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[♪ "Christmas in Hollis"
by Run-DMC playing]
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♪
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[video recording starts]
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Supposedly, it is the most
wonderful time of the year,
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but not for everyone, right?
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Some people, like me,
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experience the holidays
as this endless loop
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of the same irritating songs,
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and then, forced gift-giving.
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And then, suddenly,
everything is peppermint-flavored,
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which is a massive step down
from pumpkin spice, right?
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If your sugar plum is
a little more sour than sweet,
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it's okay, you don't even
have to know why,
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you can opt out of Christmas.
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Be Christmas neutral.
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No matter what anybody says,
there is no wrong way to do Christmas.
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First free Christmas in 17 years.
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Oh, I'm doin' this right.
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I'm doin' this right.
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- Paige.
- Yep.
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Nobody should work on Christmas Eve.
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Why not?
It's the perfect time to work.
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My phone doesn't ring,
I don't have to be anywhere,
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I can crank out my book proposal
and my invoicing.
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[singsongy]
♪ 'Tis the season to do billing ♪
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You've been in that office nonstop.
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- Take a break.
- Yes, Dad, because, now,
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I finally have more clients again,
which means I have more clients again.
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If somebody denied you Christmas
for almost two decades,
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you'd understand why it means--
it's so--
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- Hyped?
- No, special, special.
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I'm doin' five courses, y'all.
All hits... no skips.
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- [Paige Alexander] Okay.
- Did I get that right?
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- You did, you did.
- Okay.
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How's that, Grandpa?
Is that too much?
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Oh, honey, don't worry,
we are, like, 10 sets
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of Christmas lights past "too much."
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No, no, no, no, never too much.
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[singsongy]
♪ Never too much, never too much ♪
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Just like Luther said.
[laughs]
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- Also, my dad's coming.
- Oh.
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- Oh, what, what?
- Yeah. Yeah, he texted me last night.
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- Really?
- [Edwin Alexander] You know what?
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Good for Johnny.
I didn't think he had it in him.
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[Finn Alexander] He said he's gonna
bring one of his old guitars for me.
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That could be pretty cool.
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Whatever he brings,
we gon' be ready for him.
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And Carole, and Esti, and Mal.
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- Mal is coming?
- Yeah, y'all are friends now, right?
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Okay. That's great, Dad,
because now I have to go upstairs
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and put on hard pants.
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So now, your great-grandmama,
she'd bake up a batch of gingerbread,
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and we'd put it together,
then we'd listen to Nat King Cole.
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Mama loved Nat King Cole.
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- Is that like Good King Wenceslas?
- Nat was a real king, right?
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Anyway, I thought you might wanna use
that Lego builder brain of yours
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to just... build a...
gingerbread somethin'.
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Can we make it snow?
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- Huh?
- Yeah, it's our Christmas tradition.
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We eat pizza,
and then we watch Zoolander,
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and then it snows.
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- Pizza for Christmas.
- [doorbell rings]
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Your mama has really
been missin' her daddy.
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- [door opens]
- [Esti Nelson] Hello?!
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- Oh, let me--
- [Esti] Anyone home? Hello?
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Hey, hey.
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- [laughs] Hey.
- [Esti speaking Korean]
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Right back at you.
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- [Carole laughs]
- Carole, where's, uh, where's Pastor?
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Getting ready for his Candlelight Sermon.
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He has hearts to shepherd.
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Okay, here you go, sistergirl.
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- [Carole Nelson] Aw.
- Now, Carole, I had one of these for you,
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but that hat looks beautiful on you.
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Oh, thank you.
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Hey, how do I look? Bad?
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- [Carole chuckles]
- Fabulous.
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Edwin, it's just so special.
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I never thought we'd see a Christmas
when you were out of prison.
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Well, we, uh, we gotta
count our blessings, Carole.
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- Yes, we do.
- Is Paige hiding from Christmas?
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No, no, no, she just finishin' somethin'.
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She'll be down after a while.
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Oh, she's such a hard worker.
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And a Grinch.
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- Anyone want some Soju?
- Oh, Korean wine.
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Esti is getting in touch with her roots...
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- Mm.
- ...which I fully support.
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Better late than never.
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[♪ "What Christmas Means to Me"
by The Coasters playing]
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[group chattering downstairs]
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♪ Oh, yeah... ♪
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Now, it's just about the fixin's, see.
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Hey, um, sistergirl, top me up, would you?
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Oh, Mom, I'd offer you some,
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but I know alcohol is
in the same category
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as playing cards
and takin' the Lord's name in vain.
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Maybe next lifetime.
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[Carole clears throat]
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- Hey, Carole?
- [Carole] Hm?
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She, she didn't, she didn't
mean to be so, um--
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Look, I understand.
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Uh, you know,
when a child loses a parent,
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even temporarily, they have a wound,
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and my job is to be a witness,
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as the Lord is my witness.
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You know, the Lord,
He walks with ya, Carole,
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and I can't ever thank you enough.
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You took really special care
of my little girl while I was away.
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Hey, let me check this bird.
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- Oh. Dang, man.
- What?
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- It's not stayin' hot.
- Oh, dear.
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This thing's been givin'
me problems all week.
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So, what I did was,
I made a back-up plan.
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I'ma check the tracking number right here.
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- Nothin' is gonna spoil this Christmas.
- [Carole] Mm.
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Nothin'.
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[♪ "Deck the Halls" by Stan Reynolds
and His Orchestra playing]
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[groans]
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[Little Paige] [sings]
♪ Fa, la, la, la, la, ♪
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- ♪ La, la, la, laaa ♪
- No, oh, no. Shh.
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Why are you yelling at me?
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You're sleeping on Christmas.
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[sighs]
We are Christmas neutral, remember?
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We don't care one way or another.
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I have something you need to see.
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Hey, everybody, so, it's me.
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I'm back with an InstaLive.
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[chuckles]
So, I just wanted to-- [coughing]
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Mm.
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Ooh, I just wanted to update you
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that I will not be having
a fancy dinner after all
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because my new boyfriend
is having dinner with his kids,
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and newsflash, his ex-wife.
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So, tonight, as long as
I have my wine...
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I'm fine. [weak laugh]
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Oh, that's awful.
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- Mm-hm.
- I'm just gonna keep cycling
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through bad boyfriends until I die?
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I mean, you could die alone.
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- Whoosh!
- [doorbell rings]
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Hello.
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Hope you don't mind I'm here.
Your dad--
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Doesn't take no for an answer?
I'm aware.
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- Come on in.
- Alright.
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Welcome to Edwin's holiday festivities.
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Wow. He really is makin' up
for 17 years of prison Christmas.
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Yep, everything is twinkle lights
and key lime pie, okay.
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- He is binging, I'm purging.
- Wait, you're barfin' Christmas?
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No, I mean, I'm not "bah humbug"
but I'm kinda "nah humbug."
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Havin' everyone you love in one place is--
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- Oh, I thought Ava was in Ohio.
- She is. I meant you.
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- What?
- I meant-- I mean,
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you have everyone you love,
you know, in-in one place.
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- That I love. That I-- Yeah, right.
- You.
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- Not you, right?
- Not me.
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No, of course,
that's what you meant, yeah.
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- That's great, so, yeah.
- Mm-hm.
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Oh, poor little Rudolph.
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They call him names
until they need him for something.
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- [Edwin] Mm-hm, right?
- That's true.
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Yet just another example of how Christmas
has wandered too far from the Lord.
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Uh, just a reminder,
Christmas started out as a pagan holiday.
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[sings]
♪ Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
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- Hey.
- Ebenezer!
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- Hi. Hi!
- Oh, Merry Christmas, dear!
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Oh, yes, yes, and the happy
and the merry stuff.
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- [Mal Kennedy] Yes.
- I appreciate you makin' it, man.
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Happy to be here.
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I know how important this is to you, so.
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- [Edwin] Thank you, man.
- [Mal] Yeah.
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- [Edwin] Babygirl.
- Yes?
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- [Edwin] You, uh, you done with work, no?
- Nope, not yet.
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Look here, take a break,
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we're sharing Christmas stories,
you're up.
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Oh, no, I don't have a Christmas story.
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Everyone has a Christmas story.
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We just spent the past 20 minutes
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debating which reindeer
is the biggest A-hole.
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- Yeah, it was Blitzen.
- Prancer was a close second.
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Okay, um, I-I guess
there was this one story
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that always kinda resonated,
The Little Match Girl?
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Oh, okay, come on, let's hear it.
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Um, the little match girl
is this poor, hungry orphan
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and she sells matches for a living.
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[chuckles]
That's a job?
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In Hans Christian Andersen it is, yeah.
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So, it's Christmas
and she's looking for food,
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and she's got her basket of matches,
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and all of a sudden,
she looks through a window,
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and she sees this family,
and they're all, like, perfect and happy,
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enjoying this grand feast.
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- Mm, I like the sound of this.
- Okay, but she's outside,
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she's cold, she's freezing,
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so she lights one of her matches
to try to stay warm
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and then, in that fiery glow,
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she sees a vision of a family,
but this time, she's in the family.
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She loves that,
so she lights another match,
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and then she strikes another one,
and then, all her matches go up in flames
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and in a blaze of glory, she looks up
and she sees this shooting star,
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and her dead grandmother told her
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that that's a sign that
a soul is going to Heaven,
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so then, the match goes there,
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and she decides to lay down,
and she falls asleep,
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and she freezes to death.
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- Hm?
- Jesus, Mom.
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Lord have mercy, Paige.
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Okay, not a bummer at all.
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- And that's your story, huh?
- [doorbell rings]
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You asked me to tell a Christmas story.
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- That's, that's the one I have.
- [Edwin] Okay.
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I like it.
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[♪ festive, joyous music plays]
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[laughing]
Instant Pot's here!
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[grunts]
Oh yeah, you are a Christmas miracle.
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God bless Prime.
[softly] Okay.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Hey, family.
- [Paige] Yes?
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Uh, this is not ideal
to course it out like this,
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but since the oven's busted--
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- You're hungry, huh?
- [all exclaiming]
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- Okay.
- Damn, damn, damn!
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[mouth full]
What-- Is this-- This is bacon?
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Yeah, yeah, man.
That's, that's my auntie's recipe.
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I could eat this whole bowl
if I weren't worried about my figure.
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- [Edwin] Oh, no, I understand.
- [Carole] Yeah.
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Uh, so, look, y'all make sure
and leave room for the main event.
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- It's Instant Pot turkey. Wish me luck.
- [Carole laughs]
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Good luck.
[chuckles]
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- Paige, dearest...
- Mm?
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...this is for you.
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No, I didn't know we were doing gifts.
Now I feel bad.
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Well, don't.
Just open it. Here.
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Oh!
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- [Carole laughing]
- It's an ornament!
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00:10:09,526 --> 00:10:13,614
Do you remember
when you picked all the baby apples
237
00:10:13,614 --> 00:10:15,574
- off my apple tree?
- [laughter]
238
00:10:15,574 --> 00:10:18,744
Well, you thought that they would
all just grow back. [chuckles]
239
00:10:18,744 --> 00:10:20,913
Mom, you got a Christmas ornament
240
00:10:20,913 --> 00:10:23,457
for the girl who only puts up
a tree during Olympic years.
241
00:10:23,457 --> 00:10:24,708
You don't like trees?
242
00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:27,669
Paige has always been
a little bit down on Christmas.
243
00:10:27,669 --> 00:10:29,671
Okay, I have just
one or two more work things
244
00:10:29,671 --> 00:10:31,965
- that I'm gonna take care of, Mom, okay?
- Alright, yeah.
245
00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:33,175
[Paige] Okay.
246
00:10:33,175 --> 00:10:35,010
[Esti chuckles]
247
00:10:35,010 --> 00:10:36,720
Hey, nothing for me?
248
00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:43,560
So, your, uh, gingerbread house
is like Buckingham Palace, huh?
249
00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,270
[laughs]
I love it.
250
00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:49,650
No, I decided to build
this fancy cathedral from one of my games,
251
00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:51,527
just a little less basic bitch.
252
00:10:51,527 --> 00:10:53,237
[laughs]
253
00:10:53,946 --> 00:10:56,990
Your daddy's gon' be impressed
as hell, man. Look at that.
254
00:10:57,824 --> 00:10:59,868
Yeah, he would, if he ever gets here.
255
00:10:59,868 --> 00:11:01,495
Ya haven't heard from him, huh?
256
00:11:01,495 --> 00:11:03,372
No text, no call, nothin'?
257
00:11:05,207 --> 00:11:09,419
[♪ "My Gift to You" by Alexander O'Neal
playing softly in background]
258
00:11:15,259 --> 00:11:17,344
- Ooh, 'kay.
- What are you doing?
259
00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:20,138
- Voicemail. Gettin' a voicemail.
- No.
260
00:11:21,348 --> 00:11:24,518
Hey, Johnny, so, we're all really
looking forward to seein' you, man.
261
00:11:25,352 --> 00:11:27,521
Uh, Finn, Paige, me, everybody,
262
00:11:27,521 --> 00:11:29,398
so hope you're still plannin' to show
263
00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:31,149
'cause, you know, as we discussed,
264
00:11:31,149 --> 00:11:34,444
bein' a real man involves
steppin' the fuck up,
265
00:11:34,444 --> 00:11:35,737
- Johnny.
- What?
266
00:11:38,115 --> 00:11:41,785
- A Christmas present to myself.
- A, uh, DNA testing kit?
267
00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:43,453
I mean, I don't even know
my real birthday.
268
00:11:43,453 --> 00:11:45,038
Do you know what it's like
to go through life
269
00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:47,749
- with no idea of your rising sign?
- Actually, yes.
270
00:11:47,749 --> 00:11:51,086
All of this confusion is pushing me
to dig into my roots, you know,
271
00:11:51,086 --> 00:11:53,380
uh, maybe even try
to find my birth parents?
272
00:11:53,380 --> 00:11:56,008
I don't know. [sighs]
I could never tell my mom that.
273
00:11:56,008 --> 00:11:57,384
You'd keep your feelings from her?
274
00:11:57,384 --> 00:12:00,387
She would feel like she let me down
but, you know, if I don't pursue this,
275
00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:02,556
- I'd be letting myself down.
- Then there's your answer.
276
00:12:02,556 --> 00:12:06,602
Life is about constantly
refreshing the page of your identity.
277
00:12:07,603 --> 00:12:10,022
Paige is right, you are insightful.
278
00:12:10,022 --> 00:12:12,316
- Paige said I was insightful?
- Maybe.
279
00:12:12,316 --> 00:12:13,692
Maybe she said that.
280
00:12:15,444 --> 00:12:18,447
[♪ light music playing]
281
00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:24,953
- [bells jingle]
- [Little Paige] There's a reason
282
00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:26,788
we hate Christmas, ya know?
283
00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:30,459
[♪ light, festive music playing]
284
00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:46,141
[Edwin]
Ooh, good one.
285
00:12:46,141 --> 00:12:48,310
Hey, babygirl, I wanna
play that with you, here.
286
00:12:48,310 --> 00:12:51,939
Here you go, mama.
Here you go. Merry Christmas.
287
00:12:51,939 --> 00:12:54,441
Here you go, baby.
There ya go.
288
00:12:54,441 --> 00:12:57,194
- I'm keepin' this one for myself.
- [banging on door]
289
00:12:57,194 --> 00:12:58,904
[door busts open]
290
00:12:58,904 --> 00:13:00,572
- Hands where we can see 'em!
- [sirens wailing]
291
00:13:00,572 --> 00:13:02,282
What's goin' on, now?
292
00:13:03,575 --> 00:13:07,204
[panicky] I love you, babygirl!
I love you, babygirl!
293
00:13:07,204 --> 00:13:10,332
- [Paige's mom crying]
- [indistinct chatter]
294
00:13:10,332 --> 00:13:13,418
I'm taking you somewhere safe, okay?
295
00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:17,172
♪
296
00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,143
[softly]
This turkey, this turkey.
297
00:13:30,143 --> 00:13:32,229
- Hey.
- Hey.
298
00:13:33,230 --> 00:13:35,983
I'm not really Christmas neutral, am I?
299
00:13:35,983 --> 00:13:37,609
- What?
- I think I might be dealing with
300
00:13:37,609 --> 00:13:40,946
a serious case of PTCD:
301
00:13:40,946 --> 00:13:42,990
Post Traumatic Christmas Disorder?
302
00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:46,201
Girl, you makin' up
new acronyms now, huh? [chuckles]
303
00:13:46,201 --> 00:13:49,162
Did you get arrested around Christmas?
304
00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:51,081
I don't wanna talk about this now, Paige.
305
00:13:51,081 --> 00:13:54,793
No, no, no, I need to know.
I need to know.
306
00:13:57,504 --> 00:14:00,507
So, we were, uh, at the house on Lyndale.
307
00:14:01,842 --> 00:14:04,845
Cops busted in,
arrested me and your mother.
308
00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:07,890
Your mama wasn't charged,
309
00:14:07,890 --> 00:14:10,392
but when they took me away,
310
00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:13,020
that's when she decided to give you up.
311
00:14:15,063 --> 00:14:17,983
She gave me up at Christmas?
312
00:14:17,983 --> 00:14:21,945
She felt like she had to, Paige.
She wasn't equipped, baby. She--
313
00:14:21,945 --> 00:14:25,240
That didn't mean she didn't love you.
314
00:14:25,699 --> 00:14:28,660
How did I just block that out?
315
00:14:29,786 --> 00:14:32,789
That's why I wanna make
Christmas special this year.
316
00:14:34,124 --> 00:14:37,503
For you, and for Finn.
317
00:14:37,878 --> 00:14:41,089
- [♪ pensive music playing]
- Hm.
318
00:14:43,509 --> 00:14:44,927
[phone chimes]
319
00:14:46,136 --> 00:14:47,763
[Edwin sighs]
320
00:14:50,015 --> 00:14:51,683
[scoffs]
321
00:14:52,184 --> 00:14:53,352
What?
322
00:14:53,769 --> 00:14:56,772
- The boy's father ain't gonna show--
- Oh, God. [gasps]
323
00:14:57,231 --> 00:15:00,859
- Now what? What the hell?
- [Paige] What-What's happening?!
324
00:15:00,859 --> 00:15:02,945
[Finn] Looks like the power's out
on the whole street!
325
00:15:02,945 --> 00:15:05,030
[Edwin laughs]
326
00:15:06,114 --> 00:15:10,452
Uhh, I guess I wasn't ready
for anything after all, huh?
327
00:15:10,452 --> 00:15:15,082
Uh, you know what... I need a minute.
328
00:15:15,082 --> 00:15:18,168
[♪ melancholy music playing]
329
00:15:20,963 --> 00:15:22,589
[crying]
330
00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:32,975
♪
331
00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:44,570
Where's your little basket
of matches now, Paige? [sighs]
332
00:15:46,947 --> 00:15:48,031
[bells jingle]
333
00:15:48,031 --> 00:15:50,075
Oh, g-- Jeez!
334
00:15:50,492 --> 00:15:52,744
[exhales]
You scared me.
335
00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,873
I have [singsongy]
something for you.
336
00:15:55,873 --> 00:15:58,125
[sighs]
[feigned] More gifts.
337
00:15:58,125 --> 00:15:59,543
Just open it.
338
00:16:07,885 --> 00:16:09,887
Is this supposed to be funny?
339
00:16:09,887 --> 00:16:13,765
It's the present. Get it?
That's the gift.
340
00:16:13,765 --> 00:16:18,020
Right now, it's all we have.
And you're stuck in the past.
341
00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:21,648
Ooh, you're one to talk,
little inner child.
342
00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:26,403
Look, I know you don't wanna feel
the way that we felt back then...
343
00:16:26,403 --> 00:16:29,615
but would a more Christmas-y
Christmas be so bad?
344
00:16:30,908 --> 00:16:31,909
No.
345
00:16:32,576 --> 00:16:35,204
Oh, God. Oh.
346
00:16:36,121 --> 00:16:41,543
I have to fix this, right?
For... my dad, for Finn.
347
00:16:41,543 --> 00:16:42,920
For me too.
348
00:16:44,796 --> 00:16:46,006
[chuckles]
349
00:16:47,257 --> 00:16:48,800
For me too.
350
00:16:50,761 --> 00:16:53,847
[♪ "Slowly" by Olivia Dean playing]
351
00:16:54,431 --> 00:16:55,849
[sighs]
352
00:16:59,144 --> 00:17:00,771
♪ Down in Margate,
had a sip of you ♪
353
00:17:00,771 --> 00:17:04,733
Finn?
I need to apologize to you.
354
00:17:06,068 --> 00:17:11,657
I am really sorry that I never gave you
a more Christmas-y Christmas.
355
00:17:12,616 --> 00:17:15,619
That's okay.
I mean, I love pizza.
356
00:17:15,619 --> 00:17:19,039
- [Paige chuckles]
- But I like Grandpa's Christmas too.
357
00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:21,124
♪
358
00:17:23,502 --> 00:17:27,130
Finn, I need to give you
some hard news too.
359
00:17:29,299 --> 00:17:31,301
Johnny's not coming.
360
00:17:32,135 --> 00:17:33,554
[sighs]
361
00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:36,515
I'm sorry.
362
00:17:37,975 --> 00:17:39,977
Why would he even say he would?
363
00:17:40,686 --> 00:17:43,438
Because that's what
Johnny does, sometimes.
364
00:17:43,438 --> 00:17:44,731
♪
365
00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:48,235
♪ Go slowly, slowly ♪
366
00:17:48,235 --> 00:17:50,529
Do you wanna talk
about how you're feeling?
367
00:17:51,655 --> 00:17:54,658
I mean... it sucks.
368
00:17:54,658 --> 00:17:55,951
[Paige]
Yeah.
369
00:17:56,702 --> 00:17:58,912
Like... [sighs]
370
00:17:59,705 --> 00:18:04,168
[emotional] I, I thought he was
actually gonna, like, try,
371
00:18:04,168 --> 00:18:07,462
- but I guess not.
- This is Johnny trying.
372
00:18:08,297 --> 00:18:10,132
He's trying.
373
00:18:10,841 --> 00:18:15,262
And the fact that he's not here
is not your fault.
374
00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:17,639
Okay?
375
00:18:19,641 --> 00:18:22,895
- [Finn sniffles]
- I'm really, really sorry.
376
00:18:22,895 --> 00:18:25,981
- Please stop apologizing.
- [softly] Okay.
377
00:18:25,981 --> 00:18:30,944
I'm gonna, I'm gonna get back
to this before the icing dries,
378
00:18:30,944 --> 00:18:34,323
- so... yeah. [clears throat]
- Okay. Yeah.
379
00:18:34,323 --> 00:18:36,158
♪
380
00:18:36,158 --> 00:18:39,453
- ♪ Go on, hold me ♪
- [softly] Okay.
381
00:18:40,454 --> 00:18:46,877
♪ And maybe I'll be fine this time ♪
382
00:18:46,877 --> 00:18:52,966
♪ Yeah, maybe I'll be fine ♪
383
00:18:54,468 --> 00:18:56,637
Hey, I brought snacks.
384
00:18:56,637 --> 00:18:59,389
- I mean, it's really just a snack--
- Hang on, honey.
385
00:18:59,389 --> 00:19:02,601
Esti has something
that she's trying to tell us.
386
00:19:02,601 --> 00:19:03,685
Oh.
387
00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:10,651
Okay, Mom, ever since
I, I started diving into my adoption,
388
00:19:10,651 --> 00:19:13,278
I, I have this missing piece,
389
00:19:13,278 --> 00:19:15,113
and-and y-you guys
are the only parents I have,
390
00:19:15,113 --> 00:19:17,324
so I-I don't, I don't know
who else to unload this on.
391
00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:21,245
Sweetie, just get it all out.
392
00:19:21,245 --> 00:19:22,955
I can handle it.
393
00:19:23,497 --> 00:19:24,540
I love you.
394
00:19:25,958 --> 00:19:27,376
I love you too.
395
00:19:34,842 --> 00:19:38,470
Mom, I'm, I'm doing a DNA test.
396
00:19:39,555 --> 00:19:41,974
Now that I've finally got enough spit,
397
00:19:41,974 --> 00:19:48,397
I'm-I'm gonna send it in and see
if I can find someone I'm related to,
398
00:19:48,397 --> 00:19:50,899
like my birth parents.
399
00:19:50,899 --> 00:19:52,985
[gasps]
Oh.
400
00:19:54,236 --> 00:19:55,445
Alright.
401
00:19:55,445 --> 00:19:57,614
And if there's a lead,
402
00:19:57,614 --> 00:20:00,075
I'm gonna go look for them in Korea,
403
00:20:00,075 --> 00:20:03,120
but I-I-I won't do it
i-if you're not okay with that.
404
00:20:05,414 --> 00:20:08,458
I understand. I, um--
405
00:20:08,917 --> 00:20:11,044
Whatever you need to do.
406
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,757
I, I, [sighs] I just need a moment.
407
00:20:15,757 --> 00:20:19,011
Uh, Paige, is there
someplace I could lie down?
408
00:20:19,011 --> 00:20:20,304
- Of course, of course.
- Okay.
409
00:20:20,304 --> 00:20:23,724
But hold on, hold on.
I just, um, I-I wanna say
410
00:20:23,724 --> 00:20:28,937
that I think this is something
that Esti just has to work through,
411
00:20:28,937 --> 00:20:30,230
but...
412
00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:35,152
you will always be our mom.
413
00:20:36,153 --> 00:20:38,447
Thank you, dear, thank you.
414
00:20:38,447 --> 00:20:44,536
And, maybe, this will all make us
stronger, I-- with the Lord's help.
415
00:20:46,079 --> 00:20:48,707
- [both] Amen.
- [Paige chuckles]
416
00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:52,419
Okay, let's get you upstairs.
417
00:20:52,419 --> 00:20:55,714
Wait, wait, Mom.
Hold on, be careful. Come on.
418
00:20:58,008 --> 00:21:00,010
[indistinct chatter]
419
00:21:01,303 --> 00:21:02,930
- Hey!
- Hey.
420
00:21:02,930 --> 00:21:06,391
So, I promised y'all
a traditional Christmas...
421
00:21:06,391 --> 00:21:08,727
and I'ma give it to you...
422
00:21:08,727 --> 00:21:10,604
Alexander style.
423
00:21:11,897 --> 00:21:13,732
- Hey!
- Pepperoni pizza.
424
00:21:13,732 --> 00:21:15,817
- Yeees!
- [Finn] Mmm!
425
00:21:15,817 --> 00:21:17,528
[laughter]
426
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,447
Hey, this for you, babygirl.
427
00:21:21,573 --> 00:21:22,783
Go 'head.
428
00:21:25,202 --> 00:21:28,705
Just take the--
[stammers] O-kay.
429
00:21:28,705 --> 00:21:30,415
What? [gasps]
430
00:21:31,834 --> 00:21:33,043
Twister?!
431
00:21:33,043 --> 00:21:35,546
Yeah, it was under the tree
the, uh, the year we got popped,
432
00:21:35,546 --> 00:21:37,256
you know, the bad year.
433
00:21:38,632 --> 00:21:42,970
You know what,
I think this is our first Christmas.
434
00:21:42,970 --> 00:21:44,054
You know what I mean?
435
00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:46,682
Like, new traditions,
we start from scratch.
436
00:21:47,724 --> 00:21:49,351
Start from scratch, amen.
437
00:21:49,351 --> 00:21:50,769
- [shouts] Esti!
- Woo!
438
00:21:50,769 --> 00:21:52,062
She loves Twister.
439
00:21:52,062 --> 00:21:53,897
- [Edwin laughs]
- [Paige squeals]
440
00:21:53,897 --> 00:21:55,649
- Esti!
- [softly] Wow.
441
00:21:55,649 --> 00:21:58,235
Yeah, I know.
She's excited, right?
442
00:21:58,235 --> 00:22:00,612
- Look here. [exhales]
- [Paige/Esti squealing]
443
00:22:00,612 --> 00:22:03,323
So, I know you wanted it
to snow out there...
444
00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:06,994
but you did somethin' better,
you made your own world,
445
00:22:06,994 --> 00:22:08,620
so I think...
446
00:22:09,621 --> 00:22:11,957
you get to decide
what happens in that world.
447
00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:18,005
- [chuckles] Oh, man.
- Oh, yeah.
448
00:22:18,005 --> 00:22:19,298
Oh!
449
00:22:21,008 --> 00:22:24,219
- I'm about to make it blizzard, so hard!
- Come on.
450
00:22:24,219 --> 00:22:26,597
- [power comes on]
- [all rejoicing]
451
00:22:26,597 --> 00:22:28,515
[Edwin laughs]
452
00:22:28,515 --> 00:22:29,933
- [Paige] Woo!
- Oh, man.
453
00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:34,021
[Paige] It's the power of Twister!
We did it! Let's go!
454
00:22:39,860 --> 00:22:41,945
[♪ "This Christmas"
by Donny Hathaway playing]
455
00:22:41,945 --> 00:22:45,908
So you're tellin' me
you did all of this? How?
456
00:22:45,908 --> 00:22:50,913
[gasps]
Wow, Finn, this is incredible!
457
00:22:50,913 --> 00:22:53,123
Yeah, I mean, it's pretty basic geometry.
458
00:22:53,123 --> 00:22:56,168
The arches distribute the weight
to the load-bearing pillars, so.
459
00:22:56,168 --> 00:22:59,213
- That does not sound basic.
- Mm-mm. [laughs]
460
00:22:59,213 --> 00:23:02,424
- Can I help?
- Sure, just don't screw it up, please.
461
00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:04,885
- Do you have faith in me?
- [Finn] Make it snow, Mom.
462
00:23:04,885 --> 00:23:06,803
[Paige]
Yeah, I'm gonna make it snow. Shall I?
463
00:23:06,803 --> 00:23:09,515
- Make it snow. Hey!
- Hey! Make it snow.
464
00:23:09,515 --> 00:23:11,058
[both]
Make it snow.
465
00:23:11,058 --> 00:23:14,102
You deserve an award
for every time you've had my back
466
00:23:14,102 --> 00:23:17,523
at a disastrous Alexander
family gathering.
467
00:23:17,523 --> 00:23:22,069
I am glad that I came, you know,
even with all of our--
468
00:23:22,069 --> 00:23:26,031
- Complicated history?
- History. Yeah, yeah.
469
00:23:27,157 --> 00:23:29,117
Well, it wasn't all bad, right?
470
00:23:29,117 --> 00:23:32,955
- I mean, we were kinda good before I--
- Blew it?
471
00:23:33,747 --> 00:23:38,168
Yeah. But...
I am learning a lot, you know?
472
00:23:38,168 --> 00:23:42,047
I feel like I'm really figuring out
a lot about who I am,
473
00:23:42,047 --> 00:23:46,009
and what I want,
where I belong, so.
474
00:23:48,595 --> 00:23:50,222
And where is that?
475
00:23:50,764 --> 00:23:54,434
[♪ "Joy To The World" by Robert Glasper
ft. Alex Isley playing]
476
00:23:56,270 --> 00:23:58,021
- [Finn] Cheater!
- [Esti] No, no, did not!
477
00:23:58,021 --> 00:24:00,399
[Finn/Esti arguing]
478
00:24:00,399 --> 00:24:02,317
I'm gonna-- Yeah.
479
00:24:03,443 --> 00:24:05,445
Uh, yeah. [chuckles]
480
00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:07,531
♪ Let earth receive her King... ♪
481
00:24:07,531 --> 00:24:09,533
- [Finn] Right hand green.
- [Paige] Okay.
482
00:24:09,533 --> 00:24:10,617
- [Esti laughs]
- Okay!
483
00:24:10,617 --> 00:24:12,119
[Edwin]
Let me see what you workin' with.
484
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,204
[Paige/Edwin yelling]
485
00:24:15,455 --> 00:24:17,457
- [Edwin laughs]
- No!
486
00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:20,377
I get the prize. Where's it at?
Where's my prize at?
487
00:24:20,377 --> 00:24:22,337
- You get a big family hug.
- Huh?
488
00:24:22,337 --> 00:24:24,423
- [Finn] Family hug.
- Okay, alright, alright. Come on.
489
00:24:26,133 --> 00:24:29,178
Aw, look at the Alexanders
bein' all cute.
490
00:24:29,178 --> 00:24:31,013
- Mom would love this.
- Oh, go get her.
491
00:24:31,013 --> 00:24:34,099
- Okay, I'll wake her.
- Oh, I should hang this.
492
00:24:34,099 --> 00:24:35,893
- It's so pretty, right?
- Oh...
493
00:24:36,143 --> 00:24:39,354
- I got just the spot for it too.
- [Paige] Where, over here?
494
00:24:39,354 --> 00:24:40,439
[Edwin]
No, no, no, no, no.
495
00:24:40,439 --> 00:24:42,191
- Yeah.
- Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh.
496
00:24:42,191 --> 00:24:44,109
- Where?
- Right here.
497
00:24:44,568 --> 00:24:46,987
- Right there.
- [Paige] Mm.
498
00:24:47,404 --> 00:24:48,822
[Edwin]
There you go.
499
00:24:48,822 --> 00:24:50,908
♪
500
00:24:51,575 --> 00:24:52,993
- That looks good.
- Yeah.
501
00:24:52,993 --> 00:24:54,828
- Oh, hey, it's snowin'!
- No.
502
00:24:54,828 --> 00:24:57,247
- It's snowing outside, for real.
- Really? Oh, my God.
503
00:24:57,247 --> 00:24:59,333
- You got your White Christmas, man.
- [Finn laughs]
504
00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:01,376
- Wow.
- Oh, wow.
505
00:25:01,376 --> 00:25:03,962
- Oh!
- Finn, that is God.
506
00:25:03,962 --> 00:25:05,214
- Wow.
- Thank you, Dad.
507
00:25:05,214 --> 00:25:07,382
- You are welcome, babygirl.
- Merry Christmas.
508
00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:10,802
- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmaaas!
509
00:25:10,802 --> 00:25:12,304
[Paige chuckles]
510
00:25:13,222 --> 00:25:15,224
- [Esti] Paige?
- Yeah?
511
00:25:16,767 --> 00:25:18,602
Hey, what's goin' on, what's up?
512
00:25:18,602 --> 00:25:20,312
Wh-- Is everything okay?
513
00:25:22,022 --> 00:25:24,858
It's Mom, [stammers] she's not breathing.
514
00:25:24,858 --> 00:25:26,610
[stammers]
I think...
515
00:25:26,610 --> 00:25:27,945
I think she's dead.
516
00:25:28,946 --> 00:25:30,155
What?
517
00:25:30,656 --> 00:25:34,284
[♪ "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
instrumental playing]
518
00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:52,719
♪
519
00:26:12,698 --> 00:26:14,700
[♪ music fades out]
520
00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:16,785
[speaker] Woo-hoo!
521
00:26:17,786 --> 00:26:19,705
[spray paint can hissing]