Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Christmas conflict

Phil mentioned Christmas classics and I’d like to offer a slight variation on that them, something hopefully with some takeaway for us in our own dialogue-writing: Christmas conflict. Everyone knows that holidays can be stressful. And stress can lead to arguments and dissension. So how about notable movie scenes that take place during the Christmas season and feature conflict between characters:

So the usual drill:

* Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other source.

* Copy URL from accompanying video from MovieClips or YouTube.

Let’s see what we can learn about writing conflict scenes from memorable Christmas scenes.
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