A Very Boy Band Holiday (2021)

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♪♪

This is an ABC color presentation.

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[ Bells jingling, wind gusting ]

And now "A Very Boy Band Holiday."

All right, I got the candles,
I got the pillows,

I'm making sure everything's all right
'cause the guests are coming.

I got the chestnuts roasting,
egg is nogged,

paparazzi at bay, we got lights --

Joey, I got the wine,

and you got the... cards?

Boyz II Men's very own Wanyá Morris,

how you doing, my friend?

And, uh, is Shawn on his way, too?

Yeah, bro. But what's going on, Joe?

I thought we was playing poker tonight.

No, no, I got something way
better, all right?

Oh, my God.

"A Very Boy Band Holiday."

What the hell is that?

Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

You don't know what a Boy Band Holiday is?

No.

Dude, do I got to teach you everything?

[ Sighs ]

It's always been so sweet to me

to be in such a tight fraternity.

So, tonight, around this Christmas tree...

♪ It's a Boy Band Holiday ♪

Joe, we're the group that
does "Motownphilly."

So should I just leave?

No, don't be silly.

But we're not a boy band.

That's insane.

Wan, the word "boy" is in your name.

♪ We were boys, but now we're men ♪

Let me break this down again.

♪♪

♪ Your group likes to harmonize ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ooh ♪

♪ Sing of love,
and there's at least three guys ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ooh ♪

♪ My guests for tonight are all likewise ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ooh ♪

♪ On this Boy Band Holiday ♪

♪ Now, have I convinced you
through song? ♪

Nah, I still think you've got it wrong.

No, Wanyá, face it -- you belong...

♪ On this Boy Band Holiday ♪

Plus NSYNC and Degrees

are waiving their appearance fees

for yuletide camaraderies.

- ♪ It's a Boy Band Holiday ♪
- Okay.

♪ Can you prove to me
they're on the way? ♪

-Chris, you en route?
-Sending ETA.

And what about you, Drew Lachey?

-I wouldn't lie to you, Wanyá.
-All right.

And Joey Mac, he's come to town.

Any wild cards?

Yes, Bobby Brown!

Oh, so tonight, we throwin' down...

♪ On this Boy Band Holiday ♪

♪ This could become a new tradition ♪

♪ With New Kids and New Edition ♪

♪ I do love all the musicians at
the Boy Band Holiday ♪

So, Wanyá, will you do it?

A'ight, cool, I'm in.

Whatever, screw it.

That's all I needed to hear.

It's time to spread some joy and cheer.

And it's the best way to end the year.

Hey, I'm so glad that you are here.

♪ It's a Very Boy Band Holiday ♪

♪ Hey-ey-ey-ey ♪

Yes!

♪ Boy Band Holiday ♪

I know no other boy band
can do that like you do.

Yeah! I'm gonna try it.

♪ Whoo, hoo, hoo, ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ Whoo, ooh ooh, whoo, ooh ooh ♪

Joey, Joey...

-♪ Whoo, hoo, whoo-ooh-ooh oooh ♪
-Joey, Joey.

Joey, Joey.

Yeah.

When is everybody getting here, bro?

Did that sound good?

When is everybody getting here, bro?

-Yo-h*-h*!
-h* h* h*!

Fatone: Hey, what's up, Chris?

What up, what up, what up, what up?

What do you say, Shawn? What's good?

Happy holidays, sir. Happy holidays.

Happy holidays.

Hey, man. Good to see you, man.

-Man, you look good.
-This looks amazing.

Um...was I supposed to bring

a wagon full of ornaments, too, or...?

No, but, Chris, what are those for?

Decorating the tree.

Yeah, but the tree's already decorated.

You call that decorated?

Yeah. Oh, listen.

This is a Boy Band Holiday, right? Right.

-We need to take this up a notch.
-I'm sorry.

What is a Boy Band Holiday?

Wait, wait. You don't know what
a Boy Band Holiday is?

Wan, do you wanna sing the song?

-We should sing it, right?
-No.

-Okay.
-Not doing that.

-All right.
-At all.

Listen, let's just
put the "Chris" in the Christmas tree.

Ah.

Sounds good to me. You guys handle that.

I'll see y'all later, brother.

Kirkpatrick: Really?
You aren't gonna help?

I'm gonna get some egg nog.

-It's time to rock it.
-Rockin'.

Around.

♪♪

♪ Rockin' around the Christmas tree ♪

♪ At the Christmas party hop ♪

♪ Mistletoe hung where you can see ♪

♪ Every couple tries to stop ♪

♪ Rockin' around the Christmas tree ♪

♪ Let the Christmas spirit ring ♪

♪ Later we'll have some pumpkin pie ♪

♪ And we'll do some caroling ♪

♪♪

♪ You will get a sentimental feeling ♪

♪ When you hear ♪

♪ Voices singing, let's be jolly ♪

♪ Deck ♪

♪ The halls with boughs of holly ♪

♪ Rockin' around the Christmas tree ♪

♪ Have a happy holiday ♪

♪ Everyone dancing merrily ♪

♪ In the new old-fashioned way ♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪ You will get a sentimental feeling ♪

♪ When you hear ♪

♪ Voices singing, let's be jolly ♪

♪ Deck ♪

♪ The halls with boughs of holly ♪

♪ Boughs of holly ♪

Get it, Chris!

♪ Rockin' around the Christmas tree ♪

♪ Have a happy holiday ♪

♪ Everyone's dancin' merrily ♪

♪ In the new old-fashioned way ♪

They don't call me the Christmas
Tree King for nothing.

Literally no one calls you that, Chris.

Yeah, well, they will now.

♪♪

Hey, hey, hey, happy holidays!

Fatone: What's up, Degrees?

-What's going on?
-What's crackin'?

How's everybody doing?

What's up, what's up?

Good to see you.

Justin, Jeff, good to see you.

My man.

Wait, one, two, three -- Where's Nick?

Oh, he's in, uh -- he's in Hawaii,

working with his family, so...

You know, he felt really bummed about it,

so he spent extra money to
send extra gifts.

Fatone: Must be nice.

-Morris: He could do that.
-Drew: Yeah.

And we ran into Erik from O-Town outside.

-What's up?
-He's bringing the rest of them.

You guys gonna help me with these?

Yeah, we could help you with that.

Come here,
I'll grab that for you over here.

There you go. Be careful, be careful.

Let me grab that one right there.

And I'll give this one to Joey.

Estrada: There you go. Right
- - Right -- Right there.

Hey, hey, hey! Thought we said no gifts?

Wait, hold on a second.

Did you not get me anything this
year again, Chris?

Uh, subject change.

Uh, Drew, didn't your band
write a song about gifts?

You mean this one.

-[ Fingers snap ]
-Yo.

When did you put a lighting cue
in here, Drew?

Stay in your lane, Fatone.

It's over here.

♪♪

♪ The snow is falling, the city is white ♪

♪ Your eyes are shining like
diamonds tonight ♪

♪ And we're all alone ♪

♪ There's no one home ♪

♪ You're finally in my arms again ♪

♪ The night is silent,
and Christmas is here ♪

♪ I couldn't ask for more than
having you near ♪

♪ 'Cause I love you, girl ♪

♪ Love you, girl ♪

♪ And I always will ♪

♪ Always will ♪

♪ And now I know the moment is right ♪

♪ The moment is right ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been waiting
to give this gift tonight ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees ♪

♪ There's no better time ♪

♪ It's something to last for
as long as you live ♪

♪ Tonight, I'm gonna give you ♪

♪ All my heart can give ♪

♪♪

♪ Mm, mm ♪

♪ Oh, I feel the magic
whenever you're near ♪

♪ I feel it even more this
time of the year ♪

♪ 'Cause I love you, girl ♪

♪ Love you, girl ♪

♪ I always will ♪

♪ Always will ♪

♪ And now I know the moment is right ♪

♪ The moment is right ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been waiting to give
this gift tonight ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees ♪

♪ There's no better time ♪

♪ It's something to last for as
long as you live ♪

♪ Tonight, I'm gonna give you ♪

♪ All my heart can give ♪

♪ You know I'll always be true to you ♪

♪ And you know I'm the one
you can turn to ♪

♪ Anytime, any place, or anywhere ♪

♪ You know that I'll always be there ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been waiting to give
this gift tonight ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees ♪

♪ There's no better time ♪

♪ It's something to last for as
long as you live ♪

♪ Tonight, I'm gonna give you ♪

♪ All my heart ♪

♪ 'Cause I've been waiting to give
this gift tonight ♪

♪ This gift tonight ♪

♪ I'm down on my knees ♪

♪ There's no better time ♪

♪ It's something to last for as
long as you live ♪

♪ Tonight, I'm gonna give you ♪

♪ All my heart can give ♪

♪♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh ooh ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ All my heart ♪

♪ Can give ♪

♪♪

Speaking of gifts, happy holidays, Chris.

Are you serious?

-Yes, man.
-Joey...

♪♪

You got me NSYNC merch.

[ Chuckles ] Yes! You're so welcome.

♪♪

Is this the only size it comes in?

Yes, it's a shmedium.

-Looks good, doesn't it?
-Sure.

-Thanks.
-You look cute in it.

I know.

Tonight, on "A Very Boy Band Holiday,"

roast chestnuts with NSYNC's

Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick,
and Lance Bass.

Let it snow with Boyz II Men's

Wanyá Morris and Shawn Stockman.

Hang stockings with Degrees'
Drew Lachey, Nick Lachey,

Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons.

Go caroling with
O-Town's Erik-Michael Estrada

and New Kids on the Block's Joey McIntyre.

Deck the halls with New Edition's

Michael Bivins and Bobby Brown.

So go grab some egg nog.

It's "A Very Boy Band Holiday."

Welcome back.

Let's see if the guys can stomach
Joey Fatone's egg nog.

"A Very Boy Band Holiday" returns now.

All right, I got the egg nog here!

♪ Yeah ♪
Just to celebrate.

You know, a little starter before
everybody gets here.

Help yourself, help yourself.

-It looks good.
-What'd you put in this, dude?

I put so much stu-- Actually,
I got it from the carton.

There's no way I can make egg nog.

I don't trust you. Sorry.

Man: h* h*, h* h* h*!

[ Knock on door ]

Is that Santa?

-Santa?
-[ Laughs ]

No, Chris. I mean, come on, really.

It's Joey McIntyre from New Kids.

♪ h* h*, h* h* ♪

-Really, Dad?
-Come on, Griff!

You know these guys got the right stuff.

Hey, fellas,
you remember my son Griffin, right?

-Hey, what's up, man?
-Good to see you, buddy.

Happy holidays. Look at that. Buddy!

Good to see you, brother.
What's up, Griff?

[ Chatter ]

Dark plaid for the holidays. I love it.

How come time is going by so fast?

-I mean, Griff, how tall –
-Oh, man.

' ".

' ".

That's twice your dad's size.

[ Laughter ]

Man, I love spending time with family

on the holidays, and you, too, Joey.

-Thanks, Chris.
-[ Laughter ]

We always spend -- But that's
the thing, you know?

We were always on the road, but now --

We were on the road.

Now we have families of our own,

so we start our own traditions.

-Yeah!
-What do you do for the holidays?

I mean, dude, I mean,
you know, it's amazing.

Being a young child, you know,
we always have

different traditions, you know,
with your parents,

and now it's cool that my parents,
you know,

bringing that kind of tradition
kind of on,

I do like the Seven Fishes kind of thing,

I'm doing, like,
this Italian dinner thing,

we do all the sauce, the meatballs.

-Nice.
-We do, like, the Italian dinners

when we do get together.

So it's great. A lot of food.

Kids are back from college.

What about you, Chris?

I do -- I'm in Tennessee,

so I got a little, tiny kid now.

How old is he now?

And -- He's ,

and I get to start what you guys
have already got to start,

and that's our own traditions and saying,

"Hey, this, when you grow up,
you're gonna love this."

We get to start our own, the stockings,

Elf on the Shelf, all those little things.
It's a lot of fun.

What about you, Wan?

Well, we actually just,

you know, relax around the house.

You know, we --

I haven't celebrated Christmas
in a long time.

-I do Hanukkah.
-Okay.

But my wife does Christmas,

and I do Hanukkah.
And so we created "Hanumas."

-Hanumas.
-We use the colors of Hanukkah.

We use the blue and the whites

and the silvers and all
that type of stuff.

So that means you get more gifts?

The stars, we do the menor--
Oh, yeah, we get eight days.

-And the kids get the best of both worlds.
-Eight days --

Eight days of gifts, whatever you want.

It's an awesome occasion. It's beautiful.

It's called Hanumas, y'all.

How about you, Joey?

Do you still spend the holidays in
Boston, or...?

Well, we're back in Hollywood now,

but Boston will always be
my hometown, of course.

And, you know, we got the best bands.

You know, there's us and --

[all] New Edition!

I know, right? Aren't they the best?

No, no, no, Bobby Brown and Michael Bivins

from New Edition are right behind you!

Wha--

[all] Hey!

Yes, fellas.

[ Chatter ]

Hey!

Wow.

Better than Santa Claus.

We apologize.

We a little late.

-We couldn't find it.
-He was driving.

We kept going around and around,

and we said, "B,
that looks like the house right there.

What you think?"

It had to be the house.

Had to be the house.

-Glad you found it. Glad you found it.
-Yeah.

It's pretty cool you brought
your son with you.

If y'all don't mind,
I would like to sing a song

that was really close to
my heart with my father.

-Of course.
-Definitely.

Definitely, bro. Definitely.

♪♪

♪ People making lists,
buying special gifts ♪

♪ Taking time to be kind to one and all ♪

-♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
-Shawn.

♪ It's that time of year ♪

♪ When good friends are near ♪

♪ And you wish you could give more ♪

♪ Than just presents from a store ♪

♪ Why don't you give love on
Christmas Day ♪

♪ On Christmas Day ♪

♪ Oh, the man on the street
and the couple upstairs ♪

♪ All need to know there's
someone who cares ♪

♪ Give love on Christmas Day ♪

♪ On Christmas Day ♪

♪ No greater gift is there than love ♪

♪ What the world needs is love ♪

♪ Yes, the world needs more love ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh,
ooh ooh, whoa yeah ♪

What the world need
around this time of year

is a lot of love.

Family, friends are so dear.

From us to you, give love.

♪ Why don't you give love ♪

♪ Give love ♪

♪ Give love ♪

♪ Give love ♪

♪ No greater gift is there than love ♪

Give love on Christmas Day.

What a nice idea.

Love and a PS .

♪♪

You're just in time.

Some carolers popped by to perform

with Joey and Griffin McIntyre on
"A Very Boy Band Holiday."

Hey, fellas, looks like we got

the next generation on our hands.

♪♪

Like my friend Jordan would say,

this is a very serious message.

♪♪

♪ There are some people ♪

♪ Living in this world ♪

♪ They have no food to eat ♪

♪ They have no place to go ♪

♪ But we are God's children ♪

♪ We have to learn to love one another ♪

♪ Just remember they could be us ♪

♪ Remember we all are brothers ♪

♪ I'm not trying ♪

♪ To darken up your day ♪

♪ But help others in need ♪

♪ And show them there's a better way ♪

♪ This one's for the children ♪

♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah ♪

♪ The children of the world ♪

♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah ♪

♪ This one's for the children ♪

♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah ♪

♪ May God keep them in His throne ♪

Let's go.

♪ This one's for the children ♪

♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah ♪

♪ The children of the world ♪

♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah ♪

♪ This one's for the children ♪

♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah ah ♪

♪ May God keep them in His throne ♪

♪ Only for the children ♪

♪ Mm, yeah ♪

♪ This one's for the children ♪

-♪ The children of the world ♪
-♪ This one's for the children ♪

♪ This one's ♪

♪ All around the world ♪

♪ For the children ♪

♪ We can come together ♪

♪ This one's ♪

♪ For the children ♪

♪ For the children of the world ♪

♪ This one's ♪

♪ For the children ♪

♪ The children of the world ♪

♪♪

Great job, guys.

Give it up for
the Newer Kids on the Block.

Nice job, Griff.

Well, we got some more caroling to do.

Let's go! [ Laughs ]

-All right, Joey.
-Bye, Griffin! Be safe, guys.

Be good, little dude.

All right.

What I remember most about
the holidays or about Christmas,

listening to music and the holiday music.

-You know what I mean?
-Of course.

But some of those songs don't
make any sense whatsoever.

What do you mean?

-Oh, no.
-Know what I'm saying?

They're weird. Like...

♪ All I want for Christmas
is my two front teeth ♪

♪ My two front teeth ♪

♪ Oh, my two front teeth ♪

Exactly! Exactly.

If you don't have your two front teeth,

you want your two front teeth.

Bro, but, like, what kid asks
for body parts for Christmas?

What if you just want to eat an apple?

I mean, you don't have two front teeth.

You got the chompers in the back.

What about "Grandma Got
Run Over by a Reindeer"?

♪ Grandma got run over by a reindeer ♪

♪ Walking home from our house
Christmas Eve ♪

Yeehaw!

Morris: That's a horrible song.

It's morbid, it's macabre.

Well, that one's morbid,
that one's morbid,

but I got one that's actually even funnier

because it's happy, it's go-lucky,

it's "I Want a Hippopotamus
for Christmas."

♪ I want a hippopotamus for Christmas ♪

♪ Only a hippopotamus will do ♪

-Uh, you're alone on that one, bro.
-What?

You never heard that song before, dude?

How do you wrap a hippopotamus?

That's -- That's enough for you, bro.

-That's enough.
-That one didn't last.

It's a good song.

Appreciate you,
but there's one holiday song that,

I have to say,

I have a major, major issue with.

I mean, more than any of the other ones.

Okay.

"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."

What's wrong with that, though?

That's a classic.

First of all,
your mom is kissing Santa Claus.

Where is your dad?

-Right.
-It never explains.

Like, come on, think about it.

Well...

♪ I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus ♪

I don't think anybody
sang it like that, though.

If we didn't get it on
videotape it didn't happen.

♪ Underneath the mistletoe last night ♪

But that's a tradition.

In my house, Mommy is just sitting down,

kissing a dude in a red suit
and a white beard.

Shouldn't he be working anyway?

You know what I'm saying? Think about it.

♪ She didn't see me creep ♪

♪ Down the stairs to have a peep ♪

What were you doing out of bed, anyway?

♪ She thought that I was stuck up
in my bedroom, fast asleep ♪

But you should've been. I mean, honestly.

♪ Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus ♪

Okay, I see it.

Okay, I see where you're going.

Okay, that's practically third base.

"I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus."

Where did she -- Where was the tickling?
Where, where, where?

♪ Underneath his beard so snowy white ♪

Yeah, that's a little -
- that's a little off.

Yeah. You know what I'm saying?

I got you on that one.

♪ Oh, what a laugh it would've been ♪

♪ If Daddy had only seen ♪

♪ Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night ♪

Mommy ain't supposed to be rockin' out
with Santa Claus.

-No.
-[ Laughter and applause ]

-Dude, oh.

-Does he really not know
what the song is about?

-But he's having so much fun.
-Man: Bravo, bravo.

I like that.

I don't know about you guys, but, uh...

-Oh, hello!
-Ooh!

During the holidays,

my mother used to make
these special wings,

so I thought I'd make some up
for you guys.

-Oh, yeah, they look nice.
-Appreciate you, man.

-Yeah.
-That's good stuff.

Me first, me first, me first.

Yo, yo, yo!

Yo, check it out.

-This is what we do.
-That's great.

Oh, okay.

Snow.

I feel a song coming on, brother.

♪♪

♪ Ooh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ No-oh-oh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ It's another Christmas holiday ♪

♪ It's a joyous thing,
let the angels sing ♪

♪ 'Cause we're together ♪

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

♪ We got a thing ♪

♪ Can't let it slip away ♪

♪ Though outside it's raining sleet ♪

♪ When our bodies meet ♪

♪ I don't care about the weather ♪

♪ Let it snow, let it snow ♪

♪ Outside it's cold ♪

♪ But the fire's blazin' ♪

♪ So, baby, let it snow ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪ Ohhhh ♪

♪ And, ohhh ♪

♪ You are my everything ♪

♪ Come a little closer ♪

♪ God must have sent you down
from heaven ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪ Outside it's cold ♪

♪ But the fire's blazin' ♪

♪ So, baby, let it snow ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪ Let it snow ♪

♪♪

Man, I love that song.

I think that snow might be fake.

But the emotions are real.

Pull up a seat. Drew Lachey is hanging
stockings by the fire.

"A Very Boy Band Holiday" continues now.

Actually, I embroidered every
single one of those stockings.

I didn't even know you could
spell everybody's name right.

No, no, I can spell the names 'cause
I looked at it online.

-[ Cellphone rings ]
-Oh, hey.

Hey, hey. Nick: What's up, fellas?

Nick, what's up, man?

Happy holidays!

Drew: You're missing out.

Boy Band Holiday's been a lot of fun.

-Heck yeah.
-Better than most of Joey's parties,

but, you know, good people,
good music, good times.

I am so bummed I'm missing this thing.

It looks incredible.

Well, we hung your stocking up,

so it's kind of like you're here anyway.

Except for some of us can get
a word in edgewise.

You know what, Drew?

You've always been my favorite.

I don't care what Mom says.

Wait. What -- What -- What did --

What did -
- What'd Mom say?

Alright, man, happy holidays!

-No, but seriously
– -Bye, Nick!

Sorry, bad -- bad connection.

I'm -- I'm losing you.

I'm -- I'm losing you, but alright.

Take it easy, yep, bye, bye!

He didn't want to talk to me?

I don't think he likes you.

He doesn't like you, either.

Hey, guys, I know you guys are having fun.

Can you -- Can you come sit here?

We're having a conversation
about something.

-Yeah.
-Come on.

-Alright.
-Have a seat, fellers.

So, we were talking about the rivalries

between the boy bands. Oh, yeah.

Y'all had one with kind of, like,
the Backstreet?

Who?

[ Laughter ]

Yeah, the Backstreet Boys.

It was between the fans.

-Right, right.
-A kid starts to grow up,

and one kid goes, "Hey,
I like the Backstreet Boys,"

and the other kid goes,
"Well, I don't want

to like what they like,
so I'm gonna like NSYNC

or Degrees or O-Town."

I'm not gonna lie, though.
When I saw, you know,

album sales hit a certain mark,
I was like, "Okay.

Now we gotta -- we gotta --
We gotta -- Come on."

Music stores,
we'd see this big display of NSYNC,

and then we'd go, "Well, where's our...?"

And we're rifling through -
- "Here it is!"

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Wait. You guys could walk
into music stores?

-Oh!
-Exactly my point.

Honestly, this is proof positive.

We enjoy each other's music,

and, you know, we respect each other

because we all have that fraternal walk

that no one else really knows
what we went through.

This is something special,

and we went through,
especially in that era,

that was such a special time for music.

And it was a lot of records being sold.

Estrada: For my band, obviously,

I was put together on ABC
on "Making the Band."

-Right.
-So these guys had already been --

you know, Backstreet and NSYNC,

we were part of the same management
team for a while,

and, you know, we came into the game,

and we just had these guys to look up to.

Kirkpatrick: Well,
I will tell you, though,

if we would've had to audition
for our bands,

we wouldn't have made it.

[ Laughter ]

So that's why we had to put
ourselves together.

Nobody wanted us, so we're like,

"Alright, let's do this ourselves."

He put it together,
and I jumped in front of him.

[ Laughter ]

Hey, man,
but y'all do y'all thing, though?

You know what I'm saying? We try.

Y'all do y'all thing, you know?

We're good with our roles.

Yeah, and that's what it's about.

Well, you guys don't understand
what it's like

-to be the cute one.
-Right.

Like, let me tell you -- with me,
it's tough.

Morris: [ Laughs ]

Say, for instance,
people on a football team.

They know exactly the same thing, like,

what they feel when they're
out there on the field.

Same thing with us when we're on stage.

But this -- I think this is even
deeper than that,

because on a football team,
you can get traded.

Yeah, that's true. This is
something that --

News flash. You just got traded.

We traded Drew to you guys.

You're on our team now.

-There you go.
-No more dancing.

No more dancing for you, bud.

Now you actually have to sing, though.

But, like --

[ Laughter ]

I get that, 'cause I don't.

But growing up, and, you know,
you were lucky --

you were in a band with
your brother, right?

That's lucky?

Well, I'm saying,
I didn't have any brothers.

I had all sisters growing up.

So when I started this band,

I suddenly got four brothers, you know?

-And it is –
-And he didn't even want them at all.

Like we're saying, like, you know,

I know more about this human
being right here

than I do . % of people I'm related to.

-Right.
-Five guys, and we had a tour --

We're on one small little bus.

And then, obviously --

And we didn't have five rooms.

We had, like -- No, we had three rooms.

So it was like two --

Me and him had to bunk up, yeah.

We had no tour bus.

We had a Winnebago.

-Really?
-That we drove.

We drove ourselves around in a Winnebago.

-Wow.
-We had one room to it.

What about you, Wan?

It was -- It was similar, you know?

Very similar. We had one bus.

We all stayed on that bus.

We called it Amistad.

Amistad, yeah, it was
-- it was the b*mb, yep.

We sure did.

[ Laughter ]

Hey, Joey.

I've been getting noise complaints.

You guys aren't getting too
rowdy, are you?

Timmons: Wow! You guys got
Sporty Spice to come by?

Well, I'm actually renting this house.

-It's hers.
-Morris: Oh, this your house?

Well, this is my guest house.

All of the electronics
are run on girl power.

Excuse me? Excuse me?

So, how's "A Very Boy Band Holiday" going?

It's going great. Yeah?

Awesome. Yeah.

Well, actually, we're having
"A Very Girl Group Holiday"

up at the main chalet,
so I'd better get back.

Oh, wait. Can we come by later?

Yeah, of course you can,
if you want, yeah.

If you really, really want.

Oh!

Good to see you, Mel C.

I'll see you later! Be good.

-See what she did there?
-Yeah, I saw that.

Well, I'm so glad we're all
together again.

And I just want to say,

merry Christmas and happy holidays.

Yeah, but who wants to sing it?!

[ Laughter ]

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Merry Christmas ♪

♪ Happy holidays ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, happy holiday ♪

♪♪

♪ We've been waiting all year
for this night ♪

♪ And the snow is glistening on
the trees outside ♪

♪ And all the stockings are hung
by the fireside ♪

♪ Waiting for Santa to arrive ♪

♪ And all the love will show ♪

♪ 'Cause everybody knows ♪

♪ It's Christmastime and ♪

Timmons: ♪ All the kids will see ♪

♪ The gifts under the tree ♪

♪ It's the best time of year
for the family ♪

♪ It's a wonderful feeling ♪

♪ Feel the love in the room ♪

♪ From the floor to the ceiling ♪

♪ It's that time of year ♪

♪ Christmastime is here ♪

♪ And with the blessings from above ♪

♪ God sends you his love ♪

♪ And everything's okay ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, happy holidays ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, merry Christmas ♪

♪ Happy holiday ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, merry Christmas ♪

♪ Happy holiday ♪

♪ No matter what your holiday ♪

♪ It's a time to celebrate ♪

♪ And put your worries aside ♪ ♪
Worries aside ♪

♪ And open up your mind ♪ ♪ Open
up your mind ♪

♪ See the world right by your side ♪

♪ It's Christmastime ♪

♪ It's a wonderful feeling ♪

♪ Feel the love in the room ♪

♪ From the floor to the ceiling ♪

♪ It's that time of year ♪

♪ Christmastime is here ♪

♪ And with the blessings from above ♪

♪ God sends you his love ♪

♪ And everything's okay ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, happy holiday ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, merry Christmas ♪

♪ Happy holiday ♪

♪ Merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, happy holidays ♪

Come on! ♪ Merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry Christmas, happy holidays ♪

-Hey!
-Yeah!

I still don't think we're a boy band.

Just let Joey have this one, man.

And now the hot cocoa
we've all been waiting for.

"A Very Boy Band Holiday" continues.

[ Laughter ]

I'm still not sure if we a boy band, bro,

but I want to thank you, man,
for, you know, lying to me.

I truly appreciate it.

Fatone: My pleasure, my pleasure.

But you know what?
I want to thank you guys

for all coming here, but I really --

You know, we can't thank
the fans enough, really.

I mean, honestly, those are the ones

that put us here on the map,
they go to our shows.

I mean, I really did it for the fans.

-Absolutely.
-Without every one of them,

I mean, none of this would be possible.

We wouldn't know each other.

We had a time we couldn't get arrested.

I find that hard to believe.

Yeah, no, it was pretty easy.

There was one time we were
getting on a plane,

and some girl goes, "That's them!"

-Right, yeah.
-"That's the guys,"

and we were all going
down the walk -- err!

"Wait. You know who we are?"

-Exactly. What?
-"You know who we are?"

That's the moment where you're like,

"We just did something that
some stranger knows us for."

-Right, yeah.
-And it's -- it's awesome.

Bobby, what was the first moment for you,

that you remember you felt that
fan appreciation?

When we first heard the song on the radio.

It's like...

Yeah. Yep.

You try to -- You go to the phones,

and this is when phones were...

[ Laughter ]

To the wall.

You would go to the wall, and...

-The rotary.
-The rotary phones,

and you'd call each other.

"Do you hear this on the radio?

Do you hear us on the radio?"

And then going outside and everybody --

everybody knowing that it was you

that was playing on the radio.

It was -- It's the most incredible
experience.

But I think, also,
something else that's pretty magical is,

our songs have lived on, you know?

Whether they become wedding
songs or first dances,

the fact that your song can be
with that couple

-for, you know...
-Forever.

...the next years,
the rest of their lives...

Kirkpatrick: Like, when we used
to go over to Europe,

and some of those kids --

I mean, they would jump on
the luggage racks.

Hiding behind,
they're hiding in the bathrooms,

like, in the shower curtains.

To this day, I go to a hotel,
first thing I do...

-Check the shower.
-...check the shower.

'Cause they learn our aliases.

-They know -- yeah.
-They learn the aliases.

And they know where you're staying.

Chris, something like that happened
to us in Asia.

When we were in Southeast Asia, we had --

you know, we ordered room service,

and they brought in the food-service cart,

dropped it off, there were
girls underneath the cart.

What was your alias, Bob?

My alias was Justin Case.

[ Laughter ]

Do you guys identify with the roles

that were placed upon you by the public?

You know, like, the bad boy,
the shy guy...

-You know what?
-Yeah.

Hey, Bob, who was who? I think I know.

Oh, everybody know. Hey,
everybody knows who he was.

Come on. That's not even a question.

Come on, now.

[ Laughter ]

Besides you.

Leave me alone.

[ Laughter ]

Drew: For us, it was the teen magazines.

You know, they would give
you those questionnaires.

They'd be like, "Alright,
what's your nickname?

Who are you in the group?"

"What's your favorite color?
What do you like to eat?"

So we made nicknames up.

Next thing you know,
they're in the Degrees board game,

and then they're, you know, on the --

You guys had a board game?

-It was great.
-We had a board game.

-We did?
-You had to be bored to play it,

but, you know, it's...yeah.

Well, it's interesting to talk about fans,

'cause I know that we all come

from different generations, right?

We all had an affinity
or respect for the groups

that came before us,
'cause I know, obviously,

I was a superfan of Boyz II Men

and what you guys were able to do

and what you guys meant to my life.

How you feel about us is how
we feel about these guys.

You know, New Edition,
even our name, Boyz II Men,

was an actual song from
a New Edition album,

called "N.E. Heartbreak."

-Oh, wow.
-And, you know,

me and Nate were on the phone,

and we hated the name that we had before.

We're not gonna tell anybody.

Please tell us.

And "Boys to Men" came on the radio,

and I was like,
"Yo, that should be our name."

You know, even before
I was in Boyz II Men,

the All For Love Tour...

Uh-huh. ...the All For Love Tour,

my auntie took me to that.

And I got an outfit and everything,

and I remember sitting in,
like, maybe the third tier,

and I literally cried.

I was like, "I want to be that.

I want to be on that stage one day."

So I guess what we're saying is that

the biggest fans are us.

-Us.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, guys, guys, guys, what do you think?

One more song for the fans?

-Yeah.
-Let's do it.

-Alright, let's go.
-Come on.

♪♪

♪♪

♪ Hang all the mistletoe ♪

♪ I'm gonna get to know you better ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ This Christmas ♪

♪ And as we trim the tree ♪

♪ How much fun it's gonna be together ♪

♪ This Christmas ♪

♪ Fireside blazing bright ♪

♪ Oooh, ooooh ♪

♪ We're caroling through the night ♪

♪ Through the night ♪

♪ And this Christmas ♪

♪ Will be, yeah ♪

♪ A very special Christmas for me ♪

-♪ Special Christmas for me ♪
-♪ A very special Christmas for me ♪

♪♪

♪ Shake a hand, shake a hand now ♪

Fatone: J and J -- let's go, fellas.

Both: ♪ Presents and cards are here ♪

♪ My world is filled with cheer, and you ♪

Let's go, Joe.

♪ This Christmas ♪

♪ And as I look around ♪

♪ Your eyes outshine the town, they do ♪

♪ This Christmas ♪

♪ Fireside is blazing bright ♪

♪ And we're caroling through the night ♪

♪ Through the night ♪

♪ And this Christmas ♪

♪ Will be ♪

♪ A very special Christmas for me ♪

♪ Special Christmas for me ♪

♪ Shake a hand, shake a hand now ♪

♪♪

[ Vocalizing ]

♪♪

♪ Fireside blazing bright ♪

♪ We're caroling through the night ♪

♪ Through the night ♪

♪ Through the night ♪

♪ And this Christmas ♪

♪ Will be ♪

♪ A very special Christmas for me ♪

♪ And this Christmas will be ♪

♪ Will be ♪

♪ A very special Christmas for me ♪

♪ Special Christmas for me ♪

[ Vocalizing ]

♪ Merry, merry Christmas ♪

♪ Merry, merry Christmas ♪

Hey!

[ Cheering ]

Happy holidays!

Good job. Oh my God, we did it.

What a Boy Band Holiday it's been.

Bobby Brown shared his family's wings,

and Wanyá Morris spoke of Hanumas things.

Shawn Stockman spotted snow,

and Joey Mac said, "h* h* h*."

What a time to see old friends.

Such a shame it has to end.

Joey, enjoy some rest near the tree,

on a couch owned by Melanie C.

Your phone's about to ring.
Who will it be?

-[ Cellphone rings ]
-Oh.

♪♪

-Hello?
-[ Baby crying ]

Oh, hey, Joey.

Yeah, ma-- maybe next year?

Alright, well, see ya. Bye.

Bye-bye. Bye, bye, bye.

We prime time -- prime time.

Are you ready?

Let's go.

[ Laughter ]

Roll the tape, baby.

[ Laughter ]

Hey, Drew, what are you doing, man?

Nick really wanted me to hang
our childhood stockings

so he could feel like he was really here.

Did your mom make those?

You know, moms don't have
the same amount of time

when the second kid comes.

Does it work?

Is it too pathetic?

-Alright.
-[ Laughs ]

Hold on! I got a better one in me!

Wait. You don't know what
a Boy Band Holiday is?

Shawn, you want to sing the song?

-Let's start it.
-No.

Well, his name's Wanyá.

I've always been Wanyá.

Wow.

Lookee here.

It is snowing.

[ Laughter ]

We live in Philly, man. We from Philly.

Like, we've seen it before.

[ Laughs ]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

[ Cheering ]

[ Laughter ]

Chris just got kicked in the head.

I didn't take too long, did I?

-Yes, you did.
-Alright, I'm sorry.

Prime time, let's go.

Oh. Did I forget to call you?

Were the Backstreet Boys even a boy band?

[ Laughter ]