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DISSOLVE TO:

INT. BASEMENT - DAY

A long line of folding tables have been set up in the

basement. A mixed assortment of chairs can accommodate thirty

or more persons. A pre-teen daughter helps her mother place

dishes and silverware on the tablecloths. Evergreen branches

and red candles decorate the tables.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DEN - DAY

Most of the teenagers have crowded into what was once called

the study, but is now the "television room." KRISTEN VAN

DORN, fourteen, and MARSHA DE JONG, fifteen, are scrunched

onto the sofa. Kristen has long blonde hair, a clean Dutch

complexion and an unaffected beauty. The girls' legs are

innocently wrapped around each other's.

JOE, forty-five, another of the Van Dorn brothers, and a

male cousin about nineteen, are also squeezed on the sofa.

Young children squat on the floor in front of them. All are

watching some inane Christmas variety show.

Joe, bored of this tripe, gets up and turns off the set. The

children wail in unison. "Aw, c'mon, Uncle Joe."

JOE:

I'm sick of watching this television

stuff. You know who makes it? All

the kids who couldn't get along here.

They go out to California and make

television. I didn't like 'em when

they were here, and I don't like 'em

out there.

One of the youngsters reaches over and snaps the set back on

as Joe leaves the room.

CUT TO:

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

As Joe leaves the den, he passes Jake Van Dorn and Wes De

Jong. Unlike his older brother, Jake is not a man of the

soil. He has been to college and runs his own business. He

looks well-groomed and comfortable in his navy suit, white

shirt and striped tie. Wes is Jake's brother-in-law and

friend. They get along well enough.

JOE:

(to Jake and Wes)

Television. If you don't buy one

yourself, the kids go someplace else

and watch. And what do they sell on

television? More televisions.

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