Nothing Like The Holidays Page #8

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Don't even worry about it.

- I'm gonna grab a drink.

- Okay.

I'll see you later?

Okay.

Mira eso.

Sarah, you've been

practicing for the parranda.

I'm trying. I didn't exactly

grow up singing Christmas carols.

No, you're doing great.

I can't tell you what this means to me.

I look forward to the parranda all year.

You must be looking for this.

Thank you.

Listen, thank you for keeping my secret.

Look, Edyberto,

I really appreciate your trust in me.

Who else can I trust? You're the only

one who's not Puerto Rican in this house.

But I really think

you need to tell them.

I'll tell them soon enough.

Life is short, Sarah.

I don't want anything to get in

the way of them having a good time.

- You understand?

- Pop, where are the mitten warmers?

Yeah, coming.

No no no no no.

- Keep practicing.

- Mm-hmm.

Anna:
Guys, come on. Hurry up.

Vamos pa' la parranda.

Here we go. Here we go.

Anna, Roxanna, vmonos.

- There they go.

- # The first noel... #

- Merry Christmas.

- # The angels did say #

#Was to certain poor shepherds #

#In fields where they lay #

- # Noel, noel... #

- La parranda!

#Noel, noel #

#Born is the king #

#Of Israel. #

#Come all ye faithful #

#Joyful and triumphant #

#O come ye #

#To Bethlehem #

#Come and behold him #

#Born the king of angels #

#O come let us adore him #

#O come let us adore him... #

Ozzy, come on.

Come on.

They're over here. Give me the baby.

- Come on.

- They're right there.

#O come all ye faithful #

#Joyful and triumphant #

#O come all ye faithful #

#Joyful and triumphant #

#O come all ye faithful #

#Joyful and triumphant... #

#Joyful and triumphant. #

- Have you seen your brother?

- Yeah, he's over there.

Why aren't you two dancing?

And compete with them?

Excuse me.

Where did you get these earrings?

I want to get a pair for Gladys.

- They're beautiful.

- Okay, you know the...

What's going on?

We're going to midnight mass.

Hey, Edy. I see you've met my new novio.

Tony.

A pleasure.

- You coming to church?

- Please.

He hasn't been to midnight

mass in over 20 years.

- I'd love to come.

- Great.

Vmonos.

Roxanna. Roxanna.

- Bye, Ma.

- Bye.

Yo, say thanks, baby.

Come on, Rox. What you got, baby?

So you still got some moves, huh?

Depends on who my partner is.

I'm sure you say that to

all the boys on the base.

- Stay away from my girl.

- We were just dancing.

Go get Ozzy. Go get Ozzy.

Hey hey hey!

- You seen Ozzy?

- No, Mama, I ain't seen him.

Oh sh*t!

Ma.

You got to pick up the pace, Ma.

I'm trying. You got to be patient.

I can't wait for the sopadito

you're gonna cook for me upstairs.

We can have a party, you and

me. After all, it's Christmas.

You should apply at the post office.

They hire extra people at the holidays.

No, I will. I'll do that

on Monday. Okay, Mom?

I hope so.

Oh, merry Christmas.

Hey, Ma, you go inside, okay?

Start that sopadito. I

got to talk to my boy here.

You sure? You want to come in now?

No no, he's busy. He's a busy guy.

Can't let you kill me

in front of my mom, man.

So you know why I'm here?

I guess it's payback time.

I'm ready, man.

I had 10 years to be ready.

Let's go.

He was like a father and mother to me.

It was either him or me, man.

It could have gone either way.

He was all I had.

I got nothing.

I got nothing!

Do what you got to do, brother.

Come on.

- That you calling?

- Yeah, what the hell?

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- You must be cold.

- I'm fine.

How could you do it?

Anna, you're the only

woman I've ever loved.

And Suzy Lee? You think

I don't know her name?

There'll be plenty of time to

discuss this after the holidays.

I just want us to enjoy the kids.

Enjoy Christmas.

After the kids are gone,

you and I have nothing

left to say to each other.

Jesse:
You can't focus.

Mauricio:
I got this.

- A little of this.

- You're gonna get caught.

You'd better be careful. Oh oh, oh-oh.

What's going on? Heard you

got into a fight with Fernando.

- Yeah yeah yeah.

- Fess up.

Well, when you love a woman you've

got to do anything for her, right?

I guess so.

Mauricio knows what I'm talking about.

Never lose that feeling, mijo.

You know how I got this?

Let me take a wild guess.

Yeah, why don't you just

take a stab in the dark?

Wrestling Manuel Santos

on the pier at Ponce.

- He was the featherweight...

... champion of the world.

You laugh, you laugh. The point

is I never let him steal my girl.

- Never let him steal my girl.

- I'm proud of you.

Now I can't even take

down a goddamn tree

to give your mother a view.

We should just go out there

ourselves and take that tree down.

Let's go take that tree down now.

Great idea. Let's do it, Pop.

I've got some chains in the basement.

Wrap them around, tie

them up to the car.

- Come on.

- Come on, get up.

You good? All right, Pop.

- We're all good.

- Let me know when it's tight.

- Okay.

- Pedal to the metal. Come on.

Go go go go.

Go go go go. Hey hey hey!

Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Stop stop.

What are you doing?

- What the hell are you doing?

- What?

- Sure you don't want me to drive?

- No, I got it.

I can't wait to see your mother's

face in the morning when she sees this.

Mom's gonna freak.

Jesse:
Keep going. Go go go.

- That's it, that's it.

- Come on, Pop.

- Keep going.

- A little more.

- You got nothing, man.

- Come on, Dad.

You're looking good. Go!

- Go go go go!

- Go!

Dad! Dad!

You could've been killed.

What were you thinking?

You wanted a view. I was

gonna give you a view.

Sorry, Mom, I shouldn't have helped him.

I helped too. You got to take

blame for everything as well?

Don't listen to them. I

would've done it without them.

And I still will. You watch me.

You better make sure

you get his head checked.

This is his medicine.

They might need this.

Ma!

- What happened?

- Is Dad okay?

Sit down. All of you, please.

He didn't seem that

banged up, Mom, come on.

What is it? Just say it.

I hate when you do this. Just say it.

Your father has cancer.

What?

And here I was going to leave him.

God's punishing me.

- They called his doctor in.

- Doctor?

So he knew?

How did he keep this from us?

I don't know.

Me.

Hey, Uncle Edy, that tree looked

a whole lot worse than you did.

But it didn't go down,

so you better not go down.

- Oh, hi, Suzy Lee.

- Hey, Edy.

I'm Dr. Lee, your dad's oncologist.

It's nice to finally meet you all.

He's told me so many

great things about you.

We just want to know the prognosis.

- Has he metastasized?

- Has he started chemo?

I know you've got a million questions

and I am more than happy to answer them.

I think your dad needs some rest.

Why don't we meet down in the

cafeteria in about 20 minutes?

I'm Anna, his wife.

Of course, Anna. It's good to meet you.

- We'll talk in a few minutes.

- Okay.

Roxanna:
She seems nice.

She's a gynecologist?

- Johnny.

- I'm just kidding. Come on.

Give me a few moments with your mother.

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