1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:08,000 [SOUND OF A DRUM] 2 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:12,433 [SOUND OF A TRIANGLE MIXED WITH THE SOUND OF A DRUM] 3 00:00:12,433 --> 00:00:23,933 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 4 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:45,966 ♪ Sing we now of Christmas ♪ 5 00:00:45,966 --> 00:00:49,266 ♪ noel, sing we here! ♪ 6 00:00:49,266 --> 00:00:52,133 ♪ Hear our grateful praises ♪ 7 00:00:52,133 --> 00:00:55,533 ♪ to the babe so dear. ♪ 8 00:00:55,533 --> 00:01:01,100 ♪ Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel! ♪ 9 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:07,400 ♪ Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel! ♪ 10 00:01:07,966 --> 00:01:14,400 ♪ Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel! ♪ 11 00:01:14,766 --> 00:01:28,566 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 12 00:01:45,633 --> 00:01:51,433 ♪ Angels called to shepherds, "Leave your flocks at rest, ♪ 13 00:01:51,866 --> 00:01:57,666 ♪ journey forth to Bethlehem, find the child so blest." ♪ 14 00:01:58,133 --> 00:02:03,933 ♪ Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel! ♪ 15 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:10,366 ♪ Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel! ♪ 16 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:17,400 ♪ Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel! ♪ 17 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:29,266 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 18 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,966 ♪ In Bethlehem they found him; ♪ 19 00:02:51,966 --> 00:02:58,333 ♪ Joseph and Mary mild, seated by the manger, ♪ 20 00:02:58,333 --> 00:03:04,133 ♪ watching the holy child. O sing we Noel, ♪ 21 00:03:04,433 --> 00:03:10,633 ♪ the King is born, Noel! Sing we Noel, ♪ 22 00:03:10,633 --> 00:03:17,666 ♪ the King is born, Noel! Sing we now of Christmas, ♪ 23 00:03:17,666 --> 00:03:21,600 ♪ sing we now Noel! ♪ 24 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:33,433 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 25 00:04:06,333 --> 00:04:12,133 ♪ From the eastern country came the kings afar, ♪ 26 00:04:12,533 --> 00:04:18,566 ♪ bearing gifts to Bethlehem guided by a star. ♪ 27 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:24,933 ♪ Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel! ♪ 28 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:31,300 ♪ Sing we Noel, the King is born, Noel! ♪ 29 00:04:31,866 --> 00:04:38,333 ♪ Sing we now of Christmas, sing we now Noel! ♪ 30 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:51,233 [TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA] 31 00:04:51,666 --> 00:05:04,266 ♪ Ah! Ah! Ah! ♪ 32 00:05:04,833 --> 00:05:11,100 ♪ Ah! ♪ 33 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,166 ♪ Sing we Noel, ♪ 34 00:05:14,166 --> 00:05:20,700 ♪ the King is born, Noel! Sing we Noel, ♪ 35 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:27,566 ♪ the King is born, Noel! Sing we now of Christmas, ♪ 36 00:05:27,566 --> 00:05:33,166 ♪ Sing we now of Christmas, sing Noel, ♪ 37 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:46,300 ♪ sing Noel, Noel, sing Noel. Noel, Noel! ♪ 38 00:05:46,633 --> 00:05:56,100 ♪ Noel, Noel! Sing Noel! ♪ 39 00:05:56,500 --> 00:06:06,866 ♪ Noel, Noel! ♪ 40 00:06:09,066 --> 00:06:18,433 [APPLAUSE] 41 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:36,133 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING] 42 00:06:47,933 --> 00:06:58,500 [ORCHESTRA AND BELLS] 43 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:01,266 ♪ Shepherds, rise look up and see ♪ 44 00:07:01,266 --> 00:07:07,300 ♪ New light yonder breaking, brighter than the noonday sun, ♪ 45 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:10,866 ♪ All your sheep awaking. Wonder, whisper, ♪ 46 00:07:10,866 --> 00:07:13,266 ♪ "Ah, Noe!" Christ is born ♪ 47 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:16,166 ♪ this holy day! He is come to you, ♪ 48 00:07:17,433 --> 00:07:22,766 ♪ Lowly shepherds true! He is come unto you; ♪ 49 00:07:22,966 --> 00:07:27,133 ♪ He is come unto you, Morning star and New Day! ♪ 50 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:32,600 ♪ Wonder, whisper, "Ah, Noe!" ♪ 51 00:07:33,033 --> 00:07:40,700 [ORCHESTRA AND BELLS] 52 00:07:41,133 --> 00:07:44,200 ♪ Shepherds, turn your eyes and see ♪ 53 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,733 ♪ In the manger, sleeping, Prince of Peace ♪ 54 00:07:47,733 --> 00:07:52,433 ♪ and Heav’nly King, In His mother’s keeping. ♪ 55 00:07:52,433 --> 00:07:55,100 ♪ Worship Him who brings Noe! ♪ 56 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,933 ♪ He who turns the night to day! ♪ 57 00:07:57,933 --> 00:08:02,900 ♪ He is come to you, Lowly shepherds, true! ♪ 58 00:08:03,666 --> 00:08:07,933 ♪ He is come unto you; He is come unto you, ♪ 59 00:08:07,933 --> 00:08:16,466 ♪ Morning Star and New Day! Worship Him who brings Noe! ♪ 60 00:08:16,733 --> 00:08:24,166 [ORCHESTRA AND BELLS] 61 00:08:36,066 --> 00:08:39,166 ♪ Shepherds, look about and see ♪ 62 00:08:39,166 --> 00:08:42,900 ♪ In the darkness pining All God’s children ♪ 63 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:46,866 ♪ long to hear of the new light shining. ♪ 64 00:08:47,166 --> 00:08:52,400 ♪ Witness of the true Noe! Share glad tidings of this day! ♪ 65 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:57,200 ♪ He is come to you, Lowly shepherds, true! ♪ 66 00:08:58,166 --> 00:09:02,300 ♪ He is come unto you; He is come unto you, ♪ 67 00:09:02,300 --> 00:09:10,366 ♪ Morning Star and New Day! Witness of the true Noe! ♪ 68 00:09:10,366 --> 00:09:19,400 ♪ NOE! NOE! NOE! NOE! ♪ 69 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,866 ♪ Shepherds, run to us and see Here we are awaiting thee. ♪ 70 00:09:25,066 --> 00:09:28,866 ♪ Let your voices ring for ‘aye Christ is born! ♪ 71 00:09:28,866 --> 00:09:43,800 ♪ NOE! NOE! NOE! NOE! NOE! NOE! ♪ 72 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:44,433 ♪ NOE! NOE! NOE! NOE! NOE! NOE! ♪ 73 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:53,800 [APPLAUSE] 74 00:09:58,666 --> 00:10:02,000 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 75 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,866 Ladies and gentlemen, from Broadway, 76 00:10:04,866 --> 00:10:07,133 concert halls, and television, 77 00:10:07,333 --> 00:10:10,200 please welcome Mr. Michael Maliakel. 78 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:17,066 [APPLAUSE] 79 00:10:17,066 --> 00:10:21,866 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 80 00:10:22,233 --> 00:10:27,033 ♪ Joy to the world, the Lord is come; ♪ 81 00:10:27,266 --> 00:10:32,433 ♪ Let earth receive her King. ♪ 82 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:38,200 ♪ Let ev’ry heart prepare him room, ♪ 83 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,400 ♪ -And heav’n and 84 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,300 ♪ -nature sing, And -And heav’n and nature ♪ 85 00:10:41,300 --> 00:10:44,133 ♪ -heav’n and nature sing, And - And heav’n and nature ♪ 86 00:10:44,133 --> 00:10:46,533 ♪ - heav’n and heav’n -sing, ♪ 87 00:10:46,533 --> 00:10:51,033 ♪ and nature sing. ♪ 88 00:10:53,766 --> 00:10:59,033 ♪ Joy to the world, the Savior reigns, ♪ 89 00:10:59,033 --> 00:11:07,533 ♪ let men their songs employ, while fields and floods, ♪ 90 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:12,766 ♪ rocks, hills, and plains repeat the sounding joy, ♪ 91 00:11:13,166 --> 00:11:20,733 ♪ repeat the sounding joy, repeat, repeat the sounding ♪ 92 00:11:20,733 --> 00:11:22,266 ♪ -joy. -Joy to the ♪ 93 00:11:22,266 --> 00:11:24,866 ♪ -Joy to the world, -world, Joy to the ♪ 94 00:11:25,066 --> 00:11:28,666 ♪ -Joy to the world. -world. ♪ 95 00:11:28,966 --> 00:11:36,566 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 96 00:11:36,933 --> 00:11:42,300 ♪ He rules the world with truth and grace, ♪ 97 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:51,366 ♪ and makes the nations prove. The glories of His ♪ 98 00:11:51,366 --> 00:11:55,466 ♪ righteousness. And wonders of ♪ 99 00:11:55,466 --> 00:11:56,900 ♪ - His love. - And wonders of ♪ 100 00:11:56,900 --> 00:11:58,366 ♪ -And wonders of - His love. ♪ 101 00:11:58,366 --> 00:12:01,666 ♪ - of His love. And wonders -And wonders of His love. ♪ 102 00:12:01,666 --> 00:12:15,466 ♪ wonders of His love. ♪ 103 00:12:16,433 --> 00:12:27,900 [APPLAUSE] 104 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,633 Thank you, thank you, thank you so much and Merry Christmas. 105 00:12:32,533 --> 00:12:33,866 It is such a thrill to be here. 106 00:12:33,866 --> 00:12:36,200 I am here first and foremost as a big, 107 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,000 big fan of this choir right here. 108 00:12:40,066 --> 00:12:42,166 One of the greatest in the world. 109 00:12:43,033 --> 00:12:45,000 I have watched them on TV 110 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,433 and listened to their recordings for as long as 111 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:50,300 I can remember, and so to get to stand here right now 112 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:54,333 and perform with them is absolutely a dream come true. 113 00:12:54,333 --> 00:12:57,666 I grew up singing in the church choir. 114 00:12:57,666 --> 00:12:59,600 I fell in love with music through that. 115 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,866 My mom, when I was eight years old, signed me up, 116 00:13:01,866 --> 00:13:04,100 and ever since then I haven't looked back. 117 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:06,366 Like so many of you I bet, many 118 00:13:06,366 --> 00:13:08,866 of my favorite childhood memories are from 119 00:13:08,866 --> 00:13:10,266 Christmas time, and they're 120 00:13:10,266 --> 00:13:12,100 the kind of memories that my wife and 121 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:15,366 I are hoping to create with our own family now. 122 00:13:15,366 --> 00:13:18,300 We are pretty fresh to the parenting game. 123 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:21,333 We have an 18-month-old daughter at home, 124 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,300 and one thing I know for certain, 125 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,500 our Christmases will always be filled with music. 126 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:34,166 So my first job ever, actually, was as the cantor at my church. 127 00:13:34,166 --> 00:13:36,933 So I would sing for weddings and baptisms and, of course, 128 00:13:36,933 --> 00:13:40,100 Christmas services. And ever since then, 129 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:44,166 this next carol has been one of my absolute favorites, 130 00:13:44,166 --> 00:13:46,700 one of my mom's absolute favorites. 131 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:50,700 It's simple, it's quiet, it's timeless, 132 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:53,400 and I'm so grateful to get to share it with you tonight. 133 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:04,066 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 134 00:14:13,966 --> 00:14:21,633 ♪ I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, ♪ 135 00:14:22,033 --> 00:14:30,133 ♪ How Jesus, the Savior did come for to die ♪ 136 00:14:30,633 --> 00:14:38,733 ♪ For poor on’ry people like you and like I, ♪ 137 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:51,366 ♪ I wonder as I wander out under the sky. ♪ 138 00:14:54,766 --> 00:15:03,033 ♪ When Mary birthed Jesus, ‘twas in a cow’s stall, ♪ 139 00:15:03,266 --> 00:15:11,200 ♪ With wisemen and farmers and shepherd’s and all. ♪ 140 00:15:11,433 --> 00:15:19,666 ♪ But high from God’s heaven a star’s light did fall, ♪ 141 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:34,433 ♪ and the promise of ages it then did recall. ♪ 142 00:15:35,066 --> 00:15:40,766 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 143 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:53,033 ♪ If Jesus had wanted for any wee thing, ♪ 144 00:15:53,366 --> 00:16:01,600 ♪ A star in the sky or a bird on the wing, ♪ 145 00:16:01,966 --> 00:16:10,066 ♪ Or all of God’s angels in heav’n for to sing, ♪ 146 00:16:10,566 --> 00:16:25,500 ♪ He surely could have it, ‘cause He was the king. ♪ 147 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:26,866 ♪ He surely could have it, ‘cause He was the king. ♪ 148 00:16:27,233 --> 00:16:30,266 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 149 00:16:30,566 --> 00:16:38,400 ♪ I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, ♪ 150 00:16:38,866 --> 00:16:46,266 ♪ How Jesus, the Savior did come for to die ♪ 151 00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:54,200 ♪ For poor on’ry people like you and like I, ♪ 152 00:16:54,533 --> 00:17:06,400 ♪ I wonder as I wander out under the sky ♪ 153 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:12,966 ♪ Out under the sky, ♪ 154 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:20,466 ♪ out under the sky, ♪ 155 00:17:22,866 --> 00:17:33,400 ♪ the sky. ♪ 156 00:17:35,633 --> 00:17:50,566 [APPLAUSE] 157 00:17:50,566 --> 00:17:52,300 [APPLAUSE] 158 00:17:53,366 --> 00:18:08,166 [ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] 159 00:18:21,833 --> 00:18:28,000 ♪ From heav’n on high I come to you ♪ 160 00:18:28,233 --> 00:18:34,500 ♪ I bring you joyful news and true ♪ 161 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:40,966 ♪ The joyful news I bring this day ♪ 162 00:18:41,266 --> 00:18:53,400 ♪ I now shall sing and I shall say. ♪ 163 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:58,266 [TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA] 164 00:18:58,533 --> 00:19:05,000 ♪ Praise God upon his heav’nly throne ♪ 165 00:19:05,233 --> 00:19:11,300 ♪ Who now has sent his only Son ♪ 166 00:19:11,633 --> 00:19:17,566 [TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA] 167 00:19:17,566 --> 00:19:24,666 ♪ The angels greet us with good cheer ♪ 168 00:19:25,033 --> 00:19:30,333 [TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA] 169 00:19:30,633 --> 00:19:36,666 ♪ And sing us all A bright new year ♪ 170 00:19:36,666 --> 00:19:39,600 ♪ The angels greet ♪ 171 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:51,166 ♪ us with good cheer and sing us all a bright new year ♪ 172 00:19:51,500 --> 00:20:03,200 ♪ sing us, sing us all a bright new year ♪ 173 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:09,633 ♪ The angels greet us with good cheer ♪ 174 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:14,833 ♪ and sing us all a bright new year ♪ 175 00:20:14,833 --> 00:20:22,866 ♪ and sing us all a bright new year. ♪ 176 00:20:23,133 --> 00:20:38,066 [TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA] 177 00:20:38,066 --> 00:20:38,333 [TRUMPETS AND ORCHESTRA] 178 00:20:39,633 --> 00:20:47,333 [APPLAUSE] 179 00:20:54,833 --> 00:21:04,933 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 180 00:23:52,000 --> 00:24:06,766 [APPLAUSE] 181 00:24:07,300 --> 00:24:09,833 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 182 00:24:09,833 --> 00:24:11,433 Ladies and gentlemen, 183 00:24:11,433 --> 00:24:14,033 Welcome back Michael Maliakel. 184 00:24:14,033 --> 00:24:19,700 [APPLAUSE AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 185 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:22,333 ♪ It’s beginning to look a lot like ♪ 186 00:24:22,333 --> 00:24:27,866 ♪ Christmas ev’rywhere you go. ♪ 187 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:32,366 ♪ Take a look at the five and ten, glistening once again, ♪ 188 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:36,366 ♪ With candy canes and silver lanes a-glow. ♪ 189 00:24:36,633 --> 00:24:40,333 ♪ It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, ♪ 190 00:24:41,066 --> 00:24:46,966 ♪ toys in ev’ry store. But the prettiest sight to see ♪ 191 00:24:46,966 --> 00:24:50,433 ♪ is the holly that will be on your own ♪ 192 00:24:50,700 --> 00:24:52,833 ♪ front door. ♪ 193 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:55,433 ♪ A pair of hop-a-long boots and a pistol that shoots ♪ 194 00:24:55,433 --> 00:24:57,400 ♪ is the wish of Barney and Ben. ♪ 195 00:24:57,933 --> 00:24:59,300 ♪ Dolls that will talk and will go for ♪ 196 00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:03,233 ♪ a walk is the hope of Janice and Jen. And mom and dad ♪ 197 00:25:03,233 --> 00:25:06,000 ♪ can hardly wait for school to start again. ♪ 198 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,100 ♪ It’s beginning to look a lot ♪ 199 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:14,200 ♪ like Christmas ev’rywhere you go. ♪ 200 00:25:14,466 --> 00:25:16,633 ♪ -There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, ♪ 201 00:25:16,933 --> 00:25:18,833 ♪ one in the park as well, ♪ 202 00:25:19,066 --> 00:25:22,700 ♪ the sturdy kind that doesn’t mind the snow. ♪ 203 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:29,000 ♪ It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, soon the bells ♪ 204 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,033 ♪ will start, And the thing that’ll ♪ 205 00:25:32,033 --> 00:25:34,333 ♪ make ‘em ring is the carol that ♪ 206 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:40,266 ♪ you sing right within your heart. ♪ 207 00:25:40,866 --> 00:25:47,733 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 208 00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:58,100 ♪ It’s beginning to look a lot ♪ 209 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:04,500 ♪ like Christmas, toys in ev’ry store. ♪ 210 00:26:04,766 --> 00:26:08,600 ♪ But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be ♪ 211 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:14,366 ♪ On your own front door. ♪ 212 00:26:14,666 --> 00:26:28,433 ♪ Sure, it’s Christmas once more. ♪ 213 00:26:29,366 --> 00:26:37,833 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 214 00:26:51,466 --> 00:27:00,633 ♪ Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart ♪ 215 00:27:00,633 --> 00:27:13,433 ♪ be light. From now on our troubles will be out of sight. ♪ 216 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:23,933 ♪ Have yourself a merry little Christmas, make the ♪ 217 00:27:23,933 --> 00:27:30,833 ♪ yuletide gay. From now on ♪ 218 00:27:30,833 --> 00:27:38,466 ♪ our troubles will be miles away. ♪ 219 00:27:40,566 --> 00:27:52,033 ♪ Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days of yore; ♪ 220 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,733 ♪ Faithful friends who are dear to ♪ 221 00:27:56,733 --> 00:28:05,000 ♪ us, gather near to us once more. ♪ 222 00:28:06,666 --> 00:28:09,633 ♪ Through the years we all will ♪ 223 00:28:09,633 --> 00:28:16,100 ♪ be together, if the fates allow, ♪ 224 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:21,600 ♪ Hang a shining star upon the ♪ 225 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:31,266 ♪ highest bough, and have yourself ♪ 226 00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:40,666 ♪ a merry little Christmas now. ♪ 227 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:48,066 ♪ Here we are as in olden days, ♪ 228 00:28:48,066 --> 00:28:58,200 ♪ happy golden days of yore, faithful friends who are dear ♪ 229 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:11,900 ♪ to us, gather near to us once more, for Christmas once more ♪ 230 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:19,766 ♪ Through the years we all will be together, if the fates ♪ 231 00:29:19,766 --> 00:29:34,700 ♪ allow, hang a shining star upon the highest bough, ♪ 232 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:35,866 ♪ allow, hang a shining star upon the highest bough, ♪ 233 00:29:35,866 --> 00:29:50,800 ♪ And have yourself a merry little Christmas now ♪ 234 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,333 ♪ And have yourself a merry little Christmas now ♪ 235 00:29:54,533 --> 00:30:07,366 ♪ Merry Christmas now! ♪ 236 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:18,166 [APPLAUSE] 237 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:32,333 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 238 00:30:53,800 --> 00:31:02,766 ♪ Still, still, still, The child’s eyes ♪ 239 00:31:02,766 --> 00:31:13,033 ♪ softly close. And Mary breathless ♪ 240 00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:21,733 ♪ draws Him, weeping, To her heart made ♪ 241 00:31:21,733 --> 00:31:33,700 ♪ pure for keeping. Still, still, still, ♪ 242 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:44,000 ♪ His bright eyes softly close. ♪ 243 00:31:44,633 --> 00:31:54,633 ♪ Sleep, sleep, sleep, He breathes a ♪ 244 00:31:54,633 --> 00:32:03,133 ♪ tender sigh, For soon He’ll ♪ 245 00:32:03,133 --> 00:32:08,900 ♪ wake the world from slumber, ♪ 246 00:32:08,900 --> 00:32:16,666 ♪ Bringing life and endless wonder, ♪ 247 00:32:17,433 --> 00:32:32,366 ♪ Sleep, sleep, sleep. He breathes a tender sigh. ♪ 248 00:32:32,366 --> 00:32:35,133 ♪ Sleep, sleep, sleep. He breathes a tender sigh. ♪ 249 00:32:35,366 --> 00:32:44,000 ♪ Sleep, sleep, sleep, O sleep. ♪ 250 00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:59,633 ♪ Sleep, baby sleep. ♪ 251 00:32:59,633 --> 00:33:00,800 ♪ Sleep, baby sleep. ♪ 252 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:12,033 [GLOCKENSPIEL AND HARP] 253 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:30,366 ♪ Peace be mine, dear shepherds prayed, ♪ 254 00:33:30,766 --> 00:33:44,366 ♪ And kneeling where the Lamb was laid ♪ 255 00:33:44,833 --> 00:33:59,100 ♪ kept watch o’er Him all through the night, ♪ 256 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:13,466 ♪ His love endowing them with light; ♪ 257 00:34:13,966 --> 00:34:24,366 ♪ Then on to make known to all the world ♪ 258 00:34:24,733 --> 00:34:39,100 ♪ good will abroad and glory to God ♪ 259 00:34:39,766 --> 00:34:53,900 ♪ who gave His son for us for everyone ♪ 260 00:34:54,566 --> 00:35:09,200 ♪ Beloved Son, the Holy One ♪ 261 00:35:09,966 --> 00:35:17,900 ♪ who bears me peace. ♪ 262 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:27,033 ♪ Speaks peace, who makes ♪ 263 00:35:27,033 --> 00:35:40,566 ♪ Peace, heav’nly Prince of ♪ 264 00:35:40,566 --> 00:35:55,500 ♪ Peace. ♪ 265 00:35:55,500 --> 00:36:00,800 ♪ Peace. ♪ 266 00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:11,166 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 267 00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:23,033 [SINGING IN GERMAN] 268 00:38:02,633 --> 00:38:17,566 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 269 00:38:17,566 --> 00:38:18,166 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 270 00:38:18,866 --> 00:38:28,433 [SINGING IN GERMAN] 271 00:39:10,866 --> 00:39:25,366 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 272 00:39:25,966 --> 00:39:40,433 [THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE] 273 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:06,200 [ORGAN AND TRUMPETS FANFARE] 274 00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:11,000 [ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] 275 00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:17,166 [ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING] 276 00:40:17,566 --> 00:40:24,666 [ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] 277 00:40:45,166 --> 00:40:50,500 [ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING] 278 00:40:50,833 --> 00:40:55,500 [ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] 279 00:41:13,900 --> 00:41:24,500 [ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING] 280 00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:30,033 [ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] 281 00:42:29,066 --> 00:42:34,100 [ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING] 282 00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:38,200 [ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING] 283 00:42:43,133 --> 00:42:45,666 [TRUMPETS PLAYING] 284 00:42:45,666 --> 00:42:50,866 [ORGAN AND TRUMPETS PLAYING] 285 00:42:51,966 --> 00:43:02,566 [APPLAUSE] 286 00:43:17,700 --> 00:43:29,066 [STRONG ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 287 00:43:29,066 --> 00:43:31,666 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 288 00:43:31,866 --> 00:43:34,300 ♪ Sing a song for the glorious season! ♪ 289 00:43:34,666 --> 00:43:37,166 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 290 00:43:37,433 --> 00:43:39,833 ♪ Sing a song for a happy new year! ♪ 291 00:43:40,033 --> 00:43:43,166 ♪ Sing verily, merrily, loud and strong! ♪ 292 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:47,666 ♪ Welcome the wintery season! Just follow along with a ♪ 293 00:43:47,666 --> 00:43:50,833 ♪ holiday song. Santa is here again. YES! ♪ 294 00:43:51,666 --> 00:43:54,400 ♪ Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! ♪ 295 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,166 ♪ Sing a song for the glorious season! ♪ 296 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,366 ♪ Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! ♪ 297 00:44:00,366 --> 00:44:03,066 ♪ Sing a song for a happy new year! ♪ 298 00:44:03,266 --> 00:44:05,466 ♪ Now reindeer fly, if you need ♪ 299 00:44:05,466 --> 00:44:07,900 ♪ any proof, s’merely a matter of ♪ 300 00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:10,833 ♪ reason. Just listen, you'll hear when ♪ 301 00:44:10,833 --> 00:44:14,100 ♪ they land on the roof Santa is here again. YES! ♪ 302 00:44:14,733 --> 00:44:17,600 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 303 00:44:17,866 --> 00:44:20,433 ♪ Sing a song for the glorious season! ♪ 304 00:44:20,766 --> 00:44:23,400 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 305 00:44:23,666 --> 00:44:26,233 ♪ Sing a song for a happy new year! ♪ 306 00:44:26,633 --> 00:44:29,266 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 307 00:44:29,566 --> 00:44:32,100 ♪ Sing a song for the obvious reason! ♪ 308 00:44:32,333 --> 00:44:35,133 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 309 00:44:35,466 --> 00:44:38,566 ♪ It’s a magical, lyrical, annual, miracle, ♪ 310 00:44:38,566 --> 00:44:43,266 ♪ sing it out loud! Sing a song for a happy new year! ♪ 311 00:44:43,733 --> 00:44:50,033 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 312 00:45:25,633 --> 00:45:28,900 ♪ Sing verily, merrily, loud and strong! ♪ 313 00:45:29,133 --> 00:45:33,033 ♪ Welcome the wintery season! Just follow along ♪ 314 00:45:33,033 --> 00:45:36,900 ♪ with a holiday song. Santa is here again. YES! ♪ 315 00:45:37,433 --> 00:45:40,333 ♪ Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! ♪ 316 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,166 ♪ Sing a song for the glorious season! ♪ 317 00:45:43,533 --> 00:45:46,333 ♪ Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! ♪ 318 00:45:46,566 --> 00:45:49,300 ♪ Sing a song for a happy new year! ♪ 319 00:45:49,666 --> 00:45:52,333 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 320 00:45:52,566 --> 00:45:55,366 ♪ Sing a song for the obvious reason! ♪ 321 00:45:55,366 --> 00:45:58,366 ♪ Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas! ♪ 322 00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,900 ♪ It’s a magical, lyrical, annual, miracle, ♪ 323 00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:04,233 ♪ sing it out loud! Sing a song for a ♪ 324 00:46:04,233 --> 00:46:10,766 ♪ happy new year. YES! ♪ 325 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:20,766 [APPLAUSE] 326 00:46:27,833 --> 00:46:35,100 [CHIMES] 327 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,433 I think you'll all probably agree with me that there's no 328 00:46:38,433 --> 00:46:42,366 time quite like Christmas time to bring people together. 329 00:46:43,066 --> 00:46:46,366 And sadly, we know that across the world there are 330 00:46:46,366 --> 00:46:49,833 so many yearning to be included in their families 331 00:46:49,833 --> 00:46:54,000 and communities. In his novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," 332 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:57,500 Victor Hugo painted an unforgettable picture of 333 00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:00,166 people who find themselves cast out. 334 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:03,133 Some are poor in body, 335 00:47:03,133 --> 00:47:06,000 but many more suffer a deep hunger in their souls, 336 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,600 which reminds us that the real meaning of Christmas is love 337 00:47:10,566 --> 00:47:11,733 and the greatest joy of 338 00:47:11,733 --> 00:47:14,633 the season is opening our hearts to all God's children. 339 00:47:14,633 --> 00:47:17,200 This song is a prayer for them, 340 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,566 whoever they are and whatever they may need. 341 00:47:20,766 --> 00:47:27,000 [ORGAN MUSIC AND CHIMES PLAYING] 342 00:47:27,233 --> 00:47:36,200 ♪ I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're even there. ♪ 343 00:47:36,633 --> 00:47:45,733 ♪ I don't know if you will listen to a humble prayer. ♪ 344 00:47:45,966 --> 00:47:48,300 ♪ Yes, I know I’m just an ♪ 345 00:47:48,300 --> 00:47:54,933 ♪ outcast I shouldn't speak to you. ♪ 346 00:47:55,500 --> 00:48:00,733 ♪ Still, I see your face and wonder, ♪ 347 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:09,866 ♪ were you once an outcast, too? ♪ 348 00:48:10,066 --> 00:48:14,000 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 349 00:48:14,366 --> 00:48:22,000 ♪ God help the outcasts, hungry from birth. ♪ 350 00:48:22,633 --> 00:48:30,766 ♪ Show them the mercy they don't find on earth. ♪ 351 00:48:31,300 --> 00:48:39,400 ♪ God help my people, they look to you still. ♪ 352 00:48:40,033 --> 00:48:50,233 ♪ God help the outcasts, or nobody will. ♪ 353 00:48:50,466 --> 00:48:57,600 ♪ -We ask for wealth. We ask for fame. ♪ 354 00:48:58,533 --> 00:49:05,533 ♪ We ask for glory to shine on our name. ♪ 355 00:49:06,700 --> 00:49:14,900 ♪ We ask for love we can possess. ♪ 356 00:49:15,233 --> 00:49:25,166 ♪ We ask for God and His angels to bless us. ♪ 357 00:49:25,366 --> 00:49:34,233 ♪ I ask for nothing, I can get by. ♪ 358 00:49:34,233 --> 00:49:43,166 ♪ But I know so many less lucky than I. ♪ 359 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:52,366 ♪ Please help my people, the poor and down trod. ♪ 360 00:49:53,000 --> 00:50:06,300 ♪ I thought we all were the children of God. ♪ 361 00:50:07,266 --> 00:50:13,500 ♪ God help the outcasts ♪ 362 00:50:15,433 --> 00:50:30,366 ♪ children of God. ♪ 363 00:50:30,366 --> 00:50:31,400 ♪ children of God. ♪ 364 00:50:31,666 --> 00:50:38,300 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 365 00:50:38,533 --> 00:50:49,166 ♪ Children of God. ♪ 366 00:50:51,033 --> 00:51:02,500 [APPLAUSE] 367 00:51:12,566 --> 00:51:15,933 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 368 00:51:15,933 --> 00:51:17,600 Ladies and gentlemen, 369 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,866 please welcome award-winning star of television, 370 00:51:20,866 --> 00:51:24,066 stage, and screen, Miss Lesley Nicol. 371 00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:32,366 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND APPLAUSE] 372 00:51:32,366 --> 00:51:36,200 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC AND APPLAUSE] 373 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:40,500 [APPLAUSE] 374 00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:44,000 I finally made it upstairs. 375 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:48,233 [LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE] 376 00:51:48,500 --> 00:51:53,200 Woo! Now, if any of you didn't understand that I'm 377 00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:54,866 the cook in "Downton Abbey" and 378 00:51:54,866 --> 00:51:58,766 I spend most of my time downstairs in the kitchen. 379 00:51:59,633 --> 00:52:04,533 Now you see, my friend, Hugh Bonneville, told me that this 380 00:52:04,533 --> 00:52:09,200 place makes Downton Abbey look like a tool shed. 381 00:52:10,933 --> 00:52:12,800 Well, he wasn't wrong, was he? 382 00:52:14,366 --> 00:52:17,266 Now, I am honored to be with you tonight 383 00:52:17,266 --> 00:52:21,433 and with this marvelous choir and orchestra. 384 00:52:21,433 --> 00:52:23,700 Now, obviously, I'm not really a cook. 385 00:52:23,700 --> 00:52:25,366 I mean, I'm just one on television, 386 00:52:25,366 --> 00:52:31,866 but I do love Christmas, and I love people, 387 00:52:32,333 --> 00:52:36,766 and I love family. See, 388 00:52:36,766 --> 00:52:40,533 when the choir asked me to join them in this concert, 389 00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,633 I called my brother, who is a doctor in South Carolina, 390 00:52:44,633 --> 00:52:49,200 and he said, "I've watched the choir's Christmas program 391 00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:52,400 for years, and I've tried and tried to get tickets. 392 00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:57,400 It's impossible!" Sound familiar? 393 00:52:58,733 --> 00:53:05,133 Well, my darling brother Philip, you're here at last, my love. 394 00:53:05,133 --> 00:53:07,466 And I'm so grateful you are. 395 00:53:07,766 --> 00:53:15,066 [APPLAUSE] 396 00:53:15,300 --> 00:53:18,066 And to each of you, welcome! 397 00:53:18,066 --> 00:53:19,900 We're all family now. 398 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,666 Now, speaking of family, this evening, 399 00:53:23,666 --> 00:53:26,833 we have a very special story to share with you. 400 00:53:26,833 --> 00:53:30,400 It's about family—the family into which we're born, 401 00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:34,133 and also the family that forms around us as we love 402 00:53:34,133 --> 00:53:37,066 and serve one another at Christmas time. 403 00:53:37,766 --> 00:53:42,100 [GENTLE PIANO MUSIC PLAYING] 404 00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:43,333 Aaaaggggh! 405 00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:46,400 Ooh. 406 00:53:48,033 --> 00:53:52,833 This is Victor Hugo. In 1817, 407 00:53:52,833 --> 00:53:56,266 the prestigious Academie Francaise awarded one of his 408 00:53:56,266 --> 00:53:58,866 poems Honorable Mention, 409 00:53:59,466 --> 00:54:02,300 although the judges could not believe it was written by 410 00:54:02,300 --> 00:54:05,700 a 15-year-old boy. At 16, 411 00:54:05,700 --> 00:54:09,800 he was secretly engaged to his childhood friend Adèle Foucher. 412 00:54:10,266 --> 00:54:13,866 Victor, everything all right? Dear? 413 00:54:13,866 --> 00:54:17,266 At 17, he and his brothers published a magazine, 414 00:54:17,266 --> 00:54:21,066 and at the age of 20 he was married and began a family. 415 00:54:21,066 --> 00:54:23,900 Five children in seven years, 416 00:54:23,900 --> 00:54:26,566 though one died soon after birth. 417 00:54:27,266 --> 00:54:31,700 Oh, Victor loved his children. 418 00:54:31,966 --> 00:54:35,233 He made them toys, told them stories, 419 00:54:35,233 --> 00:54:36,666 and he left little drawings 420 00:54:36,666 --> 00:54:39,700 on their pillows. To his youngest daughter 421 00:54:39,700 --> 00:54:41,033 he once wrote, 422 00:54:41,033 --> 00:54:46,200 "Here are two kisses, my Dédé. And a third for your mother." 423 00:54:47,500 --> 00:54:48,933 And to his son, 424 00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:52,933 "I love you. I love you deeply, my little toto. 425 00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,433 Nothing I see distracts me from you." 426 00:54:57,700 --> 00:55:01,566 Victor believed that all children come directly from God 427 00:55:01,566 --> 00:55:04,800 and regarded them with reverence. 428 00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:08,700 Indeed, children often featured prominently in his books, 429 00:55:08,700 --> 00:55:13,700 poems, and plays, and there were plenty of them. When he took 430 00:55:13,700 --> 00:55:15,966 his last breath at the age of 83, 431 00:55:15,966 --> 00:55:20,066 he left behind over 50 published works, 432 00:55:20,366 --> 00:55:23,533 but nothing rivaled what he was writing here in 433 00:55:23,533 --> 00:55:26,233 the British Isles on the Isle of Guernsey. 434 00:55:26,666 --> 00:55:30,200 For six years, Victor had overseen the renovation of 435 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:33,200 the only house he ever owned, Hauteville House, 436 00:55:33,866 --> 00:55:37,100 a stately mansion overlooking Saint Peter Port. 437 00:55:37,100 --> 00:55:42,000 Here he lived with Adèle. Victor, I'm off to town. 438 00:55:42,366 --> 00:55:46,166 And three of their grown children: Charles. 439 00:55:46,166 --> 00:55:48,266 Francois Victor. Dédé. What? 440 00:55:49,933 --> 00:55:52,166 I'm going. Go well, mama! 441 00:55:52,166 --> 00:55:54,833 Au revoir. Je t‘aime! Oui, maman. Au revoir! 442 00:55:54,833 --> 00:55:57,800 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING] 443 00:55:57,800 --> 00:55:59,866 Atop the opulent drawing rooms 444 00:55:59,866 --> 00:56:03,866 and richly paneled libraries was Victor's lookout. 445 00:56:03,866 --> 00:56:06,233 From there he could see the bay, 446 00:56:06,233 --> 00:56:09,500 Castle Cornet, and the endless sea. 447 00:56:10,100 --> 00:56:12,900 But even with that view to inspire him, 448 00:56:12,900 --> 00:56:16,233 the writing was not always easy. 449 00:56:16,500 --> 00:56:21,266 Mrs. Sixty, refreshments s'il vous plait. -Coming. 450 00:56:21,700 --> 00:56:26,700 Now that is Mrs. Sixty Hugo's devoted cook. 451 00:56:26,700 --> 00:56:29,400 Her real name was Marie Comeaux, but they called her... 452 00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:33,333 Mrs. Sixty! Rescue me! 453 00:56:33,333 --> 00:56:35,233 I'm coming. 454 00:56:35,766 --> 00:56:37,700 [DISTANT BELLS TOLL] 455 00:56:37,700 --> 00:56:42,100 In town, Mrs. Hugo was used to passing all kinds of people 456 00:56:42,100 --> 00:56:46,766 on the street. But that morning what she saw 457 00:56:46,766 --> 00:56:48,533 touched her deeply. 458 00:56:50,666 --> 00:56:53,133 There, standing in the sunlight, 459 00:56:53,133 --> 00:56:56,900 was a five-year-old girl with an even younger child 460 00:56:56,900 --> 00:57:00,433 on her hip. The older one was weeping with 461 00:57:00,433 --> 00:57:03,766 the pain of holding a toddler nearly half her size. 462 00:57:03,766 --> 00:57:07,800 The younger one crying out for her absent mother. 463 00:57:08,466 --> 00:57:13,500 Two little waifs, no coats, no shoes, 464 00:57:14,666 --> 00:57:17,466 and not a soul to look after them. 465 00:57:18,133 --> 00:57:22,900 Oh, Victor, I cannot get their faces from my mind. 466 00:57:23,300 --> 00:57:27,033 Well, my dear, the light of conscience is 467 00:57:27,033 --> 00:57:28,833 not easily put out. 468 00:57:28,833 --> 00:57:32,500 I can only imagine our own children standing there all 469 00:57:32,500 --> 00:57:35,166 alone in the street, 470 00:57:35,166 --> 00:57:38,100 with nothing to eat and nowhere to go. 471 00:57:39,333 --> 00:57:43,266 So what will you do about it? 472 00:57:43,466 --> 00:57:50,100 Do? I don't know. I don't know what is possible. 473 00:57:51,466 --> 00:57:52,766 But Adèle could not erase 474 00:57:52,766 --> 00:57:55,400 the image of those children from her mind. 475 00:57:55,700 --> 00:57:58,766 Soon she was writing to newspapers to raise money 476 00:57:58,766 --> 00:58:02,900 for a creche or, as we would say today, daycare. 477 00:58:03,333 --> 00:58:05,766 She also organized a bazaar, 478 00:58:05,766 --> 00:58:08,566 but because the amount she collected was not enough, 479 00:58:08,566 --> 00:58:10,933 she donated it to charity. 480 00:58:13,300 --> 00:58:17,300 Meanwhile, Victor was at work on his own project, 481 00:58:17,300 --> 00:58:20,533 the novel we know as "Les Miserables." 482 00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:24,533 He too had been influenced by poor children. 483 00:58:24,533 --> 00:58:28,666 The book's pages are filled with urchins and beggars. 484 00:58:29,033 --> 00:58:32,866 Brave little Gavroche. The noble Éponine. 485 00:58:32,866 --> 00:58:35,533 And of course, dear Cosette. 486 00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:40,866 All of them children, all in terrible need. 487 00:58:43,266 --> 00:58:47,400 By the time "Les Miserables" was published in 1862, 488 00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:51,166 Victor had become clear in his mind about what he termed 489 00:58:51,166 --> 00:58:54,033 "the rights of the child." 490 00:58:55,900 --> 00:58:58,366 Those rights included proper nutrition, 491 00:58:58,366 --> 00:59:01,366 as outlined in a medical report that captured 492 00:59:01,366 --> 00:59:02,366 Victor's attention. 493 00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:07,200 Here, Adèle. Listen to this. 494 00:59:08,966 --> 00:59:15,100 Many childhood diseases may be prevented if not overcome by 495 00:59:15,100 --> 00:59:17,933 a monthly meal of fresh meat. 496 00:59:17,933 --> 00:59:20,833 Oh, interesting. 497 00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:24,000 Between Adèle's encounter in town, 498 00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:25,833 Victor's work on his novel, 499 00:59:25,833 --> 00:59:29,866 and their growing desire to help impoverished children, 500 00:59:29,866 --> 00:59:33,400 Victor and Adèle were inspired to act. 501 00:59:34,033 --> 00:59:39,900 But not everyone agreed with their plan. -Attention à tous! 502 00:59:40,633 --> 00:59:45,100 Monsieur Hugo and I have determined that Monday next 503 00:59:45,100 --> 00:59:49,666 eight children, some of the poorest on the island, 504 00:59:49,666 --> 00:59:53,166 will dine with us here at Hauteville House. 505 00:59:53,166 --> 00:59:56,033 What, mother? Here in our home. 506 00:59:56,366 --> 00:59:58,400 I understand showing a little kindness, 507 00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,766 but inviting them here in our house where we live, 508 01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,300 I can't imagine. Charles, dear, 509 01:00:04,866 --> 01:00:06,333 Don't think that way. 510 01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:10,866 This is an opportunity to give more than money. 511 01:00:10,866 --> 01:00:13,533 It is to give of ourselves. 512 01:00:13,533 --> 01:00:15,633 And we have so much to give. 513 01:00:15,633 --> 01:00:17,533 Oui, oui. Fantastic. 514 01:00:17,533 --> 01:00:21,033 Father, please, I beg you, be reasonable. 515 01:00:21,033 --> 01:00:23,400 Think of the implications. 516 01:00:23,400 --> 01:00:27,566 And Mrs. Sixty, I want to serve them the finest meat. 517 01:00:27,566 --> 01:00:33,133 You are? The children? You heard me. Only the best cuts now. 518 01:00:33,133 --> 01:00:35,500 No scraps! Yeah. All right. 519 01:00:36,233 --> 01:00:39,066 Soon dinners were being held weekly. 520 01:00:39,066 --> 01:00:42,033 At first, the Hugos invited eight children along with 521 01:00:42,033 --> 01:00:46,233 a few mothers, then 15, then 32. 522 01:00:46,233 --> 01:00:48,366 Victor was already devoted to children, 523 01:00:48,366 --> 01:00:52,633 but now he was surrounded by them. -Un, deux, trois! 524 01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:58,600 Mrs. Sixty, a few guidelines. 525 01:00:59,533 --> 01:01:02,500 The table shall be open to all nationalities, 526 01:01:02,500 --> 01:01:04,933 and the nominations give to all. 527 01:01:04,933 --> 01:01:08,900 And for the vacant places at the meals, admit the 528 01:01:08,900 --> 01:01:13,966 poorest children first. Yes, I have it. And Mrs. Sixty. 529 01:01:14,266 --> 01:01:18,466 I want to collect baby linens for the women. 530 01:01:18,466 --> 01:01:21,033 Baby linens? Whatever for? 531 01:01:21,033 --> 01:01:25,500 For the mothers who are great with child. 532 01:01:25,500 --> 01:01:27,500 Baby linens, as Adèle called them, 533 01:01:27,500 --> 01:01:32,233 were actually swaddling clothes. Because of Hugo's generosity, 534 01:01:32,233 --> 01:01:34,966 hundreds of babies were safely wrapped, 535 01:01:34,966 --> 01:01:39,500 each one a reminder of the Christ child. 536 01:01:40,066 --> 01:01:42,200 So when the Hugos announced that they were holding 537 01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:45,700 a grand Christmas feast, no one was surprised. 538 01:01:45,700 --> 01:01:48,200 But the feast was not just for children. 539 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:51,200 Victor also invited journalists, priests, 540 01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:55,566 artists, and others of influence from England and France. 541 01:01:55,566 --> 01:01:56,833 [GLASS TINKLING] 542 01:01:57,800 --> 01:02:03,700 Dear friends, what we are doing here is ... well, 543 01:02:03,700 --> 01:02:07,500 all of us have a responsibility to do. 544 01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:11,166 So, we invite you to join us. Indeed. 545 01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:15,333 Come, help, serve. 546 01:02:17,333 --> 01:02:19,466 A few looked on cynically wondering if 547 01:02:19,466 --> 01:02:22,266 the Hugos were simply promoting themselves, 548 01:02:22,266 --> 01:02:26,700 but the majority felt otherwise and recorded their experiences. 549 01:02:27,033 --> 01:02:29,666 The children are escorted to the doors 550 01:02:29,666 --> 01:02:31,133 by their mothers. 551 01:02:31,133 --> 01:02:34,433 They enter happily, without shyness, 552 01:02:34,433 --> 01:02:36,333 as if it were their own home. 553 01:02:36,333 --> 01:02:38,966 Yes, yes. And though they are wretched, 554 01:02:39,533 --> 01:02:42,766 the Hugos receive them with open arms. 555 01:02:42,766 --> 01:02:46,333 In the billiard room, gifts of clothing are laid out on the 556 01:02:46,333 --> 01:02:48,400 table. And they have a Christmas tree 557 01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:51,433 decorated with toys and presents just for them. 558 01:02:51,433 --> 01:02:55,200 Then, in a silence that is astonishing considering that 559 01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:59,733 there are 40 children, Monsieur Hugo addresses them. 560 01:03:00,366 --> 01:03:06,533 My dear children, you are my little brothers and sisters in 561 01:03:06,533 --> 01:03:12,566 the good Lord. You do not owe me anything but 562 01:03:13,733 --> 01:03:19,233 you should be grateful to God above, the Father of us all. 563 01:03:19,733 --> 01:03:22,900 So if you want to thank somebody for it, 564 01:03:23,266 --> 01:03:25,733 it should be Him. 565 01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:30,433 After the eldest child offered prayer, 566 01:03:30,433 --> 01:03:34,000 all partook of Mrs. Sixty's marvelous cooking, 567 01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:39,833 gratefully and joyfully. But they devoured more than food. 568 01:03:41,400 --> 01:03:43,400 They feasted on love. 569 01:03:43,733 --> 01:03:49,633 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 570 01:03:49,900 --> 01:04:03,200 [CHOIR SINGING IN FRENCH] 571 01:04:03,433 --> 01:04:05,600 ♪ He is born unto all ♪ 572 01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:10,500 ♪ God’s kin, meek and poor and suff’ring children. ♪ 573 01:04:10,800 --> 01:04:17,533 ♪ Open wide the crowded inn, let the feast of love begin! ♪ 574 01:04:17,900 --> 01:04:22,166 ♪ He is born, the divine Christ Child, sound the ♪ 575 01:04:22,166 --> 01:04:24,933 ♪ flute and bagpipes joyfully! ♪ 576 01:04:24,933 --> 01:04:28,333 ♪ He is born, holy child of light ♪ 577 01:04:28,533 --> 01:04:34,666 ♪ Sing him praise this Christmas night! ♪ 578 01:04:37,733 --> 01:04:40,166 In time, fully one third of 579 01:04:40,166 --> 01:04:43,600 the Hugo's weekly household budget was used to pay for 580 01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:45,233 the dinners, and everyone in 581 01:04:45,233 --> 01:04:47,433 the house was engaged in hosting them. 582 01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:51,400 What inspired this sacrifice? 583 01:04:52,333 --> 01:04:57,133 From his lookout, Victor frequently felt something move 584 01:04:57,133 --> 01:05:00,533 him. Something beyond himself. 585 01:05:00,533 --> 01:05:06,066 With all the wave's vast foam, and all the sky's 586 01:05:06,066 --> 01:05:08,833 great clouds under my window, 587 01:05:10,066 --> 01:05:16,000 my thoughts are loosed by this giant swaying of the infinite. 588 01:05:18,166 --> 01:05:19,933 What is not swayed 589 01:05:21,700 --> 01:05:30,100 is my soul, face to face with eternity, and my conscience, 590 01:05:31,300 --> 01:05:34,400 face to face with truth. 591 01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:38,933 That truth came by way of an inner light. 592 01:05:39,166 --> 01:05:42,133 What Victor knew as his conscience, 593 01:05:42,133 --> 01:05:44,233 prompting him to love others. 594 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:49,733 But for him, love had to be more than warmth of heart. 595 01:05:51,033 --> 01:05:55,900 Three days before he died, he penned these immortal words: 596 01:05:57,133 --> 01:05:59,800 "Aimer, c'est agir" 597 01:06:02,333 --> 01:06:09,866 "Aimer, c'est agir." To love is to act. 598 01:06:10,900 --> 01:06:14,366 It is a golden thread running through all Victor's work, 599 01:06:14,866 --> 01:06:16,833 especially in "Les Miserables." 600 01:06:16,833 --> 01:06:18,333 Many characters love 601 01:06:18,333 --> 01:06:21,533 so deeply that they sacrifice to help others 602 01:06:21,533 --> 01:06:24,900 and even save them. And Jean Valjean, 603 01:06:25,133 --> 01:06:28,333 seeking to love everyone, spares his enemy, 604 01:06:28,333 --> 01:06:32,600 rescues the boy he once resented, and risks all 605 01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:34,166 to bring him home. 606 01:06:37,466 --> 01:06:40,566 For seven more years, week in, week out, 607 01:06:40,566 --> 01:06:44,200 children and adults gathered at Hauteville House for dinner 608 01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:46,100 and the annual Christmas feast. 609 01:06:46,733 --> 01:06:50,066 It came from varied cultures, religious denominations, 610 01:06:50,066 --> 01:06:51,866 and political persuasions. 611 01:06:52,300 --> 01:06:54,566 In response to the Hugo's example, 612 01:06:54,566 --> 01:06:57,433 similar efforts were organized in Great Britain, 613 01:06:57,433 --> 01:07:00,800 the United States, and many other lands. 614 01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:04,966 All of this was Victor's intention. 615 01:07:07,500 --> 01:07:12,900 Has not the Lord said, suffer the children to come unto me? 616 01:07:14,600 --> 01:07:16,266 It is my desire 617 01:07:17,966 --> 01:07:21,600 that this invitation be universally accepted. 618 01:07:22,700 --> 01:07:25,666 What we are doing is not a big thing. 619 01:07:25,666 --> 01:07:30,333 It is a weekly meal for needy children. 620 01:07:31,966 --> 01:07:37,033 It is not charity. It is brotherhood. 621 01:07:38,300 --> 01:07:42,033 It sow seeds of human solidarity. 622 01:07:45,066 --> 01:07:48,666 And it makes peace. 623 01:07:49,666 --> 01:07:53,000 - ♪ Come to the manger ♪ -As Victor hoped, when 624 01:07:53,000 --> 01:07:56,733 the children came around his table, they ate as one. 625 01:07:57,400 --> 01:07:59,366 Like shepherds at the manger, 626 01:08:00,466 --> 01:08:03,000 they found there was room for everyone. 627 01:08:06,233 --> 01:08:10,400 ♪ Come to him, Worship him, ♪ 628 01:08:10,866 --> 01:08:18,500 ♪ Follow him faithfully Round his sweet head ♪ 629 01:08:18,500 --> 01:08:24,300 ♪ we are one you and me. ♪ 630 01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:32,200 "To love is to act," Victor Hugo said. When we do, 631 01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:35,333 we are not content to remain at a distance. 632 01:08:35,333 --> 01:08:41,400 We joyfully open our hearts, our hands, and even our homes. 633 01:08:44,100 --> 01:08:48,166 The courage we need to do that comes from the light in 634 01:08:48,166 --> 01:08:52,466 the manger, the Child born unto all of us. 635 01:08:53,200 --> 01:08:54,966 Filled with His love, 636 01:08:55,166 --> 01:08:59,600 we know each other as the brothers and sisters we are. 637 01:09:00,833 --> 01:09:05,133 In loving, serving, and embracing God's family, 638 01:09:05,900 --> 01:09:09,666 we discover the greatest Christmas gift of all— 639 01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:14,900 to see in one another the face of the Holy Child, 640 01:09:15,666 --> 01:09:19,200 even the face of God. 641 01:09:19,633 --> 01:09:23,166 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING] 642 01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:32,333 ♪ Children of nations who hunger for peace on earth, ♪ 643 01:09:32,633 --> 01:09:40,166 ♪ Feast on the promise of his wondrous birth. ♪ 644 01:09:41,366 --> 01:09:45,800 ♪ Come to Him, Worship Him, ♪ 645 01:09:46,100 --> 01:09:59,466 ♪ Follow Him joyfully, By His great love we are one family. ♪ 646 01:10:00,233 --> 01:10:05,266 ♪ Come to thee, Worship thee, ♪ 647 01:10:05,533 --> 01:10:14,700 ♪ Follow thee joyfully By thy great love ♪ 648 01:10:14,700 --> 01:10:29,633 ♪ we are one family. ♪ 649 01:10:29,633 --> 01:10:30,866 ♪ we are one family. ♪ 650 01:10:31,533 --> 01:10:45,366 ♪ Family. ♪ 651 01:11:01,366 --> 01:11:16,300 [APPLAUSE] 652 01:11:16,300 --> 01:11:17,866 [APPLAUSE] 653 01:11:56,433 --> 01:12:06,533 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 654 01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:25,933 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 655 01:12:26,233 --> 01:12:35,700 ♪ Thy Father’s will Thou has fulfilled ♪ 656 01:12:36,466 --> 01:12:46,633 ♪ Thou cam’st from heav’n To dwell below ♪ 657 01:12:47,100 --> 01:12:57,566 ♪ To share the joys and tears we know, ♪ 658 01:12:58,066 --> 01:13:09,833 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 659 01:13:10,166 --> 01:13:21,833 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 660 01:13:29,800 --> 01:13:39,966 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 661 01:13:40,666 --> 01:13:50,833 ♪ With joy thou hast the whole world filled ♪ 662 01:13:51,433 --> 01:14:01,966 ♪ Thou camest here from heav’n’s domain, ♪ 663 01:14:02,366 --> 01:14:12,600 ♪ to bring all comfort in our pain ♪ 664 01:14:13,100 --> 01:14:24,933 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 665 01:14:25,133 --> 01:14:34,100 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 666 01:15:03,433 --> 01:15:13,000 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 667 01:15:13,566 --> 01:15:23,600 ♪ In thee, love’s beauties are distilled ♪ 668 01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:33,800 ♪ Then light in us thy love’s bright flame, ♪ 669 01:15:34,233 --> 01:15:43,833 ♪ that we may give thee back the same, ♪ 670 01:15:44,566 --> 01:15:56,466 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 671 01:15:56,800 --> 01:16:05,766 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 672 01:16:06,333 --> 01:16:21,266 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 673 01:16:21,266 --> 01:16:27,800 ♪ O little one sweet, O little one mild. ♪ 674 01:16:28,033 --> 01:16:36,733 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 675 01:16:55,700 --> 01:16:58,433 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 676 01:16:58,433 --> 01:17:01,900 And it came to pass in those days that there went out 677 01:17:01,900 --> 01:17:04,833 a decree from Caesar Augustus that all 678 01:17:04,833 --> 01:17:06,833 the world should be taxed. 679 01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:11,733 And all went to be taxed every one into his own city. 680 01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:15,133 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, 681 01:17:15,133 --> 01:17:18,533 out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, 682 01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:22,866 unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem. 683 01:17:23,133 --> 01:17:26,800 To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, 684 01:17:26,800 --> 01:17:28,800 being great with child. 685 01:17:29,700 --> 01:17:32,700 And so it was that while they were there 686 01:17:32,700 --> 01:17:36,400 the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 687 01:17:37,266 --> 01:17:40,833 And she brought forth her firstborn son 688 01:17:41,166 --> 01:17:44,666 and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in 689 01:17:44,666 --> 01:17:48,300 a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. 690 01:17:49,533 --> 01:17:53,233 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in 691 01:17:53,233 --> 01:17:56,833 the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 692 01:17:57,733 --> 01:18:01,966 And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, 693 01:18:01,966 --> 01:18:05,300 and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, 694 01:18:05,300 --> 01:18:07,633 and they were sore afraid. 695 01:18:08,833 --> 01:18:14,800 And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for behold, 696 01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:18,233 I bring you good tidings of great joy, 697 01:18:18,233 --> 01:18:20,600 which shall be to all people. 698 01:18:21,733 --> 01:18:27,633 For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, 699 01:18:27,933 --> 01:18:33,266 which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you. 700 01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:36,700 Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, 701 01:18:36,700 --> 01:18:42,400 lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel 702 01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:46,900 a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 703 01:18:47,333 --> 01:18:53,033 Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, 704 01:18:54,066 --> 01:18:56,100 good will toward men. 705 01:18:56,700 --> 01:19:04,733 [GENTLE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC] 706 01:19:05,033 --> 01:19:08,466 ♪ Angels from the realms of glory ♪ 707 01:19:08,700 --> 01:19:12,066 ♪ Wing your flight o’er all the earth ♪ 708 01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:15,633 ♪ Ye who sang Creation’s story ♪ 709 01:19:15,900 --> 01:19:18,866 ♪ Now proclaim Messiah’s birth ♪ 710 01:19:19,300 --> 01:19:29,566 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪ 711 01:19:29,933 --> 01:19:41,966 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪ 712 01:19:42,366 --> 01:19:54,566 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING] 713 01:20:29,100 --> 01:20:32,666 ♪ Shepherds in the field abiding ♪ 714 01:20:32,900 --> 01:20:36,466 ♪ Watching o’er your flock by night ♪ 715 01:20:36,900 --> 01:20:40,400 ♪ God with man is now residing ♪ 716 01:20:40,733 --> 01:20:44,300 ♪ Yonder shines the Infant Light ♪ 717 01:20:44,733 --> 01:20:56,333 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo ♪ 718 01:20:56,666 --> 01:21:08,633 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪ 719 01:21:08,633 --> 01:21:12,600 ♪ Sages leave your contemplations, ♪ 720 01:21:12,900 --> 01:21:16,466 ♪ Brighter visions beam afar. ♪ 721 01:21:16,833 --> 01:21:20,866 ♪ Seek the Great Desire of Nations, ♪ 722 01:21:21,100 --> 01:21:24,700 ♪ Ye have seen His natal star. ♪ 723 01:21:25,066 --> 01:21:37,000 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪ 724 01:21:37,400 --> 01:21:50,200 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪ 725 01:21:50,200 --> 01:21:54,233 ♪ Saints before the altar bending, ♪ 726 01:21:54,533 --> 01:21:58,400 ♪ Watching long in hope and fear. ♪ 727 01:21:58,866 --> 01:22:03,366 ♪ Suddenly the Lord descending ♪ 728 01:22:03,700 --> 01:22:09,033 ♪ In His temple shall appear. ♪ 729 01:22:09,466 --> 01:22:14,300 ♪ Tho’ an infant now we view Him ♪ 730 01:22:14,633 --> 01:22:19,666 ♪ He shall fill His Father’s throne. ♪ 731 01:22:20,066 --> 01:22:25,366 ♪ Gather all the nations to Him ♪ 732 01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:30,800 ♪ Every knee shall then bow down. ♪ 733 01:22:31,200 --> 01:22:46,133 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪ 734 01:22:46,133 --> 01:22:47,433 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪ 735 01:22:48,000 --> 01:23:03,000 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪ 736 01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:08,000 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪ 737 01:23:08,266 --> 01:23:17,500 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING] 738 01:23:17,966 --> 01:23:32,133 ♪ Gloria! Deo! ♪ 739 01:23:33,000 --> 01:23:47,933 [APPLAUSE] 740 01:23:47,933 --> 01:23:50,533 [APPLAUSE] 741 01:24:15,500 --> 01:24:29,733 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo, ♪ 742 01:24:30,133 --> 01:24:45,066 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪ 743 01:24:45,066 --> 01:24:48,233 ♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪ 744 01:24:48,466 --> 01:24:55,966 [ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING] 745 01:24:56,366 --> 01:25:10,266 ♪ Gloria! Deo! ♪ 746 01:25:11,533 --> 01:25:26,233 [APPLAUSE] 747 01:25:39,566 --> 01:25:44,266 [Station ID Music]