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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