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♪ Born on the wrong end
Of the leash ♪

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-♪ He was a dreamer ♪
-♪ And a little schemer ♪

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♪ A nutty mutt living a dog's life ♪

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♪ But when he'd hear the bell for school ♪

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♪ He'd start to drool ♪

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-♪ One day he says ♪
-♪ I'll take a chance ♪

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♪ Trades his leash
For a pair of pants ♪

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♪ In a glance, school becomes
His favorite pastime ♪

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♪ I have buried a bone
For the last time ♪

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-♪ He says ♪
-♪ I want to be a boy ♪

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♪ Ooh, he's bad ♪

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♪ He's so over just being rover ♪

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♪ I gotta be a boy ♪

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♪ He says he's just gonna be a boy ♪

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♪ Turns out he's a regular Einstein ♪

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♪ And Leonard is treading a fine line ♪

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Why can't I be a normal kid
like any other?

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Now, doodle bug, listen to mother.

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♪ I want to be a boy ♪

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I hate dogs.

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♪ I gotta be a boy ♪

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♪ This power pup's gonna be a boy ♪

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I do not wish to be a dog.

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♪ Now this bowser's ready for trousers ♪

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♪ I got to be a boy ♪

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♪ His nose is wet but you can bet ♪

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♪ This teacher's pet is gonna be a boy ♪

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Yes!

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["The Nutcracker Suite" playing ]

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[sleigh bells jingling]

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[narrator] Have you ever seen a more
beautiful sight

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than East Westland during the holidays?

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Didn't think so.

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Yep, it's that time of year again,

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a time when the whole town
has a twinkle in its eye

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and a song in its heart.

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But as this nice teacher

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and this unnaturally talented dog

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are going to find out,

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come holiday time, even simple things,

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things like songs and hearts,

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can have a hard time coming out
just right.

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♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪

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♪ In a one ♪

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♪ Ooh, I said a-one now ♪

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♪ Can you give me a one now? ♪

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♪ Oh, I need a teeny, tiny o-o-one ♪

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♪ Horse open ♪

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♪ Sleigh-eigh-eigh-eigh ♪

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♪ Oh, yeah ♪

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Ha ha. Oops.

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Why, Scott Leadready II,

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it's almost as if this was
your very first Christmas.

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Yeah, ha ha. Almost.

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I certainly understand.

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This is my very favorite

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jolly-olly holiday time of year, too.

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Can anyone guess
what special seasonal surprise

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is under this cloth?

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Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
Is it the decayed and stinky remains

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of an excavated mummy

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with a 5,000-year-old curse on it?

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No, but...Good guess, Ian.

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Ha ha. It's...

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Scripts for "A Christmasy
Christmas in Christmas town."

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Ha ha ha.

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The traditional fourth-grade play

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that we're all going to star in

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at next week's big school holiday pageant.

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Yay!

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The school play.

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Finally, a chance to trod the boards

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and pay homage to the gods of tragedy...

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[belches]

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And comedy!

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Oh, man.

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I'm stupid elf number five.

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I have exactly one stupid line.

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What is it?

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"Yes, that is true."

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But think of all you can do
with that one line.

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You can play it in fear--

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Yes, that is true!
Aah!

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Perplexed-- Yes, that is true?

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Shakespearean-- Yea, verily, my liege.

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You speaketh sooth.

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Japanese kabuki-- Hai, soo desu.

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1I'm glad to see somebody's
getting in the spirit.

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Now, let's start reading
through the play

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from the beginning.

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Yes, Ruth.

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Mrs. Helperman, I know

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"A Christmasy Christmas
in Christmas Town" is old,

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but was it written
before Hanukkah was invented?

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Uh, dear, nobody invented Hanukkah.

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It's been around for centuries.

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But your point is well taken.

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"Incorporate Hanukkah into play."

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There. Now let's turn to page--
Yes, Kelsey?

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My family celebrates Kwanzaa.

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Oh. Well, I'm sure
there's room in the play

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for a sizeable Kwanzaa quotient.

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Okey-dokey, artichoky.

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Now, does anybody else's family

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celebrate something different?

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"Tibetan festival of--"
What is it again, Ian?

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The Tibetan festival
of yak-butter sculptures!

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Well, it looks like as soon

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as my writing hand stops cramping,

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I'll have to start work on a brand-new,

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never-before-seen, world-premiere

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fourth-grade play that celebrates

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all of these holiday traditions.

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[cheering]

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Ahem. I do not approve of this brand-new,

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never-before-seen,
world-premiere play idea.

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Yes, but-- what's wrong with "A
Christmasy Christmas in Christmas Town"?

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It's been enchanting audiences
at this school

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for 37 years.

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-Yes, but--
-As a matter of fact,

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I originated the role of elf number five.

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You were the first elf number five?

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Yes! That is true.

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Huh. Well, um,

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that is very impressive, sir,
but don't you think

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"A Christmasy Christmas in Christmas town"

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is just-- it's a tad, um, exclusionary?

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Of course it is.

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It's about Christmas, for Pete's sake.

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You want them to change it

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to "A Christmasy Christmas
in Hanukkah Town"?

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-I just don't see it.
-But, sir--

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the matter is closed, Mrs. Helperman.

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This school has a proud history

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of observing one holiday
and ignoring all the others,

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and I'm not about to change that.

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Well, with all due respect,
Principal Strickler,

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this is not 37 years ago,
this is 37 years later,

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and this is America!

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And we celebrate our ding-dong diversity,

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pardon my French.

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Well, you don't have to yell at me.

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I'm sorry.

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Please, just let me do this,

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and I promise I'll come back here tomorrow

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with a new and better holiday play

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that celebrates all our heritages

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with pride and dignity.

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Well...will it still have the part

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where Santa Claus does

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the "Christmasy Christmas Town" twist?

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I love that part.

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Um...yes.

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Very well.

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[cheering]

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But if the play's a stinkeroo,

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it'll be on your head,

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and you don't want to be remembered

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as the teacher who ruined the holidays

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for everyone.

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Well, Merry Christmas,

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and, um, happy, uh, whatever.

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Hey, what's wrong?

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Oh, nothing. Don't mind me.

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Nothing at all.

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My people don't have a holiday tradition!

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Oh. I'm sorry.

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But, you know, technically speaking,

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you're not people.

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You think I don't know that?

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Believe me, right now
I feel more like a dog

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than ever before.

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Come on, Spot, cheer up.

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You've got lots of holiday traditions

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right here with us.

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Oh, goody! Ha ha ha!

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You boys are home just in time

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for some annual holiday fun.

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Okay, picture time.

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Oh, you're all just so precious.

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Spot, drink from the stand
just like you always do.

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I'll get you for this.

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Everybody say pepperoni!

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Oh, isn't this just the cutest

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Christmas card ever?

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Yeah, it's nice, Mom.

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It's the cutest Christmas card ever!

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Mom, are you okay?

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Fine, just fine and dibbity-dandy. Why?

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Oh, I just thought maybe
you might be putting off

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writing our new holiday play

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because you're afraid
you might not be up to it.

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Afraid? Ha ha.

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Of some silly play with
19 different holidays in it

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that if I don't finish by tomorrow,

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I'll have ruined Christmas for everyone

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and I'll probably be fired?

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I am not afraid at all.

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She ought to be.

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I am just going to sit right down

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and bang that baby out
with no trouble whatsoever.

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Just as soon as I finish decorating

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all the Christmas cookies!

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♪ Fa-la-la-la la-la-la-la ♪

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Hey, you guys, I'm really
worried about my mom.

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She's totally stressed out
about writing the new play.

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You mean her little pageant

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including all the holiday
traditions of the world?

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Oh, except the ones dogs have,

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because dogs don't have any!

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Whoa. You better lay off
the Christmas-tree water.

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It's gone to your head.

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You leave me alone.
I'm having a crisis here.

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If I stay here, I'll go mad.

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Wherever are you going, Spot?

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To find my holiday destiny, that's where.

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But you have to help me.

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If my mom doesn't write the play,

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she'll be in big trouble.

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I can't help you. Don't you see?

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If I don't find a holiday tradition,

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then the world as I know it will end.

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Brring. Hello. I'd like to order

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an extra-large helping of perspective!

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Thanks for caring.

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[Mrs. Helperman] Leonard!

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Help me with these decorations,
will you, Lenny Penny?

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Mom, don't you have to start working

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on the... play?

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[narrator] So all the world got ready
for the holidays,

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all the world, that is,

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except for our little friend Spot.

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With a heavy heart and little hope,

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he set out to see if he could discover

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the true meaning of
the holiday season for a dog.

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Nope.

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Nah.

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You've got to be kidding.

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I'm going to need more yak butter.

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I'm doing it as fast as I can!

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He needed to find a place for dogs

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in the big holiday picture,

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and he knew just where to go
for the answer.

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What was the question again?

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[sighs] What do dogs do for the holidays?

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Oh, well, we have lots
of holiday traditions.

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Like what? What are they?

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Well, uh, mostly we spend the holidays

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with our families and drink water

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out of the Christmas tree stand.

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Oy.

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["Deck the Halls" playing]

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♪ Fa-la-la-la-la ♪

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♪ La-la-la ♪

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♪ La ♪

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There. That wasn't so hard.

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It looks great, Mom.

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That's the nicest title page I ever saw.

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All I have to do is think of something

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to write about on the other 50 pages.

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Come on, Mom. I just know you got

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a super-de-duper new holiday
story in the old noggin.

263
00:11:23,917 --> 00:11:27,377
Well, I do have one idea.

264
00:11:27,458 --> 00:11:28,668
That's great. What is it?

265
00:11:28,750 --> 00:11:31,750
Okay. A mean old miser

266
00:11:31,834 --> 00:11:33,964
gets visited by three ghosts

267
00:11:34,041 --> 00:11:35,581
who help show him

268
00:11:35,667 --> 00:11:37,877
the true meaning of Christmas, Hanukkah,

269
00:11:37,959 --> 00:11:40,379
Kwanzaa, Midwinterblot,

270
00:11:40,458 --> 00:11:41,788
Tet, Tongji,

271
00:11:41,875 --> 00:11:46,625
and the Tibetan Festival
of Yak-Butter Sculptures.

272
00:11:46,709 --> 00:11:48,129
Hey, that sounds great.

273
00:11:48,208 --> 00:11:50,128
It's just like "A Christmas Carol."

274
00:11:50,208 --> 00:11:54,538
Yes, but... there's so much more of it!

275
00:11:56,792 --> 00:11:59,582
Okey-dokey, then.

276
00:11:59,667 --> 00:12:02,747
["We Three Kings" playing]

277
00:12:02,834 --> 00:12:04,084
I don't believe you.

278
00:12:04,166 --> 00:12:06,496
You're just part of the conspiracy.

279
00:12:06,583 --> 00:12:08,503
Now, look, kid, I'd love to help you,

280
00:12:08,583 --> 00:12:09,673
but I can't.

281
00:12:09,750 --> 00:12:12,540
I've been putting this thing up
for 37 years,

282
00:12:12,625 --> 00:12:15,125
and that guy with the crown is definitely

283
00:12:15,208 --> 00:12:17,748
not a wise dog.

284
00:12:17,834 --> 00:12:19,834
Yeah, right.

285
00:12:23,709 --> 00:12:25,209
[carriage dings]

286
00:12:25,291 --> 00:12:27,711
Okay. How about this?

287
00:12:27,792 --> 00:12:29,212
Hit me.

288
00:12:29,291 --> 00:12:33,581
A magic multicultural
snowman comes to life.

289
00:12:33,667 --> 00:12:35,827
Snowmen have been done.

290
00:12:35,917 --> 00:12:39,787
-Okay. A reindeer--
-Done.

291
00:12:39,875 --> 00:12:42,495
-A kindly old--
-Done! Done, done!

292
00:12:42,583 --> 00:12:44,543
It's all been done! I'm done!

293
00:12:44,625 --> 00:12:46,455
Don't say that.

294
00:12:46,542 --> 00:12:50,252
Mom, I really think if we try harder,

295
00:12:50,333 --> 00:12:52,423
we can come up with an idea

296
00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:54,880
that's just super-de-duper.

297
00:12:57,709 --> 00:13:00,499
Young man, I don't know
quite what to tell you.

298
00:13:00,583 --> 00:13:02,003
I have tried to gather

299
00:13:02,083 --> 00:13:04,003
all of the holiday books we had,

300
00:13:04,083 --> 00:13:07,713
and I can tell you that we
do not have any about dogs.

301
00:13:07,792 --> 00:13:09,582
All the other animals are covered--

302
00:13:09,667 --> 00:13:11,207
"The Mistletoe Mouse,"

303
00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:13,211
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,"

304
00:13:13,291 --> 00:13:15,711
"Holiday Traditions and Whales."

305
00:13:15,792 --> 00:13:17,502
Who's kidding who, sweetheart?

306
00:13:17,583 --> 00:13:19,673
Aah!

307
00:13:22,041 --> 00:13:24,461
[snoring]

308
00:13:29,333 --> 00:13:31,213
It's hopeless.

309
00:13:31,291 --> 00:13:33,631
I can't do it.

310
00:13:33,709 --> 00:13:36,629
I've ruined the holidays for everyone.

311
00:13:36,709 --> 00:13:39,629
[Principal Strickler's voice]
Poor Mrs. Helperman.

312
00:13:39,709 --> 00:13:41,039
[gasps]

313
00:13:41,125 --> 00:13:44,285
Your little play isn't going
very well, is it?

314
00:13:44,375 --> 00:13:46,375
You be quiet!

315
00:13:47,875 --> 00:13:51,455
Hey, I'll bet "A Christmasy
Christmas in Christmas Town"

316
00:13:51,542 --> 00:13:55,382
is sounding pretty good
right about now, eh, boys?

317
00:13:55,458 --> 00:13:58,748
[all] Yes, that is true.

318
00:13:58,834 --> 00:14:01,634
[laughing]

319
00:14:01,709 --> 00:14:03,249
Stop it!

320
00:14:03,333 --> 00:14:07,583
Stop? Ha ha. I'm just getting started.

321
00:14:07,667 --> 00:14:10,377
♪ Jingle bells, your play smells ♪

322
00:14:10,458 --> 00:14:12,708
♪ It's gonna lay an egg ♪

323
00:14:12,792 --> 00:14:14,292
♪ You should've done ♪

324
00:14:14,375 --> 00:14:17,825
♪ "A Christmasy Christmas
In Christmas Town" instead ♪

325
00:14:17,917 --> 00:14:22,747
[all laughing]

326
00:14:22,834 --> 00:14:24,794
Aah!

327
00:14:24,875 --> 00:14:27,285
[snoring]

328
00:14:32,375 --> 00:14:36,205
I'm not a praying dog,
but I'm at the end of my leash.

329
00:14:36,291 --> 00:14:38,881
I have no holiday to celebrate.

330
00:14:38,959 --> 00:14:41,499
I don't belong anywhere.

331
00:14:41,583 --> 00:14:44,463
Guess I should just smell
the Christmas-tree water

332
00:14:44,542 --> 00:14:49,132
and forget this whole
pretending-to-be-a-boy charade.

333
00:14:49,208 --> 00:14:51,498
-Got a problem, pal?
-Who are you?

334
00:14:51,583 --> 00:14:54,253
Just a magical dog
who pops up out of nowhere

335
00:14:54,333 --> 00:14:56,463
to help other dogs with their troubles.

336
00:14:56,542 --> 00:14:58,672
Now, what say you tell old Tim-Tim-Tim

337
00:14:58,750 --> 00:15:02,460
what this no-holiday-tradition
nonsense is all about?

338
00:15:02,583 --> 00:15:04,753
It's true, Tim-Tim... Tim.

339
00:15:04,834 --> 00:15:08,674
All so true, and all so sad.

340
00:15:08,750 --> 00:15:11,460
I've got nothing. Nothing!

341
00:15:11,542 --> 00:15:15,462
Oh, I am so utterly, utterly bereft.

342
00:15:15,542 --> 00:15:17,172
You're also a little melodramatic.

343
00:15:17,250 --> 00:15:19,710
Oh, I-- what's your point?

344
00:15:19,834 --> 00:15:21,834
You should stop your bellyaching

345
00:15:21,917 --> 00:15:25,247
and start realizing
that you're missing something,

346
00:15:25,333 --> 00:15:28,253
something mighty important
about the holidays

347
00:15:28,333 --> 00:15:29,923
and your part in it.

348
00:15:29,917 --> 00:15:33,287
Are you going to magically
show me things now?

349
00:15:33,375 --> 00:15:35,375
I thought I would, yeah.

350
00:15:38,792 --> 00:15:41,672
Now, I know you're thinking
you don't have any part

351
00:15:41,750 --> 00:15:44,540
of the Helpermans' Christmas,
but you're wrong.

352
00:15:44,625 --> 00:15:46,125
Since you've been born,

353
00:15:46,208 --> 00:15:49,498
you've brought your family
nothing but laughter.

354
00:15:52,250 --> 00:15:55,630
[Leonard laughing]

355
00:15:58,625 --> 00:16:00,625
Ha ha ha!

356
00:16:00,750 --> 00:16:03,540
Ha ha ha!

357
00:16:03,667 --> 00:16:05,327
They're laughing at me.

358
00:16:05,417 --> 00:16:07,667
Shut your yap and open your ears.

359
00:16:07,750 --> 00:16:09,790
I love you, Spot.

360
00:16:09,917 --> 00:16:11,207
I see it now.

361
00:16:11,291 --> 00:16:13,251
It's a tradition of love.

362
00:16:13,333 --> 00:16:14,503
Shh.

363
00:16:14,625 --> 00:16:16,245
Ohh!

364
00:16:16,333 --> 00:16:18,253
The greatest gift I can have

365
00:16:18,333 --> 00:16:21,253
is to be right here with my family.

366
00:16:21,333 --> 00:16:23,293
It's a tradition of family.

367
00:16:23,375 --> 00:16:25,745
Will you let the lady finish?

368
00:16:25,834 --> 00:16:28,294
And the most important thing

369
00:16:28,375 --> 00:16:31,625
is that we're all together.

370
00:16:34,458 --> 00:16:37,538
Now you blurt out your lesson, genius.

371
00:16:37,667 --> 00:16:40,997
Oh! The holidays aren't
about wearing silly outfits

372
00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:42,333
and getting presents

373
00:16:42,417 --> 00:16:44,747
and building yak-butter sculptures,

374
00:16:44,834 --> 00:16:46,964
but doing those things together

375
00:16:47,041 --> 00:16:48,881
with the family you love.

376
00:16:48,959 --> 00:16:50,999
I see it. I see it!

377
00:16:51,125 --> 00:16:52,205
It's about time.

378
00:16:52,333 --> 00:16:54,583
Thank you, Tim-Tim-Tim.

379
00:16:56,208 --> 00:16:57,378
Tim?

380
00:16:57,458 --> 00:16:59,538
Oh!

381
00:16:59,667 --> 00:17:01,417
Ohh!

382
00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:04,460
I'm-- I'm-- I'm back!

383
00:17:04,542 --> 00:17:07,462
Oh, the spirit did it in one night!

384
00:17:08,709 --> 00:17:10,419
Oh, home again,

385
00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:13,420
with a twinkle in my eye
and a song in my heart.

386
00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:14,830
[snoring]

387
00:17:14,917 --> 00:17:17,377
Oh, poor Mrs. H.

388
00:17:17,458 --> 00:17:18,538
She's family.

389
00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:21,955
If only-- wait a minute.

390
00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:23,213
Leonard.

391
00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:25,923
Wake up. We got a lot of work to do.

392
00:17:28,792 --> 00:17:32,082
Okay, so it's family,
love, and togetherness.

393
00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:35,956
No! No! It's love,
family, and togetherness.

394
00:17:36,041 --> 00:17:39,541
Together... Weather... Leather...

395
00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:41,705
Turtleneck sweater?

396
00:17:41,792 --> 00:17:43,082
Brilliant!

397
00:17:43,208 --> 00:17:45,208
Comma! Semicolon!

398
00:17:45,291 --> 00:17:47,501
Comma! Semicolon, blast you!

399
00:17:47,583 --> 00:17:49,753
[wind blowing]

400
00:17:51,875 --> 00:17:53,705
You wanted to talk to me

401
00:17:53,792 --> 00:17:56,212
about your new play, Mrs. Helperman?

402
00:17:56,333 --> 00:18:00,253
Well, writing a play
is harder than I thought.

403
00:18:00,333 --> 00:18:03,423
Yes, that is true.

404
00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:07,380
And, um, well, I couldn't do it.

405
00:18:07,458 --> 00:18:10,668
Told you so. You just can't
write a better play

406
00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:14,250
than "A Christmasy Christmas
in Christmas Town."

407
00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:18,043
[Scott] And that's why
she wrote a song instead.

408
00:18:18,125 --> 00:18:21,495
Mrs. Helperman wrote
an incredible new song,

409
00:18:21,583 --> 00:18:24,333
a heartfelt, yet, if I may say so,

410
00:18:24,417 --> 00:18:27,747
rockin' musical celebration
of our diversity

411
00:18:27,834 --> 00:18:31,384
that also embraces
the common ties we all share

412
00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:33,378
at this holiday season.

413
00:18:33,458 --> 00:18:35,538
Uh, and, uh, she lost it

414
00:18:35,625 --> 00:18:37,325
in the, uh, parking lot,

415
00:18:37,417 --> 00:18:39,417
and Leonard and I, uh, found it.

416
00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:42,540
You... found it?

417
00:18:42,625 --> 00:18:45,535
And we're all going to sing it
on opening night!

418
00:18:45,625 --> 00:18:46,875
Ohh!

419
00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:49,169
Oh, thank you!

420
00:18:49,250 --> 00:18:51,330
Oh, bless you. You are just--

421
00:18:51,458 --> 00:18:53,168
oh, you are so super-de-duper,

422
00:18:53,250 --> 00:18:57,330
and I just-- I love you all so much.

423
00:18:59,959 --> 00:19:01,379
[playing intro]

424
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,420
[music playing]

425
00:19:13,333 --> 00:19:16,463
♪ It's the holiday season ♪

426
00:19:16,542 --> 00:19:18,672
♪ All over the earth ♪

427
00:19:18,750 --> 00:19:21,880
♪ Full of fun celebrations ♪

428
00:19:21,959 --> 00:19:24,629
♪ And all kinds of mirth ♪

429
00:19:24,750 --> 00:19:27,210
[Scott] ♪ Though our different customs ♪

430
00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:29,711
♪ Have various names ♪

431
00:19:29,834 --> 00:19:34,884
[all] ♪ The feelings we have
Are the same ♪

432
00:19:34,959 --> 00:19:39,829
♪ Be you full-blooded Korean ♪

433
00:19:39,917 --> 00:19:44,787
♪ Or one-quarter Chilean ♪

434
00:19:44,875 --> 00:19:48,125
♪ It's the season of hope ♪

435
00:19:48,250 --> 00:19:50,830
♪ It's the season of care ♪

436
00:19:50,917 --> 00:19:56,037
♪ A time for our friends
And our families to share ♪

437
00:19:56,125 --> 00:20:00,825
♪ When spirits take
Flight on the wings of a dove ♪

438
00:20:00,917 --> 00:20:05,377
♪ it's the season ♪

439
00:20:05,458 --> 00:20:09,458
♪ The season of love ♪

440
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:17,330
♪ Everyone's busily
Stuffing their birds ♪

441
00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:21,997
[Scott] ♪ Exchanging gifts,
And that kind is the worst ♪

442
00:20:22,125 --> 00:20:23,825
♪ And yakky ♪

443
00:20:23,959 --> 00:20:24,829
-♪ Iraqi ♪
-♪ Iraqi ♪

444
00:20:24,959 --> 00:20:26,539
♪ And tongues from Tibet ♪

445
00:20:26,625 --> 00:20:28,955
[Scott] ♪ Or the pearls of wisdom ♪

446
00:20:29,041 --> 00:20:30,331
♪ From a brilliant ♪

447
00:20:30,417 --> 00:20:34,577
♪ And unnaturally talented
Household pet ♪

448
00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:37,577
And I'm not talking
about anyone in particular.

449
00:20:37,667 --> 00:20:41,127
-[singing in French]
-It's a season of hope...

450
00:20:41,208 --> 00:20:43,578
-[singing in foreign language]
-A season of peace.

451
00:20:43,667 --> 00:20:46,077
[singing in Spanish]

452
00:20:46,166 --> 00:20:48,246
[singing in foreign language]

453
00:20:48,333 --> 00:20:50,423
♪ Wherever you are ♪

454
00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:56,420
♪ You're a part
Of this wonderful season ♪

455
00:20:57,291 --> 00:21:02,171
♪ The season of love ♪

456
00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:07,745
[music ends]

457
00:21:13,041 --> 00:21:15,461
Ho ho! Tremendous!

458
00:21:15,542 --> 00:21:17,542
Just tremendous!

459
00:21:17,625 --> 00:21:19,995
Bravo! Brava!

460
00:21:20,125 --> 00:21:22,745
Wonderful show, don't you think?

461
00:21:22,875 --> 00:21:25,415
Well, I suppose it's--

462
00:21:25,542 --> 00:21:27,542
everybody twist!

463
00:21:27,625 --> 00:21:31,035
[rock 'n' roll playing ]

464
00:21:34,875 --> 00:21:36,745
It's beautiful.

465
00:21:36,834 --> 00:21:38,384
[crying]

466
00:21:38,458 --> 00:21:41,168
Well, I suppose that about does it.

467
00:21:41,250 --> 00:21:45,040
Everybody's happy now,
and everybody's got a holiday.

468
00:21:45,125 --> 00:21:47,035
You have a happy holiday, too,

469
00:21:47,125 --> 00:21:50,285
whatever and whenever it is.

470
00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:55,080
[ "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" plays ]