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W<\/span>ho among us can resist the temptation to get maudlin and morose on Christmas Eve?<\/p>\n And what can be sadder than the story of a tragically misunderstood young girl who cried out for attention once too often?<\/p>\n You won’t find the whole story in this reading of the song because last night when I was recording this, I simply could not commit the denoument verse to the hard drive… it was just too pat, too on the nose… too obvious. Too lame.<\/p>\n Suffice it to say that in the part of the story I left out, Lisa will have an opportunity to be reevaluated at the staff’s convenience at some future date — if she shows a sufficient change in attitude. Her parents will send the upstairs maid to visit her every other weekend.<\/p>\n Still, there’ll be glimmer of hope, a young intern who whispers that he’s going to the state authorities, trust him — he’ll get her out.<\/p>\n Yet, she doesn’t see him again and on a lonely Christmas Eve, staring out through the tiny, barred window of her discreetly padded cell, she finds herelf praying for a Christmas miracle…<\/p>\n Yep, all of that was in that was in that one verse I cut. You know what they say, art is knowing what to leave out.<\/p>\n Happy holidays!<\/span><\/p>\n\n