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00:00Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring,
00:15not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in the hopes that
00:22Saint Nicholas would soon be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while
00:29visions of sugar plums danced in their heads. And Mama in her kerchief, and I in my cap,
00:40had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap. Ah, if only I could sleep, if only I knew.
00:51Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, but
00:59not even a mouse. Well, I'm stirring. If only I could sleep. If only I knew.
01:10We got trouble, the boss and me. Big trouble. I mean, how would you feel if it was only three
01:15minutes to Christmas, and you didn't know whether... As we say when approaching a tall piece of
01:22cheddar, better start from the top. The trouble began two months ago, when the mailman came.
01:33Hey, wait a minute. This isn't for us. It's for Santa. So is this. And this. And this.
01:43I spilled that ink. These are the letters we wrote to Santa. The letters we wrote to Santa returned...
01:50Not accepted by a dressie. What does that mean, Father? That Santa doesn't want our letters.
01:59But why? I don't know, Sarah. I don't know. The same thing was happening all over town,
02:07as boys and girls got their letters back from Santa. No one knew what it meant,
02:12but we grown-ups knew one thing for sure. We were gonna do everything we could to find out.
02:19It was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring,
02:31not even the night before Christmas. Come on, Oprah, sprinkle down the Milky Way. Santa, we need you today.
03:01Even a miracle needs a hand.
03:21Head up a little on the wonder-why, and give your heart a try.
03:31Head up a little on the wonder-why, and give your heart a try.
03:38It was the night before Christmas.
03:54While the people were storming the village hall, and the mayor was wishing he was somewhere else,
03:58I decided to give Mouse Bell a whirl, and get the word from up north.
04:06North Pole Substation.
04:07This is Father Mouse in Junctionville. Am I coming through?
04:11The equipment is in working order.
04:14Oh, well, listen. We want to know, what's the matter with Santa?
04:18You have to be more specific, sir.
04:21I'll be specific. How about these letters that all came back, not even opened?
04:26You did say Junctionville, sir.
04:30Yes, Junctionville.
04:32That explains it, sir. Santa didn't like that letter in the Junctionville Register, sir. Not one letter.
04:38Letter? What letter? Who wrote it?
04:41I wish I knew. It was signed, all of us.
04:46Hello. Hello.
04:48Back issues. Junctionville Register. In the cellar.
04:51A citizen to see you, Mr. Mayor.
04:56A citizen? They're not allowed in here. This is public property.
05:01This one says he has an answer to our problem.
05:03Then show him in. Show him in!
05:06Mr. Joshua Trundle, a clockmaker.
05:10Mr. Mayor and Honorable Councilman, I think we all know what the problem is.
05:14We have concluded that for reasons unknown, Mr. Claus, Santa that is, has taken an unconscionable
05:22attitude of hostile retaliation toward... Oh, heck, he's mad at us.
05:28That's just what I think, too. And I want to make him happy again. With this.
05:36Very handsome, Mr. Trundle. But, uh, how will a clock make him happy?
05:42It's not an ordinary clock. At exactly midnight on Christmas Eve, when Santa is flying overhead,
05:50he'll hear this.
05:53Christmas chimes a-calling Santa, Santa, every heart recalling Santa, Santa,
06:04come on, old Kris Kringle, down the Milky Way.
06:10Of course, this is only a small model with the children singing. I'd have to make a big one,
06:15big enough for Santa to see it and hear it.
06:17I move to authorize construction at once, second.
06:21All those in favor? And don't you dare say no, MacDevitt.
06:25Aye!
06:26Carried. You may build your clock, Mr. Trundle, and may the enchanting tones of its melody
06:33soar to the pinnacle of the celestial heights where... Oh, heck, get started.
06:38I found it! I found it!
06:45Dear editor, Santa Claus is a fraudulent myth rooted in unconscious fantasies and emerging as a deceitful lie.
06:55P.S. The reindeer are phony, too.
06:59Signed, all of us.
07:02No wonder Santa's angry.
07:04Who would send him a letter like that?
07:07Big words. It sounds like the mayor.
07:10Long words.
07:12Long words.
07:15Long words!
07:17Oh, no! It couldn't be!
07:21Albert?
07:22Yes, Father?
07:22There's something we've got to talk about.
07:24I said, yes, Father.
07:26Yes, Father, what?
07:27I wrote the letter. My friends and I, that is.
07:31All of us.
07:32You didn't, Albert.
07:34Dear editor, Santa Claus is a fraudulent myth rooted in...
07:37Enough! Enough!
07:39Write another one, right away, apologizing.
07:42But I can't.
07:43Why not?
07:44That letter was true.
07:46You don't know as much as you think because you only think with your head.
07:51So you have a lot of trouble believing in things you can't see or touch.
07:55Like, for instance, what things?
07:57How about fairies and leprechauns on St. Patrick's Day?
08:03How about just about everything that makes a holiday gay?
08:10There's more to the world than meets the eye.
08:15When doubts in your mind, give your heart a try.
08:19Let up a little on the wonder why and give your heart a try.
08:24If you can't believe what you can't see, well, here's what to do to become like me.
08:32Let up a little on the wonder why and give your heart a try.
08:37What is spring without the Easter Bunny?
08:43Like a rainbow that doesn't end in money.
08:49And a Valentine would certainly look stupid without a Cupid.
08:58So let his arrow in your heart, that would be a start.
09:06There's more to the world than meets the eye.
09:10When doubts in your mind, give your heart a try.
09:13Let up a little on the wonder why and give your heart a try.
09:26Here's our first example of how you've ruined everyone's Christmas with your opinions.
09:30This children's hospital once knew laughter.
09:37Best medicine there is, but not anymore.
09:46There's Davy Thomas, best artist in school.
09:50He made that picture of Santa when he thought that Santa cared.
09:53These are just kids.
10:01Grown-ups never believe in Santa.
10:04Don't quite know everything, do you?
10:13Everyone's asleep.
10:17Mr. Trundle's been hard at work making a special clock.
10:21There's the model.
10:22When the clock strikes 12 on Christmas Eve, it'll play a song welcoming Santa.
10:29Does that sound like a man who doesn't believe?
10:32A song?
10:34Would the hands come together like this?
10:40What's the matter with you?
10:42You want to wake everyone up?
10:43That's pretty neat.
10:44Does it work on the gear and pinion principle or an AC synchronous motor?
10:48Well, it's more of a gear what synchronicus who?
10:53Ever since Copernicus died, it was known, but...
10:56Never mind, never mind.
10:57You may know algebra, son.
10:59But this time, the whole town's counting on this clock.
11:03Hello citizens, we are gathered on this auspicious occasion to honor a distinguished gentleman,
11:21who's inspired and consummate excellence in the craft of chronometric creation,
11:27as, uh, oh heck, he made one whale of a clock, Mr. Joshua Trundle.
11:34And now, Mr. Trundle, if you will start your magnificent clock and its song,
11:44that will make Santa Claus our friend again.
11:46With pleasure.
11:48jazz music
12:14After the clock went kerplooey, life changed for Mr. Trundle.
12:24No one trusted him anymore.
12:26Please, come back.
12:29I'm still a good clock maker.
12:31Really, I am.
12:33What do you want?
12:37I'm Joshua Trundle.
12:39I've come to fix the clock.
12:40Ain't you fixed things enough around here?
12:43But I made that clock, for the town, for Santa.
12:46It's got to work by Christmas Eve, and I can make it work.
12:49I...
12:50What seems to be the trouble?
12:51This joker wants to get in.
12:53Says he came to fix the clock.
12:55Is that what he says?
12:56Well, let me tell you something, Trundle.
12:58Of all the incompetent, insolent purveyors of chicanery that I have ever...
13:04Oh, heck, a home.
13:06Winter came and things got tough for the Trundles.
13:13And if you think they had it bad...
13:16We'd have swapped our whiskers for a peanut shell or a round ripe apple seed, but...
13:22Meals don't fall from empty tables.
13:25Then, finally, it was Christmas Eve.
13:32No sense in hanging stockings, Dad.
13:36There's no one to fill them this year.
13:38Unless you believe in miracles.
13:40Now, don't go saying that.
13:42The night's not over yet.
13:44There's...
13:45There's always hope.
13:46Miracles happen most every day to people like you and me.
13:53But don't expect a miracle unless you help make it to be.
14:03So you hope and I'll hurry.
14:07You pray and I'll plan.
14:10We'll do what's necessary cause even a miracle needs a hand.
14:20You'll love and I'll labor.
14:23You sit and I'll stand.
14:26Get help from our next door neighbor cause even a miracle needs a hand.
14:36We'll help our maker to make our dreams come true.
14:43But I can't do it alone.
14:46So...
14:48Here's what we're gonna do.
14:54You hope and I'll hurry.
14:57You pray and I'll plan.
15:00We'll do what's necessary cause even a miracle needs a hand.
15:10We'll help our maker to make our dreams come true.
15:16But we can't do it alone.
15:20So...
15:21What are we gonna do?
15:25You wish.
15:27We wish.
15:28And I'll whittle.
15:29We wish.
15:30We wish.
15:31And I'll whittle.
15:32You drip.
15:33While I dry.
15:34Let's all try to help a little cause even a miracle needs a hand.
15:48Come, children.
15:49It's time for bed.
15:50Even a miracle needs a hand.
16:03What is it?
16:04It's my fault.
16:05Oh, my fault.
16:07I've ruined everyone's Christmas.
16:09I know.
16:10I know you wrote the letter, Albert.
16:12You told us so and that was honest of you.
16:15But as you said, it was your opinion.
16:18No.
16:19That isn't it.
16:20Something else.
16:21What else?
16:22Mr...
16:23Mr. Trundle's clock.
16:25In the village hall.
16:26I...
16:27I wanted to see how it worked.
16:29So I climbed up into it and...
16:31Kerplunk?
16:32Kerplooey.
16:33You broke the clock?
16:35I didn't mean it, Father.
16:37I'm sorry.
16:38So sorry.
16:39It's not enough to be sorry.
16:41When you've done something wrong, you have to correct the thing you did.
16:46That's it.
16:47I'll fix it, Father.
16:48I'll fix the clock by midnight.
16:50Then maybe Santa will...
16:51You believe in Santa?
16:53I don't know.
16:54I don't know.
16:55But I've learned that I've still got a lot to learn.
16:58But, son, you don't know how to fix a clock.
17:01That's all right, Father.
17:02Copernicus knew.
17:04You hope, and I'll hurry.
17:08You pray, and I'll plan.
17:11We'll do what's necessary, cause...
17:14Even a miracle needs a hand.
17:19Good luck!
17:21Psst!
17:22Father Mouse?
17:23Merry Christmas, Mr. Trundle.
17:24Not very merry, I'm afraid.
17:25You're right, of course.
17:26And it's my fault.
17:27My family's.
17:28How so?
17:29My older boy, Albert.
17:30First he insulted Santa, and then...
17:32I can hardly say it.
17:33Go on.
17:34I'm afraid he got into your clock to see how it worked, and then...
17:50Kerplunk.
17:51Kerplooey.
17:52So...
17:53That was it.
17:55The boy has repented.
17:57He's trying to make amends right now.
17:59diameter of coil in inverse ratio to mainspring which brings us to where we
18:15were three minutes three seconds to Christmas no chimes no song no Santa
18:45Christmas snow is falling carols fill the air but it won't be Christmas till Santa Claus is here
19:15Christmas
19:18Santa calling Santa Santa every heart recalling Santa Santa come on
19:25oh Chris Pringle down the Milky Way Christmas Chimes are calling Santa we need you today
19:36if you don't believe it Santa Santa think that he's deceiving Santa Santa think about it Christmas
19:44Christmas with no Christmas cheer
19:47Christmas chimes are calling Santa when his name ring dear we love his laughter he's jingling
19:55a link forever after the bells will ring
19:59Christmas chimes are calling Santa Santa every heart recalling Santa Santa come on oh
20:10Chris Pringle down the Milky Way Christmas chimes are calling Santa we need you today
20:14Santa Santa we need you today
20:23When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter
20:28Away to the window I flew like a flash tore open the shutters and threw up the sash
20:32The moon and the breast of the new fallen snow gave the luster of midday to objects below
20:39When what to my wondering eye should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer
20:47With a little old driver so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be Saint Nick
20:53More rapid than eagles his courses they came and he whistled and shouted and called them by name
21:00Now Dasher, now Dancer, now Prancer and Vixen, on Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen
21:07To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall, now dash away, dash away, dash away all
21:14Ho, ho, ho, ho
21:17As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly
21:21When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky
21:24So up to the housetop the courses they flew
21:27With the sleigh full of toys and Saint Nicholas too
21:31And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof the prancing and pawing of each little hoof
21:38As I drew in my head and was turning around
21:42Down the chimney Saint Nicholas came with a bow
21:45He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot
21:49And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot
21:52A bundle of toys he had flung on his back
21:54And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack
21:57His eyes, how they twinkled, his dimples, how merry
22:02His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry
22:06His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow
22:09And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow
22:12The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth
22:15And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath
22:18He had a broad face and a round little belly
22:22That shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly
22:26He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf
22:30And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself
22:35A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
22:37Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread
22:41He spoke not a word but went straight to his work
22:44And filled all the stockings
22:46Then turned with a jerk
22:48And laying his finger aside of his nose
22:51And giving a nod up the chimney he rose
22:54He sprang to his sleigh
22:57To his team gave a whistle
22:59And away they all flew
23:01Like the down of a thistle
23:04But I heard him exclaim
23:06Ere he drove out of sight
23:08Happy Christmas to all
23:11And to all a good night
23:38I love you
23:39How are you, how are you?
23:40I love you
23:41And i love you
23:42You, I love you
23:43I love you
23:44To all a good night
23:45It's so beautiful
23:47Very beautiful
23:49And very nice
23:50And I love you
23:51But I love you
23:53It's nice
23:54I love you
23:55It's nice
23:56I love you
23:57And I love you
23:58It's nice
23:59It's nice
24:00That you can see
24:02That you can see
24:03When you can see
24:04You can see
24:05A nice