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-♪ what would you do
If I sang out of tune? ♪
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♪ would you stand up
And walk out on me? ♪
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♪ lend me your ears,
And I'll sing you a song ♪
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♪ I will try not to sing
Out of key, yeah ♪
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♪ oh, baby, I get by ♪
-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ all I need is my buddies ♪
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-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ I'm sayin'
I'm gonna get higher ♪
-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ whoa-oa-oa-oa, yeah ♪
-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
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-♪ silent night ♪
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♪ holy night ♪
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♪ all is calm ♪
-that christmas of 1968,
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my brother, wayne, and Ifell in love...
-♪ all is bright ♪
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-...With color tv.
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-♪ 'round yon virgin ♪
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-it was more than love.it was lust.
-♪ mother and child ♪
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-we were witnessinga modern miracle,
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and we worshipped itlike aborigines...
-♪ holy infant ♪
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-...From the black-and-whitestone age.
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-♪ so tender and mild ♪
-it was the first thingwe'd ever agreed on.
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-cool.
-boss.
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-♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
-even mom and karentended to mist up
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in the presence of all thatalmost-living color.
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-hello. Can I help you?
-oh.
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-♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
-yeah, load a dozenof these babies into the car.
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and make it snappy.
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-well...
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-unfortunately, there was onevery small, very minor hitch.
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-you'd really
Have to talk to my husband.
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-you got to be joking.
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8 bucks for a crummy,
Little stick like this?
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-a buck a foot.
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-that's highway robbery.
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-not that my fatherwas scrooge.
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it's just that,every year around this time,
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he'd -- he'd go intokind of a...Slump.
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-next year, we're gonna skip
The damn tree.
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-it was a bad time to behitting him up
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for a major appliance.
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still, in an emergency,
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there were waysto the big guy's heart.
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-here, let me help you
With that, dad.
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-you had to kill himwith kindness,
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drown him in goodwill...
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-hey, I got it!
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-...All the while, sending himvery specific psychic messages.
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-tv, tv, tv, tv, tv, tv.
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-you okay?
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-sure. Why?
-looks like you got a headache.
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-of course, you didn't wantto tip your hand.
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this was a delicate procedurethat required the touch...
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-so, dad, you gonna buy us
That color tv or not?
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-...Of a sledgehammer.
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-what tv?
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-he didn't tell you?
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-uh...
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-what do we need
A color tv for?
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-so you can watch things.
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In color!
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-watch what?
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-"Bonanza."
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-baseball...
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Football...
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Uh...
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Baseball.
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-tvs cost money, kids.
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-uh-oh.
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-and money doesn't grow
On trees. You know that.
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-yeah, we did know that.
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if there was one thing we knew,
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it was that moneydoesn't grow on trees.
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-come on, get in!
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-still, he hadn'tspecifically said no,
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so there was still hope.
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after all, christmas was a time
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when impossible dreamscame true --
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when the grinch turned good.
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so, just maybe...
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-a buck a foot.
You believe that?
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Highway robbery.
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-or maybe not.
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few things in lifeare less productive
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than the last 10 minutes ofschool before a major vacation.
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Maintenant, tournez à page 67,
S'il vous plaît.
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Alors, guillaume?
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-uh...
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Je pense que...
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Um...
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Le...
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[ tick! ]
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-oh, well.
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Joyeux noel, everyone.
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[ bell rings ]
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[ indistinct shouting,
Cheering ]
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-I mean on average.
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-counting socks
And underwear?
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-total annual tonnage.
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-see, well, I thought
We were talking quality,
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Not quantity.
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-oh, come on, paul.
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I mean, you get hanukkah
Presents every day for a week.
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-paul and Ihad a standing argument
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over who made out betteron the holidays.
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paul's lasted eight days,
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which I thoughtgave him the edge.
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-well, let's see.
I'll give you an example.
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What's the one thing
You really want for christmas?
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-what's that got
To do with it?
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-just answer the question.
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-what did I want?
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what would make thingsabsolutely perfect?
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-♪ da-da-da ♪
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♪ da-da-da ♪
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♪ ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
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♪ da-da-da ♪
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♪ da-da-da ♪
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♪ ahh... ♪
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[ tempo decreases, music stops ]
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-a tv.
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I guess I want a color tv.
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-kevin?
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-she was alone.
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she was wearing perfume.
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-hi.
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-hi. I wanted
To give you this.
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-what is it?
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-it's a present.
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-sure. I knew that.
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-I wanted to tear it openwith my teeth.
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-but don't open it
Till christmas.
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Okay?
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-of course not.
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-a thousand thoughts werebarreling through my head,
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a million questions,a billion --
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-well, see ya.
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-wait. Stop her! Stop her!
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-uh, I-I got something
For you, too.
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-good.a lie, but a-a good lie.
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-I just...
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Don't have it with me.
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-oh, that's okay.
You don't have to.
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-maybe I can
Bring it to your house?
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-I guess so.
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-then I'll see ya.
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-in a matter of seconds,
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my whole life had been bentinto a question mark.
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what did this mean?
-hi.
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-was it a message?
[ indistinct conversation ]
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one thing I was sure of --
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winnie cooperhad never smelled better.
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-you're dreaming.
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-huh?
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You're never gonna get
A color tv.
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-hammer.
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-maybe paul was right.
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the great color-tv campaignwas sputtering.
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dad was a rock.
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the situationwas getting desperate.
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so was wayne.
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-honey, you haven't been peeking
In the closets, have you?
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-screwdriver.
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-[ gasps ]
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-oh, look, everybody, it's
The little bird in the cage!
-aw!
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Remember, daddy?
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-uh-oh. Holiday traditions.
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my family was honeycombedwith them.
-oh!
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You know who gave this to us?
-uncle mike.
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-your uncle mike.
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He used to say
That it reminded him
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Of the only girl
He ever loved.
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-pliers.
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-I hated those old stories.
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there was a reason.
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-you know what I'm remembering?
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-and here it came.
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-the year kevin played santa
In the school pageant.
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-ugh!
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-mom, look, you don't
Have to right now. It's --
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-I know, but you were so cute,
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The way you came
Waddling in,
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Just like a bowl
Full of jelly.
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-yeah, with his pants
Almost falling off.
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-had these people no mercy?
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-he was pretty cute.
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-wait a minute.
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was that a smileon the old man's face?
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an actual smile?
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we'd caught him off guard.now was our chance.
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with the right combinationof tact and finesse,
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we might just --
-dad, are you gonna get us
That new color tv set or not?
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-unbelievable.
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-what tv?
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-nothing, honey.
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-what tv?
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-really! Nothing.
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-mom said
That we were gonna get one.
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Didn't you, mom?
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-obviously something criticalhad malfunctioned
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in wayne's brain.
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-I didn't say definitely.
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I did say that your father
And I might --
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-everybody else has one.
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-[ sighs ]
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Fact is, I like color tv.
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Fact is, I bet I like color tv
As much as the next guy.
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But let me ask you this.
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Does anyone here have any idea
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How much one
Of those sets costs?
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-$469.95.
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Plus tax.
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Minus the discount.
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$434.40 total.
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-looking back,
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he probably meant that questionto be rhetorical.
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-nice going, butthead!
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-me?! What did I do?!
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-nice going, butthead!
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-oh, well...One minute you'reeverybody's little santa.
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the next minuteyou're benedict arnold.
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-you guys have a lot to learn.
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Don't you know anything
About psychology?
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-this from a womanwho'd read the cliff notes
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for kahlil gibran.
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-I mean, you're backing dad
Into a corner.
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He wants to buy us a tv,
But he wants to surprise us.
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It's complex.
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[ door closes ]
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-nice going, butthead!
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-hey, you're the one
Who started all this.
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-okay, I'd blown it.
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there was dissensionin the ranks.
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I could take it.
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but out there,down that hallway...
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-I'm not buying a tv, norma.
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We can't afford it
Despite what you --
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What they think.
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-well, I think we ought to --
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-it's not like I don't work hard
For a living, you know.
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I do what I can.
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-honey, I know.
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It's just that, when I saw it
There in the store --
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The tv -- I saw the kids
Looking at it,
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I saw us here,
Watching it, together.
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They've grown up so fast, jack.
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Karen's almost leaving us.
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Honey?
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What the heck?
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Why don't we just go for it?
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You don't have to get me
Anything this year.
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We'll -- we'll eat hot dogs
For a month.
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You know it would
Make you feel good.
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[ dog barks in distance ]
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[ door closes ]
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-[ sighs ]
-I couldn't sleep.
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I felt confused.
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why couldn't things be simple,
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the way they used to be,in the sixth grade?
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-wayne?
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You awake?
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-angela!
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-it was all a riddleinside a riddle inside a...
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00:10:48,014 --> 00:10:49,747
a box.
263
00:10:49,749 --> 00:10:52,650
and I had to find the answer.
264
00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:56,854
boy, christmas wasturning into a minefield.
265
00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:03,127
[ bell dings ]
266
00:11:03,129 --> 00:11:05,295
120 shopping minutestill christmas.
267
00:11:05,297 --> 00:11:06,797
in my family,
268
00:11:06,799 --> 00:11:09,500
that's when the seriouslast-minute purchasing began.
269
00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:11,502
-will you stop?!
270
00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:15,639
-gee, look over there.
Wonder what those are.
271
00:11:15,641 --> 00:11:18,709
Why, they look
Like color tvs.
272
00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:20,278
-if dad was planninga surprise,
273
00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,646
he was sure playing itclose to the vest.
274
00:11:22,648 --> 00:11:25,482
-christmas?! Ha! Bah humbug!
275
00:11:25,484 --> 00:11:27,852
-but I had problems of my own.
276
00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:29,520
I had to find a presentfor winnie.
277
00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:31,088
it had to be perfect.
278
00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:34,625
it had to say everythingwithout saying anything.
279
00:11:34,627 --> 00:11:36,627
and it had to beunder six bucks.
280
00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:37,795
-how about a book?
281
00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:40,163
-how about one
Of those paper weights
282
00:11:40,165 --> 00:11:43,133
With the ice skater inside
And the swirly snow?
283
00:11:43,135 --> 00:11:46,437
-are you kidding?
I hate those!
284
00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:49,006
-well, my mother liked
The one I got her.
285
00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:51,075
-sorry.
286
00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:52,243
-it's okay.
287
00:11:52,245 --> 00:11:54,044
-compromise wasout of the question.
288
00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:58,148
I had to find the right giftor die trying.
289
00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,519
-I can't tell.
290
00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:04,588
-I think I'm dying.
291
00:12:04,590 --> 00:12:09,560
-it smells like leaves
I-in the ocean, at night.
292
00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:12,129
Do you have anything like that?
293
00:12:13,967 --> 00:12:15,933
-why don't we just pick up
The phone
294
00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:17,701
And ask winnie
What it's called?
295
00:12:17,703 --> 00:12:18,869
-we can't.
296
00:12:18,871 --> 00:12:21,339
-why not?
We can disguise our voices.
297
00:12:21,341 --> 00:12:23,073
We could be avon calling.
298
00:12:23,075 --> 00:12:26,277
-paul could be amazingly densewhen it came to women.
299
00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:28,846
fortunately, he had meto set him straight.
300
00:12:28,848 --> 00:12:32,483
-it's got to be a surprise.
That's what she's expecting.
301
00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,084
-oh.
302
00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:37,622
-see, that's why she gave me
The present in the first place.
303
00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:39,857
She wants me to make
The next move.
304
00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:41,392
-oh.
-yeah.
305
00:12:41,394 --> 00:12:44,161
-[ sighs ]
306
00:12:44,163 --> 00:12:46,530
[ "Jingle bell rock" plays ]
307
00:12:51,970 --> 00:12:53,337
[ sneezes ]
308
00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:04,815
[ sneezes ]
309
00:13:09,154 --> 00:13:11,222
-♪ da-da-da ♪
310
00:13:13,693 --> 00:13:16,059
♪ da-da-da ♪
311
00:13:16,061 --> 00:13:18,863
♪ ahh-ahh-ahh ♪
312
00:13:18,865 --> 00:13:20,397
-one question.
313
00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:22,733
If she already has some,
Why get her more?
314
00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:27,505
-okay, so it wasn't
315
00:13:27,507 --> 00:13:30,107
what james bondwould give pussy galore.
316
00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:34,445
007 wasn't getting by on50 cents a week in allowance.
317
00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:35,446
besides...
318
00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:36,847
-it's the thought that counts.
319
00:13:36,849 --> 00:13:39,650
-I had to believe that.I had no choice.
320
00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:43,187
christmas eve.
321
00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:46,056
in homes all overthe known universe,
322
00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:50,428
an age-old celebrationwas about to unfold.
323
00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:55,799
a time of joy and harmonyand family.
324
00:13:55,801 --> 00:13:57,468
[ gunshot ]
325
00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:59,770
-gee, would you look
At that car?
326
00:13:59,772 --> 00:14:01,806
I wonder what color it is.
327
00:14:01,808 --> 00:14:03,441
[ tires screech ]
328
00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:06,176
Oh, wait. There's the ocean.
329
00:14:06,178 --> 00:14:07,912
You think it's orange?
330
00:14:07,914 --> 00:14:09,780
Nah, it's probably blue.
331
00:14:09,782 --> 00:14:11,381
But how would I know?
332
00:14:11,383 --> 00:14:13,717
-wayne! Turn it down.
333
00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:16,420
-that night,all the seams were showing.
334
00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:18,622
only mom was in there pitching,
335
00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:21,892
like a lone firemanat a five-alarm blaze.
336
00:14:21,894 --> 00:14:22,860
-eggnog, anyone?
337
00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,162
Lydia herschmuller
Just called
338
00:14:25,164 --> 00:14:28,565
To remind us about
The caroling party tonight.
339
00:14:28,567 --> 00:14:31,234
I told her we'd be there
With bells on.
340
00:14:31,236 --> 00:14:33,370
[ tires screech, explosion ]
341
00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:36,006
-wayne! Turn it down!
342
00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:37,408
-you had to wonder...
343
00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:40,744
maybe every family was givenonly so much christmas cheer
344
00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:41,913
to begin with.
345
00:14:41,915 --> 00:14:43,814
maybe this year,my family had run out.
346
00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:46,584
-whoops! That guy's
Eating a gray banana.
347
00:14:46,586 --> 00:14:49,720
-we have to sing
"Little drummer boy" tonight.
348
00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,622
[ television continues playing ]
349
00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:52,756
-this was pathetic.
350
00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:54,424
someone had to do something.
351
00:14:54,426 --> 00:14:57,494
-hey, you remember the year I
Played santa in the school play?
352
00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:03,534
-well, I'd given itmy best shot.
353
00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:06,002
nothing.
354
00:15:06,004 --> 00:15:06,971
-if we put on sunglasses,
355
00:15:06,973 --> 00:15:09,874
We could watch this
In black-and-green!
356
00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:12,743
-wayne had finallyreached the limit.
357
00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:16,446
-hold on. I'm picking up
Some color here.
358
00:15:16,448 --> 00:15:19,250
Oh, it's beautiful. It's --
359
00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,585
-wayne! Will you
Just give it up?
360
00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:23,821
We're not getting a tv!
361
00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:26,523
Just forget it!
362
00:15:26,525 --> 00:15:27,791
Well, I got to go.
363
00:15:27,793 --> 00:15:30,327
-wait a minute, wait a minute.
Where do you think you're going?
364
00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:31,128
-I have a date.
365
00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:33,063
-on christmas eve?
366
00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:34,932
-[ scoffs ] why not?
367
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:36,367
-what your father means --
368
00:15:36,369 --> 00:15:40,136
-it's christmas eve. We spend
Christmas eve together.
369
00:15:40,138 --> 00:15:42,206
I can say what I mean.
370
00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:45,476
-♪ jingle all the way ♪
371
00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:47,511
-I'm going out, dad.
372
00:15:47,513 --> 00:15:50,547
-nobody is going anywhere.
373
00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:54,017
We're all staying right here.
374
00:15:56,755 --> 00:15:58,355
[ door slams ]
375
00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:09,266
[ door closes ]
376
00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:29,019
-I wasn't sure exactly whatto expect at winnie cooper's.
377
00:16:29,021 --> 00:16:31,588
but I had a pretty good idea.
[ doorbell rings ]
378
00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:36,460
-♪ I'm dreaming ♪
379
00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:41,499
♪ of a white christmas ♪
-hi.
380
00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:43,667
-hi.
381
00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:47,004
-♪ just like the ones ♪
-I brought this for you.
382
00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:49,206
-♪ I used to know ♪
383
00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:52,209
-then you got my message.
384
00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:57,714
-♪ where the treetops glisten ♪
385
00:16:57,716 --> 00:17:03,820
-merry christmas, sweetheart.
-♪ and children listen ♪
386
00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:04,954
♪ to hear -- ♪
387
00:17:04,956 --> 00:17:07,658
-yes?
388
00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:11,295
-holy cow, I'd never seenthis person before in my life.
389
00:17:11,297 --> 00:17:13,697
-uh...Is winnie home?
390
00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:15,532
-no, she's not.
391
00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:16,900
Can I help you?
392
00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:18,869
-no, that's okay.
393
00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,337
-you're the boy next door,
Aren't you?
394
00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:22,272
Gwendolyn said
You might be stopping by.
395
00:17:22,274 --> 00:17:23,741
-she did?
396
00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:26,944
-the coopers decided to spend
The holidays with relatives.
397
00:17:26,946 --> 00:17:28,846
It was a last-minute decision.
398
00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:31,148
She seemed to think
You'd understand.
399
00:17:31,150 --> 00:17:32,782
-understand what?
400
00:17:32,784 --> 00:17:34,151
that nothing made sense?
401
00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:35,586
that christmas was a bust?
402
00:17:35,588 --> 00:17:38,422
that my whole familywas coming apart at the --
403
00:17:38,424 --> 00:17:41,458
-you...Do know
About her brother, don't you?
404
00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:42,592
Brian?
405
00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,429
-oh.
406
00:17:45,431 --> 00:17:48,798
-brian was killed last fall...
407
00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,300
In vietnam.
408
00:17:50,302 --> 00:17:51,568
-I know!
409
00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,637
I-I know that!
410
00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:56,239
[ sighs ]
411
00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:58,709
I guess I just...Forgot.
412
00:17:58,711 --> 00:18:02,746
-they needed time away.
They'll be back in a few days.
413
00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:04,014
Good night.
414
00:18:04,016 --> 00:18:05,949
[ door closes ]
415
00:18:05,951 --> 00:18:07,250
-at that moment,
416
00:18:07,252 --> 00:18:11,054
I felt like the dumbesthuman being on earth.
417
00:18:11,056 --> 00:18:12,989
[ doorbell rings ]
418
00:18:12,991 --> 00:18:15,091
[ door opens ]
419
00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:21,598
-it was supposed to be perfume.
420
00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:30,774
[ intro to joni mitchell's
"River" plays ]
421
00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:46,524
-♪ it's comin' on christmas ♪
422
00:18:46,526 --> 00:18:48,925
♪ they're cuttin' down trees ♪
423
00:18:48,927 --> 00:18:50,694
♪ they're puttin' up reindeer ♪
424
00:18:50,696 --> 00:18:53,997
♪ and singin' songs
Of joy and peace ♪
425
00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:57,168
♪ oh, I wish I had a river ♪
426
00:18:57,170 --> 00:19:01,639
♪ I could skate away on ♪
427
00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:05,309
♪ but it don't snow here ♪
428
00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,444
♪ it stays pretty green ♪
429
00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:09,146
♪ I'm gonna make a lot
Of money ♪
430
00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:12,149
♪ then I'm gonna quit
This crazy scene ♪
431
00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:15,252
♪ I wish I had a river ♪
432
00:19:15,254 --> 00:19:19,590
♪ I could skate away on ♪
433
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,229
♪ I wish I had a river so long ♪
434
00:19:25,231 --> 00:19:29,266
♪ I would teach my feet to fly ♪
-that night, I thoughtabout a lot of things --
435
00:19:29,268 --> 00:19:31,202
about winnie...
436
00:19:31,204 --> 00:19:33,036
about brian...
437
00:19:33,038 --> 00:19:35,172
about my family...
438
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:38,509
-♪ oh, I wish I had a river ♪
-...About how things get lostor messed up.
439
00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:40,644
-♪ I could skate away on ♪
440
00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:45,048
-♪ silent night ♪
441
00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:48,819
♪ holy night ♪
442
00:19:48,821 --> 00:19:52,522
♪ all is calm ♪
443
00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:56,226
♪ all is bright ♪
444
00:19:56,228 --> 00:20:00,397
♪ 'round yon virgin ♪
445
00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:04,401
♪ mother and child ♪
446
00:20:04,403 --> 00:20:08,038
♪ holy infant ♪
447
00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,642
♪ so tender and mild ♪
448
00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:14,445
-nothing short of a miraclewas gonna make this right.
449
00:20:14,447 --> 00:20:19,883
-♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
450
00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:25,355
♪ sleep in heavenly peace ♪
-and then it happened.
451
00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:29,260
[ wind howls ]
452
00:20:29,262 --> 00:20:32,629
it started...
453
00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:33,964
[ thunder crashes ]
454
00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:35,966
...To pour.
455
00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:38,368
[ indistinct shouting ]
456
00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:41,838
the thing was,dad just stood there.
457
00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,241
we all wanted to run for cover.
458
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:47,845
but dad was juststanding there.
459
00:20:47,847 --> 00:20:50,881
so we just stood therewith him.
460
00:20:56,522 --> 00:20:59,323
-[ chuckles ]
461
00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:01,391
[ laughter ]
462
00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:10,867
Come on. What are we waiting
For? Let's get out of here.
463
00:21:13,338 --> 00:21:17,440
-hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
All right, already. All right.
464
00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:19,876
-I don't even remember whatI got for christmas that year.
465
00:21:19,878 --> 00:21:21,411
[ thunder rumbling ]
466
00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:24,514
but dad gave mom a braceletthat knocked her socks off.
467
00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:28,051
oh, yeah, and he didget us that color tv...
468
00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:29,452
two years later.
469
00:21:29,454 --> 00:21:31,655
-oh, man, eat 'em off the floor.
470
00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:34,658
[ laughter ]
471
00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:38,662
-for me, that year,
472
00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:41,898
christmas stopped beingabout tinsel and wrapping paper
473
00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:44,367
and started being about memory.
474
00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:46,369
at first,that was disappointing.
475
00:21:46,371 --> 00:21:48,505
until I learnedthat memory is a way
476
00:21:48,507 --> 00:21:50,641
of holding on to the thingsyou love,
477
00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:54,811
the things you are, the thingsyou wish to never lose.
478
00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:56,412
and I learned from winnie
479
00:21:56,414 --> 00:21:58,949
that in a worldthat changes too fast,
480
00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:02,318
the best we can do is wisheach other merry christmas...
481
00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:08,158
...And good luck.
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