Santa Baby Page #4

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DRESS THEMSELVES.

WELL, THE OLDER ONES--

YEAH. THE OLDER ONES

CAN DRESS THEMSELVES.

BUT WHO'S GONNA

SUPERVISE THE TOYMAKING?

WHO'S GONNA APPROVE

THE LIST?

WHO'S GONNA DELIVER

THE PRESENTS?

[thudding into trash]

YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION?

YEAH!

ME.

Santa:
NO, NO, NO.

DON'T YOU MEAN

HO HO HO, DEAR?

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS,

AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU.

I WON'T HAVE IT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS?

UH... [sighs]

NICKOLAS, MARY CAME

ALL THIS WAY.

SHE'S HERE SO YOU

COULD GET BETTER.

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY

NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.

I'M AS STRONG

AS A POLAR BEAR.

NICKOLAS, PLEASE!

YOU CAN HARDLY MOVE.

HOW ARE GONNA GO

UP AND DOWN:

MILLIONS OF CHIMNEYS

IN ONE NIGHT?

SAME WAY I'VE ALWAYS

DONE IT.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS.

MARY'S JUST A GIRL.

OHH!

OH, PHHH!

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

SHE'S TOO YOUNG.

SHE'S TOO HEADSTRONG.

SHE'S--

SHE'S TOO IMPULSIVE.

UH, HELLO,

I'M IN THE ROOM.

SHE'S THE SAME AGE

AS YOU WERE WHEN

YOU STARTED OUT.

YOU KNOW WHAT, MOM?

JUST FORGET IT.

IT'S NO USE.

HE'LL NEVER CHANGE.

WHY SHOULD I CHANGE?

I'VE BEEN DOING

THIS SINCE LONG:

BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.

CHRISTMAS IS A BIG

RESPONSIBILITY, MARY.

FRANKLY,

YOU'RE NOT UP TO IT.

UP TO IT? DAD,

I RUN MY OWN COMPANY.

PEOPLE PAY ME:

TO TELL THEM:

HOW TO RUN:

THEIR BUSINESS:

MORE EFFICIENTLY.

OH, AND I SUPPOSE

YOU TELL THEM,

"JUST CHANGE EVERYTHING.

JUST FORGET ABOU TRADITION."

DAD, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN BEING TRADITIONAL

AND BEING PRIMITIVE.

[SPUTTERS]

[EXHALES]

YOU'RE BEING NAUGHTY!

THINK I'LL BE

THE JUDGE OF THAT. HMM.

UH, WAIT. WHAT?

FOR HOW LONG?

A MONTH, AT LEAST.

THROUGH CHRISTMAS?

YOU'VE GOT IT.

SERIOUSLY?

AHA!

[LAUGHS]

WHAT'S THIS?

THIS IS CHRISTMAS,

MY CHRISTMAS--

A LIFETIME OF MY IDEAS--

STUFF MY DAD WAS

EITHER TOO PIGHEADED OR

TOO SCARED TO EVER TRY.

OOH, LOOK AT THIS.

HA HA!

DIFFERENT SHAPES

FOR CANDY CANES.

OH! BLUEPRINTS FOR

A TURBO-SLEIGH.

OH! SWEATERS

FOR THE REINDEER.

[GASPS] COOKIES

WITH EGGNOG INSIDE.

EW!

YEAH. WELL, THA ONE REALLY DIDN' WORK OUT TOO WELL.

JEEZ. IT LOOKS

LIKE YOU WERE REALLY

INTO THIS STUFF.

WHAT HAPPENED?

R LISTENED TO ME.

NOT ONCE.

I MEAN, I KNOW MY IDEAS

AREN'T ALL GEMS,

BUT I HAD:

THOUSANDS OF THEM.

YOU'D THINK HE'D A LEAST HAVE GIVEN ONE

OR TWO OF THEM A SHOT.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S MY TURN NOW.

MY CHRISTMAS.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MOVE IT ALONG:

HERE, MATE.

YEAH.

LOOK AT THAT.

YEAH! IT'S NICE.

HERE YOU GO.

WHOA!

[CRASH]

OH, MY.

HEY, BUDDY,

YOU NEED HELP.

A LITTLE HELP HERE.

PLEASE HELP!

HEH! HOPELESS.

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

HI.

HEY, LUKE!

AHEM!

GOOD MORNING, TEAM.

I'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS.

MARY IS GONNA TAKE OVER

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