So, before Trudy, what was Christmas like for you?
Bleak... depressing... the pain was unrelenting, thank you for asking.
Adrian, they can't all have been that bad.
Pick a year.
Uh... 1964.
1964, good choice. 1964... Mom was sick. Dad was... Dad was Dad. Ambrose locked himself in the basement, he's no fool. That Christmas I got one present - a walkie talkie.
[Being positive] Well, those can be fun. I had a pair of walkie talkies once...
Not a pair. One walkie talkie. Dad said I only needed one because I had no friends.
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