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and baking brownies

for the PTA meetings, so...

What does that mean?

I just... That's what

those women are all about.

You know, they revolve around

school lunches and carpooling

and driving the snot-nosed

kids to and from field trips.

Wait. You don't want...

You don't like kids?

I didn't say that.

I... I don't dislike kids.

I just, uh...

I like my handwoven

eggshell rug, right.

How long's

that gonna hold up

with grubby

little baby fingers?

But we agreed... I mean,

I thought we agreed

that we would wait five years

and then have kids?

We agreed that we would

talk about a change

if we were bored

with our lifestyle

and the travel

and everything.

Oh, I thought that we

would wait five years

and then have kids,

not just talk about it.

Alison, I thought we were

on the same page about this.

I... I didn't think you were

cut out for this kind of thing.

Not cut out?

Yeah, look, you have

one life that you live,

and you're gonna

waste it raising babies?

I mean, that's... that's not

who we are. We're adventurers.

We get out.

We want to be wandering

down La Rambla at 4 A.M.

That's...

That's who we are.

Okay, La Rambla,

that was an amazing vacation,

but, Cameron,

at some point...

Look, let's talk about

this later, all right?

Let's... Your mom

sent me out here

to let you know that they're

gonna be serving dinner,

and I wanted to come

out here and just...

just tell you

I'm not mad anymore.

I mean, I know it's...

it's been

a rotten night so far,

but I promise you

there's a cute little present

with your name on it

in your

very near future,

and it's... it's gonna

fix everything.

All right,

well, um, just...

I'll meet you

at the table, okay?

I just need a second.

You're up, sister.

If I were you,

I'd light a match

in there.

Not good.

You're one

of the carolers?

Two years of voice

at Juilliard.

Had to drop out 'cause this

gig wasn't covering my tuition.

Stop it. Ginny,

this is terrible.

Tell me about it.

The tall one's

only moving her lips!

You did not come back in

time to sing "Deck the Halls"

at my parents'

country club.

I'm trying

to convince them

to turn me loose

on "Good King Wenceslas,"

something with some bite!

King Good Wenceslas

on a throne

On a crisping evening

Okay, clearly I'm

doing something wrong

for you

to be back so soon.

I didn't show up

'cause you messed up.

I'm just trying to help you

stay on task here.

Well, some task.

That's life, though.

You push down one lumpy

section of eggshell rug,

another pops

right back up.

Cam doesn't want kids.

Not everyone does.

Preferring

to sleep in Sundays

on thousand-thread-count sheets

instead of coaching soccer

doesn't make him

a bad guy.

I know. You're right.

But if you want kids

and he doesn't,

now that's a problem

even nongrubby

little hands won't fix.

Really?

You've been together

five years.

You didn't discuss

wanting kids earlier?

Well, I don't know. I guess

we just talked around it.

I mean, I always

knew I wanted kids.

I just assumed

that Cam did, too.

Right, 'cause we know

all good relationships

are based on assumptions,

not communicating.

Hey, we talk plenty,

okay?

We've just been more concerned

with business-class upgrades

and gastropubs,

p-parasailing.

So, why suddenly

bring up children?

I don't know.

I guess just

talking to Nick.

Nick does seem to be causing

a lot of romance trouble

for someone who

you think of as a brother.

I thought this was about my

overreaction to some stupid present.

Ali, think.

Would the chance

to travel in time

and redo the past

be wasted on something

as simple as that?

Oh, I'm loving it.

Tonight I have

a very special gift

for a very special

woman.

No, not you, Robin,

although you are

very special,

and I do have

a gift for you, but...

Oh, never a doubt.

Want to guess

what it is?

Framed photo of yourself?

No, you'd never go

for one that small.

Jason.

Open it. Open it.

They're boarding passes.

First-class, Aspen.

Wait. These say that we

leave tomorrow morning.

- Mm-hmm.

- Christmas morning.

Mom, did you know

about this?

Are you okay with this?

Well, Cam asked

before he booked it,

and... and I gave him

our blessing.

Honey, we always love

having you with us,

but we wouldn't want

to hold you back

from a fabulous trip

like this.

- Our blessing. Hmm.

- Mine, ours, same difference.

We... We agreed

that since this was

the first Christmas

that my brother could

make it back for in years,

that we'd spend it

with my family.

Well, we have.

Uh, I mean,

and it's been fantastic.

It... It really has.

But this gives us

an opportunity to go on

another vacation

for Christmas

together

just you and I.

I know how... how you

all have a tradition

where you exchange

gifts the morning.

I do know you,

and I know you

don't like surprises,

so this gives you

an opportunity to pack.

Instead of spending

Christmas Eve with my family

or sleeping.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Easy, tiger. It's...

It's Aspen.

It's gonna be fun.

It's got

a supereasy vibe.

You'll see.

You'll like it.

To be honest,

I have no idea

how we haven't

made it out there

and seen the Rockies

by now anyway.

Oh, just too many

other places, I guess.

Well, I've always

wanted to see Aspen.

Heh heh.

So, anybody want some

coffee, tea, dessert?

So just so you know,

I tried to fit in

a walk

to Santa's Corner today,

but our agenda was

a little bit too busy.

And since you're going

to Aspen tomorrow morning,

we are not

gonna have time

to see the Christmas

clock reset this year.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

That's okay.

It's silly it took me

this long to outgrow

that tradition anyway.

Uh-uh. Uh-uh.

It's not silly.

No, I love it that you

always wanted to go there

the day after Christmas

to see the clock reset.

You always said

it made you feel good

knowing that even though

the holiday was over,

it was only 364 days left

until it came back around.

I was such a dork

as a kid.

But an adorable one.

Heh heh.

There's nothing wrong

with embracing

your inner dork

as an adult.

Dork chic was

so two years ago, Dad.

Uh-uh. Mm-mm.

Oh, also,

Nick's, uh, company

is taking over

the decorations this year,

so I thought you'd

want to check it out.

I'm sure it's

gonna be amazing.

I'm sorry

I have to miss it.

Yeah? Yeah,

you sure about that?

'Cause I don't think

you're all that interested

in the whole holiday thing

this year.

Is it that obvious?

Hey, I'm your dad.

Cam and I, we're fine.

Wait a second, I didn't

ask how you and Cam were.

I guess I'm just starting

to see things differently.

Mm, okay. All right.

Well, not too differently, I hope,

because my Al,

you are made

of the best stuff

in the world.

There's so much food.

You get that Cam and I aren't

gonna be here to eat it all, right?

Well, that's why I switched

the Christmas brunch

to a Christmas breakfast with

everybody instead of brunch.

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