And it's an exciting time of year, really.

It's the beginning-- it feels like the holidays already.

I mean, some people start real early.

But for me, it's just starting.

I got a tree, and I started listening to Christmas music.

I hired a realtor to help me buy a gingerbread house.

[LAUGHTER]

And I feel good around the holidays, really,

because I get to give all of you gifts.

That's what makes me happy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Because it feels good to give gifts.

And this year, I'm giving even more gifts to more people

with my brand new Primetime show.

It's called Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways.

And what we did is we kind of disguised the studio.

They knew they were coming here, but we disguised it,

and they didn't know what they were coming for.

And then, we surprised them.

And this is a little bit of what you're going to see.

And this is what they saw.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

We do things for people on a daily basis on the talk show.

We want to do something similar to that, but bigger and better.

It's time for my greatest night of giveaways.

[CHEERING]

When some of my celebrity friends

heard what we were doing, they wanted to be in on it, too.

So you'll see Justin Timberlake.

You'll see Jason Momoa.

You'll see Chrissy Teigen, Jen Aniston, Sterling K. Brown,

Robert Downey, Jr., Ayesha and Steph Curry, Michael B. Jordan,

Melissa McCarthy, Michelle Obama.

Obama!

It's not enough to go through life just working for yourself.

You've got to reach back and lift others along the way.

We wanted to change people's lives in a bigger way

than we ever possibly imagined.

And we wanted people to get in the spirit of giving and seeing

that sometimes your life isn't as bad when

you see other people's lives and what they're going through.

My dad just lost his job.

My mom passed away when I was three to sarcoma cancer.

What Ellen is greatest at is sharing these stories

and making them known to the world,

and then giving thanks to these incredible people.

It's your mortgage.

What I want to do to that is just tear that up.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

What kind of maniac wouldn't want to be part of this show?

Honestly, I would have been excited to just

be in the audience.

[CHEERING]

You're going to hit all of the emotions.

I know I did.

Expect a lot of laughter, of course.

Can you hear me?

No.

No?

OK.

A lot of tears because it's an emotional moment for everybody.

You'll cry, but you'll also feel really good about what

we're doing for people.

This is like This Is Us, but they don't give you prizes.

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways?

Have the tissues ready.

There's going to be some booing and some hooing.

But it's going to be good.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

I really am so proud of the show.

I can't wait for everybody to see it.

It's called Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways.

It starts next Tuesday on NBC.

It's three nights.