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(theme music playing)
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NARRATOR:
Man lives in the sunlit world
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of what he believes
to be reality.
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But... there is,
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unseen by most, an underworld.
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A place that is just as real
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but not as brightly lit.
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A dark side.
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("Deck the Halls" playing)
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�
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Delicious.
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Thank you.
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Mom, can I watch Gumby's
Christmas Carol tonight?
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Not tonight, Stefa.
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But it's on
at 8:00,
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and there's nothing
else to do.
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Dad, please?
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Tonight, we're just going
to make do with each other.
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This is one family
that's going to have
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an old-fashioned Christmas Eve.
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And wait for some
old fat man
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to get stuck in
the chimney, right?
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MOTHER:
Everyone help
to clear, please.
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I know there's no such
thing as Santa Claus.
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That's a wicked thing
to say at anytime,
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but it's particularly wicked
to say on Christmas Eve.
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"'Twas the night
before Christmas
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"and all through
the house...
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Dad locked up the liquor
'cause Santa's a souse."
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STEFA:
What's a souse?
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MOTHER:
You know what that old
fat man does to children
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who says he
doesn't exist
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on Christmas Eve?
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What?
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Flips a switch
with your name on it,
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and every present you get--
no matter who gave it to you--
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that present breaks
within a month.
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(hissing)
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What's that smell?
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Did Santa Claus do that
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because I said
he wasn't real?
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It was probably
just a warning.
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Hey, you might as
well finish the job.
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(chuckles)
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Oh, great!
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It was your idea.
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If Jimbo gets to open one,
I get to open one.
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Just one.
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I choose.
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Let's see...
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I choose... this one.
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How did you know?
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How did I know?
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Darling, you wrote out a list
of everything you wanted
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and you taped it
to the refrigerator.
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� Good King Wenceslas
looked out �
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� On the feast of Stephen
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� When the snow lay
round about �
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� Deep and crisp and even
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� Brightly shone the moon
that night �
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� Though the frost was cruel
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� When a poor man
came in sight �
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� Gathering winter fuel...
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What's the capital
of North Dakota?
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Bismarck.
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How do you know that?
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FATHER:
She knows it's Bismarck
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because it was named
for her Great-Uncle Barney.
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Barney Bismarck.
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His nickname was Barracuda.
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Barney "the Barracuda" Bismarck.
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STEFA:
You're making
that up.
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I'm bored.
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How can
you be bored?
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You haven't even tried
all your crayons yet.
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I'm bored, too.
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Tell us a story.
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We don't know any stories.
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JIMBO:
You make up stories
all the time.
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Are you saying your parents
are liars?
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No.
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We just want a story.
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If we can't watch TV.
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All right,
Christmas Eve story.
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No, we know
all those stories.
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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer."
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"The Little Drummer Boy."
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Tell us a good story.
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Maybe I should tell
them about the...
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(whispering)
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Not that one.
It's too scary.
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We want a scary story.
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It might even be dangerous.
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JIMBO:
Dangerous?
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You're right.
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Tell us that story.
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Please!
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Jimbo, open your atlas
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and find me
the North Pole.
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No. No Santa
Claus story.
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No. No Santa Claus
story.
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In fact, I'm going to tell you
about the most fearsome,
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dangerous and appalling creature
in the world.
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And it's called...
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The what?
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What's it called?
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"The..."
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"Grither"?
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Grither?
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Now you've done it.
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Done what?
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FATHER:
The most awful
thing in the world.
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You said his name out loud.
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(wind whistling)
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FATHER:
Well, we all know
that Santa Claus
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has his workshop
at the North Pole.
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And in that workshop,
there are lots of toys
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and elves and the smell
of Mrs. Claus' cooking.
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Mrs. Claus' specialty
is lasagna.
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She got the recipe
from Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Mom!
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I won't interrupt,
I promise.
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Now Santa's
workshop is located
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on the protected side
of a mountain at the North Pole.
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And it's the warmest,
friendliest place there is,
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in a place that's not known
to be warm or friendly.
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Now, here is Santa's workshop.
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And on the other side
of the mountain
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there is a cave.
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And it's the coldest,
wettest place there is on Earth.
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And inside that cave
is where the, uh...
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Grither!
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...makes his home.
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This isn't scary.
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MOTHER:
A little patience,
young lady.
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Now the, uh...
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Grither.
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...lives in a wreck
of a ship
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that somehow got squeezed
inside the cave.
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Now, he doesn't like
to be cold,
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and he doesn't like
to be wet,
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but the thing he doesn't like
most of all
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is to hear himself talked about.
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JIMBO:
Why?
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Because he's the only one
in the world,
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and he thinks
that he's very special.
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Which, of course, he is.
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But he can't hear us
when we talk about him,
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can he?
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He has very, very good ears.
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And they get a little bigger
every time his name is spoken
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anywhere on Earth.
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(laughing)
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Grither. Grither.
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His ears are now
twice as big
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as they were
five minutes ago.
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And now he knows where we are.
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(electrical crackling)
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See that? Hmm?
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Don't tell this story.
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Tell another story.
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MOTHER:
Too late now.
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He's already heard you and Jimbo
say his name half a dozen times.
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He's probably on his way to
our house this very minute.
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No!
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FATHER:
But he's only
just started.
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And it'll take him
a while to get here.
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And if I'm very careful,
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he won't be able to reach
our house before I've finished.
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JIMBO:
And if we stop
saying his name--
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Grither, Grither,
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Grither--
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he'll get lost and he'll have
to go home to the North Pole.
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I want another story.
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Jimbo, do you know why
this creature is called the...
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...what he's called?
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Why?
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Because he has fists
as big as basketballs,
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and arms as long
as boa constrictors.
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And whenever he finally
finds those people
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who have been speaking
his name in vain,
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why he opens
up his fists
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and he reaches out his arms
and he grithers them in!
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He grithers them in!
(whimpering)
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Stop! Now you said
his name, too!
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(rattling)
Is that him?!
Is that him?!
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Couldn't be the Grither.
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Not yet anyway.
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It was just
the wind.
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The Grither's just Bigfoot,
that's all.
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No.
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He's not Bigfoot.
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And he's not the
Abominable Snowman either.
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The only people who have
ever seen the Grither
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are the people the Grither
has eaten up.
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Then how do you know
what he looks like?
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Because
I heard him.
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And he sings a song
about himself.
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You didn't hear him.
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MOTHER:
That's right.
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Your father didn't
hear the Grither.
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Uncle Michael heard the
Grither singing his song.
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It's a song he
couldn't forget.
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So he taught it to me,
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and I taught it
to your father.
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Can you sing it?
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(clearing throat)
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Um, I think so.
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(begins playing
"O Come All Ye Faithful")
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(clears throat)
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� Oh, I am the Grither
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� You cannot escape me
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� For pleading
is useless �
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� And so are your prayers
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BOTH:
� The Grither is greedy
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� For only one thing
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� To keep you from taking
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� To keep you
from taking �
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� To keep you from taking
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� His name in vain.
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(piano stops)
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You made that up.
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It didn't even rhyme.
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Monster songs
never rhyme.
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There are other verses and
they tell what he looks like.
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He's tall as a poplar.
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But he can bend all the way over
and touch the ground.
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He looks like a road map.
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His skin is
very, very white.
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And all the blue and
red veins show through.
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The-the blue is for fear.
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And the red is for rage.
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(wings flapping)
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(bird chirping)
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That's the sound
of his wings.
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He can fly?!
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Well, you remember when Dad
said that his ears grow bigger
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whenever we
mentioned his name?
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Yes.
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MOTHER:
Well, by now,
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his ears are so big that
he can use them as wings.
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Which means he'll be
here all the faster.
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Where is he now?
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FATHER:
Bangor, Maine.
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He's headed south, and
he's taking shortcuts.
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Stop! Don't tell any more!
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Oh, no, it's-it's cheating
not to finish the story.
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And you have to finish it
before the Grither arrives
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or-or else...
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Or else what?
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Or else he
comes anyway.
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Hurry! Finish
the story!
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Oh, I suppose we better
if we want to be alive
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to open our presents
in the morning.
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Why, he's probably by
New Hampshire by now.
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I suppose, uh,
you're wondering where...
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(phone ringing)
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Don't stop!
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(phone ringing)
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Would you get that?
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I want to finish that yellow
patch in my tapestry, hmm.
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BOTH:
No!
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STEFA:
You finish!
264
00:14:07,445 --> 00:14:08,646
Oh, I can't.
265
00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:12,983
The person who starts the story
has to finish it.
266
00:14:26,064 --> 00:14:28,933
(man talking indistinctly
over phone)
267
00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:31,935
No, we're all here.
268
00:14:42,447 --> 00:14:44,381
(piano playing
"Jingle Bells" slowly)
269
00:14:52,423 --> 00:14:54,458
(flat note, piano stops)
270
00:14:54,493 --> 00:14:55,893
F sharp.
271
00:14:55,895 --> 00:14:57,561
(continues playing)
272
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,100
Where is he now?
273
00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:05,369
Still on the telephone.
274
00:15:05,371 --> 00:15:07,805
Not Dad.
275
00:15:07,839 --> 00:15:10,608
The Grither-- where is he now?
276
00:15:10,642 --> 00:15:12,142
New York City.
277
00:15:12,177 --> 00:15:14,578
Philadelphia,
if the wind's with him.
278
00:15:14,646 --> 00:15:16,347
Dad!
279
00:15:16,381 --> 00:15:17,648
Here I am.
280
00:15:17,682 --> 00:15:19,216
I wasn't gone too long, was I?
281
00:15:19,250 --> 00:15:22,620
Finish telling the story!
282
00:15:22,654 --> 00:15:23,688
MOTHER:
Who was that?
283
00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:24,689
FATHER:
I don't know.
284
00:15:24,723 --> 00:15:26,190
He knows who we are.
285
00:15:26,192 --> 00:15:28,059
He was wondering if we're all
going to be home tonight,
286
00:15:28,093 --> 00:15:29,526
and I said of course we were.
287
00:15:29,561 --> 00:15:31,729
Was it the Grither?
288
00:15:31,763 --> 00:15:33,130
I don't know.
289
00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:34,564
I never thought of that.
290
00:15:34,599 --> 00:15:36,500
You were on the phone
a long time.
291
00:15:36,568 --> 00:15:38,869
Well, he kept asking questions.
292
00:15:38,904 --> 00:15:40,838
But he never said who he was.
293
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,105
(clattering)
294
00:15:42,140 --> 00:15:44,074
Washington D.C.
295
00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:46,476
He's over our nation's
capital by now.
296
00:15:46,511 --> 00:15:48,946
Please finish
telling the story!
297
00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:53,717
Well, the Grither was born
on a sailing ship
298
00:15:53,752 --> 00:15:56,320
that got lost in the Arctic Sea.
299
00:15:56,388 --> 00:15:59,723
They drifted about for weeks
and never saw anything
300
00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:02,525
but glaciers
and icebergs.
301
00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:04,995
Some of the passengers
on board drowned,
302
00:16:05,029 --> 00:16:06,997
some froze to death,
some starved
303
00:16:07,032 --> 00:16:09,266
and some committed suicide.
304
00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:12,870
And the Grither was born
out of the fear and rage
305
00:16:12,904 --> 00:16:14,839
of all those people.
306
00:16:14,873 --> 00:16:17,207
But why does he
kill people?
307
00:16:17,275 --> 00:16:19,943
Nobody knows.
308
00:16:19,978 --> 00:16:21,612
Is that all?
309
00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:24,080
Richmond, Virginia.
310
00:16:24,115 --> 00:16:26,283
Now he's heading west.
311
00:16:26,317 --> 00:16:27,384
Is that all?
312
00:16:27,419 --> 00:16:29,886
Is that the end of the story?
313
00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:32,356
No, no, my dear, not quite all.
314
00:16:32,390 --> 00:16:35,425
You see, they say
that the only way
315
00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:37,161
this creature
can be killed is...
316
00:16:37,195 --> 00:16:38,229
(knocking)
317
00:16:38,263 --> 00:16:40,498
No, don't answer it!
318
00:16:40,532 --> 00:16:44,869
MAN:
� Oh, I am the Grither
319
00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:48,572
� You cannot escape me
320
00:16:48,606 --> 00:16:50,273
Get him away!
321
00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:53,310
Away!
� For pleading is useless
322
00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:54,011
Go away!
Get him away!
323
00:16:54,112 --> 00:16:56,980
� And so are your prayers
324
00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:01,985
(shivering growl)
325
00:17:02,020 --> 00:17:03,420
Get him away!
326
00:17:03,455 --> 00:17:05,188
Get him away!
327
00:17:05,222 --> 00:17:08,358
Oh, Stefa, it's not the Grither.
328
00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:11,128
It's Uncle Michael.
329
00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:14,030
Hey, I didn't scare you,
did I, big fella?
330
00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:17,668
(chuckles)
331
00:17:17,702 --> 00:17:19,236
(chuckles)
332
00:17:20,472 --> 00:17:22,739
FATHER:
It was Uncle Michael
on the telephone.
333
00:17:22,774 --> 00:17:24,875
I taught him the song.
334
00:17:24,909 --> 00:17:27,410
But I thought Uncle Michael
taught you the song
335
00:17:27,445 --> 00:17:29,746
and you taught it to Dad.
336
00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,415
I think we adults ought
337
00:17:31,449 --> 00:17:33,918
to go into the kitchen
for a little while.
338
00:17:33,952 --> 00:17:35,719
Good idea.
339
00:17:35,753 --> 00:17:38,255
There's something going on here
I-I don't quite understand.
340
00:17:38,289 --> 00:17:39,356
(chuckles)
341
00:17:39,390 --> 00:17:41,057
STEFA:
Where is the Grither?
342
00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:42,760
The real Grither.
343
00:17:42,794 --> 00:17:44,762
You didn't finish
the story,
344
00:17:44,796 --> 00:17:46,263
so he's still
on his way.
345
00:17:46,297 --> 00:17:47,631
You started this.
346
00:17:47,665 --> 00:17:49,399
You finish it.
347
00:17:54,506 --> 00:17:58,442
I hope neither one of you
really believes in the Grither.
348
00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:01,145
You don't, do you?
349
00:18:01,179 --> 00:18:04,214
Because the Grither is
no more real than Santa Claus.
350
00:18:06,117 --> 00:18:08,986
You don't believe
in Santa Claus, do you?
351
00:18:09,020 --> 00:18:10,086
No.
352
00:18:10,121 --> 00:18:12,923
Stefa?
353
00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:15,659
Good.
354
00:18:15,661 --> 00:18:19,830
Santa Claus is no more real
than the Grither is.
355
00:18:19,865 --> 00:18:22,165
Santa Claus is just
a nice story,
356
00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,769
(rips paper)
and the Grither is just
a nasty story.
357
00:18:25,803 --> 00:18:28,172
I believed in the tooth fairy
until I was 15 years old.
358
00:18:28,206 --> 00:18:29,339
Oh, shh!
(chuckles)
359
00:18:29,374 --> 00:18:33,009
No one is as tall as a poplar.
360
00:18:33,043 --> 00:18:37,180
No one has fists
as big as basketballs.
361
00:18:37,214 --> 00:18:39,983
And no one lives
at the North Pole.
362
00:18:40,017 --> 00:18:42,619
Not Santa Claus,
not the Grither.
363
00:18:42,654 --> 00:18:45,055
Because neither one is real.
364
00:18:45,123 --> 00:18:48,759
And neither one is coming
to this house tonight.
365
00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:54,899
But you didn't finish
the story!
366
00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:57,268
Stefa.
367
00:18:57,302 --> 00:18:59,536
(wind whistling)
368
00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:16,086
He's here!
He's here!
369
00:19:17,088 --> 00:19:18,489
(bangs piano keys)
370
00:19:22,994 --> 00:19:25,929
(phone ringing)
371
00:19:36,942 --> 00:19:39,676
(phone stops)
372
00:19:51,089 --> 00:19:54,357
(wind stops)
373
00:19:59,297 --> 00:20:00,664
Jimbo.
374
00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:03,267
Stefa.
375
00:20:03,301 --> 00:20:05,502
It was the Grither!
376
00:20:05,536 --> 00:20:07,604
Oh, honey, of course not.
377
00:20:07,638 --> 00:20:09,072
It was the wind.
378
00:20:10,809 --> 00:20:13,344
(loud roaring)
379
00:20:13,411 --> 00:20:15,612
(screaming)
380
00:20:16,481 --> 00:20:17,514
(screaming)
381
00:20:22,821 --> 00:20:24,688
(groans)
382
00:20:24,722 --> 00:20:25,923
(screaming continues)
383
00:20:27,191 --> 00:20:28,758
(bones crunch)
384
00:20:33,431 --> 00:20:34,531
(bones crunch)
385
00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:39,503
Oh, my God in heaven.
386
00:20:39,537 --> 00:20:40,904
What was that?
387
00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:41,738
It was the...
388
00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:43,540
No, don't say
his name!
389
00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:49,245
It wasn't Santa Claus.
390
00:20:49,247 --> 00:20:51,981
("Silent Night" playing softly)
391
00:21:19,377 --> 00:21:23,046
NARRATOR:
The dark side is always there.
392
00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,582
Waiting for us to enter.
393
00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:28,818
Waiting to enter us.
394
00:21:28,853 --> 00:21:35,025
Until next time, try
to enjoy the daylight.