>> IT'S A LONG-STANDING HOLIDAY TRADITION HERE AT "ALMANAC," THE SPARKLY TREES GET PLACED AROUND THE SET AND THE CHORAL GROUP "CANTUS" JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A PREVIEW OF THEIR UPCOMING HOLIDAY SHOWS "CHRISTMAS WITH CANTUS."
RIGHT?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> Eric: JEREMY?
>> YUP.
>> Eric: TELL US ABOUT THIS -- YOU GOT CHRISTMAS CAROL, YOU'VE GOT MARK TWAIN, YOU GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON.
>> YEAH.
SO THIS SHOW IS CALLED "THREE TALES OF CHRISTMAS."
IT'S SOMETHING WE DO EVERY OTHER YEAR OR SO.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT "THREE TALES" FOR YOU ALL.
>> Eric: DO YOU START FROM SCRATCH EVERY SEASON OR DO YOU THROW IN KIND OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND MINGLE WITH NEW STUFF?
>> WE HAVE SOME CLASSIFICATION THAT WE LIKE TO GO THROUGH AND THEN WE WORK IN SOME NEWER THINGS.
THE ONE THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS SOMETHING, IS A HAWAIIAN STORY, ACTUALLY, IT'S CALLED "THE HAWAII SNOWMAN."
>> Eric: YOU COME TO THAT NATURALLY, THAT'S YOUR BACKGROUND, ISN'T IT?
>> EXACTLY.
I'M FROM HAWAII.
>> Eric: AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW UP TO THIS THING, I SAW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL FULL-LENGTH PERFORMANCES AND THEN THERE WAS, WHAT, A KID-FRIENDLY ONE, SHORTER ONE?
>> YEAH.
SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT TEN SHOWS IN THE TWIN CITIES.
AND ONE OF THEM IS A KID-FRIENDLY SHOW, A SHORTENED SHOW THAT IS FAMILY FRIENDLY THAT EVERYONE CAN COME TO.
>> Eric: WHO'S HE LONGEST-SERVING MEMBER?
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE CHRIS RIGHT OVER HERE.
>> Eric: HOW LONG, CHRIS?
>> 16 YEARS.
>> Cathy: WOW.
>> AND MY KIDS WILL BE AT THE JANUARY SHOW AS WELL.
>> Eric: ALL RIGHT.
SO WITH YOUR HAWAIIAN BACKGROUND, THIS IS AN OLD BING CROSBY CLASSIC.
TELL US WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT?
>> THIS SONG IS CALLED "MEDICAL KHALIQ CAN I MACK A.
>> Eric: CANTUS, EVERYBODY.
♪ MELEKALEKEMAKA IS HAWAII'S WAY TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ♪ IS THE THING TO SAY ON A BRIGHT HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS DAY ♪ BRIGHT SHINY CHRISTMAS DAY ♪ ♪ THAT'S THE ISLAND GREETING THAT WE SEND TO YOU FROM THE LAND WHERE PALM TREES SWAY ♪ ♪ HERE WE KNOW THAT CHRISTMAS WILL BE GREEN AND BRIGHT ♪ ♪ THE SUN TO SHINE BY DAY AND ALL THE STARS AT NIGHT ♪ ♪ MELEKALEIMAKA IS HAWAII'S WAY TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
♪ MELEKALEKIMAKA IS THE THING TO SAY ON A BRIGHT HAWAIIAN CHRISTMAS DAY ♪ ♪ THAT'S THE ISLAND GREETING THAT WE SEND TO YOU FROM THE LAND WHERE PALM TREES SWAY ♪ ♪ HERE WE KNOW THAT CHRISTMAS WILL BE GREEN AND BRIGHT ♪ ♪ THE SUN TO SHINE BY DAY ND ALL THE STARS AT NIGHT ♪ ♪ MELE KALIKIMAKA IS HAWAII'S WAY TO SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS, A VERY MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ♪ TO YOU ♪ ♪ A MELE KALIKIMAKA TO YOU ♪