 Thank you, kids, for sharing. That was so great. Parents, you can pick them up in the banquet hall after service. We're going to be in there. And the rest of the kids are in the other building. But the choir kids will be in the banquet hall. Please, we have a special treat now. We have the play coming. And we're also going to be having a little video presentation to kind of give us a glimpse of what the play is going to be about. So we direct your attention to the screens. Thank you. God bless you guys. Welcome to Cooking Up Christmas, where love is the main ingredient. This year, the annual choir Christmas party is stirring up something new. Instead of the party being all about them, the kids have collected favorite recipes from their church members and are cooking up some tasty treats to share with the community. As they collect recipes, cook them together, and wrap together, working as a team, they'll learn all about the real recipe of Christmas. This is sure to be. I want to thank you all for your participation in the collection of the recipes. Looks like we're going to have some really great ones. Can't believe she's sending the recipe. She tries to dish it up for us at every family holiday. The bird dog said something. I just tried to disappear in the pie popsicle. Did you know that popsicle? Looks like we have lots of other recipes not to worry. Hey, everybody, I want you to meet my new friend Bobby Gray. He just moved here. And he's never been in a choir before. Come on, everyone, let's say hi to Bobby. Hola. Welcome, Bobby. I sure am glad to have you here. We're going to be cooking up some fun songs and some good-tasting goodies this Christmas. Yes, I can't wait, but awesome pie. Is this really welcome all new people to your choir? Now, we're going to a long choir. Today, we have two special guests with us. And they've cooked up a fabulous recipe for our annual indescribable, you won't want to miss it, choir Christmas party. I believe you all know Miss Betty Rocker. Say hi, everyone. Hi. And now, for our extra special guest, please welcome Mr. Emerald Lasagna. You know that he has his own cooking show on TV. He's famous. He's famous all right. I want to show every chance I get. He's inspired me to be a chef. Maybe one day, I might have my own cooking show. Rachel, I didn't know you cooked. What's a specialty? Possum pie. Oh, no, Christmas cookies are my specialty. Hi, kids. I'm here to tell you, we're going to kick it up a notch to this huge choir Christmas party. Excuse me, Mr. Lasagna, there'll be no kicking of any kind in my kitchen. Yes, of course, Mrs. Rocker. Yes, ma'am. I also hear that Mrs. Rocker has been in charge of your kitchen for 22 years now. Excuse me, Mr. Lasagna, that's 25 years. Boy, she does take her job seriously, huh? Oh, yes, she does. Don't even try to sneak into her kitchen. It's not going to go off as crack, because it's reserved for the church and the city. She'll have you on travel to her congregation. OK, everybody. Here's the deal. Instead of having our normal choir Christmas party. Oh, normal? We don't do anything normal around here now, do we? We do everything big and always with a song. Yes, sir. But always a photo traditional Christmas choir party. It's a good thing. As I was saying, we would not just be making these recipes for ourselves by sharing them with the neighbors in our community. This choir Christmas party is all about the main ingredient of Christmas. That's right. This year's choir Christmas party is all about cooking up Christmas. Guys, ready to decorate some cookies and wrap some presents? Yes, ma'am. Looks like there's going to be some Michael Madge right here. Mrs. Goodhouse Team Awards is front and center. There'll be no fooling around in her kitchen. Mr. Badie and Aileen Humding isn't here to butter up with some of her what was that? A real pot pie? That's absolutely awesome, possum pie. Not Armadillo, Martha. Ben, hey, everybody. Are you ready to cake this Christmas party up a notch? Now, you just remember, Mr. Lasagna. There'll be no kicking in my kitchen. Part of that we're not doing our normal traditional Christmas choir party, but I think this is such a fun idea, cooking together, working together, and reaching out to our neighbors. If we really try, we could probably get it all done in 30 minutes or less. While reaching out is one thing. But somehow, this year, it seems as if you're making Christmas about everybody but us. Get it? Christmas? Everybody but us? Oh, I don't know, whatever. I still can't believe I'm in a church kitchen. I mean, Ms. Badie's rocker's kitchen. I was out of the morning, eating a food for strangers. I always thought Christmas about me making a noise calling stuff and eating a lot of food for me. Actually, I do the true origin of Christmas. I'm fine, you can learn all about it in the first two chapters of Luke. Luke, who's who? Is that like Vader's son? No, silly. Luke is the book found in the Bible, and that's why I find the whole meaning of Christmas. The Bible, don't think you've read that book before. How much we miss you something? Hey, if you want, I can tell you the story. Sure. Hey, you guys, come on over here. Guys, can I tell a story well or kicking, cooking up Christmas? I'm gonna tell that angel, Gabriel, to find a sweet young girl named Mary and tell that she was gonna have a baby. Now, Mary was just a little bit confused because she wasn't even married to Joseph yet, but Gabriel told her not to worry one little bit. The Holy Spirit had it all figured out because Jesus was God's son. Then Gabriel just slipped right into Joseph's dreams and told him all about the miracle, told him all about God's plans. Now, right close to the time when Mary was supposed to have a baby, somebody in the Roman government got the bright idea to count everybody. Well, that meant that Mary and Joseph had to make a road trip to Bethlehem, and when they got there, there were so many people ahead of them that the only place for them to stay was in a stable, and it was there, in that lowly humble place that baby Jesus was born. Now, if that wasn't exciting enough, this is where our miracle recipe really gets spiced up. A whole sky full of angels appeared to a bunch of ordinary shepherds and told them all about the miracle doings in Bethlehem. The angels were singing and everything, and the shepherds were very scared, but they rushed right off and found Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, just like the angels said they would. Jesus, the only son of God, had come to earth. God had sent his great big love in a tiny little baby. Gives me chills every time I hear it or tell it. Well, guy, you certainly had a different spin on it, and Luke, it's not quite as colorful. I don't think your version would come up on Google. Yes, but just as I'm using this recipe to make this soup, God had a recipe in his heart because he promised his savior years and years before, and he did just that. He sent his only son, Jesus, into this world, and he is the main ingredient of Christmas. This amazes me to think of how God said Jesus was born in a lowly, humble major, sleeping on hay under all those twinkling stars and all those animals and all those angels and the heaven singing so bright always amazes me. I never heard a story like this, but it sounds like a good done on camping time, too. I wish I'd been there. I've heard this story all my life, but I just don't understand why God said, why God had sent his one and only son to be born in a major in the middle of a stinky stable. I mean, wouldn't you think that God's son would have a king's suite at one of Bethlehem's finest hotels? I mean, just imagine. A starry fireworks, a catered buffet, and the heavenly house would be in charge of the music. Now that would be a grand entrance I would think he deserved, not a bed in a manger. Yes, you would think that, but that is exactly the whole point because God knew about everyday living, and when he sent Jesus into this world, he wanted us to know that Jesus lived life just like us. The difference was that his everyday living didn't cause him to sin because he is the son of God. Always amazes me. This makes me want to love and serve him more. It makes me ask myself, what gift can I give him? What can I offer him now? Hey, Spina, I guess we gotta wrap this up and get these presents to the community. Thank you, Bobby, for coming out to help out the church choir on a Saturday morning, even though you just moved here. Well, at first I wasn't sure about this kicking up and cooking up Christmas stuff, but after hearing that Luke story, I know how to put this, but I wanna believe like you guys do. That's great, Bobby. That's great. Yeah, awesome, awesome. I know what you're saying, Bobby. I've never missed a choir Christmas party. All vacation Bible school, they'll come to think of it. I have snuck some goldfish crackers out of the church nursery more than once, but even with all the parties, foods and presents, even I have truly forgotten the true meaning of Christmas. The Bible says that all you have to do is confess your sins to God and believe in your heart truly that Jesus is your savior because God gave his great gift of love for all of you. And that is why he has been made a greeting of Christmas. Wow, so Christmas is about us after all. Just not in the way I thought it was, huh? Yeah. Hey, everybody, Luke's who's here. Aunt Erlene, and she's brought her absolutely awesome, awesome pie and it looks like there's enough for everyone. Yeah. Hey Aunt Erlene, these cookies sure do smell good. Which come on and have some with us. We'll save for that pie for someone really special, like, I don't know, Pastor David. This is just great. Hasn't it been so much fun? We've been cooking up Christmas and I learned all about the main ingredient, Jesus. And now I'm gonna share with the neighbors in our community. Let's do this. Yeah.