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Matthew West: Faith, Family, and a Little Christmas Chaos | Praise

December 15, 2025 | 53:55

Matthew West: Faith, Family, and a Little Christmas Chaos | Praise
Hosted by TBN’s own Matt and Laurie Crouch along with other popular personalities, Praise features the best in contemporary Christian music and worship, fresh and impacting ministry voices, engaging interviews from a wide variety of guests, and a fast-moving hour of relevant talk you won’t want to miss!
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Praise | Matthew West: Faith, Family, and a Little Christmas Chaos | Praise | December 15, 2025
  • Matthew west: may we be reminded that 2,000 years ago, jesus
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  • Entered into dysfunction to bring us home to love, joy,
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  • Peace, and hope and wonder, right?
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  • For everything that we lack, everything i need is found
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  • In him.
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  • Are you in need?
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  • His name is jehovah-jireh, right?
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  • Are you feeling weak?
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  • His name is strong tower.
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  • Are you lonely this christmas?
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  • What's his name?
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  • Emmanuel, god with us.
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  • ♪ come home to a manger ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a story that's still true ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a savior ♪
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  • ♪ who came down from heaven just for you ♪
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  • Matthew: and you're gonna be reminded of a god who went to
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  • Great lengths to find you and me, that he would send his one
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  • And only son jesus to be born in a manger, knowing that he would
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  • Die on a cross.
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  • And he did it all so that you could come home.
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  • Matt crouch: matthew west, somehow you have figured out how
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  • To take your christmas album, "come home for christmas."
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  • And somehow you've turned it 3d.
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  • We're here, we're kind of inside.
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  • The actual truck is sitting over there.
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  • That's an actual truck.
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  • Matthew: that's right.
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  • Matt: and how do you wanna get started today?
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  • What do you wanna--
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  • Matthew: this is some tv magic, right?
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  • Yeah, i figured i'd start with something, you know, a little
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  • Lighthearted, you know?
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  • It's a new christmas song i wrote this year inspired by
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  • Real-life events, and maybe we all can relate.
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  • It's called "dysfunctional family christmas."
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  • How's that sound?
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  • Matt: let's go.
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  • Matthew: you already know what it's about.
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  • ♪ snowflakes are falling on a silent night ♪
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  • ♪ for now all is calm and for now all is bright ♪
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  • ♪ till the sound of the doorbell ♪
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  • ♪ fills this house with fear ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • Matthew: true story, right?
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  • Listen to this.
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  • ♪ so bring in the bags and the baggage we got ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause you know those in-laws are coming in hot ♪
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  • ♪ hold on to your stockings, it's about to get weird ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • ♪ fa-la-la-la-la-di-da la-di-day ♪
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  • ♪ lord, help us make it through this christmas day ♪
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  • ♪ it's the crazy that comes along once every year ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • Matthew: check this out.
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  • ♪ cousin timmy's got a temp of 103 ♪
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  • ♪ he don't cover his mouth whenever he sneezes ♪
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  • ♪ and i'm trying my best to not get too near ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • Matthew: wanna know what else? check this out.
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  • ♪ well, grandma keeps yelling 'cause grandpa can't hear ♪
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  • ♪ can you believe jolene did that to her hair? ♪
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  • ♪ when the insults are flying like santa's reindeer ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • ♪ fa-la-la-la-la-di-da la-di-day ♪
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  • ♪ lord, us help us make it through this christmas day ♪
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  • ♪ it's the crazy that comes along once every year ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • Matthew: now let me bring it home.
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  • ♪ well, you can't pick your family ♪
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  • ♪ that's god's choice to make ♪
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  • ♪ and all we got is each other ♪
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  • ♪ at the end of the day ♪
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  • ♪ so let's make some memories ♪
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  • ♪ that we'll all hold dear ♪
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  • ♪ matthew: aww, right? ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • Matthew: all right, everybody.
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  • Sing it at home, sing it in the studio.
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  • Here we go.
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  • ♪ fa-la-la-la-la-di-da la-di-day ♪
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  • ♪ lord, us help us make it through this christmas day ♪
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  • ♪ it's the crazy that comes along once every year ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪
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  • ♪ dysfunctional family christmas is here ♪♪
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  • Matthew: merry christmas, everybody.
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  • Matt: thank you for the addition of the manger sitting out in
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  • Front of us for that.
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  • And the three-dimensional version of matthew west, "come
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  • Home for christmas."
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  • And by the way, this truck is actually in the studio here, and
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  • Good job on that.
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  • And that's an actual truck and it really runs.
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  • There it is.
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  • We call him mater.
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  • Yeah, mater.
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  • So, we were reading your book, and you were talking about this
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  • Epic kind of every year thing, tradition, man.
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  • You had a big kind of paternal family and a bunch of uncles and
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  • All that, so you end up making the trek, as a kid, to
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  • Grandma's house.
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  • So there's a lot of--everything that you're writing about kinda
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  • Has a little bit of reality based in you, it seems like.
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  • Matthew: oh, yeah.
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  • I mean, hence the dysfunctional family christmas.
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  • Don't we all have a little bit of that in all of our stories?
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  • I gotta say, when you held the book up, it matched your
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  • Jacket perfectly.
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  • And i gotta call out matt a little bit because he's in all
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  • Black and gray.
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  • Like, where are your christmas colors?
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  • Matt: you know what?
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  • Matthew: come on.
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  • Matt: seriously.
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  • Well, you're tan and brown.
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  • Matthew: yeah, i guess we're all over.
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  • We got enough christmas on the stage, right?
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  • Matt: and by the way, if you cut to that shot, we can actually
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  • Add a manger scene at any time just, you know, just--
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  • Matthew: just to remind us.
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  • Laurie crouch: keep us focused.
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  • Matthew: well, i tell you, my dad grew up in a massive family.
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  • Grandma luella west gave birth to ten kids, nine boys and
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  • One girl.
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  • So you know what, there was some dysfunction in that
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  • House, right?
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  • And i grew up in the suburbs of chicago, illinois, and so there
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  • Was always a white christmas.
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  • But sometimes we were just gluttons for punishment and we
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  • Would go to where it was even colder, to mason city, iowa.
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  • We'd hop in a red ford station wagon and drive to visit
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  • Grandma west.
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  • And grandma never had much money.
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  • Grandpa passed away in '84.
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  • She had a tiny little house in mason city, iowa, and yet she
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  • Would welcome everybody.
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  • And with all those kids, imagine how many more grandkids
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  • There were.
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  • And so i have some really special memories of christmas
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  • Trips to visit grandma luella west in mason city, iowa.
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  • Laurie: would you all stay in the same house?
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  • Matthew: well, it got so big we'd have to stay in
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  • Motels nearby.
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  • And then grandma's health started to fail, and i remember
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  • One of the most special christmases, grandma suffered a
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  • Stroke and she was in a facility receiving health care, and we
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  • Would--we stayed at a nearby motel and then we'd all gather
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  • Around her in the hospital and spend time with her.
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  • But, you know, grandma was poor, never had much money, but she
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  • Always made us feel like the richest kids around.
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  • And i have really special memories of traveling there and
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  • Kind of being reminded what christmas is all about,
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  • You know.
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  • So the the idea of coming home for christmas, you know, i look
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  • Back now and i think what a special thing that must have
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  • Been for my dad, to take his kids back to see their grandma
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  • And to spend time all of us piled into that house, you know?
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  • Laurie: fun. matt: beautiful.
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  • Announcer: this christmas, experience a night of music,
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  • Joy, and unforgettable moments as matthew west brings
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  • The christmas season to life as he hosts
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  • The "come home for christmas" special.
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  • ♪ can't you hear me, baby? ♪
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  • ♪ hurry up, santa claus ♪
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  • ♪ here's my number, in case old rudolph gets lost ♪
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  • ♪ and i sure wouldn't mind if you're early this time, no ♪
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  • ♪ just come on, come on, come on christmas ♪
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  • Announcer: and get ready for joyful, fun, and unforgettable
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  • Moments that will bring christmas cheer.
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time
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  • Of the year ♪
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  • Announcer: a night overflowing with joy, powerful stories, and
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  • Spectacular moments that capture the spirit of christmas.
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  • ♪ come home to a manger ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a story that's still true ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a savior ♪
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  • ♪ who came down from heaven just for you ♪
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  • Announcer: on december 19th, come home to the joy, the music,
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  • And the message of hope.
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  • Don't miss the matthew west "come home for christmas"
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  • Special, only on tbn and tbn+.
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  • Laurie: when i was 17 years old, my father and my mother actually
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  • Took a church in ames, iowa.
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  • So i moved from tucson, arizona.
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  • Matt: it's a little warm there.
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  • Laurie: to iowa, and my life changed.
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  • At first i thought i had died and gone straight to hades,
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  • At 17 years old on my 17th birthday.
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  • But then the people in iowa, they either love you or they
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  • Hate you.
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  • When they love you, they're the dearest people in the
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  • Whole world.
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  • Matthew: well, i'm sure they loved you.
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  • Laurie: but as a pastor's kid, you probably have just a million
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  • Stories from that time.
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  • Matthew: i mean, growing up as a preacher's kid, christmastime
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  • Was not vacation time.
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  • It was go to work time.
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  • My dad pastored at a small church in the suburbs
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  • Of chicago.
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  • He was a pastor at the same church for 38 years.
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  • And it was all hands on deck for the holidays.
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  • So the west family, i mean, i have fond, just heartfelt
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  • Memories of pouring salt on the driveway early sunday morning to
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  • Make sure that the, you know, the elderly ladies wouldn't
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  • Slide on their way into church.
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  • And i remember, you know, i was always called upon to sing.
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  • Imagine that, right?
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  • We used to do this, my dad--this was such a terrible idea, but he
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  • Would have a west family christmas where our family would
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  • Get up and each one of us would display whatever our
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  • Talents were.
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  • And i mean, you know, my brother would get up, and we were
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  • All mad.
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  • So the night before, that saturday night, we're in the
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  • Church rehearsing and we're all fighting with each other.
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  • That's why that song "dysfunctional family christmas"
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  • Really hits home, because my brother had to play saxophone
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  • And he didn't wanna play saxophone, and i had to sing and
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  • I was in a bad mood.
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  • Matt: you're triggering her now, because she grew up in
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  • A pastor's home.
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  • Laurie: we had to be everybody's family.
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  • Everybody that didn't have a family, they got to come to
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  • Church and we were their family.
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  • And it was wonderful, but a lot of dynamics.
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  • Matt: performance, you know?
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  • Laurie: every pastor's kid has to sing.
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  • Matthew: every pastor's kid.
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  • Laurie: whether they can or not.
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  • Matthew: that's right, that's right.
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  • And it was--so it was always, i mean, it was very hectic around
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  • The holidays and i remember even on christmas morning, you know,
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  • My dad would get a call from a family in need, because you know
  • 00:11:24.796 --> 00:11:28.633
  • What, just because it's christmas doesn't mean people
  • 00:11:28.633 --> 00:11:30.468
  • Aren't grieving or struggling or battling with an addiction.
  • 00:11:30.468 --> 00:11:34.172
  • And who do they call?
  • 00:11:34.172 --> 00:11:35.507
  • They call their local pastor.
  • 00:11:35.507 --> 00:11:36.875
  • And so, on more than one occasion i can remember
  • 00:11:36.875 --> 00:11:39.577
  • Christmas morning we'd be opening our gifts, and then
  • 00:11:39.577 --> 00:11:42.147
  • Shortly after, dad would have to head to the hospital, or to
  • 00:11:42.147 --> 00:11:45.784
  • A funeral home.
  • 00:11:45.784 --> 00:11:47.118
  • And that's one thing that i'll always, i always look back and
  • 00:11:47.118 --> 00:11:49.487
  • Even though as a kid maybe you felt like you were being robbed
  • 00:11:49.487 --> 00:11:52.123
  • Of a little bit of time with your dad, but golly, that was
  • 00:11:52.123 --> 00:11:55.460
  • Really what christmas was all about, realizing that as
  • 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:58.963
  • Christians, man, we need to be loving each other and being
  • 00:11:58.963 --> 00:12:01.800
  • There for people when they're hurting.
  • 00:12:01.800 --> 00:12:03.234
  • So i'm thankful for that example my dad set.
  • 00:12:03.234 --> 00:12:05.703
  • Matt: i was relating to a lot of that, because in the--when i was
  • 00:12:05.703 --> 00:12:10.942
  • Young, my parents were building trinity broadcasting.
  • 00:12:10.942 --> 00:12:15.513
  • And so they weren't traditionally pastoring where we
  • 00:12:15.513 --> 00:12:19.050
  • Would have this sunday event and my, you know, we wouldn't have
  • 00:12:19.050 --> 00:12:24.322
  • To perform, let's say, in the same way.
  • 00:12:24.322 --> 00:12:28.026
  • But some of the your parents are missing in action kind of
  • 00:12:28.026 --> 00:12:36.100
  • Vibes, i was remembering.
  • 00:12:36.100 --> 00:12:38.636
  • And so, tradition matters, you know.
  • 00:12:38.636 --> 00:12:42.006
  • It feels like, matthew, that's kind of what this whole album
  • 00:12:42.006 --> 00:12:45.376
  • Project is about, and all of that.
  • 00:12:45.376 --> 00:12:47.846
  • And we were the generation, it feels like sometimes, i feel
  • 00:12:47.846 --> 00:12:54.452
  • Like my generation was the ones that got told the lord's return
  • 00:12:54.452 --> 00:12:59.691
  • Is so imminent that tradition didn't matter.
  • 00:12:59.691 --> 00:13:04.062
  • We would never get old enough to carry our traditions forward.
  • 00:13:04.062 --> 00:13:07.365
  • I would never get old enough to get married.
  • 00:13:07.365 --> 00:13:09.434
  • I would never get old enough, now we have a grandbaby and it's
  • 00:13:09.434 --> 00:13:13.004
  • Like, where did the time go?
  • 00:13:13.004 --> 00:13:14.606
  • And i wish i had more traditions, you know?
  • 00:13:14.606 --> 00:13:17.308
  • So if you go all the way back into, you know, the tradition of
  • 00:13:17.308 --> 00:13:24.616
  • Driving to grandma's house and all of the things that--what
  • 00:13:24.616 --> 00:13:28.653
  • Have you brought forward for your family?
  • 00:13:28.653 --> 00:13:33.224
  • What are you making sure happens in this generation?
  • 00:13:33.224 --> 00:13:36.361
  • Matthew: that's a beautiful question, too, because,
  • 00:13:36.361 --> 00:13:37.862
  • You know, it's crazy.
  • 00:13:37.862 --> 00:13:39.264
  • One of the traditions i've unwantingly brought forward is
  • 00:13:39.264 --> 00:13:42.467
  • That sometimes our christmas can be a bit chaotic, too, because
  • 00:13:42.467 --> 00:13:45.336
  • Even though i didn't think i was gonna become a preacher like my
  • 00:13:45.336 --> 00:13:47.505
  • Dad, lo and behold, the apple hasn't fallen too far from the
  • 00:13:47.505 --> 00:13:50.541
  • Tree, and i wound up going on tour.
  • 00:13:50.541 --> 00:13:52.477
  • And right at christmastime when--you don't make a christmas
  • 00:13:52.477 --> 00:13:54.846
  • Album and then not go on tour.
  • 00:13:54.846 --> 00:13:56.748
  • So some of that chaos comes back, and we stopped that
  • 00:13:56.748 --> 00:14:00.151
  • Christmas tour early, because that's one thing i didn't wanna
  • 00:14:00.151 --> 00:14:03.154
  • Carry forward was the craziness around christmas week.
  • 00:14:03.154 --> 00:14:06.090
  • So i could probably go play a few more shows, but man, i'd
  • 00:14:06.090 --> 00:14:08.393
  • Rather get home and make sure that i have some really special
  • 00:14:08.393 --> 00:14:11.729
  • Memories with my family.
  • 00:14:11.729 --> 00:14:13.064
  • I would say the first tradition that pops out to me, that popped
  • 00:14:13.064 --> 00:14:16.267
  • Into my head when you asked that question, was christmas morning.
  • 00:14:16.267 --> 00:14:19.737
  • My mom and dad--i mean, i remember, me and my two
  • 00:14:19.737 --> 00:14:22.607
  • Brothers, we'd rush down to the basement of our little home.
  • 00:14:22.607 --> 00:14:25.710
  • We had a three bedroom, one bath home.
  • 00:14:25.710 --> 00:14:27.879
  • And that one bath had to see a lot of traffic with with three
  • 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:32.350
  • Boys, right?
  • 00:14:32.350 --> 00:14:33.685
  • And we would run down to the tree and find--you're gonna find
  • 00:14:33.685 --> 00:14:36.454
  • The gifts with your name on it, of course, right?
  • 00:14:36.454 --> 00:14:38.890
  • And we'd be ready, you know.
  • 00:14:38.890 --> 00:14:40.224
  • I'm hoping for some air jordans, you know, that was my thing.
  • 00:14:40.224 --> 00:14:42.927
  • And right as we were about to open the first gift, my dad,
  • 00:14:42.927 --> 00:14:46.597
  • I'll never forget this, he would always say, "hold up."
  • 00:14:46.597 --> 00:14:49.300
  • And then he would hold up a bible.
  • 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:51.102
  • And at the time, as kids, we would groan, like thinking this
  • 00:14:51.102 --> 00:14:54.238
  • Was dad's cruel form of punishment, right?
  • 00:14:54.238 --> 00:14:56.507
  • He was gonna delay the gratification of us seeing what
  • 00:14:56.507 --> 00:14:59.077
  • Was under the wrapping.
  • 00:14:59.077 --> 00:15:00.979
  • And yet he would stop us, and every year a different family
  • 00:15:00.979 --> 00:15:03.948
  • Member took a turn reading from luke chapter 2, so we were
  • 00:15:03.948 --> 00:15:07.151
  • Always annoyed when my youngest brother had to read because he
  • 00:15:07.151 --> 00:15:10.154
  • Wasn't ready to read fast yet, and he would go slow.
  • 00:15:10.154 --> 00:15:13.491
  • And i always remember though, that method to my dad's madness,
  • 00:15:13.491 --> 00:15:17.628
  • And instruction there, was bringing us back to what it was
  • 00:15:17.628 --> 00:15:20.798
  • Really all about.
  • 00:15:20.798 --> 00:15:22.166
  • And so you know, i think we make such a big deal of thinking
  • 00:15:22.166 --> 00:15:25.636
  • Traditions need to be these big grand gestures, but one of the
  • 00:15:25.636 --> 00:15:28.906
  • Things that i sing about a lot and put in my book a lot, and
  • 00:15:28.906 --> 00:15:32.243
  • Was excited to talk to you about, is these little moments
  • 00:15:32.243 --> 00:15:35.713
  • That can be so massive and so just perspective-shifting.
  • 00:15:35.713 --> 00:15:40.952
  • And so now these days, what happens on christmas morning?
  • 00:15:40.952 --> 00:15:44.522
  • My daughters are the ones ready to open their gifts and they'll
  • 00:15:44.522 --> 00:15:47.025
  • Tell you that ever since they were little, right before they
  • 00:15:47.025 --> 00:15:49.427
  • Opened that first book, there's a voice in the background
  • 00:15:49.427 --> 00:15:51.796
  • Saying, "hold up."
  • 00:15:51.796 --> 00:15:53.231
  • Then i hold up a bible, and we take turns
  • 00:15:53.231 --> 00:15:55.299
  • Reading luke chapter 2.
  • 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:57.235
  • A beautiful moment right there, before the chaos of all
  • 00:15:57.235 --> 00:16:00.004
  • The wrapping and all the presents being opened.
  • 00:16:00.004 --> 00:16:02.707
  • We're being reminded in that moment, unto us a child is born.
  • 00:16:02.707 --> 00:16:06.210
  • And there is no greater gift under that tree that we're gonna
  • 00:16:06.210 --> 00:16:08.913
  • Find than the one that's already been offered to us.
  • 00:16:08.913 --> 00:16:11.015
  • Matt: that's beautiful.
  • 00:16:11.015 --> 00:16:12.350
  • Laurie: you know, grandma luella.
  • 00:16:12.350 --> 00:16:13.718
  • So you named your first baby girl luella.
  • 00:16:13.718 --> 00:16:16.220
  • And so grandma always had a special gift every year.
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  • Do you wanna share that?
  • 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:22.393
  • Matthew: can i show it to you?
  • 00:16:22.393 --> 00:16:23.728
  • I wanna show you what grandma west gave to me every
  • 00:16:23.728 --> 00:16:26.864
  • Year, okay?
  • 00:16:26.864 --> 00:16:28.199
  • And i thought this would be something fitting to share with
  • 00:16:28.199 --> 00:16:30.868
  • You all.
  • 00:16:30.868 --> 00:16:32.203
  • Now, this doesn't look like much, does it?
  • 00:16:32.203 --> 00:16:34.772
  • This is a gerber baby food jar filled with a hundred pennies.
  • 00:16:34.772 --> 00:16:40.778
  • Every christmas when we would go to mason city, iowa to visit
  • 00:16:40.778 --> 00:16:45.249
  • Grandma, there would be this blunt object wrapped up, and we
  • 00:16:45.249 --> 00:16:49.387
  • Knew what it was.
  • 00:16:49.387 --> 00:16:50.755
  • And it was kind of the--sort of the joke among the grandkids,
  • 00:16:50.755 --> 00:16:53.624
  • "oh, what are you gonna spend with your hundred pennies?"
  • 00:16:53.624 --> 00:16:56.894
  • And what this represents to me now is so much more, because as
  • 00:16:56.894 --> 00:17:01.199
  • I mentioned earlier, grandma didn't have much money.
  • 00:17:01.199 --> 00:17:03.701
  • She was on a fixed income.
  • 00:17:03.701 --> 00:17:05.703
  • Grandpa passed away in '84.
  • 00:17:05.703 --> 00:17:07.238
  • They were a poor family trying to raise ten kids.
  • 00:17:07.238 --> 00:17:09.640
  • My dad tells stories of before they had running water in the
  • 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:12.176
  • House, they would have to fill up one tub, and you didn't wanna
  • 00:17:12.176 --> 00:17:15.613
  • Be the one that got in that bathtub last.
  • 00:17:15.613 --> 00:17:18.649
  • He said if you were last, you got out of that bathtub dirtier
  • 00:17:18.649 --> 00:17:21.285
  • Than when you got in.
  • 00:17:21.285 --> 00:17:22.820
  • That's the kind of poor we're talking about.
  • 00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:24.789
  • So when i look back now, i think the fact that grandma was
  • 00:17:24.789 --> 00:17:27.992
  • Saving, literally saving change throughout the year, so that
  • 00:17:27.992 --> 00:17:32.063
  • Each one of her grandkids could have something to open
  • 00:17:32.063 --> 00:17:34.966
  • At christmas.
  • 00:17:34.966 --> 00:17:36.300
  • And we used to laugh about it as kids behind her back.
  • 00:17:36.300 --> 00:17:38.703
  • And i asked god to forgive me as i grew up going, lord, now i
  • 00:17:38.703 --> 00:17:41.506
  • Know what a sacrifice that was.
  • 00:17:41.506 --> 00:17:43.708
  • And i gotta tell you a full circle moment.
  • 00:17:43.708 --> 00:17:45.977
  • But i have to think, like, so many moments throughout
  • 00:17:45.977 --> 00:17:48.412
  • Scripture where jesus honors the gift of small.
  • 00:17:48.412 --> 00:17:51.849
  • Whether it's some loaves and some fish, right?
  • 00:17:51.849 --> 00:17:54.852
  • And the two copper coins.
  • 00:17:54.852 --> 00:17:56.621
  • And it makes me think of grandma's gift to me.
  • 00:17:56.621 --> 00:17:59.223
  • When i graduated from college, my grandma gave me a bigger jar.
  • 00:17:59.223 --> 00:18:04.662
  • And she had saved up 30 silver dollars.
  • 00:18:04.662 --> 00:18:07.565
  • And she gave it to me.
  • 00:18:07.565 --> 00:18:08.900
  • And i'll cherish those memories always.
  • 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:11.068
  • And it's just a great reminder, even as we think about the gifts
  • 00:18:11.068 --> 00:18:14.005
  • That we're gonna give to each other, it's not about the money
  • 00:18:14.005 --> 00:18:16.841
  • That we spend, the extravagance of it.
  • 00:18:16.841 --> 00:18:19.744
  • Sometimes maybe it's about the intentionality, and giving
  • 00:18:19.744 --> 00:18:22.747
  • Something that might be small in stature or in monetary value,
  • 00:18:22.747 --> 00:18:27.151
  • But carries great significance.
  • 00:18:27.151 --> 00:18:29.387
  • Matt: it would only irritate our audience if they didn't get a
  • 00:18:29.387 --> 00:18:35.626
  • Heads up that you're gonna actually sing here in a
  • 00:18:35.626 --> 00:18:38.462
  • Little bit.
  • 00:18:38.462 --> 00:18:39.797
  • So it's gonna be irritating if they think that we invited you
  • 00:18:39.797 --> 00:18:44.602
  • And--"you just keep babbling on with him, would you let matt
  • 00:18:44.602 --> 00:18:48.005
  • Sing, please?"
  • 00:18:48.005 --> 00:18:49.373
  • Matthew: i'm a better singer than a talker, for sure, so i
  • 00:18:49.373 --> 00:18:51.442
  • Hope you'll let me sing.
  • 00:18:51.442 --> 00:18:52.810
  • Matt: before you get into, you know, the point,
  • 00:18:52.810 --> 00:18:57.281
  • You are a singer.
  • 00:18:57.281 --> 00:18:58.883
  • Matthew: yes sir.
  • 00:18:58.883 --> 00:19:01.118
  • Matt: this season sometimes has a negative attitude.
  • 00:19:01.118 --> 00:19:06.691
  • There can be trauma, loss, you know, there's some things that
  • 00:19:06.691 --> 00:19:14.565
  • Happen that the season only reminds.
  • 00:19:14.565 --> 00:19:19.403
  • And, you know, i was watching a news report about how it feels
  • 00:19:19.403 --> 00:19:25.910
  • Like americans are even decorating earlier and earlier,
  • 00:19:25.910 --> 00:19:29.780
  • And things are starting earlier and the season's getting longer,
  • 00:19:29.780 --> 00:19:35.219
  • And, you know, it's an interesting almost cultural
  • 00:19:35.219 --> 00:19:42.426
  • Thing now.
  • 00:19:42.426 --> 00:19:43.794
  • And there's a little bit of a battle line, but there is some
  • 00:19:43.794 --> 00:19:46.998
  • Negative stuff.
  • 00:19:46.998 --> 00:19:48.366
  • How do you address that usually when you're ministering to
  • 00:19:48.366 --> 00:19:51.936
  • People and talking about the season of christmas?
  • 00:19:51.936 --> 00:19:54.772
  • Matthew: it's such a great question because you know in
  • 00:19:54.772 --> 00:19:57.275
  • Ministry, and i know in ministry, how many people are
  • 00:19:57.275 --> 00:20:00.511
  • Grieving, are hurting.
  • 00:20:00.511 --> 00:20:02.346
  • Just because it's christmastime doesn't mean those problems
  • 00:20:02.346 --> 00:20:04.849
  • Go away.
  • 00:20:04.849 --> 00:20:06.183
  • In fact it probably means--well, it's why my dad's phone was
  • 00:20:06.183 --> 00:20:08.886
  • Ringing off the hook around christmastime, is that sometimes
  • 00:20:08.886 --> 00:20:11.956
  • It gets amplified.
  • 00:20:11.956 --> 00:20:13.291
  • The grief gets amplified, the depression gets amplified,
  • 00:20:13.291 --> 00:20:16.560
  • The--you know, i wrote about in the book, each chapter is about
  • 00:20:16.560 --> 00:20:21.032
  • Returning home to something that god has offered us.
  • 00:20:21.032 --> 00:20:24.035
  • Not just at christmastime, but throughout the year.
  • 00:20:24.035 --> 00:20:25.970
  • And christmas is a wonderful time for us to be reminded that
  • 00:20:25.970 --> 00:20:29.106
  • Everything we lack, there is one who will provide it.
  • 00:20:29.106 --> 00:20:31.876
  • And in one of the early chapters of the book i talk about coming
  • 00:20:31.876 --> 00:20:34.378
  • Home to the wonder of christmas, and how too often in our lives
  • 00:20:34.378 --> 00:20:39.517
  • The wonder, we can live out the negative definition of that
  • 00:20:39.517 --> 00:20:44.355
  • Word, right?
  • 00:20:44.355 --> 00:20:45.690
  • So we sing, "and wonders of his love," right?
  • 00:20:45.690 --> 00:20:48.759
  • That's such a beautiful line that we sing in "joy to
  • 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:50.995
  • The world."
  • 00:20:50.995 --> 00:20:52.330
  • But too often at christmastime, what happens is you start going,
  • 00:20:52.330 --> 00:20:55.333
  • "i wonder if my prodigal's gonna come home."
  • 00:20:55.333 --> 00:20:58.336
  • "i wonder if i'm gonna make it through this battle
  • 00:20:58.336 --> 00:21:00.738
  • With cancer."
  • 00:21:00.738 --> 00:21:02.106
  • "i wonder where my next meal's going to come from."
  • 00:21:02.106 --> 00:21:04.275
  • "i wonder if i'm gonna be able to make it through this holiday
  • 00:21:04.275 --> 00:21:07.478
  • Season even though i just lost my spouse."
  • 00:21:07.478 --> 00:21:10.014
  • I mean, these are very real problems.
  • 00:21:10.014 --> 00:21:11.916
  • And, you know, like we were singing at the beginning of our
  • 00:21:11.916 --> 00:21:14.418
  • Time together, about a dysfunctional family christmas,
  • 00:21:14.418 --> 00:21:17.688
  • May we be reminded that 2,000 years ago, jesus entered into
  • 00:21:17.688 --> 00:21:21.459
  • Dysfunction to bring us home to love, joy, peace, and hope and
  • 00:21:21.459 --> 00:21:29.233
  • Wonder, right?
  • 00:21:29.233 --> 00:21:30.601
  • For everything that we lack, he will provide it.
  • 00:21:30.601 --> 00:21:32.269
  • That's why i love throughout christmas when we're reading the
  • 00:21:32.269 --> 00:21:34.138
  • Scripture, there's so many descriptions of the names
  • 00:21:34.138 --> 00:21:36.674
  • Of god.
  • 00:21:36.674 --> 00:21:38.042
  • And i did a deep study on all the different
  • 00:21:38.042 --> 00:21:39.710
  • Names given to god,
  • 00:21:39.710 --> 00:21:41.412
  • And the biggest highlight for me was going, "oh, everything i
  • 00:21:41.412 --> 00:21:45.449
  • Need is found in him."
  • 00:21:45.449 --> 00:21:47.551
  • Are you confused this christmas?
  • 00:21:47.551 --> 00:21:49.120
  • He's a wonderful counselor.
  • 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:50.755
  • Are you in need?
  • 00:21:50.755 --> 00:21:52.089
  • His name is jehovah-jireh, right?
  • 00:21:52.089 --> 00:21:54.158
  • Are you feeling weak?
  • 00:21:54.158 --> 00:21:55.493
  • His name is strong tower, right?
  • 00:21:55.493 --> 00:21:58.195
  • Are you living in a world filled with temporary pleasures?
  • 00:21:58.195 --> 00:22:01.065
  • Well, his name is everlasting father.
  • 00:22:01.065 --> 00:22:03.134
  • And the list goes on.
  • 00:22:03.134 --> 00:22:04.502
  • Are you lonely this christmas?
  • 00:22:04.502 --> 00:22:06.203
  • What's his name?
  • 00:22:06.203 --> 00:22:07.571
  • Emmanuel, god with us.
  • 00:22:07.571 --> 00:22:09.173
  • And so, i guess my hope this christmas, and every time i get
  • 00:22:09.173 --> 00:22:12.543
  • To take a microphone or sit with you, is to speak to somebody out
  • 00:22:12.543 --> 00:22:15.946
  • There and say, if your wonder has been replaced by wondering,
  • 00:22:15.946 --> 00:22:20.651
  • God is inviting you back.
  • 00:22:20.651 --> 00:22:22.286
  • And there's a line in my song that says, "how long has it been
  • 00:22:22.286 --> 00:22:24.955
  • Since you and your heart talked to jesus?"
  • 00:22:24.955 --> 00:22:27.057
  • That's the path back home.
  • 00:22:27.057 --> 00:22:28.559
  • And the journey home is not as far as it looks.
  • 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:30.594
  • Laurie: why don't you just look into the camera right now and
  • 00:22:30.594 --> 00:22:33.264
  • Welcome everybody home?
  • 00:22:33.264 --> 00:22:34.698
  • Matthew: absolutely.
  • 00:22:34.698 --> 00:22:36.233
  • I just wanna remind you and encourage you this christmas.
  • 00:22:36.233 --> 00:22:39.637
  • I realize i'm getting the honor of speaking to you right now,
  • 00:22:39.637 --> 00:22:43.340
  • And wherever you are, whatever you're going through, whatever
  • 00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:46.577
  • Heaviness is on your heart this christmas.
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  • This has been a hard year.
  • 00:22:49.280 --> 00:22:50.981
  • It's been filled with hills and valleys and news headlines and
  • 00:22:50.981 --> 00:22:54.952
  • Challenges for every single one of us in our own ways.
  • 00:22:54.952 --> 00:22:57.822
  • And i bet if i asked you to make a list of the things that have
  • 00:22:57.822 --> 00:23:00.791
  • Been weighing down your heart, that would be a long list.
  • 00:23:00.791 --> 00:23:03.794
  • But maybe i should encourage you this christmas to make a
  • 00:23:03.794 --> 00:23:06.096
  • Different kind of list.
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  • Make a list of the ways that god has been faithful in your life.
  • 00:23:07.598 --> 00:23:10.968
  • Maybe dig into your bible.
  • 00:23:10.968 --> 00:23:12.570
  • Maybe it's been a minute since you've picked it up.
  • 00:23:12.570 --> 00:23:14.872
  • When you do that, you're gonna read scriptures like luke
  • 00:23:14.872 --> 00:23:17.074
  • Chapter 2, and you're gonna be reminded of a god who went to
  • 00:23:17.074 --> 00:23:19.777
  • Great lengths to find you and me, that he would send his one
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  • And only son jesus to be born in a manger, knowing that he would
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  • Die on a cross.
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  • And he did it all so that you could come home to that wonder,
  • 00:23:27.718 --> 00:23:31.689
  • That love, that joy, and that peace.
  • 00:23:31.689 --> 00:23:34.458
  • Another scripture that comes to mind in this moment is psalm
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  • 34:18, because i wonder if you're brokenhearted
  • 00:23:36.927 --> 00:23:40.297
  • This christmas.
  • 00:23:40.297 --> 00:23:41.665
  • Guess where god is when you're brokenhearted?
  • 00:23:41.665 --> 00:23:43.667
  • The lord is close to the brokenhearted, not far.
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  • He saves those who are crushed in spirit.
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  • Does that describe you this christmas?
  • 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:52.409
  • I want you to know that he is close to you.
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  • He is not far.
  • 00:23:54.445 --> 00:23:56.146
  • And lastly, i just wanna speak to you if you're feeling like
  • 00:23:56.146 --> 00:23:58.782
  • Maybe your relationship with the lord is not where you know it
  • 00:23:58.782 --> 00:24:02.152
  • Could be, or should be, or needs to be.
  • 00:24:02.152 --> 00:24:05.489
  • I think of a friend who told me, he said, "i don't know if i
  • 00:24:05.489 --> 00:24:08.592
  • Should pray, because i might startle god with the sound of
  • 00:24:08.592 --> 00:24:11.128
  • My voice."
  • 00:24:11.128 --> 00:24:12.463
  • He was joking, but deep down there was that shame that you
  • 00:24:12.463 --> 00:24:16.166
  • Could hear in that statement thinking, "i'm the prodigal.
  • 00:24:16.166 --> 00:24:18.836
  • I've been too far gone."
  • 00:24:18.836 --> 00:24:20.604
  • But tonight, i just wanna remind you that just like i never
  • 00:24:20.604 --> 00:24:24.241
  • Forget the sound of my daughter's voices, and if they
  • 00:24:24.241 --> 00:24:26.644
  • Called me right here and right now, i would pause the show,
  • 00:24:26.644 --> 00:24:29.513
  • Because i can't wait to talk to them.
  • 00:24:29.513 --> 00:24:31.582
  • Guess how much more your father in heaven loves to hear the
  • 00:24:31.582 --> 00:24:34.318
  • Sound of your voice?
  • 00:24:34.318 --> 00:24:35.653
  • And there's no better time to come home than to come home this
  • 00:24:35.653 --> 00:24:38.188
  • Christmas, fall into his arms, and know that he loves you and
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  • He has the best plan for your life.
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  • Matt: beautiful.
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  • Announcer: this christmas, experience a night of music,
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  • Joy, and unforgettable moments as matthew west brings
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  • The christmas season to life as he hosts
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  • The "come home for christmas" special.
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  • ♪ can't you hear me, baby? ♪
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  • ♪ hurry up, santa claus ♪
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  • ♪ here's my number, in case old rudolph gets lost ♪
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  • ♪ and i sure wouldn't mind if you're early this time, no ♪
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  • ♪ just come on, come on, come on christmas ♪
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  • Announcer: and get ready for joyful, fun, and unforgettable
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  • Moments that will bring christmas cheer.
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time
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  • Of the year ♪
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  • Announcer: a night overflowing with joy, powerful stories, and
  • 00:25:39.149 --> 00:25:42.586
  • Spectacular moments that capture the spirit of christmas.
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  • ♪ come home to a manger ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a story that's still true ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a savior ♪
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  • ♪ who came down from heaven just for you ♪
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  • Announcer: on december 19th, come home to the joy, the music,
  • 00:26:03.307 --> 00:26:07.378
  • And the message of hope.
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  • Don't miss the matthew west "come home for christmas"
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  • Special, only on tbn and tbn+.
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  • Matt: the "come home for christmas," matthew west.
  • 00:26:17.054 --> 00:26:22.526
  • I don't know how we pulled that off, but the idea that the album
  • 00:26:22.526 --> 00:26:29.800
  • Cover was 2d and we're kind of in a 3d version of, you know,
  • 00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:35.939
  • We've got mater back here, and the actual thing kind of got
  • 00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:41.045
  • Recreated here.
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  • Matthew: that's your tbn team, that's how amazing you guys are.
  • 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.783
  • Laurie: we were talking a while ago about your girls going
  • 00:26:45.783 --> 00:26:49.019
  • Through the mall and hearing you sing.
  • 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:53.524
  • That's pretty amazing!
  • 00:26:53.524 --> 00:26:55.192
  • How did you--so "come home for christmas," how did you write
  • 00:26:55.192 --> 00:26:58.062
  • That song?
  • 00:26:58.062 --> 00:26:59.430
  • What prompted that?
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  • Matthew: well, my family.
  • 00:27:00.764 --> 00:27:02.132
  • And it was crazy because i was writing this book "come home for
  • 00:27:02.132 --> 00:27:04.601
  • Christmas," and i was thinking about the story of this jar of
  • 00:27:04.601 --> 00:27:07.204
  • Pennies and i was thinking about, like, i love writing
  • 00:27:07.204 --> 00:27:10.107
  • Christmas songs, but it is such a challenge because there's so
  • 00:27:10.107 --> 00:27:13.043
  • Many christmas classics that--you ain't gonna beat nat
  • 00:27:13.043 --> 00:27:16.513
  • King cole, you know what i mean?
  • 00:27:16.513 --> 00:27:17.915
  • All these great christmas classics.
  • 00:27:17.915 --> 00:27:19.717
  • So whenever i make a christmas album i like to mix it up, and
  • 00:27:19.717 --> 00:27:22.720
  • I'll do classics, but then i'll write some originals.
  • 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.122
  • And whenever i write the originals, i'm just tapping into
  • 00:27:25.122 --> 00:27:27.758
  • My own family memories.
  • 00:27:27.758 --> 00:27:29.193
  • You were saying earlier how people are putting their
  • 00:27:29.193 --> 00:27:31.061
  • Decorations up earlier than ever.
  • 00:27:31.061 --> 00:27:33.330
  • Our family, i mean, we're that family that's annoyingly early.
  • 00:27:33.330 --> 00:27:37.835
  • Like, before the fall decorations are even down,
  • 00:27:37.835 --> 00:27:40.270
  • Christmas tree was up.
  • 00:27:40.270 --> 00:27:41.638
  • And i think there is something to that.
  • 00:27:41.638 --> 00:27:43.207
  • Like, we need those things.
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  • Put the nativity out and that reminder.
  • 00:27:45.442 --> 00:27:47.911
  • So yeah, my daughters, though, we went to the mall one year.
  • 00:27:47.911 --> 00:27:51.115
  • I had a song called "come on, christmas" and it's just like
  • 00:27:51.115 --> 00:27:54.251
  • This old-school, you know, i like to keep the
  • 00:27:54.251 --> 00:27:57.154
  • Classics classy.
  • 00:27:57.154 --> 00:27:58.522
  • It's like, put a tux on kind of vibe, right?
  • 00:27:58.522 --> 00:28:00.224
  • And we were walking through claire's boutique, which was
  • 00:28:00.224 --> 00:28:03.727
  • Like my least favorite store, right, because they all buy the
  • 00:28:03.727 --> 00:28:06.797
  • Little junky jewelry and i walk out $50 lighter every time.
  • 00:28:06.797 --> 00:28:11.335
  • And all of a sudden, yeah, we're in claire's and my song came on.
  • 00:28:11.335 --> 00:28:14.538
  • And my daughters were little at the time and they looked up and
  • 00:28:14.538 --> 00:28:16.840
  • They were like, "dad, that's your song!"
  • 00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:19.409
  • And for one moment, for one brief fleeting moment, i was a
  • 00:28:19.409 --> 00:28:22.980
  • Cool dad.
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  • Matt: yeah, i love that.
  • 00:28:24.314 --> 00:28:26.717
  • Speaking of manger scenes, where we put it up, we have one here
  • 00:28:26.717 --> 00:28:31.221
  • On the set.
  • 00:28:31.221 --> 00:28:32.556
  • And all we gotta do is just kind of cut to that camera there and,
  • 00:28:32.556 --> 00:28:37.594
  • You know, we feel like since there wasn't one on the table,
  • 00:28:37.594 --> 00:28:41.098
  • We can put a big one out here and there it is.
  • 00:28:41.098 --> 00:28:43.367
  • Okay, christmas is here.
  • 00:28:43.367 --> 00:28:46.436
  • So that last question was about music.
  • 00:28:46.436 --> 00:28:49.506
  • Feels like there's a music theme that should start happening here
  • 00:28:49.506 --> 00:28:52.676
  • At this part of the show.
  • 00:28:52.676 --> 00:28:54.344
  • Feels like music should be--
  • 00:28:54.344 --> 00:28:55.913
  • Matthew: you want some more music?
  • 00:28:55.913 --> 00:28:57.247
  • Matt: it feels like we should do some music.
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  • Matthew: let's do it.
  • 00:28:58.615 --> 00:28:59.950
  • Matt: because at some point the audience is gonna get to right
  • 00:28:59.950 --> 00:29:02.753
  • Here and they're gonna say, "stop talking."
  • 00:29:02.753 --> 00:29:07.457
  • Laurie: well, and we are getting ready to do--he is getting ready
  • 00:29:07.457 --> 00:29:10.561
  • To do a big music production.
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  • Matthew: i can't wait.
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  • Laurie: for christmas, for tbn. just for you.
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  • Matthew: it's gonna be special. laurie: it's gonna be great.
  • 00:29:15.499 --> 00:29:17.668
  • Matt: all matthew west, all night.
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  • Matthew: that's what my request was.
  • 00:29:20.337 --> 00:29:22.272
  • That's the only thing on my christmas list.
  • 00:29:22.272 --> 00:29:23.607
  • Matt: and the final word.
  • 00:29:23.607 --> 00:29:25.075
  • That's the only thing your agent ever asks for is "matt wants the
  • 00:29:25.075 --> 00:29:28.946
  • Final word."
  • 00:29:28.946 --> 00:29:30.314
  • Laurie: and all the trees, and the truck.
  • 00:29:30.314 --> 00:29:33.350
  • Matthew: i love it.
  • 00:29:33.350 --> 00:29:34.718
  • I love it.
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  • Matt: do your thing, matthew.
  • 00:29:37.855 --> 00:29:39.189
  • Matthew: you want me to sing?
  • 00:29:39.189 --> 00:29:40.557
  • Matt: well, if--i've heard an old adage that singers sing, you
  • 00:29:40.557 --> 00:29:44.928
  • Know, dancers dance.
  • 00:29:44.928 --> 00:29:46.296
  • Now if you wanna do interpretive dance, that's okay, too, but
  • 00:29:46.296 --> 00:29:49.066
  • Singers sing.
  • 00:29:49.066 --> 00:29:50.400
  • Matthew: you want me to do my elvis impersonation?
  • 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.802
  • ♪ i'll have a blue christmas ♪
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  • Matthew: come on, now. look at that!
  • 00:29:56.173 --> 00:29:58.609
  • Laurie: hey, i know it. matthew: you're in the band.
  • 00:29:58.609 --> 00:30:00.277
  • Laurie: that's right. matthew: you're in the band.
  • 00:30:00.277 --> 00:30:01.879
  • Matt: do you do-- laurie: i had that album.
  • 00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:03.680
  • Matt: can you do a little bit of "my sharona" by the knack?
  • 00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:06.550
  • Laurie: it's not christmassy.
  • 00:30:06.550 --> 00:30:08.619
  • ♪ my-my-my-my sharona ♪
  • 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.754
  • Matthew: that's not even a christmas song.
  • 00:30:10.754 --> 00:30:12.122
  • Matt: it's cool, though.
  • 00:30:12.122 --> 00:30:13.557
  • Matthew: could you make it one?
  • 00:30:13.557 --> 00:30:14.925
  • Both: you could.
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  • Matt: my-my-my something.
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  • Matthew: i don't know.
  • 00:30:18.328 --> 00:30:19.897
  • I'd probably get canceled from tbn if i tried to make it a
  • 00:30:19.897 --> 00:30:22.332
  • Christmas song.
  • 00:30:22.332 --> 00:30:23.700
  • Matt: we used to say ma-ma-ma-mark chironna.
  • 00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:25.702
  • We used to say that, but that's not christmassy either.
  • 00:30:25.702 --> 00:30:28.505
  • ♪ ma-ma-ma-matt and laurie ♪
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  • Matthew: i don't know.
  • 00:30:30.841 --> 00:30:33.310
  • Matt: anything about pink hair would fit in there.
  • 00:30:33.310 --> 00:30:36.046
  • Remember the pink hair joke we made last time we were together?
  • 00:30:36.046 --> 00:30:39.549
  • Matthew: i thought that was gonna get me canceled.
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  • Matt: you're back.
  • 00:30:41.485 --> 00:30:42.819
  • Matthew: they brought me back!
  • 00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:44.154
  • Matt: it's 2025.
  • 00:30:44.154 --> 00:30:45.522
  • Matthew: just hang around long enough, yeah, anything goes.
  • 00:30:45.522 --> 00:30:47.524
  • Laurie: we forget about it.
  • 00:30:47.524 --> 00:30:48.859
  • Matt: just start singing.
  • 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:50.193
  • Matthew: just start singing?
  • 00:30:50.193 --> 00:30:51.561
  • Matt: and if you had a guitar--
  • 00:30:51.561 --> 00:30:52.896
  • Matthew: this is so unplanned.
  • 00:30:52.896 --> 00:30:54.264
  • Matt: yeah, if you only had a guitar.
  • 00:30:54.264 --> 00:30:55.999
  • Matthew: let me see if i could--you know what, it's funny
  • 00:30:55.999 --> 00:30:58.368
  • You mention this, matt.
  • 00:30:58.368 --> 00:30:59.703
  • I do feel some inspiration coming my way about what's
  • 00:30:59.703 --> 00:31:02.806
  • Happening here today.
  • 00:31:02.806 --> 00:31:05.776
  • Something like, you know.
  • 00:31:05.776 --> 00:31:08.312
  • ♪ oh, i'm so excited ♪
  • 00:31:08.312 --> 00:31:11.315
  • ♪ to be here with matt and laurie ♪
  • 00:31:11.315 --> 00:31:14.818
  • ♪ they're my good friends ♪
  • 00:31:14.818 --> 00:31:17.754
  • ♪ what a dream it is to be here ♪
  • 00:31:17.754 --> 00:31:19.623
  • ♪ on the stage at tbn ♪
  • 00:31:19.623 --> 00:31:21.925
  • Matthew: something like that, you know?
  • 00:31:21.925 --> 00:31:23.493
  • Matt: yeah, good.
  • 00:31:23.493 --> 00:31:24.828
  • ♪ but there's one thing wrong, i can't explain it ♪
  • 00:31:24.828 --> 00:31:27.364
  • ♪ i've searched everywhere ♪
  • 00:31:27.364 --> 00:31:30.901
  • ♪ but i still can't find the lady with pink hair ♪
  • 00:31:30.901 --> 00:31:35.005
  • Matthew: i don't know, something like that?
  • 00:31:35.005 --> 00:31:37.774
  • Was that too far?
  • 00:31:37.774 --> 00:31:40.844
  • Is this my last time being invited here?
  • 00:31:40.844 --> 00:31:42.946
  • It is, matt?
  • 00:31:42.946 --> 00:31:44.414
  • Laurie: you're fired. matthew: i'm fired!
  • 00:31:44.414 --> 00:31:46.016
  • You said "you're fired" so nicely that it almost felt like
  • 00:31:46.016 --> 00:31:50.020
  • A compliment.
  • 00:31:50.020 --> 00:31:51.521
  • Matt: you know, so the funniest thing about my mom is one--
  • 00:31:51.521 --> 00:31:56.493
  • You know, she didn't take herself seriously.
  • 00:31:56.493 --> 00:31:58.228
  • A lot of people thought she did, but she didn't.
  • 00:31:58.228 --> 00:32:00.530
  • And one time i reached over, i was looking at her like this and
  • 00:32:00.530 --> 00:32:03.500
  • We were doing something on tv, and i just--
  • 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.168
  • Laurie: they were live on the air.
  • 00:32:05.168 --> 00:32:06.503
  • Matt: i just looked at her like that, and then she kinda was
  • 00:32:06.503 --> 00:32:08.972
  • Looking at me funny like this, and then i just reached over
  • 00:32:08.972 --> 00:32:12.075
  • Like this and i grabbed one of her eyelashes and i just pulled
  • 00:32:12.075 --> 00:32:14.678
  • It off and put it on the table and smashed it.
  • 00:32:14.678 --> 00:32:18.782
  • Matthew: you gotta get grounded for that.
  • 00:32:18.782 --> 00:32:20.817
  • Matt: so you know, at some point the pink hair, you know,
  • 00:32:20.817 --> 00:32:25.055
  • Was--she just thought it was funny.
  • 00:32:25.055 --> 00:32:27.257
  • Matthew: i loved it, yeah. i loved it.
  • 00:32:27.257 --> 00:32:28.692
  • Matt: did you? you loved it.
  • 00:32:28.692 --> 00:32:31.061
  • Matthew: yeah, so much that i put it in a song.
  • 00:32:31.061 --> 00:32:32.796
  • Matt: okay, look, pretend we have cocoa and the fireplace
  • 00:32:32.796 --> 00:32:36.767
  • Is going.
  • 00:32:36.767 --> 00:32:38.101
  • People have their tvs on.
  • 00:32:38.101 --> 00:32:39.770
  • There you are with a guitar.
  • 00:32:39.770 --> 00:32:41.505
  • What's better than that?
  • 00:32:41.505 --> 00:32:42.873
  • Matthew: this is one of my all-time favorites.
  • 00:32:42.873 --> 00:32:44.274
  • Matt: do it.
  • 00:32:44.274 --> 00:32:45.609
  • ♪ away in a manger, no crib for a bed ♪
  • 00:32:45.609 --> 00:32:53.483
  • ♪ the little lord jesus lay down his sweet head ♪
  • 00:32:53.483 --> 00:33:01.258
  • ♪ the stars in the sky look down where he lay ♪
  • 00:33:01.258 --> 00:33:09.599
  • ♪ the little lord jesus asleep on the hay ♪
  • 00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:19.576
  • Matt: do another one. do another one.
  • 00:33:21.144 --> 00:33:22.612
  • Matthew: okay, pick one.
  • 00:33:22.612 --> 00:33:25.315
  • Matt: well, i picked one and you wouldn't do it.
  • 00:33:25.315 --> 00:33:27.717
  • Matthew: anything but-- no, you pick one.
  • 00:33:27.717 --> 00:33:31.054
  • That's what i should--
  • 00:33:31.054 --> 00:33:32.456
  • Laurie: "i'll be home for christmas."
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  • Matthew: oh, my goodness.
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  • ♪ i'll be home for christmas ♪
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  • ♪ you can count on me ♪
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  • Matthew: i don't know the chords of this one.
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  • I'll just sing it a cappella.
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  • Please have snow and mistletoe.
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  • And presents under the tree.
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  • Matt: do one where you have to do an impression like of sinatra
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  • Or something.
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  • Matthew: or like neil diamond?
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  • Matt: yeah, do an impression--
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  • ♪ sweet caroline ♪
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  • Matt: that's not christmas either.
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  • Matthew: no, but that was neil diamond.
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  • Must have been a real good impression.
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  • Matt: okay, what's a super-famous one?
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  • You mentioned it earlier.
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  • The one we hear in the malls every year.
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪
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  • Matthew: that one? matt: maybe.
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  • Matthew: how about that? laurie: give me the album.
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  • Matt: no, no, he needs to do traditional ones like--
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  • ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪
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  • ♪ just like the ones i used to know ♪
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  • Matt: "joy to the world."
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  • [laughing]
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  • ♪ joy to the world ♪
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  • ♪ the lord is come ♪
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  • ♪ let earth receive her king ♪
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  • Matthew: i thought you were gonna shout out another one.
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  • You only wanna hear one line.
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  • Matt: yeah, "white christmas."
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  • ♪ i'm dreaming of a white christmas ♪
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  • Matthew: you know, by the way, this is just a little taste of
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  • What's gonna be happening with the special.
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  • ♪ there'll be parties for hosting ♪
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  • ♪ marshmallows for toasting ♪
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  • ♪ caroling out in the snow ♪
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  • ♪ there'll be scary ghost stories ♪
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  • ♪ and tales of the glories ♪
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  • ♪ of christmases long, long ago ♪
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  • ♪ long ago ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪
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  • ♪ there'll be much mistletoe-ing ♪
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  • ♪ and hearts will be glowing ♪
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  • ♪ when loved ones are near ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ ♪ of the year ♪♪ ♪
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  • Matt: yeah, i know.
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  • Matthew: yeah, so you're getting a little--
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  • Matt: it's a little promo thing.
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  • Laurie: can you play your guitar with any of them?
  • 00:36:09.613 --> 00:36:10.947
  • Matthew: yeah, i just was--you were catching me off guard.
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  • I can play my guitar.
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  • ♪ i'm dreaming of a whie christmas ♪
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  • ♪ just like the ones i used to know ♪
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  • Matt: "o little town of bethlehem."
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  • Matthew: okay, now you're really throwing me here.
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  • That one i'm gonna be singing in the special with my daughter.
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  • Matt: aww.
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  • Matthew: that's such a good one.
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  • Matt: give us one line of it.
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  • "o little town."
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  • ♪ o little town of bethlehem ♪
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  • ♪ how still we see the lie ♪
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  • ♪ above that deep and dreamless sleep ♪
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  • ♪ the silent stars go by ♪
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  • Matt: can you play the tune of one song but sing
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  • Different words?
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  • Matthew: like, just sing any words that come to mind?
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  • Matt: yeah, can you sing other words to a song where you're
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  • Playing a melody?
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  • Because my brain-- that would break my brain.
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  • Can you do that?
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  • Matthew: well, you're already attempting to break my brain
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  • With this entire segment.
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  • None of this is on the cards, by the way.
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  • We're just going off script here, ladies and gentlemen.
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  • ♪ oh, matt and laurie crouch are here ♪
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  • ♪ it's christmastime again ♪
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  • ♪ we brought a big red truck in here ♪
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  • ♪ merry christmas from tbn ♪
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  • Matt: but no manger scene yeah, okay, do that again.
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  • I cut you off. go ahead, do that again.
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  • Matthew: no, i can't--you can't make that magic twice.
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  • You blew it.
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  • Matt: you could. try it.
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  • Matthew: okay.
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  • ♪ but matt is very upset here ♪
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  • ♪ because one thing is missing ♪
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  • ♪ of all the trucks and christmas gifts ♪
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  • ♪ we forgot a manger scene ♪
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  • Matt: there we go.
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  • Matthew: now i'm canceled.
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  • Matt: but through miracle of visual effects we have a giant
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  • One, and it's perfect.
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  • I love that.
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  • Matthew: it's what it's all about.
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  • Matt: okay, so something about jesus since he's right here
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  • With us.
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  • Matthew: just anything?
  • 00:38:12.635 --> 00:38:14.003
  • Matt: well, which one talks about jesus the most?
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  • Matthew: which song? matt: yeah.
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  • Matthew: oh my goodness.
  • 00:38:18.041 --> 00:38:19.809
  • Let's see, which ones haven't i done?
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  • Laurie: let's see.
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  • Matt: "the most wonderful time of the year?"
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  • That doesn't talk as much about jesus, does it?
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  • Matthew: how about this one?
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  • ♪ oh, holy night ♪
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  • Matt: there you go.
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  • ♪ the stars are brightly shining ♪
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  • ♪ it is the night of our dear savior's birth ♪
  • 00:38:39.195 --> 00:38:45.268
  • ♪ long lay the world in sin and error pining ♪
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  • ♪ till he appeared and the soul felt its worth ♪
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  • ♪ a thrill of hope, the weary world 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 ♪
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  • ♪ when christ was born ♪
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  • ♪ oh night divine ♪
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  • ♪ oh night ♪
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  • ♪ oh night divine ♪♪
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  • Matt: wow.
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  • Announcer: this christmas, experience a night of music,
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  • Joy, and unforgettable moments as matthew west brings
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  • The christmas season to life as he hosts
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  • The "come home for christmas" special.
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  • ♪ can't you hear me, baby? ♪
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  • ♪ hurry up, santa claus ♪
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  • ♪ here's my number, in case old rudolph gets lost ♪
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  • ♪ and i sure wouldn't mind if you're early this time, no ♪
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  • ♪ just come on, come on, come on christmas ♪
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  • Announcer: and get ready for joyful, fun, and unforgettable
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  • Moments that will bring christmas cheer.
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time
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  • Of the year ♪
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  • Announcer: a night overflowing with joy, powerful stories, and
  • 00:41:07.610 --> 00:41:11.047
  • Spectacular moments that capture the spirit of christmas.
  • 00:41:11.047 --> 00:41:14.918
  • ♪ come home to a manger ♪
  • 00:41:14.918 --> 00:41:18.888
  • ♪ come home to a story that's still true ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a savior ♪
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  • ♪ who came down from heaven just for you ♪
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  • Announcer: on december 19th, come home to the joy, the music,
  • 00:41:31.768 --> 00:41:35.838
  • And the message of hope.
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  • Don't miss the matthew west "come home for christmas"
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  • Special, only on tbn and tbn+.
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  • Matt: "come home for christmas."
  • 00:41:45.715 --> 00:41:49.619
  • Matthew west, thank you for what you do.
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  • Tons of matthew west this season, right here on tbn.
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  • Thank you for what you do.
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  • "come home for christmas" is available wherever these things
  • 00:41:58.861 --> 00:42:03.366
  • Are sold, and there is all sorts of other ways.
  • 00:42:03.366 --> 00:42:08.504
  • You know, that spotify thing i think is a thing, too, yeah,
  • 00:42:08.504 --> 00:42:13.977
  • And there is amazon.
  • 00:42:13.977 --> 00:42:15.345
  • If you want to actually have vinyl, you can probably go to
  • 00:42:15.345 --> 00:42:18.648
  • Amazon, do your thing.
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  • Why don't you--
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  • Matthew: i think we're gonna close out with a song that, it's
  • 00:42:23.853 --> 00:42:25.521
  • The title of the book and it's the title of the record.
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  • And as i sing it, i want this song to go out to everybody
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  • Who's watching right now, as your official invitation.
  • 00:42:33.429 --> 00:42:37.734
  • Your official invitation to come home.
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  • You know, we grow up and we think we have to grow out of the
  • 00:42:40.236 --> 00:42:43.640
  • Wonder of christmas, but man, can we just be reminded of
  • 00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:47.477
  • 1 john chapter 3 verse 1, it says "how great is the love the
  • 00:42:47.477 --> 00:42:50.480
  • Father has lavished on us," that we should be called what?
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  • Children of god.
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  • And then the next sentence after that says, "and that is what
  • 00:42:55.018 --> 00:42:57.754
  • We are."
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  • So like the old christmas song says, from 1 to 92, may we
  • 00:42:59.122 --> 00:43:03.126
  • Come back to the reminder that we are his children, that he
  • 00:43:03.126 --> 00:43:07.030
  • Loves us, that he sent his one and only son to be born in a
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  • Manger for us.
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  • Come home for christmas and experience it like a child all
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  • Over again.
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  • So we're gonna sing this for you now.
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  • Matt: beautiful, and by the way, matthew west.
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  • You know, the book version, i love the subtitle.
  • 00:43:19.342 --> 00:43:23.079
  • For some reason subtitles are meaningful to me, and you did
  • 00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:27.316
  • This one well.
  • 00:43:27.316 --> 00:43:28.651
  • "come home for christmas," we all know that one because of the
  • 00:43:28.651 --> 00:43:31.521
  • Song and the album.
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  • "jesus is calling you back to the greatest story ever told."
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  • You talk about those traditions that i wish i had more of.
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  • I wish i remembered them.
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  • I wish we would have extended it.
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  • This kind of stuff is what you need to get in your household to
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  • Start establishing those, even if you're starting from scratch.
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  • Matthew west, thank you seriously for what you do and--
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  • Matthew: by the way, that gift--that book is my gift to
  • 00:43:58.681 --> 00:44:01.784
  • You for half off.
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  • I'm giving it to you for half off.
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  • Matt: that is--you--what a guy.
  • 00:44:04.487 --> 00:44:07.857
  • Matthew: i know, what a guy.
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  • Matt: the gift of christmas is just flowing out of you.
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  • Matthew: you made me sing "my sharona" in a christmas special.
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  • Matt: you didn't do it though.
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  • ♪ my-my-my-my--♪
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  • Matthew: oh! m-m-m-merry christmas.
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  • It was there all along!
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  • Matt: oh, man, we just tapped into--
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  • Matthew: that's our next album together.
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  • We're taking the show on the road.
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  • Okay, which camera?
  • 00:44:31.981 --> 00:44:33.316
  • Matt: yeah, do it. now do it right into the camera.
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  • Matthew: which one? camera?
  • 00:44:34.851 --> 00:44:36.686
  • Matt: well, find the red lights.
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  • Matthew: m-m-m-merry christmas. matt: wrong one.
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  • Matthew: m-m-m-merry christmas.
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  • Matt: up and down the length of my m-m-m, up and down the length
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  • Of my--
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  • Matthew: i don't know the words of that song.
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  • Matt: you don't know the knack?
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  • Matthew: i'm a little younger, matt.
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  • Matt: oh yeah, that's my generation, sorry.
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  • ♪ m-m-m-merry christmas ♪
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  • Matthew: i think we just found a hit.
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  • Laurie: such a dork. matt: alright, totally.
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  • Matthew: this is "come home for christmas."
  • 00:45:03.513 --> 00:45:04.914
  • Matt: in d?
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  • Matthew: that's what i thought.
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  • I'm just checking.
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  • ♪ how long has it been ♪
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  • ♪ since you felt that feeling of wonder? ♪
  • 00:45:18.294 --> 00:45:22.632
  • ♪ like a child wide awake ♪
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  • ♪ counting down on christmas eve ♪
  • 00:45:26.169 --> 00:45:30.540
  • ♪ we're in such a hurry for life to begin ♪
  • 00:45:30.540 --> 00:45:34.710
  • ♪ but do you ever just wish you could go back again? ♪
  • 00:45:34.710 --> 00:45:39.415
  • ♪ what if i told you the young and the old you ♪
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  • ♪ are not quite as far apart as you might think ♪
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  • ♪ and come home, come home, come home ♪
  • 00:45:50.827 --> 00:45:56.032
  • ♪ come home for christmas ♪
  • 00:45:56.032 --> 00:45:59.035
  • ♪ let your heart return once again ♪
  • 00:45:59.035 --> 00:46:06.108
  • ♪ to the joy and the peace ♪
  • 00:46:06.108 --> 00:46:08.477
  • ♪ the love and the hope ♪
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  • ♪ it's all right here waiting ♪
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  • ♪ for you to come home for christmas ♪
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  • ♪ and come home for good ♪
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  • [music]
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  • ♪ turn around. and you'll see ♪
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  • ♪ there's a light in the window ♪
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  • ♪ and a star on the tree ♪
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  • ♪ leave the past at the door ♪
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  • ♪ all the years and the tears ♪
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  • ♪ let 'em fall to the floor ♪
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  • ♪ just follow the sound ♪
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  • ♪ of laughter and song ♪
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  • ♪ leading you back to the place ♪
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  • ♪ where you've always belonged ♪
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  • ♪ come home, come home, come home ♪
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  • ♪ come home for christmas ♪
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  • ♪ just let your heart return once again ♪
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  • ♪ to the joy and the peace ♪
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  • ♪ the love and the hope ♪
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  • ♪ it's all right here waiting ♪
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  • ♪ for you to come home for christmas ♪
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  • ♪ oh, and come home for good ♪
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  • ♪ oh, come home to a manger ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a story that's still true ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a savior ♪
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  • ♪ who came down from heaven just for you ♪
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  • ♪ how long has it been ♪
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  • ♪ since you and your heart talked to jesus? ♪
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  • ♪ oh, come home, come home, come home ♪
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  • ♪ come home for christmas ♪
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  • ♪ and just let your heart return once again ♪
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  • ♪ to the joy and the peace ♪
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  • ♪ the love and the hope ♪
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  • ♪ it's all right here waiting for you ♪
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  • ♪ to come home for christmas ♪
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  • ♪ oh, and come home for good ♪
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  • ♪ just come home for christmas ♪
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  • ♪ and come home for good ♪♪
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  • Matthew: merry christmas everybody.
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  • Matt: beautiful. beautiful, beautiful.
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  • You know what has been a really great thought that was going
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  • Through my head, that what an amazing thing if we could have
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  • Substituted for missing family that couldn't come home, that
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  • You're sitting around the television, you know, this
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  • Christmas, and that, just for a little bit, we could be a
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  • Partial substitute.
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  • Because we're at least thinking about you, and we love you.
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  • And we know that these communication devices, we can't
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  • See you, but we know that for 53 years our intention has been to
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  • Invite you to come home for christmas.
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  • What a beautiful song, by the way.
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  • What a beautiful message of that song.
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  • And to think that the-- what do they call that,
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  • A double entendre?
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  • To come home for christmas and to come home to jesus and how
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  • Long has it been since you've talked to him.
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  • You know, what a beautiful sentiment.
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  • And for us to sit here, we want you to know we're thinking
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  • About you.
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  • And if you don't have a family, we're telling you that we love
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  • You and we're glad that you're watching, and we're glad that
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  • You've made us a part of your family room.
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  • Maybe your tree's next to your tv, and we're sitting there,
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  • So we're sitting there talking with you.
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  • And we brought you the best, matthew west, to sit and to sing
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  • To you.
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  • Thank you matthew, for doing that.
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  • What a beautiful thing.
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  • It feels like we've taken your album cover, book cover, the
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  • Whole thing, and turned it into a big 3d thing.
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  • And by the way, all the information is on the screen.
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  • Not only for how you can get all this stuff, but the special
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  • That's coming up that we want you to know about, because this
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  • Has been a little taste of it.
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  • You're doing it for real, and all the information is on
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  • The screen.
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  • Matthew west, "come home for christmas."
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  • Beautiful song, great job.
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  • And we'll see you next time, bye-bye.
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  • [music]
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  • Announcer: this christmas, experience a night of music,
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  • Joy, and unforgettable moments as matthew west brings
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  • The christmas season to life as he hosts
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  • The "come home for christmas" special.
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  • ♪ can't you hear me, baby? ♪
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  • ♪ hurry up, santa claus ♪
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  • ♪ here's my number, in case old rudolph gets lost ♪
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  • ♪ and i sure wouldn't mind if you're early this time, no ♪
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  • ♪ just come on, come on, come on christmas ♪
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  • Announcer: and get ready for joyful, fun, and unforgettable
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  • Moments that will bring christmas cheer.
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time ♪
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  • ♪ it's the most wonderful time
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  • Of the year ♪
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  • Announcer: a night overflowing with joy, powerful stories, and
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  • Spectacular moments that capture the spirit of christmas.
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  • ♪ come home to a manger ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a story that's still true ♪
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  • ♪ come home to a savior ♪
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  • ♪ who came down from heaven just for you ♪
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  • Announcer: on december 19th, come home to the joy, the music,
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  • And the message of hope.
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  • Don't miss the matthew west "come home for christmas"
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