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here we come a wasling among the leaves

so green here we come a wondering so

fair to be seen love and joy come to you

and to your wasel too God bless you and

send you a happy new year God send you a

happy New

Year here we come a wasling among the

leaves so green here we come a wondering

so fair to be seen love and joy come to

you and to your too God bless you and

send you a happy new year God send you a

happy new

year God you a happy New

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Year thank you I'm Maggie McKenzie and

I'll be in Chicago for three nights

starting Thursday opening for the Dalton

Blake

band I hope you all have a wonderful

holiday and I'll see you on the road in

the New Year good night

thanks hey Louis what are you doing here

what manager can't come see his favorite

client well your oldest client but

thanks for trying great crowd

huh what's wrong okay look

Maggie sorry but Dalton Blake didn't

sell as many tickets as he expected to

for

Chicago he's canceling the

shows oh

he's canceling me look he just wanted a

stronger opening act you know somebody

who could put more people in seats Louis

I really needed this I know I'm sorry

but my idea is take advantage of the

time go home relax write me a big hit

and we'll start the year off strong huh

yeah I'll get right on that maybe this

will

help oh you didn't have to do that oh I

know but it's kind of for me

too gee what are you trying to tell me

look this phone is loaded with all the

archline apps that help with lyrics and

and sound and it's got this amazing

autotune feature that you obviously

don't need of course of course yeah is

the receipt in here because I could

return it along with the arch line apps

I won't be using and use the money to

get my van service plus you know this

baby works just fine

please just check it out play with it

for a while see what you come up with

merry Christmas Louis

that hit song isn't as far away as you

think

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good news mom I'm going to be home a

little earlier than expected

everything's fine just uh change your

plans you know how it is

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ah well there's my

girl hey

Dad

Maggie welcome home sweetheart you must

be exhausted yeah well we've got soup on

and there's apple pie

okay to be fair uh we may have some

apple pie Ed well let me take that for

you I just Bak that pie yesterday well

you shouldn't bake it so well if you

don't want me to eat it

right he's

encourageable van honestly I took that

away what are

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you despite his vast Holdings your

father's trust was very simple with two

exceptions everything goes to his

endowments exception one

Piper he set up a trust fund for me and

Max and since you indicated to him that

you will have no more children he did

not leave anything

additional Archer he did not leave a

trust for any future children you may

have makes sense there's no guarantee

I'll ever have any no he said it was

because Piper had children first so she

wins and gets the money

that makes even more sense you never

miss a chance to dump on him do you and

you never miss a chance to defend

him may I speak bluntly of course I've

known you two for most of your lives and

I've never understood this Obsession

your father has had with pitting you

against each other and maybe now that

your father is gone you two can build on

a new kind of

relationship you know they've invented a

way to turn those off I could show you

if you don't understand how it's work I

can't

wait

fine Charles you mentioned there were

two exceptions what's the second one

your father seat on the board of

directors of his company in keeping with

his custom your father W that seat to

whichever one of you had the higher net

worth as of 12:01 on Christmas morning

yes

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so what are you guys doing for Christmas

going to Aspen I got us a suweet at the

Dell oh we stayed there right we did I

remember you beat me down the slopes

every time what are you doing this year

probably just staying in town I'm pretty

busy me too I'll be working in Aspen oh

I was going through some things at Dad's

and I found this in the closet I thought

you might like

it oh wow

remember yeah up by the Finger Lakes

that was the only time we ever had a

real Christmas tree wasn't it hey there

were trees in the hotel lobbies all

those other years Hotel trees don't

count it we cut it down at that funny

Place

yeah hey I'm sorry about Dad's board

position no you're not

you're right I'm not but I am sorry that

it had to be at your expense I had a

really good year with those settlements

coming through next year it might have

been you

instead Merry Christmas Piper you

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too Merry Christmas Uncle Archer um

Merry

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Christmas perfect now you put it in the

envelope and it'll go straight to

Santa I know that hug

anywhere my best is

back hi doie Lucy moves I'm missed you

hey what's that you wearing you sent it

for me I remember wow looks good on you

perfect size by the way I love it thank

you again of course do you want to write

your letter to Santa now yeah

really I don't suppose your mother made

her famous coffee is the earth still

spinning loose we'll be back in a minute

okay oh it's so good to see

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you so what else has been going on

around here since we last talked well

you remember I was was telling you about

Lucy's little Christmas choir yeah how's

that going bad to worse it's small and

the kids are bored to tears but do you

want to know the latest tea spill it so

the director met the love of his life

online and decided to um rather

impulsively fly down to Florida to visit

her for the holiday I have questions me

too but more importantly we need a

director and since you're home early the

hardest of passes oh come on it's just

until the Christmas concert just a

couple of weeks there's even a small

stipend well a stipend would be lovely

but I don't know anything about leading

a children's choir oh excuse me you sang

in that very same choir for 10 years so

did you you can lead it uh no I can't

because I have no musical Talent they

really only let me sing in that choir

because I brought enthusiasm and double

chocolate brownies oh I remember those

brownies those were Next Level I can

make you a tray of them later today if

you say yes well they weren't that good

you may be able to say no to

me but can you say no to this beautiful

face but you're sure about waiting until

the new year to announce both new apps

I'm sure it's a family thing anything

else no um but about

that about what family uh I know it's

been a few weeks and we all sent flowers

but I just wanted to say I was sorry to

hear about your

father thank you

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TJ I'm going to be a wall until after

Christmas I need inspiration for a roll

out especially project harmonies so uh

if I don't talk to you have a happy

holiday yeah talk to you then

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oh Christmas tree

Christmas how lovely are the

branches okay great job kids keep

practicing and I'll see you next time

see you next week

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nois

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ARA Donovan Oscar car hope you haven't

been waiting too long just got

here listen ARA like I said on the phone

I'm sure we can find you something nicer

nope this is the one I want okay well I

came by last night to start the fridge

the furnace and the hot water anything

goes out just give me a text okay there

is Wi-Fi but it's not always great all

right okay oh uh by the way there used

to be a Christmas tree farm around here

EDS just up the road a bit thanks again

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this the best G she's

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ever hey there tenant McKenzie are you

looking for a tree I am I've never had

one before

never well once as a kid but not as an

adult so oh do you want to chop down

your

own well for that you're going to need a

little expert

guidance uh Ed seems to be swamped at

the moment but my daughter is around

here someplace well let me get her for

oh that's fine I can find her

okay Theon to be

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app you're scared Johnny and

June

oh I'm sorry I'm just teasing they're

fine here you can make it up to them

with some

blueberries

okay

hello are you interested in it oh you

are interested wow you're hungry sorry I

uh scared them oh no a car horn would

scare these Piggies they're just

silly anyway were you looking for me

right now I'm just looking for my

dignity oh well I'm sure it's around

here somewhere I'll let you know if I

find

it

um I came for a tree I've uh never had

one before and your mom said you are the

expert you've never chopped down a tree

or you've never had a tree correct both

well once as a kid we had

one let's find you a

tree come

on bye

little these would fit in a normalized

room is your ceiling standard height

maybe I guess this one looks

nice what what's wrong with that it's a

little crooked not good for a first

timer oh but look

here oh yeah yeah I like this

one no I don't why not there's a thing

in there it's looking back at me oh it's

a posum a little Ronnie a

Ronnie um my dad names animals all

possums on the property are called

Ronnie all squirrels are called called

Stumpy don't even get me started on

raccoons I I don't know why he does it

but um I I will happily dislodge Ronnie

if you have your heart set on this

street absolutely not the last thing I

need is a possum eviction on my

soul uh how about this one yeah

currently vacant I think we have a

winner all right I'll hold you saw as

close to the ground as you can let's do

this all right

so uh right before I made my grand

entrance I heard you singing you've got

a great voice thanks it's actually my

job no Maggie

McKenzie uh don't worry I I'm one of

those constantly touring playing every

gig I can always broke musicians I have

about 12 fans and no one else has ever

heard of me Archer Donovan no one's ever

heard of me

either are you in the business not

really not like you I own a company

called archline we make um I know what

you make I know all about you you make

apps so that people can pretend to be

musicians instead of doing the actual

hard work to understand music so they

can rip off the talent of people who

built this

industry it's funny I was actually going

to make that our corporate motto but

wouldn't fit on the business card

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make sure you keep it in water dry trees

are a fire hazard okay no candles

obviously and fill the S with water

twice a day right I'll need a stand for

it you sell those here nope hey I'll

find one online let it breathe for 2

days the branches need to relax before

you decorate two days of breathing got

it is this really your first tree or did

you just make that up why would I make

that up I don't know why you do anything

probably because we just

met my dad will ring you up thanks for

shopping at EDS home of holiday trees

micro pigs and Antiquated musicians who

still believe the talent

matters is that on your letter

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head

well sounds like you stepped into

something huh well I sank all the way up

to my ankles and it

mhm she reminds me more and more of her

mother every single day here let me grab

that for you and uh bring it to your car

how far you got to go oh just up the

road I'm staying at billsboro house no

kidding wow good for you I've always

loved that place let me get that for you

all right where's your car again it's

over there all right

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let's

just stay

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stay let's go

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my name on this Christmas

thing

okay oh christmase oh Christmas tree

that candle shine so brightly

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well that fella really wound you up out

there today anything I need to go talk

to him about I appreciate that but this

is entirely on me is he a fan no he's in

the business side of Music which is ick

right there he and I both know where

this industry is going except he was

smart enough to capitalize on it and I

was not

so he's smart and he's got himself some

money and that makes him the bad guy

yes I don't know maybe I guess maybe you

owe him an apology I definitely do not

well he's staying down at the billsboro

house if you remember your manners what

about his manners oh is he mad at you

simply for existing

too I'll get

it Ed's Tree Farm this is Maggie Maggie

finally I've been trying to reach you

all day and don't you dare hang up this

phone Louis how'd you get this number

I've always had this number it's your

emergency contact and since you're not

answering the phone that I gave you yeah

Christmas rush sorry uhhuh well look I'm

just calling a check in you know see how

the new cell phone's working out if

you've been doing any writing I haven't

had a chance to set up the new phone or

right sorry Maggie can I be blunt you're

always blunt

look there's no nice way to say this but

the business is leaving you behind I'm

having a hard time booking you in any

place bigger than a coffee shop right

now I see I don't want you to go to a

dark place on this but my point is I

just need you to write me something

solid we'll bring it into the studio

we'll clean it up you know I know you

don't like the bells and whistles but

that bone uh Lou Pig just got loose

sorry I got to go

bye oops guess you told him

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oh what is this Louis gave it to me so

I'm gifting it to you since you're

currently phoneless thanks to someone we

shall not identify I redirected the

house number to it seems a lot smarter

than my normal old phone like it's going

to manage my finances and tune up my

transmission for me without asking Louis

seems to think it can do all that and

more but you don't need to worry about

that unless you suddenly decide you want

to become a social media star it has all

those um apps from the guy who bought

the tree today ah you mean that really

nice man who's staying all alone at

billsboro laying it on a little thick

there

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Mom fine I'll I'll run down to billsbro

house and apologize proud of you even

though I wasn't wrong of course not

oh uh hey do we still have those

Christmas supplies in the barn have you

ever known your father to throw out

anything I'm right here

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hi will you accept an apology in the

shape of a free tree stand and some

hopelessly Tangled tree lights I will

accept it all with gratitude come on

in

thanks W always wanted to see inside of

this place it's gorgeous well that's cuz

you weren't here 4 hours ago when

everything was covered in dust yeah it's

uh haven't even started on the upstairs

yet it's going to be an ibuprofen con

night oh and there was a spider that

will have a starring role in my

nightmares for

years you know I was kind of surprised

that you were staying here I heard it's

been empty for a while no it's just a

old traditional place I didn't think

that was your

brand you know the uh old and the new

can peacefully coexist and I don't have

a brand that's not really something that

people do in the real world all right

well I I just came by

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to wait where's your tree it's soaking

in water where oh upstairs in the

bathtub I'm joking it's

outside seriously you told me to put it

in water yeah inside the house I didn't

have a stand I didn't have a bucket I

improvised it's fine it's fine all I got

to do is give it a little

tug give

it yeah this ice really isn't good for

the tree well I'm not really worried

about hurting it

okay let's think this through I can't

bring the tree into the house when

there's an iceberg attached to it so I

just have to break up the

ice by using a blow

dry or you could saw off a little more

of the trunk just about the

ice okay yes exactly let's do that okay

uh ah how much you want to bet this Barn

has got a

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sign f I could do it

myself I could do it

myself hey how'd to go with that fella

down at the billsboro house oh so get

this he didn't have a bucket or a tree

stand and yes I told him to put it in

water so he finds this tub and puts it

in that outside so the tree was cemented

in this claw foot tub filled with ice

and he didn't know how to fix

it well

he did tell you he's never had a

Christmas tree before

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right if I have to keep apologizing I'll

have your whole place decorated here's

some exterior lights in case you want to

I don't know come on

in why does it smell so delightful in

here oh it's probably the cinnamon rolls

these are old school nice thank you you

made these uh I

did yeah it takes a few minutes for the

yeast to rise but after that it's pretty

simple you made these from

scratch yeah I've been making since I

was 14 no judgment but that's kind of

random uh well it was a money-making

Venture you wouldn't believe what high

school kids pay for home baked but

before you become too impressed with my

my talents this tree rookie needs a bit

of

help well that's not a rookie issue tree

straightening is a two person job here

if you want to loosen the base oh

yeah okay yeah all right okay lock it in

okay have you thought about ornaments

yeah I was thinking about just going

online and buying a bunch of stuff or

you could support local businesses or I

could just keep irritating you and

accept apology

decorations hey is that you in these

pictures over here oh uh yeah so you've

been here before just the one time well

it must have been a good time if you

came back it was my best Christmas

ever is that when you got the tree Yes

actually we got it from a little place

called EDS you ever heard of it really

yeah so where's your family

no uh can I interest you in some

cinnamon rolls I only know how to bake

in large quantities and I definitely

should not be eating all of these by

myself marry him stop I'm not joking he

just made these I bet he has a good

sourdough starter too you should ask him

well since I managed to leave without

being rude I don't have to apologize to

him again so I don't have to see him

again so let's just change the subject

please and you can tell me what's going

on here there's a lot of bills

yep trying to decide which ones to pay

first boy the competition is tough maybe

we were just too late to the game you

two in here sharing Secrets always here

compliments of percher Donovan the

wildly irritating man staying in Bill's

BR house wildly irritating but

attractive I bet that just adds to the

irritation go

yeah and then you just tap here to

Stitch the video no kidding wow that and

so just anyone can can see it well yeah

everyone who's on the app and then it's

post Maggie hi hey sweetie I wasn't

expecting to see you here I had some

questions about the cell phone and uh I

remember you said that Archer here is a

technology King well I prefer the term

technology wizard I will also accept

technology

Shaman Ed tell her your idea okay um I

am going to shoot some videos to promote

the

farm I think maybe we should be getting

back right we're right Magie do you have

youth choir tonight I do don't remind me

see you soon bye bye

dad uh okay do you want to join me uh

fine sorry to sound negative about the

choir it's I love the kids but it's been

a

challenge I'm not a good teacher I'm

also not good at social media although

I'll be my dad's tech support now when

you leave thanks for

that really sold me out for mac and

cheese to be fair it's really good mac

and

cheese look at this guy he's going to go

viral should have charged him 10% on all

future earnings you know I've been doing

this for almost 20 years my dad will

make one video of a pig sneezing and get

more engagement you could change that

you know have you been talking to my

manager there's something about this

whole puzzle that I don't understand

isn't there yes uh my career such as it

is is ending because according to my

manager I'm an oldfashioned Lite I need

more Tech more social media and the

worst part is um he's not wrong he's not

right either there's got to be a

balance not that I can find we'll see

you later you

two bye bye bye okay but seriously what

is it like to grow up with parents who

love each other like that wonderful

cringy

safe having a home where I felt

protected no matter

what it's the only way I survived all

these years of playing state fairs and

coffee shops and everything in

between what about you me no I I don't

play state fairs or coffee shops you do

deflect well though yeah that I do look

it's a long story both my parents are

gone now I barely have a relationship

with my sister and she's got two

adorable kids that I hardly know well

what she doing for Christmas she's

bringing Max and me at Aspen does she

know you're staying at billsboro no

ma'am well why don't you send her a

photo that house was special to you

chances are it was special to her

too I appreciate it but I don't think

this situation with my sister is

repairable

so

um I got to get going but um I'll see

you soon I

hope sure

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h

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do you think we'll ever have a tree of

our own I don't think so Mama doesn't

like

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them oh come let us

adore him

Christ the lord

well that's closer to it did you hear

the

difference Clara and Carlos megas

friends oh hi nice to meet you that's

our daughter Lucy up there are you um

Archer famous cinnamon roll Baker I

guess I am come byy the trolley stop

sometime we'll pay you back in ale deal

okay kids see you next

time they're great they are sweet that

they are

hi having

fun thanks again bye Maggie see you soon

hey so this is the infamous Children's

Choir they sound great you would fail a

light detector test before they even

hooked it

up

um I did it I sent this to my sister and

asked oh that's so wholesome what did

she say back nothing she won't respond

but I want to thank you for encouraging

me are you and your sister really that

different no we're that much alike oh

well that'll do it it's impossible to

overstate how competitive we are I'm

sorry anyway I didn't come here to dump

on you the

choir we have a new app that we're

getting ready to release it's in beta

right now and I was talking with my team

no no no apps just hear me

out it helps kids hear and match notes

you can upload their songs and the app

will reactively help them sing it

correctly it's all like a

game it just teaches the music Maggie

there's nothing in there that's going to

become sentient and take over the

world it's old school and Technology

happily

coexisting and it would help me a lot to

have some young Tas yeah I've got a lock

up

okay I guess I'll see you

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and that was today's fun fact about

Christmas trees so remember when you're

ready for a tree come on down I'm Ed and

this is Ed's Christmas tree

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farm well what do you think are you

selling trees or used cars I'm selling

my style my what you call it my brand

who are

you Archer

hello hey uh sorry to call so early we

live on a farm we've been up for 2 hours

already what's wrong Speak oh just a

small isssue I don't have any heat here

H I swear I could freeze a polar bear

it's so cold here and I've watched every

video I could find online about furnaces

but none of them refer this furnace so

any

suggestions well son did you put any

wood in there before

bed wood

okay wood but where is

it oh okay so I just cram it full of

logs light it up and I'll be warm again

no no it's not quite that simple you see

the trick with fires is you've got to

start small if you have any small pieces

of wood laying around that you could

just throw in there maybe some dried

bark oh yeah okay okay just give me a

second here here we

go okay here we go once there's a dozen

or two big logs in there you should be

good to go

yes man has created fire Archer do you

have a fireplace at home I do well how

do you start it I press a button on a

remote all right this is really rolling

thank you so much you saved my life wh

why don't you come over have a hot

shower and some food

and then you just tap there to stitch

it got it wow this is a hoot now just

remember the most important rule of all

the internet is forever right so don't

be that guy definitely don't be that guy

thank you for breakfast anytime oh and

don't forget to say goodbye to Maggie

she's in the

barn MH

MH come

December shining golden

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silver

ring twinkle

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hi cruncher

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I don't understand you said you were

staying in town I was and

then you gave me

that and my plans

changed why are you

here you were right Hotel trees don't

count and I realized I was doing the

same thing to my children

that you know why didn't you call and

tell me you were coming look we can go

if you don't want us here I didn't say

that but I mean hey do whatever you want

you always

do Mom we're all set up hey guys did you

find the bunk beds I'm going to take the

top one tonight tomorrow we'll switch

you know that's the same room that your

mom and I slept in when we stayed here

you think you'll be comfortable there

yeah good

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mom what is it find

us there are some concerns that our

change of plans will be confusing for

Santa that he won't be able to find them

oh well I actually know of a place where

you can write a letter to Santa and I

know for a fact they get delivered

should we do that we could go first

thing in the morning great idea but I

have a bunch of calls tomorrow morning

maybe in the

afternoon or I could take them yes

please

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when you kids are done writing your

letters I want you to meet me right over

there because I want to give you each a

cherry wink cookie sound good yeah

right she's in the

barn I'll be right back

okay so are you looking the

been cting down the days stockings H by

the memories so everen this Christmas

you're all that

need you sound great what are you doing

here uh

well at the moment my sister is on a

work call in my house and Max and Mia

are just outside with your mom writing

letters to Santa at least it gives you

and your sister a

chance this has never worked out before

okay so let's control our

expectations whenever we get together we

always revert back to our old ways like

we can't break the

pattern I'm sorry Archer that

sounds toxic you have no

idea tell

me

okay buckle up for this

one growing up once we were old enough

to start earning money my parents would

track exactly how much money we earned

every year to the

penny was that meant to teach you the

value of work or money no no no they

wanted us to learn the value of winning

at all

costs on December 25th at 12:01 a.m.

whichever one of us had made the most

money for the year got huge

presence and the other one got nothing

arer you were just little kids yeah but

we became little

mercenaries anyway a couple of years ago

after

copious amounts of therapy I went no

contact with my father and his Parting

Shot he did it one last time with his

board

seat it's going to go to whichever one

of us has the higher net worth this

Christmas morning at

1201 now archline has two new apps

coming out in the New Year the one for

kids and one that we're calling project

harmonies anyway if any news leaks about

either of them my stock is going to

Skyrocket and I'm going to be worth way

more than my

sister but don't you want the board

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SE Uncle Archer we brought you a cookie

hey uh Mia Max this is my friend Maggie

hi and these are her special Little Pigs

we have to be very gentle around them

though cuz they startle easily Max does

too hey how about I trade you

that cookie for some blueberries for the

pigs what are their names well this is

Johnny and this is

June why'd you name them that well

they're named after one of the greatest

country musicians of all time and and

her husband oh you're

good hey guys you know Maggie actually

runs a children's Christmas choir we to

ask your mom but I'm sure you would be

welcome there yeah my goddaughter Lucy

would love to be friends with you yeah F

yeah get in there look they got the blue

bles over there you can't have this this

is mine get over

there thought I saw you

here well you still build a good fire

Maggie I think you wrote your first song

here yeah

I had such big dreams dreams only die

when you stop watering them

kiddo arger wants me to use one of his

apps with the kids I feel like I'm going

to the dark

side hey you remember Grammy's rules

about thank you

notes always handwritten in proper

cursive she just about killed over when

you started dotting your eyes with those

little

hearts you see the thing is what we grew

up with is what seems right cursive was

right for her me I was fine with

Printing and

you just like Uncle Henry and his

massive collection of LPS and 45s right

CDs were too scary for him are you

saying I'm turning into Uncle

Henry no no what I'm saying is you grew

up in a home where we played a lot of

great music like Carly Simon and Joanie

Mitchell and Linda Ron dead yeah and you

learned from

them but maybe it's time you figure out

how those ladies inspired you and use it

to make something

new so stoked you guys are doing the

cookie crawl this year hey anything to

get people in here right speaking of

which we promised Archer and ale so feel

free to bring him by some time yeah

maybe okay what did he do this time he

wants me to use this app with the kids

he thinks it will help what app yeah

what

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app Maggie hi I'm here with Lucy and she

has a message for you I want to try the

app did you get all that did you just

get out voted rolled right over me hey

Maggie this is going to be fun okay and

if it's not we can stop okay I trust you

no you don't no I don't but I'm trying

we'll take it we'll see you

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soon I don't hate Tech you know it's

just everything made with these apps

sounds the same to me that's what Lou

wants me to write what do you want to

write I don't know I used to dream of

writing the next great Christmas song

sounds silly you know but I guess I just

want to write something that will make

my fans happy my my manager happy my

distributor's happy I literally want to

make everyone happy but no one is

there's this funny thing that we do when

something's not working we do it harder

at work I tell people okay we tried that

it failed now instead of doubling down

why don't we step back on a new

approach in your case I don't know I I I

could be completely wrong but seems like

your career hasn't been working out the

way you wanted to but you just keep

trying harder and harder and every step

feels further from my heart well you

know what they say if you find yourself

in a hole stop digging if you're lost go

back and try a different Road are you

saying I should shake things up yeah

shake things way up do whatever you want

just make yourself

ABY and trust

me everyone else will be right there

with

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you come on okay and then if you hit the

note ah see your avatar advances does

that make sense yeah okay now this

option up here is really fun you see all

those people there those are all of you

so you get to track each other's

progress as you all move through the

different levels you can send each other

rewards you can give each other virtual

high fives you can even challenge each

other to sing offs pretty cool yeah okay

so you're all going to have a chance to

play around with it if you have any

problems using it or if you have any

ideas for how we can make it better

write those things down and Maggie will

let me know about it all right go for it

have fun

[Applause]

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you never stop dude and you never start

I haven't seen you take one meeting

since I've been here no wonder I'm

getting the board

seat we're grabbing takeout on the way

home what would you like um you know

what I I I'll just have whatever you're

having okay and uh I'll meet up with you

later okay okay Max Mia let's

go hey everything okay

I was my manager he said he can't book

me anywhere big enough to justify

keeping me on so he dropped

me it's

over my career is

over it's going to be

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okay so what are you going to do

well I've worked through stage one

panic and last night I embraced stage

two crying in self-pity and now I'm

firmly in stage three pretending I don't

care and envisioning walking away but

you love making music I know but I feel

like I'm in this dysfunctional

relationship with it maybe Archer's

right maybe I need to shake things up do

things my way well speaking of Archer

and you didn't hear this from me but

your choir is getting better already

really yes I was listening to them a

little bit last night and they're

getting

good and more importantly they're jazzed

about it Lucy's keeping a list of all

the new features she wants of course she

is oh are you guys coming to the rathon

can't we booked a party tonight oh

that's good though yeah but you know if

you want help I bet Archer is

free what what

now okay you know what we're going to go

from the top this guy supports your

career I know he's

employed he has he's smart he has great

eyes all true and he calls you on your

nonsense I mean I can see why you're not

attracted to him he's so not your type

yeah he really is all those things isn't

he and he baks oh I forgot about the

baking that's it I'm inviting him that

was

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easy hey hey guys come on

in you must be Piper so glad to meet you

Max and Mia welcome back little piglets

missed you let me take your coats so uh

what do we have here son you want to

tell them what kind of cupcakes we made

reindeer I put on the antlers well look

how clever you two

are come on in we're setting up in the

dining room

hey guys ni you can sit here Mia oh oh

good

timing so this is the famous rathon I've

been looking forward to this what are we

wrapping here well every year the

business is downtown do a cookie crawl

it's like a pub crawl but for the whole

family we did this do you remember yeah

I do you guys are going to love it it's

like an assembly line so Mom and I make

up the little box and Mia and Max you

can put something inside each one like

one of the Christmas cookies or a little

pig ornament Ed closes the boxes and

Piper and Archer you can decorate them

with a ribbon or a bow let's do this all

right all right

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okay I need some

more Che jle jle Christmas let's box

uh-uh not not this one get it up get it

up off we go to the J to

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parade

time St in Frosty sing Jingle

Jingle

Archer Archer mhm mhm I want to do

ribbons for a while can we

switch yeah

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great thanks for having us all over it

was fun and thanks for noticing what was

happening with my sister and I and happy

to help hey fun fact

I played my first for real solo gig in

here really yeah when it's not Christmas

they have a little stage set up here

just big enough for one person they do

Open Mic nights comedy Poetry Slams I

was so

nervous okay um I was up late last night

thinking and I'm going to ask you this

gently you can say no whenever you want

okay you remember I mentioned the other

app we're developing project harmonies

it's basically the online equivalent of

that but

globally I I don't understand it lets

people put on a show save the live

performance make it downloadable and

monetize it and we added in these

augmented reality features so users can

watch the show but it looks like it's

taking place in a different location

I've been trying to figure out what the

hook is what would make it

different and you told me I

did what did I say singer songwriters

poets original content only it's like

the latest in technology

meets good oldfashioned talent I need

someone to help me maybe a musician who

still believes the talent

matters I did say that didn't I yeah you

did can I think about it

of

course if she agrees we're going to keep

it simple 15 20 minutes each 12 acts one

after the other you think we can get

this done by Christmas Eve uh it would

be tight like wildly tight but I love

the direction it's um it's authentic can

you get marketing to start playing with

it just sent the email I already know

some acts and I set the meeting with de

in 10 you're so good it's almost

embarrassing Max M I got to go keep me

posted hey oh the kids are outside

looking for more pine cones to hang on

the tree they're having a great time

here thanks again for letting us stay of

course so something on your mind okay so

I guess I didn't call in advance because

I was scared you'd say no you're my

sister you're always welcome I'll try to

be better about letting you know that me

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tooe

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Christmases and that's our time you guys

are amazing thank you so much for your

hard work we'll see you next time oh and

remember to give your suggestions to

that handsome looking guy back there

all right so what' you guys think was

that cool really I'm so glad you guys

are singing so well I think you be on

stage this is a pine cone no that's not

a pine cone that's a flying Sparkle Dog

I'm surprised you kids don't know this

stuff I called in dinner but they're

busy so it'll take an hour but look what

I

found it's the foropoulos game we played

I think it's the same one look there's a

piece of tape we put on the lid when

Uncle Archer broke it why did you break

it because your mom beat me and I was a

terribly sore loser hey why don't we

play while we wait for the pizza to get

here

yeah some people with micro pigs swear

that they are very smart and make for

great pets but not me though no sir

they're just livestock to me no oh no no

sweetheart you're not livestock to me

you're my a little precious one yes you

are oh yes you are dad come wash up for

dinner okay well that sounds like the

dinner bell until next time I'm

Ed oh it's okay you're okay you're okay

there you go you want me to publish it

no no no no I need to add some more

hashtags and make sure the metadata is

right really who are you

240k followers um does that stand for

thousand I stand correct it you are

amazing H as the sole owner of all four

shipping ports you owe me $200 Piper can

we just stop and have some dinner now no

I'm winning pay

up okay here's your money can we stop

now some things never change you just

can't stand to see me

win okay

here is all of my play money it's yours

now you're rich you win I don't care can

we just eat please no you don't get to

just walk away doesn't work like that do

you even hear

yourself Uncle

arer please don't go I'm sorry

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Archer hi hi we're just about to have

some pie come on in join us oh yeah

look we're just in the

kitchen

hey

um uh I was um we're glad you dropped by

maybe you can help settle a little

debate that we've been

having see

I think that if Ed continues to eat my

pies at such an alarming rate that I

have every right to hide them but my

daughter thinks that I'm being

controlling I didn't say controlling

well it was implied it was honey hey

whose side are you on oh good point so

what's your

opinion

um my my opinion is that a video of Ed

learning to bake a own pies would

probably go viral mhm Archer Maggie

tells us that you are going to do some

big concert on Christmas Eve it's not

big it's just a beta run of our new app

and you want our Maggie to help you no I

want Maggie to headline it if she will

agree to

it Archer has Maggie told you about her

Uncle Henry and his humongous collection

of LPS and

45s wow uh

no fine I'll do it I'll do it you

will

yes amazing great well now that that's

settled um how about some

pie I didn't know where to go so I ended

up

here I think I just wanted to laugh with

your

family how do I do this how do I build a

family when we revert the moment we see

each other you find a new

way cuz as This brilliant guy once told

me if what you're doing isn't working

try something different

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you were my big

brother you were stronger faster and

everyone liked you

more my entire Focus became beating you

why

it was never about the

money you know that right I

know I couldn't understand why you

barely talked to him these past

years but I think I do

now I couldn't heal from the damage

while he was still trying to inflict it

I don't know how to do

this you do

though pipes you're raising the two most

Cooperative kids I've ever met they find

common ground on

everything

yeah they're pretty great though they

are but that's not even my point that

kind of respect and love between young

siblings it's not factory installed

equipment they learned it from you which

means you know what it looks like you

just have

to find a way to gift it to

yourself so lots of therapy oh so much

[Music]

therapy

but I can be there for

[Music]

you please don't give up on

me I want

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[Music]

TJ is bringing up all the live stream

equipment so from a technological point

of view we're set I want you to go last

you okay with that yeah but the kids

sound so good I want to give them some

of my time is that okay of course

oh it's Clara she's melting down I think

it's business stuff I'm going to go help

her okay you stop by sure hey if it's

business stuff maybe Piper knut could

help

too we're completely out of options

here and I think it comes down to

competition there are already three

other micro breweries in town maybe we

could offer a wider variety or oh I

don't know you know a smart guy once

told me me that if something isn't

working don't keep doing the same thing

harder I wonder who that was Miss Frosty

no it was me I know it was you but do

you remember Miss Frosty yeah it was one

of those little ice cream joints near us

they had a few picnic tables but nothing

comfortable so everybody got their ice

cream and then ate it in the car

eventually they closed new owners came

in and made it a place for the whole

family I get it yes those other

breweries they're loud right where guys

go after work to watch the game yell at

the TV they're not places for

families we have all that room out back

we could put in chairs fire pits movie

Nights games inside in the winter yeah

you could even have a draft pull for

juices and sodas why is it called

Trolley Stop oh um years ago there was a

trolley bring it back find some old

Jitney for sale rehab it a few nights a

week it makes the rounds in town anyone

coming here Rides For Free yes the kids

would love it the adults wouldn't have

to worry about driving

home

brilliant you two are some kind of Dream

Team thank you thank

you and now be sure to tune in on

Christmas Eve and watch my baby girl

sing until then I'm Ed signing out after

another successful Christmas cookie

crawl

[Music]

TJ what's up can you talk freely nope

okay then listen do you know someone out

there named ed sure well he just posted

a video talking about how we can't wait

to hear his daughter sing live on

Christmas Eve encouraging everyone to

tune in uhhuh then a whole bunch of

hashtags showing gratitude to you

archline and you guessed it your new

software mhm the good news I guess is

the stock is soaring your net worth has

never been high and we weren't going to

announce in a week anyway so whatever

reason you had to delay is no longer in

play okay got it thanks hey I can't

explain that's why you've been so nice

what you're making more than me this

year you're getting the board seat and

you knew it the entire time no kids pack

up we're leaving

Piper

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Piper pipes listen to me

this was leaked I deliberately delayed

any announcement until the new year so

that you could have the seat I am not

your charity take the seat it's yours it

means more to you than it does to me no

I need to win it fair and square what's

fair about this let's go in the car I

don't want to go I want to stay too

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are you sure I can't get you anything no

I'm fine

thanks I put the information about the

concert out

there I mean I was that guy wasn't I a

little bit Yeah but it's okay really I

am so sorry Archer how much is this

going to hurt your business oh my

business is fine it's my relationship

with my sister I'm sure you've noticed

the

competitiveness at the end of the day I

knew I was taking a risk but I decided

to help Maggie but you shouldn't have to

to choose son family is family whether

you're born in it or you find it on your

own well it's bedtime for Farmers

mhm big storm coming in I can feel it in

my bones you be careful when you drive

home I will good night night good night

tell me something

good well um I wrote a Christmas song

and I think it's not bad I may play it

tomorrow yeah that's

great I'm proud of

you um hey I have a question if

technology is so great why can't they

get the icing to cover the entire popped

[Laughter]

her don't make me laugh Maggie

McKenzie trying to be sad right now

you're kind of ruining it

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Louis wait what are you trying to

[Music]

say okay it's great Le

right so how's the feed uh no problems

that we couldn't solve heavy traffic on

the servers but so far so good Maggie's

up in about an hour

great what's wrong Maggie's still at the

farm she's not coming

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hey

you want to tell me about

it

um I've been talking with Louis he heard

about the concert tonight so I played

him my Christmas

song he thinks it's a

winner okay but he doesn't want me to

play it

tonight he wants me to get back in the

studio and release it next November I

see he wants to rep me again

Archer and he doesn't want me to

Showcase your product for

free he thinks

you're using me I

guess well I'm glad he believes in you

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again good luck you're leaving just like

that what do you want me to say hey

Maggie I'm not using you I I made you

the headliner I know but Lou think Louis

LS dropped you and then as soon as he

heard about this as soon as he thought

he could make a profit off of you he's

back I don't know maybe it'll all work

out this time maybe if you just keep

doing what you've always done but do it

a little harder everything will turn out

well you don't understand how hard this

business is I'm scared

that what if

what if this is as good as it's ever

going to get for

me what if you go back and work with

that guy and you never find out

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okay kids um Maggie's a bit delayed but

I'm going to help you with your warm up

but I need you on stage right now come

on up on stage that's

it thanks for

trying come on hurry they're already

warming

up hey

hi

what I was so terrified of this board

position it's too much for me I'm glad

it's going to you it's not going to me

you're perfect for it that's why I was

delaying any

announcement that day at the brewery it

felt like a glimpse of what you and I

could do if we were on the same team for

once what ad Donovan has to sit on the

board of directors or else the entire

board is dismissed right right there's

no rule that says two donovans can't sit

on board board I like where this is

going let's split the job 50/50 what if

the board disagrees then neither of us

takes the position the board is

dismissed and we start over I love it

when you play hard ball but listen pipes

you and me we're going to have to fight

to make this work that means no more

running away for either of

us

deal

deal so is everything set here one major

hiccup Maggie's not coming what are you

talking talking about she got a call

from her old manager no I mean what are

you talking about she's already

here that's so

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amazing hi everyone thanks for coming

out on such a stormy night little

housekeeping this is TJ over here with

the camera please stay out of his way

and off stage otherwise sing along dance

enjoy yourselves and feel free to use

archers app to interact with the

performance if you haven't downloaded it

yet now is the time by the way I

approved of what have you and Maggie

together I'm just going on record have

15 minutes to perform the kids will go

up first and if we have enough time I

might do a

song so get comfortable thank you to

Archer and his team everything has gone

perfectly so far and I'm sure everything

is going to stay that

way what

happened okay uh it's okay everybody how

about um let's all take out our phones

use our flashlights everybody can I get

can I get your attention over here

please everybody can I can I have your

attention please over

here everybody

please listen to my brother thank you

okay so we've got 11 minutes to fix this

this is Upstate New York I know you all

have generators so if anyone thinks that

they can go home grab yours and bring it

here in a couple of minutes please do

that okay uh TJ do we have enough power

to run the broadcast uh probably but not

enough to run lights to okay okay Ed is

going to be your point person for the

generators we also need you to find any

candle that you can get your hands on

and get it up on that stage okay my

sister Piper will be in charge of that

thank you I know we can do this you're

amazing let's

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go thank

you and I'm sorry

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5 Seconds

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everyone good evening and happy

Christmas Eve to all our friends around

the world I'm Maggie McKenzie and I'll

be bringing you the final performance of

the night we lost power literally 11

minutes ago uh but thanks to our friends

and family we managed this high-tech

concert wish you a Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year

[Applause]

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okay we have a couple of minutes left

enough time for me to do one

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song I have a lot of songs as some of

you may know but Christmas is a time of

surprises and tonight

here's

yours WRA my arms around you like a

ribbon hold you close you're the one

thing I've been miss I

remember

this to be here with you

a the season come December sh and gold

and

silver sleigh bells ringing snowy

weather twinkle that

Shimmer been counting down the days

stockings hung by the

fir mem so Evergreen this Christmas

you're all that I

need rra my arms around you like a

ribbon hold you close you're the one

thing I been miss and I

remember this oh to be here with you as

a kid and so I wrap my arms around you

like a ribbon This Moment's the best

thing I've been given I

remember this I to be here with you as a

gift WRA my arms around you like a

ribbon hold you close you're the one

thing I've been missing I remember

to be here with you as a

again WRA my arms around you like a

ribbon This Moment's the best thing I've

been given I

remember I to be here with you as a

[Applause]

gift it's a gift it's a again oh to be

here with you

[Music]

[Applause]

again Merry Christmas happy holidays and

a happy new year filled with love and

peace good

night and we're out thank you so much

everyone

[Applause]

[Music]

wow I called Lis back oh what'd you tell

him I said no thanks I'm going to shake

things up mind if I come along for the

ride I was hoping you'd ask

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[Applause]

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