.
[festive music playing]
- Whoo!
*
* You're here
where you should be *
* Snow is falling
as the carolers sing *
* It just wasn't the same
* Alone on Christmas Day
* Presents,
what a beautiful sight *
* Don't mean a thing
if you ain't holding me tight *
* You're all that I need
* Underneath the tree tonight
* I'm gonna hold you close
* And make sure that you know
* That I was lost before you
* Christmas was cold and gray
* Another holiday
* Alone to celebrate
* But then one day
* Everything changed
* You're all I need
* Underneath the tree
* You're here
where you should be *
* Snow is falling
as the carolers sing *
* It just wasn't the same
* Alone on Christmas Day
* Presents,
what a beautiful sight *
* Don't mean a thing
if you ain't holding me tight *
* You're all that I need
* Underneath the tree
Yeah!
*
* And then one day
* Everything changed
* You're all I need
* Underneath the tree, yeah
* Oh, yeah
* Oh-oh-oh, yeah
* Oh-oh-oh-oh
* Oh
* Oh, you're all I need
* Underneath my tree
* Underneath
my tree *
*
[bright music]
*
Merry Christmas, everybody.
Thank you so much for
celebrating with us tonight.
The tree in Rockefeller Center
is all lit up,
which means it's officially
Christmastime, people.
In hometowns and neighborhoods
across America,
decorations are coming down
from the attic,
and lights are going up
on Main Street.
It's beautiful.
I love it.
It's happy.
It's magical.
I've always loved Christmas,
especially the music.
I mean, it's not the holidays
until that one station switches
to all the Christmas songs.
You know
what I'm talking about.
Music is everywhere from
carolers to school recitals,
from old vinyls
to church bells.
We opened the show
with "Underneath the Tree"
because it's about the feeling
that you get from the best
Christmas gift
there is to have,
and it's being
with the ones that you love.
For me, this Christmas looks
and feels a lot different
than when I wrote that song,
and that's all right.
The beauty of this season is,
we get to feel everything:
joy, longing,
maybe even a little sadness.
That's cool.
I think that's why I love
Christmas music so much,
because it's all the feelings.
Anyway, you did not tune in
to hear me talk all hour,
but don't tempt Mama
with a good time,
'cause I love talking.
But I love music even more,
and we've got
a lot more music to get to.
Tonight I'm sharing some new
personal songs
that I've written,
along with many classics
that you probably know
by heart.
We also have reminders
that the Christmas spirit
is alive and well
across the country.
I think we need this,
so I'm excited to bring you
two everyday heroes
into the prime-time
spotlight tonight.
You're not gonna want
to miss this.
We have big surprises for them.
I'm talking hundreds
of thousands of dollars.
[mimics air horn blowing]
But right now,
let's settle in.
This is the time
to put on a fire,
light some Christmas candles,
grab those comfy socks--
the soft ones, you know,
with the little stuff
on the bottom
so you don't slip;
I love those--
and enjoy a cozy evening
of great holiday music.
Christmas is here,
and I have the perfect song
to keep you in the mood.
Whoo!
[bright music playing]
*
* Jingle bell, jingle bell,
jingle bell rock *
* Jingle bells swing
and jingle bells ring *
* Snowing and blowing up
bushels of fun *
* Now the jingle hop
has begun *
* Jingle bell, jingle bell,
jingle bell rock *
* Jingle bells chime
in jingle bell time *
* Dancing and prancing
in Jingle Bell Square *
* In the frosty air
* What a bright time,
it's the right time *
* To rock the night away
* Jingle bell time,
it's a swell time *
* To go gliding
in a one-horse sleigh *
* Giddyup, jingle horse,
pick up your feet *
* Jingle around the clock
* We'll mix and mingle
in a jingling beat *
* That's the jingle bell rock
Hey.
- * Jingle bell, jingle bell
* Jingle bell rock
* Jingle bells chime
in jingle bell time *
* Dancing and prancing
- Whoo!
- * In Jingle Bell Square
* In the frosty air
- * What a bright time,
it's the right time *
* To rock the night away
* Jingle bell time,
it's a swell time *
* To go gliding
in a one-horse sleigh *
* Giddyup, jingle horse,
pick up your feet *
* Jingle around the clock
* Mix and mingle
in the jingling beat *
* That's the jingle bell
* That's
the jingle bell *
* That's the jingle bell rock
[holding note]
[bright music]
announcer: Still ahead:
Ariana Grande,
Leslie Odom Jr.,
and Amy Poehler.
But up next, Melissa McCarthy
helps give one family
the surprise of a lifetime.
.
[soft festive music playing]
*
- * Santa, baby
* Slip a sable
under the tree for me *
* I've been
an awful good girl *
* Santa, baby
* And hurry down
the chimney tonight *
* Tonight
* Oh-oh-oh, Santa, baby
* An out-of-space
convertible too *
* Light blue
* I'll wait up for you, dear
* Santa, baby
* And hurry
down the chimney tonight *
- * Oh, oh, oh, oh
*
- * Think of all the fun
I missed *
* Think of all the fellas
that I haven't kissed *
* Next year, I could be,
oh, so good *
* If you'd check off
my Christmas list *
- * Ba-doop-be-doo
- * Santa, honey
* I want a yacht,
and really that's not *
* A lot
* I've been an angel all year
* Santa, baby
* And hurry
down the chimney tonight *
- * Tonight, oh, oh, oh
- * Santa, cutie
* There's one thing
that I really do need *
* The deed
* To a platinum mine
* Santa, cutie
* And hurry
down the chimney tonight *
- * Oh, oh, oh, oh
- * Oh
* Come and trim
my Christmas tree *
* With some decorations
bought at Tiffany's *
* I really do believe in you
* Well, let's see
if you believe in me too *
- * Ba-doop-be-doo
- * Santa, baby
* Forgot to mention
one little thing *
* A ring
* And I don't mean
on the phone *
* Santa, baby
* And hurry
down the chimney tonight *
- * Oh, oh, oh, oh
- * Oh
*
- * Tonight
- * Oh, oh, oh, oh
- * Oh, oh, oh, oh, tonight
[bright music]
Props to anyone
who can ask for both a yacht
and a mining operation
in the same song.
Nicely done,
that's all I'm saying.
But seriously, we do all know
Christmas is about what you
give and not what you get.
It's what we sacrifice
for others
that makes the season
so special.
I have an everyday hero
that I want you to meet
with the assistance
of our good friend
and my actual neighbor
Melissa McCarthy.
- It's true. Hello.
- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas
right back to you.
- Thank you for being here.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- You probably felt
like you had to,
'cause I was like,
"Come over to my show, please."
All right, so we are both
from small towns,
so what do you miss about
Christmastime in a small town?
- I miss a lot of things,
but I grew up
in a really small
little farm town in Illinois,
and I remember, like,
the dicey thing.
Like, there was always one
where I'm like,
"Maybe we live in a big city,"
'cause someone would steal,
like, the baby Jesus,
like, something from
the life-size Nativity scene
or, like...
- Outside the church.
- One of the shepherds.
Yeah, and it was like,
everybody was like,
"Oh, my God."
Like, I think, for a second--
for, like, a day and a half,
we got to feel like
we lived in New York.
- I love that.
- And then someone
would return it,
so it really wasn't that dicey
or big-city, but...
- It was big news
in a small town.
- We lived it--we lived it
for a couple of days.
- I love that you were probably
Nancy Drew,
and you're like,
"I'm gonna find baby Jesus."
- Yeah, I just probably would
hang out with whoever stole it.
- Or did you take it?
That's my question, yes.
- No, but my parents
think I did.
I did not take baby Jesus.
There you are.
- All right.
Well, will you help me
introduce our first hero?
- Yes, definitely.
- All right. All right.
Well, as the song goes,
for the holidays,
you can't beat
home, sweet home.
There's something magical
at Christmastime
about the places we grew up.
And this Christmas,
a man named Dr. Giles Willis
will be celebrating
in Arkansas,
where he was born and raised.
But Dr. Willis isn't just
going back for the holidays.
- After training as a dentist
in the big city,
he returned home
to his little town in Arkansas
to open a dental practice
serving those less fortunate.
Welcome to Stamps, Arkansas.
Decades ago, Stamps thrived
on jobs from nearby lumber
and railroad industries.
When those jobs left,
so did many of the residents,
along with a lot of hope.
One man looking to restore
that hope is Dr. Giles Willis.
- Growing up
in this community,
it's very much like
a rural, small-town life.
I didn't know what a dentist's
office even looked like
until I actually had
my first toothache.
So I got some tweezers.
Then I tried to go
into my mouth
to pull out
what was hurting me.
My mom comes in and says,
"What are you doing?"
And I was like, "I'm trying
to get this tooth out."
And finally, she said, "We have
to go to the dentist tomorrow."
I realized right then that
no child at eight years old
should have
to go through that pain,
and that put me
on my trajectory now.
- Years later, Giles attended
Howard University
Dental School
and went on to open his first
practice in North Carolina.
- All through dental school
and stuff,
I was thinking
of how I could help people
in underserved communities.
I went to New Orleans to help
the Hurricane Katrina victims.
I also worked on people
getting out of rehab
or people who were homeless,
but every time
I would come back home,
people would always say,
"Did you bring
your tools today?"
I just decided
that if this many people
keep asking me
if I can help them,
I need to do something
to help them.
This is room two.
It just so happened
that I was home one day,
and I asked my mom
about the actual building
that I had my tooth pulled in,
and she said there was
a "For Sale" sign on it.
I called the number
and purchased it immediately.
This was the actual room
where I had my tooth extracted
that day that started
this whole thing.
- I don't think
that Giles realized
how impactful his dental clinic
is gonna be
for this small community.
- Giles coming back to the
area will help us resurge.
We're just overwhelmed with joy
to have him come back.
- Stamps was the hometown
of Maya Angelou.
Her favorite poem of mine
is "Still I Rise,"
and I want to rise, and I
would like to bring Stamps
and make them rise as well.
[soft music]
- Well, Merry Christmas.
You have
such a beautiful family.
Meet Melissa.
- Hello.
Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
- Thank you.
How are you, Melissa?
- Good. Thank you.
- Y'all look so good.
You look so Christmassy.
I love it.
So, Dr. Giles, what makes
your hometown so special?
- The people is, like--
make my hometown special.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Yeah, the people--you know,
especially during this time,
which is Christmastime,
everybody wants to come back
home to the small towns,
you know, eat pecan pie
and sweet potato pie...
And stuff like that, so...
- Yes.
- I do.
- Everybody wants
to come back home.
- Yes, I do. Yup, yup.
With whipped cream on top.
What? Yup.
[laughs]
- Well, we know that you want
to open a clinic
by the New Year.
Do you think--
how is that going?
Do you think
that's gonna be possible?
- I'm trying really hard.
It's a labor of love.
I'm trying really hard.
- Mm.
- People need it really bad
in our community,
so I hope I do.
- Oh, well, it's Christmastime,
so let's get you closer
to your dream.
That is the gift today
that we want to give to you.
- So we've reached out
to our friends at Wayfair.
- And you know them;
they have the best selection
for your holiday home,
including everything you need
from holiday decor
to kitchen essentials.
Together Wayfair,
my good neighbor
Melissa McCarthy, and I
are giving you...
- $100,000 for the clinic.
- What?
- Yeah!
- You are kidding me.
- Yeah.
- Will that help?
- No way.
I can't catch my breath.
- Take a breath. Take a breath.
- Yeah.
- Yes, that would help.
- I love that.
We love what you're doing, too,
for your small community.
- Yeah, what you're doing
is amazing.
- Yeah, there's a need there,
so we want to help you
fulfill that,
and I know it's a big dream,
so we wanted to help.
- I can't--
- Well, thank you, everybody,
just everybody out there
bringing light into our lives.
There are more Dr. Giles
all over the community
and all over the nation,
all over the world.
But we'll bring some more music
into your life
when we come back.
announcer: Coming up:
Leslie Odom Jr.
and Kelly's
classic Christmas duet.
And still to come:
Ariana Grande,
Brett Eldredge,
and Amy Poehler.
[bright music]
.
[festive music]
- Merry Christmas,
Leslie Odom Jr.
- Merry Christmas,
Kelly Clarkson.
- I just wanted to use
your full name.
I love your name.
I love your
Christmas album too.
It's literally one of
my favorite Christmas albums.
It's so--I love
your voice so much,
and I knew that, but how it's
just tastefully done.
The production,
it's so beautiful.
It's classic.
It's so good,
and I'm in love
with one particular song,
like, 'cause my mom--
it's her favorite song,
and she's probably mad at me
'cause I've never really
cut it before.
- I feel like I know
which one it is.
- Okay. It's the mom song.
- It's the mom favorite
Christmas song.
- And I'm a mom now, so--
- That's right.
That's right.
So it makes sense.
- So now I'm in that group,
yeah.
It's such a beautiful song,
and you sing it so classically,
so I hope I don't mess it up.
That is--my goal
is to just complement.
- I'm not worried about it
at all.
- Okay, so we can sing, then?
- Yeah.
- Okay. Thank you.
[soft music playing]
*
- * O holy night
* The stars
are brightly shining *
* It is the night
* Of our dear Savior's birth
*
- * Long lay the world
* In sin and error pining
* Till he appeared
* And the soul felt its worth
both: * A thrill of hope
* The weary world rejoices
* For yonder breaks
* A new and glorious morn
* Fall
* On your knees
* Hear
* The angel voices
* O night
* Divine
* O night
* When Christ was born
* O night
* Divine
* O night
* O night divine
*
* O night
* Divine
* O night
* When Christ was born
* O night
* O night divine
* O night
* O night divine
*
- All right,
so like I said earlier,
the holidays come with
a whole range of emotions.
I'ma be real with y'all.
When I wrote this next song,
I was crying my face off,
which happens even
at Christmastime, everyone.
I had just put my kids to bed,
and I was just
going through it,
having a really hard time,
and it's been a really tough
year for a lot of us.
And I wrote this song for me
but also because
there aren't many holiday songs
for people feeling alone
or lost or just plain sad
other than
Dolly Parton's classic
"Hard Candy Christmas,"
which we all love.
It's about getting through
a tough holiday.
I absolutely love that song,
and it allowed me
to write this.
[tender music playing]
*
* If I could feel a memory
instead of turn back time *
* I know that the past is all
that's left of you and I *
* I'd relive when we first met,
when you caught my eye *
* The rush of us
and all that was *
* But now it'd be so nice
* But I know
* When Christmas comes around
* And the snow
* Falls like a fresh start
on the ground *
* You aren't the one
I'm missing *
* He left long ago
* But Christmas Eve,
my gift to me *
* Is dancing with your ghost
* So Merry Christmas
* To the one I used to know
*
* If everything
was like a dream *
* You'd be by my side
* And who I thought you were
was true *
* Not made up in my mind
* You'd be here in my arms
* Where I thought
you'd be tonight *
* Instead of me left wondering,
was everything a lie *
* But I know
* When Christmas comes around
* And the snow
* Falls like a fresh start
on the ground *
* You aren't the one
I'm missing *
* No, he left long ago
* But Christmas Eve,
my gift to me *
* Is dancing with your ghost
* So Merry Christmas
* To the one I used
* To know
*
* Once a year, I let my heart
go back to you and me *
* A secret gift I give myself
* On Christmas Eve
* If I could feel the memory
instead of turn back time *
* I know that the past is all
that's left of you and I *
* Still I know
* When Christmas comes around
* And the snow
* Falls like a fresh start
on the ground *
* You aren't the one
I'm missing *
* No, he left long ago
* But Christmas Eve,
my gift to me *
* Is dancing with your ghost
* So Merry Christmas
* To the one I used
* To know
* So Merry Christmas
* To the one I used
* To know
*
announcer: Up next:
Ariana Grande and Kelly
perform,
and Amy Poehler helps deliver
another Christmas surprise.
.
[bright music]
- I had some friends join me on
my Christmas album this year,
and one of them is also a coach
on "The Voice" this season.
And I sent this person a text
after our coaches performance--
we performed it this season;
it was so fun
to sing with her--
and she said yes,
and I was very excited.
- I'm so honored and excited.
- Are you excited?
- I'm so excited.
- I'm so stoked.
- Thank you for having me.
- I know.
So this is our first time
to sing it.
Let's do it.
- Let's do it.
[festive music playing]
- Whoo!
* Keep the snow
and sleigh rides *
- * Keep those silver bells
- * Keep the gifts
beneath the tree *
- * Give them to someone else
- * Keep that magic snowman
- * Keep those twinkly lights
- * Keep the reindeer
* My heart already knows
how to fly *
- * 'Cause all I ever wanted
- * Was nothing I got, and
both:
* Santa, can't you hear me
* Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
* I don't need a thing
- * I sent a letter to
both: * You, ooh, ooh
- * On how to make
my dreams come *
both:
* True, oh, yeah
* What I want for Christmas
- * Hasn't come, and I've
both: * Been so blue
- * Tell me what can I
both: * Do, ooh, ooh
- * Oh, yeah
* Keep the mistletoe
- * Keep the mistletoe
- * Unless below
* Is what I
- * What I need
- * Need
* Oh, Santa,
can't you hear me *
- Yeah!
- * Keep those bows and boxes
- * Keep those three wise men
* No need for a North Star
* To show me
where I will land *
- * 'Cause all I ever wanted
- * Isn't on a shelf, and
both:
* Santa, can't you hear me
* Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
* Oh-oh, oh
* I don't need a thing
- * I sent a letter to
both: * You, ooh, ooh
- * On how to make
my dreams come *
both:
* True, oh, yeah
* What I want for Christmas
- * Hasn't come, and I've
both: * Been so blue
- * Tell me what can I
both: * Do, ooh, ooh
- * Oh, oh, oh
- * Keep the mistletoe
- * Unless below
* Is what I need
both: * Oh, Santa,
can't you hear me *
- Yeah!
- Whoo!
* 'Cause all I ever wanted
- * Was nothing I got, and
both:
* Santa, can't you hear me
* There's one thing
that I need *
* Oh, oh
- * Oh-oh
- * Ooh, yeah
- * Oh-oh
- * Santa, baby
- * Oh-oh
- * Whoo-hoo
both:
* I don't need a thing
- * I sent a letter to
both: * You, ooh, ooh
- * On how to make
my dreams come *
both:
* True, oh, yeah
* Keep the mistletoe
* Unless below
* Is what I need
* Oh, Santa,
can't you hear me *
- * Oh
- Yeah!
[laughing] Yeah!
So to me,
Christmas has always meant
being there for people.
Wouldn't you agree,
Amy Poehler?
- I would, Kelly Clarkson.
- You would?
- Happy holidays.
- Thank you for being here.
- My pleasure.
- So what's your favorite
Christmas memory?
It could be good, bad,
happy, sad, whatever.
- Well, I do have a memory,
before there were cell phones,
where my brother and I
woke up at 4:00 in the morning
and turned all the clocks back
so we could get
my parents up earlier so we...
- That's mean.
- Opened presents at, like,
5:00 in the morning
while it was pitch dark.
- Okay, so when your kids
do this to you
later in life,
you can't get mad.
- No, it's karma,
and I deserve it.
- All right, well, as a mom,
I love making crafts
with my kids
when Christmas comes around,
but sadly, around the country,
many kids live
without access to art.
- That's where Roni Cabrera
comes in.
She's a mom in Texas
who's serving children
in her community
through her art bus.
When kids lack access to art,
Roni comes to them.
- There's an artistic
revolution
rolling through the streets
of Houston, Texas.
It brings opportunity,
creativity,
and change to the children
who need it most.
- I am Roni Cabrera-Moreno,
and this is my art bus.
[horn honks]
The art bus is literally
an art studio on wheels.
Unfortunately,
in a lot of school settings,
arts get cut,
so that is why we need
to fill those gaps.
Today we are going
to talk about joy.
I had a long dream of being
able to do art with kids,
and I kept telling my husband,
"Hey, we should do this bus."
Maybe do some squares.
What are your shapes?
- My immediate reaction was,
"I'm not a diesel mechanic,"
but Roni's a dreamer.
That's who she is.
[upbeat music]
- We were driving home,
and it just so happens to be
that there are two buses
in someone's backyard.
- One of our neighbors,
it turns out
he's a bus salesman.
That's divine intervention.
- I woke up.
There's just this
humungous yellow thing.
- This is not a new bus.
This bus has been sitting
in some dude's backyard.
It took around 4 1/2 months
to get the bus done,
and those were some long
4 1/2 months.
[laughs]
- Roni is the most genuine
kind of authentic,
hardworking person
that I've ever met.
- I love the art bus
because it kind of
made me more confident
kind of to, like,
draw more.
- I like the art bus
because we paint.
- Houston is so big,
so when you find somebody
that truly cares,
I just--there's good
in this world.
She's one of those people.
[tender music]
- All right,
well, Merry Christmas.
Meet Amy.
All you look so festive!
- Hey, Amy.
- Thank you.
Hi, Amy. Hey, Kelly.
- Hello.
- You want to meet my boys?
- Yes.
- There's Noe.
- Hi.
- Norberto.
- Hi.
- Amadeo.
- Hi.
- Joshua.
- Hi.
- And my sweet husband,
Norberto Sr.
- Hello.
- What's up?
Y'all look so handsome.
- Oh, thank you.
- Got a lot of boys
in that house.
That's all I'm saying.
- We do.
- Well, Christmastime
is a time for gifts,
and you give the gift of art.
So why is that so important,
especially for kids?
- I really do believe that art
is one of those gifts
that you cannot
take away from children,
and it's just
an amazing experience
to be able to do that
with the kids
and know
that I'm helping them create
just memories
for the rest of their life.
- Yeah.
- Oh, wow.
- And art is so creative
and fun.
- That's so great!
- Yeah.
- Well, we know that your
ultimate goal is to open
a brick-and-mortar,
so how far along are you?
- Well, we've looked
at some buildings
and different businesses,
but I'm trying really hard
to keep it in my community,
which is very underserved,
and so I'm hoping that maybe
within the next year or two,
we will get there.
- All right, all right,
well, it is Christmastime.
- Yes, and at Christmas,
you tell the truth.
- Oh, that was a nice
"Love, Actually" reference.
I like it. Good movie.
- Thank you.
- And yes, at Christmastime,
you do tell the truth,
and also, you make sure
you give to those
who spend the whole year
giving, like you.
So our friends at HEB know the
holidays are better together,
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This right here is my favorite
part of Christmas, everybody.
We've got more music
and more surprises next.
Thank you, Amy.
- Oh, my God. Congratulations.
- Congrats!
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[laughter]
.
[soft music]
- Hey, what's up, Brett?
Happy holidays.
- Happy holidays to you, Kelly.
- Do you like decorating
Christmas trees?
- I do. I still decorate
to this day...
- Yeah.
- As a grown man.
- It's fun.
- I still--my mom breaks out,
you know, the old chest
of stuff that has,
like, decorations
from when I was a little kid...
- That's so cute.
- Like, that I glued stuff on,
you know, and--
- Oh, my gosh.
She kept all that?
That's so cute.
- She kept it all,
so I still decorate.
- Are you an only child?
Is that why she kept it all?
- No, I got a brother.
That does feel
like an only child.
- It's like, by the second kid,
they're like...
- Yeah, yeah.
- "It's fine."
- Yeah.
- That's magical that they--
that's really cool.
Do you ever do mistletoe?
Do you hang mistletoe?
- You know what?
Since we put this song out
last year, I think this year
is the year to...
- This is your year?
- Meet somebody
under the mistletoe.
- Yes.
- I feel like this is it.
Come on.
- * Every time I look
around this room *
* My eyes,
they tend to fall on you *
* And I confess
* Nothing but you makes sense
* Memories fill my heart
* And I can barely keep
my tears from falling *
* Oh, I want your love
* Do you ever think of us
* Is it too late,
too late to open up *
* I'm dying to say,
oh, how I love you *
* You're walking
towards me now *
- * What am I gonna say
- * Push my pride aside
* When I close my eyes
* It's just you and I
- * Here under the mistletoe
- * Magic fills the air
* Standing over there
* Santa, hear my prayer
- * Here under the mistletoe
both: * 'Cause all I want,
hey, yeah *
* All I want,
hey, hey, yeah *
* All I want, hey, yeah
- * Is under the mistletoe
- * Oh, everything I try
* To keep you
from getting inside works *
* Until I see your face
* I linger,
hoping you might stay *
both:
* Wrapped up in your arms
* Is where I wanna spend
my nights so hard *
* How much I want you
- * Do you think of us
both:
* How I want your love
* Is it too late, too late
- * To let you know I
both: * Can't quite escape
- * How much I need you
both: * You're walking
towards me now *
- * What am I gonna say
both: * Push my pride aside
* When I close my eyes
* It's just you and I
- * Here under the mistletoe
both: * Magic fills the air
* Standing over there
* Santa, hear my prayer
- * Here under the mistletoe
- * 'Cause all I want,
hey, yeah *
- * All I really,
really ever want *
- * All I want,
hey, hey, yeah *
- * All I really,
really ever want *
- * All I want,
hey, yeah *
- * All I really,
really ever want *
- * Is under the mistletoe
both: * You're walking
towards me now *
* Won't you read my mind
somehow *
* Meet me in the middle
underneath *
* The little bit of mistletoe,
an indecision *
* Take a breath
as I push my pride aside *
* When I close my eyes
- * It's just you and I
- * Here under the mistletoe
both: * Magic fills the air
- * Standing over there
- * Santa, hear my prayer
- * Here under the mistletoe
- * 'Cause all I want
- * All I really,
really ever want *
- * Oh, all I want
- * All I really,
really ever want *
- Whoo!
- * All I really,
really ever want *
- * Is under the mistletoe
- * All I really,
really ever want *
- * Whoa-oh-oh
- * All I really,
really ever want *
* All I really,
really ever want *
- * Is under the mistletoe
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[festive music]
- Happy holidays, everybody.
We've got one more song
for you tonight.
I was honestly a little nervous
about sharing this one,
because it's not your typical
Christmas single,
but it was the first song
that I wrote for this album.
And I wrote it because a lot
of things were taken from us
over the last couple years--
people, relationships,
jobs, et cetera.
There were
so many things taken,
but instead of looking at
everything that's gone wrong,
we should look at all the
things that have gone right.
And that's what my therapist
tells me, anyway,
so that's who I'm singing to.
But no matter what people
try to take from you,
nobody can cancel Christmas,
y'all.
[upbeat music playing]
* Out in the cold
* Standing where the trees
meet the road *
* This used to be our favorite
spot in this town *
* Memories of you and me
ruin it now *
- * Whoa, whoa, whoa
- * That's where we met
* Like a winter dream,
and I bet *
* I wasn't the first,
and I won't be the last *
* Underneath the mistletoe,
you've been so bad *
- * Whoa, whoa, whoa
- * You ruined
all my favorite things *
- * All my favorite things
- * But you won't
take Christmas *
* From me
* I'll be hanging every light
I find in this house *
* Playing Christmas music
so loud *
* This year,
Christmas won't be *
* Quite so blue
* And I'm gonna shop too much
and dance in the snow *
* Drink just enough
to let us go *
* Christmas isn't canceled
* Just you
Yeah.
*
* Lost at first
* Thinking that I might
be cursed *
* Winter wonderlands
weren't made for one *
* So we've all been told
since we were young *
- * Whoa, whoa, whoa
- * But I'm not
feeling incomplete *
- * Feeling incomplete
- * Turns out I don't need
a thing *
* Underneath my tree
* I'll be hanging every light
I find in this house *
* Playing Christmas music
so loud *
* This year,
Christmas won't be *
* Quite so blue
* And I'm gonna shop too much
and dance in the snow *
* Drink just enough
to let us go *
* Christmas isn't canceled
* Just you
Hey!
- * Christmas
- * Without you,
it's still fun *
- * Christmas
- * And when the New Year
comes
* Don't you worry about me
* I'll be all right
* Baby, by New Year's night
* Ooh-ooh
* I'll be ringing in the
New Year with all my friends *
* Kissing goodbye
to what might've been *
* This year, New Year's,
I won't *
* Be your fool
* And I bet you see me out,
wondering what's wrong *
* Watching me have fun
with you gone *
* But New Year's
isn't canceled *
* Christmas isn't canceled
*
* Just you
- * Christmas isn't canceled
- * Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
- * Christmas isn't canceled
- * Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
- * Christmas isn't canceled
* Just you
- * Hoo
- * Christmas isn't canceled
- * Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
- * Christmas isn't canceled
- * Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
- * Christmas isn't canceled
* Just you
- * Christmas isn't canceled
* Christmas isn't canceled
* Christmas
isn't canceled *
* Just you
Whoo!
Well, thank you so much
to everybody out there
for joining us this evening.
We are so happy to have you.
Oh, Jay Leno.
- How are you?
- You look so handsome.
Merry Christmas.
- Why, thank you very much.
Merry Christmas to you too.
- Oh, thank you. You actually
hosted my daytime show today.
Thank you for doing--wait,
have you been here all day?
- I've been here all day.
That's right.
- Wow. You love me.
- I do love you. Yeah.
- I heard that you might have
a gift or something.
- I do have a gift
or something.
It's more like a something.
In showbiz,
you get all the gifts.
- Yeah, yeah.
- But I thought I would
give you a Christmas memory.
I think it's one
that you will embrace.
- Okay.
I grew up in New England,
and where I lived,
it was a rural area back then,
although it isn't any longer.
- Mm.
- And at Christmas,
my dad and I,
we'd go out in the woods
behind our house.
My dad would get
burlap bags,
and we'd get
a couple of shovels,
and we'd dig up
Christmas trees,
bring it in the house.
My mom had a big clay pot,
and we'd put the dirt in there
with the tree,
and we'd water it every day.
And after about five or seven
days, when Christmas was over,
we'd take the tree out,
and we'd dig a hole,
and we'd put it
along the driveway,
'cause our house was about
1,000 feet back from the road.
So we had a lot of holes there,
so we'd dig holes
and put the trees in there.
Now, my parents have been gone
for 30 years.
I lost my brother
about 20 years ago.
- Hmm.
- The house I lived in
was torn down.
The 3 1/2 acres became, like,
a housing development,
so everything's gone.
When I get home, all 13 of my
Christmas trees are all there.
- That's the coolest thing
ever.
- Every one of them.
And the first one
is 70 feet tall.
- I'm starting that
with my kids.
They're young enough.
- Yeah, give it a shot, so...
- Challenge accepted, Jay.
- Merry Christmas, everybody.
- Merry Christmas, y'all,
and before we leave, though,
we want to give a huge
shout-out to our sponsors,
Wayfair and HEB.
Thank you so much
for believing in our show.
Thank you for the help.
And also, be sure to watch
Amy Poehler's show
"Baking It" on Peacock.
And remember, whatever you're
feeling this Christmas--
joyful, anxious,
celebratory, lonely, grateful,
or maybe all of those at once,
who knows--
Christmas isn't supposed to be
any one thing, one feeling.
So I wish you success
in finding peace
with wherever you are in life,
and if we can all do that,
peace on Earth
might just follow, y'all.
Merry Christmas.
And if it's not merry,
change it.
Christmas special.
We're getting it done, people.
- Five. Four. Three. Two.
- It's go time.
[trilling]
[festive music]
*
We did it!
[cheers and applause]
[laughs]