Last Ounce of Courage Page #5

Grandma got run over

by a reindeer

Walking home from our house

Christmas eve

Not one channel plays

real Christmas music any more.

If I have to listen to that guy

sing about his grandma

being run over by a reindeer

one more time...

Hey, I will take care of you,

my friend.

[ Harmonica plays ]

Going to go get

a big ol' Christmas tree

[ Harmonica plays ]

Christmas tree, that is

[ Beat-boxing ]

We three kings

of Orient are

[ Humming ]

[ Beat-boxing ]

[ Yawns ]

Bring a torch,

Jeanette, Isabelle!

[ Vocalizing ]

What?

Nothing.

[ Laughter ]

GREG:
I couldn't sleep

for about a year

after Thomas died.

We both lost our best friend.

I'm sorry.

Is it okay to talk about him?

How'd you get through it?

[ Sighs, chuckles ]

I threw myself

into motherhood at first.

Then I realized

I was a young mother

and a widow with nothing.

I was just trying anything

to get my life back and...

start over.

5 years turned into 10,

and 10 to almost 15.

I'm sorry

I wasn't there for you.

Don't be.

I was just so young.

I'd... never seen

a broken heart before.

I was too young to know

what to do or how to help.

I'm sorry.

You apologize too much.

Sorry. [ Chuckles ]

Let's get out of here.

You see that little scar?

When Thomas and I

were in fifth grade,

um, we sat over there

at the gazebo...

[ Sighs ]

And we, um...

cut our thumbs...

and pressed them together.

We thought it made us

blood brothers.

He loved you like a brother.

[ Kisses ]

Perfect!

Turn around.

Let me see.

[ Gasps ] It's beautiful.

No, no, no, it's yours.

Merry Christmas.

[ Laughs ]

Jesus loves you.

Everything is going to be okay.

Why don't you

go get something to eat?

And look at you.

Hey, Dottie?

Hmm?

I'm really glad I have you.

Aw.

Me too.

Well, you are a space alien,

if I have ever seen one.

Na-nu, na-nu!

Na-nu, na-nu!

[ Both laugh ]

See that little boy

over there? Yeah.

Why don't you go talk to him?

All right.

Reminds me of J.J.

when she was little.

You know, in the old mission,

she would hide in the coatrack,

play hide-and-seek

with everybody.

Oh, and then she'd climb

on the counter

and help me serve the meals.

Whatever happened with J.J.,

anyway?

Well... it's complicated.

I've never stopped praying

for her to come back.

We talk.

What?

I need to ask you something.

What?

Does Bob think

that I should have

talked Thomas out of enlisting?

No, sweetheart.

Do you think anyone

could have talked Thomas

out of serving in the military?

No. That's...

That's something

we'll never know.

[ Sighs ]

And although he won't admit it,

I believe that Bob

thinks he's responsible.

He just doesn't know

what to say to you.

No one's responsible.

Things just happen, all right?

Come here.

I love you.

Enough of that.

Dottie, this came

in the mail for you.

Oh, thanks.

So, I had a nice time with Greg

the other night.

And?

And I told him I needed

some time to think.

I mean, I know I've known him

forever, but...

Dottie?

The health department

is going to close the mission...

over Christmas.

MR. BOUTWELL:
Curtain.

Music, Jennifer.

[ Piano plays ]

[ Children vocalizing ]

Lovely.

Enh-enh.

[ Vocalizing continues ]

Ooh, very good.

Very good, very good.

Okay, ladies, scurry.

Bow and scurry, bow and scurry.

Scurry, scurry, scurry,

scurry, scurry, scurry.

And you're off.

One moment, please.

Stewart!

Stewie.

Could we at the end of that,

like, you know,

have the lights come up

sort of gradually,

illuminating the stage

in sort of, like...

with the music

in sort of like a rainbow-onic

kind of a crescendo?

We could if the equipment

was built after 1930.

A simple yes or no would do.

Thank you.

All right!

Cue the aliens!

Behold, Zindor,

the star in the east.

It will guide us.

But, Zondor,

we are but space aliens

who've traveled from afar.

Will the king accept us?

Not to fear, Zindor.

It has been foretold

that the king

will be born this night

on planet Earth.

And he will accept all

who seek him and find him.

But how will we know

it is the true king?

The supernova will light our way

to the pot of gold.

And we will find the king

just as predicted

in the scrolls of Plutonia.

Wuh-wuh.

Wuh-buh.

Ploo-tone-ya.

Ploo-toe-nee-uh.

No-no.

Ploo-tone-ya.

Ploo-toe-nee-uh.

I-Is it just me?

Is it just me?

Whatever. Okay.

Let's go to the conclusion,

please.

Everybody, center.

This is the "Silent Night..."

Wintry Night."

Let me feel the cold.

[ Door rattles ]

Blasted door.

Somebody's gonna get trapped

in here.

It slams shut, locks tight.

Mr. Leonard?

May I talk to you for a sec

about that door?

[ Indistinct shouting ]

[ Cheering and applause ]

CROWD:
[ Chanting ]

...church and state!

Separate

church and state! No Christmas!

Separate...

No Christmas!

CONNIE:
According

to Warren Hammerschmidt,

Mayor Revere is flaunting

the will of the people

as he continues his public

display of civil disobedience.

As you can see,

a huge Christmas tree

now stands defiantly

on the courthouse lawn

after nearly two decades

of absence.

This latest development makes

tonight's city council meeting

even more interesting.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

You know, I appreciate

your convictions.

But not everybody

feels the same as you.

We could make this all go away.

Every year, my family throws me

a little birthday party.

Christmas

is about Jesus's birthday,

and about there being

dad-gum peace on Earth

and good will to everybody.

I say we all enjoy that tree

like we used to.

And, everybody else,

just take a chill pill!

[ Crowd murmuring ]

Mr. Hammerschmidt.

People, tradition

is not the issue here.

Not even close.

Mayor Revere has taken the law

into his own hands

to promote his own religion.

That is ridiculous.

You have overstepped

your boundaries, Mayor.

You have overstepped

your boundaries,

Mr. Hammerschmidt.

I take offense to your

politically motivated actions,

and I'm here to protect

my rights

as an American citizen.

What about the rights

of the people you serve?

What about the rights of

the people you pretend to serve?

Whose liberties

are you protecting?

What's that supposed to mean?

You're removing my freedoms,

my rights,

and my heritage

as a Christian American.

We are talking about

the separation

of church and state.

Well, please,

tell these people and me,

what are your objectives?

You are supposed to represent

all the citizens

of your community equally.

Unlike your organization,

that represents

anti-American causes.

[ Murmuring ]

Sir, we are nonpartisan.

Right.

Nonpartisan, huh?

Well, it's like

what Charlie said.

I'm just trying to bring back

some tradition

we all enjoyed

before organizations like yours

came in to take them

out of public.

You really need

to check your facts.

Stepping on your toes, am I?

Most people know what you

and your cronies in Washington

have been doing for years.

Well, as you can see,

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