♪♪
(thwacks)
(crashes)
Who's ready for our first
Christmas in Havensburg?
Where my elves at?
Head elf reporting for duty.
- (Gabby grunts)
- (Olivia laughs)
Gabby!
All over the house.
(theme song playing)
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ I do normal like a fish
rides a bicycle ♪
♪ Fit in like summer
and an icicle ♪
♪ Don't fight it,
Just be an original ♪
♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪
♪ I've always stayed
outside the lines ♪
♪ When I try to stay in
it's no surprise ♪
♪ It's a fail, it's okay,
I'm one of a kind ♪
♪ One of a, one of a kind ♪
♪ So anytime I feel
some type of way ♪
♪ Don't understand
the human race ♪
♪ So what, so what, so what ♪
♪ I do my thing,
I do my thing ♪
♪ You do your thing,
You do your thing ♪
♪ When we don't fit in ♪
♪ We stand out in the crowd
and we shout it loud ♪
♪ I do my thing,
I do my thing ♪
♪ I'm the one and only,
I'm the one and only ♪
♪ Don't try to fit in,
Don't try to fit in ♪
♪ Mm-hmm, I do my thing ♪
♪♪
I changed the lyrics
a little bit, but,
your part's still the same.
Olivia:
I'm really glad we're practicing
before Dad gets here.
I'm feeling pretty good
about the "fas."
The "la-la-las," not so much.
Are you kidding me?
Dad's gonna love this.
It's the perfect gift for a man
visiting his kids and ex-wife
for the holidays.
Now, let's blow some
Christmas cheer in the mirrors.
- Mom, you ready?
- Ready!
Gabby:
Then hit it!
♪♪
(laughs)
♪ Check the halls
all dressed in holly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪ Dust your shoulders
if you're jolly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪ Fam's all here,
peep our apparel ♪
♪ Fa-la-la la-la-la
la-la-la ♪
♪ As I bust my Christmas carol ♪
All: ♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪ See the blazing
yule before us ♪
- ♪ Fa-la-la-la-la la-la-la-la ♪
- Blah, blah, blah.
♪ Now my mom will sing
the chorus ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
All:
♪ Follow me in merry measure ♪
♪ Fa-la-la la-la-la
la-la-la ♪
♪ Droppin' knowledge
is my pleasure ♪
All:
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la ♪
Both:
♪ La-la-la-la ♪
(sighs)
Aah! (Laughs)
The Christmas sisters
are on a whole other level.
I love it.
What can I say?
The Durans always do Christmas right.
♪♪
And all finished.
- Ha.
- (beeps)
- (energy surges)
- (grunts)
(grunts) Jeremy!
Oh. What is going on?
My traps are working perfectly.
That's what's going on.
White Beard won't know
what hit him.
Oh, Jeremy.
We've been through this.
White Beard the Starkiller
is just a legend.
That's what I used to think.
- Computer!
- (surges)
(sighs)
Every Gor-Mon knows
the tale of White Beard
the Starkiller.
Yes, yes. The evil
alien overlord
who visits children once a year.
And distracts them
with presents so that he may
suck their life force
and remain immortal forever.
And he wears a red coat
because it brings out his eyes.
An old Gor-Monite wives' tale
designed to dissuade children
from wanting presents. That's all.
Oh, really?
Then how do you explain this?
- (sighs) - A white-bearded
creature in a red coat
who visits every Earth child
once a year and
gives them presents?
- It's White Beard.
- Oh, Jeremy, you're being absurd.
Earth Santa is not
White Beard. He's jolly.
Oh, you simple man.
White Beard must have feasted
on your life force as a child.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I've got a bunch more
traps to set.
(grumbling)
Oh, Jeremy!
You forgot to unfreeze me.
Gabby, look.
I found Dad's old reindeer hat.
Nice. The ghost
of Christmas past.
Okay. Final piece.
(exhales)
Perfecto.
- And now...
- Shouldn't we wait for Dad?
We never do that part
without him.
We could wait for Dad.
Or we could show him
how the gingerbread students
have become the
gingerbread masters.
(music box plays "We Wish
You a Merry Christmas")
(cell phone buzzing, jingling)
- It's Dad.
- Both: Dad!
Hey. How are my favorite
Christmas sisters?
Hangin' holly, being jolly.
Hey, check this out.
Whoa. Is that a fully-lit
and automated gingerbread
house back there?
Looks like the
gingerbread students
have become the
gingerbread masters.
Huh.
That's what I said.
Bruce:
Look, girls,
I don't know how to say this.
I'm actually calling
from the airport.
I'm laid over in Chicago.
It's a whiteout blizzard here.
No flights in or out.
What are you saying?
I don't think I'm gonna be able
to make it in time for Christmas.
But we always
have Christmas together.
It's not Christmas
without all of us.
Liv, wait!
(crashing)
- (panting)
- (running footsteps)
Gabby:
Dad, gotta call you back.
- (door closes)
- (exhales sharply)
(knocking)
Hey.
Want to finish the
Christmas sister stockings?
Move the Elf on the Shelf
to mess with Mom?
It's still Christmas, right?
It's not Christmas without Dad.
I wish I could help, Liv.
But...
It's not like I could just
make Dad magically appear.
Hmm.
♪♪
Swifty!
- (door closes) - Oh, Gabby.
Uh, what are you doing here?
How would you like
to save Christmas?
By becoming my dad?
Thanks for doing this.
Never seen Olivia
this sad before.
Normally I wouldn't take part
in such foolishness.
But it was either this
or spend the day
trying to escape ridiculous
booby traps.
So, here we are.
Okay. But we only have about an
hour before Christmas Eve dinner.
So if I'm gonna teach you how
to "Dad," we've gotta hurry.
First, let me show you a photo.
- (beeps) -(chuckles) Hold on.
I have it.
- (scoffs) Dang it.
- Principal Swift: Oh.
Human technology.
It's little watching an otter
try to start a fire.
- Computer.
- (beeping)
Scan these photos
of Bruce Duran,
and create a composite image.
(beeping)
(energy surging)
(gasps) Whoa.
Cool.
So, yeah. It's my dad.
Laid back. Really fun.
(chuckles)
Goofy smile.
Principal Swift: Quite the
impressive physical specimen.
He gets me. But,
he also gets Olivia. He even learned
German just to speak with her.
Ooh. Wunderbar.
And this manly man
wore that hat.
(laughs) No doubt
to disguise himself
while hunting prey.
No. He wore the hat
because he's full of Christmas spirit.
(chuckles)
We haven't seen my dad much
since we moved this year.
That's why it's even more
important that he be there today.
You know, to make the
holidays feel special for me.
I mean, Olivia.
This isn't about me.
My dad's nickname for my mom?
Dean or Queen Dean.
Wait. Olivia's best subject
in school?
(sighs) Trick question.
All of them.
Relax yourself, Gabby.
I am here to save Christmas.
Do you have the DNA sample?
Well.
(squishing)
Wow. Check me out.
I am a marvel.
- Gabby, are you seeing these gains?
- (Gabby groans)
Please stop caressing my
father's muscles like that.
- It's creeping me out.
- Right.
All right. Here goes nothing.
Look who I found!
Bruce!
What a surprise.
Hello, Dina Duran.
Who I affectionately call
Dean and or Queen Dean.
I've arrived.
It is a Christmas miracle.
Wow, handshake.
Uh, you've gotten formal all of a sudden.
- Ooh.
- (Gabby laughs)
- Um...
- Hey. Um, well,
I, I thought you were snowed in.
It melted.
Weird stuff.
Global warming, huh?
Olivia! Dad's here!
Dad!
(chuckles)
(speaking German)
My beautiful grandma?
Dad, did your German
get way worse?
Don't use it, you lose it.
That's what I always say.
Uh, hey, let's go do something else.
In English.
- Come on.
- Dina: Oh.
Hey. Thanks for letting me
hide out here.
I couldn't sing "Jingle
Bells" one more time.
My parents' annual carol-a-thon
is getting really out of hand.
Speaking of hands,
what is up with these
finger-less gloves?
I mean, the fingers
are the coldest part.
They need the glove the most.
If anything, they should make
palm-less gloves. You know?
Whoa.
(energy shimmering)
Yep. I've been setting
some traps.
Okay, so, Santa being an
alien makes so much sense.
- Right?
- But there's no way he's evil.
Santa?
That's guy's brought me
so many festive socks
over the years.
- He's a sweetie.
- Nope. Soul-sucking monster.
This jolly old elf?
Check out those cheeks.
They're so rosy.
I'm telling you,
he's an evil overlord.
And when I catch him,
I'm gonna prove it to you.
Uh, I'm pretty sure
when I catch him,
I'm gonna prove it to you.
We're gonna need more traps.
Things are going okay
in algebra.
But what I want is a challenge.
Human algebra is primitive.
That's what I said. Here.
Let me show you.
Okay.
- So, it's a single variable.
- (squishing)
Olivia: And basically,
you just solve for X.
What do you think, Dad?
Olivia, why don't you
show Dad that new...
trophy you won.
Probably.
Ooh. Which one?
English, math,
science, or karate?
Never mind.
I'll get all of them.
What is that?
(gasps)
(squishing)
I don't know!
My, well, his body feels
like it's breaking apart.
I can't seem to hold
structural integrity.
(gasps) Does your
father dye his hair?
Yeah, he kind of went through
a crisis after Olivia was born.
Ha! That must be it.
The hair is so processed
that its molecular structure
was compromised.
I need another DNA sample
if I'm going to hold his shape.
But where am I gonna get
another sample of his DNA?
Dina:
Hey, Bruce.
(squishing)
Oh!
(panting)
- Can I talk to you for a sec?
- (blows)
It'd be so much easier
if you were really here, Dad.
♪♪
I really appreciate you
being here.
It means a lot to the girls.
Not everybody would spend
seven hours on a plane
to spend Christmas
at their ex-wife's house.
So, thank you.
(squishing)
- I... -(chuckles) Oh, Bruce.
Why...
Bruce: I'm just overcome
by the yuletide spirit.
(squishing)
(gasps)
- All right. (Chuckles)
- Uh, hey, Mom.
Did you say Olivia could cut
up your favorite green dress
to make puppets, because...
- That's what she's doing. Mm-hmm.
- What?
- Quick. Eat this tooth.
- Is that what humans do for Christmas?
Because it is
unspeakably savage.
It's my dad's.
It's the DNA we need.
You keep your father's
old teeth?
It got knocked out when he was
teaching me how to play hockey.
It's a long story, but very sweet.
Now eat it.
Mm. Mm. Mm-mm-mm
mm.
(crunching)
Mm.
(gulps)
(squishing)
Oh.
(hat whooshes, then thuds)
(exhales)
- Olivia wasn't in there.
- I found my trophies.
Uh, why don't we all just
talk about something else. Eh?
♪♪
♪ Candles all aglow ♪
♪ They shine so bright
across the snow ♪
♪ And church bells ring
and bugles play ♪
♪ ' Cause Santa's on his way ♪
- ♪ - There's something
in the air ♪ -(shimmering)
♪ Season's joy
is everywhere ♪
♪ And sleigh bells ring
on his Christmas sleigh ♪
♪ When Santa's on his way ♪
♪ Just climb on board
and go man go ♪
♪ Let the sleigh bells ring
and the music play ♪
♪ 'Cause Santa's ♪
♪ On his way ♪
(instrumental "Silent Night"
plays)
Dina:
Come on, Gabby!
(Olivia giggling)
(Dina and Olivia giggling)
Gabby, come join us.
Wow.
This looks...
real. Like...
Really real.
Ah, well, if that was a jab
at my cooking,
- I really do not appreciate it.
- (chuckles)
Look, I even made your
abuela's hallacas.
Oh. (Chuckles softly)
Gabby, let me take a pic
of you and Dad.
Oh.
You did it, Gabby.
You faked a very nice Christmas.
I, for one, am having
an excellent time.
Yeah. Nice.
Smile.
(camera shutter clicks)
Well, I just want to say
thank you, everyone,
for making this the perfect
first Christmas in Havensburg.
We might not have
a traditional family, but...
I love the family we have.
Anyone else have anything
they want to say?
Gabby?
I'm just glad everyone's here.
Because
that's what Christmas
is about, right?
Family.
Your real, live family.
All gathered around.
And it's also about presents!
- (laughs softly) - Dina:
Okay, before we eat, Bruce,
the girls have a special little
gift they want to perform for you.
Oh.
- I'll go get the karaoke machine.
- Mom, no.
(distorted): Yeah, Gabby.
Let's do it. For Dad.
Don't be shy.
Your dad will love it.
Yes, Gabby. Do it for me.
Dear old Dad.
- (distorted chattering)
- No!
It isn't for you!
It's for my real dad!
This isn't Christmas at all!
(whimpers)
- (crashing)
- (shattering)
- (gasps)
- (Gabby whimpers)
(panting)
- (knocking)
- (door opens)
(sighs) If you don't
want to talk to your dad,
you can talk to me.
Or if you don't want to
talk to me,
there's a turkey
in the tree you can talk to.
- (chuckles lightly)
- Your pick.
It's just... I...
I miss Dad.
So let me get this straight.
You miss your father.
But you don't want to spend time with
him while he's here in the house?
I, I can't explain, exactly.
(sighs)
Look, mija,
I know since the divorce
and the move, you and Olivia
haven't seen your dad a lot.
And it's been hard
for the both of you.
But that's all the more reason
you should make the most of
the time you do have together.
What do you say we go downstairs
and have a good
rest of the day. Hmm?
- (laughs softly)
- (Dina chuckles)
(kisses)
(clicks)
Well, that's the last trap.
Now we wait for that soul-sucking
monster to step into our web.
Again, not a
soul-sucking monster.
Total sweetie.
I'm not gonna lie.
I'm feeling really good about
all the decisions we made today.
(doorbell rings)
Oh, man. Pizza's here.
(laughs)
(exhales)
(energy shimmering)
(pants)
- (doorbell rings)
- So...
How badly do we want this pizza?
Dude, it's pizza.
You're right. Let's do this.
♪♪
- (thuds)
- Oh!
- (thuds)
- Ow!
- (crackling)
- (grunting)
(crackling)
(energy f*ring)
(grunting)
Oh! Aah! Ooh!
Aah! Ooh! Aah!
- (both screaming)
- (crackling, shattering)
Wanna finish the
Christmas sister stockings?
Move the Elf on the Shelf
to mess with Mom and Dad?
For my Christmas sister?
Sure.
(doorbell rings)
Gabby! You'll never believe it.
- There was one plane leaving Chicago.
- Dina: Gabby?
And I got the last seat.
I...
- Dina: Who's there?
- Uh, nobody. Salesman.
I'll tell him to get lost.
Just give me five minutes.
Love you. So glad you're here.
I...
Gabby:
I just wanted to say,
I'm sorry about before.
I realize this isn't the
first time in my life
I've had to say this, but...
I should not have
thrown that turkey.
Olivia:
We get it.
The holidays can be hard.
So I have a proposal.
What if we start
the day all over?
A Christmas Eve reset,
like nothing's happened today at all.
Yeah. I think that
sounds perfect.
Seems like you need this.
I'm in.
And Dad, a moment of your time.
Thanks for helping.
Really appreciate it.
But my real dad's here,
so, don't need you anymore.
- Merry Christmas. Goodbye.
- Ooh.
But I was just starting
to feel the Christmas spirit!
(exhales)
Okay. So here's the plan.
Dad's gonna come back in
through the front door,
and we're gonna pretend
like he just got here.
Everybody got it?
It's a Christmas redo.
- Welcome, Dad. For the first time.
- (Bruce chuckles)
I sense some Gabby D.
Hijinks going on here.
But I'm gonna roll with it.
Merry Christmas, guys.
(softly):
Hey.
- My little girls.
- (laughs)
Wait, did you change
your outfit?
Sorry, do I smell?
I mean, I've been in this
for hours since Miami.
Seriously, Mom. Don't grill the guy.
He's had a long day.
Now, who's ready to
celebrate Christmas?
Oh, I know I am.
I thought I was gonna
have to be alone for Christmas.
Could you imagine?
Hold up.
I'll be back in a sec.
- Hey, kiddo.
- (Dina laughing)
Swifty! Hold up!
Hey. I was wondering,
any chance you would want to join
me and my family for Christmas?
You know. As yourself.
Well, I was going to go
to the gym,
because being in
your father's body
has made me rather insecure
about my physique.
- (chuckles)
- But,
that sounds quite good, as well.
(Gabby chuckles)
Well, we set off all
the traps in the house.
So I guess there's nothing
to stop White Beard
from sucking my life force now.
Or, there's nothing
to stop Santa
from being a total sweetie
and giving you presents.
Only time will tell.
Either way,
I got to spend the day
setting k*ller booby traps
and eating pizza.
Isn't that what Christmas
is all about?
It is now, buddy.
It is now.
Eh, maybe you're right.
Santa's probably not really an
evil alien overlord, anyways.
♪♪
(evil deep voice):
Ho, ho, ho...
♪ Check the halls
all dressed in holly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪ Dust your shoulders
if you're jolly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪ Fam's all here,
peep our apparel ♪
♪ Fa-la-la, la-la-la,
la-la-la ♪
♪ As I bust my
Christmas carol ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪♪
Principal Swift: Next time on
"Gabby Duran and the Unsittables"...
I found out humans have
something called birthdays,
and Principal said
I couldn't have one.
Gabby: We're gonna throw you
the best birthday party ever.
Ew, gross Give me that!
- Banish her!
- Wait!
(all yelling)
Jeremy!
Let me back in!
♪♪
Man:
Gorgeous.
♪ I do normal like a fish
rides a bicycle ♪
♪ Fit in like summer
and an icicle ♪
♪ Don't fight it,
just be an original ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ I do my thing,
I do my thing ♪
♪ I'm the one and only,
I'm the one and only ♪
♪ Don't try to fit in,
Don't try to fit in ♪
♪ Mm-hmm, I do my thing ♪
- (knocking)
- (door opens)
(sighs) If you don't
want to talk to your dad,
you can talk to me.
Or if you don't want
to talk to me,
there's a turkey
in the tree you can talk to.
- (chuckles lightly)
- Your pick.
It's just... I...
I miss Dad.
So let me get this straight.
You miss your father.
But you don't want to spend time with
him while he's here in the house?
I, I can't explain, exactly.
(sighs)
Look, mija,
I know since the divorce
and the move, you and Olivia
haven't seen your dad a lot.
And it's been hard
for the both of you.
But that's all the more reason
you should make the most of
the time you do have together.
What do you say we go downstairs
and have a good
rest of the day. Hmm?
- (laughs softly)
- (Dina chuckles)
(kisses)
(clicks)
Well, that's the last trap.
Now we wait for that soul-sucking
monster to step into our web.
Again, not a
soul-sucking monster.
Total sweetie.
I'm not gonna lie.
I'm feeling really good about
all the decisions we made today.
(doorbell rings)
Oh, man. Pizza's here.
(laughs)
(exhales)
(energy shimmering)
(pants)
- (doorbell rings)
- So...
How badly do we want this pizza?
Dude, it's pizza.
You're right. Let's do this.
♪♪
- (thuds)
- Oh!
- (thuds)
- Ow!
- (crackling)
- (grunting)
(crackling)
(energy f*ring)
(grunting)
Oh! Aah! Ooh!
Aah! Ooh! Aah!
- (both screaming)
- (crackling, shattering)
Wanna finish the
Christmas sister stockings?
Move the Elf on the Shelf
to mess with Mom and Dad?
For my Christmas sister?
Sure.
(doorbell rings)
Gabby! You'll never believe it.
- There was one plane leaving Chicago.
- Dina: Gabby?
And I got the last seat.
I...
- Dina: Who's there?
- Uh, nobody. Salesman.
I'll tell him to get lost.
Just give me five minutes.
Love you. So glad you're here.
I...
Gabby:
I just wanted to say,
I'm sorry about before.
I realize this isn't the
first time in my life
I've had to say this, but...
I should not have
thrown that turkey.
Olivia:
We get it.
The holidays can be hard.
So I have a proposal.
What if we start
the day all over?
A Christmas Eve reset,
like nothing's happened today at all.
Yeah. I think that
sounds perfect.
Seems like you need this.
I'm in.
And Dad, a moment of your time.
Thanks for helping.
Really appreciate it.
But my real dad's here,
so, don't need you anymore.
- Merry Christmas. Goodbye.
- Ooh.
But I was just starting
to feel the Christmas spirit!
(exhales)
Okay. So here's the plan.
Dad's gonna come back in
through the front door,
and we're gonna pretend
like he just got here.
Everybody got it?
It's a Christmas redo.
- Welcome, Dad. For the first time.
- (Bruce chuckles)
I sense some Gabby D.
Hijinks going on here.
But I'm gonna roll with it.
Merry Christmas, guys.
(softly):
Hey.
- My little girls.
- (laughs)
Wait, did you change
your outfit?
Sorry, do I smell?
I mean, I've been in this
for hours since Miami.
Seriously, Mom. Don't grill the guy.
He's had a long day.
Now, who's ready to
celebrate Christmas?
Oh, I know I am.
I thought I was gonna
have to be alone for Christmas.
Could you imagine?
Hold up.
I'll be back in a sec.
- Hey, kiddo.
- (Dina laughing)
Swifty! Hold up!
Hey. I was wondering,
any chance you would want to join
me and my family for Christmas?
You know. As yourself.
Well, I was going to go
to the gym,
because being in
your father's body
has made me rather insecure
about my physique.
- (chuckles)
- But,
that sounds quite good, as well.
(Gabby chuckles)
Well, we set off all
the traps in the house.
So I guess there's nothing
to stop White Beard
from sucking my life force now.
Or, there's nothing
to stop Santa
from being a total sweetie
and giving you presents.
Only time will tell.
Either way,
I got to spend the day
setting k*ller booby traps
and eating pizza.
Isn't that what Christmas
is all about?
It is now, buddy.
It is now.
Eh, maybe you're right.
Santa's probably not really an
evil alien overlord, anyways.
♪♪
(evil deep voice):
Ho, ho, ho...
♪ Check the halls
all dressed in holly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪ Dust your shoulders
if you're jolly ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪ Fam's all here,
peep our apparel ♪
♪ Fa-la-la, la-la-la,
la-la-la ♪
♪ As I bust my
Christmas carol ♪
♪ Fa-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la ♪
♪♪
Principal Swift: Next time on
"Gabby Duran and the Unsittables"...
I found out humans have
something called birthdays,
and Principal said
I couldn't have one.
Gabby: We're gonna throw you
the best birthday party ever.
Ew, gross Give me that!
- Banish her!
- Wait!
(all yelling)
Jeremy!
Let me back in!
Man:
Gorgeous.
01x08 - Its Christmas, Gabby Duran
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