Gene looks over at her, wondering at her silence and how he's supposed to break it.

In the end, he stretches out his hand and clicks his fingers in front of her face.

'C'mon, snap out of it Bols. It's Christmas.'

Some festive cheer is in order. And it's obviously Alex's lucky day as Herb Alpert's Christmas album is slotted into the tape deck and starts to blare out.