The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Page #5

- It's... It's me.

- Yeah.

Hugging a snowman.

Oh! And he turns pink!

I told you your warm hugs were magical.

Thank you for my present, Santa.

It's OK.

Well, look at it this way.

One down, 2.6 billion to go.

We better get out of here.

Hold on, here we go.

Do you want me

to put on the tree topper?

Save it for Scott.

He always puts the tree topper on.

Of course.

It's strange how much

this resembles...

- Hi, honey, I'm back.

- Oh, honey, are you OK?

Great. Good news is

I get to spend time with you guys.

Scott.

Sir.

Sorry to interrupt.

There's something

you need to check twice.

Two minutes?

What? What?

We have a problem. This is unreadable.

Because it's all crinkled up.

You gotta plan it out.

It's gotta be in my office.

Yeah, my office.

- Neil?

- What?

Let's go find Lucy,

get her washed up for dinner, OK?

Leave that here.

Leave it.

We'll be right back.

Don't worry, honey.

That's not gonna work.

It's busy season.

It's always his busy season.

That's Uncle Scott's snow globe.

You're not supposed to have that.

- I know. Isn't it great?

- It's not great at all.

You've done a terrible thing.

You'll be on the naughty list for life.

But naughty list people have more fun.

- I'm going for help.

- I wouldn't do that.

Mom, Dad! Over here, quick!

- Lucy!

- What?

- Come on, hurry!

- What's wrong?

What's wrong?

Sweetheart, what is it?

I told you not to do that.

Jack Frost took Uncle Scott's snow globe

and he knows that it's not his.

Stop!

Stop!

Don't! What did you do?

I froze them.

Now, am I gonna have to do

the same thing to you?

Or are you going to get in that closet

and stay there without saying a word?

Smart girl.

Oh, smile, will you?

I've had kids beg me

to freeze their parents.

And to think I asked you to be my elf.

Of course all those bears

are machine-washable.

Right. Just put it on the card.

I can't be in two places at once.

You gotta manage and stop

calling every time something goes wrong.

I'm a little busy

with my family, Curtis.

All I want to see is

busy, busy worker tushies.

Hey, hey,

I'm rolling downhill.

This is not up to code,

this building.

You're number one. Act like it.

Why haven't you put

the tree topper on yet?

Scott's just been a little busy.

Tell your dad to do it.

And then watch the suddenly displaced

Mr Claus run right over.

Go ahead. It'll be fun.

Dad, do you wanna help me

with the tree topper?

Yeah, in a minute.

I don't know who he is anymore.

I don't know who he is, either.

Neil, Lucy and Laura

should be here for this.

They left a while ago.

Some Canadians invited them

over for cocoa.

You know how they are.

Yak-yak, yak-yak, eh?

Scott? Tree topper, what do you say?

Scott, honey,

let's put the tree topper on.

- We can make a toast.

- You built this place on a fault line.

Millions of kids in Australia go

without gifts. What can I do for you?

- Tree topper.

- Oh, yeah, tree topper. Good.

Scott? Toast.

Just a second.

Good.

Bad. Well, good for goodness sakes.

Yeah. Uh-huh.

Curtis, I can't talk right now,

I'm putting the tree topper on.

It's important. Can't talk.

Curtis, please, please, I gotta go.

Bye.

Gonna put it in my pocket.

I'm not answering that.

I'm putting the phone in my pocket.

Put it in my pocket. All done.

OK, everybody, as I climb up

this beautiful tree,

I know we've had our ups and downs.

But as I place this tree topper

in the traditional place,

I just want to say...

Be careful, honey.

Oh, honey.

Honey... I think maybe I can fix that.

I know you're upset.

You picked up on that, did you?

Bud, what is that supposed to mean?

If you weren't working

all the time you'd know.

You don't understand

the pressure I'm under.

Well, maybe it's not as bad

as being ripped away from your family

- and told you can't see them anymore.

- Dad.

Maybe I invited you here

so Carol can be surrounded

by family for love and support while

I do things you can't even imagine.

Rather than make things work,

you make things worse.

We're leaving.

- What?

- Maybe we shouldn't have come.

Maybe you're right.

You shouldn't have come.

Maybe I should never have come either.

Don't say anything you'll regret.

I think we all need

to cool down for a second.

Why don't you and I take a walk?

Let's go. Let's just go.

Oh, sweetheart.

It's over.

I thought I had a second chance

at having a family, but I blew it again.

Hey. There's no one I know who could

hold this all together but you.

But I didn't.

My in-laws resent me,

Christmas is a disaster,

and my pregnant wife wishes

that she never had met me.

I was gonna wait until tomorrow

to give you this,

but...

I think you need

a bit of a pick-me-up now.

- I can't.

- Come on. Open it.

- I don't feel like it.

- It'll make you feel better.

- I don't feel like it.

- Come on, open it, please.

Thanks.

So are there times when you wonder...

Wonder what?

- If this was even...

- Worth it?

More than you know.

Tonight's one of these times, huh?

Wish I'd never put that red coat on.

So... you wish you'd

never become Santa at all?

I wish I'd never become Santa.

At all?

At all. At all.

Yeah, at all.

I wished I'd never been

Santa at all. Happy?

I am now.

No!

Ho ho ho.

Hey, you!

Ho ho... Uh-oh!

Get off me, blubber ball!

I will not let you put on that coat!

Oh, yeah? Watch me!

Don't even think about it, Jack.

You hit me with a shovel!

Adios, fatty!

No, Frost, no!

Oh, no.

OK, so, the Mississippi

factory needs to know

if we want them to ship

100,000 units or 200,000.

They won't ship tomorrow

because it's Christmas,

but they will ship Thursday,

which means...

- They're not gonna ship tomorrow?

- Yes, sir.

- This is Christmas Eve?

- Yes, sir.

What are you doing?

Why are we working?

We always work Christmas Eve.

- We do?

- Of course.

Well, that... that's ridiculous.

Christmas Eve is when you

spend time with your family.

- Where's my family tonight?

- I really don't know, Mr Calvin.

What do you mean?

Well, you rarely see them

and you... don't mention them.

Where are my car keys?

Hey.

What are you doing here?

Well, I just came over to see...

See what? Why on earth would you

drag yourself all the way over here?

- Is that Derek?

- No.

- And you're not going out tonight.

- Yeah, OK.

- What are you doing here?

- Came over to see you.

Why?

Cause we don't see

each other enough.

- What?

- Come on, Charlie.

I'm outta here.

- Charlie, it's Christmas Eve.

- Like either of us care, Mom?

- Charlie.

- What?

Come back here. Charlie!

- Good night, Scott.

- Wait, wait!

Can you help me find Carol?

- Carol?

- Carol Newman.

Carol Newman, the principal

of Charlie's school?

- Yeah. Do you know where she is?

- I don't know. She moved away.

Ran out of local kids to terrify,

I guess. I don't know.

What is the matter with you?

Neil. Neil and Lucy,

they'll understand.

- Where are they?

- At the North Pole.

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