1. Letters.Copy !req
2. You don't really write many these days,
do you?Copy !req
3. But I bet there's one you never forget.Copy !req
4. Send it off to a certain plump guy
in a red suitCopy !req
5. and, provided
you've kept your act togetherCopy !req
6. more or less,Copy !req
7. he'll drop off a toy or two.Copy !req
8. And yet, no one seems to wonderCopy !req
9. how the whole thing
got started in the first place.Copy !req
10. This is a story about letters,
and it began...Copy !req
11. with this one.Copy !req
12. 74, 75, 76...Copy !req
13. - ... 77, 78, 79,Copy !req
14. - 80!
- Drill Sergeant, sir!Copy !req
15. All the way from the top!
Dispatch for one of your cadets!Copy !req
16. It's for him, sir.Copy !req
17. Cadet Johanssen!Copy !req
18. Mmm-mmm-mmm!Copy !req
19. Stop.Copy !req
20. Don't tell me. Let me try to guess.Copy !req
21. I give up. Who are you?Copy !req
22. Sarge!Copy !req
23. Drill Sarge! Have a seat.
Can I get you something to drink?Copy !req
24. An espresso? A cappuccino?Copy !req
25. Aren't you supposed to be
in equestrian training?Copy !req
26. Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
27. No worries.
I've got someone covering for me.Copy !req
28. Dispatch
from the Postmaster General's Office!Copy !req
29. What?Copy !req
30. Sarge, is that for real?Copy !req
31. Don't tease me now.Copy !req
32. Here, hold these.Copy !req
33. Ah, well, I was expecting this
a little bit sooner,Copy !req
34. but, yup, summoned to the dragon's lair.Copy !req
35. Go ahead and cancel
the Drill Sergeant's espresso, actually.Copy !req
36. And, uh, here, why don't you finish mine?Copy !req
37. - I'm not gonna be needing it anymore...Copy !req
38. and I'm gonna take one last look
around the old place so I can forget it.Copy !req
39. Mmm-hmm. Got it. All right, let's go.Copy !req
40. Nine months.Copy !req
41. It's been nine months
since I used every ounce of my influenceCopy !req
42. to get you into the Royal Postal Academy.Copy !req
43. Actually, nine months and six days,
but who's counting?Copy !req
44. What? No croutons?Copy !req
45. Oh, man, come on!Copy !req
46. Shall we take account
of your progress then?Copy !req
47. Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm. Definitely.Copy !req
48. - Sergeant.
- Yes, sir!Copy !req
49. Sorting and filing:Copy !req
50. total failure.Copy !req
51. Carrier pigeon care and handling...Copy !req
52. abysmal performance.Copy !req
53. - Transport of fragile merchandise...Copy !req
54. worst on record.Copy !req
55. Well, there you have it.Copy !req
56. But, hey, we gave it the old college try,
didn't we?Copy !req
57. Guess I'll just go pack up
and head home then. Too bad.Copy !req
58. Darn, oh, darn.Copy !req
59. - Stay right where you are.
- No, Dad!Copy !req
60. You're right. When will I grow up?Copy !req
61. When will I stop squandering
all these opportunities,Copy !req
62. which you so kindly forced me into,Copy !req
63. and become my own man?Copy !req
64. I guess I must really hanker down
and rethink my priorities.Copy !req
65. All wrapped up in my silk sheets
with some caviar and a sherry...Copy !req
66. You still buy the same brand, right?Copy !req
67. You think I'm just going to
watch you purposely failCopy !req
68. and then let you waltz right backCopy !req
69. to a privileged life
void of any purpose or meaning?Copy !req
70. Well, yeah. Where else would I—Copy !req
71. Congratulations. You are now a postman.Copy !req
72. - Come again?Copy !req
73. You are to establish
a working postal office in...Copy !req
74. Smeerensburg.Copy !req
75. You've got one year.Copy !req
76. What? A year? Where? Smeerensburg?Copy !req
77. What is...
What's happening right now? Dad?Copy !req
78. Six thousand letters will suffice.Copy !req
79. Stamped by your own hand.Copy !req
80. And listen carefully, Jesper.Copy !req
81. If you fail to get those letters,
you're cut off.Copy !req
82. No more fancy apartments,Copy !req
83. - stagecoach, clothes, galas...Copy !req
84. All gone.Copy !req
85. You can look forward to
a cozy spot in the gutter.Copy !req
86. - But—
- Six thousand letters, one year.Copy !req
87. You can't cheat, bribe
or squirm your way out of this one.Copy !req
88. Dad! Come on!
It's me. Let's talk about this, man.Copy !req
89. It's your son, Jesper! Little Jespie!Copy !req
90. Remember, I...
"Daddy, can I help you mail the letters?Copy !req
91. Can I help you put the medals
in the lettersCopy !req
92. and put them in a stamp with the—"Copy !req
93. W-w-wait!Copy !req
94. Do you know how long it took
to press this uniform?Copy !req
95. I don't either,
but it took somebody hours.Copy !req
96. Hello?Copy !req
97. Burghard! Finally, a friendly face.
Can you believe what they...Copy !req
98. Burghard, I'm not in the coach with you.
Burghard?Copy !req
99. Sir,
I'm all for discipline, but Smeerensburg?Copy !req
100. Isn't that a bit excessive?Copy !req
101. That boy needs a wake-up call, Sergeant.
And who knows?Copy !req
102. Someday he might even thank me for it.Copy !req
103. Thank you, Dad!Copy !req
104. This is really wonderful, Father.
Thank you so much.Copy !req
105. This is great, Dad.Copy !req
106. Really, really great.Copy !req
107. Thanks, Dad!Copy !req
108. Thank you!Copy !req
109. I love this terrible coach ride.Copy !req
110. Thank you so much!Copy !req
111. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank...Copy !req
112. You go back to the intersection.
You make a left at the dead tree.Copy !req
113. You're welcome.Copy !req
114. What? No. I'm not lost.Copy !req
115. Trust me, you are.Copy !req
116. Funny! Say, nice boat!Copy !req
117. Any chance you might
actually get on it today?Copy !req
118. What was that?Copy !req
119. New postman. Smeerensburg.Copy !req
120. Which is on an island,
which is surrounded by water,Copy !req
121. which I need a boat to get to,
which you have.Copy !req
122. Are we starting to connect the dots?Copy !req
123. Is the weather always like this?Copy !req
124. Eh. We're having a bit of a heat wave.Copy !req
125. Huh?Copy !req
126. There she is. Smeerensburg.Copy !req
127. Charming, huh?
Why, you should see it in the spring.Copy !req
128. That's when those grays really pop.Copy !req
129. What happened here?Copy !req
130. Oh! Uh, colorful local traditions.
Quirky folklore. That kind of thing.Copy !req
131. All part of this quaint town's
vibrant culture.Copy !req
132. No, no! Why you...Copy !req
133. Oh, you rotten vermin!Copy !req
134. Where is everyone?Copy !req
135. Everyone?Copy !req
136. I thought there would be
some sort of a reception.Copy !req
137. Oh! Right. Right, the reception.
Of course, the reception.Copy !req
138. It's good you reminded me.Copy !req
139. You just ring the bell over there and,
uh... and then the reception will start.Copy !req
140. - The bell?
- Yep. Give it a go.Copy !req
141. And they'll come out.Copy !req
142. Why, they'll have a band, hors d'oeuvres
and, uh... and the key to the city.Copy !req
143. All that reception stuff.Copy !req
144. Really?Copy !req
145. - Out here?
- Why, of course!Copy !req
146. Well, it's not every day they get
a brand-new postman from the big city.Copy !req
147. Huh?Copy !req
148. What's happening?Copy !req
149. - Whoa! Whoa!Copy !req
150. - Aah!Copy !req
151. Ow, they're biting!
Ow, get off! Get off! Get off!Copy !req
152. Isn't this nice?Copy !req
153. And you thought they forgot.Copy !req
154. Quick! Get me out of here!Copy !req
155. - Uh...
- What's going on out here?Copy !req
156. - Why is everybody just standing around?
- Well!Copy !req
157. Look who's finally throwing in the towel!Copy !req
158. Throwing in the... Us?Copy !req
159. Ha! That's rich!Copy !req
160. Admit it!
You weaseled out and rang the bell!Copy !req
161. An Ellingboe? Never!
It was one of you critters!Copy !req
162. Don't you dare raise your voice at me!Copy !req
163. - Oh, there you go!
- You rang that bell!Copy !req
164. - You know you rang... Oh!Copy !req
165. You chicken out,
and now you want to pin it on us!Copy !req
166. - Unbelievable!
- We were plowing the snow—Copy !req
167. Oh, whoa! Hey!Copy !req
168. Huh. What've you got there, children?Copy !req
169. - Mine!Copy !req
170. Pumpkin, show Daddy what you found.Copy !req
171. Mine.Copy !req
172. This is no way to treat a person!Copy !req
173. Certainly not this person!Copy !req
174. Just one second. Let me just...Copy !req
175. A postman?Copy !req
176. - Pfft. Give me a break.
- When will they learn?Copy !req
177. Hey! They've sent us another postman!Copy !req
178. All right. All right.Copy !req
179. You don't know who I am,
so I'm gonna let this one slide.Copy !req
180. Okay? But let's just say
I'm not really a postman.Copy !req
181. Well, I am, because it's
our family business. My father's a...Copy !req
182. - Don't get me started, because it's—
- Where were we? Oh, yeah. Bell, please!Copy !req
183. - Life is too shortCopy !req
184. - to go into details, but—Copy !req
185. Come to the counter.
I'll be right out.Copy !req
186. All right, listen.Copy !req
187. Whoever's there, I warn you,
you do not want to mess with me. Okay?Copy !req
188. Holy mackerel! Oh, the smell!Copy !req
189. Fresh out of mackerel.
Only herring and burbot today.Copy !req
190. Oh.Copy !req
191. Oh.Copy !req
192. Uniform, cold sweat, scared stiff,
shaking in your boots.Copy !req
193. All right, I'm gonna just
take a wild guess here.Copy !req
194. You are the latest mailman,Copy !req
195. and the ferryman tricked you
into ringing the Battle Bell.Copy !req
196. The Battle Bell?
What kind of a town has a Battle Bell?Copy !req
197. Can we open a window in here or something?
I can't pretend any—Copy !req
198. - Welcome to Smeerensburg,Copy !req
199. home of the world's finest feuds.Copy !req
200. Feuds?Copy !req
201. - Grudges, bickering,Copy !req
202. the Krums versus the Ellingboes.Copy !req
203. - So...Copy !req
204. are you gonna buy something,
or are you just here to chitchat?Copy !req
205. Wait.Copy !req
206. Isn't this a school?
Shouldn't there be children and a teacher?Copy !req
207. Oh! Yes! Oh, thank you! Thank you!Copy !req
208. I knew I was forgetting something!
Children!Copy !req
209. Thank you!Copy !req
210. You're the teacher?Copy !req
211. Okay, here's how it works.Copy !req
212. I sell fish, and then the person
on the other side of the counter...Copy !req
213. - That would be you. You buy—
- Holy moly! That's you?Copy !req
214. What happened?Copy !req
215. - What happened was—
- That's... That came out wrong.Copy !req
216. I took a teaching jobCopy !req
217. at a place where people
don't send their kids to school!Copy !req
218. - Mingling with their sworn enemy's spawn?Copy !req
219. - Oh, no! We can't have that!Copy !req
220. So, now I'm reduced to doing this
so I can get some moneyCopy !req
221. and start fresh
somewhere far, far away from here.Copy !req
222. Are you going to buy something?Copy !req
223. Herring's on sale today.Copy !req
224. Ah! There you are.
I wondered where you'd scurried off to!Copy !req
225. Morning, Miss. Alva.Copy !req
226. - Mogens.
- Come on, sport!Copy !req
227. I saved the best for last!Copy !req
228. Home sweet home.Copy !req
229. - Ow! What the...Copy !req
230. - Mail that, postman!
- Now wait a minute, that's completely—Copy !req
231. Go home, you loser!Copy !req
232. Oh, yeah? Well, if I'm a loser,
then you're a, uh...Copy !req
233. You're too far. You're gone.Copy !req
234. Well, lots of nice, natural light,Copy !req
235. rustic touches, central air
and panoramic views.Copy !req
236. - Perfect for animal lovers.Copy !req
237. - Enjoy.
- Wait! Wait!Copy !req
238. This can't be right! I...Copy !req
239. Oh, I get it. Did my father
put you up to this? Good one.Copy !req
240. Ha ha. You got me.Copy !req
241. Okay, well, enough of that.
Show me where I'm really staying.Copy !req
242. I'd like a hot bath
and a look at the dinner menu.Copy !req
243. Here, let me help you out.Copy !req
244. You're a postman in Smeerensburg,Copy !req
245. which is on an island
cut off from the world,Copy !req
246. frigid cold, angry, violent neighbors,Copy !req
247. and this is home now.Copy !req
248. Are we starting to connect the dots?Copy !req
249. Aah!Copy !req
250. Ugh.Copy !req
251. Almost. Hang in there.Copy !req
252. What?Copy !req
253. Hmm?Copy !req
254. Oh.Copy !req
255. - Aah!Copy !req
256. That's it!
This place is the worst!Copy !req
257. I'm going home!Copy !req
258. No! You can't leave, remember?Copy !req
259. You'll be broke! Out in the streets!Copy !req
260. But I hate it here!Copy !req
261. It's so cold and icky!Copy !req
262. And the people are mean to me.
And I miss my silk sheets.Copy !req
263. Shut up! Stop being weak!Copy !req
264. Focus! How do you get out of here?Copy !req
265. You need... You need...Copy !req
266. letters!Copy !req
267. Ugh.Copy !req
268. All right. This is a good one.
I can feel it.Copy !req
269. Come to Papa, you sweet, sweet little...Copy !req
270. Oh, come on!Copy !req
271. Ugh! Pssh!Copy !req
272. Fine. Go to the source, I guess.Copy !req
273. Good morning, madame.Copy !req
274. I'm the postman, obviously.Copy !req
275. If you have letters you'd like me to send,Copy !req
276. you could go scurry ahead
and get them and...Copy !req
277. Hello! Hi! Hi!Copy !req
278. If you have your letters on you,
I'd be glad to take them off your—Copy !req
279. Hmph!Copy !req
280. Birthday cards? Distant cousin?Copy !req
281. Deceased notice?Copy !req
282. Holy mother!Copy !req
283. - Any letters... or packages?Copy !req
284. Any packages?Copy !req
285. Come on, people!Copy !req
286. Letters! Letters! I don't have all day!Copy !req
287. Okay, keep low. Don't panic. Don't panic.Copy !req
288. Oh, I guess that's why
they call it "snail mail."Copy !req
289. All right. What's going on here?
Where are all the letters?Copy !req
290. Oh. Folks around here only have
one thing to say to one another.Copy !req
291. Ah.Copy !req
292. And they're getting their point across
pretty well without mail.Copy !req
293. - Wouldn't you say?
- Wait, wait, wait.Copy !req
294. No letters?
But how am I supposed to get out of...Copy !req
295. - What the...
- Hello?Copy !req
296. Sir, can I get my drawing back?Copy !req
297. The wind blew it away.Copy !req
298. - Please?
- Not now, kid.Copy !req
299. Can't you see I'm busy
trying to figure out how to get...Copy !req
300. Well, here's a thought.Copy !req
301. I'm a postman, see?Copy !req
302. So I can't give it to you,
but I could mail it to you.Copy !req
303. - How?
- Couldn't be simpler!Copy !req
304. I just fold your pretty drawing,
very beautiful by the way,Copy !req
305. put it in an envelope like thisCopy !req
306. and then all that's left is postage
so I can put it in the mailbox for you.Copy !req
307. - Postage?
- Yep.Copy !req
308. You just toss a penny over to me
so I can stamp it,Copy !req
309. and we're all ready to go.Copy !req
310. Couldn't you just put it in?Copy !req
311. Aw. Tsk.Copy !req
312. I really, really would, but I can't.Copy !req
313. It's not a letter
if it doesn't have postage.Copy !req
314. See how it works?Copy !req
315. So what do you say?Copy !req
316. I get my letter, and you get your drawing.Copy !req
317. Win-win. You want your drawing, don't you?Copy !req
318. - Um...
- If you don't, I'm gonna keep it.Copy !req
319. - Hmm.
- I love it.Copy !req
320. I would keep it if I was you,Copy !req
321. so I would send this letter
back to myself if I was you.Copy !req
322. Oh, hi, Papa!Copy !req
323. This nice man says
he can mail my drawing back to me!Copy !req
324. - He's lying. Children are liars.
- Can you give him a penny?Copy !req
325. Oh, look at that. Wrong address. Silly me.Copy !req
326. These aren't...
You're not the Spendlebergs.Copy !req
327. I'll see you later.Copy !req
328. Thank you so much,
and no need...Copy !req
329. - Aah! The puppies! The puppies!Copy !req
330. Ah. And that must be the express mail.Copy !req
331. All right, Smeerensburg.Copy !req
332. You may have won this round,Copy !req
333. but if you think I'm giving up,
think again.Copy !req
334. I'll have my letters in no time,Copy !req
335. and then it's bye-bye to you
and your cold and your loonsCopy !req
336. and your chickens! That's right! You too!Copy !req
337. You'll see. I give it a week.Copy !req
338. Two, tops.Copy !req
339. Is this a bad time?
I can see you're pretty swamped.Copy !req
340. Don't you have...Copy !req
341. a job or something?Copy !req
342. Why, sure I do.Copy !req
343. I'm here to pick up all the outgoing mail.Copy !req
344. So, where is it?Copy !req
345. Now, you're gonna have to help me
with the heavier bags.Copy !req
346. Bad back, don't you know.Copy !req
347. - Man, I hate you.
- I know.Copy !req
348. So, uh, where is the mail, anyway?Copy !req
349. Where do you keep it?
In a different room now or something?Copy !req
350. What about if I walk around the room,Copy !req
351. if I get close to the mail,
you say "warmer"?Copy !req
352. And if I'm getting
farther from the mail, you say "colder"?Copy !req
353. - And then—
- What's that?Copy !req
354. What? Oh, the woodsman's cabin?Copy !req
355. Yeah, does someone live there?Copy !req
356. Well, sure.
Yeah, you should definitely drop by.Copy !req
357. Nice fella. Loves visitors.Copy !req
358. Hello? I'm in your house
or... whatever this place is.Copy !req
359. Anybody here?Copy !req
360. Ah, come on. Really?Copy !req
361. Of course. Of course this would happen.Copy !req
362. Great. I'm gonna kill that boatman.Copy !req
363. What?Copy !req
364. Toys?Copy !req
365. Ah, here we go.Copy !req
366. Now I can go home with the satisfaction
of having accomplished absolutely...Copy !req
367. Aah!Copy !req
368. Aah!Copy !req
369. Aah!Copy !req
370. Yeehaw!Copy !req
371. That's it! I've had it!Copy !req
372. Better alive in the gutter
than hacked into pieces!Copy !req
373. No, thank you!Copy !req
374. Yah!Copy !req
375. Please don't chop me up
and scatter my parts in the woods!Copy !req
376. Where's this?Copy !req
377. What? I don't know. How would I...Copy !req
378. Wait.Copy !req
379. I do know.Copy !req
380. Keep going down this road,
and you'll get there.Copy !req
381. You can't miss it. It...
Or I can show you.Copy !req
382. Sure. Yeah, let me just show you.Copy !req
383. All right.Copy !req
384. Excuse me. Just... Can I...Copy !req
385. Here we are.Copy !req
386. Watch your step getting out of the, uh...
What's this?Copy !req
387. You're a postman, aren't you?Copy !req
388. Oh, you want me to...Copy !req
389. No, but I...Copy !req
390. Sure thing. My pleasure.Copy !req
391. Nothing I'd love to do moreCopy !req
392. than deliver what I'm fairly certain
can only be a severed head of some kind.Copy !req
393. I mean, there's no way
that's not a severed head.Copy !req
394. It's gotta... I'm holding a head
in my hand, but hey!Copy !req
395. Come on! Look, I'm—Copy !req
396. Ah! You're right there!Copy !req
397. So quiet for a disproportionately...Copy !req
398. - I mean, strapping, uh... statuesque.Copy !req
399. You have a kind of, um...Copy !req
400. What? In there?Copy !req
401. You must be kidding.
No way. Absolutely not.Copy !req
402. I mean, first of all,
I'd love to, of course,Copy !req
403. but, look, too bad about the fence.Copy !req
404. Rats. Oh, well.Copy !req
405. What are you gonna do? Are you...
What's happening right now?Copy !req
406. Hey, listen, please. Open this!Copy !req
407. - Why are you doing this to me?Copy !req
408. Oh, no.Copy !req
409. Okay, you win. What do you want?
Money? My dad's got plenty of it.Copy !req
410. You can write him a ransom note.
You can write, right?Copy !req
411. Oh, it doesn't matter.
I'll write it for you.Copy !req
412. Ah! He'll never know it's me!
I'll make it sound like it's from you!Copy !req
413. I'll use monosyllabic words, man!
Please! Please! Please!Copy !req
414. Just let me out of here!
I'm gonna get—Copy !req
415. Why?Copy !req
416. Ow! Ow!Copy !req
417. - Who's there?Copy !req
418. Aah!Copy !req
419. Door, door, door.Copy !req
420. Locks!Copy !req
421. This has gotta move! Come on! Come on!Copy !req
422. Open up. Open up. Open up! Come on!Copy !req
423. Come on! Come on! Come on!Copy !req
424. Come on! Come on! Come on!
Keep it together! Keep it together!Copy !req
425. Aah!Copy !req
426. Where are they, boys?Copy !req
427. Don't let 'em get away! Come on! Get 'em!Copy !req
428. Okay.Copy !req
429. I've done all you've asked. Can I please—Copy !req
430. Hmm.Copy !req
431. Has he?Copy !req
432. - Ah! He's here to finish the job!Copy !req
433. - Oh, no!
- Mr. Postman?Copy !req
434. Are you in there?Copy !req
435. Go away! Go! Leave! He'll hear you!Copy !req
436. We'd like to send these letters!Copy !req
437. What? What did you just say?Copy !req
438. Our cousin told us
if we write a letter to Mr. Klaus,Copy !req
439. he'll make us a toy.Copy !req
440. He also said to bring you a penny each.Copy !req
441. It's not a letter
if it doesn't have postage, right?Copy !req
442. - Psst. Hey. Hey, you.
- Hmm?Copy !req
443. You want a toy?Copy !req
444. - Hey! Would you, uh...Copy !req
445. like a brand-new toy?Copy !req
446. Just write a letter to Mr. Klaus.Copy !req
447. And you put it in the envelope,
write your name on it and bring a penny.Copy !req
448. Can't forget the penny.Copy !req
449. These better sound sad. Do they sound sad?Copy !req
450. Okay, good job.Copy !req
451. All right. And now...Copy !req
452. for the tricky part.Copy !req
453. All right. Remember...Copy !req
454. probably not an ax murderer, though...Copy !req
455. it still is a possibility,
but most likely... no.Copy !req
456. He's a good guy... deep down.Copy !req
457. - Hello.Copy !req
458. Hello.
Mr... Klaus, I take it?Copy !req
459. You remember me from the nice
breaking and entering last night?Copy !req
460. Jesper Johanssen, postman,Copy !req
461. - but we never properly—Copy !req
462. Uh...Copy !req
463. I, uh...Copy !req
464. You see, Mr. Klaus,
it seems like word got aroundCopy !req
465. that the poor children of Smeerensburg
have started, uh...Copy !req
466. completely unprompted...Copy !req
467. writing letters asking you for...Copy !req
468. toys.Copy !req
469. So I figuredCopy !req
470. you have the whole barn filled with toysCopy !req
471. just sitting there collecting dust, so...Copy !req
472. Oh, God. Okay. This is it. Here it goes.Copy !req
473. - Oh, wow.Copy !req
474. That is...Copy !req
475. totally normal.Copy !req
476. Not a symptom of any mental illness
or anything.Copy !req
477. - Go away.
- Mr. Klaus, sir!Copy !req
478. Those little children...Copy !req
479. if you donate your old toys to them...Copy !req
480. well,
I'll gladly deliver them for free!Copy !req
481. Mr. Klaus, wait!Copy !req
482. Please!Copy !req
483. Think of all the joy you'll bring
their miserable little lives!Copy !req
484. Look, here.Copy !req
485. Poor little Herlief.Copy !req
486. He only has sticks and stones
to play with. So sad.Copy !req
487. And this one,Copy !req
488. little Penny... Patty.Copy !req
489. Her doll was so old,Copy !req
490. it crumbled in her arms
when she came to me.Copy !req
491. And then Kristoff...
Little, ugly Kristoff.Copy !req
492. This little...Copy !req
493. Tonight, same time.Copy !req
494. Great! What, "same time"?
You mean, dead of night?Copy !req
495. - I can just take the toys now.
- No. I go with you.Copy !req
496. There's no need
for you to come with me, really.Copy !req
497. It might be against the lawCopy !req
498. for a noncertified postman
to ride with me.Copy !req
499. I have to check the rule book.Copy !req
500. Great. Tonight, then. I'll see you then.
Good talk. Good talk.Copy !req
501. Whoa! Whoo!Copy !req
502. Huh?Copy !req
503. - Oh, oh!Copy !req
504. Playing!Copy !req
505. Playing, I tell you.Copy !req
506. With an Ellingboe!Copy !req
507. - An Ellingboe, no less!
- In all my years!Copy !req
508. - Did you all hear that?
- Unacceptable.Copy !req
509. - I don't know how it happened.Copy !req
510. I turned away for one second...Copy !req
511. And then I saw it.Copy !req
512. I brought her as soon as I could, sir.Copy !req
513. - That's just wrong! Wrong, I say!
- Inconceivable!Copy !req
514. - What are we going to do?
- Unthinkable!Copy !req
515. Hmm. This is bad. Very bad.Copy !req
516. Worst I've ever seen, really.
What were you thinking, kid?Copy !req
517. Don't you know that—Copy !req
518. Krums and Ellingboes don't mix.Copy !req
519. - But why?
- "Why?" he asks!Copy !req
520. - See what I mean?
- Why?Copy !req
521. I don't know what to do!Copy !req
522. Please help us, miss! I beg you!Copy !req
523. Do you know what this is, little boy?Copy !req
524. This is tradition!Copy !req
525. Centuries of glorious hatred,
passed down through generations!Copy !req
526. There was the hundred-day brawl of '45.Copy !req
527. Which we totally won!Copy !req
528. The maritime game of chicken.Copy !req
529. The Great Mooning of '86.Copy !req
530. So, if there's something we know...Copy !req
531. going back as far as we can remember...Copy !req
532. it's that a Krum
despises an Ellingboe...Copy !req
533. and an Ellingboe can't stand a Krum!Copy !req
534. That is why.Copy !req
535. Now, I just know you didn't mean to
disrespect all of that heritage, right?Copy !req
536. - Right.
- And it won't happen again,Copy !req
537. will it?Copy !req
538. Of course not.Copy !req
539. Now, tell me all about
where this pretty thing came from.Copy !req
540. Ugh.Copy !req
541. Let me guess.
Leaving it at the gate not an option?Copy !req
542. You really have a way with words,
you know?Copy !req
543. Of course, you don't...
Of course, don't even answer that...Copy !req
544. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!Copy !req
545. Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no, no!Copy !req
546. Stop, stop, stop!Copy !req
547. Stop! Stop!Copy !req
548. Aah!Copy !req
549. Whoa! Whoa!Copy !req
550. - You rotten vermin!Copy !req
551. - Me, me, me!
- Pick me!Copy !req
552. - Out of the way!
- Mine first!Copy !req
553. I want a bicycle!Copy !req
554. - Tell Mr. Klaus I want a bicycle!
- Shut up!Copy !req
555. - Take my letter! Take my letter!
- Mine! Me!Copy !req
556. Me first! Me first! A doll!Copy !req
557. - Me! Me! Me!
- Okay! Okay! Single line! Chop-chop!Copy !req
558. Fall back! All right. Everyone, in line.Copy !req
559. - There you go.
- Get out! Move.Copy !req
560. Letter? Good. Letter? Good.Copy !req
561. Got it. Get out of here.
Great. Move along.Copy !req
562. - What's wrong with her mouth?
- She's not from here. She's Saami.Copy !req
563. Right, that's nice. But I see no letter,
so please come back when you have one.Copy !req
564. Have a nice day.Copy !req
565. Bye-bye. Okay, any other letters?Copy !req
566. - Here! Here! Here!
- Me, me, me!Copy !req
567. Good. The rest, you know the deal.Copy !req
568. No letter, no toy.Copy !req
569. But we don't know how to write.Copy !req
570. Tough luck, kid.Copy !req
571. Wait, you know what you could do?Copy !req
572. - What are you doing?
- Aah!Copy !req
573. Telling children to go to school
to learn to write?Copy !req
574. What is wrong with you?Copy !req
575. Yeah, yes. What I meant to do—Copy !req
576. - Listen to me, Postman.Copy !req
577. Whatever you're doing, leave me out of it.Copy !req
578. I have been rotting away here
for five years,Copy !req
579. and I am so close to getting out.Copy !req
580. I am not about to let you mess it all up.Copy !req
581. You got it?Copy !req
582. These children wasting away
without a proper education?Copy !req
583. I mean...Copy !req
584. Forgive me, I'm kind of a dreamer, but...
isn't that why we do it?Copy !req
585. Hmm? Hmm?Copy !req
586. Why you became a teacher?Copy !req
587. So you could make a difference?Copy !req
588. Ah. Young love.Copy !req
589. Takes me back, you know?Copy !req
590. The intense looks,
the palpitation of the heart.Copy !req
591. The whimpering
and the soiling of the pants, no.Copy !req
592. I can't relate to so much.Copy !req
593. So you go to sleep,
and when you wake up in the morning,Copy !req
594. the present is right there
by the fireplace!Copy !req
595. Yeah, Mr. Klaus is amazing!Copy !req
596. - Yeah, he's awesome.
- Yeah!Copy !req
597. "Klaus"? "Awesome"?Copy !req
598. He's huge,
but he can squeeze down any chimney!Copy !req
599. - Really? How?
- I don't know.Copy !req
600. Magic, I guess.Copy !req
601. Ow!Copy !req
602. There.Copy !req
603. Ugh.Copy !req
604. If you leave your socks
hanging on the mantle,Copy !req
605. Mr. Klaus will fill them with toys!Copy !req
606. He only comes when you're sleeping.Copy !req
607. No one has ever seen him.Copy !req
608. - It's like he's invisible or something.Copy !req
609. - Aah!Copy !req
610. Oh, and he likes cookies.
Don't forget to leave out some cookies.Copy !req
611. Go home, you loser!Copy !req
612. Hmm.Copy !req
613. Who's the loser now, you little brat?Copy !req
614. Mr. Klaus is the coolest.Copy !req
615. Hey, have you heard about Klaus?Copy !req
616. His name is Klaus,
and he makes the best toys.Copy !req
617. - Klaus.
- Klaus.Copy !req
618. - Klaus.
- He's awesome.Copy !req
619. His toys are the best.Copy !req
620. - What happened?
- Not a word.Copy !req
621. You just sit there,
be all magical and awesome.Copy !req
622. What?Copy !req
623. Are we going to learn something today?Copy !req
624. Look, if you have to be here,
at least be quiet.Copy !req
625. Why don't you go ahead and just,
I don't know,Copy !req
626. write vowels or something?Copy !req
627. We don't have notebooks.Copy !req
628. Or pens.Copy !req
629. All right. Okay, let's make a deal.Copy !req
630. if I teach you something,
will you get out of here? Please?Copy !req
631. Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
632. There you go.Copy !req
633. Really? That's my name?Copy !req
634. Yes. Yay, it's your name.Copy !req
635. Wow.Copy !req
636. Can you teach me more?Copy !req
637. - Please?
- Me next!Copy !req
638. - I want to write my name.
- Me too. I want to write my name.Copy !req
639. - Pick me!
- I want to write my name!Copy !req
640. - Me too! I want to write my name!
- Teach me!Copy !req
641. - I want to write my name!
- Me next!Copy !req
642. Too heavy.Copy !req
643. Okay, then.Copy !req
644. I can go by myself. You don't have to...Copy !req
645. I mean, no offense, but someone could use
a little diet cleanse. What are you doing?Copy !req
646. Less presents, less weight.Copy !req
647. Less presents?Copy !req
648. But less presents means less letters,
and less letters means less...Copy !req
649. more children's dreams being shattered.Copy !req
650. No. No, no, no, I won't allow it.Copy !req
651. We have a sworn duty for the children.Copy !req
652. Aah!Copy !req
653. Gotcha!Copy !req
654. Aah!Copy !req
655. - Hmm.Copy !req
656. Come here! Come on!Copy !req
657. Aah! Ow! Ow!Copy !req
658. Right. I wear them down,
and you catch them.Copy !req
659. Good teamwork... Whoa! Whoa!Copy !req
660. - Waah! Whoo!
- Whoa ho ho!Copy !req
661. - Whoo hoo hoo!
- Whoa ho ho!Copy !req
662. - That's right.
- Good call, reindeer.Copy !req
663. This is good teamwork here.Copy !req
664. - We're making good time.
- Reliable, strong, cooperative.Copy !req
665. Okay, post office is now officially open.Copy !req
666. You have your letters, step right in.Copy !req
667. Thank you. Thank you.Copy !req
668. - Hey, loser!Copy !req
669. What gives?Copy !req
670. I sent my letter,
and all I got was a lousy clump of coal!Copy !req
671. Well, it serves you right!Copy !req
672. Devilish little tadpoles like yourself
don't get toys from Klaus.Copy !req
673. Oh, yeah? And how would he know
what I'm up to unless you ratted on me?Copy !req
674. Oh, I didn't have to.Copy !req
675. He knows.Copy !req
676. What do you mean?Copy !req
677. He sees everything, you know.Copy !req
678. Every mischief, prank and dirty deed.Copy !req
679. He keeps a list. The...Copy !req
680. - Naughty List, he calls it.
- You lie!Copy !req
681. Trust me.Copy !req
682. You do not want to be on the Naughty List.Copy !req
683. - So, you still wanna throw that snowball?Copy !req
684. I didn't think so.Copy !req
685. Only good children get toys?Copy !req
686. "Dear Mr. Klaus,Copy !req
687. I shoveled all the yards
on my street today.Copy !req
688. - That's good, right?
- Hi!Copy !req
689. Please don't put me on the Naughty List."Copy !req
690. "Dear Mr. Klaus,Copy !req
691. today, me and my brothers
helped Mom with the chores.Copy !req
692. We'll do this every day
if you bring us some toys. Honest!"Copy !req
693. "Dear Mr. Klaus, our neighbor
was fixing up the hole in the fence today,Copy !req
694. and then he fell...Copy !req
695. - Ow!
- ... and he hurt his leg.Copy !req
696. - It must've really hurt...
- Let go of me!Copy !req
697. - ...'cause he would not stop screaming.
- I'm being attacked by Ellingboes! Help!Copy !req
698. So we helped him.Copy !req
699. He said he didn't like it,
but... deep down, I think he did."Copy !req
700. "That's what I did today.Copy !req
701. And yesterday,Copy !req
702. instead of stealing Mrs. Runa's berries,
we picked them all up for her."Copy !req
703. - Hmm?Copy !req
704. "She came to our house later,
and she brought Mom lots of berry jam."Copy !req
705. Hmph.Copy !req
706. "And then
Mom brought her a berry pie."Copy !req
707. - "Dear Mr. Klaus...
- Hmph.Copy !req
708. I've been going to class every day,Copy !req
709. - and I always do my homework."
- Oh, Annelisse! Thank you!Copy !req
710. Hi, Mr. Postman!Copy !req
711. "Miss. Alva
is the best teacher ever!"Copy !req
712. "Also, I cleaned
my dad's old clarinet.Copy !req
713. I hope I did a good job. He seemed happy.Copy !req
714. Could I get a toy please?"Copy !req
715. Huh?Copy !req
716. Huh?Copy !req
717. What?Copy !req
718. What the...Copy !req
719. Hey, there, Chief. How're we doin'--Copy !req
720. - Here! Me!
- What? How?Copy !req
721. Whoo! Come on, guys! Let's play!Copy !req
722. I think it's time we send
that postman... a message.Copy !req
723. You know what to do, pumpkin.Copy !req
724. Mine...Copy !req
725. And the baker now has a sale
on cakes for Ellingboes,Copy !req
726. without razor blades in the dough
or anything.Copy !req
727. Oh, and did you know
that arson is down 70%?Copy !req
728. It's true. When's the last time
you saw a house burn down?Copy !req
729. Precisely. And cookouts,
swap meets, and, uh...Copy !req
730. yeah, I don't know.Copy !req
731. It's like everyone's gone mad
or something.Copy !req
732. A true selfless act...Copy !req
733. always sparks another.Copy !req
734. Well, look who's suddenly a chatterbox.
Tell me,Copy !req
735. what made you squander all those words
into that nugget of wisdom?Copy !req
736. Oh, just something...Copy !req
737. someone used to say.Copy !req
738. Well, let me tell you something.Copy !req
739. I've been around long enough to know
that everyone is out to get something.Copy !req
740. Those kids? Those kids are in it
for the toys. And the grown-ups?Copy !req
741. Well, I don't know what they're after.Copy !req
742. but it sure is not goodwill
and peace on Earth.Copy !req
743. What about you?Copy !req
744. - What's in it for you?
- Me?Copy !req
745. Well, you know...Copy !req
746. - It's different. I don't...Copy !req
747. Look out!Copy !req
748. - Mine!
- What?Copy !req
749. - Aah!Copy !req
750. - I can't believe this!
- Whoa!Copy !req
751. What are you doing at our ambush?Copy !req
752. Your ambush? This is our ambush!Copy !req
753. - Stop, stop, stop!
- I'm trying!Copy !req
754. Stop! Stop!Copy !req
755. Whoa, whoa, whoa!Copy !req
756. Oh, great! Look what you've done!Copy !req
757. - What we've done?
- Leave it to you...Copy !req
758. Whoa!Copy !req
759. Wow.Copy !req
760. Friends of yours, I take it?Copy !req
761. Uh...Copy !req
762. They seem nice.Copy !req
763. You guys are not gonna believe
what I saw last night!Copy !req
764. A flying sleigh
pulled by magical reindeer?Copy !req
765. Yep.Copy !req
766. Oh, look, it can laugh.Copy !req
767. - Ho ho ho!
- Mystery solved.Copy !req
768. Ho ho ho!Copy !req
769. Ho ho ho!Copy !req
770. Wait, wait, wait. Time out. Really?Copy !req
771. - That's how you laugh?
- Right.Copy !req
772. Let's load up.Copy !req
773. Oh, no, no. You don't get off that easy.Copy !req
774. - Let me hear it again.
- No.Copy !req
775. Come on.
Just a snicker or a chuckle.Copy !req
776. - Just a giggle.
- Keep it up. See what happens.Copy !req
777. All right. I'll stop.Copy !req
778. Say, have you heard the one about
the one-legged man who walks into a bar?Copy !req
779. Say, we're kinda running low on inventory,
aren't we?Copy !req
780. Yes, only a couple more trips,
and that should do it.Copy !req
781. You must be...Copy !req
782. looking forward to no more night shifts.Copy !req
783. - Right?
- Right.Copy !req
784. Yeah. Yeah.Copy !req
785. Me too.Copy !req
786. Hello, Postman!Copy !req
787. Oh, good, you're back.Copy !req
788. Yes, yes, yes. That's very nice,Copy !req
789. but whatever it is you're saying,
I've got my own problems, you know?Copy !req
790. I mean, we are out of toys,
and without toys, there are no letters.Copy !req
791. And without letters...Copy !req
792. Ugh! Forget it.Copy !req
793. I'm running out of time! There, I said it!Copy !req
794. It's almost Christmas already,
and I still...Copy !req
795. Christmas. Christmas.Copy !req
796. That's it. Wait.Copy !req
797. We gotta do... I gotta...Copy !req
798. Can you please get off my porch?
You're trespassing.Copy !req
799. I, leader of the proud Krum—Copy !req
800. Get on with it already.Copy !req
801. Shut up, you idiot! I'm getting to it!Copy !req
802. I, leader of the proud...Copy !req
803. Oh, forget it. The mood is gone.Copy !req
804. You know why I'm calling this meeting.Copy !req
805. Yeah, I... Of course I know.Copy !req
806. Uh...Copy !req
807. - Midnight brawl?
- Look around, Aksel!Copy !req
808. Where is your clan?Copy !req
809. - Huh.
- I'll tell you where they are.Copy !req
810. They're at block parties!
Hayrides! And cookouts!Copy !req
811. Brunches! Don't forget about the brunches.Copy !req
812. It was a book club
that took my poor Sven!Copy !req
813. You see? The postman
and that old toy makerCopy !req
814. are brainwashing everyone!Copy !req
815. What're you saying?Copy !req
816. I'm saying it's time to join forces
against a common enemy.Copy !req
817. I'm saying we need a truce.Copy !req
818. A truce? Have you gone mad?Copy !req
819. Either we band together
to take care of this,Copy !req
820. or it's gonna be all book clubsCopy !req
821. - and cookouts from here on—
- And brunches!Copy !req
822. - Don't forget about the brunches.
- Yes, that... that too.Copy !req
823. So, we must join together in peace
to help stop this peace?Copy !req
824. Our ancestors demand it.Copy !req
825. For the Ellingboe bloodline!Copy !req
826. For the Krums' honor.Copy !req
827. The clans are on the warpath...Copy !req
828. together!Copy !req
829. - Mine! Mine! Mine!Copy !req
830. Mine! Mine!Copy !req
831. Mine!Copy !req
832. I...Copy !req
833. This is gonna take a lot of work.Copy !req
834. - Surprise!
- Oh!Copy !req
835. Jesper?Copy !req
836. - Wha-what are you—
- Welcome to your new workshop!Copy !req
837. - Ta-da!
- What... What is—Copy !req
838. - It'll all be explained in a minute.
- Why did you—Copy !req
839. - I don't want to—
- Come. Sit, sit, sit.Copy !req
840. You'll love this. I promise.Copy !req
841. Christmas!Copy !req
842. Christmas? What do you—Copy !req
843. Think about it! Every child in town
gets up on Christmas morningCopy !req
844. and finds a...Copy !req
845. brand-new toy waiting for them
by the fireplace.Copy !req
846. We can make the holiday even more magical.Copy !req
847. Think of the joy. Think of the happiness.Copy !req
848. Jesper, listen. I don't think—Copy !req
849. Puh-puh-puh!Copy !req
850. Let me finish. Let me finish.Copy !req
851. Think of all those
happy little faces, huh?Copy !req
852. They're so cute! They're just... Aww!Copy !req
853. - Aren't they so... Look!
- Even if we—Copy !req
854. Where are you gonna get that many toys?Copy !req
855. You...Copy !req
856. make new ones!Copy !req
857. I don't make toys.Copy !req
858. Not anymore.Copy !req
859. Pfft. You... You have a gift, my friend.Copy !req
860. Birdhouses are nice and all, but come on!Copy !req
861. Those hands were meantCopy !req
862. - for making—
- I said no.Copy !req
863. Come on! Work with me here.
Picture the possibilities.Copy !req
864. Look, woodwork would go here.Copy !req
865. - No.
- And here,Copy !req
866. clockwork with all the gears and the cogs,Copy !req
867. - for you to tinker with all day.
- Stop it.Copy !req
868. And in this corner,
row after row of shiny toolsCopy !req
869. - of all shapes and sizes.
- Wait! Don't touch that!Copy !req
870. - Impeccably organized for you!
- No!Copy !req
871. What's this?Copy !req
872. Get out.Copy !req
873. Klaus, I'm sorry.Copy !req
874. - I, I didn't mean—
- Get out!Copy !req
875. Bad night, huh?Copy !req
876. Ugh. Well, join the club.Copy !req
877. Nah, I don't want to bore you with it.Copy !req
878. Well, okay.
It's just been bothering me, you know?Copy !req
879. If I don't get those letters,
then what am I supposed to do?Copy !req
880. Stay in this little town forever,Copy !req
881. hanging out with an old woodsman,
surrounded by crazy people,Copy !req
882. and never wanting anything more?Copy !req
883. Back home,
I've got pretty much everything.Copy !req
884. But here...Copy !req
885. I'm just...Copy !req
886. another irrelevant, pointless...Copy !req
887. nobody.Copy !req
888. But Klaus, he doesn't deserve...Copy !req
889. I didn't mean to...Copy !req
890. Well, now I just feel like a...
I've behaved like a...Copy !req
891. - Precisely.Copy !req
892. Hey. You're a pretty good listener,
you know?Copy !req
893. All right, you win.Copy !req
894. Let's go. Follow me.Copy !req
895. Sorry to bother you this late, but,Copy !req
896. by any chance, would you happen
to understand... this?Copy !req
897. Okay. Come in.Copy !req
898. All right. Let's get started.Copy !req
899. - Who wants some hot cocoa?Copy !req
900. Oh, oh, oh!Copy !req
901. She said she'd like a boat!Copy !req
902. - Really?
- No, that can't be right. Scratch that.Copy !req
903. - Yes, yes, yes.
- What?Copy !req
904. What're you talking about?
Are you talking about me?Copy !req
905. Huh?Copy !req
906. - Klaus, I—
- Uh.Copy !req
907. - Oh.Copy !req
908. - Whoo-hoo!Copy !req
909. Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
910. Yoo-hoo!Copy !req
911. - Yoo!Copy !req
912. Looks like someone
might need help mailing letters.Copy !req
913. Yeah.Copy !req
914. - Who?
- I, I...Copy !req
915. I mean...Copy !req
916. How have we never defeated you?Copy !req
917. Yeah, then...Copy !req
918. when she got on the sled,
I thought, "Oh, no! We made it too small."Copy !req
919. But no! It was just right for her size.Copy !req
920. And she loved it, right?Copy !req
921. I think she did.
Do you think she loved it?Copy !req
922. - I do.
- Yeah.Copy !req
923. Me too. Me too. Yeah, she loved it.Copy !req
924. You know, I remember the day I first had
that very same smile on my face.Copy !req
925. What? What smile? I wasn't smiling.
I was squinting. From the sun.Copy !req
926. Right.Copy !req
927. I didn't want to admit it at first either.Copy !req
928. She used to tease me about it.Copy !req
929. "She"?Copy !req
930. My Lydia.Copy !req
931. I remember when I found
this spot in the woods that she loved.Copy !req
932. And I built us a house right here.Copy !req
933. Away from it all.Copy !req
934. But it wasn't gonna be
the two of us for long.Copy !req
935. We wanted children.Copy !req
936. Lots of them.Copy !req
937. Running around, laughing,
getting in trouble.Copy !req
938. While we waited,Copy !req
939. I started making toys for them.Copy !req
940. And we waited,
and I kept making toys and more toys.Copy !req
941. Oh! Here's another one. What do you think?Copy !req
942. And we kept waiting,Copy !req
943. but they never came...Copy !req
944. And then...Copy !req
945. she got sick.Copy !req
946. Even now... sometimes...Copy !req
947. it almost feels like she's still...Copy !req
948. After... After she was gone,Copy !req
949. I... I guess I got lost.Copy !req
950. She loved birds,
so I just kept making birdhouses.Copy !req
951. But then...Copy !req
952. Then you showed up.Copy !req
953. Delivering these toys,
seeing the joy they bring to children,Copy !req
954. I thought I'd never feel this again.Copy !req
955. And I have you to thank for it, my friend.Copy !req
956. So... thank you.Copy !req
957. Of course.Copy !req
958. - Hey, you know what? We're doing it!
- What?Copy !req
959. - Doing what?
- The Christmas thing!Copy !req
960. We're making all those toys!Copy !req
961. - That's what she would've wanted.
- Really?Copy !req
962. Yeah, really!
And with a whole year of planning,Copy !req
963. - we can expand to more villages next year.
- Next year?Copy !req
964. - And more the year after that!
- But I won't...Copy !req
965. I mean, who knows
what's gonna happen next year?Copy !req
966. I might not even—Copy !req
967. What're you going on about?
Let's go! No time to lose!Copy !req
968. I might not even be here.Copy !req
969. - Good job!
- Yay!Copy !req
970. All right, that's it for today.Copy !req
971. And, um... homework!Copy !req
972. Oh! Uh... I forgot about homework.Copy !req
973. - You know what? No homework.Copy !req
974. Am I the best teacher ever or what?Copy !req
975. What...Copy !req
976. - happened here?
- Oh.Copy !req
977. Yeah, I thought
I would give the place an update.Copy !req
978. Everybody knows rotting fish is so over.Copy !req
979. How did you pay for this?Copy !req
980. Hmm?Copy !req
981. - Your savings?
- Well, not all of it.Copy !req
982. Actually, yeah, all of it.
But check it out.Copy !req
983. I think it looks pretty good.Copy !req
984. What about starting
far, far away from here?Copy !req
985. Where's that Alva?Copy !req
986. Someone would have to be pretty stupidCopy !req
987. to want to leave this place now.Copy !req
988. Don't you think?Copy !req
989. I... guess.Copy !req
990. You guess? Oh, wow.Copy !req
991. You have no idea what you've done, do you?Copy !req
992. Ugh. Come on. I'll show you.Copy !req
993. Now, would you take a look at that?Copy !req
994. Merry Christmas, Miss. Alva!Copy !req
995. - Merry Christmas, Mr. Postman!
- Merry Christmas.Copy !req
996. Good evening, Postman Johanssen.Copy !req
997. - Hello.
- Miss. Alva.Copy !req
998. Not quite the same place,
is it?Copy !req
999. Hey.Copy !req
1000. What're you doing here?Copy !req
1001. A true act of goodwill, huh?Copy !req
1002. Always sparks another.Copy !req
1003. Never fails.Copy !req
1004. Remember, put the letter in the envelope.Copy !req
1005. - And pass it down the line.
- Come on! It doesn't have to rhyme.Copy !req
1006. - That's right, keep at it.
- Keep it short and sweet!Copy !req
1007. No extra points for good spelling.Copy !req
1008. - Oh, you're doing so great, pumpkin.
- Let's go! One letter!Copy !req
1009. Come on,
it doesn't have to be Shakespeare, people.Copy !req
1010. Whoa!Copy !req
1011. Steady, ol' girl! Easy does it.Copy !req
1012. Oh, wow!Copy !req
1013. Uh-huh. Smooth lines. Good. Nice work.Copy !req
1014. Hello!Copy !req
1015. Hi.Copy !req
1016. What am I supposed to do, huh?Copy !req
1017. Stay forever in this little town?Copy !req
1018. Hanging out with an old woodsman?Copy !req
1019. Surrounded by crazy people?Copy !req
1020. Never wanting anything more?Copy !req
1021. Okay, are you gonna do that part or—Copy !req
1022. How about you finish these and—Copy !req
1023. - Whoa!Copy !req
1024. They insisted,
and I didn't want to be rude.Copy !req
1025. I don't know... What do you...
Pfft. It's a lot of red.Copy !req
1026. What do you... Is it too much?Copy !req
1027. - No.Copy !req
1028. We'll just blindfold the reindeer
so they don't get dizzy.Copy !req
1029. - That's all. I'm kidding.
- Aw...Copy !req
1030. I'm kidding. I'm kidding.Copy !req
1031. It looks great. It looks good.
It's nice. It's...Copy !req
1032. Hello, Jesper.Copy !req
1033. Dad? What?Copy !req
1034. Sorry.
Let's, um... Let's talk outside.Copy !req
1035. It's a little cramped in here.Copy !req
1036. Dad, what're you doing here?Copy !req
1037. Time isn't up yet.
I've still got a few days until—Copy !req
1038. Fourteen thousand letters
out of Smeerensburg?Copy !req
1039. Well, I had to come and see it for myself.Copy !req
1040. Dad, you can't just show up and...Copy !req
1041. Wait, what? 14,000?Copy !req
1042. - That's not right. It—
- Oh, but it is.Copy !req
1043. Don't be so modest.Copy !req
1044. What're they doing here?Copy !req
1045. They were the ones who alerted me
to what you've accomplished here.Copy !req
1046. We couldn't let such a feat go unrewarded.Copy !req
1047. Listen, whatever they told you—Copy !req
1048. Well, then, ready to go?Copy !req
1049. Go? Where?Copy !req
1050. Home, of course.Copy !req
1051. A deal's a deal. The ordeal is over.Copy !req
1052. Home?Copy !req
1053. With the personal butler
and the breakfast in bed and...Copy !req
1054. my silk sheets?Copy !req
1055. No one deserves it more.Copy !req
1056. Wouldn't you agree, Mr. Klaus?Copy !req
1057. Oh, he was unbelievable!Copy !req
1058. Encouraging children to write letters
and go to school!Copy !req
1059. Convincing the locals
to donate their labor to...Copy !req
1060. such a worthy cause.Copy !req
1061. Indeed.Copy !req
1062. Well, shall we then?Copy !req
1063. Perhaps a minute to say your goodbyes,
of course.Copy !req
1064. Please, I can explain.Copy !req
1065. - I was—
- Oh, it's very clear.Copy !req
1066. You just duped everyoneCopy !req
1067. so you could get back to your
puffed-up life back in the big town.Copy !req
1068. Something like that?Copy !req
1069. No! No. Well, at first maybe, yes,
but, Alva, please come...Copy !req
1070. Alva, please come back.Copy !req
1071. If I, I didn't get the letters,
I'd be cut off, but things changed!Copy !req
1072. Jesper!Copy !req
1073. - Jesper!
- Márgu...Copy !req
1074. Klaus, just listen. I—Copy !req
1075. Everybody's out to get something, right?Copy !req
1076. I thought...Copy !req
1077. well, a bit of hardship
might help straighten you out,Copy !req
1078. but even I must admit that—Copy !req
1079. Well, let's just say that there's
certainly a bright futureCopy !req
1080. for the man who brought postal service
to Smeerensburg, that's for sure.Copy !req
1081. And speaking of the future,
I look forward to discussing...Copy !req
1082. One down, one to go.Copy !req
1083. If you ask me "who" right now, I swear!Copy !req
1084. Well, now, finally leaving, aren't we?Copy !req
1085. I... uh...Copy !req
1086. Anchors away, Captain.Copy !req
1087. - We're sailing off at once.
- Well, that's a first.Copy !req
1088. I beg your pardon?Copy !req
1089. Never saw a postman
looking more miserable leavingCopy !req
1090. than on the day they came in.Copy !req
1091. Oh, well. Best leave it alone, I say.Copy !req
1092. I'm sure it's nothing that could festerCopy !req
1093. and eventually become
a source of resentment and regret.Copy !req
1094. Jesper!Copy !req
1095. Jesper.Copy !req
1096. Cheer up, little one.Copy !req
1097. I think I may have missed my boat.Copy !req
1098. Jesper!Copy !req
1099. So I told him.
I told him everything.Copy !req
1100. And then he turned to me, and he said...Copy !req
1101. he'd never been
more proud of me.Copy !req
1102. And he hugged me. Can you believe that?Copy !req
1103. I thought he'd be mad.Copy !req
1104. Well, yeah, sure. I'll miss it.Copy !req
1105. The big house, the having my every whim
tended to, the silk sheets.Copy !req
1106. Oh, God, the silk sheets!
Can we change the subject?Copy !req
1107. Anyways, anybody can get off a boat.Copy !req
1108. The real trick is gonna be
convincing Klaus and Alva to give me an—Copy !req
1109. What? What's that?Copy !req
1110. It's the clans!Copy !req
1111. Klaus!Copy !req
1112. Slowly.Copy !req
1113. Slowly. Slowly.Copy !req
1114. A little bit...Copy !req
1115. Well, well.Copy !req
1116. Isn't this convenient?Copy !req
1117. What're you doing here?Copy !req
1118. Why, we were just thinking,Copy !req
1119. "Don't our children
also deserve a present?"Copy !req
1120. And lookie here!Copy !req
1121. You've already got her favorite thing
in the world.Copy !req
1122. A nice, big piñata!Copy !req
1123. - Hey, you put...Copy !req
1124. one hand on those toys and I swear I—Copy !req
1125. Stand back. All right.Copy !req
1126. Do what you will with the toys.Copy !req
1127. But no one gets hurt.Copy !req
1128. Suits us just fine.Copy !req
1129. How long until children
go back to the old waysCopy !req
1130. once there are no toys to bribe them with?Copy !req
1131. How long until they
turn against each other?Copy !req
1132. And how long until the grown-ups follow?Copy !req
1133. Jesper?Copy !req
1134. The postman!Copy !req
1135. Ha! Eat our snow, you...Copy !req
1136. They're not attached.
Why aren't they attached?Copy !req
1137. I thought they were attached.Copy !req
1138. I would never, in a million years,
have done what I just didCopy !req
1139. if I didn't think these were attached.Copy !req
1140. After them!Copy !req
1141. Who leaves a sleigh
unattached like... Aah!Copy !req
1142. Destroy those toys!Copy !req
1143. - Stop them at any cost!
- Mine!Copy !req
1144. Mine! Mine!Copy !req
1145. - Mine!Copy !req
1146. Mine...Copy !req
1147. Mine!Copy !req
1148. I could really use a hand here.Copy !req
1149. "Use." Interesting choice of word.Copy !req
1150. Really? You're gonna
go for the guilt trip now?Copy !req
1151. Smash those toys to pieces!Copy !req
1152. The toys!Copy !req
1153. - We have to close that bag!
- What do you care?Copy !req
1154. - I thought you were leaving.
- Great. Sure. I'll tell you what.Copy !req
1155. Let's continue discussing
what a horrible person I amCopy !req
1156. while I most likely break my neck
trying to save the children's toys,Copy !req
1157. - why don't we?
- Get down there!Copy !req
1158. - Stop those toys!Copy !req
1159. Uh... Klaus?Copy !req
1160. Hmm.Copy !req
1161. Nice move! How'd you know
I wouldn't get knocked off too?Copy !req
1162. Never mind. Don't answer that.Copy !req
1163. - Mine!
- Whoa!Copy !req
1164. Go! Go! We're dead!
We're dead! We're dead!Copy !req
1165. Mine!Copy !req
1166. - Mine!Copy !req
1167. Pumpkin!Copy !req
1168. I'm still proud of you, you hear me?Copy !req
1169. Mine?Copy !req
1170. We're losing toys!Copy !req
1171. - Oh, no!Copy !req
1172. - Stop! Stop!
- Oh, my goodness!Copy !req
1173. - Oh, no, no, no! No!Copy !req
1174. Jesper! Let go!Copy !req
1175. - It's not worth it!
- Are you crazy? No!Copy !req
1176. See? Nothing to it. Just...Copy !req
1177. I wouldn't be so sure.Copy !req
1178. Wait! No, no, no!Copy !req
1179. No! No, no, no! No!Copy !req
1180. This town was built
on resentment and spite.Copy !req
1181. And it'll stay that way
as long as a Krum...Copy !req
1182. Or an Ellingboe!Copy !req
1183. Ugh.Copy !req
1184. have something to say about it.Copy !req
1185. Let's go. We're done here.Copy !req
1186. Well said.
Wait, does that mean the feud is back on?Copy !req
1187. No more truce?Copy !req
1188. First thing tomorrow.Copy !req
1189. A true act of goodwill.Copy !req
1190. What was that?Copy !req
1191. A true act of goodwill...Copy !req
1192. always sparks another.Copy !req
1193. I think you hit your head
pretty hard, dear.Copy !req
1194. You should lie back down.Copy !req
1195. You don't believe me? Turn around.Copy !req
1196. What?Copy !req
1197. Turn around.Copy !req
1198. - Mine.Copy !req
1199. - Pumpkin!
- Honey!Copy !req
1200. - Drop that immediately!
- Mine!Copy !req
1201. - Honey! Sweetie!
- Let go and come back here right now.Copy !req
1202. - Get down from there!
- Mine!Copy !req
1203. It's Mama calling.Copy !req
1204. - Put the boy down.
- Remember Mama?Copy !req
1205. You don't know
where he's been.Copy !req
1206. Klaus, I don't know what to say.Copy !req
1207. If I hadn't...Copy !req
1208. What's this?Copy !req
1209. The presents in the sleigh were all fake?Copy !req
1210. Give me a little credit.Copy !req
1211. I wasn't going to let them have the toys.Copy !req
1212. - But how did you know that—
- Kids talk, you know?Copy !req
1213. And if kids happen to be talkingCopy !req
1214. about their parents plotting to form
an angry mob,Copy !req
1215. then, you know, teachers listen.Copy !req
1216. It was a simple plan.Copy !req
1217. They would destroy
the decoys and leave.Copy !req
1218. But then you showed up
and made it complicated. As usual.Copy !req
1219. So, all this was for nothing?Copy !req
1220. Oh, I wouldn't say that.Copy !req
1221. Shall we then?Copy !req
1222. He came! He came!Copy !req
1223. - Yeah!
- Mine's the big one!Copy !req
1224. I told you! I told you he would come!Copy !req
1225. Mom! Come here, quick!Copy !req
1226. - Yes!
- Yeah!Copy !req
1227. - It's just what I wanted!
- He came! He came! He came!Copy !req
1228. Dad! Mom! Wake up! You have to see this!Copy !req
1229. Life went on.Copy !req
1230. And Smeerensburg continued
to change for the better.Copy !req
1231. Poetic, don't you think?Copy !req
1232. As for Alva and I...Copy !req
1233. well, what'd you expect?
Of course she loved me.Copy !req
1234. Every year, come the Christmas season,
the letters started pouring in.Copy !req
1235. More and more each time,
and from farther away.Copy !req
1236. We did have to expand the operation,
just like we had planned.Copy !req
1237. More children, more toys, more towns.Copy !req
1238. It's so bright you can even see at night.Copy !req
1239. Oh, look over there!
See the red and yellow along the rim?Copy !req
1240. The years went by.Copy !req
1241. Any chance for a hot cup of coffee
for your neighborhood mailman?Copy !req
1242. What is on your face?Copy !req
1243. What? You don't like it?
I think it looks good on me, don't you?Copy !req
1244. - Be honest. Alva hates it.Copy !req
1245. Each better than the last.Copy !req
1246. And then, on the 12th year...Copy !req
1247. I'm coming, love.Copy !req
1248. I looked for him everywhere.Copy !req
1249. I asked everyone,
but we just couldn't find him.Copy !req
1250. No goodbye.Copy !req
1251. No explanation.Copy !req
1252. Nothing.Copy !req
1253. It was as if he had just...Copy !req
1254. faded away.Copy !req
1255. All right.Copy !req
1256. I've got two urgent deliveries here,
Postmaster, sir!Copy !req
1257. The letters are getting in the envelope.Copy !req
1258. Proceed to stamp the letter.Copy !req
1259. Another stamp.Copy !req
1260. - Signed, sealed, to be delivered!Copy !req
1261. - Nighty night, kids!
- Go to sleep, now.Copy !req
1262. Night, Mom! Night, Dad!Copy !req
1263. - Good night.
- Good night.Copy !req
1264. What happened to him
after that...Copy !req
1265. how, why...Copy !req
1266. I can't even begin to comprehend.Copy !req
1267. I stopped trying to
make sense of it a long time ago.Copy !req
1268. - What I do know...Copy !req
1269. is that once a year...Copy !req
1270. I get to see my friend.Copy !req