- (hollers) Let go of it!
I want this one.
I want-- no that's mine!
- That one's mine.
- [Stephen] I'll take this one.
- No, I want that one too.
- No, you only get one present!
- No, you do.
- [Stephen] No, you do.
- [Taylor] No, you do.
- The holidays can't always be perfect.
Have you guys ever wondered what
a SOTY family Christmas Eve was like?
Well, you're gonna find out today.
- Technically, you guys would be seeing this
after Christmas Eve, but it's Christmas Eve!
- First thing we do is...
- [All] Where is he!
- I know where he is.
(door slamming)
(children yelling)
Guys, come here!
- Frizzo? - Frizzo?
- [Stephen] What the-- presents?
(children yelling)
- This is awesome!
And that was a reenactment of what happened
this morning.
- What you didn't see was the bonus footage.
- (hollers) Let go of it!
I want this one.
I want-- no that's mine!
- That one's mine.
- [Stephen] I'll take this one!
- No, I want that one too.
- No, you only get one present.
- [Taylor] No, you do.
- [Stephen] No, you do.
- [Taylor] No, you do.
- The holidays can't always be perfect.
- All right, so our, up on the shelf Twizzle...
always gives us some kind of gift.
Most of the time it's like pajamas,
or slippers or something.
- Everybody, grab a present.
- Santa got this.
- [Mom] Did he bring that?
- [Girl] What does it say?
- [Mom] What's inside?
It says it's from the North Pole.
- Guys, it's a letter. - Ooh, read it.
- It says, "Merry Christmas Yeager kids.
"Twizzle has told me that you guys have been pretty good.
"He asked if he could leave and come back
"to the North Pole tonight,
"but he wanted to leave a special gift for you guys.
"Have a wonderful Christmas Eve.
"Love, Santa and Twizzle.
"Ho ho ho."
- Wait, I don't think this elf on the shelf has
really been watching very closely, 'cause...
- What?
- Naughty list.
- Our Elf on the Shelf definitely has different expectations
for behavior than I do.
- [Children] Bye Twizzle!
- Finally, our Elf on the Shelf won't toilet paper
my house anymore, or collect all of our underwear,
or draw on my mirrors.
- He won't be sneaking around our house at night
doing who knows what.
- Spreading Christmas cheer.
(air whooshes)
- [Mom] Everybody open in three, two,
one!
- What the...?
Whoa, it's a pillow, I think.
- [Mom] A pillow?
- It just says "Price of Sleep" on here.
- No, is this a bath robe?
- It says, "just love."
- Mine says "Prince of--" - Sleepwear.
- What did you say? - "Princeton sleepwear."
- [Stephen] It's hard to tell.
Some black pajamas or something.
- [Girl] They're pajamas.
- I got the (excited screaming)
Twizzle you're awesome!
- I got a bathrobe.
(air whooshes)
- It's not a robe.
It's a cloak.
The dark side has many powers some consider
unnatural.
(he cackles)
- You're weird.
- You're not taking him to anymore "Star Wars" movies.
- Do it.
♪ Sleigh bells ringing ♪
♪ Diamonds blinging ♪
♪ Carrol singing ♪
♪ Favorite season ♪
♪ Sleigh bells ringing ♪
♪ Diamonds blinging ♪
♪ Carol singing ♪
♪ Favorite season ♪
♪ They said, Saint Nick what you got up in that bag, yea ♪
♪ I got racks, racks in my sack hurt my back, yea ♪
♪ They said, Saint Nick what you got-- ♪
- All right, the next thing that we do on Christmas Eve is
film a TikTok.
- We do?
- Yeah.
- We didn't do it last year.
- That's because we just got a TikTok account, @sotyfam,
and it's a new tradition!
Let's film a TikTok.
- (sighs) Okay.
- All right guys, so a while back we filmed a video
where I showed you guys a behind the scenes
of a TikTok that I filmed with Taylor,
and I told you guys to go follow us, @sotyfam,
on TikTok, and say that you came from YouTube,
and guys, you were awesome!
So many of you guys came over and commented
that you came from YouTube.
I'm trying to respond to all of you guys.
You're amazing.
You guys are such... I don't know.
You're just awesome,
and so, we are going to be doing another TikTok.
It's a follow-up for that one that we did
with Taylor and Stephen,
and it's these girls' turn now.
Payton and Jordyn are going to be helping me
with this TikTok, so if you guys want
to see the actual TikTok, go and follow us on TikTok,
and watch the video, 'cause guys,
this is gonna be the best one yet.
- Ho, ho, ho.
- [Mom] All right, you two are going to start the TikTok
laying down in your bed, 'kay?
- [Girl] 'Kay.
- Time to get filming,
and for this TikTok, I'm gonna need this.
(cap pops off)
(they gasp)
All right, this is what it looks like so far, guys.
They did so good!
Now we need to film the rest.
- Are we done making the TikTok yet?
- [Mom] Yep.
- Ow, my hair!
- It was a success.
(air whooshes)
- Another thing we do on Christmas Eve
is read Christmas stories, a lot of 'em.
- "It was the night before Christmas in Germany.
"The night was cool and crisp."
- "A friend of mine named Paul
"received a new car from his brother
"as a pre-Christmas present.
"On Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office,
"a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car."
- "Deep in the arctic, hidden by snow
"A warm little grotto is brightly aglow."
- "'Twas the night before Christmas
"When all through the house
"Not a creature was stirring
"Not even a mouse."
- "Have you ever wondered how Santa could know
"If you're naughty or nice, each year as you grow?"
- "Evie was the happiest elf at the north pole."
- "Then the Grinch sneaked in the house,
"stole all the presents,
"and then all Christmas day is ruined."
(air whooshes)
- Good story.
(air whooshes)
- It's ruined? (cries)
- The next thing that we do on Christmas Eve,
we write letters to Santa,
so then he knows what I want for Christmas.
- Are you sure it's not too late?
- You know what?
I don't think it's never too late, right Stephen?
- For what?
- Santa procrastinates, right?
- No. - Yeah.
- No way he does. - Yeah, yeah, he does.
He does.
(festive music)
Here you go.
- Thank you.
- Write legibly guys.
You want Santa to be able to read your handwriting.
(festive music)
- All I want for Christmas is lots of globes.
- [Mom] Lots of what?
- [Girl] Snow globes.
- You want snow globes?
- [Parker] Mm-hmm, lots.
- Why does she want snow globes?
- They're beautiful.
- All right guys, so we did this last year,
where we wrote our letters...
our letters to Santa on these papers,
and guys, these are magic papers,
because you put them in the oven and they shrink.
- So our elf on the shelf can take 'em
back to the North Pole.
- [Mom] Can he get you a haircut while he's there?
- It doesn't work like that.
(paper crinkling)
- Let's bake my list.
- All right guys, so Steve has prepared
a pretty amazing dinner.
It is delicious.
It smells delicious.
I haven't tasted it yet,
but because because it looks so nice,
I came up with the idea of dressing nice for dinner tonight,
which means everyone take off your pajamas
and put on dresses.
Not the boys.
- (sighs) Thank goodness.
- But you need to dress nice.
Let's just say that not everyone is excited
about it as I am.
♪ Sleigh bells ringing ♪
♪ Diamonds blinging ♪
♪ Carol singing ♪
♪ Favorite season ♪
♪ Sleigh bells ringing ♪
♪ Diamonds blinging ♪
♪ Carol singing ♪
♪ Favorite season ♪
(air whooshes)
Four out of eight, I'll take it.
- Hats off.
It's a fancy dinner.
(plate clatters on table)
(light cheerful music)
(he clears his throat)
- I can't eat a big bite.
I had to eat a small bite.
- You know, this is totally how
I pictured fancy dinner going tonight, exactly.
(spoon clinking on glass)
- I would like to make a toast.
I am so glad for everybody to be here today,
that we all can be here as a family (giggles)
and hope everybody can have a merry Christmas.
Oh, dinner was so good.
- Now pushing off our dresses.
- (sighs) Fine.
(light cheerful music)
- [Girl] Oh, Duncan's eating my present!
- No! - That's my present, Duncan!
- Another tradition that we do every Christmas Eve
is feed the reindeer.
- So, when I was in preschool, I made this reindeer food,
and we use it every year, so...
Still good.
Everyone follow me.
Let's feed the reindeer.
(she cheers)
(children exclaiming)
- Remember guys, only use a little bit.
This needs to last us for like another 10 years.
(cheery upbeat music)
- Here you go.
Feed the reindeer.
- [Mom] Go throw it out there far.
- Good. - Woo-hoo.
- There you go, Parker.
Go feed those reindeer.
- [Stephen] Ow!
- [Dad] Whoa.
- [Girl] It's gone.
- [Mom] I see it.
It's way over there.
- [Stephen] All right, yeah!
- [Mom] Good job, Blakey!
- [Jordyn] Why can't we take a little bite?
- [Mom] Ready?
(girl screams)
- Yes.
Good, I think the Reindeers are gonna be full.
That was a lot of food.
- Food, Reindeer.
- [Mom] Did you feed the Reindeer?
The Reindeer food? - Yeah.
Reindeer food.
(he laughs)
(door creaks)
(door slams)
- Wait, where's Santa?
- All right.
So, every year we do the Santa tracker, guys,
and we follow this thing religiously,
so, Dad, where's Santa Claus right now?
- According to the information I've gathered
from Googling it, Santa is in Venezuela right now.
- Ohh - Where's that?
- Working his way North.
- To us?
- Towards the United States.
- Did you guys hear when he said Venezuela,
everybody like went "what's that" at the exact same time?
- What's that?
- One thing we do every year for Christmas tradition,
the kids all sleep in our room.
(she exclaims excitedly)
- Yay!
- Oh boy.
- That means every kid, grab your beanbag.
Grab your blanket.
Grab your slippers!
Grab your night night pillows,
and let's make our beds in Mom and Dad's room.
Why do we do this to ourselves every year?
- Well this tradition has been passed down from your family.
- Yeah, right.
(pillow and toys thump on bed)
(cheery upbeat music)
It's like they're moving in.
(girl laughs)
Now you just need to get three more of those.
(Dad sighs)
Um Dad, It's a good thing we have a big master bedroom.
- [Dad] Oh, boy.
- Guys, we need to get cookies ready for Santa.
- Which is also something that we definitely do every year,
but we didn't make cookies.
- I got the milk.
- [Mom] Payton, open that third drawer down over there.
(bags crinkle)
My secret stash.
- Whoa.
- So thanks to all the neighbors and friends
who have gifted us wonderful treats,
Santa has something to eat tonight.
(box hits counter)
(festive music)
- "Dear Santa,
"Share with the reindeer, the elves, and Mrs. Claus,
"Love, the SOTY family."
(plate clatters)
- [Stephen] Ooh, Santa's gonna get a good chocolatey cookie.
- [Girl] I got the chocolate here.
(festive music)
(plate hits hearth)
- Hopefully Santa's hungry.
- Guys, we just finished reading a few more stories.
We laid out the cookies.
We have the fireplace on, and Jordan asked where Santa was,
and guys...
- He's in Georgia. - He's in Georgia.
That means we need to go to bed!
- And the last thing that we do on Christmas Eve
(air whooshes)
is say a family prayer.
(air whooshes)
- Well, the kids are officially tucked in.
It's time for me and Steve to go to bed,
so Santa Claus can come.
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(light upbeat music)