December 2010.

Sparrow: It is so good to be home! Away from the obnoxious Stuff-Mart decorations, and the same fifty terrible carols they play over and over, and —

Sparrow: . . .

Bianca: . . .

Patrick: . . .

[Joy to the world, the Lord has come! / Let Earth re-ceive her king!]

Sparrow: I’ll just go hide in my room and collapse now.

Bianca: I can turn it down, if you want?

Sparrow: Just promise you won’t play Feliz Navidad.

. . .