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Nurses Katie and Amy give the men under their care a special present

09/24/2024

Christmas day dawned bright for Katie Shaw. Her clock radio had awakened her to the sound of Christmas carols and news of snow falling since 2:00 that morning. There must be at least three inches on the ground. The prospect of the roads being covered didn’t dampen Katie’s spirits as she turned on the shower while she brushed her teeth.

Stepping from the shower Katie took down the oversized towel and rubbed it briskly over her skin. She could feel the electric tingle she created as she rocked the towel in a dental floss like motion between her legs as it agitated her clitoris. As she finished drying, the image reflected in the bathroom mirror was of a full bodied woman nearing fifty with large breasts and breeder hips. She had a pleasant face of no particular distinction framed by shoulder length auburn hair. Her best feature was her emerald green eyes which naturally sparkled.

Catching her reflection Katie paused for a moment and took in the sight. The wide hips set off by a full bush with tapering thighs down to well shaped calves. Her large breasts were accented by silver dollar sized pink areolas topped by pouty nipples. She patted her well defined paunch and whisper to herself, “Girl if you put this on the open market you could retire.”

Instead of her usual slacks she wore an A line dress that buttoned up the front. On any other day she would have worn tights against the cold but instead she donned leg warmers and her fur lined boots. Just before leaving she put on her heavy winter jacket, scarf and watch cap along with her wool gloves.

It was an uneventful trip in the snow and Katie pulled into the lot and parked in her usual spot. She along with a few others trudged into the employee entrance of the largest veterans’ hospital on the east coast. Just inside the entrance over the inner doorway was the reminder, “The Cost of Freedom is Visible Here.”

As she rounded the corner she saw Ben Harris waiting for the elevator. He was stamping his feet. He had not worn boots but had on sneakers.

“Merry Christmas, Ben.”

“Merry Christmas, Katie,” he said still stamping his feet, “Damn, it’s cold as a $2.00 whore.”

“You should have worn boots, Ben. What were you thinking?”

“That’s it. I wasn’t thinking. I wasn’t leaving from home and the available boots were a little small for my size elevens. You going to be working alone, again this year?”

“No. They have a first year to help me out for whatever that’s worth. They don’t seem to know shit anymore. What are they teaching in those nursing schools. In my day I would have been fired if I hadn’t known any more than these girls do. You would think they had never seen a live patient.”

“You have to admit this is not the kind of hospital that these young kids were expecting. We have a contract with their nursing school and they send them here for a year of learning patient care. The demographic here is not quite like it is at civilian hospitals. We have older vets with normal ageing concerns but on top of that many have the ravages of war that need tending. And then we have the young who are recovering from combat wounds including the loss of limbs, loss of sight and disfigurement. That’s a heavy load to tote for these young kids.”

“Yeah, I know you’re right Ben. It’s just that we owe so much to these guys. They have put it on the line for us and when these young nurses act like they are dealing with leapers it burns my ass.”

“Just be patient Katie. This is an occupation that takes some getting used to. They’ll get there. Remember Sue Bell? Man, talk about green but she is one of the best nurses in this hospital now.”

“Yeah she sure is. And one of the best pieces of ass from what I hear. You wouldn’t know anything about that would you Ben?”

“I have no idea what you’re talking about Katie and thank God this is my floor. Later.”

“See you later Ben.”

Katie went into the employee room where she had her locker. She hung up all her outer wear put her leg warmers into her boots and placed them in the bottom. She slipped her feet into her white crocs, put her stethoscope in the pocket of her white nursing dress, fixed a cup of coffee and proceeded to the nursing station.

There were only two nurses working in a wing that normally had six to eight. There were no doctors although they were on call and there were always doctors down in emergency. Ellen Brown and Karen Hopkins were having a final cup of coffee while inputting patient information into the computer before their shift was over.

“Anything special Ellen?” Katie asked as she walked behind the counter, “Hi Karen.”

“No. Everything is quiet. Everyone had breakfast and their meds without incident and they are all asleep again or watching TV. I don’t think the parade is on yet. That’s always a favorite. I want to thank you for all us gals. We appreciate being able to have Christmas with our families.”

“Glad to do it Ellen. Took me awhile to get this thing figured out but it seems to work pretty well for one day and I like to show the men how much I appreciate their service to our country.”

Katie Shaw was a nursing supervisor and didn’t need to work the floor on Christmas day or any other day for that matter. She had started this limited staffing three years ago and the men seemed to appreciate it and it was a day of joy for her. Only once was a man still on the floor for two Christmases running and his eyes lit up when he saw Katie enter his room that second year.

Amy Hodge walked behind the counter into the nurses’ bull pen wearing a bright pink slacks and top matching outfit. She was twenty-two and had only been at the veterans’ hospital since September. She was cute and perky and always wore a smile. “Hi, I’m Amy Hodge. I was told to report here for the day. I’ve never worked on this service before.”

“Hi, Amy I’m Katie Shaw and you’ll be working with me today. This is Ellen and Karen. They are just finishing up the night shift. It will just be you and me for our turn. Things should be pretty quiet. There are never any visitors on Christmas day. Everyone who visits this time of year usually finishes by Christmas Eve so it will just be us and the guys.”

“How many are there for just the two of us?”

“There are eighteen. Sixteen, in eight double rooms and two in the singles. There are a couple of oldies from the Korean War, three from Iraq, two from Afghanistan and the other eleven from the Viet Nam era. One Air Force, three Marines and the rest are Army,” Katie answered.

“How do you know all that?” asked Amy.

“It’s all right there in their computer files. You should try it. Frequently who they are is as important as what they suffer in caring for them. They require more than just medicine sometimes. Even in high turnover wings such as this one you should know your patients.”

“We’re heading on out Katie,” Ellen said as she and Karen walked out of the bull pen area. “Harry is probably on his second drink trying to keep those heathens from coming downstairs to where all the goodies are. Merry Christmas everyone.”

“Merry Christmas Ellen, Karen,” Katie and Amy said almost in unison.

“You hold down the fort here and I’m going to start in the rooms. You might want to pull up those records and give’em a look.”

In the room at the end of the hall were two heart catheterization patients who had come up late yesterday and would be leaving tomorrow or the next day once their blood thinning medication had stabilized. Charles Henderson, sixty, was in the bed nearest the window and David Wilson, sixty-three, in the one nearest the door. Wilson was asleep when she entered. Katie stopped at the supply closet to get a towel and undo the top two buttons on her dress. Walking toward Charles she pulled the privacy curtain between the beds and turning to Charles said, “Merry Christmas, I’m Katie and I’m your nurse today Mr. Henderson.”

“Merry Christmas Katie, you can call me Charlie.”

“You picked a heck of a time to have a heart cath done, Charlie.”

“Yeah, tell me about it. But it wasn’t by choice. I had some chest pain and called my primary care doctor about it and she told me to come right in for the procedure. They found a blockage and put in a stint and now I’m on some heart medicine.”

“You’re lucky they could do the stent yesterday; most of the time you have to come back because not all cath doctors do stents. Doctor Tropico must have been working the cath lab yesterday. Here let’s have a look at the wound site,” she said moving the covers down below his knees. Below his left knee was a vacant space where his lower leg should have been. He was wearing a gown and no bottoms or underwear.

“How’d you get that little souvenir, Charlie?”

“During the Tet I stepped on a Gook mine. Took the leg off just clean as a whistle. Spent six months in a VA hospital and I walked out under my own power. I hardly realize it was ever there.”

The right side of his groin had a large bandage firmly adhered. It covered the area in his crotch where the catheter had entered the carotid artery.

“The nurses did a nice job shaving you. They left you nice and smooth,” Katie said as she rubbed back and forth over his cock as if checking for stubble. While grasping his cock with one hand with the other she peeled back the corner of the bandage to be sure that there was no bleeding. She could feel Charlie growing in her hand and smiled as she replaced the bandage.

Charlie lay almost frozen in silence afraid to speak least she let go of his hardening cock. His jaw was hanging open but no sound came from his mouth. It had been so long since anyone had fondled his cock. God, how he missed it.

Then looking down at his erection in her hand she asked, “You have a nice one Charlie. Would you like me to help you with this?”

“Oh, God yes, please.”

“Maybe this will help,” Katie said as she opened one more button on the dress and took out a very large breast and leaning over placed it on Charlie’s face.

Charlie held it to his mouth with both hands and sucked her nipple into his mouth while Katie stroked his cock to a full erection. Without any hair it felt like velvet as she ran her hand from its base up the shaft and over the head and down again. As she came up she closed her hand around the head over and over until she could feel him shiver and then she took a firm grip and began steady rhythmically increased stroking until his sucking on her nipple become frantic and his moaning told her he was ready to let go.

She reached for her towel just in time as he grunted and started pumping his hips and cock against her grip as hard as he could. She maintained a firm grip as Charlie fucked her hand until at last he collapsed back on the bed exhausted

Katie put her breast back inside her dress and after cleaning Charlie she leaned over and kissed the head of his wilting cock and smiled and waved as she left the room saying “Merry Christmas Charlie.”

Charlie was still too much in shock to answer but he lay there with a smile on his face and waved back.

As she worked her way back to the nurses’ station Katie bestowed her special Christmas gifts on six more of her patients. There were four more hand jobs and two blow jobs. The blow jobs were for an oldie from the Korean War and a young kid from Afghanistan. The old guy needed the help just to get semi hard and she was only able to get him off with her mouth, something she had learned her first year. The young kid she did because he had never had a blow job. Everyone got to play with and suck her tits.

When she got back to the nurses’ station Amy was still going over files on the computer. Katie could tell from the notepad beside the keyboard that Amy had been taking notes. A good idea for a new girl thought Katie.

“How was everyone?” asked Amy as Katie entered the bull pen.

“They all seem happy and in good spirits. Lots of smiles and good cheer.”

“Good spirits must be hard to come by on Christmas in the hospital.”

“Hard? Yes, I would definitely say it’s been hard for them. At least those I’ve seen so far. I think I’ll have a snack,” Katie said as she took a pack of cheese crackers from her bag. She put them on the table as she got up to get a cup of coffee.

When Katie returned Amy looked up from her notes and asked, “How do you do it Katie? All these guys with old wounds, with missing limbs, with deformities and needing so much care. When I finish nursing school I’m going to a nice hospital where the patients just need to take their medications and have their pillows fluffed.”

Let me tell you something Amy. It’s because of these guys that you are able to go to nursing school and be able to go to a nice hospital and fluff pillows.”

“What’re you talking about they don’t have anything to do with me going to school. My daddy takes care of me and makes it so I can go to nursing school.”

“Your daddy my ass. It’s because of these guys that you have the freedom you do. It is their sacrifice that makes it possible for you to turn your back on them. I’ve got to the bathroom and throw up,” Katie said as she left the nurses’ station.

“Damn stupid ass kids, when will they learn what they owe these people? Ah, hell maybe I was too hard on her. It’s not her fault. No one ever taught her. Shit, now I have to say I’m sorry and I hate that.”

As Katie was about to apologize Amy spoke up. “I’m sorry Katie I guess I wasn’t thinking very clearly in what I said. You are right we do owe them our gratitude and I’m sorry. I wish there were something I could do.”

“You really mean that? The part about wanting to do something for them?”

“Yeah, I do.”

“How old are you?”

“Twenty-two.”

“Ever had sex?”

“Are you serious, of course I’ve had sex, so what?”

“Well, you said you wanted to do something. There are four young boys spread out in four different rooms that I’m sure would like to feel your touch; would like to have you give them a special Christmas present. The one in 267 can’t use his arms yet. Both of his shoulders were dislocated when his vehicle hit a mine. He’s the only survivor. He could use some help with a hand job. The one in 269 lost a leg above the knee. I’m sure he would like to feel that someone cares enough that his leg doesn’t repulse them. The other two have shrapnel wounds. The boy in 256 lost one of his balls to it. I’m sure he would like to feel someone’s hand holding the one that’s left.”

“You want me to jerk off these guys as a Christmas present. Is that what I hear?”

“No. I want you to want to jerk them off or give them a blow job. I want you to see how much you owe them and that these small kindnesses will mean so much to them and it may make you feel good in the process. Look at you. You’ve what? A C cup with a nice little bubble ass in the making. You’re cute. Just what young boys dream of. Old boys too. This is one day a year for you to do something great, and it’s fun. Every woman I know of likes the feel of an erect cock.”

“Assume for a minute that I agree. How would I go about it?”

“You go to the room like you are going to check their condition. You pull the privacy screen between the beds. These guys sleep a lot so in all likelihood the other patient will be out of it but if they are not it won’t matter. Make small talk and work their bottoms off if they have any on. Most don’t. You can start with the boy with the missing ball. It will be necessary to handle his scrotum and cock in checking on his injury, so once you’re holding that cock you should be able to take it from there. Believe me when I tell you that no one is going to complain about you servicing their cock and you may find that you like it. Today you can get away with it because there is no other staff. Just you and me.”

Katie could almost hear the gears grinding as Amy was thinking of stroking new and different cocks and no one would know.

“OK, I’ll do it. I’ll start with the boy in 256 and see how it goes from there.”

Katie watched as Amy took the first step of a new journey. “Hell, maybe if I can get a few more we can start up an auxiliary and have meetings and everything,” she chuckled to herself.

Katie decided that she would go ahead and eat her half sandwich and boiled egg while Amy was gone. She didn’t think she would get time later what with having to hurry to get the gifts all delivered. About thirty minutes later just as Katie was finishing her lunch Amy came back to the station all grins and beside herself.

“Well, how did it go?”

“It was wonderful. He actually cried real tears when I was holding his one ball and jerking him off. I got so carried away I sucked his cock. He just kept thanking me.”

“And how was it for you?”

“Oh, it was great. He was all long and smooth with a funny little head. He was at least five inches.”

“If five inches is long you are in for some pleasant surprises, Amy. Have you ever played with a guy’s cock that was uncut?”

“If you mean uncircumcised, no I haven’t. Why is it so different?”

“The head will come peeking out of the skin that covers it. Most will come out all the way when you skin them down. Some don’t and some come part or all the way out when they get hard. You’ll see. Would you like to try one and see how you like it?”

“Yes I like new things. You know who they are?”

“Sure. There are three in the wing now. David Wilson is the first bed in the room down at the end of the hall. He is sixty-three and as far as his records indicate he has no erectile dysfunction. He had a heart cath yesterday so he will only have a bandage on and no bottoms to deal with. You will have to come in contact with his cock in checking his bandage so it should be a piece of cake. Did I tell you about using a towel?”

“No, but I figured I needed something so I used one with one nut. OK, wish me luck.”

“If I’m not here when you get back just go to the next boy. Oh and if you want more just ask me who is available when we see each other next.”

As it turned out once Amy got started there was no stopping her. After David Wilson she waited at the station for Katie rather than go to the next boy.

“How was Mr. Wilson?”

“Like nothing I would have imagined. It was really something.”

“Didn’t you work on cadavers in nursing school?”

“Yes but they were all shriveled up old men who were circumcised and most were black.”

“Mr. Wilson is black.”

“But definitely not shriveled up and not circumcised. He was at least six inches long and so silky feeling. I thought I was going to cum just from the feeling of the skin on his cock sliding back and forth over the head. The head of his cock is pink. It’s not black like the shaft. It looks almost like a white mans. He had tight little balls up close to his body. Is that strange for his age? He wanted to play with my breasts so I unbutton my top and my bra unhooked in front and let him feel them. He was so tender with them. Not rough like the high school and college boys I’ve been used to.”

“The older we get the more sensitive we are to the sexual feelings of our partners. You may get spoiled by the elderly when it comes to sex. Oh, you may as well put your bra in your bag until shift is over now that you having contact with the men. I didn’t bother to wear one today. What did you decide about the older men? Or do you just want to stick with the young.”

“I’m willing to take some of the older men as well. Could I have the two that are uncut or did you want them?”

“No, that’s all right. You can have them. I’ll take the boy in 267 that can’t use his arms and you have the other two plus the two uncut men. I’ll get the other three older guys and that will be the entire eighteen. We should finish up with a little time to spare before the overlap of the next shift.”

“OK, I’m going to start with a young, then an uncut, then a young and finish with an uncut. See you later.”

Katie started with Henry Hobson in 267. He was resting quietly when she came in. She pretended to study his chart and then went to the far side of the bed and removed his covers to the foot of the bed. Henry stirred awake. “It’s only me, your nurse,” Katie whispered as she pulled his gown down from the top and up from the bottom. She could see she surgery scars and the hardness of his stomach. She began by rubbing his chest and stomach. How does that feel?”

“It feels great. The best I have had in days, no longer.”

“And that?” she asked as she moved her hands down to his crotch with one hand on each side of his balls forcing his highs apart so that his balls dropped into her hand and his cock into the other. She didn’t tease him with her tits because she knew he couldn’t play with them but she did get up on the foot of the bed on her knees and bending over placed his erect cock between her big tits and let him fuck between them.

His cock was long enough that it popped from her tits so the head was hitting her lips. Each time it came up she darted her tongue out to meet and lick it. She could see it was driving him crazy and he was trying to push further with each stroke trying to get it in her mouth. She let just the tip past her lips and out again. Then she released her tits and took a firm hold and began to jerk him off. He was a nice size of about six inches. She had him so worked up that it didn’t take many strokes before he was moaning and she could feel the heat in his balls about to push out and she deftly caught his load in her ever present towel. After milking him dry and cleaning him up she kissed his cock and wished him a Merry Christmas as she left the room.

At Katie’s last stop Tim Waters, seventy-five, was in one of the single rooms. His bed, around the corner, was not visible from the door. He was a widower and had been there a week. They were trying to get his Coumadin intake regulated so he could go home. She grabbed a towel off a rack as she entered.

“Mr. Waters I’m Katie Shaw and I’m your nurse for today. How are you, is there anything I can do for you?”

“Hi, Katie, you’re not going to prick me are you?”

“”Well, you should never pass up a good prick I’m told.”

“Then a good prick it will be.”

“I just bet it will be Mr. Waters. It says on your chart that no one has checked on you today so let’s have a look,” Katie said as she pulled the covers down. She raised his top and could see the signs of the bruising on his stomach partially hidden by the pajama bottoms. She slipped her hand down his bottoms to feel for lumps. He started at her touch.

“Did that hurt?”

“No. As a matter of fact it felt pretty good. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a woman’s hand down there.”

“Raise your hips Mr. Waters and let’s take a look,” she said as she took hold of his pajamas and pulled them down below his knees. With his pants down she immediately noticed two things. Part of his leg had been blown away and lying right next to the scar resting on a large scrotum containing his balls was a five inch flaccid cock. Her eyes opened wide as did her mouth at the sight and she looked up at Mr. Waters who, with all the signs of a leer, looked her right in the eye. She held his gaze for a moment.

“Now that’s a real prick Mr. Waters,” Katie said as she took it in her hands. It lay across the palm of one while she rubbed it with the other as if she were petting a kitten. “You could do some real damage with a thing like this. Does it still work?”

“It is a nice one isn’t it. When I was about eighteen after I first got drafted I used to catch some of the guys in the shower sneaking peeks at it.

“Are you gay Mr. Waters?”

“No, of course not. Whatever gave you that idea?”

“I just wanted to be sure.”

“It still works. Just takes a little more fiddling to get it primed and it needs a little more rest between shots than it used to.”

“Well, let’s see what we can do. I’d hate to see a thing like that go to waste,” Katie said releasing his cock and walking over and closing the door. On the way back to the bed she opened the top of her dress and let both of her breasts hang in front of Mr. Waters as she took hold of his cock again.

“I think we are on to something here Nurse Shaw,” Waters said as he proceeded to dial in her tits. He couldn’t seem to get enough of them as he lapped at them alternately like a puppy. She let him have his fill while she massaged and stroked his cock. It had grown to over six inches but it was still not fully erect.

“Mr. Waters I think that you will need a little more of a boost to get up today,” Katie said as she stood up and turned facing the foot of the bed. She raised her skirt and pulled her bikinis down and stepped out of them leaving them on the floor.

“You can finger my pussy while I give you a blow job to put some steel in your cock. Is that all right with you?” she said bending to take him into her mouth.

“Oh, God yes, whatever you say.”

Waters twisted over in bed and raising Katie’s dress looked directly at her ample ass. He ran his hands over the large orbs of flesh sliding a hand down over her asshole on the way to her pussy which he cupped in his hand and gently massaged feeling the sponginess of her bush. He could feel her labia move under his fingers as they searched for entry into the now wet opening.

This was all helping Waters firm up as Katie was taking as much as she could in her mouth and starting to let it slid into her throat. This latter was new to her but not totally objectionable as she was able to control the penetration. A nurse friend of hers in describing her experiences had explained how to get past the gag reflex and relax to get a big cock down her throat. This was the nicest cock she had ever had. It seemed to be fully erect now and she would guess that it was something over seven inches with a big head. As she paused from sucking she asked, “Do you think you can take me on top of you?”

“I don’t see why not,” he said and almost cried with joy at the thought of this magnificent woman astride of him. Before he could say more Katie had climbed onto the bed and had his cock sliding into her pussy. She wasted no time starting a piston like movement. As she did she savagely worked her clitoris with her right hand.

Katie had never been this hot in the three years since she decided to celebrate Christmas with the troops. As she continued to pump on Waters’ cock as he was trying to corner her flying tits with both his hands. It was like trying to catch a flight of bats.

“Mr. Waters I want to warn you I am about to cum and I will be pressing down hard so you might want to get prepared.”

“Cum a head Katie I am starting now. Oh, damn it’s good. Thank you Jesus.”

Katie stroked herself hard one last time as she felt her internal juices rise to the surface and explode through her body. This was a new sensation and it was not at all bad. She continued riding Waters’ cock for some time as she eased down from her high and he did not immediately wilt as she had expected which prolonged her pleasure.

Katie reached for the towel and slapped it over her pussy as Waters’ cock fell limp from inside her. She caught all his drippings as they exited her pussy. She then wiped him clean and kissed his cock before she pulled up his bottoms and covered him again. She bent to retrieve her bikinis and put them in her pocket.

“Well, Mr. Waters you seem to be just fine today. I think you will be able to sleep more soundly tonight.”

“Oh, yes I will most certainly be able to sleep today thanks to you. Do you think that we might get together sometime after I leave here? This was such a high point.”

“As much as I’m sure I would enjoy that I don’t think that would work out. I have a roommate you see, and I don’t think she would be agreeable to me fucking anyone other than her.”

“You mean you…you have a girlfriend that you, ah, that you… you know, that you have sex with?”

“Every chance I get Mr. Waters. You may find that strange after today, but I only do this one day a year. It’s my Christmas present to the men who have served. It’s the least I can do for your sacrifice. And wasn’t this better than a tie? Merry Christmas Mr. Waters,” Katie said as she opened the door and left.

“There is a God after all,” said Tim Waters as he began to drift off.

“How’d everything go Amy,” Katie asked when she come around to her seat at the computer terminal.

“It was great. One of the older men had a hard time getting it up but he told me what to do and I was able to suck him hard with him holding my head down on his cock. He said if I would let it slide down my throat it would get hard.”

“And did it?” Katie asked looking at the ceiling.

“Oh yes. I could feel the head being pushed out of the skin with each thrust down my throat and the skin moving up and over the head of his cock as it came out of my throat. By him holding both sides of my head and pushing it firmly down on his cock he was able to kind of fuck my mouth and get his hard on. He said he wanted to fuck me in the asshole but I told him we couldn’t. Then he said that was all right and that he would just fuck my mouth and I could lick his balls when he pushed all the way down. Don’t you just love it the way that little end part of the skin feels on your lips when you suck it in your mouth.

“The other older man skinned his back and had me put my tongue on the head of his cock and he let the skin slide over the head and over the end of my tongue. The skin felt soft and spongy like the skin around my pussy.”

“And you liked the feeling when he did that?”

“Yeah, and especially when I would just take the end of his cock in my mouth and be able to move the skin all around.”

“Then you like doing new things Amy?”

“Yes. This was fun today. It made me feel good.”

“Do you drink Amy?”

“Yes but not a lot. A few glasses of wine and I like scotch. My daddy drinks scotch.”

“Well I know you are away from home and my roommate and I are going to have a few drinks tonight to celebrate and I would like you to come over and join us.”

“I don’t know about that. I mean drinking and the snow and all. I just don’t know.”

“Don’t worry about that. If we have a little too much to drink we have plenty of room. There are two bedrooms and you can sleep with one of us if you don’t want to drive. How about it? We don’t have to work tomorrow.”

“Well OK. I’d just sit in my room otherwise. But I have to go home and change.”

“Here is my address and phone. It’s not far. You just come over as soon as you can. I’m going to my locker to get my coat and boots. I Hope I see you later to night. Merry Christmas.”

Ben was in the lobby when she got off the elevator getting ready for the outside. “Well, we made another one Ben. I hope the men will have a good night.”

“God be with them. Merry Christmas Katie.”

“Merry Christmas Ben.”