[MUSIC PLAYING]
TODD: Oh, man.
Those possums must be back.
[CLATTERING]
SPEAKER 1: Look who's here.
TODD: Look, it's all my Firebase friends.
[SINGING]
SPEAKER 2: Well, it looks like our work here is done.
[BIRDS CROWING]
TODD: Ah, this couldn't feel less like the holidays,
and I love it.
No annoying carols.
No busy crowded shopping malls.
Just me, the vast empty desert, and the scorpions.
Oh, hey, there, Mr. Stingsworth.
MR. STINGSWORTH: Oh, hey, Todd.
TODD: Paralyze anybody today?
[CLICKS]
[LAUGHS]
Well, the day is still young.
SANTA: Todd, please, you must stop this.
TODD: Mr. Nondenominational Holiday Man,
what are you doing here?
SANTA: I'm here because you've lost your holiday spirit.
TODD: You found my bottle of peppermint schnapps?
SANTA: No, holiday spirit.
The joy of giving and generosity and making developers' lives
easier with a suite of powerful, yet easy to use tools.
You know, like Flutter.
TODD: Stop that, stop that.
Forget it, Mr. Holiday Man.
The holidays don't mean anything to me anymore.
It's just a bunch of corporations
making feel-good YouTube videos for brand affinity.
I'm going to stay right here in the desert
and ride it out till next year.
Good day, sir.
SANTA: But Todd, think of the developers.
TODD: I said good day.
SANTA: Very well.
You've left me no choice.
Friends, Todd has lost his holiday spirit.
We must cheer him up ASAP.
Any ideas?
SPEAKER 3: I have an idea.
How about we have a guest appearance from Emmy
award-winning actor, Jon Hamm?
SANTA: Think lower budget.
SPEAKER 4: How about a new phone?
SANTA: Lower.
SPEAKER 5: Eh, I guess we could do another Christmas Carol.
SANTA: There's an idea.
Hit it.
[SINGING]
[TWINKLING]
TODD: Ah, you know?
That was kind of heartwarming.
SANTA: So will you do it?
Will you come back to Mountain View
and keep making videos for developers?
TODD: Oh, no.
Now get off my property before I call the desert cops.
SANTA: Very well.
Sic 'em boys.
[GRUNTING]
TODD: Scorpions.
Scorpions.
Go away, Scorpions.
[GRUNTING]
Get off me.
[GRUNTING]
[CRYING OUT]
[PANTING]
What a nightmare.
I thought I'd lost the spirit of the holidays for good,
oh, but I could see now it was just a dream,
and that I do still have that holiday cheer.
And for all of you in the Firebase community,
you keep that spirit alive as well,
whether that's being helpful to each other in the forums,
asking us thoughtful questions on hashtag Ask Firebase,
or just continuing to be the kind and positive people
that we got to know at the Firebase Summit this year.
You keep doing what makes this Firebase community so very
special.
And so from all of us to all of you, Happy Holidays.
[SIGHING]
MR. STINGSWORTH: Happy holidays, Todd.