Surviving Christmas (2004)

Catherine O'Hara: Christine Valco

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Quotes 

• Drew Latham : Hey, Dad.

  Christine Valco : He's talking to you, genius.

  Tom Valco : Yeah, Drew?

  Drew Latham : Would you do me a kindness? Put this hat on. My dad always used to wear a Santa hat when we went Christmas tree shopping.

  Tom Valco : [laughs]  In public?

  Drew Latham : Yeah.

  Tom Valco : Yeah, that would be no. And in private, that would be no, too.

  Drew Latham : Please wear the hat.

  Tom Valco : No. I'm not wearing the hat.

  Drew Latham : Tom, you gotta wear the hat.

  Tom Valco : I'm not wearing the hat.

  Drew Latham : Wear the hat, Tom.

  Tom Valco : I'm not wearing the hat. Now get it away from me before I shove it up your ass!

  Drew Latham : Tom, are you familiar with the phrase "breach of contract"?

  Tom Valco : Give me the hat!

• Christine Valco : Tom, that guy is still here.

  Tom Valco : Yeah, I know.

  Christine Valco : Why is he still here?

  Tom Valco : He's giving us $250,000 to be his family for Christmas.

  Christine Valco : And you agreed to this without asking me?

  Tom Valco : Of course I did, he's giving us $250,000!

  Christine Valco : And how would you like it if I agreed to something like this without asking you?

  Tom Valco : Well, that would depend. Would we be getting $250,000?

• Tom Valco : [shouts]  Brian, get down here and eat your dinner, will you?

  Brian Valco : I'm not hungry!

  Tom Valco : Yeah, you are!

  Christine Valco : Stop yelling at me.

  Tom Valco : I'm not yelling at you. Brian!

  Christine Valco : [shouts]  Brian! Get down here please, so your father can stop not yelling at me!

  Brian Valco : I'm busy!

  Tom Valco : I told you, we shouldn't have put the computer up in his room. He's gonna spend all his time there.

  Christine Valco : Oh, Tom. Welcome to the future, dear. He's advancing his skills. One day that computer's gonna get our baby a good job.

  Tom Valco : Trust me. What he's doing up there, nobody's gonna pay him for, 'cause if they did, I'd have retired at seventeen.

• Drew Latham : Mom, you wanna stick with Doo-Dah?

  Christine Valco : Why me?

  Drew Latham : He's your father.

  Doo-Dah : How come you never call?

• Drew Latham : You do know that's a bra you're putting in Brian's drawer, right?

  Christine Valco : Yeah, that's your brother. He's 15, he likes to experiment. We still love him though.

• Tom Valco : [at the play watching Doo-Dah]  Christine.

  Christine Valco : Hm?

  Tom Valco : If I were to leave, I wouldn't know where to go.

  Christine Valco : So why leave?

  Tom Valco : That's what I'm saying, I don't want to leave.

  Christine Valco : Then don't.

  Tom Valco : Okay, I won't. Is that all right with you?

  Christine Valco : [turns to him and smiles]  Yeah. It's fine with me.

  [they take each other's hands during the play]