Philip: (getting dressed in a suit and tie) Why do I have to wear these dorky clothes and get my hair combed?!
Philip's mother: Your Dad's going to take your picture. Hold still. (begins to comb Philip's hair)
Philip: I don't WANT to get my picture taken!
Philip's mother: It will just take a few minutes. We're going to put the picture of you in our Christmas cards so everyone can see what you look like now.
Philip: What a dumb idea. Why are we doing that?
Philip's father: So we won't have relatives dropping by to visit.
(Philip is sitting on a stool. Philip's father aims the camera.)
Philip's father: Ready? OK, give me a nice smile.
(Philip is sitting nicely with a pleasant smile on his face.)
Philip's father: That's good. One... two... three!
(When the count reaches three, Philip makes a weird face. *CLICK!*)
(Philip's father chases his son.)
Philip: My hair's getting messed up, Dad!
(Philip is sitting on the stool again.)
Philip's father: There's not much space left on the memory card, so stop making faces when I take the picture, or your name's mud. You could've been done 20 minutes ago if you'd just cooperated. Now give me a smile and hold it for two seconds.
(Philip partly closes his eyes and opens his mouth strangely. *CLICK!*)
Philip: THAT WAS A SMILE! I SMILED!
(Philip's parents are looking at photos. One looks like Philip had sucked a lemon, one has him shaking his face back and forth, one has him leaned back so you see up his nose, one has him looking backward.)
Philip's father: We can't send these in our Christmas cards. People will think it's sacrilegious.
Philip's mother: Well, these DO look like Philip... except for the combed hair.