that
with my family.
I'm kinda the pigeon
of the house...
just because I'm the youngest.
Everyone fights for position.
Everybody wants to be seen...
and heard.
I guess so.
I'm seen and heard
pretty much...
but then I get sent
to my room a lot, too.
I wasn't always like this,
you know.
Oh. What were you like before?
I had a job...
I had a home...
I had a family.
Did you have any kids?
No.
Oh, I wanted them...
but the man I loved...
fell out of love with me.
That broke my heart.
And whenever the chance
to be loved came along again...
I ran away from it.
I stopped trusting people.
No offense...
but that seems like
sort of a dumb thing to do.
I was afraid of getting
my heart broken again.
You see, sometimes
you can trust a person...
and then,
when things are down...
they forget about you.
Maybe they're just too busy.
Maybe they don't
forget about you...
but they forget to remember you.
I don't think people
mean to forget.
I think it just happens.
My grandfather says
if my head wasn't screwed on...
I'd leave it on the school bus.
I'm just afraid
if I do trust someone...
I'll get my heart broken again.
KEVlN: I understand that.
I used to have a really nice
pair of roller blades.
I was afraid I'd wreck them...
so I kept them in the box.
-You know what happened?
-No.
I outgrew them.
I never wore them once
outside...
just in my room
a couple of times.
A person's heart
and a person's feelings...
are very different than skates.
Well, they're kind
of the same thing.
If you aren't going
to use your heart...
then what's the difference
if it gets broken?
If you just keep it
to yourself...
maybe it'll be like
my roller blades--
when you do decide to try it...
it won't be any good.
You should take a chance.
You got nothing to lose.
A bit of truth in there
somewhere.
I think so.
Your heart
might still be broken...
but it isn't gone.
If it was gone,
you wouldn't be this nice.
Thank you.
Do you know that it's been...
a couple of years
since I've talked to anybody?
That's OK.
You're really good at it.
You're not boring.
You don't mumble or spit
when you talk.
You should do it more often.
You just have to wear
an outfit...
that doesn't have
pigeon poop on it.
[Woman laughs]
Oh, I have been working
very hard...
at keeping people away,
haven't l?
I always think I'll have
a lot of fun if I'm alone...
but being alone isn't much fun.
I don't care how much
people bug me sometimes...
I'd rather be with somebody
than by myself.
So what are you doing
running around the streets...
on Christmas Eve alone?
Did you get into trouble?
Yeah.
WOMAN:
You've done something wrong?
A lot of things.
Did you know that a good deed
erases a bad deed?
It's getting pretty late.
I don't know
if I'll have enough time...
to erase
all the bad deeds I did.
Well, it's Christmas Eve.
Good deeds
count for extra tonight.
-They do?
-Of course they do.
So you must think
of the most important thing...
that you can do for others...
and go and do it.
Just follow the star
in your own heart.
OK.
It's getting pretty late.
I better get going.
If I don't see you again,
I hope everything turns out OK.
Thank you.
Say good-bye to your birds
for me.
Oh, I will.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
If you need somebody to trust,
it can be me.
I won't forget to remember you.
Don't make promises
you can't keep.
CHlLDREN SlNGlNG: Distant stars
at home up in the heavens
Wonder what they see
Are they watching me?
Christmas star
You watch the world so wisely
At my journey's end
Will you be my true friend?
Starlight, shine bright
See me through the dark night
Light my pathway
Guide me home for Christmas
DUNCAN: All the money
in the cash register...
Mr. Duncan is going to donate
to the Children's Hospital.
MARV: At midnight tonight, we're
hitting Duncan's Toy Chest.
You can mess
with a lot of things...
but you can't mess with kids
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