Twelve Trees of Christmas Page #7

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I was upset. It was totally out of line.

No, no. This is my fault.

This is my fault for suggesting that

you have an ulterior motive

for holding the contest.

You're right. I do.

Coffee truce?

Sure.

Sure.

I'll put a pot on.

Okay.

You know, it's weird,

it's like, this is my home,

but still I feel like

I don't know it all.

That's the trouble with boarding school.

I was really, really

envious of all you guys.

Really?

Yeah.

Yeah, because you could do

whatever you wanted to do.

You could study whatever

you wanted to study,

you could go wherever you wanted to go.

It wasn't quite as carefree as all that.

But it was compared to me.

I was born into the family business.

My grandfather stapled an application

to Harvard business school to my crib.

What, you didn't want to

go into the family business?

Yeah, sure, I guess. I don't know.

Come on, you're such a huge success.

Am I?

Yeah.

Okay, what is your

definition of success?

Um... I don't know.

I guess living your passion every day.

And helping other

people and enjoying life.

Wow.

You are a little bit of a Pollyanna.

I'm sorry, but you know.

What about that thing,

it's called money?

Do what you love and

the money will follow.

I've always believed

that successful people

attract money.

It's not money that makes you a success.

That's really sweet.

Why?

What's your idea of success?

Well, money!

What did you expect me to say?

I'm a Shaughnessy.

We have a bottom line to uphold.

We have a reputation to keep.

Nothing but first class all the way.

Well, you have a lot of money

so you must be very happy.

Don't you think I'm happy?

Why do you care what I think?

I should go.

Uh, thank you for the coffee.

So, uh, if I need to talk to you...

If I have any questions

about the contest...

I'll, uh...

I'll call you at the library.

Yeah, um...

Yeah, you should do that.

Okay.

I'll see myself out.

Great.

Do that.

Excuse me?

Can you tell me where

the top of the tree is?

Isn't she beautiful?

She's amazing.

Um, fairytale Christmas tree.

Close. Fantasy.

It's my favorite kind of story.

I figure I can make a couple

dozen of these by Christmas.

So much detail.

Yeah...

Would it be cheating if I asked some

of our patrons to help me?

No, not at all.

I mean, we're not really

part of the competition.

Great.

Put me down for one fantasy tree.

Okay.

Oh, you haven't figured

out your theme yet.

No. Not yet.

I'm still searching.

Do you see the irony in this?

I'll get it.

I just need to be inspired by something.

I have a feeling the library will help.

How are the others doing?

Mack, our janitor and wannabe chef

is doing a Christmas foods tree.

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