Prancer 1989 Full - Best of Old Movies
Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides him in her barn and feeds him cookies, until she can return him to Santa. Her father finds him and decides to sell him to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.
Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides him in her barn and feeds him cookies, until she can return him to Santa. Her father finds him and decides to sell him to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.
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00:00:00 [Sound effects]
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00:00:29 [Music]
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00:01:01 [Children singing]
00:01:18 Just the right half, please.
00:01:20 [Children singing]
00:01:29 The other half.
00:01:31 [Children singing]
00:01:41 You three, sing.
00:01:53 [Children singing]
00:02:13 Thank you. That will be all.
00:02:16 Honey, why don't you...
00:02:18 Shut up!
00:02:19 I don't recall asking for a second opinion.
00:02:22 [Laughter]
00:02:23 Sing a bit softer.
00:02:27 [Laughter]
00:02:29 Sounds worse than when I kicked my dog.
00:02:31 [Laughter]
00:02:33 [Howling]
00:02:40 [Crying]
00:02:46 [Music]
00:03:03 [Music]
00:03:20 [Music]
00:03:41 [Music]
00:03:51 [Music]
00:04:01 [Music]
00:04:11 [Music]
00:04:23 [Music]
00:04:33 [Applause]
00:04:42 [Music]
00:05:11 [Music]
00:05:21 Up a little bit.
00:05:23 A little more.
00:05:25 [Sound of thunder]
00:05:30 All the way up.
00:05:31 Come on, guys.
00:05:33 Easy now.
00:05:34 Oh, look. Santa's reindeer.
00:05:41 Now dasher, now dancer, now prancer.
00:05:44 There's a car.
00:05:45 Now dasher, now dancer, now...
00:05:49 Get out of the street.
00:05:51 Now dasher, now dancer, now...
00:05:55 [Sound of thunder]
00:06:01 Prancer!
00:06:03 [Sound of thunder]
00:06:07 [Footsteps]
00:06:09 I've been telling the council for years these decorations are too old.
00:06:13 Almost went right through that man's windshield.
00:06:15 Looks like Santa's only going to have seven reindeer this year.
00:06:20 Well, come on, people. Let's clear the streets.
00:06:27 Don't want any accidents. Let's clear the streets.
00:06:29 Aren't you going to fix him?
00:06:36 I think she just broke it.
00:06:37 Aren't you going to fix him?
00:06:39 They've got to fix him. Santa needs all his reindeer.
00:06:45 Maybe he can't fly without Prancer.
00:06:48 It's not the real Prancer.
00:06:50 It's just wood.
00:06:52 I know that.
00:06:54 It's just wood.
00:07:03 [Footsteps]
00:07:05 That tractor's only three years old.
00:07:07 Yeah, but I can only give you $1,900.
00:07:10 It's worth twice that.
00:07:11 Dad!
00:07:14 Guess what?
00:07:15 Three thousand.
00:07:16 A reindeer fell and almost went right through a man's windshield.
00:07:20 Not now.
00:07:21 It's my best offer. Take it or leave it.
00:07:32 Leave it.
00:07:33 What are you dressed up for?
00:07:36 Well, it's a Christmas pageant today. Remember?
00:07:39 Yeah. How'd it go?
00:07:43 Good.
00:07:44 That's good.
00:07:46 You know what?
00:07:47 Sean Griswold was supposed to carry it in the baby Jesus, but he lost it.
00:07:52 They had to wrap up a bunch of rags and use that instead.
00:07:58 [Laughs]
00:07:59 [Laughs]
00:08:00 Dad?
00:08:07 Are we poor?
00:08:09 No, we're not poor. We're just down on our luck.
00:08:12 Will we be up on our luck?
00:08:16 I'm doing everything I can.
00:08:20 I could help if you let me.
00:08:23 I'm just a little girl.
00:08:27 Are we gonna starve?
00:08:29 No, of course not.
00:08:31 Stop worrying about these things, will you?
00:08:35 We're gonna be all right.
00:08:36 We got apples.
00:08:39 We're gonna eat applesauce and apple cider and apple pie.
00:08:44 And there's stewed apples and baked apples and dried apples.
00:08:49 Apple butter.
00:08:51 Heck no, we're not gonna starve.
00:08:55 [Door opens]
00:08:56 Hiya, Sarah.
00:09:02 Steve, can you fix my sled?
00:09:08 No.
00:09:10 No?
00:09:11 No!
00:09:12 [Door slams]
00:09:16 [Door slams]
00:09:19 Ugh!
00:09:23 [Christmas carols]
00:09:25 Dinner!
00:09:45 Coming!
00:09:46 [Christmas carols]
00:09:48 Whish! Whish!
00:09:55 There's gonna be a full moon this Christmas.
00:10:01 Don't talk with your mouth full.
00:10:03 Sorry.
00:10:07 That means there's bound to be magic things happening.
00:10:13 Give me a break.
00:10:15 You don't know anything about it. I teach at--
00:10:17 There is something about a full moon.
00:10:19 Nancy Hooper works over at the hospital and she says whenever there's a full moon,
00:10:23 the patients on the eighth floor, you know, the mental patients,
00:10:27 they all start acting up like crazy.
00:10:29 Really?
00:10:31 Mm-hmm.
00:10:32 How?
00:10:33 Why don't you go there on Christmas Eve and find out?
00:10:35 They'll show you magic.
00:10:37 Why are you so nasty?
00:10:39 You wanna eat like an animal, take your food out to the barn.
00:10:45 [Lighter clicks]
00:10:46 [Thunder]
00:10:50 [Birds chirping]
00:10:52 [Crickets chirping]
00:11:05 [Water dripping]
00:11:08 [Water dripping]
00:11:10 [Water dripping]
00:11:15 [Water dripping]
00:11:21 [Water dripping]
00:11:28 [Water dripping]
00:11:30 It's not easy on me either.
00:11:49 I think I like not being able to provide for her.
00:11:51 You do, President.
00:11:52 No, I don't.
00:11:54 I can't get a bank loan anymore.
00:11:57 [Door creaks]
00:11:58 Have you told her yet, John?
00:12:02 [Sighs]
00:12:03 You've got to.
00:12:05 I know.
00:12:06 I know.
00:12:08 [Suspenseful music]
00:12:12 I still don't see why she's been coming over so much lately.
00:12:16 She's your aunt. She's trying to help out.
00:12:19 She asked Dad if he told me yet.
00:12:22 Told me what?
00:12:24 Maybe they're going to get married.
00:12:26 Don't be revolting.
00:12:27 She's married to my Uncle Arnold.
00:12:29 Maybe they were talking about a surprise.
00:12:32 A Christmas present they got you.
00:12:34 You know Santa's the one who brings all the presents.
00:12:37 All right. Santa Claus.
00:12:39 You know it's true.
00:12:41 My mother told me and she'd never lie.
00:12:44 Let's not talk about it anymore right now, though.
00:12:47 There's some serious sledding to be done.
00:12:52 We're the first ones.
00:12:54 The only ones crazy enough to do this.
00:12:57 [Screams]
00:13:01 Watch out!
00:13:07 [Screams]
00:13:09 [Screams]
00:13:13 [Screams]
00:13:15 Hey, you!
00:13:25 This is private property!
00:13:27 Get off my property!
00:13:29 Steer away!
00:13:32 Turn!
00:13:33 I'm trying! I'm trying!
00:13:35 Don't you come near you, hooligan!
00:13:37 No!
00:13:39 Go away, you whore!
00:13:41 You can't be in our garden, you little whore!
00:13:44 [Screams]
00:13:46 Oh! Oh!
00:13:48 Oh, my flora-bundus!
00:13:50 Oh! You animals!
00:13:52 Oh! Oh! Oh, my flora-bundus!
00:13:55 You rascals!
00:13:57 Oh, I'll get even with you!
00:13:59 I'll catch you! I'll catch you!
00:14:01 [Screams]
00:14:10 I'll get you!
00:14:12 Terrorist! Terrorist!
00:14:15 Don't you recognize us?
00:14:18 I don't think so.
00:14:20 See you tomorrow!
00:14:28 Okay! Bye!
00:14:30 [Breathing heavily]
00:14:32 [Screams]
00:14:46 [Groaning]
00:15:15 [Gasps]
00:15:17 [Squealing]
00:15:42 [Breathing heavily]
00:15:44 [Grunts]
00:15:55 [Breathing heavily]
00:15:58 [Siren wailing]
00:16:00 [Siren wailing]
00:16:28 I've never seen one like you.
00:16:30 You're not afraid of me.
00:16:42 [Growling]
00:16:44 [Growling]
00:17:03 [Growling]
00:17:05 Dad! I just saw a deer in the woods!
00:17:29 It was so big! It looked like a giant!
00:17:32 It was so weird! You would never imagine!
00:17:35 How many times have I told you not to go near McFarlane's?
00:17:38 Dad, will you listen?
00:17:40 She just gave me a call. Says you ruined some of her flower bushes.
00:17:43 You wanna guess who's gonna pay for those?
00:17:45 But, Dad!
00:17:47 I want you to stay away from there!
00:17:49 It looked just like the one in my room.
00:17:51 Hey!
00:17:53 You hear me?
00:17:55 Yeah, I do, Dad!
00:17:57 Dad!
00:17:59 [Growling]
00:18:21 [Growling]
00:18:23 I believe you saw a deer in the woods.
00:18:32 There's lots of them around.
00:18:34 But I don't believe it was Santa's, and I don't believe it flies.
00:18:38 It looked just like this one-- Prancer.
00:18:40 See the white mark on his forehead?
00:18:42 Hey, wait a minute. Remember it was Prancer that fell down on Main Street?
00:18:47 That's right. It was.
00:18:49 So is this one.
00:18:51 I have a magazine that had all the rangers lined up.
00:18:54 I cut them out, and this is the order.
00:18:56 This is Prancer, and this is--
00:18:58 This is, um, Prancer, Dancer, Pranc--
00:19:01 Okay, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer.
00:19:03 This is Vixen, and this is Prancer.
00:19:05 Are you going to eat your pickle?
00:19:07 The moon's almost full!
00:19:11 It'll be full on Christmas Eve.
00:19:13 Don't you see? It all fits together!
00:19:15 The problem is, Jessie...
00:19:18 I don't believe in Santa Claus anymore.
00:19:20 What?
00:19:22 I mean, think about it.
00:19:24 How could one man climb down all the chimneys in the world in one night?
00:19:28 He's magical, Kiel.
00:19:30 It doesn't make sense.
00:19:33 Well, Kiel, not everything in the world can be explained.
00:19:37 I've never seen Santa Claus, and I've done a lot of looking.
00:19:41 We've never seen God either. Does that mean there's no God?
00:19:45 Well, how do we know about that for sure?
00:19:48 Because if there's no God, there's no heaven.
00:19:52 Well, maybe there isn't.
00:19:55 All right for you, Carol Weatherby!
00:19:58 You're not my friend anymore!
00:20:00 What did I say?
00:20:03 That there was no heaven!
00:20:06 So?
00:20:08 What about my mother, then?
00:20:12 [church bells ringing]
00:20:15 They said I'm sorry!
00:20:19 Jessie, come on!
00:20:21 I was just kidding. I believe in Santa Claus, okay?
00:20:24 I believe in God, and I believe in heaven!
00:20:26 Do you believe in Liz Prancer?
00:20:28 Yes. I don't believe in him.
00:20:31 There's my mom. She's taking me Christmas shopping.
00:20:40 Talk to you later.
00:20:43 [church bells ringing]
00:20:47 Bye-bye!
00:20:49 Hurry up or you'll miss the bus!
00:20:51 [church bells ringing]
00:20:54 [church bells ringing]
00:21:06 [church bells ringing]
00:21:10 [church bells ringing]
00:21:14 [church bells ringing]
00:21:18 [church bells ringing]
00:21:21 [church bells ringing]
00:21:36 [church bells ringing]
00:21:39 [thud]
00:21:57 [thud]
00:22:00 [thud]
00:22:02 Get in here!
00:22:25 Come on!
00:22:28 [engine idling]
00:22:31 I'm talking, I'm talking, you just don't listen, do you?
00:22:39 What are you doing out there by yourself?
00:22:42 Looking for the reindeer.
00:22:44 I've told you never to go into the woods by yourself this time of year.
00:22:48 A hunter will shoot you!
00:22:57 Where were you going, Daddy?
00:22:59 Just groceries.
00:23:01 You know, looking at some feed and things.
00:23:04 I heard you and Aunt Sarah talking the other night.
00:23:10 What does "told me yet" mean?
00:23:13 What?
00:23:15 What does "told me yet" mean?
00:23:17 Oh, Pete.
00:23:21 You know, it's just not right
00:23:24 when a little girl's got to grow up without a mom around.
00:23:28 We've been talking about maybe you going to live with her.
00:23:36 No, Daddy, please, I don't want to do that.
00:23:39 I know you don't.
00:23:41 This is a hard thing for me to do,
00:23:43 but I got to think about what's best for you.
00:23:46 You know what's best for me?
00:23:48 I'm not.
00:23:49 Can't buy you the things you want.
00:23:51 Can't give you an education.
00:23:54 Sarah will be able to do those things.
00:23:57 Please, Daddy.
00:24:01 Please.
00:24:03 I want to stay with you.
00:24:05 Daddy, I know we argue,
00:24:11 but please, Daddy, please.
00:24:14 Honey, us arguing hasn't got anything to do with it.
00:24:17 It's just not right that I'm away from the house so much.
00:24:22 Send Steve if someone has to go.
00:24:25 He's older than you. I need his help.
00:24:29 I help, too.
00:24:31 I know you do.
00:24:32 I can do everything he does. He'll get too old for work.
00:24:35 I can take his place. Please, Daddy, please.
00:24:38 You'll only be 30 miles away.
00:24:40 30 miles? That's like a billion, two trillion, a thousand miles.
00:24:44 Now, calm down, will you?
00:24:46 Families do this for each other all the time.
00:24:48 They help each other out when things get tough,
00:24:50 but things are tough for me right now.
00:24:52 I'm gonna run away if she comes for me.
00:24:55 I'd want to hear you talk like that.
00:24:57 I will. If she comes in, you'll never find me.
00:25:00 Stop it, Jessica. Dad, look out!
00:25:02 It's him!
00:25:14 Wait. Stay here.
00:25:19 He's hurt, Daddy.
00:25:21 Stay away from him.
00:25:23 We've got to help him.
00:25:33 [Growling]
00:25:35 Daddy, no!
00:25:50 It's hurt.
00:25:52 You've been wounded, Jesse.
00:25:54 Let go.
00:25:56 You can't. It's the one I saw at Santa.
00:26:01 Jesse, you're just gonna suffer.
00:26:03 Oh, no! I hate you! I hate you!
00:26:08 All right, you hate me, you hate me!
00:26:10 [Gun cocks]
00:26:12 I'm gonna look over this way.
00:26:38 Won't even think about it.
00:26:40 This is gonna stop.
00:26:52 [Gun cocks]
00:26:55 [Wind howling]
00:26:58 [Breathing heavily]
00:27:01 [Sighs]
00:27:03 ♪♪
00:27:13 ♪♪
00:27:23 ♪♪
00:27:33 ♪♪
00:27:38 [Gasps]
00:27:40 [Breathing heavily]
00:27:47 ♪♪
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00:28:07 ♪♪
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00:28:57 ♪♪
00:29:07 [Gasps]
00:29:09 ♪♪
00:29:12 You're here.
00:29:14 How did you know where I live?
00:29:17 [Growling]
00:29:19 Do you want me to help you?
00:29:25 [Growling]
00:29:26 I won't hurt you.
00:29:28 [Growling]
00:29:33 Are you hungry?
00:29:35 [Growling]
00:29:42 ♪♪
00:29:52 I gotta get you out of here.
00:29:55 I'll show you if he sees you.
00:29:58 ♪♪
00:30:08 ♪♪
00:30:13 [Growling]
00:30:15 ♪♪
00:30:25 [Growling]
00:30:28 Everything's gonna be all right.
00:30:31 ♪♪
00:30:34 [Growling]
00:30:35 It's okay.
00:30:36 [Growling]
00:30:37 ♪♪
00:30:40 Come on.
00:30:43 Come on.
00:30:45 [Growling]
00:30:46 ♪♪
00:30:49 I know what'll get you out of here.
00:30:51 ♪♪
00:30:56 Come on.
00:30:59 It's a Christmas cookie.
00:31:01 ♪♪
00:31:12 [Growling]
00:31:14 ♪♪
00:31:20 Come on.
00:31:22 Come on, you can do it.
00:31:24 ♪♪
00:31:29 [Growling]
00:31:32 ♪♪
00:31:39 ♪♪
00:31:49 ♪♪
00:31:51 [Growling]
00:31:53 ♪♪
00:32:00 Come on.
00:32:03 Come on.
00:32:06 Come on.
00:32:08 ♪♪
00:32:12 You can do it.
00:32:14 ♪♪
00:32:20 That's it. That's it.
00:32:23 Come on, over here.
00:32:24 [Growling]
00:32:26 ♪♪
00:32:33 ♪♪
00:32:38 [Growling]
00:32:40 ♪♪
00:32:43 Come on.
00:32:44 [Growling]
00:32:46 I'll get more cookies, but you gotta come in here first.
00:32:49 ♪♪
00:32:53 That's it. Come on. Come on.
00:32:55 ♪♪
00:32:57 [Growling]
00:33:01 ♪♪
00:33:08 [Growling]
00:33:11 ♪♪
00:33:18 ♪♪
00:33:26 [Growling]
00:33:29 You can't let me.
00:33:31 ♪♪
00:33:38 I'll get more help, but you gotta stay here till then.
00:33:41 ♪♪
00:33:51 ♪♪
00:34:01 Come on, we're gonna miss our bus.
00:34:04 Coming.
00:34:06 You dropped the dishes last night, Jessica.
00:34:16 Sorry, Dad.
00:34:20 Something's been eating on our little trees.
00:34:23 Which?
00:34:24 The little chestnuts.
00:34:27 What do you think it was?
00:34:29 Oh, I don't know.
00:34:30 From the looks of the droppings, I'd say it might have been a deer.
00:34:34 Must have been hungry if it was eating wood.
00:34:37 Wood, that's what they eat.
00:34:39 I'll see them soon if they'll be eating lead.
00:34:42 See you, Dad.
00:34:45 [Grunts]
00:34:47 [Horn honks]
00:35:00 Forgot my homework.
00:35:08 Too late now.
00:35:09 I gotta.
00:35:10 You're gonna have to walk.
00:35:12 Go ahead.
00:35:14 See ya later!
00:35:16 Not if I see you first!
00:35:18 [Growling]
00:35:33 [Footsteps]
00:35:35 This isn't a very healthy breakfast.
00:35:47 We'll have to move till I can get you some hay.
00:35:50 And you did eat our little trees.
00:35:53 [Growling]
00:35:56 Oh, Prancer, you're getting worse and worse.
00:36:00 I'm going for some help.
00:36:02 [Burps]
00:36:07 [Gasps]
00:36:08 [Gasps]
00:36:10 You okay?
00:36:11 Dr. Beck!
00:36:13 Dr. Beck!
00:36:16 Dr. Beck!
00:36:18 Whatever it is, can wait till tomorrow.
00:36:20 I've been up all night.
00:36:22 Can't wait! Emergency!
00:36:24 [Growling]
00:36:26 Please?
00:36:27 Just come, please?
00:36:29 [Growling]
00:36:32 I brought someone to help you, Prancer.
00:36:38 Oh, my God, it's a reindeer.
00:36:43 You tricked me into this.
00:36:53 Uh-uh.
00:36:54 I said there was an animal that needs your help, and that's the truth.
00:36:58 I think he's dying.
00:37:00 Where are you going?
00:37:09 I'm sorry, I can't.
00:37:11 You're a doctor. You're supposed to help animals.
00:37:15 Domestic animals. I thought it was a cow.
00:37:17 But it'll die.
00:37:19 Talk to Mother Nature.
00:37:21 Dr. Patton, this is very, very important.
00:37:24 [Growling]
00:37:26 No, no, I'm here!
00:37:28 No! Don't die!
00:37:37 Let go of my truck.
00:37:41 He's one of Santa's!
00:37:43 Prancer, actually.
00:37:45 I'm so glad to hear that.
00:37:47 It is. It's Prancer.
00:37:50 And if you don't help, he'll never make it back home like his mother.
00:37:54 Would you please stop doing that?
00:37:56 Your dad's going to hear about this.
00:37:58 He'll never make it back.
00:38:00 Young lady, I was up half the night with a pregnant cow and a crazy horse.
00:38:11 I'm tired. My hand hurts.
00:38:14 I've got a sick wife to tend to.
00:38:16 I can't help you.
00:38:18 But I tell you, he's one of Santa's.
00:38:20 Then call Santa!
00:38:23 And let go of my car.
00:38:26 I probably couldn't help him anyways.
00:38:32 Doctors are just liars.
00:38:34 They never make anyone better.
00:38:37 [Growling]
00:38:44 Is he going to be okay?
00:38:49 Too soon to tell. Should take a while to heal.
00:38:52 Hold his head away from me.
00:38:54 I really don't think this is necessary.
00:38:56 He's probably used to being around people.
00:38:59 What am I, an elf?
00:39:01 Hold his head down and keep that on.
00:39:03 After I leave you here, they bite.
00:39:06 [Growling]
00:39:08 Isn't he the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?
00:39:14 Like a cow with antlers.
00:39:20 [Chuckles]
00:39:22 Don't know what a reindeer is doing this far south.
00:39:27 Must have escaped from that Christmas show over at Riverdale's.
00:39:32 Give him a call.
00:39:34 No! Please, I don't want anybody to know.
00:39:37 Especially Daddy. I don't think he'd understand.
00:39:40 I gotta give him a call just in case.
00:39:42 But I'll make you a deal.
00:39:44 I'll give you a couple of days to tell your father yourself.
00:39:49 Deal.
00:39:51 History's gonna love you for this.
00:39:57 Oh, go to school.
00:40:00 School!
00:40:02 I don't know what you're thinking about half the time.
00:40:05 Your head's always off in the clouds somewhere.
00:40:08 You don't just show up for school when you feel like it.
00:40:10 It's almost vacation anyway, and all I miss was finger painting.
00:40:13 That's the very thing I'm talking about, the very thing I'm worried about.
00:40:17 I gotta go off to Benton Harbor tonight,
00:40:19 and who knows what you're gonna get up to.
00:40:22 You gonna tell me why you were late?
00:40:24 Are you listening to me?
00:40:26 No.
00:40:28 You're not.
00:40:30 No, I mean, I'm not gonna tell you why I was late for school.
00:40:34 Fine. Have it your way.
00:40:37 [Telephone rings]
00:40:41 Hello. Mr. Benton?
00:40:47 This is Jessica Riggs.
00:40:49 Yeah, well, why don't you answer it? What?
00:40:52 Jessica Riggs.
00:40:54 I was wondering if you caught the Christmas show.
00:41:00 Yes, it's not theirs.
00:41:02 Thanks, sir, but I knew it.
00:41:05 Darn this thing.
00:41:09 Where did that deer come from?
00:41:12 To babysit my crazy sister.
00:41:15 Of course. I've got it locked in her room,
00:41:17 so I probably could just sneak out of the house.
00:41:20 She's on a mission to find some reindeer.
00:41:25 My dad almost made a road pizza out of it.
00:41:27 She thinks he can fly.
00:41:30 No, not my dad. The reindeer.
00:41:34 [♪♪♪]
00:41:37 Supper time.
00:42:01 This is the part I told you about.
00:42:04 You tear apart the baby's rattle,
00:42:09 see what makes the noise inside.
00:42:12 But there is a veil covering the unseen world
00:42:15 which not the strongest man could tear apart.
00:42:18 No Santa Claus?
00:42:22 Thank God he lives.
00:42:25 He lives forever, a thousand years from now.
00:42:29 Ten times ten thousand years from now.
00:42:33 He will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
00:42:39 It can't be as good as my mom did,
00:42:44 but you understand what it means, right?
00:42:48 I bet Santa doesn't think he'll get back in time.
00:42:56 I better let him know.
00:42:59 I love you, Prancer.
00:43:05 But what about me? Do you love me?
00:43:24 Say cheese.
00:43:26 Did you get that?
00:43:48 Ho, ho, ho, little buddy. Of course I did.
00:43:51 Let's see, uh, Skeletor,
00:43:54 Slime Pit, Skateboard,
00:43:57 and, uh, Handcuffs.
00:44:00 Right. Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas.
00:44:04 Whoa, you're getting kind of heavy for Santa's lap, aren't you, little girl?
00:44:11 Ho, ho, ho, ho.
00:44:13 I'm sorry, I don't have any time for chit-chat.
00:44:15 I know you're not the real Santa.
00:44:17 Whoa, ho, ho. Of course I am.
00:44:19 But can you get this letter to him?
00:44:21 Why don't you just put a stamp on it and drop it in the mailbox?
00:44:25 It's too late for that. Please believe me,
00:44:27 this is a matter of utmost importance.
00:44:31 Prancer's in the shed near my house.
00:44:35 I plan to take him to Antler Ridge on December 23rd midnight.
00:44:40 All that's in the letter?
00:44:44 Here's a picture of him.
00:44:46 That way Santa will know you're telling the truth.
00:44:49 Do you think he'd doubt me?
00:44:51 Admit it, you're not the real Santa.
00:44:53 Okay, okay. Keep it to yourself.
00:44:56 Can you help me?
00:44:59 I don't know.
00:45:01 I'll do everything I possibly can.
00:45:04 Thanks.
00:45:06 Ho, wait a minute now.
00:45:09 Is that all you want for Christmas?
00:45:12 Well, for now, anyways.
00:45:14 I really don't want to live with my aunt,
00:45:17 but I don't know if Santa can do anything about that.
00:45:21 Can we hurtle along a little bit, Santa?
00:45:25 Yes, sir.
00:45:27 Go on, honey. It's your turn.
00:45:32 Go on up, Dad. Quick.
00:45:34 There you go.
00:45:36 Well, and what do you want for Christmas, you little devil, you?
00:45:42 Put the Minot robbery on three,
00:45:45 the Farmers on Welfare story on five.
00:45:48 I got something to cheer you up, Al.
00:45:53 This would be perfect for tomorrow's edition.
00:45:57 You've got to swear, Carol.
00:46:08 I said I would.
00:46:10 Cross your heart, swear not to tell.
00:46:12 If you do, I'll get the...
00:46:14 I swear!
00:46:16 Ready?
00:46:19 I'm ready. I'm ready!
00:46:22 Oh, my God!
00:46:28 Prancer!
00:46:30 Go ahead, pet him.
00:46:32 No, it's okay.
00:46:34 I don't like animals that much, anyway.
00:46:36 Come on, that's not an animal.
00:46:38 What are you doing here?
00:46:40 It's a bird. It's a plane.
00:46:42 It's a hat rack.
00:46:44 It's a reindeer, you nerd.
00:46:46 Looks like enough meat to last the winter.
00:46:51 Whoa! Hurt me.
00:46:55 My knees are shaking.
00:46:57 You can kill Dad and I will speak to you again.
00:46:59 Is that a promise?
00:47:01 Dad! Oh, Dad!
00:47:03 Hey, Dad, get...
00:47:05 Shut up, Steve. Shut up.
00:47:07 Look, I'll make you a deal.
00:47:09 You don't tell Dad and I'll clean out the barn for you
00:47:11 till the end of the year.
00:47:13 You're lousy at cleaning the barn.
00:47:15 Name your price, then.
00:47:17 Hmm.
00:47:19 I don't want to wash any dishes till June.
00:47:23 Deal.
00:47:28 By the way,
00:47:30 I wouldn't take any more feed from the barn if I were you.
00:47:33 Now, look, Steve, he has to eat.
00:47:36 Well, then you guys can buy us some oats.
00:47:38 With what? I don't know.
00:47:40 You want to give us some money?
00:47:42 But we don't have any money.
00:47:44 You know, Dad's noticed the missing head.
00:47:46 He thinks it's the deer getting in.
00:47:50 Says he's gonna be... Don't say the word.
00:47:52 Gone.
00:47:54 See you, Prancer. Bye, Carol.
00:47:58 I only need two more days.
00:48:01 Then I'll take him up to Aunt Rachel
00:48:03 and say I'll come and get him.
00:48:05 You will? Yeah. I sent him a letter.
00:48:07 It's all worked out.
00:48:09 He doesn't play with a full deck.
00:48:11 Listen, Steve, nobody, and I mean nobody but us
00:48:15 so he can know about Prancer.
00:48:17 Oh, don't worry.
00:48:19 I wouldn't want anybody to find out you're nuts.
00:48:22 No, Prancer, I have no cookies.
00:48:27 And if you didn't eat so fast, you'd still have some hay left.
00:48:31 How am I gonna get the money for oats?
00:48:34 It costs something like $15 a bag.
00:48:36 Don't look at me.
00:48:38 I spent all mine on Christmas presents.
00:48:40 Maybe we can earn it.
00:48:42 We're on vacation. We can get jobs.
00:48:45 Don't worry, Prancer.
00:48:47 I'm not gonna let you starve.
00:48:49 Jesse.
00:48:52 Your Aunt Sarah's gonna be staying over the next two nights.
00:48:58 She wants to take you to church on Sunday.
00:49:02 And Christmas shopping tomorrow.
00:49:04 I can't, Mom. I got something important to do.
00:49:07 You stay with your Aunt Sarah.
00:49:09 I gotta go to town on business.
00:49:11 I don't wanna come back and hear you've been giving her a hard time.
00:49:15 I know I am.
00:49:17 [♪♪♪]
00:49:19 [GRUNTS]
00:49:44 [GRUNTS]
00:49:46 [DRILL WHIRRING]
00:49:57 [♪♪♪]
00:50:00 [♪♪♪]
00:50:02 [♪♪♪]
00:50:31 What do you want?
00:50:33 I came to apologize for trespassing...
00:50:39 and for...
00:50:41 messing up your flowers.
00:50:43 Well, I should think so.
00:50:45 This isn't the first time you hooligans have torn up my property.
00:50:49 I know. I'm really sorry.
00:50:51 You should see my creeping bent in the summer, what they do.
00:50:55 I know. I know.
00:50:57 Anyway, ma'am, I'm sorry.
00:50:59 Don't do it again, or I'll be forced to notify the juvenile authorities.
00:51:03 I'm sure you wouldn't enjoy a month or two in reform school.
00:51:07 No, ma'am.
00:51:09 You know, while I'm here, ma'am,
00:51:16 I'm raising money for a good cause, and, well...
00:51:20 I'd be willing to do chores for you for half price.
00:51:24 Raising money?
00:51:26 Raising money?
00:51:29 For what cause?
00:51:31 An animal shelter.
00:51:33 What kind of chores?
00:51:38 And how much?
00:51:40 I'll clean any room in your house, top to bottom, for $5.
00:51:45 Any room?
00:51:49 Any room.
00:51:52 Any room.
00:51:54 [door opens]
00:52:23 Been meaning to fix this up for quite a while now.
00:52:27 This looks like a $10 job.
00:52:31 You said any room for $5.
00:52:34 Now, this goes upstairs.
00:52:40 This goes upstairs. You can leave this here.
00:52:43 These go up back.
00:52:46 These go in the closet under the stairs.
00:52:48 This goes up in the-- in the top floor.
00:52:52 Oh!
00:52:54 This is so good.
00:52:56 Keep that over there.
00:52:58 It's really a big dusting.
00:53:00 Oh.
00:53:04 Uh, these-- these books.
00:53:10 Put them in the bookcase.
00:53:12 And this might help.
00:53:14 You know what?
00:53:16 I'm gonna go get a drink.
00:53:18 [door opens]
00:53:20 [sighs]
00:53:27 Come on.
00:53:42 [door opens]
00:53:45 [door closes]
00:53:48 [music playing]
00:53:50 [music playing]
00:53:52 [music playing]
00:53:54 [music playing]
00:54:16 [music playing]
00:54:18 Little girl?
00:54:37 [meow]
00:54:39 [meow]
00:54:42 Little girl?
00:54:45 Little girl?
00:54:47 Little girl?
00:54:55 Are you playing a game on me?
00:55:03 Surprise!
00:55:05 What's all this?
00:55:10 Aren't they beautiful?
00:55:12 Pack these up right away.
00:55:14 Why?
00:55:16 No, I don't want them. Pack them up.
00:55:18 But-- but don't you like them?
00:55:20 No, I don't like them.
00:55:22 You used to win all of the lights awards
00:55:25 for decorating your house.
00:55:27 People came from miles around.
00:55:29 Why would I want people to come from miles around
00:55:31 to trample everything?
00:55:33 Because you have a beautiful house.
00:55:35 No, I'm not doing it anymore.
00:55:37 Please?
00:55:41 Please?
00:55:43 To the left.
00:55:56 No, my left!
00:56:10 $5.
00:56:12 And $10 and $15.
00:56:17 We agreed on $5.
00:56:19 I know, but you did $15 worth of work.
00:56:24 Thanks, Mrs. McFarlane.
00:56:26 Well, now let's go in for those cookies and milk.
00:56:28 I gotta go.
00:56:31 But you said you were going to stay a while.
00:56:33 I got something important to do.
00:56:36 Fine!
00:56:38 Be that way!
00:56:40 I was so worried. I looked for her all day.
00:56:54 She took off early this morning, and she didn't say a word.
00:56:57 I'll talk to her.
00:56:59 Just bite.
00:57:01 [thud]
00:57:03 [somber music]
00:57:19 ♪ ♪
00:57:26 [door opens]
00:57:28 [door closes]
00:57:35 ♪ ♪
00:57:42 "Dear Santa Claus,
00:57:44 "don't worry about Prancer. He's in good hands.
00:57:47 "He was hurt, but I helped him to get well.
00:57:50 "I will bring him to you at the top of Antler Ridge
00:57:53 "at midnight on Sunday, the night before Christmas Eve.
00:57:57 "That way, you will have plenty of time.
00:58:01 "If you don't want me to see you, I'll close my eyes.
00:58:05 "But I do want to see you.
00:58:09 "Love, Jessica Riggs."
00:58:11 [door opens]
00:58:13 [clicking]
00:58:17 [paper rustling]
00:58:20 ♪ ♪
00:58:27 [train whistle blows]
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00:58:53 How is it, honey? Does it fit you?
00:58:56 Very well, thank you.
00:58:59 Ten minutes!
00:59:03 [woman] Come on, man, hurry up!
00:59:05 Oh, my God.
00:59:10 [door opens]
00:59:11 Here he is.
00:59:13 Oh, he's big.
00:59:15 Oh, wow, he's rad.
00:59:17 Okay, Cliff, what are you doing here?
00:59:20 Hey, twigs.
00:59:22 Just wanted to see the famous Prancer.
00:59:24 Prancer? Who told you?
00:59:26 Nobody, I just saw him.
00:59:28 I'm gonna strangle that Carol.
00:59:30 Look at his weird feet.
00:59:32 And those eyes.
00:59:33 He's so ugly.
00:59:35 Yeah.
00:59:36 Ow!
00:59:37 Hey, watch it.
00:59:38 Hey, that thing is sharp.
00:59:39 What's wrong with you?
00:59:40 Come on, she's crazy, man.
00:59:42 I'm gonna slice you into little pieces!
00:59:45 Stop!
00:59:47 Get away!
00:59:48 Get, get, get!
00:59:50 You'll never come back again!
00:59:53 You're not ugly, Prancer.
01:00:05 Don't let those creeps bother you.
01:00:08 I'm gonna strangle that Carol.
01:00:11 I'll rip her.
01:00:14 [car horn honks]
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01:09:16 Oh, no. Dad's probably reading it right now.
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01:09:30 Whoa, Janet!
01:09:33 Oh, gal.
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01:10:57 [Gunshot]
01:10:59 He's got a gun!
01:11:01 [Indistinct shouting]
01:11:03 Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
01:11:05 I want to make a proposition to you, John.
01:11:10 Holy cow.
01:11:18 Daddy?
01:11:20 Oh, no. He's gone.
01:11:22 Daddy, where is he? Did you kill him?
01:11:24 I had that deer out in that shed all week.
01:11:26 Tell Daddy!
01:11:28 That's why you skipped school.
01:11:30 You give him food from the barn, tell him lies.
01:11:32 Then I find a 40-pound sack of oats out there
01:11:35 with a Christmas bow on it!
01:11:37 Want to tell me where that came from? Did you steal that, too?
01:11:39 No, she bought it from--
01:11:41 Oh, you were in on this, too, huh? I'll get you later!
01:11:43 Daddy!
01:11:45 I went down to read the newspaper for a change,
01:11:47 and all heck breaks loose.
01:11:49 Darn deer, lets a stalk out, then comes into the house!
01:11:52 I got too much of my mind for all this.
01:11:54 The kids are making me nuts.
01:11:56 Tell me you didn't shoot him. I didn't shoot him.
01:11:58 You didn't? No, I didn't.
01:12:00 Really? No, I didn't.
01:12:03 Oh, thank you, Daddy.
01:12:05 Did you run away? Which way did you go? To Taylor Ridge?
01:12:07 Down at Three Oaks.
01:12:09 Sold him. Sold him?
01:12:11 To Herb Dreyer.
01:12:13 He offered me $200 to take him off my hands.
01:12:16 Mr. Dreyer? The butcher?
01:12:18 Daddy, he'll eat him!
01:12:20 No, he won't. He won't.
01:12:22 He's a butcher, Daddy! He'll cut him up into a thousand pieces!
01:12:24 Oh, stop it. No, I won't.
01:12:26 You don't understand what you've done.
01:12:28 He swore to stand us!
01:12:30 Oh, come on, Jesse!
01:12:32 Mom would have never done this.
01:12:34 Look, reindeer don't fly, okay?
01:12:37 I hate to be the one to tell you that, but they don't.
01:12:40 I'll shoot her instead of you!
01:12:43 Die! I'm gonna die!
01:12:48 Oh, John.
01:12:50 You really didn't do that, did you?
01:12:53 Let's get some fish.
01:13:02 Where is he, Mr. Dreyer?
01:13:09 Where's who?
01:13:11 Prancer!
01:13:13 Over there.
01:13:15 Prancer.
01:13:22 You're alive.
01:13:26 I saved his life.
01:13:35 Now he's my best salesman.
01:13:37 Aren't you, fella?
01:13:39 Nobody answer that.
01:13:53 I'm tired of having to explain to everybody why I sold that reindeer.
01:13:57 May I be excused, please?
01:14:02 Yes, you may.
01:14:05 [phone rings]
01:14:07 Sorry about the mess you made in the house.
01:14:14 I'll do the dishes after everyone's through.
01:14:19 [phone rings]
01:14:22 [sighs]
01:14:25 [sighs]
01:14:27 [distant howling]
01:14:30 [distant howling]
01:14:32 [distant howling]
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01:14:51 [distant howling]
01:14:53 Where do you think you're going?
01:15:16 None of your beeswax.
01:15:18 I'm going to be out at night in a snowstorm, and it's none of my business.
01:15:22 You're going to try and spring Prancer.
01:15:24 So what if I am?
01:15:26 I just wonder why you need a sack full of clothes to do it.
01:15:29 Come on, Jesse, what are the clothes for?
01:15:34 You're going to tell me what you're doing, or I'm going to go get Dad.
01:15:38 I'm not coming back.
01:15:41 Boy, that's just great.
01:15:43 Come on, Jesse, come back to the house.
01:15:45 Come on, don't be crazy.
01:15:47 Are you going to make me drag you?
01:15:49 Go ahead, drag me. I'll just find another way to leave.
01:15:52 Am I the only sane one left in this family?
01:15:56 Look, Steve, I'm not going to ever, ever live with Aunt Sarah.
01:16:00 Aunt Sarah?
01:16:02 Dad wants to send me there, and I really don't want to go.
01:16:05 He does? Why is everyone keeping me in the dark about everything?
01:16:09 I didn't think you'd care.
01:16:11 Of course I do.
01:16:13 I thought maybe you might be glad.
01:16:15 So?
01:16:17 Dad doesn't want me.
01:16:19 Sure he does.
01:16:21 He doesn't treat me right.
01:16:23 He's just mixed up right now.
01:16:25 He doesn't love me. He doesn't understand me.
01:16:27 Maybe he doesn't understand you all the time.
01:16:29 I don't either.
01:16:31 But that doesn't mean I don't love you.
01:16:33 Come on, come on home. I'm tired of talking about this.
01:16:39 I can't, Steve.
01:16:41 I'm praying to God there's nothing left for me in this town.
01:16:44 Bye, Steve.
01:16:46 Bye, Steve.
01:16:55 Bye, Steve.
01:16:57 [music]
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01:17:32 I figured you might need some help with the jailbreak.
01:17:36 Don't think I'm going to try and talk you out of running away anymore.
01:17:39 Whatever you want to do is fine with me.
01:17:42 Thanks, Steve.
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01:18:03 We got to hurry.
01:18:05 Bert makes his rounds every half an hour. You be the lookout.
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01:18:53 Where were you?
01:18:55 I didn't see it.
01:18:57 Get back to your post.
01:18:58 No, let me help. The snow is too thick for looking out.
01:19:01 If you don't get back to your post, we're going home.
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01:19:29 Hey, Steve! I'm here!
01:19:32 [music]
01:19:35 What are you doing? What the heck are you doing?
01:19:38 Flying the roof off so Francer can jump out.
01:19:42 It's too high for you, and it's too high for him.
01:19:45 He's Francer, Steve. Maybe we get to see him fly.
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01:19:59 No!
01:20:01 [music]
01:20:14 Come on, Francer. Come on.
01:20:19 You're better now. There's nothing holding you back.
01:20:22 Come on! We don't have much time. It's quarter to twelve.
01:20:28 Francer, come on!
01:20:31 Oh, Steve! He's going to fly. He's going to fly.
01:20:37 Steve, look!
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01:20:52 It's burnt! Stay put! Maybe we won't see you in all the snow.
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01:21:47 Hey, Francer. How are you doing tonight?
01:21:51 Nice weather we're having here, huh?
01:21:53 [moaning]
01:21:56 How about that? Yeah.
01:21:59 Oh, boy.
01:22:01 Well, we'll see you on our next run, and I'll bring you something real good to eat, too, okay?
01:22:06 Okay. See you later.
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01:22:29 Steve, stay put! I'm coming up!
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01:22:47 Jesse! Jesse!
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01:22:59 Kurt! Kurt! Kurt, wait! Kurt!
01:23:03 Kurt! Wait, Kurt, stop!
01:23:06 Kurt, my sister! Kurt, wait!
01:23:09 Kurt!
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01:23:13 Kurt!
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01:24:40 Are you sure? I think maybe she came home from the hospital too soon.
01:24:44 I know the x-rays turned out all right, but she's still not feeling well.
01:24:49 Things are blurry when she looks at them. She doesn't want to get out of bed.
01:24:53 She doesn't want to play her Christmas records.
01:24:56 You don't understand. My daughter plays Christmas records all year.
01:25:02 Okay.
01:25:04 I will.
01:25:06 How are you feeling, honey?
01:25:16 Things still look a little funny to you?
01:25:19 Sort of.
01:25:21 Tomorrow, when your uncle and I come over for Christmas dinner,
01:25:34 we'll all get bundled up and we'll go and see Prancer.
01:25:38 I don't want to see that deer anymore.
01:25:43 What on earth are you talking about?
01:25:46 Hera was right. I don't know why it took me so long to listen.
01:25:50 I don't understand, Jesse.
01:25:53 It's just a deer, Aunt Sarah.
01:25:56 What would make you say such a thing, after all that you've done for him?
01:26:01 After what he did for you last night?
01:26:04 Why, I bet Santa's coming to get him tonight.
01:26:10 Don't have to pretend. Dad's right. I'm almost nine years old.
01:26:16 Time I grew up a little.
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01:26:23 Hey, John, how are you?
01:26:47 What you doing down here? Just checking on the reindeer.
01:26:51 You ought to go up to your house, 'cause there's gonna be a party there.
01:26:55 Dumb.
01:26:57 There's supposed to be a surprise party.
01:27:00 A what? Just between you and I. It's a party for Jesse.
01:27:05 So we'll see you out there, okay?
01:27:08 Yeah, sure, I'll be there. Okay.
01:27:11 Yeah.
01:27:13 Don't hit me in front of people.
01:27:16 I don't rank here, you know.
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01:29:33 You know that old sleigh?
01:29:36 Remember the rides we used to take in it every Christmas?
01:29:40 Maybe we could hook it up to old Ralph and do that tomorrow.
01:29:47 I'd like that, Daddy.
01:29:51 Found this out in the shed.
01:30:02 [soft music]
01:30:05 - What? - Read it. Just this part.
01:30:20 That's my favorite.
01:30:25 [soft music]
01:30:28 "You tear apart the baby's rattle,
01:30:36 "and you see what makes the noise inside.
01:30:40 "But there is a veil covering the unseen world
01:30:44 "which not the strongest man could tear apart.
01:30:48 "Only faith, poetry,
01:30:53 "love and romance
01:30:56 "can push aside that curtain
01:31:00 "and view the beauty and the glory beyond."
01:31:04 Is it all real?
01:31:11 Virginia, in all this world,
01:31:15 there is nothing else real and abiding.
01:31:20 You know Santa Claus?
01:31:23 Thank God he lives.
01:31:27 He lives forever.
01:31:31 A thousand years from now, ten times ten thousand years from now,
01:31:36 you will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
01:31:40 I didn't really want to run away.
01:31:44 I just... I just wanted...
01:31:49 I just wanted you to find me and bring me back here
01:31:52 and tell me things were gonna be okay,
01:31:56 like they used to be.
01:32:00 Oh, Jesse.
01:32:04 I can't tell you everything's gonna be all right.
01:32:08 I wish I could, but I know things are always gonna be hard around here.
01:32:12 Could even be we'll lose this farm someday.
01:32:18 What I can't bear is the...
01:32:21 When you were gone last night,
01:32:30 I saw what it'd be like around here not to have you around.
01:32:35 I love you, Jesse.
01:32:41 I'm sorry, Daddy.
01:32:46 I love you, too, Dad.
01:32:49 Oh, baby.
01:32:53 It's okay. Don't cry.
01:32:57 You're home, honey, and that's where you're gonna stay.
01:33:01 I got something I want to show you.
01:33:07 I'll show you.
01:33:10 How'd you get him?
01:33:19 Tracked Herb down and gave him his money back.
01:33:22 I think we still got time to get him out to Hampton Ridge.
01:33:26 Santa hasn't been to Three Oaks yet.
01:33:29 You don't have to. I know he's really not praying, sir.
01:33:34 I'm sure he's convincing all those people downstairs of that.
01:33:37 Well, well, well, out of the way, everybody.
01:33:41 We got a reindeer to get to Hampton Ridge by midnight.
01:33:44 I love it. This is such a good idea, John.
01:33:47 The doctor said she could get out of bed, but I don't think this is what he had in mind.
01:33:50 She still needs her rest.
01:33:52 I know what she needs, Sarah, and from now on, she's gonna be getting more of it.
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01:35:20 I wish I could keep you for just my own time.
01:35:24 I'll always remember you, Prancer. I love you.
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01:35:40 Thanks, Prancer, for everything.
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01:36:27 Look.
01:36:30 Where'd he go?
01:36:38 I don't know. He just disappeared.
01:36:42 He couldn't have jumped and live.
01:36:49 Maybe he flew.
01:36:51 This would be a good place for Santa to come and get him.
01:36:55 The moon is full.
01:37:02 And it is Christmas Eve.
01:37:05 Listen.
01:37:10 Maybe you'll hear his bells.
01:37:14 [bells jingling]
01:37:17 I hear them.
01:37:31 I hear them, Daddy, I do.
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01:37:58 Goodbye, Prancer. Goodbye.
01:38:01 Remember me?
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