Scenes from Life: Act 1 Scenes 3&4: "Rich People Don't Know They're Rich"

[Father and Daugher are in a car together. Daughter drives and Father holds a 40 in his lap]
 Father: Yeah, SURE they aint got money for it.
 Daughter: I mean, I'm sure they have money troubles, too. Even rich people have money trouble. 
Father: Mhmm, They aint got enough money to go on the trip with us, but oh, they have tons of money for all of these OTHER fancy expensive things.
 Daughter: Rich people don't KNOW they're rich. To lotsa people, we're rich.
 Father: Okay, but the difference is when I tell you 'we aint got no money' I mean 'we aint got NO money'
 Daughter: I know [Cut to the living room. In front of the bay window, a small porcelain Christmas tree is chipped and a bit crooked, sitting on a folding table covered by a treeskirt.]
 Daughter: What's this? Are we not putting up the tree this year?
 Father: Is a tree really the spirit of Christmas? Daughtter: Why arent you putting up the tree? Father: What is CHRISTMAS, really?
 Daughter: Stop BS-ing me, what did you do to the tree?
 Father: It broke. Threw it out when the basement flooded.
 Daughter: So shouldn't we get a new one?
 Father: Not if you want your Christmas present. You can either have real pine tree that you and Mom are allergic to, or that one.
 Daughter: Oh, Okay.
 Father: [looks to the small porcelain decoration with a hint of sadness] We might find one on clearance or something if we go look on Christmas Eve... You should check Craigslist, too.
 Daughter: Sure, I'll check. [moves to put hand on decoration. She runs her fingers over the aging paint and smiles] But it's not like Christmas is going to be ruined just because we don't hang ornaments this year. I think this tree's great.
 ~A

 Christmas bells do ring
But all I hear are the keys
Of this computer