Christmas Is Here Again (2007)

( festive music playing )

( wind whistling )

Narrator:

YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD

ALL THE CHRISTMAS STORIES

THERE ARE TO HEAR, RIGHT--

ONE VERY SPECIAL REINDEER

WITH A RED NOSE:

THAT GLOWS SO BRIGHT,

THE ENCHANTED SNOWMAN

WITH A JOLLY HAPPY SOUL?

AND HOW ABOUT:

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

AND HIS:

PA RUM PUM PUM PUM DRUM?

BUT ODDS ARE,

EVEN THOSE OF YOU

THOROUGHLY SCHOOLED

IN CHRISTMAS STORY-OLOGY

HAVEN'T READ

ABOUT THIS STORY

IN ANY BOOK:

OR HEARD IT SUNG ABOUT

IN ANY SONG.

NO, SIR,

NOT THIS TALE,

FOR THIS IS:

THE STORY:

OF SANTA'S MOST PRECIOUS

PRIZED POSSESSION.

( elves chattering )

( machine whirring )

Narrator:

I BET YOU'RE WONDERING

HOW SANTA FITS:

ALL THOSE TOYS:

IN THE ONE LITTLE

THREADBARE SACK.

IT'S QUITE SIMPLE,

REALLY.

YOU SEE, DESPITE ITS

ORDINARY APPEARANCE,

THIS SACK IS:

QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.

BUT HOLD ON.

WE'RE GETTING

AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

YOU'LL HEAR MORE

ABOUT THAT LATER.

YOU SEE,

EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE

ST. NICK DELIVERED GIFTS

FROM THE MAGICAL SACK

TO BOYS AND GIRLS

AROUND THE WORLD

JUST AS HE DID:

THE YEAR BEFORE THAT

AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT

AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT.

AND THAT'S

HOW IT WENT:

DECADE AFTER DECADE,

CENTURY AFTER CENTURY,

UNTIL ONE GLOOMY EVE

OF CHRISTMAS DAY

WHEN EVERYTHING:

CHANGED.

♪ SNOWFLAKES ♪

♪ FALLING TO THE GROUND ♪

♪ CHILDREN'S ♪

♪ LAUGHTER ALL AROUND ♪

♪ SLEIGH RIDES ♪

♪ UNDERNEATH THE MOON ♪

♪ SLEIGH BELLS ♪

♪ JINGLING OUT OF TUNE ♪

♪ SANTA'S ON HIS WAY ♪

♪ WITH THE REINDEER

AND HIS SLEIGH ♪

♪ SANTA'S ON HIS WAY ♪

♪ BRINGING GIFTS

FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. ♪

( jingles )

ALL RIGHT, JACQUE,

TIME TO LOAD:

THE SACK ON THE SLEIGH.

ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF,

BOSS.

YES, SIR. THE SACK'S

ALL READY TO GO.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME

FOR JOKING, BOYS.

WHERE IS THE SACK?

JACQUE-RE BLEU!

THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!

I LOADED THE SACK

ONTO THE SLEIGH MYSELF.

MAMMA MIA!

SOMEONE STOLE SANTA'S SACK!

- ( gasps )

- ( chattering )

♪ SOMEONE ♪

♪ HAS STOLEN

SANTA'S SACK ♪

♪ THE SACK ♪

♪ HE CARRIES

ON HIS BACK ♪

♪ HE KNOWS ♪

♪ IT'S GETTING

VERY LATE ♪

♪ OH, CHRISTMAS ♪

♪ NO, IT WILL NOT WAIT ♪

♪ OH, WHO STOLE

SANTA'S SACK ♪

♪ THE SACK HE CARRIES

ON HIS BACK? ♪

♪ WHO STOLE

SANTA'S SACK? ♪

♪ WON'T YOU PLEASE

BRING IT BACK? ♪

♪ WHO STOLE

SANTA'S SACK ♪

♪ THE SACK HE CARRIES

ON HIS BACK? ♪

♪ WHO STOLE

SANTA'S SACK? ♪

♪ WON'T YOU

BRING IT BACK? ♪

♪ WHO STOLE

SANTA'S SACK? ♪

♪ WHO STOLE SANTA'S

SACK? ♪

♪ WON'T YOU PLEASE

BRING IT BACK? ♪

♪ WHO STOLE ♪

♪ SANTA'S SACK? ♪

( cawing )

( wolf howling )

( owl hooting )

♪ I STOLE SANTA'S SACK ♪

♪ AND HE'LL NEVER ♪

♪ GET IT BACK! ♪

( laughing maniacally )

Narrator:

THE ELVES NEVER DID FIND

THE MAGICAL SACK

AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS

WOKE UP THAT CHRISTMAS

MORNING:

ONLY TO FIND:

DISAPPOINTMENT:

WAITING FOR THEM

UNDER THE TREE.

OVER 30 YEARS PASSED.

THE LITTLE HOPE:

THAT CHILDREN HAD

DWINDLED WITH EACH MISSED

CHRISTMAS EVE DELIVERY

AND THE MERRY VILLAGE

OF GINGERBREAD BAKERS

AND STAR MAKERS,

GLASS BLOWERS:

AND CHRISTMAS-TREE GROWERS

BECAME A BLEAK,

HOPELESS TOWN,

NOW THE ONCE-CHERISHED HOLIDAY

WAS ALL BUT FORGOTTEN

AND THE YULETIDE SPIRIT

HAS LONG SINCE DISAPPEARED.

WHAT THE TOWN:

NEEDED NOW--

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDED,

FOR THAT MATTER--

WAS QUITE SIMPLY

A MIRACLE.

HOLD ON, I'M COMING

TO GET YOU.

( grunting )

( yelps )

DON'T MOVE.

( gulps )

DON'T BE SCARED.

I WON'T LET YOU FALL.

MY NAME IS SOPHIANA.

YOU'RE CUTE.

DO YOU HAVE A NAME?

HOW ABOUT I CALL YOU

MR. CATERPILLAR?

( children laughing )

STOP THAT.

YOU ALMOST HIT:

MR. CATERPILLAR.

WHO CARES?

IT'S JUST A DUMB BUG.

CATERPILLARS ARE INSECTS,

NOT BUGS.

- ( laughing )

- HEY!

( whimpering )

COME ON.

IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

I WON'T LET THEM

HURT YOU.

I PROMISE.

( screams )

HEY, LOOK.

LET'S GET OUT

OF HERE.

GIVE ME BACK:

MY CANE!

( laughing )

"GIVE ME BACK MY CANE!"

OH, FORGET ABOUT THEM.

AT LEAST:

YOU'RE NOT HURT.

MY NECKLACE!

THAT'S A PICTURE

OF MY MOM AND DAD.

AND THAT'S ME.

THIS IS:

THE ONLY THING:

I HAVE LEFT:

TO REMEMBER:

THEM BY.

( thunder rumbling )

UH-OH.

THE STORM'S

COMING.

WE'D BETTER

GET HOME.

( thunder crashing )

( wind howling )

IT'S WELL PAST CURFEW.

YOU HAVE A LOT:

OF EXPLAINING TO DO,

MISS SOPHIANA.

WELL?

I'M WAITING.

- I WAS--

- I DON'T WANT

TO HEAR IT.

( gasps )

YOUR DRESS!

WHAT DID YOU DO?

- I--

- QUIET.

GOOD HEAVENS,

WHAT'S THAT?

OH, PLEASE,

DON'T TAKE--

WHAT HAPPENED:

TO YOUR CANE?

- IT WAS--

- ENOUGH.

AND YOU BEST:

HANG ONTO THIS.

YOUR CARELESSNESS

CERTAINLY WON'T BE

REWARDED WITH A NEW CANE.

- BUT IT WASN'T MY FAULT.

- SILENCE!

I SWEAR, CHILD,

I CAN HEAR:

- YOUR ENDLESS CHATTER

IN MY DREAMS.

- ( footsteps )

NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM,

YOUNG LADY,

AND DON'T COME OUT

UNTIL MORNING.

- BUT WHAT ABOUT...

- ( door slams )

...DINNER?

( whimpers )

DON'T WORRY ABOUT HER,

MR. CATERPILLAR.

YOU'LL BE SAFE

IN MY ROOM.

YOU CAN SLEEP:

IN MY MITTEN.

IT WILL KEEP YOU

NICE AND WARM.

♪ EVERYONE I SEE ♪

♪ IS SO SAD ♪

♪ AND OH SO BLUE ♪

♪ DOES THIS HAVE TO BE? ♪

♪ HOW I REALLY WISH ♪

♪ I KNEW ♪

♪ EVERYONE I KNOW ♪

♪ IS FULL OF SADNESS ♪

♪ AND OF WOE ♪

♪ DOES THIS HAVE TO BE ♪

♪ THIS WAY ♪

♪ EACH AND EVERY DAY? ♪

JUST THINK,

ONE DAY:

YOU'LL TURN INTO

A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY

AND YOU CAN FLY AWAY

FROM THIS AWFUL PLACE.

OH, I WISH

I COULD GO WITH YOU.

I REALLY REALLY DO.

♪ WILL THE STARS ♪

♪ THAT SHINE SO BRIGHT ♪

♪ PLEASE TWINKLE TWINKLE ♪

♪ THROUGH THE NIGHT ♪

♪ SENDING DREAMS OF HOPE ♪

♪ OUR WAY ♪

♪ THAT WOULD LAST ♪

♪ ALL THROUGH THE DAY? ♪

♪ WILL THERE ♪

♪ EVER BE ♪

♪ CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER ♪

♪ IN THE AIR? ♪

♪ WILL THERE EVER BE ♪

♪ A FAMILY TO ANSWER ♪

♪ MY PRAYERS? ♪

♪ WILL I EVER SEE ♪

♪ CAN IT REALLY BE ♪

♪ A WORLD ♪

♪ IN WHICH WE LIVE ♪

♪ WHERE EVERYBODY ♪

♪ LEARNS TO GIVE? ♪

♪ WILL I EVER HEAR ♪

♪ PEOPLE WISHING ♪

♪ A GOOD CHEER? ♪

♪ WITH A SMILE ♪

♪ THEY'D SAY ♪

♪ "HAVE A VERY ♪

♪ MERRY DAY." ♪

GOOD NIGHT,

MR. CATERPILLAR.

SWEET DREAMS.

( sighs )

I LOVE YOU.

YUCK!

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

WE'RE FAMISHED.

AREN'T WE, FOO-FOO?

( coos )

WHAT IS THIS?

EGGS BENEDICT:

WITH FLORENTINE SAUCE,

APPLE-SMOKED BACON

AND COUNTRY ROASTED

POTATOES.

YOU AND THOSE:

INFERNAL COOKBOOKS.

HOW MANY TIMES:

MUST I TELL YOU--

EGGS OVER EASY,

BACON CRISP...

- SHH!

- ...HASH BROWNS

SLIGHTLY BROWNED?

- PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

- YES, MA'AM.

- ( growls )

- ( blows raspberry )

( barking )

- WAIT! NO!

- FOO-FOO!

- ( children gasp )

- ( Foo-Foo whimpering )

( children laughing )

SILENCE, CHILDREN!

TO YOUR ROOM.

AND DON'T COME OUT

UNTIL MORNING.

BUT THE VISITORS--

IT'S ADOPTION DAY.

CHILD,

DO YOU HONESTLY THINK

THEY'D EVER PICK YOU

OVER ANY ONE OF THESE

HEALTHY CHILDREN?

( Foo-Foo whimpering )

DO YOU?

- NO, MA'AM.

- OF COURSE NOT.

NOW GO.

( children laughing )

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