(upbeat Christmas music)
Wow, my hometown.
So much has changed, yet so much remains the same.
I'm sure there's been no urban growth, though.
I can just cross the street without even looking.
(brakes screeching)
(car thudding)
Oh my gosh. You hit me with your pickup truck.
- Are you okay? Whoa, Joy Von Mistletoe, is that you?
- Yes, it's me.
- Do you remember me?
- Is that you, Mitch Tannenbaum?
- Yes.
- You haven't changed.
- I guess not.
- No, literally.
You have not changed your clothes in 20 years.
- Yeah, well, there's a reason for that.
- Oh?
- Okay, Mitch, I will see you around.
- Are you're going to the Christmas tree
lighting ceremony at Town Square.
- Yes, I will be there.
- Okay.
- But between now and then,
I will do some soul searching about what really matters.
- Okay. - Okay, bye, Mitch.
(upbeat Christmas music)
Old Man Sam,
thanks for coming over to make Christmas cookies.
- Well, you know I love your cookies.
- Yes, and you really like milk.
- Yes, I do. I like milk and cookies.
- Old Man Sam.
- Yes, Joy?
- Do you believe in miracles?
- (laughs) I do know a thing or two about miracles.
- How do you know about miracles?
- Really? Have you not, um, figured this out yet?
- Figured what out?
- Well, I have an idea. - Oh boy.
- I'm going to prove that you are Santa.
- I just told you I'm Santa.
- If you make my wish come true,
then I will know that you are Santa.
- (sighs) Okay, fine. What do you want?
- This Christmas,
I wish for love. - Gotcha.
- I bet you've never heard that wish.
- It's literally the most popular wish.
- But I'm a unique woman.
- No, you're not. - Okay.
Bye, Sam T. Claus.
- Still not hearing Sam T. Claus, no? No, oh, nope, sorry.
(laid-back music)
- Wow, what a joyous Festival of Light.
Hey, where's Old Man Sam?
He always disappears every Christmas Eve. Oh, well.
- Hey, Joy.
- How do you know my name?
- It's me, Mitch.
- Oh my gosh. I did not recognize you.
- Yeah, I took off my hat,
and then I cut the sleeves off my flannel,
and made them into bows for the town Christmas tree.
- Wow, you have tris.
- Yes. Everyone in this town is super ripped.
- I am feeling something new inside of me.
- Yeah, me too.
- Oh no!
- Come on!
(upbeat music)
- Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! Hello!
- Oh, look, it's Santa.
- Merry Christmas, Joy. This is for you.
- A wedding ring? Santa, how did you know?
- Joy, we talked about this.
- I wish Old Man Sam could've seen this.
- Okay, I'm worried that you may have fallen
and hit your head, like, have a traumatic brain injury.
- Good grief, this is gigantic.
Oh, Mitch, how could you afford this?
- Well, I forgot to tell you. - What?
- I am King of Grandalisneyusia.
- Oh yay!
- Thanks for watching this musical.
Penn wrote all the music,
and I don't know if you know this, but I can't sing.
The woman you heard singing was Lauren Brady.
She's from Theatre Raleigh.
She is stunning, she's amazing, and I love her.
- Now, listen, she works for Theatre Raleigh.
It's a local theater company.
No matter where you live in the country,
your local theater company
probably needs your help this year.
They haven't been able to do much of anything.
So, look up your local theater,
and maybe donate some money for Christmas.
- And what a great gift.
In somebody's name, you could make a donation,
and give that as a gift,
because our local theaters, all theaters need it right now.
- They've been closed all year.
- Yeah, so they really need it.
So, please consider making a donation,
and we'll put the link to Theatre Raleigh in the comments.