The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 2, Episode 3 - Christmas - full transcript
Kevin and Wayne try to convince Jack to buy a color television for Christmas. Meanwhile Kevin tries to find the perfect present for Winnie after she unexpectedly gives him a present.
-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪
♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL IS CALM ♪
- THAT CHRISTMAS OF 1968,
MY BROTHER, WAYNE, AND I
FELL IN LOVE...
- ♪ ALL IS BRIGHT ♪
- WITH COLOR TV.
-♪ 'ROUND YON VIRGIN ♪
- IT WAS MORE THAN LOVE. IT WAS LUST.
- ♪ MOTHER AND CHILD ♪
-WE WERE WITNESSING
A MODERN MIRACLE,
AND WE WORSHIPPED IT
LIKE ABORIGINES...
- ♪ HOLY INFANT ♪
- FROM THE
BLACK-AND-WHITE STONE AGE.
- ♪ SO TENDER AND MILD ♪
- IT WAS THE FIRST THING
WE'D EVER AGREED ON.
- COOL.
- BOSS.
- ♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
- EVEN MOM AND KAREN
TENDED TO MIST UP
IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL
THAT ALMOST-LIVING COLOR.
- HELLO. CAN I HELP YOU?
- OH.
- ♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
- YEAH, LOAD A DOZEN
OF THESE BABIES INTO THE CAR.
AND MAKE IT SNAPPY.
-WELL...
-UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS
ONE VERY SMALL, VERY MINOR HITCH.
-YOU'D REALLY HAVE
TO TALK TO MY HUSBAND.
-YOU GOT TO BE JOKING.
8 BUCKS FOR A CRUMMY,
LITTLE STICK LIKE THIS?
-A BUCK A FOOT.
-THAT'S HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
-NOT THAT MY FATHER WAS SCROOGE.
IT'S JUST THAT, EVERY
YEAR AROUND THIS TIME,
HE'D... HE'D GO INTO
KIND OF A... SLUMP.
-NEXT YEAR, WE'RE
GONNA SKIP THE DAMN TREE.
-IT WAS A BAD TIME
TO BE HITTING HIM UP
FOR A MAJOR APPLIANCE.
STILL, IN AN EMERGENCY,
THERE WERE WAYS TO
THE BIG GUY'S HEART.
-HERE, LET ME HELP
YOU WITH THAT, DAD.
-YOU HAD TO KILL
HIM WITH KINDNESS,
DROWN HIM IN GOODWILL...
-HEY, I GOT IT!
- ALL THE WHILE, SENDING HIM
VERY SPECIFIC PSYCHIC MESSAGES.
-TV, TV, TV, TV, TV, TV.
-YOU OKAY?
- SURE. WHY?
- LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A HEADACHE.
-OF COURSE, YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO TIP YOUR HAND.
THIS WAS A DELICATE PROCEDURE
THAT REQUIRED THE TOUCH...
-SO, DAD, YOU GONNA BUY
US THAT COLOR TV OR NOT?
- OF A SLEDGEHAMMER.
-WHAT TV?
-HE DIDN'T TELL YOU?
-UH...
-WHAT DO WE NEED A COLOR TV FOR?
-SO YOU CAN WATCH THINGS.
IN COLOR!
-WATCH WHAT?
- "BONANZA."
-BASEBALL...
FOOTBALL...
UH...
BASEBALL.
-TVs COST MONEY, KIDS.
-UH-OH.
-AND MONEY DOESN'T GROW
ON TREES. YOU KNOW THAT.
-YEAH, WE DID KNOW THAT.
IF THERE WAS ONE THING WE KNEW,
IT WAS THAT MONEY
DOESN'T GROW ON TREES.
-COME ON, GET IN!
-STILL, HE HADN'T
SPECIFICALLY SAID NO,
SO THERE WAS STILL HOPE.
AFTER ALL, CHRISTMAS WAS A TIME
WHEN IMPOSSIBLE
DREAMS CAME TRUE...
WHEN THE GRINCH TURNED GOOD.
SO, JUST MAYBE...
-A BUCK A FOOT.
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
-OR MAYBE NOT.
FEW THINGS IN LIFE
ARE LESS PRODUCTIVE
THAN THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF
SCHOOL BEFORE A MAJOR VACATION.
MAINTENANT, TOURNEZ à
PAGE 67, S'IL VOUS PLAîT.
ALORS, GUILLAUME?
-UH...
JE PENSE QUE...
UM...
LE...
-OH, WELL.
JOYEUX NOEL, EVERYONE.
-I MEAN ON AVERAGE.
-COUNTING SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR?
-TOTAL ANNUAL TONNAGE.
-SEE, WELL, I THOUGHT
WE WERE TALKING QUALITY,
NOT QUANTITY.
-OH, COME ON, PAUL.
I MEAN, YOU GET HANUKKAH
PRESENTS EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK.
-PAUL AND I HAD A
STANDING ARGUMENT
OVER WHO MADE OUT
BETTER ON THE HOLIDAYS.
PAUL'S LASTED EIGHT DAYS,
WHICH I THOUGHT
GAVE HIM THE EDGE.
-WELL, LET'S SEE. I'LL
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WHAT'S THE ONE THING YOU
REALLY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
-WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH IT?
-JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.
-WHAT DID I WANT?
WHAT WOULD MAKE THINGS
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT?
-♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ AHH-AHH-AHH-AHH ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ AHH... ♪
-A TV.
I GUESS I WANT A COLOR TV.
-KEVIN?
-SHE WAS ALONE.
SHE WAS WEARING PERFUME.
-HI.
-HI. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS.
-WHAT IS IT?
-IT'S A PRESENT.
-SURE. I KNEW THAT.
-I WANTED TO TEAR IT
OPEN WITH MY TEETH.
-BUT DON'T OPEN
IT TILL CHRISTMAS.
OKAY?
-OF COURSE NOT.
-A THOUSAND THOUGHTS WERE
BARRELING THROUGH MY HEAD,
A MILLION
QUESTIONS, A BILLION...
-WELL, SEE YA.
-WAIT. STOP HER! STOP HER!
-UH, I-I GOT SOMETHING
FOR YOU, TOO.
-GOOD. A LIE, BUT A-A GOOD LIE.
-I JUST...
DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
-OH, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
-MAYBE I CAN BRING
IT TO YOUR HOUSE?
-I GUESS SO.
-THEN I'LL SEE YA.
-IN A MATTER OF SECONDS,
MY WHOLE LIFE HAD BEEN
BENT INTO A QUESTION MARK.
WHAT DID THIS MEAN?
- HI.
WAS IT A MESSAGE?
ONE THING I WAS SURE OF...
WINNIE COOPER HAD
NEVER SMELLED BETTER.
-YOU'RE DREAMING.
-HUH?
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA
GET A COLOR TV.
-HAMMER.
-MAYBE PAUL WAS RIGHT.
THE GREAT COLOR-TV
CAMPAIGN WAS SPUTTERING.
DAD WAS A ROCK.
THE SITUATION WAS
GETTING DESPERATE.
SO WAS WAYNE.
-HONEY, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
PEEKING IN THE CLOSETS, HAVE YOU?
-SCREWDRIVER.
- OH, LOOK, EVERYBODY, IT'S
THE LITTLE BIRD IN THE CAGE!
- AW!
REMEMBER, DADDY?
-UH-OH. HOLIDAY TRADITIONS.
MY FAMILY WAS HONEYCOMBED
WITH THEM.
- OH!
YOU KNOW WHO GAVE THIS TO US?
- UNCLE MIKE.
-YOUR UNCLE MIKE.
HE USED TO SAY
THAT IT REMINDED HIM
OF THE ONLY GIRL HE EVER LOVED.
-PLIERS.
-I HATED THOSE OLD STORIES.
THERE WAS A REASON.
-YOU KNOW WHAT I'M REMEMBERING?
-AND HERE IT CAME.
-THE YEAR KEVIN PLAYED
SANTA IN THE SCHOOL PAGEANT.
-UGH!
-MOM, LOOK, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO RIGHT NOW. IT'S...
-I KNOW, BUT YOU WERE SO CUTE,
THE WAY YOU CAME WADDLING IN,
JUST LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY.
-YEAH, WITH HIS PANTS
ALMOST FALLING OFF.
-HAD THESE PEOPLE NO MERCY?
-HE WAS PRETTY CUTE.
-WAIT A MINUTE.
WAS THAT A SMILE ON
THE OLD MAN'S FACE?
AN ACTUAL SMILE?
WE'D CAUGHT HIM OFF
GUARD. NOW WAS OUR CHANCE.
WITH THE RIGHT COMBINATION
OF TACT AND FINESSE,
WE MIGHT JUST...
-DAD, ARE YOU GONNA GET US
THAT NEW COLOR TV SET OR NOT?
-UNBELIEVABLE.
-WHAT TV?
-NOTHING, HONEY.
-WHAT TV?
-REALLY! NOTHING.
-MOM SAID THAT WE
WERE GONNA GET ONE.
DIDN'T YOU, MOM?
-OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING
CRITICAL HAD MALFUNCTIONED
IN WAYNE'S BRAIN.
-I DIDN'T SAY DEFINITELY.
I DID SAY THAT YOUR
FATHER AND I MIGHT...
-EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ONE.
FACT IS, I LIKE COLOR TV.
FACT IS, I BET I LIKE COLOR
TV AS MUCH AS THE NEXT GUY.
BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY IDEA
HOW MUCH ONE OF
THOSE SETS COSTS?
-$469.95.
PLUS TAX.
MINUS THE DISCOUNT.
$434.40 TOTAL.
-LOOKING BACK,
HE PROBABLY MEANT THAT
QUESTION TO BE RHETORICAL.
-NICE GOING, BUTTHEAD!
-ME?! WHAT DID I DO?!
-NICE GOING, BUTTHEAD!
-OH, WELL... ONE MINUTE YOU'RE
EVERYBODY'S LITTLE SANTA.
THE NEXT MINUTE
YOU'RE BENEDICT ARNOLD.
-YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY?
-THIS FROM A WOMAN
WHO'D READ THE CLIFF NOTES
FOR KAHLIL GIBRAN.
-I MEAN, YOU'RE BACKING
DAD INTO A CORNER.
HE WANTS TO BUY US A TV,
BUT HE WANTS TO SURPRISE US.
IT'S COMPLEX.
-NICE GOING, BUTTHEAD!
-HEY, YOU'RE THE ONE
WHO STARTED ALL THIS.
-OKAY, I'D BLOWN IT.
THERE WAS DISSENSION
IN THE RANKS.
I COULD TAKE IT.
BUT OUT THERE,
DOWN THAT HALLWAY...
-I'M NOT BUYING A TV, NORMA.
WE CAN'T AFFORD IT
DESPITE WHAT YOU...
WHAT THEY THINK.
-WELL, I THINK WE OUGHT TO...
-IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T WORK
HARD FOR A LIVING, YOU KNOW.
I DO WHAT I CAN.
-HONEY, I KNOW.
IT'S JUST THAT, WHEN I
SAW IT THERE IN THE STORE...
THE TV... I SAW THE
KIDS LOOKING AT IT,
I SAW US HERE,
WATCHING IT, TOGETHER.
THEY'VE GROWN UP SO FAST, JACK.
KAREN'S ALMOST LEAVING US.
HONEY?
WHAT THE HECK?
WHY DON'T WE JUST GO FOR IT?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET
ME ANYTHING THIS YEAR.
WE'LL... WE'LL EAT HOT
DOGS FOR A MONTH.
YOU KNOW IT WOULD
MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
I COULDN'T SLEEP.
I FELT CONFUSED.
WHY COULDN'T THINGS BE SIMPLE,
THE WAY THEY USED TO
BE, IN THE SIXTH GRADE?
-WAYNE?
YOU AWAKE?
-ANGELA!
-IT WAS ALL A RIDDLE
INSIDE A RIDDLE INSIDE A...
A BOX.
AND I HAD TO FIND THE ANSWER.
BOY, CHRISTMAS WAS
TURNING INTO A MINEFIELD.
120 SHOPPING MINUTES
TILL CHRISTMAS.
IN MY FAMILY,
THAT'S WHEN THE SERIOUS
LAST-MINUTE PURCHASING BEGAN.
-WILL YOU STOP?!
-GEE, LOOK OVER THERE.
WONDER WHAT THOSE ARE.
WHY, THEY LOOK LIKE COLOR TVs.
-IF DAD WAS PLANNING A SURPRISE,
HE WAS SURE PLAYING
IT CLOSE TO THE VEST.
-CHRISTMAS?! HA! BAH HUMBUG!
-BUT I HAD PROBLEMS OF MY OWN.
I HAD TO FIND A
PRESENT FOR WINNIE.
IT HAD TO BE PERFECT.
IT HAD TO SAY EVERYTHING
WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING.
AND IT HAD TO BE
UNDER SIX BUCKS.
-HOW ABOUT A BOOK?
-HOW ABOUT ONE OF
THOSE PAPER WEIGHTS
WITH THE ICE SKATER INSIDE
AND THE SWIRLY SNOW?
-ARE YOU KIDDING? I HATE THOSE!
-WELL, MY MOTHER
LIKED THE ONE I GOT HER.
-SORRY.
-IT'S OKAY.
-COMPROMISE WAS
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
I HAD TO FIND THE
RIGHT GIFT OR DIE TRYING.
-I CAN'T TELL.
-I THINK I'M DYING.
-IT SMELLS LIKE LEAVES
I-IN THE OCEAN, AT NIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
-WHY DON'T WE JUST
PICK UP THE PHONE
AND ASK WINNIE WHAT IT'S CALLED?
-WE CAN'T.
-WHY NOT? WE CAN
DISGUISE OUR VOICES.
WE COULD BE AVON CALLING.
-PAUL COULD BE AMAZINGLY
DENSE WHEN IT CAME TO WOMEN.
FORTUNATELY, HE HAD
ME TO SET HIM STRAIGHT.
-IT'S GOT TO BE A SURPRISE.
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S EXPECTING.
-OH.
-SEE, THAT'S WHY SHE GAVE ME
THE PRESENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SHE WANTS ME TO
MAKE THE NEXT MOVE.
- OH.
- YEAH.
-♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ AHH-AHH-AHH ♪
-ONE QUESTION.
IF SHE ALREADY HAS
SOME, WHY GET HER MORE?
-OKAY, SO IT WASN'T
WHAT JAMES BOND
WOULD GIVE PUSSY GALORE.
007 WASN'T GETTING BY ON 50
CENTS A WEEK IN ALLOWANCE.
BESIDES...
-IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.
-I HAD TO BELIEVE
THAT. I HAD NO CHOICE.
CHRISTMAS EVE.
IN HOMES ALL OVER
THE KNOWN UNIVERSE,
AN AGE-OLD CELEBRATION
WAS ABOUT TO UNFOLD.
A TIME OF JOY AND
HARMONY AND FAMILY.
-GEE, WOULD YOU
LOOK AT THAT CAR?
I WONDER WHAT COLOR IT IS.
OH, WAIT. THERE'S THE OCEAN.
YOU THINK IT'S ORANGE?
NAH, IT'S PROBABLY BLUE.
BUT HOW WOULD I KNOW?
-WAYNE! TURN IT DOWN.
-THAT NIGHT, ALL THE
SEAMS WERE SHOWING.
ONLY MOM WAS IN THERE PITCHING,
LIKE A LONE FIREMAN
AT A FIVE-ALARM BLAZE.
-EGGNOG, ANYONE?
LYDIA HERSCHMULLER JUST CALLED
TO REMIND US ABOUT THE
CAROLING PARTY TONIGHT.
I TOLD HER WE'D BE
THERE WITH BELLS ON.
-WAYNE! TURN IT DOWN!
-YOU HAD TO WONDER...
MAYBE EVERY FAMILY WAS GIVEN
ONLY SO MUCH CHRISTMAS CHEER
TO BEGIN WITH.
MAYBE THIS YEAR, MY
FAMILY HAD RUN OUT.
-WHOOPS! THAT GUY'S
EATING A GRAY BANANA.
-WE HAVE TO SING "LITTLE
DRUMMER BOY" TONIGHT.
-THIS WAS PATHETIC.
SOMEONE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
-HEY, YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR I
PLAYED SANTA IN THE SCHOOL PLAY?
-WELL, I'D GIVEN
IT MY BEST SHOT.
NOTHING.
-IF WE PUT ON SUNGLASSES,
WE COULD WATCH THIS
IN BLACK-AND-GREEN!
-WAYNE HAD FINALLY
REACHED THE LIMIT.
-HOLD ON. I'M PICKING
UP SOME COLOR HERE.
OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S...
-WAYNE! WILL YOU
JUST GIVE IT UP?
WE'RE NOT GETTING A TV!
JUST FORGET IT!
WELL, I GOT TO GO.
-WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?
-I HAVE A DATE.
-ON CHRISTMAS EVE?
WHY NOT?
-WHAT YOUR FATHER MEANS...
-IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE. WE SPEND
CHRISTMAS EVE TOGETHER.
I CAN SAY WHAT I MEAN.
-♪ JINGLE ALL THE WAY ♪
-I'M GOING OUT, DAD.
-NOBODY IS GOING ANYWHERE.
WE'RE ALL STAYING RIGHT HERE.
-I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT
TO EXPECT AT WINNIE COOPER'S.
BUT I HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
-♪ I'M DREAMING ♪
♪ OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS ♪
- HI.
-HI.
- ♪ JUST LIKE THE ONES ♪
- I BROUGHT THIS FOR YOU.
-♪ I USED TO KNOW ♪
-THEN YOU GOT MY MESSAGE.
-♪ WHERE THE TREETOPS GLISTEN ♪
- MERRY CHRISTMAS, SWEETHEART.
- ♪ AND CHILDREN LISTEN ♪
♪ TO HEAR... ♪
-YES?
-HOLY COW, I'D NEVER SEEN
THIS PERSON BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
-UH... IS WINNIE HOME?
-NO, SHE'S NOT.
CAN I HELP YOU?
-NO, THAT'S OKAY.
-YOU'RE THE BOY NEXT
DOOR, AREN'T YOU?
GWENDOLYN SAID YOU
MIGHT BE STOPPING BY.
-SHE DID?
-THE COOPERS DECIDED TO SPEND
THE HOLIDAYS WITH RELATIVES.
IT WAS A LAST-MINUTE DECISION.
SHE SEEMED TO THINK
YOU'D UNDERSTAND.
-UNDERSTAND WHAT?
THAT NOTHING MADE SENSE?
THAT CHRISTMAS WAS A BUST?
THAT MY WHOLE FAMILY
WAS COMING APART AT THE...
-YOU... DO KNOW ABOUT
HER BROTHER, DON'T YOU?
BRIAN?
-OH.
-BRIAN WAS KILLED LAST FALL...
IN VIETNAM.
-I KNOW!
I-I KNOW THAT!
I GUESS I JUST... FORGOT.
-THEY NEEDED TIME AWAY.
THEY'LL BE BACK IN A FEW DAYS.
GOOD NIGHT.
-AT THAT MOMENT,
I FELT LIKE THE DUMBEST
HUMAN BEING ON EARTH.
-IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PERFUME.
-♪ IT'S COMIN' ON CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ THEY'RE CUTTIN' DOWN TREES ♪
♪ THEY'RE PUTTIN' UP REINDEER ♪
♪ AND SINGIN' SONGS
OF JOY AND PEACE ♪
♪ OH, I WISH I HAD A RIVER ♪
♪ I COULD SKATE AWAY ON ♪
♪ BUT IT DON'T SNOW HERE ♪
♪ IT STAYS PRETTY GREEN ♪
♪ I'M GONNA MAKE
A LOT OF MONEY ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONNA QUIT
THIS CRAZY SCENE ♪
♪ I WISH I HAD A RIVER ♪
♪ I COULD SKATE AWAY ON ♪
♪ I WISH I HAD A RIVER SO LONG ♪
♪ I WOULD TEACH MY FEET TO FLY ♪
- THAT NIGHT, I THOUGHT
ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS...
ABOUT WINNIE...
ABOUT BRIAN...
ABOUT MY FAMILY...
- ♪ OH, I WISH I HAD A RIVER ♪
- ABOUT HOW THINGS GET LOST
OR MESSED UP.
-♪ I COULD SKATE AWAY ON ♪
-♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪
♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL IS CALM ♪
♪ ALL IS BRIGHT ♪
♪ 'ROUND YON VIRGIN ♪
♪ MOTHER AND CHILD ♪
♪ HOLY INFANT ♪
♪ SO TENDER AND MILD ♪
-NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE
WAS GONNA MAKE THIS RIGHT.
-♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
- AND THEN IT HAPPENED.
IT STARTED...
TO POUR.
THE THING WAS, DAD
JUST STOOD THERE.
WE ALL WANTED TO RUN FOR COVER.
BUT DAD WAS JUST STANDING THERE.
SO WE JUST STOOD THERE WITH HIM.
COME ON. WHAT ARE WE WAITING
FOR? LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
-HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.
ALL RIGHT, ALREADY. ALL RIGHT.
-I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT I
GOT FOR CHRISTMAS THAT YEAR.
BUT DAD GAVE MOM A BRACELET
THAT KNOCKED HER SOCKS OFF.
OH, YEAH, AND HE DID
GET US THAT COLOR TV...
TWO YEARS LATER.
-OH, MAN, EAT 'EM OFF THE FLOOR.
-FOR ME, THAT YEAR,
CHRISTMAS STOPPED BEING
ABOUT TINSEL AND WRAPPING PAPER
AND STARTED BEING ABOUT MEMORY.
AT FIRST, THAT
WAS DISAPPOINTING.
UNTIL I LEARNED
THAT MEMORY IS A WAY
OF HOLDING ON TO
THE THINGS YOU LOVE,
THE THINGS YOU ARE, THE
THINGS YOU WISH TO NEVER LOSE.
AND I LEARNED FROM WINNIE
THAT IN A WORLD THAT
CHANGES TOO FAST,
THE BEST WE CAN DO IS WISH
EACH OTHER MERRY CHRISTMAS...
AND GOOD LUCK.
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪
♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪
♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪
♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪
♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪
-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪
- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪
-♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪
♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL IS CALM ♪
- THAT CHRISTMAS OF 1968,
MY BROTHER, WAYNE, AND I
FELL IN LOVE...
- ♪ ALL IS BRIGHT ♪
- WITH COLOR TV.
-♪ 'ROUND YON VIRGIN ♪
- IT WAS MORE THAN LOVE. IT WAS LUST.
- ♪ MOTHER AND CHILD ♪
-WE WERE WITNESSING
A MODERN MIRACLE,
AND WE WORSHIPPED IT
LIKE ABORIGINES...
- ♪ HOLY INFANT ♪
- FROM THE
BLACK-AND-WHITE STONE AGE.
- ♪ SO TENDER AND MILD ♪
- IT WAS THE FIRST THING
WE'D EVER AGREED ON.
- COOL.
- BOSS.
- ♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
- EVEN MOM AND KAREN
TENDED TO MIST UP
IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL
THAT ALMOST-LIVING COLOR.
- HELLO. CAN I HELP YOU?
- OH.
- ♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
- YEAH, LOAD A DOZEN
OF THESE BABIES INTO THE CAR.
AND MAKE IT SNAPPY.
-WELL...
-UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS
ONE VERY SMALL, VERY MINOR HITCH.
-YOU'D REALLY HAVE
TO TALK TO MY HUSBAND.
-YOU GOT TO BE JOKING.
8 BUCKS FOR A CRUMMY,
LITTLE STICK LIKE THIS?
-A BUCK A FOOT.
-THAT'S HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
-NOT THAT MY FATHER WAS SCROOGE.
IT'S JUST THAT, EVERY
YEAR AROUND THIS TIME,
HE'D... HE'D GO INTO
KIND OF A... SLUMP.
-NEXT YEAR, WE'RE
GONNA SKIP THE DAMN TREE.
-IT WAS A BAD TIME
TO BE HITTING HIM UP
FOR A MAJOR APPLIANCE.
STILL, IN AN EMERGENCY,
THERE WERE WAYS TO
THE BIG GUY'S HEART.
-HERE, LET ME HELP
YOU WITH THAT, DAD.
-YOU HAD TO KILL
HIM WITH KINDNESS,
DROWN HIM IN GOODWILL...
-HEY, I GOT IT!
- ALL THE WHILE, SENDING HIM
VERY SPECIFIC PSYCHIC MESSAGES.
-TV, TV, TV, TV, TV, TV.
-YOU OKAY?
- SURE. WHY?
- LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT A HEADACHE.
-OF COURSE, YOU DIDN'T
WANT TO TIP YOUR HAND.
THIS WAS A DELICATE PROCEDURE
THAT REQUIRED THE TOUCH...
-SO, DAD, YOU GONNA BUY
US THAT COLOR TV OR NOT?
- OF A SLEDGEHAMMER.
-WHAT TV?
-HE DIDN'T TELL YOU?
-UH...
-WHAT DO WE NEED A COLOR TV FOR?
-SO YOU CAN WATCH THINGS.
IN COLOR!
-WATCH WHAT?
- "BONANZA."
-BASEBALL...
FOOTBALL...
UH...
BASEBALL.
-TVs COST MONEY, KIDS.
-UH-OH.
-AND MONEY DOESN'T GROW
ON TREES. YOU KNOW THAT.
-YEAH, WE DID KNOW THAT.
IF THERE WAS ONE THING WE KNEW,
IT WAS THAT MONEY
DOESN'T GROW ON TREES.
-COME ON, GET IN!
-STILL, HE HADN'T
SPECIFICALLY SAID NO,
SO THERE WAS STILL HOPE.
AFTER ALL, CHRISTMAS WAS A TIME
WHEN IMPOSSIBLE
DREAMS CAME TRUE...
WHEN THE GRINCH TURNED GOOD.
SO, JUST MAYBE...
-A BUCK A FOOT.
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
-OR MAYBE NOT.
FEW THINGS IN LIFE
ARE LESS PRODUCTIVE
THAN THE LAST 10 MINUTES OF
SCHOOL BEFORE A MAJOR VACATION.
MAINTENANT, TOURNEZ à
PAGE 67, S'IL VOUS PLAîT.
ALORS, GUILLAUME?
-UH...
JE PENSE QUE...
UM...
LE...
-OH, WELL.
JOYEUX NOEL, EVERYONE.
-I MEAN ON AVERAGE.
-COUNTING SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR?
-TOTAL ANNUAL TONNAGE.
-SEE, WELL, I THOUGHT
WE WERE TALKING QUALITY,
NOT QUANTITY.
-OH, COME ON, PAUL.
I MEAN, YOU GET HANUKKAH
PRESENTS EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK.
-PAUL AND I HAD A
STANDING ARGUMENT
OVER WHO MADE OUT
BETTER ON THE HOLIDAYS.
PAUL'S LASTED EIGHT DAYS,
WHICH I THOUGHT
GAVE HIM THE EDGE.
-WELL, LET'S SEE. I'LL
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WHAT'S THE ONE THING YOU
REALLY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
-WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH IT?
-JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.
-WHAT DID I WANT?
WHAT WOULD MAKE THINGS
ABSOLUTELY PERFECT?
-♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ AHH-AHH-AHH-AHH ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ AHH... ♪
-A TV.
I GUESS I WANT A COLOR TV.
-KEVIN?
-SHE WAS ALONE.
SHE WAS WEARING PERFUME.
-HI.
-HI. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS.
-WHAT IS IT?
-IT'S A PRESENT.
-SURE. I KNEW THAT.
-I WANTED TO TEAR IT
OPEN WITH MY TEETH.
-BUT DON'T OPEN
IT TILL CHRISTMAS.
OKAY?
-OF COURSE NOT.
-A THOUSAND THOUGHTS WERE
BARRELING THROUGH MY HEAD,
A MILLION
QUESTIONS, A BILLION...
-WELL, SEE YA.
-WAIT. STOP HER! STOP HER!
-UH, I-I GOT SOMETHING
FOR YOU, TOO.
-GOOD. A LIE, BUT A-A GOOD LIE.
-I JUST...
DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME.
-OH, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
-MAYBE I CAN BRING
IT TO YOUR HOUSE?
-I GUESS SO.
-THEN I'LL SEE YA.
-IN A MATTER OF SECONDS,
MY WHOLE LIFE HAD BEEN
BENT INTO A QUESTION MARK.
WHAT DID THIS MEAN?
- HI.
WAS IT A MESSAGE?
ONE THING I WAS SURE OF...
WINNIE COOPER HAD
NEVER SMELLED BETTER.
-YOU'RE DREAMING.
-HUH?
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA
GET A COLOR TV.
-HAMMER.
-MAYBE PAUL WAS RIGHT.
THE GREAT COLOR-TV
CAMPAIGN WAS SPUTTERING.
DAD WAS A ROCK.
THE SITUATION WAS
GETTING DESPERATE.
SO WAS WAYNE.
-HONEY, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
PEEKING IN THE CLOSETS, HAVE YOU?
-SCREWDRIVER.
- OH, LOOK, EVERYBODY, IT'S
THE LITTLE BIRD IN THE CAGE!
- AW!
REMEMBER, DADDY?
-UH-OH. HOLIDAY TRADITIONS.
MY FAMILY WAS HONEYCOMBED
WITH THEM.
- OH!
YOU KNOW WHO GAVE THIS TO US?
- UNCLE MIKE.
-YOUR UNCLE MIKE.
HE USED TO SAY
THAT IT REMINDED HIM
OF THE ONLY GIRL HE EVER LOVED.
-PLIERS.
-I HATED THOSE OLD STORIES.
THERE WAS A REASON.
-YOU KNOW WHAT I'M REMEMBERING?
-AND HERE IT CAME.
-THE YEAR KEVIN PLAYED
SANTA IN THE SCHOOL PAGEANT.
-UGH!
-MOM, LOOK, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO RIGHT NOW. IT'S...
-I KNOW, BUT YOU WERE SO CUTE,
THE WAY YOU CAME WADDLING IN,
JUST LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY.
-YEAH, WITH HIS PANTS
ALMOST FALLING OFF.
-HAD THESE PEOPLE NO MERCY?
-HE WAS PRETTY CUTE.
-WAIT A MINUTE.
WAS THAT A SMILE ON
THE OLD MAN'S FACE?
AN ACTUAL SMILE?
WE'D CAUGHT HIM OFF
GUARD. NOW WAS OUR CHANCE.
WITH THE RIGHT COMBINATION
OF TACT AND FINESSE,
WE MIGHT JUST...
-DAD, ARE YOU GONNA GET US
THAT NEW COLOR TV SET OR NOT?
-UNBELIEVABLE.
-WHAT TV?
-NOTHING, HONEY.
-WHAT TV?
-REALLY! NOTHING.
-MOM SAID THAT WE
WERE GONNA GET ONE.
DIDN'T YOU, MOM?
-OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING
CRITICAL HAD MALFUNCTIONED
IN WAYNE'S BRAIN.
-I DIDN'T SAY DEFINITELY.
I DID SAY THAT YOUR
FATHER AND I MIGHT...
-EVERYBODY ELSE HAS ONE.
FACT IS, I LIKE COLOR TV.
FACT IS, I BET I LIKE COLOR
TV AS MUCH AS THE NEXT GUY.
BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY IDEA
HOW MUCH ONE OF
THOSE SETS COSTS?
-$469.95.
PLUS TAX.
MINUS THE DISCOUNT.
$434.40 TOTAL.
-LOOKING BACK,
HE PROBABLY MEANT THAT
QUESTION TO BE RHETORICAL.
-NICE GOING, BUTTHEAD!
-ME?! WHAT DID I DO?!
-NICE GOING, BUTTHEAD!
-OH, WELL... ONE MINUTE YOU'RE
EVERYBODY'S LITTLE SANTA.
THE NEXT MINUTE
YOU'RE BENEDICT ARNOLD.
-YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY?
-THIS FROM A WOMAN
WHO'D READ THE CLIFF NOTES
FOR KAHLIL GIBRAN.
-I MEAN, YOU'RE BACKING
DAD INTO A CORNER.
HE WANTS TO BUY US A TV,
BUT HE WANTS TO SURPRISE US.
IT'S COMPLEX.
-NICE GOING, BUTTHEAD!
-HEY, YOU'RE THE ONE
WHO STARTED ALL THIS.
-OKAY, I'D BLOWN IT.
THERE WAS DISSENSION
IN THE RANKS.
I COULD TAKE IT.
BUT OUT THERE,
DOWN THAT HALLWAY...
-I'M NOT BUYING A TV, NORMA.
WE CAN'T AFFORD IT
DESPITE WHAT YOU...
WHAT THEY THINK.
-WELL, I THINK WE OUGHT TO...
-IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T WORK
HARD FOR A LIVING, YOU KNOW.
I DO WHAT I CAN.
-HONEY, I KNOW.
IT'S JUST THAT, WHEN I
SAW IT THERE IN THE STORE...
THE TV... I SAW THE
KIDS LOOKING AT IT,
I SAW US HERE,
WATCHING IT, TOGETHER.
THEY'VE GROWN UP SO FAST, JACK.
KAREN'S ALMOST LEAVING US.
HONEY?
WHAT THE HECK?
WHY DON'T WE JUST GO FOR IT?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET
ME ANYTHING THIS YEAR.
WE'LL... WE'LL EAT HOT
DOGS FOR A MONTH.
YOU KNOW IT WOULD
MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
I COULDN'T SLEEP.
I FELT CONFUSED.
WHY COULDN'T THINGS BE SIMPLE,
THE WAY THEY USED TO
BE, IN THE SIXTH GRADE?
-WAYNE?
YOU AWAKE?
-ANGELA!
-IT WAS ALL A RIDDLE
INSIDE A RIDDLE INSIDE A...
A BOX.
AND I HAD TO FIND THE ANSWER.
BOY, CHRISTMAS WAS
TURNING INTO A MINEFIELD.
120 SHOPPING MINUTES
TILL CHRISTMAS.
IN MY FAMILY,
THAT'S WHEN THE SERIOUS
LAST-MINUTE PURCHASING BEGAN.
-WILL YOU STOP?!
-GEE, LOOK OVER THERE.
WONDER WHAT THOSE ARE.
WHY, THEY LOOK LIKE COLOR TVs.
-IF DAD WAS PLANNING A SURPRISE,
HE WAS SURE PLAYING
IT CLOSE TO THE VEST.
-CHRISTMAS?! HA! BAH HUMBUG!
-BUT I HAD PROBLEMS OF MY OWN.
I HAD TO FIND A
PRESENT FOR WINNIE.
IT HAD TO BE PERFECT.
IT HAD TO SAY EVERYTHING
WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING.
AND IT HAD TO BE
UNDER SIX BUCKS.
-HOW ABOUT A BOOK?
-HOW ABOUT ONE OF
THOSE PAPER WEIGHTS
WITH THE ICE SKATER INSIDE
AND THE SWIRLY SNOW?
-ARE YOU KIDDING? I HATE THOSE!
-WELL, MY MOTHER
LIKED THE ONE I GOT HER.
-SORRY.
-IT'S OKAY.
-COMPROMISE WAS
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
I HAD TO FIND THE
RIGHT GIFT OR DIE TRYING.
-I CAN'T TELL.
-I THINK I'M DYING.
-IT SMELLS LIKE LEAVES
I-IN THE OCEAN, AT NIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
-WHY DON'T WE JUST
PICK UP THE PHONE
AND ASK WINNIE WHAT IT'S CALLED?
-WE CAN'T.
-WHY NOT? WE CAN
DISGUISE OUR VOICES.
WE COULD BE AVON CALLING.
-PAUL COULD BE AMAZINGLY
DENSE WHEN IT CAME TO WOMEN.
FORTUNATELY, HE HAD
ME TO SET HIM STRAIGHT.
-IT'S GOT TO BE A SURPRISE.
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S EXPECTING.
-OH.
-SEE, THAT'S WHY SHE GAVE ME
THE PRESENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SHE WANTS ME TO
MAKE THE NEXT MOVE.
- OH.
- YEAH.
-♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ DA-DA-DA ♪
♪ AHH-AHH-AHH ♪
-ONE QUESTION.
IF SHE ALREADY HAS
SOME, WHY GET HER MORE?
-OKAY, SO IT WASN'T
WHAT JAMES BOND
WOULD GIVE PUSSY GALORE.
007 WASN'T GETTING BY ON 50
CENTS A WEEK IN ALLOWANCE.
BESIDES...
-IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS.
-I HAD TO BELIEVE
THAT. I HAD NO CHOICE.
CHRISTMAS EVE.
IN HOMES ALL OVER
THE KNOWN UNIVERSE,
AN AGE-OLD CELEBRATION
WAS ABOUT TO UNFOLD.
A TIME OF JOY AND
HARMONY AND FAMILY.
-GEE, WOULD YOU
LOOK AT THAT CAR?
I WONDER WHAT COLOR IT IS.
OH, WAIT. THERE'S THE OCEAN.
YOU THINK IT'S ORANGE?
NAH, IT'S PROBABLY BLUE.
BUT HOW WOULD I KNOW?
-WAYNE! TURN IT DOWN.
-THAT NIGHT, ALL THE
SEAMS WERE SHOWING.
ONLY MOM WAS IN THERE PITCHING,
LIKE A LONE FIREMAN
AT A FIVE-ALARM BLAZE.
-EGGNOG, ANYONE?
LYDIA HERSCHMULLER JUST CALLED
TO REMIND US ABOUT THE
CAROLING PARTY TONIGHT.
I TOLD HER WE'D BE
THERE WITH BELLS ON.
-WAYNE! TURN IT DOWN!
-YOU HAD TO WONDER...
MAYBE EVERY FAMILY WAS GIVEN
ONLY SO MUCH CHRISTMAS CHEER
TO BEGIN WITH.
MAYBE THIS YEAR, MY
FAMILY HAD RUN OUT.
-WHOOPS! THAT GUY'S
EATING A GRAY BANANA.
-WE HAVE TO SING "LITTLE
DRUMMER BOY" TONIGHT.
-THIS WAS PATHETIC.
SOMEONE HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
-HEY, YOU REMEMBER THE YEAR I
PLAYED SANTA IN THE SCHOOL PLAY?
-WELL, I'D GIVEN
IT MY BEST SHOT.
NOTHING.
-IF WE PUT ON SUNGLASSES,
WE COULD WATCH THIS
IN BLACK-AND-GREEN!
-WAYNE HAD FINALLY
REACHED THE LIMIT.
-HOLD ON. I'M PICKING
UP SOME COLOR HERE.
OH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT'S...
-WAYNE! WILL YOU
JUST GIVE IT UP?
WE'RE NOT GETTING A TV!
JUST FORGET IT!
WELL, I GOT TO GO.
-WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?
-I HAVE A DATE.
-ON CHRISTMAS EVE?
WHY NOT?
-WHAT YOUR FATHER MEANS...
-IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE. WE SPEND
CHRISTMAS EVE TOGETHER.
I CAN SAY WHAT I MEAN.
-♪ JINGLE ALL THE WAY ♪
-I'M GOING OUT, DAD.
-NOBODY IS GOING ANYWHERE.
WE'RE ALL STAYING RIGHT HERE.
-I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY WHAT
TO EXPECT AT WINNIE COOPER'S.
BUT I HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.
-♪ I'M DREAMING ♪
♪ OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS ♪
- HI.
-HI.
- ♪ JUST LIKE THE ONES ♪
- I BROUGHT THIS FOR YOU.
-♪ I USED TO KNOW ♪
-THEN YOU GOT MY MESSAGE.
-♪ WHERE THE TREETOPS GLISTEN ♪
- MERRY CHRISTMAS, SWEETHEART.
- ♪ AND CHILDREN LISTEN ♪
♪ TO HEAR... ♪
-YES?
-HOLY COW, I'D NEVER SEEN
THIS PERSON BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
-UH... IS WINNIE HOME?
-NO, SHE'S NOT.
CAN I HELP YOU?
-NO, THAT'S OKAY.
-YOU'RE THE BOY NEXT
DOOR, AREN'T YOU?
GWENDOLYN SAID YOU
MIGHT BE STOPPING BY.
-SHE DID?
-THE COOPERS DECIDED TO SPEND
THE HOLIDAYS WITH RELATIVES.
IT WAS A LAST-MINUTE DECISION.
SHE SEEMED TO THINK
YOU'D UNDERSTAND.
-UNDERSTAND WHAT?
THAT NOTHING MADE SENSE?
THAT CHRISTMAS WAS A BUST?
THAT MY WHOLE FAMILY
WAS COMING APART AT THE...
-YOU... DO KNOW ABOUT
HER BROTHER, DON'T YOU?
BRIAN?
-OH.
-BRIAN WAS KILLED LAST FALL...
IN VIETNAM.
-I KNOW!
I-I KNOW THAT!
I GUESS I JUST... FORGOT.
-THEY NEEDED TIME AWAY.
THEY'LL BE BACK IN A FEW DAYS.
GOOD NIGHT.
-AT THAT MOMENT,
I FELT LIKE THE DUMBEST
HUMAN BEING ON EARTH.
-IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PERFUME.
-♪ IT'S COMIN' ON CHRISTMAS ♪
♪ THEY'RE CUTTIN' DOWN TREES ♪
♪ THEY'RE PUTTIN' UP REINDEER ♪
♪ AND SINGIN' SONGS
OF JOY AND PEACE ♪
♪ OH, I WISH I HAD A RIVER ♪
♪ I COULD SKATE AWAY ON ♪
♪ BUT IT DON'T SNOW HERE ♪
♪ IT STAYS PRETTY GREEN ♪
♪ I'M GONNA MAKE
A LOT OF MONEY ♪
♪ THEN I'M GONNA QUIT
THIS CRAZY SCENE ♪
♪ I WISH I HAD A RIVER ♪
♪ I COULD SKATE AWAY ON ♪
♪ I WISH I HAD A RIVER SO LONG ♪
♪ I WOULD TEACH MY FEET TO FLY ♪
- THAT NIGHT, I THOUGHT
ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS...
ABOUT WINNIE...
ABOUT BRIAN...
ABOUT MY FAMILY...
- ♪ OH, I WISH I HAD A RIVER ♪
- ABOUT HOW THINGS GET LOST
OR MESSED UP.
-♪ I COULD SKATE AWAY ON ♪
-♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪
♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪
♪ ALL IS CALM ♪
♪ ALL IS BRIGHT ♪
♪ 'ROUND YON VIRGIN ♪
♪ MOTHER AND CHILD ♪
♪ HOLY INFANT ♪
♪ SO TENDER AND MILD ♪
-NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE
WAS GONNA MAKE THIS RIGHT.
-♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪
- AND THEN IT HAPPENED.
IT STARTED...
TO POUR.
THE THING WAS, DAD
JUST STOOD THERE.
WE ALL WANTED TO RUN FOR COVER.
BUT DAD WAS JUST STANDING THERE.
SO WE JUST STOOD THERE WITH HIM.
COME ON. WHAT ARE WE WAITING
FOR? LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
-HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.
ALL RIGHT, ALREADY. ALL RIGHT.
-I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT I
GOT FOR CHRISTMAS THAT YEAR.
BUT DAD GAVE MOM A BRACELET
THAT KNOCKED HER SOCKS OFF.
OH, YEAH, AND HE DID
GET US THAT COLOR TV...
TWO YEARS LATER.
-OH, MAN, EAT 'EM OFF THE FLOOR.
-FOR ME, THAT YEAR,
CHRISTMAS STOPPED BEING
ABOUT TINSEL AND WRAPPING PAPER
AND STARTED BEING ABOUT MEMORY.
AT FIRST, THAT
WAS DISAPPOINTING.
UNTIL I LEARNED
THAT MEMORY IS A WAY
OF HOLDING ON TO
THE THINGS YOU LOVE,
THE THINGS YOU ARE, THE
THINGS YOU WISH TO NEVER LOSE.
AND I LEARNED FROM WINNIE
THAT IN A WORLD THAT
CHANGES TOO FAST,
THE BEST WE CAN DO IS WISH
EACH OTHER MERRY CHRISTMAS...
AND GOOD LUCK.