00:00:23,291 --> 00:00:30,731 [Piano music and fire crackling] 3 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:32,266 Welcome, everyone. 4 00:00:32,300 --> 00:00:34,835 I am so glad you're here. 5 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:37,571 I love Christmas. 6 00:00:37,605 --> 00:00:40,741 I admit it, I love everything about Christmas time. 7 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:44,278 I love the cookies, I love the fire, 8 00:00:44,312 --> 00:00:46,747 I love the presents, I love the stockings, 9 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:48,816 I love the tree, I love the fudge, 10 00:00:48,849 --> 00:00:50,684 I love the lights. 11 00:00:50,718 --> 00:00:52,586 It's a great time for growing out the winter beard. 12 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,388 I love everything about it. 13 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:57,125 I love the music, I love the carols and the hymns, 14 00:00:57,158 --> 00:00:59,693 I love all the kids. 15 00:00:59,727 --> 00:01:03,331 And I love the spirit in the air at Christmas time, 16 00:01:03,364 --> 00:01:05,433 Wherever you go. 17 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:09,837 There's something that makes people want to be more kind. 18 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:13,341 At Christmas, they want to be more compassionate, 19 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:15,276 More helpful, more generous. 20 00:01:15,309 --> 00:01:18,746 Donations go up all around the world. 21 00:01:18,779 --> 00:01:21,415 Something that makes people bring others in 22 00:01:21,449 --> 00:01:24,718 From out of the cold and help them, 23 00:01:24,752 --> 00:01:26,787 Clothe them, feed them. 24 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:29,823 And best of all, I think there's something about Christmas 25 00:01:29,857 --> 00:01:34,162 That all of us sense deep inside that says, 26 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:40,134 "Something big happened, and because of it, 27 00:01:40,168 --> 00:01:42,870 Everything is going to be okay." 28 00:01:46,774 --> 00:01:49,410 And I love hot chocolate! 29 00:01:49,443 --> 00:01:53,914 [Fire crackling] 30 00:01:53,947 --> 00:01:56,417 But have you noticed, there's some people 31 00:01:56,450 --> 00:02:00,388 Who would love to put a big wet blanket on all of this. 32 00:02:00,421 --> 00:02:03,824 They don't want us to love Christmas so much 33 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:08,162 And celebrate it the way we do. 34 00:02:08,196 --> 00:02:12,633 There's this one group over here that says, 35 00:02:12,666 --> 00:02:15,403 "Hey, if you want to sing your songs and do your stuff" 36 00:02:15,436 --> 00:02:17,438 At Christmas time, that's fine, but tone it down. 37 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:19,807 Don't sing so loud." Right? 38 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,510 "Just, you take your private stuff" 39 00:02:22,543 --> 00:02:24,845 And you just keep it in your house. 40 00:02:24,878 --> 00:02:27,648 Don't let it spill out into the public 41 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:28,849 And bother the rest of us. 42 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:32,720 "Just keep it tucked in and private." 43 00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:35,956 And then there's this other group over here 44 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:41,429 Who's actually on the inside who's telling us, 45 00:02:41,462 --> 00:02:42,696 "Everything you're doing," 46 00:02:42,730 --> 00:02:46,567 All this stuff, the images, the characters, 47 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,603 The traditions, it's all wrong. 48 00:02:49,637 --> 00:02:53,274 It has nothing to do with Christmas. 49 00:02:53,307 --> 00:02:54,942 As a matter of fact, you should just take all of that, 50 00:02:54,975 --> 00:02:56,410 Wrap it up and throw it out the door 51 00:02:56,444 --> 00:02:59,247 "Because it's all bad." 52 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,651 [Piano music] 53 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:05,453 You know, what are they gonna do next, 54 00:03:05,486 --> 00:03:07,588 Tell us hot chocolate's bad for us? 55 00:03:07,621 --> 00:03:10,258 That the Druids invented it? 56 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,563 So what are we supposed to do? 57 00:03:15,596 --> 00:03:17,531 I mean, it can get pretty confusing. 58 00:03:17,565 --> 00:03:19,433 And all this bickering is definitely not 59 00:03:19,467 --> 00:03:22,202 Doing anything good for our kids. 60 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:30,311 Maybe we need a word from the outside. 61 00:03:30,344 --> 00:03:33,681 A voice, someone who can remind us 62 00:03:33,714 --> 00:03:37,685 Of the true meaning of Christmas. 63 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:40,888 Because maybe somewhere along the way, 64 00:03:40,921 --> 00:03:44,892 We lost sight of the real story. 65 00:03:44,925 --> 00:03:47,861 Maybe we've got it wrong. 66 00:03:47,895 --> 00:03:53,934 Or, maybe we're listening to the wrong people. 67 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:59,973 Or, maybe, just maybe, 68 00:04:00,007 --> 00:04:08,649 Someone like Santa Claus is actually on the team? 69 00:04:38,646 --> 00:04:41,281 Sir? 70 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:46,487 Go away. 71 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,989 He's here, Sir. 72 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:56,497 [Instrumental music] 73 00:04:56,530 --> 00:04:58,866 Where? 74 00:04:58,899 --> 00:05:01,702 Here, at the Tavern. 75 00:05:04,505 --> 00:05:07,575 Grab my coat. 76 00:05:07,608 --> 00:05:10,911 [Instrumental music] 77 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:14,014 Stories are tricky things, 78 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:17,351 Especially the ones that we've heard lots of times. 79 00:05:17,385 --> 00:05:19,520 There was a time when we didn't mind hearing 80 00:05:19,553 --> 00:05:23,056 The same stories over and over again. 81 00:05:23,090 --> 00:05:24,191 In fact, when we were children, 82 00:05:24,224 --> 00:05:28,962 We insisted on hearing them on an endless loop. 83 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:31,899 In fact, we'd even beg and plead with our parents 84 00:05:31,932 --> 00:05:36,370 Until they either gave up or gave in. 85 00:05:36,404 --> 00:05:39,139 Then we got older, and we thought maybe 86 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:41,775 It's time for some new stories. 87 00:05:41,809 --> 00:05:43,977 We wanted to be surprised. 88 00:05:44,011 --> 00:05:48,148 We wanted more twists and turns, and we'd roll our eyes 89 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:52,119 If something ever got too predictable. 90 00:05:52,152 --> 00:05:54,388 But then we had kids of our own, 91 00:05:54,422 --> 00:05:56,457 And we found ourselves telling them 92 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:58,959 The same stories our parents told us. 93 00:05:58,992 --> 00:06:01,762 Only we thought that maybe the stories 94 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:03,964 Were a bit too scary. 95 00:06:03,997 --> 00:06:07,468 We got nervous that the wolf or the witch 96 00:06:07,501 --> 00:06:09,970 Might actually give them nightmares. 97 00:06:10,003 --> 00:06:16,677 So, we eased off on the bad guys or even left them out entirely. 98 00:06:16,710 --> 00:06:18,712 Our heroes got tamed 99 00:06:18,746 --> 00:06:21,949 And cut down to more manageable size. 100 00:06:21,982 --> 00:06:27,555 They needed to be less intense, more jolly. 101 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:29,490 But the stories we hear 102 00:06:29,523 --> 00:06:32,493 And the stories we tell shape us. 103 00:06:32,526 --> 00:06:37,665 They teach us how to live by showing us how to live. 104 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:41,201 You and I are in a story right now 105 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:45,439 And how we enter this story matters. 106 00:06:45,473 --> 00:06:57,685 * "Silent Night" 107 00:06:57,718 --> 00:07:07,761 [Upbeat music] 108 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:17,771 [Upbeat music] 109 00:08:45,058 --> 00:08:55,102 [Background conversations] 110 00:08:55,102 --> 00:09:01,675 [Background conversations] 111 00:09:01,709 --> 00:09:07,214 * "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" 112 00:09:07,247 --> 00:09:08,682 Hey, everybody. 113 00:09:08,716 --> 00:09:11,719 That's me enjoying the party. 114 00:09:13,821 --> 00:09:15,589 And that's my sister. 115 00:09:15,623 --> 00:09:16,857 She's throwing the party. 116 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:20,861 No one loves a Christmas party more than her. 117 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:23,731 As always, amazing. 118 00:09:23,764 --> 00:09:25,766 Hey, you really stepped it up this year. 119 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:26,700 You got Santa Claus. 120 00:09:26,734 --> 00:09:28,268 Where'd you find him? 121 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:31,639 What do you have to pay a guy like that? 122 00:09:31,672 --> 00:09:33,741 It's Uncle Bill. 123 00:09:33,774 --> 00:09:36,243 [Kids giggling] 124 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:40,714 Maybe it was the beard. I didn't see him. 125 00:09:40,748 --> 00:09:42,015 Hey, does Uncle Bill work? 126 00:09:42,049 --> 00:09:44,017 Does he have a job? 127 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:46,787 No, that's why we hired him. 128 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:48,889 No. 129 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,223 Hey, uh, where's Christian? 130 00:09:50,257 --> 00:09:51,859 Oh, he's in the other room. 131 00:09:51,892 --> 00:09:53,393 Yeah? How's he doing? 132 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:54,361 Is he okay? 133 00:09:54,394 --> 00:09:56,329 Yeah. Yeah. 134 00:09:56,363 --> 00:09:57,698 - Yeah, he's fine. - You sure? 135 00:09:57,731 --> 00:10:00,100 Yeah. 136 00:10:00,133 --> 00:10:01,902 I don't know. 137 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:04,905 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 138 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:07,407 Hey, do I need to break some legs? 139 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:08,308 Is he not treating you right? 140 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:09,209 No. 141 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:09,843 I'll take him out in the back right now. 142 00:10:09,877 --> 00:10:12,646 No, no. He's fine, really! 143 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,715 He's just... he's just not into Christmas this year. 144 00:10:14,748 --> 00:10:17,050 That's all. 145 00:10:17,084 --> 00:10:22,055 [Instrumental music] 146 00:10:22,089 --> 00:10:23,957 All right, who wants hot chocolate? 147 00:10:23,991 --> 00:10:24,925 I'm hot chocolate guy! 148 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,326 Come on in, guys! 149 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:28,395 Remember how I said earlier that you and I are 150 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:30,664 In the middle of a story? 151 00:10:30,698 --> 00:10:34,401 The difference between our story and the stories we heard as kids 152 00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:37,805 Is that we get to help write ours, 153 00:10:37,838 --> 00:10:41,709 And we can choose to be the hero or the villain. 154 00:10:41,742 --> 00:10:44,277 We can be the wise man or the fool. 155 00:10:44,311 --> 00:10:48,015 We can be Tiny Tim or Uncle Scrooge. 156 00:10:48,048 --> 00:10:53,386 Even Uncle Scrooge has a story, and he has his reasons. 157 00:10:53,420 --> 00:10:57,691 Problems don't take a break just because it's Christmas time. 158 00:10:57,725 --> 00:11:00,694 Maybe someone's missed his Christmas bonus this year 159 00:11:00,728 --> 00:11:05,432 Or maybe he lost his job or even a loved one. 160 00:11:05,465 --> 00:11:09,136 Or maybe, just maybe, 161 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:13,807 He just doesn't like Christmas under any circumstances. 162 00:11:16,376 --> 00:11:20,748 And that's Christian, my brother-in-law. 163 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:22,149 My sister wasn't exaggerating. 164 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:25,719 He is not into Christmas this year. 165 00:11:25,753 --> 00:11:28,255 You just don't know someone's story 166 00:11:28,288 --> 00:11:32,259 Until you see what's going on inside his head. 167 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:35,262 [Intense music] 168 00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:37,765 Where some see youthful joy, 169 00:11:37,798 --> 00:11:41,835 Others see phony smiles and spoiled, bratty kids. 170 00:11:41,869 --> 00:11:44,805 Where some see laughter and holiday cheer, 171 00:11:44,838 --> 00:11:49,342 Others see pretense and obligations. 172 00:11:49,376 --> 00:11:51,344 Where some see festive decorations, 173 00:11:51,378 --> 00:11:55,916 Others see perverted symbols with hidden meanings. 174 00:11:55,949 --> 00:11:57,985 Where some see innocent toys, 175 00:11:58,018 --> 00:12:01,488 Others see pointless distractions. 176 00:12:01,521 --> 00:12:04,491 Where some see generosity and the joy of giving, 177 00:12:04,524 --> 00:12:09,396 Others see needless spending and bad stewardship. 178 00:12:09,429 --> 00:12:14,134 Commercialism, greed, holiday junk, materialism, 179 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:16,269 Paganism, elf worship. 180 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:18,405 The list goes on and on. 181 00:12:18,438 --> 00:12:21,809 Some people are determined to see the worst 182 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:24,077 In even the best of things, 183 00:12:24,111 --> 00:12:28,949 A big slap in the face to the true meaning of Christmas. 184 00:12:28,982 --> 00:12:34,021 [Distorted laughter] 185 00:12:34,054 --> 00:12:37,825 [Intense music] 186 00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:39,092 My man, Christian! 187 00:12:39,126 --> 00:12:40,160 How you doing? 188 00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:41,294 What's up, Deandre? 189 00:12:41,328 --> 00:12:42,229 How you been? 190 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,497 You know me, blessed and highly favored. 191 00:12:44,531 --> 00:12:45,532 And? 192 00:12:45,565 --> 00:12:47,100 Saved and sanctified, filled with the Holy Ghost 193 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:50,403 And that with a burning fire! 194 00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:51,404 And? 195 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,440 Made evident by speaking in tongues, of course. 196 00:12:53,473 --> 00:12:55,275 [Laughing] 197 00:12:55,308 --> 00:12:56,844 You guys and your verses. 198 00:12:56,877 --> 00:12:58,879 You really need to work on your exegesis. 199 00:12:58,912 --> 00:13:00,347 Extra Jesus? 200 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:01,448 Man, I've had my extra Jesus 201 00:13:01,481 --> 00:13:03,583 Ever since I was baptized for the second time. Ha! 202 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:05,118 You gonna give me some? Yeah. 203 00:13:05,152 --> 00:13:06,386 That's not what I meant... 204 00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:09,389 - You get that memo? - About what? 205 00:13:09,422 --> 00:13:12,225 No more crazy shirt Fridays. 206 00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:13,894 From who? 207 00:13:13,927 --> 00:13:16,463 The man, corporate. 208 00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:18,298 They think they gonna tell us what to do. 209 00:13:18,331 --> 00:13:19,132 We gonna go to HR. 210 00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:20,533 I'm gonna take it straight to HR. 211 00:13:20,567 --> 00:13:21,401 You got to read your emails. 212 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:23,270 If we don't have crazy shirt Fridays, 213 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:24,171 It's the end for us, man. 214 00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:26,573 That's all we got! What else do we get? 215 00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:28,075 Floor two? I don't want floor two. 216 00:13:28,108 --> 00:13:30,143 You know what happens down in floor two? I don't. 217 00:13:30,177 --> 00:13:32,479 Don't want to find out 'cause I'm on floor four, 218 00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:33,513 And I like it that way. 219 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:34,214 We gonna keep it that way. 220 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:35,849 We gonna march if we have to. 221 00:13:35,883 --> 00:13:37,250 Straight power. Me and you. 222 00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:38,418 My people have been through enough. 223 00:13:38,451 --> 00:13:40,988 First they come in, start telling us what we gonna do, 224 00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:42,322 And then they start taking over, 225 00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:43,891 Telling us we can't have Fridays, 226 00:13:43,924 --> 00:13:44,892 Then you can't have Thursdays, 227 00:13:44,925 --> 00:13:47,194 Then you can't have Tuesdays, and what's left? 228 00:13:47,227 --> 00:13:48,128 Wednesday. Hump day! 229 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,997 That's already a day. That's not our day. 230 00:13:50,030 --> 00:13:52,032 We need a day for us, crazy shirt Fridays. 231 00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:53,901 Do you know how many crazy shirts I've got 232 00:13:53,934 --> 00:13:55,435 That my wife gave me for Christmas? 233 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:57,204 What am I gonna do with those? 234 00:13:57,237 --> 00:14:07,280 [* "Deck the Halls" (playing over dialogue] 235 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:17,290 [* "Deck the Halls" (playing over dialogue] 236 00:14:28,601 --> 00:14:31,271 - Are you listening to me? - What? 237 00:14:31,304 --> 00:14:32,172 I'm gonna get some hot chocolate. 238 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:33,540 I'll send you the email again, all right? 239 00:14:33,573 --> 00:14:35,642 I'm out. 240 00:14:35,675 --> 00:14:39,980 * "Deck the Halls" 241 00:14:40,013 --> 00:14:42,582 And when we see someone struggling around Christmas, 242 00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:45,118 We should reach out. 243 00:14:45,152 --> 00:14:47,154 Hey, Christian! 244 00:14:48,555 --> 00:14:51,558 Nope. Not here. 245 00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:56,429 Just Bill on the couch. 246 00:14:56,463 --> 00:15:00,567 [Instrumental music] 247 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,703 And if that person goes missing from the Christmas party, 248 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:06,339 Especially if it's at his own home, 249 00:15:06,373 --> 00:15:10,077 A good place to look would be somewhere quiet, 250 00:15:10,110 --> 00:15:12,279 Free from Christmas. 251 00:15:12,312 --> 00:15:14,581 [Instrumental music] 252 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:17,985 Ah, the car in the driveway. 253 00:15:18,018 --> 00:15:19,452 See, if this were a story, 254 00:15:19,486 --> 00:15:22,455 That's exactly where you would expect to find him, 255 00:15:22,489 --> 00:15:27,127 And you would know that this character needs an intervention. 256 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,396 [Instrumental music] 257 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:32,365 - Hey. - Hey. 258 00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:38,105 I was wondering where you were. 259 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:44,677 Just, you know... taking a break. 260 00:15:48,415 --> 00:15:50,417 You okay? 261 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:55,622 Yeah. 262 00:15:55,655 --> 00:16:00,193 It just gets... noisy, yeah. 263 00:16:00,227 --> 00:16:03,030 [Humming "Carol of the Bells"] 264 00:16:10,770 --> 00:16:13,973 I was driving home today, and, uh... 265 00:16:17,244 --> 00:16:21,248 Right on Main, everything's lit up. 266 00:16:24,617 --> 00:16:28,488 I'm driving by a store, and I, I see... 267 00:16:30,090 --> 00:16:34,094 I see a little girl and her mom. 268 00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:39,066 The little girl's got this look on her face like... [whining] 269 00:16:39,099 --> 00:16:42,302 And her Mom's looking at her like, "Oh, it's okay, okay," 270 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,737 And you know, the mom's got bags with her. 271 00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:48,808 You can tell they've been, they've been shopping, 272 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:53,780 And the little girl is just so upset. 273 00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:58,751 Obviously, whatever she wants, she's not getting. 274 00:16:58,785 --> 00:17:01,521 Everybody just wants stuff. 275 00:17:01,554 --> 00:17:04,224 And then, then I, come here 276 00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:05,525 And I look at here, and I look at the... 277 00:17:05,558 --> 00:17:08,461 I look at the food, I look at like, a ham. 278 00:17:08,495 --> 00:17:10,463 I didn't even know we could get a ham that big. 279 00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:11,464 I see the presents. 280 00:17:11,498 --> 00:17:13,633 I see, I see... I see the tree. 281 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:17,737 I see... I see Santa. 282 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:19,572 It's like, what are we gonna do? 283 00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:21,841 We're gonna open those presents. 284 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,343 Nieces and nephews are gonna get all excited, 285 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:26,079 They're gonna tear through... 286 00:17:26,113 --> 00:17:27,480 And it's like three weeks from now, 287 00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:28,848 No one's gonna be playing with it. 288 00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:32,085 And that money spent... 289 00:17:34,687 --> 00:17:39,192 How many kids could we have fed? 290 00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:42,629 How many wells could we have dug? 291 00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:44,397 Yeah. 292 00:17:44,431 --> 00:17:46,599 That's Christmas. 293 00:17:46,633 --> 00:17:49,536 Don't... don't... 294 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:54,574 I love your sister, I love her to death. 295 00:17:57,644 --> 00:17:59,412 And she loves, she loves doing this. 296 00:17:59,446 --> 00:18:05,618 She loves putting all the lights up and... 297 00:18:05,652 --> 00:18:11,491 But I look... I look at what Christmas is. 298 00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:20,267 I think to myself, "This cannot be what God wants." 299 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:25,738 [Instrumental music] 300 00:18:25,772 --> 00:18:28,775 And deep... and deep in the corner, 301 00:18:28,808 --> 00:18:34,214 Stuck in the corner will be a little snow globe, 302 00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:38,718 A little nativity scene, a little baby Jesus. 303 00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:41,888 We stick it somewhere in the corner, 304 00:18:41,921 --> 00:18:44,891 Don't really see it, and it's a trinket 305 00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:47,660 While a big old Christmas tree just... 306 00:18:47,694 --> 00:18:48,928 "I'm the big tree!" 307 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,231 I'm the big center... I'm the big centerpiece 308 00:18:51,264 --> 00:18:52,599 "Of all of Christmas." 309 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,834 And Santa's over there, and over here... 310 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:56,703 "Yeah, let's just put Jesus in the corner." 311 00:18:56,736 --> 00:18:58,505 Let's put him right there, 312 00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:02,642 And put a little glass thing around him. 313 00:19:02,675 --> 00:19:04,211 Shake it upside down. 314 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:05,144 It's winter. 315 00:19:05,178 --> 00:19:07,714 Snow falls all over, all over baby Jesus. 316 00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:14,187 And then finally, he was not born in December. 317 00:19:14,221 --> 00:19:18,691 This is not what Christmas is all about. 318 00:19:18,725 --> 00:19:20,693 I hear you. 319 00:19:20,727 --> 00:19:23,530 - I get it. - My man. 320 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:27,567 But this is all wrong. 321 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,602 This is all wrong. 322 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:36,209 No. 323 00:19:36,243 --> 00:19:38,945 You're all wrong. 324 00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:47,254 About what? 325 00:19:47,287 --> 00:19:50,557 About everything you just said. 326 00:19:50,590 --> 00:19:52,392 I said a lot. 327 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:54,994 Yeah, and it's all wrong. 328 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:59,299 [Instrumental music] 329 00:19:59,332 --> 00:20:01,834 I think you mean well, 330 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:05,372 But you got the whole thing wrong. 331 00:20:05,405 --> 00:20:07,874 You, you drank the Kool-Aid. 332 00:20:07,907 --> 00:20:13,546 You, you took the bait, hook, line and sinker. 333 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:17,016 You swallowed the whole thing. 334 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:17,784 Guess what? 335 00:20:17,817 --> 00:20:19,686 Everything you see inside there, 336 00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:20,853 It's all about Christmas. 337 00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:27,960 It's all about Jesus, and you're spoiling the whole thing. 338 00:20:27,994 --> 00:20:33,433 Not just for your wife, 339 00:20:33,466 --> 00:20:36,235 But for everybody inside your house. 340 00:20:39,672 --> 00:20:43,676 You're listening to the wrong people. 341 00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:45,778 Are we seeing the same party? 342 00:20:45,812 --> 00:20:47,580 Are we seeing the same everything 343 00:20:47,614 --> 00:20:49,316 That's going on in there? 344 00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,584 Yeah. 345 00:20:51,618 --> 00:20:59,592 Okay, so, okay, so... explain to me 346 00:20:59,626 --> 00:21:01,394 How when I walk into that Christmas party, 347 00:21:01,428 --> 00:21:04,997 Which is going on all over the world... 348 00:21:05,031 --> 00:21:06,699 Uh-huh. 349 00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:11,371 Explain to me how that Christmas party 350 00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:15,942 Honors and glorifies Jesus. 351 00:21:15,975 --> 00:21:18,010 'Cause I'm not seeing it. 352 00:21:18,044 --> 00:21:20,480 Where do I start? 353 00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:26,453 Let's start with your snow globe. 354 00:21:26,486 --> 00:21:28,855 The Nativity. 355 00:21:28,888 --> 00:21:30,357 Now, I want you to visualize this. 356 00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:33,993 Close your eyes and, and visualize this. 357 00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:37,730 Okay, alright, I'll play. 358 00:21:37,764 --> 00:21:39,632 I see it. 359 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:42,034 A baby is born. 360 00:21:44,371 --> 00:21:45,872 If you had to pick one valuable thing 361 00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:49,442 In all of the decorations around your house at Christmas time, 362 00:21:49,476 --> 00:21:52,612 It would probably be your Nativity set. 363 00:21:52,645 --> 00:21:55,047 But Christian, I don't even think you see 364 00:21:55,081 --> 00:21:57,617 What's so amazing about that scene 365 00:21:57,650 --> 00:22:00,420 Because to think that it's only valuable 366 00:22:00,453 --> 00:22:01,954 Because the baby Jesus is there 367 00:22:01,988 --> 00:22:06,092 Misses a huge part of what's going on. 368 00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:09,596 The birth of the baby is valuable 369 00:22:09,629 --> 00:22:12,665 Because of the story he enters into. 370 00:22:12,699 --> 00:22:25,111 * "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" 371 00:22:25,144 --> 00:22:28,681 I want you to see a cave, not a stable 372 00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:32,519 Or some little prairie farm barn thing. 373 00:22:32,552 --> 00:22:35,688 First of all, a manger is a feeding trough, 374 00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:39,692 And it's probably going to be carved out of a rock. 375 00:22:39,726 --> 00:22:41,861 It's going to be in a cave, 376 00:22:41,894 --> 00:22:47,099 And upon that rock you would feed your animals. 377 00:22:47,133 --> 00:22:55,808 * "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" 378 00:22:55,842 --> 00:22:58,177 Now, move beyond the cute and traditional 379 00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:59,812 Where everything is safe and soft, 380 00:22:59,846 --> 00:23:03,750 Where everyone has white skin and clean clothes. 381 00:23:03,783 --> 00:23:09,656 See a cave, see a place for food. 382 00:23:09,689 --> 00:23:12,091 Now, let's get this story right. 383 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:15,762 This was a child that was born into a world 384 00:23:15,795 --> 00:23:18,130 Where the world power wanted to kill him 385 00:23:18,164 --> 00:23:19,999 Just for being born. 386 00:23:20,032 --> 00:23:24,036 K of soldiers surrounding the 387 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,473 You need to think of Herod's soldiers 388 00:23:26,506 --> 00:23:28,207 Moving through the streets, 389 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,978 Finding babies and murdering them. 390 00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:35,147 And mothers weeping for their children. 391 00:23:35,181 --> 00:23:38,451 [Weapons clanging] 392 00:23:38,485 --> 00:23:40,587 Let's set the stage. 393 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,789 We're very careful about having Mary there, 394 00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:47,694 Kneeling by her newborn miracle. 395 00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:54,166 Joseph is there, surely amazed at what had just happened. 396 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,603 Baby Jesus is there, 397 00:23:56,636 --> 00:23:58,538 And the Bible draws our attention 398 00:23:58,571 --> 00:24:02,609 To something that we usually think of as just a prop. 399 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:07,113 Let's take everything away for a moment. 400 00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:10,082 Let's take away Joseph, 401 00:24:10,116 --> 00:24:13,620 Leaving just a young girl and her newborn infant. 402 00:24:13,653 --> 00:24:17,223 Now, let's take away Mary, leaving the baby. 403 00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:22,094 Let's even take away the baby himself for just a moment. 404 00:24:22,128 --> 00:24:23,530 Now, don't panic. 405 00:24:23,563 --> 00:24:24,463 It's not because he isn't 406 00:24:24,497 --> 00:24:26,533 The most important person in the story. 407 00:24:26,566 --> 00:24:28,234 He is. 408 00:24:28,267 --> 00:24:30,670 But because by getting a look at this prop, 409 00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:36,108 We'll get a better idea of why he was born in the first place. 410 00:24:36,142 --> 00:24:38,778 Swaddling cloth. 411 00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:41,047 What is this swaddling cloth? 412 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,617 Is it just a blanket for a baby? 413 00:24:44,651 --> 00:24:46,919 We usually only think of the baby Jesus 414 00:24:46,953 --> 00:24:49,255 Being wrapped in cloths, 415 00:24:49,288 --> 00:24:52,191 But the Bible brings these cloths back into the story 416 00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:55,094 One more time... 417 00:24:55,127 --> 00:25:01,601 At his tomb when they rolled that stone away. 418 00:25:01,634 --> 00:25:03,870 The cloth in the tomb was empty 419 00:25:03,903 --> 00:25:07,974 Because it could not hold the body wrapped inside. 420 00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:12,044 Jesus escaped death as a baby by the hand of God, 421 00:25:12,078 --> 00:25:14,747 And he conquered death as an adult 422 00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:17,183 By that very same hand, 423 00:25:17,216 --> 00:25:20,820 And because that cloth could not hold him, 424 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:25,658 Death still cannot win. 425 00:25:25,692 --> 00:25:26,693 Did you ever wonder why the wise men 426 00:25:26,726 --> 00:25:30,229 Brought frankincense and myrrh at Jesus' birth? 427 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:32,264 Those are burial spices. 428 00:25:32,298 --> 00:25:36,836 Why would they bring burial spices to a baby shower? 429 00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:42,842 The birth scene is a picture of a coming burial scene. 430 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:45,878 The soldiers don't get to kill the baby, though. 431 00:25:45,912 --> 00:25:49,982 He came to die, but it was according to his Father's plan, 432 00:25:50,016 --> 00:25:55,021 In his timing and on his terms. 433 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:59,225 The death of Jesus was not the tragic end to the story. 434 00:25:59,258 --> 00:26:01,327 It was the plan all along, 435 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,764 To offer up his body as bread for the hungry 436 00:26:04,797 --> 00:26:09,869 And to shed his blood to cover the sins of the guilty. 437 00:26:09,902 --> 00:26:13,640 Now, put Jesus back into that cloth 438 00:26:13,673 --> 00:26:17,810 And let that image paint the picture for you. 439 00:26:17,844 --> 00:26:21,147 A baby who came to die, 440 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:24,951 But not until the appointed time. 441 00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:29,789 Yes, that's the reason for the season right there. 442 00:26:29,822 --> 00:26:37,664 [Instrumental music] 443 00:26:37,697 --> 00:26:44,904 I got to admit I never saw the whole swaddling cloth thing. 444 00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:52,879 I, I didn't either. 445 00:26:52,912 --> 00:26:55,114 But that's my point. 446 00:26:55,147 --> 00:26:59,786 Like, I can open the Bible, 447 00:26:59,819 --> 00:27:01,988 I can look right there, and I can go, "Oh, there it is!" 448 00:27:02,021 --> 00:27:03,322 Like, I didn't, I didn't even see that!" 449 00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:05,424 Like, that stuff blows my mind! 450 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:08,060 Like, that's, that's all I'm saying. 451 00:27:08,094 --> 00:27:10,262 And Herod's soldiers 452 00:27:10,296 --> 00:27:14,333 And kind of looking at that whole thing like that's... 453 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:18,771 I feel like we need to have like little Herod soldiers 454 00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:21,440 Like all around, you know, the chimney... 455 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:22,574 Right. 456 00:27:22,608 --> 00:27:24,677 For me to be able to see like, this is what's going on. 457 00:27:24,711 --> 00:27:26,245 Right, right. 458 00:27:26,278 --> 00:27:28,380 [Background conversations] 459 00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:33,419 * "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" * 460 00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:36,723 My man, Deandre. What's happening? 461 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:40,392 You get that memo? 462 00:27:40,426 --> 00:27:43,963 Oh, you know I got that memo. (chuckles) 463 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:46,799 It's not a laughing matter, though man. 464 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:48,701 You know what's really going on here. 465 00:27:48,735 --> 00:27:52,104 Yes. 466 00:27:52,138 --> 00:27:55,942 No, no, no, I don't. 467 00:27:58,911 --> 00:28:05,217 Three words: war on Christmas. 468 00:28:05,251 --> 00:28:07,386 Oh yeah. 469 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:08,554 I think it would be in our best interest 470 00:28:08,587 --> 00:28:13,159 Before we go any further. We got to be really careful. 471 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:18,164 You never know who's listening or watching. 472 00:28:18,197 --> 00:28:19,365 Cups up. 473 00:28:19,398 --> 00:28:20,867 All right, man, check this out. 474 00:28:20,900 --> 00:28:22,034 We got to go on the offensive. 475 00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:24,136 It's like the rapper, Sugar Free said, "If you stay ready", 476 00:28:24,170 --> 00:28:25,204 You ain't got to get ready." 477 00:28:25,237 --> 00:28:27,239 They're already taking away our freedom of speech. 478 00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:28,875 I can't say Merry Christmas at work no more. 479 00:28:28,908 --> 00:28:31,377 I have to say Happy Holidays, but I am not in a daze. 480 00:28:31,410 --> 00:28:32,411 I am wide awake. 481 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:33,780 It's deeper than that, though. 482 00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:34,981 You heard about Area 51? 483 00:28:35,014 --> 00:28:36,415 What about Area 52? 484 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:38,050 That's where they keeping all the mangers and trees 485 00:28:38,084 --> 00:28:39,852 And Nativity scenes they keep taking down. 486 00:28:39,886 --> 00:28:42,154 Speaking of down, you know why the Pope really stepped down? 487 00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:43,890 Da Vinci code, right? Wrong. 488 00:28:43,923 --> 00:28:45,024 There's a whole Picasso code. 489 00:28:45,057 --> 00:28:46,292 I'm actually still working on that one. 490 00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:49,061 Come on, man, they got fluoride in our water. 491 00:28:49,095 --> 00:28:52,799 [Instrumental music] 492 00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:54,533 I'm saying, that's gotta cause at least Asperger's. 493 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:55,501 Speaking of burgers, 494 00:28:55,534 --> 00:28:57,003 You probably ain't even had one in years. 495 00:28:57,036 --> 00:28:58,237 That ain't no ground beef, homie. 496 00:28:58,270 --> 00:28:59,038 That's pink slime. 497 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:00,840 I seen it on YouTube. Look it up. 498 00:29:00,873 --> 00:29:01,841 You know what you got to do? 499 00:29:01,874 --> 00:29:03,109 Get like me and wifey, 500 00:29:03,142 --> 00:29:05,011 Strictly ostrich and emu meat, homie. 501 00:29:05,044 --> 00:29:06,378 Delicious and exotic. 502 00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:08,848 Come on, you got the chemtrails and HAARP 503 00:29:08,881 --> 00:29:09,949 Trying to control the weather 504 00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:12,351 With the womp, womp, womp sounds. 505 00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:14,086 GMO's and pesticides. 506 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:15,955 You know there's a huge honey bee shortage, right? 507 00:29:15,988 --> 00:29:16,989 Exactly. 508 00:29:17,023 --> 00:29:18,424 Colony collapse disorder. 509 00:29:18,457 --> 00:29:20,426 Ah, that rhymes with new world order. 510 00:29:20,459 --> 00:29:22,094 Coincidence? I thinks not. 511 00:29:22,128 --> 00:29:23,529 I saw "Loose Change," I know what's up 512 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:26,032 With the whole Koch brothers, Halliburton, 513 00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:29,268 Dick Cheney, Enron, Fannie Mac, Freddie Mae tie-in. 514 00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:30,369 But I mean, that's obvious. 515 00:29:30,402 --> 00:29:33,039 Look, man, I saw it on Fox News, so you know it's true. 516 00:29:33,072 --> 00:29:35,174 War on Christmas, it's everywhere. 517 00:29:35,207 --> 00:29:37,043 Hey! Who needs more coffee? 518 00:29:37,076 --> 00:29:38,110 Uh, no, we're good. 519 00:29:38,144 --> 00:29:40,346 Delicious, though. 520 00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:42,548 [Instrumental music] 521 00:29:42,581 --> 00:29:44,050 All right, man, I think we're cool. 522 00:29:44,083 --> 00:29:46,318 Cups down. 523 00:29:46,352 --> 00:29:52,925 [Instrumental music] 524 00:29:52,959 --> 00:29:56,428 So you know what we got to do, right? 525 00:29:56,462 --> 00:29:58,330 What? 526 00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:02,434 The only thing we can do. 527 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:08,875 [Instrumental music] 528 00:30:08,908 --> 00:30:12,111 Christmas trees. (chuckles) 529 00:30:12,144 --> 00:30:13,946 News flash! 530 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:18,150 Christmas tree, not in the Bible! 531 00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:19,351 Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Deuteronomy. 532 00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:20,252 Did I miss it? 533 00:30:20,286 --> 00:30:23,222 I miss Leviticus sometimes, 534 00:30:23,255 --> 00:30:26,125 But I'm pretty sure it's not in there. 535 00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:28,861 That's the big thing I got sitting in my house right now, 536 00:30:28,895 --> 00:30:31,163 Is a big Christmas tree. 537 00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:32,464 That's a pagan... 538 00:30:32,498 --> 00:30:36,035 That's a pagan idol symbol worshipping thingy. 539 00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:38,304 You know that, right? 540 00:30:38,337 --> 00:30:41,507 That's what they would worship the god with. 541 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:43,275 You know, the gods. 542 00:30:43,309 --> 00:30:46,178 - What gods? - The gods. 543 00:30:46,212 --> 00:30:47,379 Which gods? 544 00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:49,048 [Thunder rumbles] 545 00:30:49,081 --> 00:30:53,185 Thorsus, Thorsirus, Thor... it's always a Norwegian... 546 00:30:53,219 --> 00:30:54,120 It's, that's what they would do. 547 00:30:54,153 --> 00:30:56,588 It was winter, it was the Winter Solstice. 548 00:30:56,622 --> 00:30:59,892 News flash, it's December. 549 00:30:59,926 --> 00:31:01,227 Jesus was not born in December, 550 00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:04,130 And we're celebrating his birthday in December. 551 00:31:04,163 --> 00:31:05,164 Hello? 552 00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:07,499 When was he born? 553 00:31:07,533 --> 00:31:10,302 Probably, he was probably, probably... 554 00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:14,974 I don't know, but he wasn't born in December. 555 00:31:15,007 --> 00:31:16,608 Everyone knows that. So, we're celebrating that... 556 00:31:16,642 --> 00:31:20,079 And the trees are like, it's about like, 557 00:31:20,112 --> 00:31:22,248 The evergreen trees represents eternal life... 558 00:31:22,281 --> 00:31:25,451 - Yes. - And fertility, fertility gods. 559 00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:28,487 Wikipedia. Yeah. 560 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:33,192 And people would worship these symbols then, 561 00:31:33,225 --> 00:31:34,994 And they believed that if they worshipped these symbols 562 00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:36,562 And they laid down their offerings and their gifts, 563 00:31:36,595 --> 00:31:38,364 That they would inherit eternal life. 564 00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:39,165 You know this. 565 00:31:39,198 --> 00:31:43,269 And this is... this is all idolatry. 566 00:31:43,302 --> 00:31:46,672 Yes, it's idolatry in my house. 567 00:31:46,705 --> 00:31:48,707 How do your kids react every morning on Christmas? 568 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,710 What do they do? Tell me. 569 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,980 What do they do? 570 00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:57,249 I make my kids wait at the top of the staircase. 571 00:31:57,283 --> 00:31:59,952 I don't let them come down the stairs 572 00:31:59,986 --> 00:32:02,154 Until my wife and I get everything ready, the tree, 573 00:32:02,188 --> 00:32:05,992 And the anticipation builds, and they run down the stairs 574 00:32:06,025 --> 00:32:09,428 When I tell them they can, and they run out to the tree, 575 00:32:09,461 --> 00:32:12,298 And they just are blown away 576 00:32:12,331 --> 00:32:15,334 By all the presents sitting at the base of the tree. 577 00:32:15,367 --> 00:32:19,105 That's exactly what the Druids did. 578 00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:23,075 - Right. - Druids. 579 00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:25,377 You look this up. This is all history. 580 00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:29,215 So, where, I ask again, 581 00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:33,585 Where are Christmas trees in the Bible? 582 00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:34,586 I'm glad you asked. 583 00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:35,154 I'll close my eyes again. 584 00:32:35,187 --> 00:32:37,256 Here I go, I'm waiting. 585 00:32:37,289 --> 00:32:38,657 Okay. What's the chapter? 586 00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:39,691 What's the verse? 587 00:32:39,725 --> 00:32:43,529 Do you have a weird, obscure verse in Numbers? 588 00:32:43,562 --> 00:32:46,765 Where... where am I going? 589 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:48,034 Where do I start in the Bible? 590 00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:49,168 Christmas trees, I'm waiting. 591 00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:51,537 Where do I go? 592 00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:53,572 I'm glad my sister married you. 593 00:32:53,605 --> 00:32:55,341 This is awesome. 594 00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:58,310 [Humming theme to "Jeopardy"] 595 00:32:58,344 --> 00:33:00,446 Bro, bro, look at me. 596 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,481 * Do, do, do, do, do 597 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:04,283 Where we going in the Bible? 598 00:33:04,316 --> 00:33:07,086 Genesis. 599 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:13,192 * "Ding, Dong, Merrily on High" * 600 00:33:13,225 --> 00:33:18,597 The whole biblical story starts in a tree lot. 601 00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:22,301 The Garden of Eden was full of trees. 602 00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:25,537 Adam and Eve were given the fruit of these trees to eat, 603 00:33:25,571 --> 00:33:27,339 But the story calls our attention 604 00:33:27,373 --> 00:33:30,042 To two of these trees in particular. 605 00:33:30,076 --> 00:33:33,445 First, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil 606 00:33:33,479 --> 00:33:36,515 And then later the tree of life. 607 00:33:36,548 --> 00:33:39,351 One tree was off limits because by eating it, 608 00:33:39,385 --> 00:33:41,387 Man would surely die. 609 00:33:41,420 --> 00:33:45,124 But Adam ate from the first tree and was thrown out of the garden 610 00:33:45,157 --> 00:33:47,759 So that he couldn't eat from the second. 611 00:33:47,793 --> 00:33:49,495 Mankind would have to wait 612 00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:53,365 Until the path to that tree was reopened, 613 00:33:53,399 --> 00:33:55,101 But I'm getting ahead of myself. 614 00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:57,169 We'll come back to that later. 615 00:33:57,203 --> 00:34:00,306 Let's talk about that evergreen tree in your house 616 00:34:00,339 --> 00:34:03,275 Decorated with stylized fruit and lights 617 00:34:03,309 --> 00:34:05,311 That's making you so nervous. 618 00:34:05,344 --> 00:34:09,115 You're anxious because you can't find it in the Bible. 619 00:34:09,148 --> 00:34:11,617 Well, let me help you. 620 00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:16,088 When God created the world, he filled it with trees. 621 00:34:16,122 --> 00:34:18,824 He hung fruit on the trees. 622 00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:20,592 When it was time for him to build his house 623 00:34:20,626 --> 00:34:25,364 And make it beautiful, God brought trees inside. 624 00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:29,801 The walls of his temple were frescoed with images of trees. 625 00:34:29,835 --> 00:34:34,140 The lamp stand in his tabernacle was an almond tree. 626 00:34:34,173 --> 00:34:37,543 And guess what he placed on the branches of the tree 627 00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:40,346 In his house? 628 00:34:40,379 --> 00:34:42,581 Lights. 629 00:34:42,614 --> 00:34:45,851 Beautiful green trees decorated with fruit 630 00:34:45,884 --> 00:34:49,888 Shimmering with lights inside a house. 631 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:53,859 That's God's idea, not the Druids. 632 00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:55,861 And the early church had plenty of good reasons 633 00:34:55,894 --> 00:34:59,231 To celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25, 634 00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:02,334 And it had nothing to do with the winter solstice. 635 00:35:02,368 --> 00:35:04,636 By the way, last I checked, 636 00:35:04,670 --> 00:35:06,638 It was God who made the winter solstice 637 00:35:06,672 --> 00:35:10,742 When he set the planets on their path around the sun. 638 00:35:10,776 --> 00:35:12,478 And it's actually quite fitting 639 00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:16,582 That we celebrate the birth of Jesus in the bleak, mid-winter 640 00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:20,386 When the world appears to be sleeping and dying, 641 00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:22,554 The darkest and coldest time of year. 642 00:35:22,588 --> 00:35:27,926 Right then at that time, we're proclaiming the turn of history 643 00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:32,264 From darkness to light, from coldness to warmth, 644 00:35:32,298 --> 00:35:36,835 And from death to life. 645 00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:38,737 So, enough with what pagans want us to see. 646 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:42,874 Let's look at what God wants us to see. 647 00:35:42,908 --> 00:35:44,610 Let's go back to our story. 648 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:45,711 As I was saying, 649 00:35:45,744 --> 00:35:49,448 Adam stole the fruit from God's tree and ate it. 650 00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:53,285 Now, when you steal something, you're required to put it back. 651 00:35:53,319 --> 00:35:54,786 But how could he? 652 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:55,921 Adam had already eaten it. 653 00:35:55,954 --> 00:35:59,758 It had gone down inside, and become part of him. 654 00:35:59,791 --> 00:36:03,795 The only way that Adam could put the fruit back on the tree 655 00:36:03,829 --> 00:36:06,865 Would be, as crazy as it sounds, 656 00:36:06,898 --> 00:36:11,737 He would have to put himself up on that tree. 657 00:36:11,770 --> 00:36:13,405 Now, think. 658 00:36:13,439 --> 00:36:15,574 What did Jesus do? 659 00:36:15,607 --> 00:36:18,744 He was the last Adam. 660 00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:22,881 Jesus was able to do what Adam could not do. 661 00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:28,354 He put himself up on a tree, making us right with God. 662 00:36:28,387 --> 00:36:33,359 Jesus was God's blessed fruit hung on his blessed tree. 663 00:36:33,392 --> 00:36:38,497 [Instrumental music] 664 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,766 Remember that swaddling cloth? 665 00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:45,904 It comes back into the story again at Jesus' burial. 666 00:36:45,937 --> 00:36:48,640 Nicodemus brings all the funeral preparations, 667 00:36:48,674 --> 00:36:53,512 Frankincense, myrrh, aloe and cloth. 668 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,914 And why is he bringing the cloth? 669 00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:59,251 To wrap the body of our crucified Savior, 670 00:36:59,285 --> 00:37:03,689 Jesus, put to death on a tree. 671 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:06,758 The Bible begins with trees. 672 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:10,796 Adam stole the fruit from God's tree and ate it. 673 00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:14,533 The fruit that the first Adam stole was put back on the tree 674 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:20,439 By the last Adam when he, himself, hung on a wooden cross. 675 00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:26,578 [Instrumental music] 676 00:37:26,612 --> 00:37:29,381 So, when you walk into a Christmas tree lot, 677 00:37:29,415 --> 00:37:32,851 I want you to see hundreds of crosses 678 00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:37,556 That will never be used because of Jesus' finished work. 679 00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:41,893 He paid the price that we could never have paid. 680 00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:44,763 He took the curse that was rightly ours. 681 00:37:44,796 --> 00:37:48,467 He reconciled us to God. 682 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:52,804 He is the light of the world that has pierced the darkness. 683 00:37:52,838 --> 00:38:03,982 [Instrumental music] 684 00:38:04,015 --> 00:38:06,652 So, when you see empty Christmas trees, 685 00:38:06,685 --> 00:38:08,086 See an empty cross. 686 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:10,389 And when you see the empty cross, 687 00:38:10,422 --> 00:38:13,959 See the empty cloth lying in an empty tomb. 688 00:38:13,992 --> 00:38:17,663 And when you see an empty tomb, do what the disciples did, 689 00:38:17,696 --> 00:38:23,502 Turn and run to tell the story that Jesus is alive. 690 00:38:25,837 --> 00:38:33,779 [Rain falling] 691 00:38:33,812 --> 00:38:35,681 That's pretty cool. 692 00:38:37,082 --> 00:38:38,950 It's awesome. 693 00:38:40,586 --> 00:38:45,056 Just I wasn't... and I almost feel bad. 694 00:38:45,090 --> 00:38:52,831 I wasn't looking closely enough at... 695 00:38:52,864 --> 00:38:54,866 I just didn't, I didn't, I didn't see that. 696 00:38:54,900 --> 00:38:55,967 I didn't... 697 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:58,404 Hey, I didn't see it either. 698 00:38:58,437 --> 00:39:03,542 That's why I'm sharing it with you. 699 00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:09,080 Santa Claus... in the Bible. 700 00:39:09,114 --> 00:39:11,383 Unless I missed somewhere in the Bible 701 00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:16,755 Where God sends his only begotten... 702 00:39:16,788 --> 00:39:20,826 Elf? (Laughs) 703 00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:24,563 Elf, Santa dude, like... 704 00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:26,665 Reindeer pulling a sleigh? 705 00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:30,168 Just tell me right now you're not going to pull like... 706 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:31,670 Sliding down a chimney. 707 00:39:31,703 --> 00:39:36,875 Zephaniah 4 or like 3rd Corinthians 15, 708 00:39:36,908 --> 00:39:38,910 Like, "Oh, there's Santa Claus." 709 00:39:38,944 --> 00:39:40,746 I didn't even see it right there!" 710 00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:41,647 Just tell me right now. 711 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:42,448 Okay, we're good, right? 712 00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:43,549 That's not going to happen, okay. 713 00:39:43,582 --> 00:39:44,883 So, hold on, hold on. 714 00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:47,018 So, I'm, I'm safe in saying 715 00:39:47,052 --> 00:39:50,021 That there is no Santa Claus in the Bible? 716 00:39:50,055 --> 00:39:51,823 [Instrumental music] 717 00:39:51,857 --> 00:39:53,992 No, there is no Santa Claus in the Bible, but... 718 00:39:54,025 --> 00:39:55,461 Okay. Hold, eh... 719 00:39:55,494 --> 00:39:56,127 No, no, no, hold on. 720 00:39:56,161 --> 00:39:57,195 Hold on, hold on. 721 00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:59,965 Just think about it, think about it for one minute. 722 00:39:59,998 --> 00:40:08,206 That's the guy, Santa, that's obliterated Jesus. 723 00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,709 Jesus is gone! 724 00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:12,711 The reason for the season is Santa Claus! 725 00:40:12,744 --> 00:40:15,146 What the kids are saying all across the world is not, 726 00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:18,850 "I'm so excited to celebrate the birth of Jesus!" 727 00:40:18,884 --> 00:40:20,051 No, they're saying, "I'm so excited" 728 00:40:20,085 --> 00:40:22,488 To get my picture taken with Santa Claus! 729 00:40:22,521 --> 00:40:23,955 "You're going to bring me presents!" 730 00:40:23,989 --> 00:40:24,990 S-A-N-T-A. 731 00:40:25,023 --> 00:40:27,893 Rearrange the letters. Satan. 732 00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:30,228 Santa, Satan. Same letters. 733 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:32,898 - Right? - Right. 734 00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:34,766 Coincidence? 735 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,002 [Instrumental music] 736 00:40:37,035 --> 00:40:38,036 Yeah. 737 00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:41,740 Okay, and who's completely gotten rid of Jesus? 738 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:44,109 Satan. Santa. 739 00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:45,511 Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho. 740 00:40:45,544 --> 00:40:47,679 Where's ho, ho, ho, ho, ho in the Bible? 741 00:40:47,713 --> 00:40:49,681 Ho, ho, ho. Bible. 742 00:40:49,715 --> 00:40:51,216 * You better watch out, you better not pout. * 743 00:40:51,249 --> 00:40:52,984 * You better not cry, I'm telling you why. * 744 00:40:53,018 --> 00:40:54,920 * Santa Claus is coming to town. * 745 00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:55,787 What's the next line? 746 00:40:55,821 --> 00:40:57,155 * He knows when you are sleeping. * 747 00:40:57,188 --> 00:40:58,724 * He knows when you are awake. 748 00:40:58,757 --> 00:41:00,692 Right, omniscient. 749 00:41:00,726 --> 00:41:02,160 * ...so be good for goodness sake. * 750 00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:03,595 Omniscience, omnipresence. 751 00:41:03,629 --> 00:41:06,164 He rewards the good, and he punishes the bad. 752 00:41:06,197 --> 00:41:08,634 Last I checked, that was God. 753 00:41:08,667 --> 00:41:10,802 By the way, this is works based. 754 00:41:10,836 --> 00:41:13,939 Last I checked, saved by grace. 755 00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:15,974 This is, this is a complete hijacking. 756 00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:17,843 This is a hijacking... 757 00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:22,981 High-handed hijacking, handedness jacking. 758 00:41:23,014 --> 00:41:25,851 It's like a carjacking but like of our religion. 759 00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:27,218 And guess what, Santa got in the car, 760 00:41:27,252 --> 00:41:28,153 Kicked Jesus out and was like, 761 00:41:28,186 --> 00:41:32,090 "Rolling, rolling, rolling," and took it. 762 00:41:32,123 --> 00:41:33,525 Gone. 763 00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:34,526 Christmas is gone. 764 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,695 It's all about Santa. 765 00:41:36,728 --> 00:41:40,031 Where in the Bible? Where in the Bible? 766 00:41:40,065 --> 00:41:42,233 Where in the Bible? Flip, flip, flip, flip, flip. 767 00:41:42,267 --> 00:41:43,969 Red letter, red letter, red letter. 768 00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:44,870 Where is it? 769 00:41:44,903 --> 00:41:46,104 So, okay. Hold on. 770 00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:47,806 I can't, I can't wait for this one. 771 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:48,974 Here we go, here we go. 772 00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:50,542 I'm ready. Eyes are closed. 773 00:41:50,576 --> 00:41:52,010 I'm looking at, I see him. 774 00:41:52,043 --> 00:41:53,745 Hold on, I see his face. 775 00:41:53,779 --> 00:41:56,147 [Static noises] 776 00:41:56,181 --> 00:41:57,849 Oh, I see his face. 777 00:41:57,883 --> 00:41:59,785 [Static noises] 778 00:41:59,818 --> 00:42:00,719 What do you see? 779 00:42:00,752 --> 00:42:03,722 You see a little elf and he's in a sleigh 780 00:42:03,755 --> 00:42:05,657 And he's in a little red cap with a little red, 781 00:42:05,691 --> 00:42:06,491 Little red outfit. 782 00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:07,425 - Yeah. - He's got a sack over his back. 783 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:10,295 And he's being pulled by a team of reindeer. 784 00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:11,963 Right. Not in the Bible. 785 00:42:11,997 --> 00:42:13,198 And he's gonna land on a roof, 786 00:42:13,231 --> 00:42:15,166 And he's gonna slide down a chimney, 787 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:16,868 And he's going to fill stockings 788 00:42:16,902 --> 00:42:18,937 And put presents around the base of a tree. 789 00:42:18,970 --> 00:42:20,071 - Right. - Right? 790 00:42:20,105 --> 00:42:22,207 - Right. - Okay. 791 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:26,912 [Static noises] 792 00:42:26,945 --> 00:42:30,315 [Inhales] 793 00:42:30,348 --> 00:42:33,151 Let me tell you about the real Santa Claus. 794 00:42:33,184 --> 00:42:35,587 Oh, I'm ready. 795 00:42:35,621 --> 00:42:38,056 [Instrumental music] 796 00:42:38,089 --> 00:42:42,994 The real Santa Claus was a real bad, bad dude. 797 00:42:43,028 --> 00:42:47,733 And when I say bad, I mean bad in the good way. 798 00:42:47,766 --> 00:42:53,338 So Christian, you want Christmas to be all about Jesus? 799 00:42:53,371 --> 00:42:55,607 You think you're fighting the good fight 800 00:42:55,641 --> 00:42:58,944 By scowling at decorations and scoffing at presents 801 00:42:58,977 --> 00:43:01,179 And mocking Christmas trees? 802 00:43:01,212 --> 00:43:06,117 Let me show you how a real defender of the faith does it. 803 00:43:06,151 --> 00:43:08,920 Now, if I tried to show you how this really happened, 804 00:43:08,954 --> 00:43:12,357 You'd see a lot of guys in robes wearing tall hats, 805 00:43:12,390 --> 00:43:14,860 Carrying scepters and swinging incense everywhere. 806 00:43:14,893 --> 00:43:16,895 It'd be a mess. 807 00:43:16,928 --> 00:43:22,768 [Knuckles cracking] 808 00:43:22,801 --> 00:43:26,037 I want you to imagine this a little more... 809 00:43:26,071 --> 00:43:28,073 Lord of the Rings-y. 810 00:43:29,875 --> 00:43:31,877 Sir? 811 00:43:34,112 --> 00:43:35,981 Go away. 812 00:43:37,749 --> 00:43:40,318 He's here, Sir. 813 00:43:40,351 --> 00:43:46,892 [Fire crackling] 814 00:43:46,925 --> 00:43:49,795 Where? 815 00:43:49,828 --> 00:43:52,030 Here, at the Tavern. 816 00:43:52,063 --> 00:43:55,834 [Instrumental music] 817 00:43:55,867 --> 00:43:58,336 Grab my coat. 818 00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:03,341 [Instrumental music] 819 00:44:03,374 --> 00:44:06,978 His real name was Nicholas. 820 00:44:07,012 --> 00:44:08,146 He was a devout Christian. 821 00:44:08,179 --> 00:44:14,720 He was the Bishop of Myra, a city in modern day Turkey. 822 00:44:14,753 --> 00:44:17,923 He was left with a large sum of money when his parents died, 823 00:44:17,956 --> 00:44:19,858 And he became famous for his kindness 824 00:44:19,891 --> 00:44:24,796 Toward the poor and his generous giving of gifts to children. 825 00:44:24,830 --> 00:44:31,970 [Instrumental music] 826 00:44:32,003 --> 00:44:36,174 He was there at the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325, 827 00:44:36,207 --> 00:44:39,310 One of the most important events of church history 828 00:44:39,344 --> 00:44:41,880 Use one of the most rtant doctrines of the faith 829 00:44:41,913 --> 00:44:44,015 Was being challenged. 830 00:44:44,049 --> 00:44:45,884 There were leaders in the church that had begun 831 00:44:45,917 --> 00:44:48,053 To deny the deity of Christ, 832 00:44:48,086 --> 00:44:52,023 The doctrine that confessed Jesus as the Son of God, 833 00:44:52,057 --> 00:44:55,293 God in the flesh. 834 00:44:55,326 --> 00:44:57,395 Nicholas did not take kindly to those 835 00:44:57,428 --> 00:45:01,833 Who wanted to reduce Jesus to a mere man. 836 00:45:01,867 --> 00:45:04,970 The Council of Nicaea ended up producing what is known today 837 00:45:05,003 --> 00:45:07,038 As the Nicene Creed, 838 00:45:07,072 --> 00:45:10,809 A profession of faith used by churches all around the world. 839 00:45:10,842 --> 00:45:13,144 The Creed affirmed the deity of Christ 840 00:45:13,178 --> 00:45:15,346 And the three persons of the trinity, 841 00:45:15,380 --> 00:45:17,916 But that affirmation didn't happen 842 00:45:17,949 --> 00:45:21,820 Without Nicholas and a fight. 843 00:45:21,853 --> 00:45:25,924 [Instrumental music] 844 00:45:25,957 --> 00:45:30,028 He was a real man who fought for a real truth 845 00:45:30,061 --> 00:45:33,498 Against a real enemy of the faith. 846 00:45:33,531 --> 00:45:43,775 [Instrumental music] 847 00:45:43,775 --> 00:45:50,081 [Instrumental music] 848 00:45:50,115 --> 00:45:54,552 Leading the charge in this heresy was a Bishop named Arius. 849 00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:57,989 He was known as a charismatic and compelling speaker. 850 00:45:58,023 --> 00:46:01,259 He was traveling from region to region spreading his heresy 851 00:46:01,292 --> 00:46:06,164 Like a plague, saying that Jesus was less than God. 852 00:46:06,197 --> 00:46:11,937 [Instrumental music] 853 00:46:11,970 --> 00:46:14,973 Nicholas had heard enough of Arius' babbling. 854 00:46:15,006 --> 00:46:17,508 He would be the shepherd that protects his sheep 855 00:46:17,542 --> 00:46:19,978 From the wolves. 856 00:46:20,011 --> 00:46:23,148 [Instrumental music] 857 00:46:23,181 --> 00:46:26,051 [Heavy thud] 858 00:46:31,890 --> 00:46:39,898 In the beginning was the Word... 859 00:46:39,931 --> 00:46:49,975 And the Word was with God and the Word... was God. 860 00:46:49,975 --> 00:46:55,280 And the Word was with God and the Word... was God. 861 00:46:55,313 --> 00:46:57,082 [Thunder crashes] 862 00:46:57,115 --> 00:47:00,185 The official record says that at a critical moment 863 00:47:00,218 --> 00:47:05,924 During the Council, Nicholas put the heretic Arius to shame, 864 00:47:05,957 --> 00:47:12,397 Not only by word but also by deed, smiting him on the cheek. 865 00:47:12,430 --> 00:47:26,611 [Intense music] 866 00:47:26,644 --> 00:47:29,447 Now, of course, not everyone at the Council was happy 867 00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:32,117 With his less than jolly actions. 868 00:47:32,150 --> 00:47:33,985 In fact, they were so displeased, 869 00:47:34,019 --> 00:47:36,021 They removed his title as Bishop, 870 00:47:36,054 --> 00:47:38,389 But he was so loved by the people 871 00:47:38,423 --> 00:47:40,458 That they gave it back to him. 872 00:47:40,491 --> 00:47:42,493 In fact, he was even sainted. 873 00:47:42,527 --> 00:47:46,531 That's why we call him St. Nicholas. 874 00:47:46,564 --> 00:47:49,200 Those were difficult and desperate times. 875 00:47:49,234 --> 00:47:50,401 Truth was on the line, 876 00:47:50,435 --> 00:47:54,405 And it was not the time for this pastor to go soft on truth 877 00:47:54,439 --> 00:47:59,144 Or stay quiet for the sake of being politically correct. 878 00:47:59,177 --> 00:48:03,414 Nicholas was a hero who became legendary. 879 00:48:03,448 --> 00:48:06,051 And that legend became larger than life 880 00:48:06,084 --> 00:48:08,386 And reached mythic proportions. 881 00:48:08,419 --> 00:48:10,688 In France, he was called Pere Noel. 882 00:48:10,721 --> 00:48:12,390 In Sweden, he was Tomte. 883 00:48:12,423 --> 00:48:14,625 In Norway, he was Julenissen. 884 00:48:14,659 --> 00:48:17,528 In the Netherlands, he was Sinterklaas. 885 00:48:17,562 --> 00:48:21,332 Everyone wanted a piece of him. 886 00:48:27,438 --> 00:48:30,008 Oh, look who it is. 887 00:48:30,041 --> 00:48:31,209 Better? 888 00:48:31,242 --> 00:48:33,411 You get that out of your system? 889 00:48:33,444 --> 00:48:37,382 Come on. We've got work to do. 890 00:48:37,415 --> 00:48:47,458 [Cheerful music] 891 00:48:47,458 --> 00:48:58,703 [Cheerful music] 892 00:48:58,736 --> 00:49:00,038 Come on. 893 00:49:00,071 --> 00:49:01,706 Let's go bless some kids tonight. 894 00:49:01,739 --> 00:49:03,341 We've got gifts to give. 895 00:49:03,374 --> 00:49:05,310 Ho, ho, ho, ho. 896 00:49:05,343 --> 00:49:06,411 [Thunder crashes] 897 00:49:06,444 --> 00:49:10,081 So, Christian, the guy you think is distracting 898 00:49:10,115 --> 00:49:13,584 Everyone's attention from the birth of the Christ child 899 00:49:13,618 --> 00:49:18,489 Is actually the defender of the faith you want to be. 900 00:49:18,523 --> 00:49:28,566 [Instrumental music] 901 00:49:28,566 --> 00:49:41,379 [Instrumental music] 902 00:49:41,412 --> 00:49:43,414 Santa... 903 00:49:45,716 --> 00:49:48,686 Is the man! 904 00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:51,589 [Instrumental music] 905 00:49:51,622 --> 00:49:54,325 Yeah, he is. 906 00:49:54,359 --> 00:50:01,432 [Instrumental music] 907 00:50:01,466 --> 00:50:02,333 Bro, let me just say this. 908 00:50:02,367 --> 00:50:04,102 I know you love my sister. 909 00:50:04,135 --> 00:50:06,471 I know you love Christ. 910 00:50:06,504 --> 00:50:08,373 I know you love Christmas, 911 00:50:08,406 --> 00:50:13,344 And you want it to be all about what it's all about. 912 00:50:13,378 --> 00:50:15,680 But all this is good! 913 00:50:15,713 --> 00:50:18,049 All this is what it's all about. 914 00:50:18,083 --> 00:50:22,420 You just need to see it with new eyes. 915 00:50:22,453 --> 00:50:27,158 [Rain falling] 916 00:50:27,192 --> 00:50:30,661 I've missed it. 917 00:50:30,695 --> 00:50:36,101 I've absolutely... missed it. 918 00:50:40,671 --> 00:50:43,674 Oh, dude, I am... 919 00:50:45,476 --> 00:50:48,479 I'm that guy in the story. 920 00:50:50,215 --> 00:50:53,251 I'm the jerk. 921 00:50:53,284 --> 00:50:54,852 Oh, dude, this is bad. 922 00:50:54,885 --> 00:50:56,221 This is bad. 923 00:50:56,254 --> 00:50:57,688 I'm that guy. 924 00:50:57,722 --> 00:50:59,590 Oh, dude, I'm staying in this car all night. 925 00:50:59,624 --> 00:51:01,326 This is horrible. 926 00:51:01,359 --> 00:51:02,727 Do me a favor, go back in, 927 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:04,562 Say like, "Christian got a rash," or something. 928 00:51:04,595 --> 00:51:07,632 Like, I broke out in something. (laughing) 929 00:51:07,665 --> 00:51:10,168 Like I had like some eggnog. 930 00:51:10,201 --> 00:51:11,502 Something that I had no idea that I was allergic to. 931 00:51:11,536 --> 00:51:13,571 I was like, I couldn't like... (fakes gagging) 932 00:51:13,604 --> 00:51:15,606 - Someone spiked the egg nog? - Acid flaccid something. 933 00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:18,376 Like, yes, yes. 934 00:51:18,409 --> 00:51:20,578 And I, and I... and I had to go. 935 00:51:20,611 --> 00:51:23,248 I had to go get the eggnog shot. 936 00:51:23,281 --> 00:51:26,717 Whatever they give for that, nog shot. 937 00:51:26,751 --> 00:51:28,619 No. 938 00:51:29,354 --> 00:51:30,688 There's a better way to end this story. 939 00:51:30,721 --> 00:51:32,223 You know what you need to do? 940 00:51:32,257 --> 00:51:36,127 You need to be the guy... 941 00:51:37,828 --> 00:51:46,704 Who walks back into your house, walks up to your wife and says, 942 00:51:48,839 --> 00:51:54,845 "I was wrong. I blew it." 943 00:51:58,483 --> 00:52:02,220 You know what you need to do. 944 00:52:02,253 --> 00:52:05,290 What if you did that? 945 00:52:07,692 --> 00:52:10,695 No, you're right, I should do it. 946 00:52:11,729 --> 00:52:13,598 Or you. It's your sister. 947 00:52:13,631 --> 00:52:15,200 - No, it's me. - It's your wife. 948 00:52:15,233 --> 00:52:17,902 It's me. It's me. 949 00:52:19,637 --> 00:52:24,642 The best ending to this story is you being the guy... 950 00:52:26,877 --> 00:52:30,681 That everyone roots for. 951 00:52:30,715 --> 00:52:35,320 You be the guy who saves Christmas. 952 00:52:38,723 --> 00:52:45,530 You being the guy who's all in. 953 00:52:45,563 --> 00:52:47,698 I'm going to be that guy. 954 00:52:49,834 --> 00:52:52,837 I'm going to be that guy. 955 00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:56,641 I'm going to be that guy. I'm going to be that guy. 956 00:52:56,674 --> 00:52:57,842 I'm going to be that guy. 957 00:52:57,875 --> 00:52:59,277 Go, bro. (Slaps hands) 958 00:52:59,310 --> 00:52:59,910 I'm going to be that guy. 959 00:52:59,944 --> 00:53:01,212 I'm going to be that guy! 960 00:53:01,246 --> 00:53:02,747 I'm going... I'm going... 961 00:53:02,780 --> 00:53:04,315 I'm going to be the... grrrr. 962 00:53:04,349 --> 00:53:05,950 I'm going to be that guy. 963 00:53:05,983 --> 00:53:08,886 I'm going to be that guy. (laughing) 964 00:53:08,919 --> 00:53:10,288 I'm going to be that guy. 965 00:53:10,321 --> 00:53:11,789 What's up baby, I'm going to be that guy. 966 00:53:11,822 --> 00:53:13,224 What you got going on, girl? 967 00:53:13,258 --> 00:53:15,893 I'm going to be that... 968 00:53:15,926 --> 00:53:17,828 I'm going to be that guy. 969 00:53:17,862 --> 00:53:23,868 [Instrumental music] 970 00:53:23,901 --> 00:53:25,770 Whoa. 971 00:53:27,438 --> 00:53:30,275 Looks like somebody's having a moment. 972 00:53:30,308 --> 00:53:32,310 Umm. 973 00:53:34,612 --> 00:53:38,416 [Inhales] 974 00:53:38,449 --> 00:53:42,687 So take it all in, all the glory of Christmas. 975 00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:48,526 [Instrumental music] 976 00:53:48,559 --> 00:53:53,598 Now, see Christmas through new eyes. 977 00:53:53,631 --> 00:54:04,875 [Instrumental music] 978 00:54:04,909 --> 00:54:07,345 Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up, everybody! 979 00:54:07,378 --> 00:54:14,519 [Slow motion yelling] 980 00:54:14,552 --> 00:54:19,324 [Floor squeaking] 981 00:54:19,357 --> 00:54:26,731 [Slow motion yelling] 982 00:54:26,764 --> 00:54:29,834 [Crash, screaming] 983 00:54:29,867 --> 00:54:31,302 Whew! Work, Holy Spirit, ha! 984 00:54:31,336 --> 00:54:33,804 - Can I get a amen? - Amen! 985 00:54:33,838 --> 00:54:34,672 The scales are falling off. 986 00:54:34,705 --> 00:54:36,807 Glory! Ah, glory! Hmm. 987 00:54:36,841 --> 00:54:45,616 [Instrumental music] 988 00:54:45,650 --> 00:54:48,986 Sometimes you have to be brought low 989 00:54:49,019 --> 00:54:52,323 To be humbled as a little child 990 00:54:52,357 --> 00:54:54,625 To get the right perspective on Christmas. 991 00:54:54,659 --> 00:54:57,695 Look at the presents around your tree. 992 00:54:57,728 --> 00:55:00,698 When you see them from this perspective, 993 00:55:00,731 --> 00:55:05,336 See how they look like a city skyline. 994 00:55:05,370 --> 00:55:08,639 [Instrumental music] 995 00:55:08,673 --> 00:55:11,609 Imagine the new Jerusalem, 996 00:55:11,642 --> 00:55:15,946 A heavenly city whose builder and architect is God, 997 00:55:15,980 --> 00:55:18,549 And the wall of the city was adorned 998 00:55:18,583 --> 00:55:22,420 With all kinds of precious stones. 999 00:55:22,453 --> 00:55:25,089 And what's at the center of that city? 1000 00:55:25,122 --> 00:55:27,558 A tree. 1001 00:55:27,592 --> 00:55:31,028 [Instrumental music] 1002 00:55:31,061 --> 00:55:33,864 The tree of life, made available 1003 00:55:33,898 --> 00:55:38,102 By the conquering blood of Jesus to all who believe. 1004 00:55:38,135 --> 00:55:41,572 This tree, full of healing leaves. 1005 00:55:41,606 --> 00:55:44,108 This tree, full of fruit. 1006 00:55:44,141 --> 00:55:48,112 This tree, full of lights that shine in the darkness, 1007 00:55:48,145 --> 00:55:51,416 Lights that shine over the city. 1008 00:55:51,449 --> 00:55:55,653 [Instrumental music] 1009 00:55:55,686 --> 00:55:59,056 So, see the lights, the stars over Bethlehem 1010 00:55:59,089 --> 00:56:02,593 Announcing the birth of the Prince of Peace. 1011 00:56:02,627 --> 00:56:04,529 Lesser lights that remind us 1012 00:56:04,562 --> 00:56:07,164 That Jesus is the light of the world 1013 00:56:07,197 --> 00:56:10,968 And that we are to let our light shine before men. 1014 00:56:11,001 --> 00:56:16,006 [Instrumental music] 1015 00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:17,808 And there's another thing. 1016 00:56:17,842 --> 00:56:20,811 Ook at those presents again, stacked and wrapped 1017 00:56:20,845 --> 00:56:23,948 And made beautiful, waiting to be torn open. 1018 00:56:23,981 --> 00:56:26,451 This isn't bad stewardship. 1019 00:56:26,484 --> 00:56:29,019 This is doing what God does. 1020 00:56:29,053 --> 00:56:32,122 He has always been giving gifts to his children 1021 00:56:32,156 --> 00:56:33,991 At the base of trees. 1022 00:56:34,024 --> 00:56:37,628 Abraham was given the gift of a son at the Oaks of Mamre. 1023 00:56:37,662 --> 00:56:39,564 The Cedars of Lebanon were given as materials 1024 00:56:39,597 --> 00:56:41,932 For Solomon's temple. 1025 00:56:41,966 --> 00:56:45,836 R salvation was given to us t the base of a tree. 1026 00:56:45,870 --> 00:56:49,940 [Instrumental music] 1027 00:56:49,974 --> 00:56:52,910 So, does this tree belong in your house? 1028 00:56:52,943 --> 00:56:57,948 Should it be loaded with fruit and lights and presents? 1029 00:56:57,982 --> 00:56:59,550 Hmm. Whoa, whoa, whoa! 1030 00:56:59,584 --> 00:57:01,619 Part the red sea! [screams] 1031 00:57:01,652 --> 00:57:04,154 [Instrumental music] 1032 00:57:04,188 --> 00:57:07,157 And now that you know who the real Santa is, 1033 00:57:07,191 --> 00:57:09,126 I got a question for you. 1034 00:57:09,159 --> 00:57:11,562 Would you like to take a picture with him? 1035 00:57:11,596 --> 00:57:21,639 [Upbeat music] 1036 00:57:21,639 --> 00:57:35,853 [Upbeat music] 1037 00:57:39,624 --> 00:57:52,837 [Instrumental music] 1038 00:57:52,870 --> 00:57:57,107 Our Christmas traditions are so rich and so full 1039 00:57:57,141 --> 00:58:00,645 If only we had the eyes to see them. 1040 00:58:00,678 --> 00:58:04,882 [Instrumental music] 1041 00:58:04,915 --> 00:58:07,084 It's time to step out of the car, 1042 00:58:07,117 --> 00:58:10,988 Out of the quiet and safe place where we've been hiding. 1043 00:58:11,021 --> 00:58:13,190 It's time to tell everyone 1044 00:58:13,223 --> 00:58:19,129 That every inch of this creation belongs to Jesus. 1045 00:58:19,163 --> 00:58:24,535 [Instrumental music] 1046 00:58:24,569 --> 00:58:26,671 So, you're out of the car. 1047 00:58:26,704 --> 00:58:28,906 Are your eyes open? 1048 00:58:28,939 --> 00:58:30,808 What do you see? 1049 00:58:33,678 --> 00:58:35,680 A soldier? 1050 00:58:35,713 --> 00:58:45,756 [Instrumental music] 1051 00:58:45,756 --> 00:58:54,965 [Instrumental music] 1052 00:58:54,999 --> 00:58:57,868 We need to make traditions of our own. 1053 00:58:57,902 --> 00:59:02,673 We need to infuse old symbols with new meaning. 1054 00:59:02,707 --> 00:59:04,709 We need to rearrange our lives and our homes 1055 00:59:04,742 --> 00:59:09,346 So that every single thing points to Jesus. 1056 00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:14,151 [Instrumental music] 1057 00:59:14,184 --> 00:59:17,187 We need to tell our children new stories. 1058 00:59:17,221 --> 00:59:19,757 We need to be bold. 1059 00:59:19,790 --> 00:59:22,326 Remember those soldiers at the Nativity? 1060 00:59:22,359 --> 00:59:27,331 These were Herod's strongest warriors doing his bidding. 1061 00:59:27,364 --> 00:59:29,900 Every toy soldier can be a reminder 1062 00:59:29,934 --> 00:59:36,073 Of the whole story of how a baby was spared in his infancy 1063 00:59:36,106 --> 00:59:38,008 To become the warrior that ensured 1064 00:59:38,042 --> 00:59:42,747 That death finally was killed. 1065 00:59:42,780 --> 00:59:52,823 [Instrumental music] 1066 00:59:52,823 --> 00:59:57,828 [Instrumental music] 1067 00:59:57,862 --> 01:00:00,330 So, bring the soldiers close. 1068 01:00:00,364 --> 01:00:05,102 Let them be near the nativity, and remind your children 1069 01:00:05,135 --> 01:00:09,907 That every character in God's story has a place. 1070 01:00:09,940 --> 01:00:20,651 [Instrumental music] 1071 01:00:20,685 --> 01:00:26,023 And if you've been that guy, if you spent the holidays 1072 01:00:26,056 --> 01:00:28,759 Terrorizing your family and your friends, 1073 01:00:28,793 --> 01:00:31,395 Scowling at Santa, frustrating your wife, 1074 01:00:31,428 --> 01:00:34,198 It's time to make it right. 1075 01:00:34,231 --> 01:00:45,275 [Instrumental music] 1076 01:00:45,309 --> 01:00:46,343 Christmas, after all, 1077 01:00:46,376 --> 01:00:50,915 Is ultimately about making all things right. 1078 01:00:50,948 --> 01:00:57,087 [Instrumental music] 1079 01:00:57,121 --> 01:01:00,124 You okay? 1080 01:01:02,092 --> 01:01:08,198 Honey, I've been a bit of a jerk this Christmas season. 1081 01:01:08,232 --> 01:01:11,435 Yeah, you have. 1082 01:01:11,468 --> 01:01:14,338 [Instrumental music] 1083 01:01:14,371 --> 01:01:19,176 You deserve so much better, 1084 01:01:19,209 --> 01:01:20,177 And this Christmas, I want to give you something 1085 01:01:20,210 --> 01:01:26,050 I've been wanting to give you for a long time. 1086 01:01:26,083 --> 01:01:28,886 What do you got in mind, big papa? 1087 01:01:28,919 --> 01:01:31,288 Now, what happens in most stories at this point? 1088 01:01:31,321 --> 01:01:33,290 I mean, if you were writing this story right now, 1089 01:01:33,323 --> 01:01:35,092 What would you want to have happen? 1090 01:01:35,125 --> 01:01:37,795 The cliche kiss, right? 1091 01:01:37,828 --> 01:01:42,499 But, if we learned one thing in all this, let's not forget 1092 01:01:42,532 --> 01:01:48,472 That sometimes our heroes do the unexpected. 1093 01:01:48,505 --> 01:01:50,775 I went ahead and just organized a hip hop dance crew 1094 01:01:50,808 --> 01:01:52,442 That encompasses all the joy in gospel, 1095 01:01:52,476 --> 01:01:54,879 Bursting in excitement that I alone as one man 1096 01:01:54,912 --> 01:01:56,847 Just cannot express. 1097 01:01:56,881 --> 01:01:57,982 No, really, I did. 1098 01:01:58,015 --> 01:02:00,184 Hit it, Deandre! 1099 01:02:00,217 --> 01:02:02,252 Oh, man, I got just the track for you! 1100 01:02:02,286 --> 01:02:03,988 How about some Family Force Five? 1101 01:02:04,021 --> 01:02:05,923 "Angels We Have Heard on High". 1102 01:02:05,956 --> 01:02:08,025 Come on, people, let's do this! 1103 01:02:08,058 --> 01:02:10,394 Yeah! I want to see a choir in here. 1104 01:02:10,427 --> 01:02:12,396 A God squad. You know how we do. 1105 01:02:12,429 --> 01:02:14,832 Ooh, Marshall Foster's in the house 1106 01:02:14,865 --> 01:02:16,100 Kicking it old school. 1107 01:02:16,133 --> 01:02:18,502 He on to me. [Laughs] You know how we do it. 1108 01:02:18,535 --> 01:02:19,904 Altos, sopranos and tenors. 1109 01:02:19,937 --> 01:02:21,505 Let's do this, baby! Unh! 1110 01:02:21,538 --> 01:02:24,341 * Angels we have heard on high * 1111 01:02:24,374 --> 01:02:27,511 * Sweetly singing o'er the plains * 1112 01:02:27,544 --> 01:02:34,118 * And the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains * 1113 01:02:34,151 --> 01:02:40,290 * Glo-ria, 1114 01:02:40,324 --> 01:02:43,527 * In excelsis Deo! 1115 01:02:43,560 --> 01:02:50,100 * Glo-ria, 1116 01:02:50,134 --> 01:02:54,271 * In excelsis Deo! 1117 01:02:54,304 --> 01:02:59,944 [Cheering] 1118 01:02:59,977 --> 01:03:02,880 * Shepherds, why this jubilee? * 1119 01:03:02,913 --> 01:03:06,016 * Why your joyous strains prolong? * 1120 01:03:06,050 --> 01:03:09,119 * What the gladsome tidings be? * 1121 01:03:09,153 --> 01:03:12,356 * Which inspire your heav'nly song? * 1122 01:03:12,389 --> 01:03:18,863 * Glo-ria, 1123 01:03:18,896 --> 01:03:21,966 * In excelsis Deo! 1124 01:03:21,999 --> 01:03:28,305 * Glo-ria, 1125 01:03:28,338 --> 01:03:33,143 * In excelsis Deo! 1126 01:03:33,177 --> 01:03:38,082 [Hip-hop music] 1127 01:03:38,115 --> 01:03:41,185 * Come to Bethlehem and see 1128 01:03:41,218 --> 01:03:44,321 * Him whose birth the angels sing * 1129 01:03:44,354 --> 01:03:47,557 * Come, adore on bended knee, * 1130 01:03:47,591 --> 01:03:50,627 * Christ the Lord, the newborn King * 1131 01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:57,001 * Glo-ria, 1132 01:03:57,034 --> 01:04:00,337 * In excelsis Deo! 1133 01:04:00,370 --> 01:04:06,643 * Glo-ria, 1134 01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:11,515 * In excelsis Deo! 1135 01:04:11,548 --> 01:04:16,653 [Hip-hop music] 1136 01:04:16,686 --> 01:04:22,192 * Uh oh, here come the angels. 1137 01:04:22,226 --> 01:04:23,894 [Beat-boxing] 1138 01:04:23,928 --> 01:04:27,164 * Put your wings in the air. 1139 01:04:27,197 --> 01:04:31,668 * Flap 'em like you just don't care. * 1140 01:04:31,701 --> 01:04:34,204 Oh, flying in, flying in! 1141 01:04:34,238 --> 01:04:36,540 * Here come the angels. 1142 01:04:36,573 --> 01:04:40,277 [Cheering] 1143 01:04:40,310 --> 01:04:43,347 * Talking about the angels. 1144 01:04:43,380 --> 01:04:45,682 * Uh oh, here come the angels 1145 01:04:45,715 --> 01:04:48,418 [Cheering] 1146 01:04:48,452 --> 01:04:49,954 Come on! 1147 01:04:49,987 --> 01:04:52,389 * Put your wings in the air. 1148 01:04:52,422 --> 01:04:56,060 * Flap 'em like you just don't care. * 1149 01:04:56,093 --> 01:05:06,136 [Hip-hop music] 1150 01:05:06,170 --> 01:05:09,339 * Talking about some angels. 1151 01:05:09,373 --> 01:05:15,212 * Here come the angels. 1152 01:05:15,245 --> 01:05:18,682 * Put your wings in the air. 1153 01:05:18,715 --> 01:05:22,186 * Flap 'em like you just don't care. * 1154 01:05:22,219 --> 01:05:25,289 * Talking about some angels. 1155 01:05:25,322 --> 01:05:28,525 * Here come the angels. 1156 01:05:28,558 --> 01:05:31,661 [Hip-hop music] 1157 01:05:31,695 --> 01:05:35,065 * Talking about some angels. 1158 01:05:35,099 --> 01:05:41,105 * Uh oh, here come the angels. 1159 01:05:41,138 --> 01:05:43,673 * Put your wings in the air. 1160 01:05:43,707 --> 01:05:47,711 * Flap 'em like you just don't care. * 1161 01:05:47,744 --> 01:05:51,081 * Talking about some angels. 1162 01:05:51,115 --> 01:05:56,686 * Here come the angels. 1163 01:05:56,720 --> 01:05:59,623 * Put your wings in the air. 1164 01:05:59,656 --> 01:06:03,360 * Flap 'em like you just don't care. * 1165 01:06:03,393 --> 01:06:06,997 * Talking about some angels. 1166 01:06:07,031 --> 01:06:09,033 * Here come the angels. 1167 01:06:09,066 --> 01:06:15,072 * Glo-ria, 1168 01:06:15,105 --> 01:06:18,175 * In excelsis Deo! 1169 01:06:18,208 --> 01:06:24,481 * Glo-ria, 1170 01:06:24,514 --> 01:06:29,319 * In excelsis Deo! 1171 01:06:29,353 --> 01:06:32,389 [Hip-hop music] 1172 01:06:32,422 --> 01:06:37,494 * Talking about some angels * 1173 01:06:37,527 --> 01:06:39,529 [Applause] 1174 01:06:39,563 --> 01:06:40,797 All right, everybody! 1175 01:06:40,830 --> 01:06:42,399 Let's feast! 1176 01:06:42,432 --> 01:06:54,611 [Cheering] 1177 01:06:59,783 --> 01:07:03,153 Well, that's why I show up for these parties. 1178 01:07:09,093 --> 01:07:11,128 [Instrumental music] 1179 01:07:11,161 --> 01:07:13,230 So, this is Christmas. 1180 01:07:13,263 --> 01:07:15,832 Pull out your best dishes, your finest linens, 1181 01:07:15,865 --> 01:07:21,671 Your nicest silverware, the biggest ham. 1182 01:07:21,705 --> 01:07:25,209 Every side dish you can possibly imagine, 1183 01:07:25,242 --> 01:07:27,177 And the richest butter. 1184 01:07:27,211 --> 01:07:30,514 It's time to feast. 1185 01:07:30,547 --> 01:07:44,494 [Instrumental music] 1186 01:07:44,528 --> 01:07:46,463 Invite your neighbors, you co-workers, 1187 01:07:46,496 --> 01:07:50,734 Your friends and your family and make the most of Christmas. 1188 01:07:50,767 --> 01:07:54,871 Fill your table with laughter and stories and songs. 1189 01:07:54,904 --> 01:07:57,407 Don't miss a single opportunity 1190 01:07:57,441 --> 01:08:00,644 To pass along the joy of the season. 1191 01:08:00,677 --> 01:08:02,646 And don't buy into the complaint about materialism 1192 01:08:02,679 --> 01:08:04,248 During Christmas. 1193 01:08:04,281 --> 01:08:06,650 Sure, don't max out your credit cards 1194 01:08:06,683 --> 01:08:09,819 Or use presents to buy friends, but remember, 1195 01:08:09,853 --> 01:08:13,523 This is a celebration of the eternal God 1196 01:08:13,557 --> 01:08:17,394 Taking on a material body. 1197 01:08:17,427 --> 01:08:22,399 So, it's right that our holiday is marked with material things. 1198 01:08:22,432 --> 01:08:24,268 Things we can see with our eyes 1199 01:08:24,301 --> 01:08:26,870 And touch with our hands and look upon. 1200 01:08:26,903 --> 01:08:30,440 Ribbons, decorations, hot chocolate, lights, 1201 01:08:30,474 --> 01:08:34,344 Presents, giant hams, stuffing, fudge, Christmas cards, 1202 01:08:34,378 --> 01:08:38,282 And more hot chocolate piled high with whip cream. 1203 01:08:38,315 --> 01:08:40,817 [Instrumental music] 1204 01:08:40,850 --> 01:08:44,621 How could we possibly capture all that Christmas is? 1205 01:08:44,654 --> 01:08:47,424 We could eat until we split at the seams. 1206 01:08:47,457 --> 01:08:49,659 We could smile until our cheeks hurt 1207 01:08:49,693 --> 01:08:51,761 And laugh until our bellies ache. 1208 01:08:51,795 --> 01:08:53,930 We could sing until our voices grew hoarse, 1209 01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:56,666 And we would not have even scratched the surface 1210 01:08:56,700 --> 01:09:02,472 Of this glorious day. 1211 01:09:02,506 --> 01:09:04,474 Throw your doors open and invite the world 1212 01:09:04,508 --> 01:09:07,844 Into the story of this king and his kingdom. 1213 01:09:07,877 --> 01:09:13,950 This is our story, our city, our tree, our lights, 1214 01:09:13,983 --> 01:09:17,821 Our presents, our songs, our Saint Nick, 1215 01:09:17,854 --> 01:09:21,891 Our hope, our future, our Savior. 1216 01:09:21,925 --> 01:09:25,762 My brother-in-law is seeing it for the first time, 1217 01:09:25,795 --> 01:09:30,367 And once your eyes have been opened, you can't go back. 1218 01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:35,405 [Instrumental music] 1219 01:09:35,439 --> 01:09:40,944 All the best to you and your family this Christmas. 1220 01:09:40,977 --> 01:09:45,582 I have to say, things have improved around here. 1221 01:09:45,615 --> 01:09:47,917 [Instrumental music] 1222 01:09:51,555 --> 01:10:04,668 * "Christmas Time Again" 1223 01:10:04,701 --> 01:10:06,836 * Christmas time is here 1224 01:10:06,870 --> 01:10:11,408 * Come and celebrate the best time of the year * 1225 01:10:11,441 --> 01:10:12,909 * The jingle bells are ringing 1226 01:10:12,942 --> 01:10:18,515 * And the carolers are singing their Christmas songs * 1227 01:10:18,548 --> 01:10:20,784 * Christmas time has come 1228 01:10:20,817 --> 01:10:24,688 * Can you hear the little drummer boy playing his drum* 1229 01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:26,590 * And everywhere you go, 1230 01:10:26,623 --> 01:10:33,330 * somebody's wishing you a Merry Christmas * 1231 01:10:33,363 --> 01:10:34,631 Main man, Christian. 1232 01:10:34,664 --> 01:10:35,665 How you doin', man? 1233 01:10:35,699 --> 01:10:37,601 How you doin', Deandre? 1234 01:10:37,634 --> 01:10:38,802 How you been? 1235 01:10:38,835 --> 01:10:39,736 Bring it back, here we go. 1236 01:10:39,769 --> 01:10:42,472 Alright. 1237 01:10:42,506 --> 01:10:45,809 Here we go, and action. 1238 01:10:45,842 --> 01:10:46,976 My main man, Christian! 1239 01:10:47,010 --> 01:10:48,278 How you doin'? 1240 01:10:48,312 --> 01:10:49,379 What's up, Deandre? 1241 01:10:49,413 --> 01:10:50,314 How you been? 1242 01:10:50,347 --> 01:10:52,816 You know me, blessed and highly favored. 1243 01:10:52,849 --> 01:10:55,051 - And? - Ha-ha ha... 1244 01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:56,252 Bring it back, here we go. 1245 01:10:56,286 --> 01:10:57,921 - Blessed and highly favored. - Blessed and highly favored... 1246 01:10:57,954 --> 01:11:00,657 [Both speaking quickly] 1247 01:11:00,690 --> 01:11:03,793 Here we go, it's digital, roll all day, here we go. 1248 01:11:03,827 --> 01:11:05,962 It's the end for us, man. That's all we got! 1249 01:11:05,995 --> 01:11:06,796 What else do we get? 1250 01:11:06,830 --> 01:11:08,665 Floor two? I don't want floor two. 1251 01:11:08,698 --> 01:11:09,999 Do you know what happens down at floor two? 1252 01:11:10,033 --> 01:11:11,501 I don't, don't wanna find out 1253 01:11:11,535 --> 01:11:14,003 'Cause I'm on floor four and I like it that way. 1254 01:11:14,037 --> 01:11:14,704 We gonna keep it that way. 1255 01:11:14,738 --> 01:11:16,373 We gonna march if we have to. 1256 01:11:16,406 --> 01:11:17,674 Straight power, me and you. 1257 01:11:17,707 --> 01:11:18,908 They're not gonna do this to us, man. 1258 01:11:18,942 --> 01:11:20,009 We done been here before. 1259 01:11:20,043 --> 01:11:21,378 My people have been through enough. 1260 01:11:21,411 --> 01:11:22,779 I think you Jewish, 1261 01:11:22,812 --> 01:11:24,381 So your people have been through enough too. 1262 01:11:24,414 --> 01:11:27,351 We all done been through it, and that's enough. 1263 01:11:27,384 --> 01:11:29,853 - How many people you got? - All of us, we all people. 1264 01:11:29,886 --> 01:11:31,355 Came from Adam, right? 1265 01:11:31,388 --> 01:11:32,656 Six, seven, I don't know. 1266 01:11:32,689 --> 01:11:33,890 We got a whole bunch. 1267 01:11:33,923 --> 01:11:35,359 But who's countin'? They ain't countin'. 1268 01:11:35,392 --> 01:11:37,060 All they see is people. Me, you, all of us... 1269 01:11:37,093 --> 01:11:38,695 - Fingers, do your fingers. - Five, six, seven. 1270 01:11:38,728 --> 01:11:39,896 I don't even know what I'm saying right now. 1271 01:11:39,929 --> 01:11:42,366 I'm just gonna talk and move my hands and keep going crazy 1272 01:11:42,399 --> 01:11:44,033 Till you get everything you need from this camera. 1273 01:11:44,067 --> 01:11:47,371 I'm not gonna... tell them to come get me 'cause we here. 1274 01:11:47,404 --> 01:11:49,439 We got it all up, mmm. Can't silence me. 1275 01:11:49,473 --> 01:11:53,710 - We shall overcome one day! - Do a little spin. 1276 01:11:53,743 --> 01:11:55,011 And they ain't gonna tell me what to do... 1277 01:11:55,044 --> 01:11:56,880 - Do a little spin. - We gonna do it, we gonna do it. 1278 01:11:56,913 --> 01:11:58,348 We gonna take it to, we gonna march, 1279 01:11:58,382 --> 01:11:59,583 We gonna do the running man, 1280 01:11:59,616 --> 01:12:01,084 We gonna do everything we got to do 'cause they don't get us. 1281 01:12:01,117 --> 01:12:02,986 No, man, it ain't gonna happen that way. 1282 01:12:03,019 --> 01:12:04,354 Get back in position and question me, 1283 01:12:04,388 --> 01:12:05,722 - You listening? - You listening? 1284 01:12:05,755 --> 01:12:07,757 You heard what I said? 1285 01:12:08,992 --> 01:12:13,897 * Thank God for his gift of love * 1286 01:12:13,930 --> 01:12:17,567 * This Christmas 1287 01:12:17,601 --> 01:12:20,704 - We say ho! - Ho! 1288 01:12:20,737 --> 01:12:22,972 - Ho! - Ho! 1289 01:12:23,006 --> 01:12:26,042 - Ho! Ho! - Ho! Ho! 1290 01:12:26,075 --> 01:12:28,044 [Clapping] 1291 01:12:28,077 --> 01:12:29,779 Now, stop! 1292 01:12:29,813 --> 01:12:31,014 - Oh, we bad. - Hammer time. 1293 01:12:31,047 --> 01:12:32,582 Oh, we bad. 1294 01:12:32,616 --> 01:12:34,851 [Laughter] 1295 01:12:36,420 --> 01:12:38,121 Am I good here, Andy? 1296 01:12:38,154 --> 01:12:40,424 Kirk, what do you do for dry mouth in between scenes? 1297 01:12:40,457 --> 01:12:41,458 What do you do? 1298 01:12:41,491 --> 01:12:42,592 Um, just water. 1299 01:12:42,626 --> 01:12:44,961 Water, or do you do like a fruit thing, like celery? 1300 01:12:44,994 --> 01:12:48,064 - What do you do? - What happened to the ranch? 1301 01:12:48,097 --> 01:12:53,703 * Little drummer boy playing his drums * 1302 01:12:53,737 --> 01:12:57,040 - Isn't it terrible? - Oh, my goodness. 1303 01:12:57,073 --> 01:12:59,643 I don't know how you guys do this. 1304 01:12:59,676 --> 01:13:04,581 [Background conversation] 1305 01:13:04,614 --> 01:13:07,517 Here we go, quiet please. Here we go. 1306 01:13:07,551 --> 01:13:09,118 (Exhales) Sound, speed. 1307 01:13:09,152 --> 01:13:13,490 Hey Kirk, can you puff up my sweater dirt... dust? 1308 01:13:13,523 --> 01:13:15,825 - Pull camera. - Speeding. 1309 01:13:15,859 --> 01:13:17,527 Just hit it, hit, hit, hit. 1310 01:13:17,561 --> 01:13:19,463 Hit, hit, hit, hit... 1311 01:13:19,496 --> 01:13:22,566 And step out. 1312 01:13:22,599 --> 01:13:28,137 [Instrumental music] 1313 01:13:29,973 --> 01:13:32,075 - I like fat geese. - We're rolling, here we go. 1314 01:13:32,108 --> 01:13:35,612 Okay, speed and I'll go ahead and give it a clap. 1315 01:13:35,645 --> 01:13:38,081 (Laughing) Fat geese, giant hams. 1316 01:13:38,114 --> 01:13:41,150 I love fat geese and giant fams. 1317 01:13:41,184 --> 01:13:43,720 [Laughs, snorts] 1318 01:13:43,753 --> 01:13:45,522 Here we go. 1319 01:13:45,555 --> 01:13:47,156 - I'm ready. - Hey! 1320 01:13:47,190 --> 01:13:50,694 * Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, hey! * 1321 01:13:50,727 --> 01:13:56,533 * There's a joy in children seeing Santa at the mall. * 1322 01:13:56,566 --> 01:13:59,135 * There's a joy the bright lights * 1323 01:13:59,168 --> 01:14:03,072 * of this season bring us all. 1324 01:14:03,106 --> 01:14:04,941 * How can these compare 1325 01:14:04,974 --> 01:14:09,679 * to the good news the angels tell? * 1326 01:14:09,713 --> 01:14:12,882 * Heaven has sent us a Savior. 1327 01:14:12,916 --> 01:14:15,985 * What a night, there is no greater! * 1328 01:14:16,019 --> 01:14:22,959 * Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy 1329 01:14:22,992 --> 01:14:26,095 * Light a star on the Christmas tree. * 1330 01:14:26,129 --> 01:14:28,932 * Love has come for you and me. * 1331 01:14:28,965 --> 01:14:35,705 * Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy 1332 01:14:35,739 --> 01:14:38,675 * I hear the carols on the radio. * 1333 01:14:38,708 --> 01:14:42,779 * So turn it up and let the whole world know. * 1334 01:14:42,812 --> 01:14:45,849 * Because I've got a love that's so, * 1335 01:14:45,882 --> 01:14:51,154 * There is no greater joy. 1336 01:14:51,187 --> 01:14:53,590 * I hear it in the bells, 1337 01:14:53,623 --> 01:14:57,927 * they're ringing up and down the street. * 1338 01:14:57,961 --> 01:15:04,701 * I see it shining in the smiles of everyone I meet. * 1339 01:15:04,734 --> 01:15:10,774 * It feels to me like hope is stirring with the winter wind. * 1340 01:15:10,807 --> 01:15:13,910 * Heaven has sent us a savior. 1341 01:15:13,943 --> 01:15:17,246 * What a night, there is no greater! * 1342 01:15:17,280 --> 01:15:23,987 * Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy 1343 01:15:24,020 --> 01:15:26,990 * Hang a star on the Christmas tree. * 1344 01:15:27,023 --> 01:15:30,059 * Love has come for you and me. * 1345 01:15:30,093 --> 01:15:36,833 * Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy 1346 01:15:36,866 --> 01:15:39,869 * I hear the carols on the radio. * 1347 01:15:39,903 --> 01:15:43,339 * So turn it up and let the whole world know. * 1348 01:15:43,372 --> 01:15:46,910 * Because I've got a love that's so, * 1349 01:15:46,943 --> 01:15:49,579 * There is no greater joy. 1350 01:15:49,613 --> 01:15:53,016 * Joy to the world. 1351 01:15:53,049 --> 01:15:55,885 * All Heaven and nature sing. 1352 01:15:55,919 --> 01:16:01,224 * Joy to the world. 1353 01:16:01,257 --> 01:16:04,060 * Yeah, yeah 1354 01:16:04,093 --> 01:16:07,631 [Instrumental music] 1355 01:16:07,664 --> 01:16:10,834 * Joy to the world! 1356 01:16:10,867 --> 01:16:13,737 [Instrumental music] 1357 01:16:13,770 --> 01:16:15,371 * Oooooh... 1358 01:16:15,404 --> 01:16:21,911 * Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy 1359 01:16:21,945 --> 01:16:25,081 * Hang a star on the Christmas tree. * 1360 01:16:25,114 --> 01:16:28,151 * Love has come for you and me. * 1361 01:16:28,184 --> 01:16:34,891 * Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy 1362 01:16:34,924 --> 01:16:37,894 * I hear the carols on the radio. * 1363 01:16:37,927 --> 01:16:41,264 * So turn it up and let the whole world know. * 1364 01:16:41,297 --> 01:16:44,868 * Because I've got a love that's so, * 1365 01:16:44,901 --> 01:16:48,304 * There is no greater joy. * 1366 01:16:52,976 --> 01:16:55,311 So, you know what we gotta do, right? 1367 01:16:56,780 --> 01:17:00,049 [Coughing] 1368 01:17:00,083 --> 01:17:01,084 I do. 1369 01:17:01,117 --> 01:17:03,052 You gotta drink some stuff down the wrong pipe 1370 01:17:03,086 --> 01:17:05,088 And then you go, hah! 1371 01:17:05,121 --> 01:17:07,156 [Coughs] 1372 01:17:07,190 --> 01:17:09,358 - Throat lozenges. - Then you go, hah! 1373 01:17:09,392 --> 01:17:13,697 [Coughing] 1374 01:17:13,730 --> 01:17:17,300 [Laughter] 1375 01:17:17,333 --> 01:17:19,335 * La, la, la, la 1376 01:17:21,404 --> 01:17:25,408 So you know what we gotta do, right? 1377 01:17:25,441 --> 01:17:28,211 What? 1378 01:17:28,244 --> 01:17:32,015 There's only one thing we can do. 1379 01:17:32,048 --> 01:17:34,784 We gotta call Kirk Cameron, 1380 01:17:34,818 --> 01:17:37,053 Get him involved, make a movie about it, 1381 01:17:37,086 --> 01:17:40,023 Then we got ourselves a movement. 1382 01:17:40,056 --> 01:17:41,991 You know I love movements. 1383 01:17:42,025 --> 01:17:43,727 Start beat-boxing on that. 1384 01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:48,431 [Beat-boxing] 1385 01:17:48,464 --> 01:17:53,036 It be the movement, improvement 1386 01:17:53,069 --> 01:17:55,371 They say the new world order 1387 01:17:55,404 --> 01:17:58,007 Flipping in the air just like a quarter. 1388 01:17:58,041 --> 01:17:59,743 How's your daughter, how's your father, 1389 01:17:59,776 --> 01:18:00,509 How's your sister? 1390 01:18:00,543 --> 01:18:02,245 Excuse me, mister, how do you do? 1391 01:18:02,278 --> 01:18:03,146 You want some coffee? 1392 01:18:03,179 --> 01:18:05,414 My name is Raphi, maybe Shames Worthy. 1393 01:18:05,448 --> 01:18:09,285 Maybe you've heard of me, maybe it's rapping like this. 1394 01:18:09,318 --> 01:18:11,755 Swiss Miss, soft as cocoa. 1395 01:18:11,788 --> 01:18:14,390 You know, no, no, yes, yes, Wes, Wes, 1396 01:18:14,423 --> 01:18:17,260 All day, every day, every which way. 1397 01:18:17,293 --> 01:18:19,362 Look at what the plants say. 1398 01:18:19,395 --> 01:18:23,232 I listen to nature, mother nature, father nature. 1399 01:18:23,266 --> 01:18:24,467 Your father hates you. 1400 01:18:24,500 --> 01:18:27,804 Oh, I'm sorry, Dad, what did I do? 1401 01:18:27,837 --> 01:18:30,106 You know what you did, call all your crew, 1402 01:18:30,139 --> 01:18:33,009 Call your friends, dress up in some baby blue. 1403 01:18:33,042 --> 01:18:36,145 Come back, write an essay. 1404 01:18:36,179 --> 01:18:38,414 Tunnel Rats, that's what they say. 1405 01:18:38,447 --> 01:18:42,018 Sleigh, sleigh, pray every day. 1406 01:18:42,051 --> 01:18:43,987 Essential. 1407 01:18:44,020 --> 01:18:45,154 Monumental. 1408 01:18:45,188 --> 01:18:47,290 Environmental. 1409 01:18:47,323 --> 01:18:49,893 Heart... control. 1410 01:18:49,926 --> 01:18:51,895 They wanna take your soul. 1411 01:18:51,928 --> 01:18:53,429 They wanna beat Solid Gold. 1412 01:18:53,462 --> 01:18:55,198 I'm on a roll. 1413 01:18:55,231 --> 01:18:58,902 They wanna say things and think about 'em. 1414 01:18:58,935 --> 01:19:00,770 I doubt 'em, bing! 1415 01:19:00,804 --> 01:19:02,906 'Cause you know what it is. 1416 01:19:02,939 --> 01:19:05,775 Music, Cameron, music, movie biz. 1417 01:19:05,809 --> 01:19:07,476 - Kirk, Kirk... - Cameron. 1418 01:19:07,510 --> 01:19:08,778 - Kirk, - Kirk, 1419 01:19:08,812 --> 01:19:10,780 - Kirk, - Kirk Cameron. 1420 01:19:10,814 --> 01:19:12,882 - It be the, be the... - Kirk Cameron. 1421 01:19:12,916 --> 01:19:14,083 - Camfam, - Kirk, 1422 01:19:14,117 --> 01:19:15,451 Kirk, Kirk Cameron. 1423 01:19:15,484 --> 01:19:18,187 Kirk, Kirk, it ain't James. 1424 01:19:18,221 --> 01:19:19,188 - Kirk, - Kirk, 1425 01:19:19,222 --> 01:19:22,525 Kirk, Kirk Cameron. 1426 01:19:22,558 --> 01:19:23,459 Movement. 1427 01:19:23,492 --> 01:19:25,962 We don't stop, baby. 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