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The Gronch Who Stole Baby Jesus - short version · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  A long time ago in a land Far, Far Away in a small town called
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  Whoville where little who's play, our story Begins full of
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  holiday cheer. The hoos are excited for
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  Christmas is near to be cast in The Who play.
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  Is what? All who's hold dear as they
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  gather together at this time of year, two days until Christmas.
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  The are full of Glee, but things were How to change?
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  You'll see. Ladies and gentlemen, the
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  grunch. What's the crunch?
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  Ooh, boy. Saw the grunch where we were up
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  on Mount. Crumpit, out Grump it.
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  Whoo, What are your boys doing plane on Mount crumpit?
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  It's almost Christmas. There's one thing.
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  We don't need its problems with the only person who hates
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  Christmas. The grunch.
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  I'm sorry, mr. Mayor, it won't happen again.
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  Again, I can assure you. Well, I certainly hope not
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  Daddy. Who's the grunch?
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  All right? People, there is no Grand Church
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  problem. Who's the grunch?
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  The grunch, isn't a who he's a. What who doesn't like Christmas?
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  Why not? He never got any gifts.
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  Never never. In the meantime.
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  We'll cast the parts for the whole Christmas play.
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  I suppose you're gonna be Joseph again.
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  Well, if you insist, thank you, Lou, for nominating me.
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  And now for the part of Mary, my wife Betty Boo, who would make a
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  fine Mary? Oh, Lou.
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  I'm so sorry. I've already chosen Martha.
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  May who VA to play the part of Mary?
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  She did such a fine job last year and the year before that.
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  And the year before that moo. I have you down as one of the
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  shepherd's along with Buddy. Well, at least I got a part and
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  D, you will supply the baby Jesus.
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  Again, this year. The angel will be played by
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  Dwayne. Has anyone seen Dwayne?
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  Who son, you mean the rock? Oh, the muscles.
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  Didn't he move to Hula for Nia? He's in all those movies with
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  that little guy. Kevin hoot.
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  Oh well scratches name from the list, any volunteers to play the
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  part of the Angel. Well as the crash to be Angel,
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  my loo your children appear to be little hooligans today.
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  Day. Cindy, the grand cannot be a
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  part of our Christmas play. Why not?
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  Well, because the garage is an awfully me, green, scary
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  machine, he hates everyone. That's why he lives up on the
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  top of Mount. Crumpit all alone.
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  It sounds like he just needs to get saved saved.
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  Yeah, you know, just ask Jesus into his heart.
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  I know what being saved to mean. Cindy Lou, it's just that Well,
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  the grunch cannot be saved. Why not getting God sent Jesus
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  to bring peace and goodwill to everyone.
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  Isn't? That?
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  Why? Jesus died on the cross?
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  According to the Holy Bible, whose soever will call upon the
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  name of the Lord will be saved. It does not say garage so ever,
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  but the Holy Bible also says inhalations 328.
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  There is, neither slave nor free.
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  There is neither male nor female.
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  There is neither who Nor grunch for, We Are All One in Christ.
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  Jesus more crunch. Does it really say that?
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  Well, I suppose Jesus did die for everyone, but who's going to
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  tell the grunch? They don't have to tell him.
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  He'll hear the story of Christmas while playing the part
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  of the Angel. That's true.
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  Well, I suppose we could make the offer, we'll send an
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  official who invitation the grand can't even read.
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  All right, then erhu Christmas play.
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  Rehearsal will take place tomorrow at this.
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  Same time. Everyone come in costume.
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  Same time. Tomorrow everyone in costume.
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  That afternoon. I'm happy to tell the grants did
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  receive a card in the mail, but it left him.
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  Bamboozled wondering who did this deed, because it didn't
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  have pictures, and he couldn't read.
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  And then something happened that hadn't happened before that
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  startled. The grunch.
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  It was a knock at the door. And at first the garage, wasn't
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  quite sure what to do. And then the door opened and
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  there stood, The loo. And the grunge tried to reason
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  why this girl wasn't scared. Could it be?
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  She was different? Could it be that she cared?
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  And he listened intently as she told him that day that the who's
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  wanted him and there who Christmas play?
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  Here's my dorm is who VA? Thank you, Cindy.
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  And how's my little baby Jesus, mom.
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  He's missed you. And I haven't seen you all year.
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  She's got issues. Alright, Whoville, let's get
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  started Shepherds in your places and Axon.
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  What's happening, people? I'll tell you what's happening.
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  Nothing. Why?
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  Because our Angel hasn't shown up for practice.
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  What's who policy for unexcused? Absences during a practice?
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  The missing actors get cut. That's right.
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  They get cut then. I have to recast the parts which
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  only means further delays. Christmas is tomorrow.
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  People. That doesn't leave us much time
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  for error. She'll be here.
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  I know he will nonsense. He's a garage.
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  He can't even read the invitation.
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  I sent him. How do you know he can't?
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  Um, well I did I say he can't read.
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  Yeah, that's what you said. Thank you, buddy.
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  Please just give him another minute.
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  He'll be here. How can you be?
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  So sure. I could see it in his eyes when
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  he heard that he was going to be in the who play?
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  What, Cindy, what are you saying?
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  Did you go see the crotch? I just wanted to make sure he
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  would come. You talk to the grunch.
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  Yes. He's really nice.
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  Once you get to know him. She's lying, the crunches.
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  I mean green scaring machine. You called.
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  Hey, how you doing? Thanks for coming to my
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  audition. Who does your hair?
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  It's fabulous. Oh, this is gonna be the best
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  play Dave ever had crunch you made it.
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  That's right. Cindy Lou.
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  It's showtime who referred who Leawood and that dot dot.
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  Dot dot dot. Martha me?
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  Let's make a hoovy together, Beauty and the crunch.
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  Oh my. Oh that must be Maybe Santa it's
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  baby Jesus. Well, it's really just my doll.
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  We're pretending, it's Jesus, the gift.
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  God gave the world. So everyone could have peace,
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  whatever. Mr. Grunch.
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  It's so good of you to come. I'm mayor.
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  Giuliani mayor. Who lie, wotty Giuliani.
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  I got your invitation. It could have used some
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  pictures. Well, here are your lines.
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  You can stand over there. What?
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  No pictures again. I'm a product of the two.
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  Degeneration. Cindy bring me my lines.
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  I bring you good news of great. Joy for everyone tonight and
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  Bethlehem. The savior is born places.
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  Everyone and action, wake up. This is no time to take a nap.
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  We've gotta play to do. What are you a bunch of lazy
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  animals or something? Cut their Shepherd sleeping on a
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  hillside. The night, the Angels
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  proclaimed, the birth of Jesus, they're acting like they're
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  asleep. They'll wake up.
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  When you tell them about the birth of the Savior.
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  You need a timeout places, everyone and action.
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  I bring you good news. Good news of great.
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  Joy for everyone. Great joy tonight and Bethlehem,
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  the savior is born, savior born for more details, tune into, WHO
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  news at ten cut. I'm one step ahead of you mayor,
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  you know. Shepherd's need to react more.
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  Let me give you some motivation. You're all alone on a hillside
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  in the middle of the night. Suddenly a big green hairy.
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  Angel, appears scares, the heebie-jeebies out of you
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  announces the birth of some baby named savior, something, and
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  what does it mean to you? It's somebody's birthday
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  birthday party. Now that's something to get
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  excited about. Thanks that really helps.
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  Yeah. Thanks.
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  That's good. Mr. Grunch, but the real reason
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  I stopped you was that? I realized you weren't in your
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  angel costume. Angel costume.
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  No one said anything about an angel costume.
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  I have it right here. I refuse to wear a white dress,
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  but the matter with you don't, you know, you're not supposed to
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  wear white after Labor Day. Wait, makes me look sick.
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  But then again every color to makes me look sick because I'm
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  green, but that's beside the point.
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  Take me as I am or leave me. Then I'm afraid we're going to
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  have to Leave. You just like that.
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  Don't you want to take a few minutes to discuss it?
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  No, that won't be necessary. Couldn't we make an exception?
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  Just this once pretty please. Did I say that?
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  I'm sure something can be done. Can't it?
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  Mr. Mayor? We're not even sure if the
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  costume will fit him. Properly Betty could help me
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  make sure it fits properly before the play tomorrow.
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  Well, I suppose just this once I get to be the angel.
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  I gotta be the angel, after all, the reason for this little
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  Escapade is to get the grunch saved, isn't it saved?
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  So that's what this is about. That's what it's always about,
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  isn't it? You want me to become like you,
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  you'll treat your friends members like dogs and your dogs
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  like man's best friend. You have no time for your kids,
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  but plenty of time for your TV. You act one, way and public and
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  then entirely different in private.
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  But if that's what it means to be saved, then I'm not
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  interested. You can keep your Jesus all to
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  yourselves. And I'll go back to my Mountain
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  by myself, cut Marcus late. That's a keeper.
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  Everyone is dismissed Max. We're leaving, huh?
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  Thanks a lot Cindy Lou. And that Cindy Lou is why the
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  garage cannot get saved. Now that he has wasted our
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  entire morning. We'll break for lunch.
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  Everyone be back at 1:00 and don't be late back at 1:00.
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  Don't be late. That's what I said.
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  Where we going to find an angel on such short notice.
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  I have an idea where we can find an angel.
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  Come on, Cindy. Let's go home.
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  How could the grunt ruin? The who Christmas play is what
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  the grunge pondered? This Christmas Eve day.
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  Those blasted. Who's I hate you?
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  Who pose a deadly? Think I need Jesus in my life.
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  And just when he'd given it every thought a smile would
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  appear and uncover his plot. I know just how to get a little
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  Jesus. I'll steal him from Cindy Lou
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  and then Maura, when they try to perform their who Christmas
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  play, there will be no Christ. Child.
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  Where's my cloak? Max?
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  Where are you crossing your path like that?
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  I'm not gonna hit. Brilliant Max at X will replace
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  Christ with an abstract variable.
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  That is totally meaningless. Quick.
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  Give me a piece of wood in a saw.
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  We've got work to do and when I say we I mean you here's a plan
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  cut, the wood into two strips, put a screw through the center
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  and Enid black, hurry. Max.
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  What are you waiting for Christmas?
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  Hmm. I'm a Mean One.
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  The Who's down in Whoville? All brushed the hair put on
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  their jammies and went to bed unaware.
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  That the grand, she would be plotting a who awful plot on the
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  Night Before Christmas. They considered it not.
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  All right, Cindy off to bed. Tomorrow is Christmas.
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  Don't forget your prayers. So Betty.
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  Are you gonna do it? Do what play the part of the
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  Angel? We really need you.
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  Now. Why doesn't Dwayne who sent do
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  it? He's been the angel every other
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  year. I told you.
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  Mr. Hussein moved. Hula for Nia.
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  He made a couple of those who mangy movies.
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  Remember this is your hoop or tunity to be part of the who
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  Christmas play. If I can't be married.
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  Don't want to be in the play at all.
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  Daddy, why does Mommy get upset every year at Christmas?
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  I guess she doesn't get what she really wants.
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  But is it Christmas about the giving?
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  Not the get it? Huh?
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  You say something. What are you doing?
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  Awake? Aren't you supposed to be
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  sleeping? Little girl.
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  Come on back to bed. I can't sleep excited about
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  tomorrow. Huh?
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  Christmas is the best time of year.
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  If you ask me. Dad was.
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  I wrong about wanting to Crunch to get saved.
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  Well, Cindy, some people just don't want to hear about Jesus.
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  I know that. But doesn't God.
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  Want everyone to be saved so they can go to heaven.
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  Well, yeah, so if they did listen, they could get saved if
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  they wanted to couldn't they, I suppose so the Holy Bible tells
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  us to go into all the world and preach the gospel to Every
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  Creature. Doesn't that include the grunch?
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  Yeah. Well, oh, so.
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  That's where this conversation is going.
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  Listen, we've had enough of the garage today to last us until
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  next Christmas. Let's talk about it.
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  Then now go to sleep. Yes, sir.
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  What a girl? It's Christmas Eve and all she
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  can think about is getting the garage saying.
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  Well, the whose World tucked all snug in their beds without even
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  a thought of the grunch in their heads, they whispered their
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  prayers for the grunch. There were none, unless you
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  count, Cindy Lou sprayer. There's one.
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  Jesus. Where are you?
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  There? You are.
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  I don't understand all the hoopla, baby.
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  Jesus is plastic. Oh, well, I'll take the Christ
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  out of Christmas and leave them with a letter x.
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  Wait till they see what I've done.
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  I've changed their Christmas to Xmas.
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  Conch. Is that you who you expecting
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  Shrek? What are you doing here?
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  Um, the ground should been cut by Young cindy-lou with his
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  plan, be discovered or what could he do?
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  How could he explain his presence that night?
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  So he thought of a lie thinking it was.
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  All right. Am I wanted to talk to you?
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  I'm really sorry about today. I just wanted you to hear about
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  how and why? This was born apology accepted.
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  See ya. Maybe you can come and watch the
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  play tomorrow morning. Oh, I wouldn't miss it for the
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  world. So you'll come you bitch.
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  Oh, who am I'll be there? Merry Xmas.
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  Merry Xmas. Don't you mean Merry Christmas?
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  Whatever. Merry Christmas.
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  I'll be praying for you. What did you say?
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  I'll be praying for you. I don't think anybody's ever
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  prayed for me before. What's this?
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  My heart is starting to soften get ahold of yourself.
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  You ruined the play tomorrow. How are you ruined?
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  The play? Oh, you'll see.
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  I mean, I was thinking about ruining the play tomorrow, you
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  know, shooting spit wads at the angel that sort of thing.
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  But now that I've talked to you, I'm not going to shoot any spit,
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  wads at the angel. Good night.
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  Mr. Grunch. I love you, Cindy Lou laid back
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  down and close to Sweet eyes. The grant stood there, fighting
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  a new feeling inside. Then he looked at the doll with
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  a new kind of thought. I should give the dog back and
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  didn't shook his head. Watch this love that I'm
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  feeling. I had not thrown before I need
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  time to think and they walked out the door.
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  Come on Max Max. At last.
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  It was Christmas. The whose favorite day and the
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  grant settled in for The, Who Christmas play.
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  This play would be different with grants special effects for
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  the Christ in who Christmas had been replaced with an ex Grant
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  special effects. I like that as find a good
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  hiding-place Max where we can see everything.
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  Barry, you make a lovely angel. What made you change your mind
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  before I went to sleep. I told God.
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  I was giving him all my worries and cares.
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  It's almost as if my heart was softened overnight.
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  I realized that we're supposed to do everything as unto the
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  Lord. There.
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  You are Cindy, you left your doll laying on the floor by the
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  front door. No, I forgot baby, Jesus.
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  Don't worry. I already gave it to miss who
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  VA. Now.
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  I know why the mayor wants to eat Joseph every year.
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  She's hot. As Mayor of Who-ville like to.
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  Thank all of you for coming to the who Christmas play this,
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  fine, Christmas morn. Let's not forget the real
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  reason. We celebrate this time of year.
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  We remember the birth of our Lord and Savior.
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  Jesus Christ, born King of the hooves.
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  I bring you good news of great. Joy for everyone.
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  Somebody hit me with a spit wad. So I lied just keep going.
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  Uh, tonight, in Bethlehem. The savior is born.
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  Can we see the one born King of the whose baby?
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  Jesus is missing. What do you mean, baby?
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  Jesus is missing. There's just an X an X.
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  How could this happen Cindy? D.
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  Where's baby? Jesus?
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  Um, if you don't mind, could you please not yell at my?
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  Yes, Lou never mind. Cindy.
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  Is this your ex? No, I don't know how it got
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  there. I bet it was the grunch who
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  stole baby Jesus. The crunch last night.
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  So it was the grunch. This is all your fault.
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  Cindy Lou. You've ruined our whole
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  Christmas play. How do you feel now?
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  Huh? Now, hold?
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  On, just the who minute. If anybody has made a mockery
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  out of the birth of Jesus. It's all of us.
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  What? Every year we put on this play
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  and for what? So the same people can play the
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  same parts for the same audience.
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  What's the point? When's the last time someone has
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  gotten saved at one of our plays, the whole reason for the
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  birth of Jesus is to make people's lives better.
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  Well, if anybody's life needs to get better, ER, it's the garage.
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  He lives all alone. Did anyone get him a present
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  this year? Has anyone ever given him a
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  present? The only one I know of that's
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  given him a gift, is God when he sent Jesus, but how will the
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  garage know? Unless someone tells him I'm
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  proud of you Cindy. You tried to get us to
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  understand the real Christmas spirit.
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  I'm proud of you. Lou, now when the grand should
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  the truth of the birth of Christ, his heart, softened war,
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  and tears came to his eyes. And without even thinking, he
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  bowed his grunch head, Jesus Come into my heart.
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  He said, and just like that manger.
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  The first Christmas morn, a miracle inside of the garage
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  heart was born. You see, the birth of the Savior
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  happens again, and again, because God's plan is that Jesus
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  be born in all men. I've got cheese.
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  Jesus. Oh, I love you Max.
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  I love everybody. Give me back, Jesus.
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  I can't give him back. He said he would never leave me.
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  What did you say? Jesus said he would never leave
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  me. I'm not alone anymore.
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  You mean, baby. Jesus.
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  Spoke to you. Not the doll.
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  The Jesus said, I asked to come live in my heart.
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  God. He found you.
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  The garage is saved. The garage is saved.
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  The grunch is see, congrats, don't you show?
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  No, I'm glad you. Please do not wait on this is
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  too much to some sleep. Don't touch me.
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  Mr. Mayor, I'm sorry. I ruined your Christmas play.
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  No hard feelings. Thanks for praying for me,
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  Cindy, and for helping me get the best present ever.
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  I love you. I love you too.
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  Mr. Grunch Merry Christmas, everyone.
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  Maybe he saw mr. Grinch.
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  Tell us what you learned. Well once upon a time, there
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  were shepherds sleeping on a hillside in the middle of the
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  night. When suddenly a big green hairy
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  Angel appeared scared the heebie-jeebies out of them and
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  told him about the birth of the baby Jesus.
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  That was a Christmas that who's all.
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  Remember and they invite strangers now, every December
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  and now every year at The Who Christmas play, It's the grunch
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  that helps everyone who wants to to pray everyone?
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