Christmas Truce Page #4

Nah, bigger is better.

I'm not so sure.

Trust me, I'm from Texas.

Hmm...

Do you have any decorations?

No.

Any raisins?

No.

Any nuts?

Really?

What do I do with that?

Chew it.

What are you doing?

There.

It's kind of small.

Oh, come on.

It's alright.

We didn't get many gifts

in the orphanage

so we had to be creative.

You can put it on top

of the tree.

Look at that.

Mistletoe.

Hey, wait up!

So you were an orphan?

Yeah, I never new my parents.

They left me on the doorstep

of the orphanage.

You said the path was closed.

I said they don't use it.

No, please.

Please.

Let me speak with them.

Go Hide. Please.

Guten tag.

Hallo.

If they laid a hand on you

I would have stopped them.

We should get back.

You'll catch a cold.

I told you it was too big.

Are you always right?

Yes, and your enemies agreed

with me.

Nice of them to help out.

You might have been right.

Well, hmm...

Ta-dah.

Here you go.

A star.

The bath is ready.

Ok.

Here we go.

Thank you.

Here, take this.

It was my father's.

Great.

To keep you warm

while these are drying.

Ah, so you're saying just...

in the other room?

Yes, right.

Over there.

Lovely.

Is he ok?

He fell in the stream.

It's a good thing, Alina,

what you're doing for them.

But don't forget

who they are.

And who are they?

Soldiers.

Today they're here,

but tomorrow they're

re-deployed,

wed or dead.

It's not what I want

for you.

I was you once.

I fell in love with

a French soldier,

before your father.

We spent two weeks together.

I never saw him again.

It's better you love a scholar

or a butcher.

So, Peter.

Yes, Peter.

Peter will keep you safe,

he will take care-

What if I don't want "safe"?

I want to dream that

all of this is over.

That we can take risks

and look beautiful

without fear of-

I want to know love.

Even if it's just for

one fleeting winter night.

Can't I have that?

The animals are fed,

mother.

Thank you, Alina.

My father's name is Henry.

Can I show you something?

Yeah.

They were banned,

so I had to hide them.

Britolt.

Poe.

Hemingway.

Karl Marx?

Only to understand

communist thought.

My father said it was important

to understand all ideas

so we can formulate our own.

Marx had good ideas

but the communist system

can be unjust to the poor,

or the rich become a hidden

ruling class,

claiming everything is equal

when clearly it's not.

What?

Wine is the most civilized thing

in the world.

Hemingway.

"That the things of the night

cannot be explained in the day,

"because they do not

then exist."

One of my favourites.

His words have such hope

when plagued by tragedy.

Happy endings

aren't really his style.

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