i want
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the music
come on mom
this is a bit optimistic for christmas
box ricky uh i think our customers will
get the hint with this
season's greetings to all our customers
dig deep and once i've decorated the
shop they won't be able to resist
yeah i don't think this will get you a
blue peter badge ricky
this puts me in mind of my childhood
christmases back in guyana
making all our own decorations helping
my mother to break the christmas cake
making presents for our relatives
yeah well this is back in the days
before m s gift vouchers must have been
tougher
what's that a song ricky don't ask
questions mate let me encourage you
verbum sally used to lead the masquerade
bands through the streets you know and
everybody would be following singing and
dancing and drinking ginger beer sounds
like a real tater house down party
doesn't it
no guy and his christmas is something to
remember same as an ambrose christmas
ricky as you'll see won't he shown yeah
listen anyway mum i have to ask you a
favor no oh good try wrong answer
is money or after isn't it and what
makes you think that your face when you
open that letter from your bank manager
i gather they weren't sending you
seasons greetings no listen i need a
short term loan
a hundred pounds it's not a lot to the
queen no
i don't care but i've already said yes
to what well some friends of mine from
uni asked me if i'd come with them to
tunisia for christmas and i said yeah
sean you mean you're not gonna be at
home on christmas day
well come on now give him the choice i'd
say christmas in tunisia beats christmas
and peckham any day providing you're
getting 100 pounds plain fear
cigar mrs mossberg oh super
bandy been filling you in on my bad
habits i see mr moss grove i don't poor
robert can't abide the things can you
personally i can't think of a better way
to end a good meal
there we are four espressos and four
large brandies good grief you sound like
a waitress amanda well that's because
she is a waitress aren't you amanda
daddy you know i'm a financial director
of an art gallery
well at least you're away from that bank
i always said there's only room for one
captain at the helm and if it's not you
abandon ship absolutely so you threw a
towel in on that waitressing job that
was henry robert uh sandra was a
waitress
emily was a
oh never mind about henry what about
michael ambrose our son-in-law to be
now you're coming to us this christmas i
hope of course this is going to be our
first ever christmas together yes well
if that's an invitation i'll be
delighted to come thank you you have a
room to yourselves of course no we're
not old-fashioned like that but i have
to warn you michael got a couple of
ignoramuses in the family one on
robert's side one on mine still refer to
black people as and all that
shameful i know but what can you do
thankfully then neither of them long for
this world but while they're still here
they are still family i mean one feels
obliged you understand
you're gonna love our christmas michael
i just know you will when they get out
of the good old days in kenya just give
olivia shout and she'll bring all the
valium sandwiches
can't wait
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this must have cost you
two weeks pocket money at least
i didn't buy them my mom did oh they're
the rubbish one should buy to give to
the milkman dustman
oh
the teller i said thank you
one
tell you what porky is that head of
yours is on here right you make a great
footballer
haven't you got the school to go to not
today doctors appointments oh and make
sure i tell him to prescribe you some
manners
needs mans when manners destined for
fame like me
manages for whims in this life port
fight is either kick or be kicked it's
not you playing clean while the others
play dirty
do you want to cross this road or not
no no no no do you mind moving on i've
got important work to do all right all
right
look for a guy present for you
from your mother
the
make sure you tell her i said thank you
what for sure brian they're from me
i figured you deserve some kind of
reward for all your hard work i mean it
it must be really tough having to help
your tiny friends standing in a crossing
all day holding
you'll go far and if you're not careful
it will be on the end of my foot
what's in all these bags vince i thought
you've only gone to jamaica for two
weeks it's just a few things are
carrying dawn to some friends a few
things have you seen this a six pack of
bleach
a suit length
vince it's a good thing you're going on
holiday tomorrow otherwise there'll be
no room for the customers
why you know is the last time i
complained about television being a bad
influence on the youngsters today look
at this
four boxes of chocolates and it's not
even end of term yet well christmas is a
time for sharing but i'll be wary of
small children bearing gifts oh why is
that those chocolates may not be what
they seem they may have been tampered
with would you like me to check
no need to i've already checked and
there's absolutely nothing wrong with
any of them are you meant to say you've
eaten them already some
the others i handed out on my crossing
as you said christmas is the time for
sharing
tough luck matthew
everyone
i heard from the news agents that last
night's meeting of the peckham traders
association nearly ended in a riot were
you there oh he was there who do you
think started a riot
well it's obvious the peckham traders
association needs a new leader so i let
my name go forward as a candidate for
the next election or seconded by lee
you can't be serious desmond all that
extra work you'd be exhausted i think
i'd make a very good job and i think i'd
make a very good astronaut but i can't
see anybody sending me to the
hair come moon every bus i've hopped
i've used that for my credit cards and
shopped until i dropped it
randy let the christmas spirit get you
early only by three weeks desmond
shirley merry christmas shirley oh you
shouldn't have
no you shouldn't have he'd only break it
wherever it is
i hope you have a present in mind for me
pogba oh yes and that's exactly where
it's going to stay
come on what have you got me
i can't tell you it's meant to be a
surprise well i got enough of a surprise
last year when you didn't give me
anything well i know it's a bit early
but i hope you like oh we won't open
them yet desmond
thank you maggie all the same he's very
nice of you i'm just sorry you won't be
here ah just move food and drink for me
would have been our first christmas with
our first daughter-in-law oh sorry
do you know what parents are like at
christmas no what well at least this
year i have michael by my side to keep
me sane
michael's going with you of course as
far as mother's concerned he's guest of
honor instead of an unwelcome visitor
i see
ah
michael hasn't already told you no
i've just put my big foot in it oh don't
worry mandy michael's a grown boy he can
take his mother's beatings like a man oh
i better be going sorry
yeah does anyone want to buy a defunct
bunny
no basically i think i'll stick to
turkey this christmas
how about you shell two for the price of
one surely there's some long-lost
relative who'd be glad to receive such a
quality gift no
oh shouldn't you be selling fire
christmases this time of year i've got
no room for father christmas's desk
every cupboard in my flat is
chock-a-block with these flaming things
older than for easter they've only just
turned up
there's only one thing for it mate
they're gonna have to be exercised and
i've got the perfect use for them loft
insulation rabbit stew for vegetarian
right the peckham traders association
are going to love anyone who can attract
more shoppers to the area now that is
what you need to do that's what he's
been trying to do for 30 years
yeah well it's easy when you're nowhere
haven't it you've got to think christmas
what do you mean
i mean open a grotto
oh
oh grotto you know santa's knee and all
that look all the big stores do with
this look the kids come and see santa
the parents come and shop and the whole
street makes a massive profit
that's all very well on the fourth floor
of harrods but a grotto in a barber shop
we haven't got any room yes there is
there's vince's corner i'll tell you
what des you'll clean up mate well
that's ricky's job just make sure you
put my cheer back right
i mean look what is fat larry going to
be offering his pants this christmas eh
uh two percent discount when you spend
50 pounds or over what i saw in the
window this morning
if you spend 50 pounds in here you can
buy the shop
no matt you leave the competition
standing
well i mean don't these things take
weeks of organization and planning you
just got an opinion tomorrow you need
presents to give it costs
look you let me worry about that mate
now you provide the space i'll provide
the whole package santa's elves prezzies
i mean look you've already got your
giveaways and yeah 350 extra size
bunnies at a quit each plus we charge
two quid entrance fee now that is not a
bad price for faye made this but i
sounds like a bargain to me and if you
don't need a father christmas desmond my
rates are only four pound fifty an hour
hey come election day dez they'll be
flocking to vote for you mate i can see
trouble but what's new
oh no just the woman i wanted to see now
does that boyfriend of yours have the
experience of um grottos
well if he has he's never said i think
to me why oh nothing just gonna ask him
to give us a call might have a job for
him see you all later
pops you're gonna have to give me some
work i'm desperate and i need to earn
some cash fast uh just a minute i was
there first if there's any jobs going
it's kind of me you i thought you were
self-employed what do you need a job for
so i need the cash i have people to buy
presents for christmas morning i promise
alex a champagne breakfast and at this
rate i get a glass of lemonade and a
saxomer
well you don't need money for christmas
because you're going to be here
um
actually i don't think i'm going to be
here mom
hunker
when i asked you three weeks ago you
said you were looking forward to my
christmas dinner no no but when i said i
was coming alex has said he was going to
his parents so that was all right but us
all off we decided we'd quite like to
spend christmas together you know alone
sort of
i see
oh you don't mind do you mom i thought
you'd be less troubling everything
oh
there's one you got any work for two
scheming ungrateful brats
as a matter of fact
i got just the job for both of them
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when i said i wanted a job i meant
something normal mindless like sweeping
the floor not stunning around looking
like a
what am i again
pics
no i'm an elf you're a pixie yeah well
standing around looking like a pixie
come on i'm going in
thanks dad
i was right let's go for the reindeer
your help is greatly appreciated gloria
isn't it desmond of course it's
appreciated and when i win the elections
you'll be proud to have a father who is
a leading light in the community i don't
know as soon as he are really worth it
40 hours i gotta do like this
it could have been worse you could have
been working for for the national health
service
the hell
look i'll better go and see how the
santa clauses are coming along
alex what are you doing in there you're
putting it for ages
i've just put the finishing touches on
santa's sleigh
why don't you come inside and check it
out sleigh looks more like vince's old
barber's chair to me
seen through the eyes of a child that
barber's chair is a slay show
the outfit really suits you gloria come
inside
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we both look ridiculous you think so i
always thought that red was my color
but can we go again please man from the
top yeah
[Applause]
no no
was i hate to disappoint you math but
you ain't auditioning for the royal
opera house all i'm asking you to do is
a bit of common or garden ho ho ho in
come on
yeah you know like
but that's what i'm doing
and i need that break can i take five i
just say i'll take as many as you want
math go on come on pokey your turn
how am i supposed to concentrate with
him pacing up and down like a free-range
chicken
okay now can you take a seat please what
am this
as much as i'd love to sing for a search
i think i'll just stand thank you oh
what we'll be doing
oh
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oh yeah well if i ever get around to
making a horror movie
okay okay can we have two orderly lines
please uh girls on the left boys on the
right goldenly like sean this is peckham
the only audiologist you're gonna get
around there double yellow you gotta
talk to this rebel in a way to
understand oh so what are you suggesting
urdu patois just everyday greek no try i
do as in i do as you're told
oh oh oh i wish pork why would let
matthew take over for a at least
matthew's ho ho ho and wouldn't give the
kids nightmares i think it's going well
it's going well isn't it yes it is but i
don't like the way some of the customers
treating this place like a crash desmond
that little girl has been here for over
an hour i heard her asking ricky what
time dinner was well as long as it gets
the ambrose name on everyone's lips i'll
call it a success
it's not you again i told you earlier
this grows for kids only kids meaning 12
and undone but look i am under 12.
here's my bus pass
i don't know it's not full oh come on
gloria give the guy a break i know his
brother he's only 11. are you nice what
do you say so yeah coming in
smaller son um
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only find this just a little bit
humiliating sis no not really not if
he's going to help daddy oh so how much
do you need to earn then lots
the possibilities are endless
how about a desmond special
come together here god give gloria a
nice christmas surprise oh dream mondays
the day i cut these locks off is the
same day that gloria starts to eye my
underpants
what is do you think you can let me
attend until tomorrow i'll turn it till
tomorrow is that the same as gloria's a
five until friday no no i just want to
get her a present but i'm a fiver sure
oh so you don't want to borrow 10 you
want to borrow fight no 10 wait it's a
big present
i'll have to get a cabo
i don't know i just don't put it till in
the street and everybody else myself
here man
christmas
that's a minute
would you you've made it once
someone else have a turn no yeah well i
think you should i've got money who
cares has your mother never told you
there are some things in life money just
can't buy yeah like a second visit to
santa's grotto hop it out get another
present yeah well don't we all it's for
my brother
if i let you in then everybody's gonna
want a second turn all right maybe we
should just let her in gloria look it'd
be massive else too solid on this one
sean
i'm not letting you in right
money are no money brother or no brother
oh now look what you've done
man
request assistance
i'm supposed to be taking over from paw
patrol what are you doing here you're
not meant to be here you may be upstairs
well i'm meant to be in the grotto or
giving blessings to the children what it
says here look
12 to 2
matthew no not your confuser kids two
santas get back upstairs
what's going on what's with this noise
listen i don't know what's wrong with
the kids today uncle people you
this little brat has already had one
present and you want another one it's
for my brother chester his age chester
you know chester box yeah i'm just
american oh yeah meredith well look mary
just hold on a little and i'll get you a
present to take for chester it's all
right
why you spicy with me i'll suck as
little helper and i
[Applause]
i think i've got time for an explanation
father um are you in charge here
um can i be of assistance young lady yes
you can you can start by telling me what
kind of sick mind even think of selling
something like this to a young child
well what's wrong with it i mean it
isn't broken is it she hasn't heard
it is worse than that worse
i'll bring the solicitor would you be
happy if your child went around saying
things like this
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ah
oh well you just you just don't know
with rabbits these days do you
maybe next time you consult me before
you put one of these here brain schemes
into action
look they weren't ears they were rabbits
oh i'm glad you find this amusingly i
mean who knows how many customers we may
have lost over this oh i've said i'm
sorry what more can i say oh it's all
right lee we know it wasn't your fault
it was
michael's just being michael oh what's
that supposed to mean i mean she might
sue us
lady you're too late vince gone
what do you mean to us oh it won't come
to that we can't be sure
look on the bright side desmond you
wanted your name to be on everyone's
lips and now it certainly will be oh
cheer up pork pie it's not the end of
the world just the end of the grotto
just think all those children will
remember you in years to come yeah
probably during their therapy sessions
my family i've been thinking about that
boy chester
he's gone into hospital hospital what
happened he had an accident
not on your crossing was it no it wasn't
i saw him just the other day
he was on the way to the doctors and he
seemed fine to me but his sister said
he's taking a turn for the worst he's
been in hospital since sunday but so far
the doctors don't seem to know what's
wrong with him
i'll tell you what's wrong with that
chester box he's too clever for his own
good
uh at worst he must have sprained that
tongue of his
still it's not a very good start to the
christmas holiday his parents must be
worried oh if i look after chester and
married if i'll be worried too
i think i'll go see him this evening
see how he is if he's still there you
said he went in sunday well today's
wednesday they might have had enough of
him by now
don't worry pogba where's sean and
gloria oh pixie and dixie they're
upstairs sulking
they're asking me what redundancy pay
elves get i said ask the shoemaker
well i felt as i had to make up to sean
right so i lent him a hundred pounds for
his trip to tunisia yeah
well there's another one off my
christmas dinner lis well actually
mother that's what i came to talk to you
about christmas
you can't come mandy told me i know she
did
oh well it's not actually definite i
mean i haven't confirmed yet oh michael
don't worry about it much as i would
love you to be here with us for
christmas i didn't really think you
would be and there's always next year to
look for no no no no see really this
year is fine mother i mean i wouldn't
miss your christmas dinner for anything
look i'll cancel the moscows i'm sure
they'll understand oh michael
i wouldn't dream of making you cancel
your arrangements just to please me but
i wouldn't be doing it just to please
you oh well well i would but it would
also be my pleasure
mandy would never forgive me if i
stopped you from going no you go have a
lovely time i'm sure you'll enjoy
meeting mandy's relatives
yes
oh would you join us lee no
no but perhaps not shell but thanks
anyway
well we are getting down to small
numbers matthew you still going to the
gambia yes
if i ever get out of this costume
well
who says christmas has got to be a big
affair anyway
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desmond don't you think you're being a
bit paranoid if that woman was going to
write to the press she'd have done it
two weeks ago
i don't think she'd write to the times
the shop is doing fine we haven't lost
any business
we should stop worrying about it
look i have to put those down and sign
some of these kids i can't do that is
against tradition you've been signing my
name for the last 30 years
tradition and a lot of people these days
seem to be ignoring tradition maybe you
should do the same what's wrong with you
i thought you liked these festive
preparations well i do when i can see a
point to it but there's no point to just
cast money
you won't hear this afternoon when pope
i came back from seeing chester they
think it's leukemia they think i don't
know
well it could be wrong i suppose well
let's hope so
you know we've been very lucky with our
three lucky lucky having michael
uh you know what i mean yes no no
i really wanted this christmas to be
special
well you can't force them to come if
they've made other plans but they
shouldn't have made other plans they
should want to come home and visit their
parents at christmas
i mean ricky's going all the way to
spain to see his mom and dad matthew is
going to the gambia to spend time with
his family and vince is going to spend
our christmas clearing customs in
jamaica
that leaves just the three of us you me
and pork pie three old catchers do they
make turkeys that small
some people have got nothing and nobody
at all
let's be grateful for what we've got
oh
i am
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i'm spain
oh my god
my momma says we're going to have turkey
sandwiches on the beach and my dad said
if i'm really lucky he'll let me have a
glass of his home brewed sangria which
is made from potatoes
small boy
do you want people to miss you when
you're away yeah then shut up
you know i can't believe it
this time next week it will be
christmas no
do you really think so
are you really so farsighted you astound
me
and you will be gone good riddance
well i'm glad we've got today over and
done with hmm
all i want to do now is to relax in a
hot path and let my mind go blank
don't forget lee's picking us up in an
hour he's really trying to make it up to
you huh well i think it's very nice of
him to take us out on a saturday night
hmm what's wrong with the two of you
what's us
well there's a plate full of mince pies
and you haven't touched one of them
that's not like you oh i'm saving myself
for the christmas blowout next week and
i'm traveling by i don't want any excess
baggage
well in that case i'll save them for a
little idea i've got uh if you want to
go up mr and mrs ambrose i'll finish
things down there oh that's very nice of
you ricky what an excellent addition to
the staff you've turned out to be come
along my little christmas pudding
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ah
[Music]
ready when you are forkplay
desmond shelly
aren't you ready yet please here come in
poor pie no need to shop
lee i'm sorry to keep you sometimes
i don't believe it mom dad take a seat
see we knew you're a bit upset with us
all going away
you've all decided to stay for christmas
no
but we decided to have a party for you
before we all zoomed off
so that's why you didn't eat the mean
spice charlie
desmond
popeye has decided to entertain you
the word entertain may be questionable
but there's an old african saying
there's many a good tune who played on
an old gun gong
think about it
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long time ago in bethlehem
so the holy bible say
mary's boy child jesus christ
was born on christmas day
heart now hear
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[Applause]
shall live forever
[Music]
mother father
merry christmas
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oh
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[Applause]
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[Applause]
in hospital for christmas hey there it
is present got to go my mom's outside
oh yes that's just
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foreign
[Applause]
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[Applause]
because
[Applause]
oh
sorry i'm late i set my alarm but i
didn't go off
did you wind it up it runs on batteries
ah like it's owner
huh
i suppose my traveling companies with
the airports are all parked and ready to
go shelly yes they are packed i know
that because i had to do it but at this
moment ricky doesn't have a plane ticket
and sean's not back from the club you
went to last night you're jerking of
course no
it's nearly ten o'clock i mean i've
still got to be at the airport in the
next ah since when i thought your flight
wasn't until three
so it is but i still got a lot of last
minute christmas for me to do at the
duty free my sister florence will never
forgive me if i arrive without a step
step what kind of step
well an arabic step
and of course he wants a mr motivated
video to go with it
well you know
and one out two three and four and
everybody's here
so i know what's happened it's got
delayed in the post what has the ticket
my dad sent over it must have been got
caught up in all the christmas mail and
that yeah it could be
a lot of your dads
checks to the jars and dreams are still
caught up in the christmas mail isn't
that right desmond will be still waiting
on payments for christmas 1966 it's the
7th and the
i feel awful putting you to all these
children i'll phone my parents and tell
them i can't make it they'll understand
i'd rather be here anyway no don't be
silly ricky you haven't seen your mum
and dad for nearly six months i mean it
would be no difficulty getting you a new
ticket all desmond has to do is to go
with you to the airport and sign a check
oh you know oh it's better man there any
chance of a capitation there's no time
for tilly we need to leave to the
airport immediately sit down matthew you
can't go yet sean isn't here huh
oh talk of the devil oh hi guys bye guys
i think you're right shel sean's
definitely not here uh sean uh you know
you're supposed to be catching a plane
sometime today mate yeah i know i've
gone past my bags
i knew this was a mistake
why don't i listen to myself for the
same reason that nobody else listens to
you either
ah before i forget your present a
present for me oh no i got to see this
you see i'm not as stingy as you think i
am i remember your pathetic listening
face from last year
what's in it we're open this and see
now you open it
i never knew before what a suspicious
mind you have pork pie it's not one of
your most endearing qualities
i'll just give us the airport
well it looks like the sort of thing you
finally wanted dezz's blog holes it's
it's here
well
i'm sorry you'd recognize it
it's that tough profile
[Applause]
it's made from your very own hand
oh yes so i see
i thought it looked familiar
but from where did you get my hair to
make this it wasn't difficult
you does on the bench and i i borrowed
desmond scissors
the less you can do is now put it on
now you see it
and there you go
possibly just make sure she don't run
her fingers through here too vigorously
i'd weld it to mind if i was you porky
mate jamaica can be prone to hurricanes
you know
and uh
um have you got me anything oh yes oh
yes
oh
what's in it oh not you as well just
open it math
uh
your memoirs
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a photocopied handwritten first edition
oh i didn't know you finished it popeye
congratulations thank you shirley i've
already started working on volume two oh
let's have a look
oh good i pity them poor trees mate
and when am i gonna have the pleasure of
reading your memoirs right oh wait till
christmas desmond uh let me have it back
i forgot to sign it
and uh what is your name sir
you know my name well i have to practice
so then i'm doing my book signings
where is that sean
i'll call him sean
sure
[Laughter]
oh no
right come on just bang him on the roof
rack and let's go
[Music]
gloria
christmas ate for another four hours yet
i thought you was asleep i was
big bucks in it
yeah
big enough to put you in
look come on
come to bed
and go to sleep
[Music]
this one
i haven't hidden your present up there
for the last four
ever leave me years this and then you
can go back to sleep sleep
you're probably walking up pogba too
oh i'm gonna go make myself a hot drink
soon divorced helen married sophie
don't mention uncle william
steer clear of george and miriam
hope no one mentions kenya
they mentioned henry
jonathan can't make it he's in broadmoor
they're broadstairs
so divorce helena married sophie
christmas mommy
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oh not you as well pope and lunch isn't
until two o'clock you and there's one or
worse than children
i'm too old to help
that you're talking about oppai well the
only present that chester might need i
can't give him
it says here you got to be under 40 to
be a donor look
how to become a bone marrow donor and
save a life
huh
surely chester is not that ill poop eh
no but there are plenty of black kids
who are and it says there that your best
chance of finding a perfect match is
from within your own family or your own
ethnic group but for some reason not a
lot of black people volunteer
oh
oh poor pie
you shouldn't have i didn't
you got me yours first and then i'll do
mine are you having yours first no you
first no
all right then i'll open bed
alex yes squiggy
i'm glad i'm with you
what are you trying to say gloria
nothing just shut up your prison
alex anybody would think you're
diffusing a bomb tear the people not the
area
oh is it the same one
yep you went all the way back to the
shop oh it must have cost you a fortune
just getting there and back what'd you
guys standing around dad's shop dressed
as an elf all day oh squiggy do you like
it then oh i love it gloria it's
beautiful
good
oh thanks look your turn what do you
think i've forgotten
give it here
what on earth is in this box open it and
see
look it's got light at the front so you
can see where you're hoovering has it
should i plug it in for you
what you can do
here take it for a test run i spent
weeks looking for this they're very rare
you know
they don't make them like that anymore
do they
you hate it don't you yes
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but it's a classic design oh really so
next year i can look forward to a can of
coke can i
pretend to like it
why oh gloria listen you bought that for
yourself you didn't bother for me what
did i say to you i really want a
buttered old 1960s rec my vacuum cleaner
when we went to the household classics
exhibition in knightsbridge
yeah well i might have but i didn't say
i had to have one blimey thank god we
didn't decide to go to the zoo that day
all right should i carry it back
will they have it back
look what i honestly thought you'd like
it listen no what way you put it alex
that is a vacuum cleaner for cleaning
you bought me something for my christmas
present to clean the flat out with it's
an antique it's a hoof
all right i'll carry it back and get a
refund
it works doesn't it i'll plug it in and
get the flat once over shall i
oh shame i got my penny never mind
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merry christmas mandy
merry christmas michael
merry christmas mandy
merry christmas michael
come on
breakfast eggs toast coffee juice the
full whack and the bottle of shampoos to
wash it all down with that ought to
sustain you until grubber oh lovely
mommy isn't this lovely michael
who don't look so worried michael it's
just another moss grove tradition all
stems from the time when mandy here used
to come bounding into our room at six in
the morning
now you'll think it's rather fun to do
the same to her
well we've got our stockings where are
yours stockings
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from father christmas probably opening
them now well now's as good a time as
any don't you think oh robert i
completely forgot to unlock bumble's
door oh you've got a dog an elder sister
she's sleepwalking
never even heard of it she's always wide
awake
well i'm not getting alone
don't stop without us we'll be back in a
pic
merry christmas mike
no man look i'd like to get my clothes
on before you before your mother and
father get back oh obviously michael
they don't mind yes but i do
typical musgrave christmas ready
bathroom full of silly women doing their
silly hair
you don't mind do you
did daddy let you out on bumble god no i
let myself out
didn't take me two seconds to crack that
lock absolute child's play when are they
going to find me a real challenge
our bumble used to be an escapologist
michael she's toured all over the world
haven't you on bumble
all over
oh such stories
such wonderful stories
i'll tell them all to you one day
oh
i look forward to hearing them such
stories
you can't remember any of them
clearly yes michael
is it always like this at christmas yes
merry christmas michael
merry christmas mandy
just to call you
yes i'm sorry we were a bit late
we spoke earlier in the week
i'm shirley ambrose my husband desmond
of course mrs ambrose your friends have
already arrived if you'd like to follow
me
mrs box sends her apologies she's sorry
she missed you she's had to go and pick
up her daughter meredith is it
she said she'd give you a ring
chocolate that's another five pence you
owe me
chester give christopher his money back
you have some visitors chester
mr and mrs ambrose have come to see you
what they bought me
the dog's still working
i didn't know you were coming but it's
called a surprise visit
merry christmas
can i open it well it is christmas day
and i can't think of a better time to
open a christmas present you're very
lucky yesterday i've been up since our
past six and haven't seen my present yet
brilliant electronic battleships thank
you how long are you staying i
understand you want to go
there
listen everybody
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mr and mrs ambrose have arranged a
surprise for you they have two friends
they'd like you to meet
and you'll have to shout
because my two friends are coming from
quite a long way away and to get here
they're going to have to follow the
sound of your voices
so what shall we show
shout
we want father christmas
no no no no i believe in sending a good
example uh to the younger generation
i want my presence
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yes
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christmas where's your friend boom boom
sally boom boom sonny
i think they weren't shouting loud
enough for him to hear i mean he must be
still asleep on his hammock
diana is a long way from tatam you know
you see boys
we come from guyana which is thousands
of miles away on the north coast of
south america and every christmas boom
boom sally leads the masquerade
procession through the streets because
it's hot and sunny there even on
christmas day and everybody follows him
singing and dancing so you better shout
again and this time maybe you should
shout his name boom boom sally
one two three
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you mean granny plush head secret recipe
don't tell me you left it in guyana
no no no i see no
see
who wants something
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i've just come to say thank you
this is a lovely start to our christmas
day well it's just nice to see such
happy faces
it can't really be much fun
kids never cease to amaze me
they always make the best of it
sister i wanted to ask you about chester
he looked so well i can't believe
there's anything wrong with him well
that's part of the problem with leukemia
it's so deceptive in its early stages
thankfully for most of the kids her
course of chemotherapy usually puts the
disease into remission
so um do you think chester will need a
bone marrow transplant as a last resort
maybe
but i have a feeling that little boy is
going to be around for a long time to
come
yeah if you're looking for a donor do
you a good deal
i've got over a million healthy
well-behaved little church one of which
i'm sure is about to be chester
compatible
and funny it was as easy as that yeah i
know it's not is it sort of poster you
got outside you see it sure not enough
black people are giving it up so you can
put me down for a blood test straight
away lee stanley black bone marrow donor
number 371 great now if you could just
tell a million close friends you'd be in
business my sister i almost forgot
this is for you
i found another delinquent rabbit oh
yeah you got a warrant for his arrest
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hey
merry christmas jester
thank you
merry christmas children
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