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[ "Carol of the Bells" playing softly]

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[Bedsprings creaking, man and woman moaning]

Mom? Ohh!

What is it, Danny? Can I sleep with you?

I could go. No, no, no. He's too old for this.

Let's not play this game tonight, Daniel.

Please?

I feel lonesome.

Like I'm the only person in the whole world.

Go back to bed, honey.

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Radio: * O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree *

* You stand in verdant beauty *

* O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree *

* You stand in verdant beauty *

* Your boughs are green in summer's glow *

* And do not fade in winter's snow *

* O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree *

* You stand in verdant beauty *

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* O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree *

* How faithful are thy branches *

* O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree *

* How faithful are thy branches *

* In summer greenly dost thou grow *

* And green amidst the... *

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* O Christmas treeeeeeee *

* O Christmas treeeeeeee *

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You're up past your bedtime, Daniel Moore.

Daniel?

Hello.

My name is Charlie Manx.

And I understand what it is to feel lonesome.

To feel like you're the only person...

in the whole world.

No, no.

Don't fret, my boy.

Those presents will return to you

just as soon as we arrive at Christmasland.

Oh, it's a very special place where every day is Christmas Day

and unhappiness is against the law.

Would you like to go there?

I want my mom.

Daniel!

Mom! Mom!

Mom!

Your mother wasn't interested in your games, Daniel Moore,

and she isn't interested in you.

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You just wait till we get to Christmasland.

Everybody loves games there.

No, baby! Run!

* O Christmas tree

* You stand in verdant beauty

* O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree *

* You stand in verdant beauty

[ "Carol of the Bells" playing eerily]

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* You're so average, but there's more than meets the eye *

* Caught between two different parts *

* You don't know how good you are *

* It's not very clear, it's just not, but oh why *

* Hey! * On the journey, where's the start? *

* You don't have to look too far *

* You don't have to, oh

* You're a superstar, you're a superstar *

* You're a superstar, you're a *

* You're a superstar, you're a superstar *

* You're a superstar, you're a *

* You're a superstar, you're a superstar *

* You're a superstar, you're a *

-Vic? Oh, my God! -Hi!

-Hi. -Hi.

I saw your mother, but I didn't realize -- Yeah, no, I know.

I'm just helping her out for the summer.

Cool. I could never work with my mother.

I think I'd kill her. Yeah.

Oh, speaking of my mother...

Where are you applying?

Oh, you know. All over.

You probably get early admissions, you smart bitch.

How, um...How's Exeter?

Ah, a shitshow.

Oh. All AP classes, plus sports and the internship.

My mother will kill herself if I don't get into an Ivy.

Yeah, well, you're real smart, so you will.

Man! Vic McQueen.

Last time I saw you,

your dad took me for a ride on his Harley.

Eighth grade graduation.

You screamed all the way down the block.

He drove like a psycho. Probably, yeah.

Are you guys going to Winnipesaukee for Labor Day?

Yeah. My parents are throwing a party at the lake house.

Oh.

You should come! It'll be like old times.

Come. I don't hear vacuuming!

Oh! Willa!

Sorry, Mrs. McQueen. Let me get out of your hair.

You should come.

-Okay. -Bye.

-Bye. -Bye.

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Linda: You have been such a big help this summer.

Maybe we could keep it up after you graduate?

I know cleaning toilets isn't glamorous, but it's steady work.

I make my own hours.

And the money's pretty good, don'tcha think?

We could go into business together. It'd be fun.

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Vicki.

You got one year of high school left.

You got to do something when it's over.

Well, Willa's going to college.

Yeah.

Willa's parents have money.

Yeah, I know.

Those college kids can't get work these days.

They got to move back in with their parents.

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Your father and I, we can't support forever, Vicki.

We can't afford to. Yes, I know, Ma.

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Got it running? Yeah.

You know what they say about Harleys, Brat.

Yeah. They Harley ever run.

How's the cleaning biz?

Keep an eye on your mom?

I don't understand why people can't clean their own houses.

I mean, Mrs. Brewster doesn't have a job.

Her kids are in school.

Like, what does she even do all day?

I don't know, but it's good she does,

or we'd be out on the street.

I paid the mortgage, Linda.

Great!

What about the power, the car insurance, the credit card?

Yeah, where is the credit card?

My credit card?

Our credit card.

What time'd you get in?

Oh, come on. You just got here. What?

You really want to start that? What? It's a simple question.

I'm not a child, Linda.

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Joe.

Let me talk to her.

What's going on? Maggie, you can't be here right now, okay?

We're -- We've had a break-in.

In Here, Iowa? Yeah, okay.

Is someone gunning for Karen's Hummel collection?

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Oh, my God. I can't let you back there.

Joe, where's Danny? He's missing.

He was supposed to come to the library for literacy today.

I w-was gonna walk him.

Maggie, let us handle it.

We don't know what we're dealing with,

and I don't want you involved in anything dangerous, okay?

Just go to work. We'll find him.

Go.

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* Well, I been thinkin' about you, thinkin' about you *