WEBVTT - MICHAEL BUBLÉ: "Maybe This Christmas"

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<v Speaker 1>Heavy holiday from today.

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<v Speaker 2>Is December twenty fourth, Christmas Eve. And whether you've had

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<v Speaker 2>your last gift purchased and wrapped for days and are

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<v Speaker 2>casually fluffing pillows and we'll spend your day napping, or

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<v Speaker 2>you're planning to jump in the car head to them all,

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<v Speaker 2>buy all the gifts, stop at the grocery store, pick

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<v Speaker 2>up everything for tomorrow's dinner, then spend the remainder of

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<v Speaker 2>the night after all night wrapping, rapping, rapping. I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a very special gift for you, the gift of the

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<v Speaker 2>one and only Michael Bublay. Michael has had a busy

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<v Speaker 2>year this year. He joined the coaching staff of The

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<v Speaker 2>Voice season twenty six, and not long after our conversation,

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<v Speaker 2>became the first coach in the history of the show

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<v Speaker 2>to have the top two artist on his team on

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<v Speaker 2>his debut season. No surprise, Michael's always been number one

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<v Speaker 2>with me. He positively gushes about his time on this

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<v Speaker 2>hit show and even more so his love for fellow

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<v Speaker 2>coaches Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dog and Reba McIntyre. I rarely

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<v Speaker 2>watch TV, but I made an exception for The Voice

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<v Speaker 2>this season, because when it comes to mister Boublay. I

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<v Speaker 2>am all in, but that's not all Michael's been doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Somehow he find time to write a few songs, a

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<v Speaker 2>new one in fact, not just any song, but a

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas song. Not just any Christmas song, but a heartfelt

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas prayer, and it'll absolutely wreck you well it did

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<v Speaker 2>me anyway. Break out the tissue. Michael's song called Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>This Christmas a special song that comes from a deep place.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know you'll all agree with that statement when

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<v Speaker 2>you hear it. I could say more more than Michael

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<v Speaker 2>could at the time we recorded this conversation, but I won't.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to hear from him what it meant,

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<v Speaker 2>why he's so proud of it, and what he hopes

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<v Speaker 2>to bring to everyone that listens to it. I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>unwrapping this very special time with my friend Michael Boublay

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<v Speaker 2>Cow Michael Boublay. I love you, I miss you, but

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<v Speaker 2>I get to see you. I see one the waste

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<v Speaker 2>all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I pretended every Monday Tuesday at.

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<v Speaker 2>NI Yeah yeah yeah. Well I'm on the air then,

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<v Speaker 2>so I have to watch it on my computer later.

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<v Speaker 4>But I mean, I'm unfortunately watching football those nights, very busy,

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<v Speaker 4>so I don't have a chance to see it.

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<v Speaker 3>But you guys can all remind me of what.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait wait wait wait wait wait, but do you get

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<v Speaker 2>like you're like I was there. I remember. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>really need to watch it again, right, you know what?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know how about about you. I don't watch.

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<v Speaker 4>I will not watch myself. And uh, I get updates

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<v Speaker 4>from my family, like my sisters have watching parties where

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<v Speaker 4>all their friends come over and they all like do

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<v Speaker 4>nachos and pot luck stuff and they all watch them

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<v Speaker 4>and then and of course I'm not allowed to say

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<v Speaker 4>I know what's happening, and I'm not allowed to say.

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<v Speaker 3>It, but you know, it's weird. Lola. This is This

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<v Speaker 3>is going to maybe sound funky for people, but it is.

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<v Speaker 3>It is warm, it is spiritual.

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<v Speaker 4>It is the greatest gig I've ever had in my

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<v Speaker 4>life because Reba McIntyre is the real deal, and Gwen

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<v Speaker 4>Stefani is a beautiful soul, and Snoop is a grandpa

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<v Speaker 4>who is a beautiful guy who's hey, listen, he's a

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<v Speaker 4>bad man and he's cool and he's all. But there

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<v Speaker 4>are beautiful human beings. And we love those artists that

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<v Speaker 4>we work with. We love those kids. I mean, listen this.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Michael, Michael, Michael, can I just can we cut

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<v Speaker 2>to the chase here? I love them all. I've had

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<v Speaker 2>Riba on my show. I think Gwen is gorgeous. Snoop

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<v Speaker 2>is a funky cool Snoop Dogg. But I'm in love

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<v Speaker 2>with you, okay. And I always have to ask about

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<v Speaker 2>your beautiful wife and your kids to remind myself that

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<v Speaker 2>you know you're married to.

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<v Speaker 4>Like my wife would be happy to just you, she'd

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<v Speaker 4>say go ahead, and.

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<v Speaker 2>That I'm chasing his four babies around. Your Your baby

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<v Speaker 2>is eleven now.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, morning, I just want to show you something.

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<v Speaker 4>This is so people might think it's all fake and stuff,

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<v Speaker 4>but you're the same, and I know.

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<v Speaker 3>You so I know you so well because we're friends.

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<v Speaker 4>So you know, once those kids are gone or they're

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<v Speaker 4>not on my team, or they are on my team,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm talking to them all the time. I gave them

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<v Speaker 4>my number and we're just this morning. There's a kid

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<v Speaker 4>named Joachim. He's this beautiful kid squeak fourteen years old.

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<v Speaker 2>The kid who did God only knows that kid. Janie

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<v Speaker 2>saw it first and sent it to me and made

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<v Speaker 2>me cry. And my daughter Tangy was here visiting, who's

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<v Speaker 2>had like so many struggles the last few years. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, you got to see this, you see this,

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<v Speaker 2>and I played it for her. She cried and then

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<v Speaker 2>we all watched it like twenty more times that night.

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<v Speaker 2>What a talented sweet boy.

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<v Speaker 3>He's a sweet kid. So he wrote me this morning, Hey, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>hey uncle Mike. Mom. My mom would like to send

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<v Speaker 3>this to the d DOUBLEG.

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<v Speaker 4>She is a teacher and this is her turkey trot

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<v Speaker 4>sign and that's so that's what they meant. Made in

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<v Speaker 4>their class. You can see all the kids. So I

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<v Speaker 4>sent it. So I sent it to Snoop this morning,

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<v Speaker 4>and of course he's so cute. He's he's overwhelmed by it.

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<v Speaker 4>He thinks it's you know what I mean, like it

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<v Speaker 4>mess him so much. It's such a beautiful family Thingila.

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<v Speaker 4>I never knew it could be like that. I never

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<v Speaker 4>knew that it could be that cool and that much fun.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a blast.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've been interviewing winners of the Voice, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the judges of the Boys, for twenty five years now

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<v Speaker 2>on my show, and I have never watched a full

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<v Speaker 2>episode of the Voice until Wow, until mister Bubbly, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Made you watch.

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<v Speaker 2>You made me watch some I'm like, oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>this is what everybody's been talking about all these years.

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<v Speaker 3>This is so good.

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<v Speaker 4>I know you love me, but there must be times

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<v Speaker 4>when you go like, oh, he's so stupid.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh bub Man, No, So I have so much fun.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so I like, I'll write things like I'll get.

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<v Speaker 4>There in the morning and I'll be like, today, I

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<v Speaker 4>think I'm going to do movie Lias, I'm gonna lie

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<v Speaker 4>about movies.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to say and watch.

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<v Speaker 4>I look over and I got Gwen next to me,

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<v Speaker 4>and she's going, oh, you're so stupid.

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<v Speaker 3>And when she does.

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<v Speaker 4>It, it's the greatest problem anyone could give me, because

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<v Speaker 4>I know for a fact because I talked to Blake,

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<v Speaker 4>that's exactly what she says to Blake, Blake, you're so stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's the sweetest, it's the sweetest compliment.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the greatest And Reeb is so she's just so cute.

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<v Speaker 3>She's the gangster. By the way, she's my hero Gangsta.

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<v Speaker 4>Snoop calls Ariba magnet Tire, called Reba magnet Tire because God,

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<v Speaker 4>God help you if you think you're going to go

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<v Speaker 4>up against her, and that anyone who's going to choose you,

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<v Speaker 4>because the moment she splashes that smile and those eyes

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<v Speaker 4>light up is over.

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<v Speaker 2>It's over. It's over. They go with the She's Everybody's

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<v Speaker 2>she's everybody's darling.

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<v Speaker 4>And Snoop and I just we just crack each other up.

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<v Speaker 4>We spend the whole time just dying.

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<v Speaker 2>So you've got a new Christmas song out, and I

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<v Speaker 2>just got a copy of it, and I listened to it,

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<v Speaker 2>like not not as many times as I listen to Joaquines.

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<v Speaker 2>God only knows. By the way, I need that young

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<v Speaker 2>man's number. You got to hook me up because I

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<v Speaker 2>want him on my show. I'm going to have him

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<v Speaker 2>on my show. If his mama says it's okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I think absolutely, I'll do it right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I love him. But I got a copy of the song,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's so pretty. You well, harmony, you and Carly,

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<v Speaker 2>and that would where where you fade out and she

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<v Speaker 2>comes in and then you do that thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you understand what it's about?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, Oh yeah, it's about faith. Yeah, about the

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<v Speaker 2>prayer you put in there the second or I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, right right after the little intro of the

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<v Speaker 2>storyline and you start praying in the song and I'm like, whoa,

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<v Speaker 2>Michael's taking me to church here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>When I was writing it, I realized that I it

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<v Speaker 4>was a hymn, and I realized that.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a really this sounds so cliche, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>the truth.

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<v Speaker 4>It is a really, really hard time.

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<v Speaker 3>For many people.

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<v Speaker 4>Many many people feel a lot of ways about it.

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<v Speaker 4>They're alone, they're vulnerable, and I just started writing something

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<v Speaker 4>that came from a very deep place my faith. I

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<v Speaker 4>hope the humanity that we should feel towards each other

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<v Speaker 4>and Carly Pierce. I called Carly and I was like, Carly,

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<v Speaker 4>you know you got to do this with me. You

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<v Speaker 4>got to you got to show up. And she flew

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<v Speaker 4>to Vancouver and we did it and in a day,

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<v Speaker 4>in a couple of days. I mean, it was one

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<v Speaker 4>of those songs that, especially as I opened myself up

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<v Speaker 4>and said, like this is you know, this is a

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<v Speaker 4>song about about faith and a man who's it wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>it wasn't romantic. I didn't want it to be a

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<v Speaker 4>song about, well, I'm missing you tonight and I need you.

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, I got it right.

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<v Speaker 4>Off the bat, a man saying I am at the

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<v Speaker 4>end and I don't know how much longer I can

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<v Speaker 4>hang on.

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<v Speaker 3>And there's a lot there's a line.

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<v Speaker 4>I wrote, it's a shodown in the dark, might be

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<v Speaker 4>wishing on a star. It's him doubting his faith and

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<v Speaker 4>him saying, but Jesus God, if you're there, if you exist,

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<v Speaker 4>we need you give me your grace because I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know if I can make it without it. And when

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<v Speaker 4>Harley comes in. There was a reason why I wrote

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<v Speaker 4>it the way I did. I wrote it so that

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<v Speaker 4>as he's ending that prayer, she overlaps him. She doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>even give us space a musical break. She overlaps and

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<v Speaker 4>that can be his therapist, his sister, his friend, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>his person, his go to somebody who realizes that there's

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<v Speaker 4>a person there who is lost. And you know, I

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<v Speaker 4>know you and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Talked about this a lot through COVID.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't believe how many people that later after the fact,

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<v Speaker 4>I would find out that I called, even family members,

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<v Speaker 4>and they would say to me years later, when you

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<v Speaker 4>called to see how I was, When you called to

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<v Speaker 4>check on me, you had no idea, how low, you

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<v Speaker 4>had no idea, how scary.

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<v Speaker 2>And how at that moment God sent.

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<v Speaker 4>You and you came to check on me. And I

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<v Speaker 4>thought no one cared, and I thought I was a lone.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's the beauty of what I hoped that this

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<v Speaker 4>would do. And I hope you don't live in success

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<v Speaker 4>and money and fame and power and all those things.

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<v Speaker 4>You get to the end of your life, none of

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<v Speaker 4>those things matter. A lick that lailah, not a lick Nope.

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<v Speaker 4>Is you know what is your legacy? Is it kindness?

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<v Speaker 3>Is that love? Is a life? Is it empathy?

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<v Speaker 4>And I look at my beautiful kids, and I think

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<v Speaker 4>that's what they'll be proud of. How did my daddy

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<v Speaker 4>make people feel and when I wrote this song, I

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<v Speaker 4>was so proud because I knew I was doing something positive.

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<v Speaker 4>It wasn't to go and make money, and it wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>to go and do something that would move me ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought, you know what, this is a special song,

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<v Speaker 4>comes from a deep place. The last time I wrote

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<v Speaker 4>something that had that much of an impact on me

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<v Speaker 4>as I was writing.

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<v Speaker 3>It was home. And it's just a fact, it's just

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<v Speaker 3>what it is.

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<v Speaker 4>And I know because I called my co writers when

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<v Speaker 4>I come up with the chorus, and I said to them, guys,

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<v Speaker 4>this is this is the best work I've done a

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<v Speaker 4>lot long time.

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<v Speaker 3>And I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>Truth, ernest, emotion. You know that's that's and that's all

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<v Speaker 4>you can hope for.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I love everything you do. But but last night

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<v Speaker 2>I cried. I cried because I knew it was a prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>I listened to it again and I said, oh my gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>he even says it's a prayer.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean it's called listen, it's called maybe This Christmas.

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<v Speaker 3>And a day.

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<v Speaker 4>After I put it out Delilah and someone said to me, wow,

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<v Speaker 4>you put out a song called maybe This Christmas, saying

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<v Speaker 4>is it the same song as Jason Kelsey and uh

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<v Speaker 4>and Stevie Nicks I was like, no, it.

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<v Speaker 2>Is no, no, no, not the same song.

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<v Speaker 4>We just happened to name it this same We just

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<v Speaker 4>happen to come up with a song with the same name.

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<v Speaker 3>Very different songs.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, Well, maybe this, Chris is a prayer that a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>You know. Somebody asked me in an interview they did

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<v Speaker 2>with me, what's different this holiday season from the past,

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<v Speaker 2>And I said, there is a sense of hopelessness that

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<v Speaker 2>I can't even describe, a sense of loneliness that people

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<v Speaker 2>are experiencing that they can't even really put into words,

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<v Speaker 2>but you feel it and you hear it in my collars.

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<v Speaker 2>And man, this song is perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>I hope it brings hope.

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<v Speaker 2>Can we hear the song? Michael? I want to share

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<v Speaker 2>with everyone listening to this podcast episode.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I've been writing all WoT.

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<v Speaker 5>I've been trying to get it right sentimentally a thing

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<v Speaker 5>I do well. But it's Christmas time again.

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<v Speaker 3>Hell.

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<v Speaker 5>I listen a home my friends and the allion miles away,

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<v Speaker 5>A touch to the hell. Now it's a shot out

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<v Speaker 5>in the dark. I'm just wishing all to stop, and

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<v Speaker 5>I wish you just want to do.

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<v Speaker 6>Lord.

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<v Speaker 5>I think I made July on this cold and silent nye.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just hanging over. It's all that I can do.

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<v Speaker 3>And the snow.

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<v Speaker 5>Falling down on the city and the put souls below.

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<v Speaker 1>It ain't the same.

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<v Speaker 5>When it comes down and turkeys into read because it's

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<v Speaker 5>Ristmas time. I can't be.

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<v Speaker 6>You've been run through my mind, and no matter how

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<v Speaker 6>I try, when the bell's all same, pet start touring,

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<v Speaker 6>and it's so hard for me to hear your loneness,

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<v Speaker 6>tilly ear, and the bitterness that that cone must breed.

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<v Speaker 7>And when you're sit in the dark and it's falling

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<v Speaker 7>all apart.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be lining up.

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<v Speaker 7>I can't do all for you, and all it's set

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<v Speaker 7>the alone with you, joy and peace and hope which

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<v Speaker 7>you all alone, that your heart and hold.

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<v Speaker 3>And all.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh the snow falling down the city.

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<v Speaker 3>And they put souls below.

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<v Speaker 1>The same.

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<v Speaker 3>When it comes down, it turns into.

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<v Speaker 8>It because it's Christmas time. Shouldn't be again. Maybe it's

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<v Speaker 8>Christmas don't.

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<v Speaker 5>Have to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Again.

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<v Speaker 4>This song moved the right people in the right places,

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<v Speaker 4>and it had nothing to do with me. It was

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<v Speaker 4>it truly was. It just got it got hurt, and

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<v Speaker 4>it just started to have a life of its own.

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<v Speaker 2>Biggest Christmas tradition with the kids before you go, biggest

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<v Speaker 2>holiday thing you're going to do?

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<v Speaker 4>Did it last night? We did it last night. We

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<v Speaker 4>went and we decorated the Christmas tree. We played Bing

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<v Speaker 4>Crosby his Christmas.

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<v Speaker 2>Record and decorated the tree.

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<v Speaker 4>So we do just like my mom and dad did

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<v Speaker 4>for me, and and decorated the tree.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, Merry Christmas.

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<v Speaker 3>For the very first time ever, I listened to the song.

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<v Speaker 3>I asked.

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<v Speaker 4>We played it on whatever it was iTunes or Amazon

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<v Speaker 4>or whatever the heck it was, and uh, sounded.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty good to your own song.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we did only one, so I got so everything

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<v Speaker 4>was Bing Crosby.

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<v Speaker 3>I think we listened to me. Who's the thing? I

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<v Speaker 3>love you, guys, I love you.

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<v Speaker 2>Merry Christmas, Honey.

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<v Speaker 3>Vice Redyanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't have a lot of time together, but I

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<v Speaker 2>treasure any stolen moments with Michael Bubley, and he was

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<v Speaker 2>more generous than a mare stolen moment. Besides, it's Christmas Eve,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know everyone has things to do. The stuff

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<v Speaker 2>I said in the beginning about having guest rap and

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<v Speaker 2>spending the day napping, anybody does anybody in that that

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<v Speaker 2>group raise your hand? Yeah, we know that's a fantasy.

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<v Speaker 2>I will be up all night stuffing stockings, baking pies,

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<v Speaker 2>who knows what else, But I am so thrilled I

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<v Speaker 2>got to share this time with Michael. With all of you,

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<v Speaker 2>give yourself the gift of maybe this Christmas. It's available

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<v Speaker 2>now to download her stream and you can even say,

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<v Speaker 2>Alexa play Michael Boublaze, maybe this Christmas and she will.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael wishes you joy and peace and hope and all

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<v Speaker 2>the love your heart can hold. And that is my

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<v Speaker 2>prayer for you as well. Through the dark days of winter,

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<v Speaker 2>the long dark days of winter. Hold on to hope

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<v Speaker 2>as it may feel at times. And while I can't

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<v Speaker 2>be with all of you in person as I would

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<v Speaker 2>love to be, I will be keeping you company on

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<v Speaker 2>the airwaves every evening, taking your calls, hearing your stories,

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<v Speaker 2>keeping you close in my heart. Merry Christmas, my friends,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for the gift of your love.

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<v Speaker 1>Happy holidays from the Li