TV-G | 48min | Animation, Adventure, Christmas, Comedy, Short | TV Movie 14 December 1970
A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer: Romeo Muller
Stars: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn
A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer: Romeo Muller
Stars: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn
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Short filmTranscript
00:00Today, children everywhere are making preparations for an event of world-shaking significance,
00:10the annual visit of Santa Claus.
00:13Informed sources report legions of junior citizens are making monumental efforts not
00:19to cry and not to pout.
00:20Meanwhile, letters by the thousands have been flooding postal facilities at the North Pole.
00:22Meanwhile, letters by the thousands have been flooding postal facilities at the North Pole.
00:33Doggone thing always conks out when you...
00:36Well, hello there.
00:38My name's Special Delivery Kluger, S.D. for short.
00:42Oh, I've got lots of letters for Santa today.
00:45And every year, they're the same.
00:47Some ask for toys, but a lot ask questions.
00:50Like, you take this one.
00:52I bet one of you wrote it.
00:54Dear Santa, why do you wear a red suit?
00:56Uh-huh, I thought so.
00:58And this one.
00:59My turn.
01:00Dear Santa, why do you come down the chimney when I'm asleep?
01:04How about these?
01:05Why do you have whispers?
01:06Why do you live at the North Pole?
01:08Why do you leave presents at...
01:10Why do you always come on Christmas Eve?
01:11Why is your sleep overrated?
01:12Why do some people call you Kris Kingles?
01:14Why?
01:15Why?
01:16Now, hold on, hold on.
01:18I can answer all your questions, because I know everything about Santa.
01:22Now, Santa is a busy man.
01:25He has no time to play.
01:27He's got millions and millions of stockings to fill on Christmas Day.
01:32So, you better write your letter now.
01:35And mail it right away.
01:37Because he's getting ready with his reindeers and his sleigh.
01:43So, you better watch out.
01:45You better not cry.
01:47You better not pout.
01:48I'm telling you why.
02:14Why?
02:15Why?
02:16Why?
02:43Why?
03:14Why?
03:23So, you want to know all about Santa, right?
03:26The best place to start is at the very beginning.
03:29When Santa was just a little baby.
03:31You mean Santa was once...
03:34a baby?
03:35Of course.
03:36Everybody's got to be a baby at least once in their lives.
03:39Now, this was years and years ago.
03:41Oh, way back, in one of the northern countries there was a small city called Sumnertown.
03:48It was a cold, cold place which shivered in the shadows of the strange mountain of the whispering winds.
03:55Now, the main reason for all this gloom was the mayor.
03:59A mean old grouch of a fellow who was known as Burgermeister Meisterburger.
04:05Herr Burgermeister, Herr Burgermeister, look what was discovered on your front stoop.
04:10What? What, Grimsley? The milk? The daily paper?
04:13No, sir. A baby.
04:16Oh, is that all? A baby?
04:21And there's a note.
04:23Please, sir, take care of my child and protect him from the dangers of the mountain of the whispering winds.
04:31He will be exceptional if only given the love he needs.
04:35I, Burgermeister Meisterburger, take care of a baby? Outrageous!
04:42What's its name?
04:43This is the only clue, sir. It says, claws.
04:48Oh, take the little baggage to the orphan asylum. That's the proper place for foundlings anyway.
04:58Get the brat out of here!
05:06Oh, the sleigh! It broke away! Oh, my goodness! Where are you, baby claws?
05:20Oh, do come back! Come back!
05:23Well, that strange wind blew the little sleigh right up to the mountain of the whispering winds.
05:36Well, you see, that mountain was the home of the awful, the terrible. Oh, I hate to even say his name.
05:43That mountain was the home of the winter warlock, the strange hermit of the north,
05:53who lived alone in a ghostly palace of ice, practicing his strange spells and snowy incantations.
06:02The animals knew they had to hide that baby, and fast.
06:08They knew where that baby belonged, so, quick as they could, they started on their way.
06:12Where? Where?
06:14Well, you see, just beyond the mountain was Rainbow River Valley.
06:18And there, by a bend in the magical stream, was the home of a jolly family of little people.
06:24Elves, you might call them.
06:27Elves, you might call them.
06:29Kringle was their name.
06:31The door was answered by an elf named Dingle.
06:34Dingle Kringle, to be precise.
06:36Yes? Who's there? There's who?
06:39Ooh, wiggle my ears and tickle my toes, methinks I see, a baby's nose.
06:45It's more than a nose, there's a whole baby attached to it.
06:49Better call my brothers.
06:51Wingo, Bingo, Tingle, Zingo.
06:54Zingo?
06:55What is it, Zingo? It's a baby, Zingo.
06:58A baby what, Wingo?
07:00A baby baby, Tingle.
07:02I like babies, Bingo.
07:05Our baby's the best baby of them all, Wingo.
07:09They brought the little fella to the elf queen, Tanta Kringle.
07:13A baby, what a splendid idea.
07:16He shall live with us and sleep with us and drink warm cocoa with us.
07:21What will we call him, Tanta Kringle?
07:23His license says Claus.
07:26Unusual name.
07:28However, we shall call him Kris, Kris Kringle.
07:32Yay!
07:34Well, those little Kringles took that baby to their hearts.
07:37Soon as he was old enough, they set up a little school and taught him all the important things.
07:43How to read and write and talk and count stars on a crystal night and how to make toys.
07:50Make toys?
07:51Oh, sure. That was the Kringle's main occupation.
07:55They were toy makers.
07:57The only problem was there were no children to give them to.
08:01You remember, Sombertown was on the other side of the mountain with the whispering winds.
08:05And the little elves just couldn't make it past the winter warlock.
08:09So...
08:13The toys kind of stacked up some.
08:16It's really quite sad.
08:18We will never be able to transport our toys over the mountain.
08:21Someday when I'm bigger, I'll take them for you, Tanta Kringle.
08:25That will be the day.
08:27We will be great toy makers again as we once were.
08:31When was that, Tanta?
08:32Oh, years and years ago.
08:34The Kringles were world renowned.
08:37For, you know, we were the very first royal toy makers.
08:41The first toy makers to the king.
08:44It's a difficult responsibility
08:49When you accept an appointment from his majesty
08:54You must strive for just the perfect quality
08:59When you're the first toy maker to the king
09:04All the soldiers must stand erect
09:07For the kingdom they protect
09:09The balls must bounce much higher
09:11If they're to please his royal sire
09:13The ballerinas must pirouette upon their musical toes
09:18And the clowns must make a king forget
09:21All his kingly bows
09:24It's a difficult responsibility
09:29When you accept an appointment from his majesty
09:34You must strive for just the perfect quality
09:39When you're the first toy maker to the king
09:44All the sailboats must never sink
09:47And the dollies always spin
09:49The teddy bears be furry
09:51If they're to gain his royal curry
09:54The jacking boxes must always pop
09:56At every regal command
09:59And the kangaroos must learn to hop
10:02Into the prince's hand
10:05It's a difficult responsibility
10:11When you accept an appointment from his majesty
10:16You must strive for just the perfect quality
10:20When you're the first toy maker to the king
10:36So that's why he makes such wonderful toys
10:40That's why
10:41The Kringles taught him everything they knew
10:43Of course, Chris had other teachers
10:46The animals
10:53But the seals taught him the most important things
10:56How to have fun and
10:58Ho, ho, ho
11:00Ho, ho, ho, ho
11:03How to laugh real hard and wonderful
11:06Like he meant it
11:07Ho, ho, ho, ho
11:09Well, years went by and finally Chris was a fine young man
11:12I'm a man now, Tanta
11:14I can take those toys across the mountain of the whispering winds
11:18It would be nice if someone played with our toys
11:23If only one of my dollies could be held tight by a little girl
11:27It's decided then
11:29Tomorrow, I leave for Sombertown
11:32Yay!
11:36Tanta Kringle
11:37Ah, I was just packing
11:39Did I wake you up?
11:41I was awake anyhow
11:42I made this for your trip
11:44A real Kringle suit
11:48So that's where I got the red suit
11:51Yep, and he's always worn one just like it
11:54Right to this day
11:56Well, Chris said goodbye to all his friends, elf and animal
12:01Just as night was falling
12:03Chris started to make his way through the dismal forest
12:06Which lay at the foot of the warlock's mountain
12:08Hey!
12:11Why, why, you're a penguin
12:15Well, what is a penguin doing here?
12:19You're looking for a stick?
12:21A branch?
12:22A log?
12:23A pole?
12:25The North Pole?
12:26No
12:28The South Pole?
12:30Well, little fella, that's on the other end of the earth
12:33You're just about as lost as you can get
12:35You better travel with me
12:37You need someone to take care of you
12:39Now, now, cut that out
12:41Come on, Topper
12:44I'll call you Topper, okay?
12:47Come on
12:48This way, little fella
12:51Who nears my mountain?
12:57Go back
12:59Or you are doomed
13:03Come on, Topper
13:14I shall get him when he returns
13:17He's got to cross my mountain on the way home
13:20And then...
13:23No more being the nice guy
13:30We made it, Topper
13:32And... and look!
13:34Sombertown, just sitting there waiting for us
13:38And our good Kringle toys
13:40That's what they thought
13:42But what they didn't realize was at that very moment
13:45In the Sombertown City Hall
13:47Ta-da!
13:49Burgermeister Meisterburger
14:03As I suspected
14:05You've broken your funny bone
14:07Oh, what caused me to trip, Grinsley?
14:11This, sir
14:13Huh? A toy?
14:15As I suspected
14:17I hate toys
14:19And toys hate me
14:21Either they are going or I am going
14:23And I am certainly not going, Grinsley
14:26I have a job for you to do
14:29Now, take this down
14:30It's a difficult responsibility
14:35That you accept from the number one lawmaker, me
14:41Have it known throughout the land from sea to sea
14:46There'll be no more toy makers to the king
14:51All the tin soldiers melt them down
14:55Wash the face of every clown
14:57Each bouncing ball deflated
14:59No, I don't want to debate it
15:02The ballerinas who pirouette
15:05Arrest their musical toes
15:07Outlaw the dulls and sink the boats
15:10They bring me only woes
15:14It's a difficult responsibility
15:19That you accept from the number one lawmaker, me
15:24Have it known throughout the land from sea to sea
15:29There'll be no more toy makers to the king
15:35Every jack in the box be sealed
15:38Till my wounded pride be healed
15:40Stuffed animals, unstuff them
15:42When a child objects, rip off them
15:45No more drummers who rat-a-tat-tat
15:48No buglers who root-a-toot-toot
15:50Don't let me see another toy
15:53Or you will feel my boot
15:57It's a difficult responsibility
16:04That he extracts from the number one lawkeeper, me
16:09Be it known throughout the land from sea to sea
16:15Toys are hereby declared illegal, immoral, unlawful
16:21And anyone found with a toy in his possession
16:25Will be placed under arrest and thrown in the dungeon
16:31There'll be no more toy makers to the king
16:42Now hold it back now
16:44Give me all your toys
16:46By order of the Burgermeister
16:52We'll never play again
16:57The townspeople didn't know what to make of Chris
16:59Hi there
17:00Nice day, friend
17:02Don't hi me
17:03Good morning, ma'am
17:05You ought to be ashamed of yourself, young man
17:08Wearing such outlandish clothes
17:10Clothes?
17:12Look, all I want to do is give away these toys
17:15Toys?
17:16Toys?
17:17Toys?
17:18Get him out of here
17:19Help me
17:20Get him
17:25What did I say?
17:29Well, what's going on here?
17:31We're doing our chores
17:33Yeah, and no more playing
17:35No playing, eh?
17:37Are you, uh, washing out, uh, stockings?
17:41Uh-huh
17:42It's one of our daily duties
17:44Then we hang them by the fireplace
17:46So they dry overnight
17:48That's the only way they judge you around here
17:50By how many chores you do
17:52And how clean your stockings are
17:54Is that so?
17:56Well, uh, you don't have to look so gloom about it
18:00Why?
18:01I don't know, I just don't like sour faces
18:03And I got some real nice goodies for you
18:05But not if you look like this
18:08You better watch out
18:10Better not cry
18:11Better not pout
18:12Why?
18:13I'm telling you why
18:15Yeah
18:16Because I came to town
18:18And look what I brought
18:20Toys
18:21Real toys
18:23Why, sure
18:24Compliments of the Kringles
18:26But, but what about the burglarmeister?
18:29What about him?
18:30If he wants a toy, he may have one
18:32I'll save him a big red yo-yo
18:37Come on, let's play
18:39Yeah, come on, wait
18:41You must not play with toys
18:44And, uh, who are you?
18:46That's Miss Jessica, our new schoolteacher
18:49Kris Kringle at your service, Miss Jessica
18:52How dare you come here in those ridiculous clothes and make fun of me?
18:56Clothes again?
18:58I wasn't making...
18:59And what do you mean by giving the children toys?
19:02Don't you know toys are against the law?
19:05Yep, it's true
19:07Gee, that's kind of a silly law
19:09If the burglarmeister saw you, we would all be in great danger
19:13In danger from toys?
19:16Why, that's the silliest thing I ever heard
19:19Toys are frivolous, impractical, unproductive, and...
19:25What's that?
19:26For you
19:28A china doll?
19:30I always wanted one when I was a little girl
19:33But my parents wouldn't...
19:37Thank you, I mean...
19:39Watch out for that dolly
19:41She's a hardened criminal, I hear
19:43Well, maybe it is a silly law
19:46I mean...
19:48What do you say you help me hand out these presents?
19:50It's too big a job for one oversized Kringle and a little lost penguin
19:55Oh, what a good girl
20:00Oh, what a good boy
20:04Oh, what a big smile
20:09All because of a toy
20:14If you sit on my lap today
20:17A kiss, a toy is the price you'll pay
20:20When you tell what you wish for
20:23In a whisper, be prepared to pay
20:27If you sit on my lap today
20:30A kiss, a toy is the price you'll pay
20:34When you sit on my left knee
20:36Don't be stingy, be prepared to pay
20:40If whenever you take
20:43You give a little back
20:46Then whoever you love
20:49Will give a little love back
20:52So give a little love
20:55Get a little love back
20:58Don't you have a little love?
21:01Then you'll want to get back
21:05If you sit on his lap today
21:08A kiss, a toy is the price you'll pay
21:12When you sit on his left knee
21:15Don't be stingy, be prepared to pay
21:19Now if you sit on my lap today
21:22A kiss, a toy is the price you'll pay
21:32Ah, a perfect day
21:34Everybody is glum
21:37Ah, see all the little children are playing with their toys
21:41Little people playing with their toys
21:44Stop! In the name of the law
21:47You brats are under arrest
21:50Take them away
21:52Don't arrest those children
21:54It was my fault
21:56I gave them the toys
21:58You? How dare you
22:01You are obviously an unconformist and a rebel
22:05Me? Rebel?
22:07Arrest this man immediately
22:11For you
22:14A yo-yo?
22:16I love yo-yos
22:19I used to be able to do all kinds of tricks
22:26Excuse me, sir
22:28But you're breaking your own laws
22:30What? What are you saying?
22:35I have been bamboozled
22:37Arrest him! Arrest him!
22:43Oh, look, he climbs like a squirrel
22:46Leaps like a deer
22:48And is as slippery as a seal
22:50After him!
22:57He went into the woods
23:00We'll never find him in there
23:03Guess we lost him, Topper
23:05Slow down now
23:11Wonder where we are
23:13You are trespassing on the lands of the Winter Warlock
23:20Hey! Hey, let go!
23:22Let go!
23:25You friskingle
23:27You've disturbed me for the very last time
23:33Now I have you
23:35And you'll never get away
23:48Look, before you do me in
23:51Would you tell your tree friends to let me loose for a second?
23:54You see, I have something for you
23:57What is this? A trick?
24:00Oh, no, sir, Mr. Warlock
24:02Or may I call you Winter?
24:04Mr. Warlock, if you please
24:07Well, I managed to save one little toy
24:11And I'd like you to have it
24:13You wish to give me a present?
24:20A toy?
24:22Yes, sir
24:23But nobody ever gives mean old Warlock a toy
24:28I'd like to start a new custom
24:31If you'd just call off...
24:33Oh, yes, of course
24:38But you mustn't mind the tree monsters
24:41Their bark is worse than their bite
24:45Their bark is worse than their bite
24:49Hey, Willie Willow, Peter Pine
24:52Release the Kringles
24:56And no tricks now
24:58Oh, no, no, sir, Mr. Warlock
25:01A choo-choo?
25:05I've always wanted one
25:08What's that?
25:10My icy heart
25:13It's melting
25:15Well, look, Mr. Warlock
25:17Please, please
25:19Call me Winter
25:21Winter?
25:22Oh, yes, yes
25:24Suddenly my whole outlook has changed
25:28From bad to good
25:30Great
25:31Ah, but will it last?
25:34I really am a mean and despicable creature at heart, you know
25:38It's so difficult to really change
25:43Difficult?
25:46Why, look here
25:48Changing from bad to good is as easy as taking your first step
25:54Put one foot in front of the other
25:59And soon you'll be walking across the floor
26:03Put one foot in front of the other
26:08And soon you'll be walking out the door
26:12You never will get where you're going
26:16If you never get up on your feet
26:21Come on, there's a good tailwind blowing
26:26A fast-walking man is hard to beat
26:30Put one foot in front of the other
26:35And soon you'll be walking across the floor
26:40Put one foot in front of the other
26:44And soon you'll be walking out the door
26:49If you want to change your direction
26:53If your time of life is at hand
26:58Oh, don't be the rule, be the exception
27:03A good way to start is to stand
27:07Put one foot in front of the other
27:12And soon you'll be walking across the floor
27:17Put one foot in front of the other
27:21And soon you'll be walking out the door
27:26If I want to change the reflection
27:30I see in the mirror each morning
27:34Oh, you do?
27:35You mean that it's just my election?
27:38Just that
27:40To vote for a chance to be reported
27:44You put one foot in front of the other
27:50And soon you are walking across the floor
27:57You put one foot in front of the other
28:02And soon you are walking out the door
28:07Put one foot in front of the other
28:12And soon you are walking across the floor
28:16Put one foot in front of the other
28:21And soon you'll be walking out the door
28:32Well, there's...
28:33There's all kinds of ways we can help each other
28:36You can bring me nice new toys
28:39I can assist you with my magic
28:43How?
28:45I'll show you
28:48Gaze into my magic crystal snowball
28:53Someone is looking for you
28:57Chris! Chris!
29:00Jessica?
29:01Go to her, lad
29:04Oh!
29:05Only me, ma'am
29:06I thought I'd never find you again
29:08I wanted to bring you these
29:10Letters and notes from the children of Sombertown
29:13Asking for more toys
29:15You see, the Burgermeister destroyed the ones you brought
29:19You tell those young'uns there'll be plenty of toys
29:21But only if they behave themselves
29:24No cryin' or poutin' or...
29:27Oh, I'll know
29:29I got ways of knowin'
29:32My, uh...
29:33Personal friend the Warlock taught me this
29:36Yes, sir
29:37I can see when they're sleepin'
29:39I know when they're awake
29:41My goodness
29:43You know if they're bad or good?
29:45Uh-huh
29:46So you tell them to be good
29:47For goodness sake
29:49Oh, thank you, Chris
29:50For what?
29:51For being so kind
29:53For just being you
29:56Golly!
29:59Now, uh...
30:00About the toys
30:02I'll have to kinda slip them in after dark
30:04When the Burgermeister is asleep
30:06So you tell all the boys and girls
30:08To leave their doors unlocked tomorrow night
30:12Well, Chris went back to the Kringles
30:14To get some more toys
30:16And what do you think those crazy Kringles did?
30:18Yes, sir
30:19They all moved in on old winter
30:21Locked, stocked, and toyboxed
30:23I guess they figured it made sense
30:24To move the source of supply close to the demand
30:27Oh, I'm crowded
30:30But at least I'm loved
30:33Chris made a list of all the children
30:35And the toys they wanted
30:37He checked it over once
30:38Then checked it over twice
30:40He tried to figure out just who was naughty
30:42And who was nice
30:43Well, I guess they're all pretty nice
30:47So he packed up and was off to Soppertown
30:49Uh-uh-uh
30:51When Chris was safe inside Soppertown
30:53He tried all the doors
30:54And if they were open
30:55He knew a child lived inside
30:56Who was expecting a toy
31:00This is outrageous
31:02Toys!
31:03Toys everywhere!
31:05What sort of criminal is this Kringle?
31:08Sneaking into houses by night
31:11I hereby decree
31:13That all the town's doors and windows
31:16Will be locked tight against this prowler
31:21Well, more and more letters
31:25Came for Chris from the children
31:27Jessica would gather them together
31:29And then give them to the animals
31:30Who would deliver them
31:32And Chris, well, he just couldn't turn anybody down
31:35But this time he found all the doors were locked
31:38Now there was one special toy
31:39He just had to deliver
31:42Susie, a tiny little girl
31:44Who was very, very sick
31:46Had asked Chris for a toy Noah's Ark
31:50Chris just couldn't disappoint her
31:52Uh-uh
31:53Topper, shh
31:55What is it?
31:56You have an idea?
31:57How to get into the house
31:59But not through the door
32:00Up the sky
32:02The moon
32:03The stars
32:05The chimney
32:07Go down the chimney
32:09Great idea
32:13Well, here goes
32:17That's how he started going down chimneys
32:19Oh, now I understand
32:22That's fun
32:24What a great job I've got
32:26Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh
32:31Come on, there's a lot more chimneys to explore tonight
32:39More toys
32:41Discovered by the half and the mental pieces
32:44Each house in Samba Town
32:46Will be searched before dawn
32:48If any more toys are found by the fireplace
32:51They will be confiscated
32:53And the children severely punished
32:56So be it
32:58Down
33:00But those letters just kept right on coming
33:03Doggone, how can I get the toys to them?
33:06They gotta have toys
33:08Otherwise their life will be nothing
33:10But school and chores
33:11And washing their stockings
33:14The stockings
33:16The stockings
33:20Take this to Jessica
33:22She'll know what to tell the children
33:24Company, halt
33:27Search the premises
33:29If you find so much as one marble or half a jack
33:32The house is under arrest
33:35Double time, hop
33:38We can't find anything here, Burgermeister
33:42Good, very good
33:44No toys
33:46Nothing but drying stockings
33:49As is proper
33:51About face
33:53Forward march
33:55Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop
33:59Phew, thank heaven there were no toys
34:04And that's how he started leaving presents in stockings
34:08More toys
34:10But how?
34:12Oh, blessed on my
34:15Ho, ho, ho
34:17I will do what I should have done a long time ago
34:20I will set a trap for that bothersome Kringle
34:24His next visit to Thumbertown
34:27Will be his last
34:30Oh no, I must warn Chris
34:33But she was too late
34:35Chris had already left with his toys
34:38Oh, Mr. Warlock
34:40Oh, Winter, please
34:42You must help me stop Chris
34:44Please, use your magic
34:46Oh, alas
34:48I've been disenchanted
34:51I have no more powers
34:54I can't even do card tricks
34:56Oh, that's terrible
34:58What shall we do?
35:00Nobody is going to do anything
35:04You are all under arrest
35:06For defying the law and making toys
35:09And for being an accomplice to public enemy number one
35:13Chris Kringle
35:15To the dungeon
35:17Oh, I tell you, things didn't look good
35:20And meanwhile, back in Thumbertown
35:25Stop, you are under arrest
35:28Not me
35:30Wait, look
35:32What can I do?
35:35You have me
35:37To the dungeon
35:40Children of Thumbertown
35:43You will never, never play again
35:59Well, sir, it looked like Chris was finally beaten
36:02Herr Burgermeister, please
36:04You must set Chris and the little Kringles free
36:07Set them free? Never
36:10I promise they will never disturb you again
36:14What good are your promises?
36:17Goodbye, good luck and good riddance
36:22My own town turned against me
36:25Well, my eyes are beginning to open
36:28For the very first time to what life is really all about
36:32And I know just where I belong
36:35With Chris, wherever he is
36:38Today is not the end
36:40It's only the beginning
36:43All the little kids
36:47Victim on the way
36:51Suddenly have disappeared with yesterday
36:59Tossed about the fields
37:02And lost among the winds
37:06My world is beginning today
37:13Oh, so many times
37:18Have I walked this way
37:21And never seen the little things I see today
37:29Never had my head so high above the clouds
37:36My world is beginning today
37:43I know something's gonna happen
37:48But it's out of my hands
37:52Things are gonna start smacking without any plan
37:59All the little kids
38:03Victim on the way
38:07Suddenly have disappeared with yesterday
38:16Tossed about the fields
38:19And lost among the winds
38:23My world is beginning today
38:31My world is beginning today
38:39Well, Jessica realized the first thing she had to do
38:42Was set Chris and the others free
38:44Mr. Warlock
38:46Oh, Jessica
38:48Winter, please
38:50What are you doing here?
38:51Trying to set you all free
38:53But I don't know how
38:55If only you had your magic powers back
38:58Alas
39:00I've nothing but a few meager magic leftovers here in my pockets
39:04A short-circuited wand, useless
39:08A dried-up magic potion, powerless
39:12The tiny stubs of a hundred or so magic candles
39:15And a few last handfuls of magic-feed corn, just junk
39:20On me
39:21Magic-feed corn?
39:23Well, it's of no use to us
39:25It can't dissolve prison walls
39:27All it can do is make reindeer fly
39:30Reindeer? Fly?
39:32Yes, yes, ridiculous, isn't it?
39:34Later that night, Jessica rounded up some of Chris's reindeer friends
39:38They just had to take one nibble of that corn
39:41And...
39:44Whee, look at them go
39:46I bet you know their names
39:47Dasher and Dancer
39:49And Prancer and Vixen
39:51And Comet and Cupid
39:52And Donner and Blitzter
39:54Yes, sir
39:55And don't forget
39:57Beep
39:58No, that's another story
40:01Stop! Stop!
40:10Let's go, Donner
40:11Let's go
40:14Onward, Vixen, onward
40:16Well, I still have a little magic
40:19Oh, I'm not such a loser after all
40:24And that's how Santa's reindeer started to fly
40:28That's just the way it happened
40:30The Meisterburgers shall hunt them down throughout the land
40:34Those rebels will not have one moment's peace
40:37Until they are captured again
40:41It's not even safe here
40:42The guardsmen will be coming back
40:44We'll have to push on
40:45I'll go anywhere you say, Chris
40:49Like Robin Hood of old
40:50Chris suddenly found himself called an outlaw
40:53Wanted, dead or alive
40:56The Terrible Toymaker
40:59Chris Kringle
41:05Well, those posters are not going to do them any good now
41:09Oh, Chris, let me take a good look at it
41:12Pretty grand, eh?
41:14It's perfect
41:16Well, since I'm a Kringle
41:18I had to grow one sooner or later
41:23So that's why he has whiskers
41:26Ah, but you should not use your Kringle name
41:28It's dangerous
41:29Not call myself Kringle?
41:31What other name would suit me?
41:33There is one
41:35You were wearing this when we found you as a baby
41:38See what it says?
41:39Claus
41:42Claus?
41:43Your real name
41:46You must use it now
41:48I knew it, I knew it
41:50That's where he got his name from
41:52And it was that name he asked Jessica to share
41:55It was that name Jessica agreed to take
41:58As his wife
41:59Jessica?
42:00Oh, she became Mrs. Santa Claus
42:03It was a lovely wedding
42:05Yes, sir
42:06They held it on Christmas Eve
42:08And since no town would welcome them
42:10They stood before the Lord
42:12In the silent winter woods
42:14And a grove of pine trees was their cathedral
42:17They put all that pretty stuff onto the pine trees
42:20And then Chris and Jessica placed their wedding gifts to each other
42:24Under the trees
42:26No church ever looked nicer
42:30Oh, please
42:33Let me have
42:35Just a little magic
42:39The very first Christmas trees
42:45What better way
42:48To tell you
42:50How much
42:52You mean to me
42:58Than a token
43:01Of affection
43:05Placed beneath
43:09A Christmas tree
43:15The customers
43:18The custom started
43:21Long, long ago
43:25When first
43:27The wise men
43:29Three
43:37Gave gifts of love
43:40Of love
43:48To a new
43:52Baby
44:09But there was no rest for our little group of outcasts
44:12Soon they were forced up beyond the reaches of civilization
44:15Up far past the most northern city
44:18Past where even most animals live
44:20Up to the North Pole
44:22This is it, people
44:24Yes, this is it
44:26We'll build ourselves a nice house
44:29Heck, while we're at it
44:31We'll build ourselves a castle
44:34And the best toy factory in the world
44:37And that's just what they did
44:39And in no time at all
44:41Santa's castle and workshop
44:43Up at the North Pole
44:45Well, as soon as the buildings were built
44:47They settled in and started making toys in urgency
44:50Oh, they needed toys
44:52Because, you see
44:54Despite everything the Meisterbergers tried
44:56The legend of Kris Kringle, or Klaus
44:58As he now was known
45:00Just grew and grew
45:02And as the years went by
45:04Animals delivered letters by the thousands
45:07Oh, just look at this list
45:11Well, load up the sleigh
45:15Ah, this is the fourth trip this month
45:18You see, he still had to travel by night
45:21Because he was considered an outlaw
45:24But when did they stop calling him an outlaw?
45:26Well, as time went by, that changed
45:28You see, the Meisterbergers
45:30They kind of died off and fell out of power
45:33And by and by, the good people realized
45:36How silly the Meisterberger laws were
45:38Well, everybody had a wonderful life
45:40And then forgot all about him
45:42Yes, sir, the older he got
45:44The more famous he became
45:46And the more folks loved him
45:48He's very good, isn't he?
45:50Uh-huh, you bet
45:52Is that why he's called Santa Claus?
45:55That's why, honey
45:57That's why
45:59It turned into quite a proposition
46:01I can hardly keep up with the orders
46:04I'm afraid I'm gonna have to limit my journey
46:07To one a year
46:09But on which night should I go out?
46:12I wonder
46:14It wasn't a hard decision to make
46:16They chose, of course, the holiest night of the year
46:19The night of profound love
46:21Which was the perfect night for giving
46:23Christmas Eve?
46:25Christmas Eve
46:27And that's how it all started
46:33How goes it, Mr. Warlock?
46:36Winter, please
46:38I've got my magic power working just fine
46:41I can cast up a big freeze
46:44Yes, sir
46:45I think I can guarantee a white Christmas
46:49Wonderful
46:51Then let's be off
46:53Away!
46:59And that is the story of Santa Claus
47:02Gee, he's so wonderful
47:05Everybody must love him
47:07Well, most everybody
47:10Oh, he's not considered an outlaw anymore
47:13But there still are some
47:15Bah!
47:17Christmas is a bother
47:19The noise, the crowds
47:21I really wish it were outlawed
47:23How can they talk about Santa Claus
47:25When there's so much unhappiness in the world?
47:28Poor misguided folks
47:30They missed the whole point
47:32Lots of unhappiness?
47:34Maybe so
47:36But doesn't Santa take a little bit of that unhappiness away?
47:40Doesn't a smile on Christmas morning
47:42Scratch out a tear cried on a Saturday?
47:46Not much, maybe
47:48But what would happen if we all tried to be like Santa
47:51And learn to give
47:53As only he can give
47:55Of ourselves
47:57Our talents
47:59Our love
48:00And our hearts
48:02Maybe if we could all learn Santa's beautiful lesson
48:06Maybe there would finally be peace on earth
48:09And goodwill toward man
48:12Hey, it's getting late
48:15And I've got these letters to deliver
48:17And you better be getting home too
48:19And remember
48:21Behave yourselves
48:23Because Santa can still look into his magic snowball
48:25And see just what you're up to
48:27And now that you know all about him
48:29You can be darn sure that comes snow or high water
48:33Santa Claus is coming to town
48:38You better watch out
48:40You better not cry
48:42You better not pout
48:43I'll tell you why
48:45Santa Claus is coming to town
48:50He's making a list
48:52And checking it twice
48:54He's gonna find out who's naughty and nice
48:57Santa Claus is coming to town
49:02He sees you when you're sleeping
49:05He knows when you're awake
49:08He knows if you've been bad or good
49:11So be good for goodness sake
49:14Oh, you better watch out
49:16You better not cry
49:18You better not pout
49:19I'm telling you why
49:21Santa Claus is coming to town
49:26With little tin horns
49:28And little toy trunks
49:29Booty toot toot
49:31And Robbie Tum Tums
49:33Santa Claus is coming to town
49:38And girly head dogs
49:40The Tom and Coo
49:42Elephants, boats, and kid cars too
49:45Santa Claus is coming to town
49:50The kid's in girl and boy land
49:53They'll have a jubilee
49:56They're gonna build a toy land town
49:59All around the Christmas tree
50:02So you better watch out
50:04You better not cry
50:06You better not pout
50:07I'm telling you why
50:09Santa Claus is coming
50:12Santa Claus is coming
50:15Santa Claus is coming to town
50:22Merry Christmas