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Huh?

Happy Holidays, my wild friends!

I hope you've been more nice than naughty this year!

Aw, these lil' buds?

This is the best-behaved foursome in all of Central Park.

Ah!

Oops.

C'mon, let's go. We've got more luminaries to hang

before the Zoo Lights ceremony tonight.

Aw, that moment when all the lights turn on at once...

makes me feel like a kid again, every time!

Me too, Carlos.

Did ya hear Kate talk about us being naughty or nice?!

Nobody panic!

We're not panicking, Melman.

Well... good! Because I've been keeping track of our Nice

and Naughty deeds all year!

Oh, like a chore chart?!

An organizational tracking system with stickers?

Simple, yet efficient. I'm impressed, Melman!

Thanks! And good news: "Nice" is in the lead!

Hey, has anyone seen Alex this morning?

Yeah! Woah! Wee! Woohoo!

Ah!

Ow! Oops...

There's another one for the naughty column.

But the good deeds are still in the lead...

just barely.

Beautiful work, Marty!

Merry Cave-mas to us!

Just wait for tonight!

That magical moment when lights fill up the whole zoo?

Ah... Gotta be my favorite holiday tradition!

My favorite tradition is going to Dumpling Dan's

pop-up restaurant!

Ooh, and after dumplings?!

When we go to Cupcake Bea's for Candy Cane Cupcakes!

The holidays wouldn't be the same without our annual traditions!

This will be the best year yet!

Not best enough! Or should I say not nice enough.

It wasn't a strong year for niceness!

I thought "Nice" was in the lead?

So did I! But after Alex's train fiasco this morning...

I double checked my work and discovered a calculation error.

Nice and Naughty are tied!

How can I enjoy the most wonderful time of the year now?

What does a sticker chart have to do with enjoying our traditions?

Isn't it obvious? I can't have a good holiday 'til it's been a good year!

There's plenty of time today to earn stickers for the Nice column!

Looks like you only need one more sticker to put nice in the lead!

That's true...

and one more good deed should be easy.

And quick!

Where are you going?!

To earn one last sticker so I can enjoy

my dumpling, cupcake, and zoo light tradition

in the nicest, goodest way.

Ah!

Hola,Lucia! Looks like you're in need of a good deed!

Here, let me help.

All done! Guess I've earned this.

Hm... Guess I didn't realize I was supposed to use

that much tape.

Oh, Odee!

- This is for you! - Oh, for me?!

Uh... tape's a little sticky.

Woah!

So much for earning that sticker.

It's okay, Melman. It was the thought that counts.

C'mon, Melman, we gotta go if we're gonna hit all our holiday favorites!

Yeah, those dumplings and cupcakes sell out fast!

But I haven't done my good deed!

You can do one on the way! We're heading to the tunnels. Bye, Lucia!

¡Adios!

Maybe the chimps need help with something.

Happy Holidays!

A special day calls for a special toll!

Had a feeling you might say that.

That's a beautiful tree.

But it seems like it might be missing something!

Yeah, our tree is perfect!

But it could be even more perfect!

This is going straight to the top!

Bye!

Uh... That looks like a good deed waiting to happen!

Need a tall friend to lend a helping hoof?

- Thanks, Melman! - No problemo!

Good deed done!

Ah!

There you go!

Well I gotta go!

I'm sorry, uh... Happy Holidays!

Will ya look at that...

It's even more beautiful than last year!

And smells even better!

How can anyone smell at a time like this?

I know you wanted to complete your sticker chart,

but is anything nicer than a warm dumpling on a cold day?

Look! We beat the holiday lines!

Gotta love a punctual celebration!

Huh! Looks like I should've taken a left at the dumpling.

Let's grab our dumplings and cupcakes,

then we can kick back at zoo lights.

Excuse me?

Gosh, I really don't mean to bug ya, but...

can I bother ya for directions?

This map's confusing.

That's 'cause your map's a menu.

Oh! How about that?

But! If you need a good deed, I'm your guy.

Oh! Well, okay!

I-I-I'm lookin' for a store, a big store

with a shmancy name and an even shmancier holiday parade.

Whoa!

Fancy Fifth's?

That's the one!

Back in Canada, the Fancy Fifth's parade is world renowned!

Yeah! C'mon! Okay!

Well, Canada-renowned...

Whoa!

You came all the way from Canada?

Are you here with your family?

I'm afraid it's just me.

You're alone? On the holidays?!

Well, yeah. It's kind of a long story.

It's a good deed to listen to long stories, right? Consider these ears wide open!

Oh. Well, we were passing over New York

on our way to Florida when we got separated.

It was pretty cloudy and the next thing I knew,

I was lost!

You're lost and alone on the holidays?!

Yeah, I guess I am...

but I'd be a lot less lost with those directions.

Well, then we can do better than directions!

We're gonna help find your family!

It'll be a little harder than you think.

But if you could just point me on my way.

Uh, is it an east/west kinda thing or more of a north/south?

Will you excuse us a moment?

Reuniting a lost goose with his family during the holidays?!

What's good-er than that?!

That's gotta be worth a whole pack of stickers!

I guess we do still have time before Dan runs out of dumplings...

Yeah, and everyone knows the last batch of Candy Cane cupcakes

is the best batch, anyway.

And the Zoo Lights don't come on until it gets dark,

so a little detour should be okay.

That's the spirit! We'll have plenty of time for our traditions

once we help, uh, did you catch his name?

Henry Herbert, the Forty-ninth.

But you can call me Hank!

Okay, Hank.

What do you say we search the city up and down until we find your family!

You mean now? Uh, ya wanna spend the day...

lookin for my family... with me?

Yeah! We can start at the park,

geese love the Central Park pond.

I'm gonna find your family, Hank.

'Cause nobody should be alone on the holidays!

If I was a tourist from Canada,

this is where I'd go, eh?

You betcha!

Open air, plenty of water, and--

Oh, people!

I love people watching!

New Yorkers at the holidays

are even more adorable than I imagined!

I don't see it...

Did ya hear that?

That must be your family! - They came back?!

Ugh!

What? It's allergies, Gina!

You said you couldn't hear it!

I never said I couldn't hear it.

I said it didn't bother me. Turns out it does.

Guess it's not my family. Thanks for trying.

You sure are a nice bunch.

We are nice! Which is why we're not givin' up!

What about all your holiday plans? You oughta be out enjoying them.

Let's focus on where those geese oughta be.

Hmm, if I were a goose, where would I go...

I am a goose, and I wanna go to the Fancy Fifth's Parade!

Then maybe your family's at Fancy Fifth's right now, looking for you!

Let's go!

Wow!

Whoops, sorry.

Fancy Fifth's...

Wow!

Would ya look at that!

- Wow! - Wow, they're setting up the parade!

Wow!

Oh, this window alone is worth the trip to New York!

If you think this is exciting,

you should see the Zoo Lights...

- Ooh! - Ugh!

- Hey! - Snowball fight!

This is so much fun!

Wanna know what's even more fun?

Finding Hank's family! C'mon!

Any luck?

Nothin' here!

This wild goose chase is goose-less!

Places, everyone!

The parade's about to begin!

We roll out in five!

Nothin' better than witnessing an efficient and well-planned holiday event!

Except...

being in one!

Ho ho ho!

Merry Christmas!

Santa! Santa!

I was born to play Santa.

I went from lookin' for the fancy parade to bein' in it?

Ah, I could pinch myself!

Please don't, I wouldn't want you to hurt yourself.

But if you do, let me know! I'd be happy to patch it up for you!

Any sign of your family?

Nope, but there's a giant candy cane!

I'll get some for us!

Mmm-mmm-mmm, not so fast, Hank.

We all want a Candy Cane, cupcake, that is!

And the sooner we find your family,

the sooner we'll get a taste of ours.

Sorry. I get easily distracted,

just ask my dad, Hank the forty eight--

- Ooh, there! Look! - What?! Is it your dad?!

No, but there's a giant dreidel!

And... one, two, three, four, five elves!

I know you're excited, Hank, but we're here for geese,

not for Santa's workshop.

Santa's workshop's here too?!

Thank you! Ho ho ho!

Hear that?!

That must be--

Hey, Santa! Love the new coat.

Ho ho ho!

Alex, focus...

I didn't know you kids were in the parade!

Neither did we, 'til today!

How'd you spot us, Ant'ney?

Birds' eye view!

Second best holiday view in all of New York.

First one's on top of the Park Avenue Hotel.

Yep, you see everything up on that roof.

Hm, you can see more from the sky...

Oh, yeah! Like that big ol' line at Dumpling Dan's.

Bet ya see that one from space.

- I have a feeling we're gonna miss our dumplings... - Not if I can help it!

New plan: Alex and Marty, go get in line for dumplings.

- Got it! - Hank, Gloria, you're with me.

Are we getting the cupcakes?

Gloria and I will get those after.

After... we try that Santa-shaped bounce house?!

Nope, we gotta do a good deed.

And we're gonna do it like Santa would.

From the sky.

Mike to Mary Sue.

I'm in position.

This sure beats wingin' it!

Even my cousin Zeb can't fly this fast!

Hank, look on the horizon and see if you can spot your family.

Oh, right, right!

Hank, look! Over there!

Those are definitely geese!

Wait, really?

Yeah-heh-heh!

Now you can spend the holidays with your family

and we'll get back to spending them with ours!

No, they're definitely not--

Here's to another banner year of being nice!

Woohoo!

Guess I'll get going then, to see these geese.

Who I'm definitely related to!

Thanks for everything.

What? This good deed? It was a breeze! Enjoy Florida!

See ya next migration! Is that a thing that's said?

It is now.

It sure was nice to have someone to spend the holidays with.

Take care!

Now let's get our tails to Chinatown

and get this holiday train back on track!

Hello, fellow do-gooders!

- Did we do it? - We did it!

Told ya, it always pays to be nice!

And patient. We're next! It's almost dumpling time!

Do you think twelve dozen dumplings

is enough for the holiday bash?

I sure hope so, Millie, you bought every

last one in the restaurant.

Every last one?

There's always next year...

I know stomach, I know.

I'm sorry, Alex. I really thought we could make it.

It's okay, at least Hank found his family. It was worth it.

And if we hurry, we can still get our annual cupcakes!

Candy Cane goodness here we... ugh!

Hank?

Oh, hi!

- Hey, there. - Hank? What's going on?!

I thought you'd be halfway to Florida by now!

Is that a candy cane cupcake?!

Sure is.

The way you were talkin' 'em up, I had to try 'em!

Got there just in time too. This was the last one!

Oh, you want some?

Huh.

Hank, where's the family we reunited you with in epicly nice fashion?

The truth is... the birds we saw in the sky?

They weren't my family.

Oh, no, so you're still lost?!

Oh, yeah, I-I did lose my family.

But what I didn't tell ya is: I kinda sorta flew away

from them first.

I always wanted to see New York at the holidays.

But my dad always says, "Florida's where we belong."

So, I don't know, I wanted to get closer

to the magic, but turns out I flew a little too close.

When I looked back, all I saw was clouds.

Guess they didn't notice me fall behind...

Your family's not even in New York?

They gotta be halfway to Boca by now.

Thank you for letting us know...

that I didn't do the good deed I thought I did.

If you'll all excuse me for a moment...

So much for being good!

This very bad day's the perfect end to a very bad year!

Ah, boy, I sure messed this up...

I feel terrible.

And I made you feel terrible?

I guess I deserve a naughty sticker for that.

I don't think that's necessary.

C'mon, gang, if we hurry, we can still catch Zoo Lights!

What do you say, Hank? Wanna join us?

Ah, I've overstayed my welcome.

But you enjoy your holiday together.

- Bye! - Nice Meeting you!

Happy holidays, Hank...

Ah!

Wow!

Just in time, Kate hasn't turned on the light display yet!

This'll brighten our holiday.

Uh... It's too bad Hank couldn't join us.

Didn't we give that goose enough of our day already?

I kinda liked having him around.

He reminded me how magical New York is this time of year.

Yeah, the only thing I like better than the Zoo Lights

is watching someone watch the Zoo Lights for the first time!

Happy Holidays and welcome to the Tenth Anniversary

of the Central Park Zoo Lights!

May today be merry and... bright!

Ooh.

Wow!

Wow!

The lights are brilliant!

I can't stop smiling. Even when I try.

Look at my face, am I still smiling?

You're right, Hank would've loved this.

Remember how his face lit up when he saw the parade?

Nobody should be alone for the holidays.

This sure was glorious!

But were there fewer lights than usual?

Hm. Sixteen luminaries are missing! I count 'em, bit of a habit.

Oh, yeah, that's cause of those geese who came by.

Geese?! What did they want?

They asked about some luminaries.

Something about needing extra lights to look for a honk?

You'd think they have enough honks already! 'Cause they're geese?

Did they say a 'honk'? Or a 'Hank'?

Hard to say. They had very thick Canadian accents!

That must be Hank's family!

They were looking for him! Did they say where they were headed?

I think they were headed for the Central Park Pond! Geese love that pond.

We gotta head back to the city

and reunite Hank with his family...

for real this time!

You think that'll earn you a sticker?

Sticker, shmicker!

We gotta do good for goodness' sake!

But even if we find Hank's family,

- we don't know where Hank went! - Happy holidays, kids!

Wish you could see the birds' eye view of the lights!

Second best view in the city, and it was all ours!

But the first best view is... Ah!

Grab your holiday hats, we're goin' to the top

of the Park Avenue Hotel!

We made it.

My holiday crew? What are you doing?!

You're here! It's a holiday miracle!

I'm sorry, Hank. We shouldn't have left you.

Especially not today.

Aw, Melman, it's okay.

You and your friends were the best part of my holiday!

- Really? - It was my dream to see New York,

and thanks to you,

I didn't have to do it alone. 'Cause like you said...

Nobody should be alone on the holidays.

Hey, shouldn't you be at zoo lights?

Actually, I've gotta feeling there'll be a pretty great light show, right here.

I'd recognize that honk anywhere!

Mom! Dad! Debbie! Steve!

I thought you left without me!

Oh, I told 'em we should keep going, but mom and dad refused!

I told ya, Hankie, New York's too cloudy for geese this time of year.

But that wasn't gonna stop us from findin' ya, eh?

Ooh, thank goodness a chatty pigeon tracked us down at Central Park!

Nice one, Ant'ney...

Great pond by the way. There were people caroling there: so cute!

Whether it's Florida, New York or Winnipeg,

it doesn't matter where we spend the holidays,

all that matters is we spend it together, eh?

This is so nice... Even nicer than a cupcake.

Or a dumpling.

Or a well-organized and perfectly timed light show.

It sure is...

The holidays really are better together.

Yep! Together-est is even better than Nice-est!

And this one's been the best holiday yet!

Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?

I think I am...

Melman! You know you're not supposed to ride that train!

- It's naughty! - It's okay, Marty!

We've got a whole year to make up for it!