:06:00
Now, Uncle, don't be cross.
:06:01
What else can I be
when I live in such a world of fools?
:06:04
Merry Christmas.
:06:06
What's Christmastime, but a time
for paying bills without money?
:06:09
A time for finding yourself a year older
and not an hour richer.
:06:13
If I could work my will, every idiot
that goes about with "merry Christmas"...
:06:16
on his lips should be boiled
with his own pudding...
:06:19
and buried with a stake of holly
through his heart.
:06:21
- Uncle!
- Nephew!
:06:23
Keep Christmas in your own way,
and let me keep it in mine.
:06:26
- But you don't keep it.
- Let me leave it alone then.
:06:29
Much good it has ever done you.
:06:32
Uncle, there are many things
which have made me happy.
:06:35
Things which have never
fattened my purse by even that much.
:06:39
Christmas is one of these.
:06:41
I've always looked on Christmas
as a good time...
:06:44
a kind, charitable, forgiving, pleasant time.
:06:47
It's the only time
when people open their hearts freely.
:06:50
The only time
when men and women seem to realize...
:06:53
that all human beings
are really members of the same family.
:06:56
And that being members
of the same family...
:06:58
they owe each other
some measure of warmth and solace.
:07:02
And therefore, Uncle, though it's never put
a scrap of gold or silver in my pockets...
:07:06
I believe that it has done me good,
and will do me good.
:07:09
And I say, God bless it!
:07:16
Let me hear another sound from you...
:07:18
and you'll keep Christmas
by losing your situation.
:07:27
You're quite a powerful speaker, sir.
:07:29
- I wonder you don't go into Parliament.
- Uncle, don't be angry.
:07:32
Come now. Come and dine
with Bess and me tomorrow.
:07:35
- Bess?
- Yes. Elizabeth, my fiancée.
:07:38
I'm dining with her people,
I'm sure they'd welcome a visit from you.
:07:41
- So you're engaged?
- Yes.
:07:43
May I ask why?
:07:46
- Because I fell in love.
- Because you fell in love.
:07:50
You intend to marry?
:07:52
As soon as I'm earning enough money.
:07:56
Has she tried her relatives?
:07:59
- That wasn't the reason for my visit.
- Good afternoon.