♪♪ IN THIS ROOM WHERE SHADOWS LIVE AND GHOSTS THAT FAILED LEARN TIME FORGIVES, WELCOME, FRIENDS, PLEASE, STAY A WHILE.

OUR STORY STARTS WITH ONE SMALL CHILD WHO SPENDS THIS NIGHT IN A PALACE DARK WHERE DREAMS ARE STORED LIKE SLEEPING HEARTS.

NOW, IF YOU ASK WHY THIS CHILD IS HERE WITH ALL ASLEEP AND CHRISTMAS NEAR, IT SEEMS SHE LONG AGO LEFT HOME FOR REASONS THAT ARE NOW UNKNOWN.

AND TIME, IT ERASED HER TRACKS, UNTIL SHE FELT SHE COULD NOT GO BACK.

BUT THIS NIGHT WILL TAKE HER IN, AND HERE OUR STORY DOES BEGIN.

FOR ALSO HERE INSIDE THIS NIGHT, HIDDEN DEEP AND OUT OF SIGHT, IS ONE WHO CAME TO BE,IT S, THE CARETAKER OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS.

Girl: DEAR MOM AND DAD, I -- I DON'T NOHOW TO ASK THIS.

I'M SORRY FOR -- I WOULD LIKE TO PLEASE COME HOME.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE SEND ME -- Caretaker: AND HE WATCHED THIS CHILD ARRIVE INTO A WORLD WHERE DREAMS SURVIVE, AND IN HER EYES, HE S THE COST OF EVERY DREAM THATHE HAD LOST.

AND HE BELIEVES IF YOU CHANGE ONE NIGHT, IT'S POSSIBLE TO CHANGE A LIFE.

AND NOW, WITH LIGHTS LONG GONE DIM, HE AWAKES THE MAGIC STILL WITHIN, AND AT MIDNIGHT ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE A CHRISTMAS SPELL HE STARTS TO WEAVE.

[ BAND PLAYS "O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL" ] Caretaker: SO IN THIS WORLD OF STRANGE ILLUSIONS AND CINEMATIC DREAMS, A CHILD AND HER PROTECTOR WATCHED A TALE ABOUT WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS.

♪ JOY TO THE WORLD ♪ ♪ THE LORD HAS COME ♪ ♪ LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING ♪ [ PLAYING "GOOD KING JOY" ] ♪ NOW IT WAS LONG AGO WHEN IT ALL BEGAN ♪ ♪ BACK IN BETHLEHEM IN THE PROMISED LAND ♪ ♪ A SINGLE STAR APPEARED IN THE SKY ♪ ♪ AND THREE KINGS SAW AND THEY EACH ASKED WHY ♪ EACASKED WHY ♪ ♪ AND THEY CHECKED THE BOOKS FULL OF PROPHECY ♪ ♪ AND THE ONE KING SAID, WHY IT'S PLAIN TO ME ♪ ♪ YOU SEE, IT MEANS THAT A KING IS BORN ♪ ♪ WHO WILL SAVE MANKIND ON THIS BLESSED MORN ♪ ♪ BLESSED MORN ♪ ♪ SO THEY PACKED SOME GOLD, MYRRH, AND FRANKINCENSE ♪ ♪ ON SOME OLD CAMELS WITH SOME FANCY TENTS ♪ ♪ CLOSED DOWN THE HOUSE, SET THE SERVANTS FREE ♪ ♪ AND THREE KINGS RODE INTO HISTORY ♪ ♪ HISTORY ♪ ♪ THEY RODE, RODE INTO HISTORY ♪ ♪ YEAH, IT WAS LONG AGO IN A FOREIGN LAND ♪ ♪ WHEN THE LORD LOOKED DOWN, SAID, TO MAKE A AND ♪ ♪ SO HE SENT HIS SON AND HE SAID ♪ ♪ THROUGH HIM, YOU'LL KNOW ME, WELL, YOU'LL KNOW ME ♪ ♪ AND THEN THE ANGELS CAME, AND WHEN THEY START TO SING ♪ ♪ ALL AT ONCE THE PAST, IT DOESN'T MEAN A THING ♪ AND THE STAR COMES OUT AND THE WISE MEN SAY ♪ ♪ HEY, SHOW ME, WHOA, SHOW ME ♪ ♪ AND THEY FOLLOWED IT OVER HILLS AND SAND ♪ ♪ 'TIL THEY FOUND THE CHILD, LIKE IT ALL WAS PLANNED ♪ ♪ AND AS THEY KNELT BEFORE THE NEWBORN KING ♪ ♪ THE ANGELS WERE SINGING IN THEIR ANGEL STYLE ♪ ♪ HOW ALL OF OUR HOPES HAD COME DOWN TO THIS CHILD ♪ [ PLAYING "JOY TO THE WORLD" ] Caretaker: IF YOU WONDER WHY SHE SHOWED NO FEAR WHEN ALL THESE STRANGE THINGS DID APPEAR, PERHAPS, IN TRUTH, SHE WAS ASLEEP ANTHESE WERE DREAMS AND HERS TO KEEP [ PLAYING "HARK!

THE HERALD ANGELS SING" ] Caretaker: BUT WHETHER ASLEEP OR WIDE AWAKE, WE SOMEHOW KNOW WHEN WE ARE SAFE.

AND BEFORE HER CHILD'S MIND COULD STRAY, ANOTHER DREAM WAS SENT HER WAY.

♪ OH OH OH OH ♪ ♪ HARK!

THE HERALD ANGELS SING ♪ ♪ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING!

♪ ♪ PEACE ON EARTH AND MERCY MILD ♪ ♪ GOD AND SINNERS RECONCILED ♪ ♪ JOYFUL, ALL YE NATIONS RISE ♪ ♪ JOIN THE TRIUMPH OF THE SKIES ♪ ♪ WITH TH' ANGELIC HOST PROCLAIM ♪ ♪ "CHRIST IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM!"

♪ HARK!

THE HERALD ANGELS SING ♪ ♪ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING!

♪ ♪ CHRIST, BY HIGHEST HEAV'N ADORED ♪ ♪ CHRIST, THE EVERLASTING LORD ♪ ♪ LATE IN TIME BEHOLD HIM COME ♪ ♪ OFFSPRING OF THE FAVORED ONE ♪ ♪ VEIL'D IN FLESH THE GODHEAD SEE ♪ ♪ HAIL!

TH' INCARNATE DEITY ♪ ♪ PLEASED, AS MAN, WITH MEN TO DWELL ♪ ♪ JESUS, OUR EMMANUEL!

♪ ♪ HARK!

THE HERALD ANGELS SING ♪ ♪ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING!

♪ ♪ OH, OH OH OH, OH OH ♪ ♪ AH AH ♪ ♪ HAIL!

THE HEAVEN-BORN PRINCE OF PEACE!

♪ ♪ HAIL!

THE SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!

♪ ♪ LIGHT AND LIFE TO ALL HE BRINGS ♪ ♪ RISEN WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS ♪ ♪ MILD HE LAYS HIS GLORY BY ♪ ♪ BORN THAT MEN NO MORE MAY DIE ♪ ♪ BORN TO RAISE THE SONS OF EARTH ♪ ♪ BORN TO GIVE THEM SECOND BIRTH ♪ ♪ HARK!

THE HERALD ANGELS SING ♪ ♪ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING!

♪ ♪♪ HE TOOK HER TO A CORNER WITH AN OLD KINETOSCOPE THAT LONG AGO SPILLED OUT DREAMS, AND WOULD AGAIN, HE HOPED.

AND, PLACINAOIN IN ITS SLOT, HE BID HER LOOK INSIDE.

WHERE SHADOWS FROM THE DISTANT PAST COULD ONCE MORE COME ALIVE.

[ BAND PLAYS "GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN" ] [ BAND PLAYS "CAROL OF THE BELLS" ] AND WHEN THE FILM WAS OVER, THE CHILD SHE HAD JUST SEEN NOW APPEARED AND TOOK HER HAND AND LED HER TO ANOTHER DREAM.

AND EVERY DREAM THAT HEREIN SLEEPS HAS A CHILD WHOSE HEART IT KEEPS.

AND NOW, FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S SAKE, ONE BY ONE, THOSE DREAMS AWAKE.

♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

♪ ♪ THE JOY TT HE BRINGS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS!

♪ ♪ THE JOY THAT HE BRINGS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS!

♪ ♪ THE JOY THAT HE BRINGS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS♪ ♪ THE JOY THAT HE BRINGS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS!

♪ [ PLAYING "CHRISTMAS CANON" ] ♪ THIS NIGHT WE PRAY ♪ ♪ OUR LIVES WILL SHOW ♪ ♪ THIS DREAM HE HAD ♪ ♪ EACH CHILD STILL KNOWS ♪ ♪ THIS NIT WE PRAY ♪ ♪ OUR LIVES WILL SHOW ♪ ♪ THIS DREAM WE HAD ♪ ♪ EACH CHILD STILL KNOWS ♪ ♪ WE ♪ ♪ THIS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ARE ♪ ♪ WE PRAY ♪ ♪ WAITING ♪ ♪ OUR LIVES ♪ ♪ WILL SHOW ♪ WE ♪ ♪ THIS DREAM ♪ ♪ HAVE ♪ ♪ WE HAD ♪ ♪ NOT ♪ ♪ EACH CHILD ♪ ♪ FORGOTTEN ♪ ♪ STILL KNOWS ♪ ♪ WE ♪ ♪ THIS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ARE ♪ ♪ WE PRAY ♪ ♪ WAING ♪ ♪ OUR LIVES ♪ ♪ WILL SHOW ♪ ♪ WE ♪ ♪ THIS DREAM ♪ ♪ HAVE ♪ ♪ WE HAD ♪ ♪ NOT ♪ ♪ EACH CHILD ♪ ♪ FORGOTTEN ♪ ♪ STILL KNOWS ♪ ♪ ON THIS NIGHT, ON THIS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ON THIS VERY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ON THIS NIGHT, ON THIS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ON THIS VERY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ ♪ WE HAVE ♪ ♪ NOT FORGOTTEN ♪ ♪ ON THIS NIGHT, ON THIS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ON THIS VERY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ON THIS NIGHT, ON THIS NIGHT ♪ ♪ ON THIS VERY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ ♪ WE HAVE ♪ ♪ NOT FORGOTTEN ♪ ♪ ON THIS VERY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ HE HANDED HER A PROGRAM FROM A SHOW THAT WAS LONG GONE AND POINTED TO THE STAGE AGAIN, WHERE THE MEMORIES LINGERED ON.

♪ O HOLY NIGHT!

♪ ♪ THE STARS ARE BRIGHTLY SHINING ♪ ♪ IT IS THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ OF OUR DEAR SAVIOUR'SIRTH ♪ ♪ LONG LAY THE WORLD ♪ ♪ IN SIN AND E'ER PINING ♪ ♪ TL HE APPEARED ♪ ♪ AND THE SOUL FELT ITS WORTH ♪ ♪ A THRILL OF HOPE ♪ ♪ THE WEARY WORLD REJOICES ♪ ♪ FOR YONDER BREAKS ♪ ♪ A NEW AND GLORIOUS MORN ♪ ♪ FALL ♪ ♪ ON YOUR KNEES!

♪ ♪ OH, HEAR ♪ ♪ THE ANGEL VOICES!

♪ ♪ O NIGHT ♪ ♪ DIVINE!

♪ ♪ O NIGHT ♪ ♪ WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN!

♪ ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE!

♪ ♪ O NIGHT!

♪ ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE!

♪ ♪ TRULY HE TAUGHT US ♪ ♪ TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER ♪ ♪ HIS LAW IS LOVE ♪ ♪ AND THE GOSPEL IS PEACE ♪ ♪ CHAINS SHALL HE BREAK ♪ ♪ FOR THE SLAVE IS OUR BROTHER ♪ ♪ AND IN HIS NAME ♪ ♪ ALL OPPRESSION SHALL CEASE ♪ ♪ SWEET HYMNS OF JOY ♪ ♪ IN GRATEFUL CHORUS RAISE WE ♪ ♪ LET ALL WITHIN US ♪ ♪ PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME ♪ ♪ CHRIST ♪ ♪ IS THE LORD!

♪ ♪ THAT EVER ♪ ♪ EVER PRAISE WE!

♪ ♪OEL!

♪ ♪ NOEL!

♪ ♪ O NIGHT ♪ ♪ O NIGHT DIVINE!

♪ ♪ NOEL!

♪ ♪ NOEL!

♪ ♪ O NIGHT ♪ ♪ NIGHT DIVINE!

♪ ♪ NOEL!

♪ ♪ O.O.... ♪ ♪ O...O-O-O... ♪ ♪ O HOLY ♪ ♪ NIGHT ♪ ♪ REMEMBER LAST CHRISTMAS EVE ♪ ♪ WHEN WEAT NEXT TO OUR FIRST TREE ♪ ♪ ORNAMENTS REFLECTED LIGHT ♪ ♪ OF A CANDLE IN THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ AND I GAVE YOU A MUSIC BOX ♪ ♪ BACK THEN, IT SEEMED LI SO MUCH ♪ ♪ WE WATCHED IT GO ROUND AND ROUND ♪ ♪ AS THE MELODIES, THEY UNWOUND ♪ ♪ BUT ALL ESE THINGS ARE NOW LONG GONE ♪ ♪ AND NOT TO WISHED UPON AGAIN ♪ ♪ BUT THE MUSIC BOX CONTINUES TO TURN ♪ ♪ CANDLE IN THE WINDOW CONTINUES TO BURN ♪ ♪ BUT I KNOW THEY'RE JUST MEMORIES ♪ ♪ OF CHRISTMAS PAST, GIRL, YOU ♪ ♪ AND ME, YEAH!

♪ ♪ REMEMBER THAT OLD FIREPLACE ♪ ♪HAT HELD THE ROOM IN WARM EMBRACE ♪ ♪ AND AS WE WATCHED FOR CHRISTMAS GHOSTS ♪ ♪ THE FIRE HELD THOSE SHADOWS CLOSE ♪ ♪ BUT NOW UPON THIS CHRISTMAS SCENE ♪ ♪ THE CANDLE WAX OF MELTED DREAMS ♪ ♪ AND ORNAMENTS OF SHATTERED GLASS ♪ ♪ NOW BELONGING TO THE PAST ♪ ♪ ALL THESE THINGS NOW LONG GONE ♪ ♪ AND NOT TO BE WISHED UPON AGAIN ♪ ♪ BUT THE MUSIC BOX CONTINUES TO TURN ♪ ♪ THE CANDLE IN THE WINDO CONTINUES TO BURN ♪ ♪ BUT I KNOW THEY'RE JUST MEMORIES ♪ ♪ LIKE CHRISTMAS PAST, GIRL, YOU ♪ ♪ AND ME, YEAH!

♪ ♪ I MISS YOU, BY ♪ ♪ OH, YES, I DO ♪ ♪ AND IT'S BEEN FAR TOO LONG, GIRL ♪ ♪ SINCE I LAST LAID EYES ON YOU ♪ ♪ I GOT THE LIGHTS UP ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE ♪ ♪ I GOT THE CANDLE LIT FOR YOU TO SEE ♪ ♪ AND BESIDE THIS WDOW, I WILL WAIT ♪ ♪ FOR INSIDE THIS NIGHT, IT'S NOT TOO LATE ♪ ♪ I GOT THE LIGHTS UP ON THE TREE ♪ ♪ THEANDLE'S BURNING ♪ ♪ I GOT THE CANDLE LIT FOR YOU TO SEE ♪ ♪ YOU KNOW I'M GONNA WAIT ♪ ♪ AND BESIDE THIS WINDOW, I WILL WAIT ♪ ♪ THE CLOCK KEEPS TURNING ♪ ♪ BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT, I KNOW IT'S NOT ♪ ♪ TOO LATE ♪ ♪ OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT THE LIGHTS UP ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE ♪ ♪ I'VE GOT THE CANDLE LIT FOR YOU TO SEE ♪ ♪ AND BESIDE THIS WINDOW, I WILL WAIT ♪ ♪ FOR INSIDE THIS NIGHT ♪ ♪ I KNOW IT'S NOT TOO ♪ ♪ LATE ♪ Caretaker: THE MOST MAGICAL THING ABOUT THIS NIGHT, WE WILL NOW REITERATE, IS, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE, IT NEVER IS TOO LATE.

Caretaker: AND IT'S GOOD THAT WE REMEMBER JUST AS SOON AS WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE THINGS WE DO IN LIFE WILL OFTEN END UP TOUCHING OTHERS.

SO, FROM A FADING STAGE LIGHT STAR, SOMEWHERE SHINING IN THE NIGHT, YOU FIND A FATHER, FAR AWAY, NOW REFLECTING IN ITS LIGHT.

[ PLAYING "THIS CHRISTMAS DAY" ] ♪ SO, TELL ME CHRISTMAS, ARE WE WISE ♪ ♪ TO BELIEVE IN THINGS WE NEVER SEE?

♪ ♪ ARE PRAYERS JUST WISHES IN DISGUISE ♪ ♪ AND ARE THESE WISHES BEG GRANTED ME?

♪ ♪ FOR NOW, I SEE THE ANSWERING ♪ ♪ TO EVERY PRAYER I'VE PRAYED ♪ ♪ SHE'S COMING HOME THIS CHRISTMAS D ♪ ♪ SO TELL ME, CHRISTMAS, ARE WE KIND ♪ ♪ MORE THIS DAY THAN ANY OTHER DAY?

♪ ♪ OR IS IT ONLY IN OUR MIND ♪ ♪ AND MUST IT LEAVE WHEN YOU HAVE GONE AWAY?

♪ ♪ IT'S DIFFERENT NOW ♪ ♪ IT'S CHANGED SOMEHOW ♪ ♪ AND NOW YOU'RE HERE TO STAY ♪ ♪ SHE'S COMING HOME THIS CHRISTMAS DAY ♪ ♪ I KNOW THAT ONCE THE WORLD, IT DOESN'T SEEM THE SAME ♪ ♪ AND IN A SINGLE NIGHT, YOU KNOW IT ALL HAD CHANGED ♪ ♪ AND EVERYTHING IS NOW AS IT SHOULD BE ♪ ♪ I HAVE THE ORNAMENT, I HAVE THE PERFECT TREE ♪ ♪ I HAVE A STRING OF LIGHTS, I HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE ♪ ♪ EVERYTHING THAT MY HEART THOUGHT COULD BE ♪ ♪ FOR OALL THE DREAMS, YOU WERE THE FIRST I KNEW ♪ ♪ AND EVERY OTHER ONE WAS A CHARADE OF YOU ♪ ♪ YOU STAYED CLOSE WHEN I WAS FAR AWAY ♪ ♪ AND IN THE DARKEST NIGHT, YOU ALWAYS WERE THE STAR ♪ ♪ WHO ALWAYS TOOK US IN, NO MATTER WHO WE ARE ♪ ♪ SO SHE'S COMING HOME THIS CHRISTMAS DAY ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ ♪ OH!

SHE'S COMING HOME ♪ ♪ SHE'S COMING HOME ♪ @@ ♪ SHE'S COMING HOME ♪ ♪ MERRY CHRISTMAS NIGHT ♪ ♪ SHE'S COMING HOME ♪ ♪ SHE'S COMING HOME ♪ ♪ SHE'S COMING HOME ♪ ♪ THIS CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ DAY ♪ Caretaker: AND SO OUR STORY IS OVER, AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR LEAVE.

BUT MAY GOD KEEP YOU AND PROTECT YOU ON THIS AND EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE.

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