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fell softly on the roof

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of the tidy three -bedroom house,

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ensconced behind a white picket

1:09

fence. fence. Her lessened icicles hung like

1:11

drips of frosting from the

1:13

eaves of the roof, with

1:15

tiny puffs of smoke wafting

1:17

from the red brick chimney. chimney.

1:19

Cheerful coloured lights festooned the

1:22

windows and doorways of the house,

1:24

the and one could imagine

1:26

the festive cheers of young

1:28

children inside, inside. over presents

1:30

and relishing the cheer. and

1:36

asshole, watch where you're holiday

1:39

cheer of here! You just

1:41

give me a... Clorican

1:43

of here! Francisco's crossed

1:45

San Francisco's four-foot carrying a

1:47

small his Christmas tree

1:49

over his shoulder the walked

1:51

past the department store

1:53

window which contained a

1:55

beautiful diorama picture-perfect gingerbread

1:57

house being visited by Santa Claus

1:59

his herd of reindeer,

2:01

reindeer. foot slipped on

2:04

the the sidewalk and the

2:06

cumbersome tree banged against

2:08

the frosted glass of

2:10

the glass of the storefront. Hey, that's my

2:12

window. Be careful, will you? Sorry, sorry. You're

2:14

gonna break the glass. Okay, I'm sorry. Jesus,

2:16

Merry was December December 24th.

2:18

and chlorocam walked through Union

2:20

Square into Chinatown, before

2:22

dutifully returning to the the

2:24

apartment building that he

2:26

shared with his he shared

2:28

with his Clay Luzette on reached for

2:31

the front door of the building door

2:33

of the building when... Clorican! Clorican!

2:35

Mr Shin! Hey! An older man ran man ran out

2:37

of the Chinese restaurant the was on

2:39

the ground floor of his building. You

2:42

said you helped me help me with

2:44

our computer. You a new software pass,

2:46

but we can't take any online

2:48

any online order! that stupid Nigerian prince.

2:51

The whole thing is a

2:53

mess. a need your help. need

2:55

I hear you. Yeah, I hear you.

2:57

sorry, Mr. I've I've been on

2:59

the road, but I'm back

3:01

now and I'll back now and I'll,

3:03

shortly. down shortly. When? Soon, really really Shin,

3:05

Mr. Shen. uh, I'm, I'm, look, try turning

3:08

it turning it a and off a few times. Clorica,

3:10

please! need You need to come

3:12

and take a look at

3:14

it! at I will! Tomorrow, I

3:16

swear! Tomorrow is is already Christmas! Ah, well,

3:18

at least someone at least someone remembered

3:20

it's Christmas. Clorican

3:23

awkwardly The hurricane awkwardly

3:25

squeezed through his building's front door

3:27

and began the arduous process

3:29

of navigating the three flights of

3:31

narrow stairs while balancing the

3:33

Christmas tree on his shoulder. the Christmas

3:35

tree on his shoulder. me

3:38

yeah we're we're trying to get down. get sorry.

3:40

Can you can you move? you can you move

3:42

yeah right here let me move over to

3:44

the side. Can you get ow, Can you

3:46

get through? oh just, it it's slipping I know I'm

3:48

it's slipping. to don't have time for bit

3:50

on. time stuck I'm trying to move,

3:52

I just, I'm a bit stuck. We're

3:55

supposed to use the service elevator for

3:57

deliveries. an have an elevator. tree

3:59

needle all over the

4:01

the staircase. I know, I get them

4:03

later. Merry Christmas.

4:05

them door Merry Christmas. Let

4:08

the lot door open,

4:10

anyone still have

4:12

any Christmas Thanks a lot.

4:15

Man, does anyone still

4:17

have any Hey,

4:19

Merry Christmas! this?

4:22

It's open. Hey, Merry Christmas!

4:25

Jesus. Okay, I'm like I'm like five or

4:27

five here. Did you see? It's

4:29

Christmas? Do you Do you

4:31

also the the tree I

4:33

lugged across seven blocks and

4:35

three flights of stairs? of stairs. What's...

4:37

What's going on? It's on? It's our first

4:39

Christmas in America and I wanted to

4:41

do something special for you. I was

4:43

trying to make this wonderful Christmas to that

4:46

I saw Halloween make once, but it's

4:48

a disaster. Come on, how

4:50

bad can it be? it's a show

4:52

you on, how bad can it be? Cookie! A fluffy

4:54

wrap bounded around the corner of the

4:56

apartment and swiftly scampered up to

4:58

the dirty kitchen counter. Hi, cookie! Hello girl,

5:00

where girl, where were you hiding?

5:02

Madame Dubois sent over some boxes

5:05

of her her cookies from Paris, all

5:07

of our All of our favorite Cookie has

5:09

been sniffing around the boxes all

5:11

day. reached over and held an

5:13

oven mitt in her hand. mitt in

5:15

her this is is an oven mitt.

5:18

Go get it, oven mitt,

5:20

baggett, baggett, cookie. Recognizing baggett the

5:22

command for fetch, for fetch, the

5:24

air quickly, the then scampered

5:26

to the counter and crawled

5:28

under the stove. counter and later,

5:30

she re -emerged, holding an oven

5:33

mitt in her mouth. she Cookie!

5:35

holding an oven mitt in her mouth. Good girl,

5:37

cookie! You're so smart! the oven

5:39

mitt took the oven mitt

5:41

a removed a large roasting

5:44

pan out of the

5:46

oven. When the plume of

5:48

black smoke cleared, cleared, cat

5:50

could could discern a vaguely in

5:52

the in family, but it

5:54

was covered in cooking

5:56

strings in stuffing slime. and stuffing slime.

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This, this is how I killed... No, no, it's

6:00

not too bad. I don't know why

6:03

too bad. upset. So, is know

6:05

why so upset. pie tied

6:07

up with twine? No, it's turkey alluring. tie

6:09

it up with twine? Uh, no, it's

6:11

so I l I'd add you have to tie

6:13

it up very tightly, so I thought

6:15

I'd add my own touches. You know,

6:17

secure it with a bunch of climbing

6:19

Or Looks like a bird

6:22

mummy, a pigeon, a pigeon, I'm wearing

6:24

used to the I'm not used to

6:26

the stupid American measurements. It's It's

6:28

all and not weight. not weight. Now the

6:30

bird is half bird is half half

6:32

half raw. least at least it

6:34

won't escape. It's not not funny. at this

6:36

Look at this thing. to make it

6:38

did you make it nice,

6:40

you know? A proper Christmas for

6:42

us. I know how much

6:44

it means to you. Art. Well, you definitely

6:46

made it more you definitely made

6:48

it more memorable. worry their know,

6:51

most people worry their turkey

6:53

might be dry, but ready got

6:55

ours ready security heist. like Oceans 11

6:57

meets Thanksgiving yeah Yeah, maybe got

6:59

a bit carried away with

7:01

the twine and I put too

7:03

much baking soda in the

7:05

stuffing in stuffing. Baking soda? Well, that tracks. like

7:07

the bird is a volcano

7:09

and the stuffing is the lava

7:12

is the lava. are these are these dead

7:14

villagers? Raisins. Raisins, of of

7:16

course. maybe it's maybe it's worth giving Harlequin

7:18

a shout. I I don't need Holocaust telling

7:20

me how to cook. me how to

7:22

cook. Okay, then... did you get get

7:24

recipe for turkey recipe usual

7:26

way? How do you think? I

7:28

stole it! do you think? I you guys

7:30

are the weirdest family. weirdest family. you

7:32

should talk to him. him. I don't want to

7:34

talk to him. want to to him. it's the

7:36

holidays and it really might be nice

7:38

if you talked to nice so hard

7:40

to understand? I just don't want to

7:43

speak to understand? I just don't want to

7:45

speak to Harlequin. Answer from Harlequin.

7:47

what you did. He's looking

7:49

for you! for you. Probably wants your

7:51

help stealing Santa's sleigh or

7:53

something. or something. Ugh. You You said that

7:55

already. Now Now up James Bond be

7:57

be a Christmas elf. He's He's gonna

7:59

wanna know I am. Uh, so? So then he's then

8:01

he's going to send me my Christmas

8:03

present And that's the point where the

8:05

world ends, you getting a present from someone who

8:08

a have a thing about from someone

8:10

who loves you. I have a thing to him.

8:12

He cares. about you.

8:14

It's complicated. Just talk to him. He

8:16

cares about you. Fine. How are

8:19

you? How are you? you? you?

8:21

And Merry Christmas to you as

8:23

well! well! Okay, stop Where

8:25

are you? You know damn well I've been trying to get

8:27

your Christmas to sent to you But you refuse

8:29

to tell me where you are to you, would

8:31

I do that? to tell me where you up

8:33

the tree over here. I do

8:35

you don't like just gonna emigrate to

8:37

another country than accept a

8:39

kind gesture presents and the man who

8:41

raised you. country than

8:43

accept a kind gesture are you

8:46

tracing this call? man beg your

8:48

pardon, am I tracing this call? this

8:50

call? can't believe you're tracing the

8:52

call! the you know - you know

8:54

this call. this running a trace

8:56

on your phone. Oh, just a

8:58

a guess. on your phone. Oh, just a wild guess. Damn

9:00

it! Tell them I you should know

9:03

that modem on my phone. Oh, sounds know that

9:05

Well, it means that you can't know

9:07

where I am, unless I feel

9:09

like telling you. can't then just tell

9:11

me where you like telling I can send

9:13

your so that I present. I've been dragging

9:15

it halfway across the Philippines not

9:17

to mention the Indian Ocean What are you

9:19

doing in the Philippines? It's none of

9:21

your business. Well then, my

9:24

location remains classified remains being unreasonable.

9:26

I told you I don't like

9:28

Christmas presents. you hurts you for you

9:30

to become this morbid. Do you really want me

9:32

to answer that? hurt you for you wait!

9:34

Hold on! I have another call. Do you really

9:36

want to the hell could be more

9:38

important than the person I have another call.

9:40

Another call. How who you? to be more

9:43

It's so good to hear

9:45

you! the person who... Lizat. Adele?

9:47

How we savin? I'm savinzt deser.

9:49

How are you? Merry Christmas! I'm

9:52

good. I was I was trying

9:54

to make turkey l 'orange but

9:56

ended up with ended up with a

9:58

instead. flambi are you? are you? Saint-Bago!

10:00

Do you know where that is? It's

10:02

so exciting here! Yeah, I know, I

10:04

know, that's how Apollo is, So, what are you doing

10:07

what are you doing there? now?

10:09

I am trying to find the

10:11

back to my earache. Hey, Lesette, ask

10:13

Ask Harlequin about the turkey Turkey

10:15

Alarange. on a minute. hold on a

10:17

minute. Sorry, Harlequin. Are you

10:19

there? it's It's really a good

10:21

thing that I I to be to be lesser

10:23

men would have already died have this long

10:25

for you to return. for you to return. Oh,

10:27

I have a question. I have a question.

10:29

l turkey how many cups of

10:31

cups of in? I think I

10:33

accidentally got my got drunk. very drunk. Hi, I'll tell

10:36

you, but you have to tell me where

10:38

you are. where you are. Fine. So, how many? It's

10:40

six It's six teaspoons, have to but you

10:42

have to reduce it with sugar in

10:44

a pan before adding. Now, Now... Where are you? Look

10:46

at at your program. I I turned off

10:48

my cloaking signal. You can see where I

10:50

am now. see I'm seeing you,

10:52

it's you. in, finding your

10:55

signal and locking in, in.

10:57

And you're in Tijuana. Really funny, Lissette. How deductively

10:59

Really funny, really could just locate you.

11:01

You Thank you, Hulkman! You

11:03

know, I really could

11:05

just look you. Who's a love

11:08

you! Vois. Wait, Lissette. Adele, so tell me what are

11:10

you me Sao are you doing

11:12

in representing here representing a

11:14

hat. A hat? Like a you

11:16

wear on your head? Like a single hat?

11:18

Since you wear on your head, need a

11:20

single hat. it's like a Since when do

11:22

hats need more instant followers than I

11:25

do. The hat and I flew out to

11:27

Brazil together. And yesterday we did a rooftop

11:29

photo shoot with this backdrop of the whole

11:31

city. Oh, it's a troubo. You say we

11:33

like the hat is your fiancé is your fiancé

11:35

is hat is your is your

11:38

fiancé. Who knows, who's he's

11:40

say? But tomorrow the hat and

11:42

I are going live on YouTube

11:44

for this exclusive papa party. The

11:46

vibe here is so a hashtag,

11:48

trendfire! But what about you? I've

11:51

been loving on as usual. Tell me,

11:53

how are you doing? You know, the

11:55

life. I'm covered in Turkey lava

11:57

my pet rat is

11:59

smart. than I am. Cookie... I miss her!

12:02

How is she? Cookie is living her her

12:04

best life. took her took her

12:06

over to the Golden Gate Gate

12:08

week. She's apparently quite fond

12:10

of sourdough bread, quite fond has taken over

12:12

the drawer that has all the

12:14

Chinese menus. taken has her charging in

12:16

the bedroom right now. the Chinese menus. Clarikin

12:18

has her charging in the

12:21

no idea right don't care Clarikin know

12:23

I think the whole Christmas present

12:25

thing is stupid. get to for what did

12:27

you get him? Well, be honest that

12:29

Turkey was a big part of

12:32

it. of it. Did you ever think that it might

12:34

give others a lot of joy to give you

12:36

a present? It's the Christmas I have a

12:38

problem with, not the with, not the Don't

12:40

you remember? you When we were in

12:42

the orphanage, orphanage, Madame had a stealing from

12:44

people while everyone was distracted on

12:46

Christmas morning. It always made me

12:48

feel terrible. I never liked the song

12:50

of the year. liked the song of the it's

12:52

time to change your relationship with Santa.

12:54

Is this your way of telling me

12:56

that you got me a hat for

12:59

Christmas? that Are you kidding? a hat for Christmas? Are

13:01

you kidding? You're a five and the

13:03

hat is nine. I did! Relax,

13:05

I'm just kidding. The hat just

13:07

landed a big record deal and

13:09

it is of the market anyway. I wish

13:11

it a pleasant flight back to

13:14

Paris a that I still hate

13:16

Christmas to Paris and that I still

13:18

hate Christmas presents. They had

13:20

just ordered room service and I

13:22

had to a doorman for your hat. Make

13:24

sure you tell a Ken that you for

13:27

he got you for Christmas. you tell Tell

13:29

him you like it. Trust me. I

13:31

know man. he got know Christmas. But Adele! Tell him you

13:33

like it. Au revoir ma belle. Au revoir

13:35

ma belle. you certainly know

13:37

hats. So, show you wasn't so

13:39

bad. know, about that. my belle. See,

13:41

that have you ever

13:43

seriously dated you ever seriously dated a

13:46

hat? A hat? No, I mean, sure.

13:48

Sure. That's what I what I thought. the

13:51

How's the tree coming along? It's it's

13:53

getting there. there. Just getting there.

13:55

Just finishing the lights. Oh, now

13:57

phone is ringing. is ringing.

13:59

What? Your phone! Someone is calling

14:01

you! you. I'm next deep in Christmas, Can you

14:03

see who it is? who it is? Uh, it's

14:05

Raptor. Oh man, not now. I really don't not now.

14:07

I really don't feel like talking

14:09

to him. Come on, you know

14:11

he's been depressed since he and

14:13

Nadia broke up. broke up. Now just

14:15

him and Freesie. You mean, freezing. You mean

14:17

been Might have don't care. I don't want to

14:19

talk to him. You made me talk to

14:21

a to at least he doesn't made me talk

14:23

on, you have to. At No, I

14:25

don't. Yes, you do. talk to a- Stay

14:28

of this, Cookie. Talk to him. Talk to

14:30

him. No! Yes! I I

14:32

said no flippin way, do

14:34

I want to away. Do I

14:36

want to... What's going on,

14:38

buddy? going on, buddy? Como-cava! are you?

14:41

you? Comasava! You! Oh, Chlorikin!

14:43

What's up, my man?

14:45

Merry Christmas, dude. dude.

14:47

Try happy, Hanukkah, Dickwah! I got into

14:49

Kamala last year. Hey, listen, need a

14:51

what's that? Where's Cookie?

14:53

regenerating. She needs She needs

14:55

for her organic

14:57

parts, but her cybernetics

14:59

need electricity, so

15:02

she's plugged in right...

15:04

so she's plugged in right now.

15:06

Okay, listen, can you plug her

15:08

into your laptop and give me

15:10

remote access? I need to access our would

15:12

I want to do that? when she was

15:15

here, the layer. And why would I

15:17

want to do that? Because I'm a

15:19

broken-hearted man, yo! My heart is tender!

15:21

And now, I'm just a shadow

15:24

of myself! Uh-huh. Nadias has went

15:26

off and left me for some

15:28

stupid, dead-beat loser. I think he

15:31

drives a formula one or something.

15:33

Whatever. Anyway, I wanted to check

15:35

her optical cortex history to see

15:38

if she stole you serious?

15:40

sweatshirt, lost your off. Vuitton

15:42

sweatshirt again? your Louis Vuitton

15:44

sweatshirt again? it with you. what

15:47

is it swear like dealing with a five it's like

15:49

dealing with a five-year-old. No,

15:51

I'm not! R2 okay, okay,

15:54

you're right, but then help

15:56

a brother out. Will you

15:58

just check your? into

16:00

your laptop? not liking the phrasing.

16:03

in the phrasing. Clerican! Please

16:05

man! I don't know, it's

16:07

kind of a lot on

16:09

cookie. Come on Clerican, it's

16:12

Christmas! Please! Okay, okay man,

16:14

I'll help you out. you out cookie

16:16

bring cookie online now and

16:18

send you the access code. Thanks

16:20

Clerican, you're a fetch!

16:22

Yeah, yeah, have a a good holiday

16:24

and... Say hello to... I want to to

16:27

say Breezy. Yeah, yeah, I'll tell

16:29

her you said hi. Take

16:31

care, Raptor. Merry Christmas to

16:33

you, buddy. Thanks again for

16:35

the hookup and give your French

16:37

girlfriend. Oh, French kiss from

16:39

I won't. Bye -bye. Bye, bye.

16:42

Done? Done. Let me just bring cookie Let

16:44

me just the into the living

16:46

room. to plug her need to plug

16:48

her into the laptop and then you

16:50

and I can finally enjoy a

16:52

little holiday drink together. Well,

16:55

I can't overcook a bottle

16:57

of so of champagne, so I'd like

16:59

that. Me too. It's finally

17:01

just the two the two of

17:03

us. Cookie, the three of us. Yeah, no

17:05

more three of us. course. no

17:07

more phone calls. for

17:09

for us. no more

17:12

kitchen apocalypsees. Agreed. I think

17:14

think we should make the atmosphere

17:16

a little a little more I'd

17:18

like that. like How about we make

17:20

a toast? we'll make a but but, uh...

17:22

we do, I have a I have a

17:24

small surprise. The only present I

17:27

want is to sit quietly with you

17:29

you in cookie have a romantic dinner. I

17:31

don't want any any stuff. Well, maybe

17:33

I maybe you a did get

17:35

you a little something. suddenly suddenly

17:37

and the sofa the crouched under

17:39

the Christmas fiddle with the

17:41

dense of of wires and

17:43

electrical plugs near the tree

17:45

stand. Chlorican, I you not

17:47

to. We weren't supposed to

17:49

exchange a gift. gift. not a gift,

17:51

a gift per se. But there's something I want

17:54

you to have. A little

17:56

taste from home. A baguette? baguette? Close.

17:58

You ready? Ready for what? Are

18:00

you ready Christmas? In

18:02

the corner of the Chinatown the corner

18:04

of the Chinatown apartment they

18:06

shared, the four -foot Christmas

18:08

tree came alive with brightly colored

18:10

lights with blue on the left,

18:12

white in the middle, and red

18:15

on the right. the right. the

18:17

French flag? flag? Wow, it's it's

18:20

beautiful. I know it's your I know it's

18:22

your first Christmas in the and I

18:24

I wanted to give you a

18:26

little taste of little taste of so

18:28

sweet. so sweet. It's really beautiful. The taste

18:30

taste I wanted to give you. you

18:33

was the l 'orange, but but

18:35

to turn haute cuisine

18:37

into oat cuisine into not Maybe I

18:39

should stick I should stick of

18:41

cooking. No, instead of cooking. No,

18:44

no, I'm will eat. Are

18:46

you kidding? it. Are is on

18:48

your laptop probably emailing

18:50

Madame Dubois to send more

18:52

pastries right now. Madame Dubois to

18:54

send more pastries right now. Whoa! What happened?

18:56

it. I think it's the Christmas

18:58

light. They draw too too much power

19:01

when I I them them. I

19:03

blown the have blown the circuit.

19:05

my foot! my foot. it's pitch

19:07

it's pitch your phone have a light? phone have

19:09

yours? Does if I could find my phone,

19:11

I might be able to turn it on.

19:13

I think I saw mine on the table

19:15

and I saw mine Did you find it? and

19:17

Yeah, I found my phone, Yeah,

19:19

I found my phone, but... Man! like I

19:21

percent power left. That's like

19:23

five minutes of 5 minutes of light. I

19:26

know. I know, know, just... What is it? The

19:28

Turkey is it counter. For a on

19:30

the counter I a split second. I a

19:32

it was a severed head Come on!

19:34

It's not that disgusting! not. I

19:36

Of course not. I I thought

19:38

I the I were brains or brains Claricon,

19:40

I'm really sorry. I know I'm really sorry. I know

19:43

you tried really hard to show me

19:45

a beautiful Christmas. The Festival of Lights is

19:47

now the the of what happened to our

19:49

lights. What do we do now? What do we

19:51

I'd say let's go out, but go

19:53

out, but it's Christmas Eve. and I'm not

19:55

thrilled about about in the dark dark,

19:57

in a house with severed

19:59

heads heads. Maybe I I can hook a

20:01

reading lamp onto cookies so that... I have

20:03

an idea. Come with me into the

20:06

kitchen. me but hurry. Not much juice

20:08

left in my phone. juice are in my

20:10

phone. Where are Madame do you mean? Her

20:12

packages. What do you on the counter. Do

20:14

you see them? Yeah. on the counter? Do you see

20:16

In the corner. Excellent. corner. Now hand

20:18

me the twine. You know the

20:20

one I used with the turkey? I

20:22

Here, the twine. turkey What are you doing?

20:25

are Celebrating Christmas with you. What do

20:27

you mean? you. I've decided to make Christmas

20:29

ornaments. Buy the dim the dim light

20:31

of phone. Lizzette grabbed the cooking

20:33

twine and sushi needle. With With

20:35

deft fingers, Lisette pushed a

20:37

needle through the centre of

20:39

each pastel coloured macaron pulled

20:41

her twine through it, until

20:43

she created a halo of And

20:45

what the heck are you the heck are you do?

20:47

do with that. am going to going to light

20:49

up this room. the approached

20:52

the Christmas and placed the the small

20:54

sugar filled wreath. a on top.

20:56

Now watch this. this.

20:58

Cookie! Macau! Come! Cookie

21:01

off the living room desk by

21:03

the laptop laptop and hopped cheerfully towards She

21:05

gently picked her up and

21:07

placed her on the tree. her

21:09

After a few a few furtive sniffs, quickly

21:11

climbed to the very very branch

21:13

of the Christmas tree and

21:16

promptly started to nibble on the

21:18

delicate French cookies, on the masquerading

21:20

as ornaments. Wait for it! And

21:22

just then, the tip of

21:24

Cookie's tail began to glow yellow.

21:26

glow first it was weak, weak.

21:28

but with each each macaron that cookie consumed, her

21:31

the tree kept growing

21:33

brighter and brighter, and the

21:35

room with illuminated with A

21:37

warm yellow glow that almost

21:39

resembled a crackling fire. a

21:42

We have light again,

21:44

at least enough to sit

21:46

by the table. It's

21:48

a Christmas table. It's a Christmas miracle! Go

21:50

You saved Christmas! Heyya! We We

21:52

didn't buy any chance to have a second box have a We

21:54

do not have a second box

21:56

of macarons. Damn it! Who's that?

21:58

I'll get it. it. Oh,

22:01

Mr. Shin? Cluriken, Merry Christmas! Uh, Merry Christmas! I

22:03

promise Christmas? to fix I come down

22:05

to fix your computer I soon you

22:07

no, no. I brought you this. our

22:10

Your order for our holiday dinner.

22:12

a few threw in a few extra

22:14

orders of dumplings for you and

22:16

your you and your girlfriend. Oh, Thanks, but

22:18

um... but... But Mr. Shen, we didn't

22:20

place any order. This must be we

22:23

This I got your order online. got

22:25

It order online. figured it must be

22:27

I online, but your computer and

22:29

our power just went out. But

22:31

plus, and our power just went out, Thank

22:33

you so much for bringing this

22:36

to us. Oh, hello, Mr. Shin. to see

22:38

you much see you. Wait this I'm

22:40

not sure this food is ours Nice

22:42

I took your advice and turn

22:44

the computer on and off this

22:46

Guess what? Oh. It worked! I'm I'm back

22:48

on the internet I can take online

22:50

orders again faster than before even

22:52

than before some reason for some the first

22:54

order on the list order on the

22:56

weird. So I just said So I

22:58

just bring it up to you

23:00

myself bring it up to you on

23:02

me. Thanks for fixing

23:04

my computer fixing Merry Christmas

23:06

Clorican. Merry thank you very much.

23:08

Yeah, thank you very much. Wow. Oh. Oh, that

23:10

was that was unexpected. Oh Oh

23:12

my God, and this is amazing.

23:14

is amazing! get get a spades. They really brought

23:17

out all hits. There's one chicken,

23:19

shrimp, fried rice, rice, pork. This shoo,

23:21

- po- This is wonderful, I but

23:23

I have to say, eating on food

23:25

on Christmas doesn't feel feel very American.

23:27

Oh, What are you you about? Eating Chinese

23:29

food on Christmas is the most American

23:31

thing you can do. thing you like do. the

23:33

halls with boughs of bamboo. with bows of bamboo.

23:36

It's our version of a Christmas

23:38

but with more noodles. noodles. Hmm?

23:40

Mm-hmm. I think think Santa traded

23:42

his slave for a rickshaw

23:44

this year because because... Oh, the spring

23:46

are fantastic fantastic! Mm-hmm. This is delicious. Oh

23:48

my God, this these dumplings are so

23:50

good Mm-hmm. Make sure you try

23:52

some of this rice of this

23:55

rice because... Wait, wait, wait, I

23:57

hear you I hear you tell Adele that

23:59

cookie... Wasn't the the with the delivery

24:02

Yeah. I hear I hear say that this

24:04

Christmas order just came a little

24:06

while ago? that it was

24:09

from that it was from C? Clorican? Clorican,

24:11

you don't think? I mean... Both Lisette and

24:13

Both Lisette and their turned

24:15

their heads look at

24:17

the top of their Christmas

24:19

tree, where Cookie sat perched nonchalantly

24:21

her French macarons and casting

24:23

the warmest of light throughout

24:25

the room. Was cookie a

24:28

little while ago? while ago? Do

24:30

you really think she can

24:32

understand the words we say? I'm

24:34

beginning to think Cookie can read I'm

24:37

Oh my to Claracan. can read

24:39

a crazy Oh my god, Clariken,

24:42

what a crazy little

24:44

sauce on your... Oh, do I? a little

24:46

sauce on you come closer?

24:48

I? Can you just... Can you

24:50

come closer? Okay, I... was

24:52

that for? was for

24:54

Christmas. for Christmas. like you finally

24:56

found a present that can

24:58

say a present that can to have more than

25:00

just one person. Yes, please. to have

25:03

more than just one present.

25:05

Yes, please. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

25:08

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

25:10

Mm-hmm. And you're totally sure

25:12

about that second box of

25:15

cookies. One thousand percent, you

25:17

got to talk to cookie.

25:20

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25:22

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