The Ultimate Christmas Present Page #7

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What A Lovely Place!

So Bright.

So Festive!

So...

What's That?

The Kids Did That.

It's Our Substitute

Christmas Tree.

We Couldn't Get A Real One

Because The Storm--

Yes! The Storm.

What Do You Make

Of Our Little Storm?

Um...

It's A Bad Storm...

Uh...When Do You Think

It's Going To End?

I Was Hoping You

Could Tell Me That.

Me? Excuse Me?

Who's This?

That's My Husband.

Is He In Some Kind

Of Government Work?

Some Sort Of,

"Can't Tell Ya, Gotta

Kill Ya" Operation?

No! He's In Software.

Hmm.

Uh...Would You

Like Some Coffee?

Everything

All Right?

Yes, Fine.

Just Admiring

Your Handiwork.

What Did You Say?

I Asked You If

You Would Like

Some Coffee.

No. Never

Touch The Stuff.

Wait. Yes.

Ok, Uh...

How Do You Take It?

Cream? Sugar?

Both.

But I'll

Mix Them Myself

Out Here.

Ok.

Both!

And If It Isn't

Too Much Trouble,

I'd Like

Some Cookies,

And Candy,

Maybe Some Nuts,

A Bowl Of Fruit,

Popcorn,

Toast With Butter,

Maybe A Pot Roast.

I'll See

What I Can Do.

Yams, If You

Have Them.

A Snow Day, Huh?

We Kinda Had

A Paper Due.

And I Tried To

Shut Off The Machine

A Bunch Of Times.

Honest.

It's Very

Temperamental.

It Took Me

Over 2 Months

To Build It.

But, Santa,

I Thought You Worked

At The North Pole.

Well, Normally I Do,

But There Are

So Many Distractions

At The North Pole,

Especially At This Time

Of The Year.

I Thought I Finally

Had The Machine

Finished On Thursday,

And I Was Going

To Go Back, But Then

When It Started

To Do All Sorts

Of Odd Things,

Like Raining When

It Should Be Snowing

And Snowing

When It Should Be

Sunny And--

And That's Why

You Got Frustrated

And Threw It Away.

Exactly.

But It's Such

An Important

Machine.

Very Important.

Extremely

Important.

Why?

"Why?"

"Why?"

This Kid

Is Funny.

Yeah, Why?

We Never

Understood That, Either.

It's Important Because

I Wanted To Give People

The Ultimate

Christmas Present.

A Gentle,

White Snowfall

So Simple

And So Pure

That We Would All Just

Stop Rushing Around

And Take A Few Moments

To Be Reminded

Of The Magic

Of The Season.

Ah.

Mmm.

It's All

My Fault, Santa.

If I Hadn't Been

Such A Total Lame-O

And Just Written

My Paper Like

I Was Supposed To,

None Of This

Would Have Happened.

I'm So Sorry, Santa.

(Sniffs)

There'll Be Plenty

Of Time To Talk

About That Later.

The Important Thing

Right Now Is To Stop

This Storm!

Now, Where

Is The Machine?

Mom! Mom!

Oh! Oh! Mom!

Whoa!

Where'd You Get

That, Little Boy?

I Found It!

Found It?

You Mean Stole It,

Don't You?

You Know What

Happens To Little

Boys Who Steal!

I Didn't Steal It!

I Found It!

They Go To Jail!

For A Long Time!

Sometimes Forever!

I Don't Want

To Go To Jail!

Why Don't You Hand

It Over To Me,

And I'll See

What I Can Do.

There You Go.

Go On Now!

Aaahh!

A Weather-Making

Machine!

From Now On,I Will Be

The Greatest Weatherman

In The World,

Because I...Will

Control...The Weather!

Ha Ha Ha Ha!

(Coughs)

Hi, Honey. It's Me.

Um, I Hope You Check

Your Voice Mail.

Um, Did You Enter

A Contest?

Mom, I Didn't

Steal It!

I Found It,

And It's Making Snow,

And The Man Says

I Could Go To Jail,

Maybe Forever!

Ok, Wait.

Slow Down.

What Did You Say?

I'm Sorry. I'm Not

Understanding You.

You're Going

Too Fast.

We Have To Find

A Way To Distract Her.

Have You Ever Played

Ding-Dong-Ditch?

Uh-Uh.

Uh-Uh.

Wh-What Did You Steal?

What's Making Snow?

Upstairs!

(Doorbell Rings)

Just A Second.

But, Mom!

Hello?!

Hello?!

Ah! Hello?!

(Giggling)

It's Snowing

In Allie's Room!

Joey, Please.

I've Got Enough Problems

Right Now, Ok?

Alrighty!

Where'd The Tv Guy Go?

Mom!

Hey! Who Are You?

It's That Boring

Weatherman From Tv.

Edwin, Give Me

The Machine.

Give Me The Weather

Machine, Edwin.

Never!

Edwin...

Edwin...

Whoa...Ahh!

(Gasps)

Let's Take The Stairs.

Whoa! Ah!

Arr!

No One Ever

Believes Me!

Hey Joey!

This Is Santa

And His Elf.

Pleased To Meet

You, Joey.

Don't Tell Mom, Ok?

Coochie-Coochie!

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

I Know A Shortcut!

Please, Not

Another Shortcut!

(Panting)

Sparky, Come On!

Ok!

Nothing Can

Stop Me Now!

Stop!

Aah!

Aah!

Waah!

Come On!

He Passed Through

This Candy Factory!

My...My Snowmobile!

It's Ok, Horace.

Perhaps Santa

Will Bring You

A New One

For Christmas, Hmm?

(Santa Chuckles)

Let's Go.

(Footsteps Echoing)

Crumpet:
Now, Where

Could He Have Gone?

It's Like

He Vanished.

Santa:

He Disappeared.

Over Here!

Chocolate

Footprints.

Come On!

They Stop!

Huh!

Sparky, What

Are You Doing?

It's Raining

Chocolate!

Stay Back.

Edwin...

Give Us The Machine.

Please!

No, You Can't

Have It!

I Want It.

I Found It,

And It's Mine!

Sparky...

Grr!

Rrr, Grr!

Stay Back,

I Tell You. Back!

Stay Down,

Sparky, Don't!

No! Stay Back!

Aah!

Get Him!

Aah!

Santa:
Allie, The Machine!

Aah!

Whew!

Oh!

Well Done,

Allie!

Good Job, Al. Whoo!

(Gasps)

I Hate Cotton Candy!

(Gasps)

Can't I Have It?

I'm Sorry,

Edwin. No!

Guess I'll Be

On My Way.

Or Not.

Mmm. Mmm.

(Hammering)

Screwdriver!

Wrench!

You Realize You Just

Can't Keep Me Here

Against My Will.

I Have A Report

To File, After All!

Not Now.

(Clears Throat)

Chewing Gum!

Sure, Boss!

Ew!

Thank You.

(Grunts)

I'm Stumped.

The "Q" Wire Is Attached.

The Rhombus Wheel Is Turning.

I've Triple-Checked Everything

From The Alpha Coil

To The Zip Volume.

In Theory, This Machine

Should Be Working Perfectly.

Did You Check

The Batteries?

Batteries.

(Chuckling)

Oh, I Always Use My Own

Special Brand Of Batteries.

Evermerry.

Each Battery

Lasts 100 Years,

So It Couldn't Possibly...

Oh, Dear.

What's Wrong?

I Just Remembered That

When I Put The Batteries In,

I Was Out Of Evermerrys,

So I Used Generic Ones.

Quick. Open These Up.

(Click, Whirring)

I Think It's Working.

All Right!

Let's Raise

The Temperature

To 58 Degrees

And Bring Up

The Sun!

(Cheering)

Oh, Dear.

It's 4:
05 Already.

Do We Still

Have Time?

Can We Make

Christmas?

It'll Be Awfully,

Awfully Tight,

But Yes,

I Think We Can.

Boys, Let's Pack Up

Everything We Need

From Here

And Quickly!

Oh.

Santa, I'm...

Really On The "Naughty"

List, Aren't I?

Yes,

But It Isn't

A Permanent Situation.

It Will Change If You've

Learned Something Today.

I Have High Hopes For You,

Allie Thompson.

You're A Trailblazer With

A Great Sense Of Adventure.

That Sounds

Pretty Good.

It Is.

But It Also Comes

With A Great Deal

Of Responsibility.

It Does?

Yes.

You Can't Waste All That

Energy And Brainpower

On Just Skipping

Homework Assignments

And Taking

What Doesn't Belong To You.

You Have To Use Them For Things

That Are Responsible

And Unselfish.

Imagine If I Just Decided

To Skip Christmas.

Think Of All The Billions

Of Children Who Would

Wake Up On Christmas Morning

To Find

Their Stockings Empty

And Nothing Under The Tree.

You Did A Wonderful Job

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