Christmas Town Page #6

Synopsis: A week before Christmas, Liz McCann (and her young son Mason) visit her estranged father, who strangely lives in a town decked out for the holidays and full of Christmas spirit. Strange events immediately occur when they arrive, challenging everything Liz had once believed in.
Director(s): George Erschbamer
Production: Insight Film Studios
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
NOT RATED
Year:
2008
83 min
306 Views


I told you that Roxy

is at the festival.

He said there was

a sleigh in there.

Oh, that sleigh is loaded

and ready to go by now.

Really?

She was really

repairing a sleigh?

That's Roxy's job.

She did the conversion.

She does the repairs.

OK.

He said he was taking

pictures, so he's

got to be at NP Enterprises.

I hate to be a grinch, people,

but we do have

rules here, and we

really need your cooperation.

And nobody is allowed to

try on the big guy's suit.

You know who you

are, and so do we.

Can somebody please get more

jingle bells to the loading bay

immediately?

We've got a reindeer poop alert.

Clean up through to the

holding area right away.

Come on, fellas.

We got a lot of poop to clean.

And bring a fan a big one.

All right.

Time to start loading up.

All gifts should be on

board and ready for travel

in five minutes.

Jingle bells should be

unloaded in Loading Bay

7, mistletoe in Loading Bay 8.

Wow.

Just wanted you to know,

whoever is eating the heads

off the gingerbread men,

we will find you, and we will

put coal in your stocking.

Hello?

Hey!

No unauthorized visitors are

permitted on this premises.

Listen, you nutcracker

stormtrooper

my son is inside.

Nobody gets past me.

Oh, really?

Are you certain of that?

Listen.

I would like you to open these

gates so I can come in there

and look for him.

Maybe there's somebody

you could talk to.

We really need to find the kid.

We're awfully busy in here.

It's like half

hour till takeoff.

Mike, I wouldn't be asking

you unless it was important.

Just a sec.

Sometimes, being

nice to people works

better than chewing people out.

Not usually.

Well, sometimes.

Does anyone speak Swahili?

If so, please report

immediately to Wish

List Translation Services.

Prancer and Dixon have

requested a second meal of hay.

Please respond immediately.

Does anyone speak Gaelic?

If so, please report

immediately to Wishlist

Translation Services.

We are getting forecasts

of blizzard conditions

in Bucharest.

Repeat, we are getting

forecasts of blizzard conditions

in Bucharest.

So let's be sure to pack

the electric toe warmers.

What do they do here, anyway?

I saw them unloading presents.

Export.

Yeah, you told me.

But there's no trucks,

no train depot.

Excuse me.

What's going on here?

Do you have any idea what sort

of deadline we're on right now?

Huh?

Hi.

My son is inside your facility.

And unless you want me to

call the police immediately,

you'll let me in

to look for him.

Pretty cute when

she's angry, isn't she?

Sorry.

Listen, Otis, we

can probably get

this taken care

of pretty quickly

and get out of your way.

This could not have

happened at a worse time.

Open up the gates.

Michael, I want you to stay

here and make sure no one else

enters.

Come on.

Let's see if we can find

ourselves a stray running

around somewhere.

Attention, everybody.

Code red.

We have a possible

kid in the building.

Hmm.

Now where did they

put my clothes?

Who do we have here?

Reindeer got your tongue?

Well, I think this is definitely

going on your naughty list.

Well, he must be

inside, because he

phoned and said he was

taking a picture of a sleigh.

We've already

unloaded the sleigh.

Hey, Otis, we found the boy.

Is he OK?

Where is he?

Santa Claus had

one of the workers

take him back into town.

He's at the Eggnog.

He's just fine.

You happy now?

Can we please get back to work?

- Thank you.

- All right.

We've got less than

five minutes, people.

Let's get this show rolling.

See.

I told you that

they're not bad people.

What do they do?

They do Christmas.

Come on.

Let's not keep Mason waiting.

Coming.

You're telling me

that you saw Santa?

Yeah.

It was so awesome.

I saw.

Mason!

Mom?

It was the coolest thing.

I saw him the guy Santa Claus!

It was really him.

At first, I thought he

was totally mad at me.

But actually, he wasn't so much.

It's the coolest place.

There are all these presents.

This is where they do the

loading up of all the toys.

I've got pictures.

You want to see?

Here, let me see.

It was real.

I swear.

The toys were getting

shipped off everywhere.

And Santa looked just like he

does in the all the pictures.

You believe me, don't you?

I do, Mason.

Santa is about to

make his big entrance

and everybody's waiting.

So, Santa is actually

coming to town, huh?

Yeah.

Just like he does every

year on Christmas Eve

eve, courtesy of North

Pole Enterprises.

Oh.

So they're behind all of this?

Yeah, it's their business.

They create Christmas

decorations and props.

Props?

Yeah the gingerbread

houses for the mall Santas,

the elf costumes,

giant Christmas trees.

International export.

So that's the big secret.

Well, we try to keep it

quiet, because we wouldn't

want to turn Hollyville

into some big tourist trap,

now, would we?

No.

We wouldn't want that.

Hey, Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Wow.

What?

Well, I'm just

wondering if maybe

you're becoming a believer.

Maybe a little.

And it feels good, doesn't it?

Because Christmas might

not last for long,

but it feels good for a

little while just to let

go and believe, like there's

a whole world of possibilities

out there, just waiting.

I haven't really opened

the door to possibility.

Not for a long time.

And it sounds like

you're overdue.

See, because we have this thing

called discovering the magic.

Oh, yeah.

I think I might have

heard it once or twice.

Yeah.

But what the real magic

is, is being thankful

for what you have and hoping

that something even better

is coming.

Sounds like a lot

of wishful thinking.

Well, that's the best kind.

Because you never

know what's waiting

right around the corner.

The sleigh.

Roxy's crowning achievement.

Here comes Santa Claus.

Ho ho ho!

On Dasher!

So Mason did see it

Santa, the reindeer,

and the big red sleigh.

And if we don't hurry,

we're going to miss

him handing out the presents.

Well, what are we waiting for?

I got a present.

You did?

What is it?

I don't know.

Can I open it?

Go for it.

I'm so glad you came, Mom.

Me too.

Hey!

Ready to have some fun?

I thought I was.

Well, I think you need

a little something to get

into the Christmas spirit.

Come on, Jackie boy.

I'm not done with you yet.

Ahh, help!

Looks like somebody found a

little bit of holiday spirit.

You know what?

I got an idea.

Excuse me.

Can you hold that?

May I interest you in

a little holiday samba?

Oh, I'm not a very good dancer.

No, no, no, I'm a

horrible dancer, too.

But we can make fools out

of ourselves together, OK?

I'd like that.

Hey ho the mistletoe.

Oh, it's you.

Hey.

Come back here with that.

Merry Christmas to me.

That boy.

I'll be right back.

Thank you.

Mason?

Shh.

Listen.

You might want to look up.

It's a beautiful moon.

Better than a picture any day.

Liz.

Everything OK?

Everything's perfect.

It's the best Christmas ever.

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