SIDE 1

BUDDY

How did you like your dinner?

JOVIE

Greasy souvlaki on a stick is not dinner.

BUDDY

But it s the world s best souvlaki...

JOVIE

Look, how about we just call it a night?

BUDDY

No! We ve still got so much to do on our date. It s too early to take you home. Hey, did I tell you? You look miraculous.

JOVIE

Miraculous, huh? Okay, well you look miraculous too. That elf getup made you look incredibly dorky.

BUDDY

Thanks!

JOVIE

That wasn t a compli

BUDDY

I know! Let s do something Christmas-y! Oh! Let s go skating!

JOVIE

I m not a very good skater

BUDDY

That s okay, neither am I. Santa says I m a hazard. He calls me _x001c_ Edward Scissorfeet._x001d_

JOVIE

Stop. Let s make a pact. If you try to be less elf-y, I ll try to be less witchy.

BUDDY

Okay. I d like it if you d be less witchy.

JOVIE

I came to Rockefeller Center last year too, my first Christmas in New York.

BUDDY

Oh, where d you come from?

JOVIE

L.A. Christmases there are surreal. No snow.

BUDDY

No snow?!?


JOVIE

I ve never even seen snow. I ve always wanted to.

BUDDY

That s the saddest thing I ve ever heard.

JOVIE

Yeah, I ve been here for almost two years and it hasn t snowed once. You know, when I was a kid I dreamed of having a snowy Christmas Eve dinner at Tavern on the Green with Billy Crystal. That sounds so stupid.

BUDDY

No it doesn t! Who s Billy Crystal? He sounds magical.

JOVIE

He s an actor.

BUDDY

You know what? We are going to have Christmas Eve dinner at Tavern on the Green!

JOVIE

I don t think so. For one thing, it s been closed for months. It just re-opened, now it s even harder to get in.

BUDDY

My dad can get us a table! He can do anything!

JOVIE

Buddy, don t promise things you can t deliver.

BUDDY

Jovie, I will make your dream come true. I promise.

JOVIE

Wow, I might actually have a real Christmas.

BUDDY

You see? You do have Christmas spirit!

JOVIE

I guess I do. A little.

BUDDY

Now you have to spread it around and remember the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.