The Fitzgerald Family Christmas Page #3

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Why don't you

just blow this thing off?

You know what?

That is not a bad idea.

Sharon,

it's your mom's birthday.

You gotta stop in for a drink

at least.

Oh, no. There is no just stopping in

for one drink with my family.

QUINN:
Yeah, that's true.

And let's all be made aware

if we go there at all,

we're gonna be there all night.

So let's not go.

The less I have to deal with Gerry,

the better.

What is this beef with Gerry?

I'm just... I'm tired of him pretending

he's the patriarch of our family.

First of all,

he's not my freakin' father.

And second of all,

he's hardly qualified for the job.

He's a grown man

and he still lives at home.

You know with fairness to him,

he's got his reasons for that.

Whatever. The point is,

if I don't have to go to

Mom's house tonight,

I am more than okay with that.

I have an idea.

Why don't Sharon and, um...

I'm sorry,

what was your name again?

Francis Xavier,

but my friends call me FX.

- Oh, okay. I like that. It's a good name.

- Thank you.

So why don't Sharon and FX

come upstate with us,

get a room at the same hotel.

We'll get dinner,

hang out for the weekend,

and we'll drive back

Christmas morning.

Honey, you know,

it's really not a great idea.

It's not considerate.

Sharon doesn't ski.

It's a ski resort.

Neither do I.

You don't ski?

You know I got an idea.

I'm headed out to East Hampton

this weekend.

You guys want to come with me,

you're more than welcome.

I've never been to the Hamptons.

That sounds awesome.

Does it sound awesome?

Yeah. Big time.

Oh, well, you gotta come then.

You're gonna love it.

What do you think, babe?

I got plenty of room.

Ah, as long as we're all agreed

that we don't have to go to Mom's,

I mean, I'm up for whatever.

- Babe, that sounds like so much fun.

-Mmm.

Please?

I don't wanna go skiing.

[Quinn sighs]

But I want to be with you.

Okay, fine.

[kiss]

But you're calling Mom.

[Phone rings]

Hey!

SHARON:

Hey, Mom. Happy birthday.

Hey, Sharon!

Oh, am I gonna see you tonight?

Yeah, you know,

that's what I was calling about.

You know, there must have been

some sort of misunderstanding

with Gerry or something.

I didn't know he wanted us

to come out tonight for a party

and then also again

at Christmas.

That's what I thought.

But you know Gerry wants to

make a big deal out of it.

Yeah, but it's not a big deal

to you, though, right?

Well, I mean,

it is my 70th but...

Well, you know how I feel

about birthdays, right?

Yeah, yeah. See that's what I thought,

that's what I told Quinn.

I mean, he had these plans

and then he invited me, so...

- So Quinn's not coming either?

- No. But...

we'll both be out at Christmas.

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