The Carolina Opry Christmas Special offers an unparalleled celebration of America's most loved holiday, a heart-warming, funny, and dazzling family tradition that just gets better and better. While The Carolina Opry breaks new ground each Christmas, there are some things that audiences count on enjoying year after year. Among these is Gilmore's "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem," which has been a fixture in the show since 1986, and "The Twelve Days of Christmas", a full-cast free-for-all which features Bogie acting out all the parts for twelve consecutive verses. And never to be forgotten is the emotional impact of the show's finale: Rita Gumm performing "He's Alive."