The Christmas Card Page #5

I'm gonna find my lovely wife

and take her for a spin.

Well, what'll I do?

Try amusing yourself.

Thank you, Mary Ellis,

thank you.

How's it going, Cody?

Feel like a little, uh,

spin with me?

No.

Faith looks like

she's having fun.

- Yeah.

- She deserves better.

He treats her

pretty well.

- For the moment.

- Not for the long run.

Lasted quite a while

already.

Nothing but a long,

stretched-out romance.

Every time she talks to him

about the future together,

he disappears.

Off to pursue

some new goal

to secure their future.

Maybe now

he's ready to commit.

Oh, that's exactly what

Luke and I are afraid of.

I'm gonna grab a soda.

You want one?

I'm good, thanks.

This is yours,

if you go dance with Paul.

You can buy a lot

of bingo cards.

Deal.

'Scuse me, may I cut in?

Uh-huh, sure.

- You got it.

- Thank you.

You snooze, you lose.

Care to dance?

Sure.

Will be the same

you could be happy,

and it's worth the part

Mm, mm, mm.

Quite a nice couple.

Except they're not

a couple, honey.

Faith and Paul

are a couple.

Eh. What kind of couple

sees each other

a handful of times a year?

Oh, come on,

she's not a child.

We have to respect

her choices.

- Good in theory.

- But speaking as a father,

he's not the right guy

for her.

He's not that bad a guy.

Besides, he's crazy

about faith.

Eh, so's Cody.

Where you been?

Look at them.

They don't make 'em

any better than him, Rosie.

Anyway, I know true love

when I see it.

You could be happy,

and it's worth the part...

When she's back

in your arms once more

Mind if I cut in?

'Scuse me, can I have

my dancing partner back?

- I need to go...

- Freshen up.

It's just a dance, Paul.

Everything ok?

Just marking

his territory.

The greatest things happen

when you're dancing.

- Thanks, faith.

- You're welcome.

- Thank you!

- Of course.

Paul's still m.I.A.?

He's on his way back from

a business trip in napa.

What exactly does he do

for a living?

Yeah, faith.

What exactly does he do

for a living?

He's an international

wine broker.

Ah. He spends far more time

internationally

than he does

with my daughter.

- Hey, herb.

- Sorry about the delay.

Traffic over the bridge

is stacked.

Hey, I don't believe it.

What's that?

I don't think

I've ever seen you wear jeans.

Well, believe it or not,

later today,

I'm heading back up

to help faith sell

Christmas trees.

You must really

love this girl.

There's another guy

trying to move in on her.

Well.

This should seal the deal.

So you gonna move up to the

boonies, become a Mountain man?

Ah, no way.

Once faith says yes,

she's coming

on the road with me.

What if she

doesn't want to leave?

She's ready.

Well, the problem is,

he's supposed to be

selling trees with faith

down at the lot.

I'm sure he wouldn't

want to miss out on that.

Well, let's stay,

we'll have dinner, celebrate.

- All right.

- Waitress?

Listen, Cody.

It'd really look bad,

if we miss our turn,

selling trees down at the

children's Christmas charity lot.

You mind taking faith

down there

and getting her

started selling?

Works for me.

Thanks, Cody,

that'd be great.

Paul can meet us

up there.

I'll run,

go get my coat.

One man's loss

is another man's gain.

Nice meeting you, Cody.

Nice meeting you,

Mr. lombardo.

- Thanks, faith.

- Merry Christmas to your mom and dad.

- I'll tell them. Bye!

- Bye!

- That was great!

- Really fun.

Got a serious catch, huh?

- What?

- You're covered in needles.

That's better.

You seem happier

than when you first

got into town.

Oh, what are you saying,

I was stuffy?

Cautious.

Compliments

of the army.

Wait.

I'll be right back.

Hey.

I have a present for you.

Faith.

So you can

remember your family.

Hold on, I want to take

a picture of you.

Cheese.

Cheese.

Cody Cullen,

this guy's looking

for a tree.

Cody will help you out.

- All for charity.

- What do you need?

We got 10-footers,

8-footers...

Hey.

Wait a second,

I'm gonna take your picture.

That's sweet!

She's a beauty!

- Who threw that at me?

- Was that you?

Hold on, hold on.

Can you get one of me?

Ok, looking up.

- You take it.

- No, I'm taking it!

Ok, smile!

No.

Come forward.

Better.

- Ok, smile.

- Ha ha.

One, two, three.

I'm sorry I'm late.

- Later.

- Traffic was a nightmare.

- It's ok.

- Everything's working out.

- It's not too late.

- We can go home,

open up a bottle of wine.

Sit in front of the fire.

Um, I just have

to finish off

a couple of things here.

First.

Oh, no, it's ok.

You guys go ahead.

Thanks, Cody.

Oh. Forgot this.

- It's cold out here.

- You think this is cold?

You should have been here

this afternoon.

Where are we going

for dinner?

- Hey.

- Hi.

What are you doing here?

I went for

an early morning walk.

How about you?

I was delivering wedges

to Uncle Richard.

I got to get back.

Oh. I'll go with you

if you want.

What?

Oh, no. I... I got to...

- Faith.

- I got to go.

I... I got to get...

I got to get back.

- Faith!

- I'm sorry!

Faith!

I kissed him, mom.

I love Paul,

and I kissed Cody.

- Oh, it was...

- You were just wrapped up in the moment.

It was just a... A brief

lapse in judgment, no?

I'm not sure it was.

What am I going

to do, mom?

Only you can answer

that question, darling.

You like Paul,

don't you?

It's who you love

that matters.

I've always thought...

Paul would be the man

I would spend my life with,

raise a family with.

You just have

to remember, sweetheart,

you've got

to follow your heart.

I love you, mom.

I can come back later.

Go ahead,

set her down.

Some of that, uh,

sapwood, would you?

Hold on a minute!

No, it's a special order!

Keep going!

What's going on

around here?

- I'm sorry?

- Uh-oh.

He said "I'm sorry."

Must be a doozie.

I kissed faith.

- Finally.

- Go ahead, turn it off.

Well, judging by

the scene in the office,

she must have

kissed you back.

- Did you hear the news?

- What news?

Love is in the air.

What are you

talking about?

Well, your daughter was

outflanked by special forces.

Oh? What happened?

He planted

a big one on her.

- What did she do?

- She turned bright red!

- Yeah.

- They seem to like it?

They both seemed

to liked it.

Good. That's going

according to plan.

Oh, you have a plan?

- Of course I have a plan.

- I've always had a plan.

- Where is she now?

- She's up with her mom.

Yeah?

- Mm-hmm.

- Uh-huh.

Ok. I got to go

talk to her.

- Can I come?

- Don't be silly.

Where's faith?

She was upset,

so she went home early.

- Did you hear?

- Y...

You're stirring up trouble

and looking for a smack

on the bottom.

Now, Rosie, don't you

get me all excited.

This is a better batch

than the last one you made.

What was wrong

with the last one?

You didn't have

enough flour in there.

- Look at this.

- There's plenty of flour.

- Thanks.

- No, no. You're wrong.

I mean,

I keep telling you this,

and every year

you give me the same grief.

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