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While on a publicity tour in Switzerland, Benji, Cindy Smith, and Patsy Garrett convince Kris Kringle that his place on Christmas Eve is delivering presents to all "his" families all over the world.
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00:00One of the best things about making movies with Benji
00:15is getting to travel around with him on personal appearance tours
00:18after the movies are made.
00:20We were in Europe on just such a tour
00:22when this little village in Switzerland
00:24invited us to be grand marshals of the Christmas parade.
00:27It sounded like a great side trip.
00:30So off we went to this wonderful little village in the mountains
00:32with snow and sleighs and jingle bells.
00:35And I remember saying at the time
00:37there couldn't possibly be a more Christmassy place in all the world.
00:41Little did I know how right I was.
00:44Ich bin für die Benji Gruppe gekommen.
00:47Versogt Ihnen schnell zu machen, bitte.
00:53Benji's very own Christmas story.
00:57A holiday special by Joe Camp.
01:00Good talk, Chris.
01:14Joanne de Wef.
01:15Ah, welcome.
01:25Enchanté de faire la connaissance, madel.
01:28And look at that face.
01:30Welcome to Zermatt and a Merry Christmas to you.
01:34And may I say how privileged and proud we are to have you in our Christmas parade.
01:38And we are so happy to be here.
01:40Good.
01:41Are you a priest?
01:42Priest?
01:43Rather not.
01:43I am Kris Kringle.
01:45Kris Kringle?
01:46You don't look anything like our Santa Claus.
01:49Of course not.
01:50Kris Kringle is what Santa Claus looks like in Germany.
01:53Rather, what Santa Claus used to look like in Germany.
01:56But there is a movement afoot to bring me back, exactly as you see me now.
02:00Bring you back to Germany with a British accent?
02:03Uh, well, um, as Kris Kringle, Santa Claus, and St. Nicholas,
02:08I must endeavor to be everything to everybody.
02:11And, uh, I should not be caught showing any favoritism in any one direction at any certain time.
02:16No, no, no.
02:17Yes.
02:18Well, um, what accent would you prefer?
02:21An American accent.
02:22A Southern American, if my guess is correct.
02:25Texas.
02:26Well, I'm as happy as a hen on a Junebug to think you all came all the way from Texas.
02:33Which reminds me, I have some friends who would sell their boots, sell their boots to see Benji.
02:39But they can't come to the parade because they're working.
02:42So, I wonder if we could go there before the parade starts.
02:46Only take a few minutes, I assure you.
02:48Are you sure we'll be back in time?
02:51Oh, absolutely.
02:53Hello, my children.
02:54What do you say?
02:55That was the slightest.
02:56Yes.
03:01How are you going, Sarah?
03:02How are you going, Sarah?
03:03Five minutes.
03:04We've got five minutes.
03:06Five minutes.
03:10Hey, ready to go.
03:12Let's go.
03:13Let's go.
03:13Let's go.
03:14Five minutes, haven't you?
03:40Here we go.
03:44Doesn't that mean forbidden?
03:50Not in Russian, my dear.
03:51Oh, what does it mean in Russian?
03:54Hmm?
03:55Absolutely nothing.
03:57Ah, hold it all.
04:00This way.
04:02Hurry, hurry.
04:03We haven't much time.
04:04Now come along.
04:09Oh, come along, my dears.
04:11We must not dally.
04:12Where are we?
04:13Ah, where are we?
04:14Yes, well, somewhere exactly between here and there.
04:17Which is halfway between sooner or later.
04:19I'm very nearly up and down now.
04:20Do come along.
04:21We haven't much time.
04:22Hi, boss.
04:23I'm afraid things aren't working well at all.
04:25They simply must.
04:26We have no choice, you know.
04:28Do come along.
04:29This way.
04:30Ah, thank you so much for coming, Mrs. Garrett, Miss Smith.
04:36We all love Vanjie so much.
04:38But then what difference does love make if the boss doesn't go?
04:42It's all for naught and naught for all.
04:46Have you never seen an elf before?
04:49Now do come along, please.
04:51We really must have.
04:52Well, I'm afraid we're a little confused.
04:55Oh, that's certainly nothing to be afraid of.
04:58We all get confused because it's a confusing world.
05:01Not just here, but there.
05:02Though it shouldn't be, but it is, isn't it?
05:04Or is it?
05:05But where is here?
05:06Where is here?
05:07Oh, well, yes.
05:08Where would you like it to be?
05:10Switzerland?
05:11Texas?
05:12The North Pole?
05:13What?
05:14Please, don't confuse us any more than we already are.
05:17We would just like to know what's going on.
05:19My dear lady.
05:20Look out beyond!
05:26Oh, dear.
05:27Whatever it is, it's obviously not going very well.
05:29But I'm sure they'll be ready in time.
05:31You see, my little people are going in my place this year.
05:34Going where?
05:35Everywhere.
05:36You see, I fell into a bit of bad luck.
05:39And I doubt that I could get down even the largest of chimneys with this.
05:44Look out!
05:50If he can't handle a sleigh by itself,
05:52how is he ever going to handle it with a flying reindeer?
05:55Flying reindeer?
05:57Oh, no, no, no.
05:59Not always.
06:00I have several modes of transportation.
06:03In some countries, I ride a camel.
06:06A camel?
06:07Yes.
06:08Sometimes, it's a horse.
06:10Or a donkey.
06:12Believe it or not, in England, I ride a white goat.
06:16A white goat.
06:19Henning.
06:20Do you get the feeling he wants us to believe he's really Santa Claus?
06:24My dear, I only want you to believe one thing, and that is that we're very late.
06:27And if we don't hurry along, you'll miss the parade.
06:29So do come.
06:30Please.
06:31Where are your reindeer?
06:33Reindeer?
06:34Oh, there they are.
06:37But that looks like a birdcage.
06:42Of course.
06:43We must keep the lid on them somehow.
06:45They have a tendency to flit about, you know.
06:48Well, where's Rudolph?
06:49Rudolph?
06:50Oh, I'm afraid he's in the shop, getting his batteries recharged.
06:54But Dancer?
06:55Well, that's not a problem.
06:57Out again.
07:02Oh, dear.
07:03Get Cupid out here, and let Blitzen nuzzle her ear.
07:07That'll get him down.
07:08Dancer's a very jealous reindeer, you know.
07:11I don't believe this.
07:14But you're supposed to be at the North Pole.
07:16Why aren't you at the North Pole?
07:18Ah, well, we were actually for a time, but it's frightfully cold out there.
07:22And this is so much more centrally located.
07:24Well, where's your red suit in the United States?
07:26Santa Claus wears a red suit.
07:28Does he?
07:29Of course I do.
07:30It's right there in the wardrobe, which, incidentally, is our first stop.
07:36But several years ago, my parents told me that he...
07:39I know.
07:41So did mine.
07:48Anybody home?
07:56Anybody home?
07:57Oh, come in, come in.
07:59I want you to meet the elves who make all my different outfits.
08:02How many outfits do you have?
08:04How many what?
08:05Oh, I'm afraid I have no idea.
08:07You see, people in different countries all think of me in different ways.
08:10So I have to be different.
08:12That is to say, however they want me to be.
08:14Now, where could those two be?
08:16Needles!
08:17Pins!
08:18I have a surprise for you!
08:22A surprise?
08:24Don't tell me.
08:25Your leg is healed and you're making the Christmas Eve trip yourself.
08:29And we can stop working 24 hours a day making clothes for Santa Claus substitutes.
08:36Right?
08:37Wrong.
08:38I have brought someone to see you.
08:43What do you think?
08:44Well, the one on the left will do okay for Scandinavia.
08:49But the one on the right...
08:51I don't know.
08:53Maybe Iceland?
08:55Well, let's get to work.
08:56No, no, no, no.
08:59Not them.
09:00That is to say, I did bring them.
09:02But them is not who I was talking about.
09:05I mean, them are not who I was talking...
09:08I mean...
09:09Oh, we know what you mean.
09:10But we still don't know who you're talking about.
09:13Oh, I think he's talking about Benji.
09:16Benji?
09:17Yes.
09:18That's it, of course.
09:19Benji!
09:21Benji in person.
09:22Or should I say, in dachshund.
09:25No, I suppose not.
09:26What a pleasant surprise!
09:28To get a surprise from the boss, it's really a surprise.
09:32Yeah, it's really been the pits around here since the boss broke his leg.
09:36You came just at the right time, Benji.
09:39Oh, well, thank you.
09:41Now, for that, you get a special Christmas present from Needles and Pins.
09:47Now, let's see.
09:50Oh.
09:51How about this?
09:54This is the necklace the boss used to wear in Turkey.
09:58Well, it's gorgeous, but it looks very expensive.
10:01Why don't you wear it anymore?
10:03Oh, overkill.
10:04It's a bit gaudy with white.
10:05You wear white in Turkey?
10:07Of course.
10:08Would you like to see the whole outfit?
10:10Yeah.
10:11Needles?
10:12Pins?
10:13It's quite spiffy, actually.
10:21There.
10:22Much better without the necklace, don't you think?
10:24And this is how I looked in Saxon England.
10:26Hmm.
10:27Korea.
10:28And the good old USA.
10:30I'll be back in about two or three minutes.
10:44Oh!
10:45Oh!
10:46Oh!
10:47Oh!
10:48Oh!
10:49Oh!
10:50Oh!
10:51Well, what do you think?
10:52Hmm?
10:53Will they buy this in the States?
10:54That's not the question.
10:55The question is, will they buy this in the States?
10:57Yes.
10:58Well, interesting, don't you think?
10:59For the first time, my little people are going to get to experience firsthand all the problems of running around the globe.
11:01Delivering presents, changing wardrobe in every country.
11:02What?
11:03Oh!
11:04Oh!
11:05Oh!
11:06Oh!
11:07Oh!
11:08Oh!
11:09Oh!
11:10Oh!
11:11Oh!
11:12Oh!
11:13Oh!
11:14Oh!
11:15Oh!
11:16Oh!
11:17Oh!
11:18Oh!
11:19Oh!
11:20Oh!
11:21Oh!
11:22Oh!
11:23Oh!
11:24Oh!
11:25Oh!
11:26Oh!
11:27Oh!
11:28Changing wardrobe in every country.
11:31Dear, oh dear.
11:32It'd be so much easier if everyone liked the same me.
11:36But I suppose if it was the same, it wouldn't be the same, would it?
11:40Or would it?
11:41I don't know.
11:42Anyway, I hope you'll excuse me while I change back into my most comfortable self.
11:46Carrying all this extra weight gets to be quite tiresome, you know.
11:53There.
11:55That feels much better.
11:56I think you forgot something.
11:59Hmm?
12:03Well, nobody's perfect.
12:06Whatever is that?
12:08This is your wardrobe from Cabur.
12:12But it's getting terribly old-fashioned and dull.
12:15So we thought it was time to move up, move out, start a new train, so to speak.
12:20It's new.
12:21It's now.
12:22It's different.
12:23It's you.
12:24But the excitement starts slow and builds up.
12:28First we add a little flush to the old tunic, broaden the shoulders, drape the sleeve longer.
12:34And next year we get rid of that hood.
12:36Panser, they did.
12:37Out of touch.
12:38Do you know what I mean?
12:39Turn it into a collar that means something.
12:42And those pants.
12:44Where did we get those pants?
12:46Out, for sure.
12:48We add these out-of-sight boots, top it off with a scarf, and you let them know where they're at.
12:54They'll love it.
12:55Trust me.
12:55What do you think?
12:58I hate it.
13:00See?
13:01It's awful.
13:01I told you you'd hate it.
13:03Get it out of here.
13:04Simple stoggling.
13:06Not that glitter rock stuff.
13:08And since the boss ain't going, I'm the one that's got to wear it.
13:11Then you're really not going on Christmas Eve?
13:17I'm afraid I have very little choice in the matter.
13:22But it can't not go.
13:24Children all over the world are going to be counting on you.
13:27My dears, my dears, most of my elves have been with me for centuries.
13:31And I'm sure they'll do just fine.
13:39I hope they'll do just fine.
13:41And you can go south of the Stendiline, and you arrive right here.
13:49But how do you get to all those places in just one night?
13:53Oh, yes.
13:53Well, of course, it's not like the old days.
13:55No, in the old days, we used to fly by the seat of our pants.
13:59Now, there are so many more people to cover.
14:00I couldn't possibly do it without CPAC.
14:04CPAC.
14:05CPAC.
14:06Oh, Christmas Eve planning and communications.
14:08Here we receive radar, weather satellite, political and traffic information from all over the world.
14:15Our computers can re-plot my route at a moment's notice.
14:18And instantly noted by me and the network of reporters who make up a communications system that spans the entire globe.
14:24I still don't understand how you do it all in just one night.
14:29Yes.
14:30Well, of course, it would obviously be impossible if I were to do it in a standard 10- or 12-hour night.
14:37But if my route is plotted correctly, and I travel in the right direction, I have a full 24 hours of night.
14:4324 hours?
14:45I couldn't possibly do it in any less, could I?
14:48If you'll just step over here, I'll explain how it works.
14:53Sun, please!
14:55Oh.
14:55Now, if I travel in this direction, and the world travels in that direction, and the sun stays there, I'm so sorry.
15:07I do see that you find it very difficult to understand.
15:10It's a very complicated theory, and it takes an awful lot of time to...
15:14And time is what we have not got a lot of, because we must get back to the Great Hall before the parade.
15:19Ah, good.
15:21Just in time for mail call.
15:22Come along.
15:23Now this, this is where it all happened.
15:27This is where Christmas really begins.
15:30But these elves all are going there from different countries.
15:33Can you think of a better way to handle it?
15:35The elves from each country get the mail from their own country.
15:38They sort it, fill the orders, and prepare them for delivery.
15:41Then they serve as an advance party.
15:44They go back home to arrange routes and schedules ready for my arrival.
15:49Why, that is some organization.
15:51Yes, indeed.
15:51Attention!
15:53Attention!
15:54Attention!
15:56And now hear this.
15:58We have a special guest for you today.
16:00Yes.
16:01We know you're all busy working, and you can't go to the parade in town.
16:04So you might like to come here and meet the parade marshal.
16:08The famous movie star, Benji!
16:10Benji!
16:11Oh, steady!
16:14However, do you keep up with it all?
16:21Oh, that's easy.
16:22I'm just what people think of me.
16:24I am a multiplicity.
16:28A what?
16:28I am a multiplicity, a splitted personality.
16:39I'm more than one and even more than two.
16:43I'm just what people think of me, and that's what I must always be.
16:52So think of me, please, kindly when you do.
16:57I change my size and shape and style to fit each size and shape of child.
17:07Wherever they may be, you will perceive, I must know all their names, because you know who's to blame.
17:21If anyone's left out on Christmas Eve, just what I may appear to be depends on nationality.
17:37Which never is the same and that is true.
17:43So each December, I must remember who I should be for you.
18:00I am a multiplicity, a splitted personality.
18:16I am a multiplicity, a splitted personality, and that's what people think of me, and that's what I must always be.
18:26So think me nice, or don't think me at all.
18:28Hey!
18:29Hey!
18:29Hey!
18:29Hey!
18:29Hey!
18:30Hey!
18:30Hey!
18:30Hey!
18:30Hey!
18:31Hey!
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18:42Hey!
18:43Hey!
18:44Hey!
18:45Hey!
18:46Hey!
19:09Hey!
19:11Hey!
19:13Hey!
19:14Hey!
19:15I am a multiplicity, a splitted personality
19:39I'm more than one and three, but more than two, three, four, five, six
19:46I'm just what people think of me, and that's what I must always be
19:54Don't think me nicer, don't think me at all
19:59I'm just what people think of me, and that's what I must always be
20:07Don't think of me, please, hide your way
20:11Don't think of me, please, hide your way
20:14Don't think of me, please, hide your way
20:37but why why would you santa claus or chris krangle or whichever you want to call yourself
21:03why about having a broken leg yes well when you see for once in my life for once in all my hundreds of
21:17years of life i just wanted to be like everyone else in the world i just wanted to be at home
21:24on christmas eve well i never thought that i mean i never realized that you had
21:33truth is i was just being selfish i mean you're what christmas eve is all about
21:42you spent your whole life making christmas eve something for people to look forward to
21:48if anybody in the whole world deserves to be home on christmas eve you certainly do
21:53i've never seen anyone so at home with strangers i don't understand it
21:59i do where is your home anyway home home cindy is wherever someone loves you
22:10i've always been home on christmas eve i have a million homes all over the world
22:18quick everyone back to work we mustn't let anything stand in the way of me being in all
22:23of my homes on christmas eve
22:25does that mean you're going of course i'm going i'm gonna be in every one of my homes
22:32on christmas eve and that includes yours and you can count on it
22:35thanks to you it looks as if it's going to be christmas as usually and you ladies needless
22:44to say your visit has been quite productive and we all thank you very much thank you for
22:51bringing us here yes this has been quite an experience i can't wait to get back and tell
22:57my friends about it oh tell your friends i do apologize but i'm afraid that will be quite
23:03impossible you'll remember almost nothing of your visit here except of course for a rather special
23:09warm feeling you see where we are must be kept a secret or we'd never get any work done
23:16but it's important that people know you're here
23:19no cindy it's not important that they know i'm here
23:23just that they know as you know that i am
23:30now off you go but how will they know what i know if i don't know what i know
23:42i'm afraid i don't know but i do know that it's almost time for the parade that begins
23:47so i'm glad you're back i'm herringle the parade master and you must be frulein garrett
23:52i'm frulein smith and her benji what a wonderful disposition for a movie star and what a beautiful gold
24:00color did you get this for christmas nobody's perfect
24:21so
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