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1900-1915CHRISTMAS
VARIETY OF EARLY 1900s CHRISTMAS TIME STORIES WITH HAPPY ENDINGS, DRAMATICALLY ACTED OUT IN VARIOUS SETTINGS. STORIES INCLUDE FAMILIAR PLOTS OF LARGE FAMILIES FALLING ON HARD TIMES, SICK MOTHER OR CHILD, FATHER RESORTS TO CRIMINAL ACT.

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"A HOLIDAY PAGEANT AT HOME (1901)
FAMILY OF FIVE CHILDREN PUT ON PLAY , IN LIVING ROOM, WRITTEN BY MOTHER.
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(A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS)
LIVING ROOM SETTING. MOTHER SITS AT TABLE WRITING SCRIPT FOR PLAY AS CHILDREN RANGING IN AGE FROM ABOUT 7 YEARS-OLD TO TEENAGE, SIT NEARBY READING BOOKS.
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ENTER FATHER WHO PLANTS KISS ON ALL FIVE CHILDREN, AND MOTHER. MOTHER SHOWS PLAY TO FATHER, WHO SHOWS IT TO CHILDREN WHO WILL ACT IT OUT IN LIVING ROOM.
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(CHRISTMAS EVE - THE PROLOGUE)
TWO PRE-TEEN GIRLS ACT OUT PROLOGUE TO PLAY. USE DRAMATIC HAND GESTURES IN UNISON, DO A DIALOG (MOS)
RAISE HANDS TO HEAVEN, HOLD HANDS TO HEART, GET ON KNEES, CLASP HANDS AS IN PRAYER, OTHER GESTURES. MOM, DAD APPLAUD WHEN THEY FINISH.
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(THE PLAY)
LIVING ROOM SETTING. TWO OLDER CHILDREN, (BOY AND GIRL) DRESSED IN ADULT CLOTHING (VILLAINS), SCOLD LITTLE GIRL (HEROINE), WAGGING THEIR FINGERS AT HER, CAUSING HER TO CRY.
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ENTER LITTLE BOY (HERO) WITH GUN AND KNIFE IN HAND, CHASES VILLAINS AROUND LIVING ROOM CHAIR, UNTIL THEY GET ON KNEES AND BEG. HEROINE APPLAUDS AS HERO HOLDS VILLAINS AT BAY.
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(THE AUTHOR'S REWARD)
DAD ENTERS LIVING ROOM WHERE MOTHER IS SITTING AND SEWING. HE CONGRATULATES HER, THEN PULLS CHAIR NEXT TO HER, GIVES HER A KISS. HE PULLS THE CHAIR CLOSER GIVES HER AFFECTIONATE KISS AND HUG.
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"THE END"
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"A WINTER STRAW RIDE" (1906)
VARIOUS WINTER SCENES STUDENTS OF GIRL'S BOARDING SCHOOL (?). GIRLS WEAR HIGH-BUTTONED LONG DRESSES WITH BUSTLES, BONNETS.
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LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL STUDENTS RUNNING OUT OF BOARDING SCHOOL TOWARDS CAMERA, PILING INTO TWO LARGE HORSE DRIVEN SLEIGHS, LINED WITH STRAW.
SLEIGH RIDE. HAVE SNOW BALL FIGHT AS THEY PILE IN, SLEIGH TAKES OFF BEFORE TWO GIRLS GET IN. THEY RUN AFTER IT.
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ONE SLEIGH DRIVEN BY FOUR HORSES AND ONE DRIVEN BY TWO HORSES RIDE TOWARDS AND PAST CAMERA, MISCHIEVOUS GIRLS IN SLEIGH WAVING TO CAMERA.
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THE TWO SLEIGHS, ARE MET BY GANG OF BOYS WHO PELT THE GIRLS WITH SNOW BALLS. BOYS THROWING SNOW BALLS AT GIRLS IN PASSING SLEIGHS. SLEIGHS RIDE OVER PICTURESQUE VILLAGE BRIDGE. ONE GIRL FALLS OUT OF SECOND SLEIGH, GETS UP, CHASES AFTER SLEIGH.
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SLEIGH HITS SNOW BANK TIPS OVER, GIRLS, MALE DRIVER ARE THROWN OUT OF SLEIGH. ALL THE GIRLS AND TWO PASSING MEN LIFT THE SLEIGH TO ITS UPRIGHT POSITION.
TWO GIRLS FALL AS THEY TRY TO GET ONTO MOVING SLEIGH, MAN HELPS BOTH GET UP. THEY CHASE AFTER SLEIGH. SLOW-
MOTION RETAKE OFGIRLS FALLING OUT OF SLEIGH
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FIVE YOUNG MEN BEING CHASED DOWN SNOW-BOUND ROAD, TOWARDS CAMERA, BY SEVERAL DOZEN GIRLS. ONE FALLS IN SNOW, IS POUNCED UPON BY THE GIRLS, WHO POUND HIM WITH SNOW BALLS, WASH HIS FACE IN SNOW. THEN CONTINUE AFTER OTHERS. GIRLS BEAT UP ON BOYS
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MONTAGE CHASE CONTINUES THROUGH BARN YARD OVER DEEP SNOW-COVERED FIELDS, THE GIRLS CATCH ANOTHER MAN, HAVE NO MERCY WHEN POUNCING ON HIM. GIRLS SLIPPING AND FALLING ALL THROUGH CHASE, MOSTLY TRIPPING ON LONG SKIRTS.
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MEN RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES, SLIDE ON THEIR REAR ENDS DOWN HIGH EMBANKMENT, GIRLS FOLLOW IN CLOSE PURSUIT, SLIDING, FALLING DOWN EMBANKMENT IN ONE LARGE GROUP.
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MEN COME TO DEAD END ARE CAUGHT BY GIRLS, HAVE FACES WASHED BY THE HORDE IN WILD MELEE.
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"A TRAP FOR SANTA" (1909)
NO WORK FOR THE FATHER; MISERY AND WANT; THE FAMILY'S LOT. STORY OF MAN WHO CAN'T SUPPORT WIFE AND TWO KIDS, MAKES IT WORSE BY BECOMING DRUNKARD, LEAVES FAMILY. HAPPY ENDING AS MOM GETS INHERITANCE HAS REUNION IN IRONIC WAY.
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LIVING ROOM SETTING. MOTHER (HELEN) PERUSING, GRIEVING OVER BILLS AS DAUGHTER, SITTING ON BED NEXT TO SICK BROTHER BITES INTO PIECE OF BREAD. ENTER DOWN-TRODDEN FATHER (ARTHUR) WITH BAD NEWS. NO WORK.
MOTHER, DAUGHTER SHOW GRIEF ARTHUR STORMS OUT OF HOUSE.
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CRUSHED IN SPIRIT, MAN SEEKS SOLACE IN DRINK.
FATHER ENTERS BAR, ASKS TOUGH-LOOKING BARTENDER FOR CREDIT, HE DENIES IT. FATHER'S DRUNKEN FRIENDS SITTING AT TABLE, CONTAINING BOTTLE OF LIQUOR. CALLS FATHER OVER TO JOIN THEM. THEY DRINK.
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DRUNKEN FATHER ENTERS LIVING ROOM, GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER, DAUGHTER, SON IN BED. ANGERED MOTHER RISES FROM CHAIR, SHOWS DISDAIN FOR HIS CONDITION. THEY ARGUE. HE STORMS OUT. (DRAMATIC GESTURES)
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FATHER LEAVING HOUSE LEAVES NOTE. MOTHER READS NOTE WHICH SAYS HE WON'T BE BACK. HE SHOWS REMORSE.
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BACK AT THE BAR. HUGE, TOUGH BARTENDER APPROACHES ARTHUR WHO IS SLEEPING IT OFF AT TABLE WITH ANOTHER DRUNK, KICKS ARTHUR TO AWAKEN HIM, TELLS HIM TO LEAVE. WHEN ARTHUR HESITATES, BARTENDER PHYSICALLY PICKS HIM UP, THROWS HIM OUT OF BAR.
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HELEN LEAVES SON ALONE AS SHE AND DAUGHTER LEAVE HOUSE TO TRY TO GET FOOD, ON CREDIT, IN TOWN STORE.
SON GOES TO CUPBOARD TAKES OUT LAST PIECE OF BREAD, HUNGRILY EATS IT .
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HELEN AND DAUGHTER APPROACH MERCHANT OUTSIDE HIS STORE, ASKS FOR FOOD ON CREDIT (?). HE REFUSES, GRIEF IN FACE, HELEN HEADS HOME, GOES TO CUPBOARD FOR BREAD FINDS EMPTY DISH, BOY SHOWS EMBARRASSMENT, MAKES GESTURE OF HUNGER SHE TURNS HEAD IN HELPLESS DISBELIEF.
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THE AUNT'S ESTATE, LONG IN LITIGATION, HAD BEEN SETTLED, LEAVING THE MOTHER A MODERATE FORTUNE.
LIVING ROOM SCENE. LAWYER ENTERS HOUSE TELLS HELEN OF GOOD NEWS, MOTHER SITS IN JOYOUS DISBELIEF.
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LAWYER, HELEN, KIDS ENTER LIVING ROOM OF INHERITED HOME, MAID INCLUDED.
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MOTHER SITS ON BED BETWEEN HER TWO CHILDREN AS THEY KNEEL TO PRAY BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. SHE HANGS HEAD IN DESPAIR. MOM TUCKS IN KIDS, LEAVES BEDROOM
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THE CHILDREN SET TRAP FOR SANTA. CHILDREN SNEAK OUT OF BED TO SET A TRAP FOR SANTA AT WINDOW
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MOTHER TAKES OUT SANTA COSTUME , TRIES IT ON, BECOMES NOSTALGIC FOR ARTHUR WHO HAD LEFT HER, CRIES.
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GRIM MISFORTUNE FORCES THE FATHER TO DESPERATE DEEDS.
ARTHUR DECIDES TO BURGLARIZE HOUSE, UNWITTINGLY STOPS AT HIS WIFE'S INHERITED HOME, CLIMBS INTO WINDOW, SETS OFF TRAP, WHICH WIFE HELEN INVESTIGATES.
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HELEN IS SHOCKED TO FIND ARTHUR IN TRAP, AFTER MUCH EMOTIONAL AND DRAMATIC GESTURING BY THE TWO, HELEN FORGIVES ARTHUR, DRESSES HIM IN SANTA COSTUME, CHILDREN RUN IN, ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
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"A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT" (1904)
IN SPITE OF GROUCHY OLD MALE NEIGHBOR, MR. GILTON'S UGLY NATURE, HE ACCIDENTLY DOES GOOD DEED FOR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR MR. BILTON, HIS WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN, WHO LIVE IN IDENTICAL HOUSE WITH COMMON PORCH, WHICH CAUSES ACCIDENTAL GOOD DEED.
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THREE BILTON CHILDREN LEANING OVER PORCH RAILING, WATCH THEIR TWO SISTERS PLAYING WITH NEIGHBOR GILTON'S DOG IN FRONT YARD.
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GROUCHY OLD MR. GILTON, SCOLDS BILTON GIRL. MR.
BILTON, CHILD IN ARMS, ARGUES WITH GILTON.
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OLD MAN BILTON GESTURES TO IMAGINARY BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES, INDICATING BILTON GIRL WAS TRESPASSING ON HIS PROPERTY. ELDERLY AND EMBARRASSED MRS. GILTON TRIES TO APOLOGIZE FOR HER NASTY HUSBAND.
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THE HOUSE OF MEANS AND SELFISHNESS:
LIVING ROOM OF GROUCHY, ANGRY, MR. GILTON, ARGUING WITH HIS WIFE.
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THE HOME OF LITTLE MEANS BUT CONTENTMENT:
LIVING ROOM WITH MR. BILTON LAUGHING AND HUGGING HIS LITTLE GIRL, AS MRS. BILTON, SITTING HAPPILY NEXT TO HIM AS OTHER CHILDREN HUG AND KISS EACH OTHER.
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OLD MR. GILTON SPEAKING TO MERCHANT OUTSIDE STORE, PRODUCE DISPLAYED ON STANDS. MERCHANT TAKES BILTON'S ORDER ON PAD, BILTON PAYS IN ADVANCE OF DELIVERY, WALKS OFF.
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MR. GILTON'S ORDER GOES TO THE WRONG HOUSE.
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DELIVERY MAN ARRIVES AT IDENTICAL HOMES, IS DISTRACTED, INADVERTENTLY DELIVERS THE GROCERIES TO WRONG HOUSE.
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GILTON DINING ROOM. OLD MAN GILTON COMES IN, SITS AT DINNER TABLE. "WHERE'S THE ROAST BEEF"?, HE ASKS.
(SUB-TITLES). MRS. GILTON GESTURES SHE DON'T KNOW.
MR. GILTON CALLS STORE ON PHONE, IS TOLD OF MISTAKE, RUNS OUT THE HOUSE.
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OUTSIDE HOUSE, JUST AS MR. BILTON COMES HOME.
ARGUMENT ENSUES. MRS. BILTON COMES OUT EXPLAINS TO HUSBAND HOW SHE THOUGHT HE ORDERED THE FOOD, WHICH SHE ALREADY COOKED.
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AS ARGUMENT CONTINUES OUTSIDE, THE BILTON YOUNG DAUGHTER GOES INSIDE, TAKES THE COOKED ROAST BEEF, PLATTER OF FRUIT OUTSIDE, OFFERS IT BACK TO MR.
GILTON WHO REFUSES TO TAKE IT, MAKING MATTERS WORSE FOR THE BILTONS.
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THE BILTON FAMILY, SAVE THE LITTLE GIRL, GO BACK INTO HOUSE. ANGRY GILTON LIGHTS PIPE AS LITTLE GIRL OFFERS HIM AN APPLE FROM FRUIT PLATE, TO CALM HIM DOWN.
GILTON RELUCTANTLY REFUSES, STORMS INTO HOUSE.
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GILTON'S DOG HAS BEEN POISONED.
OUTSIDE HOUSE MR. GILTON DISCOVERED DEAD DOG IN FRONT OF PORCH TELLS BILTON GIRL.
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GIRL CALLS OUT TO PARENTS WHO COME OUT OF HOUSE WITH REST OF CHILDREN, AS DOES MRS. GILTON. GILTON WILDLY ACCUSES (GESTURES) BILTON OF KILLING DOG. ALL GO BACK INTO HOUSE INSTEAD OF BILTON GIRL, WHO SITS NEXT TO DOG, WEEPS.
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TITLE: "THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS"
MRS. GILTON WANTS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR.
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MRS. GILTON SUGGESTS TO GROUCHY HUSBAND WHO IS SITTING AT TABLE COUNTING HIS MONEY, THAT THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING FOR NEIGHBOR'S CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS.
HE IS ANGERED BY SUGGESTION.
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MRS. GILTON HELPS HUSBAND ON WITH COAT, SCARF, HAT.
HE EXITS HOUSE DURING SNOW STORM.
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BUTCHER SERVING WOMAN IN BUTCHER SHOP. SCALE HANGING IN FRONT OF HIM, SEVERAL TURKEYS HANGING ON HOOKS IN BKGD. MR. GILTON APPROACHES, BUYS ONE OF LARGE TURKEYS, WALKS OUT WITH WRAPPED ONE, UNDER ARM.
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AFTER GIVING THE CHILDREN MODEST PRESENTS "FROM SANTA", MR. BILTON TELLS HIS FIVE CHILDREN "SANTA CLAUS FORGOT TO BRING A TURKEY". HE COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY ONE.
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BLINDED BY THE STORM. MR. GILTON, WALKING HOME IN BLINDING SNOW, TURKEY UNDER ARM, MISTAKENLY WALKS INTO THE BILTON LIVING ROOM SHOWS SURPRISE WHEN HE REALIZES HIS MISTAKE. SANTA CLAUS
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THE BILTON GIRL THINKING GILTON BROUGHT THE TURKEY FOR THEM, THANKS GILTON. EMBARRASSED GILTON, LOOKS AROUND AT THE SURPRISED FACES OF FAMILY, SHAMEFULLY HANDS TURKEY TO GIRL. MR. BILTON OFFERS GILTON SEAT AT TABLE. HE SITS, STILL SHOWING AWE AND SHAME.
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BILTON GIRL GIVES OLD MAN A GIFT TEDDY BEAR. CU WRITTEN ON GIFT CARD: "TO MR. GILTON, BECAUSE HIS DOG DIED". GILTON ASHAMEDLY HUGS GIRL. MRS. GILTON WALKS IN TO JOIN IN THE MOMENT.
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"THE ADVENTURE OF THE WRONG SANTA CLAUS. AN ADVENTURE OF OCTAVIUS: AMATEUR DETECTIVE" (1904). CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY. OCTAVIUS PURSUES BURGLAR, WHO ACTING AS SANTA CLAUS, STEALS PRESENTS FROM UNDER CHRISTMAS TREE. OCTAVIUS RECOVERS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, PLAYS SANTA, IS REWARDED WITH KISS FROM GIRL FRIEND. COMEDY WITH BARRY O'MOORE, JULIAN REED, RICHARD O'NEILL, BLISS MILFORD, KENNETH LAWLER, KATHLEEN COUGHLIN, EDITH PETERS, JOHN STURGEON, ELSIE MACLEOD
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OCTAVIUS RECEIVES AN INVITATION.
OCTAVIUS SITTING AT DINNER TABLE SIPPING TEA, READING NEWSPAPER, IS HANDED LETTER BY COMEDIC BUTLER. LETTER IS INVITATION TO ACT AS SANTA CLAUS FOR CHILDREN OF MRS. RANDALL. OCTAVIUS SMILES, SIPS HIS TEA
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TOY STORE. DOLLS, TOY DRUMS, STUFFED ANIMALS ON SHELVES IN BKGD. MERCHANT SELLS SANTA OUTFIT TO OCTAVIUS WHO PLACES IT IN HIS SUITCASE AFTER HAVING IT SHOWN TO HIM.
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MRS. RANDALL'S HOME IN OAKVILLE. OCTAVIUS, WEARING CAPE CARRYING SUITCASE, RINGS BELL, MAID LETS HIM IN.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS AT DINNER TABLE INCLUDE: MR.
RANDALL, MRS. RANDALL, THREE CHILDREN INCLUDE "DICK", "MAMIE", AND "KATE". OCTAVIUS SITS FOR DINNER WITH THEM.
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SINISTER LOOKING BURGLAR TIPTOES AROUND OUTSIDE OF HOME LOOKS THROUGH WINDOW, LOOKS GENERALLY SUSPICIOUS AS HE ENTERS HOUSE WHILE ALL ARE HAVING DINNER.
BURGLAR GOES THROUGH DRAWERS IN AN UPSTAIRS BEDROOM
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MRS. RANDALL, NOT KNOWING THAT OCTAVIUS RENTED SANTA OUTFIT, TELLS HIM "YOU WILL FIND A SANTA CLAUSE OUTFIT UPSTAIRS IN CLOSET OF SPARE ROOM". HE IS THEN INTRODUCED TO GRACE RANDALL. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
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BURGLAR HIDES IN CLOSET, PUTS ON SANTA OUTFIT HE FINDS THERE. BURGLAR OCTAVIUS WHO PUT ON HIS OWN SANTA OUTFIT, IS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND LOCKED IN ROOM BY BURGLAR WHO GOES DOWNSTAIRS AND STEALS ALL THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS UNDER CHRISTMAS TREE, AND SNEAKS OUT.
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MR. AND MRS. RANDALL AND CHILDREN DANCING WALTZ IN LIVING ROOM, SUDDENLY HEAR OCTAVIUS POUNDING ON UPSTAIRS DOOR, LET HIM OUT. HE VOWS TO CATCH THE BURGLAR, GIVES CHASE, STILL DRESSED IN SANTA OUTFIT.
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BURGLAR IN SANTA OUTFIT, BEARD, BACK TO CAMERA, WAITS AS TRAIN PULLS IN TOWARDS CAMERA, WITH BASKET OF PRESENTS UNDER HIS ARM, OUR HERO, ALSO IN COSTUME IS CLOSE BEHIND.
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OCTAVIUS ASKS POLICEMAN TO ARREST BURGLAR. BOTH DRESSED ALIKE, BURGLAR CONVINCES POLICEMAN PACKAGES ARE HIS.
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BURGLAR PLACES BASKET ON GROUND AS HE PERUSES MAGAZINE ON NEWSSTAND. OCTAVIUS PICKS UP BASKET, RUNS AWAY.
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BURGLAR CATCHES UP WITH OCTAVIUS AND A TUG OF WAR FOR THE BASKET ENSUES. POLICEMAN BREAKS THEM UP, ARRESTS BURGLAR.
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SANTA (OCTAVIUS) PASSES OUT PRESENTS TO CHILDREN AS ALL WATCH HAPPILY. OCTAVIUS AND ELSIE EYE EACH OTHER AFFECTIONATELY.
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OCTAVIUS AND ELSIE HIDE FROM KIDS BEHIND CURTAIN AND BEGIN TO MAKE LOVE. (HUGGING AND KISSING). KIDS OPEN CURTAIN, RUB THEIR FINGERS IN SHAME GESTURE. OCTAVIUS PAYS THEM EACH COIN, GESTURES TO THEM TO KEEP IT QUIET. THEY TAKE OFF. OCTAVIUS LOOKS AT CAMERA, CLOSES CURTAIN.
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"SANTA CLAUS VS. CUPID: A CHRISTMAS STORY" (1915)
DOWN-TRODDEN HORSE AND BUGGY DRIVER WITH SICK WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN RESORTS TO CRIME TO OBTAIN CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR CHILDREN AND MEDICINE FOR WIFE. CROSSES PATHS WITH WELL-TO-DO YOUNG MAN TRYING TO WIN LOVE OF YOUNG WOMAN AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
WITH RAYMOND MCKEE, BILLY CASEY, GUIDO COLUCCI, EDITH WRIGHT, MABLE DWIGHT, GLADYS CANE, FLORENCE STOVER, GRACE MORRISSY, MRS. WALLACE ERSKINE
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IMAGE OF PRETTY WOMAN APPEARS IN MIRROR OF BUREAU, LOOKS AT MEN STANDING ON EITHER SIDE OF DRESSER.
CONTEMPLATING WHICH ONE SHE LIKES. TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY.
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THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS CHEER DOES NOT ENTER THE HOME OF BINKS MULLIGAN. BINKS MULLIGAN KNEELS NEXT TO COT OF SICK WIFE IN DILAPIDATED ROOM, TRYING TO CONSOLE HER AS FIVE LITTLE CHILDREN WATCH.
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BINKS STANDS, MAKES EXPRESSION OF GREAT DESPAIR. HE PUTS ON HIS COAT, TURNS TO RELIGIOUS CROSS ON WALL, MAKES SIGN OF THE CROSS, PUTS ON TOP HAT, AND HORSE WHIP, DRAMATICALLY FLIPS HIS SCARF AROUND HIS NECK, EXITS HOUSE.
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YOUNG MEN PACK SUITCASE
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RICH WOMAN OPEN LETTER WITH LETTER OPENER.
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CARRIAGE DRIVER BINKS, AND LIMO DRIVERS TRY TO SOLICIT YOUNG MEN TO USE THEIR VEHICLES. THEY LAUGH AT BINKS WHO IN NO COMPETITION FOR THE LIMOS.
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RICH WOMAN READS LETTER AS HUSBAND OR SON COMES HOME FROM TRAVEL. PUTS HANDS OVER EYES "GUESS WHO?"
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CU HANDWRITTEN LETTER.
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MAN COMES HOME TO YOUNG WIFE, KISSES HER HELLO.
ALMOST WALKS INTO MOTHER BEHIND HIM
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MAN SMOKES AS THE THINKS, CONTEMPLATES
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ANGRY HOUSE HELP. MAID SIGNALS TO BUTLER OF MISTLETOE HANGING OVER HEAD OF HE & FEMALE COOK STAND UNDER MISTLETOE IN LIVING ROOM. FEMALE COOK SEES BUTLER LOOK UP, SHE ALSO DOES. THEY LOOK AT MISTLETOE, THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER, TURN AND RUN IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
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MEN PASSING PACKAGE TO EACH OTHER. FLOWER? PAYS MAN TO DELIVER IT HIMSELF.
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BUTLER ANNOUNCES GENTLEMAN CALLER. MAID PUTS FLOWERS IN VASE.
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PEOPLE CREEPING AROUND OUTSIDE HOUSE
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SANTA STANDING ON STREET CORNER RINGING HIS BELL SOLICITING FOR THE POOR, IS APPROACHED APPROACHED BY JACK WHO OFFERS TO BUY SANTA CLAUS OUTFIT.
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BINKS AND CHAUFFEURS OF LIMOS STANDING AROUND IN COLD WEATHER ARE ASKED BY BUTLER TO COME INTO HOUSE FOR BITE.
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BINKS, OTHER CHAUFFEURS SIT AT KITCHEN TABLE WITH LARGE FEMALE COOK WHO SERVES THEM SOUP.
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MANY CHILDREN GATHER AROUND CHRISTMAS TREE. WOMAN HOLDS MISTLETOE OVER HEAD OF LITTLE BOY, GIRL. THEY KISS.
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CU BINKS SEATED AT KITCHEN TABLE VISUALIZES HIS SICK WIFE IN BED, HIS CHILDREN AROUND HER AND HIMSELF SEATED WITH LIQUOR BOTTLE IN HAND. HE SHOWS DESPERATION. FINDS NOTE IN POCKET FROM CHILDREN ASKING FOR TOYS AND MEDICINE FOR MOTHER.
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AS OTHERS DRINK AND CHAT AT KITCHEN TABLE, MULLIGAN SNEAKS OUT OF KITCHEN, DRAMATICALLY SWINGING LONG SCARF AROUND HIS NECK.
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AS BECK ADJUSTS SANTA OUTFIT BEFORE MIRROR, BINKS, HIDING HIS FACE WITH SCARF, HOLDS UP BECK WITH GUN, LOCKS HIM IN CLOSET, TAKES THE LARGE BUNDLE OF PRESENTS
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JACK NORWOOD, DRESSED IN SANTA OUTFIT HE BOUGHT, SPOTS BINKS CLIMBING DOWN SIDE OF HOUSE WITH SACK OF PRESENTS. HE GRABS BINKS, WHO PLEADS AND SHOWS HIM NOTE FROM HIS CHILDREN. HE GIVES BINKS MONEY, LETS HIM GO.
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"SANTA", LOCKED IN CLOSET, POUNDS ON DOOR. BACK TO CAMERA.
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JACK, DRESSED AS SANTA, CLIMBS DOWN STAIRCASE WITH BUNDLE OF PRESENTS. CHILDREN, MOTHERS RUN UP STAIRS TO MEET HIM. SANTA GIVES OUT PRESENTS TO CHILDREN.
CHILDREN HOLDING UP DOLLS AND STUFFED ANIMALS.
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BINKS MULLIGAN SITS WITH WIFE AS CHILDREN OPEN GIFTS HE BOUGHT WITH MONEY FROM JACK NORWOOD. BINKS FILLS SPOONFUL OF MEDICINE FOR HIS SICK WIFE SEATED IN ROCKER.
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FAT FEMALE COOK SITS ON LAP OF ONE OF THE CHAUFFEURS WHO HUGS HER TIGHTLY, OTHERS LAUGH.
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JACK. STILL IN SANTA COSTUME, MAKES PASS AT GIRL, SHE TURNS AWAY THINKING IT IS BECK. HE PLACES RING ON FINGER, TAKES OFF BEARD AND HAT, SHE SLOWLY TURNS, KISSES HIM.
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JACK PUSHES HIS PILLOWED STOMACH ASIDE, THEY KISS AFFECTIONATELY.
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"SANTA CLAUS" (1925)
A FANTASY FILMED IN NORTHER ALASKA BY MR & MRS. F.E.
KLEINSCHMIDT.
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SANTA CLAUS STANDS IN THE SNOW, OPENS ARMS WIDE
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MOTHER LOOKS IN ON CHILDREN SLEEPING
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BOY OPENS HIS EYES, LOOKS AROUND AND WAKES UP HIS SISTER.
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THEY GET OUT OF BED AND GO DOWNSTAIRS WITH PRESENTS FOR SANTA
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WALL CLOCK READS MIDNIGHT
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KIDS ASLEEP ON COUCH
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SANTA CLAUS APPEARS WITH TOYS IN SACK. CHILDREN WAKE UP HAPPY AND HUG SANTA AND SIT ON HIS KNEE
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FOOTAGE OF ICEBERGS OF ALAKSA, NORTH POLE
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PACK OF WALRUS SWIMMING IN ARCTIC OCEAN
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POLAR BEAR CLIMBS OUT OF WATER AND RUNS AWAY ON ICE
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POLAR BEAR SWIMMING IN WATER
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NORTH POLE BLIZZARD. SNOW BLOWS EVERYWHERE
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TEAM OF REINDEER PULL SLEIGH IN BLIZZARD. ESKIMOS.
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REINDEER PULL UP TO "SANTA'S" HOME
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SANTA APPROACHES "ELVES" IN HIS WORKSHOP. MIDGET COP IN TRAFFIC BOX AND ON FIRE ENGINE.
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DISPLAY OF MANY WIND-UP TOYS "MAGICALLY" GO WHEN SANTA COMMANDS. LAUGHS WITH SHAKING BELLY.
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WIND-UP BLACK FACE MINSTRELS DOLLS DANCE
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ELVES IN WORKSHOP MAKING TOY TRAINS. HAMMERING AND PAINTING
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SANTA & ELVES LOOKING IN LEDGER BOOKS TO SEE WHAT TOYS CHILDREN GET. CHECKING HIS LIST OF NAUGHTY &
NICE
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SANTA ON HUGE MOUND OF SNOW WITH LONG TELESCOPE CHECKS OUT THE BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN IN CITY.
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LITLE BOY IN CITY WATCHES AS BLIND MAN PLAYS VIOLIN AND LITTLE GIRLS DANCE RING-AROUND-THE-ROSEY ON STREETS ON NEW YORK
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LITTLE GIRLS WATCH. BLOWS NOSE FOR LITTLE GIRL
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MEAN LITTLE BOY CUTS THE STRING LEASH OF BLIND MAN'S DOG.
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BAD BOYS SMASH BLIND MAN'S MONEY JAR & STEAL MONEY
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BOY WATCHING GETS ANGRY, CLENCHES FIST AND HELPS THE BLIND MAN GET BACK HIS DOG. SHAKES THE BAD BOYS
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LITTLE GIRL HELPS PICK UP BLIND MAN'S MONEY
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BLIND MAN THANKS BOY
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SANTA CHECKS BOOK WITH ELF. CROSSES OUT BAD BOY'S NAME AND PLANS TO GIVE GOOD BOY A LIVE PONY & CART
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ELF FIXING TOY TRAIN ENGINE. SANTA WATCHES AS THE TRAIN SPEEDS OFF
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ELF SHOWS SANTA A MINI CAR THAT ACTUALLY RUNS ON GAS
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ELF ON ROCKING HORSE
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HUGE HERD OF REINDEER IN ALASKA.
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SANTA BEING ATTACKED BY ANGRY REINDEER. RUNS AWAY WITH SMALL SLED ATTACHED TO IT.
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SANTA PICKS UP BABY REINDEER AND PUTS IT ACROSS HIS SHOULDERS
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ESKIMO MILKS REINDEER, SANTA DRINKS MILK
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SANTA LEAVES HOME ON SLEIGH
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VISITS ESKIMO FAMILY AT IGLOO
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SANTA WITH THE EASTER BUNNY
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SANTA WITH A WHITE PTARMIGAN BIRD, WHITE DOVE
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"JACK FROST", MAN IN WHITE FUR OUTFIT WITH MAGIC WAND
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JACK FROST GREETS SANTA ON THE SNOW. SHAKE HANDS
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CU MAGIC WAND WAVED OVER ICE CRYSTAL AT THE NORTH POLE.
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JACK FROST TOUCHS WINDOWS OF SNOW-BOUND HOUSE
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SANTA WITH HIS TELESCOPE
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STREETS OF NEW YORK. WS OF EL TRAIN STREET CORNER.
BOY SCOUT CARRIES SUITCASE ACROSS STREET FOR WOMAN
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SANTA MAKES NOTES IN HIS BOOK ABOUT BOY SCOUTS
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RICH DAD GETS OUT OF CAR. RICH LITTLE GIRL IN CAR REFUSE TO GIVE MONEY TO POOR BEGGING GIRL
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SNOBBY YOUNG RICH GIRL PUTS ON LIP GLOSS AS SHE LOOKS IN MIRROR
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SANTA SHAKES HIS HEAD "NO" AND CHANGES GIRL'S PRESENT
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SANTA ELF BLOWS HORN FROM THE CASTLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE
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IN WORKSHOP, ELVES LIFT UP SANTA'S SACK OF TOYS AND TAKE IT TO THE SLED
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SANTA COMES OUT OF CASTLE AS THE REINDEER ARE HOOKED UP TO SLED.
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SANTA & SLED TAKE OFF BUT SLED TIPS OVER AND SANTA FALLS OUT
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