The Oranges Page #7

- What are you doing?

- Oh.

My ex-girlfriend

is inside that house there.

I'm trying to win her back.

You must love her very much

to be standing out here like this.

I do.

She's got this new boyfriend,

and he lives here, but...

She should really be with me.

You're Ethan, right?

Yeah.

My husband is the new boyfriend

of your ex-girlfriend.

# Joy to the world

# The Lord is come

- # Let earth receive her king

- # Joy to the world

# Let every heart

prepare him room

- # And heaven and nature sing

- # Nature sing

- # And heaven and nature sing!

- # Nature sing!

# And heaven and heaven

and nature sing

# Joy to the earth

# The Saviour reigns

# Let men

their songs employ... I

Ethan...

Would you step aside

for a moment, please?

Sure.

Oh, Cathy,

I think Paige is here.

Oh, thank God.

I knew she'd come.

What is she doing?

Merry Christmas, Paige.

It's about to be.

# Sleigh bells ring

Are you listening?

# In the lane,

snow is glistening... #

- My God!

- No! Oh!

# A beautiful sight

We're happy tonight

# Walking

in a winter wonderland

# Gone away... #

What the hell is she doing?

No!

No, no, no!

Holy sh*t!

# Walking

in a winter wonderland

# In the meadow,

we can build a snowman... #

- Terry, do something!

- Oh!

Paige, for God's sake,

what are you doing?

Hello, David.

Oh, my God!

- David!

- Go left!

- David, run!

- Whoa!

- Mom, stop!

- Paige, stop it!

- Stay still, you!

- Paige!

- Oh!

- The globe! No!

Oh, Terry.

- Globey!

- Paige, for God's sake!

Run, David!

Careful, David!

David! Get in the house!

Get in the house!

Get back in the house!

Ah!

Sorry about the noise, Robert!

- Merry Christmas, Marion!

- Paige?

Merry Christmas, dear.

Are you alright?

Aren't you gonna come over

to our house for a bit of dinner?

Thank you for the invitation,

but it's Christmas Eve,

and I want to spend it

with my children.

But I made your favourite duck!

I made the duck

with the peaches.

I don't think

it's a good idea...

Are you out of your mind?

What is wrong with you?

You have got

some serious problems.

- I'm not the only one.

- Jesus!

Oh, Toby. You're back.

Oh, you came home

for Christmas. Mmm.

Hi, Mom.

I told you I'd be back.

I know. I know.

Thank you, honey. Thank you.

- Hi, sweetie.

- Hi, Mom.

- Hi.

- Hello.

- What happened here?

- Nothing. It's fine.

Paige, do you think

maybe you should...

Just a moment, please? OK?

Toby. How was China?

It was really great. Yeah.

I... brought you a present.

You did? Thank you, honey.

Can I have it'?

- Yeah, OK.

- Paige.

David. Not now, OK?

Let's just enjoy this.

Come on. Let's sit.

I actually brought everyone

presents, since, uh, you know,

nobody bothered to tell me

what the f*** was going on.

Here.

Cathy.

# Holy night... #

Dad. Nina.

Mom.

Freak.

Thank you, Toby.

So nice, Toby.

Thank you.

Thank you, honey.

You're very thoughtful.

Well, you're welcome.

Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

Um...

I'd like to say a few words.

When I was

a junior counsellor at camp,

my favourite camper

made me a...

Terry.

...a candle shaped like

a Star of David.

- Do you mind if I...

- Of course. Of course.

All of you are...

...the closest people

in my life.

And normally, we'd now be eating

some of Paige's butter cookies

and, uh...

...drinking Terry's eggnog,

which you brought over

in the ceramic elf bowl.

And it's easy to say that

we can just go back to that.

But there's no going back.

For either one of us.

No. There's not.

Oh, honey.

Oh.

I have something

I'd like to say.

Nina, honey, I don't think

this is a good time.

I know, but...

Paige.

I'm sorry.

Jesus, Paige!

Some day, I might actually

thank you for all of this.

You OK?

Yeah.

Maybe we should

just get outta here.

I'm off till New Year's.

I've got three weeks

of vacation time.

We can just go to Mexico

or something.

We could go tomorrow.

Just go online, book tickets.

Then what happens?

I'm serious, David.

Then what?

I don't know.

- Did I ruin your life?

- No.

No, that is

the last thing you did.

I'm sorry.

You are so amazing.

So beautiful.

And you are gonna be

even more amazing.

Well, we'll see.

# But you are my star

# Nina, Nina Nina, Nina

# I'm sorry I cheated on you

# I won't do it again... #

Hey.

On the day

after Christmas, Henry said,

"Sometimes you have to

burn down your house

"in order to see the moon."

Another Asian saying,

but this time I knew what he meant.

I think Nina

would understand it too.

She broke up with everyone

that night.

She said she wanted to try

being alone for once.

As for me, I really didn't

have a plan or anything, but...

..I'd saved just enough to afford

my own place in the city.

And let me stress, just enough.

My dad was pretty mopey

for a while

but also fairly awesome

in his misery.

He even helped me

furnish my new apartment,

with stuff from Huffman Koos.

- You think?

- Yeah.

Terry and Cathy were thrilled

that things were over

with my dad and Nina.

But not nearly as thrilled

as they were

with Terry's latest gadget.

Ooh!

- I'm gonna switch gears.

- Terry!

- I'm gonna switch gears.

- Terry! Ooh!

My mother expanded

her humanitarian efforts

with Barnyard International.

I think she finally realised

that she had gifts to offer

beyond Christmas.

I hear Nina travelled

around Europe for a while

and eventually got a job

at a fancy restaurant in Rome.

This year, her parents are going to

visit her for Thanksgiving.

I'm not saying

what happened last Christmas

happened solely

because of Nina.

I'm saying maybe what happened

needed to happen,

even for me.

- Ah!

- Whoa! Whoa!

My dad came into the city

the other day

to celebrate my new job.

He told me he offered the house

to my mom but...

..she didn't want it.

He thought about selling

but decided to hold onto it

for when Toby and I come visit.

He's still figuring things out.

But, luckily, he has

his best friend to help with that.

# I saw you, I found you

# I watched you grow

# Slowly but surely

# We ebb and we ow

# I felt a change

# Deep in my bones

# Something new

# Has grown

# I was inside waiting

# Eyes open wide

# I felt the ground beneath me wake

# I felt a change

# Deep in my bones

# Something new

# Has grown

# Up in your room

# Was a great silent storm

# Clouds have cleared

# The air was sweet and warm. #

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