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Two children embark on a fantastic journey when the essence of Christmas is stolen!
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00:00What can we do for you, sir?
00:02The essence of Christmas has been stolen.
00:05What? Why, that's terrible. The world will never be the same.
00:09Who stole it?
00:10I think it was stolen by the giant at the top of the beanstalk.
00:14You mean the Jack and the Beanstalk giant?
00:16Yes, he has it in a bottle.
00:18Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go. We've got to get it back.
00:22Of course, you must try to get back the essence of Christmas.
00:30Reichen Bass presents Festival of Family Classics.
00:41All of the tales that you know so well
01:02Features and labels will storytell
01:06Each classic creation
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01:09Today's presentation
01:11Will be
01:13Charles Dickens' delightfully exciting escapade
01:18A Christmas Tree
01:20So bring on the whole family
01:27Ah, Christmas. It's all about.
01:43I hear it in the air, feel it in my heart
01:46And even see it in a bakery shop window
01:48Just look at all those delightful goodies
01:53Fruitcakes, sugar plums, Christmas tarts
01:56There's no other season quite like it
01:59Oh, Mr. Dickens
02:00Peter and I are so excited
02:01That you are going to spend Christmas Eve at our house
02:04It's the most wonderful night of the year
02:06And should be spent with children
02:08Children understand Christmas
02:10But you're Charles Dickens
02:12You know so much about Christmas
02:14Look at all the wonderful stories you've written
02:16The Christmas carol
02:18Cricket on the heart
02:19I'll bet you could tell us what Christmas used to be like
02:22What was your favorite Christmas?
02:23Which is your favorite Christmas story?
02:26Peter and I were wondering
02:26What was Christmas like when you were a boy?
02:29Which is the best Christmas?
02:30Whoa, whoa, whoa
02:31Now let's take the questions one at a time
02:33Mary, you wanted to know what Christmas was like when I was a boy
02:37Well, I'll tell you what
02:39I'll tell you what it was like
02:41But you both must live it
02:43Oh, we will
02:44Was there a Christmas tree?
02:45Oh, yes
02:46It's a German invention
02:47But a very important part of Christmas
02:49We shouldn't stand here talking
02:51You have to be home
02:53I'll tell you all about Christmas at your house
02:55When I was a boy
02:58The tree seemed much larger
03:00My goodness
03:04As large as that
03:06Oh, much, much larger
03:08It was all toys at first
03:11I look into my youngest Christmas recollections
03:24Horatio, the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk
03:28Mantu, the evil magician
03:31Mantu's crystal ball
03:34The snow-breathing dragon of Okabar
03:38The magic icicle
03:40You see, Christmas was more than toys
03:45It was adventure as well
03:47Who are you?
03:50I'm Peter Piper
03:51Peter Piper?
03:52Are you really Peter Piper?
03:54Did you really eat the pack of pickled peppers?
03:56Well, that's a little exaggerated
03:59But I had a stomachache for over a week
04:01What can we do for you, sir?
04:03The essence of Christmas has been stolen
04:05What?
04:06Why, that's terrible
04:07The world will never be the same
04:09Who stole it?
04:10I think it was stolen by the giant
04:12At the top of the Beanstalk
04:14You mean the Jack and the Beanstalk giant?
04:16Yes
04:17He has it in a bottle
04:18Well, what are we waiting for?
04:20Let's go
04:20We've got to get it back
04:22Of course
04:23You must try to get back the essence of Christmas
04:25Look, Mary
04:32It's a road
04:34Maybe we should go back down
04:35Remember
04:36It's a real giant
04:38Oh, come on
04:39I'm not afraid of him
04:40Look, Peter
04:42Look at what?
04:43It went behind a Christmas tree
04:45I think it was a mouse
04:46But I've never seen a mouse like that before
04:49Hello back there
04:51Who are you?
04:54Ahem
04:54Allow me to introduce myself
04:57My name is Percival
04:59You can talk
05:00A minor accomplishment, I assure you
05:02Well, tell us something, Percy
05:04I do not like the name Percy
05:06I will thank you to refer to me as Percival
05:10I'm very sorry
05:11But tell me
05:12Does the giant still live here?
05:14Indeed he does
05:15But what would you want with him?
05:17We want to see him
05:18He has stolen the essence of Christmas
05:21Yes
05:21And the world will never be the same without it
05:24You'll get more than you bargained for from him
05:26He's mean, ugly and vicious
05:29He's done some terrible things
05:32How do we get to see him?
05:34Well, just follow the road
05:36His castle is at the end of it
05:38But I would advise you to go back
05:40I'm not afraid of any old giant
05:43Come along, Mary
05:44Thank you, Percival
05:45I hope we meet again
05:47This must be it
05:50I'll knock
05:50Oh, my
05:53Two of you
05:54Oh, dear
05:55Do you know where you are?
05:58Is this where the giant lives?
05:59Yes, it is
06:00And he hates children
06:01You should know that
06:03See, Peter?
06:04Let's go back
06:05Ever since that awful boy Jack took everything
06:08And that terrible fall he had
06:10He just can't stand the sight of children
06:12What smells so good?
06:15I'm starving
06:16I'm preparing the giant's Christmas dinner
06:18Would you like some?
06:20He's asleep now
06:21Oh, thank you
06:22I've prepared all the things he likes
06:26Peter, look at the size of that oven
06:29Yes, but I never get to use it
06:32He eats all fried foods
06:34Free, five, four, five
06:37Oh, dear
06:38He's awake
06:39Quickly, hide in the oven
06:40Fee, five, four, five
06:45I smell
06:47Horatio, really?
06:49You've been seeing that tired old rhyme for years
06:52Don't you think I get tired of hearing it?
06:54Oh, I'm sorry, Esmeralda
06:56How about, uh,
06:58Foo, five, five, five
07:01Who climbed up the beanstalk tree?
07:04Really, Horatio?
07:05Uh, five, fom, fee, foe
07:09Whoever is here has got to go
07:11Oh, nothing I do seems to please you anymore
07:17Well, I want my Christmas dinner
07:21It's just about ready, Horatio
07:23Light the oven
07:24It's cold in here
07:25The oven?
07:26Yes, the oven
07:27Get a roaring fire going
07:29What are we going to do now?
07:31I don't know
07:32If I might make a suggestion
07:35Percival, what are you doing here?
07:37I've come for my annual Christmas feast
07:40Uninvited, of course
07:41He doesn't like mice either
07:43But he leaves the most delicious crumbs
07:46But how do we get out of here?
07:48Why, the way I came in, of course
07:49Up the flue
07:51Will we fit?
07:52This is a very large oven
07:53So it has a very large flue
07:55You'll have to shinny up
07:56Humans are not as agile as mice
07:59Follow me
08:00What was that?
08:04What was what?
08:06That
08:07So
08:10Esmeralda
08:15You're still hiding kids
08:18After what that jack did to me
08:21Well
08:22These won't get away
08:25At last
08:27I'll have my revenge
08:29I hate kids
08:50I hate them, hate them, hate them
08:51Horatio
08:53Remember your blood pressure
08:55Where did they go?
08:56They're out of the castle by now
08:57Let them go
08:59Not on your life
09:01Let's make a run for the beanstalk
09:06You'll never make it to the beanstalk
09:08Run, Mary
09:09That big lummox can't run fast
09:12You are quite correct about his speed
09:14But if you'll forgive the humor
09:15At a time like this
09:16He does take giant steps
09:18You keep him going
09:27I think I can slow him down
09:29That ought to hold him for a while
09:38If you'll forgive me
09:39I will say that the giant has branched out recently
09:42Can you come with us, Percival?
09:47That's very kind of you
09:48But I don't think they would understand me down there
09:51Well then
09:52I just want you to know
09:53That I think you're wonderful
09:55You'd better hurry
09:57He can't be far behind
09:58Come back here!
10:03No!
10:06No!
10:07They've done it to me again!
10:09I hate kids!
10:12I hate them!
10:13I hate them!
10:14I hate them!
10:17Did they get away?
10:20Yes!
10:21And ever since I had that terrible fall
10:23I'm afraid of heights
10:25So I couldn't follow them
10:29I'll be the laughing stock of the M-G-O-T-W
10:33The M-G-O-T-W?
10:35Yes!
10:35They only meet once every hundred years
10:37So of course you never heard of them
10:39But what is the M-G-O-T-W?
10:42It's the mean giants of the world!
10:47There they are
10:52We thought you'd never get here
10:54The problem is more serious than we thought
10:57Oh!
10:58We failed!
10:59We didn't get the essence of Christmas
11:02We were lucky just to get out of there ourselves
11:04But...
11:05But the giant doesn't have it!
11:07Who does?
11:09Did you ever hear of Mantu?
11:11The evil magician?
11:12No!
11:13Who is he?
11:14He's one of the most powerful magicians in the world
11:17He has stolen the essence of Christmas from the giant
11:20Oh dear!
11:22Without the essence there won't be any Christmas
11:25The essence is the thing itself
11:27The joy, the warmth, the goodness
11:30He lives in a castle in the east
11:32You must get to him and release the essence
11:35How do we get there?
11:37There are three obstacles
11:38One is the river of the Gaddywine
11:41The Gaddywine?
11:41These were once peaceful river elves
11:44But Mantu changed them into trolls to do his bidding
11:48What is the next obstacle?
11:49Ormando, the dragon of Okabar
11:53He's a real snow-breathing dragon
11:56Need I say more?
11:58And the third obstacle?
12:00Oh dear!
12:01Mantu himself!
12:03He's very powerful!
12:05But how do we get there?
12:07Now use the star from the top of the Christmas tree
12:10Would you like a star to reach Mantu?
12:14Just like a magic carpet?
12:16Yes!
12:16And when you reach him
12:18Release the essence of Christmas
12:20Good luck!
12:25Thank you!
12:26Goodbye!
12:27We'll try!
12:28This must be the river of the Gaddywine
12:35Rapids!
12:42Oh dear!
12:43Oh dear!
12:43What have we here?
13:00Who are you?
13:01I'll ask the questions
13:02What is your business?
13:05We've come to get the essence of Christmas
13:07Back from Mantu
13:08Mantu?
13:10He stole the essence of Christmas
13:12The world won't be the same
13:13Unless we can get it back
13:15Are you a king?
13:17I am King Thorgel of the Gaddywine
13:19But I cannot help you
13:21Where Mantu is concerned
13:22He is a most powerful magician
13:25But you could let us go
13:27If I let you go
13:28And Mantu found out about it
13:30There's no telling what he would do to us
13:33They wouldn't tell
13:34With his magic
13:35He would know without being told
13:37Please
13:38Enough talk!
13:39Take them away
13:40Until I decide what to do with him
13:43We've got to find some way to get out of here
13:52But how?
13:54We could make a run for it
13:55Even if we got out
13:57What good would that do?
13:58We don't have the star
14:00And we certainly couldn't swim in that river
14:02We've got to think of something
14:04We can't just wait here
14:06But I want no part of that river again
14:08It looks pretty peaceful from here
14:11Maybe we could swim to the other side
14:13Mary, do you see that?
14:16It's the star!
14:17If only we could get to it!
14:19Well, we are surely going to try
14:21You knock over the god on the right
14:23And I'll hit the one on the left
14:24Grab their candy canes
14:26And then run
14:27And don't look back
14:28Until we reach the star
14:29Boy, that was close
14:44Too close
14:45Oh, I don't think I like all this adventure
14:49Oh, dear
14:51Oh, look
14:52What's happening?
14:52What's happening?
14:53What was that?
14:55Peter
14:56Look at that
14:58I say I've never seen
15:27A snow-breathing dragon before
15:29That must be Orlando
15:31The dragon of Urquibar
15:33The second obstacle
15:35How do we get out of this one?
15:37The star is outside
15:39And we surely aren't going to
15:40Knock the dragon over
15:41By rushing him
15:42Shh
15:44It's getting so cold in here
15:47Peter
15:48We've got to do something
15:49Or we'll be frozen
15:51I'm beginning to know
15:53What a snowman feels like
15:55I think I've got an idea
16:01I hope so
16:02We could surely use one right now
16:05Are there any branches or leaves in here?
16:07All over the place
16:08Why?
16:09We are going to start a fire
16:12But how?
16:13I have a Christmas candle here
16:14And some matches
16:15We will melt Orlando
16:18What do I do with them?
16:19Put them on his foot
16:20Or a claw
16:22Or whatever that is
16:23We're going to give him a hot foot?
16:25Yes
16:25A jolly good old-fashioned hot foot
16:28Ah
16:30Just what I was looking for
16:31Stand back, Mary
16:33Now
16:36See how you like it
16:39Well, it worked
16:50We overcame two obstacles
17:06Yes
17:07And now the worst of them all
17:10Mantu himself
17:12Curses
17:21They've overcome the second obstacle
17:23Well, they'll not get the essence of Christmas
17:27They'll be arriving soon
17:32But I'll be ready for them
17:34Guard
17:37Bring me the carpet
17:39And the magic icicle
17:42They'll find they're not the only ones that can fly
17:47A day that no one escapes the magic icicle
17:55Rise
17:57We must be almost there, Mary
18:06I wish we knew what to expect
18:09After what we've been through
18:10I would say we can expect the very worst
18:13What's that?
18:15So
18:16Thought you would get the essence of Christmas from me, eh?
18:21And we will, too
18:22Are you Mantu
18:24Or some other monster he dreamed of
18:27I am Mantu
18:30You brash young man
18:32And I'll show you just how powerful I can be
18:36This is a magic icicle
18:40And does not stop its flight
18:43Until it reaches its victim
18:45You
18:46Look out, Peter
18:53No, no
19:00No, you fool
19:02Not me
19:04Him
19:04No
19:06Here, Mary
19:12Catch
19:13Oh, no
19:20The essence of Christmas has escaped
19:23No thanks to you
19:25But don't you see?
19:27All of my spells are broken
19:29That's why I stole the essence
19:31So that I could do evil
19:33Now I can't do evil anymore
19:36But somehow
19:38It doesn't matter
19:40Do you feel it, Peter?
19:43Do you feel how warm and wonderful everything is?
19:47It is the greatest feeling in the world
19:49I feel it, too
19:51And you're right
19:53It's wonderful
19:55Oh, I'm so glad you can feel it, too, Mantu
19:59Now we can wish you a Merry Christmas
20:01Goodbye, Mantu
20:03And Merry Christmas
20:04I say, wake up, you two
20:12I started to tell you all about Christmas past
20:19Christmas as I remember it
20:21Living all the wonderful adventures as only children can
20:24And you fell asleep
20:26Oh, Mr. Dickens
20:29We weren't asleep
20:30No, we were off on a Christmas adventure with you
20:34You were there with us
20:35Helping us get back the essence of Christmas
20:38It was wonderful
20:40Even if I got scared at times
20:42I'm certainly glad it was Christmas past, though
20:45But it surely was exciting and fun
20:48I'm glad it was Christmas past, too
20:50And that you're here with us
20:52To tell us about it this Christmas
20:54Yes, it makes this Christmas the best Christmas
20:57That's right
20:58The best Christmas is this Christmas
21:01It will always be that way
21:03As long as there is Christmas
21:06And as long as there are children to love it
21:08We will always have the hope for peace on earth
21:11And goodwill toward men
21:14Merry Christmas, Mr. Dickens
21:17Merry Christmas, Mr. Dickens
21:19Merry Christmas, children
21:20Merry Christmas
21:23We wish you a Merry Christmas
21:25And a Happy New Year
21:29Merry Christmas, everybody
21:59Merry Christmas, everybody
22:29Merry Christmas, everybody
22:30Merry Christmas, everybody
22:31Merry Christmas, everybody