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[SOUND OF A DRUM]

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[SOUND OF A TRIANGLE MIXED
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[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ Sing we now of Christmas ♪

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♪ noel, sing we here! ♪

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♪ Hear our grateful praises ♪

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♪ to the babe so dear. ♪

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♪ Sing we Noel,
the King is born, Noel! ♪

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♪ Sing we Noel,
the King is born, Noel! ♪

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♪ Sing we now of Christmas,
sing we now Noel! ♪

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[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ Angels called to shepherds,
"Leave your flocks at rest, ♪

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♪ journey forth to Bethlehem,
find the child so blest." ♪

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♪ Sing we Noel,
the King is born, Noel! ♪

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♪ Sing we Noel,
the King is born, Noel! ♪

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♪ Sing we now of Christmas,
sing we now Noel! ♪

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[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ In Bethlehem
they found him; ♪

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♪ Joseph and Mary mild,
seated by the manger, ♪

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♪ watching the holy child.
O sing we Noel, ♪

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♪ the King is born, Noel!
Sing we Noel, ♪

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♪ the King is born, Noel!
Sing we now of Christmas, ♪

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♪ sing we now Noel! ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ From the eastern country
came the kings afar, ♪

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♪ bearing gifts to Bethlehem
guided by a star. ♪

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♪ Sing we Noel,
the King is born, Noel! ♪

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♪ Sing we Noel,
the King is born, Noel! ♪

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♪ Sing we now of Christmas,
sing we now Noel! ♪

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[TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA]

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♪ Ah! Ah! Ah! ♪

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♪ Ah! ♪

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♪ Sing we Noel, ♪

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♪ the King is born, Noel!
Sing we Noel, ♪

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♪ the King is born, Noel!
Sing we now of Christmas, ♪

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♪ Sing we now of
Christmas, sing Noel, ♪

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♪ sing Noel, Noel,
sing Noel. Noel, Noel! ♪

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♪ Noel, Noel!
Sing Noel! ♪

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♪ Noel, Noel! ♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

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[ORCHESTRA AND BELLS]

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♪ Shepherds, rise
look up and see ♪

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♪ New light yonder breaking,
brighter than the noonday sun, ♪

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♪ All your sheep awaking.
Wonder, whisper, ♪

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♪ "Ah, Noe!"
Christ is born ♪

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♪ this holy day!
He is come to you, ♪

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♪ Lowly shepherds true!
He is come unto you; ♪

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♪ He is come unto you,
Morning star and New Day! ♪

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♪ Wonder, whisper,
"Ah, Noe!" ♪

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[ORCHESTRA AND BELLS]

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♪ Shepherds, turn
your eyes and see ♪

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♪ In the manger, sleeping,
Prince of Peace ♪

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♪ and Heav’nly King,
In His mother’s keeping. ♪

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♪ Worship Him
who brings Noe! ♪

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♪ He who turns
the night to day! ♪

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♪ He is come to you,
Lowly shepherds, true! ♪

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♪ He is come unto you;
He is come unto you, ♪

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♪ Morning Star and New Day!
Worship Him who brings Noe! ♪

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[ORCHESTRA AND BELLS]

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♪ Shepherds, look
about and see ♪

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♪ In the darkness pining
All God’s children ♪

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♪ long to hear of
the new light shining. ♪

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♪ Witness of the true Noe! Share
glad tidings of this day! ♪

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♪ He is come to you,
Lowly shepherds, true! ♪

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♪ He is come unto you;
He is come unto you, ♪

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♪ Morning Star and New Day!
Witness of the true Noe! ♪

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♪ NOE! NOE!
NOE! NOE! ♪

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♪ Shepherds, run to us and see
Here we are awaiting thee. ♪

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♪ Let your voices ring
for ‘aye Christ is born! ♪

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♪ NOE! NOE! NOE!
NOE! NOE! NOE! ♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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Ladies and gentlemen,
from Broadway,

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concert halls, and television,

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please welcome Mr. Michael
Maliakel.

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[APPLAUSE]

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ Joy to the world,
the Lord is come; ♪

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♪ Let earth receive her King. ♪

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♪ Let ev’ry heart
prepare him room, ♪

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♪ -And heav’n and

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♪ -nature sing, And
-And heav’n and nature ♪

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♪ -heav’n and nature sing, And
- And heav’n and nature ♪

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♪ - heav’n and heav’n
-sing, ♪

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♪ and nature sing. ♪

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♪ Joy to the world,
the Savior reigns, ♪

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♪ let men their songs employ,
while fields and floods, ♪

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♪ rocks, hills, and plains
repeat the sounding joy, ♪

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♪ repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding ♪

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♪ -joy.
-Joy to the ♪

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♪ -Joy to the world,
-world, Joy to the ♪

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♪ -Joy to the world.
-world. ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ He rules the world
with truth and grace, ♪

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♪ and makes the nations
prove. The glories of His ♪

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♪ righteousness. And
wonders of ♪

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♪ - His love.
- And wonders of ♪

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♪ -And wonders of
- His love. ♪

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♪ - of His love. And wonders
-And wonders of His love. ♪

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♪ wonders of His love. ♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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Thank you, thank you, thank you
so much and Merry Christmas.

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It is such a thrill to be here.

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I am here first and
foremost as a big,

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big fan of this choir
right here.

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One of the greatest
in the world.

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I have watched them on TV

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and listened to their recordings
for as long as

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I can remember, and so to get
to stand here right now

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and perform with them is
absolutely a dream come true.

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I grew up singing in
the church choir.

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I fell in love with music
through that.

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My mom, when I was eight years
old, signed me up,

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and ever since then I
haven't looked back.

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Like so many of you I bet, many

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of my favorite
childhood memories are from

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Christmas time, and they're

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the kind of memories
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I are hoping to create with
our own family now.

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We are pretty fresh to
the parenting game.

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We have an 18-month-old
daughter at home,

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and one thing I know
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our Christmases will always
be filled with music.

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So my first job ever, actually,
was as the cantor at my church.

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So I would sing for weddings
and baptisms and, of course,

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Christmas services. And
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this next carol has been one
of my absolute favorites,

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one of my mom's absolute
favorites.

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It's simple, it's quiet,
it's timeless,

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and I'm so grateful to get to
share it with you tonight.

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[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ I wonder as I wander,
out under the sky, ♪

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♪ How Jesus, the Savior
did come for to die ♪

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♪ For poor on’ry people
like you and like I, ♪

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♪ I wonder as I wander
out under the sky. ♪

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♪ When Mary birthed Jesus,
‘twas in a cow’s stall, ♪

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♪ With wisemen and farmers
and shepherd’s and all. ♪

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♪ But high from God’s heaven
a star’s light did fall, ♪

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♪ and the promise of
ages it then did recall. ♪

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[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ If Jesus had wanted
for any wee thing, ♪

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♪ A star in the sky or
a bird on the wing, ♪

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♪ Or all of God’s angels
in heav’n for to sing, ♪

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♪ He surely could have it,
‘cause He was the king. ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ I wonder as I wander,
out under the sky, ♪

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♪ How Jesus, the Savior
did come for to die ♪

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♪ For poor on’ry people
like you and like I, ♪

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♪ I wonder as I wander
out under the sky ♪

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♪ Out under the sky, ♪

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♪ out under the sky, ♪

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♪ the sky. ♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

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♪ From heav’n on
high I come to you ♪

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♪ I bring you joyful
news and true ♪

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♪ The joyful news
I bring this day ♪

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♪ I now shall sing
and I shall say. ♪

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[TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA]

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♪ Praise God upon
his heav’nly throne ♪

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♪ Who now has
sent his only Son ♪

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[TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA]

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♪ The angels greet
us with good cheer ♪

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[TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA]

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♪ And sing us all
A bright new year ♪

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♪ The angels greet ♪

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♪ us with good cheer and
sing us all a bright new year ♪

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♪ sing us, sing us all
a bright new year ♪

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♪ The angels greet
us with good cheer ♪

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♪ and sing us all
a bright new year ♪

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♪ and sing us all
a bright new year. ♪

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[TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA]

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[APPLAUSE]

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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[APPLAUSE]

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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Welcome back
Michael Maliakel.

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[APPLAUSE AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ It’s beginning
to look a lot like ♪

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♪ Christmas ev’rywhere you go. ♪

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♪ Take a look at the five and
ten, glistening once again, ♪

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♪ With candy canes and
silver lanes a-glow. ♪

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♪ It’s beginning to look
a lot like Christmas, ♪

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♪ toys in ev’ry store.
But the prettiest sight to see ♪

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♪ is the holly that
will be on your own ♪

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♪ front door. ♪

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♪ A pair of hop-a-long
boots and a pistol that shoots ♪

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♪ is the wish of
Barney and Ben. ♪

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♪ Dolls that will
talk and will go for ♪

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♪ a walk is the hope of Janice
and Jen. And mom and dad ♪

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♪ can hardly wait for
school to start again. ♪

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♪ It’s beginning to look a lot ♪

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♪ like Christmas
ev’rywhere you go. ♪

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♪ -There’s a tree
in the Grand Hotel, ♪

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♪ one in the park as well, ♪

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♪ the sturdy kind that
doesn’t mind the snow. ♪

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♪ It’s beginning to look a lot
like Christmas, soon the bells ♪

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♪ will start, And
the thing that’ll ♪

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♪ make ‘em ring
is the carol that ♪

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♪ you sing right
within your heart. ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ It’s beginning to look a lot ♪

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♪ like Christmas,
toys in ev’ry store. ♪

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♪ But the prettiest sight to see
is the holly that will be ♪

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♪ On your own front door. ♪

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♪ Sure, it’s Christmas
once more. ♪

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[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ Have yourself a merry little
Christmas, let your heart ♪

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♪ be light. From now on our
troubles will be out of sight. ♪

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♪ Have yourself a merry
little Christmas, make the ♪

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♪ yuletide gay. From now on ♪

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♪ our troubles
will be miles away. ♪

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♪ Here we are as in olden days,
happy golden days of yore; ♪

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♪ Faithful friends
who are dear to ♪

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♪ us, gather near
to us once more. ♪

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♪ Through the
years we all will ♪

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♪ be together, if
the fates allow, ♪

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♪ Hang a shining star upon the ♪

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♪ highest bough,
and have yourself ♪

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♪ a merry little
Christmas now. ♪

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♪ Here we are as
in olden days, ♪

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♪ happy golden days of yore,
faithful friends who are dear ♪

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♪ to us, gather near to us once
more, for Christmas once more ♪

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♪ Through the years we all
will be together, if the fates ♪

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♪ allow, hang a shining star
upon the highest bough, ♪

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♪ And have yourself a
merry little Christmas now ♪

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♪ Merry Christmas now! ♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ Still, still, still,
The child’s eyes ♪

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♪ softly close. And
Mary breathless ♪

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♪ draws Him, weeping,
To her heart made ♪

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♪ pure for keeping.
Still, still, still, ♪

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♪ His bright eyes
softly close. ♪

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♪ Sleep, sleep, sleep,
He breathes a ♪

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♪ tender sigh,
For soon He’ll ♪

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♪ wake the world
from slumber, ♪

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♪ Bringing life and
endless wonder, ♪

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♪ Sleep, sleep, sleep.
He breathes a tender sigh. ♪

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♪ Sleep, sleep,
sleep, O sleep. ♪

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♪ Sleep, baby sleep. ♪

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[GLOCKENSPIEL AND HARP]

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♪ Peace be mine,
dear shepherds prayed, ♪

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♪ And kneeling where
the Lamb was laid ♪

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♪ kept watch o’er Him
all through the night, ♪

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♪ His love endowing
them with light; ♪

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♪ Then on to make
known to all the world ♪

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♪ good will abroad
and glory to God ♪

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♪ who gave His son
for us for everyone ♪

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♪ Beloved Son, the Holy One ♪

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♪ who bears me peace. ♪

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♪ Speaks peace, who makes ♪

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♪ Peace, heav’nly
Prince of ♪

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♪ Peace. ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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00:37:15,338 --> 00:37:23,038
[SINGING IN GERMAN]

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00:38:02,638 --> 00:38:18,171
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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[SINGING IN GERMAN]

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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[THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE]

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[ORGAN AND TRUMPETS FANFARE]

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[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

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[ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING]

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[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

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00:40:45,171 --> 00:40:50,505
[ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING]

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[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

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00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:24,505
[ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING]

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[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

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00:42:29,071 --> 00:42:34,105
[ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING]

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[ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING]

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[TRUMPETS PLAYING]

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[ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING]

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[APPLAUSE]

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[STRONG ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

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♪ Sing a song for
the glorious season! ♪

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♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

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♪ Sing a song for
a happy new year! ♪

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♪ Sing verily, merrily,
loud and strong! ♪

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♪ Welcome the wintery season!
Just follow along with a ♪

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♪ holiday song. Santa
is here again. YES! ♪

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♪ Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! ♪

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00:43:54,605 --> 00:43:57,171
♪ Sing a song for
the glorious season! ♪

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♪ Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! ♪

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00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:03,071
♪ Sing a song for
a happy new year! ♪

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00:44:03,271 --> 00:44:05,471
♪ Now reindeer
fly, if you need ♪

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♪ any proof,
s’merely a matter of ♪

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♪ reason. Just listen,
you'll hear when ♪

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♪ they land on the roof
Santa is here again. YES! ♪

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♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

293
00:44:17,871 --> 00:44:20,438
♪ Sing a song for
the glorious season! ♪

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00:44:20,771 --> 00:44:23,405
♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

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00:44:23,671 --> 00:44:26,238
♪ Sing a song for
a happy new year! ♪

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00:44:26,638 --> 00:44:29,271
♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

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00:44:29,571 --> 00:44:32,105
♪ Sing a song for
the obvious reason! ♪

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00:44:32,338 --> 00:44:35,138
♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

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♪ It’s a magical,
lyrical, annual, miracle, ♪

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♪ sing it out loud! Sing a song
for a happy new year! ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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00:45:25,638 --> 00:45:28,905
♪ Sing verily, merrily,
loud and strong! ♪

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00:45:29,138 --> 00:45:33,038
♪ Welcome the wintery season!
Just follow along ♪

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00:45:33,038 --> 00:45:36,905
♪ with a holiday song.
Santa is here again. YES! ♪

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00:45:37,438 --> 00:45:40,338
♪ Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! ♪

306
00:45:40,605 --> 00:45:43,171
♪ Sing a song for
the glorious season! ♪

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00:45:43,538 --> 00:45:46,338
♪ Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! ♪

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00:45:46,571 --> 00:45:49,305
♪ Sing a song for
a happy new year! ♪

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00:45:49,671 --> 00:45:52,338
♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

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♪ Sing a song for
the obvious reason! ♪

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♪ Merry Christmas,
Merry Christmas! ♪

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♪ It’s a magical,
lyrical, annual, miracle, ♪

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♪ sing it out loud!
Sing a song for a ♪

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♪ happy new year. YES! ♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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[CHIMES]

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I think you'll all probably
agree with me that there's no

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time quite like Christmas time
to bring people together.

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And sadly, we know that across
the world there are

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so many yearning to be included
in their families

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and communities. In his novel
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame,"

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Victor Hugo painted an
unforgettable picture of

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people who find themselves
cast out.

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Some are poor in body,

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but many more suffer a deep
hunger in their souls,

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which reminds us that the real
meaning of Christmas is love

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and the greatest joy of

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the season is opening our hearts
to all God's children.

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This song is a prayer for them,

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whoever they are and whatever
they may need.

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[ORGAN MUSIC AND CHIMES PLAYING]

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♪ I don't know if you can hear
me, or if you're even there. ♪

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♪ I don't know if you will
listen to a humble prayer. ♪

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♪ Yes, I know I’m just an ♪

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♪ outcast I shouldn't
speak to you. ♪

336
00:47:55,505 --> 00:48:00,738
♪ Still, I see your
face and wonder, ♪

337
00:48:01,205 --> 00:48:09,871
♪ were you once
an outcast, too? ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ God help the outcasts,
hungry from birth. ♪

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♪ Show them the mercy
they don't find on earth. ♪

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♪ God help my people,
they look to you still. ♪

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♪ God help the outcasts,
or nobody will. ♪

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00:48:50,471 --> 00:48:57,605
♪ -We ask for wealth.
We ask for fame. ♪

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00:48:58,538 --> 00:49:05,538
♪ We ask for glory to
shine on our name. ♪

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00:49:06,705 --> 00:49:14,905
♪ We ask for love
we can possess. ♪

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♪ We ask for God and His
angels to bless us. ♪

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♪ I ask for nothing,
I can get by. ♪

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♪ But I know so many
less lucky than I. ♪

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♪ Please help my people,
the poor and down trod. ♪

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♪ I thought we all were
the children of God. ♪

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♪ God help the outcasts ♪

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♪ children of God. ♪

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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♪ Children of God. ♪

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[APPLAUSE]

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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please welcome award-winning
star of television,

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stage, and screen, Miss
Lesley Nicol.

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND APPLAUSE]

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[APPLAUSE]

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I finally made it upstairs.

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[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]

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Woo! Now, if any of you didn't
understand that I'm

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00:51:53,205 --> 00:51:54,871
the cook in "Downton Abbey" and

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00:51:54,871 --> 00:51:58,771
I spend most of my time
downstairs in the kitchen.

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00:51:59,638 --> 00:52:04,538
Now you see, my friend, Hugh
Bonneville, told me that this

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place makes Downton Abbey
look like a tool shed.

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Well, he wasn't wrong, was he?

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Now, I am honored to
be with you tonight

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and with this marvelous
choir and orchestra.

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Now, obviously, I'm
not really a cook.

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I mean, I'm just one
on television,

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but I do love Christmas,
and I love people,

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and I love family. See,

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when the choir asked me to join
them in this concert,

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I called my brother, who is a
doctor in South Carolina,

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and he said, "I've watched the
choir's Christmas program

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for years, and I've tried and
tried to get tickets.

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It's impossible!"
Sound familiar?

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Well, my darling brother Philip,
you're here at last, my love.

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And I'm so grateful you are.

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[APPLAUSE]

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And to each of you, welcome!

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We're all family now.

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Now, speaking of family,
this evening,

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we have a very special story
to share with you.

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It's about family—the family
into which we're born,

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and also the family that forms
around us as we love

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and serve one another
at Christmas time.

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[GENTLE PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

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Aaaaggggh!

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Ooh.

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This is Victor Hugo. In 1817,

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the prestigious Academie
Francaise awarded one of his

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poems Honorable
Mention,

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although the judges could not
believe it was written by

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a 15-year-old boy. At 16,

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he was secretly engaged to his
childhood friend Adèle Foucher.

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Victor, everything
all right? Dear?

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At 17, he and his brothers
published a magazine,

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and at the age of 20 he was
married and began a family.

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Five children in seven years,

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00:54:23,905 --> 00:54:26,571
though one died soon
after birth.

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Oh, Victor loved his children.

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He made them toys, told
them stories,

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and he left little drawings

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on their pillows. To his
youngest daughter

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he once wrote,

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"Here are two kisses, my Dédé.
And a third for your mother."

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And to his son,

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"I love you. I love you deeply,
my little toto.

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Nothing I see distracts
me from you."

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Victor believed that all
children come directly from God

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and regarded them
with reverence.

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Indeed, children often featured
prominently in his books,

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poems, and plays, and there were
plenty of them. When he took

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his last breath at
the age of 83,

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he left behind over 50
published works,

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but nothing rivaled what
he was writing here in

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the British Isles on the
Isle of Guernsey.

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For six years, Victor had
overseen the renovation of

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the only house he ever owned,
Hauteville House,

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a stately mansion overlooking
Saint Peter Port.

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Here he lived with Adèle.
Victor, I'm off to town.

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And three of their grown
children: Charles.

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Francois Victor.
Dédé. What?

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I'm going. Go well, mama!

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Au revoir. Je t‘aime!
Oui, maman. Au revoir!

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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

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Atop the opulent drawing rooms

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and richly paneled libraries
was Victor's lookout.

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From there he could see the bay,

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Castle Cornet, and
the endless sea.

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00:56:10,105 --> 00:56:12,905
But even with that view
to inspire him,

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00:56:12,905 --> 00:56:16,238
the writing was not always easy.

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00:56:16,505 --> 00:56:21,271
Mrs. Sixty, refreshments
s'il vous plait. -Coming.

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00:56:21,705 --> 00:56:26,705
Now that is Mrs. Sixty
Hugo's devoted cook.

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00:56:26,705 --> 00:56:29,405
Her real name was Marie Comeaux,
but they called her...

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Mrs. Sixty! Rescue me!

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00:56:33,338 --> 00:56:35,238
I'm coming.

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[DISTANT BELLS TOLL]

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In town, Mrs. Hugo was used to
passing all kinds of people

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on the street. But that
morning what she saw

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00:56:46,771 --> 00:56:48,538
touched her deeply.

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There, standing in the sunlight,

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00:56:53,138 --> 00:56:56,905
was a five-year-old girl with
an even younger child

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on her hip. The older
one was weeping with

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the pain of holding a toddler
nearly half her size.

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00:57:03,771 --> 00:57:07,805
The younger one crying out
for her absent mother.

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Two little waifs, no coats,
no shoes,

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and not a soul to
look after them.

453
00:57:18,138 --> 00:57:22,905
Oh, Victor, I cannot get their
faces from my mind.

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Well, my dear, the light
of conscience is

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not easily put out.

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00:57:28,838 --> 00:57:32,505
I can only imagine our own
children standing there all

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alone in the street,

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with nothing to eat
and nowhere to go.

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So what will you do about it?

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Do? I don't know. I don't
know what is possible.

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00:57:51,471 --> 00:57:52,771
But Adèle could not erase

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00:57:52,771 --> 00:57:55,405
the image of those children
from her mind.

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00:57:55,705 --> 00:57:58,771
Soon she was writing to
newspapers to raise money

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00:57:58,771 --> 00:58:02,905
for a creche or, as we would
say today, daycare.

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She also organized a bazaar,

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00:58:05,771 --> 00:58:08,571
but because the amount she
collected was not enough,

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00:58:08,571 --> 00:58:10,938
she donated it to charity.

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00:58:13,305 --> 00:58:17,305
Meanwhile, Victor was at work
on his own project,

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00:58:17,305 --> 00:58:20,538
the novel we know as
"Les Miserables."

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00:58:21,205 --> 00:58:24,538
He too had been influenced
by poor children.

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00:58:24,538 --> 00:58:28,671
The book's pages are filled
with urchins and beggars.

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Brave little Gavroche.
The noble Éponine.

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And of course, dear Cosette.

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All of them children, all
in terrible need.

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By the time "Les Miserables"
was published in 1862,

476
00:58:47,405 --> 00:58:51,171
Victor had become clear in his
mind about what he termed

477
00:58:51,171 --> 00:58:54,038
"the rights of the child."

478
00:58:55,905 --> 00:58:58,371
Those rights included
proper nutrition,

479
00:58:58,371 --> 00:59:01,371
as outlined in a medical
report that captured

480
00:59:01,371 --> 00:59:02,371
Victor's attention.

481
00:59:04,405 --> 00:59:07,205
Here, Adèle. Listen to this.

482
00:59:08,971 --> 00:59:15,105
Many childhood diseases may be
prevented if not overcome by

483
00:59:15,105 --> 00:59:17,938
a monthly meal of fresh meat.

484
00:59:17,938 --> 00:59:20,838
Oh, interesting.

485
00:59:21,605 --> 00:59:24,005
Between Adèle's
encounter in town,

486
00:59:24,005 --> 00:59:25,838
Victor's work on his novel,

487
00:59:25,838 --> 00:59:29,871
and their growing desire to help
impoverished children,

488
00:59:29,871 --> 00:59:33,405
Victor and Adèle were
inspired to act.

489
00:59:34,038 --> 00:59:39,905
But not everyone agreed with
their plan. -Attention à tous!

490
00:59:40,638 --> 00:59:45,105
Monsieur Hugo and I have
determined that Monday next

491
00:59:45,105 --> 00:59:49,671
eight children, some of the
poorest on the island,

492
00:59:49,671 --> 00:59:53,171
will dine with us here
at Hauteville House.

493
00:59:53,171 --> 00:59:56,038
What, mother? Here in our home.

494
00:59:56,371 --> 00:59:58,405
I understand showing
a little kindness,

495
00:59:58,405 --> 01:00:01,771
but inviting them here in
our house where we live,

496
01:00:02,005 --> 01:00:04,305
I can't imagine.
Charles, dear,

497
01:00:04,871 --> 01:00:06,338
Don't think that way.

498
01:00:07,205 --> 01:00:10,871
This is an opportunity to
give more than money.

499
01:00:10,871 --> 01:00:13,538
It is to give of ourselves.

500
01:00:13,538 --> 01:00:15,638
And we have so much to give.

501
01:00:15,638 --> 01:00:17,538
Oui, oui. Fantastic.

502
01:00:17,538 --> 01:00:21,038
Father, please, I beg you,
be reasonable.

503
01:00:21,038 --> 01:00:23,405
Think of the implications.

504
01:00:23,405 --> 01:00:27,571
And Mrs. Sixty, I want to serve
them the finest meat.

505
01:00:27,571 --> 01:00:33,138
You are? The children? You heard
me. Only the best cuts now.

506
01:00:33,138 --> 01:00:35,505
No scraps!
Yeah. All right.

507
01:00:36,238 --> 01:00:39,071
Soon dinners were being
held weekly.

508
01:00:39,071 --> 01:00:42,038
At first, the Hugos invited
eight children along with

509
01:00:42,038 --> 01:00:46,238
a few mothers, then 15, then 32.

510
01:00:46,238 --> 01:00:48,371
Victor was already devoted
to children,

511
01:00:48,371 --> 01:00:52,638
but now he was surrounded
by them. -Un, deux, trois!

512
01:00:55,205 --> 01:00:58,605
Mrs. Sixty, a few guidelines.

513
01:00:59,538 --> 01:01:02,505
The table shall be open
to all nationalities,

514
01:01:02,505 --> 01:01:04,938
and the nominations give to all.

515
01:01:04,938 --> 01:01:08,905
And for the vacant places
at the meals, admit the

516
01:01:08,905 --> 01:01:13,971
poorest children first. Yes,
I have it. And Mrs. Sixty.

517
01:01:14,271 --> 01:01:18,471
I want to collect baby
linens for the women.

518
01:01:18,471 --> 01:01:21,038
Baby linens? Whatever for?

519
01:01:21,038 --> 01:01:25,505
For the mothers who are
great with child.

520
01:01:25,505 --> 01:01:27,505
Baby linens, as Adèle
called them,

521
01:01:27,505 --> 01:01:32,238
were actually swaddling clothes.
Because of Hugo's generosity,

522
01:01:32,238 --> 01:01:34,971
hundreds of babies were
safely wrapped,

523
01:01:34,971 --> 01:01:39,505
each one a reminder of
the Christ child.

524
01:01:40,071 --> 01:01:42,205
So when the Hugos announced
that they were holding

525
01:01:42,205 --> 01:01:45,705
a grand Christmas feast,
no one was surprised.

526
01:01:45,705 --> 01:01:48,205
But the feast was not
just for children.

527
01:01:48,205 --> 01:01:51,205
Victor also invited
journalists, priests,

528
01:01:51,205 --> 01:01:55,571
artists, and others of influence
from England and France.

529
01:01:55,571 --> 01:01:56,838
[GLASS TINKLING]

530
01:01:57,805 --> 01:02:03,705
Dear friends, what we are
doing here is ... well,

531
01:02:03,705 --> 01:02:07,505
all of us have a
responsibility to do.

532
01:02:07,505 --> 01:02:11,171
So, we invite you to
join us. Indeed.

533
01:02:11,405 --> 01:02:15,338
Come, help, serve.

534
01:02:17,338 --> 01:02:19,471
A few looked on cynically
wondering if

535
01:02:19,471 --> 01:02:22,271
the Hugos were
simply promoting themselves,

536
01:02:22,271 --> 01:02:26,705
but the majority felt otherwise
and recorded their experiences.

537
01:02:27,038 --> 01:02:29,671
The children are escorted
to the doors

538
01:02:29,671 --> 01:02:31,138
by their mothers.

539
01:02:31,138 --> 01:02:34,438
They enter happily,
without shyness,

540
01:02:34,438 --> 01:02:36,338
as if it were their own home.

541
01:02:36,338 --> 01:02:38,971
Yes, yes.
And though they are wretched,

542
01:02:39,538 --> 01:02:42,771
the Hugos receive them
with open arms.

543
01:02:42,771 --> 01:02:46,338
In the billiard room, gifts of
clothing are laid out on the

544
01:02:46,338 --> 01:02:48,405
table. And they have
a Christmas tree

545
01:02:48,405 --> 01:02:51,438
decorated with toys and presents
just for them.

546
01:02:51,438 --> 01:02:55,205
Then, in a silence that is
astonishing considering that

547
01:02:55,205 --> 01:02:59,738
there are 40 children, Monsieur
Hugo addresses them.

548
01:03:00,371 --> 01:03:06,538
My dear children, you are my
little brothers and sisters in

549
01:03:06,538 --> 01:03:12,571
the good Lord. You do not
owe me anything but

550
01:03:13,738 --> 01:03:19,238
you should be grateful to God
above, the Father of us all.

551
01:03:19,738 --> 01:03:22,905
So if you want to thank
somebody for it,

552
01:03:23,271 --> 01:03:25,738
it should be Him.

553
01:03:28,205 --> 01:03:30,438
After the eldest child
offered prayer,

554
01:03:30,438 --> 01:03:34,005
all partook of Mrs. Sixty's
marvelous cooking,

555
01:03:34,005 --> 01:03:39,838
gratefully and joyfully. But
they devoured more than food.

556
01:03:41,405 --> 01:03:43,405
They feasted on love.

557
01:03:43,738 --> 01:03:49,638
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

558
01:03:49,905 --> 01:04:03,205
[CHOIR SINGING IN FRENCH]

559
01:04:03,438 --> 01:04:05,605
♪ He is born unto all ♪

560
01:04:05,605 --> 01:04:10,505
♪ God’s kin, meek and poor
and suff’ring children. ♪

561
01:04:10,805 --> 01:04:17,538
♪ Open wide the crowded inn,
let the feast of love begin! ♪

562
01:04:17,905 --> 01:04:22,171
♪ He is born, the divine
Christ Child, sound the ♪

563
01:04:22,171 --> 01:04:24,938
♪ flute and bagpipes joyfully! ♪

564
01:04:24,938 --> 01:04:28,338
♪ He is born,
holy child of light ♪

565
01:04:28,538 --> 01:04:34,671
♪ Sing him praise
this Christmas night! ♪

566
01:04:37,738 --> 01:04:40,171
In time, fully one third of

567
01:04:40,171 --> 01:04:43,605
the Hugo's weekly household
budget was used to pay for

568
01:04:43,605 --> 01:04:45,238
the dinners, and everyone in

569
01:04:45,238 --> 01:04:47,438
the house was engaged
in hosting them.

570
01:04:49,005 --> 01:04:51,405
What inspired this sacrifice?

571
01:04:52,338 --> 01:04:57,138
From his lookout, Victor
frequently felt something move

572
01:04:57,138 --> 01:05:00,538
him. Something beyond himself.

573
01:05:00,538 --> 01:05:06,071
With all the wave's vast
foam, and all the sky's

574
01:05:06,071 --> 01:05:08,838
great clouds under my window,

575
01:05:10,071 --> 01:05:16,005
my thoughts are loosed by this
giant swaying of the infinite.

576
01:05:18,171 --> 01:05:19,938
What is not swayed

577
01:05:21,705 --> 01:05:30,105
is my soul, face to face with
eternity, and my conscience,

578
01:05:31,305 --> 01:05:34,405
face to face with truth.

579
01:05:35,405 --> 01:05:38,938
That truth came by way
of an inner light.

580
01:05:39,171 --> 01:05:42,138
What Victor knew as
his conscience,

581
01:05:42,138 --> 01:05:44,238
prompting him to love others.

582
01:05:45,005 --> 01:05:49,738
But for him, love had to be
more than warmth of heart.

583
01:05:51,038 --> 01:05:55,905
Three days before he died, he
penned these immortal words:

584
01:05:57,138 --> 01:05:59,805
"Aimer, c'est agir"

585
01:06:02,338 --> 01:06:09,871
"Aimer, c'est agir." To
love is to act.

586
01:06:10,905 --> 01:06:14,371
It is a golden thread running
through all Victor's work,

587
01:06:14,871 --> 01:06:16,838
especially in "Les Miserables."

588
01:06:16,838 --> 01:06:18,338
Many characters love

589
01:06:18,338 --> 01:06:21,538
so deeply that they sacrifice
to help others

590
01:06:21,538 --> 01:06:24,905
and even save them.
And Jean Valjean,

591
01:06:25,138 --> 01:06:28,338
seeking to love everyone,
spares his enemy,

592
01:06:28,338 --> 01:06:32,605
rescues the boy he once
resented, and risks all

593
01:06:32,605 --> 01:06:34,171
to bring him home.

594
01:06:37,471 --> 01:06:40,571
For seven more years,
week in, week out,

595
01:06:40,571 --> 01:06:44,205
children and adults gathered at
Hauteville House for dinner

596
01:06:44,205 --> 01:06:46,105
and the annual Christmas feast.

597
01:06:46,738 --> 01:06:50,071
It came from varied cultures,
religious denominations,

598
01:06:50,071 --> 01:06:51,871
and political persuasions.

599
01:06:52,305 --> 01:06:54,571
In response to the
Hugo's example,

600
01:06:54,571 --> 01:06:57,438
similar efforts were organized
in Great Britain,

601
01:06:57,438 --> 01:07:00,805
the United States, and
many other lands.

602
01:07:00,805 --> 01:07:04,971
All of this was Victor's
intention.

603
01:07:07,505 --> 01:07:12,905
Has not the Lord said, suffer
the children to come unto me?

604
01:07:14,605 --> 01:07:16,271
It is my desire

605
01:07:17,971 --> 01:07:21,605
that this invitation be
universally accepted.

606
01:07:22,705 --> 01:07:25,671
What we are doing is
not a big thing.

607
01:07:25,671 --> 01:07:30,338
It is a weekly meal
for needy children.

608
01:07:31,971 --> 01:07:37,038
It is not charity. It
is brotherhood.

609
01:07:38,305 --> 01:07:42,038
It sow seeds of
human solidarity.

610
01:07:45,071 --> 01:07:48,671
And it makes peace.

611
01:07:49,671 --> 01:07:53,005
- ♪ Come to the manger ♪
-As Victor hoped, when

612
01:07:53,005 --> 01:07:56,738
the children came around his
table, they ate as one.

613
01:07:57,405 --> 01:07:59,371
Like shepherds at the manger,

614
01:08:00,471 --> 01:08:03,005
they found there was
room for everyone.

615
01:08:06,238 --> 01:08:10,405
♪ Come to him,
Worship him, ♪

616
01:08:10,871 --> 01:08:18,505
♪ Follow him faithfully
Round his sweet head ♪

617
01:08:18,505 --> 01:08:24,305
♪ we are one you and me. ♪

618
01:08:25,205 --> 01:08:32,205
"To love is to act," Victor
Hugo said. When we do,

619
01:08:32,205 --> 01:08:35,338
we are not content to remain
at a distance.

620
01:08:35,338 --> 01:08:41,405
We joyfully open our hearts, our
hands, and even our homes.

621
01:08:44,105 --> 01:08:48,171
The courage we need to do that
comes from the light in

622
01:08:48,171 --> 01:08:52,471
the manger, the Child
born unto all of us.

623
01:08:53,205 --> 01:08:54,971
Filled with His love,

624
01:08:55,171 --> 01:08:59,605
we know each other as the
brothers and sisters we are.

625
01:09:00,838 --> 01:09:05,138
In loving, serving, and
embracing God's family,

626
01:09:05,905 --> 01:09:09,671
we discover the greatest
Christmas gift of all—

627
01:09:10,805 --> 01:09:14,905
to see in one another the
face of the Holy Child,

628
01:09:15,671 --> 01:09:19,205
even the face of God.

629
01:09:19,638 --> 01:09:23,171
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

630
01:09:23,605 --> 01:09:32,338
♪ Children of nations who
hunger for peace on earth, ♪

631
01:09:32,638 --> 01:09:40,171
♪ Feast on the promise
of his wondrous birth. ♪

632
01:09:41,371 --> 01:09:45,805
♪ Come to Him,
Worship Him, ♪

633
01:09:46,105 --> 01:09:59,471
♪ Follow Him joyfully, By His
great love we are one family. ♪

634
01:10:00,238 --> 01:10:05,271
♪ Come to thee,
Worship thee, ♪

635
01:10:05,538 --> 01:10:14,705
♪ Follow thee joyfully
By thy great love ♪

636
01:10:14,705 --> 01:10:30,871
♪ we are one family. ♪

637
01:10:31,538 --> 01:10:45,371
♪ Family. ♪

638
01:11:01,371 --> 01:11:16,305
 
[APPLAUSE]

639
01:11:16,305 --> 01:11:17,871
[APPLAUSE]

640
01:11:56,438 --> 01:12:06,538
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

641
01:12:16,805 --> 01:12:25,938
♪ O little one sweet,
O little one mild. ♪

642
01:12:26,238 --> 01:12:35,705
♪ Thy Father’s will
Thou has fulfilled ♪

643
01:12:36,471 --> 01:12:46,638
♪ Thou cam’st from heav’n
To dwell below ♪

644
01:12:47,105 --> 01:12:57,571
♪ To share the joys
and tears we know, ♪

645
01:12:58,071 --> 01:13:09,838
♪ O little one sweet,
O little one mild. ♪

646
01:13:10,171 --> 01:13:21,838
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

647
01:13:29,805 --> 01:13:39,971
♪ O little one sweet,
O little one mild. ♪

648
01:13:40,671 --> 01:13:50,838
♪ With joy thou hast
the whole world filled ♪

649
01:13:51,438 --> 01:14:01,971
♪ Thou camest here
from heav’n’s domain, ♪

650
01:14:02,371 --> 01:14:12,605
♪ to bring all
comfort in our pain ♪

651
01:14:13,105 --> 01:14:24,938
♪ O little one sweet,
O little one mild. ♪

652
01:14:25,138 --> 01:14:34,105
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

653
01:15:03,438 --> 01:15:13,005
♪ O little one sweet,
O little one mild. ♪

654
01:15:13,571 --> 01:15:23,605
♪ In thee, love’s
beauties are distilled ♪

655
01:15:24,005 --> 01:15:33,805
♪ Then light in us thy
love’s bright flame, ♪

656
01:15:34,238 --> 01:15:43,838
♪ that we may give
thee back the same, ♪

657
01:15:44,571 --> 01:15:56,471
♪ O little one sweet,
O little one mild. ♪

658
01:15:56,805 --> 01:16:05,771
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

659
01:16:06,338 --> 01:16:27,805
♪ O little one sweet,
O little one mild. ♪

660
01:16:28,038 --> 01:16:36,738
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

661
01:16:55,705 --> 01:16:58,438
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

662
01:16:58,438 --> 01:17:01,905
And it came to pass in those
days that there went out

663
01:17:01,905 --> 01:17:04,838
a decree from Caesar
Augustus that all

664
01:17:04,838 --> 01:17:06,838
the world should be taxed.

665
01:17:07,205 --> 01:17:11,738
And all went to be taxed every
one into his own city.

666
01:17:12,405 --> 01:17:15,138
And Joseph also went
up from Galilee,

667
01:17:15,138 --> 01:17:18,538
out of the city of Nazareth,
into Judea,

668
01:17:19,205 --> 01:17:22,871
unto the city of David, which
is called Bethlehem.

669
01:17:23,138 --> 01:17:26,805
To be taxed with Mary,
his espoused wife,

670
01:17:26,805 --> 01:17:28,805
being great with child.

671
01:17:29,705 --> 01:17:32,705
And so it was that while
they were there

672
01:17:32,705 --> 01:17:36,405
the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered.

673
01:17:37,271 --> 01:17:40,838
And she brought forth
her firstborn son

674
01:17:41,171 --> 01:17:44,671
and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes and laid him in

675
01:17:44,671 --> 01:17:48,305
a manger, because there was no
room for them in the inn.

676
01:17:49,538 --> 01:17:53,238
And there were in the same
country shepherds abiding in

677
01:17:53,238 --> 01:17:56,838
the field, keeping watch over
their flock by night.

678
01:17:57,738 --> 01:18:01,971
And lo, the angel of the
Lord came upon them,

679
01:18:01,971 --> 01:18:05,305
and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them,

680
01:18:05,305 --> 01:18:07,638
and they were sore afraid.

681
01:18:08,838 --> 01:18:14,805
And the angel said unto them,
Fear not, for behold,

682
01:18:14,805 --> 01:18:18,238
I bring you good tidings
of great joy,

683
01:18:18,238 --> 01:18:20,605
which shall be to all people.

684
01:18:21,738 --> 01:18:27,638
For unto you is born this day in
the city of David, a Savior,

685
01:18:27,938 --> 01:18:33,271
which is Christ the Lord. And
this shall be a sign unto you.

686
01:18:33,605 --> 01:18:36,705
Ye shall find the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes,

687
01:18:36,705 --> 01:18:42,405
lying in a manger. And suddenly
there was with the angel

688
01:18:42,405 --> 01:18:46,905
a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God and saying,

689
01:18:47,338 --> 01:18:53,038
Glory to God in the highest
and on earth peace,

690
01:18:54,071 --> 01:18:56,105
good will toward men.

691
01:18:56,705 --> 01:19:04,738
[GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]

692
01:19:05,038 --> 01:19:08,471
♪ Angels from the
realms of glory ♪

693
01:19:08,705 --> 01:19:12,071
♪ Wing your flight
o’er all the earth ♪

694
01:19:12,405 --> 01:19:15,638
♪ Ye who sang
Creation’s story ♪

695
01:19:15,905 --> 01:19:18,871
♪ Now proclaim
Messiah’s birth ♪

696
01:19:19,305 --> 01:19:29,571
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪

697
01:19:29,938 --> 01:19:41,971
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪

698
01:19:42,371 --> 01:19:54,571
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

699
01:20:29,105 --> 01:20:32,671
♪ Shepherds in the
field abiding ♪

700
01:20:32,905 --> 01:20:36,471
♪ Watching o’er your
flock by night ♪

701
01:20:36,905 --> 01:20:40,405
♪ God with man is
now residing ♪

702
01:20:40,738 --> 01:20:44,305
♪ Yonder shines
the Infant Light ♪

703
01:20:44,738 --> 01:20:56,338
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo ♪

704
01:20:56,671 --> 01:21:08,638
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪

705
01:21:08,638 --> 01:21:12,605
♪ Sages leave your
contemplations, ♪

706
01:21:12,905 --> 01:21:16,471
♪ Brighter visions
beam afar. ♪

707
01:21:16,838 --> 01:21:20,871
♪ Seek the Great
Desire of Nations, ♪

708
01:21:21,105 --> 01:21:24,705
♪ Ye have seen
His natal star. ♪

709
01:21:25,071 --> 01:21:37,005
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪

710
01:21:37,405 --> 01:21:50,205
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪

711
01:21:50,205 --> 01:21:54,238
♪ Saints before
the altar bending, ♪

712
01:21:54,538 --> 01:21:58,405
♪ Watching long
in hope and fear. ♪

713
01:21:58,871 --> 01:22:03,371
♪ Suddenly the
Lord descending ♪

714
01:22:03,705 --> 01:22:09,038
♪ In His temple
shall appear. ♪

715
01:22:09,471 --> 01:22:14,305
♪ Tho’ an infant
now we view Him ♪

716
01:22:14,638 --> 01:22:19,671
♪ He shall fill His
Father’s throne. ♪

717
01:22:20,071 --> 01:22:25,371
♪ Gather all the
nations to Him ♪

718
01:22:25,605 --> 01:22:30,805
♪ Every knee shall
then bow down. ♪

719
01:22:31,205 --> 01:22:47,438
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪

720
01:22:48,005 --> 01:23:08,005
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪

721
01:23:08,271 --> 01:23:17,505
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

722
01:23:17,971 --> 01:23:32,138
♪ Gloria! Deo! ♪

723
01:23:33,005 --> 01:23:50,538
[APPLAUSE]

724
01:24:15,505 --> 01:24:29,738
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪

725
01:24:30,138 --> 01:24:48,238
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪

726
01:24:48,471 --> 01:24:55,971
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

727
01:24:56,371 --> 01:25:10,271
♪ Gloria! Deo! ♪

728
01:25:11,538 --> 01:25:26,238
[APPLAUSE]

729
01:25:39,571 --> 01:25:44,271
[Station ID Music]