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("Deck the Halls" playing)

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Ho, ho, ho!

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D'oh! Ho, ho!

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♪ ♪

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(caws)

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And now to order
my Christmas gifts

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with plenty of time.

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(tires screech)

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Hmm. UPS tracking says
my packages just arrived.

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All I have to do is look down.

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D'ah!

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Who could've done this? Who?

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♪ <i>Ding‐dong, merrily on high</i> ♪

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♪ <i>In heaven the bells</i>
<i>are ringing</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Ding‐dong, Bart is gonna die</i> ♪

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♪ <i>His little neck</i>
<i>I'm stringing.</i> ♪

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(sinister laughter)

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Hmm. Needs tinsel

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to reflect
the horror in Bart's eyes.

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(doorbell rings)

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Oh, a visitor. Coming.

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Ahoy! Are there any lonely
lighthouse keepers abaft here?

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(sighing): Oh, hello, Cassandra.

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Surprise! I made you muffins.

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You want to know a secret?

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I used two sticks of butter.

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Do <i>you</i> have any
deep dark secrets?

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♪ ♪

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(grunting)

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(groaning)

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Merry Christmas, Father!

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(chuckles) Stay out of trouble.

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(wind gusting)

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Nope. No secrets.

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So, have you ever
thought about children?

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Missed me! Missed me!
Now you gotta kiss me!

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(kissing)

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Oh, if you'll excuse me,

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my gimbals need
a good whale oiling.

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‐Ta!
‐Oh,

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you might get
some other visitors.

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I mentioned you in town today.

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You told people about me?
What did you tell them?! What?!

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That you had kind eyes,
a beautiful voice,

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and no wedding ring.

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‐There he is!
‐(gasps)

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I was a fool to let
my guard down with a woman

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who runs a seaward‐aiming
Fresnel lens!

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From hell's heart
I stab at thee!

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Oh, my God. Just listen to that
mellifluous baritone.

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He's perfect for the role.

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Role? Role?

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You're offering me
an acting job?

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Yes! It's to play Santa Claus
at a small amusement park.

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Oh, what the hell.
It is the lead. I'm in!

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Dinner is served.

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("Carol of the Bells" playing)

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♪ ♪

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Hey, let's see
what's on your tag.

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"Cadaver‐sniffing dog"?!

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Ah, that's another job
I didn't get.

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(tires screech)

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It's gone.
My porch repair kit is gone!

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(blowing forcefully)

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(breathing heavily)

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(engine running)

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D'oh!

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(grunting)
A little help!

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(chuckling)

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Another crafts project
gone out of hand?

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‐Yes.
‐If you're not tied up tomorrow,

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I took the day off from work.

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I was thinking we could watch
an R‐rated movie.

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Finally, the sexy story
of Tony Roma's ribs.

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But tomorrow I promised the kids
I'd take them out of school.

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It can be our family day.

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Yawn.

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We'll go to Santa's Village.

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Oh, I hate that place.
It's so crowded at Christmas.

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And the giant candy canes
are not real.

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But they are electrified!

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Well, we're going
and taking the kids.

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Why couldn't that be me?

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‐Homer!
‐Oh...

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(horns honking)

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♪ <i>Baby shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Baby shark, doo‐doo‐</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

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‐♪ <i>Baby shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪
‐Oh, God, I'm so sick of this.

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‐Thing just keeps
going on and on.
‐♪ <i>Baby shark, Mommy shark</i> ♪

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‐♪ <i>Doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪
‐I don't want to hear a shark

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‐or "baby" or "doo" ever again.
‐♪ <i>Mommy shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

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‐♪ <i>Mommy shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪
‐Marge, you traitor!

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‐It's so catchy.
‐♪ <i>Mommy shark, Daddy shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

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Oh, what the hell.

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ALL: ♪ <i>Daddy shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Daddy shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Daddy shark.</i> ♪

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Play this at my funeral!

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(grinding)

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Why do the low‐budget parks
we go to

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have so many white trash idiots?

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Oh! Boy, that's good.

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Why? Why?

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Well, I'm getting
right in line for Santa.

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Eight hours to see
a fat lazy drunk‐o?

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I came to this park
to get <i>away</i> from one.

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Wow. Even Chanukah Hollow
is packed.

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("I Have a Little Dreidel"
playing)

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Check out the Dreidel Casino.

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Come on, gimmel, gimmel, gimmel!

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Ah, shin again!

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I thought this would be

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the one part of Judaism
I'm good at.

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(chuckles)

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(groans)

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Typical.

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The one ride is a stupid,
boring kiddie ride.

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At least <i>you</i> get to have fun.

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(ominous music playing)

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(cackling)

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♪ <i>It's a scary place</i>
<i>in the world outside</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Gnomes are watching you,</i>
<i>so you'd best not cry</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Don't display any fear,</i>
<i>this we know</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Yes, it's clear,</i>
<i>all our eyes</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Are watching you</i> ♪

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♪ <i>It's a scary place</i>
<i>in the world outside</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Gnomes are watching you,</i>
<i>so you'd best not cry</i> ♪

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♪ <i>Don't display any fear,</i>
<i>this we know, yes, it's clear</i> ♪

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♪ <i>All our eyes</i>
<i>are watching you.</i> ♪

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(camera clicks)

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Hey, buddy, thanks
for saving me a spot.

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Bart, you cut the bullies.

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(grunts)

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In this situation,
we assign equal blame

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to the cutter <i>and</i> the cuttee.

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Let him go.
I don't want to get blood

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on my Christmas sweater.

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Oh, there's gonna be blood
on your sweater, all right.

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I just said I didn't want that!

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(grunting)

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(humming)

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(grinding)

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Hello, young man.

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Climb right up.

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Santa?
Bartholomew Simpson.

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‐You don't know me, but...
‐Oh, but I do.

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Hello‐ho‐ho, Bart.

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Sideshow Bob!

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Merry Christmas.

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(laughing maniacally)

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(laughter continues)

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He's in a good mood.

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Yes. This is the year
I get the monkey.

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I keep telling you,

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a monkey is a huge
responsibility.

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I'm raising a kid.
I think I can raise a monkey.

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(thunder crackles)

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(yelling)

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So easy.
After all these years,

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I get to watch the life drain
from your eye, your I...

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I can't kill you!

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‐Want to know why?
‐Mm, nah.

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I am a trained method actor.

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I inhabit my roles.

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Like Daniel Day‐Lewis
in <i>Phantom Thread.</i>

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Or Mike Myers
in <i>The Love Guru.</i>

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Why should I trust you?

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Because I am utterly incapable
of stepping out of character.

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I <i>am</i> Santa Claus.

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The jolly old elf himself.

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Ho, ho, ho.

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MAN:
So can we get in to see you?

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15‐minute break.
Santa's making presents.

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Ooh...

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(all groaning)

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I'm telling you,
this is Sideshow Bob!

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‐He tried to kill me!
‐Well?

178
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I am a card‐carrying
seasonal Santa.

179
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Kris Kringle Union, Local 5732.

180
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Hey, I was a mall Santa, too.

181
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I still wear the belt.

182
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Uh, if you're gonna spend
this much time with our Santa,

183
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you have to pose for a photo.

184
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Photos with Santa, $40.

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Marge, just take one
with your phone!

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‐Got it.
‐Run!

187
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This will stop the jerks
who've been stealing packages

188
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off my porch: a decoy with
an exploding dye marker inside.

189
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You don't think you packed in
a little too much gunpowder?

190
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Relax. I learned how to do this
from my Uncle Two Fingers.

191
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Oh, my God.
<i>You're</i> the package thief?

192
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(tires screech)

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(feeble muttering)

194
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Lenny. Who did this to you?
Can you say it?

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‐Eh.
‐Can you whisper it?

196
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‐Eh.
‐Can you write it
with your blood?

197
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Ooh.

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I'm a little worried
our Christmas packages

199
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haven't arrived.

200
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Marge, relax.
There's plenty of time.

201
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It's 8:00 p. m. Christmas Eve!

202
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Just sit back and watch
this Fox News yule log.

203
00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:09,109
<i>("Silent Night" playing)</i>

204
00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:14,747
<i>We interrupt this yule log</i>
<i>with a special report.</i>

205
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<i>Package delivery thefts</i>
<i>continue in Springfield.</i>

206
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<i>Local man</i>
<i>Leonard "Lenny" Leonard</i>

207
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<i>had his jingle bell rung</i>
<i>in a package deal gone boom.</i>

208
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Our only clue is these initials
next to the corpse.

209
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He's not a corpse.
He's breathing.

210
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‐I say he's a corpse.
‐(blows) And I say I'm not.

211
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Uh... (scoffs)
you don't get a vote.

212
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(gasps)
"S. B." is Sideshow Bob!

213
00:10:36,970 --> 00:10:38,404
<i>That's</i> what he's up to.

214
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He's stealing Christmas!

215
00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:43,343
A fellow Santa
could not steal Christmas.

216
00:10:43,409 --> 00:10:47,113
I know who this mysterious
"S. B." is.

217
00:10:48,882 --> 00:10:51,985
Welcome to jail, Selma Bouvier.

218
00:10:52,051 --> 00:10:54,053
Uh, tell Scott Bakula,
Steve Ballmer

219
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and Sandra Bullock
they're off the hook.

220
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I should've been back
at <i>NCIS: New Orleans</i>

221
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two hours ago.

222
00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,262
Why don't you just
<i>Quantum Leap</i> there?

223
00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:05,231
Why don't you learn
how to be a cop, fatso?

224
00:11:05,298 --> 00:11:07,333
I loved it!
Mistaken identity!

225
00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,871
I sold ten, ten season tickets
to the guys in my cell.

226
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Everything we do is successful,
booyah!

227
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♪ ♪

228
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Santa's Village, please.

229
00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,660
What do you want
to go there for?

230
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(scoffs) I'm saving Christmas.

231
00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:38,498
Every kid thinks they're
doing that this time of year.

232
00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:40,733
And as for you, Santa's Village
is closed, I'm afraid.

233
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If I wanted your life story,
I would've taken an Uber.

234
00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:44,871
Well, that shuts me up.

235
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I'm not gonna leave

236
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till I find out
what Bob's up to.

237
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If you don't hear from me
in one hour, call the police.

238
00:11:50,510 --> 00:11:52,579
<i>I have my own problems, Bart.</i>

239
00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:55,348
<i>My mom just locked my dad out</i>
<i>in the snow.</i>

240
00:11:55,415 --> 00:11:57,350
<i>He keeps tapping at my window.</i>

241
00:11:57,417 --> 00:12:00,119
<i>She said if I open it,</i>
<i>no presents.</i>

242
00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:02,322
‐Useless.
<i>‐Don't hang up.</i>

243
00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:11,197
(laughs)
Classic evil villain mistake.

244
00:12:12,799 --> 00:12:14,334
Life goals?!

245
00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,002
Don't pooh‐pooh.

246
00:12:16,069 --> 00:12:18,171
Now for God's sake,
how can I convince you

247
00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,340
that I am not
going to kill you?!

248
00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:24,143
Find the person
who stole the presents.

249
00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:26,346
Very well. I shall begin
by clearing my initials,

250
00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:30,450
catching the true "S. B."
and, if I must,

251
00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:33,386
save Christmas for everyone.

252
00:12:33,453 --> 00:12:35,355
Now let me drive you home.

253
00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:38,524
You want me
to ride with you? Fine.

254
00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:39,792
Shotgun!

255
00:12:41,361 --> 00:12:42,495
Let's roll.

256
00:12:42,562 --> 00:12:43,863
Shotgun means you pay the tolls.

257
00:12:48,568 --> 00:12:51,170
So I'm here to save Christmas,
and here's my plan.

258
00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:54,540
First, I conceal myself
within this box.

259
00:12:57,543 --> 00:12:58,378
(all gasp)

260
00:12:58,444 --> 00:13:01,014
Where'd you learn
how to do that?

261
00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,616
When you ride cross‐country
in a clown car, you learn a lot.

262
00:13:03,683 --> 00:13:07,287
(shuddering laugh)

263
00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,322
‐(applause, cheering)
‐HOMER: Who knew?

264
00:13:09,389 --> 00:13:10,623
‐Brava!
‐Who knew?

265
00:13:10,690 --> 00:13:11,858
SIDESHOW BOB:
Thank you.

266
00:13:11,924 --> 00:13:14,060
Now, Homer,
gently place me on the porch,

267
00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:16,562
and when they steal me,
follow them to their lair.

268
00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,231
Will do.

269
00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:19,766
(both grunting)

270
00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,136
(grunting continues)

271
00:13:25,405 --> 00:13:26,472
Ah!

272
00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:28,374
‐And... (grunts)
‐Ah!

273
00:13:28,441 --> 00:13:30,743
Godspeed.

274
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:32,845
They'll be here any minute.

275
00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:34,447
♪ ♪

276
00:13:52,332 --> 00:13:54,500
(cameras clicking)

277
00:13:58,137 --> 00:13:59,639
(bells jingling)

278
00:14:01,107 --> 00:14:03,643
(straining):
Can't breathe.

279
00:14:03,710 --> 00:14:05,611
(breathing deeply)

280
00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:16,189
ALL:
♪ <i>Baby shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

281
00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:18,725
♪ <i>Baby shark,</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo‐doo</i> ♪

282
00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:20,360
♪ <i>Baby shark, doo‐doo‐</i>
<i>doo‐doo‐doo‐doo.</i> ♪

283
00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:32,071
(gasps) Oh, my God, S. B. is

284
00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:33,906
Smithers and Burns!

285
00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:35,875
Since when does Smithers
go first?

286
00:14:35,942 --> 00:14:36,943
The jig is up!

287
00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:39,312
Also, leg cramp.

288
00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:41,614
Ow.

289
00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:43,516
The police are on their way.

290
00:14:43,583 --> 00:14:46,519
Who will they believe?
You or the billionaire

291
00:14:46,586 --> 00:14:49,489
who just sent them
a Montgomery Ward's cheese log?

292
00:14:49,555 --> 00:14:52,458
Mr. Burns, why did you do this?

293
00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:54,494
Ooh, general Scroogeyness.

294
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,497
No, it's deeper.
It's much deeper than that.

295
00:14:57,563 --> 00:15:00,366
(gasps)
I think Mr. Burns is depressed.

296
00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:03,302
Ooh, you're a very
perceptive girl.

297
00:15:03,369 --> 00:15:05,204
(melancholy piano music plays)

298
00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:06,572
‐That's close enough.
‐(music stops)

299
00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:08,408
I just wanted everyone
to experience

300
00:15:08,474 --> 00:15:11,711
the same Christmas heartbreak
that I once did.

301
00:15:11,778 --> 00:15:15,615
♪ <i>Good King Wenceslas</i>
<i>looked out</i> ♪

302
00:15:15,681 --> 00:15:17,417
♪ <i>On the feast of Stephen.</i> ♪

303
00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:21,320
Papa, sweet Papa,
may I sit on Santa's lap?

304
00:15:21,387 --> 00:15:23,089
Well, I don't know.

305
00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:26,092
Santa Claus,
giving away free toys,

306
00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:29,328
undercutting my friends,
Bill Mattel and Fred Hasbro.

307
00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,230
Please?

308
00:15:34,834 --> 00:15:36,636
(shouts)

309
00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:39,639
Well, what's on your wish list,
little boy?

310
00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:42,308
A Rockford sock monkey,
Studebaker pedal car,

311
00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:45,344
or the most popular gift
this year, an orange.

312
00:15:45,411 --> 00:15:47,980
All I want is a hug
from my mommy

313
00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:49,816
and a smile from my daddy.

314
00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:52,852
Oh, well I'm sure
there's a hug and a smile

315
00:15:52,919 --> 00:15:56,422
on their way to you right now.
Ho, ho, ho.

316
00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:58,090
Next.

317
00:15:58,157 --> 00:15:59,859
What do you want for Christmas?

318
00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:02,428
I want you to marry my mom
like you said you would.

319
00:16:02,495 --> 00:16:03,763
Next!

320
00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:06,199
♪ ♪

321
00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,374
<i>BURNS:</i>
<i>Christmas day came...</i>

322
00:16:21,914 --> 00:16:24,383
I'm here to take you
to boarding school.

323
00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:27,386
‐On Christmas Day?
‐Hey, no traffic.

324
00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:34,460
<i>BURNS:</i>
<i>The next time I saw my parents,</i>
<i>they weren't in a smiling mood.</i>

325
00:16:37,597 --> 00:16:39,432
Too late!

326
00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:43,102
You two never gave me anything
except $100 million.

327
00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:44,504
Santa lied.

328
00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:46,772
But, Monty,
you misunderstood me.

329
00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,174
Ho, ho, ho.

330
00:16:48,241 --> 00:16:50,276
Santa? It can't be.

331
00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:53,079
Monty, it's 1935,

332
00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,548
<i>and this is</i>
<i>Gimbels Department Store,</i>

333
00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:57,550
<i>with the toy train</i>
<i>in the window</i>

334
00:16:57,617 --> 00:16:59,919
<i>and Maxie the elevator man.</i>

335
00:16:59,986 --> 00:17:02,255
<i>You're looking</i>
<i>at the lingerie department.</i>

336
00:17:02,321 --> 00:17:04,524
<i>You can look. It's okay.</i>

337
00:17:04,590 --> 00:17:06,192
<i>(laughs)</i>

338
00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:09,362
Yes. Yes. Yes!
I am a child again.

339
00:17:09,428 --> 00:17:11,364
And the truth is,
your parents did love you,

340
00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:14,166
not with hugs and kisses,
but with something better‐‐

341
00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:15,535
they made you strong.

342
00:17:15,601 --> 00:17:18,104
Where are all the other tycoons
from your day?

343
00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:21,874
Broke, dead, a lot of #MeToo.

344
00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:25,711
But you're the richest,
most ruthless man in town,

345
00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:28,347
thanks to your parents' love.

346
00:17:31,784 --> 00:17:33,386
It's true.

347
00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:34,921
Smithers, it's Christmas,

348
00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:37,323
which is a work day for you,
so help me out.

349
00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:40,493
‐And it's my birthday.
‐Don't expect two presents.

350
00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,896
‐♪ <i>Christmas</i> ♪
‐♪ <i>The snow's coming down</i> ♪

351
00:17:43,963 --> 00:17:47,266
‐♪ <i>Christmas</i> ♪
‐♪ <i>I'm watching it fall</i> ♪

352
00:17:47,333 --> 00:17:49,235
♪ <i>Christmas...</i> ♪

353
00:17:49,302 --> 00:17:51,904
My raisins came!

354
00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:53,306
‐Mmm!
‐(sighs)

355
00:17:53,372 --> 00:17:54,707
Well, at least he's eating.

356
00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,743
♪ <i>Christmas...</i> ♪

357
00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:00,780
Huzzah for Mr. Burns!

358
00:18:00,846 --> 00:18:03,049
God bless us, every one.

359
00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:05,418
Seriously, this is,
this is really nice.

360
00:18:05,484 --> 00:18:06,986
("Carol of the Bells" playing)

361
00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:09,889
(yawns) We did it.

362
00:18:09,956 --> 00:18:12,224
Got all the presents
under the tree.

363
00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:15,828
I'm lucky because no one
could possibly steal my gift.

364
00:18:15,895 --> 00:18:18,464
All I want
is one peaceful moment

365
00:18:18,531 --> 00:18:20,967
to hold my wife in my arms.

366
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:22,635
Aw.

367
00:18:22,702 --> 00:18:25,438
BART:
It's Christmas!

368
00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:27,607
Awake already?

369
00:18:27,673 --> 00:18:31,277
‐(chuckles) Slide whistle.
‐Kazoo!

370
00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:33,346
(all playing instruments)

371
00:18:35,514 --> 00:18:37,850
(quietly):
Meet me in the basement.

372
00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:39,485
Okay.

373
00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:40,953
Picture time.

374
00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:51,831
<i>Janey, haven't you learned</i>
<i>that silly tune yet?</i>

375
00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:54,300
<i>You play it over and over</i>
<i>again. Now stop it, stop it!</i>

376
00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:56,502
That girl is pretty bad
at the piano.

377
00:18:56,569 --> 00:18:57,803
(knock on door)

378
00:18:57,870 --> 00:19:00,439
Ugh. Hello, Cassandra.

379
00:19:00,506 --> 00:19:02,441
I brought you
a Christmas present.

380
00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:05,378
(grumbling)

381
00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:08,447
I know who you are,
and I know what you've done,

382
00:19:08,514 --> 00:19:10,516
and I want you to kiss me.

383
00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:14,286
‐♪ <i>You really should go</i> ♪
‐♪ <i>It's 20 below</i> ♪

384
00:19:14,353 --> 00:19:18,224
‐♪ <i>I can't have you here</i> ♪
‐♪ <i>Just get me a beer</i> ♪

385
00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:21,527
‐♪ <i>I'm being a gent</i> ♪
‐♪ <i>I'm giving consent</i> ♪

386
00:19:21,594 --> 00:19:24,463
♪ <i>You are quite inviting</i> ♪

387
00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:27,366
♪ <i>I will put it in writing</i> ♪

388
00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:32,738
BOTH:
♪ <i>Baby, it's cold outside.</i> ♪

389
00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:37,510
(crashing)

390
00:19:37,576 --> 00:19:41,347
Yarr. Will someone
turn on the damn light?!

391
00:19:41,414 --> 00:19:44,283
A little late, don't you think?

392
00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:45,818
Yarr!

393
00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:51,290
Steve. Psst. Steve. Wait.

394
00:19:51,357 --> 00:19:55,261
Sorry, I'm just about ready
to leave your wonderful town.

395
00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:58,864
Great place. Fantastic!

396
00:19:58,931 --> 00:20:02,435
The best Springfield
I've ever been in. Whoo!

397
00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:03,703
Whoo‐hoo!

398
00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,871
Can you teach me to do that?

399
00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,707
Do what? This is just me.

400
00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:12,144
Fantastic coffee!
Send a truckful to Seattle.

401
00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,580
How can you possibly
be so happy?

402
00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:17,783
‐It's in you, too.
‐I really don't think so.

403
00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:19,785
Monty, look me in the eye.

404
00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:21,854
I don't know if I can.

405
00:20:24,590 --> 00:20:25,324
(neck cracks)

406
00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:27,193
You're amazingly alive,

407
00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:29,962
you're rich beyond
any sense of justice,

408
00:20:30,029 --> 00:20:33,999
you're C. Montgomery Burns.

409
00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,468
‐Whoo!
‐(weakly): Whoo.

410
00:20:35,534 --> 00:20:39,105
‐(bones crack)
‐Ow! (groaning)

411
00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:41,340
Hurt yourself
on the landing, huh?

412
00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,209
No, on the way up.

413
00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:30,489
Shh!

414
00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:35,394
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