A Nanny for Christmas Page #3

You're up.

"From fairest creatures

we desire increase,

That thereby beauty's

rose might never die,

But as the riper

should by time decease,

His tender heir might

bear his memory... "

How much longer?

We have to cycle through about

How long is that gonna take?

Mmm, not long.

About an hour, you know, give or take.

I graduated summa cum laude from

one of the top schools in the country.

Now I'm nothing more than

a glorified babysitter.

I don't know how much more

of this I can take.

Do I need to remind you

that that starter home

you worked all those years for

could be taken away

at a moment's notice if

you don't pay your mortgage?

You don't understand.

These kids, they're- ugh!

They're so repressed.

Great. That's your specialty.

Unrepress them.

Get them to open up.

And remember you're rubbing elbows

with one of the biggest names

in the ad industry.

You're right.

Besides, a little yoga

might do you good.

Take the edge off.

I like the edge on.

# Now the ground is white... #

"Master, here's the gold

you sent me for.

What, do you have the picture of

old Adam new-apparelled?"

- Hold on.

- Was my pentameter off?

- This is a play, right?

- Yes.

Then you should be playing it.

Where are the set pieces

and the props?

What do you mean?

- Okay, are you guys ready?

- Yeah.

We're gonna start with

the classic tale of mistaken identity.

- Cool.

- Follow me.

Okay, we're gonna start with when

Dromio Syracuse

mistakes his boss for

his boss's twin brother.

Jackie, it's your job to get

this gold coin to Jonas.

- That sounds easy.

- Well, there's a catch.

I'm gonna try to stop you.

I'm the Courtezan.

You have to start from down there.

Jonas, you stay up here.

Okay, here are your swords.

Jackie, follow me.

- You ready?

- Yeah.

Action!

"Master, here's the gold

you sent me for.

What, do you have the picture of

old Adam new-apparelled?"

"What gold is this?

What Adam does thou mean?"

"Not that Adam that kept the Paradise

but that Adam that keeps the prison:

he that goes in the calf's skin that was

killed for the Prodigal lamb;

he that came behind you

like an evil angel,

and forbid your liberty. "

"I understand thee not. "

"No? Why, 'tis a plain case:

he that went,

like a bass-viol, in a case of leather;

the man, sir, that,

when gentlemen are tired,

gives them a sob and 'rests them;

he, sir, that takes pity

on decayed men

and gives them suits of durance;

he that sets up

his rest to do more exploits

with his mace than

a morris-pike. "

- Here comes the Courtezan!

- Ahh!

Give me the gold coin.

"Well met, well met, Master Antipholus.

I see, sir, you have found

the goldsmith now:

Do you have the chain you

promised me to-day?"

You've met your match, Courtezan!

Now that's what I call Shakespeare.

- I think that was so fun.

- That was awesome.

Ally:
Shakespeare, check.

Hmm, yoga's next.

I have a better idea.

What are we doing? Our schedule

says it's time for yoga.

Are you telling me you'd rather

be doing yoga on a day like this?

Come on, follow me.

I don't know if Mother would approve.

You guys ready?

Follow me.

Let's do it again.

- Okay.

- Okay, ready?

First one down to

the bottom wins.

Whoo!

Okay, how about

we sing a song?

- "Jingle Bells"?

- Yeah.

# Jingle bells, jingle bells,

jingle all the way #

- # Oh, what fun- #

- # Oh, what fun it is to ride on a... #

May I talk to you for a minute?

Children, go up.

Wash your hands.

Ally:
So I didn't exactly have

a lot of time to clean up

after Shakespeare today.

Uh, Miss Leeds?

I do not understand.

I specifically asked you

to follow the rules.

I did. Shakespeare-

that was on the list.

It said nothing about

destroying my house

in the process.

Jackie:

I'm sorry, Mom. That was my idea.

- It won't happen again.

- Never again.

I guess we got a little carried away.

That's an understatement.

Yes?

Okay.

I've got to go back to the office

for a few hours. I need you to stay here.

Of course.

And children, this house better be

spotless when I get back here.

- Thanks for covering for me.

- It's okay.

- It was fun.

- Lots of fun.

Okay, guys,

it's story time.

And I've got a good one for you.

It's perfect for Christmas.

But I have to warn you,

it's a little scary.

I'm sure we can handle it.

I mean, we're all adults here,

except for Jonas.

You're not an adult;

you just try and act like one.

Have you ever heard of the legend

of the Christmas ghost?

Christmas ghost? No.

The Christmas ghost comes around

once a year

to scare all the naughty children

that didn't listen to their parents

or their nannies.

Children were so afraid of him

that they made a chant to keep

the Christmas ghost away.

And it went like this:

"He comes around

on Christmas night

With eerie sounds

that start to fright.

The tall thin man

with skin of scales

Leads to children's screams

and wails,

Makes it hard

for you to swallow.

His eyes are black

and cheeks are hollow.

Boo!

But if you've been nice,

no need to fear.

Just spread goodwill,

some love and cheer. "

That wasn't scary.

That was silly.

I would be careful what you say

if I were you.

Christmas is only two weeks away

and the Christmas ghost

might pay you a visit.

I think parents just made that up

to make their children be good.

Are you sure about that?

Mwah ha ha ha ha ha!

What are you doing, Jonas?

I'm making a list for Santa.

I wouldn't get your hopes up.

What if Miss Leeds is right?

I'm gonna ask Santa if he could

bring Dad home for Christmas.

What does Miss Leeds know?

She's just a nanny.

- I like Miss Leeds.

- I like her too.

She reminds me a little bit

of how Mother used to be.

Maybe she'll take us

to see Santa.

I wouldn't count on it.

How else are we gonna tell Santa

what we want for Christmas?

Did you hear that?

Is that the ghost of Christmas?

Don't be a cowardly custard.

there's no such thing as

the silly Christmas ghost.

Ooooh!

Boo!

I gotcha.

I wasn't afraid.

I was just playing along.

- Jonas was the one that was scared.

- No I wasn't.

It's fine to be afraid, guys.

It happens to the best of us.

Mother says that strong women

are never afraid.

Well, I always say

it's fine to be scared

as long as your courage

outweighs your fear.

Come on, let's go get

some milk and cookies.

Where are we going?

Look over there.

Santa:

How did you put me out here?

Santa's on his cell phone.

Santa doesn't need

a cell phone.

- He makes magic calls.

- Mm-hmm.

- That's not the real Santa.

- Yeah.

You're right,

it's not the real Santa.

'Cause the real Santa's making cookies

with his elves in the North Pole.

Jackie:
If Santa's so magic,

then why does he need a helper?

Yeah.

I don't know.

Let's just go see him.

Okay, hold on.

- Ho ho ho ho.

- Hi.

Merry Christmas, honey.

What do you want for Christmas?

- A computer.

- A computer? Wow, that's pretty good.

But you know you've got to be good

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