Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

[When You Wish Upon a Star] ♪ ♪ [magical music] ♪ ♪ [upbeat tempo] [cheers and applause and whistles] - WELL, EVERYBODY, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

HA! THANKS FOR SPENDING CHRISTMAS EVE...

AT THE "HOUSE OF MOUSE." HERE'S WISHING EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS...

AND A SAFE TRIP HO-HO-HOME! [applause] OH, BOY, WHAT A GREAT SHOW. [Pluto barks] - OH, MICKEY, IT WAS JUST WONDERFUL.

AND NOW WE CAN ALL CELEBRATE OUR OWN CHRISTMAS AT HOME.

- BUT WE CAN'T GO HOME. - HUH? - WE'RE SNOWED IN.

- NOW, THIS IS A FINE PREDICAMENT.

- AW, IT CAN'T BE THAT BAD.

AW, NO.

[wind whipping] - DID YOU HEAR, BELLE? WE CAN'T GO HOME.

- WE CAN ALWAYS BUILD A HOME.

- I'M SURE MICKEY WILL THINK OF SOMETHING.

- I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING.

WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN CHRISTMAS PARTY RIGHT HERE.

- OH, THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.

- AW, HUMBUG! - HUMBUG? WHAT'S WRONG, DONALD? - ONCE AGAIN, HE JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

- HA HA! WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.

[applause] - HOT COCOA AND COOKIES, COMIN' THROUGH.

- NOW THIS CHRISTMAS PARTY IS REALLY STARTING TO WARM UP.

- [giggles] HEY, MICKEY, LOOK WHAT I FOUND.

- OH, BOY! A BOX OF OUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE CHRISTMAS STORIES.

- HUMBUG! - BUG? WE'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S HAVING.

- UH, TIMON, I THINK THAT HUMBUG IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY...

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

- COME ON, DONALD.

THIS'LL GET YOU INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON.

IT'S A STORY ABOUT YOU.

[cheers and applause] - SNOWMAN CONTEST? - TODAY! - WE GOT TO RUN! [chewing loudly] [boom] - HA HA HA! OKAY! WE'RE GONNA WIN FOR SURE! BUT...WE'RE NOT DONE YET.

[snow crunching] - OH, BOY! NOTHING BEATS A DAY OF ICE-SKATING.

BAAH! TA-DA! AW, NUTS.

HA HA! IT WORKS! HA HA HA HA! [screech] all: WHEW! PTUH! - I KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO.

[overlapping chatter] [clang] - HEY! WHY, I OUGHTA...

AW, PHOOEY! [ice cracking] HEY, LOOK, IT'S MICKEY MOUSE! [creak] WHEW! SAFE AT LAST! AAH! AAH! OHH! AAH! [ice cracking] UNH! UH-OH.

HA HA HA. HELLO.

- [roar] [crack whimpering] - [growl] - [roaring] [creak] all: AAH! - WE HAVE A WINNER.

AND HERE IS YOUR PRIZE! [camera shutters clicking] - HA HA HA.

[cheers and applause] - DID SEEING THAT HELP YOUR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT? - OH, HUMBUG.

- WELL, I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT MIGHT HELP. HA HA! HEARING SOME YULETIDE WISHES.

- GOOD IDEA, MINNIE, 'CAUSE EARLIER TODAY, I WENT OUT ON THE STREET TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED.

HA HA! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR CHRISTMAS? - OH, THAT'S EASY. MY TWO FRONT TEETH.

HMM. ALREADY GOT THOSE, HYUH! - THE LAMP. GET ME THE LAMP.

- WHAT DO WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS? HOW ABOUT BUNK BEDS? - NO STRINGS TO HOLD ME DOWN.

- BUGS, GRUBS, WORMS, AND BEETLES.

- AND AIR FRESHENER.

- YOUR VOICE WILL DO NICELY. HA HA HA! - HA HA! I WISH I WASN'T A DUMB OLD LLAMA ANYMORE.

- WHAT DO I WISH FOR CHRISTMAS, MICKEY? I WISH THAT EVERYONE WILL FIND THEIR INNER BEAUTY.

- YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL I WISH FOR, MINNIE.

- AW, MICKEY, THAT'S SWEET.

- NOW, WHAT DO YOU SAY WE KEEP THE PARTY GOING WITH PROFESSOR LUDWIG VON DRAKE AND: - TODAY, THE PROFESSOR IS GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW SANTA CAN FLY ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ONLY ONE CUTE LITTLE NIGHT.

IF THERE WAS MILK AND COOKIES THERE WAITING FOR ME, I'D BE FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE MYSELF. HO! - OHH! [thud, audience gasps] - LUDWIG! HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE COOKIE JAR AGAIN? - NOT NOW, MOMMY.

I'M DOING MY LITTLE SCIENCE DEMONSTRATION.

HO HO! NOW, WHAT WAS I TALKING ABOUT? OH, YES.

SANTA CLAUS IS GETTING EVERYWHERE SO FAST BECAUSE HE IS DRIVING HIS TURBO-CHARGED SANTA SLEIGH WITH DUAL TOY BAGS.

THIS BUGGY GOES SO FAST THAT SANTA CAN BE IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.

HELLO THERE! LOOK WHAT I BROUGHT FOR ME.

THE COOKIE JAR.

- LUDWIG! - QUICK! STEP ON IT! both: WHOA-HO! - OKAY, ADMIT IT.

HEARING ALL ABOUT SANTA HAD TO HELP PUT YOU IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

RIGHT, DONALD? - NOTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING. [Pluto barking] AW, EVEN MY TRUSTED PUP PLUTO WANTS TO HELP OUT.

- WELL, THEN, WHAT DO YOU SAY WE SHOW A STORY ABOUT PLUTO? - HOW ABOUT THE ONE WHERE PLUTO AND I PICK OUT OUR CHRISTMAS TREE TOGETHER? GOSH. HA HA! [Silent Night] [Jingle Bells] - OKAY, PLUTO! LET'S GET OUR TREE! - [barking] [Pluto sniffing] - HA HA! HEY, GET A LOAD OF THAT! - [howls] [both barking like dogs] - [sniffing] [both laughing] [Pluto barking] - WELL, CAN YOU TOP THAT? - HA HA HA! THAT KILLS ME! - HA HA HA! WHAT WAS THAT? - I DON'T KNOW.

- OH, BOY! OKAY, PLUTO! - [barks] - ALL RIGHT? HA HA! COME ON, LET'S GO.

- [whistling Jingle Bells] ♪ ♪ [bells jingling] - HEY, WAKE UP! - WELL, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? YIPE! - WOW! [clinking] [jingling] - [whistles] [crack] [glass clinking] - WELL, PLUTO, THAT'S IT.

- [sniffing] [squeak] - [howls] [gasps] [growling] [barking] - [high-pitched bark] - [gasps] - HEY! HA HA HA! CUT IT OUT! THERE, IS THAT BETTER? HA HA! - [whimpering] [barking] - OH, HA HA. PLUTO.

[door closes] [crackling] - [gasps] [snarling] [barking] - AH-CHOO! [Mickey whistling Jingle Bells] ♪ ♪ - [barking] - OKAY, HA HA, I'LL LIGHT THE CANDLES.

HUH.

THERE! [whistling Jingle Bells] [clang clang clang] - THANK YOU! - [barking] [barking and snarling] - HA! - LET'S GO! [blows] [crash] [both laughing] - [snarling] - PLUTO, GET OUT OF THERE! WHAT DO YOU THINK... OH! HEY, CUT IT OUT! HEY, WATCH OUT! HEY! WHOO-HOO-HOO! YOU DUMB MUTT! NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO OUR...

PLUTO, WE'VE GOT CHIPMUNKS IN OUR TREE! - UNH! - HA HA! CUTE LITTLE FELLAS.

- [barking] - PLUTO! AFTER ALL, HA HA...

IT IS CHRISTMAS.

- ♪ DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY ♪ ♪ FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY ♪ ♪ FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ both: ♪ DON WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL ♪ ♪ FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ TROLL THE ANCIENT YULETIDE CAROL ♪ - [howling out of tune] [cheers and applause] - GEE, THAT WAS SWELL.

ISN'T IT NICE SEEING EVERYBODY GET ALONG? - [barking] - COME ON! [audience laughs] - OH, DONALD, I WISH YOU'D HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

- UH-HUH, LIKE I'M THANKFUL FOR MICKEY.

- AND I'M THANKFUL FOR MY NEW HAT.

- SAY, WHAT'S EVERYBODY ELSE THANKFUL FOR? - I'M THANKFUL FOR FRIENDLY MICE WHO MAKE NICE EVENING WEAR.

- I'M THANKFUL FOR LAUGHTER, JOY, AND THE HIGH-SPIRITED GLEE THAT FILLS MY HEART TO OVERFLOWING.

[sighs] audience: AWW.

[gong] - ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE, LISTEN UP.

MUSHU'S ON STAGE NOW, SO PAY ATTENTION.

HEH HEH, AHEM.

TIME TO GIVE THANKS FOR THE IMPORTANT STUFF.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE GUARDIAN SPIRIT.

YEAH. YOU GUYS, I LOVE YA.

AND MULAN FOR MAKING ME A GREAT, BIG MOVIE STAR.

HEH HEH! ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, HOLD YOUR HORSEFLIES.

I SEE YOU. AHEM.

I'M THANKFUL FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE, TOO.

- BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM.

♪ THE ONE THING I'M THANKFUL FOR MOST IS MY HAT ♪ ♪ ALL HATS, IN FACT, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT. ♪ ♪ HATS THAT ARE TALL AND HATS THAT ARE SMALL ♪ ♪ AND HATS THAT ARE TOTALLY OFF OF THE WALL. ♪ ♪ HATS THAT ARE SOLELY FOR USE BY STROMBOLI ♪ ♪ AND HATS WHICH ARE MADE UP OF GIANT BROCCOLI ♪ ♪ I'M GRATEFUL FOR HATS OF ALL SHAPES AND ALL SIZES ♪ ♪ BUT I LOVE MY HAT BEST ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE IT'S FULL OF SURPRISES ♪ - [honking] [cheers and applause] - THERE NOW, DONALD, YOU SEE? THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS TO HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

- AW, I DON'T KNOW.

- WELL, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HOW I DECORATED MY HOUSE TODAY? JINGLE THOSE BELLS, BOYS.

[jazz version of Jingle Bells] [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ [air hissing] [squirting] [electricity sizzles] - OLE! AH HA! - OH, MICKEY? LOOK.

- AW, THE NUTCRACKER.

WHY, EVEN DONALD'S GOING TO LOVE THAT.

- NOW HERE'S A CHRISTMAS STORY WITH A NEW TWIST. HA! AND IT WAS MADE ALL THE SWEETER BECAUSE OF MY MICKEY.

- MMM! [audience "awws"] - HA HA! GOSH.

[sleigh bells and piano music] - IT IS DECEMBER 24TH, CHRISTMAS EVE.

YOUNG MARIA HAS BEEN WAITING ALL DAY FOR THIS MOMENT.

- [gasps] IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

- HO HO! CHRISTMAS IS HERE! - EVERYTHING SHONE AND GLITTERED IN THE LOVELIEST MANNER.

WHO, OH, WHO COULD DESCRIBE THEM ALL? - I CAN. NOW, THIS HERE IS A NICE LITTLE DOLLY.

AND HERE IS A KOOKY CUCKOO CLOCK.

OH, AND LOOK, IT'S A CHOO-CHOO TRAIN.

CHOO-CHOO! CHOO-CHOO! WHOO-WHOO! - AHEM. EXCUSE ME.

I'M TRYING TO NARRATE.

- WELL, YOU SAID YOU WANTED SOMEONE TO DESCRIBE ALL OF THIS STUFF HERE.

- THAT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION.

PRETEND LIKE I'M NOT HERE.

- HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO IGNORE A BIG BOOMING VOICE THAT'S BLABBERY-BLABBERING ALL OF THE TIME? - JUST IGNORE ME.

- ALL RIGHT. HAVE IT YOUR WAY.

WHEW, SOMEBODY COULD USE A LITTLE ISTMAS-CHRAY IRIT-SPAY.

- AHEM. THIS YEAR, GODPAPA DROSSELMEYER HAD MADE A SPECIAL GIFT FOR YOUNG MARIA.

- ALL RIGHT, LITTLE ONE.

NOW, THIS TOOK ME ALL...

- IT HAD TAKEN HIM ALL YEAR TO BUILD.

- RIGHT. ALL YEAR. AHEM.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL-- - A BEAUTIFUL NUTCRACKER DOLL.

- OH, YOU'RE NO NARRATOR.

YOU'RE JUST A GREAT, BIG SURPRISE SPOILER.

IGNORE ME AND JUST GIVE HER THE DOLL! FINE, FINE. ALL RIGHT.

HERE'S THE NO-LONGER-A-SURPRISE NUTCRACKER.

TAKE IT ALREADY.

- [gasps] HE'S SO HANDSOME.

- OH, HA HA! THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF MYSELF.

I'VE BEEN DOING SOME JOGGING AND WEIGHTLIFTING AND...

OH HO! YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DOLL! HO HO! YEAH, HE'S CUTE, TOO.

[cranking] [marching music] ♪ ♪ OH! I JUST LOVE IT! THANK YOU, GODPAPA DROSSELMEYER! - WAIT A MINUTE! HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO DANCE.

MUST BE A LOOSE COGWHEEL IN HERE SOMEWHERE.

- [gasps] YOU BROKE HIM! - RIGHT. JUST FOR THAT, I'M KICKING YOU OUT OF THE STORY.

[blow strikes] - WHOA! OOF! - OH, I'LL TAKE THE GREATEST CARE OF YOU AND NURSE YOU TILL YOU'RE QUITE BETTER AND HAPPY AGAIN.

THERE. JUST AS HANDSOME AS EVER.

OH, IF ONLY YOU WERE REAL.

I COULD DANCE WITH YOU.

[magical tinkling noise] - MARIA THOUGHT SHE SAW THE NUTCRACKER SMILE.

PERHAPS IT WAS A TRICK OF THE LIGHT, PERHAPS SOMETHING ELSE.

- AAH! OH! AAH! [creaking] AAAAH! OH! OHH! AAAAH! AAH! [crash] [creaking] HUH? - MARIA, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS.

- MARIA WAS NO LONGER FRIGHTENED.

IN THE TWINKLING OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, HER BELOVED NUTCRACKER LOOKED MORE HANDSOME AND DASHING THAN EVER.

[rock version of Nutcracker Suite] ♪ ♪ [wrapping paper rips] [paper rips] [paper rips] - AAH! - SUDDENLY, THERE BEGAN A SORT OF WILD KICKERING AND SQUEAKING-- LOUDLY AND ALL ABOUT.

[cymbal crash] - OH, MY GOSH, IT'S... IT'S THE MOUSE KING! - I DON'T WANT TO BE THE MOUSE KING.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

BYE-BYE.

- WAIT, DONALD! YOU KNOW THE MOUSE KING WINS.

- HE DOES? - YES, YES! THE MOUSE KING WINS IN THE END.

YOU GET THE GIRL.

- HA HA HA! OH, BOY! OH, BOY! I'LL DO IT! - AHEM.

THE MOUSE KING-- WHO WILL WIN IN THE END-- HAD COME FOR MARIA.

HE WANTED HER TO BE HIS QUEEN.

- DON'T WORRY. I'LL PROTECT YOU.

WHOA! [clank] - OH, NO! - [cackling maniacally] - NO! AAH! OHH! AAH! - HUH? WHOA! OH! [train whistle blowing] [train chugging] HUH? HMM.

SOMETHIN' SCREWY GOIN' ON HERE.

- HYAH! HEY YA, MICKEY! - GOOFY! WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE? YOU'RE NOT IN THE NUTCRACKER. - I AM NOW.

- BUT WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE? - I BE HELPIN' YA.

- NO, NO. WHAT ROLE ARE YOU PLAYING? - UH...HAMLET? CAN I GET A LITTLE HELP HERE? - NOPE. I'M STAYING OUT OF THIS ONE.

- GOOFY, WHAT ROLE ARE YOU PLAYING FROM THE NUTCRACKER? - OH, RIGHT. HYAH.

I'LL BE THE MAGICAL SNOW FAIRY WHO CAN INSTANTLY TRANSPORT YOU TO THE EVIL MOUSE KING'S HIDDEN KINGDOM.

- HA! NOW YOU'RE TALKIN'! LET'S GO.

[wind whipping] [train chugging] [train whistle blows] - RIGHT. HERE WE GO.

THE MOUSE KING, PLAYED BY DONALD DUCK, AND WHO WILL WIN IN THE END, WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROWN MINNIE--I MEAN MARIA-- AS HIS DUCK-- MOUSE QUEEN, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

- HOLD STILL, WILL YA? - NO! NEVER! - YOU HEARD THE LITTLE LADY.

LET HER GO, YOU MOUSEY MONARCH! [rock version of Nutcracker Suite] [metal clanking] [fabric ripping] - MY NUTCRACKER! - AND SO THEY MADE THEIR ESCAPE.

EXCEPT FOR GOOFY-- I MEAN, THE MAGICAL SNOW FAIRY-- WHO WAS CAPTURED BY DONALD? NO. NO, THE MOUSE KING.

UGH. YOU GET THE IDEA.

- OH! - ARRIVING SAFELY AT HOME, THE NUTCRACKER AND MARIA SOUGHT TO CLOSE THE WAY TO THE MOUSE KING'S WORLD, BUT THEY'D FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE TRAIN! [train bell dinging] [whistle blowing] - HA HA HA! [whistle blowing] - WAAH! [energy blast] - DONALD THE MOUSE KING WAS STOPPED BY MICKEY THE NUTCRACKER AND TRAPPED IN HIS OWN SCEPTER.

- HEY, YOU SAID I WOULD WIN.

- SORRY. I MADE A MISTAKE.

- HYAH! I GOT CARD GAMES.

- OH, NO.

- GO ON, DONALD. PICK A CARD, ANY CARD.

- AND SO MINNIE-- I MEAN, MARIA-- AND HER HANDSOME NUTCRACKER, PLAYED BY MICKEY, LIVED HAPPILY EVER-- - THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS BACK TO ME.

- I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONE.

- OH, NO. I JUST NEEDED TO GET MY SCEPTER BACK.

- YOUR SCEPTER? - YES.

THIS LITTLE FELLOW IN HERE USURPED ME.

NOW THAT I GOT IT BACK, I CAN RESUME MY ROYAL DUTIES AS THE KING OF THE SUGARPLUM FAIRIES.

- OH, NOW, REALLY.

YOU ARE NOT THE KING OF THE SUGARPLUM FAIRIES.

- OH, I SURE AM.

COME ON, LITTLE GUYS. LET'S GO.

- AND THAT, MY DEAR FRIENDS, ENDS THE TALE OF THE NUTCRACKER AND GOOFY AND THE DUCK KING OF THE MICE AND...

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT SUGARPLUM FAIRY NONSENSE HAD TO DO WITH ANY OF IT.

I'M OUT OF HERE.

[footsteps, door slams] - THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS.

- WE FINISHED OUR HOUSE.

- [laughing] I KNEW MICKEY WOULDN'T LET US DOWN.

- HA HA HA HA HA! IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS IS BEING HAD BY ALL.

- SO, DONALD, YOU FEELING JOLLY YET? - I SAY...

HUMBUG! [all gasp] - I DID EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF.

I GUESS DONALD'S JUST NEVER GOING TO HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

- AW.

- [sighs] - WHY SO GLUM, MICKEY? - WELL, I-I WANTED TO THROW A PARTY AND MAKE IT A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT MY GOOD PAL DONALD'S MISSING OUT.

- NOW, MICKEY, THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT DOESN'T COME FROM A PARTY.

IT COMES FROM SHARING THE HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT DONALD HAS THE BEST FRIEND ANYONE COULD WANT IN YOU.

- GEE, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND ALL I WISH IS FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVEN THAT HUMBUG DONALD.

- WELL, HAVEN'T YOU EVER WISHED UPON A STAR? YOUR DREAMS JUST MIGHT COME TRUE.

- GOSH.

I WISH THAT HOME OR AWAY, WITH FAMILY OR FRIENDS WHETHER YOU'VE GOT THE FANCIEST DECORATIONS OR THE HUMBLEST LITTLE TREE THAT--THAT EVERYONE COULD HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

GOSH.

SAY, UH, DONALD? - WHAT DO YOU WANT? - WELL, UH, HEH, I-I WANT MY BEST FRIEND TO PUT THE STAR ON THE TREE.

- YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? - AW, YOU BET I DO.

AH HA HA HA HA HA! MERRY CHRISTMAS! [swing version of O Tannenbaum] ♪ ♪ [audience gasps] - IT'S MAGICAL.

- OOH, PRETTY! - THAT OLD STAR NEVER LETS YOU DOWN.

- NOW, BEFORE WE SING OUR CHRISTMAS CAROL, I WANT TO SHARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS STORIES WITH DONALD AND ALL MY FRIENDS.

[cheers and applause] - ♪ BLESS YOU ONE AND ALL ♪ - MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL! - GIVE A PENNY FOR THE POOR, GOVERNOR.

PENNY FOR THE POOR.

- BAH! - HMM. MY PARTNER JACOB MARLEY.

DEAD SEVEN YEARS TODAY.

AH, HE WAS A GOOD 'UN.

HE ROBBED FROM THE WIDOWS AND SWINDLED THE POOR.

[chuckles] IN HIS WILL, HE LEFT ME ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR HIS TOMBSTONE.

HA! AND I HAD HIM BURIED AT SEA.

[jingle] - OH, UH, UH, G-GOOD MORNING, MR. SCROOGE.

- CRATCHIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT PIECE OF COAL? I WAS, HA HA...

J-J-JUST TRYING TO THAW OUT THE INK.

[clanking] - BAH! YOU USED A PIECE LAST WEEK! [rattles] - NOW GET ON WITH YOUR WORK, CRATCHIT.

- SPEAKING OF WORK, MR. SCROOGE, TOMORROW IS CHRISTMAS, AND I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD HAVE...

H-HALF A DAY OFF? - CHRISTMAS, HUH? WELL. HMM...

I SUPPOSE SO.

BUT I'LL DOCK YOU HALF A DAY'S PAY.

NOW, LET'S SEE.

I PAY YOU TWO SHILLINGS A DAY.

UH, TWO...TWO SHILLINGS AND A HA'PENNY, SIR.

- OH, YES.

I GAVE YOU THAT RAISE THREE YEARS AGO.

- YES, SIR, WHEN I STARTED DOING YOUR LAUNDRY.

- ALL RIGHT, CRATCHIT.

GET BUSY WHILE I GO OVER MY BOOKS.

OH, AND HERE.

HERE'S ANOTHER BUNDLE OF SHIRTS FOR YA.

- YES, SIR! - AH, AH. LET'S SEE NOW.

50 POUNDS, 10 SHILLINGS FROM MCDUFF.

PLUS HIS 80% INTEREST, COMPOUNDED DAILY.

HEE HEE HEE HA HA HA! OOH, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.

[jingle] - MERRY CHRISTMAS! - AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, MASTER FRED! - BAH HUMBUG.

- MERRY CHRISTMAS, UNCLE SCROOGE! - WHAT'S SO MERRY ABOUT IT? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT CHRISTMAS IS.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER WORKDAY.

AND ANY JACKANAPES WHO THINKS ELSE SHOULD BE BOILED IN HIS OWN PUDDING.

- OHH.

- BUT, SIR, CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR GIVING, A TIME TO BE WITH ONE'S FAMILY.

- I SAY BAH HUMBUG! - I DON'T CARE! I SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! - WELL SAID, MASTER FRED! - CRATCHIT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? - UH, HA HA.

I-I WAS JUST TRYING TO KEEP MY HANDS WARM, SIR.

- HMPH! AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, NEPHEW? - I'VE COME TO GIVE YOU A WREATH AND INVITE YOU TO CHRISTMAS DINNER.

- WELL...

I SUPPOSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PLUMP GOOSE WITH CHESTNUT DRESSING? - YUP.

- AND WILL YOU HAVE PLUM PUDDING AND LEMON SAUCE? - YEAH! BOY, OH, BOY! - AND CANDIED FRUITS WITH SPICED SUGAR CAKES? - YEAH! WILL YOU COME? - ARE YOU DAFT, MAN? - YOU KNOW I CAN'T EAT THAT STUFF.

HERE'S YOUR WREATH BACK.

NOW OUT, OUT, OUT! - WAH WAH WAH WAH! - BAH! HUMBUG! - MERRY CHRISTMAS! - AND A BAH HUMBUG TO YOU! HA HA. THAT FRED, ALWAYS SO FULL OF KINDNESS.

- AYE, HE ALWAYS WAS A LITTLE PECULIAR.

[door bell jingles] AND STUBBORN.

OOH! HA HA HA HA! CUSTOMERS.

I'LL HANDLE THIS, CRATCHIT.

HMM, YES, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TWO GENTLEMEN? SIR, WE ARE SOLICITING FUNDS FOR THE, UH, INDIGENT AND DESTITUTE.

- FOR THE WHAT? - WE'RE COLLECTING FOR THE POOR.

- OH.

AHA.

WELL, UM, YOU REALIZE IF YOU GIVE MONEY TO THE POOR THEY WON'T BE POOR ANYMORE, WILL THEY? - WELL, UH...

- AND IF THEY'RE NOT POOR ANYMORE, THEN YOU WON'T HAVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEM ANYMORE.

- WELL, I SUPPOSE-- - AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEM ANYMORE, THEN YOU WOULD BE OUT OF A JOB.

AW, PLEASE, GENTLEMEN.

DON'T ASK ME TO PUT YOU OUT OF A JOB...

NOT ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

- OH, WE WOULDN'T DO THAT, MR. SCROOGE.

- WELL, THEN I SUGGEST YOU GIVE THIS TO THE POOR AND BEGONE.

- [sighs] WHAT'S THIS WORLD COMING TO, CRATCHIT? YOU WORK ALL YOUR LIFE TO GET MONEY, AND PEOPLE WANT YOU TO GIVE IT AWAY.

- [blows] [clock chiming] - MMM. TWO MINUTES FAST.

WELL, NEVER MIND THOSE TWO MINUTES.

YOU MAY GO NOW.

- HA! OH, THANK YOU, SIR! YOU'RE SO KIND! - NEVER MIND THE MUSHY STUFF. JUST GO! BUT BE HERE ALL THE EARLIER THE NEXT DAY.

- I WILL! I WILL, SIR.

AND A BAH HUMBUG-- HOO HOO.

I MEAN, A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, SIR.

- BAH! [wind whipping] - [echoing] SCROOOOGE! - JACOB MARLEY? NO, THAT CAN'T BE! [honk] - OW! - AAH AAH! - OH WHOA! - OH, GARSH, OOH OOH.

- [panting] OHH. OHH.

BAH! [chain clinking] [stairs creaking, chain clinking] [stairs creaking] [chain clinking] - [laughing] - UHH! AAH! - DOH! - [sighs] [knock on door] - [gasps] - EBENEZER SCROOOOGE.

- GO AWAY! - EBENEZER SCROO...

WAH! OOH! [thud] OOF! [clatter] HA HA.

GARSH, KIND OF SLIPPERY.

- AAH! OOH OOH! - SCROOGE, DON'T YOU RECOGNIZE ME? I WAS YOUR PARTNER, JACOB MARLEY.

- MARLEY! IT IS YOU! - EBENEZER, REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ALIVE, I ROBBED THE WIDOWS AND SWINDLED THE POOR? - YES, AND ALL IN THE SAME DAY.

- OH, YOU HAD CLASS, JACOB.

- [chuckles] YUP.

UH, NO! NO! I WAS WRONG! AND SO, AS PUNISHMENT, I'M FORCED TO CARRY THESE HEAVY CHAINS THROUGH ETERNITY! MAYBE EVEN LONGER.

THERE'S NO HOPE.

[rattling] I'M DOOMED! DOOMED! - [gulp] - AND THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU, EBENEZER SCROOGE.

- NO.

NO, IT--IT CAN'T.

IT MUSTN'T! HELP ME, JACOB! - TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE VISITED BY THREE SPIRITS.

- LISTEN TO 'EM. DO WHAT THEY SAY.

OR YOUR CHAINS WILL BE HEAVIER THAN MINE.

FAREWELL, EBENEZER! WHOOP! UH HA HA. OH.

FAREWEEELLL.

- MARLEY, WATCH OUT FOR THAT FIRST-- [thudding] - WHOA-OH-OH! AAH HOO HOO HOO HOO! - STEP.

[thud] SPIRITS. [scoffs] HUMBUG! [snoring] [dinging] - OH! OHH! WHA-WHAT? [sighs] [snoring] - AHEM! [dinging] - [grunting] WHAT? - WELL, IT'S ABOUT TIME.

HAVEN'T GOT ALL NIGHT, YOU KNOW.

- WHO-- WHO ARE YOU? - WHY, HA HA, I'M THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST.

- OHH. I THOUGHT YOU'D BE TALLER.

- HMPH! LISTEN, SCROOGE, IF MEN WERE MEASURED BY KINDNESS, YOU'D BE NO BIGGER THAN A SPECK OF DUST! - [yawns] HUH! KINDNESS IS OF LITTLE USE IN THIS WORLD.

- YOU DIDN'T ALWAYS THINK SO.

COME ON, SCROOGE, IT'S TIME TO GO.

- THEN GO.

- [gasps] SPIRIT! WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING? - WE'RE GONNA VISIT YOUR PAST! - I'M NOT GOIN' OUT THERE.

HUH! I'LL FALL.

- JUST HOLD ON.

WHOOP! HEH HEH.

NOT TOO TIGHT NOW.

- WHOA-OH-OH! WHOA-OH-OH WHOA! WHOA! WUH-WUH! SPIRIT, LOOK OUT! OOH! WHOA WHOA WHOA! [coughing] GAH! - WHAT'S WRONG, SCROOGE? HEE HEE HEE HEE.

I THOUGHT YOU ENJOYED LOOKING DOWN ON THE WORLD.

[upbeat violin music] - SPIRIT, I BELIEVE I KNOW THIS PLACE.

YES! IT'S OLD FEZZYWIG'S! I COULDN'T HAVE WORKED FOR A KINDER MAN.

♪ ♪ WHY, IT'S OLD FEZZYWIG HIMSELF! AND ALL OF MY VERY DEAREST FRIENDS! AND--AND THAT SHY LAD IN THE CORNER, THAT'S ME! - YES, THAT WAS BEFORE YOU BECAME A MISERABLE MISER, CONSUMED BY GREED.

- WELL, NOBODY'S PERFECT.

AND THERE.

THERE'S LOVELY ISABELLE.

- EBENEZER? EBENEZER? - YES, ISABELLE? - MY EYES ARE CLOSED, MY LIPS ARE PUCKERED, AND I'M STANDING UNDER THE MISTLETOE.

- YOU'RE ALSO STANDING ON MY FOOT.

[applause] OHH.

I REMEMBER HOW MUCH I WAS IN LOVE WITH HER.

- IN TEN YEARS TIME, YOU LEARN TO LOVE SOMETHING ELSE.

- WELL, WHY, IT'S MY COUNTING HOUSE.

- 9,972.

[ching] 9,000-- - EBENEZER.

- YES? WHAT IS IT? - FOR YEARS, I'VE HAD THIS HONEYMOON COTTAGE, EBENEZER.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO KEEP YOUR PROMISE TO MARRY ME.

NOW I MUST KNOW, HAVE YOU MADE YOUR DECISION? - I HAVE! YOUR LAST PAYMENT ON THE COTTAGE WAS AN HOUR LATE.

I'M FORECLOSING THE MORTGAGE! - [crying] OHH! [Isabelle sobbing] - YOU LOVED YOUR GOLD MORE THAN THAT PRECIOUS CREATURE, AND YOU LOST HER FOREVER.

- 9,970...

[door slams] THREE.

- PLEASE, SPIRIT, I CAN NO LONGER BEAR THESE MEMORIES.

TAKE ME HOME.

- REMEMBER, SCROOGE, YOU FASHIONED THESE MEMORIES YOURSELF...

[echoing] YOURSELF, YOURSELF...

[clock chimes] - WHY WAS I SO FOOLISH? WHY, WHY? OH, WHA-- WHAT'S THIS? - [deep voice] FEE FIE FOE FUM.

I SMELL. [sniffs] I MEAN, I SMELL? [sniffing] A STINGY LITTLE ENGLISHMAN. - [gasps] - [sniffs] I THINK I DO.

[sniffs] PTUH! YEAH, I DO.

- UHH UHH UHH! PLEASE! LET ME GO! DON'T EAT ME! - WHY WOULD THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT-- THAT'S ME-- WANT TO EAT A DISTASTEFUL LITTLE MISER LIKE YOU? UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD THINGS TO ENJOY IN LIFE--SEE? - OOH.

MINCE PIES.

TURKEYS! SUCKLING PIG! - AND DON'T FORGET THE CHOCOLATE POT ROAST WITH PIST-NACHIO...

DUH, WITH SMUSH-SMACHIO...

DUH, WITH SMUSH-SHINGLE- MISH-NA-GLA...

DOH, WITH YOGURT.

- BUT WHERE DID ALL THIS COME FROM? - FROM THE HEART, SCROOGE.

[squish] - IT'S THE FOOD OF GENEROSITY, WHICH YOU HAVE LONG DENIED YOUR FELLOW MAN.

- GENEROSITY? HA! NOBODY HAS EVER SHOWN ME GENEROSITY! - YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN THEM REASON TO.

[gulp] AND YET...

THERE ARE SOME WHO STILL FIND ENOUGH WARMTH IN THEIR HEARTS EVEN FOR THE LIKES OF YOU.

- HUH! NO ACQUAINTANCE OF MINE, I ASSURE YA.

- DUH, YOU'LL SEE.

[creaking] [creak] [squeaking, pop] [clicking] [creak] [woman screams] DUH, HERE WE ARE.

- WHY DID YOU BRING ME TO THIS OLD SHACK? - THIS IS THE HOME OF YOUR OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID EMPLOYEE, BOB CRATCHIT.

- WHAT'S SHE COOKIN', A CANARY? SURELY THEY HAVE MORE FOOD THAN THAT.

LOOK ON THE FIRE.

- DUH, WHA-- OH. THAT'S YOUR LAUNDRY.

all: WOW! - UH, NOT YET, CHILDREN.

WE MUST WAIT FOR TINY TIM.

- COMING, FATHER.

I'M COMING.

[giggles] OH, MY! LOOK AT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS TO EAT.

WE MUST THANK MR. SCROOGE.

- TELL ME, SPIRIT, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT KIND LAD? - MUCH, I'M AFRAID.

IF THESE SHADOWS REMAIN UNCHANGED, I SEE AN EMPTY CHAIR WHERE TINY TIM ONCE SAT.

THEN THAT MEANS...

TIM WILL...

WH-WHERE DID THEY GO? SPIRIT, WHERE ARE YA? DON'T GO! YOU MUST TELL ME ABOUT TIM! DON'T GO! [coughing] [gasps] WHERE DID...

OHH.

[coughs] WHO-- WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE? [coughing] PLEASE, SPEAK TO ME.

TELL ME, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TINY TIM? OH, NO! SPIRIT, I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.

TELL ME THESE EVENTS CAN YET BE CHANGED.

[snide laughter] - I'VE NEVER SEEN A FUNERAL LIKE THIS ONE.

- AYE, NO MOURNERS, NO FRIENDS TO BID HIM FAREWELL.

- AW, WELL, LET'S REST A MINUTE 'AFORE WE FILL IT IN, EH? HE AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERES.

[both laugh] - SPIRIT...

WHOSE LONELY GRAVE IS THIS? [gasps] - WHY, YOURS, EBENEZER...

THE RICHEST MAN IN THE CEMETERY! [laughing] - OHH! PLEASE! OHH! OHH! [grunting] YAH! - [deep, maniacal laugh] - NO, NO, NO! NO! NO! OH OH OH OH! OH-OH OH-OH OH-OH! - AH HA HA HA HA! - QUICK! SPIRIT, PLEASE! UHH! UHH! OHH! - HA HA HA HA! - I'LL CHANGE! I'LL CHANGE! SPIRIT! LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT! I'LL...HUH? WHA-- I'M BACK IN MY OWN ROOM.

[clock chiming] IT'S CHRISTMAS MORNIN'! I HAVEN'T MISSED IT! THE SPIRITS HAVE GIVEN ME ANOTHER CHANCE! OOH! I KNOW JUST WHAT I'LL DO! THEY'LL BE SO SURPRISED! OOH! WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY! HA HA HA HA! OOH! OH, THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO! OH, SO MUCH TO DO! OOH HOO HOO HA HA HA! [running down stairs] [running back up] I CAN'T GO OUT LIKE THIS! THERE, THAT'S BETTER.

- YAY! - MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL! AH HA HA HEE HEE HEE! OOF! WELL, BLESS ME.

GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.

I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YA.

[clink] - 20 GOLD SOVEREIGNS? OH, NO! - NOT ENOUGH? WELL, ALL RIGHT.

50 GOLD SOVEREIGNS.

- REALLY, MR. SCROOGE, IT'S-- - STILL NOT ENOUGH? AH HEE HEE HEE! AYE, YOU DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN.

HERE YOU ARE.

100 GOLD PIECES.

AND NOT A PENNY MORE! HA HA HA! "NOT A PENNY MORE"! - OH, THANK YOU, MR. SCROOGE, THANK YOU.

AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU! - [laughing hysterically] MERRY CHRISTMAS! MERRY CHRISTMAS! UH, MERRY CHRISTMAS! OH HA HA HA! [horse whinnies] AH, NEPHEW! - UNCLE SCROOGE! - I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WONDERFUL MEAL OF YOURS.

- WELL, I'LL BE DOGGONED.

- YOU MEAN YOU'RE COMING? - OF COURSE I AM! YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LIKE CANDIED FRUITS WITH SPICED SUGAR CAKES! - AHH. - HA HA HA! - I'LL BE OVER PROMPTLY AT 2:00.

KEEP IT PIPING HOT! - I WILL, UNCLE SCROOGE, I WILL! AND A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU! - MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND KEEP THE CHANGE! [laughing] OHH! HEE HA HA! WONDERFUL LADS! HA HA HA! AND NOW FOR CRATCHIT.

[snickering] AHEM.

[giggling] AHEM.

- WHY, MR. SCROOGE! HA HA. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

OH, WON'T YOU COME IN? - MERRY CHRISTMAS. HA! I HAVE ANOTHER BUNDLE FOR YOU.

- BUT, SIR, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY.

CHRISTMAS DAY, INDEED.

JUST ANOTHER EXCUSE FOR BEING LAZY.

AND ANOTHER THING, CRATCHIT.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS HALF-DAY-OFF STUFF.

YOU LEAVE ME NO ALTERNATIVE [laughing] B-BUT TO GIVE YOU...

- TOYS! - YES, TOYS.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! I'M GIVING YOU A RAISE AND MAKING YOU MY PARTNER.

- A--A PARTNER? [children laughing and chattering] OH, THANK YOU, MR. SCROOGE.

- MERRY CHRISTMAS, BOB.

- AND GOD BLESS US...

EVERY ONE! ♪ JOY TO THE CHILDREN FAR AND NEAR ♪ ♪ WHAT A WONDROUS TIME OF YEAR ♪ ♪ ISN'T IT JUST GRAND TO SAY ♪ ♪ OH, WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY ♪ [Jingle Bells playing softly] ♪ ♪ [gentle instrumental] ♪ ♪ - ♪ HERE WE ARE ♪ ♪ WARM AND COZY BY THE FIRE'S GLOW ♪ - ♪ SINGING SONGS AND STEALING KISSES ♪ ♪ UNDER THE MISTLETOE ♪ - ♪ WE'VE FINISHED OUR FEAST ♪ - ♪ HAD THE TASTIEST TREATS ♪ - ♪ BUT THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS ♪ ♪ JUST ISN'T COMPLETE ♪ all: ♪ WITHOUT TRUE FRIENDS AND FAMILY ♪ ♪ AND THE MEMORIES WE RECALL ♪ ♪ IT'S THE LOVE WE SHARE THAT FILLS THE AIR ♪ ♪ AND MAKES THIS THE BEST CHRISTMAS OF ALL ♪ - ♪ SOMETHING SPECIAL UNDERNEATH THE TREE ♪ - OH! all: ♪ WE HOPE IT FITS YOU PERFECTLY ♪ - ♪ I'M MAKIN' A WISH ON A SPARKLING LIGHT ♪ both: ♪ BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT MAKES THIS A MAGICAL NIGHT ♪ all: ♪ IT'S OUR TRUE FRIENDS AND FAMILY ♪ ♪ AND THE MEMORIES WE RECALL THAT WE RECALL ♪ ♪ THAT WE RECALL ♪ ♪ IT'S THE LOVE WE SHARE THAT FILLS THE AIR ♪ ♪ THAT MAKES THIS THE BEST CHRISTMAS OF ALL ♪ ♪ IT'S GOOD FRIENDS AND WARM WISHES ♪ ♪ THAT MAKES THIS THE BEST ♪ - ♪ IT'S THE BEST ♪ all: ♪ CHRISTMAS OF ALL ♪ - GEE, THANKS FOR LETTING US SHARE OUR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WITH YOU.

HA HA! MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY! [jingling] [swing instrumental of Jingle Bells] ♪ ♪