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