The Town Christmas Forgot Page #3

Life's not fair.

What do you know about life?

You're only 5 years older than me.

What?

Music. I think.

Come on.

We shouldn't be here.

Merry Christmas.

How many more people

are you expecting?

Uh, about twenty more

this afternoon.

That's a lot

for a town this size.

Mmmhhmmm. We've been

hit hard, Mr. Benson.

Merry Christmas.

So how did this town get

the name of Nowhere?

Now that's

a good story.

The owner of the mining

company that used to be here.

Yup.

Merry Christmas.

He brought some investors

up here, one of them said

this place is

in the middle of nowhere.

The owner was gonna use his

name, he changed it to Nowhere.

So he had a sense

of humour.

Until the coal ran out.

Five years ago?

Yeah yeah. And there was some

other complications too.

You see, Sir, there's a lot of

coal up there in those mountains.

But, it costs too

much to mine it.

First you gotta start right

at the top of the mountain.

And you gotta go right to the

bottom, very slowly. Not worth it.

Anyways, I gotta get this stuff

up to Virgil here, at the mine.

It gets a little lonely

watching that empty place.

Care for

some company?

Sure. Why don't you grab

those cookies back there.

Okay, let's go Mr....

Charles,

really Charles is fine.

While I tell

of Yuletide treasure,

Fa la la la la la la la la.

Fa la la la la la la la la

Okay, can we

go now?

Mom said we're not

supposed to do this.

Look at them,

they're so lame.

What's so funny?

Great comedy act.

What do you know

about rock and roll?

Is that what that was?

Seriously?

Then why don't you come

up here and show us?

I'm just watching.

Easy to watch.

Big city girl thinks

she so smart.

Big city girl sees flaws.

Your beat is way too slow.

All of you.

And timing is everything.

You little drummer boy,

what was that?

Thirty beats per minute?

Try one twenty.

And you on the guitar,

throw in some power chords

and a finger transition in between,

I could go on, but I gotta go now.

Hey city girl, if you're so smart,

show us how to do it right.

I don't have time.

See, she's all talk.

Mom said you're not

supposed to do this.

First you gotta change that beat.

It drives everything.

Have a seat.

I wanna go back to

the hotel.

It's boring here.

I wanna go back to

the hotel room.

Mom said.

Okay listen. Can you go back

to the hotel by yourself?

It's only three blocks

from here.

Promise to stay there

'til mom or dad get back?

And if Mom asks?

I'll say it was

my idea.

Okay, straight to

the hotel.

I could really use

your help with this.

I mean you must put together events

for that big advertising company.

Well, uh,

I can't do...

Oh, no, no...

Just watch, okay.

Just for a minute

or two.

And this is

our big closer.

Come on in, ladies.

All right, Sydney.

Ready to show her

a little of our preview?

What do you do?

Five, six,

seven, eight.

That was good.

Uh, GOOD!

You can be honest. We're tough.

We can...

It needs work.

A lot.

Why are you staring

at me like that?

Well, you get paid

thousands of dollars,

which means you must know

something about everything.

Besides, you're probably the only one

here who's ever seen a real musical.

Uh, there isn't

enough time.

So you can do it?

There is not

enough time.

But you can do it!

Okay. Uh, I think maybe

the best thing to do,

would be to learn

five or six basic steps

and then we could put them

into sort of a combo.

Um, you know what,

let's do it together now.

Let's do a hip snap

and, ready and...

One, two, three, good,

back, back, snap, go.

Where did that

come from?

Oh, I used to dance

like a thousand years ago.

You know what?

How about the box step?

Yeah? Do you know it?

Do you wanna learn it?

Okay, let's do that.

So we're gonna cross

with the right foot,

in front

of the left foot.

And ya cross, step back,

to the right, and up.

Look we're

making a box.

To back, to the right

and up. Good.

What happened?

Life.

You know maybe it was fate

that brought you here.

Oh I'm pretty sure

it was a broken car.

Good job, everybody. But I

really need to find a phone.

Well, here we are.

That's a pretty big

mountain.

This really is in the

middle of nowhere, huh?

Yes, it sure is.

But it makes folks look after each

other just a little bit more.

Let's go see Virgil.

Virgil! Yo, Virgil, we

brought you some grub!

Did you ever

live in the city?

Four years.

Did you like it?

At first... I had a

great job on the docks.

But after a while

I got tired of everybody

trying to hide from

everybody else.

It seemed like

folks were trying to

get away from each other rather

than get to know each other.

The whole time I was there,

I never met my neighbours.

So I moved back to

Nowhere,

I guess that wasn't such

a good choice, was it?

Come on, it can't be

all that bad, can it?

Hhmmm. Well at least I

know my neighbours.

Yo, Virg, we got some

cookies for ya from Sam!

Ooops, I think I forgot

them back in the truck.

Run back and get them for me?

Yeah,

yeah sure.

Virg. Come on out, my man!

Coleman!

Coleman!

Is this some kind of hazing prank

you play on city folk. Huh?

Hey Coleman,

this isn't funny.

Coleman!

Coleman! Coleman!

You okay?

This is a first. I'm being

rescued by rudolph.

You okay,

can you sit up?

Yeah, cause I just went and

got the red ones, so...

Where's dad?

Oh, um, he's with the barber.

Uh, the mechanic.

Dad?

I don't get it.

Yeah,

you know Dad.

He's probably micro-managing

the poor guy's every move.

Okay, let's think of something

we can all do together.

Oh, I kinda have to

go somewhere.

Where?

A bunch of kids are hanging

out at the high school,

they're working on

a project.

What kind

of project?

School stuff. Paper

mache, things like that.

Oh, okay. Well don't go far,

you'll stay in town, right?

Like, yes.

Okay.

And take Nolan.

Mom!

Fine. Nolan, you get

to stick with me.

Okay, this fabulous game, can we draw?

Tic, tac, toe!

So, this is

a coal mine, eh?

Uh huh. But you're

holding, that's just dirt.

City slicker, huh?

At least I know what to

getcha for Christmas.

No, no. Don't say

it, don't say it.

A lump of coal.

Okay, that's terrible, that's terrible.

Ha ha ha.

You know there was a lot of

talk around town at one time

about turning this

mountain into a ski area.

But for some reason,

it just never got going.

Jeremiah, had plans to build a

ski lift on top of the mountain,

bring in resort planners

and everything,

but it all fell through when

he couldn't get the backing.

Now tell me something,

how we gonna get out?

Mom, I wanna go

look around.

Nolan, I dunno.

Please, I wanna go find

some kids to play with.

You have your old people, Trish

has some friends, Dad's gone.

Please?

Well, I guess. But

Nolan, don't go far.

Okay.

Hi.

sways, kicks.

And to the right.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Here we go.

Sway, sway, sway.

Back to the left,

sway, sway, sway.

Step kick, step kick,

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