(upright bass)
- Wow, 70 degrees in November?
Honey, you wanna go for a walk or something?
(dramatic music)
- So we have 20 coming for Thanksgiving.
I'm thinking of putting your brother here,
and then my parents to sit right there next to him.
What?
What's your problem?
What's wrong?
- Honey, amazing Thanksgiving dinner.
Everything was so yummy.
Now for my favorite part,
doin' nothin' and watching football, ah!
- Hey!
Yes! - No!
- Yes! - Why?
- Woo, let's get to work!
(upbeat music)
(child laughing)
Hey everybody.
Are you ready for Christmas?
I sure am.
- There was zero exaggerating in that last video.
- Yeah, the decorations and the music,
and just everything is what makes Christmas so special,
so I would like to have more of that.
So every day since November 1st,
I have been resisting the urge--
- (laughs) You haven't really been resisting.
- No. - When you were a kid,
did you guys start decorating
like right after Thanksgiving, is that what?
- The day after Thanksgiving,
we went to get our Christmas tree,
and it was...
just business.
My mother, I have inherited this from her,
her hobby was Christmas,
and so she is buying Christmas ornaments at all year long.
I wanna bring that crazy into my house.
- We got our trees
like December the 15th.
- Your dad was a preacher.
- Yes.
- And that's the busy season. - Totally not his fault,
but we're a little different because he,
he was gone during Advent.
I mean, ask any preacher,
they have a tough time seeing their kids
during Christmas season, it's a big deal.
- For like tax season for an accountant,
Christmas season for a preacher.
- So when he would get home on Christmas Eve,
at like, I don't know,
10 o'clock, whenever the last service was,
that to me was like when Christmas started.
It was when Dad came home.
- Ah, so sweet.
- I think, but yeah, I think that's why
I don't have the early onset.
Now, Thanksgiving,
I, might be my favorite holiday.
- Why?
- Well, we've got the food
that I don't have to cook,
that you insist on cooking.
It's delicious. - I love to cook, yes.
- And it lasts
well beyond Thanksgiving.
- Yes.
- We've got the football,
which I really, really like,
and you don't enjoy as much,
but is like, just a treat on a Thursday
to have three games.
- Don't you think, though,
Thanksgiving needs,
it needs more decor?
It needs more,
and it, to me it needs music.
I think it needs Thanksgiving carols.
So I feel like...
It's up to you.
(laughs)
I'm looking at you. - (laughs) Go!
Writing Thanksgiving songs is hard.
But I tried writing it and it wasn't good.
- Did you try hard enough?
Let's hear it.
What was your song?
- I don't even know what the chords are,
I don't know what to sing.
Ruby is going to freak out,
Ruby does not like it when I play guitar.
Or she does like it.
(plucks open string)
I get sweaty when I do songs too.
I don't even remember how I sang this.
- OK,
here is Penn Holderness
with A Thanksgiving Carol.
("Thanksgiving Carol" by Penn Holderness)
♪ 'Cause it's Thanksgivin' Day ♪
♪ With my family ♪
♪ 'Cause this is Thanksgiving Day ♪
- I love that!
(Penn sighs)
Hey, that was amazing! - Thank you.
- It's a Thanksgiving carol.
- I guess.
I'm totally sweaty.
- You're super sweaty.
- And there's one more verse.
- Oh, oh I'm sorry.
(laughs) (paper rustles)
♪ 'Cause this is Thanksgiving day ♪
- That actually made me cry a little bit.
(laughs) - Really?
You're crying and I'm sweaty,
and here we are. - I know.
(laughter)
We're so gross. (laughs)
Happy Thanksgiving!
- Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you like the song.
(laughter)
I'm sorry, baby.
- OK, I have to go now.
- Why are you crying?
- I don't know.
OK, have to go get on a webinar. (laughs)
- No.
Now I'm here by myself with the dog and this guitar.