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Adult mark: For most folks,
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Christmas is a time of peace
on earth.
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At the critch house,
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It was just another excuse
to argue.
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- Loosen up that garland, mary.
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What are you trying to do,
decorate it or hang it?
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- Ugh! I hate this packin'
thing!
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Why can't we have a real tree?
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Practically live in the woods.
- Real trees are death traps!
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You ever hear of forest fires?
They all begin with real trees.
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Adult mark: Deck the halls
with boughs of plastic.
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- Good god! Will somebody
pass me my toolkit?
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Adult mark: The old man's
toolbox -
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A cookie tin filled with
some nails, some tape,
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A flat head screwdriver,
some buttons,
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And a rusty hinge.
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It was as useless
as the old man himself.
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Pop: That's crooked.
Down a bit on the left! Down!
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- Christ on a cracker!
[knock at the door]
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- Who the frig could that be?
[door clicks open]
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High voice: Any mummers allowed
in?
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- [excited] oh, mummers!
Pop: Oh my god! [laughs]
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Adult mark: Mummering is an old
newfoundland tradition.
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You throw together a costume
from things around the house -
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Old clothes,
a pillowcase for a mask -
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And go door-to-door
getting booze from neighbours
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Who would otherwise
never let you in.
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[clapping]
it's like Halloween for drunks.
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- It's all right,
don't be frightened.
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It's somebody we already know.
We just gotta guess who it is.
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- But everyone we know
is already here.
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This is like a home invasion.
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- There'll be none o' that.
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All right, reveal yourself!
Dick, is that you?
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- What's the matter, mike?
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Don't know your own brother?
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- Uncle brendan!
[laughs excitedly]
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Both: [laughing]
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- Dad has a brother?
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Adult mark: I had no idea
that I even had an uncle.
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While dad stayed behind
caring for their parents,
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Brendan had travelled
the world.
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Pop: Look at you.
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Adult mark: The very mention
of his name would send dad
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Into a tizzy and so...
His name was never mentioned.
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Pop: Have you lost weight
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Or is it just your brother
that's getting fatter?
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Brendan: Oh. [laughs]
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If I had a woman like mary
cooking for me,
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I'd be fat too, dad!
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- Oh, brendan, you always had
a way with words. [chuckles]
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Brendan: And little mike,
who's not so little anymore!
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My god, you've grown
like a tapeworm.
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And this must be uh... Uh, uh,
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The other one!
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- Mark. I don't believe
we've met.
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- Oh, that's 'cause last time
I saw you,
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You were just a baby.
Go on!
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I'm your uncle! Give us a hug.
Arrrrgh!
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Jeez, mike, can't believe you
didn't send
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So much as a picture.
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Mike sr.: Hard to do without
an address, brother.
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Pop: Yeah, well, he's hard
to track down
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With all his jet setting.
Where are you these days?
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- All over the world, dad.
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Regina, fort mac...
Pop: Oh!
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- Miramichi.
- Oh.
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- So, you'll just be passing
through then, I take it?
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- Just a quick stop.
Gotta head downtown now,
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See if I can find myself a...
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Place to crash for the night.
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- Uh, there's vacancy
at the skyline motel.
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- Uncle brendan can stay
in my room with me.
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- Oh! Great! You can tell me
about all the girls
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You got on the go, hey?
[laughs]
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This calls for a toast.
You got any liquor, brother?
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- Dad only drinks the wine
in church.
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Pop: Mike, there's a bottle of
rum in the trunk in my room.
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Go get it.
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Not every day I get to drink
with my son.
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- Ha, ha, ha!
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That garland's a mess.
Pop: Ah!
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[garland rustles]
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Ah! Perfect!
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- Why didn't you tell me
I had an uncle?
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- You never missed much,
believe me.
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Mary: [muttering] gonna need
more molasses, more ham,
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More margarine, more potatoes...
- I wouldn't count on him
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Sticking around very long,
mary.
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Pop: What? There's nothing
wrong with family
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Wanting to be home
for christmas.
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I mean, give him a break, b'y.
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Mike sr.: A break?! His whole
life has been a break.
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All that man does is take,
take, take!
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- Figure'd I give you
your presents now.
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No sense trying to hide
anything
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In a house this small.
[chuckles]
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[inhales and exhales deeply,
wrapping paper crinkles]
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Mike!
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[rustling] oh!
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Pop.
- Oh, no! Really?
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[wrapping paper rustles
and tears]
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- That's a fondue set!
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For dipping bread in cheese.
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- You mean like fingers?
[wrapping paper rips]
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Pop: Oh my! A clock-radio!
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Ah, you see, mike?
It's okay for a son
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To give his father a little
present now and then.
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- Yeah, like free room and
board for a couple of decades?
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- Well, I wouldn't wanna
insult you
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By offering ya rent,
ya stunned ass!
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Brendan: This is just a small
token of my appreciation
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For letting me stay here.
- Oh...
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You don't need
to appreciate us,
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We're your family!
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[wrapping paper tears]
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- Springsteen's box set?!
Pop: What?
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- That's too much, now,
brendan.
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- Well, nothing's too good
for my little roomie.
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Now, you didn't think I forgot
about my other nephew, did ya?
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♪♪♪
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[clap, giggles gleefully]
- [frustrated exhale]
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[paper tears]
- a switcheroo-bot...?
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Is that supposed to be like
a transformer?
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- Mark. What do you say
to your uncle?
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Adult mark: I hope you kept
the receipt?
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- [weakly] thanks.
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Adult mark: I was loyal
to my father.
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Mary: [chuckles]
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[gasps] oh, brendan.
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Oh! It's gorgeous! [gasps]
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Brendon: [chuckles happily]
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- Oh, it must've cost
a fortune!
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- Oh, I'm sure it's nothing
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Compared to what mike
has for ya.
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- Oh, we don't bother with
gifts after all these years.
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- We exchange cards.
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I thought you said cards
were more special than gifts.
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Brendan: You've still got a lot
to learn about women.
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[laughs]
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- Yeah.
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- Oh, it's-it's-it's too much.
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Here, I... I can't.
- What?!
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- For god's sake,
keep the coat.
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Mike, don't be such
a bloody sook.
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- It's not up to me.
It's your gift.
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- That's the spirit.
- Well...
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Maybe just this once? Hmm?
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Brendan: [chuckles]
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- [sighs appreciatively] oh...
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Pop: That fits like a glove,
mary.
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[liquor pours]
- mike! You don't drink.
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- Maybe just this once.
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Brendan: Jesus.
Mary: Oh! Oh... No!
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Oh, look!
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They left the security tag
on it.
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Oh, I'll just bring it back
to ayre's.
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- Don't you worry about that,
my dear.
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Nothing I can't get into
with a butter knife.
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Ungh!
[security tag clicks]
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- Huh! [laughs]
- nothin' to it!
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Now... How about that drink?
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Pop: Ah, there you go!
[chuckles]
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♪♪♪
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Pop: Ah... [chuckles]
brendan: [gasps] oh ho!
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[glass thunks]
pop: [laughs]
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Adult mark: As I drifted off
to sleep,
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The sound of all the adults
in the house getting tanked
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Somehow made me feel safer
than I'd ever felt in my life.
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[school bell rings]
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Sister margaret: I know
everyone is excited
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For santa claus.
- Am I?
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- [gasps, then sighs]
student: [gasp] geez!
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Hello, sister.
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I was just talking to the
children about christmas.
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- And where in the bible would
I find santa claus, sister?
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Children, I want to talk to you
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About keeping christ
in christmas.
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[chalk scrapes]
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That's christmas, or...
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[chalk taps and scrapes]
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Christ mass, not xmas.
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When you say "xmas,"
you are crossing out christ.
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[chalk scrapes]
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And what is an x
but a sideways cross,
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Or...
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[chalk scrapes]
a crucifix.
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Student: [clears throat]
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Every time you write xmas,
boys and girls,
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You are literally
crucifying jesus.
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Ho, ho, hosanna in the highest.
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[church bell tolls]
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Adult mark: Whatever happened
to rudolph?
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Sister margaret: Well,
that was uh... Festive.
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[chuckles]
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Sister rose has a point
buried in there somewhere.
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Christmas is the baby jesus'
birthday party, not yours.
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That is why it is better
to give a gift
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Than to receive one.
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So, we are having
a hamper drive,
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Collecting donations of toys
for needy children.
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I need some volunteens
to help.
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Any volunteens?
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Oh!
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- Hate to lose out
on a technicality,
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But... We're not teens.
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But we'd love to help.
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- Ha! What a bunch of elf
suck-holes.
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Sister margaret: And fox.
Welcome to the volunteens.
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Maybe you'll learn to be
a little more considerate.
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Student: [clears throat]
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[east coast-flavoured
"jingle bells" plays]
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Mike sr.: [groaning]
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♪ jingle all the way,
oh what fun... ♪
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- God, mike.
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♪ jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way... ♪
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You sick?
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♪ oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh ♪
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[shocked] jesus murphy, no...
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You're hungover!
- Yeah, well, so are you!
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- No, I'm still drunk,
it's different.
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Why, if I'd known you were
around the sauce,
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I woulda dragged you down
to the legion last night!
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I dj-ed their christmas party
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And I did not skimp
on the david bowie.
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What a night!
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I went home with fifty dollars
and leanne lush.
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[clacks teeth,
then sucks his teeth]
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I'm busier than a bayman
with two woodstoves these days,
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What with all the...
The christmas parties
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And events the station
has me doin'.
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The money's good,
but the hours are a nightmare.
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- You know, I could cover some
of those shifts for ya, dick.
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- You?
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You turn your nose up
at this stuff, mike.
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- I need to pick up a little
bit o' extra gift money, okay?
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Share the wealth, hey?
It's christmas after all.
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♪ ...To ride in a one-horse
open sleigh ♪
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♪ jingle bells,
jingle bells... ♪
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- Well, there is one gig
I'm trying to get out of.
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The money's good,
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00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:27,999
But trust me,
you wouldn't want it.
243
00:09:28,134 --> 00:09:29,801
♪ open sleigh! Yup!
244
00:09:29,936 --> 00:09:32,003
[indistinct chatter,
christmas music plays softly]
245
00:09:32,072 --> 00:09:33,805
- God, that thing's so lame.
246
00:09:33,874 --> 00:09:37,274
Ritchie: I mean, why ask a tree
what you want for christmas
247
00:09:37,311 --> 00:09:39,877
When santa is around
the corner?
248
00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:43,214
Happy tree: Good god!
A barbie dream house?!
249
00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:44,915
That's much too expensive!
250
00:09:44,952 --> 00:09:48,019
When I was your age, you'd be
lucky to get an orange.
251
00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:50,422
Kids these days.
Spoiled rotten!
252
00:09:50,424 --> 00:09:52,691
[instrumental "I saw three
ships" plays in the mall]
253
00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:54,893
- Dad?
254
00:09:58,298 --> 00:10:00,031
Adult mark: While ritchie
collected the toys,
255
00:10:00,166 --> 00:10:02,133
I was focused on the tree.
256
00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:04,802
- Dad? Are you in there?
257
00:10:04,871 --> 00:10:06,604
Mike sr.: What? Good god, no!
258
00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:08,773
- [sighs] I can tell
it's your voice.
259
00:10:08,908 --> 00:10:10,708
Mike sr.: No, this is
the happy tree.
260
00:10:10,744 --> 00:10:12,677
End of discussion, mark!
Go home!
261
00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:14,779
- How'd you know my name then?
- Dammit!
262
00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:16,714
- Why are you inside
the happy tree?
263
00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:18,883
- I'm trying to earn a little
bit of extra money
264
00:10:18,885 --> 00:10:20,418
For christmas.
Don't tell your mother.
265
00:10:20,454 --> 00:10:22,920
Or your idiot uncle,
for god's sake.
266
00:10:22,990 --> 00:10:25,456
- You're too old to talk
to the happy tree, doofus.
267
00:10:25,492 --> 00:10:27,859
Happy tree: Uh, hello, fox.
How's your christmas?
268
00:10:27,861 --> 00:10:30,395
- Shut up, tree!
You're... You're lame!
269
00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:31,696
Come on.
270
00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:33,564
- How'd that tree know my name?
271
00:10:33,634 --> 00:10:34,932
- I know, right?
272
00:10:36,003 --> 00:10:37,769
- These toys kinda suck.
273
00:10:37,771 --> 00:10:39,671
Mark: Imagine waking up
on christmas day
274
00:10:39,806 --> 00:10:41,773
And this is all you had
to play with?
275
00:10:41,775 --> 00:10:43,474
[bear tumbles]
276
00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:44,742
Ow...
277
00:10:44,778 --> 00:10:46,644
[plastic bag rustles]
278
00:10:46,647 --> 00:10:48,279
- What was that for?
279
00:10:48,348 --> 00:10:50,348
- Probably saw someone
she knows.
280
00:10:52,519 --> 00:10:53,818
[blues music plays softly]
281
00:10:53,854 --> 00:10:55,687
- Ya ever see a tape deck
in a car before?
282
00:10:55,822 --> 00:10:58,423
- No! This is awesome.
283
00:10:58,425 --> 00:10:59,757
What year is she?
- Agh!
284
00:10:59,793 --> 00:11:01,759
Car is like a man.
285
00:11:01,795 --> 00:11:03,761
Age don't matter
as long as you got spunk.
286
00:11:03,897 --> 00:11:06,131
Besides, this is more
than a car.
287
00:11:06,133 --> 00:11:08,432
This is my office,
and a hotel room.
288
00:11:10,904 --> 00:11:12,770
- You sleep in your car?
289
00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:15,039
Cool! Cool! [amazed laugh]
290
00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:16,640
- Have to when you're
an entrepreneur.
291
00:11:16,677 --> 00:11:19,244
Mind you, it's not always
all it's cracked up to be.
292
00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:22,680
[inhales, paper sizzles]
- yeah.
293
00:11:22,716 --> 00:11:25,049
I can't wait to get outta here.
294
00:11:25,052 --> 00:11:27,251
I've been saving up money
for school.
295
00:11:27,287 --> 00:11:29,054
Got about a grand now.
296
00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:31,756
- A grand? How?
297
00:11:31,825 --> 00:11:33,758
- Two years of mowin' grass
and shovellin'.
298
00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:35,927
I do the station, the car lot,
and uh, old mrs. Hicks' place.
299
00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:37,595
- Well, now, why would you
wanna
300
00:11:37,664 --> 00:11:38,996
Waste that money on school
301
00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:41,199
When you could be like me
and make money?
302
00:11:41,334 --> 00:11:43,801
All you need is the open road
and...
303
00:11:43,837 --> 00:11:46,137
A car.
304
00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:48,839
- [sighs] yeah.
305
00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:52,544
Nah. Nah, I go for my licence
in may,
306
00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,279
But... I could never afford one.
307
00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:57,448
- [sighs sympathetically]
308
00:12:01,154 --> 00:12:04,021
You know, maybe...
309
00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:06,023
You could buy mine.
310
00:12:07,694 --> 00:12:09,494
I'm thinking of an upgrade
anyway.
311
00:12:09,629 --> 00:12:11,162
Here's what we'll do.
312
00:12:11,164 --> 00:12:13,498
You give me whatever
you got now,
313
00:12:13,567 --> 00:12:15,099
As a deposit,
314
00:12:15,168 --> 00:12:17,435
And then I'll come back
for the rest
315
00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:20,037
Once you've got your licence,
and...
316
00:12:20,107 --> 00:12:22,373
She's all yours!
- Oh, that would be awesome!
317
00:12:22,375 --> 00:12:23,841
[laughs excitedly]
318
00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:25,976
[laughter dies]
319
00:12:26,112 --> 00:12:28,179
Uh... But...
320
00:12:28,215 --> 00:12:30,381
I should probably run it
by my dad first.
321
00:12:30,383 --> 00:12:32,650
- [laughs derisively]
322
00:12:34,053 --> 00:12:35,653
Forget it.
323
00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:37,988
Look, kid,
324
00:12:38,024 --> 00:12:39,824
There's two ways to move
through this life.
325
00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:42,326
You can be like your old man,
always afraid to do anything,
326
00:12:42,328 --> 00:12:43,861
[draws sharply on his joint]
327
00:12:43,897 --> 00:12:46,531
Or... You can be like me.
328
00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:50,067
Do you want a little hoot?
329
00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:53,537
- No. No, I don't do that
stuff.
330
00:12:53,573 --> 00:12:55,239
- Oh, come on. It's just us--
- yeah, okay.
331
00:12:56,643 --> 00:12:58,343
- [exhales]
332
00:12:58,478 --> 00:13:01,145
[draws sharply on his joint]
- easy!
333
00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:03,615
[blues music plays]
334
00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:08,753
[mike jr. Coughs]
335
00:13:08,755 --> 00:13:09,920
Mike jr.: Woo!
336
00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:14,425
- Needing a hamper for two
boys - one four, one six.
337
00:13:14,427 --> 00:13:18,095
- Two boys - one four, one six.
338
00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:20,231
Adult mark: We assigned
the toys to needy families.
339
00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:22,766
Like santa, we made a list
and checked it twice.
340
00:13:22,803 --> 00:13:26,303
- 'kay, a 17-year-old boy,
16-year-old boy,
341
00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:29,073
A five-year-old boy
and a 12-year-old girl.
342
00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:31,075
- They're gonna clean us out.
343
00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:33,144
The only family I know that big
is...
344
00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:37,715
- Oh, god.
[gulps] it's fox.
345
00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:41,786
- We said the toys
were pathetic.
346
00:13:41,788 --> 00:13:43,921
- Oh jesus, oh jesus,
oh jesus...
347
00:13:43,957 --> 00:13:45,890
[clipboard thumps]
348
00:13:46,026 --> 00:13:47,591
Fox: Hey, dicks.
349
00:13:47,627 --> 00:13:49,394
Looks like you're almost done
filling up the barf bags.
350
00:13:49,529 --> 00:13:52,463
- Uh... If you mean hampers
of amazingness,
351
00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:53,998
Then yes!
352
00:13:54,034 --> 00:13:56,133
I can't believe people are
just giving this stuff away!
353
00:13:58,038 --> 00:14:00,204
Uh, in this one,
I believe we have...
354
00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:03,474
Socks,
[chuckles]
355
00:14:03,476 --> 00:14:05,376
A water gun,
356
00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:07,345
[wrapping paper rustles]
357
00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,979
Rubik's cube,
358
00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:13,084
And...
359
00:14:13,153 --> 00:14:14,886
A switcheroo-bot!
360
00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:16,955
Where'd that come from?
Who cares?
361
00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:19,023
[chuckles]
it's all gold!
362
00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:20,558
[box thuds lightly]
363
00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,093
- That's the best one.
364
00:14:22,095 --> 00:14:23,761
You take it, fox!
365
00:14:23,830 --> 00:14:26,230
We won't say anything.
366
00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:28,999
- Gross! Why would I want
other people's junk?
367
00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:33,704
[paper rustles]
368
00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:38,109
[paper rustles,
clipboard clatters loudly]
369
00:14:38,244 --> 00:14:40,111
[footsteps recede]
370
00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:41,646
- [sighs heavily]
371
00:14:46,853 --> 00:14:48,319
Gets underway this weekend.
372
00:14:48,454 --> 00:14:50,387
The parade route will start
at the top of water street,
373
00:14:50,423 --> 00:14:53,358
And finish all the way down
at the end of water street.
374
00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,960
Mike critch, vocm news.
375
00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:58,029
- That what passes for news
around here these days?
376
00:14:58,031 --> 00:14:59,964
- Your brother can make
a murder scene
377
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,933
Out of jam on toast.
378
00:15:02,002 --> 00:15:03,734
[mocking] the victim was
covered
379
00:15:03,770 --> 00:15:05,937
In what appeared to be blood.
A knife was found on the scene.
380
00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:09,273
Robbery was the motive. The
suspect needed a little bread.
381
00:15:09,276 --> 00:15:11,809
Mike critch, vocm news.
382
00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:14,845
[bottles thump]
383
00:15:14,915 --> 00:15:16,748
- You know, speaking of mike,
384
00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:19,350
Where's he been goin' at night,
dick?
385
00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:21,752
- How should I know?
I'm not his babysitter.
386
00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:24,622
- Well, I seen you driving him
somewhere after work. Hmm?
387
00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,091
He doesn't have a licence.
388
00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:28,892
- Trouble in paradise, mary?
389
00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:31,295
I can guarantee you he hasn't
got someone on the side.
390
00:15:31,364 --> 00:15:33,564
Sure, he can barely handle you!
[chuckles]
391
00:15:33,566 --> 00:15:35,065
- [unamused] huh.
392
00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:38,702
You know, surely you knows
where you dropped him off to,
393
00:15:38,738 --> 00:15:40,104
Huh?
394
00:15:40,239 --> 00:15:42,040
See, it's christmas eve-eve
and...
395
00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:44,241
Well, I don't know where
my husband is, so...
396
00:15:44,311 --> 00:15:47,711
[friendly chuckle]
you can either finish that beer
397
00:15:47,747 --> 00:15:49,647
And tell me what's goin' on,
398
00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:53,251
Or I can break the friggin'
bottle over your greasy head.
399
00:15:53,253 --> 00:15:56,687
♪ it's christmas
in the harbour ♪
400
00:15:59,159 --> 00:16:01,192
Adult mark: For some reason,
it was much easier
401
00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:03,394
To talk to my father
when he was a tree.
402
00:16:03,463 --> 00:16:05,462
- We tried to give her
all the best stuff.
403
00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:08,065
I even gave her
my switcheroo-bot.
404
00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:12,003
[sighs heavily]
what did I do wrong, dad?
405
00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:14,071
- Well, there's a difference
between a hand up
406
00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:15,906
And a hand out.
407
00:16:15,942 --> 00:16:18,342
I know what it was like
to grow up with nothin'.
408
00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:21,779
Fox is a very proud person
and you embarrassed her.
409
00:16:21,848 --> 00:16:24,215
That's why the hampers
are supposed to be anonymous.
410
00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:29,553
- [sighs] I guess I'd better
find her and apologize.
411
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:32,090
[instrumental of "silent night"
plays in the mall]
412
00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:35,492
Mike sr.: Look, I know we don't
have much money either.
413
00:16:35,528 --> 00:16:38,495
I try to do my best.
I hope you know that, but...
414
00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:40,698
I love you, son.
415
00:16:42,268 --> 00:16:44,502
Hmm. Feels good to say that
out loud.
416
00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:48,272
You know, your pop never did
tell me that he loved me.
417
00:16:48,408 --> 00:16:50,508
- What the frig are you
going on about, mike?
418
00:16:50,643 --> 00:16:52,309
Mike sr.: Good god! Mary?!
419
00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,111
[indistinct chatter]
420
00:16:55,581 --> 00:16:57,849
- Pack off and wait your turn,
hmm?
421
00:16:57,984 --> 00:17:00,084
The lot o' ya.
422
00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,187
Hello, mr. Tree.
423
00:17:03,223 --> 00:17:04,855
[eyes whir]
424
00:17:04,891 --> 00:17:07,458
For christmas, I would like
my husband to stay home
425
00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:09,727
And stop worrying about
getting me a present
426
00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:11,396
Just because his sleeveen
brother
427
00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,464
Stole a coat from ayre's.
428
00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:16,200
Mike sr.: I guess I look pretty
foolish now, don't I?
429
00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,137
- You never looked better.
430
00:17:23,309 --> 00:17:26,911
- I'm not that good with words,
and I don't say it enough,
but...
431
00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:29,613
- Oh, come outta there
and give me a hug.
432
00:17:31,284 --> 00:17:33,551
- I can't leave my box, mary.
The kids'll see me.
433
00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:35,486
[indistinct chatter]
434
00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:37,889
- Oh.
435
00:17:38,024 --> 00:17:39,156
Huh.
436
00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:41,959
Excusez-moi.
437
00:17:43,063 --> 00:17:45,496
♪♪♪
438
00:17:45,532 --> 00:17:48,299
[door scrapes open]
439
00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:52,436
Oh, turn that thing off.
[mic pops but stays on]
440
00:17:52,439 --> 00:17:54,839
Isn't this romantic!
Now, give me that hug.
441
00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:56,307
Mike sr.: Uh, I can't.
442
00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:58,442
You're gonna have to move
your leg to the right.
443
00:17:58,511 --> 00:18:00,945
Mary: No, I can't.
I'm pinned against the wall.
444
00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,746
[mic jostles]
mike sr.: Well, turn sideways.
445
00:18:02,782 --> 00:18:04,715
[eyes whir]
mary: Oh! I'm stuck.
446
00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:06,450
Ow! You're on my hair,
ya arsehole!
447
00:18:06,519 --> 00:18:08,386
Mike sr.: [grumpy] d'oh!
Well, damn it all to hell then!
448
00:18:08,388 --> 00:18:10,521
[zipper zips sharply,
footsteps recede quietly]
449
00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,459
Pop: Hmm.
Brendan: [surprised chuckle]
450
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,727
- Can't get no privacy
in a house this size.
451
00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:18,830
- No room for secrets.
452
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:22,466
Are you going somewhere, b'y?
453
00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,702
- I got this big thing
coming down the pipe, dad.
454
00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:26,670
Thing is, I gotta move fast.
455
00:18:26,805 --> 00:18:28,940
- Oh. How can you do that?
456
00:18:29,075 --> 00:18:31,241
I heard you sold your car.
457
00:18:31,277 --> 00:18:33,477
- Well, I never sold it.
458
00:18:33,546 --> 00:18:35,546
Kid just put down
a little deposit.
459
00:18:35,582 --> 00:18:38,682
- So you'll be givin' him
his money back.
460
00:18:38,751 --> 00:18:41,352
- Right now, it's kinda tied up
in this business venture.
461
00:18:44,424 --> 00:18:47,424
- You're gonna break
the boy's heart.
462
00:18:47,494 --> 00:18:51,094
Can't it wait 'til
after christmas?
463
00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:53,931
- Holidays never meant
that much to me.
464
00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,504
- Neither did I.
465
00:19:04,144 --> 00:19:05,542
[footsteps recede quickly]
466
00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,180
So long, idiot.
467
00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:13,084
["children's winter" by
the barra macneils plays]
468
00:19:13,086 --> 00:19:16,787
♪ the winter's snow
is a child's delight ♪
469
00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:20,324
♪ as it brightens up
a winter's night... ♪
470
00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:21,759
- [chuckles]
471
00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:23,528
Adult mark: Sometimes
the perfect gift
472
00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:25,262
Is just telling someone
that you love them.
473
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:27,564
- It's just what I wanted.
474
00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:30,134
[light kiss]
475
00:19:30,136 --> 00:19:32,936
♪ the smiling faces
watch the ground... ♪
476
00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:34,739
[drawer scrapes closed]
477
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:38,075
Adult mark: And sometimes
it's saying nothing at all.
478
00:19:38,111 --> 00:19:41,546
♪ and through the glass
there comes no sound ♪
479
00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:45,149
♪ as the snowflakes melt
upon it... ♪
480
00:19:45,151 --> 00:19:46,417
[footsteps approach]
481
00:19:46,486 --> 00:19:48,552
♪ snowman, snow house
hey, play with me ♪
482
00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:50,321
- Where's uncle brendan?
483
00:19:50,390 --> 00:19:52,957
- Oh, he had to, uh, leave
in a bit of a hurry.
484
00:19:55,494 --> 00:19:58,462
He wanted me to give you this.
485
00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:00,698
He decided he couldn't sell
the car.
486
00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,299
[the envelope crinkles,
cash rustles]
487
00:20:07,407 --> 00:20:09,440
- [blows out his breath,
relieved]
488
00:20:09,509 --> 00:20:11,308
- Hmm.
- Thanks, pop.
489
00:20:11,344 --> 00:20:13,143
Adult mark: When it comes
down to it,
490
00:20:13,213 --> 00:20:15,046
Christmas is about family.
491
00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:17,848
Sometimes it's the family
you are born into...
492
00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:21,018
And sometimes it's the family
you choose.
493
00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:24,589
[envelope rustles]
494
00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,524
I thought a hamper full of toys
495
00:20:26,526 --> 00:20:28,459
Would make for a merry
christmas,
496
00:20:28,528 --> 00:20:30,661
But the best gifts
don't come from malls,
497
00:20:30,730 --> 00:20:32,897
They come from the heart.
498
00:20:34,433 --> 00:20:35,966
Mary and mark: Mmm...
499
00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:38,002
Adult mark: I don't remember
many of the presents,
500
00:20:38,137 --> 00:20:40,871
But I remember every christmas
in our little house.
501
00:20:40,940 --> 00:20:43,808
- Wastin' our good...
Perfectly good bread, wasted.
502
00:20:43,943 --> 00:20:46,010
Adult mark: The best gifts
aren't under the tree,
503
00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:48,345
They're the people around it.
504
00:20:48,414 --> 00:20:50,348
- [chef's kiss]
- oh my god, it's too hot.
505
00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:52,483
Mary: Hot! [mouthful] mm-hmm.
- [disgusted] mm!
506
00:20:52,552 --> 00:20:54,184
- Woo!
- Really good. [laughs]
507
00:20:54,220 --> 00:20:55,419
Mike sr.: [disgusted] oh god...
508
00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:57,121
Pop: Crusty bread.
[laughter]
509
00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:59,957
Adult mark: Like snowflakes,
each christmas was unique...
510
00:21:00,026 --> 00:21:01,492
[laughter]
511
00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:05,029
- ...And like snowflakes,
each one was gone too soon.
512
00:21:06,099 --> 00:21:07,898
♪♪♪
513
00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:17,041
♪♪♪
514
00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:24,047
♪♪♪
515
00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:30,988
♪♪♪
516
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:36,994
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