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That Christmas of 1968,

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my brother, Wayne,
and I fell in love.

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With color-TV.

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It was more than love.
It was lust

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We were witnessing
a modern miracle.

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And we worshipped
it like aborigines...

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From the black-and-white
stone-age.

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It was the first
thing we ever agreed on.

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- Cool.
- Boss.

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Even Mom and Karen
tended to mist up...

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In the presence of that
almost-living color.

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- Hello, can I help you?

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Yeah.

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Load a dozen of 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...

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one very small,
very minor, hitch.

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You'd really have
to...talk to my husband.

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- You gotta be joking

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eight bucks for a crummy
little stick like this?

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Buck-a-foot...

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That's highway robbery.

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Not that my father
was Scrooge.

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It's just that...

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every year around this time,
he - he'd go into kind of a...

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Slump.

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Next year we're gonna
skip the damn tree.

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It was a bad time to be hittin'
him up for a major appliance.

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Still, in an emergency,

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there were ways
to 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 him
with kindness...

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Drown him in good-will.

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Hey, I got it!

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All the while, sending him very
specific, psychic messages.

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TV, TV, TV, TV, TV, TV...

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You OK?

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Sure! Why?

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Looks like you
got a headache.

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Of course, you didn't
want to tip your hand.

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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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What do we need
a color TV for?

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So you can watch things.
In color!

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Watch what?

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Bonanza!

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Baseball! Football!

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Uh...baseball!

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TV's cost money, kids.

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- And money doesn't
grow on trees.

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Ya 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 money doesn't
grow on trees.

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Come on, get in!

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Still, he hadn't
specifically said "no".

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So there was still hope.

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After all Christmas was a time
when impossible dreams came true.

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When the Grinch turned good.
So just maybe...

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- "Buck-a-foot"...
you believe that?

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Highway robbery...

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Or, maybe not.

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- I mean on average.
- Counting socks and underwear?

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- Total annual tonnage.
- See, well.

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I thought we were talking
quality, 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 I had a standing
argument over

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who made out better
on the holidays.

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Paul's lasted eight days which
I thought gave 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 things
absolutely perfect?

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A TV.
I guess I want a color-TV.

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Kevin?

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She was alone.
She was wearing perfume.

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- Hi...
- Hi!

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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
open with my teeth.

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But don't open it till Christmas.
Ok?

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Course not.

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A thousand thoughts were
barrelling through my head.

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A million questions, a billion...

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Well, seeya!

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Wait! Stop her! Stop her!

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Uh, I - I got somethin'
for you, too.

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Good. A lie, but a - a good lie...

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I just...don't have it with me.

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Oh, that's OK.
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 seeya.

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In a matter of seconds...

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My whole life had been bent
into a question-mark.

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What did this mean?

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Was it a message?

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One thing I was sure of

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Winnie Cooper...
had never smelled better.

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You're dreamin'.

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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
campaign was sputtering.

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Dad was a rock.

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The situation was 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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Ah - look everybody!
It's the little bird in the cage!

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Remember, Daddy?

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Uh-oh. Holiday traditions.

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My family was
honey-combed with them.

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You know who
gave this to us?

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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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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,
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 smile
on the old man's face?

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An actual smile?

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We'd caught him off-guard!

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Now was our chance.

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With the right combination
of tact and finesse...

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We might just...

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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?
- 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 critical
had 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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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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Four-sixty-nine-ninety-five!

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Plus tax!

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Minus the discount...
Four-thirty-four-forty total.

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Looking back,

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he probably meant that
question to be rhetorical.

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Nice goin', butthead!

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Me?! What did I do?!

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Nice goin', butt-head!

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Oh - well!

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One minute you're
everybody's little Santa,

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the next minute
you'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 woman who read
the Cliff notes 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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Nice goin', butthead!

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Hey, you're the one
who started all this.

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OK, I'd blown it.

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There was dissention
in 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 - what they think.

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Well, I think we oughtta...

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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.
- 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? What the heck!

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Why don't we just go for it?

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You don't have to give me
anything this year...

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We - we'll eat
hotdogs for a month!

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You know it would
make you feel good.

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I couldn't sleep.
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?
You awake?

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Angela!

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It was all a riddle
inside a riddle, inside...

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A box.
And I had to find the answer.

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Boy! Christmas was turning
into a minefield.

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One-hundred-twenty
shopping-minutes till Christmas.

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In my family,
that's when the serious

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last-minute
purchases began.

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Gee! Look over there!
Wonder what those are.

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Why?
They look like color-TV's.

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If Dad was planning a surprise,

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he was sure playing it
close to the vest.

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But I had problems
of my own.

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I had to find
a present for Winnie.

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It had to be perfect.

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It had to say everything,
without saying anything.

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And it had to be
under six bucks.

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How about a book?

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How about one of
those paperweights,

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with the ice-skater inside,
and the swirly snow?

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Are you kidding?!
I hate those!

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Well, my mother liked
the one I got her.

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- Sorry.
- It's OK.

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Compromise
was out of the question.

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I had to find the right
gift, or die trying.

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I can't tell.

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I think I'm dying.

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It smells like...leaves...

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...i-in the ocean, at night.

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Do you have anything
like that?

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Why don't we just
pick up the phone,

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and ask Winnie
what it's called?

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We can't.

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Why not?
We can disguise our voices.

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We could be Avon calling.

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Paul could be amazingly dense
when it came to women.

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Fortunately, he had me
to set him straight.

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It's gotta be a surprise!
That's what she's expecting!

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See, that's why she gave me
the present in the first place.

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She wants me
to make the next move.

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- Ohhhh...
- Yeah...

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- One question.

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If she already has some
why get her more?

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OK, so it wasn't
what James Bond

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would give Pussy Galore.

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Double-O-Seven
wasn't gettin' by on

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fifty-cents-a-week
in allowance.

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Besides...

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It's the thought that counts.

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I had to believe that...
I had no choice.

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Christmas Eve.

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In homes all over
the known universe,

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an age-old celebration
was about to unfold.

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A time of joy, and harmony.
And family.

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Gee!
Would ya look at that car?

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I wonder what color it is...

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Oh, wait!
There's the ocean!

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You think it's orange?
Nah, it's probably blue.

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- But, how would I know?
- Wayne! Turn it down.

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That night,
all the seams were showing.

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Only Mom was in
there pitching...

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Like a lone fireman at a
five-alarm blaze.

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Eggnog, anyone?

270
00:12:42,479 --> 00:12:44,159
Lydia Herschmuller just called.

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To remind us about
the carolling party tonight.

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I told her we'd be there
with bells on!

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- Wayne!
Turn it down!

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You had to wonder,

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maybe every family
was given just so much

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Christmas cheer
to begin with.

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Maybe this year
my family had run out.

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00:13:01,479 --> 00:13:04,279
Woops! That guy's eating
a gray banana!

279
00:13:04,479 --> 00:13:06,999
We have to sing "Little
Drummer Boy" tonight.

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This was pathetic.
Someone had to do something.

281
00:13:11,519 --> 00:13:13,039
Hey, you remember the year

282
00:13:13,079 --> 00:13:14,879
I played Santa
in the school play?

283
00:13:18,599 --> 00:13:20,279
Well, I'd given it
my best shot.

284
00:13:21,479 --> 00:13:22,479
Nothing.

285
00:13:22,599 --> 00:13:24,159
If we put on sunglasses,

286
00:13:24,199 --> 00:13:26,599
we can watch this
in black-and-green!

287
00:13:27,199 --> 00:13:29,399
Wayne had finally
reached the limit.

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Hold on!

289
00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,479
I'm picking up
some color, here!

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00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:35,759
Oh, it's beautiful. It's...

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00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:38,399
Wayne!
Will you just give it up?!

292
00:13:38,399 --> 00:13:40,479
- We're not getting a TV!

293
00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:41,759
- Just forget it!

294
00:13:43,079 --> 00:13:44,039
Well, I gotta go.

295
00:13:44,079 --> 00:13:45,319
- Wait a minute,
wait a minute.

296
00:13:45,359 --> 00:13:46,559
Where do you think you're goin'?

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- I have a date.
- On Christmas Eve?

298
00:13:50,279 --> 00:13:52,079
- Why not?
- What your father means...

299
00:13:52,119 --> 00:13:53,359
It's Christmas Eve.

300
00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:55,559
We spend
Christmas Eve together!

301
00:13:55,999 --> 00:13:57,679
- I can say what I mean.

302
00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,879
"Jingle all the way..."

303
00:14:01,999 --> 00:14:03,199
I'm goin' out, Dad.

304
00:14:03,399 --> 00:14:05,999
- Nobody...is going anywhere.

305
00:14:06,799 --> 00:14:10,079
We're all staying right here.

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00:14:37,399 --> 00:14:40,559
I wasn't sure exactly what to
expect at Winnie Cooper's.

307
00:14:41,079 --> 00:14:42,479
But I had a pretty good idea.

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00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:53,559
- Hi...
- Hi!

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I brought this for you.

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00:15:00,079 --> 00:15:01,679
Then you got my message.

311
00:15:08,799 --> 00:15:11,079
Merry Christmas,
sweetheart.

312
00:15:16,279 --> 00:15:17,279
Yes?

313
00:15:17,879 --> 00:15:21,079
Holy cow! I'd never seen this
person before in my life!

314
00:15:21,479 --> 00:15:24,399
Uh, is...Winnie home?

315
00:15:24,599 --> 00:15:26,999
- No, she's not.
Can I help you?

316
00:15:28,199 --> 00:15:29,039
- No, that's OK.

317
00:15:29,079 --> 00:15:30,719
- You're the boy next door,
aren't you?

318
00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:32,399
Gwendolyn said you might
be stopping by.

319
00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:33,479
She did?

320
00:15:33,999 --> 00:15:36,559
The Cooper's decided to spend
the holiday's with relatives.

321
00:15:36,599 --> 00:15:38,399
It was a last minute decision.

322
00:15:38,879 --> 00:15:41,439
She seemed to think
you'd understand.

323
00:15:41,479 --> 00:15:43,999
Understand what?
That nothing made sense?

324
00:15:43,999 --> 00:15:45,639
That Christmas was a bust?

325
00:15:45,679 --> 00:15:48,759
That my whole family was
coming apart at the...

326
00:15:48,799 --> 00:15:51,879
You...do know about her
brother, don't you? Brian.

327
00:15:55,479 --> 00:15:59,879
Brian was killed...last fall.
In Vietnam.

328
00:15:59,919 --> 00:16:02,479
I know!
I know that!

329
00:16:05,479 --> 00:16:07,279
I guess I just...forgot.

330
00:16:08,599 --> 00:16:09,639
They needed time away,

331
00:16:09,679 --> 00:16:10,999
they'll be back
in a few days.

332
00:16:10,999 --> 00:16:12,199
Goodnight.

333
00:16:15,079 --> 00:16:18,599
At that moment I felt like the
dumbest human being on earth.

334
00:16:28,399 --> 00:16:30,599
It was supposed
to be perfume.

335
00:17:33,759 --> 00:17:35,759
That night I thought
about a lot of things.

336
00:17:36,679 --> 00:17:37,759
About Winnie.

337
00:17:38,399 --> 00:17:39,679
About Brian.

338
00:17:40,399 --> 00:17:41,679
About my family.

339
00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:45,279
About how things get lost,
or messed up.

340
00:18:17,599 --> 00:18:20,599
Nothing short of a miracle
was gonna make this right.

341
00:18:26,479 --> 00:18:27,879
And then it happened.

342
00:18:34,759 --> 00:18:35,999
It started...

343
00:18:39,479 --> 00:18:40,479
To pour.

344
00:18:43,879 --> 00:18:46,879
The thing was,
Dad just stood there.

345
00:18:47,279 --> 00:18:49,279
We all wanted to
run for cover.

346
00:18:49,559 --> 00:18:51,679
But Dad was just
standing there.

347
00:18:52,559 --> 00:18:54,679
So, we all just stood
there with him.

348
00:19:12,599 --> 00:19:14,999
Come on!
What are we waiting for?

349
00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:21,839
Alright! Alright, already!
Alright!

350
00:19:21,879 --> 00:19:24,679
I don't even remember what
I got for Christmas that year.

351
00:19:25,199 --> 00:19:28,479
But Dad gave Mom a bracelet
that knocked her socks off.

352
00:19:28,759 --> 00:19:31,279
Oh, yeah, and he did get us
that color-TV...

353
00:19:31,679 --> 00:19:33,279
Two years later.

354
00:19:33,679 --> 00:19:35,479
Oh, man, eat'em off the floor...

355
00:19:40,879 --> 00:19:43,239
For me,
that year Christmas stopped

356
00:19:43,279 --> 00:19:45,559
being about tinsel
and wrapping paper,

357
00:19:45,879 --> 00:19:47,679
and started being about memory.

358
00:19:48,399 --> 00:19:49,999
At first I was disappointed.

359
00:19:50,399 --> 00:19:52,239
Until I learned
that memory is a way

360
00:19:52,279 --> 00:19:54,079
of holding on to
the things you love,

361
00:19:54,199 --> 00:19:55,199
the things you are,

362
00:19:55,279 --> 00:19:57,679
the things you wish
to never lose.

363
00:19:58,399 --> 00:19:59,759
And I learned from Winnie,

364
00:19:59,759 --> 00:20:02,359
that in a world that
changes too fast,

365
00:20:02,399 --> 00:20:05,479
the best we can do is wish
each other Merry Christmas.

366
00:20:10,079 --> 00:20:11,799
And good luck.

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