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When it's cold out, baby Put a jacket on for the chill
I got a bright red sleigh Playing "Jingle Bells," what a thrill
I'm gonna shake it downtown We got Christmastime to kill
It's a downtown Christmas Baby, take a ride with me
Yeah, it's a downtown Christmas Baby, take a ride with me
On a cold Christmas night Downtown is where I wanna be
They got no lights to see
Heading southbound, baby They got no...
Dad. Hey, Dad. Time to wake up.
Dad.
Where's the button on that snooze alarm?
Is that it? Where is it? Heh-heh.
I'm not the snooze alarm.
Are you excited? It's time to go ice fishing.
I am excited. I'm gonna sleep on it, figure out what we're gonna do with it.
Remember? The early bird gets the worm.
And I think we know what happens to that worm.
It gets gobbled up and eaten.
Don't make me. All right, then.
Ugh.
All right. Now you've done it. You know what you just did?
You just awakened the giant abominable yeti. And you know what he feeds on?
Cookies? No.
He feeds on tickles!
They feed on tickles. Come on, then. Let's go fishing.
Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day
My turn.
That's the island greeting That we send to you
From the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas Will be green and bright
The sun will shine all day And all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka ls Hawaii's way
To say merry Christmas to you
Take it away, Dad.
The thing to say
Hawaiian Christmas day
That's the island greeting That we send to you
From the land where palm trees sway
Dad, I wish you could've been at Mommy's wedding.
You should've seen Mom's engagement ring. The diamond was huge.
And during the wedding, I got to hand Mom her ring.
I know, and you've been telling me all week. That's awesome.
If your Mommy's happy, I'm super happy.
Yeah, she's super happy.
And Victor's awesome, don't you think?
Yeah, he's awesome. Hey, you wanna know what else is awesome?
Yeah. Watch this. What am I?
Heh-heh. A walrus with tooth decay?
Walrus with tooth decay. You're funny. Hey, you want a Cheez Doodle?
For breakfast?
No, not for breakfast. You don't eat that for breakfast.
You eat a Twinkie for breakfast.
What's wrong? What's wrong? It's a Twinkie.
Hey, Dad? How come you and Mom didn't stay married?
Well, sweetie, I still love your mom and everything...
and we're good friends.
I know.
You know, she likes classical music and petite fours...
and I like ice fishing and Twinkies and...
Plus, she's real organized and ambitious and driven...
and, well, I'm me.
I like ice fishing...
and Twinkies and classical music and petite fours.
Ha-ha. I know. And that's why you're my little girl.
I think I got one. No way.
Are you kidding? I haven't caught anything here in six years.
Look, there it is.
Well, here we are. Victor's place.
Wow, I can't believe I'm going to live here.
It's like a palace.
Hey, I guess that makes me a princess.
Yeah, well, looks like that makes me the troll.
Hurry, Victor. They're here.
Hey, there she is. Mommy! Welcome home!
I missed you. Look at you. You look bigger.
Mommy and Victor. What's up, tiger?
Hi, Victor.
Hey, buddy. Well. Hey, welcome home.
Hey.
Did you two have a good time together? Of course. Look at her. She's a princess.
We had fun, didn't we? We had tons of fun.
We went skating, we went sledding, we played hockey...
and today we went ice fishing.
Ice fishing? How outdoorsy. Yeah.
And I caught a fish. Show him, Daddy. Sure did. Look, that's a trout.
Ah! Look at that. Look how fat that is.
Ha, ha. That's a big one. Might even be pregnant.
How was the honeymoon? Oh, fantastic.
A week in Saint Croix, another sailing around the islands.
Victor has his own boat.
Wow.
So I guess it was your second-best honeymoon.
I think you forget ours, huh? Sizzler and a movie.
Huh?
That was some good steak. Yes. That's the big time.
Well, I'm not gonna brag about it. Congratulations, Victor.
Thank you.
Now when she refers to her idiot husband, she'll be talking about you instead of me.
Larry.
You just getting going on your decorations? Little late.
Well, Trish told me how much Noel loves Christmas.
I love it! Ha-ha.
You may have gone a little overboard. No.
- So, what do you think? - Wow.
It's so pretty. Anything for you, sugarplum.
It's our first Christmas together. I wanted it to be a memorable one.
Mmm.
Oh, after you wash your hands.
Yeah, you gotta get that fish smell off of there.
Larry, how about a cup of coffee? Hey, I
could go for that. I'd love it. Love coffee.
Victor, how about I take that? Please. Thank you.
So how's the business? How's business?
You go first. You do it.
How's the trucking business? Part-time, right?
Well, yeah, it's part-time. But see, that's how I like it.
Part-time is good.
That gives me more time to spend with my daughter.
So how's the, uh, cardboard-box business treating you?
Great.
Baxter Box Company is up 20 percent this year.
Online sales are booming.
I mean, all those packages...
Are you kidding me? ...have to be shipped somewhere, right?
My grandfather would be proud. Yup. I built Baxter Box into an empire.
What's this little deal right here? That little
box. What, do you add water, and it gets bigger?
It's a little something I had made for the
holidays to give the workers at the company.
You know what? Take it. It's my gift to you.
Really? Yeah.
It's, uh... It's for decoration. You can display it on your desk.
Well, I don't got a desk.
Coffee's ready. Oh, yes.
Yeah, boy, I'll tell you what, I could
go for a steaming cup of joe about right now.
She goes back to school January 5th.
So for the rest of Noel's vacation, we'll just alternate days, as always...
with me and Victor getting Christmas Eve this year...
and you getting Christmas Day.
Yeah, that sounds good. I'm in. That's... Wait. He gets Christmas Day?
Yeah. Well, we switch off every year.
Alternate. This year it's Larry's turn.
I understand that.
It's just, you know, it's our first Christmas as a family.
I just thought we'd be together. First one.
Vic. Victor.
I get her one year, you get the next year. That's how it operates.
Of course. I just... It's Christmas Day, you know?
Christmas morning. The presents under the tree.
Opening gifts. The Christmas dinner with all the trimmings.
I got trimmings. I make delicious trimmings.
Why can't I just do both?
Spend half of Christmas with Dad and then go to Mom and Victor's.
That's a great idea.
Come on, Dad. Please, Dad?
Please?
All right. We'll think of something. All right? We'll figure it out.
Go play. Okay, honey? Yay! I get two Christmases.
Sorry, Larry.
Victor's just so excited about being a stepdad.
He wants to spend as much time as possible with Noel.
Well, what's done is done.
I'll tell you what. We'll go ahead and have Christmas number one at my house.
Then I'll bring her over here, and you guys can have Christmas number two.
Thanks, Larry.
And I'll talk to Victor about how to handle these things in the future.
All right. Dad, wait!
Victor's gonna put on the Christmas lights. You ready? Come on. Honey, let's go.
Here we go. Ready?
One, two, three.
Wow.
Wow.
Oh, Victor, that's amazing.
Dad, have you ever seen something so beautiful?
Yeah, it's something, all right. It is something, that's for sure.
This is going to be the best Christmas ever!
Good night, Daddy.
Good night, darling.
Hey, Ben Franklin. You got a bulb out. Ha-ha!
It's all right, honey. You did good.
Can't wait for Christmas
And the lights on the Christmas tree
No way.
He actually called her "my little sugarplum"?
Yeah. I was standing right there.
Wow.
Even I know that's a violation of daddy-stepdaddy protocol.
You gonna kick his butt, like you did Kip Kornhausen?
Heh. Kip Kornhausen? Oh, man. Bud, that was in third grade.
I'm not gonna kick his butt. I'm gonna teach him a lesson, though.
When it comes to Christmas spirit, ha-ha, I'm fit to be Victor's worst nightmare.
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