The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Page #2
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- 1971
- 100 min
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Oh, I just knew.
Oh, he was a
handsome thing
in those days.
Wasn't he, Grandma?
All my boys
were handsome.
( laughter )
GRANDMA:
Listen to the old man.
My family didn't approve
of me marrying your daddy.
Did you all
know that?
What did they
have against
Daddy?
Well, my family were
big Baptists,
and your daddy, in those days,
wasn't exactly religious.
He was religious.
He just wasn't
a churchgoer.
OLIVIA:
Anyway,
when my family said
we couldn't get married,
one night
and went to see the
Baptist preacher.
John said,
"We're here
to be married."
And Preacher
Hicks said,
"Does your mama
know about this?"
And I said,
"No, sir."
And he said,
"Well, then I
can't marry you."
Oh, I was scared to death.
Ready to run
right straight home.
But your daddy
spoke up and said,
"Mr. Hicks,
"you are not the only
blankety-blank
preacher in the world--
we'll get us another preacher."
( laughter )
Mr. Hicks turned
red as a beat.
And then he said,
"Under the circumstances, then,
I will marry you."
And so he did.
( laughter )
What does Daddy have
against going to church?
Oh, he never
had the time.
Mama, this morning
there was a red bird
in your crabapple tree.
Oh, I'd love to
have seen it.
That red bird's going
to freeze tonight.
GRANDPA:
He won't freeze.
The redbird has a knack
of surviving winter.
Otherwise, he would have
headed south
with the gold finches
and bluebird
when the leaves started
to turn.
I wish my daddy
could fly.
( laughter )
Elizabeth,
if he could fly,
then he wouldn't have
to wait for the bus.
If Daddy goes flying
around in the air,
somebody's liable
to think he's a
turkey buzzard
and shoot him down.
( laughter )
Don't you worry
about your daddy.
He'll be home.
OLIVIA:
Who's going to crack
some walnuts
for my applesauce cake?
Me!
I'll do it!
Well, while y'all
are doing that,
I'll run to the store
for some sugar.
Well, I'll be glad to fetch it
for you, daughter.
Oh, no thank you,
Grandpa.
and maybe I'll meet John
on the way.
Oh, what we need at this door
is a traffic light.
Now, daughter, you sure
you won't need help
to carry the sugar
and all the stuff
for Christmas dinner?
Grandpa,
if John doesn't get home soon
with some money,
all we're going to have
my applesauce cake,
and we won't even have that
if I don't get a move on.
Now, don't get
any shells
in there.
You'll bite
into that
applesauce cake
and break a tooth.
I wrote a letter
to Santa Claus.
Told him everything
I want the team to bring.
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