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[Piano music and fire crackling]
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[Piano music and fire crackling]
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Welcome, everyone.
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I am so glad you're here.
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I love Christmas.
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I admit it, I love everything
about Christmas time.
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I love the cookies,
I love the fire,
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I love the presents,
I love the stockings,
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I love the tree,
I love the fudge,
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I love the lights.
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It's a great time for growing
out the winter beard.
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I love everything about it.
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I love the music, I love
the carols and the hymns,
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I love all the kids.
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And I love the spirit in the air
at Christmas time,
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wherever you go.
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There's something that makes
people want to be more kind.
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At Christmas, they want to be
more compassionate,
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more helpful, more generous.
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Donations go up
all around the world.
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Something that makes people
bring others in
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from out of the cold
and help them,
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clothe them, feed them.
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And best of all, I think there's
something about Christmas
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that all of us sense deep inside
that says,
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"Something big happened,
and because of it,
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everything is going to be okay."
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And I love hot chocolate!
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[Fire crackling]
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But have you noticed,
there's some people
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who would love to put a big
wet blanket on all of this.
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They don't want us to love
Christmas so much
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and celebrate it the way we do.
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There's this one group over
here that says,
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"Hey, if you want to sing
your songs and do your stuff
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at Christmas time,
that's fine, but tone it down.
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Don't sing so loud."
Right?
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"Just, you take
your private stuff
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and you just keep it
in your house.
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Don't let it spill out
into the public
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and bother the rest of us.
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Just keep it tucked in
and private."
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And then there's
this other group over here
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who's actually on
the inside who's telling us,
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"Everything you're doing,
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all this stuff, the images,
the characters,
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the traditions, it's all wrong.
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It has nothing to do
with Christmas.
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As a matter of fact, you should
just take all of that,
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wrap it up and throw it
out the door
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because it's all bad."
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[Piano music]
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You know, what are they
gonna do next,
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tell us hot chocolate's
bad for us?
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That the Druids invented it?
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So what are we supposed to do?
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I mean, it can get
pretty confusing.
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And all this bickering
is definitely not
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doing anything good
for our kids.
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Maybe we need a word
from the outside.
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A voice, someone
who can remind us
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of the true meaning
of Christmas.
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Because maybe somewhere
along the way,
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we lost sight of the real story.
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Maybe we've got it wrong.
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Or, maybe we're listening
to the wrong people.
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Or, maybe, just maybe,
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someone like Santa Claus is
actually on the team?
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Sir?
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Go away.
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He's here, Sir.
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[Instrumental music]
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Where?
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Here, at the Tavern.
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Grab my coat.
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[Instrumental music]
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Stories are tricky things,
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especially the ones that
we've heard lots of times.
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There was a time when
we didn't mind hearing
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the same stories over
and over again.
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In fact, when we were children,
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we insisted on hearing them
on an endless loop.
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In fact, we'd even beg and plead
with our parents
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until they either gave up
or gave in.
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Then we got older,
and we thought maybe
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it's time for some new stories.
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We wanted to be surprised.
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We wanted more twists and turns,
and we'd roll our eyes
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if something ever got
too predictable.
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But then we had kids of our own,
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and we found ourselves
telling them
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the same stories our parents
told us.
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Only we thought that
maybe the stories
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were a bit too scary.
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We got nervous that
the wolf or the witch
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might actually give them
nightmares.
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So, we eased off on the bad guys
or even left them out entirely.
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Our heroes got tamed
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and cut down to more
manageable size.
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They needed to be less intense,
more jolly.
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But the stories we hear
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and the stories we tell
shape us.
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They teach us how to live
by showing us how to live.
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You and I are in a story
right now
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and how we enter this story
matters.
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♪ "Silent Night"
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[Upbeat music]
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[Upbeat music]
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[Background conversations]
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[Background conversations]
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♪"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
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Hey, everybody.
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That's me enjoying the party.
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And that's my sister.
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She's throwing the party.
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No one loves a Christmas party
more than her.
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As always, amazing.
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Hey, you really stepped it up
this year.
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You got Santa Claus.
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Where'd you find him?
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What do you have to pay
a guy like that?
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It's Uncle Bill.
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[kids giggling]
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Maybe it was the beard.
I didn't see him.
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Hey, does Uncle Bill work?
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Does he have a job?
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No, that's why we hired him.
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No.
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Hey, uh, where's Christian?
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Oh, he's in the other room.
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Yeah? How's he doing?
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Is he okay?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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-Yeah, he's fine.
-You sure?
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Yeah.
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I don't know.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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Hey, do I need to break
some legs?
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Is he not treating you right?
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No.
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I'll take him out in the back
right now.
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No, no. He's fine, really!
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He's just...he's just not
into Christmas this year.
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That's all.
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[Instrumental music]
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All right, who wants
hot chocolate?
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I'm hot chocolate guy!
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Come on in, guys!
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Remember how I said earlier
that you and I are
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in the middle of a story?
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The difference between our story
and the stories we heard as kids
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is that we get to help
write ours,
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and we can choose to be
the hero or the villain.
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We can be the wise man
or the fool.
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We can be Tiny Tim
or Uncle Scrooge.
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Even Uncle Scrooge has a story,
and he has his reasons.
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Problems don't take a break just
because it's Christmas time.
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Maybe someone's missed
his Christmas bonus this year
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or maybe he lost his job
or even a loved one.
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Or maybe, just maybe,
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he just doesn't like Christmas
under any circumstances.
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And that's Christian,
my brother-in-law.
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My sister wasn't exaggerating.
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He is not into Christmas
this year.
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You just don't know
someone's story
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until you see what's going on
inside his head.
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[Intense music]
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Where some see youthful joy,
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others see phony smiles
and spoiled, bratty kids.
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Where some see laughter
and holiday cheer,
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others see pretense
and obligations.
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Where some see
festive decorations,
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others see perverted symbols
with hidden meanings.
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Where some see innocent toys,
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others see pointless
distractions.
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Where some see generosity
and the joy of giving,
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others see needless spending
and bad stewardship.
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Commercialism, greed,
holiday junk, materialism,
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paganism, elf worship.
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The list goes on and on.
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Some people are determined
to see the worst
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in even the best of things,
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a big slap in the face to
the true meaning of Christmas.
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[Distorted laughter]
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[Intense music]
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My man, Christian!
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How you doing?
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What's up, Deandre?
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How you been?
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You know me, blessed
and highly favored.
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And?
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Saved and sanctified,
filled with the Holy Ghost
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and that with a burning fire!
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And?
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Made evident by speaking
in tongues, of course.
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[laughing]
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You guys and your verses.
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You really need to work
on your exegesis.
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Extra Jesus?
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Man, I've had my extra Jesus
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ever since I was baptized
for the second time. Ha!
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You gonna give me some?
Yeah.
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That's not what I meant...
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-You get that memo?
-About what?
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No more crazy shirt Fridays.
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From who?
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The man, corporate.
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They think they gonna
tell us what to do.
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We gonna go to HR.
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I'm gonna take it
straight to HR.
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You got to read your emails.
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If we don't have
crazy shirt Fridays,
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it's the end for us, man.
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That's all we got!
What else do we get?
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Floor two?
I don't want floor two.
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You know what happens
down in floor two? I don't.
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Don't want to find out
'cause I'm on floor four,
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and I like it that way.
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We gonna keep it that way.
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We gonna march if we have to.
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Straight power.
Me and you.
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My people have been
through enough.
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First they come in, start
telling us what we gonna do,
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and then they start taking over,
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telling us we can't have
Fridays,
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then you can't have
Thursdays,
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then you can't have Tuesdays,
and what's left?
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Wednesday. Hump day!
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That's already a day.
That's not our day.
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We need a day for us,
crazy shirt Fridays.
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Do you know how many
crazy shirts I've got
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that my wife gave me
for Christmas?
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What am I gonna do with those?
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♪ "Deck the Halls"
[playing over dialogue]
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♪ "Deck the Halls"
[playing over dialogue]
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-Are you listening to me?
-What?
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I'm gonna get some
hot chocolate.
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I'll send you the email again,
all right?
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I'm out.
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♪ "Deck the Halls"
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And when we see someone
struggling around Christmas,
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we should reach out.
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Hey, Christian!
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Nope. Not here.
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Just Bill on the couch.
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[Instrumental music]
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And if that person goes missing
from the Christmas party,
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especially if it's
at his own home,
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a good place to look would be
somewhere quiet,
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free from Christmas.
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[Instrumental music]
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Ah, the car in the driveway.
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See, if this were a story,
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that's exactly where you
would expect to find him,
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and you would know that this
character needs an intervention.
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[Instrumental music]
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-Hey.
-Hey.
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I was wondering where you were.
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Just, you know...taking a break.
260
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You okay?
261
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Yeah.
262
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It just gets...noisy, yeah.
263
00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:03,133
[humming "Carol of the Bells"]
264
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I was driving home today,
and, uh...
265
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right on Main,
everything's lit up.
266
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I'm driving by a store,
and I, I see...
267
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I see a little girl and her mom.
268
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The little girl's got this look
on her face like... [whining]
269
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And her Mom's looking at her
like, "Oh, it's okay, okay,"
270
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And you know, the mom's
got bags with her.
271
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You can tell they've been,
they've been shopping,
272
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and the little girl is
just so upset.
273
00:16:53,900 --> 00:16:58,866
Obviously, whatever she wants,
she's not getting.
274
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Everybody just wants stuff.
275
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And then, then I, come here
276
00:17:04,366 --> 00:17:05,633
and I look at here,
and I look at the...
277
00:17:05,666 --> 00:17:08,566
I look at the food,
I look at like, a ham.
278
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I didn't even know we could
get a ham that big.
279
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I see the presents.
280
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I see, I see...I see the tree.
281
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I see...I see Santa.
282
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It's like, what are
we gonna do?
283
00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:21,933
We're gonna open those presents.
284
00:17:21,966 --> 00:17:23,433
Nieces and nephews are gonna
get all excited,
285
00:17:23,466 --> 00:17:26,166
they're gonna tear through...
286
00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,600
And it's like three weeks
from now,
287
00:17:27,633 --> 00:17:28,966
no one's gonna be
playing with it.
288
00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,200
And that money spent...
289
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how many kids could we have fed?
290
00:17:39,333 --> 00:17:42,733
How many wells could
we have dug?
291
00:17:42,766 --> 00:17:44,500
Yeah.
292
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That's Christmas.
293
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Don't...don't...
294
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I love your sister,
I love her to death.
295
00:17:57,733 --> 00:17:59,500
And she loves,
she loves doing this.
296
00:17:59,533 --> 00:18:05,733
She loves putting all
the lights up and...
297
00:18:05,766 --> 00:18:11,600
But I look...I look
at what Christmas is.
298
00:18:11,633 --> 00:18:20,366
I think to myself, "This cannot
be what God wants."
299
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[Instrumental music]
300
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And deep...and deep
in the corner,
301
00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:34,333
stuck in the corner will be
a little snow globe,
302
00:18:34,366 --> 00:18:38,833
a little nativity scene,
a little baby Jesus.
303
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We stick it somewhere
in the corner,
304
00:18:42,033 --> 00:18:45,000
don't really see it,
and it's a trinket
305
00:18:45,033 --> 00:18:47,766
while a big old Christmas tree
just...
306
00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,033
"I'm the big tree!
307
00:18:49,066 --> 00:18:51,333
I'm the big center...
I'm the big centerpiece
308
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of all of Christmas."
309
00:18:52,733 --> 00:18:54,933
And Santa's over there,
and over here...
310
00:18:54,966 --> 00:18:56,800
yeah, let's just put Jesus
in the corner."
311
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Let's put him right there,
312
00:18:58,633 --> 00:19:02,733
and put a little glass thing
around him.
313
00:19:02,766 --> 00:19:04,300
Shake it upside down.
314
00:19:04,333 --> 00:19:05,233
It's winter.
315
00:19:05,266 --> 00:19:07,833
Snow falls all over,
all over baby Jesus.
316
00:19:07,866 --> 00:19:14,300
And then finally, he was
not born in December.
317
00:19:14,333 --> 00:19:18,800
This is not what Christmas
is all about.
318
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I hear you.
319
00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:23,633
-I get it.
-My man.
320
00:19:25,933 --> 00:19:27,666
But this is all wrong.
321
00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:29,700
This is all wrong.
322
00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:36,300
No.
323
00:19:36,333 --> 00:19:39,033
You're all wrong.
324
00:19:45,466 --> 00:19:47,366
About what?
325
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:50,666
About everything you just said.
326
00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:52,500
I said a lot.
327
00:19:52,533 --> 00:19:55,100
Yeah, and it's all wrong.
328
00:19:55,133 --> 00:19:59,400
[Instrumental music]
329
00:19:59,433 --> 00:20:01,933
I think you mean well,
330
00:20:01,966 --> 00:20:05,466
but you got the whole thing
wrong.
331
00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:07,966
You, you drank the Kool-Aid.
332
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:13,666
You, you took the bait,
hook, line and sinker.
333
00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:17,133
You swallowed the whole thing.
334
00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:17,900
Guess what?
335
00:20:17,933 --> 00:20:19,800
Everything you see
inside there,
336
00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:20,966
it's all about Christmas.
337
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:28,066
It's all about Jesus, and you're
spoiling the whole thing.
338
00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:33,533
Not just for your wife,
339
00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:36,333
but for everybody
inside your house.
340
00:20:39,766 --> 00:20:43,766
You're listening to
the wrong people.
341
00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,866
Are we seeing the same party?
342
00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:47,700
Are we seeing the same
everything
343
00:20:47,733 --> 00:20:49,433
that's going on in there?
344
00:20:49,466 --> 00:20:51,700
Yeah.
345
00:20:51,733 --> 00:20:59,700
Okay, so, okay, so...
explain to me
346
00:20:59,733 --> 00:21:01,500
how when I walk into
that Christmas party,
347
00:21:01,533 --> 00:21:05,100
which is going on all over
the world...
348
00:21:05,133 --> 00:21:06,800
Uh-huh.
349
00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:11,466
Explain to me how
that Christmas party
350
00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:16,033
honors and glorifies Jesus.
351
00:21:16,066 --> 00:21:18,100
'Cause I'm not seeing it.
352
00:21:18,133 --> 00:21:20,600
Where do I start?
353
00:21:23,833 --> 00:21:26,566
Let's start with
your snow globe.
354
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,966
The Nativity.
355
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,466
Now, I want you
to visualize this.
356
00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:34,100
Close your eyes
and, and visualize this.
357
00:21:34,133 --> 00:21:37,833
Okay, alright, I'll play.
358
00:21:37,866 --> 00:21:39,733
I see it.
359
00:21:40,133 --> 00:21:42,133
A baby is born.
360
00:21:44,466 --> 00:21:45,966
If you had to pick
one valuable thing
361
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,533
in all of the decorations around
your house at Christmas time,
362
00:21:49,566 --> 00:21:52,733
it would probably be
your Nativity set.
363
00:21:52,766 --> 00:21:55,166
But Christian, I don't
even think you see
364
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,733
what's so amazing
about that scene
365
00:21:57,766 --> 00:22:00,533
because to think that
it's only valuable
366
00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:02,066
because the baby Jesus is there
367
00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:06,200
misses a huge part
of what's going on.
368
00:22:06,233 --> 00:22:09,700
The birth of the baby
is valuable
369
00:22:09,733 --> 00:22:12,766
because of the story
he enters into.
370
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:25,233
♪ "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
371
00:22:25,266 --> 00:22:28,800
I want you to see a cave,
not a stable
372
00:22:28,833 --> 00:22:32,633
or some little prairie farm
barn thing.
373
00:22:32,666 --> 00:22:35,800
First of all, a manger is
a feeding trough,
374
00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:39,800
and it's probably going to be
carved out of a rock.
375
00:22:39,833 --> 00:22:41,966
It's going to be in a cave,
376
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:47,200
and upon that rock you would
feed your animals.
377
00:22:47,233 --> 00:22:55,900
♪ "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
378
00:22:55,933 --> 00:22:58,266
Now, move beyond the cute
and traditional
379
00:22:58,300 --> 00:22:59,933
where everything is
safe and soft,
380
00:22:59,966 --> 00:23:03,866
where everyone has white skin
and clean clothes.
381
00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:09,766
See a cave, see a place
for food.
382
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,200
Now, let's get this story right.
383
00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:15,866
This was a child that
was born into a world
384
00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:18,233
where the world power
wanted to kill him
385
00:23:18,266 --> 00:23:20,100
just for being born.
386
00:23:20,133 --> 00:23:24,133
k of soldiers surrounding the
387
00:23:24,166 --> 00:23:26,566
You need to think
of Herod's soldiers
388
00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,300
moving through the streets,
389
00:23:28,333 --> 00:23:32,100
finding babies
and murdering them.
390
00:23:32,133 --> 00:23:35,266
And mothers weeping
for their children.
391
00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:38,566
[Weapons clanging]
392
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,700
Let's set the stage.
393
00:23:40,733 --> 00:23:42,900
We're very careful about
having Mary there,
394
00:23:42,933 --> 00:23:47,800
kneeling by her newborn miracle.
395
00:23:47,833 --> 00:23:54,266
Joseph is there, surely amazed
at what had just happened.
396
00:23:54,300 --> 00:23:56,700
Baby Jesus is there,
397
00:23:56,733 --> 00:23:58,633
and the Bible draws
our attention
398
00:23:58,666 --> 00:24:02,700
to something that we usually
think of as just a prop.
399
00:24:02,733 --> 00:24:07,233
Let's take everything away
for a moment.
400
00:24:07,266 --> 00:24:10,200
Let's take away Joseph,
401
00:24:10,233 --> 00:24:13,733
leaving just a young girl
and her newborn infant.
402
00:24:13,766 --> 00:24:17,333
Now, let's take away Mary,
leaving the baby.
403
00:24:17,366 --> 00:24:22,200
Let's even take away the baby
himself for just a moment.
404
00:24:22,233 --> 00:24:23,633
Now, don't panic.
405
00:24:23,666 --> 00:24:24,566
It's not because he isn't
406
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,633
the most important person
in the story.
407
00:24:26,666 --> 00:24:28,333
He is.
408
00:24:28,366 --> 00:24:30,766
But because by getting
a look at this prop,
409
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:36,200
we'll get a better idea of why
he was born in the first place.
410
00:24:36,233 --> 00:24:38,900
Swaddling cloth.
411
00:24:38,933 --> 00:24:41,166
What is this swaddling cloth?
412
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,733
Is it just a blanket for a baby?
413
00:24:44,766 --> 00:24:47,033
We usually only think
of the baby Jesus
414
00:24:47,066 --> 00:24:49,366
being wrapped in cloths,
415
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,300
but the Bible brings these
cloths back into the story
416
00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:55,200
one more time...
417
00:24:55,233 --> 00:25:01,700
at his tomb when they rolled
that stone away.
418
00:25:01,733 --> 00:25:03,966
The cloth in the tomb was empty
419
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,066
because it could not hold
the body wrapped inside.
420
00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:12,166
Jesus escaped death as a baby
by the hand of God,
421
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,866
and he conquered death
as an adult
422
00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:17,300
by that very same hand,
423
00:25:17,333 --> 00:25:20,933
and because that cloth
could not hold him,
424
00:25:20,966 --> 00:25:25,766
death still cannot win.
425
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:26,800
Did you ever wonder
why the wise men
426
00:25:26,833 --> 00:25:30,333
brought frankincense and myrrh
at Jesus' birth?
427
00:25:30,366 --> 00:25:32,366
Those are burial spices.
428
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,933
Why would they bring
burial spices to a baby shower?
429
00:25:36,966 --> 00:25:42,933
The birth scene is a picture
of a coming burial scene.
430
00:25:42,966 --> 00:25:46,000
The soldiers don't get to kill
the baby, though.
431
00:25:46,033 --> 00:25:50,100
He came to die, but it was
according to his Father's plan,
432
00:25:50,133 --> 00:25:55,133
in his timing and on his terms.
433
00:25:55,166 --> 00:25:59,333
The death of Jesus was not
the tragic end to the story.
434
00:25:59,366 --> 00:26:01,433
It was the plan all along,
435
00:26:01,466 --> 00:26:04,866
to offer up his body as bread
for the hungry
436
00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:09,966
and to shed his blood to cover
the sins of the guilty.
437
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,733
Now, put Jesus back
into that cloth
438
00:26:13,766 --> 00:26:17,933
and let that image paint
the picture for you.
439
00:26:17,966 --> 00:26:21,266
A baby who came to die,
440
00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:25,066
but not until
the appointed time.
441
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:29,900
Yes, that's the reason for
the season right there.
442
00:26:29,933 --> 00:26:37,766
[Instrumental music]
443
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:45,000
I got to admit I never saw
the whole swaddling cloth thing.
444
00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:53,000
I, I didn't either.
445
00:26:53,033 --> 00:26:55,233
But that's my point.
446
00:26:55,266 --> 00:26:59,900
Like, I can open the Bible,
447
00:26:59,933 --> 00:27:02,100
I can look right there,
and I can go, "Oh, there it is!
448
00:27:02,133 --> 00:27:03,433
Like, I didn't,
I didn't even see that!"
449
00:27:03,466 --> 00:27:05,533
Like, that stuff blows my mind!
450
00:27:05,566 --> 00:27:08,166
Like, that's, that's
all I'm saying.
451
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,366
And Herod's soldiers
452
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,433
and kind of looking at
that whole thing like that's...
453
00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:18,866
I feel like we need to have
like little Herod soldiers
454
00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:21,533
like all around, you know,
the chimney...
455
00:27:21,566 --> 00:27:22,666
Right.
456
00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:24,800
For me to be able to see like,
this is what's going on.
457
00:27:24,833 --> 00:27:26,366
Right, right.
458
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,500
[Background conversations]
459
00:27:28,533 --> 00:27:33,533
♪ "We Wish You
a Merry Christmas" ♪
460
00:27:33,566 --> 00:27:36,833
My man, Deandre.
What's happening?
461
00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:40,500
You get that memo?
462
00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:44,066
Oh, you know I got that memo.
[chuckles]
463
00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:46,900
It's not a laughing matter,
though man.
464
00:27:46,933 --> 00:27:48,800
You know what's really
going on here.
465
00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:52,200
Yes.
466
00:27:52,233 --> 00:27:56,066
No, no, no, I don't.
467
00:27:59,033 --> 00:28:05,333
Three words: war on Christmas.
468
00:28:05,366 --> 00:28:07,500
Oh yeah.
469
00:28:07,533 --> 00:28:08,666
I think it would be
in our best interest
470
00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:13,266
before we go any further.
we got to be really careful.
471
00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:18,266
You never know who's listening
or watching.
472
00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:19,466
Cups up.
473
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:20,966
All right, man, check this out.
474
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,133
We got to go on the offensive.
475
00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:24,233
It's like the rapper, Sugar Free
said, "If you stay ready,
476
00:28:24,266 --> 00:28:25,300
you ain't got to get ready."
477
00:28:25,333 --> 00:28:27,333
They're already taking away
our freedom of speech.
478
00:28:27,366 --> 00:28:28,966
I can't say Merry Christmas
at work no more.
479
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,500
I have to say Happy Holidays,
but I am not in a daze.
480
00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:32,533
I am wide awake.
481
00:28:32,566 --> 00:28:33,900
It's deeper than that, though.
482
00:28:33,933 --> 00:28:35,100
You heard about Area 51?
483
00:28:35,133 --> 00:28:36,533
What about Area 52?
484
00:28:36,566 --> 00:28:38,166
That's where they keeping
all the mangers and trees
485
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,966
and Nativity scenes
they keep taking down.
486
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,266
Speaking of down, you know why
the Pope really stepped down?
487
00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:44,000
Da Vinci code, right? Wrong.
488
00:28:44,033 --> 00:28:45,133
There's a whole Picasso code.
489
00:28:45,166 --> 00:28:46,400
I'm actually still working
on that one.
490
00:28:46,433 --> 00:28:49,166
Come on, man, they got fluoride
in our water.
491
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,900
[Instrumental music]
492
00:28:52,933 --> 00:28:54,633
I'm saying, that's gotta cause
at least Asperger's.
493
00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:55,600
Speaking of burgers,
494
00:28:55,633 --> 00:28:57,100
you probably ain't even
had one in years.
495
00:28:57,133 --> 00:28:58,333
That ain't no ground beef,
homie.
496
00:28:58,366 --> 00:28:59,133
That's pink slime.
497
00:28:59,166 --> 00:29:00,933
I seen it on YouTube.
Look it up.
498
00:29:00,966 --> 00:29:01,966
You know what you got to do?
499
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,233
Get like me and wifey,
500
00:29:03,266 --> 00:29:05,133
strictly ostrich and emu meat,
homie.
501
00:29:05,166 --> 00:29:06,500
Delicious and exotic.
502
00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:08,966
Come on, you got the chemtrails
and HAARP
503
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,066
trying to control the weather
504
00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:12,466
with the womp, womp,
womp sounds.
505
00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:14,200
GMO's and pesticides.
506
00:29:14,233 --> 00:29:16,066
You know there's a huge
honey bee shortage, right?
507
00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:17,100
Exactly.
508
00:29:17,133 --> 00:29:18,533
Colony collapse disorder.
509
00:29:18,566 --> 00:29:20,533
Ah, that rhymes
with new world order.
510
00:29:20,566 --> 00:29:22,200
Coincidence? I thinks not.
511
00:29:22,233 --> 00:29:23,633
I saw "Loose Change,"
I know what's up
512
00:29:23,666 --> 00:29:26,133
with the whole Koch brothers,
Halliburton,
513
00:29:26,166 --> 00:29:29,366
Dick Cheney, Enron, Fannie Mac,
Freddie Mae tie-in.
514
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,466
But I mean, that's obvious.
515
00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:33,133
Look, man, I saw it on Fox News,
so you know it's true.
516
00:29:33,166 --> 00:29:35,266
War on Christmas,
it's everywhere.
517
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:37,166
Hey! Who needs more coffee?
518
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,233
Uh, no, we're good.
519
00:29:38,266 --> 00:29:40,466
Delicious, though.
520
00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:42,666
[Instrumental music]
521
00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:44,166
All right, man,
I think we're cool.
522
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,433
Cups down.
523
00:29:46,466 --> 00:29:53,033
[Instrumental music]
524
00:29:53,066 --> 00:29:56,533
So you know what
we got to do, right?
525
00:29:56,566 --> 00:29:58,433
What?
526
00:29:59,633 --> 00:30:02,533
The only thing we can do.
527
00:30:02,566 --> 00:30:09,000
[Instrumental music]
528
00:30:09,033 --> 00:30:12,233
Christmas trees.
[chuckles]
529
00:30:12,266 --> 00:30:14,066
News flash!
530
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:18,266
Christmas tree,
not in the Bible!
531
00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:19,466
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
Deuteronomy.
532
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:20,366
Did I miss it?
533
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,333
I miss Leviticus sometimes,
534
00:30:23,366 --> 00:30:26,233
but I'm pretty sure
it's not in there.
535
00:30:26,266 --> 00:30:28,966
That's the big thing I got
sitting in my house right now,
536
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,266
is a big Christmas tree.
537
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:32,566
That's a pagan...
538
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:36,133
that's a pagan idol symbol
worshipping thingy.
539
00:30:36,166 --> 00:30:38,400
You know that, right?
540
00:30:38,433 --> 00:30:41,633
That's what they would
worship the god with.
541
00:30:41,666 --> 00:30:43,400
You know, the gods.
542
00:30:43,433 --> 00:30:46,300
-What gods?
-The gods.
543
00:30:46,333 --> 00:30:47,500
Which gods?
544
00:30:47,533 --> 00:30:49,166
[Thunder rumbles]
545
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:53,300
Thorsus, Thorsirus, Thor...
it's always a Norwegian...
546
00:30:53,333 --> 00:30:54,233
It's, that's what they would do.
547
00:30:54,266 --> 00:30:56,700
It was winter, it was
the Winter Solstice.
548
00:30:56,733 --> 00:31:00,000
News flash, it's December.
549
00:31:00,033 --> 00:31:01,333
Jesus was not born in December,
550
00:31:01,366 --> 00:31:04,233
and we're celebrating
his birthday in December.
551
00:31:04,266 --> 00:31:05,266
Hello?
552
00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:07,600
When was he born?
553
00:31:07,633 --> 00:31:10,400
Probably, he was probably,
probably...
554
00:31:12,566 --> 00:31:15,100
I don't know, but he wasn't
born in December.
555
00:31:15,133 --> 00:31:16,733
Everyone knows that.
So, we're celebrating that...
556
00:31:16,766 --> 00:31:20,200
And the trees are like,
it's about like,
557
00:31:20,233 --> 00:31:22,366
the evergreen trees
represents eternal life...
558
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,566
-Yes.
-And fertility, fertility gods.
559
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,600
Wikipedia. Yeah.
560
00:31:28,633 --> 00:31:33,300
And people would worship
these symbols then,
561
00:31:33,333 --> 00:31:35,100
and they believed that if they
worshipped these symbols
562
00:31:35,133 --> 00:31:36,666
and they laid down their
offerings and their gifts,
563
00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:38,466
that they would inherit
eternal life.
564
00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:39,266
You know this.
565
00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:43,366
And this is...
this is all idolatry.
566
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,800
Yes, it's idolatry in my house.
567
00:31:46,833 --> 00:31:48,833
How do your kids react
every morning on Christmas?
568
00:31:48,866 --> 00:31:51,833
What do they do? Tell me.
569
00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:54,100
What do they do?
570
00:31:54,133 --> 00:31:57,366
I make my kids wait at
the top of the staircase.
571
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,066
I don't let them come
down the stairs
572
00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:02,266
until my wife and I get
everything ready, the tree,
573
00:32:02,300 --> 00:32:06,100
and the anticipation builds,
and they run down the stairs
574
00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:09,533
when I tell them they can,
and they run out to the tree,
575
00:32:09,566 --> 00:32:12,400
and they just are blown away
576
00:32:12,433 --> 00:32:15,433
by all the presents sitting
at the base of the tree.
577
00:32:15,466 --> 00:32:19,200
That's exactly what
the Druids did.
578
00:32:19,233 --> 00:32:23,200
-Right.
-Druids.
579
00:32:23,233 --> 00:32:25,500
You look this up.
This is all history.
580
00:32:25,533 --> 00:32:29,333
So, where, I ask again,
581
00:32:29,366 --> 00:32:33,700
where are Christmas trees
in the Bible?
582
00:32:33,733 --> 00:32:34,700
I'm glad you asked.
583
00:32:34,733 --> 00:32:35,266
I'll close my eyes again.
584
00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:37,366
Here I go, I'm waiting.
585
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,766
Okay. What's the chapter?
586
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:39,800
What's the verse?
587
00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:43,633
Do you have a weird, obscure
verse in Numbers?
588
00:32:43,666 --> 00:32:46,866
Where...where am I going?
589
00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:48,133
Where do I start in the Bible?
590
00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:49,266
Christmas trees, I'm waiting.
591
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,633
Where do I go?
592
00:32:51,666 --> 00:32:53,700
I'm glad my sister married you.
593
00:32:53,733 --> 00:32:55,466
This is awesome.
594
00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:58,433
[humming theme to "Jeopardy"]
595
00:32:58,466 --> 00:33:00,566
Bro, bro, look at me.
596
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,600
♪ Do, do, do, do, do
597
00:33:02,633 --> 00:33:04,400
Where we going in the Bible?
598
00:33:04,433 --> 00:33:07,200
Genesis.
599
00:33:07,233 --> 00:33:13,300
♪ "Ding, Dong,
Merrily on High" ♪
600
00:33:13,333 --> 00:33:18,700
The whole biblical story
starts in a tree lot.
601
00:33:18,733 --> 00:33:22,400
The Garden of Eden was
full of trees.
602
00:33:22,433 --> 00:33:25,633
Adam and Eve were given
the fruit of these trees to eat,
603
00:33:25,666 --> 00:33:27,466
but the story calls
our attention
604
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,166
to two of these trees
in particular.
605
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,566
First, the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil
606
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,633
and then later the tree of life.
607
00:33:36,666 --> 00:33:39,466
One tree was off limits
because by eating it,
608
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,500
man would surely die.
609
00:33:41,533 --> 00:33:45,233
But Adam ate from the first tree
and was thrown out of the garden
610
00:33:45,266 --> 00:33:47,866
so that he couldn't eat
from the second.
611
00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:49,600
Mankind would have to wait
612
00:33:49,633 --> 00:33:53,466
until the path to that tree
was reopened,
613
00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:55,200
but I'm getting ahead of myself.
614
00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:57,266
We'll come back to that later.
615
00:33:57,300 --> 00:34:00,433
Let's talk about that
evergreen tree in your house
616
00:34:00,466 --> 00:34:03,400
decorated with stylized fruit
and lights
617
00:34:03,433 --> 00:34:05,433
that's making you so nervous.
618
00:34:05,466 --> 00:34:09,233
You're anxious because
you can't find it in the Bible.
619
00:34:09,266 --> 00:34:11,733
Well, let me help you.
620
00:34:11,766 --> 00:34:16,200
When God created the world,
he filled it with trees.
621
00:34:16,233 --> 00:34:18,933
He hung fruit on the trees.
622
00:34:18,966 --> 00:34:20,700
When it was time for him
to build his house
623
00:34:20,733 --> 00:34:25,466
and make it beautiful,
God brought trees inside.
624
00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:29,900
The walls of his temple were
frescoed with images of trees.
625
00:34:29,933 --> 00:34:34,266
The lamp stand in his tabernacle
was an almond tree.
626
00:34:34,300 --> 00:34:37,666
And guess what he placed
on the branches of the tree
627
00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:40,466
in his house?
628
00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,700
Lights.
629
00:34:42,733 --> 00:34:45,966
Beautiful green trees
decorated with fruit
630
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,000
shimmering with lights
inside a house.
631
00:34:50,033 --> 00:34:53,966
That's God's idea,
not the Druids.
632
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,966
And the early church had
plenty of good reasons
633
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:59,333
to celebrate the birth of Jesus
on December 25,
634
00:34:59,366 --> 00:35:02,433
and it had nothing to do
with the winter solstice.
635
00:35:02,466 --> 00:35:04,733
By the way, last I checked,
636
00:35:04,766 --> 00:35:06,766
it was God who made
the winter solstice
637
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,866
when he set the planets
on their path around the sun.
638
00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:12,600
And it's actually quite fitting
639
00:35:12,633 --> 00:35:16,700
that we celebrate the birth of
Jesus in the bleak, mid-winter
640
00:35:16,733 --> 00:35:20,500
when the world appears
to be sleeping and dying,
641
00:35:20,533 --> 00:35:22,666
the darkest and coldest time
of year.
642
00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:28,033
Right then at that time, we're
proclaiming the turn of history
643
00:35:28,066 --> 00:35:32,366
from darkness to light,
from coldness to warmth,
644
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:36,933
and from death to life.
645
00:35:36,966 --> 00:35:38,866
So, enough with what pagans
want us to see.
646
00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:43,000
Let's look at what God
wants us to see.
647
00:35:43,033 --> 00:35:44,733
Let's go back to our story.
648
00:35:44,766 --> 00:35:45,833
As I was saying,
649
00:35:45,866 --> 00:35:49,566
Adam stole the fruit
from God's tree and ate it.
650
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:53,400
Now, when you steal something,
you're required to put it back.
651
00:35:53,433 --> 00:35:54,900
But how could he?
652
00:35:54,933 --> 00:35:56,033
Adam had already eaten it.
653
00:35:56,066 --> 00:35:59,866
It had gone down inside,
and become part of him.
654
00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:03,900
The only way that Adam could
put the fruit back on the tree
655
00:36:03,933 --> 00:36:06,966
would be, as crazy
as it sounds,
656
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:11,866
he would have to put himself
up on that tree.
657
00:36:11,900 --> 00:36:13,533
Now, think.
658
00:36:13,566 --> 00:36:15,700
What did Jesus do?
659
00:36:15,733 --> 00:36:18,866
He was the last Adam.
660
00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:23,000
Jesus was able to do
what Adam could not do.
661
00:36:23,033 --> 00:36:28,466
He put himself up on a tree,
making us right with God.
662
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:33,466
Jesus was God's blessed fruit
hung on his blessed tree.
663
00:36:33,500 --> 00:36:38,600
[Instrumental music]
664
00:36:38,633 --> 00:36:40,866
Remember that swaddling cloth?
665
00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:46,033
It comes back into the story
again at Jesus' burial.
666
00:36:46,066 --> 00:36:48,766
Nicodemus brings all
the funeral preparations,
667
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:53,633
frankincense, myrrh,
aloe and cloth.
668
00:36:53,666 --> 00:36:56,033
And why is he
bringing the cloth?
669
00:36:56,066 --> 00:36:59,366
To wrap the body of
our crucified Savior,
670
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,800
Jesus, put to death on a tree.
671
00:37:03,833 --> 00:37:06,866
The Bible begins with trees.
672
00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:10,900
Adam stole the fruit from
God's tree and ate it.
673
00:37:10,933 --> 00:37:14,633
The fruit that the first Adam
stole was put back on the tree
674
00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:20,566
by the last Adam when he,
himself, hung on a wooden cross.
675
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:26,700
[Instrumental music]
676
00:37:26,733 --> 00:37:29,500
So, when you walk
into a Christmas tree lot,
677
00:37:29,533 --> 00:37:32,966
I want you to see
hundreds of crosses
678
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,666
that will never be used because
of Jesus' finished work.
679
00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:42,000
He paid the price that
we could never have paid.
680
00:37:42,033 --> 00:37:44,866
He took the curse
that was rightly ours.
681
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:48,566
He reconciled us to God.
682
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,933
He is the light of the world
that has pierced the darkness.
683
00:37:52,966 --> 00:38:04,100
[Instrumental music]
684
00:38:04,133 --> 00:38:06,766
So, when you see
empty Christmas trees,
685
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,200
see an empty cross.
686
00:38:08,233 --> 00:38:10,500
And when you see
the empty cross,
687
00:38:10,533 --> 00:38:14,066
see the empty cloth lying
in an empty tomb.
688
00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:17,766
And when you see an empty
tomb, do what the disciples did,
689
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:23,600
turn and run to tell the story
that Jesus is alive.
690
00:38:25,966 --> 00:38:33,900
[rain falling]
691
00:38:33,933 --> 00:38:35,800
That's pretty cool.
692
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,066
It's awesome.
693
00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:45,166
Just I wasn't...
and I almost feel bad.
694
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:52,933
I wasn't looking closely
enough at...
695
00:38:52,966 --> 00:38:54,966
I just didn't, I didn't,
I didn't see that.
696
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,066
I didn't...
697
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:58,533
Hey, I didn't see it either.
698
00:38:58,566 --> 00:39:03,666
That's why I'm sharing it
with you.
699
00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:09,200
Santa Claus...in the Bible.
700
00:39:09,233 --> 00:39:11,500
Unless I missed somewhere
in the Bible
701
00:39:11,533 --> 00:39:16,866
where God sends his
only begotten...
702
00:39:16,900 --> 00:39:20,933
Elf? [laughs]
703
00:39:20,966 --> 00:39:24,666
Elf, Santa dude, like...
704
00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:26,766
Reindeer pulling a sleigh?
705
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,266
Just tell me right now
you're not going to pull like...
706
00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:31,800
Sliding down a chimney.
707
00:39:31,833 --> 00:39:37,000
Zephaniah 4 or like
3rd Corinthians 15,
708
00:39:37,033 --> 00:39:39,033
like, "Oh, there's Santa Claus.
709
00:39:39,066 --> 00:39:40,866
I didn't even see it
right there!"
710
00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:41,766
Just tell me right now.
711
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:42,566
Okay, we're good, right?
712
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:43,666
That's not going
to happen, okay.
713
00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:45,000
So, hold on, hold on.
714
00:39:45,033 --> 00:39:47,133
So, I'm, I'm safe in saying
715
00:39:47,166 --> 00:39:50,133
that there is no Santa Claus
in the Bible?
716
00:39:50,166 --> 00:39:51,933
[Instrumental music]
717
00:39:51,966 --> 00:39:54,100
No, there is no Santa Claus
in the Bible, but...
718
00:39:54,133 --> 00:39:55,566
Okay. Hold, eh...
719
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:56,233
No, no, no, hold on.
720
00:39:56,266 --> 00:39:57,300
Hold on, hold on.
721
00:39:57,333 --> 00:40:00,066
Just think about it,
think about it for one minute.
722
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:08,333
That's the guy, Santa,
that's obliterated Jesus.
723
00:40:08,366 --> 00:40:10,833
Jesus is gone!
724
00:40:10,866 --> 00:40:12,833
The reason for the season
is Santa Claus!
725
00:40:12,866 --> 00:40:15,266
What the kids are saying
all across the world is not,
726
00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:18,966
"I'm so excited to celebrate
the birth of Jesus!"
727
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,166
No, they're saying,
"I'm so excited
728
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,600
to get my picture taken
with Santa Claus!
729
00:40:22,633 --> 00:40:24,066
You're going to bring me
presents!"
730
00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,100
S-A-N-T-A.
731
00:40:25,133 --> 00:40:28,000
Rearrange the letters.
Satan.
732
00:40:28,033 --> 00:40:30,333
Santa, Satan.
Same letters.
733
00:40:30,366 --> 00:40:33,000
-Right?
-Right.
734
00:40:33,033 --> 00:40:34,866
Coincidence?
735
00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:37,133
[Instrumental music]
736
00:40:37,166 --> 00:40:38,166
Yeah.
737
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,866
Okay, and who's completely
gotten rid of Jesus?
738
00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:44,233
Satan. Santa.
739
00:40:44,266 --> 00:40:45,633
Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
740
00:40:45,666 --> 00:40:47,800
Where's ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
in the Bible?
741
00:40:47,833 --> 00:40:49,800
Ho, ho, ho. Bible.
742
00:40:49,833 --> 00:40:51,333
♪ You better watch out,
you better not pout. ♪
743
00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:53,100
♪ You better not cry,
I'm telling you why. ♪
744
00:40:53,133 --> 00:40:55,033
♪ Santa Claus is coming
to town. ♪
745
00:40:55,066 --> 00:40:55,900
What's the next line?
746
00:40:55,933 --> 00:40:57,266
♪ He knows when you are
sleeping. ♪
747
00:40:57,300 --> 00:40:58,833
♪ He knows when you are awake.
748
00:40:58,866 --> 00:41:00,800
Right, omniscient.
749
00:41:00,833 --> 00:41:02,266
♪ ...so be good
for goodness sake. ♪
750
00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:03,700
Omniscience, omnipresence.
751
00:41:03,733 --> 00:41:06,266
He rewards the good,
and he punishes the bad.
752
00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:08,733
Last I checked, that was God.
753
00:41:08,766 --> 00:41:10,933
By the way, this is works based.
754
00:41:10,966 --> 00:41:14,066
Last I checked, saved by grace.
755
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:16,100
This is, this is a complete
hijacking.
756
00:41:16,133 --> 00:41:17,966
This is a hijacking...
757
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:23,100
high-handed hijacking,
handedness jacking.
758
00:41:23,133 --> 00:41:25,966
It's like a carjacking
but like of our religion.
759
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,333
And guess what,
Santa got in the car,
760
00:41:27,366 --> 00:41:28,266
kicked Jesus out and was like,
761
00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:32,200
"rolling, rolling, rolling,"
and took it.
762
00:41:32,233 --> 00:41:33,633
Gone.
763
00:41:33,666 --> 00:41:34,633
Christmas is gone.
764
00:41:34,666 --> 00:41:36,800
It's all about Santa.
765
00:41:36,833 --> 00:41:40,133
Where in the Bible?
Where in the Bible?
766
00:41:40,166 --> 00:41:42,333
Where in the Bible?
Flip, flip, flip, flip, flip.
767
00:41:42,366 --> 00:41:44,100
Red letter, red letter,
red letter.
768
00:41:44,133 --> 00:41:45,000
Where is it?
769
00:41:45,033 --> 00:41:46,233
So, okay. Hold on.
770
00:41:46,266 --> 00:41:47,933
I can't, I can't wait
for this one.
771
00:41:47,966 --> 00:41:49,100
Here we go, here we go.
772
00:41:49,133 --> 00:41:50,666
I'm ready. Eyes are closed.
773
00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:52,133
I'm looking at, I see him.
774
00:41:52,166 --> 00:41:53,866
Hold on, I see his face.
775
00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:56,266
[Static noises]
776
00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:57,966
Oh, I see his face.
777
00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,900
[Static noises]
778
00:41:59,933 --> 00:42:00,833
What do you see?
779
00:42:00,866 --> 00:42:03,833
You see a little elf
and he's in a sleigh
780
00:42:03,866 --> 00:42:05,766
and he's in a little red cap
with a little red,
781
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:06,600
little red outfit.
782
00:42:06,633 --> 00:42:07,533
-Yeah.
-He's got a sack over his back.
783
00:42:07,566 --> 00:42:10,400
And he's being pulled
by a team of reindeer.
784
00:42:10,433 --> 00:42:12,066
Right. Not in the Bible.
785
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:13,300
And he's gonna land on a roof,
786
00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:15,266
and he's gonna slide
down a chimney,
787
00:42:15,300 --> 00:42:17,000
and he's going to fill stockings
788
00:42:17,033 --> 00:42:19,066
and put presents around
the base of a tree.
789
00:42:19,100 --> 00:42:20,200
-Right.
-Right?
790
00:42:20,233 --> 00:42:22,333
-Right.
-Okay.
791
00:42:22,366 --> 00:42:27,033
[Static noises]
792
00:42:27,066 --> 00:42:30,433
[Inhales]
793
00:42:30,466 --> 00:42:33,266
Let me tell you about
the real Santa Claus.
794
00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:35,700
Oh, I'm ready.
795
00:42:35,733 --> 00:42:38,166
[Instrumental music]
796
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:43,100
The real Santa Claus was
a real bad, bad dude.
797
00:42:43,133 --> 00:42:47,833
And when I say bad,
I mean bad in the good way.
798
00:42:47,866 --> 00:42:53,466
So Christian, you want Christmas
to be all about Jesus?
799
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:55,733
You think you're fighting
the good fight
800
00:42:55,766 --> 00:42:59,066
by scowling at decorations
and scoffing at presents
801
00:42:59,100 --> 00:43:01,300
and mocking Christmas trees?
802
00:43:01,333 --> 00:43:06,233
Let me show you how a real
defender of the faith does it.
803
00:43:06,266 --> 00:43:09,033
Now, if I tried to show you
how this really happened,
804
00:43:09,066 --> 00:43:12,466
you'd see a lot of guys in robes
wearing tall hats,
805
00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:14,966
carrying scepters and swinging
incense everywhere.
806
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,000
It'd be a mess.
807
00:43:17,033 --> 00:43:22,900
[Knuckles cracking]
808
00:43:22,933 --> 00:43:26,166
I want you to imagine this
a little more...
809
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:28,200
Lord of the Rings-y.
810
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,000
Sir?
811
00:43:34,233 --> 00:43:36,100
Go away.
812
00:43:37,866 --> 00:43:40,433
He's here, Sir.
813
00:43:40,466 --> 00:43:47,000
[Fire crackling]
814
00:43:47,033 --> 00:43:49,900
Where?
815
00:43:49,933 --> 00:43:52,133
Here, at the Tavern.
816
00:43:52,166 --> 00:43:55,966
[Instrumental music]
817
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,466
Grab my coat.
818
00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:03,466
[Instrumental music]
819
00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:07,100
His real name was Nicholas.
820
00:44:07,133 --> 00:44:08,266
He was a devout Christian.
821
00:44:08,300 --> 00:44:14,833
He was the Bishop of Myra,
a city in modern day Turkey.
822
00:44:14,866 --> 00:44:18,033
He was left with a large sum
of money when his parents died,
823
00:44:18,066 --> 00:44:19,966
and he became famous
for his kindness
824
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,900
toward the poor and his generous
giving of gifts to children.
825
00:44:24,933 --> 00:44:32,100
[Instrumental music]
826
00:44:32,133 --> 00:44:36,300
He was there at the Council
of Nicaea in A.D. 325,
827
00:44:36,333 --> 00:44:39,433
one of the most important events
of church history
828
00:44:39,466 --> 00:44:42,000
use one of the most
rtant doctrines of the faith
829
00:44:42,033 --> 00:44:44,133
was being challenged.
830
00:44:44,166 --> 00:44:46,000
There were leaders in the church
that had begun
831
00:44:46,033 --> 00:44:48,166
to deny the deity of Christ,
832
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,133
the doctrine that confessed
Jesus as the Son of God,
833
00:44:52,166 --> 00:44:55,400
God in the flesh.
834
00:44:55,433 --> 00:44:57,500
Nicholas did not take
kindly to those
835
00:44:57,533 --> 00:45:01,966
who wanted to reduce Jesus
to a mere man.
836
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,100
The Council of Nicaea ended up
producing what is known today
837
00:45:05,133 --> 00:45:07,166
as the Nicene Creed,
838
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:10,933
a profession of faith used by
churches all around the world.
839
00:45:10,966 --> 00:45:13,266
The Creed affirmed
the deity of Christ
840
00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:15,466
and the three persons
of the trinity,
841
00:45:15,500 --> 00:45:18,033
but that affirmation
didn't happen
842
00:45:18,066 --> 00:45:21,933
without Nicholas and a fight.
843
00:45:21,966 --> 00:45:26,033
[Instrumental music]
844
00:45:26,066 --> 00:45:30,133
He was a real man who
fought for a real truth
845
00:45:30,166 --> 00:45:33,600
against a real enemy
of the faith.
846
00:45:33,633 --> 00:45:43,900
[Instrumental music]
847
00:45:43,900 --> 00:45:50,200
[Instrumental music]
848
00:45:50,233 --> 00:45:54,666
Leading the charge in this
heresy was a Bishop named Arius.
849
00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:58,100
He was known as a charismatic
and compelling speaker.
850
00:45:58,133 --> 00:46:01,366
He was traveling from region
to region spreading his heresy
851
00:46:01,400 --> 00:46:06,266
like a plague, saying that Jesus
was less than God.
852
00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:12,066
[Instrumental music]
853
00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:15,100
Nicholas had heard enough
of Arius' babbling.
854
00:46:15,133 --> 00:46:17,633
He would be the shepherd
that protects his sheep
855
00:46:17,666 --> 00:46:20,100
from the wolves.
856
00:46:20,133 --> 00:46:23,266
[Instrumental music]
857
00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:26,166
[Heavy thud]
858
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:40,000
In the beginning was the Word...
859
00:46:40,033 --> 00:46:50,100
and the Word was with God
and the Word...was God.
860
00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:55,400
and the Word was with God
and the Word...was God.
861
00:46:55,433 --> 00:46:57,200
[Thunder crashes]
862
00:46:57,233 --> 00:47:00,300
The official record says
that at a critical moment
863
00:47:00,333 --> 00:47:06,033
during the Council, Nicholas
put the heretic Arius to shame,
864
00:47:06,066 --> 00:47:12,500
not only by word but also by
deed, smiting him on the cheek.
865
00:47:12,533 --> 00:47:26,733
[Intense music]
866
00:47:26,766 --> 00:47:29,566
Now, of course, not everyone
at the Council was happy
867
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,233
with his less than jolly
actions.
868
00:47:32,266 --> 00:47:34,100
In fact, they were
so displeased,
869
00:47:34,133 --> 00:47:36,133
they removed his title
as Bishop,
870
00:47:36,166 --> 00:47:38,500
but he was so loved
by the people
871
00:47:38,533 --> 00:47:40,566
that they gave it back to him.
872
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,600
In fact, he was even sainted.
873
00:47:42,633 --> 00:47:46,666
That's why we call him
St. Nicholas.
874
00:47:46,700 --> 00:47:49,333
Those were difficult
and desperate times.
875
00:47:49,366 --> 00:47:50,533
Truth was on the line,
876
00:47:50,566 --> 00:47:54,533
and it was not the time for
this pastor to go soft on truth
877
00:47:54,566 --> 00:47:59,266
or stay quiet for the sake
of being politically correct.
878
00:47:59,300 --> 00:48:03,533
Nicholas was a hero
who became legendary.
879
00:48:03,566 --> 00:48:06,166
And that legend became
larger than life
880
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:08,500
and reached mythic proportions.
881
00:48:08,533 --> 00:48:10,800
In France, he was called
Pere Noel.
882
00:48:10,833 --> 00:48:12,500
In Sweden, he was Tomte.
883
00:48:12,533 --> 00:48:14,733
In Norway, he was Julenissen.
884
00:48:14,766 --> 00:48:17,633
In the Netherlands,
he was Sinterklaas.
885
00:48:17,666 --> 00:48:21,466
Everyone wanted a piece of him.
886
00:48:27,566 --> 00:48:30,133
Oh, look who it is.
887
00:48:30,166 --> 00:48:31,333
Better?
888
00:48:31,366 --> 00:48:33,533
You get that out of your system?
889
00:48:33,566 --> 00:48:37,500
Come on. We've got work to do.
890
00:48:37,533 --> 00:48:47,566
[Cheerful music]
891
00:48:47,566 --> 00:48:58,833
[Cheerful music]
892
00:48:58,866 --> 00:49:00,166
Come on.
893
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:01,833
Let's go bless
some kids tonight.
894
00:49:01,866 --> 00:49:03,466
We've got gifts to give.
895
00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:05,433
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
896
00:49:05,466 --> 00:49:06,533
[Thunder crashes]
897
00:49:06,566 --> 00:49:10,200
So, Christian, the guy
you think is distracting
898
00:49:10,233 --> 00:49:13,700
everyone's attention from
the birth of the Christ child
899
00:49:13,733 --> 00:49:18,600
is actually the defender of
the faith you want to be.
900
00:49:18,633 --> 00:49:28,700
[Instrumental music]
901
00:49:28,700 --> 00:49:41,500
[Instrumental music]
902
00:49:41,533 --> 00:49:43,533
Santa...
903
00:49:45,833 --> 00:49:48,800
is the man!
904
00:49:48,833 --> 00:49:51,700
[Instrumental music]
905
00:49:51,733 --> 00:49:54,433
Yeah, he is.
906
00:49:54,466 --> 00:50:01,566
[Instrumental music]
907
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:02,466
Bro, let me just say this.
908
00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:04,233
I know you love my sister.
909
00:50:04,266 --> 00:50:06,600
I know you love Christ.
910
00:50:06,633 --> 00:50:08,500
I know you love Christmas,
911
00:50:08,533 --> 00:50:13,466
and you want it to be all about
what it's all about.
912
00:50:13,500 --> 00:50:15,800
But all this is good!
913
00:50:15,833 --> 00:50:18,166
All this is what it's all about.
914
00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:22,533
You just need to see it
with new eyes.
915
00:50:22,566 --> 00:50:27,266
[Rain falling]
916
00:50:27,300 --> 00:50:30,766
I've missed it.
917
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:36,233
I've absolutely...missed it.
918
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:43,800
Oh, dude, I am...
919
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,600
I'm that guy in the story.
920
00:50:50,333 --> 00:50:53,366
I'm the jerk.
921
00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:54,966
Oh, dude, this is bad.
922
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:56,333
This is bad.
923
00:50:56,366 --> 00:50:57,800
I'm that guy.
924
00:50:57,833 --> 00:50:59,700
Oh, dude, I'm staying
in this car all night.
925
00:50:59,733 --> 00:51:01,433
This is horrible.
926
00:51:01,466 --> 00:51:02,833
Do me a favor, go back in,
927
00:51:02,866 --> 00:51:04,700
say like, "Christian got
a rash," or something.
928
00:51:04,733 --> 00:51:07,766
Like, I broke out in something.
[laughing]
929
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,300
Like I had like some eggnog.
930
00:51:10,333 --> 00:51:11,633
Something that I had no idea
that I was allergic to.
931
00:51:11,666 --> 00:51:13,700
I was like, I couldn't like...
[fakes gagging]
932
00:51:13,733 --> 00:51:15,733
-Someone spiked the egg nog?
-Acid flaccid something.
933
00:51:15,766 --> 00:51:18,500
Like, yes, yes.
934
00:51:18,533 --> 00:51:20,700
And I, and I...
and I had to go.
935
00:51:20,733 --> 00:51:23,366
I had to go get the eggnog shot.
936
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,833
Whatever they give for that,
nog shot.
937
00:51:26,866 --> 00:51:28,733
No.
938
00:51:29,466 --> 00:51:30,800
There's a better way
to end this story.
939
00:51:30,833 --> 00:51:32,333
You know what you need to do?
940
00:51:32,366 --> 00:51:36,233
You need to be the guy...
941
00:51:37,933 --> 00:51:46,833
who walks back into your house,
walks up to your wife and says,
942
00:51:48,966 --> 00:51:54,966
"I was wrong. I blew it."
943
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:02,333
You know what you need to do.
944
00:52:02,366 --> 00:52:05,400
What if you did that?
945
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:10,800
No, you're right,
I should do it.
946
00:52:11,866 --> 00:52:13,733
Or you. It's your sister.
947
00:52:13,766 --> 00:52:15,333
-No, it's me.
-It's your wife.
948
00:52:15,366 --> 00:52:18,033
It's me. It's me.
949
00:52:19,766 --> 00:52:24,766
The best ending to this story
is you being the guy...
950
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:30,800
that everyone roots for.
951
00:52:30,833 --> 00:52:35,433
You be the guy who saves
Christmas.
952
00:52:38,833 --> 00:52:45,666
You being the
guy who's all in.
953
00:52:45,700 --> 00:52:47,833
I'm going to be that guy.
954
00:52:49,966 --> 00:52:52,966
I'm going to be that guy.
955
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:56,766
I'm going to be that guy.
I'm going to be that guy.
956
00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:57,966
I'm going to be that guy.
957
00:52:58,000 --> 00:52:59,400
Go, bro. [slaps hands]
958
00:52:59,433 --> 00:53:00,033
I'm going to be that guy.
959
00:53:00,066 --> 00:53:01,333
I'm going to be that guy!
960
00:53:01,366 --> 00:53:02,866
I'm going... I'm going...
961
00:53:02,900 --> 00:53:04,433
I'm going to be the...grrrr.
962
00:53:04,466 --> 00:53:06,066
I'm going to be that guy.
963
00:53:06,100 --> 00:53:09,000
I'm going to be that guy.
[laughing]
964
00:53:09,033 --> 00:53:10,400
I'm going to be that guy.
965
00:53:10,433 --> 00:53:11,900
What's up baby,
I'm going to be that guy.
966
00:53:11,933 --> 00:53:13,333
What you got going on, girl?
967
00:53:13,366 --> 00:53:16,000
I'm going to be that...
968
00:53:16,033 --> 00:53:17,966
I'm going to be that guy.
969
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:24,000
[Instrumental music]
970
00:53:24,033 --> 00:53:25,900
Whoa.
971
00:53:27,566 --> 00:53:30,400
Looks like somebody's
having a moment.
972
00:53:30,433 --> 00:53:32,433
Umm.
973
00:53:34,733 --> 00:53:38,533
[Inhales]
974
00:53:38,566 --> 00:53:42,800
So take it all in,
all the glory of Christmas.
975
00:53:42,833 --> 00:53:48,633
[Instrumental music]
976
00:53:48,666 --> 00:53:53,733
Now, see Christmas through
new eyes.
977
00:53:53,766 --> 00:54:05,000
[Instrumental music]
978
00:54:05,033 --> 00:54:07,466
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Back up, everybody!
979
00:54:07,500 --> 00:54:14,633
[Slow motion yelling]
980
00:54:14,666 --> 00:54:19,433
[Floor squeaking]
981
00:54:19,466 --> 00:54:26,866
[Slow motion yelling]
982
00:54:26,900 --> 00:54:29,966
[Crash, screaming]
983
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:31,433
Whew! Work, Holy Spirit, ha!
984
00:54:31,466 --> 00:54:33,933
-Can I get a amen?
-Amen!
985
00:54:33,966 --> 00:54:34,800
The scales are falling off.
986
00:54:34,833 --> 00:54:36,933
Glory! Ah, glory! Hmm.
987
00:54:36,966 --> 00:54:45,733
[Instrumental music]
988
00:54:45,766 --> 00:54:49,100
Sometimes you have to be
brought low
989
00:54:49,133 --> 00:54:52,433
to be humbled as a little child
990
00:54:52,466 --> 00:54:54,733
to get the right perspective
on Christmas.
991
00:54:54,766 --> 00:54:57,833
Look at the presents
around your tree.
992
00:54:57,866 --> 00:55:00,833
When you see them
from this perspective,
993
00:55:00,866 --> 00:55:05,466
see how they look
like a city skyline.
994
00:55:05,500 --> 00:55:08,766
[Instrumental music]
995
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,733
Imagine the new Jerusalem,
996
00:55:11,766 --> 00:55:16,066
a heavenly city whose builder
and architect is God,
997
00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:18,666
and the wall of the city
was adorned
998
00:55:18,700 --> 00:55:22,533
with all kinds
of precious stones.
999
00:55:22,566 --> 00:55:25,200
And what's at the center
of that city?
1000
00:55:25,233 --> 00:55:27,666
A tree.
1001
00:55:27,700 --> 00:55:31,166
[Instrumental music]
1002
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,000
The tree of life, made available
1003
00:55:34,033 --> 00:55:38,233
by the conquering blood of Jesus
to all who believe.
1004
00:55:38,266 --> 00:55:41,700
This tree, full of
healing leaves.
1005
00:55:41,733 --> 00:55:44,233
This tree, full of fruit.
1006
00:55:44,266 --> 00:55:48,233
This tree, full of lights
that shine in the darkness,
1007
00:55:48,266 --> 00:55:51,533
lights that shine over the city.
1008
00:55:51,566 --> 00:55:55,766
[Instrumental music]
1009
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:59,166
So, see the lights,
the stars over Bethlehem
1010
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:02,700
announcing the birth
of the Prince of Peace.
1011
00:56:02,733 --> 00:56:04,666
Lesser lights that remind us
1012
00:56:04,700 --> 00:56:07,300
that Jesus is the light
of the world
1013
00:56:07,333 --> 00:56:11,100
and that we are to let our light
shine before men.
1014
00:56:11,133 --> 00:56:16,133
[Instrumental music]
1015
00:56:16,166 --> 00:56:17,933
And there's another thing.
1016
00:56:17,966 --> 00:56:20,933
ook at those presents again,
stacked and wrapped
1017
00:56:20,966 --> 00:56:24,066
and made beautiful, waiting
to be torn open.
1018
00:56:24,100 --> 00:56:26,566
This isn't bad stewardship.
1019
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,133
This is doing what God does.
1020
00:56:29,166 --> 00:56:32,233
He has always been giving
gifts to his children
1021
00:56:32,266 --> 00:56:34,100
at the base of trees.
1022
00:56:34,133 --> 00:56:37,766
Abraham was given the gift of
a son at the Oaks of Mamre.
1023
00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:39,700
The Cedars of Lebanon were
given as materials
1024
00:56:39,733 --> 00:56:42,066
for Solomon's temple.
1025
00:56:42,100 --> 00:56:45,966
r salvation was given to us
t the base of a tree.
1026
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:50,066
[Instrumental music]
1027
00:56:50,100 --> 00:56:53,033
So, does this tree belong
in your house?
1028
00:56:53,066 --> 00:56:58,066
Should it be loaded with fruit
and lights and presents?
1029
00:56:58,100 --> 00:56:59,666
Hmm. Whoa, whoa, whoa!
1030
00:56:59,700 --> 00:57:01,733
Part the red sea!
[screams]
1031
00:57:01,766 --> 00:57:04,266
[Instrumental music]
1032
00:57:04,300 --> 00:57:07,266
And now that you know
who the real Santa is,
1033
00:57:07,300 --> 00:57:09,266
I got a question for you.
1034
00:57:09,300 --> 00:57:11,700
Would you like to take
a picture with him?
1035
00:57:11,733 --> 00:57:21,766
[upbeat music]
1036
00:57:21,766 --> 00:57:35,966
[upbeat music]
1037
00:57:39,733 --> 00:57:52,966
[Instrumental music]
1038
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:57,233
Our Christmas traditions are
so rich and so full
1039
00:57:57,266 --> 00:58:00,766
if only we had the eyes
to see them.
1040
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:05,000
[Instrumental music]
1041
00:58:05,033 --> 00:58:07,200
It's time to step
out of the car,
1042
00:58:07,233 --> 00:58:11,100
out of the quiet and safe place
where we've been hiding.
1043
00:58:11,133 --> 00:58:13,300
It's time to tell everyone
1044
00:58:13,333 --> 00:58:19,266
that every inch of this creation
belongs to Jesus.
1045
00:58:19,300 --> 00:58:24,666
[Instrumental music]
1046
00:58:24,700 --> 00:58:26,800
So, you're out of the car.
1047
00:58:26,833 --> 00:58:29,033
Are your eyes open?
1048
00:58:29,066 --> 00:58:30,933
What do you see?
1049
00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:35,800
A soldier?
1050
00:58:35,833 --> 00:58:45,866
[Instrumental music]
1051
00:58:45,866 --> 00:58:55,100
[Instrumental music]
1052
00:58:55,133 --> 00:58:58,000
We need to make traditions
of our own.
1053
00:58:58,033 --> 00:59:02,800
We need to infuse old symbols
with new meaning.
1054
00:59:02,833 --> 00:59:04,833
We need to rearrange our lives
and our homes
1055
00:59:04,866 --> 00:59:09,466
so that every single thing
points to Jesus.
1056
00:59:09,500 --> 00:59:14,266
[Instrumental music]
1057
00:59:14,300 --> 00:59:17,300
We need to tell our children
new stories.
1058
00:59:17,333 --> 00:59:19,866
We need to be bold.
1059
00:59:19,900 --> 00:59:22,466
Remember those soldiers
at the Nativity?
1060
00:59:22,500 --> 00:59:27,466
These were Herod's strongest
warriors doing his bidding.
1061
00:59:27,500 --> 00:59:30,033
Every toy soldier can be
a reminder
1062
00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:36,200
of the whole story of how a baby
was spared in his infancy
1063
00:59:36,233 --> 00:59:38,133
to become the warrior
that ensured
1064
00:59:38,166 --> 00:59:42,866
that death finally was killed.
1065
00:59:42,900 --> 00:59:52,933
[Instrumental music]
1066
00:59:52,933 --> 00:59:57,966
[Instrumental music]
1067
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:00,466
So, bring the soldiers close.
1068
01:00:00,500 --> 01:00:05,233
Let them be near the nativity,
and remind your children
1069
01:00:05,266 --> 01:00:10,033
that every character
in God's story has a place.
1070
01:00:10,066 --> 01:00:20,766
[Instrumental music]
1071
01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:26,133
And if you've been that guy,
if you spent the holidays
1072
01:00:26,166 --> 01:00:28,900
terrorizing your family
and your friends,
1073
01:00:28,933 --> 01:00:31,533
scowling at Santa,
frustrating your wife,
1074
01:00:31,566 --> 01:00:34,333
it's time to make it right.
1075
01:00:34,366 --> 01:00:45,400
[Instrumental music]
1076
01:00:45,433 --> 01:00:46,466
Christmas, after all,
1077
01:00:46,500 --> 01:00:51,033
is ultimately about making
all things right.
1078
01:00:51,066 --> 01:00:57,200
[Instrumental music]
1079
01:00:57,233 --> 01:01:00,233
You okay?
1080
01:01:02,233 --> 01:01:08,333
Honey, I've been a bit of a jerk
this Christmas season.
1081
01:01:08,366 --> 01:01:11,566
Yeah, you have.
1082
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:14,466
[Instrumental music]
1083
01:01:14,500 --> 01:01:19,300
You deserve so much better,
1084
01:01:19,333 --> 01:01:20,300
and this Christmas, I want
to give you something
1085
01:01:20,333 --> 01:01:26,166
I've been wanting to give you
for a long time.
1086
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:29,000
What do you got in mind,
big papa?
1087
01:01:29,033 --> 01:01:31,400
Now, what happens in most
stories at this point?
1088
01:01:31,433 --> 01:01:33,400
I mean, if you were writing
this story right now,
1089
01:01:33,433 --> 01:01:35,233
what would you want
to have happen?
1090
01:01:35,266 --> 01:01:37,933
The cliche kiss, right?
1091
01:01:37,966 --> 01:01:42,633
But, if we learned one thing
in all this, let's not forget
1092
01:01:42,666 --> 01:01:48,600
that sometimes our heroes
do the unexpected.
1093
01:01:48,633 --> 01:01:50,900
I went ahead and just organized
a hip hop dance crew
1094
01:01:50,933 --> 01:01:52,566
that encompasses all the joy
in gospel,
1095
01:01:52,600 --> 01:01:55,000
bursting in excitement
that I alone as one man
1096
01:01:55,033 --> 01:01:56,966
just cannot express.
1097
01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:58,100
No, really, I did.
1098
01:01:58,133 --> 01:02:00,300
Hit it, Deandre!
1099
01:02:00,333 --> 01:02:02,366
Oh, man, I got just the track
for you!
1100
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:04,100
How about some
Family Force Five?
1101
01:02:04,133 --> 01:02:06,033
"Angels We Have Heard on High".
1102
01:02:06,066 --> 01:02:08,166
Come on, people, let's do this!
1103
01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:10,533
Yeah! I want to see
a choir in here.
1104
01:02:10,566 --> 01:02:12,533
A God squad.
You know how we do.
1105
01:02:12,566 --> 01:02:14,966
Ooh, Marshall Foster's
in the house
1106
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:16,233
kicking it old school.
1107
01:02:16,266 --> 01:02:18,633
He on to me. [laughs]
You know how we do it.
1108
01:02:18,666 --> 01:02:20,033
Altos, sopranos and tenors.
1109
01:02:20,066 --> 01:02:21,633
Let's do this, baby! Unh!
1110
01:02:21,666 --> 01:02:24,466
♪ Angels we have
heard on high ♪
1111
01:02:24,500 --> 01:02:27,633
♪ Sweetly singing
o'er the plains ♪
1112
01:02:27,666 --> 01:02:34,233
♪ And the mountains in reply
echoing their joyous strains ♪
1113
01:02:34,266 --> 01:02:40,433
♪ Glo-ria,
1114
01:02:40,466 --> 01:02:43,666
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1115
01:02:43,700 --> 01:02:50,233
♪ Glo-ria,
1116
01:02:50,266 --> 01:02:54,400
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1117
01:02:54,433 --> 01:03:00,066
[cheering]
1118
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:03,000
♪ Shepherds,
why this jubilee? ♪
1119
01:03:03,033 --> 01:03:06,133
♪ Why your joyous strains
prolong? ♪
1120
01:03:06,166 --> 01:03:09,233
♪ What the gladsome
tidings be? ♪
1121
01:03:09,266 --> 01:03:12,466
♪ Which inspire your
heav'nly song? ♪
1122
01:03:12,500 --> 01:03:19,000
♪ Glo-ria,
1123
01:03:19,033 --> 01:03:22,100
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1124
01:03:22,133 --> 01:03:28,433
♪ Glo-ria,
1125
01:03:28,466 --> 01:03:33,266
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1126
01:03:33,300 --> 01:03:38,200
[Hip-hop music]
1127
01:03:38,233 --> 01:03:41,300
♪ Come to Bethlehem and see
1128
01:03:41,333 --> 01:03:44,433
♪ Him whose birth
the angels sing ♪
1129
01:03:44,466 --> 01:03:47,700
♪ Come, adore
on bended knee, ♪
1130
01:03:47,733 --> 01:03:50,766
♪ Christ the Lord,
the newborn King ♪
1131
01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:57,133
♪ Glo-ria,
1132
01:03:57,166 --> 01:04:00,466
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1133
01:04:00,500 --> 01:04:06,766
♪ Glo-ria,
1134
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:11,633
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1135
01:04:11,666 --> 01:04:16,766
[Hip-hop music]
1136
01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:22,333
♪ Uh oh, here come the angels.
1137
01:04:22,366 --> 01:04:24,033
[Beat-boxing]
1138
01:04:24,066 --> 01:04:27,300
♪ Put your wings in the air.
1139
01:04:27,333 --> 01:04:31,800
♪ Flap 'em like you
just don't care. ♪
1140
01:04:31,833 --> 01:04:34,333
Oh, flying in, flying in!
1141
01:04:34,366 --> 01:04:36,666
♪ Here come the angels.
1142
01:04:36,700 --> 01:04:40,400
[Cheering]
1143
01:04:40,433 --> 01:04:43,466
♪ Talking about the angels.
1144
01:04:43,500 --> 01:04:45,800
♪ Uh oh, here come the angels
1145
01:04:45,833 --> 01:04:48,533
[cheering]
1146
01:04:48,566 --> 01:04:50,066
Come on!
1147
01:04:50,100 --> 01:04:52,533
♪ Put your wings in the air.
1148
01:04:52,566 --> 01:04:56,200
♪ Flap 'em like you
just don't care. ♪
1149
01:04:56,233 --> 01:05:06,266
[Hip-hop music]
1150
01:05:06,300 --> 01:05:09,466
♪ Talking about some angels.
1151
01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:15,333
♪ Here come the angels.
1152
01:05:15,366 --> 01:05:18,800
♪ Put your wings in the air.
1153
01:05:18,833 --> 01:05:22,300
♪ Flap 'em like you
just don't care. ♪
1154
01:05:22,333 --> 01:05:25,433
♪ Talking about some angels.
1155
01:05:25,466 --> 01:05:28,666
♪ Here come the angels.
1156
01:05:28,700 --> 01:05:31,800
[Hip-hop music]
1157
01:05:31,833 --> 01:05:35,200
♪ Talking about some angels.
1158
01:05:35,233 --> 01:05:41,233
♪ Uh oh, here come the angels.
1159
01:05:41,266 --> 01:05:43,800
♪ Put your wings in the air.
1160
01:05:43,833 --> 01:05:47,833
♪ Flap 'em like you
just don't care. ♪
1161
01:05:47,866 --> 01:05:51,200
♪ Talking about some angels.
1162
01:05:51,233 --> 01:05:56,800
♪ Here come the angels.
1163
01:05:56,833 --> 01:05:59,766
♪ Put your wings in the air.
1164
01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:03,500
♪ Flap 'em like you
just don't care. ♪
1165
01:06:03,533 --> 01:06:07,133
♪ Talking about some angels.
1166
01:06:07,166 --> 01:06:09,166
♪ Here come the angels.
1167
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:15,200
♪ Glo-ria,
1168
01:06:15,233 --> 01:06:18,300
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1169
01:06:18,333 --> 01:06:24,600
♪ Glo-ria,
1170
01:06:24,633 --> 01:06:29,433
♪ In excelsis Deo!
1171
01:06:29,466 --> 01:06:32,533
[Hip-hop music]
1172
01:06:32,566 --> 01:06:37,633
♪ Talking about some angels ♪
1173
01:06:37,666 --> 01:06:39,666
[Applause]
1174
01:06:39,700 --> 01:06:40,933
All right, everybody!
1175
01:06:40,966 --> 01:06:42,533
Let's feast!
1176
01:06:42,566 --> 01:06:54,733
[cheering]
1177
01:06:59,900 --> 01:07:03,266
Well, that's why I show up
for these parties.
1178
01:07:09,233 --> 01:07:11,266
[Instrumental music]
1179
01:07:11,300 --> 01:07:13,366
So, this is Christmas.
1180
01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:15,966
Pull out your best dishes,
your finest linens,
1181
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:21,800
your nicest silverware,
the biggest ham.
1182
01:07:21,833 --> 01:07:25,333
Every side dish you can
possibly imagine,
1183
01:07:25,366 --> 01:07:27,300
and the richest butter.
1184
01:07:27,333 --> 01:07:30,633
It's time to feast.
1185
01:07:30,666 --> 01:07:44,633
[Instrumental music]
1186
01:07:44,666 --> 01:07:46,600
Invite your neighbors,
you co-workers,
1187
01:07:46,633 --> 01:07:50,866
your friends and your family
and make the most of Christmas.
1188
01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:55,000
Fill your table with laughter
and stories and songs.
1189
01:07:55,033 --> 01:07:57,533
Don't miss a single opportunity
1190
01:07:57,566 --> 01:08:00,766
to pass along the joy
of the season.
1191
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:02,766
And don't buy into the complaint
about materialism
1192
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:04,366
during Christmas.
1193
01:08:04,400 --> 01:08:06,766
Sure, don't max out
your credit cards
1194
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:09,933
or use presents to buy friends,
but remember,
1195
01:08:09,966 --> 01:08:13,666
this is a celebration
of the eternal God
1196
01:08:13,700 --> 01:08:17,533
taking on a material body.
1197
01:08:17,566 --> 01:08:22,533
So, it's right that our holiday
is marked with material things.
1198
01:08:22,566 --> 01:08:24,400
Things we can see
with our eyes
1199
01:08:24,433 --> 01:08:27,000
and touch with our hands
and look upon.
1200
01:08:27,033 --> 01:08:30,566
Ribbons, decorations,
hot chocolate, lights,
1201
01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:34,466
presents, giant hams, stuffing,
fudge, Christmas cards,
1202
01:08:34,500 --> 01:08:38,400
and more hot chocolate
piled high with whip cream.
1203
01:08:38,433 --> 01:08:40,933
[Instrumental music]
1204
01:08:40,966 --> 01:08:44,766
How could we possibly capture
all that Christmas is?
1205
01:08:44,800 --> 01:08:47,566
We could eat until we split
at the seams.
1206
01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:49,800
We could smile
until our cheeks hurt
1207
01:08:49,833 --> 01:08:51,900
and laugh until
our bellies ache.
1208
01:08:51,933 --> 01:08:54,066
We could sing until our voices
grew hoarse,
1209
01:08:54,100 --> 01:08:56,800
and we would not have even
scratched the surface
1210
01:08:56,833 --> 01:09:02,600
of this glorious day.
1211
01:09:02,633 --> 01:09:04,600
Throw your doors open
and invite the world
1212
01:09:04,633 --> 01:09:07,966
into the story of this king
and his kingdom.
1213
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:14,066
This is our story, our city,
our tree, our lights,
1214
01:09:14,100 --> 01:09:17,966
our presents, our songs,
our Saint Nick,
1215
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:22,033
our hope, our future,
our Savior.
1216
01:09:22,066 --> 01:09:25,900
My brother-in-law is seeing it
for the first time,
1217
01:09:25,933 --> 01:09:30,500
and once your eyes have been
opened, you can't go back.
1218
01:09:30,533 --> 01:09:35,533
[Instrumental music]
1219
01:09:35,566 --> 01:09:41,066
All the best to you
and your family this Christmas.
1220
01:09:41,100 --> 01:09:45,700
I have to say, things
have improved around here.
1221
01:09:45,733 --> 01:09:48,033
[Instrumental music]
1222
01:09:51,700 --> 01:10:04,800
♪ "Christmas Time Again"
1223
01:10:04,833 --> 01:10:06,966
♪ Christmas time is here
1224
01:10:07,000 --> 01:10:11,533
♪ Come and celebrate
the best time of the year ♪
1225
01:10:11,566 --> 01:10:13,033
♪ The jingle bells are ringing
1226
01:10:13,066 --> 01:10:18,633
♪ And the carolers are singing
their Christmas songs ♪
1227
01:10:18,666 --> 01:10:20,900
♪ Christmas time has come
1228
01:10:20,933 --> 01:10:24,833
♪ Can you hear the little
drummer boy playing his drum♪
1229
01:10:24,866 --> 01:10:26,733
♪ And everywhere you go,
1230
01:10:26,766 --> 01:10:33,466
♪ somebody's wishing you
a Merry Christmas ♪
1231
01:10:33,500 --> 01:10:34,766
Main man, Christian.
1232
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:35,800
How you doin', man?
1233
01:10:35,833 --> 01:10:37,733
How you doin', Deandre?
1234
01:10:37,766 --> 01:10:38,933
How you been?
1235
01:10:38,966 --> 01:10:39,866
Bring it back, here we go.
1236
01:10:39,900 --> 01:10:42,600
Alright.
1237
01:10:42,633 --> 01:10:45,933
Here we go, and action.
1238
01:10:45,966 --> 01:10:47,100
My main man, Christian!
1239
01:10:47,133 --> 01:10:48,400
How you doin'?
1240
01:10:48,433 --> 01:10:49,500
What's up, Deandre?
1241
01:10:49,533 --> 01:10:50,433
How you been?
1242
01:10:50,466 --> 01:10:52,933
You know me, blessed
and highly favored.
1243
01:10:52,966 --> 01:10:55,200
-And?
-Ha-ha ha...
1244
01:10:55,233 --> 01:10:56,400
Bring it back, here we go.
1245
01:10:56,433 --> 01:10:58,066
-Blessed and highly favored.
-Blessed and highly favored...
1246
01:10:58,100 --> 01:11:00,800
[Both speaking quickly]
1247
01:11:00,833 --> 01:11:03,933
Here we go, it's digital,
roll all day, here we go.
1248
01:11:03,966 --> 01:11:06,100
It's the end for us, man.
That's all we got!
1249
01:11:06,133 --> 01:11:06,933
What else do we get?
1250
01:11:06,966 --> 01:11:08,800
Floor two?
I don't want floor two.
1251
01:11:08,833 --> 01:11:10,133
Do you know what happens
down at floor two?
1252
01:11:10,166 --> 01:11:11,633
I don't, don't wanna find out
1253
01:11:11,666 --> 01:11:14,133
'cause i'm on floor four
and I like it that way.
1254
01:11:14,166 --> 01:11:14,833
We gonna keep it that way.
1255
01:11:14,866 --> 01:11:16,500
We gonna march if we have to.
1256
01:11:16,533 --> 01:11:17,800
Straight power, me and you.
1257
01:11:17,833 --> 01:11:19,033
They're not gonna do this
to us, man.
1258
01:11:19,066 --> 01:11:20,133
We done been here before.
1259
01:11:20,166 --> 01:11:21,500
My people have been through
enough.
1260
01:11:21,533 --> 01:11:22,900
I think you Jewish,
1261
01:11:22,933 --> 01:11:24,500
so your people have been
through enough too.
1262
01:11:24,533 --> 01:11:27,466
We all done been through it,
and that's enough.
1263
01:11:27,500 --> 01:11:30,000
-How many people you got?
-All of us, we all people.
1264
01:11:30,033 --> 01:11:31,500
Came from Adam, right?
1265
01:11:31,533 --> 01:11:32,800
Six, seven, I don't know.
1266
01:11:32,833 --> 01:11:34,033
We got a whole bunch.
1267
01:11:34,066 --> 01:11:35,500
But who's countin'?
They ain't countin'.
1268
01:11:35,533 --> 01:11:37,200
All they see is people.
Me, you, all of us...
1269
01:11:37,233 --> 01:11:38,833
-Fingers, do your fingers.
-Five, six, seven.
1270
01:11:38,866 --> 01:11:40,033
I don't even know what
I'm saying right now.
1271
01:11:40,066 --> 01:11:42,500
I'm just gonna talk and move
my hands and keep going crazy
1272
01:11:42,533 --> 01:11:44,166
till you get everything you
need from this camera.
1273
01:11:44,200 --> 01:11:47,500
I'm not gonna...tell them to
come get me 'cause we here.
1274
01:11:47,533 --> 01:11:49,566
We got it all up, mmm.
Can't silence me.
1275
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:53,833
-We shall overcome one day!
-Do a little spin.
1276
01:11:53,866 --> 01:11:55,133
And they ain't gonna tell me
what to do...
1277
01:11:55,166 --> 01:11:57,000
-Do a little spin.
-We gonna do it, we gonna do it.
1278
01:11:57,033 --> 01:11:58,466
We gonna take it to,
we gonna march,
1279
01:11:58,500 --> 01:11:59,700
we gonna do the running man,
1280
01:11:59,733 --> 01:12:01,200
we gonna do everything we got
to do 'cause they don't get us.
1281
01:12:01,233 --> 01:12:03,133
No, man, it ain't gonna happen
that way.
1282
01:12:03,166 --> 01:12:04,500
Get back in position
and question me,
1283
01:12:04,533 --> 01:12:05,866
-You listening?
-You listening?
1284
01:12:05,900 --> 01:12:07,900
You heard what I said?
1285
01:12:09,133 --> 01:12:14,033
♪ Thank God for his gift
of love ♪
1286
01:12:14,066 --> 01:12:17,700
♪ This Christmas
1287
01:12:17,733 --> 01:12:20,833
-We say ho!
-Ho!
1288
01:12:20,866 --> 01:12:23,100
-Ho!
-Ho!
1289
01:12:23,133 --> 01:12:26,166
-Ho! Ho!
-Ho! Ho!
1290
01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:28,166
[Clapping]
1291
01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:29,900
Now, stop!
1292
01:12:29,933 --> 01:12:31,133
-Oh, we bad.
-Hammer time.
1293
01:12:31,166 --> 01:12:32,700
Oh, we bad.
1294
01:12:32,733 --> 01:12:34,966
[Laughter]
1295
01:12:36,566 --> 01:12:38,266
Am I good here, Andy?
1296
01:12:38,300 --> 01:12:40,566
Kirk, what do you do for
dry mouth in between scenes?
1297
01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:41,600
What do you do?
1298
01:12:41,633 --> 01:12:42,733
Um, just water.
1299
01:12:42,766 --> 01:12:45,100
Water, or do you do like
a fruit thing, like celery?
1300
01:12:45,133 --> 01:12:48,200
-What do you do?
-What happened to the ranch?
1301
01:12:48,233 --> 01:12:53,833
♪ Little drummer boy
playing his drums ♪
1302
01:12:53,866 --> 01:12:57,166
-Isn't it terrible?
-Oh, my goodness.
1303
01:12:57,200 --> 01:12:59,766
I don't know how you guys
do this.
1304
01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:04,700
[Background conversation]
1305
01:13:04,733 --> 01:13:07,633
Here we go, quiet please.
Here we go.
1306
01:13:07,666 --> 01:13:09,266
[exhales] Sound, speed.
1307
01:13:09,300 --> 01:13:13,633
Hey Kirk, can you puff up
my sweater dirt...dust?
1308
01:13:13,666 --> 01:13:15,966
-Pull camera.
-Speeding.
1309
01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:17,666
Just hit it, hit, hit, hit.
1310
01:13:17,700 --> 01:13:19,600
Hit, hit, hit, hit...
1311
01:13:19,633 --> 01:13:22,700
and step out.
1312
01:13:22,733 --> 01:13:28,266
[Instrumental music]
1313
01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:32,200
-I like fat geese.
-We're rolling, here we go.
1314
01:13:32,233 --> 01:13:35,733
Okay, speed and I'll go ahead
and give it a clap.
1315
01:13:35,766 --> 01:13:38,200
[laughing]
Fat geese, giant hams.
1316
01:13:38,233 --> 01:13:41,266
I love fat geese
and giant fams.
1317
01:13:41,300 --> 01:13:43,866
[Laughs, snorts]
1318
01:13:43,900 --> 01:13:45,666
Here we go.
1319
01:13:45,700 --> 01:13:47,300
-I'm ready.
-Hey!
1320
01:13:47,333 --> 01:13:50,833
♪ Fa, la, la, la, la, la,
la, la, hey! ♪
1321
01:13:50,866 --> 01:13:56,666
♪ There's a joy in children
seeing Santa at the mall. ♪
1322
01:13:56,700 --> 01:13:59,266
♪ There's a joy
the bright lights ♪
1323
01:13:59,300 --> 01:14:03,200
♪ of this season bring us all.
1324
01:14:03,233 --> 01:14:05,066
♪ How can these compare
1325
01:14:05,100 --> 01:14:09,800
♪ to the good news
the angels tell? ♪
1326
01:14:09,833 --> 01:14:13,000
♪ Heaven has sent us a Savior.
1327
01:14:13,033 --> 01:14:16,133
♪ What a night,
there is no greater! ♪
1328
01:14:16,166 --> 01:14:23,100
♪ Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy
1329
01:14:23,133 --> 01:14:26,233
♪ Light a star on
the Christmas tree. ♪
1330
01:14:26,266 --> 01:14:29,066
♪ Love has come
for you and me. ♪
1331
01:14:29,100 --> 01:14:35,833
♪ Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy
1332
01:14:35,866 --> 01:14:38,800
♪ I hear the carols
on the radio. ♪
1333
01:14:38,833 --> 01:14:42,900
♪ So turn it up and let
the whole world know. ♪
1334
01:14:42,933 --> 01:14:45,966
♪ Because I've got a love
that's so, ♪
1335
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:51,300
♪ There is no greater joy.
1336
01:14:51,333 --> 01:14:53,733
♪ I hear it in the bells,
1337
01:14:53,766 --> 01:14:58,066
♪ they're ringing up
and down the street. ♪
1338
01:14:58,100 --> 01:15:04,833
♪ I see it shining in the smiles
of everyone I meet. ♪
1339
01:15:04,866 --> 01:15:10,900
♪ It feels to me like hope is
stirring with the winter wind. ♪
1340
01:15:10,933 --> 01:15:14,033
♪ Heaven has sent us a savior.
1341
01:15:14,066 --> 01:15:17,366
♪ What a night,
there is no greater! ♪
1342
01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:24,133
♪ Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy
1343
01:15:24,166 --> 01:15:27,133
♪ Hang a star on
the Christmas tree. ♪
1344
01:15:27,166 --> 01:15:30,200
♪ Love has come
for you and me. ♪
1345
01:15:30,233 --> 01:15:36,966
♪ Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy
1346
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:40,000
♪ I hear the carols
on the radio. ♪
1347
01:15:40,033 --> 01:15:43,466
♪ So turn it up and let
the whole world know. ♪
1348
01:15:43,500 --> 01:15:47,033
♪ Because I've got a love
that's so, ♪
1349
01:15:47,066 --> 01:15:49,700
♪ There is no greater joy.
1350
01:15:49,733 --> 01:15:53,166
♪ Joy to the world.
1351
01:15:53,200 --> 01:15:56,033
♪ All Heaven and nature sing.
1352
01:15:56,066 --> 01:16:01,366
♪ Joy to the world.
1353
01:16:01,400 --> 01:16:04,200
♪ Yeah, yeah
1354
01:16:04,233 --> 01:16:07,766
[Instrumental music]
1355
01:16:07,800 --> 01:16:10,966
♪ Joy to the world!
1356
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:13,866
[Instrumental music]
1357
01:16:13,900 --> 01:16:15,500
♪ Oooooh...
1358
01:16:15,533 --> 01:16:22,033
♪ Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy
1359
01:16:22,066 --> 01:16:25,200
♪ Hang a star on
the Christmas tree. ♪
1360
01:16:25,233 --> 01:16:28,300
♪ Love has come
for you and me. ♪
1361
01:16:28,333 --> 01:16:35,033
♪ Jo-o-o-oy, Jo-o-o-oy
1362
01:16:35,066 --> 01:16:38,033
♪ I hear the carols
on the radio. ♪
1363
01:16:38,066 --> 01:16:41,400
♪ So turn it up and let
the whole world know. ♪
1364
01:16:41,433 --> 01:16:45,000
♪ Because I've got a love
that's so, ♪
1365
01:16:45,033 --> 01:16:48,433
♪ There is no greater joy. ♪
1366
01:16:53,100 --> 01:16:55,433
So, you know what
we gotta do, right?
1367
01:16:56,900 --> 01:17:00,200
[Coughing]
1368
01:17:00,233 --> 01:17:01,233
I do.
1369
01:17:01,266 --> 01:17:03,200
You gotta drink some stuff
down the wrong pipe
1370
01:17:03,233 --> 01:17:05,233
and then you go, hah!
1371
01:17:05,266 --> 01:17:07,300
[Coughs]
1372
01:17:07,333 --> 01:17:09,500
-Throat lozenges.
-Then you go, hah!
1373
01:17:09,533 --> 01:17:13,833
[Coughing]
1374
01:17:13,866 --> 01:17:17,433
[Laughter]
1375
01:17:17,466 --> 01:17:19,466
♪ La, la, la, la
1376
01:17:21,533 --> 01:17:25,533
So you know what
we gotta do, right?
1377
01:17:25,566 --> 01:17:28,333
What?
1378
01:17:28,366 --> 01:17:32,166
There's only one thing
we can do.
1379
01:17:32,200 --> 01:17:34,933
We gotta call Kirk Cameron,
1380
01:17:34,966 --> 01:17:37,200
get him involved,
make a movie about it,
1381
01:17:37,233 --> 01:17:40,166
then we got ourselves
a movement.
1382
01:17:40,200 --> 01:17:42,133
You know I love movements.
1383
01:17:42,166 --> 01:17:43,866
Start beat-boxing on that.
1384
01:17:43,900 --> 01:17:48,566
[Beat-boxing]
1385
01:17:48,600 --> 01:17:53,166
It be the movement, improvement
1386
01:17:53,200 --> 01:17:55,500
They say the new world order
1387
01:17:55,533 --> 01:17:58,133
flipping in the air
just like a quarter.
1388
01:17:58,166 --> 01:17:59,866
How's your daughter,
how's your father,
1389
01:17:59,900 --> 01:18:00,633
how's your sister?
1390
01:18:00,666 --> 01:18:02,366
Excuse me, mister,
how do you do?
1391
01:18:02,400 --> 01:18:03,266
You want some coffee?
1392
01:18:03,300 --> 01:18:05,533
My name is Raphi,
maybe Shames Worthy.
1393
01:18:05,566 --> 01:18:09,433
Maybe you've heard of me,
maybe it's rapping like this.
1394
01:18:09,466 --> 01:18:11,900
Swiss Miss, soft as cocoa.
1395
01:18:11,933 --> 01:18:14,533
You know, no, no,
yes, yes, Wes, Wes,
1396
01:18:14,566 --> 01:18:17,400
all day, every day,
every which way.
1397
01:18:17,433 --> 01:18:19,500
Look at what the plants say.
1398
01:18:19,533 --> 01:18:23,366
I listen to nature,
mother nature, father nature.
1399
01:18:23,400 --> 01:18:24,600
Your father hates you.
1400
01:18:24,633 --> 01:18:27,933
Oh, I'm sorry, Dad,
what did I do?
1401
01:18:27,966 --> 01:18:30,233
You know what you did,
call all your crew,
1402
01:18:30,266 --> 01:18:33,133
call your friends,
dress up in some baby blue.
1403
01:18:33,166 --> 01:18:36,266
Come back, write an essay.
1404
01:18:36,300 --> 01:18:38,566
Tunnel Rats,
that's what they say.
1405
01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:42,166
Sleigh, sleigh, pray every day.
1406
01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:44,133
Essential.
1407
01:18:44,166 --> 01:18:45,300
Monumental.
1408
01:18:45,333 --> 01:18:47,433
Environmental.
1409
01:18:47,466 --> 01:18:50,033
Heart...control.
1410
01:18:50,066 --> 01:18:52,033
They wanna take your soul.
1411
01:18:52,066 --> 01:18:53,566
They wanna beat Solid Gold.
1412
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:55,333
I'm on a roll.
1413
01:18:55,366 --> 01:18:59,033
They wanna say things
and think about 'em.
1414
01:18:59,066 --> 01:19:00,900
I doubt 'em, bing!
1415
01:19:00,933 --> 01:19:03,033
'Cause you know what it is.
1416
01:19:03,066 --> 01:19:05,900
Music, Cameron, music,
movie biz.
1417
01:19:05,933 --> 01:19:07,600
-Kirk, Kirk...
-Cameron.
1418
01:19:07,633 --> 01:19:08,900
-Kirk,
-Kirk,
1419
01:19:08,933 --> 01:19:10,900
-Kirk,
-Kirk Cameron.
1420
01:19:10,933 --> 01:19:13,033
-It be the, be the...
-Kirk Cameron.
1421
01:19:13,066 --> 01:19:14,233
-Camfam,
-Kirk,
1422
01:19:14,266 --> 01:19:15,600
Kirk, Kirk Cameron.
1423
01:19:15,633 --> 01:19:18,333
Kirk, Kirk, it ain't James.
1424
01:19:18,366 --> 01:19:19,333
-Kirk,
-Kirk,
1425
01:19:19,366 --> 01:19:22,666
Kirk, Kirk Cameron.
1426
01:19:22,700 --> 01:19:23,600
Movement.
1427
01:19:23,633 --> 01:19:26,100
We don't stop, baby.
All day, every day.
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