Surviving Christmas
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I had a friend whose grandfather,
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was called Doo-Dah.
I always liked that.

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My dad walked out on us on Christmas
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when I was four.
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It was basically
just me and my mom.

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She was a waitress
at the 24-hour coffee shop.

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She didn't have a lot of money,
so when Christmas came around,

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it was an opportunity for her
to take a double shift. She did.

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And, you know,
my Christmases were,

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basically, I just kind of
sat around the house, you know?

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Then at night,
I'd walk down there,

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and Mom would always buy me
a grown-up stack of pancakes,

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and I would sit by myself
at the end of the counter

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and eat 'em.
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I did that for Christmas every year
until I turned 1 8.

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I haven't been able to walk
in a coffee shop since, though.

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Where's your mom now?
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Mom died when I was in college.
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I'm sorry.
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[Alicia] You know what?
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There's nothing that you can do
about those Christmases.

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But the one that you
can do something about,

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the one that's here and now, you just
spent that destroying my family.

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Alicia, just for the record,
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I didn't destroy your family.
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What are you talking about?
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Your parents are splitting up.
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It's obvious.
Brian knows it.

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That's why he spends all his time
in his room on his computer.

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You just didn't wanna see it.
I can understand that.

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I'm gonna go get my dad.
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Lock up when you leave.

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