>> ADIA: IT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TIMES OF YEAR HERE IN STUDIO "B."

THE SPARKLY TREES SIGNAL THE SHORT HOLIDAY SEASON ON THE SET.

AND THIS YEAR THE RETURN OF OUR FAVORITE CHORAL GROUP, CANTUS.

TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF "THREE TALES OF CHRISTMAS," A TEN-DAY SHOW THAT HIGHLIGHTS CLASSIC CHRISTMAS STORIES, NEW AND OLD.

WELCOME BACK.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YO >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.

>> GREAT, ES, I'M ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN I EAR YOU'RE GOING TO OBJECT THE SHOW.

I LOVE TO LISTEN TO YOU ALL.

SO THIS HOLIDAY SHOW, WEAVES TOGETHER A FEW DIFFERENT STORIES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THIS YEAR IT'S THREE TALES OF CHRISTMAS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TELLING THE STORY OF THE VELVEVELVETEEN RABBIT, THE NORTH EXPRESS.

WE TOOK THE SCORES FOR ORCHESTRA AND WE MANAGED TO REDUCE THEM NO VOCAL PARTS FOR US.

>> SO YOU ALL ARE SELF-MANAGED.

DID YOU DO THE ARRANGING YOURSELF?

>> WE DID.

DIFFERENT MEMBERS KIND OF VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS.

AND SO THAT OPENS OUR SECOND HALF OUR -- ONE OF OUR TALES OF OUR SHOW.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

SO HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO DO THOSE THREE STORIES?

>> I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL AND POIGNANT ABOUT TELLING STORIES ESPECIALLY AS THE DAYS GROW SHORTER AND DARKER AND I THINK WE FIND COMFORT N THAT, AND THE VELVETEEN RABBIT AND THE POLAR EXPRESS, THERE'S SOMETHING TIMELESS.

AS AN ADULT OR EVEN AS WE GET OLDER, HEARING IT FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME, THERE'S A MAGIC IN THAT AND JUST REMINDED OF THE POWER F BELIEF AND THE POWER OF LOVE IS JUST GREAT TO BE REMINDED OF.

>> SO WHERE CAN PEOPLE SEE YOU?

>> WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WE HAVE TEN SHOWS COMING UP IN THE TWIN CITIES.

SO WE'RE IN MINNEAPOLIS, WE'RE IN ST.

PAUL, WE'RE IN SOME OF THE WESTERN SUBURBS.

IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS.

WE'LL EVENTUALLY BE IN STILLWATER ND IN ROCHESTER.

SO WE'RE EVERYWHERE.

AND YOU CAN CATCH US ONLINE.

WE HAVE A LIVE STREAM.

>> I SAW THAT.

>> YEAH, SO CHECK OUT CANTUSSINGS.ORG.

>> IS THAT LIVE?

>> IT IS.

WE RECORDED IT LIVE THIS MORNING AND IT'S ON DEMAND FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.

WE'RE GOING TO SING "CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE" BY VINCE GUARALDI MADE FAMOUS BY CHARLIE BROWN.

AND THEN AT THE END YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME EXCERPTS FROM THE NUTCRACKER.

♪♪ >> ♪ CHRISTMASTIME IS HERE ♪ ♪ HAPPINESS AND CHEER ♪ ♪ FUN FOR ALL THAT CHILDREN CALL ♪ ♪ THEIR FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR ♪ ♪ SNOWFLAKES IN THE AIR ♪ ♪ CAROLS EVERYWHERE ♪ ♪ OLDEN TIMES AND ANCIENT RHYMES ♪ ♪ OF LOVE AND DREAMS TO SHARE ♪ ♪ SLEIGH BELLS IN THE AIR ♪ ♪ BEAUTY EVERYWHERE ♪ ♪ YULETIDE BY THE FIRESIDE ♪ ♪ AND JOYFUL MEMORIES THERE ♪ ♪ OH, CHRISTMASTIME ♪ ♪ IS ERE ♪ ♪ WE'LL BE DRAWING NEAR ♪ ♪ OH, THAT WE COULD ALWAYS SEE ♪ ♪ SUCH MAGIC THROUGH THE YEAR ♪ ♪ OH, THAT WE COULD ALWAYS SEE ♪ ♪ SUCH MAGIC ♪ ♪ THROUGH THE YEAR ♪ ♪ CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ CHRISTMASTIME ♪ ♪ IS ♪ ♪ HERE ♪ ♪