Every Other Holiday (2018) Movie Script

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The chimney
with good Saint Nick
Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
Ah, mama is here.
- Bye, dad. Butterfly kiss.
- Bye.
Butterfly kiss. Butterfly kiss.
- Mommy!
- Hi, babies!
Mm. Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you guys have a good time?
- We went to Jackie's.
- You went to Jackie's?
- Who's Jackie?
- It's not a person, mom.
It's a place. Jackie's Place.
Jackie's Place.
- Okay.
- Suitcases.
You, you, uh-uh-uh!
Took 'em to Jackie's Place?
You took 'em to a bar?
It was closed.
I just needed
to use the kitchen.
My oven don't fit a turkey.
Jackie's kitchen has five ovens.
I smashed the potatoes.
These girls
were the biggest help.
- We served pie to everyone.
- Everyone?
Just, you know, some friends,
people that didn't have
any place else to go.
The one with the beard
smelled bad.
And he ate a lot.
Okay, well,
he's livin' in his car
while he's lookin' for a job.
Hm, what did you do?
I worked.
Holidays are double time.
And there's no point
just cooking for me, so...
It's freezing! Let's get you
girls in the car, okay?
- All right, bye, bye, bye, bye.
- In the car. Let's go.
So, um, I'll see you
in a couple of weeks.
Then I guess we'll just do
the usual routine for Christmas.
So I'll take Christmas Eve
and then you'll get the day?
- Great.
- Okay.
So long as they don't mind, you
know, doing the split again.
I mean... Ugh!
Right, yeah. I mean,
it's, you know, it's the plan.
Okay, um...
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Happy Thanksgiving.
You, um, you look good, Trace.
I mean, you look, you look like
you are doing g...
well, well.
Put your seatbelts on.
Daddy is so handsome.
Isn't he?
And he smells good.
Okay, are we buckled?
Are we ready? Let's do this.
I think
one of your little ladies
left something here
this weekend.
Oh! Pinkie the bear! Oh!
He has been missed.
- Another round.
- Better save up those tips.
I don't know how much longer
I can hold on to this place.
- Come on!
- You know...
I hoped
I'd have a buyer by Christmas.
- I thought you had one.
- They're low-ballin' me.
And they want to turn it
into a TGI Fridays.
Oh, no, absolutely not.
Jackie'd be rolling over
in his grave.
He hated those suspenders.
So I haven't been...
Yoo-hoo!
What are you guys doin'?
Daddy wanted us to make
two wish lists.
- Two?
- One for him and one for you.
So that you wouldn't have
to sort out who's getting what.
Oh, baby,
well, if that's too complicated,
I don't mind
coordinating with him.
What if what we want
takes both of you?
You mean, like, one big gift?
Girls, you know your dad and I
are on limited budget.
And I don't know what he has
said to you, but...
I just don't wanna
make any promises.
We should ask Santa.
Okay, it's your list.
You guys just decide
what you wanna wish for
and I'll, I'll just see
what I can do.
All right, get in your own bed.
Let's get you tucked in.
Get you in.
I love you. Mwah!
You girls know if I could,
I would give you
anything you wish for.
- You promise?
- Yes!
If I could, hundred percent yes.
Ooh!
What's this?
That's Mimi and Pop Pop's house.
That's us sledding.
Daddy is making the snowman,
and that's you
telling us to be safe.
Mimi and Pop Pop are inside.
Turn it over.
"Our wish is to spend Christmas
with the whole family together
at Mimi and Pop Pop's house.
Must be mom and dad."
We're tired of splitting,
that's the whole reason
you always say
we can't go to the farm.
Which is a really fun place.
Yeah, for you guys.
- That's our wish.
- It doesn't even cost money.
And Mimi will make all the food.
Ooh. Hey, I make good food.
- Yeah, I guess.
- "Yeah, I guess"?
Get in bed, Miss Press.
All right.
I love you.
I love you.
I will...
I'll see what I can do, okay?
Okay, blow out the light.
One, two, three...
All right, door open or closed?
Closed.
- Hi.
- Help you?
Yeah, I'm Tracie.
Is Rick Pruette here or
did he leave something for me?
He's on break.
Oh, is he playing
in the afternoon?
He's working, sweet cakes.
- I'll get him for you.
- Okay.
Hey, Rick?
Pinkie the bear, no longer MIA.
I'm sorry I couldn't get him
over to her last night.
- She sleep okay without him?
- Yeah.
Are you... bartending now?
I'm just,
I'm fillin' in between gigs.
- Misty talked me into it.
- But the band's still playing.
Well, uh...
You know, Chris' wife
has finally had enough.
And, uh, Joe gets
so much session work
that he just, he just don't feel
like being up late anymore,
and, but Randy and I
are still playin'.
We just grab some keys
and a drummer when we need one.
Uh, do you know about this?
I don't.
Well, that's the girls.
That's you, that's me
and that is my mother's house.
They say that's their only
Christmas wish, nothing else.
Oh.
I mean, do you want to spend
Christmas with my mother?
- Well, I...
- 'Cause I certainly don't.
- I suspected...
- I mean...
All my sisters
are gonna be there
with their perfect families
and marriages,
and we'll have to celebrate
Steve and Rebecca's anniversary
'cause, of course, they got
married on Christmas to make
everything about them.
Evan got his PhD in Theology.
And I'm sure Garrett
got some amazing promotion,
so he and Beth
are gonna be planning their
big spring vacation
and Maddie made honor roll
and Connor made MVP
of the soccer league
and they were just all there,
already just there
for Thanksgiving. So why do they
have to all go back again?
It's just like a bunch of
perfect people drinking eggnog,
non-alcoholic, and just talking
about Christmas spirit.
Just kind of makes you
wanna jab your eyeballs in
with peppermint sticks.
Yeah, I mean,
that's really vivid,
but I-I mean, it-it sounds like
it'll be a houseful.
Right, I mean,
where are we even gonna stay?
- Yeah.
- It's like... I mean...
Mom will probably put the girls
on blow-up beds somewhere,
and I'm sure I'll just end up
in the basement with teenagers.
But like,
w-what is she gonna do with you?
Yeah, well,
she didn't really know
what to do with me
when we were married.
Yeah, 'cause she hates you.
And now you don't just
play music in a bar,
you work in one!
So that's great.
That's perfect.
She won't want you to come.
So, I don't mind, you know,
but she could say no.
I don't think I agreed to...
Then Mimi's gonna be
the bad guy.
Not us, we don't have to go.
- Thank you. That's it. Okay.
- Oh, oh. Hey, sure.
So I'm gonna call it a night.
And thank you for Pinkie.
Bye!
You can see who they got
their looks from.
- Feisty, too.
- Oh, you haven't met her mom.
Go tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born
Amen! Whoo!
Oh, I don't know
why I even bother
preaching on Christmas Eve,
I should turn
the whole thing over to y'all.
Oh, well, if you insist.
Thank you so much, everybody.
- Sweetheart, it's Tracie.
- That was great.
Oh.
All right, thank you all.
- Everybody, shush!
- Hi, sweetheart.
It's Tracie.
The one we've been prayin' for.
Hey, mom, how are you?
Well, honestly,
you're calling me,
so I'm a little panicked.
- Everything okay?
- Yeah.
Yeah, everything's fine.
So the girls and I
were talking about maybe...
comin' down for Christmas.
Oh! Oh, my gosh.
We would be so thrilled!
We haven't had you here
for three years.
But we would be
bringing Rick with us.
Oh.
Why on Earth
would Rick be comin'?
That's the ex-husband.
- Oh!
- The country singer.
It was kind of a wish
that the girls had.
It's hard on them to split
the day, and, you know,
of course, they wanna see you.
So I-I told him
I-I had to think about it.
And, well,
I want to get your opinion.
Well, I...
I think
it's a little inappropriate.
I totally understand.
And they will, too.
How would we explain it to
the rest of the family, honey?
It's just too awkward.
Well, the three of you
could come, though.
We would just love that.
Yeah, I mean,
if Rick isn't coming,
then we'll need
to stay close to home
so we can do the usual
Christmas-Day swap.
I know it's-it's complicated,
but it's just...
a part of
the every-other-holiday deal.
Well, sweetheart, we haven't
seen you and the girls
in a long time.
Oh, hi, dad.
Hi, honey, so everybody
being together,
you and Rick and the girls,
that-that's the only thing
they want for Christmas?
How-how bad could it be?
Guys, really, it's fine.
I will come up with something
to make them forget about it.
Yeah, I'll let 'em know.
All right, bye, guys.
- Love you.
- Love you, baby.
Well, that came and went fast.
"No room at the inn."
I've heard that one before.
Do you really want us
spending Christmas with Rick?
Do you want to make Tracie
spend Christmas with Rick?
I want to spend Christmas
with my family.
I've got two good knees
and two little granddaughters
that are still tiny enough
to sit on 'em,
for a few more years, anyway.
Look, Rick is their father.
And I think
it's a small price to pay.
Oh...
Every time I think of that boy,
I just think
of all the hardship he's caused.
Well, do you want Tracie
to tell the girls
that Mimi said no
to their Christmas wish?
'Cause that's exactly
what she's fixin' to do.
It's Mimi!
She's going to say yes.
Do the face thingy.
I wanna see her!
- Girls! Careful.
- It's not a face call.
- Hi, Mimi.
- Mom, you're on speaker.
Did you hear about our wish?
Oh, I sure did, baby cakes.
Pop Pop and I talked it over,
and we would
love to have you girls
here for Christmas.
Daddy, too?
Daddy... yes.
Daddy, too,
if he really wants to.
Yay!
Christmas at Mimi and Pop Pop's!
Christmas at Mimi and Pop Pop's!
Christmas at Mimi and Pop Pop's!
Christmas at Mimi and Pop Pop's!
Christmas at Mimi and Pop Pop's!
Of course, with the guitar.
Daddy!
Are you sure about this?
No, but if your folks
can hack it, so can I.
For the girls.
Remind me again why we're
not taking your big truck?
Uh, I'm letting Misty borrow it.
She's gotta get rid
of some furniture.
She is movin' to Florida.
Uh, keys.
Well, if Misty's moving, does
that mean you're out of a job?
No, Tracie, I pay my bills,
okay? Give me a break.
I mean, seriously,
have I missed...
In the last six months,
have I ever missed payin' you?
- No. What's in that?
- It is a suit.
To dress up with my girls
for Christmas Eve, right?
- Ooh!
- Okay, whatever.
Put it in the...
Please tell me there are gifts
in here somewhere for the girls.
Um, n-no. I mean, not the...
And this trip is the,
is the present, right?
That's a-all they want
and all that, with the picture?
Well, yeah, Rick. But seriously?
They're kids.
You think they're gonna be fine
with nothing under the tree
when all their cousins have,
like, a million presents?
Okay, okay. I'll cover it,
I'll find something.
- In Lawrenceburg?
- Yeah, in Lawrenceburg.
- Okay.
- They have stores there.
All right, calm down.
What is going on?
I'm just trying to give them
the Christmas that they want.
Well, me, too.
It's four days.
Let's just get this over with.
Four days, right?
I need a kiss on each cheek,
please.
- Buckle, buckle!
- Hello, hello.
Seatbelts, seatbelts.
- All right.
- Daddy, seatbelt.
And a one and a two
and we're going to a farm, so...
Moo moo moo moo moo moo
Moo moo moo moo moo
Neigh neigh neigh
neigh neigh neigh
Neigh neigh neigh
neigh neigh
Ruff ruff ruff
meow meow meow
Neigh neigh neigh neigh
neigh neigh
Meow meow meow
meow meow meow
Meow meow meow meow meow
Okay, so let's not forget
about Mimi's china.
There's no running
in the kitchen
and no running
in the dining room.
Everything is, like,
a hundred-years old there
because everything belonged
to Mimi's mom.
And-and try to keep everything
in your suitcase,
so it's not just a total mess.
Okay?
And in case
we need to make a quick exit.
Are you hearin' me, hello?
Are you talking to us, mom?
I remember being there, mom.
Any rules for me?
Uh, lay low?
Don't mention the bartending.
How long's it been
since you've been home?
Just been once
since the divorce.
It's all I could handle.
When was the last time
you went home?
Nothing there to go back to.
Okay, are you guys
ready for this, are you ready
for all the cousins and the
aunts and uncles and everyone?
Yay!
What'd I miss, guys?
What'd I miss?
Two scores. Sixty seconds.
- What?
- Great time to get popcorn.
- Dot that I, baby.
- I got it, mom.
Doesn't that top layer
look a little crooked to you?
- It's fine.
- There it is!
- Great move!
- Whoo!
Great move!
Come on, once more...
Will Tracie be here for dinner?
Well, they left
over two hours ago.
- So it should be any minute now.
- Hm.
You think
Rick will really show up?
That's what they tell me.
I'll believe it when I see it.
He was never around
when they were married.
Why would he bother
to show up now?
Surprise.
- Aah! You made it.
- Hi.
- Hi, we're here.
- I'm so glad.
Give mommy a hug.
- Oh. My best Christmas present.
- Aw...
- Mimi!
- Oh!
There's my girls!
Big hugs. Big... Ooh!
Hi! Oh, my gosh, it is so good
to see you guys.
Come on, come on, come on,
let's go!
- And they're...
- Not without a hug from Pop Pop.
- This is chaos.
- Oh! Mwah! Mwah!
- I love you.
- Hi, dad.
Oh, hi, sweetheart.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Don't forget
to take your coats off.
Rick!
- Hey, everybody.
- Ah, hey, you made it.
Well, yeah, of course I did.
- How are you?
- I'm, I'm good.
- M-Merry Christmas.
- M-Merry Christmas, Beth.
- Lydia, h-how are you?
- Maddie.
Maddie, look at you.
- Hi, Rick.
- Oh, hey, Ed.
- Merry Christmas. Of course.
- Thanks for the invitation.
Well, thank your daughters.
Let's get all that stuff
up off the floor
'cause it's almost time
for anniversary dinner.
- Show 'em where to go, honey.
- Oh, yes, of course.
Oh! Brought your guitar.
- Okay. Up here.
- Okay, hang on.
Steve and Rebecca
have the pullout in the study.
And all the girls are up here
in your room.
And since your girls
are our special guests,
they have the bed
and Maddie and Rosie
will take the blow-up.
And we were able to get
the single mattress
here on the landing,
so this will be for you, Tracie.
I can't take the basement?
Uh, Connor and Jordan
are down there.
Uh, these will be for you.
You're welcome to the couch
in the den.
It's a little short for you,
but it's the only spot left.
- I'll take it.
- No, no, no, it's...
That's... It's fine.
All right, well,
you can, uh, put your things
in the hall closet
down there and...
If you have to smoke,
please do it outside.
Mom, he hasn't smoked
since Harper was born.
You know that.
Oh. Good.
All right, well,
let y'all get settled in.
I'm sure you'd like to get
freshened up for dinner.
I'm so happy you're all here.
And we've been here
five minutes.
Ten.
But the girls are happy, so...
Find my closet.
And lay low.
Maybe under a rug.
Okay, everybody,
buffet is ready.
Load up those plates.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Mimi.
- You're welcome.
- You're welcome.
- Thank you.
Kids are in here and adults
are in the dining room.
- Hm...
- Hey, Maddie.
No, we gotta get
something to eat. Come on. Yes.
I don't want one bite
left on your plate.
You got it. You got it.
Oh. Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
It's fairly new, I've just...
Looks like we, uh,
we might be missin' a spot.
Oh, my stars.
I am so sorry.
Ed, would you mind getting
a folding chair from the hall?
Uh, Ed,
I'll-I'll-I'll grab it, thanks.
I've packed that closet
kinda full.
Okay.
Really, mom?
Oh, Tracie, honestly.
He was the last one
into the room.
It could have been anybody
without a chair.
Shall we say grace?
Y'all scoot on down,
let Rick in here.
Thank you.
Lord, we thank you for this time
to be together as a family.
We thank you for the food
so lovingly prepared
and we thank you for the
marriage of Rebecca and Steve.
And, of course, we ask you
to bless all of the marriages
here at this table,
um, and those that are not
and all the kids,
and, uh, all of us
and everybody. Amen.
Amen.
So six years.
Six amazing years.
Two-thousand one-hundred
and ninety days.
- Aww...
- Whoa.
That's a long time for mom
to leave you alone
about having kids.
Well, who said I did?
And it's about time I had
more grandbabies to hold.
- We're pregnant.
- We're pregnant.
- Oh, my God! Oh!
- Yay!
- Oh, congratulations.
- Thank you, mom.
Oh!
It has been so hard to wait
until now to tell you guys.
Well, if we'd known,
we could have had two cakes.
Oh! Yes!
So we have double what we had
in first quarter last year,
and we'll be able to bring on
two new partners
within the year.
Good for you.
Oh! Hey! No runnin'
in the dining room.
Well, that's great, sweetheart.
That's-that's good news.
It sounds like
everybody's doing really well.
What about you, Tracie?
You haven't said much.
How's work for you?
I think
she's still at the diner.
Yeah, I'm still there.
Do you feel like
it's a good opportunity?
Do they have benefits,
room for you to move up?
Honey, it's a diner.
I'm sure they train managers
and all that, shift leaders.
She's not trying to build
a career off of waitressing.
It just pays her bills.
- What would you wanna do?
- Uh...
I mean,
I, I started beauty school.
You could always go back to it
or do night school or something.
Yeah, I'm a single mom,
two kids.
Paying for one-bedroom apartment
on tips.
I don't know how I would
afford that time or money.
Rick helps out financially
with the girls, right?
Assuming he has a job
other than his music.
I know that I'm sittin'
pretty low here,
but I am actually
still at the table,
so, uh, I'll-I'll take that,
yes, um...
- I do have another job.
- Really?
What is it?
Um, I am a bartender.
You sell alcohol
to drunk people?
- Honey, please...
- No, I don't.
Technically, if they're drunk,
I take their keys
and I get 'em safely home
in a cab.
Well, I would never set foot
in a place like that.
It's one thing to play there
if you don't have
anywhere else to go.
But to actually sell the alcohol
to the people?
Now, as I re-recall,
I-I think that the good Lord
turned some water into wine
so that the party could last
a few more days.
And as I recall, he said,
"Do not be drunk on wine
which leads to debauchery.
Instead, be filled
with the Spirit... "
"And speak to one another
in psalms, hymns
and spiritual songs.
Sing and make music
in your hearts."
You didn't much care
for my singin'
when I was doin' that, either.
If some of you will help me
clear the plates,
we'll get this mess cleaned up.
What was that?
That was not laying low.
Were you trying
to make it awkward?
Trying to make them hate you?
Well, it's way too late
for that.
Sure took the pressure off you,
though, didn't it?
Oh, like some kind of rescue?
I'm... I can handle them.
Here's the difference
between you and me.
- I don't care what they think.
- I don't either. I don't.
Why are you getting so worked up
about it?
I'm no...
God...
Hey. What are you guys doin'?
Oh? Mm-hmm. Let me see.
Ava was going to take
some pictures,
but I told her they were
Mimi's and we have to ask.
Hm.
We were looking
for a wedding picture.
Oh, I know there's one in here.
Oh! Here's one.
That's not very fancy.
Where's your bridesmaids?
Oh, we didn't have bridesmaids.
We, we eloped.
What is that again?
Eloped means
that we just sort of
ran off and got married
and didn't tell anyone about it.
If you wanna know
how to really make Mimi angry,
that's how you do it.
Okay, let's put these back
where we found them.
- Mom, let's go sledding!
- Oh.
- Come, let's go.
- Oh! No, don't take my...
Let's go, let's go sled.
Let's go sled, let's go sled.
- Oh, how early is it?
- Let's go sledding!
It is never too early
to get out of this house.
You, me and the girls.
Let's go do a sledding.
Daddy said we could go sledding
on a hill by his old house.
- Daddy said that?
- Mm, I said that.
- Go get your coats.
- Okay. Oh.
We have to be here
Christmas Eve and day,
but we've got two good days
before then
where we can choose
for ourselves, right?
Let's go give them
a really good day.
I'm exhausted.
And my mom has...
The sooner we go,
the easier it'll be to slip out
before she's awake.
Looks better than it used to.
Yeah, dad sold it
to Ollie Babbitt before he died.
He just couldn't bear to leave
the house to you, could he?
He left me his old Mustang.
Hop Warren's been storing it
in his barn.
I just had no reason
to go get it.
That old junker? Wait.
Did you say
Mr. Babbitt lives here?
Yeah.
Mr. Babbitt
used to shoot guns at us.
No, more just up in the air.
He used to shoot at you
with a gun?
We would go out in his cornfield
and, uh,
he didn't much like that.
He was just trying to scare us.
What were you doing
in his cornfield?
We were picking corn.
I like corn.
It's my favorite vegetable.
I liked it, too.
But where's the sled hill?
Actually,
right through the cornfield.
Here we go.
I will push you.
- We'll race.
- All right. Yeah.
Oh, good, let's race.
Harper's got the sides
and Ava is crazy.
So who knows
what's gonna happen?
- Uh, are you ready? One...
- One...
- Two...
- Two...
Who's that
trespassin' on my land?
It's okay, sir! I'm, I was...
- I used to live here!
- Used to live here?
I was just showin' my girls
where I used to sled
when I was a kid!
- Are you R.J. Pruette's boy?
- Yes, sir!
I should have aimed right
at you. Get on out of here.
All right! Okay, yes!
Uh, Merry Christmas!
Come on, come on, come on!
You don't need, you don't need
to shoot anymore!
- We got it. That's okay.
- Sorry! Sorry!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Let's, uh, run.
- Come on, come on.
- Let's go.
- Let's go.
- Everybody good?
That was so cool.
We were like outlaws.
- You all right?
- Yeah, you all right?
Uh, no.
Wow. That guy must not like
your dad.
Oh, nobody did, baby girl.
Nobody did.
Why?
He had a mean streak.
He, uh...
He was good
at pushing people away.
He just didn't really know
how to love anybody.
And he didn't let anybody
love him.
Not even you?
- Not really.
- That's sad.
Good thing
you didn't turn out like him.
Maybe a little bite.
Just a little one.
Oh, no, no, she just wants
five cups of hot...
Well, if it isn't
Rick and Tracie.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Haven't seen since graduation.
But I heard y'all got married.
These must be your girls.
Ashley, this is Harper and Ava.
- Where are y'all living now?
- Nashville.
Oh, big city.
What do y'all do there?
- Um, I'm doing...
- I'm in the music business.
And Tracie is in hospitality.
Well, of course,
you're in the music business.
I remember your little band.
You know, your daddy,
he was a heartthrob.
- Well, it's great to see you.
- You, too.
And you, too.
Well, you all just make
the cutest little family.
Oh! Y'all have
a Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.
"Y'all just have
the cutest family."
- Thank you.
- So...
There, she's back.
All right then.
Okay, well,
it is about three o'clock.
What do we wanna do now?
- Can we go see a movie?
- Hm.
- Yeah.
- I want ice cream.
- Even better.
- Let's do both.
- Hm.
- Oh!
Next comes the stocking
of little Will
Oh just see
what a glorious fill
Here is a hammer
with lots of tacks
Also a ball
and a whip that cracks
Ho-ho-ho who wouldn't go?
Ho-ho-ho
It's got reindeers, isn't it?
Up on the housetop
click click click
Down through the chimney
with good Saint Nick
Where have you all been?
Oh, it's a sweet...
We went sledding
and saw an angry man with a gun.
And we had lunch
and we went to the movies.
It was the best day ever.
- Where is Rosie?
- Oh, she's upstairs.
Why don't you all go up
and see her?
I've been callin' you all day.
We've missed a whole day
with the girls
and we were supposed to go
horseback riding.
Don't you have your phone?
No, they just kind of
rushed me out this morning.
Well, everybody else is already
gettin' ready for bed.
I suggest you do the same.
We have a very busy day
tomorrow.
I spend all day, every day
being nothing but responsible.
So it felt kind of good.
That's what
I should've said to her.
I mean, jobs and kids
and all this time and life later
and it's like
we're still 19 to her.
You are in my bed.
As long as I am sitting here,
this is still a couch.
At least it wasn't for you.
No, this is for me.
She can just add irresponsible
to her list.
- There's no list.
- There is a list.
She keeps it handy like, uh,
on her nightstand,
tucked in her Bible.
Stop it.
Number one, should have
married you in a church
and waited for your parents
to approve.
Oh, she was never gonna approve.
That's for sure.
Uh, number two, um...
Oh!
Should've quit the band
way sooner.
Well, aren't you feeling
nostalgic tonight...
I told you Chris' wife
made him quit the band.
- She also made him do AA.
- Mm.
He asked me to do his homework
with him.
Uh, moral inventory,
list of shortcomings,
stuff like that.
She's got me thinkin'.
If you had quit the band
back then,
you would have resented me.
- All of us.
- Maybe, maybe not.
But at least I'd still have you.
Do I hear voices?
They're just talking.
I'll probably do 'em some good.
They talked all day. What
are they still talkin' about?
Well, I've been talking to you
for 40 years
and we still find things
to talk about.
Mm-hmm.
So what, you would've started
working at the bar a lot sooner?
And you would've been happy?
Bartending is not so bad.
Or I, uh...
could've gotten some other job.
You know, something...
something that keeps
normal hours
so that you could
still go to school.
I still could, you know?
Where is this comin' from?
I made...
some mistakes.
Yeah, you have.
But there's no mistake
that I ever made
because I didn't love you.
You are not goin' down there.
I'm just goin' down
to shoo her up here.
It's late.
- Honey.
- Oh-oh.
We have a busy day tomorrow.
So you like corn, huh?
I love corn.
- Oh, no. No, no, no, no.
- Mom! Mom!
Straight to bed.
- Are you serious?
- Yeah.
We are not following back
into this pattern.
Whatever's happening here
is over.
We have a big day tomorrow.
Get to bed.
We all need some sleep.
Well, I got a problem.
I mean, I need Tracie
to get out of my bed
so that I can actually
get some sleep.
Tracie!
- Tracie!
- Okay.
Okay. Coming.
Now.
Goodnight, y'all.
Want a couple more?
Mom, how many is that?
Oh, hush. He's a growing boy.
Well, finally we're about ready
to call out the guard.
Well, I was just sleeping in
a little on my vacation.
Well, I've got good news.
I was able to reschedule
our horseback riding for today.
Oh, it sounds fun.
Rick's really good with horses.
Oh, no, I was just gonna
take us girls.
"Us girls," meaning...
You and me and Harper and Ava.
Our neighbor invited us,
but he's only got enough horses
for us.
Oh. Well,
what's everybody else doing?
Um, more Christmas shopping.
Okay. So it's all planned?
Well, if you'd been here
yesterday,
you would have been
a part of the plannin'.
You, uh, have something suitable
to wear for riding?
Yeah, mom, it's like jeans.
Of course I do.
You want some more?
Oh, what happened
to the Abbotts' old barn?
Well, the new neighbor wanted
to make some improvements.
He likes his horses, apparently.
- There he is! Brent!
- Hey, Mimi.
Darlin'.
- Ooh!
- Hey.
And these are my girls
I told you about.
Harper and Ava,
and my daughter, Tracie.
It's nice meeting you, Tracie.
Let's introduce you girls
to some horses.
- Be careful.
- Hand flat.
- Mimi!
- Oh!
- Hand flat.
- Ah.
- Oh!
- Good one!
That was a great job.
Brent lived in Nashville.
- Not too far from you.
- Oh, really?
Yeah, I still work up there. I
telecommute a lot from here now.
Just I was ready
to get some space.
- Get back to nature.
- Hm.
Girls, come look
at my favorite horse.
Heaven on Earth
I was hanging on the smile
of a little girl
In her own little world
pretty red dress
In her pretty red...
Sounds good.
I, uh, I didn't know
anybody else was still here.
Yeah, I guess neither one of us
really wanna do,
do any last-minute
Christmas shopping.
Yeah. Nobody actually asked me.
Oh. Well, did you need to shop?
No, no, I, um...
- I think I got it covered.
- You-you mind if I sit?
Uh...
So how's your work?
Nobody asked you
the other night.
Yeah, it's because they think
they know what I do
and that it never changes.
- Does it?
- Being a pastor?
Oh, yeah.
It gets harder all the time.
And the truth is,
nobody really wants religion
in their lives
until they're so filled
with anxiety and stress
that they show up
and, or wanting somebody else
to fix it for 'em.
What I can offer 'em
is the hope I have
and someone to listen.
Sounds a little bit like my job.
People get a lot of hope
from music.
Oh, n-no, I was, I was talkin'
about bartending.
Although I am sure
that people get
a little more out of you
givin' 'em Jesus
than me givin' 'em Jack Daniels.
Careful now.
Don't you let Martha hear you
laughing to that.
I'm in the dog-house
enough already
'cause of last night.
Yeah.
I heard you were kissin'
my daughter last night.
Also heard
you were lookin' for a job.
About time at my age.
Guess it's time to be making
a little more money.
If I made some more money, I
could finally pay you back for...
Rick, that wasn't a loan.
I didn't ask
any of my other daughters
to pay me back
for their weddings.
I know you and Tracie didn't
use the money for that,
but... it was still yours.
Although I'm not too sure
Martha would accept it, anyway.
Coming from where I work.
You mean the bar.
Son, God puts us all in
different places for a reason.
We're not all pastors.
What would be the point of that?
So maybe if you're standing
there at your bar,
at the last mile
of somebody's road,
and you're listenin' to 'em
as seriously as you say you do,
then you can turn 'em around
in the right direction.
'Cause they're not coming to me,
they're coming to you.
And you can give them hope
right where they're at.
I am surprised
to hear you say that.
Unfortunately, you and I
didn't get to know each other
very well.
I just wasn't too high on dads
most of my life.
Well, I wasn't too high on
country western singers, either.
But I'm willing to be wrong.
How about you?
You know, Ed,
I actually could use a ride
somewhere.
Wow!
So he left this to you
and you never came and got it.
The last I saw, it was missin'
some pretty important parts.
I didn't know he'd finished it.
I always hated this car.
My dad worked on it
pretty much every day.
Never let me
so much as touch it.
Pretty sure he loved this car
more than he loved me.
How much do you reckon
it's worth?
Well, I got a friend
with three Fairlanes
in my congregation we could ask.
I work for ASCAP in Product
Strategy and User Experience.
That's sort of an IT job.
Uh, we just work
with the songwriters.
Oh, my husband's a songwriter.
Oh, I-I, I didn't think
you're married.
Oh. Ex... My ex-husband.
- Should we see where they went?
- Oh, yeah, man.
Okay.
You guys found a friend?
Yeah, that's Blackie.
- Ah!
- Oh!
Are you okay?
- Well, let me help you.
- Thank you.
Please.
Ugh!
That was graceful.
Let's get you back inside
and find you a pair of pants.
No, no, no, I'm fine.
Oh, yes, I think she'd be
much more comfortable.
Thank you.
Mom, all I'm saying is I didn't
need to wear his clothes.
I could've just washed up
at home
or, like, worn my clothes dirty.
It was freezing
and we still had the ride to do
and this stop to make...
No, why are we back
at the church?
Because this is where
I hide all the gifts.
This kids snoop around too much
at home.
I thought
maybe you could help me wrap.
Why? Is there a handsome and
single man also helping wrap?
Oh! So you admit
you think Brent is handsome.
- No!
- Ha-ha!
It's embarrassingly obvious
what you were trying to do.
What?
Introduce you to a nice man
with a good job
who happens to live
very close to your mother?
Why on Earth would I do
something like that?
A man who has chandeliers
in his barn
and hundred-dollar sweatpants.
He's more of a cowboy
than Rick is.
Why do you have to go there?
Why does it always
have to end up being
about making Rick look bad?
What I saw last night scared me.
Maybe you guys had
a sweet little day as a family,
and that's great for the girls.
Those are the memories
you want 'em to have.
But the memories I have...
are of you sobbing on the phone
about him being gone
on some gig again
and what women were there...
That was, um,
just me being paranoid.
And how is the money
ever gonna pay for everything?
And it didn't.
You lost the house
you bought with our money.
A lot of people lost houses
that year, mom.
You only have a house
because you inherited it.
And when the dust settled,
he just picked up his guitar
and he was off again.
Well, he was touring.
He was runnin' away.
Just like he did when he was 17.
He had all those problems
at home he didn't wanna face,
so he just left.
And that's exactly
what he did to you
when it comes right down to it.
And, Tracie,
what assurance has he given you
that anything has changed?
God, I've always been terrible
at this.
Yeah. Just give it to me.
There you go.
We just love you so much,
Tracie.
I don't want you just tryin'
to make things work with Rick
'cause you think there's
nobody else out there for you.
'Cause there is.
Like your neighbor.
Not my decision.
Come here.
Mm...
You hug your mother, Pruette.
We are here for you.
And we will always
be here for you.
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah hallelujah
- All right, the old man's here.
- Not fair!
- Where'd he go?
- Pop Pop is on the scene.
- Oh, my God, he's...
- Oh, man!
- That one hurt!
- Okay, get him! Get him!
Okay, don't only throw 'em
at me.
Somebody hit Rick
and make him feel like family.
- Oh, yeah!
- Hey, don't use me!
Hallelujah hallelujah
- Oh!
- Oh!
All right.
For the Lord God omnipotent
- Get up!
- Mommy!
Okay, preparer of the dinner
coming through.
Anybody hits me don't get any!
Oh. Honey,
your fig's gonna get hit.
- You're in a war zone.
- Ed, come here.
I need to talk to you.
All right, y'all,
I gotta go with Mimi.
- Talk to me for a minute.
- Okay.
Okay, I was just,
I was having fun.
Did you get a chance
to talk to him?
Oh, Rick? Yeah.
Yeah, we talked some.
About Tracie?
About lettin' her move on?
Not so much about Tracie, I...
That's what this is all about,
I was gonna talk to her,
you were going to talk to him.
What in the world
did you talk about?
- Work.
- Work?
And God and beer
and classic cars and...
Guy stuff. I...
How is that supposed to help us?
I wasn't tryin' to help us.
I was tryin' to help him.
I could use
a little help in here!
Here, here! Get Rick!
Hit him in the face.
- Hit him in the face!
- Ah!
- Not the face! Not the face!
- Ah!
- Hey, don't you...
- Eat right out of my hand.
Sorry to interrupt.
I'm, I'm lookin' for Tracie.
Truce! Truce!
- Truce! Truce!
- Oh! Hey!
Truce!
Sorry to just pop in.
You know, I thought
maybe I'd run these over to you
tonight.
Oh, my gosh! That's so nice!
Well, I hope
I got all the mud off of 'em.
I didn't know if you were
goin' home right away.
Oh, we are heading back
Christmas night.
- I have to work on the 26th.
- I mean...
is there really such a thing
as a truce in a snowball fight?
Too bad. Um, I've really enjoyed
meeting you and the girls.
All's fair in love and war, man.
Thanks, Steve.
- Whoa! Oh!
- Oh, it's on!
- Oh, you're on our team!
- Whoa! I don't wanna...
Get down, get down!
What is goin' on?
- Brent, are you okay?
- Yes, ma'am.
I was just returning
Tracie's pants.
Oh, well, I was about ready
to call these fools in
to come get ready for supper.
So y'all come in, too.
I appreciate it.
I probably shouldn't have...
No, there's plenty.
You get in here.
All of you get in here
right now!
Her pants.
Oh. Thank you.
That's a lot
of hand holding, huh.
Thanks, Evan. All right.
I saw that, too.
- Mama, you did good.
- Thank you, darling.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm just, I was just coming.
Have a seat.
All right,
let's have a blessing.
Heavenly Father,
we stand before you
in awe and gratitude
for all the abundance
you've given us,
specifically, the gift
of family. Family's everything.
We're so grateful
for a new grandbaby on the way.
We're grateful to have Brent
here as our guest this evening
and, um, most of all,
the fact that everybody here
tonight has a full-fledged,
full-sized adult chair.
- Amen.
- Amen.
- Very funny.
- Thank you.
Oh, those girls had so much fun
on those horses today.
You should have seen
their faces.
They were all beautiful riders.
They took right to the saddle.
Not afraid like a lot of kids.
You should be,
you should be proud.
We are very proud of them.
Mm.
Excuse me.
Brent, this is Rick.
Oh, you must be
the girls' father.
- The, the songwriter?
- That's right.
So you're actually here
for Christmas?
Well, Tracie didn't explain
that part.
Not on purpose.
That's impressive.
Some people
would find that awkward.
You have no idea
how awkward it is.
Hm.
Hm.
So, uh, Rick and I went out
and picked up
his inheritance today,
a '68 Mustang Fastback.
I'm surprised that thing
ran enough to even get here.
No, it's not
how you remember it.
Hm.
So you're
a classic-car guy then.
You gotta make big money
for that hobby.
Classic cars and boats are just
holes you pour your money into.
How much does it cost
to feed four horses?
Uh, let... You know what?
I mean...
Same thing as havin'
a sweet car, havin' a horse.
It's, uh, surely good
for helping you get chicks.
Ain't that right, Brent?
All right, I'm done.
- Excuse me.
- Sure.
- What was that about?
- Okay, what happened?
Yesterday was really great.
And then tonight
I'm on the outs.
What? Is it this guy?
Is it your mom?
Maybe I just need some time
to think.
Think about what?
I don't know.
Us.
Maybe we just got caught up
in the moment.
No. We didn't.
Well, maybe I did.
- Did your mom tell you that?
- No, my mom...
Well, she spent the whole day
whispering in your ear,
tryin' to fix you up
with the guy who doesn't have
the list of things that Rick
has done bad in his life.
There's no list.
Did you defend me even one time?
Ah, Trace...
How do you expect her
to ever like me
if she never knew me?
- You're too afraid of her.
- I am not afraid of...
You are
because you never correct her.
You never tell her
who I actually am.
And so she just goes on thinkin'
she knows and that she's right.
I don't even know what's right.
You know me.
Trace, you know me
better than anybody.
Well, maybe that's not enough.
Maybe I just spent so much time
loving you
that I didn't wanna be wrong
about it.
Excuse me.
We can hear y'all in there.
Hey.
I told the kids
I'd put 'em to bed tonight
so you could have more time
with the adults.
Actually, mom, I was thinking,
how about just
heading on to bed?
I'm really tired.
Okay! Who wants dessert?
All right, all right.
That's enough
of all this giggling.
Everyone else is asleep.
You know, I used to have
four little girls in this room
up all hours
doing the same thing.
And you know what we did
to whoever was giggling?
Tickle fight! Tickle, tickle,
tickle, tickle, tickle!
Tuck, tuck, tuck.
One bedtime song.
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down His sweet head
The stars in the sky
Look down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay
Love you so much.
Let's blow out the light.
One, two, three.
Oh my heaven on Earth
Now heaven on Earth
Was hangin' on the smile
of a little girl
In her own little world
In a pretty red dress
'Cause I was lost
in my own cloud
I'm not smokin'.
Avoiding us?
I'm just working on something.
Your next hit song?
You know, it's not good for
a guitar to be out in the cold.
Well, it's not really
good for me to be in the house.
Are we really that bad that you
can't survive us for four days?
Four days without being rude
to our neighbors
for the sake of your girls?
Now, what about tryin' to set
Tracie up with the neighbor
right in front of me,
that isn't rude?
You had your shot. You blew it.
So I don't really see
a problem with it, no.
Tracie doesn't want to be
a single mother
for the rest of her life.
Frankly, I don't think
she can afford it.
And those girls
deserve a real family,
a father who is there.
Okay. I am there.
And those are my girls.
- And whenever they need me...
- Really?
Where were you
when I was driving two hours
every couple of days,
changing diapers
and packing dishes
and pickin' up her pieces?
And making Tracie
feel like trash
when she's the most special...
How do you think she felt
when you just ran off
and shirked
all your responsibilities?
Tracie was a Jacobs
before she was a Pruette.
We're her family.
And we want what's best for her.
No, you don't!
You want what's best for you!
You couldn't even keep
your own family together.
Don't you dare try to tell me
what's wrong with mine!
I'm doing my absolute best
to fix my family.
Well, it's not going to happen
under my roof.
Tracie's a grown woman now
and she can make
her own decisions.
Exactly. Let her choose the life
she wants.
All right.
I will.
I just hope you can do the same.
What are you doin'?
Uh, where's your mom,
sweetheart?
She's upstairs taking a shower
before all the hot water
runs out.
Are you going somewhere?
I, uh...
Look, I...
I had the best time hangin' out
with you two good folks
and your mom.
I just...
I gotta get home. Okay?
You're going to have
the best time tonight.
And then you're gonna have
an even better time tomorrow.
With all the cousins
and all the gifts? Come on.
But what about Christmas?
Well, that's the cool part.
You're gonna have
a Christmas here.
And I know how many presents
you're getting.
And then when you come home,
we're gonna have
a whole second Christmas.
Like always.
We agreed we'd try this,
and it just didn't go so good.
Mimi and I, we, um,
we just, we just don't have
a whole lot in common.
- That's it.
- You're both good at music.
I wish that was enough.
Okay, come here.
Oh, I love you so much.
Tell your mom I'll give her
a call in just a little bit.
Mwah!
And I will see you
when you get home, okay?
Okay, everybody,
in front of the tree.
We want to get this picture...
Ed, get down here for the photo
and bring the kids.
What did you say to him?
Rick left.
Well, that's not really
surprising to anybody, is it?
For no reason?
Yeah, mom, actually, it is.
What did you say to him
to run him off on Christmas Eve?
Why don't you see it?
He drove you from this family
and we are fightin'
to get you back.
He didn't drive me
from this family, mom. You did.
Oh, so I'm supposed to stand by
and let my children
make bad choices?
Bad choices?
What about these two?
Amazing, smart,
sweet, crazy girls.
They are a result
of my bad choices.
And I don't regret them
for a second.
Not even every time I put on
that stupid waitress apron.
So, yeah, mom.
I do think you're supposed
to let me make bad choices.
My own choices.
Let me wrap
a really ugly present
or teach me how to do it,
how to crease the corners
and make it all perfect.
But don't do it for me.
And if I really mess up,
just hug me and tell me,
"Everything's gonna be okay,"
or, "The time will heal this,"
and that
we all mess up sometime.
Because, mom,
I mess up every day.
And I want my girls to know
that even when they fail,
I don't walk away.
I'm gonna be there to hug them
and to tell 'em
it's gonna be okay...
even if they don't
go to college...
even if they marry
a guy like Rick...
or divorce him or fall in love
with him all over again...
or realize they never stopped
loving him in the first place.
Sweetheart, you were a teenager.
Mom...
this... is why
we never come home
for Christmas.
Good job. Okay, come on.
Come on, baby.
Let's go.
Well, she always did have
a flair for drama.
Mom?
What? You have something
to add to this?
I didn't make tenure.
After all those years
at the same school,
I'm gonna have to start
all over.
Probably take a pay cut
so I can start tenure track
somewhere else.
What?
I could've covered us
with a raise when I got my PhD,
but now the school is saying
they don't have the budget.
I didn't wanna tell you 'cause
I knew you'd be disappointed.
Garrett and I are in marriage
counseling.
It's mostly for us,
but we're also talkin' to her
about Maddie's eating disorder.
Maddie has a...
Why didn't you tell me
any of this?
Honestly, mom,
because you would have
freaked out
or just tried to fix it.
And I don't know which is worse.
What else don't I know?
Nothing from us.
Oh. Well, at least
someone's perfect.
Lydia.
I actually kind of like Rick.
He's redeemed himself
a little bit, so...
Yeah.
Oh, I'm sorry, everyone,
for holding up the photo.
Honey, can you,
can you help me figure out
what is happening here?
This tie...
I can't get the snowflakes
to line up.
All right, sweetheart.
Okay, what did I miss?
We'll talk about it later.
Can't have the pastor late
for Christmas Eve service.
I think Tracie and the girls
already went ahead.
- They did?
- Yeah.
Oh...
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh ooh-ooh
Ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh ooh
Christ the Savior
Is born
Christ the Savior
Is born
Ooh-ooh
Ooh ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh ooh-ooh...
Martha.
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Why don't we all join
and sing together
this last verse?
Silent night
Holy night
Son of God
Love's pure light
Radiant beams
From Thy holy face
With the dawn
Of redeeming grace
Jesus Lord
At Thy birth
Jesus Lord
At Thy birth
Well, it's Christmas Eve.
And you know how you know?
'Cause I'm wearing
my goofy snowflake tie.
You know, I was planning
to do this sermon
that I have spent
the past several days preparing.
And I would ask your forgiveness
if this is not
a traditional Christmas sermon
that you were expecting to hear.
You know, it's become
increasingly clear to me...
that we live in a broken world.
And it's pretty hard
not to notice that.
But I have to believe
that once upon a time
this world was perfect.
And then we came along.
We got lost
in our selfish desires.
But God didn't want it that way.
He wanted to heal our hearts
and mend our brokenness.
So what was the first step
towards reconciliation?
A child. Jesus.
And if you think about it,
Jesus was the very first
Christmas gift.
The perfect incarnation of love.
I was speaking with a gentleman
earlier this week.
A musician.
And he was divorced.
And because the music business
is so difficult,
he was having to do
some bartending on the side
to make ends meet.
And during the chaos
and travel of the holidays
in heading back
to be with his family,
he somehow forgot
to bring Christmas gifts
for his two little girls.
But rather than headin' off
to the nearby Toys "R" Us...
instead, he wrote 'em a song.
A song about the enormity
of his love for them.
And I ask him, I said,
"Do you think
the girls are old enough
to fully appreciate
the value of a song
over Barbies?"
And he said,
"I'm not sure that they will.
But maybe some year
down the road a bit,
they will stop
and remember their dad
and that special year
when he gave them
a piece of himself...
by expressing his feelings
in words
that they could read and sing
again and again."
Because you see, my friends,
he didn't hear those kind words
growin' up
and he wanted to make sure
that they did.
That's a Christmas gift.
So the question is,
do we love like that?
Is that enough to get started?
No idea how you came up
with this that fast.
But I don't wanna know.
It's the best gift
I could have ever ask for.
It was legal, I promise.
Welcome
to small-business ownership.
Thanks.
Hey.
Hey.
I did it.
I told my mom
how I've been feeling.
I stood up to her.
You ran away from problems
that you didn't know
how to deal with,
yeah.
But I just let you go.
I'm not gonna let you run
this time, okay?
I love you, Rick.
Yeah, I'm not runnin' anymore.
I love you, too.
I'd like to introduce
the new owner of Jackie's Place.
Give it up for Rick Pruette!
Rick, get on up here! Come on!
- What?
- I sold a car and bought a bar.
And you are just in time.
Just s-sit tight.
Most of us are here tonight
'cause, uh, we don't have
any family expecting us.
I got two little girls who are
not here with me tonight.
So I've put together
a little something for 'em.
I was hopin'
that I could try it out on you,
if that's all right.
All of my dreams
are hanging on a six string
Listenin' to the crowd scream
yelling my name out loud
Making my hometown proud
And all of my worth
Was caught up
in the neon glow
Leading me down the road
Only I didn't know
So I just let us go
'Cause I was lost
in my own cloud
It took losin' you
to know what I know now
That havin' it all
was holdin' you close
And God knows that's what
I really needed most
I never wanna live another
day without lovin' you
Happiness
is a beautiful wish
Faith and hope
and a butterfly kiss
And baby all I need
Is you and me and Tennessee
Now heaven on Earth
I was hangin' on the smile
of a little girl
In her own little world
pretty red dress
Oh, man, that's the best.
Now all of my worth
Is watchin'
the love of my life
When she blows out
the light
Now that's a good night
And everything's all right
The greatest gift
I've ever known
Was always waitin' here
at home
That havin' it all
was holdin' you close
And God knows that's what
I really needed most
I never wanna live another
day without lovin' you
Happiness
is a beautiful wish
Faith and hope
and a butterfly kiss
And baby all I need
Is you and me and Tennessee
Happiness
is a beautiful wish
Faith and hope
and a butterfly kiss
And baby all I need
Is you and me and Tennessee
You and me and Tennessee
You and me and Tennessee
Beautiful.
Surrounded by your herd
Singin' peace on Earth
And happy yee-halidays
Well the snow is softly
fallin' on the pasture
And there's a holly wreath
hangin' on the barn
Jingle bells are jinglin'
Lights are all a-twinklin'
Christmas time
is comin' to the fall
Yeah
We're back! Wake up!
We're back!
It's about time
you two are awake.
I can't believe
I was the first one up.
How about you go round up
the cousins?
We'll get these presents
unwrapped. What do you say?
We asked for something
you can't wrap.
But I don't think
we're getting it.
Turn around.
- Mommy, daddy!
- Merry Christmas!
- Hey.
- Yay!
- Go wake up your cousins.
- Oh, my God.
- I love you, mom.
- Love you both.
The Christmas tree is
loaded up with presents...
Ah! Oh, my gosh!
And the kid in me
just love this time of year
There's no dream
too big for dreamin'
Ain't nothin'
like the feelin'
When all the ones you love
are gathered near
So I'm wishing you
a very Merry Christmas
Hopin' that you're warm
and home and safe...
Oh, my gosh!
Singin' peace on Earth
And happy yee-halidays
Hey yeah happy
Happy yee-halidays
Yee-haa