1:15:16
They've been here too.
1:15:19
What are these things?
Where do they come from?
1:15:23
They're gremlins, Kate.
1:15:26
Just like Mr. Futterman said.
1:15:34
Now I have another reason
to hate Christmas.
1:15:38
What are you talking about?
1:15:40
The worst thing that ever
happened to me was on Christmas.
1:15:45
Oh, God. It was so horrible.
1:15:51
It was Christmas Eve.
1:15:53
I was 9 years old.
1:15:56
Me and Mom were decorating the tree. . .
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. . .waiting for Dad
to come home from work.
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A couple hours went by.
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Dad wasn't home.
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So Mom called the office.
No answer.
1:16:11
Christmas Day came and went,
and still nothing.
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So the police began a search.
1:16:20
Four or five days went by.
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Neither one of us
could eat or sleep.
1:16:26
Everything was falling apart.
1:16:29
It was snowing outside.
1:16:32
The house was freezing, so I went
to try to light up the fire.
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That's when I noticed the smell.
1:16:43
The firemen came and
broke through the chimney top.
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And me and Mom were expecting
them to pull out a dead cat or a bird.
1:16:50
And instead they pulled out my father.
1:16:57
He was dressed
in a Santa Claus suit.