Moonshiners (2011–…): Season 6, Episode 6 - Whiskey Time Machine - full transcript
Tim needs to rescue his operation, challenging the laws of nature and time. Mark and Digger implement a high tech addition to their operation that could double their output, if it doesn't ...
THIS IS PERFECT.
>> THIS IS THE BEST PLACE WE'VE
EVER HAD.
Man: HO HO HO.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: IN APPALACHIA,
MOONSHINE SEASON HAS MADE WAY
FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
MOONSHINE!
OH!
Narrator:
WHEN THE LAST LIQUOR RUNS
OF THE YEAR ARE MADE
AND MOONSHINERS
HAVE THE CHANCE TO REFLECT,
RELAX, AND CELEBRATE
WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.
CHEERS!
FOR MANY, THAT ALSO MEANS
HELPING THOSE IN NEED.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
SOME YOUNG'UNS HAPPY, I HOPE.
-IN TENNESSEE...
-OPERATION MOONSHINE CHRISTMAS.
...MARK AND DIGGER
ARE IN A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK
TO MAKE IT HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
OUR ASSES IN A SLING
IF WE'RE LATE
FOR THAT DINNER.
IN NORTH CAROLINA,
BILL AND FRIENDS
ARE SPREADING JOY
THROUGH MUSIC...
REALLY IS ALL ABOUT JUST
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
Narrator:
...TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.
All:
MERRY CHRISTMAS, GRANDPA!
Narrator: AND IN LOUISIANA...
THIS IS CUPCAKE'S
FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH US.
...PATTI AND DAVID THROW
A HOLIDAY BASH, CAJUN STYLE.
EVERYBODY,
THIS IS NOT CUPCAKE.
DON'T THINK
I'VE ROASTED MY PIG.
-CHEERS!
-CHEERS!
♪ YOU GOT MOONSHINE
UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪
THIS IS HOW WE MAKE
THE MOONSHINE!
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
♪ WELL, IT'S A CHRISTMAS
TIME'S A-COMING ♪
♪ HO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM ♪
Man:
YOU GOT THEM CRANBERRIES?
I ABOUT ATE MYSELF SICK
ON THESE DAMN CRANBERRIES.
Narrator:
CHRISTMAS IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER IN TENNESSEE.
AND MARK AND DIGGER ARE HONORING
A LONG-HELD HOLIDAY TRADITION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO OUR LITTLE CHRISTMAS PARTY
AT OUR PUSS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW MASH
YOU'VE COME UP WITH.
MARK AND I HAVE
MADE IT OUR TRADITION
TO THROW THIS LITTLE HOLIDAY
WING-DING EVERY YEAR.
AND WE'D MAKE A HOLIDAY
RUN OF LIQUOR.
LAST YEAR,
WE CAME UP WITH HAZELNUT.
[ CHEERING ]
I GOT ORANGES.
I GOT CRANBERRIES.
YOU NEED TO BE EATING
ONE OF THEM ORANGES.
THEY'RE FULL OF VITAMIN C.
[ COUGHS ]
DON'T BE COUGHING ON ME.
Digger: THIS YEAR, WE'VE COME UP
WITH OUR CHRISTMAS BRANDY.
CRANBERRIES. WE GOT ORANGES.
AND THEN COCONUT SUGAR.
WE GOT TO GET
TO PUMPING THE WATER
AND GET US
SOME WATER GOING.
I'LL TAKE IT DOWN
THROUGH YONDER.
CRANBERRIES AND CHRISTMAS GO
TOGETHER LIKE MEN AND WOMEN.
WELL, LET'S FIRE THIS SUCKER UP
AND GET US SOME WATER GOING.
YOU WANT TO?
LET'S PUT SOME OF
THESE CRANBERRIES IN THERE.
LET'S SEE IF
I CAN CRADLE THIS PUPPY.
YOU'RE FIXING TO MAKE
A GOD-AWFUL MESS.
CRANBERRY, ORANGES,
COCONUT, SUGARS.
I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD HAVE
A BETTER CHRISTMAS LIQUOR.
Narrator: FOR THE PEOPLE
OF APPALACHIA,
CHRISTMAS IS A TIME
TO EMBRACE THE TRADITIONS
OF THEIR FOREFATHERS.
ALONG WITH CRAFTING
SPECIAL HOLIDAY LIQUORS,
MANY CARRY ON THE OLD DRUID
TRADITION OF BUILDING
A BONFIRE ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
WHILE A DARING FEW ENGAGE
IN THE HARROWING PRACTICE
OF ANVIL FIRING,
WHERE DYNAMITE IS USED TO LAUNCH
AN ANVIL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET
IN THE AIR TO WARD OFF
EVIL SPIRITS.
LIKE MOST AMERICANS,
APPALACHIANS ENJOY TINSEL
ON THEIR TREES.
BUT THE STORY OF THE PRACTICE'S
ORIGIN IS STRANGER
THAN MOST ARE AWARE.
IT'S BELIEVED THAT THERE
WAS ONCE A POOR FAMILY,
WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO DECORATE THEIR TREE
FOR CHRISTMAS.
WHEN THE CHILDREN WENT TO SLEEP
ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
A SPIDER COVERED
THEIR TREE IN COBWEBS.
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING,
THE COBWEBS WERE MAGICALLY
TURNED INTO SILVER
AND GOLD TINSEL.
SOME VERSIONS OF THE STORY
SAY THAT IT WAS THE LIGHT
OF THE MORNING SUN
THAT CHANGED THE COBWEBS
TO SPARKLING TINSEL,
WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE
IT WAS SANTA CLAUS
WHO MADE THE MAGIC HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHY EVEN TODAY,
SOME APPALACHIANS BELIEVE
IT'S GOOD LUCK
TO FIND A SPIDER
ON A CHRISTMAS TREE.
Digger:
WHILE THEM'S COOKING UP,
WE CAN GET US SOMETHING
TO PEEL THEM ORANGES AND...
Mark: AS A RULE, WE SIMPLY MAKE
OUR CHRISTMAS RUN OF LIQUOR
WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
BUT WORD LEAKED OUT
TO SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS
ABOUT THIS SOUPED-UP MASH
THAT DIGGER'S COME UP WITH.
AND WE HAVE A BUYER THAT'S --
THAT'S VERY INTERESTED
IN ALL OF IT.
SO DIGGER AND I'VE TALKED,
AND WE DECIDED
WE'RE GOING TO GET
$250 A GALLON.
IT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL,
SO IT'S GOING TO BRING
A PREMIUM PRICE.
WE GIVE OURSELVES
A FEW DAYS,
I'M HOPING THIS MASH
WILL BE READY TO RUN.
DON'T LET ME WIPE OUT
NO MORE POTS WITH THIS.
I PROMISE.
[ LAUGHS ]
LET'S SEE WHAT THIS'LL
DO IN THERE.
WE NEVER MADE NO LIQUOR
WITH COCONUT SUGAR,
BUT IT SMELLS GOOD.
OH, YEAH, LOOK AT IT GO.
OH, IT'S GOING AWAY
INSTANT NEARLY.
IT FLOATS, THOUGH, DON'T IT?
-YOU KNOW, IT'S ORGANIC.
WE'RE MAKING
HEALTHY LIQUOR.
FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NEVER
BEEN ANY COCONUT SUGAR IN TOWN.
I THOUGHT, WELL, WHY NOT?
IF IT'S SUGAR, IT'LL FERMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT BARREL
THERE'S COOKED UP ENOUGH.
LET'S GET THAT SUGAR DONE.
Mark: WE DON'T KNOW
IF THE SWEET CONTENT
IS LIKE CANE SUGAR,
BUT WE TRY IT.
TRIAL AND ERROR.
STEADY WE GO.
WE LET THAT RUN
FOR A WHILE.
TIME WILL TELL WHETHER
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WINNER.
OH, IT'S A RICH-LOOKING
COLOR, HUH?
YEAH, IT IS.
HOWDY, HOWDY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Narrator: IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA,
BILL AND JIM TOM ARE MEETING
FOR A LITTLE
PRE-CHRISTMAS CHEER.
OH, IT AIN'T
A STRADIVARIUS.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE
MOUNTAINTOP BEAT-AROUND.
CHRISTMAS SEASON'S BACK ON US.
WE GOT THIS IDEA -- GONNA TRY
TO DO SOME CAROLING THIS YEAR.
REALLY HOPING JIM TOM
IS GOING TO BE ABLE
TO BE A PART OF IT.
[ PLAYS FIDDLE ]
UH, HE'S A MUSICIAN.
I'M A MUSICIAN.
FIGURED, COME POKE HIM
IN THE RIBS,
SEE IF WE CAN DRAG HIM ALONG.
AND THEY TORE IT UP.
I BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT
MORE TO SIP ON TOO.
NOT A WHOLE LOT,
BUT IT'LL FIX WHAT AILS YOU.
I HAD IT SITTING ON SOME
TOASTED OATS FOR A WHILE.
TELL YOU WHAT --
IF YOU GUESS IT, I'LL TELL YOU.
[ COUGHS ]
MOONSHINE!
I'LL TELL YOU, JIM TOM, MAN,
HE'S AN OLD SALT
IN THE MOONSHINING COMMUNITY.
MOONSHINE!
I DON'T GET TO
SEE HIM VERY OFTEN.
AND FOR SOMEONE MY AGE,
YOU KNOW,
TO BE ABLE TO SIT AROUND
WITH SOMEBODY LIKE JIM TOM,
LISTEN TO HIS STORIES,
JUST MAKES THE HOLIDAY SEASON
THAT MUCH BETTER FOR ME.
WHISKEY AND CHRISTMAS
GO HAND IN HAND.
SURE, HIT ME.
WELL...
WELL, TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
JIM TOM,
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT HE'S BEEN UP TO.
HE'S BEEN LIVING HIS LIFE,
AND I'VE BEEN LIVING MINE.
BUT I'VE BEEN, UH,
BACK BEING A CARPENTER,
MAKING LIQUOR
EVERY CHANCE I GET.
I DON'T KNOW
IF I'D EVER GIVE IT UP.
WELL, JIM TOM,
I HAD A COUPLE OF...
COUPLE THOUGHTS BOUNCING AROUND,
AND I WANT TO THROW BY YOU.
YOU KNOW STEVE BROWN,
DON'T YOU?
THAT PICKER?
YES, SIR.
WELL, HE SAID HE MIGHT DO HIM
SOME CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
IF YOU'RE FEELING UP TO IT,
AND WE'D LOVE TO RIDE
AROUND WITH US
AND GO SPREAD
SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER.
I UNDERSTAND.
SADDENS MY HEART THAT
JIM TOM'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO COME CAROLING
WITH US THIS YEAR.
JIM TOM,
THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR.
I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU
A SHOUT NEXT TIME I'M IN TOWN.
♪♪
WHAT YOU BREATHING HARD FOR?
YOU AIN'T DONE NOTHING.
YEAH, I WAS THROWING
THAT BALL TO HER YESTERDAY.
DIDN'T THROW IT
ABOUT FOUR TIMES,
SHE BROUGHT THAT BALL
BACK UP AND [PANTING]
-[ LAUGHS ]
-ACTING LIKE SHE GONNA DIE.
WE BETTER GET TO DECORATING.
YEAH, WHAT YOU WANT
TO START OFF WITH?
Narrator: IN RED RIVER PARISH,
LOUISIANA,
PATTI AND DAVID ARE GETTING
INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
Patti: WELL, IT'S GETTING
CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS,
MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.
I LOVE TO DECORATE.
I LOVE TO PUT UP THE TREE.
THIS IS CUPCAKE'S FIRST
CHRISTMAS WITH US.
SO IT'LL BE KIND OF DIFFERENT,
'CAUSE I FEED MY DOGS
BACON STRIPS
AND I'VE GOT A PIG AS A PET.
YOU'RE SHEDDING YOUR HORN.
YOU DONE ATE IT.
I GUESS YOU'LL JUST
HAVE TO WEAR IT,
'CAUSE I AIN'T GETTING HER
ANOTHER ONE FOR HER TO DO THAT.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME IN THIS NEW FAMILY.
[ Laughing ] SO...
AND SHELBY GETS A LITTLE
JEALOUS AT TIMES.
SHE DON'T REALLY LIKE CUPCAKE.
LOOK HERE WHAT I GOT.
PUT THEM ON THE TABLE.
WE'RE WANTING TO PUT
ON A CHRISTMAS PARTY,
HAVE OUR CLOSE FRIENDS
AND FAMILY HERE.
GOING TO DO ALL KIND OF COOKING.
MY HUSBAND DALLAS IS GOING TO BE
ROASTING LOUISIANA-STYLE PIG.
MAINLY, I'M GOING TO BE
DOING MY ETOUFFEE.
THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING
TO ENJOY THAT SPICED RUM?
OH, YEAH.
IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
WE REALLY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL,
SO WE COME UP
WITH THIS SPICED RUM.
Patti: WE'RE NOT OUT
TO MAKE MONEY WITH IT.
WE'RE JUST WANTING TO SHARE IT
WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE THAT AS OUR --
THE CENTER DRINK OF THE --
OF THE PARTY.
OH, AREN'T YOU
JUST DECORATIVE.
[ PATTI LAUGHS ]
OOH, YEP, THERE IT GOES.
Narrator: WITH THE DECORATING
COMPLETE FOR THE PARTY,
PATTI AND DAVID
TURN THEIR ATTENTION
TO MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS --
THE SPICED RUM THEY'LL BE
TOASTING WITH THIS CHRISTMAS.
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD
LITTLE HIT FOR THE PARTY.
I DO TOO.
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
WE CAN'T MAKE
A MASH WORK OUT THERE,
SO WE'RE GOING
TO RUN IT ON THE INSIDE
WHERE WE CAN KEEP IT WARM.
Patti: IN ORDER FOR US
TO MAKE THIS RUM,
THE MAIN INGREDIENT IS MOLASSES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO
HEAT UP SOME WATER,
ADD OUR SUGAR TO IT,
DISSOLVE THAT REALLY GOOD.
THEN WE'LL START
ADDING IN OUR MOLASSES.
YEAH, I CAN TELL.
I'VE DONE IT ALL SEASON.
YOU KNOW, RUM ORIGINATED OVER
IN THE CARIBBEANS, YOU KNOW.
AND THE FRENCH, THEY DID ALL
THE SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS
OVER THERE,
AND THEN THEY BROUGHT
IT TO LOUISIANA.
ABOUT DANG TIME.
YOU WANT TO START
ADDING THE MOLASSES?
Narrator: WHILE MOONSHINE
IS MADE FROM GRAINS
LIKE CORN OR BARLEY,
RUM'S BASE IS MOLASSES
AND SUGAR,
WHICH IS WHAT IMPARTS
ITS SWEET FLAVOR.
YEAH.
Narrator: MASH WON'T FERMENT
IF THE TEMPERATURE
DROPS BELOW 50 DEGREES.
SO TO REGULATE
THE TEMPERATURE,
THEY'RE USING A LAMP
AND INSULATED BLANKET
TO KEEP THE HEAT IN.
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY'S
APPROACHING REALLY FAST FOR US.
WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO GET THIS RUM RIGHT.
YEP. WE MIGHT LOSE
THIS WHOLE SITUATION
IF THE WEATHER
WASN'T GOOD FOR US.
WE GOT IT WRAPPED UP
LIKE A CHRISTMAS GIFT,
SO HOPEFULLY
IT'LL GIVE US A GOOD
PRESENT OUT OF IT.
Narrator: COMING UP...
BILL PREPARES
A CHRISTMAS CHARIOT.
Bill:
WE MIGHT'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT
OVER THE TOP ON THIS TRUCK.
WE GOT LIGHTS, BOWS, TREES.
-ALL RIGHT, FELLERS.
-HOLD ON BACK THERE NOW.
Narrator: AND MARK AND DIGGER
BREAK A CHRISTMAS TRADITION
AND GO FOR COLD-HARD CASH.
Digger: IF SOMEBODY OFFERS
AN ASTRONOMICAL FIGURE,
I'M NOT ABOVE SELLING
EVERYTHING I GOT.
LET'S SEE.
EENY, MEENY, MINY, MOE.
LET'S GO WITH
THAT ONE FIRST.
Narrator:
ONE WEEK AFTER MASHING IN,
TWO TENNESSEE SHINERS
ARE READY TO RUN
A UNIQUE BATCH
OF CHRISTMAS BRANDY.
LET ME HAVE A LITTLE
TASTE OF THAT.
YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL ON THAT.
I'LL BE WORKING BY MYSELF.
MOTHER OF PEARL.
THAT'S SOME OF THE BEST MASH
YOU EVER MADE, CUZ.
THIS OUGHT TO MAKE
SOME PREMIUM LIQUOR.
IF IT TURNS OUT
AS GOOD AS IT SMELLS,
IT AIN'T GONNA BE NOTHING
BUT OUTSTANDING.
Digger: MARK AND I HAVE
MADE IT OUR TRADITION
TO MAKE A HOLIDAY RUN OF LIQUOR.
WE USUALLY SAVE
FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
BUT MARK AND MYSELF
TALKED TO AN OLD BUDDY
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RUN,
AND HE'S WANTING IT.
IT MIGHT BE STEPPING OUT
OF OUR TRADITION TO SELL IT,
BUT IF SOMEBODY OFFERS
AN ASTRONOMICAL FIGURE,
I'M NOT ABOVE SELLING
EVERYTHING I GOT.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS NICK.
WE NICKNAMED THIS NICK
AFTER SAINT NICHOLAS
BECAUSE WE ALWAYS
RUN IT AT CHRISTMAS.
IT'S A REFLUX DEAL.
IT DOESN'T NEED A THUMP KEG.
THIS RIGHT HERE, IN ESSENCE,
IS THE THUMP KEG.
ANY OF THE MASH THAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO SLOP UP IN HERE,
IT FEEDS IT BACK
DOWN INTO THE POT.
AND THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS,
IT COMES TO A NEAR BOIL HERE.
IT GOES UP INTO
THE STEAM CHAMBER.
IT'S CONCENTRATED UP HERE
IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
THEN IT COMES DOWN INTO THIS
FIRST LITTLE HEAT EXCHANGER,
COMES INTO HERE,
AND TURNS INTO VAPOR
AND THEN INTO A JAR.
AND WE'VE GOT FINE BRANDY
AT THE END OF A RUN
AT THAT POINT.
WELL, WE'RE BOTH ON.
LET ME GO BUILD US A FIRE.
THAT OUGHT TO GET
HOT PRETTY QUICK.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY WHISKEY.
-YEAH, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
-THIS MASH RECIPE.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAKE.
CRANBERRIES ARE EXPENSIVE.
THIS COCONUT SUGAR WAS
INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, AND THIS
IS A LIMITED EDITION LIQUOR,
WHICH MAKES IT VERY PRICEY.
SO, WHAT YOU THINK OF IT?
I GOT THESE LITTLE
SCRAP COPPER PIECES.
WHAT ABOUT MAKING SOME
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS,
HANG THEM ON THE TREE
IN MEMORY
OF THE OLD MOONSHINERS
THAT'S GONE ON?
YEP, ALL OUR OLD BUDDIES
THAT GONE ON THEIR WAY.
YEAH.
WELL, YEAH,
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
I'D RATHER DO THIS
AND HONOR
SOMEBODY THAN TAKE IT
TO THE SCRAP YARD.
THEN WE JUST
HANG THEM ON THERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT
FOR POPCORN?
OH, YEAH.
Digger: MARK AND MYSELF
HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE
TO GROW UP WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
LIKE POPCORN AND J.B.
AND REAP THE BENEFITS
OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
Mark:
IT'S ABOUT THE HERITAGE
AND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
OF MOONSHINERS
THAT HAVE GONE ON BEFORE US.
IN MEMORY OF ALL OF
OUR MOONSHINE FOREFATHERS.
YEAH.
HEY, DIGGER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
LIQUOR OUT OF THAT THING.
WE'RE CLIMBING FAST.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GET LIQUOR.
PUT THAT IN THERE,
'CAUSE IT'S AT 190.
IT'LL TAKE OFF LIKE
A ROCKET HERE IN A MINUTE.
RIGHT THERE'S LIQUOR,
BABY MAN.
OH, THAT'S A PERFECT
LITTLE STREAM, CUZ.
UH-HUH.
THAT'S GOING TO FILL UP
THE JAR QUICK.
WE GOT A LITTLE
OF THE HEADS OFF HERE.
GET RID OF THAT, DIGGER.
OH, YOU FOUND YOU
A HILLBILLY SHOT GLASS.
-WOW.
-I BET THAT'S HIGH OCTANE, HUH?
IT'S HIGH OCTANE, BOY,
IT'S GOT A FINE TASTE TO IT.
SON OF A GUN.
THAT ORANGE CARRIES
THROUGH GOOD, DON'T IT?
IT'S DELICIOUS, DIGGER.
YOU'VE OUTDONE YOURSELF AGAIN.
SURE IS TASTY.
YES.
Digger: THIS RUN OF LIQUOR
IS OFF THE CHARTS.
I MEAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST,
YOU GET THE ORANGE,
AND THEN YOU GET
THE CRANBERRIES.
LOOK AT THAT,
HOW PRETTY AND CLEAR.
CHRISTMAS LIQUOR, BROTHER.
BLAM, RIGHT?
OH, I FORGET
THAT PART EVERY TIME.
USUALLY I'M PREMATURE
AND DO THAT.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
HOW 'BOUT IT?
HOW 'BOUT IT?
Narrator: IN NORTH CAROLINA,
BILL IS ASSEMBLING
HIS MERRY BAND OF CAROLERS.
-GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
-YOU DOING ALL RIGHT?
-REALLY GOOD, MAN.
-HOW YOU BEEN?
CALL MY FRIEND STEVE UP.
HE'S A FELLOW MUSICIAN.
AND PICK A COUPLE TUNES.
ALL RIGHT.
STEVE MIGHT'VE GONE A LITTLE
OVER THE TOP ON THIS TRUCK.
WE GOT LIGHTS, BOWS, TREES.
BUT, UH, WE GONNA PILE
IN THE BACK
AND RIDE AROUND,
SING SOME CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
Steve:
PEOPLE CALL ME UNCLE STEVE.
I GOT US
SOMETHING ELSE, MAN.
-ALL RIGHT.
-IT'S NOT JUST THE HOLIDAYS
THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER,
IT'S THE MUSIC AS WELL.
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH.
THAT'S WHY CAROLING HOLDS
A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
-ALL RIGHT.
-I GOT MY FIDDLE.
'TIS THE SEASON.
Bill: ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
DO YOU KNOW WHERE
WE'RE GOING UP HERE?
YEAH, I THINK SO.
SELLING THIS BOY ALL
THIS CHRISTMAS LIQUOR WE MADE.
WE'RE GETTING GOOD
MONEY FOR IT.
250 BUCKS A GALLON.
'COURSE, IT AIN'T
MY 10 GALLONS OF IT,
BUT IT'S A LOT
WHEN IT'S THAT EXPENSIVE.
WHEN IT'S THAT EXPENSIVE.
AND IT'S WORTH IT.
Narrator: DOWN IN TENNESSEE,
TWO SEASONED SHINERS
ARE ABOUT TO MAKE SOME
EXTRA CASH FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
WELL, I LIKE THE LOOKS
OF THIS PLACE.
ALWAYS BEEN A TON OF LIQUOR
MADE UP IN HERE.
THERE HE SITS.
-GLAD TO SEE YOU BOYS.
-WAITING LONG?
UH, JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
I KNOW HOW YINZ ARE.
-HOW ARE YOU, BUDDY?
DOING GOOD, DOING GOOD.
YOU'VE GOT 10 GALLONS OF IT.
I WANT TO TASTE SOME OF IT
IF IT'S WORTH $2,500.
THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT
GETS RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S BREAKFAST DRINK
RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, BOY, THAT'S
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.
DOES THAT SUIT YOU?
-THAT SUITS ME.
-WE GOT 10 GALLONS OF IT.
WELL, I'LL TAKE
ALL WE CAN GET.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU
I CAN MOVE THIS.
LET'S GET HIM
HIS LIQUOR, DIGGER.
LET ME HAVE THAT
AND I'LL GET STARTED HERE.
YOU DON'T GO OUT
OF HERE LANDBLASTED
AND BUST THEM DAMN JARS.
[ LAUGHS ] I WON'T.
YOU WANT TO COUNT IT,
OR YOU WANT
TO JUST TRUST ME?
-I TRUST YOU.
-YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME,
DON'T YOU?
-YOU AIN'T HARD TO FIND.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
YOU KNOW, $250 A GALLON'S
EXCEPTIONAL, AIN'T IT?
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE
SELLING LIQUOR THAT HIGH,
BUT I GUESS WE ARE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO WITH YOUR PART?
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN,
THIS IS KIND OF A BONUS
FOR US, YOU KNOW?
THING IS, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE
I SEE THAT I FEEL SORRY FOR,
'CAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE
TO STRETCH THEIR MONEY
AS FAR AS THEY NEED TO.
-RIGHT.
-THEM LITTLE YOUNG'UNS,
YOU KNOW,
LOOKING AT THEM BICYCLES
AND LOOKING AT THEM TOYS
AND SUCH AND WANTING SOMETHING,
CAN'T HAVE IT.
YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE THIS MONEY
AND SPEND IT ON GIFTS?
I MEAN, $2,500
IS A LOT OF MONEY.
THAT'D GO A LONG WAY FOR MAKING
THOSE YOUNG'UNS SMILE.
I'M ALL ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WE'D BE
THE REAL SANTY CLAUS.
'CEPT AIN'T NEITHER ONE OF US
GONNA FIT UP NO CHIMNEY.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: COMING UP,
PATTI AND DAVID SPICE THINGS UP.
YOU KNOW, YOU SMELL
THAT A LOT
IN PEOPLE'S HOMES
AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
AND MARK AND DIGGER
GO ON A HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREE.
-I FOUND YOUR COUSIN.
-LOOKS MORE LIKE YOU.
I HOPE IT'S READY TO RUN.
YEAH, BUDDY.
Narrator: IN LOUISIANA,
PATTI AND DAVID
ARE READY TO RUN A BATCH
OF THEIR CHRISTMAS SPICED RUM.
Patti: YOU KNOW,
RUNNING IN A BARN,
YOU'RE IN CLOSE,
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN,
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE
WHAT'S COMING TO YOU
AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE
LIKE YOU CAN IN THE WOODS.
SO I'M HOPING WE'RE NOT
GOING TO FACE THAT TODAY.
THAT'S GOOD.
-YEAH, BUDDY, IT'S GOOD.
YOU TASTE THAT ALCOHOL.
JUST IN TIME
FOR CHRISTMAS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT
OF SMALL BATCHES THIS SEASON.
BUT THIS ONE HERE
IS A SPICED RUM.
WE'RE ONLY DOING THIS
FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
BRING US A BUCKET.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING
BUT A GALLON AND A HALF.
AND I'M EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO SERVE IT TO THEM.
THAT'S SOME
GOOD-SMELLING STUFF.
NEED SOME PANCAKES
OR BISCUITS OR SOMETHING.
VOILà.
CAP PUT ON IT.
NEVER MIND.
THIS CHRISTMAS PARTY'S
CATCHING UP WITH US QUICK.
YEP.
WE STILL GOT
A LOT OF STUFF TO DO.
WHAT YOU GET ME FOR CHRISTMAS?
MAYBE YOUR LABOR.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THE LOVE PART.
[ LAUGHS ]
SHOULD BE COMING OUT.
SURE IS.
IT'S RUNNING.
YEP.
WE'LL DUMP THAT HEAD
RIGHT OVER THE BOARD
THERE, DADDY.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S MOMENT OF TRUTH.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, THAT'S GOOD.
THAT MOLASSES, IT TASTES --
GOT A CARAMELIZED
TASTE TO IT.
WE HIT THAT RIGHT
ON THE HEAD, DIDN'T WE?
MM-HMM.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE
ANY OF THIS LEFT OVER
TO KEEP FOR OURSELVES
AFTER THIS PARTY.
NOW WE'VE GOT
TO ADD SPICES TO IT.
WE GOT OUR CINNAMON.
PUT ONE STICK IN EACH JAR.
THIS IS THE ALLSPICE.
YOU KNOW,
YOU SMELL THAT A LOT
IN PEOPLE'S HOMES
AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.
WE GOT THIS VANILLA BEAN.
BUT THAT CARAMELIZED FLAVOR
WITH THE VANILLA BEAN,
YOU AIN'T GONNA BE
ABLE TO BEAT THAT.
NOW WE GOT THE ORANGE.
WE'LL HAVE TO COME
BACK AND STRAIN
THAT AFTER THAT SETS
FOR A WHILE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
$2,500.
FOR 10 GALLONS OF LIQUOR.
10 GALLONS OF LIQUOR.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE,
MARK AND DIGGER
HAVE DECIDED TO PAY IT FORWARD
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
LET'S GO IN HERE
AND BUY SOME TOYS.
Digger: OOH, YEAH, WE NEED
ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OF THEM.
WELL, THIS IS
A SEE AND SPELL.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T
HAVE THAT, DID YOU?
[ LAUGHS ] NO.
WE WEREN'T FORTUNATE ENOUGH
WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP
FOR SOMEBODY TO DO
THE SAME THING FOR US.
BUT YOU KNOW, MARK AND MYSELF,
WE'VE HAD A REALLY
GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR.
WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED
TO REALLY GIVE BACK.
THEY ALSO NEED
TO HAVE WHISTLES.
NOW, WE DON'T THEM
TO TORMENT MOM
AND DADDY ALL THE TIME.
THEY NEED TO PLAY
AND LEARN SOMETHING, TOO.
THEY NEED TO LEARN
HOW TO PLAY THE HARMONICA.
[ SIGHS ]
I WANT THAT BEAR.
GET IT FOR ME.
DIGGER,
I FOUND YOUR COUSIN.
IT LOOKS MORE LIKE YOU.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST
TAKE HIM HOME WITH US.
-MARK, WAIT.
-WHAT?
-TRACTORS.
-UH-OH.
YOU PASSED UP MICROSCOPES.
HOW'S A KID GOING
TO LEARN WHAT YEAST IS
IF HE DOESN'T GET
A MICROSCOPE?
I'M GOING TO BUY YOU
ONE OF THESE.
YOU'LL LEARN TO IDENTIFY
DIFFERENT YEAST STRAINS
IF I GET THAT FOR YOU.
I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT, AS
LONG AS I'VE GOT YOU TO DO IT.
YEAH, I KNOW.
Mark: I SAY WE PAY
FOR WHAT WE GOT.
WE'VE GOT A HEAPING PILE
OF STUFF OVER THERE.
HERE'S YOUR TWIN BROTHER.
[ CHUCKLES ]
WELL, RIGHT THERE'S
THE END OF IT.
YOU RECKON ANYBODY'S
EVER TURNED MOONSHINE
INTO TOYS BEFORE?
-THEY HAVE NOW.
-THEY HAVE NOW.
♪ DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
IN A ONE-HORSE OPEN SLEIGH. ♪
Narrator: AS NIGHT FALLS
IN ROBBINSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,
A MERRY BAND OF CAROLERS
IS ROLLING THROUGH TOWN.
WE GOT A COUPLE IDEAS
WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO.
WE'RE GOING TO START
AT A COUPLE FRIENDS' HOUSE,
WORK OUR WAY FROM ONE
END OF THE TOWN,
JUST KIND OF SEE
WHERE THE NIGHT LEADS US.
WE BROUGHT A LITTLE HOLIDAY
SPIRIT FOR Y'ALL TOO.
Man: OH HO HO HO.
IT'LL PUT HAIR
ON YOUR CHEST.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪ DECK THE HALLS
WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY. ♪
I'D LOVE TO.
YEAH.
Bill:
THE FARTHER WE GOT INTO TOWN,
THE MORE MUSICIANS
WE STARTED PICKING UP.
OH, YEAH, MAN.
I GOT A BASS INSIDE, ACTUALLY.
LET'S DO IT.
YOU CAN'T SWING A DEAD
CAT ABOVE YOUR HEAD
WITHOUT HITTING A MUSICIAN
IN THIS TOWN.
Narrator:
CHRISTMAS IN APPALACHIA
IS CELEBRATED IN A VARIETY
OF WAYS,
BUT SERENADING THE NEIGHBORS
OR GOING CHRISTMAS CAROLING
IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
RITUALS OF THE REGION.
CAROLING IN THE OLD DAYS
WAS NOT THE GENTLE SINGING
PRACTICE IT IS TODAY.
IN THE OLD MOUNTAIN
TRADITIONS,
LOUD NOISES
DROVE OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
SO LARGE GROUPS OF UNRULY PEOPLE
WOULD APPEAR AT DOORSTEPS
RINGING COW BELLS,
BANGING ON BUCKETS,
AND SHOOTING OFF GUNS.
THESE GROUPS WERE
SUPPOSED TO SNEAK UP
ON A HOUSE AND SURPRISE IT.
BUT IF RESIDENTS
OF THE HOUSE HEARD THEM
BEFORE THEY SUCCEEDED,
THEY WOULD FIRE OFF
THE FIRST SHOT INSTEAD.
AND SOME APPALACHIANS TODAY
ARE STILL KNOWN
FOR SHOOTING OFF THEIR GUNS
TO MARK THE OCCASION.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, GUYS.
♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪
♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪
Bill: SO FAR, WE'VE HAD
A PRETTY GOOD NIGHT CAROLING.
BUT IF JIM TOM
WAS OUT HERE WITH US,
I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE
WE'D BE HAVING A LOT MORE FUN.
♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY... ♪
AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER,
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, IT'S MEANT
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS
FOR ME THAN IT DID GROWING UP.
BROUGHT ABOUT
A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE
TOWARDS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
AND IT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT JUST
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
♪ ...HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS!
AND IT'S GETTING PRETTY LATE.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING
ALL OVER TOWN.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE
ONE MORE STOP.
COME ON, FELLERS,
SEE IF THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S IN.
OH!
Narrator: COMING UP...
BILL AND JIM TOM SING
THEIR HEARTS OUT.
♪ HE'S A RED-HOT LOVER,
DON'T PLAY NO GAMES ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
AND MARK AND DIGGER
PLAY SECRET SANTA.
A LITTLE BOY LIVES HERE,
DIGGER.
-I'LL GET IT IN GEAR.
-ON THE FLY.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET ME
A FASTER ACCOMPLICE.
SEE IF THE OLD
GENTLEMAN'S IN.
Narrator:
AS THE NIGHT WINDS DOWN,
THE BAND OF CAROLINA CAROLERS
HAS ONE MORE SONG TO SING.
Together:
MERRY CHRISTMAS, JIM TOM!
HOW YOU DOING, OLD BUDDY?
WE GOT YOU
A TENNESSEE LEI HERE.
-[ LAUGHS ]
-IF YOU WOULD...
I AIN'T GOING
TO KISS YOU,
BUT I'M GOING TO PUT IT
AROUND YOUR NECK, OLD BUDDY.
YEAH.
Bill: HE WAS BEAMING.
I DON'T THINK HE WAS
EXPECTING US AT ALL,
AND ESPECIALLY A PORCH
FULL OF THEM
BLUEGRASS MUSICIANS.
AND A ONE, AND A TWO,
AND A AND SKINNY BOPE 'N DO.
♪ WELL, JIM TOM HEDRICK
IS HIS NAME ♪
♪ HE'S A RED-HOT LOVER,
DON'T PLAY NO GAMES ♪
♪ KNOW FAR AND WIDE AS ROMEO ♪
♪ YOU GOT MOONSHINE
UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪
Bill:
JIM TOM'S BEEN FEELING DOWN
'CAUSE HIS HEALTH
HASN'T BEEN IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT, UH, FOR ME
AND STEVE AND THE GUYS
TO COME UP HERE AND SING HIM
A COUPLE TUNES,
JUST BRING SOME JOY TO HIS LIFE.
IF THAT AIN'T THE HOLIDAY
SPIRIT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
♪ YOU GOT MOONSHINE
UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪
WELL, JIM TOM, WE HOPE
YOU'RE FEELING BETTER, BROTHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN
PRAYING FOR YOU.
BILL'S BROUGHT YOU
A LITTLE BIT.
Bill: IT'S SOME OF THE STUFF
I MADE.
IT'LL PUT HAIR ON YOUR CHEST.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I BEEN WORKING ON IT.
ME TOO.
TELL YOU WHAT, WE SPREAD
A LOT OF HOLIDAY CHEER TODAY.
BEING ABLE TO STOP
BY JIM TOM'S HOUSE
AND SEE HIM,
PUT A SMILE ON HIS FACE,
THAT JUST KIND OF PUT A CAP
ON THE WHOLE EVENING.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR,
AND GOD BLESS YOU, SON.
♪♪
-LET'S GET THIS PIG READY.
-YEAH.
Narrator: DOWN IN RED RIVER
PARISH, LOUISIANA...
-YUM YUM.
-...DAVID, PATTI,
AND HER HUSBAND DALLAS ARE
PREPPING THE CENTERPIECE
OF THEIR CAJUN CHRISTMAS DINNER.
THINK WE OUGHT TO CUT THEM
FEET OFF, HUH?
THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T
NEED IS A PIG'S FOOT.
MY HUSBAND DALLAS,
REALLY I'M PUTTING HIM
ON THIS PIG THE MOST.
SO HE'S GOING
TO HELP US DO THIS.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING
HE'S DONE ALL HIS LIFE,
IS ROASTING HOGS.
-OH, I'LL TAKE THE PRESSURE.
-ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GOT AN INJECTOR.
IT'S LIKE A SYRINGE.
YOU JUST WANT TO INJECT THIS
MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT SPICES --
SALT, PEPPER, CAYENNE.
GET IT IN HIS
HIND QUARTER HERE.
CHRISTMAS TIME BEING THE TIME
IT IS AROUND HERE,
EVERYBODY LOVES
TO GET TOGETHER.
LOUISIANA CUISINE,
IT JUST BRINGS CHEER.
AND THAT'S JUST HOW WE DO.
WE LOVE TO COOK AND LOVE TO EAT.
THEN WE GOT A SPECIAL
LITTLE BLEND OF SEASONING.
AND THIS THE LOUISIANA KICK
WE'RE GIVING TO THIS HOG.
IT'S GOT THE CAYENNE,
BLACK PEPPER, AND SALT.
AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE
BROWN SUGAR IN IT.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING
TO MAKE IT TASTE GOOD.
READY TO ROAST.
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
David: YOU KNOW, YOU WAIT
ALL SEASON LONG
FOR THIS ONE SPECIAL OCCASION.
-WHOO!
-ONE PIG TO THE FIRE.
AND YOU WANT EVERYTHING
TO BE PERFECT FOR YOUR FRIENDS.
HIDE THE PIG.
Patti: LET THAT KIND OF DIE
DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THEN WE'LL JUST START
STOKING IT UP WITH HICKORY.
SO REALLY, WE'VE GOT US AN OVEN
COOKING OUR PIG OUTSIDE.
THIS PIG'S GOING
TO BE A MAIN DISH,
BUT WE'RE ALSO MAKING
OTHER MAIN DISHES.
I'M GOING TO MAKE
THE TRADITIONAL LOUISIANA
CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE.
WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING
AS TRADITIONAL AS WE CAN.
GREEN ONIONS.
BUTTER.
A LITTLE BIT OF GARLIC.
I DON'T USE A LOT OF MEASURING
SPOONS IN MY KITCHEN.
I JUST DO IT.
ADD A LITTLE OF THESE SPICES
THAT I MIXED TOGETHER.
SALT AND PEPPER AND CAYENNE.
LET'S ADD SOME CRAWFISH.
'CAUSE THIS IS
WHAT MAKES THE DISH.
David:
NOW IT'S COOKING.
NOW SAUTE THEM UP
WITH THESE ONIONS AND GARLIC.
GONNA PUT SOME
CREAM OF MUSHROOM.
STIR THAT UP.
MAKE YOUR SALIVA GLANDS
START SLOBBERING, DON'T IT?
PUT THE LID ON IT
AND LET IT COOK.
THAT'S MY PERSONALIZED ETOUFFEE.
YEAH.
THAT'S A BULLFROG.
FIXING TO START
OUR FROGMORE STEW.
IT'S A LOUISIANA TRADITIONAL
THING FOR CHRISTMAS.
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S PUT THE CORN IN.
IT'S GOT SHRIMP,
POTATO, CORN, SAUSAGE.
ADD THE SHRIMP.
THE SHRIMP IS THE LAST
INGREDIENT IN OUR BOWL,
AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE
WITH THIS BOWL.
Dallas: HEY,
WE'RE ON CRUNCH TIME.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO START
SHOWING UP HERE SHORTLY.
Patti: WE'VE GOT THE HOG.
WE'VE GOT ETOUFFEE.
WE GOT FRIED FISH,
FROGMORE STEW.
AIN'T NOBODY GOING
TO LEAVE HERE HUNGRY.
-MMM-MM.
-LOOK AT THERE.
-OH, MAN.
THAT BABY LOOKS SWEET,
DON'T SHE?
Patti: THIS IS TERRIBLE.
POOR CUPCAKE.
RIGHT THERE IN HER PEN,
AND Y'ALL GOT THIS PIG.
SHE'S GOING TO BE...
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
[ WHINES ]
Woman: SALLY, WILL YOU
GET THE BRISKET?
HERE'S THE SWEET-POTATO
CASSEROLE.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE,
PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY
FOR MARK AND DIGGER'S
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY.
THIS IS THE BIG DEAL HERE.
BUT MARK AND DIGGER
ARE CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT.
-HERE I COME.
-DIGGER'S COMING.
-HELL NO.
-THEY'RE ON A COVERT MISSION
TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS
TO SOME LESS-FORTUNATE
CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
Mark:
WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH HIM.
HE'LL GO FOR A FLIGHT
IF WE AIN'T CAREFUL.
ME AND DIGGER WERE
DELIVERING THESE TOYS
AND TRYING TO GET THEM
DROPPED OFF AT PLACES
THAT WE FEEL LIKE THE CHILDREN
COULD USE THEM.
OPERATION
MOONSHINE CHRISTMAS.
MOONSHINE CHRISTMAS.
THERE YOU GO.
NOW, WE GOT TO DO THIS
ON ONE CONDITION.
-WHAT'S THAT?
-IT'S GOT TO BE ANONYMOUS.
WE'LL DO THAT ON THE SLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE DARK AGAIN,
WE WRAP THIS UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
OUR ASSES IN A SLING
IF WE'RE LATE
FOR THAT DINNER.
OH, YEAH.
WE JUST GOT TO TRY
AND NOT TO BE LATE.
OR AT LEAST
NOT HORRIBLY LATE.
WHERE DO YOU WANT
TO TAKE THIS FIRST?
I BELIEVE UP HERE
TO OLD BUBBA'S.
Mark: THIS SEASON,
WE'VE MADE MORE MONEY
THAN WE EVER MADE IN ANY SEASON
IN OUR ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S OVER AND ABOVE WHAT
WE REALLY NEEDED THIS YEAR,
AND WHY NOT PASS IT ON?
YOU GRAB THE STUFF
AND I'LL PICK ON THE DOOR.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET ME
A FASTER ACCOMPLICE.
Woman: THANK YOU!
FEELS KIND OF STRANGE
TO BE RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD
WITH NOT HAVING LIQUOR,
DON'T IT?
YEAH, IT DO.
BEEN ON A MOONSHINE RUN,
SO TO SPEAK.
-WE'LL SNACK ON THESE FOR NOW.
-YEAH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
WHERE IN THE WORLD
ARE MARK AND DIGGER?
A LITTLE BOY LIVES HERE,
DIGGER, SO...
YEAH, HE NEEDS
A LITTLE BOY BIKE.
Digger: THE BIG THING IN MINE
AND MARK'S WORLD
RIGHT NOW IS THE FACT
WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF JOY
BY MAKING SOMEBODY'S CHRISTMAS
A LITTLE MORE
BRIGHTER THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOCK.
I'LL GET IT IN GEAR.
[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]
Woman:
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
LATE FOR A MEAL
IS NOT NORMAL.
NO, IT'S NOT NORMAL AT ALL.
AND IT'S CHRISTMAS MEAL.
Man: JUST GO AHEAD
AND EAT WITHOUT THEM.
WELL, WE MIGHT HAVE TO.
POOR PEOPLE NEED SOME HELP BAD.
Man #2:
THEY'RE GROWN MEN.
THEY'LL FIND THEIR WAY
HERE SOME TIME OR OTHER.
I SAY WE'VE HAD ENOUGH CHEESE.
LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GET THE FOOD OUT.
THEY MIGHT THINK
WE'RE OUT DRUNK OR SOMETHING.
EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING
TO BE THERE
IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE
OF WORKING THEIR KNIFE
AND FORK
WITHOUT OUR PRESENCE.
-OH, YEAH.
-COMING UP...
MARK AND DIGGER SPEED HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER.
-IT IS TIME TO EAT.
-EXCUSE ME.
-MAN, THEY'RE GONNA KILL US.
-WE'RE LATE. WE'RE SCREWED.
Narrator: AND PATTI AND DAVID
ARE HIGH ON THE HOG.
LET'S GET LIT!
[ LAUGHTER ]
Patti: YOU KNOW,
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME,
SO EVERYBODY'S GETTING
IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
SHELBY, YOU WANT
YOUR REINDEER ON?
SIT DOWN.
SIT.
BE STILL.
THE JOB IS, IS GETTING
IT PUT ON CUPCAKE.
COME HERE, CUPCAKE.
HERE.
THIS IS CUPCAKE'S
FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH US.
CUPCAKE, COME HERE.
LOOK, SHELBY DID GOOD
WITH HER HORNS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SHE LOOKS CRAZY!
YEAH, LET HER COME
AROUND HERE, I'LL FIX HER.
OH, LITTLE CRAP
GOT AWAY FROM ME.
DADDY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO GRAB HER.
COME HERE.
[ PIG SQUEALS ]
WE GOT IT ON HER.
DO WHAT YOU CAN.
BOY, WE GOT TO GET
OUR ASSES IN GEAR.
IF WE'RE 15 MINUTES LATE,
WE'RE SCREWED.
Narrator: BACK IN TENNESSEE,
THERE'S NOT A MOMENT TO SPARE.
MARK AND DIGGER
HAVE JUST WRAPPED UP
THE LAST OF THEIR TOY DELIVERIES
AND ARE RUSHING TO GET HOME
TO WAITING FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
Digger: MAN,
THEY'RE GONNA KILL US.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IS LIKE THE OLD DAYS.
YOU THROW YOUR HAT IN.
IF THEY DON'T SHOOT AT IT,
THEN WE KNOW WE'RE GOING IN.
IT IS TIME TO EAT.
-EXCUSE ME.
-OH, YES.
FORGOT ABOUT THE BRISKET.
NO GUN FIRE.
-HEY!
-HEY, GUYS!
GLAD YOU SHOWED UP
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER.
WELL, IT'S ABOUT DAGGONE
TIME YOU GOT HERE.
-J.B.
-ABOUT DAMN TIME.
YOU'D BE TICKLED TO DEATH
AT WHAT WE WAS DOING.
Mark: BEING LATE, YOU KNOW,
IS NEVER GOOD,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU HAVE OUR WIVES.
Together: AMEN.
WE MADE IT JUST
IN THE NICK OF TIME
TO KEEP FROM GETTING BAWLED OUT
TOO BAD BY THE WOMEN FOLK.
Digger: WHO'S NEXT IN LINE
FOR SOME BRISKET?
J.B.'s TURN.
-WHAT ABOUT ANY OF THAT?
-WE DON'T EAT CORN,
WE MAKE LIQUOR OUT OF IT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S GOOD.
Mark: WE TRY TO HAVE
FAMILY DINNERS WEEKLY.
ESPECIALLY
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
Woman: ARE YOU EVER GONNA TELL
US WHAT Y'ALL BEEN DOING?
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW,
WE AIN'T ALL ABOUT OURSELVES.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS
SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THERE
THAT MIGHT NEED
SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE.
Mark: DIGGER, I GUESS
IT'S ONLY FAIR.
SINCE WE WAS THE LAST ONES
TO SHOW UP, WE EAT LAST, HUH?
I'LL JUST STAND RIGHT HERE
WITH A SPOON AND A KNIFE
AND I'LL EAT RIGHT HERE.
-CHEERS!
-CHEERS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
EVERYBODY.
-CHEERS TO YOU, BABY MAN.
-ALL RIGHT, DIGGER.
Digger: IF ANYBODY'S WANTING ME
TO EAT ANYTHING ELSE,
WHY DON'T YOU SHOVE
IT UP MY HIND END?
[ LAUGHTER ]
HOW ABOUT INSTEAD
OF DESSERT RIGHT NOW,
LET'S LET THIS SUPPER SETTLE.
ME AND DIGGER'S MADE
SOME ORNAMENTS OUT
OF SOME COPPER STEEL PIECES
IN MEMORY OF OLD MOONSHINERS
THAT'S GONE ON BEFORE US.
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF POPCORN SUTTON.
R.I.P.
OLD MOONSHINER.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
MOVE UP TO THIS HEART.
-THERE YOU GO.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE
THE OLD MAN PROUD.
YEAH.
I BELIEVE IT WOULD.
YOU MAKE US
PRETTY PROUD TOO.
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
EVERYBODY.
Woman: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
LET'S HAVE DESSERT!
♪♪
WE TURN HIM AROUND.
OPEN UP, GEORGE.
LET'S PUT THE FROG LEGS
IN THIS LITTLE BITTY THING.
Narrator: DOWN IN LOUISIANA,
PATTI AND DAVID ARE PUTTING
THE FINISHING TOUCHES
ON THEIR SOUTHERN-STYLE
CHRISTMAS FEAST.
Patti: WE GOT SO MUCH FOOD
WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH IT.
YOU HEAR ME?
-CHRISTMAS TIME.
READY TO EAT.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
CHASE, WHAT YOU DOING, BOY?
YOU KNOW, I'VE INVITED
ABOUT 15 OR 20 PEOPLE,
BUT WHEN PEOPLE START
SMELLING THAT FOOD,
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT FRIENDS,
THEY LIABLE TO SHOW UP.
EVERYBODY,
THIS IS NOT CUPCAKE.
SO DON'T THINK
I'VE ROASTED MY PIG.
Dallas:
JUST PEEL THAT HIDE BACK.
GOT SOME GOOD,
JUICY MEAT INSIDE THERE.
Patti:
OOH, LORDY, LOOK AT THAT.
JUST PULLING OFF THE BONE.
IT IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
Patti:
WE GOT ONE MORE PRESENT.
WE MADE SOME SPICED RUM
FOR THE SPECIAL OCCASION.
I THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO LIKE IT.
CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW,
IS A SPECIAL SEASON FOR ME.
I MEAN, I LOVE TO GIVE.
ERICA, YOU NEED ONE?
YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE KIDS,
WE'VE GOT LITTLE GIFTS FOR THEM,
BUT FOR THE ADULTS,
WE GOT THE SPICED RUM.
-THANK YOU.
-WELL, THERE YOU GO.
IF YOU LIKE IT,
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE.
David: ALL RIGHTY.
WE'RE GONNA TOAST
TO A GOOD YEAR, GOOD FRIENDS,
AND GOOD LOVE.
AND WE LOVE Y'ALL,
AND THANK Y'ALL
FOR COMING
TO OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY.
CHEERS!
-CHEERS!
LET US KNOW WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
-WHOO!
-THAT'S GOOD.
-SMOOTH.
-THAT'S GOOD.
COOKING ALL THIS FOOD TODAY
AND HAVING FRIENDS
OVER IS FUN TO US.
LET'S GET LIT!
Santa Claus:
HO HO HO HO!
Patti: LOOK THERE!
I'VE DONE A SANTA CLAUS SUIT
THIS YEAR.
I GOT SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL.
LET'S GO SIT BY
THE TREE OVER HERE.
I'M GONNA GET TO SEE THE SMILES
ON THE LITTLE KIDS' FACES,
YOU KNOW.
IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS
THIS TIME OF YEAR, TOO.
Patti: THE MOONSHINE SEASON'S
OVER WITH, YOU KNOW,
BUT I SIT BACK AND I THINK
ABOUT WHAT ALL WE'VE DONE.
I MEAN, WE HAD A GOOD YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD
TO GIVE THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST A JOYFUL TIME.
-[ GROANS ]
-YOU NEED HELP, SANTA?
Man: OH!
SANTA CLAUS BEEN
DRINKING TOO MUCH!
[ LAUGHTER ]
GET OUT OF THAT
MOONSHINE, BOY!
WHOO! SANTA CLAUS,
GET OUT THAT MOONSHINE.
I'M GLAD Y'ALL CAN'T SEE
MY RED FACE RIGHT NOW.
>> THIS IS THE BEST PLACE WE'VE
EVER HAD.
Man: HO HO HO.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: IN APPALACHIA,
MOONSHINE SEASON HAS MADE WAY
FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
MOONSHINE!
OH!
Narrator:
WHEN THE LAST LIQUOR RUNS
OF THE YEAR ARE MADE
AND MOONSHINERS
HAVE THE CHANCE TO REFLECT,
RELAX, AND CELEBRATE
WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.
CHEERS!
FOR MANY, THAT ALSO MEANS
HELPING THOSE IN NEED.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE
SOME YOUNG'UNS HAPPY, I HOPE.
-IN TENNESSEE...
-OPERATION MOONSHINE CHRISTMAS.
...MARK AND DIGGER
ARE IN A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK
TO MAKE IT HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
OUR ASSES IN A SLING
IF WE'RE LATE
FOR THAT DINNER.
IN NORTH CAROLINA,
BILL AND FRIENDS
ARE SPREADING JOY
THROUGH MUSIC...
REALLY IS ALL ABOUT JUST
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
Narrator:
...TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.
All:
MERRY CHRISTMAS, GRANDPA!
Narrator: AND IN LOUISIANA...
THIS IS CUPCAKE'S
FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH US.
...PATTI AND DAVID THROW
A HOLIDAY BASH, CAJUN STYLE.
EVERYBODY,
THIS IS NOT CUPCAKE.
DON'T THINK
I'VE ROASTED MY PIG.
-CHEERS!
-CHEERS!
♪ YOU GOT MOONSHINE
UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪
THIS IS HOW WE MAKE
THE MOONSHINE!
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
♪ WELL, IT'S A CHRISTMAS
TIME'S A-COMING ♪
♪ HO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM ♪
Man:
YOU GOT THEM CRANBERRIES?
I ABOUT ATE MYSELF SICK
ON THESE DAMN CRANBERRIES.
Narrator:
CHRISTMAS IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER IN TENNESSEE.
AND MARK AND DIGGER ARE HONORING
A LONG-HELD HOLIDAY TRADITION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO OUR LITTLE CHRISTMAS PARTY
AT OUR PUSS.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW MASH
YOU'VE COME UP WITH.
MARK AND I HAVE
MADE IT OUR TRADITION
TO THROW THIS LITTLE HOLIDAY
WING-DING EVERY YEAR.
AND WE'D MAKE A HOLIDAY
RUN OF LIQUOR.
LAST YEAR,
WE CAME UP WITH HAZELNUT.
[ CHEERING ]
I GOT ORANGES.
I GOT CRANBERRIES.
YOU NEED TO BE EATING
ONE OF THEM ORANGES.
THEY'RE FULL OF VITAMIN C.
[ COUGHS ]
DON'T BE COUGHING ON ME.
Digger: THIS YEAR, WE'VE COME UP
WITH OUR CHRISTMAS BRANDY.
CRANBERRIES. WE GOT ORANGES.
AND THEN COCONUT SUGAR.
WE GOT TO GET
TO PUMPING THE WATER
AND GET US
SOME WATER GOING.
I'LL TAKE IT DOWN
THROUGH YONDER.
CRANBERRIES AND CHRISTMAS GO
TOGETHER LIKE MEN AND WOMEN.
WELL, LET'S FIRE THIS SUCKER UP
AND GET US SOME WATER GOING.
YOU WANT TO?
LET'S PUT SOME OF
THESE CRANBERRIES IN THERE.
LET'S SEE IF
I CAN CRADLE THIS PUPPY.
YOU'RE FIXING TO MAKE
A GOD-AWFUL MESS.
CRANBERRY, ORANGES,
COCONUT, SUGARS.
I DON'T SEE HOW YOU COULD HAVE
A BETTER CHRISTMAS LIQUOR.
Narrator: FOR THE PEOPLE
OF APPALACHIA,
CHRISTMAS IS A TIME
TO EMBRACE THE TRADITIONS
OF THEIR FOREFATHERS.
ALONG WITH CRAFTING
SPECIAL HOLIDAY LIQUORS,
MANY CARRY ON THE OLD DRUID
TRADITION OF BUILDING
A BONFIRE ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
WHILE A DARING FEW ENGAGE
IN THE HARROWING PRACTICE
OF ANVIL FIRING,
WHERE DYNAMITE IS USED TO LAUNCH
AN ANVIL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET
IN THE AIR TO WARD OFF
EVIL SPIRITS.
LIKE MOST AMERICANS,
APPALACHIANS ENJOY TINSEL
ON THEIR TREES.
BUT THE STORY OF THE PRACTICE'S
ORIGIN IS STRANGER
THAN MOST ARE AWARE.
IT'S BELIEVED THAT THERE
WAS ONCE A POOR FAMILY,
WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO DECORATE THEIR TREE
FOR CHRISTMAS.
WHEN THE CHILDREN WENT TO SLEEP
ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
A SPIDER COVERED
THEIR TREE IN COBWEBS.
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING,
THE COBWEBS WERE MAGICALLY
TURNED INTO SILVER
AND GOLD TINSEL.
SOME VERSIONS OF THE STORY
SAY THAT IT WAS THE LIGHT
OF THE MORNING SUN
THAT CHANGED THE COBWEBS
TO SPARKLING TINSEL,
WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE
IT WAS SANTA CLAUS
WHO MADE THE MAGIC HAPPEN.
THAT'S WHY EVEN TODAY,
SOME APPALACHIANS BELIEVE
IT'S GOOD LUCK
TO FIND A SPIDER
ON A CHRISTMAS TREE.
Digger:
WHILE THEM'S COOKING UP,
WE CAN GET US SOMETHING
TO PEEL THEM ORANGES AND...
Mark: AS A RULE, WE SIMPLY MAKE
OUR CHRISTMAS RUN OF LIQUOR
WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
BUT WORD LEAKED OUT
TO SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS
ABOUT THIS SOUPED-UP MASH
THAT DIGGER'S COME UP WITH.
AND WE HAVE A BUYER THAT'S --
THAT'S VERY INTERESTED
IN ALL OF IT.
SO DIGGER AND I'VE TALKED,
AND WE DECIDED
WE'RE GOING TO GET
$250 A GALLON.
IT IS SOMETHING SPECIAL,
SO IT'S GOING TO BRING
A PREMIUM PRICE.
WE GIVE OURSELVES
A FEW DAYS,
I'M HOPING THIS MASH
WILL BE READY TO RUN.
DON'T LET ME WIPE OUT
NO MORE POTS WITH THIS.
I PROMISE.
[ LAUGHS ]
LET'S SEE WHAT THIS'LL
DO IN THERE.
WE NEVER MADE NO LIQUOR
WITH COCONUT SUGAR,
BUT IT SMELLS GOOD.
OH, YEAH, LOOK AT IT GO.
OH, IT'S GOING AWAY
INSTANT NEARLY.
IT FLOATS, THOUGH, DON'T IT?
-YOU KNOW, IT'S ORGANIC.
WE'RE MAKING
HEALTHY LIQUOR.
FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NEVER
BEEN ANY COCONUT SUGAR IN TOWN.
I THOUGHT, WELL, WHY NOT?
IF IT'S SUGAR, IT'LL FERMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT BARREL
THERE'S COOKED UP ENOUGH.
LET'S GET THAT SUGAR DONE.
Mark: WE DON'T KNOW
IF THE SWEET CONTENT
IS LIKE CANE SUGAR,
BUT WE TRY IT.
TRIAL AND ERROR.
STEADY WE GO.
WE LET THAT RUN
FOR A WHILE.
TIME WILL TELL WHETHER
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WINNER.
OH, IT'S A RICH-LOOKING
COLOR, HUH?
YEAH, IT IS.
HOWDY, HOWDY.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Narrator: IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF NORTH CAROLINA,
BILL AND JIM TOM ARE MEETING
FOR A LITTLE
PRE-CHRISTMAS CHEER.
OH, IT AIN'T
A STRADIVARIUS.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE
MOUNTAINTOP BEAT-AROUND.
CHRISTMAS SEASON'S BACK ON US.
WE GOT THIS IDEA -- GONNA TRY
TO DO SOME CAROLING THIS YEAR.
REALLY HOPING JIM TOM
IS GOING TO BE ABLE
TO BE A PART OF IT.
[ PLAYS FIDDLE ]
UH, HE'S A MUSICIAN.
I'M A MUSICIAN.
FIGURED, COME POKE HIM
IN THE RIBS,
SEE IF WE CAN DRAG HIM ALONG.
AND THEY TORE IT UP.
I BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT
MORE TO SIP ON TOO.
NOT A WHOLE LOT,
BUT IT'LL FIX WHAT AILS YOU.
I HAD IT SITTING ON SOME
TOASTED OATS FOR A WHILE.
TELL YOU WHAT --
IF YOU GUESS IT, I'LL TELL YOU.
[ COUGHS ]
MOONSHINE!
I'LL TELL YOU, JIM TOM, MAN,
HE'S AN OLD SALT
IN THE MOONSHINING COMMUNITY.
MOONSHINE!
I DON'T GET TO
SEE HIM VERY OFTEN.
AND FOR SOMEONE MY AGE,
YOU KNOW,
TO BE ABLE TO SIT AROUND
WITH SOMEBODY LIKE JIM TOM,
LISTEN TO HIS STORIES,
JUST MAKES THE HOLIDAY SEASON
THAT MUCH BETTER FOR ME.
WHISKEY AND CHRISTMAS
GO HAND IN HAND.
SURE, HIT ME.
WELL...
WELL, TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
JIM TOM,
I REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT HE'S BEEN UP TO.
HE'S BEEN LIVING HIS LIFE,
AND I'VE BEEN LIVING MINE.
BUT I'VE BEEN, UH,
BACK BEING A CARPENTER,
MAKING LIQUOR
EVERY CHANCE I GET.
I DON'T KNOW
IF I'D EVER GIVE IT UP.
WELL, JIM TOM,
I HAD A COUPLE OF...
COUPLE THOUGHTS BOUNCING AROUND,
AND I WANT TO THROW BY YOU.
YOU KNOW STEVE BROWN,
DON'T YOU?
THAT PICKER?
YES, SIR.
WELL, HE SAID HE MIGHT DO HIM
SOME CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
IF YOU'RE FEELING UP TO IT,
AND WE'D LOVE TO RIDE
AROUND WITH US
AND GO SPREAD
SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER.
I UNDERSTAND.
SADDENS MY HEART THAT
JIM TOM'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO COME CAROLING
WITH US THIS YEAR.
JIM TOM,
THANK YOU AGAIN, SIR.
I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU
A SHOUT NEXT TIME I'M IN TOWN.
♪♪
WHAT YOU BREATHING HARD FOR?
YOU AIN'T DONE NOTHING.
YEAH, I WAS THROWING
THAT BALL TO HER YESTERDAY.
DIDN'T THROW IT
ABOUT FOUR TIMES,
SHE BROUGHT THAT BALL
BACK UP AND [PANTING]
-[ LAUGHS ]
-ACTING LIKE SHE GONNA DIE.
WE BETTER GET TO DECORATING.
YEAH, WHAT YOU WANT
TO START OFF WITH?
Narrator: IN RED RIVER PARISH,
LOUISIANA,
PATTI AND DAVID ARE GETTING
INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
Patti: WELL, IT'S GETTING
CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS,
MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR.
I LOVE TO DECORATE.
I LOVE TO PUT UP THE TREE.
THIS IS CUPCAKE'S FIRST
CHRISTMAS WITH US.
SO IT'LL BE KIND OF DIFFERENT,
'CAUSE I FEED MY DOGS
BACON STRIPS
AND I'VE GOT A PIG AS A PET.
YOU'RE SHEDDING YOUR HORN.
YOU DONE ATE IT.
I GUESS YOU'LL JUST
HAVE TO WEAR IT,
'CAUSE I AIN'T GETTING HER
ANOTHER ONE FOR HER TO DO THAT.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE
A GOOD TIME IN THIS NEW FAMILY.
[ Laughing ] SO...
AND SHELBY GETS A LITTLE
JEALOUS AT TIMES.
SHE DON'T REALLY LIKE CUPCAKE.
LOOK HERE WHAT I GOT.
PUT THEM ON THE TABLE.
WE'RE WANTING TO PUT
ON A CHRISTMAS PARTY,
HAVE OUR CLOSE FRIENDS
AND FAMILY HERE.
GOING TO DO ALL KIND OF COOKING.
MY HUSBAND DALLAS IS GOING TO BE
ROASTING LOUISIANA-STYLE PIG.
MAINLY, I'M GOING TO BE
DOING MY ETOUFFEE.
THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING
TO ENJOY THAT SPICED RUM?
OH, YEAH.
IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD.
WE REALLY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING SPECIAL,
SO WE COME UP
WITH THIS SPICED RUM.
Patti: WE'RE NOT OUT
TO MAKE MONEY WITH IT.
WE'RE JUST WANTING TO SHARE IT
WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
AND WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE THAT AS OUR --
THE CENTER DRINK OF THE --
OF THE PARTY.
OH, AREN'T YOU
JUST DECORATIVE.
[ PATTI LAUGHS ]
OOH, YEP, THERE IT GOES.
Narrator: WITH THE DECORATING
COMPLETE FOR THE PARTY,
PATTI AND DAVID
TURN THEIR ATTENTION
TO MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS --
THE SPICED RUM THEY'LL BE
TOASTING WITH THIS CHRISTMAS.
THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD
LITTLE HIT FOR THE PARTY.
I DO TOO.
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE.
WE CAN'T MAKE
A MASH WORK OUT THERE,
SO WE'RE GOING
TO RUN IT ON THE INSIDE
WHERE WE CAN KEEP IT WARM.
Patti: IN ORDER FOR US
TO MAKE THIS RUM,
THE MAIN INGREDIENT IS MOLASSES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO
HEAT UP SOME WATER,
ADD OUR SUGAR TO IT,
DISSOLVE THAT REALLY GOOD.
THEN WE'LL START
ADDING IN OUR MOLASSES.
YEAH, I CAN TELL.
I'VE DONE IT ALL SEASON.
YOU KNOW, RUM ORIGINATED OVER
IN THE CARIBBEANS, YOU KNOW.
AND THE FRENCH, THEY DID ALL
THE SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS
OVER THERE,
AND THEN THEY BROUGHT
IT TO LOUISIANA.
ABOUT DANG TIME.
YOU WANT TO START
ADDING THE MOLASSES?
Narrator: WHILE MOONSHINE
IS MADE FROM GRAINS
LIKE CORN OR BARLEY,
RUM'S BASE IS MOLASSES
AND SUGAR,
WHICH IS WHAT IMPARTS
ITS SWEET FLAVOR.
YEAH.
Narrator: MASH WON'T FERMENT
IF THE TEMPERATURE
DROPS BELOW 50 DEGREES.
SO TO REGULATE
THE TEMPERATURE,
THEY'RE USING A LAMP
AND INSULATED BLANKET
TO KEEP THE HEAT IN.
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY'S
APPROACHING REALLY FAST FOR US.
WE'VE STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK
TO DO TO GET THIS RUM RIGHT.
YEP. WE MIGHT LOSE
THIS WHOLE SITUATION
IF THE WEATHER
WASN'T GOOD FOR US.
WE GOT IT WRAPPED UP
LIKE A CHRISTMAS GIFT,
SO HOPEFULLY
IT'LL GIVE US A GOOD
PRESENT OUT OF IT.
Narrator: COMING UP...
BILL PREPARES
A CHRISTMAS CHARIOT.
Bill:
WE MIGHT'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT
OVER THE TOP ON THIS TRUCK.
WE GOT LIGHTS, BOWS, TREES.
-ALL RIGHT, FELLERS.
-HOLD ON BACK THERE NOW.
Narrator: AND MARK AND DIGGER
BREAK A CHRISTMAS TRADITION
AND GO FOR COLD-HARD CASH.
Digger: IF SOMEBODY OFFERS
AN ASTRONOMICAL FIGURE,
I'M NOT ABOVE SELLING
EVERYTHING I GOT.
LET'S SEE.
EENY, MEENY, MINY, MOE.
LET'S GO WITH
THAT ONE FIRST.
Narrator:
ONE WEEK AFTER MASHING IN,
TWO TENNESSEE SHINERS
ARE READY TO RUN
A UNIQUE BATCH
OF CHRISTMAS BRANDY.
LET ME HAVE A LITTLE
TASTE OF THAT.
YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL ON THAT.
I'LL BE WORKING BY MYSELF.
MOTHER OF PEARL.
THAT'S SOME OF THE BEST MASH
YOU EVER MADE, CUZ.
THIS OUGHT TO MAKE
SOME PREMIUM LIQUOR.
IF IT TURNS OUT
AS GOOD AS IT SMELLS,
IT AIN'T GONNA BE NOTHING
BUT OUTSTANDING.
Digger: MARK AND I HAVE
MADE IT OUR TRADITION
TO MAKE A HOLIDAY RUN OF LIQUOR.
WE USUALLY SAVE
FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
BUT MARK AND MYSELF
TALKED TO AN OLD BUDDY
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RUN,
AND HE'S WANTING IT.
IT MIGHT BE STEPPING OUT
OF OUR TRADITION TO SELL IT,
BUT IF SOMEBODY OFFERS
AN ASTRONOMICAL FIGURE,
I'M NOT ABOVE SELLING
EVERYTHING I GOT.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS NICK.
WE NICKNAMED THIS NICK
AFTER SAINT NICHOLAS
BECAUSE WE ALWAYS
RUN IT AT CHRISTMAS.
IT'S A REFLUX DEAL.
IT DOESN'T NEED A THUMP KEG.
THIS RIGHT HERE, IN ESSENCE,
IS THE THUMP KEG.
ANY OF THE MASH THAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO SLOP UP IN HERE,
IT FEEDS IT BACK
DOWN INTO THE POT.
AND THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS,
IT COMES TO A NEAR BOIL HERE.
IT GOES UP INTO
THE STEAM CHAMBER.
IT'S CONCENTRATED UP HERE
IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
THEN IT COMES DOWN INTO THIS
FIRST LITTLE HEAT EXCHANGER,
COMES INTO HERE,
AND TURNS INTO VAPOR
AND THEN INTO A JAR.
AND WE'VE GOT FINE BRANDY
AT THE END OF A RUN
AT THAT POINT.
WELL, WE'RE BOTH ON.
LET ME GO BUILD US A FIRE.
THAT OUGHT TO GET
HOT PRETTY QUICK.
SPECIAL HOLIDAY WHISKEY.
-YEAH, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
-THIS MASH RECIPE.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAKE.
CRANBERRIES ARE EXPENSIVE.
THIS COCONUT SUGAR WAS
INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, AND THIS
IS A LIMITED EDITION LIQUOR,
WHICH MAKES IT VERY PRICEY.
SO, WHAT YOU THINK OF IT?
I GOT THESE LITTLE
SCRAP COPPER PIECES.
WHAT ABOUT MAKING SOME
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS,
HANG THEM ON THE TREE
IN MEMORY
OF THE OLD MOONSHINERS
THAT'S GONE ON?
YEP, ALL OUR OLD BUDDIES
THAT GONE ON THEIR WAY.
YEAH.
WELL, YEAH,
THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
I'D RATHER DO THIS
AND HONOR
SOMEBODY THAN TAKE IT
TO THE SCRAP YARD.
THEN WE JUST
HANG THEM ON THERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT
FOR POPCORN?
OH, YEAH.
Digger: MARK AND MYSELF
HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE
TO GROW UP WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
LIKE POPCORN AND J.B.
AND REAP THE BENEFITS
OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
Mark:
IT'S ABOUT THE HERITAGE
AND THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
OF MOONSHINERS
THAT HAVE GONE ON BEFORE US.
IN MEMORY OF ALL OF
OUR MOONSHINE FOREFATHERS.
YEAH.
HEY, DIGGER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
LIQUOR OUT OF THAT THING.
WE'RE CLIMBING FAST.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GET LIQUOR.
PUT THAT IN THERE,
'CAUSE IT'S AT 190.
IT'LL TAKE OFF LIKE
A ROCKET HERE IN A MINUTE.
RIGHT THERE'S LIQUOR,
BABY MAN.
OH, THAT'S A PERFECT
LITTLE STREAM, CUZ.
UH-HUH.
THAT'S GOING TO FILL UP
THE JAR QUICK.
WE GOT A LITTLE
OF THE HEADS OFF HERE.
GET RID OF THAT, DIGGER.
OH, YOU FOUND YOU
A HILLBILLY SHOT GLASS.
-WOW.
-I BET THAT'S HIGH OCTANE, HUH?
IT'S HIGH OCTANE, BOY,
IT'S GOT A FINE TASTE TO IT.
SON OF A GUN.
THAT ORANGE CARRIES
THROUGH GOOD, DON'T IT?
IT'S DELICIOUS, DIGGER.
YOU'VE OUTDONE YOURSELF AGAIN.
SURE IS TASTY.
YES.
Digger: THIS RUN OF LIQUOR
IS OFF THE CHARTS.
I MEAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST,
YOU GET THE ORANGE,
AND THEN YOU GET
THE CRANBERRIES.
LOOK AT THAT,
HOW PRETTY AND CLEAR.
CHRISTMAS LIQUOR, BROTHER.
BLAM, RIGHT?
OH, I FORGET
THAT PART EVERY TIME.
USUALLY I'M PREMATURE
AND DO THAT.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
[ HORN HONKS ]
[ LAUGHS ]
HOW 'BOUT IT?
HOW 'BOUT IT?
Narrator: IN NORTH CAROLINA,
BILL IS ASSEMBLING
HIS MERRY BAND OF CAROLERS.
-GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
-YOU DOING ALL RIGHT?
-REALLY GOOD, MAN.
-HOW YOU BEEN?
CALL MY FRIEND STEVE UP.
HE'S A FELLOW MUSICIAN.
AND PICK A COUPLE TUNES.
ALL RIGHT.
STEVE MIGHT'VE GONE A LITTLE
OVER THE TOP ON THIS TRUCK.
WE GOT LIGHTS, BOWS, TREES.
BUT, UH, WE GONNA PILE
IN THE BACK
AND RIDE AROUND,
SING SOME CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
Steve:
PEOPLE CALL ME UNCLE STEVE.
I GOT US
SOMETHING ELSE, MAN.
-ALL RIGHT.
-IT'S NOT JUST THE HOLIDAYS
THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER,
IT'S THE MUSIC AS WELL.
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH.
THAT'S WHY CAROLING HOLDS
A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.
-ALL RIGHT.
-I GOT MY FIDDLE.
'TIS THE SEASON.
Bill: ALL RIGHT.
♪♪
DO YOU KNOW WHERE
WE'RE GOING UP HERE?
YEAH, I THINK SO.
SELLING THIS BOY ALL
THIS CHRISTMAS LIQUOR WE MADE.
WE'RE GETTING GOOD
MONEY FOR IT.
250 BUCKS A GALLON.
'COURSE, IT AIN'T
MY 10 GALLONS OF IT,
BUT IT'S A LOT
WHEN IT'S THAT EXPENSIVE.
WHEN IT'S THAT EXPENSIVE.
AND IT'S WORTH IT.
Narrator: DOWN IN TENNESSEE,
TWO SEASONED SHINERS
ARE ABOUT TO MAKE SOME
EXTRA CASH FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
WELL, I LIKE THE LOOKS
OF THIS PLACE.
ALWAYS BEEN A TON OF LIQUOR
MADE UP IN HERE.
THERE HE SITS.
-GLAD TO SEE YOU BOYS.
-WAITING LONG?
UH, JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
I KNOW HOW YINZ ARE.
-HOW ARE YOU, BUDDY?
DOING GOOD, DOING GOOD.
YOU'VE GOT 10 GALLONS OF IT.
I WANT TO TASTE SOME OF IT
IF IT'S WORTH $2,500.
THAT'S AS GOOD AS IT
GETS RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S BREAKFAST DRINK
RIGHT THERE.
YEAH, BOY, THAT'S
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.
DOES THAT SUIT YOU?
-THAT SUITS ME.
-WE GOT 10 GALLONS OF IT.
WELL, I'LL TAKE
ALL WE CAN GET.
AND I GUARANTEE YOU
I CAN MOVE THIS.
LET'S GET HIM
HIS LIQUOR, DIGGER.
LET ME HAVE THAT
AND I'LL GET STARTED HERE.
YOU DON'T GO OUT
OF HERE LANDBLASTED
AND BUST THEM DAMN JARS.
[ LAUGHS ] I WON'T.
YOU WANT TO COUNT IT,
OR YOU WANT
TO JUST TRUST ME?
-I TRUST YOU.
-YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME,
DON'T YOU?
-YOU AIN'T HARD TO FIND.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
YOU KNOW, $250 A GALLON'S
EXCEPTIONAL, AIN'T IT?
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE
SELLING LIQUOR THAT HIGH,
BUT I GUESS WE ARE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO DO WITH YOUR PART?
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN,
THIS IS KIND OF A BONUS
FOR US, YOU KNOW?
THING IS, THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE
I SEE THAT I FEEL SORRY FOR,
'CAUSE THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE
TO STRETCH THEIR MONEY
AS FAR AS THEY NEED TO.
-RIGHT.
-THEM LITTLE YOUNG'UNS,
YOU KNOW,
LOOKING AT THEM BICYCLES
AND LOOKING AT THEM TOYS
AND SUCH AND WANTING SOMETHING,
CAN'T HAVE IT.
YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE THIS MONEY
AND SPEND IT ON GIFTS?
I MEAN, $2,500
IS A LOT OF MONEY.
THAT'D GO A LONG WAY FOR MAKING
THOSE YOUNG'UNS SMILE.
I'M ALL ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WE'D BE
THE REAL SANTY CLAUS.
'CEPT AIN'T NEITHER ONE OF US
GONNA FIT UP NO CHIMNEY.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: COMING UP,
PATTI AND DAVID SPICE THINGS UP.
YOU KNOW, YOU SMELL
THAT A LOT
IN PEOPLE'S HOMES
AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
AND MARK AND DIGGER
GO ON A HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREE.
-I FOUND YOUR COUSIN.
-LOOKS MORE LIKE YOU.
I HOPE IT'S READY TO RUN.
YEAH, BUDDY.
Narrator: IN LOUISIANA,
PATTI AND DAVID
ARE READY TO RUN A BATCH
OF THEIR CHRISTMAS SPICED RUM.
Patti: YOU KNOW,
RUNNING IN A BARN,
YOU'RE IN CLOSE,
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN,
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE
WHAT'S COMING TO YOU
AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE
LIKE YOU CAN IN THE WOODS.
SO I'M HOPING WE'RE NOT
GOING TO FACE THAT TODAY.
THAT'S GOOD.
-YEAH, BUDDY, IT'S GOOD.
YOU TASTE THAT ALCOHOL.
JUST IN TIME
FOR CHRISTMAS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT
OF SMALL BATCHES THIS SEASON.
BUT THIS ONE HERE
IS A SPICED RUM.
WE'RE ONLY DOING THIS
FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
BRING US A BUCKET.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING
BUT A GALLON AND A HALF.
AND I'M EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO SERVE IT TO THEM.
THAT'S SOME
GOOD-SMELLING STUFF.
NEED SOME PANCAKES
OR BISCUITS OR SOMETHING.
VOILà.
CAP PUT ON IT.
NEVER MIND.
THIS CHRISTMAS PARTY'S
CATCHING UP WITH US QUICK.
YEP.
WE STILL GOT
A LOT OF STUFF TO DO.
WHAT YOU GET ME FOR CHRISTMAS?
MAYBE YOUR LABOR.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THE LOVE PART.
[ LAUGHS ]
SHOULD BE COMING OUT.
SURE IS.
IT'S RUNNING.
YEP.
WE'LL DUMP THAT HEAD
RIGHT OVER THE BOARD
THERE, DADDY.
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S MOMENT OF TRUTH.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW, THAT'S GOOD.
THAT MOLASSES, IT TASTES --
GOT A CARAMELIZED
TASTE TO IT.
WE HIT THAT RIGHT
ON THE HEAD, DIDN'T WE?
MM-HMM.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE
ANY OF THIS LEFT OVER
TO KEEP FOR OURSELVES
AFTER THIS PARTY.
NOW WE'VE GOT
TO ADD SPICES TO IT.
WE GOT OUR CINNAMON.
PUT ONE STICK IN EACH JAR.
THIS IS THE ALLSPICE.
YOU KNOW,
YOU SMELL THAT A LOT
IN PEOPLE'S HOMES
AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME.
WE GOT THIS VANILLA BEAN.
BUT THAT CARAMELIZED FLAVOR
WITH THE VANILLA BEAN,
YOU AIN'T GONNA BE
ABLE TO BEAT THAT.
NOW WE GOT THE ORANGE.
WE'LL HAVE TO COME
BACK AND STRAIN
THAT AFTER THAT SETS
FOR A WHILE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
$2,500.
FOR 10 GALLONS OF LIQUOR.
10 GALLONS OF LIQUOR.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE,
MARK AND DIGGER
HAVE DECIDED TO PAY IT FORWARD
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
LET'S GO IN HERE
AND BUY SOME TOYS.
Digger: OOH, YEAH, WE NEED
ABOUT FIVE OR SIX OF THEM.
WELL, THIS IS
A SEE AND SPELL.
OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T
HAVE THAT, DID YOU?
[ LAUGHS ] NO.
WE WEREN'T FORTUNATE ENOUGH
WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP
FOR SOMEBODY TO DO
THE SAME THING FOR US.
BUT YOU KNOW, MARK AND MYSELF,
WE'VE HAD A REALLY
GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR.
WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED
TO REALLY GIVE BACK.
THEY ALSO NEED
TO HAVE WHISTLES.
NOW, WE DON'T THEM
TO TORMENT MOM
AND DADDY ALL THE TIME.
THEY NEED TO PLAY
AND LEARN SOMETHING, TOO.
THEY NEED TO LEARN
HOW TO PLAY THE HARMONICA.
[ SIGHS ]
I WANT THAT BEAR.
GET IT FOR ME.
DIGGER,
I FOUND YOUR COUSIN.
IT LOOKS MORE LIKE YOU.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO JUST
TAKE HIM HOME WITH US.
-MARK, WAIT.
-WHAT?
-TRACTORS.
-UH-OH.
YOU PASSED UP MICROSCOPES.
HOW'S A KID GOING
TO LEARN WHAT YEAST IS
IF HE DOESN'T GET
A MICROSCOPE?
I'M GOING TO BUY YOU
ONE OF THESE.
YOU'LL LEARN TO IDENTIFY
DIFFERENT YEAST STRAINS
IF I GET THAT FOR YOU.
I DON'T NEED TO KNOW THAT, AS
LONG AS I'VE GOT YOU TO DO IT.
YEAH, I KNOW.
Mark: I SAY WE PAY
FOR WHAT WE GOT.
WE'VE GOT A HEAPING PILE
OF STUFF OVER THERE.
HERE'S YOUR TWIN BROTHER.
[ CHUCKLES ]
WELL, RIGHT THERE'S
THE END OF IT.
YOU RECKON ANYBODY'S
EVER TURNED MOONSHINE
INTO TOYS BEFORE?
-THEY HAVE NOW.
-THEY HAVE NOW.
♪ DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW
IN A ONE-HORSE OPEN SLEIGH. ♪
Narrator: AS NIGHT FALLS
IN ROBBINSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,
A MERRY BAND OF CAROLERS
IS ROLLING THROUGH TOWN.
WE GOT A COUPLE IDEAS
WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO.
WE'RE GOING TO START
AT A COUPLE FRIENDS' HOUSE,
WORK OUR WAY FROM ONE
END OF THE TOWN,
JUST KIND OF SEE
WHERE THE NIGHT LEADS US.
WE BROUGHT A LITTLE HOLIDAY
SPIRIT FOR Y'ALL TOO.
Man: OH HO HO HO.
IT'LL PUT HAIR
ON YOUR CHEST.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪ DECK THE HALLS
WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY. ♪
I'D LOVE TO.
YEAH.
Bill:
THE FARTHER WE GOT INTO TOWN,
THE MORE MUSICIANS
WE STARTED PICKING UP.
OH, YEAH, MAN.
I GOT A BASS INSIDE, ACTUALLY.
LET'S DO IT.
YOU CAN'T SWING A DEAD
CAT ABOVE YOUR HEAD
WITHOUT HITTING A MUSICIAN
IN THIS TOWN.
Narrator:
CHRISTMAS IN APPALACHIA
IS CELEBRATED IN A VARIETY
OF WAYS,
BUT SERENADING THE NEIGHBORS
OR GOING CHRISTMAS CAROLING
IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
RITUALS OF THE REGION.
CAROLING IN THE OLD DAYS
WAS NOT THE GENTLE SINGING
PRACTICE IT IS TODAY.
IN THE OLD MOUNTAIN
TRADITIONS,
LOUD NOISES
DROVE OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
SO LARGE GROUPS OF UNRULY PEOPLE
WOULD APPEAR AT DOORSTEPS
RINGING COW BELLS,
BANGING ON BUCKETS,
AND SHOOTING OFF GUNS.
THESE GROUPS WERE
SUPPOSED TO SNEAK UP
ON A HOUSE AND SURPRISE IT.
BUT IF RESIDENTS
OF THE HOUSE HEARD THEM
BEFORE THEY SUCCEEDED,
THEY WOULD FIRE OFF
THE FIRST SHOT INSTEAD.
AND SOME APPALACHIANS TODAY
ARE STILL KNOWN
FOR SHOOTING OFF THEIR GUNS
TO MARK THE OCCASION.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, GUYS.
♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪
♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪
Bill: SO FAR, WE'VE HAD
A PRETTY GOOD NIGHT CAROLING.
BUT IF JIM TOM
WAS OUT HERE WITH US,
I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE
WE'D BE HAVING A LOT MORE FUN.
♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY... ♪
AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER,
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, IT'S MEANT
A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS
FOR ME THAN IT DID GROWING UP.
BROUGHT ABOUT
A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE
TOWARDS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
AND IT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT JUST
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
♪ ...HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS!
AND IT'S GETTING PRETTY LATE.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING
ALL OVER TOWN.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE
ONE MORE STOP.
COME ON, FELLERS,
SEE IF THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S IN.
OH!
Narrator: COMING UP...
BILL AND JIM TOM SING
THEIR HEARTS OUT.
♪ HE'S A RED-HOT LOVER,
DON'T PLAY NO GAMES ♪
[ LAUGHS ]
AND MARK AND DIGGER
PLAY SECRET SANTA.
A LITTLE BOY LIVES HERE,
DIGGER.
-I'LL GET IT IN GEAR.
-ON THE FLY.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET ME
A FASTER ACCOMPLICE.
SEE IF THE OLD
GENTLEMAN'S IN.
Narrator:
AS THE NIGHT WINDS DOWN,
THE BAND OF CAROLINA CAROLERS
HAS ONE MORE SONG TO SING.
Together:
MERRY CHRISTMAS, JIM TOM!
HOW YOU DOING, OLD BUDDY?
WE GOT YOU
A TENNESSEE LEI HERE.
-[ LAUGHS ]
-IF YOU WOULD...
I AIN'T GOING
TO KISS YOU,
BUT I'M GOING TO PUT IT
AROUND YOUR NECK, OLD BUDDY.
YEAH.
Bill: HE WAS BEAMING.
I DON'T THINK HE WAS
EXPECTING US AT ALL,
AND ESPECIALLY A PORCH
FULL OF THEM
BLUEGRASS MUSICIANS.
AND A ONE, AND A TWO,
AND A AND SKINNY BOPE 'N DO.
♪ WELL, JIM TOM HEDRICK
IS HIS NAME ♪
♪ HE'S A RED-HOT LOVER,
DON'T PLAY NO GAMES ♪
♪ KNOW FAR AND WIDE AS ROMEO ♪
♪ YOU GOT MOONSHINE
UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪
Bill:
JIM TOM'S BEEN FEELING DOWN
'CAUSE HIS HEALTH
HASN'T BEEN IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUT, UH, FOR ME
AND STEVE AND THE GUYS
TO COME UP HERE AND SING HIM
A COUPLE TUNES,
JUST BRING SOME JOY TO HIS LIFE.
IF THAT AIN'T THE HOLIDAY
SPIRIT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.
♪ YOU GOT MOONSHINE
UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪
WELL, JIM TOM, WE HOPE
YOU'RE FEELING BETTER, BROTHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN
PRAYING FOR YOU.
BILL'S BROUGHT YOU
A LITTLE BIT.
Bill: IT'S SOME OF THE STUFF
I MADE.
IT'LL PUT HAIR ON YOUR CHEST.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I BEEN WORKING ON IT.
ME TOO.
TELL YOU WHAT, WE SPREAD
A LOT OF HOLIDAY CHEER TODAY.
BEING ABLE TO STOP
BY JIM TOM'S HOUSE
AND SEE HIM,
PUT A SMILE ON HIS FACE,
THAT JUST KIND OF PUT A CAP
ON THE WHOLE EVENING.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR,
AND GOD BLESS YOU, SON.
♪♪
-LET'S GET THIS PIG READY.
-YEAH.
Narrator: DOWN IN RED RIVER
PARISH, LOUISIANA...
-YUM YUM.
-...DAVID, PATTI,
AND HER HUSBAND DALLAS ARE
PREPPING THE CENTERPIECE
OF THEIR CAJUN CHRISTMAS DINNER.
THINK WE OUGHT TO CUT THEM
FEET OFF, HUH?
THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T
NEED IS A PIG'S FOOT.
MY HUSBAND DALLAS,
REALLY I'M PUTTING HIM
ON THIS PIG THE MOST.
SO HE'S GOING
TO HELP US DO THIS.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING
HE'S DONE ALL HIS LIFE,
IS ROASTING HOGS.
-OH, I'LL TAKE THE PRESSURE.
-ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GOT AN INJECTOR.
IT'S LIKE A SYRINGE.
YOU JUST WANT TO INJECT THIS
MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT SPICES --
SALT, PEPPER, CAYENNE.
GET IT IN HIS
HIND QUARTER HERE.
CHRISTMAS TIME BEING THE TIME
IT IS AROUND HERE,
EVERYBODY LOVES
TO GET TOGETHER.
LOUISIANA CUISINE,
IT JUST BRINGS CHEER.
AND THAT'S JUST HOW WE DO.
WE LOVE TO COOK AND LOVE TO EAT.
THEN WE GOT A SPECIAL
LITTLE BLEND OF SEASONING.
AND THIS THE LOUISIANA KICK
WE'RE GIVING TO THIS HOG.
IT'S GOT THE CAYENNE,
BLACK PEPPER, AND SALT.
AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE
BROWN SUGAR IN IT.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING
TO MAKE IT TASTE GOOD.
READY TO ROAST.
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
David: YOU KNOW, YOU WAIT
ALL SEASON LONG
FOR THIS ONE SPECIAL OCCASION.
-WHOO!
-ONE PIG TO THE FIRE.
AND YOU WANT EVERYTHING
TO BE PERFECT FOR YOUR FRIENDS.
HIDE THE PIG.
Patti: LET THAT KIND OF DIE
DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THEN WE'LL JUST START
STOKING IT UP WITH HICKORY.
SO REALLY, WE'VE GOT US AN OVEN
COOKING OUR PIG OUTSIDE.
THIS PIG'S GOING
TO BE A MAIN DISH,
BUT WE'RE ALSO MAKING
OTHER MAIN DISHES.
I'M GOING TO MAKE
THE TRADITIONAL LOUISIANA
CRAWFISH ETOUFFEE.
WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING
AS TRADITIONAL AS WE CAN.
GREEN ONIONS.
BUTTER.
A LITTLE BIT OF GARLIC.
I DON'T USE A LOT OF MEASURING
SPOONS IN MY KITCHEN.
I JUST DO IT.
ADD A LITTLE OF THESE SPICES
THAT I MIXED TOGETHER.
SALT AND PEPPER AND CAYENNE.
LET'S ADD SOME CRAWFISH.
'CAUSE THIS IS
WHAT MAKES THE DISH.
David:
NOW IT'S COOKING.
NOW SAUTE THEM UP
WITH THESE ONIONS AND GARLIC.
GONNA PUT SOME
CREAM OF MUSHROOM.
STIR THAT UP.
MAKE YOUR SALIVA GLANDS
START SLOBBERING, DON'T IT?
PUT THE LID ON IT
AND LET IT COOK.
THAT'S MY PERSONALIZED ETOUFFEE.
YEAH.
THAT'S A BULLFROG.
FIXING TO START
OUR FROGMORE STEW.
IT'S A LOUISIANA TRADITIONAL
THING FOR CHRISTMAS.
ALL RIGHT,
LET'S PUT THE CORN IN.
IT'S GOT SHRIMP,
POTATO, CORN, SAUSAGE.
ADD THE SHRIMP.
THE SHRIMP IS THE LAST
INGREDIENT IN OUR BOWL,
AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE
WITH THIS BOWL.
Dallas: HEY,
WE'RE ON CRUNCH TIME.
EVERYONE'S GOING TO START
SHOWING UP HERE SHORTLY.
Patti: WE'VE GOT THE HOG.
WE'VE GOT ETOUFFEE.
WE GOT FRIED FISH,
FROGMORE STEW.
AIN'T NOBODY GOING
TO LEAVE HERE HUNGRY.
-MMM-MM.
-LOOK AT THERE.
-OH, MAN.
THAT BABY LOOKS SWEET,
DON'T SHE?
Patti: THIS IS TERRIBLE.
POOR CUPCAKE.
RIGHT THERE IN HER PEN,
AND Y'ALL GOT THIS PIG.
SHE'S GOING TO BE...
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
[ WHINES ]
Woman: SALLY, WILL YOU
GET THE BRISKET?
HERE'S THE SWEET-POTATO
CASSEROLE.
Narrator: IN TENNESSEE,
PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY
FOR MARK AND DIGGER'S
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY.
THIS IS THE BIG DEAL HERE.
BUT MARK AND DIGGER
ARE CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT.
-HERE I COME.
-DIGGER'S COMING.
-HELL NO.
-THEY'RE ON A COVERT MISSION
TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS
TO SOME LESS-FORTUNATE
CHILDREN IN THE AREA.
Mark:
WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH HIM.
HE'LL GO FOR A FLIGHT
IF WE AIN'T CAREFUL.
ME AND DIGGER WERE
DELIVERING THESE TOYS
AND TRYING TO GET THEM
DROPPED OFF AT PLACES
THAT WE FEEL LIKE THE CHILDREN
COULD USE THEM.
OPERATION
MOONSHINE CHRISTMAS.
MOONSHINE CHRISTMAS.
THERE YOU GO.
NOW, WE GOT TO DO THIS
ON ONE CONDITION.
-WHAT'S THAT?
-IT'S GOT TO BE ANONYMOUS.
WE'LL DO THAT ON THE SLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE DARK AGAIN,
WE WRAP THIS UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
OUR ASSES IN A SLING
IF WE'RE LATE
FOR THAT DINNER.
OH, YEAH.
WE JUST GOT TO TRY
AND NOT TO BE LATE.
OR AT LEAST
NOT HORRIBLY LATE.
WHERE DO YOU WANT
TO TAKE THIS FIRST?
I BELIEVE UP HERE
TO OLD BUBBA'S.
Mark: THIS SEASON,
WE'VE MADE MORE MONEY
THAN WE EVER MADE IN ANY SEASON
IN OUR ENTIRE LIFE.
IT'S OVER AND ABOVE WHAT
WE REALLY NEEDED THIS YEAR,
AND WHY NOT PASS IT ON?
YOU GRAB THE STUFF
AND I'LL PICK ON THE DOOR.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET ME
A FASTER ACCOMPLICE.
Woman: THANK YOU!
FEELS KIND OF STRANGE
TO BE RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD
WITH NOT HAVING LIQUOR,
DON'T IT?
YEAH, IT DO.
BEEN ON A MOONSHINE RUN,
SO TO SPEAK.
-WE'LL SNACK ON THESE FOR NOW.
-YEAH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING.
WHERE IN THE WORLD
ARE MARK AND DIGGER?
A LITTLE BOY LIVES HERE,
DIGGER, SO...
YEAH, HE NEEDS
A LITTLE BOY BIKE.
Digger: THE BIG THING IN MINE
AND MARK'S WORLD
RIGHT NOW IS THE FACT
WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF JOY
BY MAKING SOMEBODY'S CHRISTMAS
A LITTLE MORE
BRIGHTER THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOCK.
I'LL GET IT IN GEAR.
[ KNOCKS ON DOOR ]
Woman:
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
LATE FOR A MEAL
IS NOT NORMAL.
NO, IT'S NOT NORMAL AT ALL.
AND IT'S CHRISTMAS MEAL.
Man: JUST GO AHEAD
AND EAT WITHOUT THEM.
WELL, WE MIGHT HAVE TO.
POOR PEOPLE NEED SOME HELP BAD.
Man #2:
THEY'RE GROWN MEN.
THEY'LL FIND THEIR WAY
HERE SOME TIME OR OTHER.
I SAY WE'VE HAD ENOUGH CHEESE.
LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GET THE FOOD OUT.
THEY MIGHT THINK
WE'RE OUT DRUNK OR SOMETHING.
EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING
TO BE THERE
IS PERFECTLY CAPABLE
OF WORKING THEIR KNIFE
AND FORK
WITHOUT OUR PRESENCE.
-OH, YEAH.
-COMING UP...
MARK AND DIGGER SPEED HOME
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER.
-IT IS TIME TO EAT.
-EXCUSE ME.
-MAN, THEY'RE GONNA KILL US.
-WE'RE LATE. WE'RE SCREWED.
Narrator: AND PATTI AND DAVID
ARE HIGH ON THE HOG.
LET'S GET LIT!
[ LAUGHTER ]
Patti: YOU KNOW,
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME,
SO EVERYBODY'S GETTING
IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
SHELBY, YOU WANT
YOUR REINDEER ON?
SIT DOWN.
SIT.
BE STILL.
THE JOB IS, IS GETTING
IT PUT ON CUPCAKE.
COME HERE, CUPCAKE.
HERE.
THIS IS CUPCAKE'S
FIRST CHRISTMAS WITH US.
CUPCAKE, COME HERE.
LOOK, SHELBY DID GOOD
WITH HER HORNS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SHE LOOKS CRAZY!
YEAH, LET HER COME
AROUND HERE, I'LL FIX HER.
OH, LITTLE CRAP
GOT AWAY FROM ME.
DADDY, YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO GRAB HER.
COME HERE.
[ PIG SQUEALS ]
WE GOT IT ON HER.
DO WHAT YOU CAN.
BOY, WE GOT TO GET
OUR ASSES IN GEAR.
IF WE'RE 15 MINUTES LATE,
WE'RE SCREWED.
Narrator: BACK IN TENNESSEE,
THERE'S NOT A MOMENT TO SPARE.
MARK AND DIGGER
HAVE JUST WRAPPED UP
THE LAST OF THEIR TOY DELIVERIES
AND ARE RUSHING TO GET HOME
TO WAITING FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
Digger: MAN,
THEY'RE GONNA KILL US.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IS LIKE THE OLD DAYS.
YOU THROW YOUR HAT IN.
IF THEY DON'T SHOOT AT IT,
THEN WE KNOW WE'RE GOING IN.
IT IS TIME TO EAT.
-EXCUSE ME.
-OH, YES.
FORGOT ABOUT THE BRISKET.
NO GUN FIRE.
-HEY!
-HEY, GUYS!
GLAD YOU SHOWED UP
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER.
WELL, IT'S ABOUT DAGGONE
TIME YOU GOT HERE.
-J.B.
-ABOUT DAMN TIME.
YOU'D BE TICKLED TO DEATH
AT WHAT WE WAS DOING.
Mark: BEING LATE, YOU KNOW,
IS NEVER GOOD,
ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU HAVE OUR WIVES.
Together: AMEN.
WE MADE IT JUST
IN THE NICK OF TIME
TO KEEP FROM GETTING BAWLED OUT
TOO BAD BY THE WOMEN FOLK.
Digger: WHO'S NEXT IN LINE
FOR SOME BRISKET?
J.B.'s TURN.
-WHAT ABOUT ANY OF THAT?
-WE DON'T EAT CORN,
WE MAKE LIQUOR OUT OF IT.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S GOOD.
Mark: WE TRY TO HAVE
FAMILY DINNERS WEEKLY.
ESPECIALLY
DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
Woman: ARE YOU EVER GONNA TELL
US WHAT Y'ALL BEEN DOING?
YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW,
WE AIN'T ALL ABOUT OURSELVES.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS
SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THERE
THAT MIGHT NEED
SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE.
Mark: DIGGER, I GUESS
IT'S ONLY FAIR.
SINCE WE WAS THE LAST ONES
TO SHOW UP, WE EAT LAST, HUH?
I'LL JUST STAND RIGHT HERE
WITH A SPOON AND A KNIFE
AND I'LL EAT RIGHT HERE.
-CHEERS!
-CHEERS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
EVERYBODY.
-CHEERS TO YOU, BABY MAN.
-ALL RIGHT, DIGGER.
Digger: IF ANYBODY'S WANTING ME
TO EAT ANYTHING ELSE,
WHY DON'T YOU SHOVE
IT UP MY HIND END?
[ LAUGHTER ]
HOW ABOUT INSTEAD
OF DESSERT RIGHT NOW,
LET'S LET THIS SUPPER SETTLE.
ME AND DIGGER'S MADE
SOME ORNAMENTS OUT
OF SOME COPPER STEEL PIECES
IN MEMORY OF OLD MOONSHINERS
THAT'S GONE ON BEFORE US.
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF POPCORN SUTTON.
R.I.P.
OLD MOONSHINER.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
MOVE UP TO THIS HEART.
-THERE YOU GO.
I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE
THE OLD MAN PROUD.
YEAH.
I BELIEVE IT WOULD.
YOU MAKE US
PRETTY PROUD TOO.
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
EVERYBODY.
Woman: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
LET'S HAVE DESSERT!
♪♪
WE TURN HIM AROUND.
OPEN UP, GEORGE.
LET'S PUT THE FROG LEGS
IN THIS LITTLE BITTY THING.
Narrator: DOWN IN LOUISIANA,
PATTI AND DAVID ARE PUTTING
THE FINISHING TOUCHES
ON THEIR SOUTHERN-STYLE
CHRISTMAS FEAST.
Patti: WE GOT SO MUCH FOOD
WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP UP WITH IT.
YOU HEAR ME?
-CHRISTMAS TIME.
READY TO EAT.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
-MERRY CHRISTMAS.
CHASE, WHAT YOU DOING, BOY?
YOU KNOW, I'VE INVITED
ABOUT 15 OR 20 PEOPLE,
BUT WHEN PEOPLE START
SMELLING THAT FOOD,
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT FRIENDS,
THEY LIABLE TO SHOW UP.
EVERYBODY,
THIS IS NOT CUPCAKE.
SO DON'T THINK
I'VE ROASTED MY PIG.
Dallas:
JUST PEEL THAT HIDE BACK.
GOT SOME GOOD,
JUICY MEAT INSIDE THERE.
Patti:
OOH, LORDY, LOOK AT THAT.
JUST PULLING OFF THE BONE.
IT IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
Patti:
WE GOT ONE MORE PRESENT.
WE MADE SOME SPICED RUM
FOR THE SPECIAL OCCASION.
I THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO LIKE IT.
CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW,
IS A SPECIAL SEASON FOR ME.
I MEAN, I LOVE TO GIVE.
ERICA, YOU NEED ONE?
YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE KIDS,
WE'VE GOT LITTLE GIFTS FOR THEM,
BUT FOR THE ADULTS,
WE GOT THE SPICED RUM.
-THANK YOU.
-WELL, THERE YOU GO.
IF YOU LIKE IT,
I'LL GIVE YOU MORE.
David: ALL RIGHTY.
WE'RE GONNA TOAST
TO A GOOD YEAR, GOOD FRIENDS,
AND GOOD LOVE.
AND WE LOVE Y'ALL,
AND THANK Y'ALL
FOR COMING
TO OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY.
CHEERS!
-CHEERS!
LET US KNOW WHAT
YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
-WHOO!
-THAT'S GOOD.
-SMOOTH.
-THAT'S GOOD.
COOKING ALL THIS FOOD TODAY
AND HAVING FRIENDS
OVER IS FUN TO US.
LET'S GET LIT!
Santa Claus:
HO HO HO HO!
Patti: LOOK THERE!
I'VE DONE A SANTA CLAUS SUIT
THIS YEAR.
I GOT SOMETHING FOR Y'ALL.
LET'S GO SIT BY
THE TREE OVER HERE.
I'M GONNA GET TO SEE THE SMILES
ON THE LITTLE KIDS' FACES,
YOU KNOW.
IT'S ABOUT THE KIDS
THIS TIME OF YEAR, TOO.
Patti: THE MOONSHINE SEASON'S
OVER WITH, YOU KNOW,
BUT I SIT BACK AND I THINK
ABOUT WHAT ALL WE'VE DONE.
I MEAN, WE HAD A GOOD YEAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD
TO GIVE THANKS FOR EVERYTHING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST A JOYFUL TIME.
-[ GROANS ]
-YOU NEED HELP, SANTA?
Man: OH!
SANTA CLAUS BEEN
DRINKING TOO MUCH!
[ LAUGHTER ]
GET OUT OF THAT
MOONSHINE, BOY!
WHOO! SANTA CLAUS,
GET OUT THAT MOONSHINE.
I'M GLAD Y'ALL CAN'T SEE
MY RED FACE RIGHT NOW.