Yes it's late again. I promise not to make a habit of this. Yesterday Kara, Jumana and I went down into the ballad so that Kara could buy some final things before she heads back to America next week. After she and I walked Jumana home from the ballad and Jumana invited us up to have dinner with her. This was at about 11:00 PM. We had kufta in lemon sauce with potatoes. Kufta is a lamb dish and I had had it before with a tomato sauce. I liked Jumana's rendition of this dish much better than the other one. By the time we got home it was 2:00 AM and any chances of posting were nill.
So today and tomorrow (which is still technically today) I thought I'd share with you about one of mine and my siblings' favorite Christmas movie: A Year Without a Santa Clause. We renamed this video "Santa has the Sniffles" when we were younger.
In this story (spoiler alert), Santa wakes up one morning feeling not so good. Mrs Clause calls for the doctor who diagnoses Santa with a cold and orders him to stay in bed. All the while the doctor is making pointed remarks about how none of the people on Earth care about Santa or Christmas anymore. After hearing all this on top of feeling so poorly, Santa calls all the elves and tells them that they're taking this year off; there will be no Christmas.
Well Mrs Clause was not going to let this happen while she sat idly by. She calls the top two elves in for a secret mission. Jingle Bell and Jangle Bell are charged with journeying down to Earth in search of some Christmas spirit that would put the wind back in Santa's sails. They are very reluctant to venture down into the human world especially on their own. Mrs Clause ignores their cries of protest, sets them on Vixen, the baby reindeer, and bids them farewell.
After a dangerous journey, Jingle and Jangle arrive in South Town, USA, in search of some holiday cheer. To their dismay most of the townsfolk seem disinterested, even hostile to their questions about Santa and Christmas. Meanwhile, Vixen gets sick from the hot weather because you know reindeer are built for the winter snows not the summer sun. The elves set her down under a tree for a rest and proceed to then question a group of school children about their thoughts and feelings about Santa. A boy named Iggy steps forward as the leader of the group and explains that only little kids believe in Santa anymore. He then warns the disheartened elves that their "dog" is being taken away by the dog catcher. Jingle and Jangle run after the dog catcher's car while Iggy shrugs and walks home.
Back at the North Pole, Santa wakes up from his nap and realizes that Mrs Clause has been up so something. He soon ascertains that she sent Jingle and Jangle to Earth and immediately Santa calls his head reindeer Dasher to take him to wherever the little elves have ended up. While in South Town, Santa finds himself in front of Iggy's house. While questioning the boy about some "little men in funny suits" Santa has a hefty sneeze attack. I can sympathize with him here, my sneezes have never been quiet or small. Iggy's mother hears Mr "Claous" sneezing and invites him in for some tea. Santa and Iggy's parents then sing a somewhat irritating song about how believing in Santa Clause is more than just a child's belief in some person; it's holding onto all the things that make life worth while like our dreams. Iggy then repents of his naive ways. While the conversation is coming to a close, Mr "Claous" remembers that Iggy saw which way his friends went. Upon hearing the story of the dog catcher and Vixen, Santa runs out of the house, jumps on his reindeer and flies away.
Unable to secure the release of the little reindeer, Jingle and Jangle go to the town hall to appeal to the mayor. Iggy heads there as well to tell the mayor of his encounter with the man in red himself. They are all laughed out of the office but the mayor promises to release Vixen from the pound and to declare a nation-wide holiday for Santa if the threesome can do one thing: make it snow in South Town. Now South Town has about the same weather pattern as the place where I am staying now; needless to say, it never snows there. At a loss as to how they can accomplish this new feat, Jingle has an idea. He proposes that they call Mrs Clause and ask her to intervene. That night Mrs Clause flies down to Iggy's house with Blitzen and a plan. The four of them set off to see Snow Miser.
Now the Miser Brothers are the sons of Mother Nature. They each control opposite poles of weather (their names make it obvious which one controls which). If anyone can send some snow to the south it's the man in charge of the snow for the whole world. After an impressive musical number (see the video below), Snow Miser excitedly agrees to send snow where ever Mrs Clause's heart desires but he has to withdraw his help when he hears that they need the snow in the south. The south is controlled by Heat Miser whom, of course, Snow Miser is not on speaking terms with. Not defeated yet, the four friends set their course for Heat Miser's abode.
The story continues in the next installment of this Advent blog. For now enjoy the song bellow.
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