- 2 months ago
A father struggles with the past. A daughter fights for the future. A mother searches for answers. The Boyajians have not celebrated Christmas in 11 years. They lost their faith when they lost their son to the Persian Gulf War. Now a stranger--around the same age their son would be--has joined them. Is he a con artist? Or is this young man the miracle their family has desperately needed? William Devane, Reagan Pasternak, and Dean McDermott star in a remarkable story of loss and renewal. This Christmas, a stranger will change them forever.
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00:00:00I really have to be careful!
00:00:09Go! Go!
00:00:12Ha ha ha ha!
00:00:15Whoa!
00:00:17It's okay!
00:00:20Fardy!
00:00:37Yo, George!
00:00:38Hi, George!
00:00:39Hey!
00:00:41Hi, Mayor!
00:00:51You're late!
00:00:53Just gotta park the rig!
00:01:11I'm sorry to park the rig!
00:01:15You're late too, Harry!
00:01:21Yeah!
00:01:24Yeah!
00:01:25Yeah!
00:01:28Thank you, George!
00:01:35Good job!
00:01:40One more year, George.
00:01:47At least it's not raining this year.
00:01:49Yeah.
00:01:51Carol couldn't make it, huh?
00:01:54No.
00:01:55Another Memorial Day.
00:01:56Let's do it.
00:02:10Let's do it.
00:02:40Let's do it.
00:03:10Let's do it.
00:03:39Yes, sir. I've had the best training and it's where the action is. Well, if there ever is any
00:03:46well
00:03:48In my day, it was never volunteer
00:03:51Stay in the middle and hope they don't learn your name. You know, it's the second time you told me that this morning
00:03:57I think it's good advice. It's a different world. All right. I mean, we're the only superpower now. I'm just gonna mess with us
00:04:05I suppose
00:04:09Well, yeah, I guess that's me
00:04:17Looks good
00:04:26Hey, soldier boy
00:04:37Hey
00:04:39How's school? Good summer semester starts next week, so
00:04:47Yeah, I'm off to see the world
00:04:50Well, I just wanted to say goodbye
00:04:59Thanks
00:05:01So, uh, good luck
00:05:04Good luck
00:05:04Get your head down and come back soon, okay?
00:05:07I will
00:05:08Promise?
00:05:09Yeah, yeah, I promise
00:05:11I promise
00:05:12That Steve Gray brother's daughter?
00:05:15We used to date her?
00:05:17For a while, yeah, yeah, yeah, I figured the problem
00:05:19Don't feel the same
00:05:21Don't know what you do
00:05:25That Steve Graben's daughter?
00:05:27You used to date her?
00:05:29For a while, yeah, yeah, you're good at the problem.
00:05:31Listen, Dad, take care of Mom.
00:05:35Get those boys away from Gina.
00:05:37Will do.
00:05:39He's soldier.
00:05:41Attention!
00:05:49Take care of yourself.
00:05:53Make sure you keep in touch.
00:05:55Let us know if anything happens.
00:05:57What's gonna happen, Dad?
00:05:59All right, with this training, I'm lean, mean, and almost bulletproof.
00:06:07I love you, Dad.
00:06:09Love you, too, son.
00:06:11I love Mom and Gina, too.
00:06:13I will.
00:06:14Look, I'll be fine.
00:06:15I know you will.
00:06:19I love Mom.
00:06:20I love you!
00:06:21I love Mom.
00:06:23I love Mom.
00:06:24I love Mom, give her tecnología.
00:06:28I love you.
00:06:29I love you.
00:06:30Thank you!
00:06:30I love you too.
00:06:31I love you too.
00:06:42My God...
00:06:43I love my voice all over.
00:06:44I know you are good enough for me.
00:06:46I know you are willing to aquí.
00:06:47I like Heh Hehmeter!
00:06:48So I'll give too many physical量.
00:06:49Oh, I just can't say, Jean. It's inconclusive.
00:07:05But you did a biopsy.
00:07:06No, a needle biopsy, Carol.
00:07:08They get so few cells, you can't always tell.
00:07:10Then why do them?
00:07:11It's part of the process.
00:07:13So what's next in this process?
00:07:15Well, I want it out.
00:07:16A lumpectomy, a small one.
00:07:19Surgery?
00:07:20Yeah, pretty minor.
00:07:22What? It's a minor one.
00:07:24When?
00:07:25Well, we've got the holidays coming up.
00:07:28Well, we don't celebrate the holidays.
00:07:30Yeah, how about next week?
00:07:31You know, I can squeeze it in on Monday.
00:07:34And it's just an outpatient procedure.
00:07:37But you won't get the results until after Christmas.
00:07:39All the lab staff takes off.
00:07:41Okay, let's do it Monday.
00:07:43Classes start right after the first, so...
00:07:45Okay.
00:07:46Let's go for it.
00:07:47Yeah.
00:07:48Right.
00:07:51Well, I'll see you next week, then.
00:07:58I'll get the rig.
00:08:01It just feels so stupid.
00:08:03I mean, I was actually praying that there wasn't anything...
00:08:06It isn't.
00:08:08You know, you have to believe that.
00:08:10Having the right attitude, what's important, huh?
00:08:12You know, I just thought I was prepared for this.
00:08:15I thought...
00:08:17I thought I'm 22 years old, Mom.
00:08:19For my money, if the doc says it's nothing, then they gotta believe it's nothing.
00:08:22Oh, Dad, wake up.
00:08:24That's what they all say.
00:08:25They learn it at medical school.
00:08:27You know, you are young and healthy.
00:08:30In all likelihood, this is nothing.
00:08:32Okay?
00:08:32So you just have to think positive, baby.
00:08:34Come September, it'll be a fading memory.
00:08:39Graduate school.
00:08:41You're eyeing the prize.
00:08:43Yeah.
00:08:43So what happened to that boy from Boston?
00:08:56What's his name?
00:08:56Brad?
00:08:57Bill?
00:08:58Peter.
00:08:59Peter, yeah.
00:09:00What's with Peter?
00:09:02Well, actually, Dad, it was Peter who fell in a lump in my breast.
00:09:06And he's moved on since then.
00:09:09If you know what I mean.
00:09:11Excuse me.
00:09:13She has some things to work out.
00:09:24I didn't know I'm sorry.
00:09:26Yeah, I am too.
00:09:29Daryl.
00:09:32I'm going out.
00:09:43I'll try to clean this up for you, bud.
00:10:01Get it all spick and span.
00:10:02Boy, I really screwed up with your mother and your sister tonight.
00:10:11See, your sister's not doing good.
00:10:13She's got some bad news.
00:10:17And if you could help her, send her some kind of message.
00:10:22Hey, hey, look here.
00:10:23Something that might pick her up.
00:10:26Check out the truck.
00:10:27These six got some good stuff in those boxes, huh?
00:10:31Yeah, why don't you see if he can open it up?
00:10:34Yeah, it's locked, dude.
00:10:38Hey!
00:10:40Get away from that truck!
00:10:43Yo, check it out.
00:10:45Hey, what's up, dude?
00:10:47What's up with you?
00:10:48Dude's talking to Rambo, man.
00:10:57Hey, relax, though, dude.
00:10:58We're just looking for Rambo.
00:11:00With all these dead mothers,
00:11:01it's got to be Rambo here somewhere, right?
00:11:03Yeah, man.
00:11:03You boys need to learn a little respect around the memorial.
00:11:06Oh, I think you're the one who's just with respect, Pops.
00:11:09I think we ought to just move away from here, huh?
00:11:12I don't think so.
00:11:12I don't think so, actually.
00:11:13I'd like it if we started by seeing those keys to the black box
00:11:17in your fat truck or you're not going to get any.
00:11:19Hey, you hear me, old man?
00:11:20The keys.
00:11:21Is there a problem here?
00:11:23Huh?
00:11:24Something I can help you with?
00:11:26No, no problem, man.
00:11:27Hey!
00:11:32I'm talking to you.
00:11:36Something I can help you with?
00:11:39Isn't there something you want to do?
00:11:42Yes, sir.
00:11:44I'll take care of that.
00:11:47You don't have the right to be here,
00:11:54so I suggest you move on.
00:11:56We didn't, uh...
00:11:57We didn't...
00:11:59We didn't mean nothing.
00:12:01Yeah, come on.
00:12:02Let's go.
00:12:02Let's get out of here.
00:12:03Come on.
00:12:04Come on.
00:12:17You have a merry Christmas.
00:12:32All I'm saying is that it was very strange.
00:12:34One minute, these punks are trying to rip off my rig.
00:12:38The next minute, they're trying to mug me.
00:12:40Goodness sakes, why didn't you call the police?
00:12:42Well, I didn't have time to call the police.
00:12:44I don't get why you go over there night after night.
00:12:47It's the holidays.
00:12:48I like to visit John.
00:12:49Well, if you hadn't sent him over there to begin with,
00:12:52you wouldn't have to visit him at a memorial.
00:12:53I didn't send him over there.
00:12:55He went in his own accord.
00:12:57Right.
00:12:57You let him go.
00:12:59Be a man.
00:13:00Serve your country.
00:13:02You even took him to church in his uniform,
00:13:04told everybody he was going to be a Green Beret.
00:13:06Hey, you know, I visit John where he's buried.
00:13:09And I don't have to go there on the holidays.
00:13:12Christmas is John's memorial.
00:13:14You agreed on that?
00:13:16I didn't agree to a dozen years.
00:13:17Enough is enough.
00:13:19It's Christmas and we should be participating.
00:13:22Guys, what's going on?
00:13:23It's 7 o'clock in the morning.
00:13:25Well, your dad thinks that we should be celebrating Christmas,
00:13:28as if that's going to bring Johnny back.
00:13:30Well, maybe we should.
00:13:32Might be my last chance before I join him.
00:13:34Jeannie, what's that supposed to mean?
00:13:39Well, see, we have a daughter here who needs us.
00:13:41You know, we should be concentrating on her future.
00:13:44I wonder how Johnny must have felt
00:13:46in those last few moments right before it happened.
00:13:51When you're coming to see...
00:14:04You know, he's sure you've received a leap after niem,
00:14:23even though he's just in the garden,
00:14:25who doesn't get into the garden in a few evenings and they took out a few of his lives.
00:14:28so these are the prescriptions and the instructions for the next few days
00:14:39bed rest today and eat lightly tomorrow you're going to be sore and tender to the touch cover
00:14:44the incision when you take a shower and change the dressing twice a day any problems you just
00:14:49give me a call like you know abnormal oozing or swelling something like that when do we know um
00:14:54the lab work should be back next monday you come in then and i'll take out the stitches but in the
00:14:59meantime have a good christmas where's dad paying the bill
00:15:03excuse me doctor oh mr boyogen i know you said upstairs that everything was okay
00:15:18but i understand that the pathology people have an opinion right away
00:15:22well yes while we're in surgery what did they say oh it's it's inconclusive
00:15:29look mr boyogen i know you want an answer but i can't give you one until the lab results come in
00:15:37it's a process i'll know more after christmas you and your family go home have a good holiday
00:15:43thank you
00:15:45dr fredericks to r7 west please
00:15:48my car's up
00:15:49so
00:15:53vredericks to r7 west
00:15:54homes
00:15:56and
00:15:56and
00:15:58and
00:16:32Jeannie.
00:16:55It's gonna be okay, huh?
00:16:57Yeah.
00:17:02You're gonna get through this.
00:17:12It seems we all imagine the worst.
00:17:15I don't have to imagine, Dad.
00:17:18Oh, God, why is this happening?
00:17:20Why is this happening now?
00:17:21Daddy, I'm sorry.
00:17:25I know that you want Christmas so much, but I can't.
00:17:29I just, I can't.
00:17:30And it's not about Johnny.
00:17:32It's about me.
00:17:33Look, I know how you must feel.
00:17:38But I truly believe that you're gonna be fine.
00:17:41That this is all gonna go away.
00:17:43Yeah, that's what Mom says to you to be positive, but how can we know?
00:17:49Nobody knows.
00:17:53Well, you know how I go down to the monument every night?
00:17:57Yeah.
00:17:57I go down there to chat with John.
00:18:01You do?
00:18:04I go into his room to do that.
00:18:10When I left there last night, I was convinced that John wants us to have Christmas.
00:18:16Just like we used to.
00:18:17So I'm asking you for one Christmas Eve.
00:18:22Just give me one.
00:18:26What about the rest of them?
00:18:30You can have all the rest of them.
00:18:32You can have all the Christmas Eve you deserve.
00:18:37I promise you.
00:18:47Oh, doing pretty good.
00:18:54Take care.
00:18:55Morning, George.
00:18:58Good morning, Mayor.
00:18:59How you doing?
00:19:00Bad for an old battle axe.
00:19:02How's Carol?
00:19:04She's doing fine.
00:19:06Let me give you a hand.
00:19:08Jeannie, how's she doing?
00:19:10She's doing fine.
00:19:11Home from college for the holidays.
00:19:14Worrying about graduate school.
00:19:16I meant the hospital.
00:19:18You know, George, no matter how big it gets, this is still a small town.
00:19:24She's doing fine, Mayor.
00:19:26How's Carol?
00:19:27Take it.
00:19:29Good, good.
00:19:31Remember when you had Jeannie?
00:19:33All those years after John, there she was.
00:19:36Our beautiful little miracle.
00:19:39That's what Carol called her.
00:19:40Yep.
00:19:42There's always hope, George, in faith.
00:19:45What does Johnny think all this?
00:19:47Well, he thinks that, uh, Jeannie's gonna be fine.
00:19:53He thinks we should have Christmas again.
00:19:55Anything you need.
00:20:01Anything.
00:20:03Just ask.
00:20:04I gotta go.
00:20:05I have to bake.
00:20:06Maybe I'll bring you something sweet for the holidays.
00:20:09Thanks, Mayor.
00:20:10Merry Christmas.
00:20:16George.
00:20:17George.
00:20:18Hey, Tommy.
00:20:18Just about to go off.
00:20:20Why don't you meet me over there?
00:20:21Yeah.
00:20:25Hell.
00:20:26What'll it be?
00:20:30Two books of Christmas stamps.
00:20:33Christmas stamps?
00:20:34Are you sending out cards this year?
00:20:36Better late than never.
00:20:39You, uh, haven't bought these for a while, George.
00:20:42You're telling me.
00:20:46What'll they cost now?
00:20:47Well, they're on me.
00:20:50Merry Christmas.
00:20:51Nah, come on, Tommy.
00:20:52You don't have to do that.
00:20:53No, I want to.
00:20:54Just use one to send us a card.
00:20:58All right.
00:20:58Here you go.
00:20:59Thanks.
00:21:02Merry Christmas to you and Ellen.
00:21:03Merry Christmas.
00:21:09Merry Christmas, girls.
00:21:10Merry Christmas, George.
00:21:13Merry Christmas, George.
00:21:15George.
00:21:33Well, there's a site.
00:21:54Don't need to tell me.
00:21:57Practically knocked me over coming out the post office.
00:22:00George Biagin buying Christmas tree lights.
00:22:04Well, people do buy Christmas lights at Christmastime, Miss Kearney.
00:22:09All right.
00:22:12There's your change, Miss Kearney.
00:22:14Thanks.
00:22:16You have a Merry Christmas now.
00:22:18Yes.
00:22:19And Merry Christmas to you.
00:22:21And say hello to Jan for me.
00:22:30You're replacing some lights, George?
00:22:35I'm thinking about it.
00:22:37Big decision, huh?
00:22:39I'll say.
00:22:40Got all kinds of lights.
00:22:41You got grape lights and pepper lights and blinking lights and drinking lights, you know.
00:22:48But I think I'll stick with the old-fashioned ones to get started again.
00:22:52Well, I'm glad that Carol fin...
00:22:54George, you know this is big.
00:22:59Well, actually, Carol and Jean, you don't know yet, if you know what I mean.
00:23:05Oh, I understand.
00:23:06Jan still won't talk about her brother Dickie or the others we knew on our plaque out there.
00:23:11You're Johnny, the only one on his.
00:23:14That's hard.
00:23:18Carol and Jean just think it was a big waste.
00:23:20Yeah, well, we were drafted, George.
00:23:25Johnny, he wanted to serve.
00:23:27He was a hero.
00:23:29Don't forget.
00:23:30Don't ever forget.
00:23:32He did the right thing.
00:23:33And for that, he had my total admiration.
00:23:36It was a different time, liar.
00:23:38Well, different ain't necessarily better, George.
00:23:41You know Johnny was the best after-school clerk I ever had in here.
00:23:46You raised him right.
00:23:50Sometimes I wonder, you know, if I had...
00:23:53Yeah.
00:23:53Oh, come on, I wonder.
00:23:55Sometimes I think that don't work, George.
00:23:58What is, is.
00:24:00He was a man, and you gave him the freedom to choose.
00:24:03The greatest gift you can give a child.
00:24:06Once you do it, it's their life.
00:24:10You gotta let go, George.
00:24:11George, there comes a time when we all gotta let go.
00:24:19Come on, get out of here.
00:24:20Your money's no good here today.
00:24:23Merry Christmas.
00:24:25It's not necessary.
00:24:26It is.
00:24:27Look, you've been volunteering all over this town,
00:24:29even when you were hurting.
00:24:31It's called payback, and it's way overdue.
00:24:35Hey, George.
00:24:38You go have yourself a special Christmas.
00:24:40You and the family.
00:24:42Thanks, pal.
00:24:45You and Jan, too.
00:24:48You know...
00:24:49I've had this weirdest feeling all day.
00:24:55You know how sometimes you think you can feel, and the...
00:24:59Oh, yeah.
00:25:00Yeah, sometimes I think I can still get up and run the hundred.
00:25:04Right.
00:25:06Well, today...
00:25:08I think I can feel something.
00:25:12In here.
00:25:14Something that...
00:25:17used to be there in his back.
00:25:20It's called Christmas, George.
00:25:24Yeah, I guess.
00:25:26You take care.
00:25:27Merry Christmas, pal.
00:25:31God bless, pal.
00:25:34Peace.
00:25:35He's up to something.
00:25:50He's got that look.
00:25:51What look?
00:25:53Oh.
00:25:54I remember when we were dating,
00:25:58I'd come home from school,
00:25:59and almost every day, he would be there
00:26:00helping my dad out with some project or other.
00:26:03I'd say, what are you doing?
00:26:06And he'd just look at me with that innocent look
00:26:09and go, well, why?
00:26:10I'm just helping out your dad.
00:26:12Ah, just to be around you.
00:26:14No, to get on my dad's good side.
00:26:18Your father would just come back from Vietnam,
00:26:20and he didn't have many prospects.
00:26:23Well, that didn't stop him.
00:26:26No.
00:26:26Say, did I ever tell you about...
00:26:32What?
00:26:35Your father's helping my dad redo the kitchen, right?
00:26:38So, one day, he asked me to help him
00:26:41unclog the drain in the kitchen sink.
00:26:44So, he slides into the sink,
00:26:46and he's given me all these tools to hand him.
00:26:48So, I hand him the last tool,
00:26:50and there is this banging, and then a clattering,
00:26:53and it's like God-awful.
00:26:54And then this fist comes out from underneath the sink.
00:26:58And he says, I got it!
00:27:00You got what?
00:27:05Oh.
00:27:08Mom, that's so sweet.
00:27:10Yeah.
00:27:12He said he wasn't coming out until I put it on.
00:27:15Oh.
00:27:16He was the guy everybody wanted to be.
00:27:19Well, he was the guy I wanted to be with.
00:27:27Want me to get you some tea, honey?
00:27:30No.
00:27:30You know what, Mom?
00:27:31I'm just gonna go lie down.
00:27:34Okay.
00:27:46Johnny, wait up!
00:28:05Hey, it's Zipa.
00:28:06Mom, Johnny doesn't have to wear his a dungle.
00:28:09Bye, Mom.
00:28:14Don't, don't, leave!
00:28:15Gotcha!
00:28:16Ah, good one!
00:28:17Oh, my God!
00:28:18You're gonna be like a girl, like a girl.
00:28:19Oh, wait, right, that one's orange.
00:28:21Oh, my God, come and get me!
00:28:24Come on!
00:28:25Oh, it was so close, huh?
00:28:27You're so gonna be sorry for this.
00:28:32Don't!
00:28:35Well, that's your fault.
00:28:38Yeah, gotcha!
00:28:39Yeah.
00:28:45Big load coming through.
00:29:02Don't offer to help.
00:29:04Hey, you're tracking in dirt, you know.
00:29:07Yeah, but it'll be worth it
00:29:08when you smell the aroma of this freshly cut wood.
00:29:12I hope so.
00:29:14You know, I've been thinking...
00:29:16Yeah, that's always dangerous.
00:29:17Would you please take off your boots?
00:29:19Yeah.
00:29:23I want this Christmas to be special.
00:29:25I don't think John would want this.
00:29:39It's not natural.
00:29:42I'm right, you'll see.
00:29:45I'll go take off my boots.
00:29:46She looks tired.
00:30:06Yeah, it's all this stress.
00:30:08Not knowing what's happening.
00:30:11Yeah.
00:30:13So, here's the plan.
00:30:14The new lights are in the den.
00:30:17And I brought all the ornaments down from the attic.
00:30:20Did Jeannie say this was okay?
00:30:23She didn't say it wasn't.
00:30:26Let's do this for her, okay?
00:30:29Christmas Eve is happening everywhere but here.
00:30:32Yeah.
00:30:34So?
00:30:35So.
00:30:36Wait, where are you going?
00:30:38I got one errand to run.
00:30:39Wait, I don't want to be alone tonight.
00:30:41You're not going to be alone tonight.
00:30:45I promise.
00:30:53You know what I want for tonight?
00:30:55What?
00:30:56Healing.
00:31:06Healing.
00:31:07Healing.
00:31:07Healing.
00:31:11Decorations.
00:31:23Oh.
00:31:36There you go, son.
00:31:38Oh, wow.
00:31:49Hey.
00:31:54Hi.
00:31:58Thought you were sleeping.
00:32:00No, not really.
00:32:01Where's Dad going?
00:32:08Well, he seems to think some kind of Christmas magic will make everything all right.
00:32:13You know, um, Mom, all those years without Christmas, all the kids at school, they would always be talking about what gifts they got and what they gave.
00:32:36And, um, um, well, I just always felt like we didn't have Christmas because you loved John more and that somehow I didn't deserve Christmas because he wasn't there.
00:32:48Oh, no.
00:32:49Oh, no.
00:32:49No, honey.
00:32:50Oh, my God.
00:32:51Oh, my God.
00:32:56Oh, how could you think that?
00:32:59Oh, I have been so selfish.
00:33:01We love you equally, both of you.
00:33:07You know, I'm, I didn't think I have been so consumed, you know, with, with grief and, and loss.
00:33:16I didn't think.
00:33:21I'm so sorry.
00:33:22You know, this Christmas is going to be different.
00:33:30Will you help me?
00:33:33Yeah.
00:33:34Okay.
00:33:37Pick something.
00:33:52I just want your approval.
00:34:02I told you what I thought about the Army.
00:34:05I admire your guts, but I think it's a bad idea.
00:34:10Look, that was your time, okay?
00:34:11I mean, you were drafted in some lottery.
00:34:13I'm a volunteer.
00:34:14I'm not afraid.
00:34:15Why don't you go to college?
00:34:17You got the grades.
00:34:18Nobody in this family's ever gone to college before.
00:34:20Look, I'll go when I get out.
00:34:21I mean, I'll have the money.
00:34:23It's not the money.
00:34:24We've been saving all our lives.
00:34:26Dad, I promise, okay?
00:34:28When I get out.
00:34:30We're your parents.
00:34:31We don't want you to go.
00:34:33We love you.
00:34:34We're concerned.
00:34:34Look, it's done.
00:34:37What do you mean, it's done?
00:34:40I saw in the enlistment papers this morning.
00:34:45Oh.
00:34:49Better tell your mother.
00:34:51Johnny.
00:35:10Johnny.
00:35:15Johnny.
00:35:16Let's go.
00:35:46Come on, Gina. Let's go.
00:35:48Can't we go to church?
00:35:50No.
00:36:16Let's go.
00:36:46Hey, you all right?
00:36:56Where the hell did you come from? You okay?
00:36:59No, I'm fine. I didn't mean to scare you. My name's Matthew.
00:37:02George Bayesian.
00:37:04Sorry about that.
00:37:05No, it's all right. Let's get you straightened out and turned around before someone comes along.
00:37:08Yeah, okay.
00:37:16Oh, Jeannie, look at these. I never throw anything out. Oh, gosh, look at that. Whoops.
00:37:23Oh, my gosh, the star. Oh, I remember this. Oh, wow.
00:37:32Stop it!
00:37:45Hey, come back here.
00:37:47Stop!
00:37:48Gotcha.
00:37:49Hey, Lego, Lego.
00:37:51Let's put the star on.
00:37:53Okay, here we go.
00:37:54Steady.
00:37:56Okay.
00:37:58Got it.
00:38:00You got it?
00:38:01I got all the time.
00:38:02I got all the time.
00:38:03Whoa!
00:38:03Whoa!
00:38:07You broke it.
00:38:12Did not.
00:38:12It's okay.
00:38:14You know what?
00:38:15It'll still shine, right?
00:38:17Sure.
00:38:21Let's go.
00:38:22Come on.
00:38:39Hey!
00:38:41How are you doing?
00:38:42Where are you going?
00:38:47Okay.
00:38:51Now, honey, these are like spaghetti.
00:38:54Why don't you see if you can grab an end here somewhere?
00:38:58Oh, Mom, these are ancient.
00:39:01Yeah, well...
00:39:02I'm going to blow a fuse if you try to plug these in.
00:39:04Oh, no, the ones on the house should take care of that.
00:39:08You're really going to put those up, too?
00:39:10Well, why not?
00:39:12I mean, your dad says he wants a Christmas.
00:39:14Well, let's give him a Christmas.
00:39:17And if the whole thing blows, well, then it blows.
00:39:21Okay, one, two, three!
00:39:26Oh!
00:39:27Oh!
00:39:28Oh, honey!
00:39:32Ready?
00:39:33One, two, three!
00:39:36Hop in!
00:39:38I've seen one like that in a long time.
00:39:40Hop in!
00:40:02Haven't seen one like that in a long time.
00:40:05You bet.
00:40:06I did my time.
00:40:10See the action?
00:40:14The Gulf.
00:40:15Army?
00:40:175th SFG.
00:40:18You?
00:40:20Vietnam, 82nd.
00:40:22So you were in the 5th Special Forces Group?
00:40:26Yeah, that's right.
00:40:27When were you there?
00:40:29October 90.
00:40:30Desert shield before the storm.
00:40:35Are you headed to town?
00:40:37Actually, I'm headed to the interstate.
00:40:39I'm going to hook up with my ride in the morning.
00:40:40Being Christmas and all, folks are real charitable.
00:40:44I'm making good time.
00:40:45I'm actually ahead of schedule.
00:40:46What are you going to do till the morning?
00:40:48I'll probably just flop somewhere.
00:40:52Well, there's a pretty good motel the other side of town, right by the interstate.
00:40:55I can drop you over there.
00:40:56Well, the truth is, George, I'm a little short.
00:41:01I was thinking something along the lines of a bus station.
00:41:07So you headed home for Christmas with the family?
00:41:10No.
00:41:11No.
00:41:12I don't have a family, George.
00:41:15I did once, but not anymore.
00:41:20You're not in trouble, are you?
00:41:23You mean with the law?
00:41:25Yeah.
00:41:25No.
00:41:26Not me.
00:41:28I always follow the rules.
00:41:30Me too.
00:41:32Well, you got a family now.
00:41:37It's making Christmas Eve with us.
00:41:40No, George, I couldn't.
00:41:41I mean, really.
00:41:42What's your family going to think you're bringing home a stranger on a night like tonight?
00:41:47They'll probably be surprised.
00:41:48But they can handle it.
00:41:50Not your worry.
00:41:52What kind of family would we be if we didn't have room for a bet?
00:41:59Okay, I think that's it, Mom.
00:42:01You got it?
00:42:01Yeah.
00:42:01All right.
00:42:05Oh.
00:42:08Great.
00:42:09Oh, look.
00:42:09Oh, most of them are working.
00:42:10Yeah.
00:42:11This one's got it.
00:42:13Oh, who in the room is that?
00:42:15I'm going to get that.
00:42:16Yeah.
00:42:17It'll be right there.
00:42:26Oh, no.
00:42:27Not her.
00:42:28Who is it?
00:42:31Mrs. Simpson.
00:42:33Merry Christmas, Jeannie.
00:42:34How are you, dear?
00:42:35Oh, fine, fine.
00:42:36Come on in.
00:42:37Merry Christmas.
00:42:38Hi, Mary.
00:42:39Oh, what a surprise.
00:42:40How nice to see you.
00:42:41When I heard Jeannie was home, I just had to come by.
00:42:44Here's some cookies.
00:42:46Baked them fresh this morning.
00:42:48Boy, I've got some hot water on.
00:42:49Would you like some tea?
00:42:50Tea would just be fine, but just for a minute.
00:42:53Okay.
00:42:53I'm on my way to church.
00:42:55Uh, the choir, you know.
00:42:56The choir, you know.
00:42:57Oh, right.
00:42:58Christmas Eve.
00:43:00Pastor Raymond has got us singing a section of Handel's Messiah.
00:43:05Can you imagine?
00:43:07Oh, well, that must sound wonderful.
00:43:09We all miss your beautiful soprano.
00:43:12You know, it's never too late to come back.
00:43:15Yeah, well, when George is out, if he gets back in time, then maybe we'll drop by.
00:43:26Well, good.
00:43:27So, Jeannie, tell me how school you got a boyfriend?
00:43:37Girl as pretty as you.
00:43:38You can have your pick.
00:43:39Best advice is play the field.
00:43:45There's plenty of fish in the sea.
00:43:48Since Ross died, that's what I do.
00:43:50It works.
00:43:53You got your whole life in front of you.
00:43:56Right.
00:43:56Mom?
00:43:57Got herbal tea?
00:44:00Oh, that's just fine.
00:44:04Well, I see you got all the lights up this year.
00:44:08Yeah, well, we're trying.
00:44:10Well, that's all a body can do.
00:44:12Put one foot in front of the other.
00:44:14One day at a time.
00:44:17Gee, I guess the whole town knows I have cancer.
00:44:20Yeah, we don't know that.
00:44:21Jeannie, you're going to have a healthy and happy new year.
00:44:26I feel it in my bones.
00:44:28And many more.
00:44:29You got to feel it in your heart.
00:44:32Have faith.
00:44:34Miracles can happen.
00:44:38Oh, well, I got to be going.
00:44:42Okay.
00:44:44Back out into that very un-white Christmas.
00:44:48That's not how it feels like snow.
00:44:50Well, it is.
00:44:50I'm ready.
00:44:51It's like Ross used to say.
00:44:53God bless the little children.
00:44:55And four-wheel drive.
00:44:57Bye, girls.
00:44:58Bye, Mary.
00:44:59Bye.
00:44:59Thanks.
00:44:59Well, she means well.
00:45:08Mom, do you believe in miracles?
00:45:14Honey, if I thought a miracle were required, then yeah, I would believe in miracles.
00:45:21But we're not there.
00:45:23Okay, I think you're going to be fine.
00:45:27All right?
00:45:28Just stop it.
00:45:30Got to check the turkey in the oven.
00:45:37Now, I bet I screwed up the suspension.
00:45:40How many miles you got on there, Joyce?
00:45:4352,000 plus in less than two years.
00:45:47So, what's in the box?
00:45:51I'm a carpenter.
00:45:53Mostly house framing, but I do some custom cabinet work, too.
00:45:58Jesus was a carpenter.
00:46:01Bet he didn't do custom cabinet work.
00:46:06So, what do you do?
00:46:08This and that.
00:46:10Sort of a jack-of-all-trades.
00:46:12Mastered in mind.
00:46:13Uh-huh.
00:46:14And where do you live?
00:46:15Midwest.
00:46:17You could say we moved around a lot.
00:46:19You want me to look under the hood, George?
00:46:20I don't think so, Lester.
00:46:22She's running just fine.
00:46:23Not if you don't change the oil.
00:46:26I did it yesterday.
00:46:27What do I owe you?
00:46:28Uh, you know, I already closed up my till.
00:46:30I'll, uh, put it on your tab.
00:46:32Lester, I don't have a tab.
00:46:34You do now.
00:46:35Merry Christmas.
00:46:36Uh-huh.
00:46:37Merry Christmas.
00:46:38Hey, you know if Artie's got any more trees over there?
00:46:41Uh, I can't say that I do, but I think he's still over there by the church.
00:46:45Thanks, Les.
00:46:46Merry Christmas.
00:46:47Night.
00:46:49One more stop to make.
00:46:52Yo, baby.
00:46:53It's cold.
00:46:53Do you, uh, mind if I put on some music?
00:47:09Sure, John.
00:47:09See if you can get a carol.
00:47:12John?
00:47:15Did I call you John?
00:47:16Yeah, he did.
00:47:18Sorry.
00:47:19That was my son's name.
00:47:21He was killed in Desert Shield.
00:47:24I'm sorry to hear that.
00:47:25Actually, he was in the, uh, fifth special forces group, too.
00:47:33Yeah.
00:47:35And we lost quite a few guys from the get-go.
00:47:38Nobody really talked about it, Tom.
00:47:41Black ops.
00:47:41Yeah, we had a lot of that in my war, too.
00:47:46Glad you made it back.
00:47:51John liked that one a lot.
00:47:53Dashing through the snow, when a one-horse-open sleigh.
00:47:58O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way.
00:48:03Bells on Bob'sails ring, making spirits bright.
00:48:07Oh, what fun it is to ride a sleigh down the night.
00:48:11Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.
00:48:23Slim pickings, huh?
00:48:25Nothing very full.
00:48:28We always found the fullest trees.
00:48:34Arty!
00:48:37They'll be around here somewhere.
00:48:41Hey, when you were over there, uh,
00:48:44you didn't happen to run into a kid named John Boyajian, did you?
00:48:47Special forces, staff sergeant, medical specialist.
00:48:52That's hard to say.
00:48:54I ran into a lot of guys.
00:48:56We went over as a unit, but you come home alone.
00:49:00Like life.
00:49:01You enter alone, you live, and you exit alone.
00:49:05Philosopher, huh?
00:49:07Yeah, dime store version.
00:49:09Tried the booze.
00:49:11Church, nothing got it for me.
00:49:14Well, it's a season of peace on earth, George.
00:49:16Maybe you'll find some.
00:49:18Maybe.
00:49:18This was not bad.
00:49:20It's all right.
00:49:25Watch out!
00:49:26He broke the chain!
00:49:26He broke the chain!
00:49:29Hey.
00:49:33Come here.
00:49:34Yeah.
00:49:35That won't hurt you.
00:49:37Yeah.
00:49:38That a boy, huh?
00:49:40Good dog.
00:49:41That a boy sport, huh?
00:49:43You're a good dog.
00:49:45Yeah.
00:49:46You're a good boy.
00:49:47Yeah.
00:49:47You're a good dog, yeah.
00:49:54You're a good dog.
00:49:57You've got the touch.
00:49:59Rex don't take the folks easy.
00:50:00Ah.
00:50:00I love dogs.
00:50:03Hi, I'm Matthew.
00:50:05Come on.
00:50:05Let's go.
00:50:08Sport.
00:50:13Sport?
00:50:13Why'd you call a dog sport?
00:50:15Yeah, it's just a name you use for a dog.
00:50:17Like Rover or Butch.
00:50:20Weird.
00:50:21Artie.
00:50:22Is this all you got left?
00:50:24Why don't you wait till the last minute, George?
00:50:27Oh, well.
00:50:27Yeah, you might have called.
00:50:28I would have set one aside.
00:50:30I remember.
00:50:31You always bought my fullest tree.
00:50:34How about this one?
00:50:36Yeah, how about that one?
00:50:37That's perfect.
00:50:38How much for that one, Artie?
00:50:41It's been a long time, George.
00:50:43A long time.
00:50:44Well, I'm here now.
00:50:45How much?
00:50:46It's getting late.
00:50:48Probably won't have any more customers.
00:50:49I get stuck with these trees.
00:50:50I've got to cart them away.
00:50:51Look at this guy.
00:50:52Now he's working me.
00:50:53How much?
00:50:54I'll tell you what, George.
00:50:55You take this tree off my hands,
00:50:57next year you buy the biggest tree I have.
00:50:59Deal?
00:51:00Deal.
00:51:01Merry Christmas, Artie.
00:51:03Thanks.
00:51:06You got it?
00:51:06I got it.
00:51:08We'll throw it back in the truck.
00:51:12Take care, Artie.
00:51:14We got a great tree.
00:51:19Nice, huh?
00:51:29Yeah.
00:51:30It's beautiful.
00:51:35Listen, George.
00:51:36Uh...
00:51:37Are you sure about bringing me home?
00:51:40I mean, I don't want to impose.
00:51:41It's no problem at all.
00:51:44All right.
00:51:44So you saw a lot of action over there, huh?
00:51:50Yeah.
00:51:52Lose any friends?
00:51:55I lost a few.
00:51:56How'd you handle it?
00:51:59Among ourselves.
00:52:02And alone.
00:52:04Nobody really wanted to know.
00:52:06Back home, I talked myself out of a lot of relationships.
00:52:15But over there, in the midst of it,
00:52:17you don't have time to grieve.
00:52:21You meet guys, you get to know something.
00:52:25You lose a friend and his body's medevaced out of there,
00:52:27and you just keep on going.
00:52:30Just try to stay alive.
00:52:31No time for reflection.
00:52:39But that bill came due later.
00:52:43I'll never forget them.
00:52:50I don't think you could ever forget us, son.
00:52:52I don't think you could ever forget us, son.
00:53:01Mom, Dad, John's home!
00:53:20John?
00:53:21What?
00:53:23Mommy and Daddy go?
00:53:24Yeah, they're dummies.
00:53:25Mr. and Mrs. Bajuan,
00:53:32I'm Major Harris,
00:53:33and this is Chaplain Wallace from the base.
00:53:35Mom!
00:53:37I'm sorry to just inform you
00:53:39that your son, John,
00:53:41was killed in the line of duty
00:53:42on December the 21st
00:53:45while serving with the Special Forces Group
00:53:47in Desert Shield Campaign in Iraq.
00:53:50He served his unit with distinction,
00:53:52and his record will note
00:53:54that his life was lost
00:53:55while saving the lives
00:53:57of two other members of his unit.
00:54:04John was inside Iraq.
00:54:07They were looking for Scud missile sites.
00:54:09They found three.
00:54:11That's when they came under fire.
00:54:14They sent a Black Hawk chopper in
00:54:16to get him out.
00:54:16It came under fire.
00:54:18The cult pilot was killed.
00:54:19The pilot was wounded.
00:54:20So I guess John grabbed
00:54:23an automatic weapon
00:54:24and decided that he was gonna
00:54:25provide ground cover.
00:54:28He made the ultimate sacrifice
00:54:30for his men.
00:54:32That's what I choose to believe.
00:54:34His mother and his sister, though,
00:54:36different story.
00:54:38I guess that's why Christmas
00:54:39hasn't been a happy time, huh?
00:54:41Yeah.
00:54:46You raised him well, George.
00:54:48With honor.
00:54:49I didn't raise him to die.
00:55:01Wow.
00:55:02They did it.
00:55:04They really did it.
00:55:12Looks great, huh?
00:55:14Very nice.
00:55:15Hey, would you do me a favor?
00:55:19What do you need?
00:55:22My wife and my daughter.
00:55:23Could you, uh...
00:55:26Could you tell them
00:55:27that you ran into John over there,
00:55:28that you knew him?
00:55:29If they ask.
00:55:31If you think that'll help,
00:55:32I'll do it.
00:55:33Yeah.
00:55:37That's the day that he got
00:55:38his green beret.
00:55:39Been there, done that.
00:55:44What to know, um...
00:55:47He was very protective
00:55:48of his sister.
00:55:50Overly protective.
00:55:51And, uh...
00:55:53He was a really good
00:55:55baseball player.
00:55:56In high school,
00:55:57he was...
00:55:59He was a good player.
00:56:02Okay.
00:56:03I got it.
00:56:13This is gonna be great.
00:56:15Who here?
00:56:16Oh.
00:56:16He's a beaut, hon.
00:56:18Hi.
00:56:21Matthew, this is Carol.
00:56:22Carol, this is Matthew.
00:56:24Hi, Matthew.
00:56:24Hi, Carol.
00:56:25Nice to meet you.
00:56:25Merry Christmas.
00:56:26Merry Christmas.
00:56:27I found him freezing
00:56:28on Mill Pond Road.
00:56:30He's heading home
00:56:30for Christmas
00:56:31and doesn't hook up
00:56:32with his ride
00:56:32till tomorrow morning,
00:56:33so I invited him
00:56:35to spend Christmas Eve
00:56:36with us.
00:56:37Well, welcome to our home.
00:56:39Well, thank you kindly.
00:56:40Let's put it in here.
00:56:49Let's stand her up.
00:56:50All right.
00:56:52Oh, oh, she's so full.
00:56:54Can I trouble you
00:56:55to move that chair, Carol?
00:56:56Um, yeah.
00:57:02Hey.
00:57:03Hi.
00:57:06Hi, Ann.
00:57:08Hi, Dad.
00:57:09It's a nice tree.
00:57:11Oh, honey, this is...
00:57:12Hi, Jeannie.
00:57:15I'm Matthew.
00:57:16Merry Christmas.
00:57:18Merry Christmas.
00:57:22What do you say, uh...
00:57:24we have a little Christmas cheer
00:57:26before we decorate the tree?
00:57:28I have some eggnog.
00:57:30Well, let's spike it.
00:57:32Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:57:34Uh, may I?
00:57:35Oh, hey, this one's broken.
00:57:41Yeah, that was a long time ago.
00:57:48Maybe we can fix it.
00:57:49Where did you find that?
00:57:54In the bottom of the box.
00:57:56I thought that was lost.
00:57:58Oh, not anymore.
00:58:00You got any glue?
00:58:01Yeah.
00:58:02Great.
00:58:03The turkey smells good.
00:58:04Ah, another cooking channel experiment.
00:58:16I hope you don't mind
00:58:17having invited Matthew here tonight.
00:58:20Yeah, well,
00:58:21he seems like a nice young man.
00:58:22Well, he is.
00:58:23And, you know,
00:58:24maybe he'll get Jeannie's mind
00:58:26off of the surgery.
00:58:28Yeah.
00:58:28I don't know how much rum
00:58:30to put in here.
00:58:31Put it all in.
00:58:32We'll get loaded.
00:58:33Ha, ha, ha.
00:58:35I think tonight
00:58:36I'd like to celebrate.
00:58:39Do you know,
00:58:40Jeannie said something to me today.
00:58:42She said that she thought
00:58:43that the reason
00:58:44that we hadn't celebrated Christmas
00:58:45was because we loved John
00:58:48more than her.
00:58:50And she thought that
00:58:51maybe she didn't deserve Christmas
00:58:52is because her brother was dead.
00:58:56You know,
00:58:57I hadn't thought about
00:58:59what it was like for her.
00:59:02You know?
00:59:04Just selfish.
00:59:08Yeah, we are selfish.
00:59:11But, you know,
00:59:12having this young man here
00:59:13is kind of like having Johnny, huh?
00:59:15Yeah.
00:59:17And he was over there.
00:59:18Actually, he was in John's unit.
00:59:20What?
00:59:21But let's let him relax
00:59:23and, you know,
00:59:24kind of get settled in
00:59:25and I'm sure he'll tell us
00:59:27all about it.
00:59:29He's a good guy.
00:59:31He's a good one.
00:59:33I'll take this.
00:59:34You grab that.
00:59:42Here comes Christmas cheer.
00:59:45Generously spiked
00:59:46by Miss Heavyhand.
00:59:48Guys, look at what Matthew did.
00:59:50Oh.
00:59:51Oh, he fixed it.
00:59:53Look.
00:59:53Yeah, I glued it together.
00:59:55Where would you like me to put it?
00:59:57On the top of the tree, silly.
00:59:59Oh, right.
01:00:00You got a step ladder?
01:00:01Yeah, in the whole closet.
01:00:02No, just push me.
01:00:04All right.
01:00:07One, two, three, four.
01:00:09Yeah.
01:00:13Got it.
01:00:14Yeah.
01:00:14Yeah.
01:00:16Thanks.
01:00:16Good job.
01:00:23I found some batteries in the box.
01:00:27Popped them in.
01:00:28I guess they still work, huh?
01:00:32Wow.
01:00:35It's tricky.
01:00:36Jeannie?
01:00:43Jeannie?
01:00:44Come set the table.
01:00:47Hey.
01:00:48Kids are in there still decorating the tree.
01:00:50What do you say we, uh...
01:00:52Do you want to just make sandwiches and eat in the living room?
01:00:56Like we used to.
01:00:57Honey, keep decorating the tree.
01:00:59We're eating in the living room.
01:01:00Okay.
01:01:02Okay.
01:01:02Okay, this one.
01:01:08Just to the right of that, Angela.
01:01:10Okay.
01:01:12Just a second, hon.
01:01:13To the right a little bit.
01:01:15Oh.
01:01:15Okay.
01:01:16Ready?
01:01:18Yes, yes.
01:01:19Yes.
01:01:23Merry Christmas, everyone.
01:01:25Merry Christmas, George.
01:01:28Merry Christmas, hon.
01:01:29Merry Christmas, honey.
01:01:30Merry Christmas, George.
01:01:35Merry Christmas.
01:01:37All right.
01:01:38Let's eat.
01:01:53Hey, this brings back so many memories.
01:01:57Good ones.
01:01:58Oh, yeah.
01:01:59Mm-mm.
01:02:00Mm-mm.
01:02:02Matthew, George told me that you were in the same unit as John overseas.
01:02:09Oh, what?
01:02:12You knew my brother?
01:02:13Yeah, I did.
01:02:15How?
01:02:17I was special forces, too.
01:02:20Different units, but we were both based out of the same base in Saudi.
01:02:24Were you with John when he died?
01:02:26No.
01:02:27No.
01:02:28Our unit was near Baghdad, and he was out in the boonies hunting for scuds.
01:02:33But I'd run into him the odd time at briefings.
01:02:36And did he ever talk about me or us?
01:02:38Oh, yeah.
01:02:39Yeah.
01:02:40Of course.
01:02:40All the time.
01:02:41Like he told me he had this doll of a little sister.
01:02:44Oh.
01:02:44That when she got older, he was going to do everything he could to keep the guys away from you.
01:02:49Oh.
01:02:51Johnny used to talk about having this test that he would give to any guy who asked me out.
01:02:56And he said that every girl's big brother did that.
01:02:58Oh, he didn't say anything about that.
01:03:00No.
01:03:02Well, I remember this other story.
01:03:04He had this scar on the back of his neck.
01:03:08And I asked him about it because I thought he got hit, you know?
01:03:11Oh, I remember.
01:03:12It was funny because it never tanned.
01:03:15Oh.
01:03:20Okay.
01:03:23That's okay.
01:03:24Yeah, I get it.
01:03:25I get it.
01:03:26I get it.
01:03:26Um, well, uh, tell us more.
01:03:29Yeah.
01:03:30All right.
01:03:31Um, baseball.
01:03:34He talked about high school baseball all the time.
01:03:37Yeah.
01:03:37And, uh, the big game.
01:03:38Oh, yeah.
01:03:39Oh, he hit the home run, which won us the state.
01:03:42Championship.
01:03:42That's right.
01:03:43Yeah.
01:03:43Uh-huh.
01:03:43Yeah.
01:03:44He was real proud of that.
01:03:45Oh, boy.
01:03:46Well, we were too.
01:03:47Yes.
01:03:48So, um, what else?
01:03:50Um, well, I only really...
01:03:54ran into him a few times.
01:03:56Uh, he was a good soldier.
01:03:59Uh, first-class medic.
01:04:01He talked about becoming a doctor one day.
01:04:04Um, the guys liked him a lot.
01:04:09And, uh, I'm sorry.
01:04:12It's...
01:04:13That's about it.
01:04:14It was just such a long time ago.
01:04:19You're talking about him.
01:04:20And, uh, he seems closer.
01:04:24And it's just funny how you forget.
01:04:26And then you're just sitting here talking about actually seeing him, being there with him.
01:04:33It just makes it all more real somehow.
01:04:35It's...
01:04:36It's him.
01:04:39It fills in a lot for me.
01:04:41Thank you, Matthew.
01:04:44Oh.
01:04:46You're welcome.
01:04:50Want to help me clean up?
01:04:52Yeah.
01:04:53Yeah.
01:04:53I remember Johnny and I, we got this puppy.
01:05:12It was a German shepherd.
01:05:15And Johnny called him Sport.
01:05:17Oh.
01:05:17He'd just been weaned.
01:05:20And that first night that we got him, we kept him in this box in the kitchen.
01:05:24And, oh, Matthew, he cried all night.
01:05:28Nobody could sleep.
01:05:29And my parents tried everything.
01:05:31They tried the ticking clock.
01:05:32They tried the radio.
01:05:34And nothing worked.
01:05:35Heh, heh.
01:05:37Well, they're a lot like humans.
01:05:39They get scared, and they need love.
01:05:42I agree.
01:05:43Well, finally, Johnny came and took the puppy up to its room.
01:05:47And he fell fast asleep on his bed.
01:05:49Mm.
01:05:50Sport never left Johnny's side after that.
01:05:52Those two were...
01:05:54They were inseparable.
01:05:59I'm so sorry.
01:06:04I'm sorry.
01:06:05Oh, hey.
01:06:05Hey, hey.
01:06:09You don't need this.
01:06:10Oh, yes, I do.
01:06:11Oh, I've just had surgery, and...
01:06:14Oh.
01:06:17I want you to do something for me.
01:06:20What?
01:06:22Give me your hands.
01:06:25Oh, come on.
01:06:27Trust me.
01:06:33Now, close your eyes.
01:06:36Come on.
01:06:36Close your eyes.
01:06:38Trust me.
01:06:38Trust me.
01:06:41Now, take a long, deep breath.
01:06:50And let it out slowly.
01:06:55Keep your eyes closed.
01:06:59And think of something...
01:07:02...that would bring you pure joy.
01:07:04Now, hold that part.
01:07:16I don't know.
01:07:47That's a pretty neat trick.
01:07:52You should patent that.
01:07:58I told you you don't need these.
01:08:02I don't.
01:08:03I'm going to hear him talk about John.
01:08:14Boy, I'm going to miss him just so much.
01:08:19And you know, you were right about Christmas.
01:08:21I'm so glad you had us do that, you know?
01:08:23I was against it, but I'm just really glad it was the right thing.
01:08:28Especially for Jeannie, you know?
01:08:30You're off to be quiet.
01:08:35Yeah, I was just thinking about all the things he knows about John.
01:08:40Huh.
01:08:41He made an impression.
01:08:42That's a good thing.
01:08:43I didn't want to leave this fine crystal line around.
01:08:49Uh, where's Jeannie?
01:08:51She's in her room.
01:08:55I think I'll go check on her.
01:08:58She's probably just tired.
01:08:59So, did George tell you why we haven't celebrated Christmas for so long?
01:09:13Yeah, he did.
01:09:14It's very strange.
01:09:44To sneak out to have cigarettes.
01:09:47It's my quiet time.
01:09:50You know, unless you are a parent, you can't imagine what it's like.
01:09:59And to get the news on Christmas Eve...
01:10:03Unfortunately, they have procedures they have to follow.
01:10:07Yeah, right, well...
01:10:09I understand it's a great loss.
01:10:11It's an unbearable loss.
01:10:26John wouldn't want you to feel so lost.
01:10:28He'd want you all to be full of good memories.
01:10:38It's like light and dark.
01:10:39The moonlight touches down on the fields.
01:10:50It becomes part of its beauty.
01:10:55Darkness is also its light.
01:10:56Now, what do you see when you look out there?
01:11:05Do you see the darkness?
01:11:07Or the moonlight?
01:11:11Or both?
01:11:11Can you separate the two?
01:11:19Or shouldn't you?
01:11:23Well, I think it's like you said there.
01:11:26It's all one.
01:11:27When we lose someone we love...
01:11:45It doesn't mean they're not with you anymore.
01:11:50You just have to find them in a different way.
01:11:52John's spirit is here.
01:11:57It's everywhere.
01:11:59It's in this house.
01:12:03It's in your heart.
01:12:05So don't push them away.
01:12:09Embrace them.
01:12:11You'll always have that.
01:12:20Merry Christmas.
01:12:28Merry Christmas.
01:12:36Carol, Matthew, come on in.
01:12:38I want to show you something.
01:12:39Oh, honey.
01:12:52Looks fantastic, George.
01:12:54It's just beautiful.
01:12:59Jean upstairs?
01:13:01Yeah, she's sleeping.
01:13:04Hey, grab your jacket.
01:13:06I got something I want to show you.
01:13:09This is great, George.
01:13:29Yeah.
01:13:30My dad had a shop like this.
01:13:32I used to help him make stuff for all the time.
01:13:36Yeah.
01:13:37Keeps you busy
01:13:40This is a box I made for John
01:13:46My grandfather had one just like it
01:13:49Used to keep all his stuff in it
01:13:51Mostly I just keep John's stuff in it
01:13:58DSC
01:14:03Congress gave it to him
01:14:05I know
01:14:06We gave him John
01:14:09They gave us stuff
01:14:11We were going to give it to him when he came home
01:14:16I never thought I'd get it finished in time
01:14:19Little did I know I had all the time in the world
01:14:23I'm sure John would have loved it
01:14:29Those things you said about John in the house
01:14:33How did you know that?
01:14:35That's just a lucky guess
01:14:36Guys tease their kid sisters all the time
01:14:39It's usually about boys
01:14:40I'm at the baseball championship
01:14:43Well he said he played ball
01:14:45Carol just filled in the blanks
01:14:48Who are you?
01:14:49How did you know about the scars on the back of his neck?
01:14:56I mean in the truck you told me you never met him
01:14:59Who are you?
01:15:02What kind of game are you playing here?
01:15:06What do you want from me and my family?
01:15:09I told you who I was George
01:15:11And you accepted it
01:15:13Are Carol and Jeannie happier that I said what I said?
01:15:18This was your idea George
01:15:19I bear your family no harm
01:15:21And you want to believe George
01:15:26I know you do
01:15:28How's Jeannie?
01:15:38It's good she's sleeping
01:15:39Oh good
01:15:40I'm going to put him in John's room
01:15:41Good night
01:15:43Good night
01:15:45I'll see you in the morning Matthew
01:15:49You got it
01:15:50Okay
01:15:53Bathroom's right in here
01:15:55Great
01:15:56I love these things
01:16:03Oh yeah me too
01:16:04I gave that to John
01:16:05That was mine when I was a kid
01:16:08You know if I really wanted it to snow outside
01:16:12I'd take it and I'd just shake it real hard
01:16:14And I'd make a wish
01:16:15And one time
01:16:16Even before the flakes had settled
01:16:19It started to snow
01:16:21Really?
01:16:23Mm-hmm
01:16:23Well
01:16:24If you want a white Christmas
01:16:26Okay
01:16:38You must be tired
01:16:40That little
01:16:41Listen Carol
01:16:43I want to tell you how much
01:16:45I really appreciate you welcoming me into your home
01:16:48Oh
01:16:48Especially tonight
01:16:50And I know the timing's not that great
01:16:52Oh the timing was perfect
01:16:53So
01:16:55Good night
01:16:57Good night
01:16:58Merry Christmas
01:17:00Merry Christmas
01:17:01Hey Slugger
01:17:28State championship
01:17:41Down
01:17:45Threes
01:17:46Two outs
01:17:50Two strikes
01:17:52Bases loaded
01:17:55Bottom of the ninth
01:17:56Doesn't get anybody
01:18:01There's a wind-up
01:18:05And a pitch
01:18:07And it's all
01:18:09Mine
01:18:11Back
01:18:12Out of the park
01:18:17Come on
01:18:18Honey
01:18:19son of the club
01:18:29Out of the park
01:18:31I can't wait
01:18:31The fourth
01:18:35I can't wait
01:18:35To the night
01:18:35I can't wait
01:18:36It's all
01:18:37I can't wait
01:18:38To the next
01:18:39And a pitch
01:18:40French
01:18:40Like
01:18:41I can't wait
01:18:42To the next
01:18:42And a pitch
01:18:43Like
01:18:43I can't wait
01:18:44I can't wait
01:18:44Oh, I can't wait
01:18:44They never got a chance to know you, Johnny boy.
01:18:51You couldn't hear the love they had for you.
01:18:56No, you couldn't.
01:19:09How many wars?
01:19:14How many young men never made it home?
01:19:22Is that part of the world any better?
01:19:26Are we any safer?
01:19:34Nothing's changed.
01:19:38Nothing.
01:19:44What was the last question?
01:19:54What?
01:19:56What are we?
01:19:58What are we?
01:20:00What is the future?
01:20:02What is the future?
01:21:16Jeannie?
01:21:18Oh, for crying out loud.
01:21:21Honey, what are you doing?
01:21:24Everything is fine.
01:21:26Oh, Jeannie.
01:21:32What are you doing out here?
01:21:34It's just so beautiful.
01:21:36Dad, everything's fine. I'm gonna be okay.
01:21:38Of course you're gonna be okay.
01:21:40Yeah.
01:21:42No, I mean, I know it.
01:21:44I really know it now.
01:21:46I know it was there and now I know it's gone.
01:21:50Merry Christmas, George.
01:21:56George?
01:22:00Honey?
01:22:02Let's go in.
01:22:04Come on.
01:22:06Honey?
01:22:07Let's go in.
01:22:08Come on.
01:22:10Thank you for bringing Christmas home to us, Dad.
01:22:26So you really have to go?
01:22:28Yeah.
01:22:30You're right.
01:22:31They're waiting for me.
01:22:32Thank you so much.
01:22:37Merry Christmas, ladies.
01:22:38Merry Christmas.
01:22:39Merry Christmas.
01:22:40Bye.
01:22:41You're right.
01:22:42If I travel safely.
01:22:43Merry Christmas, you're right.
01:22:44I've got to work in the place.
01:22:45I've got to work in the place.
01:22:46You're right.
01:22:47I'll be right.
01:22:48So you have to go?
01:22:49Yeah.
01:22:50You're right.
01:22:51They're waiting for me.
01:22:52Thank you so much.
01:22:54Merry Christmas, ladies.
01:22:55Merry Christmas.
01:22:56Bye.
01:22:57Travel safely.
01:23:00Merry Christmas, ladies.
01:23:02Merry Christmas.
01:23:07Bye.
01:23:08Travel safely.
01:23:09Merry Christmas.
01:23:32Hello?
01:23:33Jeannie?
01:23:34Yes.
01:23:35It's Dr. Ortiz.
01:23:36I have good news.
01:23:37I had the pathology folks stay late after you left the hospital, and...
01:23:41It's Dr. Ortiz.
01:23:43Yes, I know.
01:23:45You know?
01:23:47I just know.
01:23:49Thank you so much.
01:23:50Merry Christmas, doctor.
01:23:52What?
01:23:54I'm okay.
01:23:55How?
01:23:58How?
01:23:59I told you.
01:24:07You sure you can't stay?
01:24:24Yeah, I gotta go.
01:24:27Well, you should at least let me drop you at the interstate.
01:24:29No, this is good, George.
01:24:30You know, I don't know why you came to us.
01:24:36Because you were right.
01:24:39It was time.
01:24:43Merry Christmas, Dad.
01:24:54You better head back.
01:24:55I don't know why you came to us.
01:24:56I don't know why you came to us.
01:24:57I don't know why you came to us.
01:24:58I don't know why you came to us.
01:24:59I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:00I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:01I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:02I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:03I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:04I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:05I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:06I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:07I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:08I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:09I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:10I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:11I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:12I don't know why you came to us.
01:25:43Merry Christmas, son.
01:26:11Merry Christmas, George.
01:26:13Merry Christmas, George.
01:26:43Merry Christmas, George.
01:27:13Merry Christmas, George.
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