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I didn't have a good relationship with my mom growing up,

and I never felt very accepted or thought of.

Definitely not unique or special to her,

and the minute that I met Mary,

it was like the mother that I always wanted to have,

somebody that accepted me, listened to me,

really saw me, and really took me in

for all of my idiosyncrasies and flaws.

She thought I was funny, even when I wasn't.

I'm sometimes funny, but not all the time.

She was a really, really special woman

who just loved life and loved people,

and she always laughed at all my jokes.

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

- ♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Over the hills we go, laughing all the way ♪

♪ Bells on bobtails ring ♪

♪ Making spirits bright ♪

♪ What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse ♪

♪ Open ♪

♪ Sleigh ♪

I don't... I don't really know why

we couldn't just go to your dad's place.

I wanna see the ocean.

It's really, really cold.

Babe, why are we doing this?

You didn't have to flirt with the taxi driver.

I didn't. I wasn't flirting with the taxi driver.

Oh my God. Is that what this is about?

Don't be so mad at me.

You were sleeping in the taxi and I wanted to talk to you.

Mr. Taxi Driver.

Mr. Taxi Driver Man,

would you say that your day is like a A+?

You know my mouth is bigger than that.

Oh, this is your head.

Hey, my husband's sleeping, so I wanna talk to somebody

on this two and a half hour drive.

I don't care about what you're saying.

- Stop it. -I'm sleeping

because you're sucking the life out of the taxi driver,

- taxi cab. - Don't be mad at me.

-I'm not mad at you. -Just be nice to me.

Be nice. I'm slightly annoyed.

I think we should dive in.

Let's just enjoy this. It's too cold.

Let's go.

-No! - Come on!

Come on!

No.

Jesus Christ.

I'm fine here.

God damn it.

- Come on! - No!

What are we gonna sing?

- Uh, "Silent Night." -"Holy Night."

"Holy Night"? Is that what it's called?

- Is it? -"Silent Night"?

♪ We wish you a merry ♪

No, on C. What's the tonality?

♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪

"Silent Night" is better.

- Yeah. - All right.

I don't do the lyrics, but--

"Silent."

- ♪ Silent ♪ - One, two.

- Okay. - Let's start over.

Dad?

Where are his lights?

We're here!

Maybe let's check, go around.

Dad?

Dad?

I mean, he usually has like a wreath outside.

Dad?

Dad!

-Hey! -There you are.

Here, here. Let me get that.

I missed you, Dad. How are you?

I'm all right. You look very well.

You, you look heavenly, and you look warm and that's good.

- Not warm enough. - She's warm. She's warm.

She was super warm to the cab driver.

- Oh, right. - What?

- Okay. -You got this?

I got it. I got it.

I over-packed,

but what's new?

You're gonna wear that?

- Yeah. -It's the same color

as what you're wearing right now.

It's not the same color.

It's the exact same sweater.

Well, one is burgundy and the other one is cabernet.

That's basically the same color.

A TV show that always plays

called Back To You, and then it's about, like,

giving to the homeless and stuff, like presents,

and then on the morning after, it's Christmas,

you log in Christmas Day.

Here it is. Here's the house.

It's so cute!

It's, like, cute in like a derelict type of way?

- Really? - You know what I mean? Yeah. It's like shabby chic.

Just, I'm telling you, my dad is, you know,

going through stuff, so it's not gonna be very Christmas-y.

So, just--

He knows we're girlfriends?

I told him you were my girlfriend.

But, like, not a friend who's a girl. Like girlfriend.

I don't know. I don't know what he got.

He'll like us?

Yeah. He likes me and I like you, so...

Yeah.

Hi!

Daddy!

Hi.

I missed you.

- You look great. -You too.

- I know.

Hello.

Oh, yeah, sorry. So this is Lola, my girlfriend.

- Hi.

Why do you have your coat on?

I mean, we were outside,

but you were in the house, so I don't--

I was outside before.

Your dad seems sad.

He's always been drinking his life away.

It has nothing to do with sadness or...

Mmm.

But I think this is a really hard time for your dad.

It's the first holiday without your mom.

It's a big holiday for all of us.

Who's taking care of us?

Who's taking care of me?

I'm taking care of you.

- Are you taking care of me? - Ooh.

How long have you been in the house?

Uh, not so very long. Just a year or so.

Erm, where are you from?

Sweden.

-Sweden? - Yeah.

I love Sweden.

Oh, when were you there?

No, I've never been there,

but I love the movies

of Ingmar Bergman, the greatest master.

The greatest of all time.

There's never been anybody like him.

What am I talking about?

What?

Babbling. Wesley's upstairs.

- He's here? -He longed to see you.

No way! Okay, sorry, I'm just--

-Sorry. -What?

Are you... are you peeing?

- What? - Shut the door!

Oh, I thought you were peeing.

Baby, if you ever hear me peeing this way,

just shoot me.

- Shoot me twice. Make sure I never stand up. - I mean, I did think--

It was loud, but--

-Wes? - Hey!

- Oh! - Hey!

-Hey. Hi.

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah.

- Good to see you. -Yeah.

I thought that all Swedish people were blonde.

I mean, no, no, I know it's silly,

but a lot of Swedish people are blonde, aren't they?

You don't look very Swedish.

Oh.

You never were blonde?

I mean, you have always been that color.

Yeah.

Good look.

Oh. Oh, I wanted to tell you.

I love the new stuff that you just came out with.

I mean, I loved your old stuff, obviously,

but this stuff is just, I think it's your best EP yet.

I love the synth and the guitar that you brought in on this EP.

Oh, you like the guitar?

Yeah. I mean, I know that you don't play.

I mean, obviously, the songwriting is what makes it great.

Just, can I?

Of course. Of course.

Could you say "Merry Christmas" for me in Swedish?

"Ooh," like "ooh," like "ooh, la, la."

I don't know what you do. Ugh.

It means "good," like good.

Good.

Yeah, it's pretty good.

- Better than Jackie.

So, where do you think Jackie went?

I think she went upstairs to see her brother, Wesley.

- Lovely. - So nice to meet you. Lovely.

You too. Lovely.

-How's the-- - Writing?

-Yeah. - Still doing it.

-Baby? - Hey.

- Hi! - Hi.

Hey, so everyone, this is Lola.

- My brother. - Hi, I'm Wesley.

- Nice to meet you. - Hi.

- Nice to meet you. -And his wife.

Charlie.

- Nice to meet to you. - Hey.

-Hi. Nice to meet you. -So this is, everyone,

Lola, my girlfriend, yeah.

It's so nice to finally meet you.

-I know. It's so nice to meet you. - Me too.

Yeah. Girlfriend.

I like your sweater.

- Oh, thank you. - I'm gonna have a drink.

It's burgundy.

Okay, let's have a drink, okay? Shall we?

Jacqueline, Jacqueline, Jacqueline.

Stop calling me Jacqueline, okay?

- Let's go. -Lola, you coming?

Okay.

God help me. God help me.

We should do something. It's too empty.

Yeah. Just put the Christmas tree.

I can be the Christmas tree.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

- You can decorate me. - Let me find some decorations for you.

Oh, wow. He didn't unbox anything.

Bedroom.

There's like one item.

I mean, he kinda unpacked.

Yes.

This was probably here before the cupboard was installed.

I feel like it would be different if Mom was here.

Yeah. We wouldn't be here if Mom was here.

No.

So, Lola.

-What, Lola? -Tell me more. Tell me more.

Oh, what? Stop it.

I don't know. She's my girlfriend and it's serious, I guess.

She loves me a lot.

That's a good quality in a girlfriend.

That's a really good quality. Yeah.

I actually told her that I was gonna write a song for her.

- That's, yeah. -You did?

- Yeah, I did. I've changed. -Have you?

Yeah, I'm a romantic now. You could help me.

I'm a sports journalist.

Only because your wife gave you that job.

-Nice. - Yeah.

Don't do that for him.

Why? He's not gonna do it so we might just, you know,

- help him out. - Don't get him used to that.

I just don't wanna leave this place,

and, like, you know,

I don't wanna know that he's living this way, you know?

Are you gonna do anything?

Mom, she'd want us to help.

I mean, isn't that the whole point of us, you know,

coming here for Christmas, just to make it better?

I don't see how unpacking boxes--

Because he's not happy!

He's living in an empty house.

He needs you. He needs me.

He needs everyone. Fuck.

Have you been to the memorial to see where they scattered the ashes?

Yeah. I went.

- You went? -Mhm.

- When? - Two weeks ago when I was in Paris,

and I ended up, you know,

going by the little ice cream shop,

you know, we used to go to, and it was very cute.

I don't know. It felt like all of the pain, you know,

that I had was gone for a moment.

I wanted to go over there.

But you were in America.

Yeah.

I think Dad's got some of the ashes, right?

He could. Why?

- Time for a drink, methinks. -He kept some ashes with him.

- He wanted-- - Would he do that? She wanted to be scattered.

Yeah, but he wanted to have a piece of her, I guess.

I don't know.

Nice little chat you two are having.

I'm not deaf.

-I'm sorry. - Oh, please.

-Well, well, well. -Yup.

Fun times ahead.

"We must never take our family for granted,

nor our family Christmas for that matter.

Love forever, Mary."

I found the fireplace decorations.

We can decorate.

Your mom made us all stockings last year.

Oh, where is it?

I think it's probably in this box.

I've never had a stocking before,

so I thought that was really nice for her to make me one.

Lucky you.

You had one too.

Want to do all that again?

Okay.

It's gone. It's the past.

Did I tell you about what happened

in the cab on the way here?

- What happened? - What?

Nevermind.

She was flirting with the taxi driver.

Was he hot?

No. He wasn't hot.

He wasn't,

but I really don't care.

Oh, yeah. You really sound like you don't care.

Well. Erm...

This is normally about the time that I go to the pub.

Let's all go together.

Yeah, or I could just go and you could stay.

So you're going to the pub?

He's going to the pub.

And we're staying here?

Yep.

Oh. Oh.

Enjoy yourself. Just don't get too pissed.

And don't worry about all this.

It's okay that you didn't put any decorations up.

It doesn't matter.

You really are a fucking little shit, aren't you?

What was that about?

Why did you have to talk about it?

- Talk about what? - The decorations.

I mean, we were having a nice time.

I just told him that--

That what?

That it was okay that the decorations weren't hung. I was trying to make him feel--

He was okay? Do it yourself. Just don't blame things on him.

What do you want me to say? I don't understand.

- I'm just, where have you been? - Why are you being like this?

Seriously, the past year, where have you been?

Where have you been?

I was on tour. I was working.

You don't know what you're talking about.

- Oh, I don't? - Jacqueline, please.

Stop calling me Jacqueline!

That's your name.

Okay, we're leaving. Lola!

I'm not staying here.

Wesley, I'm leaving, now! I'm packing my stuff!

I think you might be overreacting just a tad.

I'm not. He just pissed me off.

Okay, so, okay.

Pack your things. We're going home.

I think we should just have a glass of wine, take a moment, and just relax.

I don't wanna relax.

We can leave tomorrow. Where are you gonna go?

- You're drunk. - I don't know!

I can't drive for shit, so--

Yeah, you can't drive. That's for sure.

Do you think Jackie's really leaving?

Yeah, she's gonna go have a little walk around the neighborhood

and she'll come back.

But do you think she's leaving town?

No.

He just fucking disappeared for a year,

and then, like, he comes back and it's like--

Jackie, these are the facts.

You're drunk.

You've had like seven glasses of red wine,

and you are not driving us on the highway right now.

Precious cargo.

Namaste. No, no, no, no namaste.

We'll fucking go.

We'll go first thing in the morning.

I mean, she's the whole reason that we even met,

so you would think she'd be nicer to me.

Maybe she wanted a friend and she got a sister-in-law.

That is not it. You know what it's about.

What is it about?

She doesn't like that I got close to your mom.

- Look how sexy I am.

- Ooh, strip tease.

Ooh, one boot.

Ooh, clothes coming off.

-What? -I'm about to pull you on the dance floor, baby.

I'm trying to find my strength,

but she's making it a little difficult.

- Uh-uh. Nope. I don't wanna dance. - Just a little dance.

-It's very, very hot in here. - I don't wanna dance right now.

Ooh, I think you love taking your clothes off and dancing.

- One dance. - One dance!

♪ What's that burning ♪

- ♪ What's that burning, my mum shrieks down ♪ - Ooh!

♪ She's touching up her brow for when the family arrives ♪

♪ And the red wine plummets down ♪

♪ And we should all be in our beds ♪

♪ But it's right wing versus left ♪

♪ Until the wings fall off our heads ♪

♪ And is this Christmas ♪

♪ Is this Christmas ♪

♪ My dear ♪

♪ Is this Christmas ♪

♪ Whatever happened to our festive cheer ♪

Yeah. That was... great.

Oh, what?

-Cool. - I'm joking!

Do you know what I like about you?

That no matter what you're going through,

you still strive for greatness and you wanna be better,

and that's huge.

You know what I love about you?

-What? - You're fine. You're fine, girl.

Mm, mm, mm.

I look at you, I'm like, "Ooh!"

- Yeah, girl. - You're really hot.

-That's right. - When we walk down the street, people are like,

"Damn, look at that fine guy."

What?

Do you know what I love about you?

I'm waiting. Why don't you wear your wedding ring anymore?

It's too tight. It was choking my finger

the same way you're choking me right now.

- Fine. Whoa! - Wait.

Oh, shit. Are you okay?

Lola.

I know you won't be mad at me forever, because you love me.

Uh-uh.

Oh, you love me.

-Uh-uh. - You love me.

-No, I don't. - Oh, you do.

I wish Mom was here.

Me too.

"We must never take our family for granted.

Nor our family Christmas for that matter.

Love forever, Mary."

I'm gonna let you know something.

The taxi driver was hot,

and you were asleep. I mean, yeah, he was attractive.

It's not like I fucking slept with him.

I'm blowing my mind.

It's so good.

Treat extended family

like your own.

Merry Christmas to me.

Dad!

- Dad! - Shit.

-Papa! - Oh no.

Oh, ow!

Oh, shit.

Okay. Okay, babe.

Wake up.

Babe, wake up. I have to tell you something.

I did something really stupid,

and I was just really, really drunk last night,

and I got all, you know, emotional because of the family

and what's going on, and I just did something really stupid.

- Are you listening to me? I have to tell you something.

- I'm a very good person. - Hey, everyone!

-Hi. Good morning. - Okay.

All right, Wesley, sit up please.

Respect yourself a little bit.

All right, okay, Dad, sit here.

What do you got there?

Charlie, can you sit too? Thank you.

Yeah.

All right. Okay, everyone.

So I found this in the kitchen.

It's Mom's diary, and so she left,

I mean, a list for us to do.

It's very beautiful.

Christmas rules.

That's so Mom. That's so cute.

First, return home, which we did.

Two, involve relatives.

We must have a cousin around or something, right?

Three, become a part of community.

I mean, you could go back to choir. You love singing, right?

That would be good. Making new friends.

Four, give thanks.

Give one.

Love.

Give thanks, give love, give presents.

It just has a ring to it.

I can read my mom's handwriting, Charlie.

I mean, I don't know what it says.

- I'm reading now. - Yeah.

Five, treat extended family like your own.

Yeah.

Six, celebrate New Year's together and remember me.

And then, like--

Here, here. Let me see.

-Yeah, she put it next to a picture of... - Oh, goodness.

Was it you dressed up as Santa?

I suppose it must have been.

-That's beautiful that she did that. -Yes.

- I love it. -Yes.

Mama's reached out to us, so it means we can have fun now.

Right, Wesley? Christmas Eve!

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up.

- Wake up, wake up, wake up, Wesley, wake,

and I'm happy you're here.

What is going on?

Hiya. Why don't you take a little look around?

Yeah. Actually, I'm in need of getting some presents.

They're for family, so sometimes it's always hard to get.

- Yeah, of course. - The right thing for your family.

- Yeah. Is it your family? - Yeah. Well, kind of, yes.

You know how it goes. Sometimes families get mad at you,

and, you know, they don't like you for certain things,

and then sometimes you do things to make it better for them

and you do it out of the goodness of your heart,

but it might not be a good thing,

but you're still a good person.

You just made a mistake, but then they might find out

and then they might get even more mad at you,

but in order to maybe offset that,

you should get them a good Christmas present. You know what I mean?

-Yeah. - Yeah, so is there anything in here like that?

Well, we've got some nice pictures.

A picture can say more than words sometimes.

Yeah. I don't know if that's gonna be enough.

I think we should release the ashes, Dad.

- It's just like-- - You have to give me a reason, I'm afraid.

It's no good telling me

that you think we should get rid of the ashes,

and it's also no good telling me what Mum would've thought.

Nobody knows what Mum would've thought.

You happened to ask about it, so I showed it to you,

and that's all.

What we're trying to say is just,

Dad, we love you.

Oh, we can smoke it.

Smoke your mother?

Smoke Mom.

It's ashes we're talking about.

Just a thought.

We don't have to. Whatever.

Wouldn't you rather have a walk and stare at the ocean,

thinking about Mum,

than just having this tiny wooden box collecting dust?

What?

What are you saying, Mum?

Oh, you don't wanna be put in a box.

You wanna be outside.

Hello? Is she talking to me too?

Yeah, I think so.

Mum?

Dusty, she says.

Yeah. Must be.

We love you, Mum.

We love you.

Do you wanna see the ocean?

- She does. -Yes.

Now, don't make Mum's voice.

Yeah, she wants to see the ocean.

- It's been a while. -Mm-hmm.

These.

Ooh.

Are pretty cool.

Oh, yeah?

- Do I look cooler? - Yes. I'm loving that.

Family members as good-looking as you?

- Thanks. - No?

Uh, yes, they are.

Have you done any modeling?

Oh, no. I'm a journalist, mostly music.

Ah, so glasses?

Um...

- Feels cool, man. - I will have four of these.

I mean, I know it's a present,

and you're not supposed to tell 'em beforehand what it is,

but I would tell 'em what it is beforehand,

because if they grab 'em hard, they'll break 'em.

They're gonna know they're glasses.

Not if they're wrapped. You'd be surprised. People are idiots.

If it was wrapped, I'd go, "Here are your sunglasses.'

Do what I just did.

Here, Merry Christmas. These are your glasses, sunglasses.

See, you got it wrong. It's not easy, is it?

I really think we've got on today.

If you were to rate me out of 10

on the interaction between me and you,

what would you give it?

I'm just gonna just buy the sunglasses right now.

Awesome. Well, I suppose the bigger question is

would you like me to call you?

I just really want the glasses.

That's cool. That's cool.

That's awesome.

Think how much fun we'd have if we actually went out.

Hi. Oh my God.

- Thank God. -[ON PHONE] Hey.

Hi, I've been trying to reach you. I'm sorry.

Hey, where are you? Are you okay?

I'm okay. I got lost and I went shopping

and now I don't know where I am, and...

Do you want me to come get you?

Okay, yeah. There's a church.

I think this is a church.

Okay, stay there. I'll...

- Hello?

Shit. Hello?

Okay.

Ugh. No, you're breaking up.

Oh.

Great.

- ♪ Holy night ♪

♪ Round yon virgin ♪

♪ Mother and child ♪

♪ Holy infant ♪

♪ So tender and mild ♪

♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪

♪ And a happy New Year ♪

♪ Our tidings we bring ♪

♪ To you and your kin ♪

♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪

♪ And a happy New Year ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Dashing through the snow ♪

♪ In a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Over the fields we go ♪

♪ Laughing all the way ♪

♪ Bells on bobtails ring ♪

♪ Making spirits bright ♪

♪ What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse ♪

♪ Open sleigh ♪

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas.

- Oh, you look pretty. - You look red.

- I like it. - Yeah, I'm--

- Cute! - Oh, thank you. You're pretty.

Do you want one?

- Yeah, of course. - Yeah, okay.

You know, like when you do something when you're drunk,

but it's not you necessarily because you regret it.

You do things,

and then it doesn't necessarily mean that

that's who you are. You know what I mean?

- You know what I mean. - Yeah, yeah, I guess.

Yeah, it doesn't make you a bad person

that you were just drunk and you messed up, right?

I like when you're drunk. You're funny.

Like, you're very funny. More fun than when you're sober.

Thank you.

Yeah. You're welcome.

Happy Christmas.

Oh, happy Christmas.

- All right. - Yes. Erm...

Yes. Er, erm...

It's Viv?

- Viv. -Yeah.

- Not Allen's boy. -Yeah.

Oh, God, I should have recognized you.

I haven't seen you since-

Oh, yeah. Okay, I brought that. Look.

There you go.

- Oh. Thank you so much. - For luck.

Jackie invited me.

Oh, did she?

- Yeah. - Oh, she didn't tell me.

That's fine. That's great.

- I'm sorry. - No, it's wonderful.

So you think that that's like who you are as a person?

- You think that that's-- -Yeah.

I don't know. I think that, actually, you can do things

that are not necessarily who you are at all,

because you're just making random decisions,

and it's not who you are in your soul. You're

What has he done? He's done something.

Hmm?

You're talking about Wesley, right?

- Oh. - You can tell me, you know.

We're like sisters in a way.

I'm so sorry I couldn't be there for Allen's send-off. I, I...

I was sorry that I couldn't come to...

No, no.

It's far, innit?

We can't all be everywhere

- all the time, can we? - Yeah.

Did Mary have a good funeral? Was it a good day?

It was what it is, I mean, for us.

Did they actually bury her?

Like, was it,

- or was it ash? - Uh, no.

She very much wanted to be cremated.

Same, same.

- Yes. - Not me, Dad.

- Yeah. - I'm not really bothered.

When you're gone, you're gone, innit?

It's over, end of sports, kaput, innit?

So, um...

You know, it's Wesley.

Like, when we were younger,

he went out to the pub to see his friends

and he took my dad's car and he had an accident with it

- and he blamed it on me. - I'm gonna take my hand back.

-Oh, yeah. Sorry. - That's okay.

Everyone thought it was my fault and no one, like, trusted me anymore, and--

- And you forgave him. -I forgave him.

- You forgave him. -I forgave him.

Because he's a good person.

No, because he's family.

- Okay. Awesome.

- Bring the plates. - Thank you.

Can I have the red stuff?

Thank you.

- The red stuff? - Cranberry sauce.

Oh, yeah.

Do you want potatoes?

Potatoes, please, by all means.

Potatoes. Yes, please.

Potatoes.

Dad, you want any?

Yup. Lovely.

Where? Everywhere?

Yes, everywhere.

Gravy with that?

Yes, gravy. Thank you.

Some gravy on your turkey.

Guys, please, just a second before you start eating.

We don't get this occasion very often,

- so be with me in the moment. - Okay.

Will you please close your eyes?

All right.

I'd like to take this opportunity to...

um...

to thank, uh, to thank Mum.

We want to thank you. We want to thank you for giving us the opportunity

to be here all together.

We know you are watching down on us,

probably from the next room.

I'd like to thank you, Mum, for reaching out to Jackie.

Thank you, Mum.

And giving us those rules, a blueprint.

Even with your absence, you find a way to rule us,

- with love, of course. -That's so her.

You made Jackie so, so happy.

You did.

And through Jackie, made us happy.

So thank you for bringing us all together.

This feels really special.

I guess what I wanna say is to absent family and friends.

All right. Cheers.

- Cheers. - Skol.

- Yeah. - Yeah, cheers.

And to Allen, specifically Allen,

'cause Dad, Allen, I don't think he's in the other room,

but he's with her, Mary.

He's with her, and probably together, having a nice time.

I thought they'd be having a nice time, wouldn't they?

- I didn't really know her. Fabulous time. -Fabulous.

Yeah. Yeah.

That's what they're doing up there now. Amen to that.

That's it. Iechyd.

- There we are. - Iechyd.

- All right. - Yeah.

-Cheers. -Thank you.

All right, so I know who you two are,

obviously because of Dad, but who are you two then?

Lola. She's my girlfriend.

Oh, like?

Yeah. We're a couple.

French, innit? It's quite French, that is.

And you? Are you seeing anyone?

No, no, no, no.

I've talked to some people online and stuff,

but actually, like, in real life,

not for, maybe like, pre-pandemic, and three years.

- So, like eight years-ish. - Oh, nice.

So where exactly did you find that diary?

I found it on the table.

What table?

This one. This table.

I never saw it here. I really didn't.

I thought you were the one who brought it up

when you came back from the pub the other night.

I just thought you just left it on the table.

- I really can't remember anything like that. -'Cause like--

Let's talk about what we're grateful for this year.

Rose and thorn.

- What's that? -Rose and thorn.

Oh, like something good and something bad?

Oh. Okay, cool, yeah, we could do that too.

So, like, I'll go first.

Like, something that is good for me is...

I have a lot of frequent flyer miles

because I come here,

and then something bad that happened, you know, is, uh...

So you go. Anybody go.

Obviously, the fact that I found Mum's diary,

and she left this list for us and for me to find it,

but, also, my new EP is going very well.

I'm pretty sure, you know, I'm gonna go on tour again.

Something good that happened to me was that I met Jackie.

Oh, yeah, that too. I wanted to say that.

So, Wes babe, do you wanna go?

Okay, something good, I only got to go to America once.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, bad thing.

I don't know what you want me to say.

I fucking hate my job,

I'm fucking miserable at work

and I wish I didn't pursue

such a miserable career,

a sport that I don't even like anymore.

What about you?

-Me? - Yeah.

Well, the good thing was

that I made the best cabinet I ever made in my life,

and the bad thing is

the person I made it for never got to see it.

I really wanna take back my frequent flyer miles comment.

Yeah. I regret that.

- Hey. - Oh, hey.

What's up?

Nothing much. Checking on you.

Are you okay with all of this?

Mhm.

- What? -This chaos.

I mean, it makes one wanna drink an extra drink,

an extra shot, if you know what I mean.

Is there something inside?

Yeah. It's just like something

I just picked up... in town.

How are you?

- Because you're giving me, like, really low energy vibes.

You know, my guru told me that

unless you love yourself, you can't love anyone else.

So my question for you, do you love yourself?

I wish I knew.

I don't know. How do you feel?

I see what you're doing.

What am I doing?

You're avoiding the subject.

Who are you? How are you?

And how's Charlie?

Like, not to be rude, but I, like, love Jackie,

and obviously, your vibe is bringing us down and--

My vibe?

Your vibe, and I can't exactly say that

you and Charlie are selling marriage.

Do you know what I mean?

Like, your poster sucks. It looks like a horror film.

Okay.

Um, thank you.

-You're welcome. - Thank you.

-I feel like we're having a moment, do you think? Yeah.

- Me and Jackie's brother are having a moment. - Yes, yes.

Yeah.

Think about it. Think about it.

You never know.

I mean, I don't know what's in it, but think about it.

- Come here. -I'm listening.

I mean, you're obviously not listening

because you're walking away.

Sit down. Come here.

I'm so close to the door.

- Hello there. - Hello.

You all right?

Yeah. How are you?

- Good. -Do you like Lola?

Yeah.

I can see why you like her.

Yeah. She's fun.

I was in the kitchen earlier with Charlie.

She was talking about how you, I don't know,

like, do things when you're drunk, and like,

it's not really you because you're drunk, and you know.

What do you mean?

I don't know. I didn't get what she was saying.

I thought it might have been about you.

He was feeling left out.

Dad.

-That's my chair. - Sorry.

Everybody knows that's my chair.

Oh, sorry. I didn't know it was.

I'll sit here.

That was such a good meal.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

I loved the peas.

Yeah, I'm okay. I am.

At the table,

when you were talking about being in America.

I'm sorry about what I said.

But I want you to be able to talk to me

- if you don't wanna be there. - I am.

I know I can talk to you. I know you're here.

But then when you say things like that in there,

- it makes me feel like-- - It's just...

Let's leave it in that room.

What did you do last Christmas?

Sorry.

Oh, she's off.

Sorry.

-I don't want you to hate your job. -Hey, guys.

Hi. Oh.

Coming in, all right. Hey, sister.

It's all of this. I just sat around the house.

I sat around the house and had some whiskey.

Just you?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep.

What were you guys talking about?

Um, just checking in with him and making sure everything was...

I'm all checked in.

Checked in.

Checkity, checkity, check.

Checked in and ready to go up to the room.

- So everything's fine? -Oh, yeah, everything's great.

Okay. I just thought you were arguing.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, we--

It kind of looked like it.

- He's happy. - Happy.

Yeah!

Yeah.

- Yes, of course, I remember it... - Yeah.

...but the only thing I miss, honestly,

I'm really earnest about this,

- singing. - Singing.

- The singing. - Singing.

What are we gonna do about the--

- Nativity? - Yes.

We could, like, use it to maybe buzz on a message for Dad

- to not, like, drink so much. - What are you talking about?

You know, just like to show him

that he's, like, missing out on stuff.

What are you guys talking about?

Why don't we do it, like, in the form of a play?

Kind of like as a metaphor.

A play to tell your dad

- about his drinking tonight? - Yes, yes.

How did you meet Mary?

Oh my God.

Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.

- It's just, it seems-- - No, no, no, it's just...

It just seemed like you really loved her,

- and I just wanted to know. - Oh, yes, I really did.

So I didn't mean to upset you, it's just-

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. It doesn't upset me.

Well, do you remember when I came down from here

and I went to London

and I apprenticed myself as a carpenter?

Very lowly, it was.

-You're doing it with us. - I'm in the play?

-Yes. -Really?

-Yeah. She should be in the play. - Oh, you can be the lobster.

There's a lobster in the nativity?

There's no lobster in the play.

But, now, there is one.

Then, one day, into the shop came this woman.

French.

I could smell fantastic perfume coming off her.

Oh, she was so beautiful.

Completely just out of my league.

Anyway, she came in and she looked around

and just picked up this thing.

It was just quite a small cabinet, just a little cabinet.

You could put, I suppose it had a couple of drawers in it,

so you could put necklaces or whatever like that.

So I wrote a little receipt out for her

and I said on it, "Thank you for your custom.

Please come back."

And I put my telephone number, which was very cheeky of me,

and she said, "Thank you very much,"

and she put it in her pocket and she left.

I thought, "Well, I'll never see her again."

Three days later, my phone rings.

"Hello."

She said, "I'm coming to the shop again.

I'm going to look at some furniture.

Perhaps we would have

a little something to eat or something to drink."

I said, "Yeah, sure thing."

And, really, there's nothing more to tell after that.

It was just...

total,

absolutely total,

and you know,

it was God.

I've never had anything like that. I've never had it.

Never had it.

I'm sorry. I am sorry.

It's not your fault.

Well, no, but I'm sorry.

Bloody lovely, that is.

Yeah. It was.

Thank you, my old friend.

Oh, yes.

-And cheers to that. - And cheers to you.

- Checkmate, my old friend. -Mwah!

- Yes, sir!

Oh, Charlie, sit over here.

-Oh, uh, okay. - We're missing a lobster.

Oh, yeah, where is the lobster, boiling?

-Hey. Oh, yes. -Come to the manger...

-Cheers to that! - ...and see the baby.

- I think it's a special baby. I'm not sure. -Oh, how is the--

If you don't come now, you're gonna miss it,

and I know you guys are both drunk,

and that's super fun for you guys, but also--

- Fun. - Fun!

I think it would be a really good idea

- to come now. - We just love that drinking!

Come on. Follow the lobster.

Yes, thank you for the information, this precious

- piece of information, lobster. - Thank you.

- We will be there. - Of course.

- Close the door. - Yes, yes.

- Cheers to Jesus. - Oh, Jesus.

- Mmm. - Oh, yeah.

So, this just in. Um--

Oh, the lobster again!

The lobster's back.

So this just in. I told you guys that this is gonna be a really special baby,

and then I was right, because this baby is like super famous.

- What? - Yup, you better believe it.

A very famous baby.

-Dang it! - If you weren't drinking,

then you could have met Jesus.

Oh no!

But you didn't, and so, ah, that sucks for you.

Oh, we missed something very, very important

because we were drinking.

And life has passed us by.

- So sad. - And scene.

Scene.

- Yes. - Woo, woo!

- Bravo!

♪ Early morning with the kids asleep still ♪

♪ A morning together would be so sweet ♪

♪ With a brandy breakfast over mistletoe ♪

♪ Who would have thought ♪

♪ We'd spend Christmas together, my love ♪

♪ Fire burning, but the window's frosty ♪

♪ You draw a love heart with my name inside ♪

♪ It's meant to be, boy, you can't deny ♪

♪ I wanna spend every Christmas forever with you ♪

♪ I do ♪

♪ I must be waiting here to say I love you ♪

Phew.

Baby.

Yeah.

You okay?

Yeah. Are you?

Yeah.

It was a good Christmas.

I really loved that lobster dress.

- It was really-- - Can you just

- stop it with the lobster thing? - It was a beautiful view.

Okay.

I have to talk to you about something.

- Okay. - Do you really?

Uh, yes, I do.

- I gotta, I'm sorry. - Yeah.

It's important.

Um, do you remember when we got married?

- Yes. - We said vows

that said that we would accept each other

and love each other for better or for worse,

and you promised that--

Baby, you shouldn't start a conversation by--

I know. So, um, I,

you know how messed up my family situation is,

and you know how much I loved your mom,

and I wanted to have a really good Christmas.

-What did you do? - Okay. I...

I found a letter from your mom written to your dad,

and she was so effusive and beautiful about Christmas

and wanting all the family to be together

and wanting everyone to be happy, and...

- I wanted-- - What did you do?

We weren't happy. Your sister wasn't happy. Your dad was sad, and I wrote-

Charlie, Charlie, you need to tell me what you did.

I wrote the list.

I copied your mom's handwriting and I wrote the list with the rules.

But I did it because Jackie hates me,

and you and I have been weird,

and I wanted to help your dad 'cause he seemed so sad, and--

You, you, you--

I just felt like it was gonna bring everybody--

You pretended to be my dead mother?

Um...

Yeah.

I thought it would bring us all together and it did,

and we had a great Christmas,

and your sister was happy and you were being nicer to me,

and you seemed, I feel like we were gonna have

- a good Christmas. - Wait, wait, wait.

When did you think this was a good idea?

I wasn't thinking.

I was drunk and I panicked,

because I just wanted us all to have a good time.

I mean, your sister hates me.

Oh my God. My sister.

Oh. What were you thinking?

I wasn't thinking.

I wasn't thinking.

I was just thinking I wanted everyone to be happy.

I don't even, you don't even wear your wedding ring!

It's too small for my fingers, and--

That is such bullshit.

It is, it is too small, and--

The ring is not too small.

You're not happy.

Are you happy?

I'm sorry.

I'm gonna make it right.

I've been thinking a lot about...

About what?

The future and future holidays.

So like Easter?

Yeah. What are we doing for Easter?

I don't know.

♪ Amen ♪

Oh, don't do that. Don't do that.

It's been wonderful, Wesley. Just wonderful.

How are you, yourself?

I'm okay. I'm just having to...

I think I'm a bit tired of work.

Since Mum left us,

I keep thinking about the perfume you leave...

- Oh. - ...after your passage.

The scent, the memory.

I'm not going through any sort of life crisis,

but I just don't see the point.

You're talking about the same people and the same stuff, and I...

Nobody will remember us in 50 years.

Well, we all have to live with that, you know.

I'm inspired by your work. I just...

I want something that lasts.

I can see it now.

"Cross and Sons," cabinet makers.

-It would be nice.

Does Charlie know about this?

Oh, God. One thing at a time.

- Hey. - Hey.

Want another drink? You good?

Yeah, I'm good. Thank you.

I do, if you don't mind.

Yeah, I'll get you one. Of course.

- Oh, hey. - Hey.

Oh, I was thinking.

Maybe now is as good as a time

to pop the question.

What?

- What do you mean? - The ring, maybe, now.

It's as good as a time as it gets.

- Try the ring now. - Wait, what do you mean?

By the darts.

So you don't think it's a horrible idea?

No. I think you should try it now.

I can't really...

I was-- That's the ladies'.

Also, the reason why I got it

isn't because, like, I'm trying to pin her down,

and, like, you know, label us as anything.

It's more like the ring represents

the passion and love and excitement.

It's not fucking boring as marriage. You know what I mean?

I want her to feel excited

by this circle, this ring, the circle of life.

Can I get two shots?

Yeah. Fuck.

Like, we were together in the Middle Ages.

We were together as little plankton at the Big Bang.

We've always been together,

walking side by side in the cycle of life.

♪ I'm looking at you ♪

♪ You're biting your nails ♪

Hi.

Hey.

Mary was the luck I had.

She brought into my life everything that I had lacked

and didn't know I lacked.

There's a saying Jacques Prevert used to say.

I recognized my happiness

because of the sound it made leaving the room.

Some people said it's not from him, but...

She was a really, really special woman

who just loved life and loved people,

and I've learned so, so much from her,

like how to be more loving to my mother.

I'm not really saying goodbye.

'cause I know you're always gonna be around me

and looking after Dad and Wesley, of course, and...

Now I can really let you go.

Oh, and I have a girlfriend and she's... you'd love her.

She's great.

And I know I will see you again.

Thank you for everything and I love you.

Hi, Mom.

How was your Christmas? Is everything okay there?

I know. Um...

I-- I was gonna call.

You know me, just trying to control everything.

I love you. I miss you too.

Who made this? It's delicious.

I hate pudding now. I really do.

So did you guys actually believe in Father Christmas?

Oh, I did, until Wesley.

-Everybody does. - Yeah, until Wesley ruined that for me.

No, I mean, everybody believes it,

but I saw Mum and Dad just holding the gifts

and they sensed my presence and they looked at me,

and I went like, and we exchanged a little moment,

and we never mentioned it again. We never mentioned it again.

Your first reaction, you came and told me,

which is horrible.

Like, 'cause I was much younger. I was just a kid.

- It's kinda absurd that parents do that to their children.

I think it's because you were in shock, because, like--

I have something that I have to tell you guys.

I mean, they're just like, you know, lying about.

I have to tell you guys something. Um...

I have to. I have to.

I did something really, really stupid. Um...

I found a letter that

Mary wrote to you, Samuel, and it was talking about how much

she wanted her family to be together on Christmas and happy,

and so I copied her handwriting

and I wrote the rules and the list

because I wanted us to all be together, and...

I'm so, so sorry, Jackie.

I'm so sorry.

You did that?

I was trying to help.

I hate you.

Yeah. I know.

I loved your mom.

Don't. What's wrong with you?

-No, no, no. - Don't talk about my mum.

I know, okay?

I swear to God. Why would you?

- I know. - Why did you have to tell me now?

No, no, no. I couldn't look at you and know that I was lying.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait!

Charlie, seriously, stop talking.

Okay, can we just talk about this? I think there's some things

that we probably need to just talk about first.

- By lying to everyone? -I know it was---

Why would you do something like this?

I messed up. I was trying to help.

I wanted everybody to have a good time.

Do you know how, like, fucked up you sound right now?

- I know, I know, I know. - I'm coming for you.

- I swear to God, I'm coming for you! - I messed up, okay?

- Oh my God. Jackie, no! -I hate you!

- No, okay! Listen to me! -What's wrong with you, Charlie? Seriously!

Wait, wait, wait. I have an explanation.

Okay, I know. Sorry, I deserve this. Please!

- No!

- Okay! Stop!

Jackie, listen! I have a explanation for this!

Okay? Just settle!

Just listen! Jackie, no, listen!

Charlie, you listen!

No, settle, settle! Just calm down!

God damn it!

No, wait, listen to me. Listen.

I did not-- I'm sorry.

You're right.

She was your mom, not mine, and I'm sorry that I was there.

You were there for her, and I was not.

I'm mad at myself. That's it. Like...

She loved you.

I'm sorry.

No. I'm sorry.

- Your hair smells great. - Thanks.

- You ruined your trackers. - I know.

- My pants are shit. - My jeans.

Hiya.

Hey, I thought you guys might--

Oh, thank you.

Thank you. This is exciting.

Cheers.

Oof.

- Ooh. - Who had this done?

- I don't know. -Jesus.

- It's like right in the back of the throat. - You know.

- Tangy. - It's gonna stay. Oof.

I love you.

I love you.

Oh, hello.

Hello.

- How do you feel?

Nervous.

Great.

- And you? - Nervous.

-You? - Yeah.

Just do it with love. It'll be fine.

-Yeah. - Yeah? That's all.

Beautiful. Now, be wonderful.

Good luck. Good luck, everyone.

My daughter, my daughter.

- ♪ Silent night ♪

♪ Holy night ♪

♪ All is calm ♪

♪ All is right ♪

♪ Round yon virgin ♪

♪ Mother and child ♪

♪ Holy infant ♪

♪ So tender and mild ♪

♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

♪ Sleep in heavenly peace ♪

♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪

♪ And a happy New Year ♪

♪ Good tidings we bring to you and your kin ♪

♪ We wish you a merry Christmas ♪

♪ And a happy New Year ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the way ♪

♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse ♪

♪ Open sleigh ♪

- Woo!

Woo!

Woo!

Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen,

and here's a little surprise.

My wonderfully talented daughter Jackie has written a song

especially for tonight, and it's called "A Song For Lola."

Thank you.

- ♪ My friends talking ♪

♪ I don't hear a word ♪

♪ The room starts shaking ♪

♪ I will not be stopped ♪

♪ I'm looking at you ♪

♪ You're biting your nails ♪

♪ Looking ahead ♪

♪ Wish we could just clear the room ♪

♪ I'm looking at you ♪

♪ Are you looking at me ♪

♪ What if you see me differently ♪

♪ We've got a good thing ♪

♪ But I know what should be ♪

♪ I wanna hug you like I do in my dreams ♪

♪ We got it good ♪

♪ Wish we could just be you and I ♪

♪ I'm looking at you ♪

♪ Are you looking at me ♪

This is Lola.

That was so good.

Okay.

Close your eyes.

-What? - Close your eyes.

Open your hand.

♪ Should auld acquaintance be forgot ♪

What is this?

Don't freak out.

Give me your hand.

♪ Should auld acquaintance be forgot ♪

♪ For the sake of auld lang syne ♪

So what? I'm your wife now?

I wanna be your wife. You can be whatever you want to be.

♪ My dear, for auld lang syne ♪

You can be my wife too.

♪ We'll drink a cup of kindness yet ♪

♪ For the sake of auld lang syne ♪

I should probably ask your father--

Oh, don't do that. No.

No, no, no.

It's a beautiful ring.

♪ For old acquaintance be forgot ♪

♪ And never brought to mind ♪

♪ Should old acquaintance be forgot ♪

♪ For the sake of auld lang syne ♪

♪ For auld lang syne, my dear ♪

♪ For auld lang syne ♪

♪ We'll drink a cup of kindness yet ♪

♪ For the sake of auld lang syne ♪

Darling. My love.

I know it doesn't fit.

We're gonna get you another one.

- Okay! -Yes.

It's crazy because this ring doesn't fit.

Oh!

Ah!