Speaking for myself, I'd welcome the company. Somehow, Christmas makes more sense when there are children around.
6 seconds sound clip from the Shadowlands movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:31:28.179 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- The lake is much older than the house, of course.
- They say Shelley used to sail paper boats here.
- All made out of early drafts of his poems, no doubt.
- I don't like to think of you Christmassing in a hotel. Why don't you come here? You're very welcome.
- Oh, no. You don't want a couple of Yankees rampaging all over your house.
- Well, I'd speak to Warnie, of course, but... Why don't we go inside?
- I suppose we ought to get a tree.
- It'll be different this year, of course. More cheerful, I've no doubt.
- I'm afraid Christmas, as I remember it, is rather a lost cause.
- Exactly, it's because we've lost the magic.
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