[Applause] all right here we go letter number one uh Dear Dave I'll bet you couldn't even
find Halliburton on a map this letter comes to us Yours Truly uh Tony Horton Halliburton
Ontario hey Tony I'll let you in on a little secret I wouldn't even be able to find a map
[Music] oh man I think that landed on the Tap and Z
that's your favorite Bridge Paul attack Z I like the tap itself
uh Dear Dave I know you're busy doing your TV show uh how do you find time to shop for
your loved ones thanks Carter Thatcher Chattanooga Tennessee uh I'll tell you what Carter you
just have to make time when it comes to family and loved ones at the holidays you just have
don't find the time [Music] find the time make the time well for example
people are getting in the way of the joke uh for example last week I remember foreign
yeah there you go that's what you do you got to make the time excuse me Dave
is that really an accurate representation of what how it happened is that really what
happened what what did you see what we saw yeah but was that is that really accurate
is that really how it went you're questioning my veracity I am just this time yeah liar
no no I would never do that but is that actually how it went what we just saw there yeah is
that really how how you spent Christmas how you prepared what you were doing no not exactly
ah here's how it went I remember it was a couple of weeks ago I was making time
stuff was just finished by three o'clock the boys here are gonna get a little angry [Laughter]
[Music] really Dave really are you absolutely sure what really are you absolutely sure that's
how it went what we just saw yeah it's not really how it went no I see no how exactly
you want the truth how was it really yeah all right here's what happened I remember
as though just a couple of weeks ago this stuff better be done by three o'clock all
right turn the boys loose do you hear me I'm doing my best okay [Applause] [Music]
oh man that doubled back in Hartford now uh letter three Dear Dave do you have any special
plans for Christmas your fat jolly friend Daniel R Dalton Beaverton Oregon uh Daniel
uh Christmas is special uh for us here at the late show every year thanks to the beautiful
Late Show Christmas tree uh here now is Ed Sullivan building engineer George Clark to
tell us the story of this lovely holiday symbol George hi folks let me tell you the story
of this holiday Miracle we call it Christmas tree last week This Magnificent Evergreen
stood in the yard of The Potters of Rutledge Vermont until we arrived at 3am to cut it
down Dave got his nephew Larry to bring it to the city then the tree was set up by stagehands
two lifters and 14 needle Watchers thank God for the Union next the decorations 300 lights
including 75 working ones 50 wadded up balls of aluminum foil from Dave's Personal Collection
finally we got rid of the vicious screech owls that lived in the tree today our tree
stands as a Living testament to the spirit of peace and Holiness that makes Christmas
so special so from all of us here at the late show Merry Christmas [Music]
very nice George Clark ladies and gentlemen [Applause]
uh did Santa give you what you wanted for Christmas Lee Michaels Highland Park Illinois
and uh I don't even know what to say uh about this because of the Santa thing because I
know there's a lot of young young kids watching and and I don't uh but you know when somebody
uh I don't know because you know what it was when I was a small boy I uh asked Santa I
said Sandy I'd like a bicycle and uh I never got one so that's when I realized well just
you know Santa can go his way that's that's so I don't really when you ask me about Santa
excuse me what boss yeah oh hi Harold what's up Santa did that to you well you know busy
and other kids needed stuff more than I needed my you know I know it's not a big deal I'm
I'm over it hold on a second what
Merry Christmas you Santa Claus yes I'm sad too that's the guy
Susan's greetings from David Letterman
thing thank you the nicest thing anybody's ever done for me thank you very much
it's all taken care of boys thank you nice job looked like that might have been one of
Kathy Lee Gifford's kids but it looked like me like it was Cody yeah
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