Santa Baby Page #4

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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS.

FIRST IN FLIGHT,

MY ROSY RED CHEEKS!

NOW, LET'S GET BACK

UP THERE AND DO IT AGAIN

TILL YOU GET IT RIGHT!

YOU KNOW,

YOU'D THINK YOU'D

BE A LITTLE GRATEFUL.

YOU CALLED ME,

REMEMBER?

NO. YOUR MOTHER

CALLED YOU.

DAD, I'D TELL YOU

WHAT TO DO WITH:

THIS STOCKING,

BUT I DON' WANT TO END UP

ON THE NAUGHTY LIST.

[LAUGHS LIGHTLY]

WAIT. I'M IN CHARGE

OF THE NAUGHTY LIST.

HERE'S YOUR STOCKING.

STUFF IT.

[SIGHS]

MY, MY.

ISN'T THIS

A FAMILIAR SIGHT?

HMM?

OH, RIGHT!

THE OLD:

HOMEWORK CHAIR.

NO, NO.

I MEANT YOUR FATHER.

HE LOVES TO WORK

IN FRONT OF THE FIRE.

IT'S A SHAME

YOU TWO AREN'T CLOSER.

YOU'RE SO MUCH ALIKE.

MOM, WE'RE NOTHING ALIKE.

OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.

OF COURSE NOT.

YOUR FATHER'S JUS A BIG WORKAHOLIC WHO

NEVER LISTENS TO ANYONE.

[TYPING]

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?

IT'S WORK.

MARY CLASS:

OF CLASS CONSULTING.

SOUNDS VERY PROFESSIONAL.

I SUPPOSE YOU GOT TIRED

OF YOUR LAST NAME.

ONE LITTLE LETTER,

MOM. NOT A BIG DEAL.

NO. I GUESS IT ISN'T A BIG

DEAL TO A GIRL WHO HASN' BEEN HOME FOR 10 YEARS.

4 YEARS, MOM.

AND YOU:

COULD HAVE VISITED.

YOU FATHER DOESN' LIKE TO TRAVEL.

DOESN'T LIKE TO TRAVEL?

[LAUGHS]

I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED

IN YOUR TEST RUN

THIS AFTERNOON.

OH, MARY,

YOUR FATHER'S TRYING.

IF YOU COULD JUS MEET HIM HALFWAY.

WHAT? MOM, THERE IS

NO HALFWAY WITH DAD.

THERE NEVER HAS BEEN.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THA BETTER THAN ANYONE.

YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING UP

WITH IT FOR YEARS.

MARRIAGE:

IS ABOUT COMPROMISE.

COMPROMISE? WHEN

IS THE LAST TIME DAD

COMPROMISED ON ANYTHING?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

FORGET I ASKED.

[SIGHS]

[MACHINES CLACKING,

PEOPLE TYPING]

PADDLING PENGUINS!

MORNING, TEAM!

WHAT'S ALL THIS?

PROGRESS, LUKE.

THIS DEPARTMEN IS DEAD WEIGHT.

THESE NEW WORKERS

WILL BURN THROUGH

THE LETTERS IN NO TIME.

NO MORE READING ALOUD,

NO MORE SORTING BY HAND,

NO MORE WASTING TIME.

BUT IT WAS:

MY TURN TO READ.

NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

OOH, DONNA,

DO ME A FAVOR AND

COORDINATE WITH BOB

TO GET ON SOME:

DATA PROCESSING.

BOB?

OH, HE'S

OUR NEW I.T. GUY.

YOU'RE SURE MAKING

YOUR MARK, HUH?

BOY, YOU ARE HERE

AN AWFUL LOT.

DON'T YOU HAVE

A BUSINESS TO RUN?

YEAH, I DO,

BUT I'M ALSO YOUR MAILMAN.

IT'S A BUSY SEASON,

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE.

BUT LUKE,

SNAIL-MAIL IS HISTORY.

BY NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE

100% ELECTRONIC.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT?

SURE. WHY NOT?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE SOME THINGS

ARE SACRED?

BOB?

OOH!

OW!

OOH!

OH, HI.

HI.

I'M DONNA,

MARY'S ASSISTANT.

HEY, I'M BOB.

I.T.

MARY JUST WANTED ME

TO GO OVER SOME:

STUFF WITH YOU.

OH, COOL.

I'M ALMOST DONE.

COULD YOU PASS ME

THAT CABLE RIGHT THERE?

SURE.

UH, THE BLUE ONE.

SO, HOW'D YOU GE THIS JOB?

TEMP AGENCY.

YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE THA "WILLING TO RELOCATE"

BOX REALLY SERIOUSLY.

[CHUCKLES]

THANKS.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

HEY, LUKE.

MORNING.

HI.

NOPE.

NO.

[JANGLES]

NOPE.

Robot:

PREPARE LASERS.

YES.

WHAT IS THIS,

THE FIFTIES?

WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS?

JUST PUT IT OVER THERE.

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS]

WHAT IS THIS FOR?

YOU LOOK LIKE:

YOU COULD USE SOME.

RIBBON CANDY?

I CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU REMEMBER.

IT ALWAYS WAS:

YOUR FAVORITE, RIGHT?

[SIGHS]

[LAUGHS]

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

[RINGS]

[RINGS]

[BEEPS]

HEY, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE,

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

DO I HAVE YOU:

TO THANK FOR THIS?

I WAS WORRIED YOU

MIGHT GO INTO SHOCK

IF YOU DIDN'T GE YOUR JAMAICAN BLUE FIX.

DO THEY EVEN HAVE

ESPRESSO MACHINES UP THERE

IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH?

I'M SURE I CAN

DIG ONE UP.

GRANT, I AM SO SORRY

I HAVEN'T BEEN IN TOUCH.

[HORN]

IT'S OK. I'M SURE

YOUR PLATE'S PRETTY FULL.

STOP!

IT'S STUCK!

OK!

YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.

IT'S JUST BEEN SO CRAZY

HERE WITH MY FAMILY

AND THE SPOTLIGHT STUFF.

YEAH. WELL, WE'RE ALL

DYING TO SEE WHA YOU'VE COME UP WITH.

YEAH. YOU KNOW,

IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE

LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

[GRUNTS]

UHH!

ALL RIGHT!

I GOT IT!

[APPLAUSE]

[WHOOSHING]

AAH!

WHOA!

Grant:
MARY?

GRANT, I GOTTA GO.

I'LL CALL YOU LATER.

OK, BYE.

Claire:

YES, MR. FOLEY?

CLAIRE,

TALK TO THE MAILROOM.

FIND OUT WHERE:

WE'VE BEEN SHIPPING ALL

THE MARY CLASS DOCUMENTS.

RIGHT AWAY.

GOOD.

[GRUNTS]

OH, COME ON! DASHER!

YOU NEVER LIKED ME.

UHH!

[SIGHS]

YOU'LL NEVER

GET HIM THAT WAY.

OH, RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW

THE SECRET REINDEER CODE.

IT'S ALL ABOU MOTIVATION, MARY.

[DASHER CHOMPS CARROT]

WELL, I HOPE

YOU WEREN'T PLANNING

ON TAKING HER UP.

WHAT, I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH

TO BORROW THE FAMILY CAR?

WELL, IT'S

A LOT MORE COMPLICATED

THAN THAT, MARY.

ONLY BECAUSE YOU MAKE I MORE COMPLICATED.

NO, NO, NO. THESE AREN' LIKE YOUR MACHINES.

YOU DON'T JUST GO

PUSHING SOME BUTTON.

I KNOW, I KNOW!

NO, YOU DON'T KNOW.

WELL, MAYBE IF YOU WOULD

HAVE TAKEN ME JUST ONCE,

BUT YOU HAD TO KEEP

ALL YOUR SECRETS.

SECRETS? THAT'S WHAT YOU

THINK THIS IS ALL ABOUT?

SECRETS?!

YES!

NO. WAIT.

THEY CAN TELL IF

YOU DON'T BELIEVE

IN CHRISTMAS, MARY.

BELIEVE IN CHRISTMAS?

MM-HMM.

I'M SANTA'S DAUGHTER.

AND THERE'S

A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

KNOWING AND BELIEVING.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA

FLY FOR YOU, MARY.

YES, THEY WILL.

ALL RIGHT,

COME ON, COME ON.

THAT'S IT. COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

NO, NO, NO. WHERE

ARE YOU GOING?

NO. COME ON. COME ON,

COME ON. COME ON!

YOUR MOTHER TOLD ME

I'D FIND YOU HERE.

OH! THESE GUYS

ARE AS STUBBORN:

AS MY FATHER IS.

HEH HEH! YEAH, THA RUNS IN THE FAMILY.

HA HA! OH,

VERY FUNNY.

LET ME HELP.

HEY, THAT'S A BOY.

YOU WERE ALWAYS SO GREA WITH THE ANIMALS.

I THINK WE WERE:

A GREAT TEAM.

[LAUGHS]

EXCUSE ME, BUT I WAS

MORE OF A LEADER.

OH. OH, OK. WELL,

BY ALL MEANS,

PLEASE LEAD ON.

YOU KNOW,

I CAN DO TH--

[THUD]

UH-HUH.

[LAUGHS]

SHUT UP.

NO, NO.

I FEEL VERY SAFE.

[LAUGHS]

STOP IT!

OH, STUPID REINDEER!

I THINK MY DAD:

BRAINWASHED THEM.

NOW, IF WE JUS TIE THE REINDEER

TO THE DOGS,

THEN WE'D BE

IN BUSINESS.

[LAUGHS]

HERE. GIVE IT TO ME

FOR A SECOND.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU

SOMETHING.

OH! EVERYTHING'S FROZEN.

IT'S JUST THE WAY

WE LEFT IT.

IS THAT A BAD THING?

HEY, I'M NO THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTED

TO GET OUT OF THIS TOWN.

I REMEMBER A CERTAIN

SOMEONE WANTING TO

PLAY FOR THE LEAFS.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I MADE IT PAST TRYOUTS.

I DIDN'T MAKE THE TEAM.

SO, YOU COULD HAVE

STAYED IN THE CITY

AND GOT A JOB.

YEAH. IT WASN'T ME.

SO YOU'RE OK

WITH POLARIS?

YEAH, SURE.

I MEAN, I GO A GREAT BUSINESS

MUSHING TOURISTS

AROUND,

TRAINING DOGS.

AND THEN:

THERE'S CHRISTMAS.

HARD TO BEAT THA EVERY YEAR.

HMM.

WOW.

NOT BAD, HUH?

NOT BAD AT ALL.

BET THEY DON' HAVE THAT IN THE CITY.

LUKE, I'M SORRY ABOU WHAT HAPPENED WITH US.

I KNOW:

I LEFT KIND OF QUICK.

[LAUGHS] QUICK?

I CAME TO PICK YOU UP

FOR A MOVIE.

YOUR PARENTS SAID

YOU MOVED.

YEAH. I COULD HAVE

HANDLED THAT BETTER.

I JUST HAD TO:

GET OUT OF HERE.

I HAD TO GET A LIFE

OF MY OWN.

THERE WAS NO PLACE

FOR ME ANYMORE.

I CAME HOME 4 YEARS AGO

AND YOU WEREN'T HERE.

MAYBE I WAS OU LOOKING FOR YOU.

WERE YOU REALLY?

[LAUGHS]

[LAUGHTER]

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

IN MY DEFENSE, THOUGH,

I LOOKED, ALL I SAW

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