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- And seduce her.

Give her a bit of the old je ne sais quoi.

That's Spanish, right?

I'm gonna take the corporate starch

outta that woman's knickers.

She deserves it.

And if there's anybody can do it,

it's you, Duke.

But first, Leo McKay.

Mm-hm.

I gotta take him down.

- Oh!

- Take him down?

Tie his hind legs together

with a pickin' string

so he doesn't scratch those stitches out.

- Uh, pickin' string?

- Yarn. It's soft, a knitting yarn.

Oh, well, thanks. Thank you so much.

I really appreciate it.

I have to get back

and do the company survey.

You take your work seriously

and I respect that.

Yeah. Thank you again. I so appreciate it.

Yes, ma'am.

Now what?

Renaissance Man.

What else do you do?

I'm on a journey of self-discovery

and exploration...

Oh, shut up!

Villa Capri is not big enough

for both of us, Leo.

If you wanna do somethin' about that,

I'll beat you the best of five

of anything ever invented.

Game room. One hour.

- I'm not getting fired because you...

- Make the call.

...forgot to make the call.

No! I don't care if they call you...

- Oh, good! We're all here.

- Hey!

Time to sharpen the knives,

circle the wagons,

- pull up our bootstraps and buckle down.

- Hey.

It's all here, Miss Quince.

Great. Okay.

So, when exactly does Duke get petty cash?

Wh... whenever he asks for it.

I... I just go and...

Whenever he asks for it?

You know what?

This company is not his personal ATM.

Look, Duke is an honorable man.

I'm sure you're not going

to find anything that... whoa!

Hm, my God!

Honorable. What do you call these?

Size 14, lots of fun.

You want to audit those, too?

You know what? I just might.

Miss Quince will never fall for your...

transparent... dishonor.

My dishonor, I'll have you know,

is not transparent.

- I wonder if he could lift me like that.

- Oh, my...

- In my trap.

- I counter!

This ain't in your wheelhouse, boss.

- Don't go there.

- What do you mean, "Don't go there"?

Your mama said don't go there last night!

- Checkmate!

- Oh!

Oh!

I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it!

- You've got it?

- You got it?

- You got it! You...

- Got it!

- You don't got it.

- Take it.

Take it, take it, take it!

The score is tied, Mr. Diver.

Choose your game to finish this.

Limbo!

- Limbo!

- Wow!

Oh, we got him!

I said stop that!

You first.

He can do it, he can do it!

This is bullshit!

I'll take that as a pass.

Music!

Disqualification!

His knees touched the ground.

I'm starting a protest!

Meet me in your office

tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

Sharp.

You, me and a Christmas tree

Is all I want this year

Just me, you and a tree will do

Oh, just to have you near

Beneath the twinkling lights

And shiny colored balls

We'll make our holiday delight

While little pine needles fall

Well, he's late.

That is very unusual.

Duke is very punctual.

Jimmy, Ginger, why don't you guys

take the morning off?

Why don't you not

and just sit right there.

- This is business.

- Oh, come on. A little bit of the bubbly.

Oh, no, that's not appropriate.

Maison de Chocolat...

Come on. Try it.

This... this is about receipts and

and contracts.

Oh, it's nutty and dark.

Maybe I'll take...

I'll take a couple for later.

Thank you.

- Thank you. Thank you very much.

- Good, good, good.

- Now, it, it, it all adds up.

- Oh, no. It doesn't.

Two thousand dollars for camel rental.

How do you think the Three Wise Men

got to Bethlehem?

What does Palm Springs

have to do with Bethlehem?

Bethlehem was just like this.

Palm trees, warm breezes,

people walkin' around in shirtsleeves.

Not this snow-covered bullshit

dreamed up by Hallmark Cards.

I like the snow.

Would you deprive the residents

of Villa Capri of their dromedaries?

Are you a dromedary depriver?

Okay, forget the camels.

The Gentlemen's Club.

Dancers. Right there. Dancers.

Yeah. Well, they were strippers.

Oh, I knew it!

No, no! No, no, no! They were sweet.

They were... they were sweet.

They made the men feel young and virile.

Even taught the ladies

a couple of tricks, and...

- and I can vouch for that.

- Ew.

Golf clubs.

Personal. Fourteen hundred dollars.

Probably brought in

about a million dollars' worth of business

hosting potential buyers

on the golf course.

- Duke...

- Hm?

It's the corporation's petty cash.

You are apparently unfamiliar

with US Tax Codes special addendum 44,

parts three and seven

which define explicitly those,

and I quote,

"reasonable expenses pertaining

to a business's ongoing operation."

- Subparagraph 12, "whereas in the..."

- Stop it!

Okay.

Just... want to know,

are you keeping your heart open for me

like I am for you?

Um, Duke? I don't even know who you are.

Actually, I can't even find

you in the national corporate database.

Oh, well, basically,

if I don't exist, what?

- Does that mean we're finished?

- No, we haven't even started.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Anyway, I... I gotta go and get ready

- for the big Christmas Eve party.

- Wh... wh...

And have I got a surprise for you!

I don't want a surprise.

- I'm sure it's very nice.

- You shut up!

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

we invite you to please

put your hands together

and give it up

for our beloved leader, Duke Diver.

Hello, everybody.

Merry Christmas!

Mer-ry Christmas!

And I'm saying it like that

because this is really

a special Christmas today,

and I think this is going to be one

you will remember far into your future

which I hope is very long.

But this Christmas is uh, very special

to me because I want to dedicate it.

I want to dedicate it

to a very special lady.

Her name is Miss Suzie Quince,

wherever she is.

There she is!

Miss Quince,

would you mind stepping forward

so we know who you are?

Please, just a couple of steps forward.

Here she is, ladies and gentlemen.

Hi.

On this special day

in this special season, Susan,

I'm dedicating this one to you.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Johnny Mathis!

- Holy sh*t! Did you see that?

- Atta boy, Dukie!

You did it again!

It's good to see you, my friend.

Welcome, welcome.

I'll be on the piano for you.

This is gonna go well.

Okay. Thank you. Hi, guys. All right.

Sleigh bells ring are ya listenin'

In the lane snow is glistenin'

A beautiful sight we're happy tonight

Walkin' in a winter wonderland...

I'm walkin', baby.

Does Roberta have a little Beyonc

thing goin' on tonight or am I hammered?

Well, she does, but you are hammered.

Put a ring on it.

Boys...

boys, it's time to make our move.

Ms. Marguerite. You and me?

Then pretend that he is

Parson Brown

Come on.

But you can do the job

When you're in town

I see you.

Later on we'll conspire

As we dream by the fire

To face unafraid

The plans that we made

Walkin' in a winter wonderland

Over the ground lies a mantle of white

A heaven of diamonds

Shine down through the night

Miss Quince, may I have

the pleasure of this dance?

Yes, absolutely.

When it snows

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