"When they saw the star,
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they rejoiced with
exceedingly great joy."
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Join Danny
Shelton, Yvonne Lewis,
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John Stoddart, and special guest
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from the
Thompsonville Christian Academy,
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as we celebrate
this special season.
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Hello and welcome.
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We got a
beautiful set behind us.
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It almost makes me feel like
it's wintry out here, right,
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the Christmas time.
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It's true.
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And you know what, this
is the fun time of year.
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It is. It's one
of my favorite times.
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Oh, it is. Absolutely.
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Now we have some special guests.
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We're gonna do a little music,
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we're gonna be
talking with some young folk
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and we want you to join us today
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and just sit back and relax,
and get something warm to drink
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and may be-- what
they used them a shawl,
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when the grandma
always used to put
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these things around them.
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They still do. Do
they call it shawl?
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Yeah, shawl. Is that what--
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I haven't seen them in a while.
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But get back, if you got a
rocking chair a little bit,
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just kind of, it's a
feeling out here, isn't it?
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You kind of just sitting around,
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fireplace is going.
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Speaking of fireplace,
just look over to fireplace.
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You ever see such beautiful
young people in your life?
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Aren't they
beautiful? Absolutely.
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These are from our
Christian school here at 3ABN.
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It's a
Thompsonville Christian School.
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And so we got some of
the upper grade kids there.
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So in a little bit they
are gonna be singing with us.
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But we're gonna
be talking to him
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and talking about Christmas.
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How do we deal with
something like Christmas?
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'Cause I've heard
that means Christ Mass
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and people would say when
I was young, that's Catholic,
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you can't have
anything to do with that
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and you know, so what are we?
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Where do we stand as Christians
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and may be in our
case Seventh-day Adventist?
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We need to find
out a little bit more.
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So we're gonna talk
to these young people.
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Maybe John will
teach us something today.
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May be we can
learn something. Right.
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Yvonne, speaking of
that, tell us about John.
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I am so excited
to have John with us.
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He is an incredible artist,
producer, pianist, just--
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I told him
earlier, I said, you know,
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usually people
either you play really well
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and you don't sing that
great or you sing really well
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and you don't play that great.
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But John can...
I know that tune.
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John can stand
alone in both arenas.
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So thank you for
being with us. Absolutely.
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Well, I'm just glad you guys
let me hang out with you, Man.
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This is one of my
favorite times of the year.
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I'm just thrilled to be here.
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And you have your
mom with you here.
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My mom is with me
hanging out, you know.
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That feels like
Christmas with your...
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So I got a
feeling that you've got
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some good Christmas
memories, don't you, going on?
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I sure do. I sure do, yeah.
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So we've learned to love mom.
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She's been here
quite a few days this week.
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Yeah. Part of the family.
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Where you all gonna
try to get rid of us,
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we just gonna keep showing up.
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Absolutely.
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We had him in our
guest houses so long here.
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He just wanted to go home
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and we kept talking him
into staying that he said,
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he's gonna have
to bring his pictures
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and put on the walls and
bring some of his furniture
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and just go get her
into move in here, right.
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Right, bring the
family and just move on in.
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Incredible talent.
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Thank you so much for being here
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and just join us.
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This really is what
we call an unplanned.
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With the kids, I've talked
to them two or three minutes.
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They don't know what's coming.
I don't know what's coming.
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And so we said,
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"Hey, let's just go out
and have some fun today."
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And we've already prayed
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and asked for the
Holy Spirit to lead,
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guide and
direct in this program.
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So we're gonna have a good time.
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Well, we're gonna do
a little bit of music.
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And I think
we're gonna start out
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with one of my all time
favorite Christmas songs,
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"Silent Night."
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Silent night
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Holy night
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All is calm
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All is bright
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Round yon Virgin
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Mother and Child
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Holy infant
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So tender and mild
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Sleep in heavenly peace
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Sleep in heavenly peace
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Silent night
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Holy night
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Shepherds quake
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At the sight
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Glories stream
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From heaven afar
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Heavenly hosts sing
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Alleluia
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Christ the Savior
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Is born
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Christ our Savior
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Is born
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Okay, John, you sing to us.
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Silent night
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Holy night
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Son of God
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He love's pure light
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Radiant beams
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From Thy holy face
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With the dawn of
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Redeeming Grace
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Jesus Lord
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At Thy birth, at Thy birth
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Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
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You know, that's
not fair, don't you?
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You know that is not fair.
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Kids, why don't-- we're
gonna do the first verse
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and those of you at
home singing it with us,
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"Silent Night."
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Silent night
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Holy night
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All is calm
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All is bright
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Round yon Virgin
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Mother and Child
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Holy infant
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So tender and mild
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Sleep in heavenly peace
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Sleep in heavenly
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Peace
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Amen. Thank you. Amen.
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Wow, isn't that
amazing kids? Absolutely.
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When I grow up I
want to just like you.
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You all have
been such wonderful.
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So hospitable to be-- I
just so enjoyed this time
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and I'm ready now.
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And I'm feeling
the Christmas spirit
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and I just thinking
about the birth of our Lord
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and just get a
chance to hang out
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with these
wonderful young people
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and with you and Yvonne,
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didn't get any better than this.
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Absolutely.
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You don't know me really well
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but you're gonna get
to know me a little better
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because I'm very spontaneous.
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Okay.
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So we get on a show
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and I may ask
you to sing something
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and then we get
on here, I may say,
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"Hey, John, can
you do something else?"
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You know, I get
that sense that may be,
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perhaps this is one of
those moments that you just...
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I'm thinking
about this right now.
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I'll tell you
what, he wrote a song
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and you may have
heard it on another program
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but you wrote a
song and talked about
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when you're home
and he talked about,
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he said the turkey
and all of this stuff
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and you actually-- I
heard that and I said,
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"Man, that's
an-- that's got to be
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one of the
traditional Christmas songs."
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And he said, "Well,
John Stoddart wrote."
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I said, "He did?"
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And I don't know, can
I put you on the spot?
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'Cause I think these
kids ought to hear this.
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I would love to share it.
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It's a song
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that always reminds
me of my grandmother.
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That's a true mentioning
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and just she
was a wonderful cook
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and comfort food.
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She used to make
these sweet rolls.
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Oh, come on, come on now.
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He started to feel them now.
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I know he's
reliving it, right now.
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Oh, man.
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I would love to share that song.
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And it's easy
enough to pick up y'all.
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Just you out
there in the audience,
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out there in TV land,
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if by the time I get
to the third time around,
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you feel like you can
pick it up absolutely,
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sing along with us.
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It's called "Only
on Christmas Day."
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All right.
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There in the kitchen
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Come on.
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Fried up the stove
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Grandma is cooking
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She's got food on her clothes
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I smell turkey and dressing
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And my favorite apple pie
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And she seasons the moments
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With the tear in her eye
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And I feel every emotion because
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The meaning of Christmas
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Change what she was
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Only on Christmas day
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She found the star
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To show her the way
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To the cross at the price
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That He paid
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To give us this hope
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On this Christmas day
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Then for the first time
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It all became clear
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There was much more to this day
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Than just snow and reindeer
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All right, come on.
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More than the sleigh bells
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The carols and gifts
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Because He took our sorrow
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For much more than this
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And it marked the beginning of
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Of my new life
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Now I'll live forever
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Because He lived to die
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Only on Christmas day
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I found a star
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To show me the way
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To the cross at the price
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That He paid
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To give me this hope
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On this Christmas day
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Now you can
take all the presents
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The holy, the tree
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Just give me Jesus
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For eternity
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Oh, yes
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Oh, yes, Lord Yes, Lord
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Only on Christmas day
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I found a star
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To show me the way
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To the cross at the price
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That He paid
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To give me this hope
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On this Christmas day
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I found a star
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To show me the way
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To the cross at the price
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That He paid
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To give me, give me this hope
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Only on this Christmas day
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I found a star
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To show me the way
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To the cross at the price
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That He paid
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To give me this hope
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On this Christmas day
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Amen. All right. You
guys, like that out there.
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You got to give
him a hand for that.
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A hand for Jesus. All
right. Praise the Lord.
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You know, I want
to say though, John.
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I think you ought to
loosen up a little more
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when you sing and
don't be so bash--
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I just find myself kind
of a tight. I feel like it.
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We call that
white tight some times.
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Now I can say that
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but you all
can't say that, okay.
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White tight some time.
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No, he didn't allow it
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because you're just
singing to the Lord.
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You're just turning
loose and say, here it is,
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Lord, you gave it to me and
now I'm giving it back to you.
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And you all made
me feel so at home.
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So I feel these young people,
you just made me feel at home.
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We've had over 30 years.
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Thirty years, we've
had a number of artists,
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I mean, hundreds of
them and I don't know anybody
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that does it any
better than you do
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and an anointing on you.
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God has anointed you.
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Well, I just
think it's the story,
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you know and the story--
God says if I am lifted up--
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There you go.
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That I will draw
so, you know for me,
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the joy that I experience
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when I get a
chance to share the song
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or just the gifts of writing,
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you know, it points us back
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to the
Christmas story, you know.
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We just get a
chance to share this story
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and I tell you, how could
you not be excited about a God
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who would send His
Son for us like this.
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Absolutely.
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Thank you so
much for being here.
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I know you got to get
down the road in a bit.
00:15:26.12\00:15:27.56
I got to get
down the road in a bit
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but, are you trying
to get rid of me, man?
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No, no, no, no.
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You know what, you do
that, you got to be careful.
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I'll be saying
okay, we got time for--
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I think we got time
for one more, don't you?
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So now you may be think about.
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Just for that you need
to do "Joy to the World."
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You need to do
"Joy to the World"
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just for that.
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"Joy to the World."
Will you guys sing with me?
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Kids, will you sing along?
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We'll just do a
couple of verses.
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That would be
awesome. Okay, all right.
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Okay. Let's do it.
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Ready, kids? At home.
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Joy to the world
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The Lord has come
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Let earth receive her King
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Let every heart
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Prepare Him room
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And heaven and nature sing
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And heaven and nature sing
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And heaven, and
heaven and nature sing
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One more verse.
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He rules the
world. Let's sing out now.
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He rules the world
with truth and grace
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And makes the nations prove
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The glories of His righteousness
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders,
wonders, of His love.
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All right. There you go.
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Are you getting
ready to walk off
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unless you got another one?
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So we got plenty
of time ourselves.
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But I know you are
kind of in a hurry.
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Mom is waiting on
you. Mom is waiting on me.
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But, can I come
back another time?
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Oh, absolutely.
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If you don't we're gonna
be upset at you, all right.
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I'd love to come back.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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God bless you.
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And you have a
blessed Christmas.
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All right, you too. You too.
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God bless. Blessed
Christmas, everyone.
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All right, we're
gonna come over here
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and visit with the
kids now for a bit.
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Wow. Praise the Lord.
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Brother John, Mr. John
can sing and play, can't he?
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Yeah. He can.
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I'm sorry he has
to go, aren't you?
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Can he play another
one before he leaves?
00:17:41.72\00:17:43.76
Oh, I, yes, he will.
We won't even ask him.
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Yeah, he will play.
You are in demand, John.
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So you have to stay
just a little while, please.
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Okay. I think he said yes.
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I'm not even gonna,
I'm not even gonna look.
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Wow, it's good to be
here with all of you.
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You know that
song that he just did
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was co-written with another
friend of mine, Hallerin Hill.
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Oh, wow.
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"Only on Christmas Day,"
it was a song that I sing
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"Just once more,
Hallerin Hill wrote that song
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and he co-wrote this passage,
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this song "Only
on Christmas Day."
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I thought it was
one of the traditional
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old Christmas
songs and like, you know,
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"Like Christmas"
and some of those.
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I mean, yeah,
it's beautiful song.
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Beautiful. And
what a great talent.
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Well, what we should
do, we should introduce.
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Why don't we, we'll
just get your first names.
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We'll start over
here with my Trinity.
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My name is
Trinity. My name is Corbana.
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I am Honoria. My
name is Denielle.
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I'm Abbey. My name is Jhovy.
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I'm Caleb. My name is Cassidy.
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All right.
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And all these young folk
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are from the Christian Academy.
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Christian School and
right here on the 3ABN Campus.
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And so that's
what, grade seven to ten?
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Yeah. Seven
through ten. All right.
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Great group of young folk
and I'm telling you, they all--
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how many of you
play any instruments?
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Every-- do you see
that? Every hand goes up.
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And what are some of the
instruments you all play there?
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Violin, guitar. Trumpet. Piano.
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What do play, Trin?
00:19:12.55\00:19:13.88
I play the
clarinet and the trumpet.
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Okay, how about
you? Viola, guitar.
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Okay. And you
play guitar too, Trin.
00:19:18.32\00:19:20.69
Yeah. All right. And, Honoria?
00:19:20.72\00:19:22.06
Piano and violin. Okay.
00:19:22.09\00:19:23.96
Oboe and flute. Viola and flute.
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Guitar and clarinet.
00:19:28.16\00:19:30.07
Clarinet, base
clarinet and alto sax.
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And guitar. And guitar.
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You're a good guitar player,
Caleb, don't forget that.
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You make me look bad.
00:19:37.51\00:19:40.11
Caleb is-- I mean,
this kid, he started,
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I mean, he is improving
so much, a great talent.
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I play piano and trumpet. Okay.
00:19:45.21\00:19:47.75
You make me feel like a slouch.
00:19:47.78\00:19:50.09
Well, you know what,
honestly, they are so great
00:19:50.12\00:19:53.79
and Miss Haney,
we are so thankful
00:19:53.86\00:19:55.29
because she has
instruments galore.
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I'm talking about, they
have a lot of instruments.
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And these kids, when
they get in those grades,
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actually do you start younger.
00:20:02.53\00:20:04.13
Some of the younger kids?
Oh, what about the chimes?
00:20:04.17\00:20:06.30
Did anybody say chimes?
00:20:06.33\00:20:07.87
Oh, we did say, but yeah.
00:20:07.90\00:20:09.24
We all still chimes to some--
00:20:09.27\00:20:10.61
I mean, they can keep
naming all these instruments.
00:20:10.67\00:20:13.34
But we are here today,
00:20:13.38\00:20:14.71
and I ask if they could
get off of class a little bit.
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We haven't talked very much.
00:20:16.85\00:20:18.45
But we wanted to
talk about Christmas.
00:20:18.48\00:20:20.98
And did you all know
that what I've been told
00:20:21.02\00:20:24.25
is people say you
shouldn't talk about Christmas
00:20:24.29\00:20:26.55
because that means
Christ mass and mass, you know,
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Catholic Church has mass.
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Well, if you are protestants,
00:20:31.49\00:20:32.89
so you shouldn't be
using the term Christmas.
00:20:32.93\00:20:36.30
But there are certain
things over the period of time
00:20:36.33\00:20:39.13
that people say,
oh, it's Christmas time.
00:20:39.17\00:20:41.20
It doesn't mean you
anything except you believe.
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For me when I hear
Christmas and I'll use the word.
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Years ago, I didn't.
00:20:47.54\00:20:48.98
And we use it on
3ABN Yvonne, we would say,
00:20:49.01\00:20:51.88
things like the
holidays and all of that.
00:20:51.91\00:20:53.85
But then when the world said
we're not gonna say Christmas
00:20:53.88\00:20:56.85
'cause we want to take,
we want to say the holidays.
00:20:56.92\00:20:59.85
I said, no, we got to
go back the other way.
00:20:59.89\00:21:01.69
They are gonna take
Christ out of the season
00:21:01.72\00:21:04.39
and we can't forget.
00:21:04.43\00:21:05.76
So we say Christmas is okay.
00:21:05.79\00:21:08.00
But Christmas is, we-- I
want you all to understand.
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I'm sure you do and
the viewers at home.
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We know that Christmas,
00:21:13.23\00:21:15.60
Christ was not born
on December the 25th.
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Everybody knows that right?
And He wasn't. So why that?
00:21:18.27\00:21:21.51
I won't get into
long Bible study.
00:21:21.54\00:21:23.85
But there's where you get
into some of the false teachings
00:21:23.91\00:21:27.82
and how Christmas
and they substituted
00:21:27.85\00:21:30.75
the birth of Christ
00:21:30.79\00:21:32.95
on something very
important happened.
00:21:32.99\00:21:34.76
You're gonna look
it up on December 25th.
00:21:34.79\00:21:37.23
But we're not gonna
talk about that today.
00:21:37.29\00:21:39.33
You can look it up at home,
you'll find out what it is.
00:21:39.36\00:21:42.83
But now instead of celebrating
00:21:42.86\00:21:46.50
this time of year
of Christ's birth,
00:21:46.53\00:21:48.80
somebody came up with a
character named Santa Claus.
00:21:48.84\00:21:52.54
So St. Nick, right?
What do you know about him?
00:21:52.57\00:21:56.38
I-- you know, I
don't much about St. Nick.
00:21:56.41\00:21:58.68
Well, good. I really don't.
00:21:58.71\00:22:00.22
'Cause my parents
never-- they always said
00:22:00.25\00:22:03.59
there's no such
thing as Santa Claus.
00:22:03.62\00:22:04.95
What?
00:22:04.99\00:22:06.32
They did not teach me
00:22:06.35\00:22:07.69
that there was anything
such thing as Santa Claus.
00:22:07.72\00:22:09.06
So I didn't, I never
believed in Santa Claus.
00:22:09.09\00:22:11.16
I have people
say that's terrible.
00:22:11.19\00:22:13.26
You should not tell your
kids there's not a Santa Claus.
00:22:13.29\00:22:16.26
I'm glad they didn't.
00:22:16.30\00:22:17.63
How many of you
kids, your parents,
00:22:17.67\00:22:19.87
you grew up believing
there was a Santa Claus?
00:22:19.90\00:22:23.37
None of you?
00:22:23.41\00:22:24.84
Well, praise the Lord
for your parents, right.
00:22:24.87\00:22:27.34
Praise the Lord
for your parents.
00:22:27.38\00:22:29.08
Because I've always said,
Yvonne that well, in fact,
00:22:29.11\00:22:32.58
when Melody was
little, Trinity too,
00:22:32.61\00:22:34.88
we've never said oh,
there is a Santa Claus,
00:22:34.92\00:22:38.39
because I've thought about,
00:22:38.42\00:22:40.12
you know,
parents teach their kids,
00:22:40.16\00:22:41.49
there's Santa Claus,
there is Easter Bunny
00:22:41.52\00:22:43.19
and I don't know
what for every season.
00:22:43.22\00:22:45.63
Tooth fairy. Tooth fairy, okay.
00:22:45.66\00:22:48.23
Even though I've
been-- some of those things
00:22:48.26\00:22:50.20
'cause I gave the
gifts and I put dollars
00:22:50.23\00:22:52.57
when the tooth goes.
00:22:52.60\00:22:53.97
But the kids know
it's not the tooth fairy
00:22:54.00\00:22:56.74
or it's not a
Santa Claus, right.
00:22:56.77\00:22:59.67
I've been there
but people have said
00:22:59.71\00:23:01.41
"That's not right.
00:23:01.44\00:23:02.78
You should let these little kids
00:23:02.81\00:23:04.38
believe in Santa Claus.
00:23:04.41\00:23:05.75
It's fun and we
got all the reindeer
00:23:05.78\00:23:07.62
and the stories."
00:23:07.65\00:23:08.98
But I felt like if I teach--
was to teach my children,
00:23:09.02\00:23:12.95
and your parents, obviously,
and your's too, Miss. Yvonne,
00:23:12.99\00:23:15.92
that there is a Santa Claus.
00:23:15.96\00:23:18.76
Then when the kids get
older and find out there's not,
00:23:18.79\00:23:21.16
they say, "My
parents lied to me."
00:23:21.20\00:23:23.87
Really, there's not,
00:23:23.93\00:23:25.27
you mean there's
not an Easter Bunny
00:23:25.30\00:23:26.70
that's bringing all these eggs?
00:23:26.74\00:23:28.37
I mean, really when kids are--
00:23:28.40\00:23:30.17
it doesn't take you
too long when you decide
00:23:30.21\00:23:32.51
how does Santa Claus come
down all of these fireplaces
00:23:32.54\00:23:35.51
when 90 percent of
the houses nowadays
00:23:35.54\00:23:37.35
probably don't have
fireplace, you know.
00:23:37.41\00:23:39.81
So how does he do all of that?
00:23:39.85\00:23:41.82
And how did he deliver
around the whole world,
00:23:41.85\00:23:45.35
everybody's presents?
00:23:45.39\00:23:46.92
I mean, some people
with a lot of money,
00:23:46.96\00:23:48.89
they got a houseful of presents,
00:23:48.92\00:23:50.29
it'd take hours
to deliver right.
00:23:50.33\00:23:52.09
That's not any of us,
I know. So common sense.
00:23:52.13\00:23:55.46
But I think we should
tell the kids the truth.
00:23:55.50\00:23:58.20
But now, should we
celebrate Christmas
00:23:58.23\00:24:01.14
and how should we
celebrate Christmas
00:24:01.17\00:24:02.67
is what I'd really
like to talk about today.
00:24:02.70\00:24:05.34
Does anybody have any ideas?
How do you celebrate Christmas?
00:24:05.37\00:24:08.24
Do you trade gifts
or anything at home?
00:24:08.28\00:24:10.98
Yes, actually like in just like,
00:24:11.01\00:24:13.52
you know, we like
presents and stuff
00:24:13.55\00:24:14.98
but I also think
00:24:15.02\00:24:16.35
that it's good to like
give and share with others,
00:24:16.38\00:24:18.29
you know, just little gifts.
00:24:18.32\00:24:20.86
Okay. Anybody else?
How do you feel about that?
00:24:20.89\00:24:23.43
Do you all get
presents or give presents
00:24:23.46\00:24:26.29
to your brothers,
sisters or parents or anyone?
00:24:26.33\00:24:29.36
Yeah, I feel as long
as you are celebrating it
00:24:29.40\00:24:32.07
for the right reason
and you know all the stuff
00:24:32.10\00:24:34.10
behind it that what is,
is and what is not true,
00:24:34.14\00:24:37.01
then it is okay to celebrate it.
00:24:37.07\00:24:38.67
Okay, anybody else?
00:24:38.71\00:24:41.21
It's always nice to
celebrate with your family too
00:24:41.24\00:24:43.71
'cause most people get
with their family members
00:24:43.75\00:24:45.85
and talk about
how their year went
00:24:45.88\00:24:47.62
so I think that's really
nice to do during Christmas.
00:24:47.65\00:24:49.98
Very good Trin,
very good. Anybody else.
00:24:50.05\00:24:52.65
You like this time
of the year, right.
00:24:52.69\00:24:54.02
Oh, yeah.
00:24:54.06\00:24:55.39
Even though you don't
believe in Santa Claus
00:24:55.42\00:24:56.79
you still like
this time of year.
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.69
Okay, Caleb.
00:24:58.73\00:25:00.13
My family, they
also exchange gifts
00:25:00.16\00:25:02.16
but I mean, you can get
gifts any time during the year.
00:25:02.20\00:25:05.30
It's not anything
too special but I mean,
00:25:05.33\00:25:08.20
we need to
remember the ultimate gift,
00:25:08.24\00:25:10.24
Jesus coming to this world.
00:25:10.31\00:25:11.64
So I think it's a good
idea to remember Christmas.
00:25:11.67\00:25:15.51
What about songs?
00:25:15.54\00:25:16.88
I'm gonna get in some little
00:25:16.95\00:25:18.28
may be a little more
difficult subject for you.
00:25:18.31\00:25:20.45
What about songs.
00:25:20.52\00:25:21.85
If we don't believe
there's a Santa Claus,
00:25:21.88\00:25:24.02
what about songs
like "Jingle Bells"
00:25:24.09\00:25:26.25
or "Silver
Bells" or some of that?
00:25:26.29\00:25:28.82
Does that offend you
when you go into store,
00:25:28.86\00:25:31.93
say at Wal-Mart's or wherever,
00:25:31.96\00:25:33.80
are you okay with that
or does that offend you?
00:25:33.83\00:25:37.33
No, it doesn't.
00:25:37.37\00:25:38.70
It 's just like as in you grow,
00:25:38.73\00:25:40.07
when we were
little or like younger,
00:25:40.10\00:25:41.90
we grew up already knowing
that "Jingle Bells" song,
00:25:41.94\00:25:44.17
we were taught
at a very young age.
00:25:44.21\00:25:45.54
I don't, if you like,
00:25:45.57\00:25:47.14
if you know the
things that's behind it
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.78
and you just sing it,
like in a joyful mood,
00:25:48.81\00:25:50.81
just to sing
around your friends,
00:25:50.85\00:25:52.51
I don't think it's bad too.
00:25:52.55\00:25:53.88
Yeah.
00:25:53.92\00:25:55.25
Don't you think, you
know, the song, for instance,
00:25:55.28\00:25:57.59
"Santa Claus is coming to town
00:25:57.62\00:26:01.29
You better watch
out you better not pout
00:26:01.32\00:26:03.79
Better not cry
I'm telling you why
00:26:03.86\00:26:06.06
Santa Claus is coming to town"
00:26:06.09\00:26:09.13
Then it says,
00:26:09.16\00:26:10.50
"He knows when you are sleeping
00:26:10.57\00:26:12.70
He knows when you are awake
00:26:12.73\00:26:15.14
He knows if
you've been bad or good
00:26:15.17\00:26:17.34
So be good for goodness sake"
00:26:17.41\00:26:19.24
Now what's wrong with that song?
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.24
They are taking Santa
and making him my God.
00:26:21.28\00:26:22.94
Say that again, please.
00:26:22.98\00:26:24.31
They are taking Santa
and making him my God.
00:26:24.35\00:26:26.25
Absolutely. Very astute.
00:26:26.28\00:26:28.22
Did everybody catch that?
00:26:28.25\00:26:30.29
'Cause who is the
only person in the world
00:26:30.32\00:26:33.76
that knows if
you've been bad or good?
00:26:33.79\00:26:35.49
God.
00:26:35.52\00:26:36.86
And who is the only one
who knows when you are sleeping
00:26:36.93\00:26:38.49
and knows when you are awake?
00:26:38.53\00:26:39.89
God.
00:26:39.93\00:26:41.23
So the devil has come in
and people write about it
00:26:41.26\00:26:45.47
and they act like it's true
00:26:45.50\00:26:47.84
that Santa Claus
now has taken the place
00:26:47.87\00:26:50.77
so the goal of Satan
is to get rid of Jesus,
00:26:50.81\00:26:54.71
take the Christ out
of Christmas as they say.
00:26:54.74\00:26:57.61
What's your
thoughts, Miss. Yvonne?
00:26:57.65\00:26:59.45
Well, I think it's
great that you know,
00:26:59.48\00:27:01.58
the kids have a
real grasp on the reality
00:27:01.62\00:27:04.25
of what Christmas
is really is about.
00:27:04.32\00:27:06.02
It's about giving,
it's about family time,
00:27:06.05\00:27:08.92
it's about sharing
love with each other
00:27:08.96\00:27:11.89
and your family and stuff
00:27:11.93\00:27:13.26
and all that stuff
about Santa Claus and all.
00:27:13.29\00:27:15.63
You know the truth.
00:27:15.66\00:27:17.00
So you know that
Santa is not, is not real.
00:27:17.07\00:27:19.13
So I think they are
in a really good place.
00:27:19.17\00:27:21.14
They are.
00:27:21.17\00:27:22.50
But you know what, if I went
to a public school right now
00:27:22.54\00:27:25.41
and I sit down and I
talked with a lot of kids,
00:27:25.44\00:27:28.04
in fact, I'd like to sometime
00:27:28.08\00:27:29.68
because I'd be
very interested to say,
00:27:29.71\00:27:31.95
how old are you now, Caleb?
00:27:31.98\00:27:33.31
I'm 15.
00:27:33.35\00:27:34.68
I'd like to
talk to a 15-year-old
00:27:34.72\00:27:36.22
in public school and
say, "Now how many of you,
00:27:36.25\00:27:39.89
your parents taught
you there's Santa Claus?
00:27:39.92\00:27:42.29
How many of you 15-year-olds
00:27:42.32\00:27:44.53
still believe
there's a Santa Claus?"
00:27:44.56\00:27:47.50
And I doubt, I hope none
of their hands would raise
00:27:47.60\00:27:51.03
but if they did, I would say,
00:27:51.07\00:27:52.40
well, how do
you feel about that?
00:27:52.43\00:27:53.90
I mean, don't you
feel a little bit deceived.
00:27:53.94\00:27:56.17
Your folks telling
you all these things
00:27:56.20\00:27:57.84
and then well, if you do that
00:27:57.87\00:27:59.74
how do you know
there is a Jesus.
00:27:59.77\00:28:01.51
May be they just
made that up too, you see.
00:28:01.54\00:28:03.81
So that's my concern
in trying to convince
00:28:03.88\00:28:07.68
or I'm gonna call, I'm gonna
go ahead and call it a lie.
00:28:07.72\00:28:10.92
I mean, I know
that doesn't sound right
00:28:10.95\00:28:12.52
at this time of year,
00:28:12.55\00:28:13.89
don't want to
damper any of your spirits.
00:28:13.92\00:28:15.79
But really, if it's
not truth, it's a lie.
00:28:15.82\00:28:19.26
Am I telling the truth? Yes.
00:28:19.29\00:28:20.93
So there is no--
sometimes people will say,
00:28:20.96\00:28:23.77
well, it's a partial truth.
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.40
No, there is no partial truth.
00:28:25.43\00:28:27.44
There is only
truth and there is a lie.
00:28:27.47\00:28:29.57
That's right.
00:28:29.60\00:28:30.94
So I would like to see
what other young people think
00:28:30.97\00:28:34.08
but we got a
great, great parents
00:28:34.11\00:28:36.18
and the young people
00:28:36.21\00:28:37.98
and so nobody feels
like you got cheated in life
00:28:38.01\00:28:40.42
'cause you
folks didn't teach you
00:28:40.45\00:28:41.78
there's a Santa Claus, huh?
00:28:41.82\00:28:43.89
Or probably all
the happier for it.
00:28:43.92\00:28:46.45
What's your favorite
thing to do at Christmas time?
00:28:46.49\00:28:49.42
What's your
favorite thing to do?
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.39
I like spending
time with family.
00:28:51.43\00:28:54.30
I like the food and like...
00:28:54.36\00:28:57.67
It's all right.
00:28:57.70\00:28:59.03
But-- and one of the
things we used to do is
00:28:59.07\00:29:01.27
we would always go out
before like the Christmas day
00:29:01.30\00:29:04.44
and we would buy matching socks,
00:29:04.47\00:29:07.51
Christmas socks and, you
know, just sit by the fire
00:29:07.54\00:29:11.91
and make hot cocoa
and just have family time.
00:29:11.95\00:29:14.62
It's fun. Nice, that's nice.
00:29:14.65\00:29:16.92
What do we put
up every year, Trin?
00:29:16.95\00:29:18.92
A big Christmas tree.
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.29
That's a big one, isn't it? Yes.
00:29:20.32\00:29:21.86
It's like 12 or 14 feet tall
00:29:21.89\00:29:24.73
and these girls
and some of these kids
00:29:24.76\00:29:26.39
come over and what do we do?
00:29:26.43\00:29:28.10
Decorate it. We decorate it.
00:29:28.13\00:29:30.40
Because we like to.
00:29:30.47\00:29:31.80
Somebody said,
"Why do you do that?"
00:29:31.83\00:29:33.17
'Cause we like to. It's
fun. The kids like to do it.
00:29:33.20\00:29:36.30
What else do we do
in the winter time?
00:29:36.34\00:29:37.77
We get a little snow here
sometimes, six, eight inches.
00:29:37.81\00:29:40.88
We-- in Southern Illinois,
we don't get a lot of snow.
00:29:40.91\00:29:43.01
Some winters we you
can get a little more,
00:29:43.04\00:29:44.51
some we get very little.
00:29:44.55\00:29:46.01
But when theirs is
some snow and ice outside
00:29:46.05\00:29:48.55
what do we like to do?
00:29:48.58\00:29:49.92
We like to sledding.
00:29:49.95\00:29:51.32
Yeah. We got a Kubota.
00:29:51.35\00:29:53.36
I used to, you
know, when she's small,
00:29:53.39\00:29:55.12
I could pull
them around the kids,
00:29:55.16\00:29:56.73
pull around on, you know,
pull literally, pull the sled.
00:29:56.76\00:30:00.50
Well, that gets old really quick
00:30:00.53\00:30:02.36
'cause where we
live, we have some hills.
00:30:02.40\00:30:04.80
It's really fun
going down those hills
00:30:04.83\00:30:06.90
but it's not very
much fun going back up.
00:30:06.94\00:30:09.84
And so one time I remembered,
00:30:09.87\00:30:11.54
Trin was pretty little
00:30:11.57\00:30:13.17
and I don't know
if she remembers this
00:30:13.21\00:30:14.74
but I didn't have any sleds.
00:30:14.78\00:30:16.11
I went to the stores
around, Wal-Mart, K-Mart.
00:30:16.14\00:30:19.65
And they said,
no, we're sold out
00:30:19.68\00:30:21.92
'cause we got this big snow.
00:30:21.95\00:30:23.75
So everybody was so excited.
00:30:23.79\00:30:25.12
I couldn't find
a sled and I said,
00:30:25.15\00:30:27.06
oh, man, I wanted
to get a sled for her.
00:30:27.12\00:30:29.46
So I had a great
big hard luggage case.
00:30:29.49\00:30:32.66
It's a hard
luggage, right. Yeah.
00:30:32.69\00:30:34.20
I took a hack saw
and I cut it in half
00:30:34.23\00:30:37.60
and it made turn it upside
down and it made two sleds.
00:30:37.63\00:30:40.30
It was deep so
she could sit in it.
00:30:40.37\00:30:42.37
Oh, fun. Yeah,
it's better than a sled.
00:30:42.40\00:30:44.87
So she could sit
inside, hold on to the side
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.01
so we got some big hills.
00:30:47.04\00:30:48.61
So I'd get on top
and just push her down
00:30:48.64\00:30:50.88
and I mean, she
would fly down those hills.
00:30:50.91\00:30:53.05
Do you remember any of that?
00:30:53.08\00:30:54.42
A little bit, a
little bit. Yeah, absolutely.
00:30:54.45\00:30:56.92
Then we got those
plastic ones, right.
00:30:56.95\00:30:58.75
Now you and the girls,
00:30:58.79\00:31:00.19
you know,
Corbana and I pull them.
00:31:00.26\00:31:01.79
Now I got smarter.
00:31:01.82\00:31:03.16
I got a-- like a Kubota,
that's got, you can get inside
00:31:03.19\00:31:06.03
and I don't have to
get all the cold air
00:31:06.06\00:31:07.60
and the wind, right.
00:31:07.60\00:31:08.93
I'm getting old so
you try to protect that.
00:31:08.96\00:31:10.97
But now, you can pull,
00:31:11.00\00:31:12.37
I just put them on
long ropes and pull them.
00:31:12.40\00:31:14.94
And I'll try to do big
circles and some of these kids,
00:31:14.97\00:31:17.87
they'd come over to the house,
00:31:17.91\00:31:19.41
you have-- turned you
over a few times, right.
00:31:19.44\00:31:22.51
Oh, my goodness.
00:31:22.54\00:31:24.41
They go out there all warmed up,
00:31:24.45\00:31:25.78
pretty soon they are
in the house 'cause it's--
00:31:25.81\00:31:28.12
they get all wet in the snow.
00:31:28.15\00:31:29.55
But it's fun, isn't it.
So this time of year is fun.
00:31:29.58\00:31:32.49
We can have a lot of fun
00:31:32.52\00:31:33.96
without believing in Santa Claus
00:31:34.02\00:31:35.62
and with all of that
00:31:35.66\00:31:36.99
and without
celebrating Christmas as such.
00:31:37.03\00:31:40.16
We can know that Jesus
wasn't born on December 25th.
00:31:40.20\00:31:45.63
But that doesn't,
00:31:45.67\00:31:47.60
I don't think that should affect
00:31:47.64\00:31:48.97
how we feel because this
is the only time of year,
00:31:49.00\00:31:52.07
where else where
other time of year,
00:31:52.11\00:31:53.74
I don't know of
any, I could be wrong
00:31:53.81\00:31:55.88
that you can go
into all these stores,
00:31:55.91\00:31:57.91
or groceries
stores or shopping malls
00:31:57.95\00:31:59.88
and hearing songs
being sung about Jesus?
00:31:59.95\00:32:02.58
You can't even talk
about Him in public schools.
00:32:02.62\00:32:04.62
They won't play it.
00:32:04.65\00:32:05.99
But at this time of
year, Christmas time, they do.
00:32:06.02\00:32:08.89
So we don't care
what they call it,
00:32:08.92\00:32:10.76
as long as they are
playing Christmas music,
00:32:10.83\00:32:13.26
playing music about
Jesus, I think it's great.
00:32:13.29\00:32:16.63
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, it is.
00:32:16.67\00:32:19.07
This is the time of
year when people are reminded
00:32:19.10\00:32:22.67
about the whole
story, the Christmas story
00:32:22.70\00:32:25.61
and we just hope
and pray as Christians
00:32:25.64\00:32:27.61
that someone will
hear it and think,
00:32:27.64\00:32:30.11
man, I want to get
to know Him better.
00:32:30.15\00:32:32.25
I want to know who He is
00:32:32.28\00:32:34.52
and so I think it's
great that we hear these songs
00:32:34.55\00:32:37.25
in the stores and all of that.
00:32:37.29\00:32:39.32
Absolutely. It's good.
00:32:39.35\00:32:40.72
What's your
favorite thing you like to do
00:32:40.76\00:32:42.76
around Christmas time?
00:32:42.79\00:32:45.06
I love the music.
Oh, okay, all right.
00:32:45.09\00:32:48.73
Also, at the academy
00:32:48.76\00:32:50.80
when we have
some tradition every--
00:32:50.83\00:32:53.87
around
Christmas time every year,
00:32:53.90\00:32:57.04
she got this
little ornamental pickle
00:32:57.07\00:33:00.51
and we take turns hiding
it and they try to find it.
00:33:00.58\00:33:04.38
It's a pickle? Yeah,
it's an ornament pickle.
00:33:04.41\00:33:06.31
Ornament pickle. I've never
even seen an ornament pickle.
00:33:06.35\00:33:09.22
Didn't know they
had such a thing.
00:33:09.25\00:33:11.02
And then after
everybody else found it
00:33:11.05\00:33:13.36
then she gives
out pickle packages.
00:33:13.39\00:33:16.76
All right.
00:33:16.83\00:33:18.36
Last time I tried
to pick up the pickle,
00:33:18.39\00:33:20.83
I got poked by something.
00:33:20.90\00:33:23.87
"Peter Piper picked a
peck of pickled peppers."
00:33:23.93\00:33:25.87
Here anyone ever
heard that? Yeah, yeah.
00:33:25.90\00:33:27.80
Oh, they did. I
figured out it was--
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.77
What do you
like about Christmas?
00:33:29.80\00:33:32.21
I like how at our
church we have an Agape feast.
00:33:32.24\00:33:37.11
What is an Agape feast
for those who don't know?
00:33:37.15\00:33:39.68
At our church we
have a big dinner,
00:33:39.71\00:33:42.08
well, it's not that much
food but a lot of people come
00:33:42.12\00:33:45.29
and we get to
celebrate Jesus and His birth.
00:33:45.32\00:33:47.86
Okay. Well, that's wonderful.
00:33:47.89\00:33:49.76
So it's their
celebration of Jesus.
00:33:49.79\00:33:52.33
Not necessarily of the
season but Jesus of the season.
00:33:52.36\00:33:55.53
What do you like?
00:33:55.56\00:33:57.13
I like the songs and
spending time with my family.
00:33:57.20\00:34:00.24
Okay.
00:34:00.27\00:34:01.60
Do you like to get outside
when there's snow on the ground?
00:34:01.64\00:34:04.51
Do you like it out
play or do you like
00:34:04.54\00:34:05.91
rather sit inside and
read a book or something?
00:34:05.94\00:34:08.88
Outside.
00:34:08.91\00:34:10.25
Going outside.
Yeah, I thought so.
00:34:10.28\00:34:11.61
I thought so.
00:34:11.65\00:34:12.98
I got a feeling Caleb would
spend sometime out there too.
00:34:13.01\00:34:15.28
What do you like best?
00:34:15.32\00:34:17.09
I like the
fellowship with family
00:34:17.12\00:34:18.85
and like all the food.
00:34:18.89\00:34:21.92
So we got several
that's honest about it.
00:34:21.96\00:34:23.86
All right. How
many likes the food?
00:34:23.93\00:34:26.06
Okay, all of us
have been on this too.
00:34:26.09\00:34:27.86
Did you raise your
hand, Miss. Yvonne?
00:34:27.93\00:34:29.66
Oh, I definitely love the food.
00:34:29.70\00:34:31.03
I was looking to see
if she raised her hand.
00:34:31.07\00:34:32.40
We've been talking
about truth, you know.
00:34:32.43\00:34:35.67
So that's a good time of year.
00:34:35.70\00:34:37.21
But sometimes people make food
00:34:37.27\00:34:40.18
that you don't even
eat the rest of the year.
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.01
I don't like
cranberries, you know,
00:34:42.04\00:34:44.35
like I don't eat
that-- may be a lot of you,
00:34:44.38\00:34:47.22
do you all eat
cranberries everyday?
00:34:47.28\00:34:49.75
You know in the slice
00:34:49.78\00:34:51.12
but some reason for
Thanksgiving and Christmas,
00:34:51.15\00:34:54.29
you have cranberries.
00:34:54.32\00:34:55.66
And there is all kinds of things
00:34:55.69\00:34:57.03
that I look on the table
00:34:57.09\00:34:58.43
and I say, well, that's not bad.
00:34:58.46\00:34:59.79
I wonder why we only
eat it this time of year.
00:34:59.83\00:35:02.13
And...
00:35:02.16\00:35:04.10
You know, I'm getting
really hungry right now.
00:35:04.17\00:35:07.34
Oh, one thing we forgot
to mention is snow angels.
00:35:07.37\00:35:10.01
I like doing that
more out in the snow.
00:35:10.04\00:35:11.44
Snow is just falling on
00:35:11.47\00:35:12.87
and then you
just move your hands
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.48
and make this little
big snow angel like that.
00:35:14.51\00:35:16.75
You fall on your back. Yeah.
00:35:16.78\00:35:19.18
I almost would have you do this.
00:35:19.21\00:35:20.72
But I'm afraid it won't do
it right in this kind of snow.
00:35:20.75\00:35:23.99
But you fall on your back
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.35
and you move your arms this way.
00:35:25.39\00:35:26.76
You arms and your legs...
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.12
And it looks like? Snow angel.
00:35:28.16\00:35:29.49
Angel wings, right.
00:35:29.52\00:35:30.93
Okay. All right. And
also Christmas lights.
00:35:30.96\00:35:34.30
Oh, Christmas...
00:35:34.30\00:35:35.63
Oh, yeah.
00:35:35.66\00:35:37.00
What do we have in
West Frankfort, Trinity?
00:35:37.03\00:35:38.70
It's a candy cane land
where the whole neighborhood
00:35:38.73\00:35:42.40
puts lights all
over their houses
00:35:42.44\00:35:44.27
and it's really nice to look at.
00:35:44.31\00:35:46.68
We have people that come for,
00:35:46.74\00:35:48.98
sometimes 100 miles
around to the little town
00:35:49.01\00:35:52.25
where my hometown,
00:35:52.28\00:35:53.62
born and raised in
West Frankfort Illinois
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.68
and Tim Murphy, who
I went to school with,
00:35:55.72\00:35:58.82
I think he's a year or
so graduated before me.
00:35:58.85\00:36:01.26
He's the art teacher up at
00:36:01.29\00:36:02.62
West Frankfurt
Community High School.
00:36:02.66\00:36:04.99
So he started putting
out having his art class.
00:36:05.03\00:36:07.93
Make all of these,
whether it's movies from Disney
00:36:07.96\00:36:10.40
or whatever, all of these.
00:36:10.47\00:36:12.17
They'd literally take
plywood and they paint them
00:36:12.20\00:36:14.24
and all these characters.
00:36:14.27\00:36:15.60
Then they get music going.
00:36:15.64\00:36:17.41
And every year,
a year after year
00:36:17.44\00:36:19.44
this thing gets
bigger and bigger and bigger,
00:36:19.47\00:36:22.14
till then they got neighbors.
00:36:22.18\00:36:23.55
It got too big for his
yard, and he has a big yard.
00:36:23.58\00:36:26.08
Then they got
their neighbors involved.
00:36:26.11\00:36:28.22
And other so people will line up
00:36:28.25\00:36:30.39
a week or two before Christmas.
00:36:30.42\00:36:32.12
You can be, what,
half a mile on Main Street
00:36:32.15\00:36:35.39
waiting to get to go
look at candy cane land
00:36:35.42\00:36:38.76
and that's so
neat and then you got
00:36:38.79\00:36:40.23
little Christmas music
playing and that's a lot of neat
00:36:40.30\00:36:43.06
we always, we
always like to do that.
00:36:43.10\00:36:45.07
Yeah, yeah.
00:36:45.10\00:36:46.43
When, when I was growing up,
00:36:46.47\00:36:49.14
my mom used to
take me to Radio City.
00:36:49.17\00:36:52.57
And they would have
this huge Christmas program
00:36:52.61\00:36:55.78
with the camels
going across the stage.
00:36:55.81\00:36:58.75
And the Lambs and the shepherds.
00:36:58.78\00:37:00.38
And where was that? In New York.
00:37:00.45\00:37:01.78
New York. In New York and.
00:37:01.82\00:37:04.02
And then there was this angel
00:37:04.05\00:37:06.15
that would stand
on the side and sing,
00:37:06.19\00:37:07.99
"Oh, Holy Night"
And I though, one day.
00:37:08.02\00:37:10.79
I want to, I want
to sing at Radio City.
00:37:10.86\00:37:14.36
I want to sing "Oh, Holy Night."
00:37:14.36\00:37:15.70
Which I never did
get to do by the way.
00:37:15.73\00:37:17.17
Oh, you can do right now.
00:37:17.20\00:37:18.63
You can do it
right now if you want.
00:37:18.67\00:37:21.14
Do you want to
sing "Oh, Holy Night?"
00:37:21.17\00:37:24.37
How about if I do
it in another time?
00:37:24.41\00:37:26.34
Okay. All right.
We'll let you do.
00:37:26.37\00:37:28.24
We've already put
Brother John on the spot.
00:37:28.28\00:37:29.91
Yes. Oh my goodness.
00:37:29.94\00:37:31.28
What we like to do,
show me the little book,
00:37:31.31\00:37:32.65
just kind of show it towards.
00:37:32.68\00:37:34.38
I don't know if any of
you have seen these books,
00:37:34.42\00:37:36.15
let's get a shot
of Honoria there.
00:37:36.18\00:37:37.99
It says, the Bible Story,
written by Arthur Maxwell.
00:37:38.02\00:37:42.36
And when Melody was
little and younger and Trinity
00:37:42.39\00:37:45.16
and still with the
grandkids every year,
00:37:45.19\00:37:46.90
we like to go down.
00:37:46.93\00:37:48.76
Now they live in Nashville,
can't believe they left pop
00:37:48.80\00:37:51.10
and went to
Nashville, Tennessee.
00:37:51.13\00:37:53.07
I mean, who would
want to go to Nashville
00:37:53.10\00:37:54.50
when you can live here
in West Frankfort, right.
00:37:54.54\00:37:56.67
I don't get it but they did
for work reasons and others.
00:37:56.71\00:38:00.04
But I always,
when we go down there,
00:38:00.11\00:38:02.24
we take presents and we
trade but we want to make sure
00:38:02.28\00:38:05.15
that grandkids understand
what this is all about.
00:38:05.18\00:38:07.88
It's not just
about the presents.
00:38:07.92\00:38:09.68
So I always take,
it's, I think this is book 7.
00:38:09.72\00:38:12.65
Is that what it says there?
I think it's book number 7.
00:38:12.69\00:38:16.12
There is 10 volumes
00:38:16.16\00:38:18.69
and a lot of you have seen these
00:38:18.73\00:38:20.16
and at doctor's
offices and hospitals.
00:38:20.23\00:38:23.97
The Uncle Arthur Bible Stories.
00:38:24.00\00:38:26.60
And they are great stories
and he's telling the story.
00:38:26.63\00:38:29.34
It goes through the Bible
but he's telling it in a way
00:38:29.37\00:38:32.67
that it's easier to understand,
may be for some folk.
00:38:32.71\00:38:36.11
And not just
children 'cause I enjoy it
00:38:36.14\00:38:37.91
and every year, I usually read--
00:38:37.95\00:38:39.81
start with this
and read the story
00:38:39.85\00:38:41.75
about Jesus and His birth.
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.12
We don't have time to
read all of that today.
00:38:43.15\00:38:45.25
But Honoria, you volunteered.
00:38:45.29\00:38:46.89
I said, "Do we have any
readers that will volunteer?"
00:38:46.96\00:38:49.69
And she raised her hand.
00:38:49.72\00:38:51.26
So we're gonna
take a biblical account
00:38:51.29\00:38:54.73
of what really happened.
00:38:54.73\00:38:56.06
We know it wasn't December 25th,
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.63
probably in the
fall of the year.
00:38:57.67\00:38:59.27
I'm not sure.
00:38:59.30\00:39:00.70
I'm not a theologian
but that's what I'm told.
00:39:00.77\00:39:02.60
But in any case,
tell us what happened.
00:39:02.64\00:39:05.67
This is Story 6 and
it's called "No Vacancy."
00:39:05.71\00:39:09.74
It says, "Have you ever
been traveling late at night
00:39:09.78\00:39:12.91
and found a 'No vacancy' sign
on every auto court and motel?
00:39:12.95\00:39:17.12
If so you know how
very tired it made you feel.
00:39:17.15\00:39:21.22
The thought that
there was no place to rest,
00:39:21.26\00:39:23.32
nowhere to go seemed just
too much to take, didn't it?
00:39:23.36\00:39:27.03
Imagine then how
poor Joseph and Mary felt
00:39:27.13\00:39:29.93
when they reached
the only inn in town
00:39:29.96\00:39:32.70
and found it
full, too overflowing.
00:39:32.73\00:39:35.27
There was no room
for them in the end.
00:39:35.30\00:39:37.77
It wasn't the
inn keeper's fault.
00:39:37.81\00:39:39.44
He couldn't help it.
00:39:39.47\00:39:40.81
Probably he was beside
himself trying to find food,
00:39:40.88\00:39:43.35
let alone rooms
00:39:43.38\00:39:44.71
for all the people
crowding into the city
00:39:44.75\00:39:47.12
to obey the decree
of Caesar Augustus.
00:39:47.15\00:39:50.09
When he saw Mary and
guess what was the matter.
00:39:50.12\00:39:52.92
I'm sure he was sorry for
her. Who would not have been.
00:39:52.95\00:39:57.43
But what could he do.
00:39:57.46\00:39:58.83
When the hotel
was full, it's full.
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.80
That's all.
00:40:00.83\00:40:02.13
Of course, if the innkeeper
had known all Mary knew
00:40:02.16\00:40:05.47
that it was the Messiah himself,
00:40:05.50\00:40:07.44
who was to be born that night,
00:40:07.50\00:40:09.47
he would have found a
place for her somewhere,
00:40:09.50\00:40:12.04
even if he had to
give up his own room.
00:40:12.07\00:40:14.94
And here he
missed a great blessing.
00:40:14.98\00:40:17.21
What a story he would had
00:40:17.25\00:40:18.58
have had to tell for
the rest of his life.
00:40:18.61\00:40:21.72
How famous his
inn would have become.
00:40:21.75\00:40:24.59
People would have
talked of his good fortune
00:40:24.62\00:40:26.62
till the end of time.
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.16
By failing to do
the best he could
00:40:28.19\00:40:29.66
for a poor needed girl,
he lost a great opportunity.
00:40:29.69\00:40:34.03
Jesus may well
say to him some day,
00:40:34.10\00:40:36.26
and as much as he did it
00:40:36.30\00:40:37.80
not to one of
the least of these,
00:40:37.83\00:40:39.97
he did it not to me.
00:40:40.00\00:40:41.60
How careful we should be
00:40:41.64\00:40:43.07
when someone
comes to us in need.
00:40:43.10\00:40:45.57
But in the hurry and
bustle of the moment,
00:40:45.61\00:40:47.84
the inn keeper did
not think of all this.
00:40:47.88\00:40:50.21
Instead, he offered his stable.
00:40:50.28\00:40:52.65
'The stable,' Joseph
said, 'is that all you have.
00:40:52.68\00:40:55.82
At least its shelter
and better than nothing.
00:40:55.85\00:40:58.59
The stable.
00:40:58.62\00:41:00.36
As Mary heard the
words, her heart sink.
00:41:00.39\00:41:02.92
All day she had longed
00:41:02.96\00:41:04.33
for a comfortable place to rest.
00:41:04.36\00:41:06.29
Now there was
nothing but a stable.
00:41:06.33\00:41:08.76
Maybe she cried.
00:41:08.80\00:41:10.13
I'm sure she thought of
what Gabriel had said to her.
00:41:10.17\00:41:12.63
He shall be great
00:41:12.67\00:41:14.04
and shall be called
the Son of the highest.
00:41:14.10\00:41:16.34
And the Lord God
shall give unto him
00:41:16.37\00:41:18.51
the throne of His father, David.
00:41:18.54\00:41:20.54
And he shall reign over
the house of Jacob forever.
00:41:20.58\00:41:23.55
And of His kingdom
there shall be no end.
00:41:23.61\00:41:27.18
Could he have been mistaken?
00:41:27.22\00:41:28.58
She wondered.
00:41:28.62\00:41:29.95
If what Gabriel
had said was true,
00:41:29.98\00:41:31.95
why was there
nothing ready for her baby.
00:41:31.99\00:41:34.29
Surely, the Son of the Highest
00:41:34.32\00:41:36.26
should not be born
in a smelly old stable.
00:41:36.29\00:41:39.56
A door creaked in the darkness.
00:41:39.59\00:41:41.80
Joseph went
ahead with a lantern.
00:41:41.83\00:41:44.10
A cow mooed, a horse
neighed, a rooster crowed.
00:41:44.13\00:41:47.97
'This way,' said Joseph,
00:41:48.00\00:41:49.57
'there's some
clean straw over here.'
00:41:49.60\00:41:51.91
Peering through the
gloom, Mary saw an empty manger
00:41:51.94\00:41:55.01
half filled with
hay for the cows to eat.
00:41:55.04\00:41:57.48
"This will do for
the baby he said."
00:41:57.51\00:41:59.11
'A Manger?' 'Yes. It will do.'
00:41:59.15\00:42:01.62
But what a strange place
00:42:01.65\00:42:02.98
for the Son of
the Highest to lie.
00:42:03.02\00:42:05.05
Strange indeed.
00:42:05.09\00:42:06.52
He could not have
chosen a humbler place
00:42:06.55\00:42:08.62
for His coming into the world.
00:42:08.66\00:42:10.43
Perhaps it was
because He wanted the humblest
00:42:10.46\00:42:13.23
and the poorest to
know that He loved them
00:42:13.26\00:42:15.46
and that He was
willing to share their lot.
00:42:15.50\00:42:18.80
No red carpet was spread for Him
00:42:18.83\00:42:20.80
when He came
from heaven to earth.
00:42:20.84\00:42:22.67
There was only the
straw on a muddy floor.
00:42:22.70\00:42:26.21
No fine linen.
00:42:26.24\00:42:27.58
No downing quilt was
provided for His bed.
00:42:27.61\00:42:30.81
Only the fragrant hey.
00:42:30.85\00:42:32.85
No trumpets blared a
welcome when He came.
00:42:32.88\00:42:35.52
There was no sound at
all, save the mooing of cows,
00:42:35.55\00:42:38.72
the neighing of
horses, the braying of donkeys,
00:42:38.75\00:42:41.32
the barking of dogs
00:42:41.36\00:42:42.79
as the dumb
creatures of His creation
00:42:42.82\00:42:45.26
tried their best to say,
00:42:45.29\00:42:47.10
'We are glad
you've come to see us.'
00:42:47.13\00:42:49.43
Then suddenly it happened.
00:42:49.46\00:42:51.10
The wonderful baby was
born. And they called Him Jesus.
00:42:51.13\00:42:54.87
Nobody was there, save
Joseph and Mary and the angels.
00:42:54.90\00:42:59.11
Yet, it was the most
wonderful event in history.
00:42:59.14\00:43:02.11
All Heaven had
waited thousands of years
00:43:02.14\00:43:04.28
for this moment.
00:43:04.31\00:43:05.81
Patriarchs in prophets,
00:43:05.85\00:43:07.35
have longed for it
since the dawn of time.
00:43:07.42\00:43:09.92
Yet, nobody was there.
00:43:09.95\00:43:11.32
Nobody knew, nobody cared.
00:43:11.35\00:43:13.86
In His infinite love,
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.22
the Son of God had
stepped from heaven to earth
00:43:15.26\00:43:17.53
to take on the likeness of man.
00:43:17.56\00:43:20.30
And the form of a servant.
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.20
There He might be
our savior and Redeemer.
00:43:22.23\00:43:24.80
And here He was
lying in a manger.
00:43:24.83\00:43:27.64
Here was the all
powerful Lord of creation,
00:43:27.67\00:43:29.97
weak and helpless
as a little child.
00:43:30.01\00:43:32.67
Here was the all
wise King eternal,
00:43:32.71\00:43:35.04
unable to speak a single word.
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.78
Here was a source of all life
depended for food upon a girl.
00:43:37.81\00:43:42.05
This was indeed love divine.
00:43:42.08\00:43:44.62
All of excelling joy of
heaven to earth come down.
00:43:44.65\00:43:48.26
Don't you wish you could
have been there to welcome Him,
00:43:48.29\00:43:51.26
just to say
Thank you, dear Lord,
00:43:51.29\00:43:53.76
for such love as this?"
00:43:53.80\00:43:55.36
Amen. Beautiful.
Thank you, Honoria.
00:43:55.40\00:43:57.30
Great job. What a great job.
00:43:57.33\00:43:59.07
And that's so fitting.
00:43:59.10\00:44:00.54
It was no accident that
He was born in a manger.
00:44:00.57\00:44:03.30
It wasn't like the
Creator of the universe
00:44:03.34\00:44:05.74
that He couldn't
have had a good place
00:44:05.77\00:44:07.64
but this shows
from humble beginnings,
00:44:07.68\00:44:10.55
that none of us
no matter who we are,
00:44:10.58\00:44:12.65
we can't say, "Well,
yeah, Jesus did okay,
00:44:12.68\00:44:15.32
but He was born
with wealthy parents
00:44:15.35\00:44:17.49
or He was born in
beautiful home and now,
00:44:17.52\00:44:20.96
I mean, how many of
us were born in a stable?
00:44:20.99\00:44:23.12
How many of you
were born in your house?
00:44:23.16\00:44:25.69
What? No.
00:44:25.73\00:44:27.10
How about you, Miss. Yvonne.
00:44:27.13\00:44:28.43
No, no. I was
born in a hospital.
00:44:28.46\00:44:29.80
I was born in a house
00:44:29.83\00:44:31.30
'cause-- all my brothers were
00:44:31.33\00:44:34.00
'cause we couldn't afford
to go to the hospital all time
00:44:34.04\00:44:35.87
we were kind of poor.
00:44:35.90\00:44:37.41
And so we only lived two
blocks from the hospital.
00:44:37.47\00:44:40.08
But my mother
00:44:40.14\00:44:42.38
when she was
getting ready to deliver,
00:44:42.41\00:44:45.08
shouldn't call one
of their sister-in-laws.
00:44:45.11\00:44:46.88
My dad had 12--
00:44:46.92\00:44:48.35
there's 12 brother and sisters.
00:44:48.38\00:44:49.98
So she'd call some of those.
00:44:50.05\00:44:51.39
One of those, Aunt
Mildred had 12 children.
00:44:51.42\00:44:54.49
So when she was getting
ready to deliver a baby,
00:44:54.52\00:44:57.49
she would call my mom
00:44:57.53\00:44:58.86
so my mom would
go help her deliver.
00:44:58.89\00:45:00.56
Then when my mom was having one
00:45:00.63\00:45:02.33
and one of my
Uncle Bud and his family,
00:45:02.36\00:45:04.07
they had eight kids.
00:45:04.10\00:45:05.43
So they all just
helped each other.
00:45:05.47\00:45:06.84
The women went
and delivered for him,
00:45:06.87\00:45:08.77
and hey, he didn't
have to go the hospital.
00:45:08.80\00:45:10.61
Everybody lived.
None of us died from that.
00:45:10.64\00:45:13.48
Then my sister, Tammy,
00:45:13.51\00:45:15.01
she's eight years younger to me.
00:45:15.04\00:45:16.38
She was spoiled.
00:45:16.41\00:45:17.75
She got to be
born in a hospital.
00:45:17.78\00:45:19.11
But that's okay.
00:45:19.15\00:45:20.52
A little house it's still,
still standing in their own,
00:45:20.55\00:45:22.12
812 West Wharton Street,
West Frankfort, Illinois.
00:45:22.15\00:45:25.25
It's a humble place
00:45:25.29\00:45:26.62
but not nearly as
humble as a stable.
00:45:26.65\00:45:29.16
Now, you know a little
bit about stalls and stables.
00:45:29.19\00:45:31.73
How good do they
smell, Trin? Not very good.
00:45:31.76\00:45:35.16
Not very good for sure,
00:45:35.20\00:45:37.03
yet, Jesus chose
to be born there.
00:45:37.07\00:45:40.30
The Godhead, God
the Father, God the Son,
00:45:40.34\00:45:42.60
God the Holy Spirit decided,
this is where we're gonna do
00:45:42.64\00:45:46.21
we want no advantage
of anyone else on earth
00:45:46.24\00:45:50.11
so we you know, this is
where we're gonna be born.
00:45:50.15\00:45:53.58
So it's no accident.
00:45:53.62\00:45:54.95
Why don't you hand
this book to Miss. Yvonne
00:45:54.98\00:45:56.85
and Miss. Yvonne,
00:45:56.89\00:45:58.22
maybe you could
read a little farther?
00:45:58.25\00:46:01.02
I'm not sure what
the next chapter is
00:46:01.06\00:46:02.86
but we'll find
out what it is here.
00:46:02.89\00:46:05.46
So to me it's
what she's looking for
00:46:05.49\00:46:07.66
it was after the vacancy.
00:46:07.66\00:46:09.06
I think it was that
the night of nights.
00:46:09.10\00:46:11.87
But to me in this
beautiful that the Son of man,
00:46:11.90\00:46:15.04
Jesus Christ said you know what.
00:46:15.07\00:46:17.41
I don't want any advantages.
00:46:17.44\00:46:19.04
I'm going to come
here in human flesh.
00:46:19.07\00:46:21.28
Because we have to
understand and may be
00:46:21.31\00:46:23.95
I don't know how much
you understand about this.
00:46:23.98\00:46:26.25
But if you think
about it that He was God,
00:46:26.28\00:46:31.42
yet He was human.
00:46:31.45\00:46:33.29
In human form.
00:46:33.36\00:46:34.79
That means, when He was young
00:46:34.82\00:46:36.83
and He cut His
finger, it hurt, right.
00:46:36.86\00:46:39.89
And yet, the
spiritual side of Him says,
00:46:39.93\00:46:44.23
hey, I don't have to do
this I don't even have to bleed.
00:46:44.27\00:46:46.70
I can, I could come down.
00:46:46.74\00:46:48.64
But it wouldn't have been
a great sacrifice if we say,
00:46:48.67\00:46:51.74
He tells us not to
sin and He says, you know,
00:46:51.77\00:46:56.18
to ask Him for
forgiveness and don't go sin.
00:46:56.21\00:46:58.98
And then when we
do, we'd say well, yeah,
00:46:59.01\00:47:01.72
but Lord, You didn't
sin because You were perfect
00:47:01.75\00:47:05.09
and You created you
didn't have an advantage.
00:47:05.12\00:47:07.22
Christ could have
sinned had He wanted to.
00:47:07.29\00:47:10.16
But He didn't want to.
00:47:10.19\00:47:11.59
He decided to carry
the sins of the whole world
00:47:11.63\00:47:14.56
and because of His perfection,
it covers our imperfection.
00:47:14.60\00:47:19.67
But in order for that to happen,
00:47:19.70\00:47:21.37
we have to
confess our sins to Jesus.
00:47:21.40\00:47:24.34
The Bible says, "If
we confess our sins.
00:47:24.37\00:47:26.54
He's faithful and just
to forgive us from our sins
00:47:26.57\00:47:29.44
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:47:29.48\00:47:31.88
So we want those at
home and all of you today,
00:47:31.91\00:47:34.32
no matter what you do in life,
00:47:34.35\00:47:36.18
I don't care how
bad something you do,
00:47:36.22\00:47:39.09
you're so ashamed,
you think it's terrible.
00:47:39.12\00:47:41.56
You wouldn't want
anybody to know it.
00:47:41.59\00:47:43.26
Well, Jesus already knows it.
00:47:43.29\00:47:44.63
And you know
what, if you repent,
00:47:44.66\00:47:46.73
He's willing to forgive
you from whatever that is.
00:47:46.80\00:47:49.56
I think we've got
time for "Night of Nights."
00:47:49.60\00:47:51.70
It's gonna be good.
Miss. Yvonne is a good reader.
00:47:51.73\00:47:53.90
"Night of Nights."
00:47:53.94\00:47:55.97
"Suppose you've been
living in Bethlehem that night
00:47:56.00\00:47:58.44
when Jesus was born.
00:47:58.47\00:48:00.41
What would you
have seen and heard?
00:48:00.44\00:48:02.81
Imagine for a
moment you're there,
00:48:02.84\00:48:04.65
you and your brother or
sister, it's a warm night.
00:48:04.68\00:48:07.82
So you're lying on a bed
00:48:07.85\00:48:09.28
on the roof of a
flat topped house.
00:48:09.32\00:48:11.45
The rest of the family is asleep
00:48:11.49\00:48:13.15
but you're awake,
00:48:13.19\00:48:14.52
looking up at the sky
trying to count the stars.
00:48:14.56\00:48:17.39
'I never saw so many
people in our town,' you say.
00:48:17.46\00:48:21.30
'I wonder how long they'll stay'
00:48:21.33\00:48:22.76
says your brother.
00:48:22.80\00:48:24.17
"Till the taxing
is over I suppose."
00:48:24.20\00:48:26.67
Then there's
silence for a moment.
00:48:26.74\00:48:28.84
'I've been wondering,' you say.
00:48:28.87\00:48:30.74
'Wondering what?'
00:48:30.81\00:48:32.14
'About what father is
been telling us lately.
00:48:32.17\00:48:34.38
You know about
the Messiah's coming.
00:48:34.41\00:48:36.75
He says the time is nearly up
00:48:36.78\00:48:39.15
and the all prophecies
must be fulfilled soon.'
00:48:39.18\00:48:42.52
'Isn't he coming to Bethlehem?'
'Yes. He's to be born here.'
00:48:42.55\00:48:46.96
The Prophet Micah says so.'
00:48:46.99\00:48:48.72
'I wonder when.'
There's a pause. Then a cry.
00:48:48.76\00:48:52.06
'Look at that up
there in the sky.'
00:48:52.09\00:48:54.20
'What? Where?' 'The
light the beautiful light.
00:48:54.20\00:48:56.93
What can it be?'
'Looks like a star.
00:48:56.97\00:48:59.73
It's right over the
inn.' 'No, it isn't.'
00:48:59.77\00:49:02.40
'It's over the
stable behind the inn.'
00:49:02.44\00:49:04.81
'What can be
happening? Let's go and see.'
00:49:04.84\00:49:07.51
'Quietly now.
Don't wake everybody.'
00:49:07.54\00:49:10.21
Silently you
both creep downstairs
00:49:10.28\00:49:13.68
across the road and
walk toward the end.
00:49:13.75\00:49:16.08
Suddenly you stop.
00:49:16.12\00:49:17.45
For the light seems to
have moved outside the town.
00:49:17.52\00:49:20.49
You run past the
guards at the gates
00:49:20.52\00:49:22.36
and across the
fields to the place
00:49:22.39\00:49:24.26
where the shepherds
keep their sheep at night.
00:49:24.29\00:49:26.73
You see a group of
men standing open mouthed
00:49:26.76\00:49:29.80
as a glorious
being talks to them.
00:49:29.83\00:49:34.14
'Can this be the
Messiah you wonder?'
00:49:34.17\00:49:36.74
'Surely not.' 'Then
it must be an angel.'
00:49:36.81\00:49:39.91
You hear him
saying, 'Fear not for behold
00:49:39.94\00:49:42.34
I bring you good
tidings of great joy.
00:49:42.38\00:49:44.91
Which shall be to all people.
00:49:44.95\00:49:47.05
For unto you is born this day
in the City of David a Savior,
00:49:47.12\00:49:51.32
which is Christ the Lord.'
00:49:51.35\00:49:53.15
'Did you hear that?' You ask.
00:49:53.19\00:49:56.09
He says Messiah is here.
That he has just been born.
00:49:56.12\00:50:00.83
'Listen, the
angel is speaking again.
00:50:00.90\00:50:04.13
And there should be a sign
on to you.' the angel says.
00:50:04.17\00:50:07.00
'You shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes
00:50:07.04\00:50:10.01
lying in a manger.'
00:50:10.07\00:50:11.67
Suddenly you see a
perfectly marvelous sight
00:50:11.71\00:50:14.81
right before your eyes appears
a multitude of shining angels
00:50:14.84\00:50:18.68
thousands of
them, thousands of them
00:50:18.71\00:50:20.78
all singing together
'Glory to God in the highest.
00:50:20.82\00:50:23.85
And on earth peace.
Good will toward men.'
00:50:23.89\00:50:27.62
The whole heavens
are flooded with light.
00:50:27.66\00:50:30.63
Everywhere it's
as bright as day.
00:50:30.69\00:50:32.89
You can see the
rugged mountains all around.
00:50:32.93\00:50:35.56
The awestruck
shepherds, the trembling sheep
00:50:35.60\00:50:38.23
and every building in Bethlehem.
00:50:38.27\00:50:40.40
'Oh yes.' And the angels.
00:50:40.47\00:50:42.70
So many angels, all
singing their loudest
00:50:42.74\00:50:45.57
as though they've been waiting
ages and ages to sing the song.
00:50:45.61\00:50:49.54
'Glory to God, glory to God,
glory to God in the highest.'
00:50:49.58\00:50:54.48
The majestic music seems to
roll clear around the world.
00:50:54.52\00:50:57.92
And out toward the stars.
00:50:57.95\00:50:59.79
'Glory to God in the highest.'
00:50:59.82\00:51:02.29
Then more gently on earth.
'Peace good will toward men.'
00:51:02.32\00:51:06.26
How tenderly and hopefully
they sing these closing words
00:51:06.29\00:51:09.56
of their lovely hymn of praise.
00:51:09.60\00:51:11.77
It is as if they
longed to see men everywhere
00:51:11.80\00:51:15.00
welcome their
Savior with open arms
00:51:15.04\00:51:17.47
and make Him the
Lord of their lives.
00:51:17.51\00:51:19.97
As suddenly as they
came the angels disappear.
00:51:20.04\00:51:23.81
Darkness settles again
over the fields in the hills.
00:51:23.85\00:51:27.02
You watch the shepherds
to see what they will do.
00:51:27.08\00:51:29.62
You hear them say,
00:51:29.65\00:51:30.99
let us now go
even unto Bethlehem
00:51:31.02\00:51:33.36
and see this thing
which has come to pass,
00:51:33.42\00:51:35.76
which the Lord hath
made known and to us.
00:51:35.79\00:51:38.16
'Let's go at once' they all cry.
00:51:38.19\00:51:40.36
And you see them hurrying
off toward the city gate
00:51:40.40\00:51:43.06
stumbling over rocks
and briars in their haste.
00:51:43.10\00:51:45.67
But getting up and hurrying on,
00:51:45.70\00:51:47.64
eager to tell somebody
the great news they've heard.
00:51:47.67\00:51:51.21
You run behind them to
see where they will go.
00:51:51.24\00:51:53.84
They pass a sleepy
eyed citizen near the end,
00:51:53.91\00:51:56.54
"Was a baby born
around here midnight?
00:51:56.58\00:51:58.88
'Tonight?' The shepherd asked.
00:51:58.91\00:52:00.82
'Yes. Down there in the stable.'
00:52:00.85\00:52:02.65
They run on. It's still
dark. The dawn is on the way.
00:52:02.68\00:52:06.65
A dim light comes
through cracks in the door.
00:52:06.69\00:52:10.56
And what is this, a baby's cry.
00:52:10.63\00:52:12.66
This must be the place.
00:52:12.69\00:52:14.10
They push open
the door and peer in.
00:52:14.10\00:52:16.23
You are right behind them.
00:52:16.26\00:52:18.03
At the far end,
the man is standing.
00:52:18.07\00:52:20.24
Behind him is a young woman,
resting on a pile of straw.
00:52:20.30\00:52:23.97
Beside her in a manger is a baby
00:52:24.01\00:52:26.21
wrapped in swaddling clothes.
00:52:26.24\00:52:28.31
Surely, this must be the
baby the angel spoke about.
00:52:28.34\00:52:31.88
And if so He must
be the promised Savior,
00:52:31.91\00:52:35.35
Christ, the Lord."
00:52:35.38\00:52:36.75
Isn't that beautiful story?
Absolutely incredible story.
00:52:36.79\00:52:40.32
We'll never
understand it on this earth.
00:52:40.36\00:52:42.72
The Bible says "I have
not seen nor ear heard,
00:52:42.76\00:52:45.79
neither has it
entered into the heart of man
00:52:45.83\00:52:48.83
the things that
God has prepared."
00:52:48.86\00:52:50.80
So when you go outside,
00:52:50.83\00:52:52.23
Trinity, you got a
beautiful horse, right.
00:52:52.27\00:52:54.47
Yeah. What's his name?
00:52:54.50\00:52:55.84
Bert. Bert. Okay.
00:52:55.87\00:52:57.24
And your love Bert, right? I do.
00:52:57.27\00:52:58.61
And as beautiful as he is,
00:52:58.64\00:53:01.44
the horses is in heaven will
be more beautiful, you know.
00:53:01.48\00:53:05.15
And when we look around
and we see that the mountains,
00:53:05.18\00:53:07.85
and the skies, and
lakes, and the trees,
00:53:07.88\00:53:10.79
as beautiful as
these things are to us,
00:53:10.82\00:53:13.86
they've all been
through 2,000 years of sin.
00:53:13.89\00:53:16.83
As beautiful as
the creatures are,
00:53:16.86\00:53:18.93
they've all been
through 2,000 years of sin.
00:53:18.96\00:53:21.50
Guess what, I'll even be
better looking in heaven, right.
00:53:21.53\00:53:24.80
Don't laugh, so will you, right.
00:53:24.83\00:53:26.43
And you too at home.
00:53:26.47\00:53:27.80
You'll even be
better looking in heaven.
00:53:27.84\00:53:29.47
Because we've all been
through 2,000 years of sin.
00:53:29.50\00:53:34.24
But if we could right
now get a glimpse of heaven,
00:53:34.28\00:53:38.15
for what it looks
like, Ellen White had a dream
00:53:38.18\00:53:40.88
and she dreamed that
she went to heaven and--
00:53:40.92\00:53:42.98
saw on "Pillars of Our
Faith," songs one of the songs.
00:53:43.02\00:53:46.92
But she said when
she came back down
00:53:46.96\00:53:50.39
and got a let her come
back down to this earth,
00:53:50.43\00:53:52.53
she showed her a
glimpse of heaven,
00:53:52.56\00:53:54.56
she said the earth seemed
so cold and dark and dreary.
00:53:54.60\00:53:59.40
She didn't realize that before
00:53:59.43\00:54:01.04
she thought it was so wonderful.
00:54:01.07\00:54:02.40
Yeah, yeah.
00:54:02.44\00:54:03.81
But she comes here
and she says. "Wow.
00:54:03.84\00:54:07.58
Heaven is beyond our
wildest imaginations,
00:54:07.61\00:54:10.75
our wildest dreams."
00:54:10.78\00:54:12.41
And that's what I want for
each and every one of you guys.
00:54:12.45\00:54:15.08
Don't want to call you kids
00:54:15.12\00:54:16.45
because you're all young
men and young ladies now.
00:54:16.48\00:54:18.09
I've seen you grow up
from babies. You know.
00:54:18.12\00:54:21.06
But you're all
young men and young women
00:54:21.09\00:54:22.96
and I'm really proud of you.
00:54:22.99\00:54:24.33
If I can use that
term in a Christian sense,
00:54:24.36\00:54:28.00
I'm happy, I'm pleased
00:54:28.03\00:54:29.93
that God is using
each and every one of you.
00:54:29.96\00:54:32.70
Are any of your
perfect. No. Are we perfect?
00:54:32.73\00:54:35.20
Are you at home
perfect? No, you're not.
00:54:35.24\00:54:37.67
But God is using you.
00:54:37.71\00:54:39.04
He has something
special, something great.
00:54:39.07\00:54:41.78
There's a reason
that you were born
00:54:41.81\00:54:43.91
in these closing
moments of earth's history.
00:54:43.95\00:54:46.78
So when Jesus was
hanging on the cross,
00:54:46.82\00:54:48.65
He could see you.
00:54:48.68\00:54:50.05
He could look
down the stream of time
00:54:50.09\00:54:52.05
and see that you would
be one of those willing
00:54:52.09\00:54:54.39
to give your lives
unto death if necessary.
00:54:54.42\00:54:56.79
You are the last
generation on planet earth.
00:54:56.83\00:54:59.33
I'm convinced of that.
00:54:59.36\00:55:00.93
And so I'm so
thankful that you all have--
00:55:00.96\00:55:03.37
we have a Christian school,
00:55:03.40\00:55:04.73
you're getting
Christian education
00:55:04.77\00:55:06.27
and you're making good choices
00:55:06.30\00:55:07.67
because life on this
earth is all about choices.
00:55:07.70\00:55:10.81
If I make bad choices,
00:55:10.84\00:55:12.17
I don't care what I call myself,
00:55:12.21\00:55:13.68
Christian, I can call myself,
00:55:13.71\00:55:15.04
I can praise the
Lord, do all I want,
00:55:15.08\00:55:16.75
I will reap what I sow.
00:55:16.78\00:55:18.35
So you all remember that
and decisions that you make
00:55:18.38\00:55:21.32
that we all reap what we sow.
00:55:21.35\00:55:23.22
I'm gonna ask you, Miss Yvonne,
if you would say a prayer
00:55:23.25\00:55:25.72
and then we're gonna have
may be John he agreed to stay.
00:55:25.75\00:55:28.72
And may be we could
sing a song together.
00:55:28.76\00:55:31.13
Oh, that would be
great. Sure. All right.
00:55:31.16\00:55:34.00
Father God, we
just thank You so much
00:55:34.00\00:55:35.70
that You sent Your Son Jesus
00:55:35.73\00:55:37.57
to be with us
here on this earth.
00:55:37.60\00:55:40.30
And we thank You
so much that one day
00:55:40.34\00:55:42.60
we'll be able to
be with You for ever
00:55:42.64\00:55:45.17
and now I just ask You to bless
00:55:45.21\00:55:47.08
each and every one of
these lovely children here
00:55:47.14\00:55:50.61
and Danny and
all of us, Lord God.
00:55:50.65\00:55:52.81
Help us to be more like You.
00:55:52.85\00:55:54.62
Thank You for hearing
this prayer. In Jesus' name.
00:55:54.65\00:55:57.45
Amen. Amen.
00:55:57.49\00:55:58.99
Well, we have just a few
seconds left at this time
00:55:59.02\00:56:02.42
I want to talk to
the folks at home.
00:56:02.46\00:56:04.49
And just say thank you so
much for what you are doing
00:56:04.53\00:56:08.16
for the cause of
God on this earth.
00:56:08.20\00:56:09.53
Thank you for what you do
for your love and your prayers
00:56:09.56\00:56:12.13
and your
financial support of 3ABN.
00:56:12.17\00:56:14.77
Without you, we
could not be taken
00:56:14.80\00:56:16.84
this gospel of the
kingdom into all the world.
00:56:16.91\00:56:20.08
The Christmas
season is over very quick
00:56:20.11\00:56:22.11
and we're back to the business
00:56:22.14\00:56:23.98
of trying to get the
gospel into all the world.
00:56:24.05\00:56:26.21
It's a partnership. It's a team.
00:56:26.25\00:56:28.15
So thank you, for
joining our team together
00:56:28.18\00:56:31.45
as we find out the
blessing is on the go.
00:56:31.49\00:56:35.16
Hey, let's go over
and sing with John.
00:56:35.19\00:56:37.33
Do you want to? Yeah, sure.
00:56:37.36\00:56:39.13
Oh, come, all ye faithful
00:56:48.40\00:56:53.34
Joyful and triumphant
00:56:53.38\00:56:57.21
Oh, come ye
00:56:57.25\00:56:59.18
Oh, come ye to Bethlehem
00:56:59.21\00:57:06.32
Come and behold Him
00:57:06.35\00:57:10.56
Born the King of angels
00:57:10.59\00:57:14.46
Oh, come, let us adore Him
00:57:14.46\00:57:18.90
Oh, come, let us adore Him
00:57:18.93\00:57:23.10
Oh, come, let us adore Him
00:57:23.14\00:57:29.14
Christ, the Lord
00:57:29.18\00:57:34.45