This Christmas Page #3

May this blessing remain

on this family, Father...

...this home

and all who dwell here, Father...

...through Christ, our Lord.

- Amen.

- Okay. Dig in, everybody.

- Yes, sir.

Pass that corn bread down here.

Macaroni and cheese.

- What...? Don't put that on your plate.

- I got peas.

No, that's turkey.

Everybody's good?

Okay, okay, everybody.

Let's do the family business first.

Here are the shares

of the profit from the cleaners.

Okay? Each one of you has your own.

There you are.

- Merry Christmas.

- Thank you, Mama.

You know you didn't have to do that.

We didn't expect anything.

- I do. Thank you, Mama.

- Oh, you're welcome, baby.

- Can you warm this up?

- Sure.

- It came out of the oven.

- He likes his food hot.

I'll put it in the microwave.

That thing's going off

like a drug dealer.

Well, if you must know,

it's my ladies.

It's Christmastime, and they wanna

spend time with a brother.

I know Baby better not be

bringing any babies in here.

It's time for me to have

that special conversation.

Too late.

Me and Joe already had it.

Yeah, I learned more

than I needed to. Trust me.

I'm gonna take this in the other room.

Excuse me.

Thank you, baby.

You mind?

- Thank you.

- Oh, you're welcome.

When you're finished...

...pass the plate over here

and I'll chew it for him too.

- Shut up, Kelli.

- So, Joe...

...what do you got planned

for the holiday?

Well, after breakfast,

Baby's gonna take the family photo.

We're gonna go buy the tree.

Then Christmas morning

we're going to church.

I didn't know your father

was a minister.

No, he's not. He's a deacon.

And he's not my father.

My bad.

Yeah, our father moved on.

I'm sorry to hear that.

No, he didn't die. He just moved on.

So, Devean...

...you and Mel go

to the same school, huh?

She goes to Spelman.

It's an all-girls school.

I knew that.

- No, you didn't.

- Yes, I did. I knew that.

- I go to Morehouse.

- So...

...how do you like attending

an all-black college?

- Don't start with that nonsense.

- I went to Princeton...

I went to Harvard. What's your point?

Can you let the man

speak for himself?

Go on. I just wanna know

what your experience is like...

...attending an all-black college.

- Ignore him.

I wanna answer. Morehouse has certain

foundational principles...

...by which its existence stands.

It includes an appreciation for the

ideas of justice, equality, democracy...

...humane treatment of all people...

...development of spiritual self

and community.

Sounds like you got it from

the mission statement.

I did. But that's also why I go there.

Not because it's all-black...

...but because it embodies

beliefs and traditions I value.

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