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Memphis tradition lights up the holidays

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    Singing Christmas Tree at Bellevue has 100K lights

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This from -- One church in the south is keeping prisoners alive and well literally.

When people singing from its branches I love this story.

Here and tell us more is Fox News radio's Todd -- this is a perfect story for you tied because you like to keep Christmas alive as well.

That that's right and this -- look it was a Memphis Tennessee which is my hometown.

And of course Memphis is known for what we have Elvis Presley the Peabody ducks some of best Barbeque on the planet.

And a very unusual.

Christmas tree check this out.

The reputation for doing big things they have three big crosses.

They have a big Bible verse they have a big congregation.

And they have a really big Christmas for.

It is.

44 people over a 100000 lines -- driven guy computer program.

The singing Christmas tree is a mid south.

Holiday tradition that's been around since 1976.

A cast of more than 400 people and many of them are not even old enough to drive.

I think it's pretty amazing that just this church then how we have the opportunity to do something.

As big as this.

It's pretty cool.

Okay I -- in the big tree it was sort of like climbing the matter reporting to get up here and I'm only about twenty feet high that's about halfway up the size of this gigantic singing Christmas tree.

Now during the performance they're gonna have a 150.

Teenagers stuffed in here right now I feel like a giant squirrel.

And to be perfectly honest I'm feeling -- place.

The singing Christmas tree is a year round adventure.

Hundreds of volunteers work behind the scenes creating a nineteenth what he's version of New York City that would NB -- way.

People still enjoyed good programs.

I think -- good family values good moral values something they can take their family -- But this is not your old school church production.

Bath -- and construction people snowflakes.

Now I know this is saying huge production.

It's all very content -- -- on different kinds of music and costumes and make -- -- life.

And even build the singing Christmas tree is -- quality there is one.

Featured difference we hope that people will will see.

A great show.

But as we talk about all during rehearsals it's not a show for -- show's -- he really is about telling people the good news of Jesus Christ and that.

They would be different if they calm and they remember the name of Bellevue.

Where they remembered the name.

Of the cast member.

Than we've missed it.

But if they remember the name of Jesus Christ and he's an exception -- of their life and let him change their life.

Families will be different.

Lives will be different.

Again that's our real.

That is a really big show.

And again this is mostly teenagers young people middle school high schoolers.

That spent months preparing for this really spectacular show 30000 people came to a to watch these spectacular and Gonzaga once you know what about the tree -- -- -- -- select we usually a very small person we tried -- -- that -- I get up there they're like.

He had no.

-- happen.

But isn't just -- showed no they -- over a series of I believe three or four days and up for folks who couldn't make the performances.

A -- Baptist Church actually has a dvd and avoid these folks.

They they go all out great folks had stars thanks so much -- -- thinks that -- now.

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