Episode 44
=With asteroid reporter Pak Eun Ji,= =a Christmas event to help the needy.=
=During the time I sing the carol,= =please dial the number shown below.=
=Every call brings 1,000 wons.= (US$ 1.00)
=I will not misuse even a bit and= =will send it all to the needy.=
=So, then... Shall we begin?=
She dances without even matching it with the song.
Isn't she getting more and more crazy?
How so? She's cute!
Where do we give our family donation this year?
I wonder. All this while, we thought of Jun Hyeok and donated to orphanages all over the country.
Now that we have found Jun Hyeok, what should we do this year?
Hold on!
This year, that's where our donation should be.
The orphanage that fostered Jun Hyeok.
Correct, that is a good thought.
What is happening? You are even coming up with an idea!
Father, you... Jeez. Hold on,
This year, rather that just donate money, what if we went there and did some sort of an event?
After all it's where Jun Hyeok was.
What is happening? It's now 2 ideas that you've come up with.
Ah, Father... jeez. So how about it? An event.
What event can we do?
Whatever it is... Like sing songs, or we all join and do some stage play...
What is happening? You are now--
Ah, just sit there quietly, father.
How about it?
What do we know about singing or stage play?
If we just learn now, that's enough.
I feel it's quite interesting.
That being where Jun Hyeok was, there's a meaning too. Isn't that right?
Right. It seems like fun.
The kids would like that kind of stuff. Don't they?
Yes. They will like it.
There's nothing special that they see there, so a stage play is especially--
See that! Let us have a go at it.
Our family getting together and doing something is meaningful too.
Min Hyeok. Doesn't a family stage play by us sound like fun?
Stage play? Sure, it will be good fun.
But what play do we do?
Exactly. You can say all that, but what play can we prepare so suddenly?
We can just decide it now!
How about Christmas Carol? The one with old-fellow Scrooge...
What is happening? You are--
Ah, just stay quiet please, I said... Jeez!
- What do you think? - Old-fellow Scrooge?
If an old-fellow keeps coming on, it is nothing that interesting.
Who will do the old-fellow?
You can do it?
Well... What I have to do, I should, right?
What kind of fun is that?
You will only make the kids bored.
Well, then we can make up something fun.
You rascal. You wanted to have the lead role, so you brought this up, right?
Ah, father. You just have to stay a bit quiet!
Rascal, if I say what I say, what's your problem?
Oh, please, calm down a bit. A kids' play should have kids. Only then the kids will like it.
Isn't that right?
They will like anything... but it seems better to have a lead character of their age.
How about "The Little Match Girl"? That has a kid in the lead role.
Old-fellow Scrooge would've been just fine.
Do "The Little Match Girl" then. I can hardly care.
But a play needs to have a director.
What do you think of directing it?
Me?
Well, I had taken a class in stage play while in High School.
Then I will do the directing matters.
First I will have to write a script.
What gifts do you guys hope to get from Santa this year?
Dad, I want a smartphone. Got it?
For me, the Transformers dragon series M8000.
What you want seems pretty specific.
But why are you telling me this?
You need to request Santa.
Only if you guys are obedient at this time will Santa give you the gifts.
What are you saying?
What?
Where do we have this Santa?
Dad, you're the Santa, right?
What are you talking about? How am I the Santa?
Dad, for me, a smartphone. Got it?
For me, the Transformers dragon series M8000. You got it?
What is this you are saying? Why tell me that?
So you think they still believe in Santa?
Last year also, weren't they like that?
It's getting late for them.
You know how perceptive kids are these days, to still believe it?
Damn, what's this?
This makes me a bit sad.
What makes you so sad?
I mean, in childhood, they should believe in Santa!
How can they already be like this? Losing the childlike hearts.
But what can one do?
This won't do. We can't have the childlike hearts break apart like this.
Their childlike hearts... I will protect that.
How can you protect it, when they already know it all?
You want to bet I will change that thinking?
OK.
Here, here. I have an announcement.
What announcement?
It's for the play at the orphanage.
I have written the whole script.
First, let's look at everyone's roles.
First of all, the chief Director is me.
The stage decoration and props are by No Jun Hyeok and No Min Hyeok.
That sounds good.
Then, the little girl selling matches is No Su Yeong.
What? I can't. I have some plans that day.
What plans that day? If you don't act as the little girl selling matches, who in our house can do it?
What? There's none?
In any case, I can't. I have plans.
Hey. When we were planning it, didn't you say you could be the little match girl?
Look at you being ridiculous, really.
Sorry. I may have been nuts. I wasn't thinking much.
It is now that you are saying you may have been nuts?
No way. You do it.
One sec. I can't do it, okay?
You! You are really going to be this irresponsible? You!
Really, when I was small, I myself had seen Santa, you know!
Why are you doing this?
That's nonsense.
Look at you guys!
When I say I had seen him, why won't you believe it?
Dad, just think about it.
If Santa is supposed to live in Finland,
How in just one night can he distribute gifts to kids all over the world?
And on top, to give gifts to kids the world over,
there would be so many gift bundles. How can he keep it in the sleds?
Then, with what money does he buy that many gifts?
To start with, saying he will fly down from heaven is itself nonsense, no?
You... say that there are space aliens. And that is no nonsense?
Sure, the aliens are there! There's evidence, you know.
Didn't I tell you to drop that idea?
Hold on a bit.
Let us leave that there.
Fine.
Whether I should be telling this to you, or if I shouldn't, was what I was worrying of.
But since you keep saying it makes no sense,
I guess I will just have to tell you.
- What's it? - What?
In fact, it's not one Santa alone who distributes gifts to kids the world over.
- Then? - Then?
What Santa does, is to again appoint some substitute Santas in all neighborhoods.
To put in one word, they are like Santa Clones.
Such clone Santas, once it is Christman eve,
would distribute the gifts in areas that they are in charge of.
I guess it is fine to look at it as some sort of package delivery.
Gosh. What did you just--
Then, what about the money for the gifts?
Who gives that money?
That is...
Don't you know of UNICEF?
The foundation that supports children? They must be behind it!
May be... even the reindeers get support from them.
What is all this?
Fine. You are done eating. Clean your mouths. You will be late for school.
In the evening, I will explain it even more clearly.
What was all that?
You said clone Santas give gifts in every neighborhood like package delivery?
Just saying that it's the dad giving the gifts would have made at least some sense!
They had already lost all that childlike Santa feelings.
What do you mean?
It is still better to make them feel that Santa exists, you know.
You wait and see. I will make them believe that Santa exists.
A bit more... ground work has to be done, on this.
Ah, damnit, stupid girl.
Honey. You try reading this.
Why that? For me to do it?
You crazy?
What? Try reading it once.
Are you serious? How can Daughter-in-law act as the little match girl?
You making it a "little match grandma"?
Ah, father!
"The Little Match Grandma"?
You had to say it!
Come on, with make up on, it won't matter. We already called and said we would do it.
Damn... Give it to me. From where should I read?
From here.
Buy matches. Buy matches. Just buy one match box.
Can selling matches look so scary?
You said it. The matches' buyers will get scared and run away!
That's why I said I can't act.
Call them and say that we'll do the Scrooge play.
If so, when I said we'd do the Scrooge, should you have stayed quiet?
This wasn't interesting, but look at it now. I spent the whole night doing this.
If you and Su Yeong both... can't do the girl who sells matches, the who will do it?
We have no other woman.
How about the ajumma there?
Sister-in-law.
Acting in front of others, makes me shy.
What's there? Sister-in-law, you have many talents. Whatever you do, you do well.
This is like a TV drama.
Then, I will give it a try.
Would you buy some matches?
Please buy some matches.
Please buy just one box of matches.
It's cold. It is so cold...
So very cold.
It's cold. Ah, it's cold. Ah... Ah...
How... How was it?
It was a bit... sort of like that.
"A bit sort of like that" means...?
What do I say? The acting was a bit... like a blast of breaking wind, may be?
I told you I didn't want to.
Making fools of people... What's this?
This isn't going well... with no lead actress...
Can't we get Na Jin A to do it?
Earlier when she modeled for Snow White, she looked really pretty.
Oh, that's right. Jin A is there, right?
We can get Jin A to do it.
I need to talk about everybody's roles. Father...
Could you act as the grandma?
What?
You crazy?
What grandma can I act as?
There's just nothing much to do. Just hug the little match girl and go off to heaven, that's it.
Hugging the little match girl?
What strength do I have, to go and hug some woman now?
If I hug, I will be the one going to heaven first.
Then, I'll do it. I will.
I will do that role.
Jang Yul.
Could we borrow a bag of noodles?
I wanted to eat with Mi Na, but there's only one bag of noodles.
Sorry.
Are you singing Christmas carols? It's nice to hear.
Isn't it?
It is really quite nice.
I was in the middle of recording it.
Sorry.
It's all right. Anyway I needed to do it again.
But why is Mi Na hiding behind Julien?
I'm sorry about the noodles,
and I am sorry about messing up the recording.
[Japanese] Sorry about it.
But... why are you doing carols?
To sell it.
Why suddenly?
Just like that.
One would do. I do have one bag.
2 of you will need to eat 3 of them.
I do thank you.
Come on. Take a look.
What is this?
The Santa report that parents send to Santa.
In fact, as per rules, we can't be showing this to you guys.
Because you guys really don't believe in Santa,
I am secretly letting you see.
When you send this, you mean Santa will see it?
From all those people out there?
Of course. He can't read it all in a short time.
So by September, if parents send these Santa reports,
In October and November, Santa will say, "Ah, these kids seem to be obedient like this,"
making a very well-thought-out evaluation.
Because he knows that parents can lie about too, you know!
So in truth, the behavior after September is not included, which is a loop hole there.
Really?
So like, in October and November, there's no point in being good, it seems?
It is a secret, but in reality, yes.
What is this?
For Santa to apprise if the kids have been behaving nicely, these are the stars to pick.
If there are 5 stars, those kids will get whatever they ask for.
If there are 4 stars, you will get electronic items like games.
If there are 3 stars, may be robot toys.
If there are 2 stars, mufflers or underwear.
If it's only 1 star, it's just socks.
If it's a half star, some hot bread.
It is all carefully classified like that!
Then, are there kids who can't get even 1 star?
In fact, the kids who can't get it are way too many!
May be even up to a 70 or 80%.
- Really? - Really?
Getting the stars, is tougher than you think!
The evaluation standards are really strict.
So, parents of the kids who don't get it will feel apologetic, no?
That is why I prepare so well before sending it!
That is why your friends believe that it is the dad who is the Santa.
Then what about Rudolph?
There are reindeers who fly down from heaven?
I also, out of curiosity about the substance of the matter, wondered many times
how they could be flying from heaven, and have tried to ask.
It is a secret, is all they would say.
I too have exactly that suspicion.
But then again, aren't there many things that we can't explain in this world?
Then, you mean there really is a Santa?
Is this all true, Mom?
At first we were definitely not going to show you that.
You absolutely can't tell other kids that you saw the Santa report. You got it?
We won't, we won't. Surely!
We understand.
This shocks me out of my wits!
How was it? Didn't it work?
You satisfied now?
No. The final act is still left.
What?
Since we started it, we need to take it all the way!
We have to make it into a memory for the kids.
For this, your help is definitely needed.
It's a life-changing matter, you know.
Buy some matches. Buy some matches.
The totally freezing girl goes to the alley to light a match.
Oh, it's cold. I should light at least a match.
Where are the matches?
Jun Hyeok. Note down. Get matches ready.
Yes.
Isn't the match business now?
Kindly stay quiet.
- Right now, take matches out and-- - Jin A.
The girl's trembling has to be more real!
V...ery cold... Ah...
Please stay quiet. Don't do that. Do it just like now.
The girl lights up the first match and--
Jun Hyeok. A stove must be ready.
Yes.
Where does the stove come from?
Kindly be staying quiet.
When she lights the 2nd one, it's food.
She strikes the third match, and a Christmas tree is ready. You got it?
Yes.
Now... Once the 1st and 2nd matches are strick
and once the 3rd match is struck, the Christmas tree comes.
From on the top most the stars, there comes the grandma.
Grandma, cue!
Grandma, what are you doing? Come in quick!
It's a grandma.
Grandma.
Ms. Na Jin A.
NG. What is this "Ms. Na Jin A"? (NG - No good.)
That's right.
Hey, child.
The girl, for fear of the grandma disappearing, keeps lighting matches.
OK. That does it.
Just hugging and disappearing like that will do.
As for the last scene,
it's the girl found dead in the snow.
Those walking by are sad, and it's the end.
You roughly know it, right?
Yes.
Why aren't we practicing the hug?
We'll practice only what needs practice.
For simple things, doing it on the spot is fine.
So, today let us finish it with this.
Memorize all the script lines and let's rehearse again tomorrow.
Understand?
It's a wrap.
This one. Please give us this!
Delicious. Doesn't this look like the two of us?
If I'm the really sweet chocolate,
Jang Yul, you're this crispy cake. Very well matched. Isn't it?
Oh, right! Why are you so busy lately?
You won't be busy till even Christmas, right?
On Christmas Eve, what are we doing?
Well, let's meet at dinnertime.
Till the evening, I have something to do.
Really?
Okay then.
But on what basis...
Huh?
Am I like this cake?
What of me?
Which part?
-=Christmas Eve=-
The play is today. If you can't do it, then how? -=Christmas Eve=-
I'm sorry.
There's a partner firm meeting, but the staff person in charge is in hospital with diarrhea.
Then I can go.
Hey void, you-- Sorry about that.
I need to go, you know that.
Then ask some other employee to go.
What is the marketing team leader's phone number?
Even if you call them, I have to go, as it's the two of us who prepared the info.
The two of you? You and the team leader?
No. Me and the staff person with diarrhea.
Who was initially supposed to go to the meeting?
Team leader and the coworker with diarrhea.
Why is the damn fellow getting diarrhea and screwing this up?
The coworker with diarrhea is a woman, adviser sir.
Ah, man or a woman, how does it matter?
Ah, then what do we do?
You be the little match girl.
I said I won't do it, you know.
No way. I'll give you the script. just quickly do it.
I can't do it, okay?
Won't do. You have to. I said you should!
Dad. If Su Yeong is the girl, I ain't doing the granny!
Is this for sale?
(What's the deal?)
It is for sale.
Jang Yul.
Can we delay our date by just an hour?
Because something came up.
Fine. We can.
When will I be able to memorize this?
Just memorize it on the way.
How much can I, on the way?
You brought all the props right?
Yes, pretty much.
But there's no place that sells matches, I've to go somewhere and buy it.
There are no matches?
If you couldn't buy them here, how do you find it somewhere?
There's a nearby match factory out there.
As I checked on the internet, I find that it's still there.
Is that so?
You are so sensible. Why do they call you a void at work?
- Go quickly. - Sure.
Please buy some matches, please buy some matches.
What kind of little match girl is this? I'm not doing the granny, seriously!
Stop yapping. We are leaving.
What is all this?
The props to make myself into a Santa tonight.
Among my Office Manager's friends, there is a stage props guy, who I borrowed this from.
What'll you do with this?
I will come down the rope from the roof to the balcony and get in.
Have you gone crazy?
You see Christmas Eve as your date of death?
In my army days I was a rappelling expert.
Those days, I was the guy coming down by a rope from a helicopter.
I've told the apartment office also about it.
Going so far risking your life to make them believe in Santa... What's the big idea?
What do you mean 'what'? To keep up the kid's childlike hearts, you see.
Omo. Hey boy, careful.
The lines are all memorized?
Ah, I can't memorize them.
Have you gone crazy? Do it fast.
Isn't it all set up?
No, not yet.
Why is the boy not back with the matches?
This is your boyfriend, right?
Just now we passed by and he was doing roadside CD sales.
Selling CDs?
Why?
Oyi, that scared me! When did you come here?
Do you want it? That bag?
Not really. It's cold. Quick, let's go.
Could it be... because of that?
You! Where are you going?
I can't act as the little match girl. Mom, you do it!
Hey, stupid girl, where are you going?
- You're really doing this? - You won't come back fast?
Anyway, I couldn't even learn the lines.
Even if you didn't learn the lines, just come back!
It's too late for that, I said. I am already in Seoul.
Are the preparations done?
Well, yes... sure.
For finding precious time like this, I really thank you.
Doing this is can really raise the children's spirits, you know.
There is a child who recently came in.
Since coming here, the child hasn't said anything and has been depressed.
But the child is coming to see this.
It's so much that the kids are looking forward to it.
Let me wish you the best.
Oh, sure... yes.
This is really a big mess.
Let me call.
Just to buy some matches, why did you take this long?
What do we do? The match factory has shut down.
What? Then what do we do?
Then, what is that?
As there were no matches, I had to buy a lighter.
Oh my God.
How can the Little Match Girl come down with a lighter?
That brat isn't taking the call.
Aigoo, why is everybody like this? Why?
You then learn the Little Match Girl's lines.
How can I memorize them?
Ah, damn it.
The Little Match Girl dress. Get that for me.
Huh? What do you want to do?
Out here, I am the only one who knows the Little Match Girl's lines, right?
At least I will do it, what else?
What? You?
Wow. The little girl is actually a fat one!
Please buy matches.
Just buy one box of matches.
Please buy a CD.
CD.
Please buy a CD.
Mouthwatering...
So cold.
I'm so hungry.
Such a pot belly. You sure must be hungry!
It's so cold. So cold. I'll have to rest.
The dress tore!
The dress is torn.
My dress is so old... It's all torn.
Liar! It's because your butt tore it.
It's so cold. I have to light a match.
It's no match. It's a lighter!
The Little Lighter Girl!
Isn't that a heater?
Wasn't a stove supposed to be ready?
I couldn't buy a stove.
It is bit more weird.
Ah, so warm.
Nonsense! It's not even powered up. Warm, it seems!
The matches are all lit, and gone.
I need to light more. Wonder what comes up now--
I swear! It's jjajangmyeon... Jjajangmyeon! (Noodles with bean paste)
That is right. It's jjajangmyeon.
For tasty food, you got jjajangmyeon?
When I was in the orphanage earlier, Jjajangmyeon was the tastiest, so I got that.
All the lit matches are gone again.
I have to light them again.
What will appear this time?
Min Hyeok. It's the grandma time on stage. Quickly go out.
Damn, I thought it would be Na Jin A when I said I'd do this.
Go out fast!
My grandmother!
But my grandma had clearly passed away.
hey, see how tall the grandma is! We have a basketball star grandma!
Grandma.
My grandma, right?
I had missed you so much!
Come with your granma, to go see your mom.
What the heck is this? It's a total screw-up! Screw-up.
Su Yeong.
What are you doing here?
You're hungry, no?
Yeah. Cold and hungry.
I knew you'd be. So I cooked and brought some noodles.
This is my favorite, noodles with squid.
But how come you came all the way with this?
Christmas Eve, you know!
You like it?
Yes.
A dream, I guess.
I hate this. The lips are crooked now.
Christmas Eve, but look at the traffic jam. Damn.
How could this be?
Last night's young girl dies in the end.
She asked us to buy just one match box.
One moment.
CEO sir.
Ms. Jin A.
Is the play all done?
How did it go?
Total disaster.
The kids called it a screw-up.
Adviser sir?
There was no way out of this. Don't even ask.
Ah, crap!
How come you brought so much salt here?
When I searched on it, it seemed movies use salt for snow.
In a play for the kids, white cotton would've been better. Why salt?
What's the use if there's no realism?
For realistic-ness, we needed firewood, right?
I'm sorry.
So this is how you do at the company, and get called Yeo Jin Void, huh?
I'm sorry.
What was that?
Hyeong, hyeong.
What?
Didn't you hear some odd sound just now?
It sounded like something crashing down.
What crashed in?
By chance... Santa came in, you think?
Santa?
What's wrong?
Santa. Santa Clause has come.
Gosh. Really, there is a Santa.
yeah, hurry and act asleep.
If not, Santa won't leave gifts, I mean.
Merry Christmas!
Gyu Yeong, Gyu Ho, Ho Ho Ho!
Did that work?
They're completely fooled.
Taking all this trouble was worth it, it seems?
With all this, you really look like Santa.
Hey, let's open and see that later. Let's go see Santa leaving.
Aren't you curious how deers can fly?
I'm curious.
Merry Christmas, No Bo Yeong.
Merry Christmas.
So in the end you heard the name Void from the adviser too, huh?
It wasn't void.
It all had reasons.
Aigoo, really.
But, so what? Thanks to this the kids laughed their guts out, right?
The laugh is enough.
Right. The laugh is enough. What else do we want?
So this is how it is?
I've been curious how it was.
What was?
Where you used to live.
How does it feel to come back again?
Many old time memories must be coming out.
A little.
Still looks the same though.
You grew up well. You rascal.
Damn, it was a screw-up. That brat Su Yeong ditched us. His stage props were a mess too.
Merry Christmas, Mrs. Gil Seon Ja.
Did you guys get Santa's gifts yesterday?
Sure! Looks like my report worked.
By chance, did you see Santa?
It seems Mom had seen him for real, last night.
You guys... What's wrong?
What's wrong? You didn't like the gifts?
Gim Gyu Ho. What's wrong?
Dad.
Last night, Santa had... a kiss with our mom.
Dad, you and Mom... aren't getting divorced, right?
You can't do that.
What's it? What's wrong?
I am telling you clearly, okay?
There's no Santa!
See this.
I had dress up as Santa,
and had come down this rope from the roof to balcony, to get in.
For visual effect, we had the gas spray.
Santa? It's a made-up story. Just nonsense!
Santa's deers are also like that?
There's none of that, of course. Does it make sense?
What deer can fly to the sky?
Is a deer a bird?
The thing about UNICEF sending the gifts is also nonsense.
UNICEF itself is not the kind of place that does such things.
Right from the start, it was all just nonsense talk!
There's no Santa.
Santa isn't there, okay?
-=Next Episode Preview=-
I am the best Void. Yeo Jin Void.
This thing. Get it off me.
Your arms don't reach?
You come here!
I'm jealous, that you can stand on such a stage.
Can't I be in the group?
There's nothing that can't be.
Don't skip away from me.
-Because you're scared? -Hongburgaaaaa!
So why did you mess with somebody minding his business?
- Let say peace then. - Peace.
If you do any prank here, I really won't let you off.
Come out fast.
You want to die?
I'm the Hongdae recorder goddess, they say.