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The cast of <i>High School Musical:</i>
<i>The Musical: The Series...</i>

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...will be taking a stroll
down memory lane...

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LARRY:
<i>...as we share childhood memories...</i>

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Uh, I got involved in theater very young.

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JULIA LESTER: <i>A couple of bloopers.</i>

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Was that okay?

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A few surprises.

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We are very excited
to share a special world premiere.

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And a whole lot o' music.

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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Welcome to <i>High School Musical.</i>

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<i>-The Musical.</i>
<i>-The Holiday Special! </i>(SQUEALS)

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(WHISTLE BLOWS)

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So this is Arizona.

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I know it's not exactly the North Pole,
but this is where I've grown up,

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this is where I spent
almost every Christmas of my life.

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Whenever I think of Christmas,
I think of my family.

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Waking up on Christmas morning,
seeing the presents under the tree,

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seeing that the cookies and the milk

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that we left out the night before
is all gone.

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And of course,
every Christmas needs an elf,

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so I luckily have my little dog, Violet.

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<i>She is the sweetest thing.</i>

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She always opens up presents
on Christmas Day,

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and it's the funniest thing,
and she gets so excited.

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Over the years, I have been so blessed

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to be able to meet and connect
with so, so many people,

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so I really wanted to dedicate this song

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to all the fans out there
who have grown up with me,

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and of course, to my amazing
<i>High School Musical</i> family.

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I miss them so much.

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We might not be together for the holidays,

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but music always finds a way
to bring us back home.

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(SOFIA SCATTING)

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<i>Yeah</i>

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<i>Hang all the mistletoe</i>

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<i>I'm gonna get to know you better</i>

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<i>This Christmas</i>

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<i>And as we trim the tree</i>

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<i>How much fun it's gonna be together</i>

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<i>This Christmas</i>

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<i>-Fireside's blazin' bright</i>
<i>-Blazin' bright</i>

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<i>And we're carolin' through the night</i>

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<i>And this Christmas will be</i>

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<i>A very special Christmas for me</i>

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<i>Yeah</i>

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<i>Shake a hand, shake a hand, yeah</i>

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<i>Hey!</i>

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<i>This Christmas!</i>

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<i>This Christmas!</i>

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<i>Fireside is blazin' bright</i>

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<i>And we're carolin' through the night</i>

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<i>And this Christmas will be</i>

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<i>A very special Christmas, for me</i>

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<i>Yeah</i>

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<i>Shake your hand, shake your hand, yeah</i>

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<i>Oh, this Christmas</i>

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<i>Shake a hand</i>

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<i>This Christmas</i>

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Oh, boy. (LAUGHS)

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So, I grew up right outside San Diego

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with five sisters
and two wonderful parents

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and all the music you could imagine.

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My dad was a professional pianist
and drummer.

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I think each of us
have a little bit of that in our blood.

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And now, music is obviously
such a huge part of my life,

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uh, as I write music
almost every single day.

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Um, and I was fortunate enough
in season one

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to be given the opportunity
to write a song

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with my co-star,
the lovely Olivia Rodrigo.

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RICKY AND NINI:
<i>When we're underneath the lights</i>

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<i>My heart's no longer broken</i>

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<i>For a moment</i>

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<i>Just for a moment</i>

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And then when season two came around,
I was afforded the insane opportunity

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to write my own Christmas song,
uh, for my character, Ricky,

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that he sings to Nini
because he can't really afford a gift,

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and so he does
the second best thing he can,

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and that is write her a song.

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Writing that Christmas song was a dream.

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Um, and I can't believe
that I get to say this,

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but I am going to be able
to perform it for you tonight,

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um, for the first time ever.

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So, enjoy my song,
slash, Ricky's song, <i>The Perfect Gift.</i>

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<i>I still remember</i>
<i>the first time we ever kissed</i>

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<i>We didn't need no mistletoe</i>
<i>to know what lovin' is</i>

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<i>Through every up and down,</i>
<i>there's one thing that stays true</i>

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<i>Christmas is better</i>
<i>every second it's with you</i>

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<i>I don't got much to give</i>
<i>so I hope you think this is</i>

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<i>The perfect gift that I could give</i>

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<i>To the perfect gift that ever lived</i>

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<i>Yeah, this song's</i>
<i>the second best that I could do</i>

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<i>When the perfect gift is you, you</i>

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<i>When the perfect gift is you, you</i>

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<i>When seasons change and I've lost my way</i>

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<i>It'll be okay with you by my side</i>

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<i>And, darlin', that's why</i>

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<i>This song's the second best</i>
<i>that I could do</i>

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<i>When the perfect gift is you, you</i>

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<i>When the perfect gift is you, you</i>

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<i>When the perfect gift is you, you</i>

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<i>When the perfect gift is you</i>

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(LAUGHS)

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I was born and raised
in Selma, California.

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(TRAIN HORN BLOWS)

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And we are the raisin capital
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if that gives you any idea of the town.
(LAUGHS)

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(LAUGHS) Okay. I grew up
outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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<i>and I come from a very musical family.</i>

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Every Christmas, we would go
to my Nana and Pap's house,

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and we would all stand on chairs
and just sing for all these relatives.

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And they would either sing along
or just watch adoringly

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as we made fools of ourselves as children
'cause we had no fear whatsoever.

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<i>Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>Feliz Navidad</i>

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I have seen the footage
of Joe Serafini singing <i>Feliz Navidad.</i>

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<i>I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>from the bottom of my heart</i>

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Joe's so little.

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And he says "From the bottom o' my heart."

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It's so cute.

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(LAUGHS)

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My favorite things about being a part
of the cast of <i>High School Musical</i>

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is that you have this whole second family.

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And it's great, 'cause you have
this whole group of people

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that are loving and supporting
and just there to encourage you.

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I grew up singing with my family,

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and, uh, you know,
as everyone gets older,

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we all go our separate ways, and now
I have a new duet partner. (CHUCKLES)

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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(VOCALIZING)

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<i>Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>Feliz Navidad</i>

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<i>Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>Prospero año y felicidad</i>

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<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>-Feliz Navidad!</i>

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<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>-Feliz Navidad!</i>

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<i>Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>Prospero año y felicidad</i>

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<i>I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>

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<i>I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>from the bottom of my heart</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-Merry Christmas</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-Merry Christmas</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-Merry Christmas</i>

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<i>-From the bottom of my heart</i>
<i>-From the bottom of my heart</i>

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<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>

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<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>

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<i>Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>Prospero año y felicidad</i>

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<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>

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<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>-Feliz Navidad</i>

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<i>Feliz Navidad</i>
<i>Prospero año y felicidad</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-I wanna wish, wanna wish</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-Wanna wish, wanna wish</i>

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<i>I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>from the bottom of my heart</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-I wanna wish, wanna wish</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-I wanna wish, wanna wish</i>

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<i>-I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas</i>
<i>-Wanna wish, wanna wish</i>

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<i>From the bottom of my heart</i>

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And now...

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(MALE INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)

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I feel like the person
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would be Julia Lester.

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Has to be Julia. She's very into tie-dye.

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I feel like Olivia.

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She's definitely the most thoughtful
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I think Olivia. She will go beyond.

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Feel like it'd be Dara.

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Dara or Frankie, 'cause they, like,
truly, like, think about you.

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I remember Frankie got me a present,

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and Frankie spent like some money.

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So, I would only pick Frankie
'cause I know he not gonna be cheap, so...

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(GASPS)

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Mm, I don't wanna snitch on nobody. Um...

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I think Joshua Bassett.

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Probably Josh.

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-Joshua Bassett.
-Joshua Bassett.

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Yeah, it's got to be Joshie.

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I bet everybody said me, didn't they?

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I feel like he's up to no good sometimes.

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-He's a little terror.
-No way!

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Of course they said that. Yeah.

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(MALE INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)

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Joe Serafini played Tiny Tim,
like, four years in a row.

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I played Tiny Tim as a child.

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Joe Serafini actually did play Tiny Tim
as a kid.

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That had to have been Larry.

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Was it Kate Reinders as Tiny Tim?

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What's Tiny Tim? (LAUGHS)

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What is that?
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

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(CHUCKLES) Ooh!

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I grew up in Woodland Hills, California,
in a super theatrical family.

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<i>My dad, Loren, and my mom, Kelly,</i>
<i>met doing theater,</i>

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<i>and my sisters, Jenny, Lily,</i>
<i>and I grew up doing theater.</i>

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<i>We caught that acting bug super early.</i>

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<i>So, definitely</i>
<i>a lot of musical theater energy</i>

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<i>radiating through our household.</i>

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Both sides of my family are Jewish,

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so we grew up
celebrating Hanukkah predominantly.

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-Happy Hanukkah.
-LOREN: Hanukkah's tomorrow.

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Well, are we gonna open the presents?

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LOREN: You sure are.
You gonna light the candles?

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Open presents?

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-LOREN: Yeah, that's right.
-(BABY JULIA GRUNTS)

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I remember making gingerbread houses
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Um, but not out of gingerbread,
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because again, Jews.

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I give you the tower of Julia.

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LOREN: Wow!

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So, I got to thinking
about what I could sing,

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and I could definitely sing you

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100 different Christmas songs
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but where's the Mariah Carey version
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So, I thought tonight

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I would add a little bit
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and because I'm 100% a theater dork,

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and it's literally in my DNA,

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I'm going to be doing it as a medley.
<i>L'chaim.</i>

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

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<i>Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel</i>

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<i>Mmm!</i>

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<i>Oh, Hanukkah, oh, Hanukkah</i>

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<i>Come light the menorah</i>

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<i>Let's have a party</i>

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<i>We'll all dance the hora</i>

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<i>Gather round the table</i>
<i>We'll give you a treat</i>

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<i>Hey!</i>

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<i>Dreidels to play with and latkes to eat</i>

225
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<i>And while we are playing</i>

226
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<i>The candles are burnin' low</i>

227
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<i>One for each night</i>

228
00:13:16.171 --> 00:13:18.507
<i>Yeah, they shed a sweet light</i>

229
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<i>-To remind us of days long ago</i>
<i>-Remind us of days long ago</i>

230
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<i>Long, long ago</i>

231
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<i>Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel</i>

232
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<i>I made it out o' clay</i>

233
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<i>When it's dry and ready</i>

234
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<i>Then dreidel I shall play</i>

235
00:13:35.482 --> 00:13:37.484
<i>Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel</i>

236
00:13:37.568 --> 00:13:39.820
<i>I made it out o' clay</i>

237
00:13:39.903 --> 00:13:42.239
<i>And when it's dry and ready</i>

238
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<i>Then dreidel I shall play</i>

239
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<i>Put your hands up!</i>

240
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<i>Hanukkah, Hanukkah</i>
<i>Festival of lights</i>

241
00:13:49.454 --> 00:13:51.915
<i>Candles glow in a row</i>

242
00:13:51.999 --> 00:13:54.084
<i>Seven days, eight nights</i>

243
00:13:54.168 --> 00:13:58.839
<i>Hanukkah, Hanukkah</i>
<i>Make a dreidel spin</i>

244
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<i>Round and round, round and round</i>

245
00:14:01.008 --> 00:14:03.343
<i>Everyone join in</i>

246
00:14:03.427 --> 00:14:08.098
<i>Hanukkah, Hanukkah</i>
<i>What a merry time</i>

247
00:14:08.182 --> 00:14:10.392
<i>Cakes to eat</i>
<i>Oh, what a treat!</i>

248
00:14:10.475 --> 00:14:12.644
<i>See the faces shine</i>

249
00:14:12.728 --> 00:14:16.565
<i>Hanukkah, yeah, Hanukkah</i>
<i>Sing and dance this way</i>

250
00:14:16.648 --> 00:14:17.649
<i>That's right!</i>

251
00:14:17.733 --> 00:14:21.111
<i>Round and round, round and round</i>
<i>Happy holiday</i>

252
00:14:21.195 --> 00:14:22.571
<i>Happy holiday!</i>

253
00:14:26.742 --> 00:14:30.787
<i>Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel</i>
<i>Mmm-mmm</i>

254
00:14:38.378 --> 00:14:40.964
Um, I grew up
in a very small town in Arkansas,

255
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a town called Rogers.

256
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It's the kind of place
where everybody knows everybody

257
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because it's so small.

258
00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.014
I'm a very family-oriented person.

259
00:14:49.097 --> 00:14:53.519
And, uh, I grew up in a household
that wasn't necessarily super wealthy.

260
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<i>But, you know,</i>
<i>we had the time with each other</i>

261
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<i>which was most important for us,</i>

262
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but when I said I wanted
to come out here to Los Angeles

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and give acting a go,
you know, my brother,

264
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<i>he decided to take</i>
<i>everything in his savings</i>

265
00:15:05.781 --> 00:15:08.700
and what he'd worked
his life for and give me a shot.

266
00:15:08.784 --> 00:15:12.579
<i>He gave my parents the money</i>
<i>and my mom and I moved out to Los Angeles,</i>

267
00:15:12.663 --> 00:15:14.540
and I started my whole acting career.

268
00:15:16.333 --> 00:15:19.044
There's actually a photo
of me on Christmas morning,

269
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<i>wearing, to a T,</i>
<i>the exact same stripped-blue T-shirt</i>

270
00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:27.469
<i>that EJ wears in season one,</i> High School
Musical: The Musical: The Series.

271
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I guess there's a fun fact
I didn't know about myself

272
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and the fact that I never
outgrow clothes, so that's fun. (CHUCKLES)

273
00:15:35.018 --> 00:15:39.273
There's a lot of things I love in my life.
My family, my faith, um,

274
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and up there, at the top of my list,
is my Camaro, my baby, my car,

275
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<i>my red beauty, that I call Arrow.</i>

276
00:15:46.238 --> 00:15:50.367
So, today I get to sing
my song in Hollywood

277
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with my beautiful car
making its TV debut,

278
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with a song from the 1980s.
It's gonna be so much fun.

279
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It's literally a true dream
and Christmas miracle at that.

280
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(CAR ENGINE STARTS AND REVS)

281
00:16:05.007 --> 00:16:08.385
<i>Last Christmas, I gave you my heart</i>

282
00:16:08.468 --> 00:16:13.515
<i>But the very next day you gave it away</i>

283
00:16:13.599 --> 00:16:17.728
<i>This year, to save me from tears</i>

284
00:16:17.811 --> 00:16:21.190
<i>I'll give it to someone special</i>

285
00:16:22.524 --> 00:16:26.111
<i>Once bitten and twice shy</i>

286
00:16:26.195 --> 00:16:31.074
<i>I keep my distance</i>
<i>but you still catch my eye</i>

287
00:16:31.158 --> 00:16:32.701
<i>Tell me, baby</i>

288
00:16:32.784 --> 00:16:34.703
<i>Do you recognize me?</i>

289
00:16:34.786 --> 00:16:39.208
<i>Well, it's been a year</i>
<i>It doesn't surprise me</i>

290
00:16:39.291 --> 00:16:43.003
<i>Last Christmas, I gave you my heart</i>

291
00:16:43.086 --> 00:16:47.132
<i>But the very next day you gave it away</i>

292
00:16:47.758 --> 00:16:51.553
<i>This year, to save me from tears</i>

293
00:16:51.637 --> 00:16:55.516
<i>I'll give it to someone special</i>

294
00:16:56.850 --> 00:17:01.063
<i>A crowded room, friends with tired eyes</i>

295
00:17:01.146 --> 00:17:04.900
<i>I'm hiding from you, and your soul of ice</i>

296
00:17:04.983 --> 00:17:08.904
<i>My God</i>
<i>I thought you were someone to rely on</i>

297
00:17:08.987 --> 00:17:13.450
<i>Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on</i>

298
00:17:13.534 --> 00:17:17.371
<i>A face on a lover with a fire in his heart</i>

299
00:17:17.454 --> 00:17:22.960
<i>A man under cover, but you tore me apart</i>

300
00:17:24.127 --> 00:17:25.671
<i>Ooh</i>

301
00:17:25.754 --> 00:17:29.883
<i>Now, I've found a real love</i>
<i>You'll never fool me again</i>

302
00:17:30.342 --> 00:17:34.304
<i>Last Christmas, I gave you my heart</i>

303
00:17:34.388 --> 00:17:38.642
<i>But the very next day you gave it away</i>

304
00:17:39.268 --> 00:17:42.896
<i>This year, to save me from tears</i>

305
00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:47.359
<i>I'll give it to someone special</i>

306
00:17:54.366 --> 00:17:58.954
I grew up in New York City,
and I was a true theater kid.

307
00:17:59.037 --> 00:18:04.710
I actually have a picture of me
in a menorah costume at, like, age five.

308
00:18:06.670 --> 00:18:09.214
I loved putting on performances
for people.

309
00:18:09.298 --> 00:18:12.134
<i>I'll say that sometimes</i>
<i>I would feel embarrassed</i>

310
00:18:12.217 --> 00:18:15.304
<i>about the fact that I celebrated</i>
<i>Hanukkah and not Christmas.</i>

311
00:18:15.387 --> 00:18:20.475
I remember when I was younger,
asking for a Christmas present from Santa,

312
00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:23.687
<i>because I was always nervous</i>
<i>I wasn't gonna get a present from Santa</i>

313
00:18:23.770 --> 00:18:25.480
even though I was such a good kid.

314
00:18:25.564 --> 00:18:29.860
And now that I'm an adult,
I've taken real ownership over the fact

315
00:18:29.943 --> 00:18:31.987
that I am Jewish and that I do celebrate

316
00:18:32.070 --> 00:18:35.365
a holiday that might not be
what everybody celebrates.

317
00:18:35.449 --> 00:18:37.618
And it makes me unique,
and I'm so proud of that.

318
00:18:38.118 --> 00:18:39.244
This song that I'm singing

319
00:18:39.328 --> 00:18:42.831
is all about dreaming
about something that isn't there.

320
00:18:42.915 --> 00:18:45.876
It's kind of like
what it's like to be an actor.

321
00:18:45.959 --> 00:18:48.754
Being able to create something
from nothing.

322
00:18:48.837 --> 00:18:51.548
Also, fun fact, written by Irving Berlin,

323
00:18:51.632 --> 00:18:54.927
a nice Jewish boy like me. (CHUCKLES)
So I hope I can do it justice.

324
00:18:59.056 --> 00:19:00.599
(MUSIC PLAYING)

325
00:19:04.520 --> 00:19:11.360
<i>I'm dreaming of a white Christmas</i>

326
00:19:11.443 --> 00:19:16.490
<i>Just like the ones I used to know</i>

327
00:19:16.573 --> 00:19:23.205
<i>Where the treetops glisten</i>
<i>and children listen</i>

328
00:19:23.288 --> 00:19:28.418
<i>To hear sleigh bells in the snow</i>

329
00:19:29.711 --> 00:19:36.176
<i>I'm dreaming of a white Christmas</i>

330
00:19:36.260 --> 00:19:41.640
<i>With every Christmas card I write</i>

331
00:19:41.723 --> 00:19:47.980
<i>May your days be merry and bright</i>

332
00:19:48.063 --> 00:19:54.236
<i>And may all your Christmases be white</i>

333
00:19:57.197 --> 00:19:58.490
(SHOES TAPPING)

334
00:20:23.473 --> 00:20:30.189
<i>I'm dreaming of a white Christmas</i>

335
00:20:30.272 --> 00:20:35.110
<i>With every Christmas card I write</i>

336
00:20:35.194 --> 00:20:41.617
<i>May your days be merry and bright</i>

337
00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:45.120
<i>And may all your </i>

338
00:20:46.038 --> 00:20:52.169
<i>Christmases be white</i>

339
00:20:56.423 --> 00:20:57.424
(SIGHS)

340
00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:06.767
Always wanted a baby elephant,
which I thought'd be the coolest thing.

341
00:21:06.850 --> 00:21:09.978
I asked for
the black Power Ranger costume,

342
00:21:10.062 --> 00:21:11.813
and I got the blue Power Ranger costume.

343
00:21:11.897 --> 00:21:16.527
A school desk. That's right.
So, what? So I could play school?

344
00:21:16.610 --> 00:21:19.279
Every year, I would ask
for a new American Girl doll,

345
00:21:19.363 --> 00:21:22.824
even though they're all the same.
You know, quantity over quality.

346
00:21:22.908 --> 00:21:24.576
I could pretend school

347
00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:28.038
when I was not at school.
Like a really cool kid.

348
00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:31.291
-A younger sibling.
-Probably to be a mermaid.

349
00:21:31.375 --> 00:21:33.126
Barbie's dream house.

350
00:21:33.210 --> 00:21:35.003
I actually wanted a Barbie laptop.

351
00:21:35.087 --> 00:21:36.713
All I wanted was a bride dress.

352
00:21:36.797 --> 00:21:38.590
My parents were
giving me all this stuff,

353
00:21:38.674 --> 00:21:40.592
and I didn't care,
I wanted this bride dress.

354
00:21:40.676 --> 00:21:43.262
So, I think a bride dress. (LAUGHS)

355
00:21:44.304 --> 00:21:47.015
SANTA CLAUS: Ho-ho-ho-ho!

356
00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:53.480
<i>-Ooh, Merry Christmas, Saint Nick</i>
<i>-Christmas comes this time each year</i>

357
00:21:53.564 --> 00:21:56.149
<i>Ooh</i>

358
00:21:56.233 --> 00:21:59.486
<i>Well, way up North where the air gets cold</i>

359
00:21:59.570 --> 00:22:02.531
<i>There's a tale about Christmas</i>
<i>that you've all been told</i>

360
00:22:02.614 --> 00:22:06.451
<i>And a real famous cat</i>
<i>all dressed up in red</i>

361
00:22:06.535 --> 00:22:09.580
<i>And he spends the whole year</i>
<i>workin' on his sled</i>

362
00:22:09.663 --> 00:22:13.292
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>

363
00:22:13.375 --> 00:22:16.044
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>

364
00:22:16.128 --> 00:22:19.464
<i>Just a little bobsled</i>
<i>We call it old Saint Nick</i>

365
00:22:19.548 --> 00:22:22.843
<i>But she'll walk a toboggan</i>
<i>with a four-speed stick</i>

366
00:22:22.926 --> 00:22:26.180
<i>She's candy apple red</i>
<i>with a ski for a wheel</i>

367
00:22:26.263 --> 00:22:29.725
<i>And when Santa hits the gas</i>
<i>Man, just watch her peel</i>

368
00:22:29.808 --> 00:22:32.603
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>

369
00:22:32.686 --> 00:22:36.190
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>

370
00:22:39.902 --> 00:22:42.696
<i>Run, run, reindeer</i>

371
00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:45.824
<i>Run, run, reindeer</i>

372
00:22:46.658 --> 00:22:48.368
<i>Run, run, reindeer</i>

373
00:22:48.452 --> 00:22:49.494
<i>He don't miss no one</i>

374
00:22:49.578 --> 00:22:52.623
<i>And haulin' through the snow</i>
<i>at a frightenin' speed</i>

375
00:22:52.706 --> 00:22:56.418
<i>With a half a dozen deer with Rudy to lead</i>

376
00:22:56.502 --> 00:22:59.338
<i>He's gotta wear his goggles</i>
<i>'cause the snow really flies</i>

377
00:22:59.421 --> 00:23:02.424
<i>And he's cruisin' every path</i>
<i>with a little surprise</i>

378
00:23:02.508 --> 00:23:05.636
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>

379
00:23:05.719 --> 00:23:09.264
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>
<i>-It's the little Saint Nick</i>

380
00:23:09.348 --> 00:23:15.854
<i>-Oh, Merry Christmas, Saint Nick</i>
<i>-Christmas comes this time each year</i>

381
00:23:15.938 --> 00:23:22.903
<i>Oh, Merry Christmas, Saint Nick</i>

382
00:23:28.867 --> 00:23:31.954
What is up? Merry Christmas.

383
00:23:34.498 --> 00:23:36.625
I was born in LA,
but I grew up in Baltimore

384
00:23:36.708 --> 00:23:40.712
because my mom wanted to open
a performing arts school for kids.

385
00:23:40.796 --> 00:23:44.716
One of the reasons she did it is
because I was so shy when I was younger.

386
00:23:44.800 --> 00:23:48.804
And that school
literally broke me out of my shell.

387
00:23:48.887 --> 00:23:51.557
And I'm just so grateful
that my mom created it,

388
00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:54.393
<i>and she's just been</i>
<i>such an inspiration to me.</i>

389
00:23:54.476 --> 00:23:59.439
This song is about Christmas
and seeing through the eyes of a child

390
00:23:59.523 --> 00:24:01.108
<i>and that wonder of waking up</i>

391
00:24:01.191 --> 00:24:04.403
on Christmas morning
and being able to be with your family,

392
00:24:04.486 --> 00:24:08.532
and also knowing that one day,
we all are gonna grow up

393
00:24:08.615 --> 00:24:13.036
and we're all gonna be able
to be someone completely different,

394
00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:15.372
but also unique and also special,

395
00:24:15.455 --> 00:24:18.333
with the knowledge of what you gain
through all of those years.

396
00:24:18.417 --> 00:24:24.214
So, if I were to tell
my younger self, um, something, you know,

397
00:24:24.298 --> 00:24:28.177
some people are going to doubt you,
but to always believe in yourself,

398
00:24:28.260 --> 00:24:31.763
have faith in yourself, and make each day,

399
00:24:31.847 --> 00:24:34.725
every single day of the year,
as if it were Christmas morning.

400
00:24:34.808 --> 00:24:40.147
Always have that excitement and that joy
and that purpose to keep going. Period.

401
00:24:43.984 --> 00:24:45.402
(MUSIC PLAYING)

402
00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:55.662
<i>Children sleeping</i>

403
00:24:55.746 --> 00:25:01.460
<i>Snow is softly falling</i>

404
00:25:02.961 --> 00:25:07.090
<i>Dreams are calling</i>

405
00:25:08.467 --> 00:25:13.138
<i>Like bells in the distance</i>

406
00:25:13.222 --> 00:25:18.977
<i>We were dreamers</i>

407
00:25:19.061 --> 00:25:24.816
<i>Not so long ago</i>

408
00:25:26.026 --> 00:25:30.697
<i>But one by one we</i>

409
00:25:32.157 --> 00:25:36.453
<i>All had to grow up</i>

410
00:25:36.537 --> 00:25:42.376
<i>When it seems the magic slipped away</i>

411
00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:48.006
<i>We find it all again on Christmas Day</i>

412
00:25:48.090 --> 00:25:51.134
<i>Believe in what your heart is sayin'</i>

413
00:25:51.218 --> 00:25:54.221
<i>Hear the melody that's playin'</i>

414
00:25:54.304 --> 00:25:59.852
<i>There's no time to waste</i>
<i>There's so much to celebrate</i>

415
00:25:59.935 --> 00:26:02.896
<i>Believe in what you feel inside</i>

416
00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:08.443
<i>And give your dreams the wings to fly</i>

417
00:26:08.527 --> 00:26:12.823
<i>You have everything you need</i>

418
00:26:12.906 --> 00:26:18.620
<i>If you just believe</i>

419
00:26:18.704 --> 00:26:24.835
<i>If you just believe</i>

420
00:26:24.918 --> 00:26:26.545
<i>Ooh</i>

421
00:26:27.129 --> 00:26:30.674
<i>Oh, yeah</i>

422
00:26:31.383 --> 00:26:32.426
<i>Yeah</i>

423
00:26:33.427 --> 00:26:36.263
<i>Believe, believe</i>

424
00:26:36.346 --> 00:26:41.685
<i>If you just believe</i>

425
00:26:45.772 --> 00:26:47.649
Whoo! (SIGHS)

426
00:26:49.276 --> 00:26:52.529
Okay.
I am from a little town in Michigan.

427
00:26:53.739 --> 00:26:56.617
And I got involved in theater very young.

428
00:26:56.700 --> 00:27:01.038
I always liked to sing
and dance and talk a lot,

429
00:27:01.121 --> 00:27:04.917
and so, I was really lucky
to play a lot of the girl roles

430
00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.668
every little girl dreams of playing,

431
00:27:06.752 --> 00:27:10.380
like Annie and
Dorothy in <i>The Wizard of Oz,</i>

432
00:27:10.464 --> 00:27:11.924
and I also played a bunch of roles

433
00:27:12.007 --> 00:27:14.343
that every little girl
doesn't really dream of playing

434
00:27:14.426 --> 00:27:19.598
like Sebastian the crab,
Wilbur the pig, and Tiny Tim,

435
00:27:20.182 --> 00:27:22.518
three years in a row. That's right.

436
00:27:23.810 --> 00:27:27.356
Hi. A lot of people
don't know I'm from Louisiana.

437
00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:29.733
<i>I'm from the happy,</i>
<i>happy land of Louisiana.</i>

438
00:27:29.816 --> 00:27:35.155
I started young with performing,
with my stage debut as an angel of God.

439
00:27:35.239 --> 00:27:37.658
And I remember taking it so seriously,

440
00:27:37.741 --> 00:27:41.036
the woman who was designing the costumes
handed me this lip gloss

441
00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:48.001
as an artistic flare, and I really thought
that was the touch that made me an angel.

442
00:27:48.085 --> 00:27:49.253
(LAUGHS)

443
00:27:50.796 --> 00:27:52.965
Tonight is the best night ever

444
00:27:53.048 --> 00:27:57.261
because I will be singing
a duet with Mr. Mark St. Cyr.

445
00:27:57.344 --> 00:28:01.515
Now you may know him
as Mr. Mazzara from our show,

446
00:28:01.598 --> 00:28:03.976
and he isn't very nice to Miss Jenn.

447
00:28:04.059 --> 00:28:08.772
But I have to tell you the truth
is that Mark St. Cyr is the sweetest.

448
00:28:10.774 --> 00:28:14.528
I have the great honor of being
his first-ever singing partner

449
00:28:14.611 --> 00:28:17.990
for his first-ever on-camera
singing performance,

450
00:28:18.073 --> 00:28:20.701
and I just have to say,
"Get ready, world."

451
00:28:21.827 --> 00:28:23.287
They told me this was a solo.

452
00:28:24.663 --> 00:28:25.998
Just kidding. (LAUGHS)

453
00:28:26.123 --> 00:28:29.126
(FIRECRACKERS BURSTING)

454
00:28:29.209 --> 00:28:33.380
KATE: <i>When the bells all ring</i>
<i>and the horns all blow</i>

455
00:28:33.463 --> 00:28:38.010
<i>And the couples</i>
<i>that we know are fondly kissing</i>

456
00:28:38.552 --> 00:28:40.220
<i>Will I be with you</i>

457
00:28:40.304 --> 00:28:47.269
<i>Or will I be among the missing</i>

458
00:28:50.063 --> 00:28:54.401
<i>Maybe it's much too early in the game</i>

459
00:28:55.152 --> 00:28:59.698
<i>Oh, but I thought</i>
<i>I'd ask you just the same</i>

460
00:28:59.781 --> 00:29:03.744
<i>What are you doing New Year's</i>

461
00:29:03.827 --> 00:29:09.041
<i>New Year's Eve?</i>

462
00:29:11.376 --> 00:29:16.089
MARK: <i>Wonder whose arms</i>
<i>will hold you good and tight</i>

463
00:29:16.173 --> 00:29:20.552
<i>When it's exactly</i>
<i>twelve o'clock that night</i>

464
00:29:20.636 --> 00:29:24.556
<i>Welcoming in the New Year</i>

465
00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:30.395
<i>New Year's Eve</i>

466
00:29:32.147 --> 00:29:36.276
<i>Maybe I'm crazy to suppose</i>

467
00:29:36.360 --> 00:29:41.406
<i>I'd ever be the one you chose</i>

468
00:29:41.490 --> 00:29:43.784
<i>Out of the thousand</i>

469
00:29:43.867 --> 00:29:50.249
<i>Invitations you received</i>

470
00:29:52.876 --> 00:29:57.130
<i>Ah, but in case, I stand one little chance</i>

471
00:29:57.214 --> 00:30:01.969
<i>Here comes the jackpot question in advance</i>

472
00:30:02.052 --> 00:30:06.223
<i>What are you doin' New Year's</i>

473
00:30:06.306 --> 00:30:09.768
<i>New Year's Eve?</i>

474
00:30:09.852 --> 00:30:11.937
(SCATTING)

475
00:30:13.814 --> 00:30:14.898
<i>La, la, la, la</i>

476
00:30:14.982 --> 00:30:16.775
(SCATTING)

477
00:30:18.402 --> 00:30:22.739
BOTH: <i>What are you doin' on New Year's</i>

478
00:30:22.823 --> 00:30:29.621
<i>New Year's Eve?</i>

479
00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:38.130
(MALE INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)

480
00:30:38.213 --> 00:30:40.174
One of the amazing things about this year

481
00:30:40.257 --> 00:30:43.427
is I got to spend
so much more time with my family,

482
00:30:43.510 --> 00:30:45.554
and I realized that was
so important to me,

483
00:30:45.637 --> 00:30:48.348
and I wanna be able to
do that again next year in 2021.

484
00:30:48.432 --> 00:30:50.601
To really make the most
of the time that you have,

485
00:30:50.684 --> 00:30:52.519
especially with the people
you have it with.

486
00:30:52.603 --> 00:30:55.647
To soak in every exciting moment
that I have.

487
00:30:55.731 --> 00:30:58.525
I feel like sometimes
we let time get away from us,

488
00:30:58.609 --> 00:31:02.571
but focus more on my friends and family
and enjoying each second more.

489
00:31:02.654 --> 00:31:04.489
Try to live more in the now

490
00:31:04.573 --> 00:31:07.534
and appreciate what you have,
whether it be experiences or memories,

491
00:31:07.618 --> 00:31:10.579
and just kinda take those moments in
and cherish them because

492
00:31:10.662 --> 00:31:12.206
once they're gone, they're gone.

493
00:31:12.289 --> 00:31:17.002
I think I have very similar
New Year's resolutions every year.

494
00:31:17.085 --> 00:31:19.087
It's to become the best person
that I can be.

495
00:31:19.171 --> 00:31:20.964
That's really all I can ever ask for.

496
00:31:21.048 --> 00:31:24.510
(LAUGHS) My New Year's resolution
every year is funny

497
00:31:24.593 --> 00:31:26.178
because why do I even make it?

498
00:31:27.095 --> 00:31:28.096
Never happens.

499
00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:30.849
My New Year's resolution
is to meet Beyoncé.

500
00:31:30.933 --> 00:31:34.811
I know that's a little off,
but, Miss B, even if it's through Zoom,

501
00:31:34.895 --> 00:31:36.355
I'm totally cool with that.

502
00:31:43.612 --> 00:31:46.698
There are so many
home videos of me singing,

503
00:31:46.782 --> 00:31:48.909
like, ridiculous songs that I made up.

504
00:31:48.992 --> 00:31:50.953
<i>Friendship day, friendship day</i>

505
00:31:51.036 --> 00:31:53.497
<i>Friendship, friendship</i>
<i>everywhere you look</i>

506
00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:56.834
I'm an only child, and so my parents
just absolutely loved that

507
00:31:56.917 --> 00:31:58.627
<i>and they loved filming me.</i>

508
00:31:58.710 --> 00:32:01.004
Mom, this isn't Hannah Montana...

509
00:32:01.088 --> 00:32:03.090
OLIVIA: (LAUGHS) I got ya', babe.

510
00:32:03.841 --> 00:32:07.261
There's just, like, so much footage
of me singing these gibberish songs.

511
00:32:07.344 --> 00:32:08.846
(SCATS)

512
00:32:10.013 --> 00:32:12.850
I am so inspired
by female singer-songwriters,

513
00:32:12.933 --> 00:32:15.060
I draw so much inspiration from them,

514
00:32:15.143 --> 00:32:19.314
like, Taylor Swift and Fiona Apple
and Lorde, and people like that.

515
00:32:19.398 --> 00:32:21.942
I think the best artists
are great listeners, and so

516
00:32:22.025 --> 00:32:24.486
I definitely try to learn a lot from them.

517
00:32:24.570 --> 00:32:27.739
Tonight, I'm going to sing a song
called <i>River</i> by Joni Mitchell.

518
00:32:27.823 --> 00:32:31.034
Joni Mitchell's one of the most iconic
songwriters of all time.

519
00:32:31.118 --> 00:32:34.872
And she did a really good job
of writing a sad Christmas song,

520
00:32:34.955 --> 00:32:36.290
which I think is so special.

521
00:32:36.373 --> 00:32:39.209
Christmas and the holidays
are nostalgic for a lot of people,

522
00:32:39.293 --> 00:32:41.837
and sometimes that nostalgia
doesn't have to always be,

523
00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:43.505
you know, joyful and peaceful,

524
00:32:43.589 --> 00:32:46.091
and she does a really great job
of capturing that, uh,

525
00:32:46.175 --> 00:32:47.676
so I'm really excited to sing it.

526
00:32:49.887 --> 00:32:51.430
(MUSIC PLAYING)

527
00:32:59.021 --> 00:33:01.315
<i>It's comin' on Christmas</i>

528
00:33:01.398 --> 00:33:03.442
<i>They're cuttin' down trees</i>

529
00:33:03.942 --> 00:33:08.363
<i>They're puttin' up reindeer</i>
<i>and singin' songs of joy and peace</i>

530
00:33:08.447 --> 00:33:15.370
<i>Oh, I wish I had a river</i>
<i>I could skate away on</i>

531
00:33:17.956 --> 00:33:22.377
<i>But it don't snow here</i>
<i>It stays pretty green</i>

532
00:33:22.461 --> 00:33:27.341
<i>I'm gonna make a lot o' money</i>
<i>Then I'm gonna quit this crazy scene</i>

533
00:33:27.424 --> 00:33:34.348
<i>Oh, I wish I had a river</i>
<i>I could skate away on</i>

534
00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:40.437
<i>I wish I had a river so long</i>

535
00:33:41.104 --> 00:33:48.070
<i>I would teach my feet to fly</i>

536
00:33:50.405 --> 00:33:56.870
<i>Oh, I wish I had a river</i>
<i>I could skate away on</i>

537
00:33:59.665 --> 00:34:05.337
<i>I made my baby cry</i>

538
00:34:16.682 --> 00:34:18.934
<i>He tried hard to help me</i>

539
00:34:19.017 --> 00:34:20.936
<i>Ya' know, he put me at ease</i>

540
00:34:21.478 --> 00:34:25.858
<i>And he loved me so naughty</i>
<i>made me weak in the knees</i>

541
00:34:25.941 --> 00:34:28.652
<i>Oh, I wish I had a river</i>

542
00:34:29.486 --> 00:34:33.448
<i>I could skate away on</i>

543
00:34:35.450 --> 00:34:39.830
<i>I'm so hard to handle</i>
<i>I'm selfish and I'm sad</i>

544
00:34:39.913 --> 00:34:42.332
<i>Now I've gone and lost the best baby</i>

545
00:34:42.416 --> 00:34:44.835
<i>That I ever had</i>

546
00:34:44.918 --> 00:34:47.546
<i>Oh, I wish I had a river</i>

547
00:34:48.255 --> 00:34:52.342
<i>I could skate away on</i>

548
00:34:54.344 --> 00:34:58.640
<i>I wish I had a river so long</i>

549
00:34:58.724 --> 00:35:05.647
<i>I would teach my feet to fly</i>

550
00:35:12.196 --> 00:35:15.365
<i>Oh, I wish I had a river</i>

551
00:35:16.450 --> 00:35:19.786
<i>I could skate away on</i>

552
00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:27.628
<i>I made my baby say goodbye</i>

553
00:35:39.056 --> 00:35:41.350
<i>It's comin' on Christmas</i>

554
00:35:41.433 --> 00:35:43.685
<i>They're cuttin' down trees</i>

555
00:35:43.769 --> 00:35:48.565
<i>They're puttin' up reindeer</i>
<i>and singing songs of joy and peace</i>

556
00:35:48.649 --> 00:35:50.943
<i>Oh, I wish I had a river</i>

557
00:35:51.777 --> 00:35:58.283
<i>I could skate away</i>

558
00:35:58.367 --> 00:35:59.409
<i>On</i>

559
00:36:06.458 --> 00:36:08.836
And now, we are very excited...

560
00:36:08.919 --> 00:36:10.546
...to share a special world premiere...

561
00:36:10.629 --> 00:36:12.756
...with the first song
from season two of...

562
00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.634
<i>...High School Musical:</i>
<i>The Musical: The Series.</i>

563
00:36:16.343 --> 00:36:18.971
Picture this.
The drama kids of East High...

564
00:36:19.054 --> 00:36:23.809
...have decided to launch their very own
Instagram page dedicated to me.

565
00:36:23.892 --> 00:36:25.644
Well, the theater club.

566
00:36:25.727 --> 00:36:28.814
And they do it the only way
theater kids know how.

567
00:36:28.897 --> 00:36:31.233
By singing and dancing
through the halls at school.

568
00:36:31.316 --> 00:36:34.486
Then stick around for one more song
that'll bring you home for the holidays.

569
00:36:34.570 --> 00:36:36.613
And thank you for joining us

570
00:36:36.697 --> 00:36:39.741
as we celebrate
this special time of year together.

571
00:36:39.825 --> 00:36:42.119
Frankie and Dara, take it away!

572
00:36:43.704 --> 00:36:46.915
Ladies, gentlemen,
or however else you identify,

573
00:36:46.999 --> 00:36:50.252
welcome to the East High drama club's
brand-new Instagram page.

574
00:36:50.878 --> 00:36:53.505
<i>I've been waitin' for this moment</i>

575
00:36:54.506 --> 00:36:58.719
<i>It's a start of something great</i>
<i>and a chance to turn the page</i>

576
00:36:58.802 --> 00:37:01.430
<i>It's my year, I'm gonna own it</i>

577
00:37:02.514 --> 00:37:07.311
<i>Gonna take more care of me</i>
<i>put myself first 'cause I deserve to be</i>

578
00:37:07.394 --> 00:37:10.856
<i>Hangin' around the fire</i>
<i>when it starts to snow</i>

579
00:37:11.356 --> 00:37:15.235
<i>Bumpin' into someone under mistletoe</i>

580
00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:19.406
<i>I can't wait to see what the future holds</i>

581
00:37:19.489 --> 00:37:22.034
<i>All around I'm feelin' it, I'm feelin' it</i>

582
00:37:22.117 --> 00:37:24.369
<i>There's somethin' in the air</i>

583
00:37:24.995 --> 00:37:26.705
<i>About to go off right now</i>

584
00:37:27.206 --> 00:37:30.167
<i>Lighten up all around, I feel it comin'</i>

585
00:37:30.250 --> 00:37:32.169
<i>Somethin' in the air</i>

586
00:37:33.003 --> 00:37:34.880
<i>A time to look forward to</i>

587
00:37:34.963 --> 00:37:36.965
<i>Get ready for somethin' new</i>

588
00:37:37.049 --> 00:37:39.801
<i>I feel it comin'</i>
<i>Somethin' in the air</i>

589
00:37:42.221 --> 00:37:43.972
<i>Somethin' in the air</i>

590
00:37:46.808 --> 00:37:50.687
<i>Getting comfy in my onesie, yeah</i>

591
00:37:50.771 --> 00:37:54.775
<i>Let's kick back and take a break</i>
<i>I hope we're snowed in every day</i>

592
00:37:54.858 --> 00:37:56.443
<i>There's no time to relax</i>

593
00:37:56.527 --> 00:37:59.279
<i>Got moves to make, got ground to break</i>

594
00:37:59.363 --> 00:38:02.991
<i>Get the reindeer out the way</i>
<i>I'm gonna make this season slay</i>

595
00:38:03.075 --> 00:38:06.745
<i>The end and the beginning of another year</i>

596
00:38:07.246 --> 00:38:10.999
<i>Takin' in the memories</i>
<i>that we made right here</i>

597
00:38:11.083 --> 00:38:14.795
<i>The trees goin' up</i>
<i>And my roots are goin' down</i>

598
00:38:15.462 --> 00:38:17.965
<i>All around I'm feelin' it</i>
<i>Are you feelin' it?</i>

599
00:38:18.048 --> 00:38:19.424
<i>There's somethin' in the...</i>

600
00:38:25.973 --> 00:38:27.599
<i>There's somethin' in the...</i>

601
00:38:35.357 --> 00:38:39.319
<i>Holding your hand when it gets cold</i>
<i>Promise me you'll never let go</i>

602
00:38:39.403 --> 00:38:42.698
<i>It's winter break,</i>
<i>but we'll never break apart</i>

603
00:38:43.198 --> 00:38:45.033
<i>The season of celebrating</i>

604
00:38:45.117 --> 00:38:47.244
<i>The memories we'll be makin'</i>

605
00:38:47.327 --> 00:38:49.246
<i>Makin' a change, makin' a start</i>

606
00:38:49.329 --> 00:38:50.914
<i>I'm gonna make my mark</i>

607
00:38:52.040 --> 00:38:54.126
<i>There's somethin' in the air</i>

608
00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:57.004
<i>-About to go off right now</i>
<i>-Right now</i>

609
00:38:57.087 --> 00:38:58.922
<i>-Hey!</i>
<i>-Lighten up all around</i>

610
00:38:59.006 --> 00:39:02.467
<i>-I feel it comin', somethin' in the air</i>
<i>-Hey, hey</i>

611
00:39:02.968 --> 00:39:05.095
<i>-A time to look forward to</i>
<i>-Come on, come on</i>

612
00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:06.972
<i>Get ready for somethin' new</i>

613
00:39:07.055 --> 00:39:09.725
<i>I feel it comin', somethin' in the air</i>

614
00:39:09.808 --> 00:39:12.352
We are excited to announce
that behind these doors,

615
00:39:12.436 --> 00:39:14.188
the theater is being restored to its full,

616
00:39:14.271 --> 00:39:17.441
resplendent, 1960s-era glory
over the holiday break.

617
00:39:20.152 --> 00:39:21.862
<i>Somethin' in the air</i>

618
00:39:23.030 --> 00:39:25.824
<i>I feel it comin', something in the air</i>

619
00:39:28.452 --> 00:39:30.787
(MALE INTERVIEWER SPEAKING)

620
00:39:31.622 --> 00:39:35.459
Um, I think Christmas for me really means

621
00:39:35.542 --> 00:39:40.088
being able to sit back
from working and traveling

622
00:39:40.172 --> 00:39:44.468
and just remember what it's like
to be a regular 16-year-old girl.

623
00:39:44.551 --> 00:39:47.012
Christmas to me now is just a great time

624
00:39:47.095 --> 00:39:50.682
to reconnect with the family
that you're away from most of the year.

625
00:39:50.766 --> 00:39:55.145
I think of family, tons of fun
in the snow, and food.

626
00:39:55.229 --> 00:39:56.438
Lots and lots of food.

627
00:39:56.522 --> 00:39:58.524
A chance to spend
quality time with the family,

628
00:39:58.607 --> 00:39:59.608
bring us all together.

629
00:39:59.691 --> 00:40:01.527
And you might not know this,

630
00:40:01.610 --> 00:40:04.613
but quality time
is one of my love languages.

631
00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:09.743
Christmas always made me
think of my home that I grew up in.

632
00:40:09.826 --> 00:40:15.332
But now, having Luke, it's really about
me making his memories with him.

633
00:40:15.415 --> 00:40:18.210
And I wanna balance it
with letting him know

634
00:40:18.293 --> 00:40:21.129
(VOICE BREAKING) that Christmas
is really about being loved.

635
00:40:21.213 --> 00:40:23.590
And it's not about
all the presents that I give him,

636
00:40:24.299 --> 00:40:28.720
but it's really that he is
the biggest gift I have ever received.

637
00:40:29.304 --> 00:40:31.557
I've had the opportunity
to be able to give back,

638
00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:32.808
especially to my parents.

639
00:40:32.891 --> 00:40:36.728
It was kinda difficult for them
to, um, get everyone in my family,

640
00:40:36.812 --> 00:40:38.146
you know, a really great gift.

641
00:40:38.230 --> 00:40:42.401
They did the best that they could, uh,
and so the thing I'm most excited about

642
00:40:42.484 --> 00:40:45.279
is to be able to give back to them
and the rest of my family.

643
00:40:45.863 --> 00:40:46.864
And you know what?

644
00:40:46.947 --> 00:40:48.156
That's Christmas to me.

645
00:40:49.074 --> 00:40:54.162
<i>The fireplace is burning' bright</i>
<i>Shinin' all on me</i>

646
00:40:54.746 --> 00:41:00.377
<i>I see the presents underneath</i>
<i>The good ol' Christmas tree</i>

647
00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:06.008
<i>And I'll wait all night till Santa comes</i>
<i>to wake me from my dreams</i>

648
00:41:06.091 --> 00:41:11.471
<i>Oh, why? 'Cause that's Christmas to me</i>

649
00:41:12.472 --> 00:41:18.145
<i>I see the children play outside</i>
<i>like angels in the snow</i>

650
00:41:18.228 --> 00:41:23.817
<i>While Mom and Daddy share a kiss</i>
<i>under the mistletoe</i>

651
00:41:23.901 --> 00:41:27.029
<i>And we'll cherish other simple things</i>

652
00:41:27.112 --> 00:41:29.448
<i>Wherever we may be</i>

653
00:41:29.531 --> 00:41:30.991
<i>Oh, why?</i>

654
00:41:31.074 --> 00:41:34.828
<i>'Cause that's Christmas to me</i>

655
00:41:34.912 --> 00:41:39.082
<i>I've got this Christmas song in my heart</i>

656
00:41:39.166 --> 00:41:40.667
<i>Song in my heart</i>

657
00:41:40.751 --> 00:41:46.590
<i>-I've got the candles glowing in the dark</i>
<i>-Dark</i>

658
00:41:46.673 --> 00:41:52.846
<i>I'm hangin' all the stockings</i>
<i>by the Christmas tree</i>

659
00:41:52.930 --> 00:41:54.473
<i>Oh, why?</i>

660
00:41:54.556 --> 00:41:58.685
<i>'Cause that's Christmas to me</i>

661
00:41:58.769 --> 00:42:00.270
<i>Oh, why?</i>

662
00:42:00.354 --> 00:42:04.525
<i>'Cause that's Christmas to me</i>

663
00:42:05.108 --> 00:42:10.072
<i>I listen for the thud of reindeer</i>
<i>walkin' on the roof</i>

664
00:42:10.781 --> 00:42:16.495
<i>As I fall asleep to lullabies</i>
<i>The morning's coming soon</i>

665
00:42:16.578 --> 00:42:22.125
<i>And the only gift I'll ever need</i>
<i>is the joy of family</i>

666
00:42:22.209 --> 00:42:23.669
<i>Oh, why?</i>

667
00:42:23.752 --> 00:42:27.506
<i>'Cause that's Christmas to me</i>

668
00:42:27.589 --> 00:42:33.303
<i>-I've got this Christmas song in my heart</i>
<i>-Song in my heart</i>

669
00:42:33.387 --> 00:42:39.226
<i>I've got the candles glowing in the dark</i>

670
00:42:39.309 --> 00:42:45.482
<i>I'm hangin' all the stockings</i>
<i>by the Christmas tree</i>

671
00:42:45.566 --> 00:42:51.280
<i>That's the love that Christmas can bring</i>

672
00:42:51.363 --> 00:42:52.948
<i>Oh, why?</i>

673
00:42:53.031 --> 00:42:57.786
<i>'Cause that's Christmas to me</i>

674
00:43:02.124 --> 00:43:03.458
(ALL LAUGH)

675
00:43:03.917 --> 00:43:07.296
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-The snow's comin' down</i>

676
00:43:07.379 --> 00:43:10.757
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-I'm watchin' it fall</i>

677
00:43:10.841 --> 00:43:14.428
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-Lots of people around</i>

678
00:43:14.511 --> 00:43:18.015
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-Baby, please come home</i>

679
00:43:18.098 --> 00:43:21.685
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-The church bells in town</i>

680
00:43:21.768 --> 00:43:25.439
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-All ringin' in song</i>

681
00:43:25.522 --> 00:43:28.817
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-Full of happy sound</i>

682
00:43:28.901 --> 00:43:32.613
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-Baby, please come home</i>

683
00:43:32.696 --> 00:43:36.033
<i>They're singin' "Deck The Halls"</i>

684
00:43:36.116 --> 00:43:39.703
<i>But it's not like Christmas at all</i>

685
00:43:39.786 --> 00:43:43.498
<i>'Cause I remember when you were here</i>

686
00:43:43.582 --> 00:43:47.127
<i>And all the fun we had last year</i>

687
00:43:47.211 --> 00:43:50.214
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-Pretty lights on the tree</i>

688
00:43:50.297 --> 00:43:54.092
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-I'm watchin' 'em shine</i>

689
00:43:54.176 --> 00:43:57.387
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-You should be here with me</i>

690
00:43:57.471 --> 00:44:01.642
<i>-Christmas</i>
<i>-Baby, please come home</i>

691
00:44:01.725 --> 00:44:03.560
(SAXOPHONE PLAYING)

692
00:44:17.741 --> 00:44:21.203
<i>Baby, please come home</i>

693
00:44:21.286 --> 00:44:24.790
<i>Baby, please come home</i>

694
00:44:24.873 --> 00:44:28.126
<i>Baby, please come home, oh, yeah</i>