Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009)

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On the corner

carolers are singin'

There's a touch

of magic in the air

From grown-up to minor

no one could be finer

Times are hard

but no one seems to care

Christmas Eve and all

the world is watching

Hut! Forward, hut!

Forward, left! Hut!

From rooftop to chimney

From Harlem to Bimini

They will find a way

into your heart

Christmas is the time

to say "I love you"

Share the joys of

laughter and good cheer

Christmas is the time

to say "I love you"

And a feeling that will

last all through the year

So when spirits

grow lighter

And hearts are

shining brighter

Then you know that

Christmas time is here

It's Christmas time

This is the time

It's Christmas time

It's Christmas time

This is the time

It's Christmas time...

- OK, what's next?

- These are for Webber Group.

- All right. This one.

- OK.

- Oh! I got it.

- Thank you.

- Now, Gadgetech.

- This one, but in Helvetica.

- Mm-hmm. Oh, I got it.

- Thank you.

OK.

- Here's your bagel.

- Mmm.

OK, now, Clarkford and Klein.

- They're exactly the same.

- I know you love having choices.

Oh, and the bartender called.

Would you prefer flaming rum

punch or egg nog martinis?

- Both. It's a holiday party.

- What holiday party?

- Morning.

- Tonight, the merger party.

For my clients

and the London guys.

Colin Nottingham and his group.

You have to be there.

Oh, I'd love to, babe,

but my tux

is at the dry cleaners.

You don't need a tux.

You just need to bring

that handsome mug of yours

- so I can show you off. It'll be fun, I promise.

- I'll be there.

- I got it.

- Oh. Thank you.

We have about 15 pages

from Legal for you to sign.

OK, we'll do it in the car.

- Oh...

- I got it.

I owe you one.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- I love you. See you later.

- I love you, too. Bye.

- Have fun at work!

- Don't I always?

Merry Christmas.

Wake up, make-up,

greet the brand-new day

- Hey. Oh! Sorry.

- That's all right.

Sorry, my bad.

And share the good

that comes your way

Hey. It looks like somebody

got some Christmas cards.

Great!

Nope.

Nada. Bupkis.

There we go.

There's a time for joy

and a time for love

And a time

to believe in

Oh! Hey, ma'am.

I have a package for you.

That's what my doorman's for.

- Hey! Watch where you're going, buddy!

- Yeah, you, too, pal.

Yeah.

Merry Christmas.

'Cause it's all up to you

Starting today

- Thank you.

- Where's Luke?

Don't know. Late. Colin and

the guys just showed up.

All right.

It is showtime.

Hello, everyone.

It's great to see

all of you here.

You know, if you'd

asked me five years ago

to make a list of all the

clients I wanted to get,

- well, you'd all be on that list.

- - Aww.

So I guess I don't really need to ask

Santa for anything this Christmas.

Except that we have another

record-breaking year like we just did,

and maybe a few surprises

waiting for you.

So, here's to all of you.

And Happy Holidays.

Colin!

So great to see you.

- Ms. Class.

- Mary.

- I told you 20 times call me Mary.

- Very well. Mary.

It is a pleasure to finally

meet you in person.

After how many hundreds of

e-mails and phone calls?

Mmm, yes. I do hope you'll find

time to visit us in London.

London. Beautiful city.

Nice, wide chimneys.

Chimneys?

Yes, I suppose so.

It's quite an impressive collection of

clients you've assembled for yourself, Mary.

For ourselves, Colin,

unless you and the board

are getting cold feet about

the merger all of a sudden.

Not at all. We couldn't be

more excited by the prospect.

- Hmm.

- Come on.

I'll introduce you

to the rest of the team.

- Oh. Thank you.

- You're welcome.

So you're ready to go worldwide?

I think so.

- Are we enjoying ourselves?

- Hey, Sandman.

It is a party, you know.

Feel free to mingle.

I'm OK, thanks.

Does Mary even know you're here?

She's busy. I don't

want to bother her...

Aren't you adorable?

Come on!

Well, no one can

have it both ways.

The future of any company is

defined by those crossroads,

moments where someone

needs to make a choice.

It's not always easy

picking the right path,

but that's where I come in.

Well, I think that we've made

an excellent choice ourselves.

- Thank you.

- Look who I found!

Luke! Hi, honey.

Everyone, this is Luke

Jessup, my boyfriend.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

A pleasure.

- Hi.

- This is Colin Nottingham

from the Whitmore Corporation.

It is very nice

to meet you, Colin.

Pleasure's mine. So, how long

have you been in marketing?

Oh. Luke doesn't work with me.

Oh, really? Let me guess.

Product integration.

- No.

- New business development, then.

No. More like,

uh... distribution.

I'm a mailman. Oh, I'm also a

small business owner as well.

Really? What kind of

business would that be?

Dogsledding.

Dogsledding, how charming.

Is there much call for that

sort of thing around here?

Well, with the right marketing

campaign, who knows, right?

Right, right. Marketing.

Yes.

Ahem. I'm gonna get

another drink, babe.

- OK.

- Nice to meet you all.

- Our pleasure.

- As well.

So, where were we?

All right, hepcats, we got a real

special treat for you tonight.

Playing their very first gig

here in the big city,

give a hot, hot welcome

for Cold Vision.

Here we go, guys.

Dashing

through the snow

- Oh, my God! - In a

one-horse open sleigh

O'er the fields

we go

Laughing all the way

Bells on bob tails ring

- Making spirits light

- Excuse me.

Oh, what fun it is to write

a sleighing song tonight

Jingle bells, jingle bells

- Dad!

- Mary.

It's ten days till Christmas.

- What are you doing here?

- What am I doing here? What are you doing here?

- Why aren't you at the North Pole?

- Mary.

Hold on a moment.

Are you telling me

that your father is...

- a jazz musician?

- Yeah, baby.

A-one, a-two,

a-one, two, three, four...

- Can you excuse us for a moment?

- Certainly.

I need to talk to you now.

- Have you lost your mind?!

- Of course not.

- Mr. C!

- Hey, Luke! What up?

"What up?"

What are you doing here?

- I'm jammin' with my band.

- Nice.

- Since when do you have a band?

- Going on three weeks.

This is our first big gig

in the lower 48.

Nick! You're being

paid to play.

- Skip?

- Skipper.

Hey!

- Did you just call him Nick?

- Yeah.

We're on a first name

basis, aren't we?

Uh, Mr. Nick? Mr. Santa.

Santa? Sir? Boss?

Did you bring

all the elves with you?

No, it's just me.

I manage the band.

- No, you don't. No.

- I book the gigs.

- I...

- Drive the bus.

To the gigs.

Uh, I hate to interrupt here

but you do realize

it's December, right?

- Don't you have a job to do?

- Not me, you.

You are supposed to be up at the North

Pole right now running Christmas.

Well, you think you might

have shared that with me

any time in the past,

oh, 11 months!

- Didn't you get my letter?

- No. What are you talking about?

- An actual letter?

- Yeah.

Dad, no one

writes letters anymore.

- I get letters all the time.

- That's because you're...

- Shh, shh.

- you.

Dad, please, just go.

For me?

- All right.

- Luke,

will you please take them

back to the apartment?

Really? And miss the

rest of this great party?

Yeah, I know you'll be

crying your eyes out. Thanks.

I'm sorry. It's gonna be

a late night tonight.

- Pizza?

- Now? Right on.

- Call me.

- Oh, my God.

Direct hit!

There you go.

You just go away, Luke!

You're gross!

You're never gonna

wait for me, Mary.

Hot cocoa for everyone!

Whoa, whoa! Shh!

Guys, guys, guys, keep it down.

Mary's still asleep.

Boys stink!

This is great.

I haven't seen this in years.

That's not very funny,

guys. That really hurt.

- Morning, boys.

- Hey, babe.

What time did you

get in last night?

- Very, very late.

- Why didn't you wake us up?

Well, y'all looked

so cozy and passed out.

All right, party's over.

Dad, when are you

gonna get back to work?

Uh, actually, Mary, I'm not.

I'm gonna take a little

time for myself.

Really? Well, you have time off.

January through November.

h*, h*.

Maybe in the 1500s.

But nowadays I'm lucky if

I get one day in leap year,

so Santa's gonna make

a few changes.

Aren't you a little old to be

going through a midlife crisis?

It's not a midlife crisis. I'm

just trying to recapture my youth.

Right.

I'm gonna call Mom.

You'll get no help there.

Oh, you're in big trouble.

Good morning, Claus residence.

Uh... hi.

- Who's this?

- Why, this is Teri. Merry Christmas.

- And who might you be?

- This is Mary.

I'm looking for my mom.

I'm afraid she stepped away

for a moment.

- May I take a message?

- Yeah. Can you tell her that I called

- and that I have Dad.

- Mm-hmm.

Thanks so much.

Mmm.

All right. Listen.

I have so much to do today,

tons of meetings,

so I don't really

have time for this.

Listen, babe, go to work

- and I'll baby-sit for the day.

- Are you sure?

Are you kidding me? It'll

be just like old times.

Thank you.

All right, have fun.

And this is the mall.

Huh.

So this is what Christmas is

to all of you

city slickers, huh?

Hey, don't look at me.

I'm a Polaris boy at heart.

How are my dogs doing? Do you

ever get a chance to see them?

"A little bit of Christmas

in every bite."

Did we authorize this?

Uh, I don't know.

Remind me to call my lawyer.

I am your lawyer.

- Remind me to get a new lawyer.

- Ah!

Hey, look!

How'd they know we were coming?

Whoa, he's here.

- Hello.

- Hi, Santa.

Santa.

Huh?

OK, big smile.

Hey, mac, what gives?

I got an exclusive contract

on this place all of December.

The whole month?

Wow. Good for you.

Um, well, good luck with that.

Why don't we just get

out of here, guys, huh?

It seems a little steep to me.

Twenty-five bucks for a

snap of a sloppy wannabe.

Listen, buddy, if you know

what's good for you, beat it!

Well, if it's all about

the children, all right.

Merry Christmas.

Santa.

Hey!

Hey! What do you think you're doing, huh?

What do you think you're doing?

- Naughty.

- Naughty?

I'll show you naughty.

Hold still.

Almost finished.

Don't move.

All right, I'm gonna give you

guys one more chance, you got it?

God rest

ye merry gentlemen

Let nothing you dismay

Remember Christ our Savior

was born on Christmas Day

To save us all

from Satan's power

When we were gone astray

O tidings

of comfort and joy

Comfort and joy

O tidings of

comfort and joy

Take five, g*ng.

- Thank goodness.

- Jail, Dad? Jail?

Well, you see...

- What happened?

- He started it, babe.

- Huh?

- Huh. Looks good.

Way to set an example.

You've gotta get me out of here.

The band is leaving for Chicago.

Left, Dad! Tour's over,

especially for you.

Snowballs! We were supposed

to open for Huey Lewis.

I don't want to hear it.

It's bad enough

you're ignoring Christmas

but now you're

messing up my life.

That's it. We're going

back to the North Pole.

Yeah, it's about time. You and

Luke should've left weeks ago.

Not me and Luke.

All of us.

- All of us are going back.

- Yeah!

- Not you guys.

- Ohh, man!

He hit that trail in one shot.

Come on, Flash.

OK, fellas, we'll see you later.

It's OK, sir.

I'll get the luggage.

Remember, Dad,

straight home, no detours.

- Bye!

- Bye!

- Bye, Mary!

- Hey, fellas!

Hey! Look at you!

Hi, puppies!

I haven't seen you...

Oh, yeah.

Hi.

OK, guys, I'll be back to

take you for a run later.

Oh!

Thank God you still have

your place.

I can't imagine

staying with my parents.

Oh, come on.

The workshop is fun.

Fun? Yes.

Private? No.

At last, home sweet home.

Come on, Flash.

Wow, this place hasn't changed

a bit since we were kids.

Why mess with perfection, babe.

I mean, think about it:

me, you, bearskin rug.

- Hot cocoa.

- Mmm.

Roaring fire.

Then...

that could work.

- Mm-hmm.

- Mmm.

Just don't get too comfortable.

We're not gonna be here that long.

- We're not?

- Nope. All right.

Phase one: get Dad up here. Phase

two: get him focused on Christmas.

Phase three: avert

the elven apocalypse.

- Phase four: Business class back to New York.

- "Elven apocalypse"?

The elves have been

unsupervised for three weeks.

I'm surprised we can't

see the smoke from here.

Hey, come here. It sounds like

this is gonna take a while

- to get back on track.

- Mmm.

Then again, the elves have been

making toys for hundreds of years,

- what's ten more minutes?

- Exactly.

Maybe even 20.

Mom, I'm...

h*, what happened here?

Oh, Mary!

Thank goodness you're home.

Oh, I'm so happy to see you too.

So what's with all the cookies?

I'm just trying to keep busy.

Baking calms the nerves.

Mom, if baking calmed your

nerves you'd be catatonic.

Well, it's been a rough

couple of weeks around here,

what with your father gone

and you being so late!

I'm not late! I only found

out Dad was gone two days ago.

What, you didn't get the letter?

Again with the letter.

I have a home phone,

office phone, cell phone, fax, e-mail...

I'm not that hard to get a hold of.

Well, he's old-fashioned.

I found him jamming with

a jazz quartet in SoHo.

He's not old-fashioned.

What's wrong with him?

Oh, nothing! Nothing at all.

Everything is perfectly normal.

He's just going through

some changes.

He's had the same haircut

for 600 years.

He doesn't change.

That's what I thought,

but ever since your

improvements around here, well,

he's had some free time

on his hands

and... that's when

the hobbies started.

It's nice to see him

having so much fun,

but I just wonder when things will

start to get back to normal around here.

Now. Things are gonna

get back to normal now.

I want the ducks in a row.

Excellent. A couple more.

Oh! Mary, you're here!

- You're here!

- All right, all right.

Lay it on me. Critical stuff first.

What's wrong this time?

Uh, nothing.

Santa's been away for a month

and you're telling me

there's no fractures,

- felonies or fatalities?

- Uh, no, no, and... no.

Huh! Impressive.

I guess I really whipped

things into shape around here.

Hmm.

Well...

Um... hi.

My stars, if it isn't

Mary Class.

What a thrill!

- Really?

- Why, of course!

The daughter

that saved Christmas.

You're a regular legend

around here.

Oh.

Gary, honey,

would you mind running

and grabbing me some of

that delightful egg nog?

- OK.

- That's the spirit, Gary. Go team!

So, who are you anyway?

Look at me.

There I go again, running off at the mouth.

Teri McMillan,

Polaris Postal Service.

Oh! You took over

for Luke.

I was in the Congo

delivering malaria vaccines

to a school for blind orphans.

But then I heard

about the opening here,

and when an opportunity

like that comes along,

you've gotta take it.

After all, this is where

the magic happens.

Well, shouldn't you be

making that magic happen

over at the post office?

Well, of course.

But with Santa being gone,

someone had to step in and...

You know how those elves are.

I had to keep an eye on things.

Well, thank you. Great.

Santa's back, and

I can take it from here.

I'm just gonna go call

a staff meeting

and I'm sure you know how to

get back to the post office.

All right, everyone!

Gather 'round.

Quick staff meeting.

Gary... is that egg nog?

- Easy. No. Down, boy.

- But I...

I am back. I'm gonna be

running things again

until we get Santa back at work.

So, everyone, just keep

doing what you're doing.

All right, everyone, let's

give a big hand for Mary Class.

Come on, guys, you can do better than that.

This is Mary!

Let's show her some of

that Christmas spirit.

Much better!

All right, everyone, now,

let's go...

make... some...

- Toys!

- That's what I'm talking about!

Oh!

See you later, Teri.

Whatever.

- Whoo-hoo!

- Whoo!

Hi, there!

Hey there, sweet cheeks.

Nicholas, where did you get

that ridiculous thing?

I figured it's time for a new ride.

What do you think?

Makes me look younger, right?

Sure! You don't look

a day over 800.

h*, h*, h*.

Look out!

Whoa!

Be good.

- Whoa! Hey!

- Well, hello there.

Oh! You're the new gal.

Teri, right?

Luke Jessup? I can't

believe it's really you.

OK.

You're a regular

legend around here.

It's... It's an honor to

follow in your footsteps.

Really? I was...

I was just a mailman.

Oh!

Just a mailman, he says.

You were the mailman,

the Christmas mailman.

Getting to deliver

to the Big S is...

is every

mail carrier's dream job.

Well, it had its moments,

I have to admit.

Hey, let me help you with that.

Look at you, the old pro.

- I'm not imposing on you, am I?

- Oh, not at all.

It'll be like old times.

- Beg your pardon?

- - Hey, Luke, good to see you!

Being back on my old mail

route, seeing my friends.

It's nothing like

delivering in the city.

No appreciation whatsoever.

Hmm. Well, I know

I'd appreciate it

if you let me pick

your brain sometime.

I just have so many questions.

Sure. Anytime.

You know, it's really nice to find

someone who shares the same...

Passion.

I was gonna say interest,

but, um, passion works.

- OK. Ahem...

- Yes.

Off we go.

Sandy, you have to set up

some video conferences.

This merger is absolutely

vital to our bottom line.

And we have to make sure all the

clients are on board. Uh-huh.

Yeah, I know. Well, I'm

gonna be up here for a while.

All right.

I'll talk to you later.

Hey, honey. Keeping busy?

- Are you responsible for this?

- What?

The c*ck

wrapping schedule.

- Doesn't make any sense.

- Hey, Nick. Hitting the links again?

"Nick"?

I shaved two points

off my handicap already.

I knew you'd like it. Just think

of 'em as 18 little chimneys.

All right, see you both later.

Dad. Wrapping schedule?

Would you explain

your new system to Mary?

- Your system?

- It's really quite simple.

No, it's not. We tried

something like that last year.

It didn't work then

and it won't work now.

Um, well, last year you

just switched the shifts.

This is new. Each elf is assigned

a specific size and shape.

That way everyone has the

right size paper every time.

No special measuring, no delays.

See?

Oh.

You just have to be

a little more flexible.

I knew that Teri would make

the perfect assistant for you.

- Assistant?

- Yeah.

She's a people person.

The elves love her.

- Oh, well...

- Dad!

I have an assistant. He's in New York,

where my job is, where my life is.

This is your job and your life.

When are you gonna quit goofing

off and get back to work?

Well... never.

What do you mean

you want to retire?

Mary, I have been

doing this for so long

I can't remember the time your mother

and I had a chance to go out for dinner,

- let alone take a vacation.

- You're Santa! What do you expect?

Christmas is really important.

People have to believe

in the spirit of giving.

And for a long time I believed that I

was the only one who could provide that.

- You are.

- I'm not.

And last year you proved that.

Everybody mistakes me

for the holiday.

They think I'm Christmas,

but I'm not.

I only work here.

Or I did.

You know...

it's really hard

for a father

to realize that his little

girl is all grown up.

There was a time

when I was younger

when I couldn't imagine giving

this job to anybody else.

Now I can't imagine giving

it to anybody else but you.

I'd be so proud.

What do you say?

Hey, Nick, um, about the

whole assistant thing...

Oh, right. Don't worry about that.

It's only temporary.

Oh, whew!

What a relief.

- I was afraid...

- No, see, Mary's gonna be up to speed in no time.

Then you can get back

to your old life.

I'm sure you have

better things to do

than hang around

a boring old workshop.

But I love it here! And you said

yourself we make a great team.

- I did?

- Yes!

Remember when I was

helping you make a list

of everything you

missed out on in life?

Yeah, well, Mary's here now and

Christmas is what she does best.

But I thought she had a whole

other job, a life back in the city?

It's in her blood. It's

what she was born to do.

As long as Mary's happy here

then she'll stay.

Teri, keep it running smoothly.

Oh, I'll make sure

it runs smoothly, all right.

- Smooth as a...

- Marble?

Oh!

What are we doing?

We're naming things

that are smooth.

- Icicles?

- Uh, bowling ba*ls?

- Smoothies.

- Ooh, good one.

I'm leaving.

Porcupines...

that are bald.

Or sandpaper that's been worn.

- Oh, glass.

- That's eroded.

- Nails.

- That are filed.

Hah! Gravel...

Covered in marzipan!

All right, we don't have

a lot of time,

so how are your

departments doing?

Letters is super fun. There's

a new candy cane stamp,

- and if you lick everything you eat the rest of the day...

- On schedule or behind?

- We're almost done.

- Terrific.

Gary, the toys. How are the

teddy bears coming along?

Oh, we're trying to increase

cuddliness by ten percent.

Right now we're at

about, mmm, eight.

Fine. Skip, wrapping?

- Oh, I like wrapping.

- Who wants cookies?

Uh, we're having

a meeting right here.

Double butter for Dave,

cinnamon hearts for Lucy

and peppermint swirl for Skip.

Oh! Thanks, Teri.

You're the best. Aww.

Anything for you, Skip. So,

what's your meeting all about?

Well, it's for

department heads only.

And since you're not

a department head...

Oh, maybe Teri could be head of

the cookie-making department.

Yeah!

My mom is the head of the

cookie-making department.

She's been doing it

for hundreds of years.

Well, what about a cookie

delivery department?

Or a special cookie delivery department?

I'd vote for that.

There's no voting! There's no

special cookie delivery department.

What about a special department

for the special delivery

of special cookies?

All right, Teri, go,

and take these with you.

Thanks.

Skip, report.

Skip. Skip?

Skip! Skip.

Brother!

She's a keeper.

Our new global partnership will allow you

to expand your markets internationally.

You'll still get my personal

attention, of course.

I'll just have more resources

to bring your way.

- So what do you say?

- That sounds great. You can count us in.

Terrific. I'll have Sandy

send you the paperwork.

And we will talk to you soon.

Steady, steady...

Yeah, no more

video conferencing.

Hmm...

Hmm.

Um...

Uh, hmm...

Hmm. Uh...

Um...

No.

- Come on, Skip!

- Um, uh... Do you have any fives?

- Oh! I have one.

- Oh, yeah.

No. No, no, Skip.

It's poker, remember?

- Betting?

- All right.

I bet you don't have any 10s

because I have four of them!

Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!

Skip-ip, diddly-ip

All right, all right,

everybody, give me your cards.

Five card stud, deuces wild.

Bring it on.

Double the ante.

h*, h*, h*! Here we go!

Hey, Mr. C,

what's going down?

My rosy red cheeks

in my rosy red chair.

- Dealer's choice, dear.

- Beautiful.

- Hi, everybody.

- Hi, Teri.

- Hope I'm not interrupting anything.

- - No, not at all.

- Just a friendly game here.

- Oh, you're playing cards.

- It looks like fun.

- Yeah, you should play.

- There's an empty seat right here...

- next to me.

Really?

You don't mind?

Well, uh, we were

waiting for Mary.

I just spoke with Mary. I don't

think she's gonna be able to make it.

She is working so hard,

bless her heart.

Oh, it is such a busy time.

It's hard to have fun and games

when Christmas is at stake.

- Mm-hmm.

- Yes.

Yeah, in her real life,

um, whatever that is,

something is going on

with someone named Colin...

I think.

Oh!

OK. The game is

Anchorage Anaconda.

Suicide kings are wild,

blood queen is dead.

Top the pot buys an extra card and

first one out refills the chip bowl.

Who's ready?

Hey-yo, hey-yo!

Who's ready? Come to mama,

come to mama!

Boy, that was fun, huh?

Hey, Teri.

Yeah, it sure was.

Sorry to put a stop

to your winning streak.

- Beginner's luck, I guess.

- Yeah.

Here, have a peanut butter cookie.

They are my favorite.

Oh, my. Mmm!

So how are things

at the workshop?

- I mean, December sure is a busy month.

- Oh, sure is.

You know, that's

when Christmas is.

Tell me, Skip...

are you happy?

- Oh, yeah.

- Really?

Yep.

I mean, are you really,

really happy?

Yeah. Not only

really, really happy,

I'm really happy

a lot. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm sensing some

hesitation in your voice.

Maybe we should have

a little chat...

get to the source

of your problems.

Oh, OK.

So, Skip, do the elves

get overtime?

Oh. Mary!

- Morning, Gary.

- Good morning.

There's something...

kind of a big problem.

Well, whatever it is,

I'm sure we can handle it.

- What's this?

- It's our contract.

Contract?

What contract?

Contract, see?

Gary, what is he talking about?

Oh, it's the deal we signed with

Santa when we first got started.

What does that have to do with me?

Take it up with Santa.

And since he's quitting,

we get to regurgitate.

- Uh, renegotiate.

- Oh! Renegotiate.

And we've got to change

some things in the contract.

- That's what renegotiate means, Skip.

- OK!

Then, just that.

Wait.

You... You had me.

That was very funny.

All right, I'm gonna

get back to work.

OK... Oh!

Oh, yeah, right.

You need to take us seriously.

No contract, no toys.

- Dad, are you in here?

- Yeah, but I'm a little busy right now.

- Have you seen this?

- Yeah. Scrolls.

We've had them around

for many years.

- It's the elves' contract.

- Oh, that old thing?

Good for them.

They still have it.

Good for them? Bad for us.

Dad, have you even read it?

- Read it? I wrote it.

- It's a complete mess!

Half of it

doesn't even make sense

and the other half

is in Old English.

At the time we just

called it English.

Well, I can't use this.

I have to start from scratch.

Honey, they're elves.

All you have to do is give

them a couple of cookies,

point them towards

something shiny,

and they'll forget all about it.

- You have to learn how to negotiate.

- I know how to negotiate.

- I have an MBA from Wharton.

- Then it shouldn't be a problem.

It isn't my problem,

it's your problem.

They're your elves, you should

be the one handling this.

Not anymore, I'm retired.

Honey, if this is getting

to be too much to handle,

why don't you ask

Teri to help you?

Ouch!

- Hi!

- Hi, Gary.

- Hello, Mary.

- All right, let's get down to business.

You have your list of demands?

Number one: we want a 20

percent raise across the board.

- Oh! Oh, yeah!

- You don't get paid.

Twenty percent of nothing

is still nothing.

Uh, number two:

we want to get paid.

What do you need

money for anyway?

Number three:

we want our own store

where we can spend our money.

OK, can we just get past the money

part and hear the rest of your demands?

- Um, OK. Uh, a credit union.

- What?

Monopoly, Monopoly money.

Ah! Cookies.

You get cookies,

all the cookies you want.

Yeah, but we want

cookies with sprinkles.

- Yeah! Absolutely!

- Good point.

The cookies have sprinkles.

- On top and bottom?

- Ooh, that sounds good!

Oh, and we want those hats

with the cups, for cocoa.

Trampolines at the work

station, and jet packs,

and everybody gets their own chipmunk.

Hey, little guy.

Enough!

No. Nope.

Never gonna happen.

Not a chance in hell.

Nada. Never.

Huh.

One break every six hours.

Take it or leave it.

That went well.

- Gary.

- Huh?

- We're storming out.

- Me too?

- Yeah.

- OK.

- Bye!

- Bye, Gary!

What?

Mary? I'm sorry.

- Did I catch you at a bad time?

- Colin!

No, no, no, of course not.

I'm so glad to hear from you.

I just wanted to check in and see how

your client-retention efforts are coming.

Well, I'm... They are

coming along fine.

I just have a few hands to

hold through the merger.

Good. It's vital you're able to

meet the numbers we discussed

if I'm going to be able to convince

the board to vote for the merger.

Well, I will not let you down.

- Go away!

- Oh, why didn't you say so?

Mary, this thing

could still fall apart.

I'm afraid nothing's

guaranteed at this point.

We are all relying on you.

- How is she doing?

- I think she's in trouble with her boss.

Oh? Kind of like how you're

in trouble with the elves?

- What?!

- You know, how they all hate you

because you're siding with

Mary instead of your friends.

- Hate me?

- Oh, don't worry about it.

Three hundred years from now,

who's gonna remember

who betrayed who, right?

You mean, all of them?

Well, I haven't heard back

from Hillard Corp.,

- but I know they love me.

- The board is looking for signatures, not love.

Got it? Can you give me a

time estimate on any of this?

Hello? Mary?

Hello?

Are you there?

Hey, Luke!

Hey! There you are.

- I've been looking for you.

- Hey, baby.

- I've been crazed.

- Everything all right?

Yeah, of course,

everything's fine.

What's with the, uh, mail bag?

You moonlighting now?

No. Teri's letting

me help out a bit.

Teri, huh?

Uh... yeah.

You know, I'd be careful

around her if I were you.

What's that supposed to mean?

I don't know. She just

seems naughty to me.

Oh, come on!

Teri's great.

Well, I... You know me.

I just like being a little

part of Christmas, is all.

That makes one of us.

I just can't wait

to go back home.

- Right?

- Yeah, right.

- It's just...

- Luke, we can't stay here.

My life, my business,

everything is in the city.

Yeah, I know.

This isn't a good time.

You have a lot of work

to do, and...

we can talk

about this later.

What else can go wrong?

- What do we want?

- Cookies!

- When do we want 'em?

- Now!

Hey, hey, hey! h*, h*, h*!

Mary Class has got to go!

Hey, hey, hey! h*, h*, h*!

Mary Class has got to go!

- What do we want?

- Cookies!

- When do we want 'em?

- Now!

- What do we want?

- What?

- And what do we want?

- Cookies!

- When do we want 'em?

- Now!

You have cookies!

They're inside.

What the hell is going on here?

It's a picket line. It's sort

of like Follow the Leader.

Yeah, I know what it is.

Are you serious?

You're going on strike

at Christmas?

You didn't really

give us much choice.

"Us?" Gary, we're supposed

to be on the same team.

I can't just abandon my fellow elves.

They look up to me.

It's true.

He's the tallest.

OK? Right there.

This is ridiculous!

All right, listen. Everyone,

put down your signs

and go back to work.

Uh-uh, uh-uh!

We didn't say "Gary says."

Hey, hey, hey!

h*, h*, h*!

They can't go back to work

until we talk about

the list of demands.

- No.

- Yes.

No! I can't deal with this.

You guys are on strike,

my dad's on vacation.

I'm just gonna have to do

everything myself!

Ooh!

No "ifs," no "buts"!

We want candy, we want nuts!

No "ifs," no "buts"!

We want candy, we want nuts!

All right, how hard can this be?

Oh!

- Howdy, Luke.

- Oh, hey, Teri.

What you looking for?

Mary's been going

through some stuff,

and I figured

I'd make her some coffee.

I can't find the cookies,

though.

Well, you know how hungry

those elves are.

- I know.

- Maybe we could whip up a batch ourselves.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

I'm not very good

in the kitchen.

Come on, Luke, let's dive in.

Um...

I'm so happy

hanging around you

I'm so happy

now that I found you

Bring me home

some mistletoe

Some cheer and snow

And let's make

a Merry Christmas

Let's make

a Merry Christmas

A Merry Christmas

A Merry Christmas

h*, h*, h*!

There we go.

- Mary Class.

- Mary, where have you been?

Sorry, I haven't been in touch.

I've been in crisis mode up here.

If it is crisis mode up here,

it's Armageddon down here.

We've lost Gadgetech and

Patterson Pharmaceuticals.

Lost them? I thought my meeting

with them wasn't until next week.

This is next week. It's

hard to convince a company

you're gonna give them

hands-on attention

when you reschedule a conference

call for the third time.

Where does that leave us now?

At this point, you, me, and about

seven clients. Not exactly merger bait.

I'm almost at the office. If you've got

any tricks up your sleeve, now's the time.

All right, I'm on it.

- See you next time.

- Later, Nick.

Later, brother.

- Everybody having fun?

- Yeah, you bet!

Dad! Where have you been?

The elves have gone nuts!

I was with my drum circle,

- getting in touch with the sacred masculine.

- The sacred what?

All right, I have been more than

patient, but enough is enough!

My life is falling apart

because you bailed on Christmas.

You've had plenty of time to

explore this other side of you.

- What other side? This is all me.

- No, it's not you!

The last month has been

crazy time in Santa Town.

I need you to just stop it

and just fix Christmas.

Wait, wait...

- What's going on?

- What have you two been up to?

Teri and I,

we were in the kitchen...

I made you some cookies.

Mary, I know this is

difficult to understand,

but when I started out

I had no one to help me.

You're going to have to learn

how to walk on your own two feet

if you're going to replace me.

You're not listening.

I don't want to replace you.

I don't want

to be Santa Claus!

- So you're really going?

- If I don't leave right away,

my business and everything I've

worked my whole life for will be gone.

And Christmas?

Leaving is the only thing

that's going to snap

my father back to reality.

Where's your luggage?

Look, Mary...

up here I have a life.

It's not much in the

grand scheme of things

but it's my life.

I have my friends and my

dogsledding business and my house.

- Back in New York all I have is...

- Me?

Mary, I love you,

and I want to be with you.

Here.

I can't give up what I

love, what I love to do.

I know.

So, no matter where we are,

someone's gonna be unhappy.

We can work this out, right?

I don't know.

I don't know, Luke.

I know you always say that

things work out at Christmas.

But that's just one day

out of the year.

I'll see you later.

Honey, I'm home.

Such as it is.

I know, buddy.

I miss her, too.

Whoa!

We hang the stockings,

trim the tree

And stoke the fire's coal

As it begins to snow

Come December,

family members

Start to wander home

To the places

where they're from

There's peace in hearts

at Christmastime

When all year long

it's so hard to find

Where there's peace in

hearts at Christmastime

When all year long

it's so hard to find

Though it's never

far behind

When it's Christmastime

Am I interrupting?

Teri. What are you

doing here?

Well, I... I couldn't

find you anywhere

and... these brownies

just came out of the oven.

I, uh... I just needed

to get some air.

Well, I hope you have

room for a brownie.

- No, I'm not really hungry.

- Oh, go on, Luke.

You look like you could use it.

All right.

Wow!

- Wow!

- You see, Luke?

There is no problem in life

that can't be solved with

a plate full of brownies.

Mmm. That'd be nice.

It is lovely here, isn't it?

Like nowhere else in the world.

What's it like in that

big city of yours?

Crowded. Noisy.

And the traffic is terrible.

Must be nice for you

to get away from it all.

It's not all that bad.

You know, Luke...

maybe you shouldn't try

forcing things with Mary.

She... She has her life,

and you can have yours too.

Maybe everything you need is...

is already here.

Right in front of you.

Really?

You need someone who

appreciates you for you, Luke.

Someone who shares

your interests...

who will always

be there for you.

You're so right, Teri.

Mary's gone.

She went back to the city.

- Mary's gone?

- Uh-huh.

Teri?

Whoo-hoo!

Whoo-hoo!

Mary, I don't want to step on

your toes, but I have an idea...

Mary?

Uh, where's Mary?

I can't believe she

let me down like this.

Let you down? Nicholas,

did you ever stop to consider

that Mary might be right?

While you've been wasting time,

she's been here

sacrificing, doing your job

to keep Christmas going.

But I've been going

through some things.

How many times

have I heard that?

I remember when you just had

to have that Viking longboat.

It came with its own Vikings.

Yeah! And it took me a decade to

get the stains out of the carpet.

Oh, Nicholas,

I just wish you'd stop this

foolishness and get back to work

before the children

pay the price.

Half the work and twice the pay.

We want cocoa every day!

Half the work

and twice the pay...

Good news, elves.

It's all over!

Time to go back to work!

- What about the strike?

- The strike is over, Skip.

Congratulations!

You won.

But what did Mary say?

Good question, Gary.

Anyone else have

any other questions?

No? OK. Back to work.

But... But what about Mary?

All right. Who wants to sit

around asking questions?

Not me! No.

Not here. Nah-uh.

And who wants to make

some... toys!

Yeah! Oh, yeah!

That's what I'm talking about.

Now let's get cracking because we

have a lot of catching up to do.

But first...

give yourselves

a hand.

Teri, can I talk to Mary?

I'm afraid Mary has left

to pursue other interests.

Oh!

Santa baby, slip a sable

under the tree

For me

Been an awful good girl

Santa baby, so hurry down

the chimney tonight

Santa baby

A '54 convertible, too

Coming.

Colin, what are you

doing here? Come on in.

- Thank you.

- I thought we were meeting tomorrow.

We are, but I've been chatting

up the board members informally.

They're all terribly impressed with

how you've turned this thing around.

So the meeting tomorrow will

just be a formality, really.

Congratulations.

Colin, that's fantastic!

I hope I'm not imposing, but

I couldn't wait to tell you.

Where's that charming boyfriend of yours?

What was it, Bo?

- Luke.

- Luke, right. Sorry.

Yeah, he's not in the,

uh, picture, I think.

Oh? I'm sorry

to hear that.

Well, perhaps these

will cheer you up.

- What's all this?

- The merger papers.

- But...

- I had them ready weeks ago.

I knew you could do it.

Santa, honey

Now all that's needed is your

Jane Hancock, shall we say.

To a platinum mine

Santa, honey, so hurry down

the chimney tonight

Problem?

No, no, I just...

I worked towards this moment

my whole career.

So, now that it's finally here,

it just...

Well, it seems, um...

Wonderful?

Something like that.

And hurry down

the chimney tonight

And with a stroke of the quill,

Whitmore-Class is born.

Will you join me in a toast?

Uh, sure!

- With some decorations

bought at Tiffany's - Ta-da!

- Thank you.

- My pleasure.

To Mary Class.

May all of her Christmas

wishes come true.

Thank you.

Now, I hope I'm not

being presumptuous,

but I've made reservations

tonight at Gianelli's...

- if you're available.

- With the whole team?

No. I thought it might

just be the two of us.

That would be nice.

Lovely.

Dave, faster, faster.

Uh... too squeaky.

- Lucy...

- Mm-hmm?

- What color is this?

- Pink.

- Oh. And this one?

- Blue.

Right. And you don't see

a problem here?

Nope.

See, the ribbons in the hair

must match, please. Fix them, OK?

Fix them all.

Skip. Skip!

- Skip!

- Yeah, boss?

Don't sneak up on me.

- I'm back!

- Santa!

Nick!

Santa, I missed you!

Hey, Nick! Nice to see you!

- Hi.

- Are you just stopping by for a visit?

No, not a visit. Mary's

gone back to New York.

Yeah, so I have heard, which

is why I have taken control.

No need for you to worry.

I think I hear the golf course

calling your name.

Well, I appreciate the help

but I've got it from here.

The big man is back.

Gary? Where's my Gary?

There you are.

Gary, situation report.

Uh, we are right at the end.

It's Christmas Eve tomorrow.

We're almost done. I'm just

putting on the finishing touches.

All right, that means the toys

are done, but that's only half.

The rest is the deliveries,

and that's the magic.

That's what makes

Christmas happen.

But you weren't even here

when we made the toys.

Does that mean I'm not

allowed to deliver them?

No, but...

- But I was going to do that.

- Oh, h*, h*, h*, h*!

But you let Mary deliver

the toys last year.

Teri, you've been a good assistant

and I appreciate the help,

but I am Santa Claus.

And Mary is my daughter.

That's who we are.

Just as you are the mail carrier,

and that's what you should be doing.

You do it so well.

Santa Claus, pardon me,

but may I borrow you

for just a moment?

In the other room, alone?

All right.

I'll be right back.

We wish you

a Teri Christmas

We wish you

a Teri Christmas

We wish you a Teri Christmas

and a Happy New Year

Oh, thanks for a great night.

I had a lovely time.

I'm just glad we can put it

on your expense account.

Well, with the merger, my expense

account is your expense account.

Crap! I hadn't

thought about that.

- Is it too late to get out of it?

- I'm afraid so.

Well, I'm gonna call

my lawyer in the morning.

Is something wrong?

Sharing letterhead is gonna be

a big enough adjustment already.

I just... can't handle

anything else right now.

I understand.

Thank you.

- See you Monday?

- Absolutely.

Oh, and have a merry Christmas.

That's what they all say.

- I beg your pardon?

- Never mind. Good night.

Good night.

This is a big one.

Look!

Wow!

Higher, higher!

Teri!

Teri, can I have a cookie?

Oh, I'm sorry. Um, Santa said I

should be the only one eating cookies.

- But usually...

- You question the will of Santa?

- No!

- Back to work.

Oh! Looks like somebody's

getting an extra chunk of potato.

I hope you don't mind.

Now, I don't want

any complaints, OK?

I put in basil because

I happen to like basil,

and I don't see you doing any

of the cooking around here.

Dig in.

You know, it's really nice

having someone to eat with.

Mary!

Wow! You're back.

OK, we'll have plenty

of time for that later.

Listen, we need to get to the workshop.

I think my dad's in trouble.

- I'll explain later.

- All right, let's go.

All right, you can have mine.

See ya!

OK, everyone. Tonight

is the big night.

Let's get these last

few toys on the sleigh

and get ready

to make Santa proud!

Skip? Ahem. Skip!

Skip... Where were you?

- Did you finish hanging my portrait?

- I was just...

It doesn't matter. Look, I really

need you to get on this thing...

All right, jig's up.

Mary, you're back.

- Oh, joy.

- Yeah, I'm back.

Phoebe!

She's an elf!

You're an elf.

You figured it out.

Good for you.

Well, guess I don't need

these anymore.

Or these.

- And what about the outfit?

- My uniform?

Oh, no, no.

I think I'll keep it.

After all, Santa

did put me in charge.

Right, everyone?

- He did no such thing.

- Um... Skip?

Oh, yeah. Santa went away. He

said that Teri's in charge.

He said that Teri

is the new Santa.

He gave Teri the suit and

the sleigh and the workshop.

- Went away where?

- I don't know.

Oh, who knows? Probably in one

of his crazy flights of fancy.

- Yeah.

- That kind of thing runs in the family.

Gary, can you tell me

what really happened?

Santa went away,

he said Teri's in charge.

He said Teri's the new Santa, he gave

Teri the suit, sleigh and the workshop.

Santa told you

Teri is in charge?

- Well, no.

- Wait a second.

Did anyone actually hear

Santa say Teri was in charge?

No.

- So who told you?

- Teri.

And it didn't occur to anyone

that maybe she was lying?

But if Teri's lying,

why would Santa put her

in charge?

She said her name was Teri,

but it's really Phoebe.

She said she was a mailman,

but she's really an elf.

You're a liar!

I bet Santa never even said

you could have all the cookies!

I bet Santa didn't

put you in charge at all!

Well, well, well.

Looks like we got ourselves

a little rebellion.

- You know what I have to say to that?

- What?

Free cookies!

- What is this doing here?

- Well, it's a present.

We do deliver them, you know.

It's a little big,

don't you think?

"Do not open until

after Christmas."

Huh?

Mom! Dad!

Mr. and Mrs. C,

are you all right?

Oh, thank goodness!

- Teri is naughty.

- Yeah, we got that.

And her name isn't Teri,

it's Phoebe.

And I bet you 50 bucks that's

why I didn't get your letter.

Of course. How could I

have missed that?

- It was the hair.

- And the glasses.

No, it was me.

I was so much

into my own nonsense,

- now look what happened.

- There, there, dear.

I know what you're gonna say:

"Nicholas, don't blame yourself."

No, I wasn't gonna say that.

- You weren't?

- Mmm-mm.

Uh, guys, the sleigh's gone.

- Oh, no!

- All right, we gotta go after her.

- Luke, we'll need the dogsled.

- I'm on it, babe.

- I'll drive. Come on, Dad!

- You're the boss.

No, you get the sled,

I'll catch up.

I have something to do.

Come on, Gary, I have an idea.

Christmas is mine!

All mine!

What?

Whoa! Whoa!

They won't fly for you! You

don't have the Christmas spirit.

- There's no escape.

- Oh!

Nice try, old man,

but you can't cut me off!

Whoa!

No!

Whoa!

Dad!

- Are you OK?

- What the heck was that?

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

I made a few special

modifications to the sleigh.

Yeah!

Whoa!

Whoa!

- Toys are gone.

- What did you expect?

Oh, no.

Teri lives here? Dad, wasn't

this your fishing shack?

- Can somebody say "creepy"?

- Ya think?

I am really gonna have

to call my lawyer.

- That's far enough.

- Phoebe!

What are you doing?

- Oh, no!

- I'll do it, I swear.

- What has gotten into you?

- Me?

What about you?

Christmas is the most

important job in the world,

and I am the only one

that wants to do it.

You two couldn't wait

to call it quits.

But somehow that

makes me the bad guy.

So you decided

to steal Christmas?

I'm not stealing it,

I'm saving it...

from you two.

I deserve this, Mary.

After all those years

of loyal service,

Christmas is mine!

Phoebe, you're one of the

best elves I ever had.

Elves? Who wants

to be an elf?

No one out there

even knows who we are,

but everyone

can name the reindeer

and all they do

is pull the sleigh!

Yeah, through the sky.

- Not helping.

- Sorry.

Well, this is one elf

no one's gonna forget.

If I can't run Christmas...

no one will.

- No!

- Go ahead!

- What?!

- What did you say?

Doesn't matter.

You can steal Christmas,

you can destroy it,

you can even save it.

We all have dreams, Phoebe.

But what good is getting

everything you always wanted

unless you have someone

to share it with?

Come on.

I know you can do it.

So this is it?

All I have to do is...

is hand this over and...

everything goes back

to the way it was?

Of course.

Phoebe, it's

the right thing to do.

- No!

- No!

Oh!

- Oh, my God!

- What have I done?

You destroyed Christmas!

So what are we gonna do now?

- Wait!

- Skip?

I...

- The toys...

- It's too late.

- She dropped the whole bag in the ocean.

- What bag?

The bag of toys

from the sleigh, Skip.

- The peanut butter cookie bag?

- - What?!

The peanut butter cookies! I put a

big bag of 'em in the sleigh for Teri!

Or...

Or... Phoebe.

You said they were

your favorite.

And, you know, since the kids don't

usually put out peanut butter cookies,

I figured it would be

a nice treat.

You...

You did that for me?

Well...

It is Christmas.

Skip! So the elves

saved Christmas!

Looks like it.

Well, I better look

at their contract again.

It seems I've been a bit hard

on the little buggers.

Wait a second, Mr. C. How are you gonna

pull this off if you're so far behind?

There's no way only one Santa can

deliver all those presents in time.

But two can.

Two can!

Two can!

Yeah, yeah. Two can.

- Help me unhitch the reindeer, OK?

- I'm on it!

Yes, yes!

Phoebe...

we can use a hand.

Very clever, Mary.

I guess I owe you one.

Oh, come on, Dad.

It's two you owe me.

I have to say this.

I'm sorry.

You have your own life.

I shouldn't have forced you

to lead mine.

Don't worry about it, Dad.

It's a mistake

we all make sometimes.

You don't have to follow

in my footsteps

for me to be proud of you.

You're the best Christmas present

a father ever could ask for.

Wow.

Thanks, Dad.

Are you guys sure

this is gonna work?

It's Christmas.

It always does.

Right.

Are you ready?

Whenever you need me, Dad.

On, Dasher!

On, Cupid!

Whoa-h*-h*-h*-h*-h*!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Bye, Luke!

Oh, hey, you guys want a lift?

- I think we'll walk.

- All right.

Merry Christmas.

Hike-hike!

Hyah! Hike!

Hike-hike!

Come on, hike!

And you have four new client

meetings scheduled for next week,

plus new Webber Group proposals

to finish up. Busy, busy.

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Good evening, Whitmore-Class.

Sandy speaking.

Um, I'm afraid she's gone for the weekend.

Can I have her return?

OK, thank you.

Oh, and you have a conference

call with Colin Monday morning.

You know, maybe I'll just

swing by their offices.

- In London?

- Sandy!

Haven't you ever been to London?

Nice, wide chimneys.

See you Monday.

On, Dasher!

Whoops!

- I'm going home

- Bye.

For the holidays

Home for the holidays

- It's so long...

- Hi, babe!

Hi!

I hope you don't mind, but I

invited a few people for dinner.

At last!

I'm starving to death.

- Nicholas, it's been 15 minutes.

- A hungry 15 minutes.

Do you realize that you're more

beautiful than you were 800 years ago?

Ooh, Nicky.

- What took you so long?

- Traffic was a nightmare.

Since I've been away

Going home

for the holidays

Going home

For the holidays