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Put the ball down. Put the ball down.

Ready? Ready?

Oh, nice catch, buddy.

Over here. Over here.

Whaddya doin? Whaddya doin?

How are ya, Kippy?

Jeannie. Hi, it's

Charles Morgan.

Oh, hi.

How are you?

I'm, I'm well thank you.

Um, how are you?

I'm fine, thanks.

Great, I, I was hoping to take

you up on that offer to talk.

Sure, it would have to

be after the school day.

That would be great. I have

some time tomorrow afternoon.

I could possibly come by

after your last class?

That could work.

Why don't you meet me in the science room?

Great.

No, absolutely.

Great, looking forward

to it.

Thank you.

See you then.

Bye, Charles.

Bye.

Oh, looks good. What are

you raising money for?

Um, it is for a special needs

student from another school.

Oh, good for you.

Adam, would you like

a chocolate muffin?

Sure.

I'll take one

of those.

Sure.

What's the damage?

Uh, five dollars.

Whoa. It's a good thing

we're not buying a dozen.

Well, what goes around comes

around, Mrs. Claymore.

Thank you, Steven.

You're welcome.

I'll hold onto it

for ya.

See ya.

Bye.

Um, Mr. Morgan...

Five minutes of your time

would be really cool.

All right.

It has to do with

Mrs. Claymore's son, Adam.

Oh yes, she told me about you boys

building that ramp for her son Adam.

Did Farley really

help you with that?

Well, we were kinda

forced by Mr. Frost,

but once we started it felt

really good to help out.

Well, that's

very impressive, Steve.

What can I do to

help you?

Well, um, we're trying to

raise money to

get one of these amazing

chairs for Adam Claymore.

Uh, this is my

business plan.

Hmmm.

That's terrific.

Getting a company to

match funds.

That's uh,

that's very smart.

I was hoping you'd know of some company

that would be open to helping us.

Not that I'm trying to put

the bite on you, Mr. Morgan.

You didn't, I put the

bite on myself, okay.

Awesome.

Who's the adult handling

the business end?

Mr. Frost.

Well, tell Mr. Frost to

give me a call

and we'll work out

all the details.

Awesome.

Is uh, is Farley helping

you with this as well?

To be honest with you he's

not really talking to me.

Yeah, join the club.

He says the guy's working as a

janitor over at Riverbrook.

I know, Farley told me

when he sent the prints.

Okay, what is it

you want me to see?

This looks like any old fingerprint to me.

You're the expert, Neil.

Do you have

the prints up on screen?

Okay hang on

a minute.

Now zoom in on them.

Are those words?

That's right, it looks like

the kid pulled on over on ya.

No, no I don't think

the kid set me up.

I think I found

the real Santa Claus.

The mystery Santa Claus has been

visiting malls all over the state,

spreading his message

about giving,

and the people are

responding in droves.

Videotape shot

last night at this mall,

is being broadcast

all over the world.

This mystery Santa is changing the

way we think about Christmas.

I say mystery because no

one knows who this man is.

Once again, his message of giving rather

than receiving has become so popular,

that department store Santas across

the country are being instructed to

use the same approach.

Tune in tomorrow

when I reveal the identity

of the mystery Santa.

This is Eric Simms,

reporting for WALQ.

Please be bluffing.

Krissy Krissy Krissy

Krissy Krissy Krissy!!!

AHHHHH!

That's, uh, not good.

Okay...

KRIS!!!

Oh boy!!!

I can't believe you know how to add

and subtract numbers with just a pen.

Well it's something new. Ho, ho, ho!

Yes, well okay.

Factoring in the money

we have coming in,

divided by the amount

of time we have left.

Right, right, right.

But, but don't forget

the wheelchair folks

are cutting us a deal.

So knock 25%

off the original cost.

Oh, we're still

$3,800 short.

Oh...

But that's better than

we were doing yesterday.

Yeah, the trouble is we're

not playing horseshoes.

You're not giving up,

are you?

No way. You kidding me, I

just got my mojo working.

Okay, so what are you gonna do next?

Another bake sale?

Well half the kids in this

school are on sugar shock, so...

Oh wait, um, car wash. I could

get that organized in an hour.

That'd be great,

go for it!

All right.

I loved Kipling's poem.

The dude could write.

Do you think you're risking

your heart, as Kipling put it?

Loving a dog, and knowing

they have a short life.

I think there's a risk of hurt

whenever you love someone.

Yeah, I guess we've

both learned that.

I guess we did.

Hey, Adam.

Hey, you know I saw

an amazing thing

on television the other night.

A Santa in a mall.

And in every picture they took

of him, he looked different.

Yeah, I saw that too. Do you

think he's the real Santa?

I wouldn't be

surprised.

So you think

Santa exists?

I believe he exists

if you want him to exist.

Whenever you do something

special for someone you love,

that's saying that you

believe in Santa Claus.

But I don't have

very much money.

You don't need to

buy anything.

You only need to give

something of yourself.

Giving your love. It's the

greatest gift of all.

See ya later.

Oh, car was...

Hey, oh car wa...

Aaahhh...

Car was... aw, come on. We

haven't had a car in two hours.

Well it's gonna rain

later on in the week

and maybe

people don't want to

wash their cars

if it's gonna rain later.

Well, I'll

catch you later.

Where are you

going?

To see a man.

He went to see

a man about what?

My question exactly.

Where have you

been?

Uh, okay. A cheque for $3,800.

That should put

us over the top.

You sold

your drums.

I'll get some more

someday.

I want you to

hear this.

We wish you

a Merry Christmas!

What's that mean?

It means you done good, kid.

You done real good.

Merry Christmas,

ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

He's much better at it

than I am.

Adam? Adam?

Honey, what happened?

I tried to make you a Christmas dinner,

but everything fell out of the cabinet.

I'm sorry, mom,

I'm so sorry.

It's okay. You tried to

make me Christmas dinner?

Yes, and now it's all ruined.

I can't do anything right.

It's perfectly all right.

It's wonderfully all right.

It's the most wonderful present

anyone's ever given me.

I love you, mom.

I love you too,

sweetheart.

Merry Christmas.

We wish you

a Merry Christmas!

We'll make it

together okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Two down, and twenty-four

hours until the finish.

I'll miss you too.

So many great memories to

tuck away.

Don't ever forget them.

And Farley, don't you let him.

Enjoy those memories.

But don't let them

consume you.

Life.

What a wonderful word.

Life is for the living.

So promise me you both, will make

room in your heart for new memories.

Now my darlings,

know that I love you.

And know that love, should

never be a solitary act.

It's for sharing.

So please, share it

with each other.

Farley, I uh,

I want you to give me

something for Christmas.

But it's Christmas Eve, there's

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