Angels Sing Page #2

- See you in there.

Here's my fruitcake!

Da-dah! Oh, wow!

Is that jalapenos?

Close, there's jalapenos

and poblanos and habaneros.

So, do you want

to try it? Come on.

- It's really...

- Um...

I call it my

"three peppers fruitcake."

- I'm gonna have a little taste...

- Just a little?

...'cause I don't wanna,

I don't wanna fill up.

- Well, you're gonna want more, because it's really amazing.

- Mmm-hmm.

Despite all these chilies,

you can still taste the pickles

and the pineapples and (IN

SING-SONG) the prunes!

Try this, it's so good!

You gotta try

Claire's fruitcake!

It's kind of like an explosion

of flavor in your mouth!

I worked so hard on it.

I made 12. I made a dozen.

One for everybody in the family.

We all get one?

Oh, Claire!

Hey! MAGGIE:
Hey! Aunt Jocelyn!

You made it!

Of course we made it!

Everyone, you remember Bob?

He, uh... That's your

second husband, right?

Oh, God, no!

Totally different Bob!

(GIGGLING)

All in.

(SIGHS)

You are so bluffing.

When you dance,

you go, cha, cha, cha

And when you sing, you go

La, la, la

And when you laugh, you go...

- Ha, ha, ha

- Take it down.

Yeah!

Get the cards, get the cards.

- ALL:
Aw!

- SUSAN:
Suckers!

Yeah, yeah!

Whoo! Momma wins!

David! What are you

doing, man?

Are you crazy?

Think that's sweet enough?

- Yeah.

- Ahh-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Oh, everybody's tasting!

TRICIA:
Mmm. Well, I might

as well do the same.

(LAUGHING)

I'm going to do it!

(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

Get out of my way!

Shut up! I'm doing it!

What is going on?

You have lost your mind!

No, 'cause, see,

there's a, there's a spring.

- Okay. Uh-huh.

- Yeah, I've...

See, it's... We're good.

We're good!

We're good to go.

I fixed it.

He was just making sure

it was safe.

I see that.

- Right, Dad?

- Yeah, I got it. I did it.

ALL:
Yeah!

(ALL CHEERING)

ALL:
Yeah!

SUSAN:
Yeah. MAGGIE: Here we go.

(COLONEL STARTS

PLAYING GUITAR)

Pretty papers

Pretty ribbons of blue

Wrap your presents

To your darling from you

Pretty pencils

To write I love you

Pretty papers

Pretty ribbons of blue

Pretty papers

Pretty ribbons of blue

Y'all are okay.

(ALL LAUGHING)

(THEO PLAYING

FESTIVE MUSIC ON ACCORDION)

On the first day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

An ostrich in a belfry

(ALL LAUGHING)

On the second day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Two purple thugs

And an ostrich in a belfry

On the third day of Christmas,

my true love gave to me...

Three Grinch friends

MAGGIE:

Two purple thugs

And an ostrich in a belfry

On the fourth day

of Christmas...

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

(BUTTONS CLACKING)

Four flirting jerks

Here you are.

- THEO:
Three Grinch friends

- Hi, Ma.

MAGGIE:

Two purple thugs

And an ostrich in a belfry

- I was just checking my e-mail.

- Uh-huh.

Hey.

CLAIRE:
On the fifth

day of Christmas

My true love gave to me

Five chili...

Let's thank the Lord

for this wonderful food.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Thank you, Ma.

So, Grandpa, when are you gonna

put the Christmas lights up?

(SMACKING LIPS) Oh...

Maybe tonight after supper.

I thought you and Travis might

help me untangle all those lights.

It's a big job.

That sounds like

a good job for y'all.

MA:
Uh, hmmm.

Hey, Dad, when we

come down for Christmas,

could we stay the whole week?

ALL:
Oh, yeah. Yes.

I like that idea.

MAGGIE:
Great idea.

We're, we're not

coming for Christmas.

CLAIRE:
(WHISPERING)

What? Why?

You're kidding. Why?

It's Christmas. (SIGHS)

Well, that's that then.

Let's eat up here, folks,

that turkey's gonna get cold.

(EXHALES)

(CLATTERING)

Hey, son.

Hey.

(MICHAEL SIGHS)

Years ago,

when I was a kid,

the whole family used to go to your

great-grandpa's house for Christmas.

The one by the lake?

Yeah.

And one Christmas

in particular I remember

because I was your age and Uncle

David was about a year older,

and all we wanted

was one present

for Christmas, you know.

Just one.

Racers.

You know what that is?

Ice skates.

That's all we wanted.

So after lunch,

we snuck out of the house

and went down to the lake.

We were gonna race.

Now, you gotta remember something

about Uncle David. He...

He was older than I was,

you know.

So he is a better skater.

He's faster, he's stronger.

So, one, two three, go!

Flying down the ice,

and guess what?

I was winning this time.

I was beating him.

For the first time in my life,

I was beating him.

And I'm skating

as hard as I can.

I hear him calling my name.

(WHISPERING) Michael, Michael!

I didn't stop though

'cause I...

I knew he was playing

one of those tricks on me.

You know, he was trying to get

me to stop so he could...

Skate past me.

So I kept going, I kept going.

I was winning, you know.

I was going to beat him

for the first time.

And he caught up to me,

and he grabbed

ahold of my jacket

and swung me around

as hard as he could.

And I fell down.

And I went sliding

with my face on the ice

toward the shore.

(SIGHS)

I heard the ice cracking.

I could, um...

I could feel it cracking.

I looked up...

And, um, I didn't see him.

And that's why

Uncle David isn't here.

Mmm.

You did it.

How do you feel?

I'm really glad I told him.

- I am too.

- Michael?

I'll let y'all talk.

I got a favor to ask.

We'd like David to stay with

us here for a few days.

Not for Christmas,

but just a few days before

when he gets out of school.

Yeah, I don't...

I don't know, Pop.

You know, um...

You and Ma kinda...

We're getting old and creaky.

(CHUCKLES)

Maybe so.

But I think we can take care of

a 10-year-old for a few days.

Okay.

Thank you, Michael.

(GUITAR PLAYING)

Joy to the world

the Lord is come

Let Earth receive her king

Let every heart prepare...

Excuse me?

Excuse me.

I need the owner

of the silver Volvo.

We've got a little problem.

I got it buddy.

You're almost there.

Straight back,

straight back, buddy,

yep, you're all, yep,

all right. You got it,

you're clear, all right.

Merry Christmas!

BEAT BOX GUY:

Joy to the world

The Lord is come

Oh, no.

Mmm, yes.

Rosalba,

do you have any idea when the

new buyers want to move in?

By the end of the year?

This year?

Come on.

Oh, please tell us there's some

kind of silver lining here.

Of course there's

a silver lining!

Of course there's

a silver lining!

There's always a silver lining!

What's the silver lining,

Rosalba?

(EXHALES)

Oh, Rosalba!

(GRUNTS)

(BELLS JINGLING)

(CLANKING)

NICK:
Hey! You're supposed

to ride that bicycle.

Oh, well, I...

I tried riding it, but you can

see how well that turned out.

Well, that's life for you.

You never know what's gonna jump

up in the middle of the road.

But you ain't the first guy I seen

come dragging a bike outta them woods.

I oughta start selling

lemonade here.

Or spare bicycle parts.

NICK:
Yeah, really.

Listen, I, uh, I doubt I wanna

know the answer, but...

What are you asking?

Oh, I don't know.

It depends.

Depends?

You want the tour or not,

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