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- [Interviewer] Whose idea what the snow?
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- [Both Children] Me.
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- Me.
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- No, me.
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- Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
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- Yes!
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- My name is Toby, and I'm eight years old.
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- My name's Akyra, and I'm nine years old.
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- [Toby] We're brother and sister.
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- I only get to see my dad a little
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because he's in the Army.
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He is far away.
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- Being in the military is hard,
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so we usually see him four, five times a year.
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- You can't really spend Christmas,
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because you have to fight the bad guys.
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- Brook is my friend.
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I want to surprise her because her dad's
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in the military.
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- He can't come for Christmas.
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- Brook's dad is going to be gone through the holidays.
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This is the first Christmas without her dad.
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I know it's going to be hard on her.
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Kids don't get to have a lot of friends,
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because he have move around a lot.
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She was telling me that Brook was going to remember this,
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they would be friends forever now.
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- What I want to do for Brook,
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I want to put snow in the sky
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and also put snow on the floor, so it's double snow.
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- My kids have never seen the snow,
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so it's going to be something unique for all three of them.
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- Bring the snow!
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- For Brook!
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- [Both Kids] Snow, snow, snow, cool!
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- The tree looks so cool.
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- I made a snowball!
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I never made one before.
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Oh my God, that's cold.
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Bring the snow!
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- Surprise!
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- This makes it really special for Brook.
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This is her first holiday without her dad here.
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It's nice to give her something special.
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- It's good to bring good memories when the dad is gone.
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- It warms our heart.
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- [Akyra] Cookie!
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- They're my best friends.
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- Hi Brook, I wanted to let you know that I miss you,
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and I love you.
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I'm really gonna miss hanging the lights with you
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and being there in the morning when you open your presents.
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I want you to know that I'm so proud of you.
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- I feel like we don't deserve it,
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because we just feel like we're like a tiny family.
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There's people across the world defending our freedoms,
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while we get to play in the snow and eat cookies.
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- You do deserve this.
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- [Brook] Snow angel!
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- Good morning Akyra and Jr.
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Surprise, it's Daddy.
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I want to thank you guys for showing your courage,
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to be strong, while Dad is away.
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And for showing your motivation
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to other military family and kid.
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- There's so many soldiers over seas that people forget.
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The simple things are free that you can do
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to bring smiles.
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- [Moms And Kids] Merry Christmas.
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