WEBVTT - CARRIE UNDERWOOD

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<v Speaker 1>Autumn has arrived, and with it all the good stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like thick, snuggly sweaters, boots and blue jeans. Pumpkins spice everything,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as everyone not so silently wishing to fast

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<v Speaker 1>forward to Christmas and New Year so we can say

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<v Speaker 1>goodbye to twenty twenty. Today's podcast is going to enable

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<v Speaker 1>that emotion more than just a little bit, because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to be talking to a music artist that is

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<v Speaker 1>launching her first ever Christmas album, and it's full. I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta sneak peek, I got a sneak preview, I got

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to it. I listened to it over and over.

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<v Speaker 1>It is full of beautifully inspired songs, combining traditional favorites

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<v Speaker 1>that celebrate the miracle of the Christ Child's birth and

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<v Speaker 1>several new original songs. I'm telling you it might be

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite Christmas album ever. It's that good. Fresh from

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<v Speaker 1>her fifteenth American Country Music Award, her third for Entertainer

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<v Speaker 1>of the Year, having already made history as the first

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<v Speaker 1>female to win twice, now the only female ever to

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<v Speaker 1>win three times, MS Carrie Underwood joins us to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about her new Christmas album, My Gift. Right after I

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<v Speaker 1>How doers get more done? Terry Underwood, welcome, Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for being here with us today. This is your first

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas album, right it is. I've had the chance over

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<v Speaker 1>the years to kind of do some some Christmas songs

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<v Speaker 1>and events and stuff like that here and there, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is my first like full Christmas album. You told

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<v Speaker 1>me earlier that this was actually birth back in tw

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen for release this year. Could you have ever imagined

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<v Speaker 1>when you first started putting this together what a bizarre

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<v Speaker 1>year we would have and what a much needed gift.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, did you pick out the title beforehand or no? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>When we started, you know, after the Cry Pretty Tour

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<v Speaker 1>UM wrapped last year, it was kind of like, I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, I want to do a Christmas album next

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to do it. I want to do

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<v Speaker 1>it a sap, you know, and I want to do

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<v Speaker 1>it next year because it just seems like the perfect

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect time in my busy world to do a

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas album, which is something I've always wanted to do. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>So we we got the wheels turning and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>started working on it and laying the foundation, and then

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<v Speaker 1>everything happened and you know, February March ish and everything

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<v Speaker 1>got shut down and um due to COVID and UM.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's just all about what we we got

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<v Speaker 1>to keep moving forward. You know, we've already worked on

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<v Speaker 1>it and and got a lot of the foundation LAIDs,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's just figure it out and throughout the whole process.

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<v Speaker 1>A Little drummer Boy was a song that I knew

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<v Speaker 1>I I wanted to sing it's one of my my

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<v Speaker 1>favorites because I loved the story behind it. Um, little

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<v Speaker 1>boy wants to give a gift to Jesus and he

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have anything because he's he's poor, and uh, he

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<v Speaker 1>takes a gift that was given to him by God,

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<v Speaker 1>the gift of music, the gift of drumming, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>he wants to take that to Jesus. And I just

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<v Speaker 1>love that whole story and and through that, the album

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<v Speaker 1>titled My Gift kind of came to mind because that

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<v Speaker 1>is that's my gift as far as that's what I

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<v Speaker 1>get to do. You know that love of music, um,

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<v Speaker 1>and music in general is just is a gift to

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<v Speaker 1>us all, and you know that's something that I want

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<v Speaker 1>to hopefully give back, give back in a in a

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<v Speaker 1>positive way. Uh. Then that led me to asking my

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<v Speaker 1>son to sing on it with me, because he's just

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<v Speaker 1>such a sweet little guy and the kind of kid

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<v Speaker 1>that would definitely make something and want to take it

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<v Speaker 1>to someone and be so proud of it, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>how a child's mind works. And I love that. And

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<v Speaker 1>your little boy's name is his name is Isaiah. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't wait for you to say that because my

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<v Speaker 1>firstborn son's name is Isaiah, and it means it means

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<v Speaker 1>gift from God, God's warrior. Did you know that? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>I did, and that's why we named him that. How appropriate.

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<v Speaker 1>And now he's singing with you and giving the gift

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<v Speaker 1>of music to all of us. How perfect? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like full circle. Yes. And and he even at

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<v Speaker 1>five years old, I feel like he has such a

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<v Speaker 1>an understanding. Sometimes the things that he says are the

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<v Speaker 1>questions that he asks, it's just like wow. You you

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<v Speaker 1>sit around and you think about this, and it seems

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<v Speaker 1>like he already has such a spiritual understanding. And um,

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's such a sinker kid, and I love that

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<v Speaker 1>about him. And you know, I wasn't sure how he

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<v Speaker 1>would be in the studio. And you know, he he

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<v Speaker 1>loves music. He loves to sing. Um. He has such

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<v Speaker 1>a mind for lyrics, which I find so interesting because

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like, even as a little kid, I just

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<v Speaker 1>knew the words to songs and he's the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's fun to see his love of music, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>start to develop. And um, I had no idea how

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<v Speaker 1>he would be in the studio, but he was right

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<v Speaker 1>at home. He walked in, he put the little headphones

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<v Speaker 1>on and got in front of the microphone and um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know saying his a little hard out. So it

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<v Speaker 1>was so much fun for me to get to experience

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<v Speaker 1>that with him, something that I love so much, um

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<v Speaker 1>and have that moment with him. And I mean, he

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<v Speaker 1>did such an incredible, incredible job. So the album is

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<v Speaker 1>called My Gift. It dropped on the September, which we're

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<v Speaker 1>all happy about because we we need some holiday cheer.

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<v Speaker 1>We need that um you know, Jennie and I call

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<v Speaker 1>it hot cocoa and fuzzy mittens. Even if you're in Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>You need hot cocoa and fuzzy mintens this year, especially

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<v Speaker 1>because there's so much divide ausiveness in our world, so

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<v Speaker 1>much anger and animosity, so much fear. I think especially

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<v Speaker 1>fear has gripped people and stolen their joy, so much

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<v Speaker 1>frustration with homeschooling, and yeah that that we need a

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<v Speaker 1>little Christmas and we need a little joy and we

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<v Speaker 1>need hope. Yes, I've always been um, you know, in

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<v Speaker 1>previous years, whenever you go to the store or um,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean anywhere really the Walgreens down the street, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you you walk in in like October and see um

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<v Speaker 1>see Christmas recreations. And I would always be one of

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<v Speaker 1>those people that was a little bit annoyed that, you

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<v Speaker 1>know it was it was so it was too early

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<v Speaker 1>for Christmas, because Christmas means you got to get the

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<v Speaker 1>presents for everybody, you gotta figure out travel plants and

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<v Speaker 1>who you're gonna see when you're gonna see him, and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody would have Christmas parties that you know, you're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to bring stuff for and it just becomes a lot

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<v Speaker 1>for so many people and definitely for me around the holidays.

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<v Speaker 1>And this year is so different because it is like,

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<v Speaker 1>bring on Christmas, you know, and we know this Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>probably isn't going to look like Christmas is past, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, forget about those holiday parties and it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be one of those things. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>that it's like, you know, you miss you missed the

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<v Speaker 1>way you missed, the way it all was, the way

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<v Speaker 1>it all used to be and hopefully the way it

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<v Speaker 1>will be again. But in the meantime, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>the goodness and the the ability to not have to

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<v Speaker 1>do all that stuff and to go all those places

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<v Speaker 1>and to slow down might be a gift in and

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<v Speaker 1>of itself. I agree. I agree, And get to have

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<v Speaker 1>those warm, fuzzy feelings and you know, the hope and

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<v Speaker 1>the joy and um, spend time with your immediate family

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<v Speaker 1>and there are blessings in in everything. You know, you

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<v Speaker 1>just have to look for him sometimes. So what has

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<v Speaker 1>been Carrie Underwood for you? The hardest part of what's

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<v Speaker 1>been the the hardest pill to swallow, the hardest adjustment

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<v Speaker 1>to make. I mean, it's got to be hard to

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<v Speaker 1>not be out performing because I know that, at least

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<v Speaker 1>from what it looks like being in the audience, you

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<v Speaker 1>love to entertain people. I mean, you are so filled

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<v Speaker 1>with energy when you're on stage, and the energy you're

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<v Speaker 1>putting out is such a powerful You're tiny, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>like massively huge energy you're sharing with all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Has it been hard to not get to do that? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>My my personality is a bit uh. I'm a planner.

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<v Speaker 1>I like it when things go to plan. I like

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<v Speaker 1>to know what's next. I want to know what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing tomorrow, next week, next month, in six month. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm I'm very Taipei that way, and I

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<v Speaker 1>like to know what my kids are doing and how

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<v Speaker 1>how their lives are shaken out. And um, this year

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<v Speaker 1>for me has just been, um, just a year like

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<v Speaker 1>everybody of of curveballs, and you know, it's it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of forced forced me to figure out new ways to

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<v Speaker 1>do things, which honestly, again in finding blessings and the

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<v Speaker 1>strangest of times, you know, I feel like that has been. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>it's been good for me to figure out new ways

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<v Speaker 1>to do things and to keep making music and being

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<v Speaker 1>creative and doing what I love and and just roll

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<v Speaker 1>with it because there's nothing you can do, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>so you want to keep moving forward, so you just

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<v Speaker 1>figure it out. So that's that's definitely been, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the the hardest part. But also it's been a good teacher.

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<v Speaker 1>See I'm I'm the opposite. I hate having to plan

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<v Speaker 1>things out in advance. When I'm asked to do like

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<v Speaker 1>a speaker circuit or a book tour or something, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're like, Okay, we need to know what if we

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<v Speaker 1>can schedule this for February, Like, what are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. How can I

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<v Speaker 1>commit to something a year or two years out? I can't.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't do it. So for me. It's been really

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<v Speaker 1>nice to not have to have that. But for somebody

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<v Speaker 1>like you who's a planner, and it sounds like you're

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<v Speaker 1>very organized, Like do you know where your tupperware lids are?

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<v Speaker 1>That matches the containers? I do everything stucked up nicely,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh in in rows and the big bowls. There's

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<v Speaker 1>like bowls and the bowls all the way to the

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<v Speaker 1>little bowl on the top. I knew it. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know where socks are the match too, huh? I do?

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<v Speaker 1>I do. I am constantly fighting a toddler though, who

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<v Speaker 1>loves to go get in the tupperware drawer, so he

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<v Speaker 1>I have to kind of let him destroy drawers every

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<v Speaker 1>once in a while so that I could make dinner,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I have to go pick them all up

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<v Speaker 1>and put them all back the way they they were

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. I found the key to that. I have

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<v Speaker 1>a drawer that is designated, it's a whole cupboard in

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<v Speaker 1>the kitchen, but not under my feet that is designated

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<v Speaker 1>just for the toddlers, and everything else is off limits.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll pick up you know, stuff at the dollar

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<v Speaker 1>store just to throw in there, just to surprise him,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's you know, it's new every now and again

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<v Speaker 1>and that way. That's the designated toddler cupboard. You might

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<v Speaker 1>try it. It might work. That's a good idea, it

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<v Speaker 1>really is. I have that kid though. That's uh, he

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<v Speaker 1>gets quiet. Wait a minute, where did you go? What

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<v Speaker 1>are you doing? Yeah? It was a minute. They're quiet. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Carrie Underwood, My Gift available now out, incredibly beautiful collection.

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<v Speaker 1>How many of the songs on it are new because

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<v Speaker 1>some of them? A lot of them are standards. I

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<v Speaker 1>think we ended up with four and my favorite Hallelujah

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<v Speaker 1>with John Legend. Yes, you were telling me earlier that

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<v Speaker 1>you two ended up recording it together apart. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think you'll ever get to sing it together together? I

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<v Speaker 1>sure hope so. Um. And you know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of My Gift was was done that way.

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<v Speaker 1>My producer was in l A and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he was on zoom with me, as I I say,

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<v Speaker 1>he was in the studio with me, like in the

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<v Speaker 1>room and the vocal booth, and um, I would I

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<v Speaker 1>would sing and you know, try not to pay attention

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<v Speaker 1>to him and then be like, how how did that sound?

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<v Speaker 1>Because he had kind of a he could hear what

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing in good speakers where he was. But

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<v Speaker 1>it was just that thing of of figuring out new

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<v Speaker 1>ways to work and John was so I recorded my

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<v Speaker 1>part first, and then he went in and recorded his

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<v Speaker 1>part in l A and then I went back in

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<v Speaker 1>and and ended up doing some harmonies and stuff like

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<v Speaker 1>that on top of what he did. So it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was a process and definitely a different way to record,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was really good. And I like to say,

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<v Speaker 1>throughout this whole process of making this album, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like it's really been watched over. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that we started working on it at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of last year, the fact that I asked Greg

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<v Speaker 1>Wells to be my producer on this project. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like if I if we waited a little longer, if

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<v Speaker 1>I picked a different producer. Um, you know, even things

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<v Speaker 1>like when when John sent made that song, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just the perfect puzzle piece, the last puzzle piece

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<v Speaker 1>that I was like, oh my gosh, Now I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>imagine this album without that song. So, you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>just been so many, so many things that have happened

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<v Speaker 1>throughout the whole process that I feel like it's just

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<v Speaker 1>been watched over and we've managed to uh to make

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<v Speaker 1>this you know, this album that I'm I'm so proud

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<v Speaker 1>of and it was such a bright spot in my year,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope we can help provide the part of

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<v Speaker 1>the soundtrack to what what it has to be a

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<v Speaker 1>good Christmas. It just has to be. Well, We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to make it a good Christmas. We're gonna learn to roll,

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to learn to adapt, We're going to remind

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<v Speaker 1>people why we celebrate Christmas. When I got the album,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a sneak preview. I didn't it didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>any of the information of the tracks. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>the tracks. I think if I had opened it on

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<v Speaker 1>my computer, I could have found all the information. But

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<v Speaker 1>I opened it on my phone, and I was in

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<v Speaker 1>my car, and yeah, and I was listening, and with

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<v Speaker 1>each song I listened to, my heart felt more at

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<v Speaker 1>peace and more joy. And then another song would come

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<v Speaker 1>on and I would think, oh my gosh, I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>feel any happier than I felt just listening to that one.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Hallelujah came on and I was raising my

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<v Speaker 1>hands and praising God while you and John Legend we're singing,

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<v Speaker 1>and the joy care I don't know how to describe it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like bubbling out of me the joy I felt,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just I want people to feel that joy

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<v Speaker 1>this year. We need it so desperately, we do. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt the same way when I was recording it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. Um there'd be there'll be times when I'd

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<v Speaker 1>have to like pause because I would either feel so

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<v Speaker 1>happy or does love love the lyrics that I was

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<v Speaker 1>singing so much that I would get a little choked

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<v Speaker 1>up and kind of have to have a have a

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<v Speaker 1>second to gather myself. But it was just, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a pleasure to make and still get to

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<v Speaker 1>create and you know this, uh, this thing that I've

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<v Speaker 1>been wanting to do for so long, make a Christmas album, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, get to do it in the strangest of years.

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<v Speaker 1>It was just a great heartwarming thing for me to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to do. So I hope that does come

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<v Speaker 1>through in when people listen to them. You know the

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<v Speaker 1>Book of Esther in the Bible, her uncle Mordecai says

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<v Speaker 1>to her, you were born for such a time as this,

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<v Speaker 1>and that verse keeps coming back to my heart over

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<v Speaker 1>and over again. This year. I know that everything that

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<v Speaker 1>that that that has happened in my career has led

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<v Speaker 1>me to be here on the air for such a

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<v Speaker 1>time as this, And that's how I felt listening to

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<v Speaker 1>this whole album from beginning to end. I was I

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<v Speaker 1>was weeping it silent night, the like it it was birth,

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<v Speaker 1>and you carry underwood for such a time as this,

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<v Speaker 1>for this Christmas season when we so desperately need that

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<v Speaker 1>gift of God's peace. Thank you for that. I love that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I know there's a lot of reasons that

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<v Speaker 1>you're here, and a lot of reasons your music has

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<v Speaker 1>blessed us, But that's how I felt listening to this

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas album and hearing the lyrics. So Merry Christmas, and

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for sharing it with us. Thank you, and

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<v Speaker 1>Merry Christmas to you too, alright, God bless you, Han,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you, thank you very much. Thank you for all

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<v Speaker 1>of that carry. We are so thrilled that you have

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<v Speaker 1>created this new Christmas music for us. We need it,

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<v Speaker 1>We need it now. We are grateful for expanding our

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<v Speaker 1>holiday playlists, bringing holiday cheer, talking about peace on earth

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<v Speaker 1>and goodwill to all in the process. And my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>if you haven't done so already, get Carrie's Christmas album

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<v Speaker 1>My gift and unwrap it right away, pick up, find

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<v Speaker 1>your path, and download her fitness app fit fifty two.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll be on your way to a healthier, happier, more

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<v Speaker 1>energetic version of you. For the holiday season and the

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<v Speaker 1>new year ahead, and in the midst of it all,

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<v Speaker 1>remember your fortunes, Remember how blessed we are. Be generous

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<v Speaker 1>to others, and take some time to slow down and

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<v Speaker 1>love someone