Helene: Hey sis, bad news! :(
Gwen: What happened?!
Helene: I can't come to your place for Christmas :(((
Gwen: ... aha, and why is that?
Helene: Our car broke and we don't have any cash to spend right now to fix it.
Gwen: I can lend you some, no problem. I've already told James and Ollie that you're coming. Come on, Helene.
Helene: Thank you, truly appreciate it, but I can't accept it.
Gwen: Don't be like that. What am I supposed to tell the kids?
Helene: Don't know, that we're not coming?
Gwen: Can't see you're so bummed about this.
Helene: Yeah, sure, I'm delighted that I have a broken car and no money to fix it ;/
Gwen: But it's same story every year with you
Helene: And what's that supposed to mean? I also wanted you to finally meet the little one.
Gwen: Then come, geez. It's not that difficult
Helene: How about we meet after Christmas?
Gwen: New Year's Eve maybe?
Helene: I was thinking more like after New Year's...
Gwen: Ok, I don't want to argue
Helene: Gwen, it's not that I'm doing this on purpose, you know it. Jeff is going to his parents in February so we could drop by.
Gwen: Sure, I'm not telling kids about this. It's enough that now I need to explain to them why their cousins are not coming... 
Helene: Thanks Gwen...
Gwen: Don't make me feel guilty about, ok? I need to go, say hello to Jeff and the kids
Helen, Jeff and their children cannot come and spend Christmas with Gwen and her family because their car has broken down and they have no money to pay for the repair.