The Town Christmas Forgot Page #5

Okay.

Here we go.

Jingle bells, Coleman will

this be your lucky day?

Not much fun

this is to ride...

How much

do you weigh?

Oh, very funny,

very funny.

What now?

When Jeremiah gets a burr in his

saddle, he's pretty darn committed.

Why this?

He tried everything he could to

keep the mining companies here.

He offered every imaginable

deal to get them to stay.

He's been Mayor nearly twenty years.

Folks were counting on him.

If anybody could save this

town, it'd be Jeremiah.

But he didn't.

He convinced people to

stand behind him

and when he lost the

battle, so did they.

You've seen those storefronts

outside, the closed up ones.

A lot of people lost everything

because of Jeremiah.

At least that's

what they said.

Aww, he took that

so hard.

But he's the Mayor

so he accepted the blame.

He even got resort experts in and

they said if we built ski lifts

on that great big hill

that hotel chains would

come flocking to us

with their money.

And no one would give us

that first loan.

I mean,

one bank was interested,

but they want collateral

we just don't have.

Maybe he's right.

Maybe there is

no hope for Nowhere.

If there's one thing

I know about banks,

it's that you have to

keep looking.

There's always one that

is willing to help,

you just have to

keep trying.

Nobody wants to

try anymore.

You heard Jeremiah.

Hey. You saw the look in

those performers eyes.

You saw them. If everybody

saw that they'd change.

You have to

go ahead with it.

Christmas eve

is tomorrow.

Hey for what it's worth,

you were pretty good.

I mean, kinda snappy

and all, but

you whipped us

into almost passable shape.

I guess it doesn't matter now

that the Mayor stopped the show.

I was wondering, do you wanna

go get a coffee or something?

They got mochas here?

What's that?

An overpriced

coffee.

I think the Bee Hive has those little

packages of decaffeinated coffee.

Sure, why not.

Really?

Nothing else to

do here, is there?

Jingle bells.

Ohhh.

One more, one more, one more, one more!

Come on!

In a one horse open...

We did it!

We did it!

You did it,

Mr. Benson.

I think it's okay to call me Charles now.

All right?

How 'bout Chuck?

Uh, Chucky baby.

You are one hell of a guy.

Man, I owe ya my life.

Well, the snow

stopped.

That is...

quite a mountain.

How much

does Jeremiah need?

I think for starters,

$400,000.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Hello.

Who's there?

Ain't gonna get rid

of you, am I?

What do you want?

I wanna see

the Zephyr run.

You know, my grand-daddy, gave

her to me just before he...

I was around your age.

You know,

she's never been run.

Awesome.

Might as well

take her for a run.

You'll probably never see

somethin' like this again.

Not with them computers and all

that junk you kids have these days.

Easy at first now.

Easy, there she goes.

Hi, Mom.

Nolan's outside playing

or something.

I don't know what's

going on.

I think it's as old

as the world is.

No, I mean everything. It's like

miss, I need an outlet mall,

she's acting like she's

lived here all her life.

And then,

there's Charles.

Charles is working at a soup

kitchen, and Charles doesn't cook.

Nolan's outside playing

in the snow.

At home he'd either be watching twenty

of the hundred television stations,

or playing his computer

and video games.

And then there's me.

Remember my big deal?

I'd forgotten

all about it.

And they're all shut

for sure by now.

It's called a holiday.

The word means

a chance to spend time

with family and friends.

Well we've never had

a holiday like this.

I mean, if my friends

could see me now.

They'd probably be

envious.

Yeah.

You know. I just really

like your coffee.

But, why not?

Cause I ain't getting dressed up

in no stupid costume, that's why!

But I saw your picture out front,

you were the best Santa ever.

And I ain't doin nothin for that

Jeremiah B. and that's that!

It's for the kids

and the town.

My mom and Sam are putting

on a Christmas show.

Do you see what

this place is, kid?

You see what this place is now?

It's nothing.

This used to be the best toy

store in the mountains.

People drove here from fifty

miles away to buy toys.

Jeremiah B. wiped it out, he

wiped out all the businesses.

You look around this room, you

see what Jeremiah B. did to me.

I swore, I would never do

anything to help him ever again.

Or even the town after that.

Never is never!

Now don't you gotta be

somewhere else.

Sam!

My first instinct is to

pour this in your lap,

but I am just way too

nice of a person.

Annie.

What happened?

Well Charles here,

saved my life.

Everything's fine.

It's okay.

Are you hurt

or anything?

I'm fine, I'm fine. Everything's okay.

It's a long story.

I'm just really happy to

see you and be here.

Oh...

Will you guys

cut it out?

I found Santa!

Dad?

And I have got

some great news.

I just saw my cousin outside

and the parts are in.

So I'm gonna have your car

ready to go by the morning.

We can still have the

Christmas like we planned.

Well, it's

as good as new.

If there's one thing I

do know, it's cars.

It's cars!

Thanks, Coleman.

It's the least I

could do, Ma'am.

Meatloaf sandwiches

for the road.

What about

the pageant?

We're gonna do it

anyway.

Are you sure?

I can't help it if the performers

want to get together on Christmas eve

and start accidentally doing

what they've been practicing.

Sure wish

you were staying.

I wish we could too.

But we have the reservations and...

Oh sure,

I understand.

It was grand

meeting you, Annie.

You too, Sam.

You okay?

Yeah, sure.

Thanks.

For everything.

Just keep an eye

on the oil gauge

for the next hundred miles, all right?

Should be okay.

Okay.

Thanks.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to

all of you.

Nolan, come on,

we gotta go.

One word

and you're dead.

The radio's working!

What? I don't believe

it, three bars.

What did you

do that for?

Look, your mother's

gotta call her office,

I gotta check the

reservations at the resort.

Why don't you guys go and

get some sandwiches?

Yeah, and I want a coffee...

No, a latte.

What's wrong?

Something's missing.

What exactly happened

back there in Nowhere?

I don't know yet.

I have this feeling I should

do something for them.

You're certainly

in a position to.

Sure got a lot

of garbage to eat.

I want Sam's

meatloaf sandwiches.

We can have them

tomorrow.

I want them now.

You know what? In a few

hours we're gonna be

at the resort, just in time

for Christmas eve.

I don't know

anybody there.

What? What about the parties?

They're just school friends.

I can see them anytime.

What about me?

I don't know anybody.

You'll meet kids.

Guys, we got all kinds

of great presents,

ready to open, on

Christmas morning. Huh?

I wonder what Santa's

doing right now.

We're dyin out there.

I am not gonna let Jeremiah

be right, not this time.

You really think

this is a good idea?

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