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>>Announcer: It has
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CHRIS: Christmas. It's always
been a favourite time of the
year for me. The smells, the
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trees, the lights, and the snow.
But you know, it is amazing that
this special time of the year
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for families is also one of the
most stressful. As the
commercial pressures of the
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Christmas holiday has steadily
increased over the years, more
and more people seem to enjoy
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Christmas less and less. Could
it be that there is something
more? Could it be that this
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season has a deeper and truer
meaning? Could it be that the
real reason behind this season
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is something that will give us
inner peace? Could it be that
each of us really needs the
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experience of a silent night?
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I've made the
same mistake before:
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Too many malls, too many stores.
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December
traffic, Christmas rush,
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It breaks me
'til I push and shove.
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Children are crying
while mothers are trying
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To photograph Santa and sleigh.
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The shopping and buying
and standing forever in line.
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Oh, what can I say?
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I need a silent
night, a holy night
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To hear an angel voice
through the chaos and the noise.
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I need a midnight clear,
a little peace right here
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To end this crazy
day with a silent night.
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December comes and disappears
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Faster and faster every year.
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Did my own
mother keep this pace?
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Or was the world
a different place?
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Where people stayed
home wishing for snow
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Watching three
channels on their TV?
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Look at us now running around
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Trying to buy Christmas peace.
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I need a silent
night, a holy night
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To hear an angel voice
through the chaos and the noise.
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I need a midnight clear,
a little peace right here
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To end this crazy
day with a silent night.
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What was it like
back there in Bethlehem
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With peace on earth,
good will toward men?
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[There were
shepherd's out in the field
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Keeping watch over
their flock by night
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And the glory of the
Lord shone around them
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And they were so afraid
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And the angels said,
"Fear not, for behold,
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I bring you good news of a
great joy that shall be for all
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people; For unto you is born
this day a Savior, who is Christ
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the Lord. And his name shall
be called Wonderful Counselor,
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Prince of Peace." I need
a silent night, a holy night
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To hear an angel voice
through the chaos and the noise.
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I need a midnight clear,
a little peace right here
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To end this crazy
day with a silent night.
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To end this crazy
day with a silent night.
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MARK JOHNSON: Hi, my name is
Mark Johnson, president of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church in
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Canada. On behalf of the 68,000
Seventh-day Adventists across
our great nation, I want to wish
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you a merry
Christmas and a happy new year.
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CHRIS: You know, we live in a
world of constant turmoil: wars,
terrorism, political battles,
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illness, depression, and the
list could go on and on. It
almost seems at times that this
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world is spiraling out of
control with no plan. But you
know, the Bible actually says
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there is a plan, that there has
always been a plan. In fact,
John 1:1 says these words:
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That word, that life, is the
person of Jesus Christ. He made
everything and he had a plan.
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His plan was not for us to
spiral out of control, but the
Bible says that he himself is
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the lamb slain before the
foundation of the world, a world
embroiled in turmoil and slave
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to sin. But God has an answer to
that sin problem that each of us
do face. According to Romans
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3:23,
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So God lovingly revealed a plan.
He revealed it in a silent
night. He revealed it in a holy
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night.
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Silent night, Holy night
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All is calm, all is bright.
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Round yon
virgin, mother and child
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Holy infant so tender and mild
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Sleep in heavenly peace,
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Sleep in heavenly peace.
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Silent night, Holy night
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Shepherds quake at the sight.
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Glories stream
from heaven above;
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Heavenly hosts sing Hallelujah.
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Christ the Savior is born,
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Christ the Savior is born.
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CHRIS: The Bible promises
about Jesus in 1 Peter 1:20:
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And now, that plan was put in
place on this earth. It was a
holy night that would change the
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course of this earth's history.
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O holy night! The
stars are brightly shining;
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It is the night of
our dear Saviour's birth!
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Long lay the world
in sin and error pining
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'Til he appeared and
the soul felt its worth.
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A thrill of hope
the weary soul rejoices;
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For yonder breaks a
new and glorious morn!
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Fall on your knees
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Oh hear the angel voices
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Oh night divine
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Oh night when Christ was born
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Oh night divine
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Oh night when Christ was born
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Truly he taught us
to love one another
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His law is love and
his gospel is peace.
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Chains shall he break
for the slave is our brother;
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And in his name all
oppression shall cease.
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Sweet hymns of joy in
grateful chorus raise we
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Let all within us
praise his holy name.
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Christ is the Lord!
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Oh, praise his name forever,
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His power and
glory evermore proclaim.
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His power and
glory evermore proclaim.
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[Oh holy night, the
stars are brightly shining
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It is the night of
our dear Savior's birth!]
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So fall on your knees
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Don't you hear the angel voices?
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They're singing,
"Oh night divine,
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Oh night when Christ was born;
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Oh night divine
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Oh night when Christ was born.
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MANSFIELD EDWARDS: Hi, my name
is Mansfield Edwards, president
of the Ontario Conference of
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Seventh-day Adventists. On
behalf of the 32,000 members in
Ontario, I want to wish you a
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merry Christmas
and a happy new year.
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CHRIS: That silent night, that
holy night, in the hushed
quietness of that night, an
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angel visitor came to a young
girl named Mary and announced,
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Mary, did you
know that your Baby Boy
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Would someday walk on water?
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Mary, did you
know that your Baby Boy
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Would save our
sons and daughters?
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Did you know that your Baby Boy
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Has come to make you new?
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This Child that you've delivered
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Will soon deliver you.
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Mary, did you
know that your Baby Boy
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Would give sight to a blind man?
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Mary, did you
know that your Baby Boy
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Would calm the
storm with His hand?
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Did you know that your Baby Boy
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Has walked where angels trod?
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When you kiss your little Baby
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You kiss the face of God.
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The blind will see.
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The deaf will hear.
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The dead will live again.
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The lame will leap.
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The dumb will speak
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The praises of the Lamb.
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Mary, did you
know that your Baby Boy
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Is Lord of all creation?
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Mary, did you
know that your Baby Boy
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Would one day rule the nations?
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Did you know that your Baby Boy
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Is heaven's perfect Lamb?
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The sleeping
Child you're holding
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Is the Great I Am.
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CHRIS: This baby was the one God
promised in Genesis 3:15, who
would come to bruise the head of
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the serpent, that serpent that
deceived the whole world and is
the cause of all the pain,
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suffering, and destruction in
this world. This is that baby
that God promised would come
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through Abraham's seed to bless
all the nations of the earth.
This is he who spoke to Moses
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through the midst of a burning
bush, making himself known as "I
Am," promising to deliver his
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people out of bondage. He
appeared again at a later time
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to Moses, saying, He was the one
who gave courage to Joshua when
he faced an overwhelming battle,
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saying, Solomon predicted that
he would bring justice to the
poor of the people. He will save
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the children of the needy and
will break in pieces the
oppressor. God, wanting his
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people to be prepared for this
baby when he came, gave this
sign through the prophet Isaiah:
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Immanuel, which is translated
"God with us." This is he who
revealed to Jeremiah, "For I am
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with you to save you." God sent
his son into this world to be
with us and to save us. This was
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something only God, because of
his incredible love for us,
could do. John 20:31 says:
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The apostle John
also testifies that:
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God did not withhold himself
from you, but gave himself up
for you. Do not withhold
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yourself from him. Today, I
invite you to choose to have God
with you. Choose to have God
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save you. Choose
life. Choose Immanuel.
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KEN CORKUM: Holiday greetings to
you, the viewer of It Is Written
Canada. Hi, my name is Ken
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Corkum. I'm responsible for the
work of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church in Newfoundland
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and Labrador. During this time
of sharing, hey, let's remember
It Is Written with a gift; and
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thanks for your generosity.
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BEV: Hi, everyone. I've got my
apron on, so today, you know
we're doing a little bit of
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cooking. And I'm here with Chris
and we're going to be doing
something with beets.
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CHRIS: Beets. You know, it's the
Christmas season and we've been
doing some holiday recipes.
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BEV: Yes. CHRIS: So what are we
going to do with beets for the
holidays? BEV: Well, you know
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what? We're going to be making a
beet and cilantro salad. And I
chose the beets because of that
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gorgeous rubyed, and the
cilantro for the green. Kind of
a Christmassy kind of thing
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happening. CHRIS: That sounds
good. BEV: So let's get to it.
CHRIS: All right. BEV: Okay.
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We've got three or four beets
here, and they've been cooked
just for about 40 minutes until
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they're soft. And then we just
kind of cool them off a little
bit so that they're comfortable
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to handle. We've got some red
pepper and some green onion
chopped up. We're going to add
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that to the mix. And then we're
going to add some of this
beautiful carrot that I've
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shredded. So the colors are just
going to be so eye-popping.
That's the beauty of this.
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CHRIS: Very vibrant. BEV:
Exactly. Then we've got some
cilantro that we're going
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to just put on top. You know, a
lot of people don't like
cilantro, but a lot more love
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it, like me. CHRIS: I like
cilantro. Now, Bev, tell me,
what's the benefit of cilantro?
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BEV: Oh, heavy metals, removing
heavy metals from your body,
fantastic. Then we've got this
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wonderful dressing that we've
made, and I've got the
ingredients right here: onion,
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lemon, garlic, cumin, a pinch of
cayenne, some olive oil, and a
little bit of sweetener just to
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make it. give it that nice
depth. And we've got this
beautiful golden colour. What
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we're going to do is just dress
our salad and then we're going
to mix it up and the colours are
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just going to be eye-popping and
the taste is going to be so
delicious. And beets are so
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fabulous for your liver for
detoxing. The red peppers have
got vitamin C happening there.
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The onion is just going to give
it a little bit of pungency. And
the cumin that's in here is
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going to give it that exotic
kind of flavour. So this is what
you're going to end up with:
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beside your protein and whatever
else you're having on your
table, you're going to have this
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beautifullyoloured salad, and
voilà, it's so good for you.
CHRIS: It looks very good. And I
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think, Bev, if it's okay, I'm
going to have a little taste of
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this beet salad. BEV:
Absolutely, go right ahead. And
you're going to have red mouth
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and lips and all the rest of it,
just in time for Christmas.
CHRIS: Oh, that's okay. That is
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delicious and would be a
wonderful addition to any
holiday meal. BEV: Exactly. I
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got the recipe from this
wonderful cookbook: Yum. My
friend Theresa Nicassio wrote
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this. We went to raw chef school
together. And this is an awesome
book. It's egg-free, dairy-free,
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wheatree, all kinds of free. And
the website that you could go to
is yumfoodforliving.com where
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you can find out more about this
recipe book. CHRIS: And this
recipe can be found at
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www.itiswrittenca. You can go
there and find any Live Healthy
recipe from Bev or Darlene. BEV:
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That's right. CHRIS: And we want
you to live healthy. May God
bless you abundantly. BEV: We'll
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see you next time.
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JOHN FOURNIER: Hi, my name is
John Fournier, president of the
Maritime Conference of
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Seventh-day Adventists. On
behalf of our members in Prince
Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and
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New Brunswick, I want to wish
you a merry Christmas and a
happy new year. Joyeux Noël et
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bonne année.
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CHRIS: Dear friends, the
Christmas season brings an end
to the year. It is at this time
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so much for watching. Please
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Until then, remember, it is
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