- ♪
- Let's go, let's go, let's go!
Come on now, bag time, bag time!
Bring it in, bring it in.
Alright, look at that, look at that.
See? Look at that.
[groans] See?
I got a little clench in the butt, not a full clench.
That's how you know the bag is light enough.
- PHILIP: Alright. - See that? See?
Look at this. [groans] Half clench.
- [groans] - Now what--see,
what is going on here? Huh?
Huh? What is--what--full clench, son. I'm in full clench.
- Okay, then-- - What is in your bag?
- Hey, what's in my bag is my business.
- Okay, well whatever's in your bag,
better be under 50 pounds, or else they're gonna
charge you extra.
- Exactly, they're gonna charge you extra.
And how you know yours is under 50 pounds?
- See your daddy's--the way his muscles set up, babe,
they usually tap out at about 45, 46 pounds,
let me see, give 'em to me. Ah!
- Yeah, that explains a lot.
- Babe, babe-- - Oh yeah, there's no way
that's under 50 pounds. - Baby. What is in your bag?
- What? Just everything a woman needs to travel.
- What's that? A dead body?
- LEAH: Okay, okay.
- Before you say anything-- - JEREMY: Oh my god.
- Just remember, I'm a girl.
Your first born. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Your angel.
- Sandra!
Sandra...what are you smuggling in this bag?
- I'm not smuggling anything.
- My sister has become a drug mule.
Sad case. - Really?
- Ooh! You know what? Guys are excited to go back to Chicago,
see your friends?
- Well, we see our friends all the time.
- Yeah, on our cell phones.
- Yeah, you know they always on that damn phone.
- I know. But I know y'all ready to get to that food in Chicago.
Boom! - Chicago style popcorn.
- Ooh girl, caramel, chocolate? - The caramel.
Ooh, you know what I miss, you know what I miss?
- Ooh, what you miss? - I miss Philip getting
it stuck in his teeth. - Alright, whatever, whatever,
okay, I just got all the flavor out the popcorn
before I ate it. - [laughs]
- Ooh, you know what I miss, though?
- SANDRA: What? - I want me a deep dish pizza,
oh my gosh, with--
- LEAH AND PHILIP: Extra cheese and pepperoni!
- Ooh, that sounds so good. - Give it to me, bro.
- You know what I miss? - What? What?
I know what you want, you want a Chicago-style hot dog.
- Yeah. - Ooh, yeah.
- I do, I do want a hot dog.
But you know what I really love? - What?
- What I really, really love? - What, baby?
- I would love for y'all to get to the bag and take some of
this crap out of your bags, 'cause they too heavy.
- Really, baby?
I'll be right back, I'm gonna go get my other bag.
- Other bag? - Yes, a small bag, a small bag.
- Leah? - Yeah?
- I said one bag for everybody. - Yes.
- I'm the one that gotta carry it.
- It's just a few light things in there,
just like undergarments-- - No.
- But I got it, I'ma go get it.
- Does that mean I can get another bag, too?
- No!
Alright now, look, I need your all help on this, okay?
I'm the one that's paying for this excursion
back home to Chicago, and at this rate,
we're not gonna eating nothing but boiled peanuts.
- Boiled peanuts? Ugh. - Ew.
- Boiled peanuts is a delicacy!
- To who?
- I got so much to teach y'all.
- Mom, can I have another bag?
- No!
- ♪
♪ No matter what you do I love you ♪
♪ No matter where you go I'm behind you for sure ♪
♪ Always remember, Blood ain't ever water ♪
♪ We'll make it if we stay together ♪♪
- ♪
- Ho-ho-ho, Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas!
- Ya-ya-ya.
- Merry Christmas.
- What you all frowned up for?
Don't act like you ain't never seen no black Santa.
- No, I've seen some, but not quite like--
man, what is this?
- Oh, I'm serving you retro Santa, throwback.
- Okay. - MR. BROWN: Like this.
- Alright. Well, what brings y'all by?
- Well, we just wanted to come and give back to the facility.
It's been a difficult year, and a lot of times
the residents get forgotten about,
so I just want to prepare some food and bring some cookies
and everything, and just add to what you have for Christmas.
- Cora, don't look like you gotta add much,
'cause don't look like they doing nothing.
- No, I was planning on taking my family home
to Chicago for Christmas.
- Jeremy, what are you talking about?
I mean, I heard you talking about planning Christmas,
so you... for here.
- Oh, oh no, I'm sorry Cora, no,
I plan on taking my family back,
not the whole house.
- So you telling me you don't have nothing planned?
- No! Not a damn thing.
- Mr. Vinny! - No, no, no, no, no, no!
They ain't got no candy canes,
they ain't got no chestnuts roasting,
they got no halls being decked,
little elf shoes, nothing!
They ain't got nothing!
They ain't got no tree, they ain't got nothing.
- No, it's not like that, it's just like you said,
we in a difficult time right now and I was just
trying to do something nice for my family.
- Okay, I understand that. I get that.
But you know what?
The weather's getting bad out there.
- Yeah, looked like it was about to snow.
You know traffic get bad soon as ice hit the ground.
- No, no, no way. Y'all playing.
It was just sunny a few hours ago.
- Boy, this is Georgia, the weather's unpredictable,
just like 2020 has been.
Unpredictable!
- Oh no, no, you're right, they said it's
a winter storm heading this way right now.
- You wanna know what else is unbelievable?
How my beloved grandson is taking his little raggedy family
back to Chicago and leaving his caring, beloved
grandfather behind.
- I asked you if you wanted to go,
you said you only fly first class.
Do you know much a first class flight is
from Atlanta to Chicago?
- Well, we'll just trade in the kids' two tickets.
Bam, problem solved.
- Cora, I'm sorry for the mix up, okay?
Alright, I gotta--I got to go.
I'm gonna put the bags in the car, okay?
Sorry again, y'all. - CORA: Okay.
- MR. BROWN: Don't sound like no mix up to me.
- Well, I guess I'll go in the back room
with the rest of the sorry, decrepit, miserable souls
back there and hang out with them.
- No, Mr. Vinny, don't do that.
I mean, I brought a lot of food,
we gonna decorate, we gonna celebrate for Christmas.
- Yeah, I had Cora buy some greens, beans, potatoes,
hams, yams, cookies, cream, potatoes, pie--
- Mr. Brown, I didn't bring all of that now.
- You name it, she brought it.
- I brought a lot of food, you know,
it's already been prepared, I just need to
spruce it up a little bit.
- I'm sorry, Cora, the holidays is, you know, for children,
and you know, women who want to spend a lot of money, you know?
I had a few women, I had some in the '70s,
I had a couple in the '80s, had one in the '90s.
- Only one in the '90s?
- Yeah, the budget cuts. In fact, the only spirits
I'm into right now is making my world famous egg nog
that I make every year for my ho-ho-hos.
- Well, I'm sorry you feel that way.
- Yeah, well you know, ever since my wife passed,
you know, I ain't been too jolly about the holiday.
- CORA: Okay. - And then they got
all these commercials. I mean you've seen them,
you gotta buy this, you gotta buy that toy,
get this toy, get that-- it just ain't worth it,
it ain't, it ain't worth it. - MR. BROWN: Oh.
Oh, Cora, let's just hurry up so we can spread
some Christmas cheer. That's negative.
- Mr. Brown, now we can't make them
have a Christmas Spirit now.
- Okay, Cora, you finna do that?
- What? - You finna sit here
and you gonna sit here and let the devil win?
- No. - I ain't finna do that.
I ain't finna to do it. - But Mr. Brown...
But Jeremy and his family about to leave,
I mean, what's the point? - Cora, what's the point?
- Yeah. - The point is the Lord
sent us here, what you talking about?
What's the point? Woman, where is your faith?
We on a mission. - You right.
- I'm not finna let the devil win.
Lord, send us a sign.
- What kind of sign, Mr. Brown? - [doorbell rings]
- Flight got canceled.
- There's your sign.
- Won't he do it? - Yes, he will! [laughs]
- You still packing? Damn. - Uh-huh.
You know what, baby? You just gonna have to
make this work. I tried, I tried,
but you gonna have to pay that extra baggage fee, bruh.
- No, baby, we got bad news. - Huh?
- Yeah. - Wh--why does it look like
you got into a fight with the tree?
- Man, I went out there to put the bags in the car,
then it just started getting windy,
and then it started snowing, and then the trees
and the branches-- - Baby, I'm sorry you got
into a fight with the weather.
Wait, hold on, did you just say it was snowing?
It was just beautiful and sunny outside.
- I know, I just don't understand this Georgia weather.
It's ridiculous. - Me either. Ooh.
Ha-ha! But you know what? We can probably
take my other coat out, and that will save you
a few pounds on the muscles, bruh.
- No, baby, that's the bad news,
our flight is canceled. - What?
- Yes, they canceled all the flights in the southeast.
- That sucks. - I know, man, I'm sorry.
- It's not your fault.
It's not like you summoned God and told him to make it snow.
Or did you?
You don't want me to see my sister?
- Look, this is not the time to make jokes.
- Oh, well, I guess it is his son's birthday,
so he can do whatever he wants to.
[laughs]
I guess we can just make the best of the situation
and have us a little Christmas staycation.
- True.
- You know the kids ain't gonna like that,
but it'll be alright.
- You right. And the Browns are here.
And Cora said she cooked.
And Mr. Brown said he's gonna try to decorate.
Hate to see what that look like.
- Oh, we'll just make the best of the situation, baby.
- Yeah. - [sighs]
- You done packed a little mistletoe, huh?
- I guess I can put it up, since we ain't going nowhere.
- Oh, oh or...
Or we could get this little staycation started right now.
[laughs]
- You trying to get your jingle bells rocked, boy?
- Ho, ho, ho. - [laughs]
- Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas!
Oh, don't you look beautiful?
- Yes, I do, don't I? [laughs] - [laughs]
And Merry Christmas, fellas.
I heard y'all were feelin' a little low?
- Eh, a little.
I had to drag Reggie out of his room.
- Mr. Reginald, you feeling a little blue?
- Something to that effect.
- But, in 1967, when I was on tour
with Pearl Bailey-- - Yes.
- --and Cab Calloway in "Hello Dolly,"
we used to sing this song,
"Put on Your Sunday Clothes When You're Feeling Down and Out."
That's the day that you should dress up
and make yourself feel alive-- - CORA: Yes!
- --in spite of your troubles.
- Thanks, but I'll leave the festive wardrobe to you.
Though you do look outstanding.
- Thanks, doll.
- We smelling something delightful there?
- So we came down to check it out.
- I did bring some food, and Mr. Brown is, you know--
we decorating, Mr. Brown is outside
cutting down a pine tree.
- He has to be careful. - What?
- There's a family of squirrels that lives in those trees,
and they can be very aggressive.
- Squirrels? - Yeah, so, I don't know
what part of town they come from,
but they are definitely about that life.
- Oh.
- Cora, can I be of any assistance?
- No, Mr. Reginald, you don't have to do anything.
- It'd be my pleasure. - Well, you can hand me
those flowers out of that box,
and you can start getting those Christmas lights out.
- Okay. - CORA: Yeah, I'll take that
and I'll put that... - So, Ms. Cora--
- Yes, sir? - What am I smelling?
- Well actually, we have some Christmas cookies,
we have some sweet potato pie,
we got a whole lot of stuff over there.
- If that pie is as good as it smells,
my figure is in trouble. - Well, you in trouble!
- Where did this come from?
- Oh, Mr. Brown got that-- brought that box out.
- No, I know, I mean this wreath.
This belongs to me, this here's mine.
- We were just-- - You all had no right!
- Well were just putting out Christmas things.
- What are you doing with all this for? Stop it!
- Mr. Brown-- - Just stop it right now!
- [somber piano music]
- Yes, we hear you Mr. Reginald.
I'm sorry, we was just putting out some Christmas decorations,
I didn't know, I'm so sorry, Mr. Reginald.
- Oh no, it's alright.
And Cora, thanks for not forgetting about us,
so many people do. - I'm--I'm--I'm sorry,
I just, I...
I bought this for my wife, and she left it
when she left our marriage, and I used to stare at it
for hours, hoping she'd--
she'd come back.
I--I didn't realize it would trigger such a response.
- [doorbell rings] - So sorry.
- Cora! Cora! Y'all help! - CORA: What is it?!
- They trying to get me, Cora!
- Who trying to get you? - Them squirrels!
- The squirrels? - Yes, I went out there
trying to get this tree, they come and attacked me, Cora,
about five of them. Cora, they tried to kill me!
- Mr. Brown, you got violated by a squirrel?
- Brown was violated by a squirrel! [laughs]
- [laughing]
- MR. BROWN: It ain't that funny.
- [laughing]
- I could've been killed, Cora!
I could've been-- I could've been killed
and dead in my grave. - What?
- I needed that.
Fellas, I haven't laughed like that in a long time. [laughs]
- That's so good, Mr. Reginald.
- Cora, ain't nothing that funny!
Laugh like I haven't laughed in a long time!
I could've been killed by them squirrels!
- Mr. Brown-- - Cora, I think I need to
be checked for the rabbits. - You mean the rabies!
- Whatever it is, Cora, they could've killed me!
- We can't do nothing with that tree,
we can't decorate that.
- Cora, you mean to tell me I was out there on the front line,
trying to get this tree,
and you telling me we can't decorate it?
- That ain't no tree, that's a limb!
That's the best you could bring back?
- Reggie, how about you and I go out there
and take care of it? - How about you shut up?
- Challenge accepted, we'll look into it.
Thank you, Ms. Cora. Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas, Mr. Reginald.
- Cora, they finna get killed!
- Mr. Brown!
- That squirrel's gonna tear their butt up!
- Mr. Brown!
- Let's see if Kunta Kinte and them can take care
of that squirrel. - Don't do that.
- Ain't nobody doing nothing, I could've been killed.
Well ho-ho-ho!
- Well ho-ho-ho to you too!
We need a better tree!
- And that's why you never lead with spades, see?
I can't believe your mom and daddy ain't teach y'all
how to play this game.
- I don't think they're any good at it.
- Man, I really wanted to go back home.
- Me too.
- Oh yeah, about that, I'm glad your little punk ass trip
got canceled.
- Thanks.
- I thought when you get old,
you're supposed to get the Christmas spirit?
- Only spirit I get down with is this one in my flask.
- What's that? - I make it in my room.
- I don't think you're supposed to be doing that in your room.
- That's why it's special.
- BOTH: [laughing]
- Hey, where have you guys been?
- Oh honey, we took a little tour around the house,
we wanted to see the decorations Cora put up!
They look amazing, Cora. - CORA: Thank you, thank you.
- Yes honey, then we got caught outside
talking to the old people. Well, you know what?
I'll say lightly seasoned.
- Yeah, yeah, we was out there talking about back in the day.
Did y'all know that Reginald invented applesauce?
- [laughs] - LEAH: Reginald.
- Did y'all know that Mr. Brown got attacked by squirrels?
- [laughs] - Tell you what, man,
I outta call Child Protective Services on you, man?
- Why would you do that?
- Because you let these black kids go out into the world
and not know how to play Spades man, that is illegal.
- Grandpa Vinny, calm down.
They never really seemed interested, so you know.
- Because you guys are terrible.
- Whoa, buddy, whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Now your Momma over here, she good on that table,
now your Daddy on the other hand,
oh, he's standing right there, shh.
- VINNY: Don't worry-- - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
my game is tight. - Oh, oh, okay.
- Don't worry about it, I handled it,
I taught them how to play, you know,
when I teach them, my students never lose.
In fact, you know, if you challenge them to a game
right now, I bet they'd tap that ass.
- You mean behind? - No, I mean ass.
- [laughs] Grandpa.
- Come on, Dad. - Yeah, Mom, come play.
- Oh, wait a minute now. You sure you want your Momma
to get on the table? 'Cause I love y'all
and everything, y'all my babies,
I love you dearly, so um,
d-d-d-don't t-t-t-take this a-a-a-ass whooping p-p-p-p--
- BOTH: Personally! - [grunts]
Let's go! - JEREMY: Yeah.
- Bring it.
- [laughs] - You know what?
I actually thought it would be harder than that.
- Yo, I didn't even get board.
- Y'all got set! That was pathetic!
- All you had to do is read the table,
that's all you had to do, Jeremy!
You know, you never lead with a spade
ever, ever, ever, they wouldn't have got
ten books over here had you read the table,
read the table.
- But the game is called Spades.
- You cut with them!
- [laughing]
- Well, your kids are amazing.
If y'all would've played with somebody who really
knew how to play, y'all, well they would
beat the brakes off of y'all!
- You know that's cute and everything, Cora,
but they learned from Many Vinny,
and my students never lose.
- Is that right? - That is absolutely right.
- I tell you what, I could beat you.
- I need a new partner!
- Play? - LEAH: Come on.
- I'ma pick my-- Sandra gonna be my partner!
- Well you know what? I don't play anymore,
I just teach.
- Oh, so that's what it is? No, I'm gonna be the one
doing the teaching. - [everyone exclaims]
- That's definitely a shot at your manhood.
- Oh, okay Christian, damn it, cut them, let's do it.
- Hey, guys, I'm sorry I didn't get y'all back home
to Chicago for Christmas.
- It's okay, we had a good time.
- Yeah, it wasn't that bad.
- I enjoyed our little staycation, too.
But you, baby cakes, you gotta learn
how to read that table. [laughing]
- ♪ Oh holy night ♪
♪ The stars are brightly ♪
♪ Shining ♪
♪ It is the night ♪
♪ Of our dear savior's birth ♪
♪ Long lay the world
♪ In sin ♪
♪ And error pining ♪
♪ 'Til he appears ♪
♪ And the soul felt its worth ♪
♪ A thrill of hope ♪
♪ The weary world rejoices ♪
♪ For yonder breaks ♪
♪ A new and glorious morn ♪
♪ Fall ♪
♪ On your knees ♪
♪ Oh hear ♪
♪ The angel's voices ♪
♪ Oh night ♪
♪ Divine ♪
♪ Oh night ♪
♪ When Christ was born ♪
♪ Oh night ♪
♪ Divine ♪
♪ Oh night ♪
♪ Divine ♪
♪ Oooh ♪
Merry Christmas, everybody. - Merry Christmas!
- LEAH: Merry Christmas. - [clapping]
- Oh man! That pumpkin pie!
- Merry Christmas to you anyway.
- ♪