Christmas in the City Page #2

Synopsis: With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her six-year-old daughter Grace travel to the big city in hopes of making extra holiday cash to save their family store. When she's offered a job in the toy department of Wolman's, the city's biggest department store, Wendy can't wait! Her excitement doesn't last long when the store's new corporate fixer, Teanna, progressively destroys the Christmas spirit throughout the store, replacing Santa with hunky male underwear models surrounded by elfin "babes." What no one is aware of is that Teanna has in fact sacked the real Santa. Wendy reaches out to the old man, but it seems even he is giving up hope. With her daughter losing faith in the holiday, Wendy realizes the true meaning of Christmas needs to return to Wolman's before it is too late.
 
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2013
87 min
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and soon will be here

good tidings we bring

to you and your kin

- A piano.

- Whoa.

- Oh, and look

at all these presents.

The lights,

with all the decorations.

We all know that

Santa's coming

and soon will be here

good tidings we bring

to you and your kin

good tidings for Christmas

and a happy new year

- Whoa!

- hey.

- It's blocking the merchandise.

- Get rid of it.

- Yeah, boss.

- That's teanna,

or as I call her, Cruella.

The shop hired her

to fix things.

Apparently, she's like this

new, young marketing genius.

- Let's go upstairs.

- Whoa.

- I love this store, Angie.

- Wanna go see toys?

- Yeah!

- And this is my department.

- Look, it's Santa.

- Wait here, I'm gonna

go clock in.

- Okay.

- hello there, young lady.

Come on up.

And what can we do for you?

Merry Christmas!

- What's that over there?

Look.

That's awesome.

Thank you, Santa.

- There you go.

- I told Santa my wish list,

but I'm still sending him

a letter.

Oh, and don't worry,

he said he knows

what your wish is.

- Oh, he did, did he?

Where is Angie?

- All right, have fun

looking around.

Is there something

I can help you with?

- Oh, no, that's okay.

I'm just looking for my friend.

She was gonna take me

to human resources

to help me get a holiday job.

- Great.

We can always use

extra hands at Christmas.

- Oh, you work here?

- You could say that.

- I'm Tom.

- Oh, I'm Wendy.

- And I'm Grace.

- It is nice to meet you, Grace.

Is this your mom?

- Isn't she pretty?

- Okay...

So do you have any

retail sales experience?

- Yes. I've been running

my dad's shop back at home

for the last five years,

but it's nothing like this.

This place is amazing

with the decorations

and the music.

Hey, how did they do

that thing with the snow

in the front window?

- Some kind of massive fan,

I think.

Uh, so can you start right away?

- Excuse me?

- Mr. wolman.

- Hi, Angie.

- Hi.

- wolman?

As in wolman wolman?

- Tom gave mommy a job.

- That's great.

- It's great for us.

It's not every day

we get someone as enthusiastic

as Wendy is.

Since you guys know each other,

why don't you start working

here in the toy department.

- Now?

- If you can. We have a day care

if you need it.

- Yes, I can start today,

and yes, I need day care.

Thank you, Mr. wolman.

- Thank you.

Angie, do you mind

showing her h.R.

So she can get started

on paperwork?

Oh, and show her day care

on the way.

- Absolutely. thanks.

- Measure her.

- Yeah, boss.

- Measure her?

- We're gonna have to

completely restock

all of these toys.

I need the highest-priced toys

to be

on the children's eye level...

- 52.

- And the cheapest to be

far above and below.

- Teanna, we always

stock the shelves

so the kids have access

to the most popular toys,

not the most expensive.

- And you wonder why

the board hired me

to increase sales.

- Mommy, is she a witch?

- No. shh!

- What are you all gaping at?

Get to work!

I'll see you

at our meeting later.

- Bruno!

- huh?

Hey, kid. Here, catch this.

- Huh?

- boss, comin'.

- Excuse me.

- Let's go to day care.

- I'll show you where it is.

- Come on, baby.

- Ooh!

- Wow. this is awesome.

Okay, listen, I will be

right upstairs if you need me,

and we can even

have lunch together.

- Look, mommy,

our very own Christmas tree.

And we get to make

popcorn garlands.

- Yeah. bye.

I love you.

- I love you too, mommy.

- Okay.

- You have your nametag.

- Yep.

- All right,

you'll have two breaks

and a lunch hour,

and there's a fridge

and a microwave

in the employee room

if you need it.

- This place is legit.

- It really is.

We're really lucky.

Harry woman really takes care

of his employees.

We even get a Christmas bonus.

- Wait, I get a Christmas bonus?

Mm-hmm.

- No, I'm only planning

on being here

until Christmas, though.

- Yeah, well, everyone gets one.

It's like their gift

to all the employees

who work at the store.

- That is amazing.

- Last year, I was able

to send my mom to the spa

for her birthday because of it.

- Oh, believe me, I heard

all about the spa trip.

- I'm a mama's girl.

- Yeah, you are.

- Seriously, this is the most

family-oriented place

you'll ever want to work.

They even support my

musical theater career.

- How?

- you'll see.

- Wait.

- Let's go stock some shelves.

- Okay.

- And I'll teach you how

to work the register, okay?

- Okay.

- Toyland

toyland

little girl and boy land

while you dwell within it

you are ever happy then

childhood's joy land

mystic merry joy land

once you pass its borders

you...

- Ugh. This is awful.

We need better music.

- Never be the same again

- Whoo!

- Thank you. Mwah!

- You want to show me something?

Okay...

This is the one you want, right?

- Yeah.

- okay.

- Whoa!

- oh!

- Oh, my gosh. I almost fell.

- Don't want to have

to fill out an incident report

on your first day.

- Thank you, Mr. wolman.

- Please, it's Tom.

- Tom.

- I'll see you soon.

- Okay.

Here you go, buddy.

Merry Chris... aw.

Merry Christmas.

- You gotta get with it,

you gotta get with it

you gotta get with it

hunky Santa

you gotta get with it,

you gotta get with it

you gotta get with it

hunky Santa

you wanna be cool

with the kids at school?

- Nice.

- Hunky Santa will be

in the store

you gotta get with it

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

That is not like any

Christmas Carol

I have ever known!

Oh, we have

our very own Wendy carroll

right here in the store

right now.

- That's right.

- Nick.

- Oh.

- It's a pleasure.

This is a shame.

Lately, people have forgotten

that Christmas is not

about getting,

it's about giving.

Last year, I barely kept

the spirit alive

when I was visiting

a store in Canada.

- Oh, so you work in other

stores besides this one?

- I like to spread the joy

somewhere different every year.

Last year, I was in Vancouver.

The year before that,

I was in Moscow.

- Oh, wow, Moscow?

- I know! I know!

It was cold. So cold!

Colder than the north pole,

I'll tell you.

Oh, my, I... I'd better get back.

- Oh.

- I am so glad that you

still have the spirit, Wendy.

- Hi, Santa.

- Excuse me.

Merry Christmas, kids.

- Are you sure about teanna,

uncle Harry?

Have you seen her, and that

Minion she always has with her?

I know she's supposed to be

some marketing whiz kid,

and I'd be happy if she could

turn things around,

it's just... she walks around

like she owns the place.

- Wasn't my decision

to hire her.

The board insisted.

We have to give them something.

Let's just see what she brings.

Have no fear, teanna's here.

- Teanna, I have some concerns.

- Put all of your worries

to rest.

Although my reputation

speaks for itself.

Now, I've already started

to implement

phase one of my plan.

But phase two,

which I like to call

trimming the fat, I propose

we scrap the employee

Christmas bonuses.

- Excuse me?

My uncle is not

ebenezer scrooge.

This is a family company,

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