- Claudia Salinger: [Claudia opens a door and sees Charlie] Oh, I didn't know you were out here. I'll just...
- Charlie Salinger: It's okay. Hey. What are you doing?
- Claudia Salinger: Just looking for someplace where no one else is, I guess.
- Charlie Salinger: How come?
- Claudia Salinger: I don't know. It doesn't really feel like Christmas in there. No one wants to be here, except Stuart.
- Charlie Salinger: It's not that I don't wanna be here, Claud.
- Claudia Salinger: Right. You're probably just sitting there thinking what your life would be like if you didn't have to take care of me and Owen.
- Charlie Salinger: You don't really think that, do you?
- Claudia Salinger: I don't know. Maybe.
- Charlie Salinger: [sighs] I like taking care of you, Claudia. I like dropping you off at school. I like hearing about what guy you have a crush on. I like taking you to the dentist. I like it all. I wouldn't trade that for anything in the world.
- Claudia Salinger: Yeah. But it doesn't make you happy.
- Charlie Salinger: It's just not quite enough. You know? I mean, I love you. But I guess I want a little more out of life too. And that's hard because I was so close to having that. Marrying Kirsten would have been much more. Much more. And it's not like I wanna replace her, cause I know that I'm never gonna have her or anything like her again. I just wouldn't mind something. It doesn't even have to be a big thing, you know? Just something small. For me.
- Claudia Salinger: [the doorbell rings] You're gonna have to wait two minutes.
- [opens the door]
- Claudia Salinger: Grandpa?
- Jake Gordon: How's my little girl?
- Claudia Salinger: Great. Oh.
- Jake Gordon: Merry Christmas, kids. I got a lot of stuff here. So, uh, show me the way to the tree.