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Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for

you may not be right to stop.

A man is born, he's a man of needs.

Then along come two, they got nothing but the genes. But they got different

strokes to take, different strokes to take, different strokes to move the

Looking good.

Looking good.

Oh, yeah, that's terrific.

Now look over to me and smile. Come on, look at me. Have a big smile.

you please come out here?

I finally got the lights working, Dad.

Are you ready for the star, Mr.

Drummond? I have it up.

Oh, am I on camera?

I hope I'm not too wide for your wide -angle lens.

with that star.

It's an antique. It's been in our family for years.

Just like Daddy.

You better be careful. I haven't got your present yet.

Hey, listen, I've run out of tape. I've got to get some more. I'll be right

back. Hey, Willis, will you give me a hand, please? Sure.

Hey, speaking of presents, what about that Christmas bonus we're supposed to

get? What bonus?

You know, the one that we're going to get from Dad for working at his company.

All employees get bonuses at Christmas.

Arnold, you've only been an employee for one week.

Yeah. but I've been a relative for five years.

You can forget it, Arnold. We're not getting any bonuses.

But I was counting on it to buy Christmas presents. I'm broke.

What happened to the money you made working for Dad last week?

Vented. I never had that much money all at once before.

I couldn't control myself. I was like a crazy person.

It was great.

What dumb thing did you blow it on?

Dumb? Dumb? You call a statue of E .T. with a clock in his stomach dumb?

neck stretches.

You ought to have your neck stretched for spending all your money. Now what

you going to do? The only sensible thing I can do is hit you guys up for a loan.

Sorry, Arnold, not me. I've already spent all my money on Christmas

Yeah, me too. I'm Tap City.

Jewel -tied carol, la -la -la -la -la, la -la -la -la.

Oh, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas.

Here you go, Santa.

Well, thanks, kid. You can rest assured it'll go to someone needy. Thanks, but

you're not going to find anyone needier than me.

But the water's not going to help my problem.

Cheer up, kid. Things will get better.

Hey, you from Harlem?

No, Park Avenue.

Things just got better.

What seems to be the problem?

Well, I spent all the money I made working at my dad's corporation.

Oh, wait.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Your dad has a corporation, and you live on Park

Avenue? Now, you aren't pulling old Santa's beard now, are you?

No. What's so strange about that?

Well, there aren't a lot of brothers living up on Park Avenue.

Oh, well, two of us are brothers and two of us aren't. My dad and my sister are

wife. Wife?

You know, I think I like this story better than the little drummer boy.

buy Christmas presents for my family or a housekeeper or a chauffeur. I didn't

know things were so tough up there on Parker Avenue.

I just gotta find a job. There must be something I can do to earn some money.

Have you got any ideas, Santa? I'll do anything.

Just anything.

appreciate you giving me this job.

Oh, hold it, hold it, kid, hold it, hold it. See, you don't just ring the bell.

See, there's an art to this.

There is?

Sure. Now, first, let's start with the basics. See, you don't just say ho, ho,

ho and ring the bell. You got to look hungry.

Can you do that? Can I? That's my specialty.

Well, let me see your hungry face.

How's this?

That's what I call hungry.

That'll take you to the head of any bread line.

Hey! Let's go to work.

Ho, ho, ho! Yes, the orphan angel! Ho, ho, ho! Yes, still it hurts! Ho, ho, ho!

Merry Christmas!

God bless you, sir. That will bind off in a bowl of hot soup.

How about throwing a little something for dessert?

the shortest Santa I've ever seen.

Arnold. Hi, Dad.

What in the world are you doing in that outfit?

Santa here hired me.

See, I needed some extra money for Christmas presents, so in the spirit of

holiday season, I decided not to stick it to you again.

Very considerate of you.

Thanks, Dad.

Santa, this is my dad, Mr. Drummond.

Oh, of the Park Avenue Drummond.

You must be Mr. Claus of the North Pole, Claus.

Actually, the name is Jones of the park bench, Joneses.

Well, thank you very much for helping my son. That was a very nice gesture.

Oh, he's helping me, too. You see, things have been kind of slow this

man, but it's already picking up since Arnold signed on.

Hey, that gives me an idea.

Since you were kind enough to help Arnold, maybe there's something I can do

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Well, Santa is all ears.

Thank you, brother.

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Now, now, simmer down, everybody. Attention, please.

Is everybody ready? Yeah, Dad. Yes, Daddy, we're ready. Arnold, are you

Yeah, Dad, I've been ready for 20 minutes.

Okay, now, Dad, you know what to do? Just act natural. Yes. Come on, Arnold.

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Thanks, gang.

Wait a minute, Dad.

What's the matter, Arnold?

I see gifts from me to them, and I see gifts from them to me, and I see gifts

from us to you. But I don't see anything from you to us.

Oh, that.

I don't have to remind you that tomorrow is Christmas Day. I don't want you to

get shut out of the joy of giving.

Arnold, I do appreciate the fact that you're always interested in my

No, Arnold, I'm sure Daddy has something in mind.

He's got that twinkle in his eyes.

You do have that twinkle, don't you, Daddy?

If my twinkle ever let you down, that could be my twinkle right now.

I'll get it, Mr. Jones.

Merry Christmas.

Ho, ho, ho.

Ho, ho, ho to you.

Come on in, Santa Claus. Merry Christmas, everybody.

Hey, it's Mr. Jones. The guy I told you I was working for.

Hey, Mr. Jones. Hi, Arnold.

My, what a beautiful tree.

Thank you. We're very proud of it.

or most of the ornament?

Sterling silver, huh?

My, my, my.

What have you got in the bag, Santa?

Oh, the bag, the bag. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I have a lot of nice gifts for everybody.

All right. Let me see here. Oh, it says, from Dad to Kimberly.

Thank Daddy.

And I have another one here.

It says, from Dad...

left in my bag.

Who'd you talk to about Santa?

Oh, I think I made a mistake. I do have one little bitty one left.

And it says, from dad to Arnold.

Just super, Santa, thank you. You helped give us a perfect Christmas.

My pleasure, Mr. Drummond. Uh, Arnold, now don't forget to show up for work

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Please accept this, Santa, and have a merry, merry Christmas. Thank you, Mr.

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Well, I'll be running along.

Thanks a lot. No.

I'll show myself out.

Right? Oh,

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Dad and Kimberly wake up. All right.

Dad!

Dad! Are you going away?

Not now.

Come on, get with it. Go back to bed. The pretzels aren't going anywhere.

Well, I am.

I'm going to go start ripping that rack.

What's going on in here?

Arnold, do you know that it is 6 o 'clock in the morning?

Yeah, I thought I'd let everybody sleep in for an extra hour.

We have been burglarized.

What was that?

They're still here in the kitchen.

Dad, let me at them. I'll give up their lips.

Mr. Drummond, I thought you were the robbers.

Well, that's what we thought about you.

I came down early to fix a nice Christmas breakfast, and I went to the

get the good silver. The drawer was there, but the silver wasn't.

How do you like that? Somebody did their Christmas shopping in our living room.

Hey, Dad, the Etsy vase is gone.

And the paintings.

And the stereo. And the good china.

Oh, Mr. Drummond, if only I'd bought that. I always say that.

Hold it, hold it, hold it. Now, listen, everybody.

It is a terrible thing, but after all, we're insured.

Now, don't panic.

Just stay calm.

Dad, they took your camera, too.

Those dirty folks have cameras.

Thank you. Thank you. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas. Ho, ho, ho. Ho, ho, ho.

Hiya, kid.

How's it going?

Terrible. I showed up for work today because I promised, but my heart's not

it. What's the problem, little buddy?

broke in and took all our presents.

Oh, no. That's terrible.

Some spirit of brotherly love.

Stealing. Oh, Christmas Eve. Can you believe it? Yes.

But I guess there are some people who can't afford Christmas presents, Arnold.

So in order to get them, they just have to take them.

Oh, snowballs.

Stealing is no answer to being poor.

Well, now, what would a rich kid like you know about being poor?

Plenty. Before I was adopted and living in the lap of luxury, I was living on

the armpit of poverty.

Really? Well, you never mentioned that.

Yeah, yeah, we were poor all right.

Well, Arnold, I guess the guy who took your stuff, he was really desperate.

Desperate? The guy who did it had no self -respect.

He was nothing but a skunk, a sleazo, a rat -fink, and a crumbo.

Well, nobody's perfect.

Well, my mama and my papa were.

They didn't have any of the advantages that I have, but that didn't want to

them rip people off. They just did without.

Sounds like you have some pretty great parents, Arnold, but not everybody's

lucky. Yeah, and the worst part of it is I can't even give my dad the special

gift I got for him. Which one was it? I mean, uh... What did you buy him?

I got him a pair of beautiful green cufflinks.

Is that his favorite color?

No, but the cheap gold ones would have turned green anyway.

That's some pretty heavy stuff, Arnold.

And the only gift they didn't steal was this gift they got for you.

For... for me?

A green tie clip.

What's the matter?

Don't you like it?

I love it, Arnold.

It's the nicest present I ever got.

I can't stand it. What did everybody get me?

Hey, listen.

Pearl's got a great idea.

It'll be fun.

We don't have any presents to open, so why don't we just tell each other what

got for each other? Yeah, I'd like to know. Yeah, me too, Daddy.

What did you get for me, Dad?

Well, Arnold, I went into this toy store, and I saw something that was

streamlined, and beautiful.

So I let her sell me a train set.

You got me a train set?

That's right.

That's the nicest gift I never got.

Well, Kimberly, I got that ski outfit you wanted.

You did? Oh, thank you, Daddy.

I hope you don't mind if I exchange a print of the color.

How about me, Dad?

Willis, I got you an electric razor, so you won't have to borrow mine.

Thanks, Dad.

Arnold, don't let me catch you using it to defuzz tennis balls.

You're always saying that it's cold in your room, so I got you a beautiful

electric blanket. Oh, thank you, Mr. Drummond. That's the next best thing to

husband.

I just supplied the blankets. You've got to fill them yourself.

Oh, thanks, Daddy. These are all such lovely gifts. Thank you, Mr.

Drummond. Oh, listen.

I don't want to seem pushy, but what did everybody get for dear old Dad?

To be continued. But listen, I want to find out what I would have been given.

There's another task for the tree. Yeah, so there is. Read it, Dad.

Well, it's addressed to the Drummond family.

It says, your stereo, silver, and other things are in a garage at the corner of

Lexington and 103rd.

And you better hurry. There are a lot of burglaries in that neighborhood.

I don't get it. Why would they bring everything back?

Well, maybe the crooks had a change of heart. I guess the spirit of Christmas

isn't dead after all. Well, what kind of weirdo would steal your stuff and then

return it?

Noel, Noel,

Noel, Noel.

Born is the King of Israel.

Well, hello, Mr. Drummond. What brings you out on this Christmas night?

A rather strange mission, but in the best holiday spirit.

To say Merry Christmas to somebody who has just ripped me off.

Well, I sure hope you find him.

Don't play games with me, Santa.

When the policeman showed me that putty in my door latch, it wasn't hard for me

to figure out that it was an inside job.

Come to think of it, your housekeeper looks suspicious to me, too.

Beady little eyes.

We both know who did it. No, we don't. Besides, I brought all your stuff back.

I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

My Christmas present to you will be this.

I have decided not to turn you and your phony orphan charity over to the police.

Well, it's just not phony. I just happen to be a very tall orphan.

Now, look, if you don't go straight, I will take it upon myself to see that you

end up in the slammer.

And you will be there so long.

that your real beard will be as white as this one here.

Thank you, Mr. Drummond. I swear, I'm going to walk the straight and the

from now on.

Tell me something.

Why did you return all of our things and run the risk of getting caught?

Let's just say that your son Arnold is one terrific kid.

Well, I can't argue with that.

All right, goodbye, Mr. Jones.

I just hope I won't regret letting you off the hook. Oh, you won't. I promise.

Oh, Mr. Drummond.

have time to buy you a Christmas present.

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We'll be right back.

Different strokes to move the world.

Hey, bro, what's happening?

The British are coming.

Say what?

My homework's about Paul Revere.

After that long ride, he must have had one sore butt.

Yeah, I gotta get on my horse, too. I got a terrific party waiting for me.

have to wait till next week. Kimberly's in the bathroom.

That's no problem. I'll get her out.

He didn't say, but he sounds really handsome.

Oh, it must be Robert.

Yeah.

Hello, Robert.

Hello, dummy.

Willis, that was your dirtiest trick ever.

Not as bad as the time you super -glued the legs of your pantyhose together.

Okay,

two can play at that game.

me see

It's for the party tonight. Everyone has to bring his own bottle. If Dad catches

you with that, you're going to be bringing your own nurse.

What are you talking about? I'm not a kid.

And Dad wouldn't mind if I have a drink now and then.

Oh, sure. That's why I have to sneak it in the house.

I wasn't sneaking it. I had to carry it in something.

Anyway, I'm practically an adult now.

Dude, I'll just say it's okay.

I think the great big adult is afraid to tell Dad.

Oh, I'm not.

I don't see your feet moving, just your mouth.

All right.

I'll show you I'm not afraid. I'll go tell him right now.

Mirror, mirror on the wall.

Who's the handsomest of them all? What?

son? Well, I'm going to this party at Jerry's and it's BYOB. You know what

means? Sure.

It means hand me that bottle.

Wait a minute, Dad. Hand me that bottle.

I didn't even have to tell you. I could have just done it and you would have

never found out. Right.

But you're too honest for that.

Yeah, well, that's a serious flaw in your character.