1 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: Hello, my friend. Welcome, Welcome to love Someone with Delilah, 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: I have a question, where in the world is fall gone? 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: Where it flew by faster than the leaves could jump 4 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: off their branches and dance fluttering to the ground. It's 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: all hands on deck now, getting ready for the big 6 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: day Hanukkah and Christmas. Just around the corner. Bardemy still 7 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: expects the Sears Catalog wishbook to arrive in the mail. 8 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: Those were the days my siblings and I would lay 9 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: on the floor, pour over the pages, turning down the corner, 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: circling our wishes in ink, sometimes transferring exact catalog numbers 11 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: to our letter to Santa, making sure there was no miscommunication. 12 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 2: Bans. 13 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: I miss those days, but I savor the memories. As 14 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: soon as Christmas music starts to fill the air, all 15 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: those memories come flooding back times of my childhood, times 16 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: of my children's childhoods. But I also get excited about 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: making new memories with the two young children I still 18 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: have at home and the grandchildren I'm now raising. Celebrating 19 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: both old and new. Make the Christmas season sparkly, make 20 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: it bright. Today's guest on love Someone feels the same 21 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: way and she's got a dose of each for us 22 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: on our new holiday album Christmas. Some of the old, 23 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: some of the new, but all very sparkly. For nine 24 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: Time Grammy nominated in five times GM a Female Vocalist 25 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: of the Year, Natalie Grant, this new Christmas album is 26 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: a homecoming. She's been wanting to release another Christmas album 27 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: since her first, called Believe, that came out twenty years 28 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: ago in two thousand and five, and this year, after 29 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: signing with her new label, Capital Christian Music Group, She's 30 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: done it. Christmas, that came out in October, is full 31 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: of nostalgic tracks like I'll Be Home for Christmas and 32 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:24,279 Speaker 1: Joy to the World, taking Natalie back to her childhood 33 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: singing carols around the piano with her family. But the album, 34 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: with ten tracks in all, also includes two brand new originals, 35 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: one Playful and the other spine Tingly Beautiful. 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All of the move, none 64 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: of the cow. Thank you Natalie Grant for being with 65 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 1: us on Love Someone today. It is good to see 66 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: you again. You look healthy, you look wonderful. 67 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 3: It's wonderful, wonderful to see you. Thank you for having me. 68 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: So we talked a year ago. You had done a 69 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: project with the iconic Dolly Pardon and we got to 70 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: talk about step by step. And now you're back because 71 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: finally we get some Christmas joy from you again. How 72 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: many years was it? 73 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: Like, been twenty years, twenty years Christmas. 74 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: Record, twenty years since your I have done your live. 75 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: I've been playing your old Christmas record for twenty years. 76 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 2: Thank you, And it's taken. 77 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: You twenty years to say, hey, that was pretty good. 78 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: Maybe I should do that again. 79 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 3: You know, it's really funny because I have had just 80 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 3: I'm really a. 81 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: Lover of longevity. 82 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 3: I love long relationships like you know. 83 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 2: I was in. 84 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 3: Maybe the world's longest record deal twenty three year. One 85 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: record deal twenty three years. It's been a wonderful relationship 86 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 3: with Curb Records. I'm so grateful to them. I completed that. 87 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 3: Last record I turned in was the completion of that deal. 88 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: But one thing I learned earned that I signed that 89 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 3: deal so long ago that Christmas Records. 90 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 2: Didn't count towards the. 91 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 3: Deal, and so I was like, well, then I'm not 92 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 3: going to make another one. But as soon as I finish, 93 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 3: the first thing I'm doing is a Christmas record. 94 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 2: So here I am, so here. 95 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: Here we are. Yeah. I like long term everything, like. 96 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: I do too. 97 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 1: My podcast producer I've known every second of her life. 98 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: She missed out on four years of mine because I 99 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: was born first, but I have known her. 100 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: Oh. 101 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 3: I love that you talked about the iconic Dolly parton. 102 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 3: I wish I could just you know, everybody asked if 103 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 3: you had a superpower, what would it be. It would 104 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 3: be teleportation, where you just kind of like teleport somebody 105 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 3: to you or teleport to them. 106 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 2: That would be just the coolest superpower in the world. 107 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 3: I wish I could teleport you to Nashville to see 108 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: the Dolly musical that's playing here in Nashville. 109 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 2: It's just spectacular. 110 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 3: But part of that story talks about her childhood friend. 111 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 3: And we got to go to the Friends of the 112 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 3: Family night, and so Dolly was there because it was 113 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 3: the premiere of her musical. So this musical is, you know, 114 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 3: it starts with little girl Dolly and then it goes 115 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 3: to teenage Dolly, and then it goes to adult Dolly, 116 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: and it's just telling her life story. But there's this 117 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 3: friend that she met when she was fifteen years old 118 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 3: that was woven into this story and the way that 119 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 3: her friend then worked with her as her main confidant. 120 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 2: And then at the end of the night. 121 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 3: Dolly and her friend came walking out canned, and I 122 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 3: was like. 123 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: I'm done. 124 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: I'm done. I'm done. I need a whole box of tissue. 125 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,239 Speaker 2: But that's what we all like. I long for that. 126 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 3: Longevity of relationship. I've only had one manager my whole career, 127 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 3: and you know, a couple of booking agents like I 128 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 3: just believe in long relationship. It's it's a beautiful thing. 129 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: It is if you if you get it right the 130 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: first time, if you don't, like, you know, I had 131 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: a problem in that marriage department. I wanted longevity. I 132 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: just kept marrying men that weren't really committed to that longevity. 133 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: I saw, Natalie, I saw the red flags. I did. 134 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: I thought it was a circus. 135 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 3: Right, You're like, oh wait, wait oh those red flags, 136 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 3: but you and your hobby seemed to be doing well. Yes, Tony, 137 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 3: we just celebrated twenty six years. And he's one in 138 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 3: a gazillion. He's just like I think, you know, I 139 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 3: was talking to a friend who's, you know, in their marriage, 140 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 3: and she's an artist, and you know, I think it 141 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 3: takes a unique man to champion a woman being platformed, 142 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 3: do you know what I mean? I think it takes 143 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 3: a unique man because I think it's in their kind 144 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 3: of makeup to kind of I don't know what it 145 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 3: is exactly, but sometimes I think it's hard for a 146 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 3: man to champion. I'm a woman in that way, and 147 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 3: God gave me a really good one that's been a 148 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 3: support the whole time and cheerleads and champions and you know, 149 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 3: says I'll sideline if I have to so that you 150 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 3: can soar higher. And that's just He's a gift. 151 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: What a gift, What a gift and your kids. You've 152 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: got some in college, right, Oh my gosh. 153 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 2: It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my. 154 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 3: Life was letting them go to college. Whoever thinks kids 155 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 3: should grow up, that's a terrible idea. 156 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 2: I know some parents are probably listening to this, going, 157 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 2: are you joking? 158 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 3: I couldn't wait, But I this was really hard, Like 159 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 3: if I could freeze frame. Like there's certain stages of life, 160 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 3: like when the twins were nine and my youngest daughter 161 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 3: was four or five, Like, I loved that stage. But 162 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 3: you don't want to keep them from soaring growing. 163 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: Now, you do? You do? You do? 164 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 2: You're like, you don't. 165 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: Want them to go out in this crazy world and 166 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: be exposed to all the all the things, all the things. Yeah, no, 167 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: I I would very much like to do the bubble wrap. 168 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: Yes not. I mean, I'm not a hover mother. I'm 169 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:28,480 Speaker 1: not a helicopter momy. To play and to play sports 170 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: and to fall down and pick themselves up, and I 171 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: could care less if they're in the mud up to 172 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: their necks or whatever. I'm not I'm not fussy, but 173 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 1: the world is not the world I grew up. 174 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 3: They keep moving the the marker of what is just moral? 175 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 2: Even what is ok what is okay? They just keep 176 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 2: the marker, just keep getting moved and moved. And this 177 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: shouldn't be a right left thing. 178 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: Some of this it's not a right left thing. It's 179 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: such a wrong right Yeah, it's a wrong right thing. 180 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: It's it's exposing children to things that they have no business. 181 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: I don't want them to grow up. 182 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,719 Speaker 2: No, and then you lead. It's just all of a 183 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 2: sudden over not. 184 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 3: I think people don't talk about that part of parenting 185 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,560 Speaker 3: enough because now I'm here and I realize that they 186 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 3: don't talk about it because it's so hard. 187 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 2: Like I got all the advice in the world. 188 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: When I was pregnant, when I was when they were little. 189 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 2: It was like what to expect when you're expecting. Everybody 190 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 2: gives you the books. 191 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: But nobody gives you the book how to keep from 192 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: losing your mind when they walk out the door and 193 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: into their door. 194 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 2: It helps you with that. 195 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 3: And so we just were not prepared to just take 196 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: one daughter to Florida, you know, we're in Tennessee and 197 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 3: just kiss her goodbye and then just leave. 198 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 2: Felt felt unnatural. 199 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 1: It is unnatural. 200 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 2: It is hard. 201 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: And when you go from you know, call me when 202 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: you get home. Make sure you let me know when 203 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: you're home. What time are you going to be back? Okay, 204 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: I'll see you at the game. I'll pick you up. 205 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: And you have that ongoing dialogue seven days a week 206 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: to nothing. 207 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: Yes. 208 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: So that your twins went to different universities. 209 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 2: They went to different universities. 210 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 3: Gracie decided to stay in Nashville. It's a school that 211 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: requires her to live on campus, so she moved into there. 212 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 3: But we get to still see her, you know, about 213 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: once a week she'll stop by and say, did you 214 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 3: make dinner? 215 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: Can I bring my laundry home? 216 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 3: Laundree She's done all three times in five weeks already. 217 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 3: But but then Bella decided to go to an incredible 218 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 3: university in Florida. They've never been apart. And it was 219 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 3: funny because I think my husband and I were like, oh, 220 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 3: what's the what's the relate? Is it going to do 221 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 3: something to their relationship, like, you know, it's still going 222 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 3: to be close. 223 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 2: And when we just were talking to. 224 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 3: Both of them, Gracie was here and we had Bella 225 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 3: on FaceTime, they said, oh no, we were just on 226 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 3: FaceTime for like three hours. They said, we FaceTime every day, 227 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 3: like we just studied together. We don't even talk half 228 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 3: the time. It's just we like you to have each 229 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 3: other on the screen. 230 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 2: I went, they're gonna be okay. 231 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 3: They're gonna be I don't know, they're I'm gonna be okay, 232 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 3: but they're gonna be okay. 233 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: And you've got one left at home right freshman in 234 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: high school, so you got a few more years. 235 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 3: Yes, And she was sad for about three or four days, 236 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 3: like kind of sad. And then she realized they left 237 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 3: a bunch of stuff behind in their bathroom and their makeup, 238 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 3: and she's like, I'm living my best life. As I'll 239 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 3: hear somebody in Bella's bedroom and I'm like, it's Sadie. 240 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 2: Then I'll hear somebody in Gracie's bedroom. 241 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, it's Sadie. And she just got a pair 242 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,119 Speaker 1: of shoes from Bella. She just got a belt from Sadie. 243 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 1: And why you're wearing my shirt? 244 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 3: You say, yes, yes, Oh, that's kind of the right 245 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 3: of the baby of the family. 246 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 2: I think I was the baby, so I can speak 247 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 2: for experience. 248 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: I did not do this on purpose. Nobody will believe 249 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: me in my inner circle. But I did not do 250 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: this on purpose. I I thought, you know that I 251 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: was done after Zach and TK and Zach has gone 252 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: to heaven Tk's twenty six and then I adopted Angel 253 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: and Blessing, and Blessing was the baby. So we treated 254 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: Blessing as the baby, and Blessing was the baby. But 255 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: God had other plans and as he often does, as 256 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: he often does, I mean, Methuselah, ain't got nothing on them. 257 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 3: But clearly God has actually equipped to you for this 258 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 3: because He keeps bringing them to you and you keep going. 259 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 2: You know what, Yes, but clearly God trusts you a lot. 260 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 2: He trusts you a lot. 261 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: Clearly he knows I need to lean on him a lot. 262 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: Without him, I would not make it through a day. 263 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 2: I don't know how anybody. 264 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: I talk about this all the time, especially in the. 265 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: Moments that we're living in. 266 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 3: You know, it's actually hard hard enough with him, like 267 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 3: life is hard with him. 268 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 2: It's just possible. 269 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 3: It doesn't make life easy or perfect or trouble free. 270 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 3: It makes life that you can have peace in the 271 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 3: midst of the difficulty, You can have strength in the 272 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 3: midst of your weakness, because in our weakness, His strength 273 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: is made perfect and it doesn't make it easy, it 274 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 3: just makes it possible. I don't know how anybody does 275 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 3: it with all the Lord. 276 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: Truly, I can't make it through a day. I can't 277 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: make it through an hour. No, I can't. I can't 278 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: see everything going on in the world. I can't see 279 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: what's going on in our major cities. I can't see 280 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: things that you know are happening and not no cling 281 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: to that face. 282 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 3: Yes, he's our only hope, and he's a hope that's alive, 283 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 3: Thank God. 284 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: And your Christmas album celebrates. 285 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 2: I'm so excited about it. 286 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: I mean, there's the traditional ho ho ho, happy happy, 287 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: but I lean into the ones where we actually celebrate 288 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: the reason we celebrate. 289 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 3: Yes, you know it's funny we decided to go again 290 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 3: super classic on this record. There's a lot of just 291 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 3: Christmas core memories for me, you know, growing up, I'm 292 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 3: the youngest of five, and now there's fourteen grandkids, and 293 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,760 Speaker 3: now there's nine great grandkids. My dad is about to 294 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 3: turn ninety and my mom is eighty five, and all 295 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 3: of my family is still up in the Northwest in Seattle. 296 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 2: I'm the only one. 297 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 3: Who left, but I get home for Christmas every year, 298 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 3: and still the tradition of gathering around the piano and 299 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 3: we all sing, and all of my family members can. 300 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 2: Sing like they can. 301 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 3: We're all in harmony. It's like a little mini choir 302 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 3: in there. 303 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: I know you don't want to exploit or ruin a tradition, 304 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 1: but have you ever thought of bringing a couple of 305 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: cameras and sent No? 306 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 3: Actually yes, Now that my parents are older, I'm. 307 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: Like, what a gift for the grandkids? 308 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, because you know it's not going to be forever, 309 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 3: but to hear them and they all and then it 310 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 3: always turns into a little church service at the end, 311 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,800 Speaker 3: you know, and it's just it's really special. So there 312 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 3: was some of those core songs for me. Some I 313 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 3: did on my first record twenty years ago, but some 314 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 3: were still singing them every Christmas. 315 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 2: And that's Hark the Herald Angels. 316 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 3: Sing and Silent Night and Winter Wonderland and I'll be 317 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 3: Home for Christmas. 318 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 2: So there's just all classics, eight classics and two originals. 319 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 3: You know that we wanted to go super classics, so 320 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 3: we went to the. 321 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 2: Old RCA building here in Nashville. 322 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 3: It's kind of like a historic original studio here. We 323 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 3: brought the Nashville Symphony and real strings and went to 324 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 3: our friends in LA who could give us that kind 325 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 3: of nostalgic sounding background singers, and all of them gathered 326 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 3: around one mic, and so there's just some really beautiful nostalgic. 327 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 2: Moments on it. 328 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,880 Speaker 3: One of my favorite moments is Silent Night. It's actually acapella, 329 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 3: but the arrangement like is so stunning, and I did 330 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 3: it with Bart from mercy Me and he has for me. 331 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 3: One of my favorite songs ever written is a mercy 332 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 3: Me song called Word of God Speak. And I don't 333 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 3: know if you ever heard that song, but if you 334 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 3: have it, you've got to. 335 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 2: It's incredible. 336 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 3: There's something about his voice. It's effortless. He doesn't try. 337 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 3: He just kind of when he sings. I feel peace 338 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 3: in his voice, you know. And so it just was 339 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 3: a real dream to get to do that song with him. 340 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 3: And at the end of the song, it's this really 341 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 3: powerful just arrangement and we just kind of flipped the script. 342 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 2: On the line. 343 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 3: Instead of saying sleep in Heavenly Peace, which was aligned 344 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 3: to the baby, we said, Jesus Lord at thy birth, Now. 345 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 2: We can sleep in heavenly peace. 346 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 3: And it's just when you hear it, it just kind 347 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 3: of as you go, oh, that's actually it's. 348 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 2: What we were just talking about. 349 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 3: Because of Jesus, in the midst of everything that's happening, 350 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 3: we we actually can sleep in peace because. 351 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 2: We have the hope of the world. And I love 352 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 2: the whole record so much. I can't wait for you 353 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 2: to hear it. 354 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 3: There's a little gospel in there always because at my 355 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 3: core that's what I really love. 356 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 1: So the only the only one they let us have, 357 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: the sneak peak of which is fun. Is your original 358 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: Christmas looks good on you? 359 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 3: Oh okay, that okay, that's super fun because this is 360 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 3: the story. So my husband, which is like the nicest 361 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,719 Speaker 3: guy on the planet truly, and it's and it's what 362 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 3: you see is what you get. It's real you and 363 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 3: so kind, so nice. He hates our flocked Christmas tree. 364 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 3: Like when I say hates, it actually brings out this rage, 365 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 3: this little rage. 366 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:11,679 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, because. 367 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 3: It's always when he has to set it up, he 368 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 3: gets covered from head to toe and all that white 369 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 3: stuff and he's like, this stuff should. 370 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 2: Even be in our house. Shot, we shouldn't be breathing it. 371 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 2: It's got this toading. 372 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure it's deadly. 373 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 3: So he hates that thing, but he does it because 374 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 3: he knows I love that white flocked Christmas tree. And 375 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,400 Speaker 3: we have a friend, Sarah Reeves, who would remember every year, 376 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 3: I'll put a little story up on Instagram of you know, 377 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 3: here's Ebenezer Scrooge one time of year trying to put 378 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 3: up our flocked Christmas tree and it brings out the 379 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 3: worst in him. And she sent us this idea and 380 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 3: it says, you take away my winter blues. Nah, you 381 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 3: ain't no Ebenezer Scrooge. Oh what a wonder what a you? 382 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 3: Christmas looks good on you. And it's such a clever 383 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 3: idea that we wrote the whole song together and it's 384 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 3: really cute. 385 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: Oh, now that is fine, and that is really cute. 386 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: You know, my dad was so gifted in so many areas, 387 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: but especially with his hands. And between Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, 388 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: our garage became Santa's workshop. I love that it was 389 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 1: off limits. You were not allowed to go out without 390 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: knocking first because he was working on something magical, something wonderful. 391 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 1: He made a whole set of doll furniture, not little, 392 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: but like you know, for my sister, the stove and 393 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: refrigerator and all by hand crafted the whole thing, and 394 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 1: it was beautiful. And then every year he would make 395 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: something new for his mother in law, my grandma, my 396 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: mom's mom, for her kitchen, and her whole kitchen like 397 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: can mister set. He went and secretly measured her canister set, 398 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: and then he built these wooden brushes. 399 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 2: That's so thoughtful and intentional. 400 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: He loved to make things by hand, so that desire 401 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: was handed off to us kids. I have the passion 402 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: to create, I just don't have the ability to follow through. 403 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: So I've got five hundred projects that I started fifteen 404 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: Christmases ago, I picked in a box someplace that I'm 405 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: never going to get finished. I'm sure. 406 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 3: Well, I don't even have the artistic bone in my 407 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 3: body to even get that far. The only artistic bone, 408 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 3: creative bone I have is singing and songwriting. 409 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 2: I don't have anything. 410 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: I think you've done. Okay there, I think you've done 411 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: quite well there. 412 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 2: Well, thank you. What a core memory with your dad. 413 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 2: That's beautiful. Yeah. 414 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, Christmas was always special and in my household because 415 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: I have so many kids and so many grandkids, and 416 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: we try to, you know, get together. It's hard because 417 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: you know, my adult children have their own lives and 418 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: their own kids and their own grandkids now, so it's 419 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 1: very hard. 420 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 2: Yes, we get it. We're going through that with my sister. 421 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 3: My older sister has nine grandkids and so now she's like, well, 422 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,879 Speaker 3: now we have our own family Christmas, we have our 423 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 3: own traditions, we have our own thing that we're doing. 424 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 3: So then it's like, oh wait, okay, so they have 425 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 3: to and it's hard to juggle all that and to 426 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 3: feel like, well, but we still want to go be 427 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 3: a part of what's going on with like this family. 428 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 1: But yeah, I tell all my children when they start, 429 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,479 Speaker 1: you know, thinking about dating or partnering or hooking up 430 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: with somebody, Can you find somebody that doesn't have a 431 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: very good family, you know that they're not going to 432 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: want to be. 433 00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:48,120 Speaker 2: Going to have to stay with them. 434 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, because I don't want to share. I don't want 435 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: to share. 436 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 3: I said the same thing, Like my in laws are 437 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 3: in Canada and we just don't get there very often, 438 00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 3: and God bless them, I love them. 439 00:23:58,640 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 2: But it's made it a lot easier. 440 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, who wants to share? No, you don't want 441 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: to no, No, I don't want. 442 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 3: My kids to grow up and I don't want to 443 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 3: share them with anybody. 444 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 2: But I've had that. I have a completely healthy jest. 445 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: He would be, I can't wait till till you decide 446 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: to film the whole family. And I know you again, 447 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: I'm pushing for exploitation here. 448 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 3: But you're inspiring because it's a gift for generations. 449 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: And if you wanted to share with your friend Elilah, 450 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: I'd be okay with that. Yeah, I'd be okay with that. 451 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 2: Oh what a joy to talk to you. 452 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, Natalie Grant is gifting us some precious 453 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: time today to talk about her new album. 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Thank you, Thank you for 473 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: this time together. 474 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 2: You know everybody knows. 475 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 3: That's why you're so beloved and why you're so trusted by. 476 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 2: So many people. But it's every time I. 477 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 3: Hear you talk, and I hear you talk about no, 478 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 3: you've got you got new kids. 479 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 2: I feel like every time. 480 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 3: I talk to you, and and it's people trust you 481 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 3: because God trusts you. You're doing well and you're going 482 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 3: to end well. I say, because you keep saying yes. 483 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 3: God's not looking for perfect, He's looking. 484 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: For willing and you know what, Natalie, I've I think 485 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: that that is in this stage of my life, my 486 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: biggest message to people is just say yes. 487 00:26:59,040 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 2: Just say yes. 488 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: Just say yes when God puts an opportunity before you, 489 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 1: instead of coming up with all the reasons you can't. 490 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: Let's listen. There's always a reason we can't. There's so 491 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: many reasons we can't. But if you will just take 492 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: that list of reasons and set it aside, yes and say, 493 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: all I'm looking at are the reasons I want to 494 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: say no. But God, Yes, I will do what you 495 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: ask me to do. I will go where you asked 496 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 1: me to go. I will serve where you asked me 497 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: to serve. I will give what you asked me to 498 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: give without clinging to it. Yes. Yes, if you just 499 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 1: say yes, everything falls into place. 500 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,719 Speaker 3: It does because God's actually looking for our yes. And 501 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 3: what you're doing when you don't say yes, is you're 502 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 3: not actually giving God the opportunity to be God to 503 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 3: actually show you what he can do with your yes. 504 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 3: So you've got all these reasons, but then when you 505 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 3: give your yes, I'm telling you, it unlocks something because 506 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: God begins to pour out stuff for. 507 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 1: You that the few little loaves and fishes. Scientifically, there's 508 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: no way to feed five thousand plus. So there were 509 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: five thousand men. That means there was at least five 510 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: thousand women and at least ten thousand children. Yep, and 511 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: a couple of fishes and loaves multiplied to feed them 512 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: and have twelve baskets of scraps left. Oly God, So 513 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: when I say yes and I bring the fishes and loaves, 514 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 1: he always blows my mind with how it's multiplied. 515 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 2: So good, so beautiful to say yes, say yes, well, 516 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 2: your yes is an inspiration to us. All it is. 517 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: Thank you. I'm going to go be inspired and put 518 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: on some more Christmas music and have a cup of 519 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: cinnamon tea. 520 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. It's always a delight to speak 521 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 3: with you. Always, always, always. 522 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: How can folks find you? Because I know you're going 523 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: to be performing, and I know you're touring and all. 524 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 3: That sad it out on Christmas tour and you can 525 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 3: go to just Natalie Grant dot com and it's just 526 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 3: my any social media, it's just Natalie Grant. 527 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: Christmas looks good on you. 528 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 3: Ah, Christmas looks good on you. 529 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: Thank you, Darlin. 530 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 3: Hi. 531 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: Christmas is definitely an album you'll need to add to 532 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: your holiday playlist. It's got that classic Christmas record feeling 533 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: with real strings, real horns, and is even available on vinyl. 534 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: It's already out, so don't wait another minute. Natalie is 535 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: a busy, busy woman, having just wrapped up a fall 536 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: tour with Mercy Me and began the tenth year of 537 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: the Celebrate Christmas Tour with Grammy nominated and dev Award 538 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: winner Danny Gokei. The beloved annual tradition returns with a 539 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: brand new show from top to bottom, packed with reimagined 540 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: holiday favorites and powerful worship filled moments. It's everything you 541 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: love about Christmas and completely refreshed for twenty twenty five. 542 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: The collaborative concert is the perfect holiday outing for your 543 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: entire family. Make it a Christmas tradition, celebrating the reason 544 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 1: for the season. Keep up with Natalie, order her new album, 545 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: and find out where she'll be on tour at Natalie 546 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: Grant dot com. Tis the season. I encourage you all 547 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: to make merry memories. Do some crafts, bake some cookies, 548 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: do as many good deeds as humanly possible. Add extra 549 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 1: marshmallows and a candy cane to your hot coco. Play 550 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: Christmas music morning, noon and night, and don't hold back 551 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: when you sing those old familiar carols. Christmas comes but 552 00:30:54,920 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: once a year. Let us rejoice.