Daniel Boone (TV Series)
The Christmas Story (1965)
Dal McKennon: Cincinnatus
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Quotes
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Cincinnatus : What time ya figure it is?
Jeremy Cain : A little after midnight.
Cincinnatus : [smiles broadly] It's Christmas.
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Elisha Tully : Here it is near the end of December, and there'll be three more months of this frozen-over Hades. We'll never get through it.
Jeremy Cain : A fine Christmas it's going to be!
Cincinnatus : The Injuns get through it every year with a lot less than we have.
Elisha Tully : Savages! They were born to this wasteland, this God-forsaken wilderness.
Daniel Boone : Now, you claim to be a religious man, Elisha. You should know only a man can forsake himself.
Elisha Tully : Those are mighty high sounding and respectful words, Boone, but words are not going to put food in our bellies.
Daniel Boone : Well, you can't put hope in a frying pan, but that's gonna be our main staple for quite awhile.