MARLO: (taking off the cape now) No, I'm here to spin wool. I'm Marlo
Jacobs, I'm a weaver. Yes, I said I'm coming to "spin yarn" …
to help you make the rest of your sweaters without power.
SAM: You're sure.
MARLO: Sure, I'm sure. I just got out of church and got a call and
started right over. The choir was just singing the story of
Christmas … how the birth of Jesus the Messiah was foretold
by the prophets. I thought it was kind of prophetic when I got
the call and thought I could spread some love and good cheer
tonight too.
SAM: And what does the prophecy about the Messiah have to do with
sweaters?
MARLO: Think about when you create a new design for a sweater …
before you start weaving, you first design the pattern. Someone
watching the loom won't understand the design until they see
the whole sweater, but you knew what it would look like before
the weaving started. That's like God's story. He had a plan all
along to give the world a Savior, and that's what Christmas is
all about!
SAM: Why have you come to tell me this?
MARLO: I didn't. I came to weave sweaters. You asked me. Anyway, I'd
better get started.
(Sam turns away to her desk and as she does, Marlo leaves
through the door into the factory to help with the weaving. When
Sam turns back around Marlo is gone.)
SAM: She vanished, just like an apparition! Humbug!
(Humbug runs in, followed by Bob, Carole and Belle.)
HUMBUG: Oh, you're awake!
SAM: Humbug! I have been visited by an apparition!
HUMBUG: An appa-what?!
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