(wind whooshing) (sleigh bells ringing) (bright music) - [Santa] Ho, ho, ho!

Merry Christmas!

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] Tonight on "Inland Sessions," let's celebrate the season with special performances from some of our favorite "Inland Sessions" artists.

Featuring music from Karli Ingersoll, Caroline Fowler, and special guests Jenny Anne Mannan.

'Tis the season to celebrate the holidays.

It's all coming up next on "Inland Sessions."

(sleigh bells ringing) (mellow music) ♪ It's Christmastime, darling ♪ ♪ And my mind is always going ♪ ♪ To being in that place with you ♪ ♪ Where the snow is always blowing, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ It swirls around us all the time ♪ ♪ And sparkles glitter gold ♪ ♪ We catch snowflakes on our tongues ♪ ♪ And we never get too cold, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ I wanna live inside a snowglobe ♪ ♪ With you this Christmas ♪ ♪ With all the people looking in ♪ ♪ As we hold hands ♪ ♪ We can wander through the forest ♪ ♪ Inside this snowglobe ♪ ♪ And life would be happy ♪ ♪ Once again ♪ (mellow music) ♪ Light a candle, watch it burn ♪ ♪ See our faces glow behind it ♪ ♪ Lie beneath the Christmas tree ♪ ♪ And see the lights twinkling inside it, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Lie beside me in the snow ♪ ♪ And make an angel with me ♪ ♪ Here inside the world is ours ♪ ♪ All alone we'll be so merry ♪ ♪ I wanna live inside a snowglobe ♪ ♪ With you this Christmas ♪ ♪ All the people looking in ♪ ♪ As we hold hands ♪ ♪ We could wander through the forest ♪ ♪ Inside this snowglobe ♪ ♪ And life would be happy ♪ ♪ Once again ♪ (mellow music) (sleigh bells ringing) - This is one that I wrote last year, when, let's see, we were getting ready to do a live stream show at Lucky You, and it was really sad to me that all of the Christmas festivities had to happen virtually.

So I was missing all of my friends and all the past Christmas shows, so I wrote this one called "Christmas With You."

(bright guitar music) ♪ It isn't the shoppers all bustling by ♪ ♪ It's not the jingling bells, it's not ♪ ♪ Department store Santa's ho, ho, hos ♪ ♪ We know so well ♪ ♪ It's not even choirs of children ♪ ♪ Who sing Silent Night ♪ ♪ Or the glow through the window ♪ ♪ Of Christmas tree lights ♪ ♪ This year if my Christmas wishes came true ♪ ♪ I would spend Christmas with you ♪ ♪ Christmas with you ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Nothing else would do ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ You can keep all your pretty paper ♪ ♪ And ribbons too ♪ ♪ This year if my Christmas wishes came true ♪ ♪ I would spend Christmas with you ♪ ♪ Isn't it funny how as you grow up ♪ ♪ You need to believe even more, oh but what ♪ ♪ Do you do when the bells don't ring for you anymore ♪ ♪ Feels like as you get bigger your worries do too ♪ ♪ But you still feel small and don't know what to do ♪ ♪ That's why if my Christmas wishes came true ♪ ♪ I would spend Christmas with you ♪ ♪ Christmas with you ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Nothing else will do ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ You can keep all your pretty paper and ribbons ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ This year if my Christmas wishes came true ♪ ♪ I would spend Christmas with you ♪ ♪ It won't feel like December ♪ ♪ If we're not together ♪ ♪ I will still hang up my stocking with care ♪ ♪ And I will be hoping for snow ♪ ♪ Trying not to worry about all we've had to let go ♪ ♪ I still believe there's a light in the dark ♪ ♪ And it's shining for us even though we're apart ♪ ♪ So if you're lonely, I'm singing for you ♪ ♪ Till I can spend Christmas with you ♪ ♪ Yeah, if you're alone I am singing for you ♪ ♪ Till I can spend Christmas with you ♪ (sleigh bells ringing) - So this next one is a song I wrote a few years ago.

And it's kind of about when you get to that point after you have lost someone in your family and you're coming up on the holiday, and you're just thinking of like how different it's gonna be now that they're not there.

So that's what this is about.

(bright music) ♪ All I have to do ♪ ♪ Is think about ♪ ♪ The good times we had ♪ ♪ Laughing out loud ♪ ♪ All I have to do ♪ ♪ Is remember ♪ ♪ Your smiling face ♪ ♪ Our better graces ♪ ♪ Time takes a toll ♪ ♪ The world is harsh ♪ ♪ I wish I could ♪ ♪ Erase these scars ♪ ♪ Don't wanna be a drag ♪ ♪ At Christmastime ♪ ♪ But I can't pretend ♪ ♪ Everything's all right ♪ ♪ And when I raise a toast ♪ ♪ You're the one I think of most ♪ ♪ The carolers come by ♪ ♪ I find a tear comes to my eye ♪ ♪ These happy holidays are not like they were ♪ ♪ Yesterday ♪ (bright music) ♪ Memories sweet ♪ ♪ I cherish the sound ♪ ♪ Of your voice echoing around ♪ ♪ The walls of my mind never forget ♪ ♪ The moments of peace ♪ ♪ The dinner table set ♪ ♪ And when I raise a toast ♪ ♪ You're the one I think of most ♪ ♪ The carolers come by ♪ ♪ I find a tear comes to my eye ♪ ♪ These happy holidays are not like they were ♪ ♪ Yesterday ♪ ♪ Let the wars be over ♪ ♪ All we want is a little peace ♪ ♪ Let the toil and heartache ♪ ♪ Find a little sweet relief ♪ ♪ Let the wars be over ♪ ♪ All we want is a little peace ♪ ♪ Let the toil and heartache ♪ ♪ Find a little sweet relief ♪ ♪ And when I raise a toast ♪ ♪ You're the one I think of most ♪ ♪ The carolers come by, I find a tear comes to my eye ♪ ♪ These happy holidays are not like they were ♪ ♪ Yesterday ♪ (bright music) (sleigh bells ringing) - I wrote this next song in 2020, when we really needed Christmas to rescue all of us.

But it actually applies to this year too pretty well.

(band members chuckling) (mellow music) ♪ This year wasn't good ♪ ♪ Most people agree ♪ ♪ If it was a gift, I'd ♪ ♪ Ask for a receipt ♪ ♪ And I'd take it back, dear ♪ ♪ And get something new ♪ ♪ Some peace or some joy ♪ ♪ And I'd share it with you ♪ ♪ My friends and my family ♪ ♪ Are lonely and sad ♪ ♪ I'm counting on Christmas ♪ ♪ To make things less bad ♪ ♪ The twinkling lights and ♪ ♪ The ugly sweaters ♪ ♪ And bottomless eggnog ♪ ♪ Will make us feel better ♪ ♪ So hurry up, Christmas ♪ ♪ We're waiting on you ♪ ♪ Bring light to our darkness ♪ ♪ Make everything new ♪ ♪ Hurry up, Christmas ♪ ♪ With your laughter and cheer ♪ ♪ All I want for Christmas ♪ ♪ Is a new year ♪ (mellow music) ♪ We need some relief from ♪ ♪ A sense of impending doom ♪ ♪ From our low-grade depression ♪ ♪ And meetings on Zoom ♪ ♪ We need some laughter ♪ ♪ Some lightness and fun ♪ ♪ Please carry us, Christmas ♪ ♪ Till all this is done ♪ ♪ So hurry up, Christmas ♪ ♪ We're waiting on you ♪ ♪ Bring light to our darkness ♪ ♪ Make everything new ♪ ♪ Hurry up, Christmas ♪ ♪ With your laughter and cheer ♪ ♪ All I want for Christmas ♪ ♪ Is a new year ♪ ♪ Come on, Christmas ♪ ♪ Come on, Christmas ♪ ♪ Come on, Christmas ♪ ♪ We need you ♪ ♪ Come on, Christmas ♪ ♪ Come on, Christmas ♪ ♪ Come on, Christmas ♪ ♪ We need you ♪ ♪ Hurry up, Christmas ♪ ♪ We're waiting on you ♪ ♪ Bring light to our darkness ♪ ♪ Make everything new ♪ ♪ So hurry up, Christmas ♪ ♪ With your laughter and cheer ♪ ♪ All I want for Christmas ♪ ♪ Is a new year ♪ (mellow music) (sleigh bells ringing) - I wrote this next song about my favorite kind of Christmas tree, which is a little Charlie Brown tree.

So here it goes.

(mellow music) ♪ Scraggly and scrawny ♪ ♪ You're not much to see ♪ ♪ Tiny and humble you are ♪ ♪ Crooked and scruffy with no majesty ♪ ♪ Like a baby born in a barn ♪ ♪ But there's something about you I just can't resist ♪ ♪ You're perfect, you're here, and you're mine ♪ ♪ There's something about you so easily missed ♪ ♪ If I look really closely, you shine ♪ (mellow music) ♪ Your branches are skinny ♪ ♪ And not very strong ♪ ♪ Our twinkly lights weigh you down ♪ ♪ You look kind of funny, something doesn't belong ♪ ♪ Like a baby king with a crown ♪ ♪ But there's something about you I just can't resist ♪ ♪ You're perfect, you're here, and you're mine ♪ ♪ There's something about you so easily missed ♪ ♪ If I look really closely, you shine ♪ (mellow music) ♪ The parties are over, it's late Christmas Eve ♪ ♪ Your branches are brittle and dry ♪ ♪ I'll curl up beside you ♪ ♪ And fall asleep ♪ ♪ In a few days we'll say goodbye ♪ ♪ But there's something about you I'll never forget ♪ ♪ My second-string underdog tree ♪ ♪ Heroes appear like you never expect ♪ ♪ May your spirit live on in me ♪ ♪ There's something about you I just can't resist ♪ ♪ You're perfect, you're here, and you're mine ♪ ♪ There's something about you so easily missed ♪ ♪ If I look really closely, you shine ♪ - I wrote this song a few years ago for the "Bartlett Christmas Special" compilation album, which you can actually still find on Bandcamp.

But yeah, I got thinking about, you know, Santa's list, and you better watch out and all of that, and I thought, well, that's not really what I need.

So I decided to write this one instead.

- One, two, three, four.

(bright music) ♪ Who says naughty girls aren't nice ♪ ♪ Who wants sugar with that spice ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Santa, please take my advice ♪ ♪ Make your list, but check me twice ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ I decked the halls and trimmed the tree ♪ ♪ Santa, please don't forget me ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ I'll be good if you'll be good to me ♪ ♪ I'm pretty bad at being good ♪ ♪ Don't do the things I should ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ No, oh, oh ♪ ♪ But a jolly elf should know ♪ ♪ Diamonds start out lumps of coal ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ You can grant my Christmas wish ♪ ♪ And get me off the naughty list ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ I'll be good if you'll be good to me ♪ ♪ Isn't Saint Nicholas saint enough for both of us ♪ ♪ Probably won't be better next year ♪ ♪ But I can be an angel while you're here ♪ - One, two, three, four ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ I decked the halls and trimmed the tree ♪ ♪ Santa, please don't forget me ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ You can grant my Christmas wish ♪ ♪ And get me off the naughty list ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Hung my stocking up with care ♪ ♪ Hoping that you'll soon be here ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ Merry Christmas, merry merry Christmas ♪ ♪ I'll be good if you'll be good ♪ ♪ I'll be good if you'll be good ♪ ♪ I'll be good if you'll be good to me ♪ (bright music) (sleigh bells ringing) (bright jazz music) (wind whooshing) - [Santa] Ho, ho, ho!

Merry Christmas!

(sleigh bells ringing)