The Golden Girls (TV Series)

Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas (1989)

Betty White: Rose Nylund

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Quotes 

• Rose : You know, I've been thinking...

  Blanche : Well, that would explain the beads of sweat!

• Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Rose we have to talk to you about Christmas. It is too hot to go out shopping again so why don't we just draw names out of a hat and then we only have to buy one gift each?

  Rose : But Dorothy I love Christmas and I love giving presents at Christmas. Besides, if we draw names out of a hat, whose names are they going to be?

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : The Oakridge Boys, Rose! Each others'!

• Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Why are the Christmas cookies shaped like Liberty Bells and American flags?

  Rose : I couldn't find the Christmas cookie cutters so I used the 4th of July ones.

• Blanche : Rose, for half an hour you've been decorating this house humming Jingle Bells and yelling 'hey!' Now why do you do that?

  Rose : Because it's too hard to hum the 'hey' part.

• Father Avery : You know, what happened to Dorothy's ex-husband is not uncommon. Most people are only 2-3 paychecks away from being homeless.

  Rose : Really?

  Father Avery : Yes, the poor are everywhere, there's no affordable housing, there aren't any jobs, the cost of living keeps going up and the minimum wage has been held down.

• Sophia Petrillo : [to Dorothy]  Your brother Phil, God rest his brain, sends the stupidest gifts, what kind of present is dental floss?

  Rose : Well it's waxed and it's minty.

  Sophia Petrillo : [tosses it to Rose]  Here, go floss yourself.

• Blanche : Well that's all of the presents, except for the ones we know are fruitcakes.

  Sophia Petrillo : Wait a minute, what about the one Blanche hid behind the couch?

  Rose : Oh my present for you!

  [picks it up and gives it to Blanche] 

  Rose : I can't wait to see the look on your face.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : [grinning]  Neither can I.

  Blanche : [opens the present hesitantly, surprised]  Rose! It's a beautiful blouse.

  Rose : I hope you like it. Dorothy said you'd want something crotchless.

• Blanche : [watching the poor and homeless come in]  I just never thought there'd be children.

  Rose : [nods, sees a Santa come in with them]  What's Santa doing here?

  Blanche : Oh they pay these out of work guys 10 or 15 dollars to stand on a corner and ring their bell, most of them can't afford the price of a meal.

  Stan Zbornak : [Santa goes over to Dorothy]  Hello.

  Dorothy Petrillo-Zbornak : Hello, Santa.

  Stan Zbornak : [pulls off his beard]  Dorothy, it's me, Stan.