Twelve Trees of Christmas Page #6

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You don't have to tell me

about how important this building is.

I know how important this building is.

This building is my grandfather's

crowning achievement.

Oh, then why are you tearing it down?

Change is difficult for people,

but you should know that Jane Eyre.

We would still be living in caves

if people didn't push things forward.

I know change is scary,

but it's completely necessary.

Well...

You are betraying your

grandfather's legacy.

Let's just talk about

what's really going on here.

See, I think you're afraid that

your cushy job is going to change,

so you've turned this into a crusade.

Oh.

See, that is just wrong.

You know, you're just...

You're half, half as

clever as you think you are.

That's still twice as clever as you.

My goodness...

Tony, darling, who are

you quarreling with?

Oh... Oh, that's Cheri, the librarian.

She's waged war on me.

On you? Tony, that's absurd.

I've never met anybody so stubborn.

See, she's upset with me

because I've entered into

this Christmas tree decorating contest.

You're decorating?

Well, that's...

No, no, no, no,

it's nothing like what you do.

Oh... You flatter me.

You are such a gentleman.

You know what? I'd be delighted.

Be...

You're going to decorate

a Christmas tree?

Isn't that beneath you?

Don't you have a reputation to uphold?

My reputation is built

on making people happy.

Making you happy.

How much would this cost me?

Let's negotiate. Over lunch?

Okay.

Hi, Charlie.

Tony...

I need you to have a

security crew on standby.

Why?

I've moved up the demolition date.

It's December 26th now.

I want you to be prepared

to empty the building out

of anything that could be left behind.

Wow. Why?

That's a week and a

half ahead of schedule.

It's going to screw everything up.

The publicity machine will

be down for the holidays.

Everybody will be drinking

eggnog and singing carols.

The library will be dust

before their New Year's

hangovers wear off.

Then we've avoided any negative press.

The supreme art of war is

to subdue your enemy without fighting.

Charlie...

You're not getting

nostalgic on me, are you?

You know what nostalgia is?

It's just a fondness for the past.

It's as dead as the words

on the pages in those books.

And the library is just a

graveyard for those words.

We're building for the future.

For the living. Don't forget that.

Who is it?

Tony Shaughnessy.

Hi.

Don't worry. I come in peace.

Were you hoping I was asleep

so you could smother me with a pillow?

Ha. Maybe.

I was just thinking about what you said,

and I would like you to know that

I am not betraying my

grandfather's legacy...

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that.

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