- Hi, my name is Teri Tobin, and you're listening to "Playlist 48" on Arizona PBS.

(graphic whooshing) (cursor clicking) (graphic whooshing) (upbeat festive music) ♪ Ooh ♪ Ooh ♪ Blessed little miracle ♪ Came to us ♪ One winter day ♪ Two small hands ♪ And the whole world ♪ Was held in place ♪ Surrounded by the light and bringing joy to us all ♪ ♪ The world forever changed and promised hope was the call ♪ ♪ Christmas child ♪ Thanks the Heavens you arrived ♪ ♪ Angel of love ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ Christmas child ♪ Oh, the light shines from your eyes ♪ ♪ Sent from above ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ The stars are brightly shining ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ Oh ♪ After nightfall came the dawning ♪ ♪ Unconditional love ♪ With one bright star ♪ With one pure heart ♪ One pure heart ♪ And the whole world ♪ Would feel his grace ♪ Feel his grace ♪ Mm ♪ The power and the glory of this love all around ♪ ♪ Love all around ♪ The world forever changed and his life showed us how ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ Christmas child ♪ Christmas child ♪ Thank the Heavens you arrived ♪ ♪ Angel of love ♪ Ooh, oh ♪ Christmas child ♪ Oh, the light shines from your eyes ♪ ♪ Sent from above ♪ Oh, ooh, oh ♪ Christmas child ♪ Angel of love ♪ Thank the Heavens you arrived ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ Your message is love ♪ And you're sent from above ♪ Sent from above ♪ Oh ♪ An angel of love ♪ And you're sent from above ♪ Yeah ♪ Christmas child ♪ Christmas child (graphic whooshing) (cursor clicking) (graphic whooshing) - Okay, so my Christmas EP is called "Christmas Child."

When I released it, I was really ambitious about getting it done.

I actually recorded it in two weeks.

My poor collaborator, (chuckling) Kevin Aaron, who's also ASU alumni, I just said, "Listen, I wanna do this Christmas album."

And he's like, "Okay."

And so we did it.

And so "Christmas Child" was a song that I had started writing some years before that.

Kevin just brought this whole angel of love kinda orchestral type vibe to it, and obviously, I fell in love with it.

And I chose songs on the album that kinda meant something to me in my childhood.

The first song that I sang, like at the Christmas program was "Away In a Manger," which is on also on the album.

And then "Oh Holy Night," which is the other song that I did is my grandmother's favorite Christmas song.

And so for years, every Christmas, I had to sing it in front of the family and I was a nervous wreck, but (chuckling) I had to do that, so when I did the album, I wanted to make sure I paid homage to her as well.

I was born here in Arizona, but I was raised in California.

So the holidays was always like, I would go to Granny's house the night before, we'd be up all night cooking and baking, and I'd be up wrapping gifts, wrapping my own gifts (laughing) for that matter.

I'd be up 'til midnight wrapping my gifts, and I was the kinda kid that did not wanna know what was under the tree.

So she trusted me to give me the gifts and I always wrapped them, and then, you know, we'd wake up at the crack of dawn, because that was around the time either we had to put the turkey on or whatever.

And so it's always been, you know, my mom, and my grandmother, and when my brother was younger.

And of course, I've continued that tradition with my son, and so we go to Granny's house the night before, and you know, whether we're sleeping on the floor, wherever we're sleeping, we just, you know, that's just always how Christmas usually is.

Now of course, COVID added a different spin, but we still, because that's Granny's favorite holiday, so we still try to make it special for her.

(graphic whooshing) (cursor clicking) (graphic whooshing) (soft r&b music) ♪ Ooh, oh ♪ Ooh, oh, yeah ♪ Mm ♪ Mm ♪ Oh, holy night ♪ The stars are brightly shining ♪ ♪ It is the night of our dear savior's birth ♪ ♪ Long lay the world ♪ In sin and error pining ♪ 'Til 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 ♪ Oh, night divine ♪ Oh, night ♪ When Christ was born ♪ Oh, night ♪ Divine ♪ Oh, night ♪ Oh, night divine ♪ Oh, holy night ♪ The stars are brightly shining ♪ ♪ It is the night ♪ Of our dear savior's birth ♪ Long lay the world ♪ In sin and error pining ♪ 'Til 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 ♪ Oh, night ♪ Divine ♪ Oh, night ♪ When Christ born ♪ Oh, night divine ♪ Oh, night ♪ Oh, night divine ♪ Oh, night divine ♪ Oh, oh ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ Uh ♪ The King of Kings, the Lord of Lord is born ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ Oh, oh ♪ The Kings of Kings, the Lord of Lords is born ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ Oh, holy night