1 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,780 it's Christmas, so what? 2 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,720 who is happy and why? 3 00:00:08,860 --> 00:00:12,000 does skiing make you happy? 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,540 Christmas is as good as it gets 5 00:00:14,740 --> 00:00:16,460 snow and sleat and sip and slush 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,620 so we look forward till it is over 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,180 everything goes down the hill at breakneck speed 8 00:00:24,380 --> 00:00:28,320 and soon the pixie is starting to die out, so march 9 00:00:28,380 --> 00:00:30,200 it's pure therapy 10 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,140 it's mass hysteria 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,660 we are so sad to mention it, but... 12 00:00:36,140 --> 00:00:39,280 now it's Christmas in the treadmill again 13 00:00:40,260 --> 00:00:42,040 it's Christmas, X-M-A-S 14 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:43,940 God, how commercial it is 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,100 soon, the air will be filled with fraud and trickery 16 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:51,900 Christmas is, as you know, always is an inconvenience 17 00:00:52,020 --> 00:00:55,280 because it sets the most extreme demands, 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,100 but in a time when no one really knows what they want 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,580 it is the last straw we can cling to 20 00:01:03,739 --> 00:01:07,480 has it first gotten through your joyous child-like mind, 21 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:10,920 you'll be mindlessly joyously sick, 22 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:14,400 then it's Christmas in the treadmill yet again. 23 00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:18,400 CHRISTMAS IN THE OLD THREADMILL. 24 00:01:24,460 --> 00:01:27,400 Berit? Berit? 25 00:01:27,460 --> 00:01:29,400 - (mumbles) - Are you awake? 26 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:32,400 Ugh, Flemming. It's in the middle of the night. 27 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,400 Berit, there's something I thought of. 28 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,400 You know what us two needs? 29 00:01:37,530 --> 00:01:39,590 We need to get away from this terraced house. 30 00:01:40,050 --> 00:01:41,090 Shouldn't we be going somewhere? 31 00:01:41,190 --> 00:01:43,230 Where should it be then? On ski holiday? 32 00:01:43,730 --> 00:01:47,750 No, no, I have it. Shouldn't we go to work? 33 00:01:48,990 --> 00:01:52,610 Berit, if we can just get through the last contractions, it will be the weekend. 34 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:54,810 And when it's over, it starts all over again. 35 00:01:58,030 --> 00:01:59,790 Berit, is there anyone? 36 00:02:00,470 --> 00:02:01,330 Do you think there is anyone? 37 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:04,710 At least there has been someone somewhere. 38 00:02:05,850 --> 00:02:07,910 Look, Flemming, there behind the cheese. 39 00:02:09,630 --> 00:02:11,970 Oh God, no, it's empty. 40 00:02:12,510 --> 00:02:13,790 No, what should I do? 41 00:02:13,930 --> 00:02:15,190 I thought there was some. 42 00:02:15,350 --> 00:02:18,190 Oh, little love, I know how much the fried onions 43 00:02:18,190 --> 00:02:20,790 mean to you, but you know what, life must go on. 44 00:02:21,210 --> 00:02:22,650 Also without. 45 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:24,510 Well, there must be some decoration. 46 00:02:24,650 --> 00:02:25,790 After all, it's almost Christmas. 47 00:02:28,070 --> 00:02:29,550 But Flemming, wait. 48 00:02:29,870 --> 00:02:31,030 It's going too fast. 49 00:02:31,150 --> 00:02:32,390 Well, but there are so much that do. 50 00:02:32,510 --> 00:02:33,770 It is a trend of the times. 51 00:02:33,770 --> 00:02:36,110 You know what, we have to talk about that thing this Christmas. 52 00:02:36,270 --> 00:02:37,370 Well, that's what people expect. 53 00:02:37,610 --> 00:02:39,490 Couldn't we just call? 54 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:45,150 Flemming, we also have to 55 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:46,610 get cleaned up in that carport. 56 00:02:47,070 --> 00:02:48,710 I can't understand it. 57 00:02:48,850 --> 00:02:51,050 Such a Toyota Corolla cannot simply disappear. 58 00:02:53,390 --> 00:02:55,110 It is here. 59 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:10,040 Then we have to remember to order oil 60 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,680 and fill the freezer, buy vitamins, 61 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:19,100 paint, knitting... needles, and paper towels. 62 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:21,280 So I can't just settle for paper towels. 63 00:03:21,380 --> 00:03:22,460 It becomes so unbearable. 64 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,480 Flemming, I think you have to set me off here at the hospital. 65 00:03:25,820 --> 00:03:27,320 Here at the hospital? 66 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:29,140 Berit, what's wrong? 67 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:34,780 Oh, Flemming, I am... I have to tell you, like it is. 68 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,360 I am a nurse. 69 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,600 - Are you a nurse? - Yes. 70 00:03:39,820 --> 00:03:41,420 Oh no, I don't know what to say at all. 71 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,980 Goodbye, beloved. 72 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:47,240 - Goodbye, beloved. - Yes. 73 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,620 Sorry, are they aware you've been driving in idle? 74 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,180 How long have they been doing it? 75 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:56,140 Oh, let me see. 76 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,560 It will be 8... 8 years in April, yes. 77 00:04:00,020 --> 00:04:01,900 Since we had our youngest. 78 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,140 Well, it's mostly my husband. 79 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:09,900 He is, as you know, a registered accountant. 80 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:12,400 Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. 81 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:13,260 Then I'm in. 82 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,800 No, they can give that up. 83 00:04:21,340 --> 00:04:23,620 Yes, they can give that up too. 84 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:25,580 Well, you might as well give that up right away. 85 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:28,800 If I were them, I'd give it all up. 86 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:30,980 Hello? 87 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,400 Hello? 88 00:04:34,060 --> 00:04:35,600 How beautiful it was. 89 00:04:36,140 --> 00:04:37,300 And that's how they should have it. 90 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,200 And it might teach them not to 91 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,180 come here with their tax returns. 92 00:04:42,460 --> 00:04:44,720 When you haven't even finished your own. 93 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:49,980 Now listen, my little friend. 94 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:52,440 How much do you actually earn as a director? 95 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:54,860 Between us? 96 00:04:54,980 --> 00:04:56,380 400? 97 00:04:56,660 --> 00:04:58,440 You don't have to worry about that at all. 98 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:00,580 You just write 320. 99 00:05:01,260 --> 00:05:02,940 No, you know what? If you are fast, type 300. 100 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,340 And if there's any trouble, just greet from Kvik. 101 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,220 Yes, they all know me, you. 102 00:05:09,060 --> 00:05:10,920 No bother. Hey, hey, you. 103 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,780 Well, you old man. 104 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,480 Shouldn't we have lunch soon? 105 00:05:18,180 --> 00:05:20,100 Are you fresh? 106 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,200 You play out. 107 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:36,780 Liver pate. 108 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:38,220 The vet's night snack. 109 00:05:38,340 --> 00:05:40,240 Two alike. 110 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:42,680 Higher shrimp snack. 111 00:05:42,780 --> 00:05:43,980 Sausage snack. 112 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,600 Sausage food with decoration. 113 00:05:46,500 --> 00:05:47,720 Cheese snack. 114 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,580 Extravagant brie cheese. 115 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:52,100 Plus. 116 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,400 A big, delicious, pork roast snack, 117 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,000 with the full shebang. 118 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:57,920 There you go. 119 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,560 Pass. 120 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:06,980 Now just a little thing like a ski holiday, right? 121 00:06:06,980 --> 00:06:08,920 I just pass on that all day. 122 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,020 Last year I was with the meeting group on Mont Blanc. 123 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:15,300 I tell you, it was not to spit for 124 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:17,960 these tanned French ski doctors. 125 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,400 They just have their big, brown, attractive eyes. 126 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:22,900 All the ways, that is. 127 00:06:24,340 --> 00:06:26,220 I mean, when you've climbed all the way up 128 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,420 a mountain like that, you can be 129 00:06:28,420 --> 00:06:29,700 allowed to be in peace for a bit, don't you? 130 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:31,580 Do you know what they do? They volunteer themself. 131 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,220 Do they really? 132 00:06:39,060 --> 00:06:40,920 - What are you doing this weekend? - What? 133 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,760 Well, the usual, you. 134 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,300 I make soup to keep warm. 135 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:46,420 I do that too. 136 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:47,960 Do you make yours on stove or bonfire? 137 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:50,860 No, you, I almost make it on the backbone. 138 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:57,900 You shouldn't mind him. 139 00:06:58,660 --> 00:06:59,660 My God, old boy. 140 00:07:00,140 --> 00:07:02,520 I was just asking where you were going on your skiing holiday, right? 141 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,320 Well, is it an honest matter to be on the ass. 142 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,260 As long as it's not a habit. 143 00:07:06,420 --> 00:07:08,680 You know what, I'll get you two tickets through the company. 144 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:10,860 Tax free. Well, it's no problem at all, man. 145 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,500 We just call it research. 146 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,220 No, I'm so tired. 147 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,560 I just need to empty these bags then straight to bed. 148 00:07:20,620 --> 00:07:22,860 If you otherwise just want to open the lid of the mixer, you. 149 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:24,920 Yes. 150 00:07:25,060 --> 00:07:28,080 Berit. But you know very well that when we celebrate Christmas 151 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,040 like this, it always takes place either here or on the sofa. 152 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,500 Can't you just talk about it later? Come on. 153 00:07:47,460 --> 00:07:49,020 Yes, yes, Flemming. 154 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,100 Then we go to the Val d'Isère, since it can't be no other way. 155 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,820 Then there's food. 156 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:54,660 Hey, Berit. 157 00:07:55,140 --> 00:07:57,240 Behold, a light flashes in the darkness. 158 00:07:57,980 --> 00:07:58,620 Oh, Flemming. 159 00:07:58,980 --> 00:08:00,600 Do you think it's the Big Dipper? 160 00:08:00,700 --> 00:08:01,920 I think it's the daycare home. 161 00:08:02,300 --> 00:08:04,340 We also should pick up the children one of these days. 162 00:08:04,580 --> 00:08:05,920 Oh, Flemmage. 163 00:08:06,340 --> 00:08:08,320 Can't you suddenly picture it, huh? 164 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,020 The sun-drenched tints with the glittering snow, 165 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:15,740 where the hazel slalom teacher stand and plays 166 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:17,540 ... accordion? 167 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,800 Does he play the accordion? 168 00:08:20,340 --> 00:08:22,820 Shhh! 169 00:08:23,220 --> 00:08:28,880 40 kilometers south of Mont Blanc, there is a tiny hotel 170 00:08:29,340 --> 00:08:30,880 with a large restaurant 171 00:08:30,980 --> 00:08:34,659 and there you can have your adventure drought satisfied, 172 00:08:34,759 --> 00:08:37,080 and get release for ones temper, 173 00:08:38,419 --> 00:08:41,820 in such a salon, stands a resilient man 174 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,420 with a bottle of macaron and a large cup of broth 175 00:08:45,420 --> 00:08:48,780 do you remember why we got married? 176 00:08:48,980 --> 00:08:49,240 nah 177 00:08:49,340 --> 00:08:51,540 then, now is the time to go up 178 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,080 in a lift and have a whisk 179 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,120 it is animalistic lust, it is flighty, 180 00:08:57,220 --> 00:08:59,880 valdiver, valdiver, valdivere 181 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,140 is your sex life maybe not your cup tea 182 00:09:04,340 --> 00:09:07,060 so go down, 183 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:12,160 away from everyday routine, away from from bills 184 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,400 just down and see if the skiies can carry 185 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:19,240 maybe we fall in the snow, maybe we break a leg, 186 00:09:19,380 --> 00:09:22,180 maybe it will all be a big mess, 187 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,660 but then we imagine how Christmas will be, 188 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:29,520 and then we prefer Val d'Isère. 189 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,980 No, Flemming, I'm looking forward to it. 190 00:09:34,300 --> 00:09:36,580 Yes, but I don't feel I can fall asleep. 191 00:09:37,620 --> 00:09:38,920 - Berit? - Yes? 192 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,680 Won't you come a little over here? 193 00:09:43,620 --> 00:09:46,080 Oh, Flemming, that is. 194 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,560 It's funny, it works every time. 195 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,560 "Lust or love" 196 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:19,560 --- Subtitles by Essery. 2025. ---