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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 3

DECEMBER 24TH

It's the very first Christmas Without you

But I'll do nothing special this year

I'LL REMOVE THE PLASTIC AFTER CHRISTMAS. BO.

Old customs are there to be followed, it's said

So I am pretending

That you're still here

It's the very first Christmas Without you

Hi, Maria. Merry Christmas.

That's incredible.

Uh, are you on the train?

I can give you a ride.

Okay. Yeah, see you soon.

Wake me when it's over

ST. JOHANNE'S CHRISTMAS TOUR

And of Christmases that we have shared

I thought would last

But it's the very first Christmas Without you

And on the presents That Santa's left here

Merry Christmas, sis.

Merry Christmas.

I haven't stopped thinking about our argument.

- And I'm so sorry. - Ah, no. Johanne...

No, I should've let you talk, and listened to what you told me

instead of criticizing you and saying awful things.

I also said some mean things, and that...

Well, you didn't deserve it.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, too.

Oh, and thank you

for all your help while I was, uh...

You know.

Of course.

"St. Johanne's Christmas Tour?"

What's that?

It's from Bo, my kitchen guy.

- Leaves cute notes all over. - Ah.

- That's a really... nice gesture. - Yeah.

Mm.

My kitchen didn't get finished in time,

- so I, uh, accept your invite. - That's great.

Was it nice to get away for a bit?

Oh, yeah. It really helped to get a little perspective.

- Thought a lot about Mama and Pops. - Okay.

When we were little, regardless of all the chaos and hassle

and all of our after-school activities, we had enough time to do everything.

So each night at dinner when Mama told us about her day,

she could spend half an hour talking about her walk to the mailbox.

- Yeah. - Remember?

Yeah.

Along the 30-foot walk to the garage from the front door

there was, uh, a crocus in bloom,

and lovely moss on the lawn,

the goslings arrived early,

and the sparrow had made its nest under the roof tiles

so the clouds looked like mother-of-pearl or something.

Yeah.

Or the winter had worn down the garage wall.

Yeah.

For her, man, those 30 feet were...

like a trip around the world.

But she always had time.

Dealing with the boys, day in and day out,

just feels like

the days kinda run into each other in a big gray haze.

It's a daily fight just to get through each of them,

and it just makes me a worse Maria.

Makes me ornery and bitter,

and super... mean to them.

I don't want to be like that.

No.

I want to see goslings again.

And look up and see the sky more.

I wanna be able to stare at the hedge until I see the sparrow's nest inside it.

I want to go back to holding hands with Ayaz again.

Hi.

I am so glad each Christmas Eve

The night of Jesus' birth

Then like the sun the star shone forth

And angels sang on Earth

- The little child in Bethlehem - Bethlehem

- He was a king indeed - Hi!

- For He came down from heaven above - Heaven above

To help a world in need

And so I love each Christmas Eve

And I love Jesus too

And that He loves me every day

I know so well is true

God, ease up on the punishment. I got you, loud and clear.

You're super late.

I gave Maria a ride from the station. She's back.

- Oh, my God. - Great news, right?

- I'm glad to hear. - Let us pray.

Our Father,

who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.

Amen.

One, two, three!

Wow! It's a hat!

- Hey, look at that! - How cute.

Now we can tell you two apart.

Switch! Switch!

- Little tricksters. - Oh! Dropped it!

- Knuckleheads. - That's just adorable.

Now, a gift for the love of my life.

Which I'd like to open while Johanne is here.

- Okay. For me, huh? - Mm-hm.

- Oh. - Okay.

Oh. It's a watch.

Want some more porridge, Johanne?

No, thanks. You're my first stop on a long day.

Of course.

- It really is a watch! - Oh, really?

Oh, a COVID test.

Huh.

Uh, yeah. There are two lines on it.

- Oh! Ah, shit! - "Shit"?

- Yeah, I mean... Great! - That's wonderful, Sunniva!

- Congratulations! - Yeah.

Whoa.

Wow!

Yeah, it's a Christmas miracle, isn't it?

Yeah, that's what it is. A Christmas miracle.

- Congratulations. - Well, thank you, thank you.

- That's amazing. - It really is.

That's so exciting. When are you due?

Mm.

Wow, wow, wow!

Do want some porridge? There's an insane amount of it.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

That was one hell of a present. You all right?

I'm fine now. Just needed a sec...

to compose myself.

- Right. - But, um...

I just hope it's not twins again, to be honest.

What about you?

Anything to report?

What?

Well, from after the Christmas show.

- Um, with the carpenter? - Yeah.

Nothing. 'Cause he has a girlfriend.

What? No.

Yeah.

- So... - Tsk. Oh, well.

- Here's to hoping they break up. - Yeah.

You were head over heels for this dude. I saw it.

Oh, my God. Yeah.

How utterly delulu can a person be?

- Being a little delulu's not all that bad. - Yeah?

I guess not.

- Well, I love you. - Hey, I love you too.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- Merry Christmas. - Merry Christmas.

- Hi! - Hi.

- Hi! - Merry Christmas!

Johanne.

- Merry Christmas! - Merry Christmas.

Hi. Merry Christmas. Nice to see you.

You're next on St. Johanne's Christmas Tour.

Porridge from Morten.

- Are you full already? - I made sure to save room for you guys.

Good to hear.

- I'll get it in the fridge. - Thanks.

You look great.

- Thank you. You do too. - Mm-hm.

- Yeah. - I'll take these.

Auntie Johanne, come watch the rat movie!

Uh...

How cute!

That's funny.

Uh oh, Auntie Johanne, you better look out.

Here it comes!

- Whew! - Okay.

What happened, Auntie Johanne?

- Uh... - Did you have stage fright?

- Yeah, uh, basically. - I was scared too.

- Okay, okay, watch this. - I wanna do it.

And then... Ding! Again, and... Ding, ding, di-

Again! Play it again!

We didn't get to use this,

but if you took Morten's porridge, you gotta take mine too.

Mine's better.

Wow. Got double the porridge action.

That's Christmas for ya.

- Johanne... - Hm?

I think...

that you...

are really effing cool.

Wow. You really think I'm that "effing" cool?

- Yeah. - Yeah. Yes!

Can you tell Bo "Merry Christmas" from me?

Yeah. Uh, I'll, uh...

I'll relay the message. Uh-huh.

- Wait, you know the carpenter too? - Yeah, he's a super cool guy.

- Oh, really? - We went ice-skating with him. Yeah.

- Oh? - And to the market and movies too.

Yeah. We saw Love Actually.

Love Actually?

You watched that with Bo?

Mm-hmm. He actually really liked the movie.

Though he'd never admit it. I saw him get into it.

Huh. But, uh, I gotta go.

So, yeah.

Thanks for the entertaining rat video.

- See ya. - Bye.

Hi.

- You're not on today's shift schedule. - Surprise!

Vera's sick so I'm covering her shift today.

Okay. You guys gotta run that by me next time, but...

Yeah, I know, but I...

I figured it was Christmas Eve so I'd just handle it.

Mm. Do you know what's wrong with her?

Nausea and a fever.

Ah, gotcha.

I'm sorry...

about the thing with the copier.

- It was really-- - It wasn't very smart.

- No. It wasn't. - No.

I've grown really fond of Vera.

If you know what I mean.

I got you.

Yeah.

Merry Christmas.

You too.

Merry Christmas.

- Oh, it's you! - Yeah.

Merry Christmas.

I just came by to tell you that.

And to, um...

to give you a big apology.

Is it my labs? Have I gotten worse?

That's not it. It...

It concerns your daughter.

I went to her house to talk to her

but, um,

she didn't want to come see you.

I'm really sorry.

I just didn't want to lie to you.

Well, it's fine.

She won't come because, to her...

Well, I let her down.

And I've... I've been distant.

And now it's too late.

Well, it doesn't have to be too late.

It's too late.

And there's nothing you can do about it.

- No. - No.

Whatcha got there?

Hm? Oh, yeah. That's for you.

- Oh, fuck. You brought me porridge? - Yeah.

- Well, I'd really love to have some. - Mm.

But only if you ate some with me.

Yeah.

Mm.

Johanne?

- Hi. - Aren't you off today?

I had some porridge with Willy.

Okay.

Um, this is convenient.

Really convenient.

I've got something for you.

I got you for Secret Santa. This is for you.

I see.

Uh, thanks, but I can't accept.

The Civil Servants Act, Section 20.

"No public official or anyone else working for the government

may receive any gift, commission, or service that is likely to influence,

or is intended to influence, their official actions,

or any other prohibited item."

Oh. Well, um, it's become clear to me

that I'm not gonna get the ward, uh, manager job, so...

Now that my trial period is over,

you can rest assured there's no risk of any ulterior motives

or corruption.

Just a regular gift, not a bribe.

- Hm. - But if you're still unsure,

just put the envelope over there on my desk. Okay?

- Yes. - Merry Christmas.

You too.

Johanne.

Hi there.

Rumor had it you were here. Couldn't stay away this year either?

No, that would've been a real shock for everyone, including me.

I'm actually glad I ran into you,

because I was wondering if you could take a little present to Tor.

Right. Of course.

That's very nice, Bente.

Yeah. How many years have you given him a gift now?

This is the f... This'll be the fifth year.

- Right. - Yeah.

But why?

Really, Johanne? You know why. I've explained all this to you before.

- Mm. - Your father is a nice man.

- Right? - Right.

And handsome, and friendly.

And at one point, he was a patient here.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

And you don't buy gifts for any other patients, but...

You have a point. I guess that would make him my one exception.

- Merry Christmas to you. - Yeah. To you too.

Yes. And tell him I said hello.

Will do.

- Hi, Pops. - Hi, honey.

Now, Øystein, now!

Whoa!

Wow!

What?

- It's so nice! - Merry Christmas, kid.

- Oh, Merry Christmas! - Oh.

Huh?

- This is so lovely. - You like it?

- You've outdone yourself this time. - Not Christmas without 'em!

- It's really not! Bravo, Pops. - No. No.

- Yeah! - Yeah!

So, everything running on time?

Yep, I'm right on track.

- Wow! Oh, it looks really good! - Doesn't it?

Yeah, this crackling turned out really nice and crispy.

Mm.

We almost got into a fist-fight over how to prepare the pork belly.

Mm.

If I'm good at one thing, it's cooking pork.

And if I'm good at one thing, it's cooking pork.

You see, the trick is to use brine instead of dry-salting.

Hm.

The trick is to leave it salted in the fridge for three days before cooking it.

Yeah.

This crackling's just perfect. It's so good.

- Skol. - Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Mm.

Ugh.

It's so good!

- You think so? - It's really super good.

Right, so am I supposed to just wait for you or what?

You're free to go whenever.

You don't think I should wait?

Don't speed up. You'll catch up and crash into me.

It's hard to know where I'm supposed...

Right.

So. Uh...

From Bente.

- Yes? - Yes.

She likes you.

Yeah, but why?

I don't know.

'Cause you are who you are.

Open it.

- Did you tell her what to get me? - Uh, no.

- Then is she psychic? - Must be.

Guess so.

Bente is, uh...

- Yeah? - She's, well, very...

Very...?

Tell her I said thank you.

You know you're welcome to sleep over.

It's nice of you to offer, Pops,

but I think you'll have more fun without me.

- Tor! - Yeah. I'm coming.

Mm.

But I'll have to borrow your kick-sled. I've had a little too much to drink.

Of course.

Okay. Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas. Thank you. - Mm. See you later.

I keep all our memories

Somewhere safe where I can keep

Looking at them from afar

And glue back all the broken parts

The moon is moving quietly

It's almost like it's just a dream

And if I'm wishing hard enough

Then you'll be there when I wake up

What? Inside? Get...

- Hi. - Merry Christmas.

- You too. - This one here's on the house.

- No! - A little Christmas gift.

- Thank you. That's very sweet. - You're welcome.

Could I order a Fernet on the side while we're at it?

- Mm-hm. - To, uh, settle my stomach.

I'm a little surprised Bo isn't here yet.

He's usually here much earlier than this.

I mean, can't you shoot him a text?

He's completely hopeless with anything involving a phone.

Better to just let him come whenever he's ready.

I'm confused.

Well, uh, I'm confused too.

Well, because you see each other outside the bar, right?

Well, we're pretty good friends, sure.

But we don't really hang out that much outside of this place.

- Uh, really? - Really.

Oh, you... Right. You're thinking of your Christmas show.

I came along as, um, emotional support?

And you were so cute in that little rat costume.

Oh. Thanks.

But, uh, why'd Bo need "emotional support?" I don't get it.

Well, I probably shouldn't speak for him, but, um...

But Bo's not really sure what you think of him.

- Uh, what I think? - Yeah.

I mean, after you ghosted him about having that beer here,

he wasn't really sure what to make of it, so...

I went along to "read the room".

Okay, and what did "the room" tell you?

That you liked him. That was pretty clear.

Yeah. Oh, my God, I really thought you two were, you know...

- Yeah, no way. - No?

No, no, no, no. I'm in a relationship.

- Oh, good. Great. - You can relax.

- Bo's just a friend. - Got it. Okay.

Yeah.

Mama?

Hi, what's up?

I really messed up.

Hey, What'd you do?

I met a guy that I really, really began to like.

Uh, but I misunderstood what was going on and messed it up.

I've ruined it.

But it's wonderful that you've met someone you like, Johanne.

It'd be wonderful if I wasn't awful to him.

I've been so stupid.

What happened, dear?

It was a misunderstanding.

I freaked out 'cause I thought he had a girlfriend.

- Okay. - Then I did all I could to push him away.

Gotcha.

- But Johanne... - Yeah?

...you can't live your entire life in fear of getting hurt.

You have to confront it.

Like Grandma always said,

"Only an open hand can receive good things."

Tell him how you feel about him, sweetheart.

It's getting close to midnight

Here I go again

Bathing in the moonlight

Always ends the same

- Merry Christmas. - You too.

'Cause all my life Built walls so high

At some point I swear it touched the sky

Yeah, all this time, been terrified

To feel what's on the other side

But what if I opened up for a minute?

What if I called it love, and admitted

This is real to me

Is it real to you?

What if I put my heart on the table?

Maybe it hurts so good that I'm able

To say it's real to me

Is it real to you?

I need you to hold me

Long for every touch

Don't you leave me lonely

Do I ask too much?

'Cause all my life Built walls so high

At some point I swear it touched the sky

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Yeah, all this time, been terrified

To feel what's on the other side

But what if I opened up for a minute

LET'S TRY AGAIN AT 11 P.M. TONIGHT. WILL YOU COME?

What if I called it love, and admitted This is real to me

Is it real to you?

What if I put my heart on the table

TO BO CARPENTER: I'M COMING! DON'T GO ANYWHERE

Maybe it hurts so good that I'm able To say it's real to me

Is it real to you?

Are you okay?