13. december'the rat!'(eng. subs: julie kragh) look. santa clausput this in my stocking. - lucky you.- he stole it from mom. no one else makes these. krumme! grunk!breakfast's ready. what do you want on your breakfast?well, he's angry. it's hard to believe in santa,when he steals mom's chocolates. good morning, krumme. - good morning, stine.- thanks for the chocolate.
- why is grunk so angry?- 'cause santa claus steals presents from here. you honestly don't believethat santa brings you the things? i believe in santa claus,and i made a bet with hans. there's no one your age who believes in santa claus. - did santa claus make that dog?- maybe. stine, that's a pig. things can happenif you believe. and i relly wished for santa to come.then i would show hans. - there are no letters that on one wrote.- i want to choose no letters too.
the hat, yulle. it's embarrasing,when you walk around naked. - tell me someting. please.- please. won't it be christmas at all?because then we don't have to work. - i will tell you for the last time.- and the first time. - nonsense. i am santa claus.- you are the santa claus 'yulle'. we have such a bad memory. - i have to make christmas. that's the rules.- you also need to remember me. we have spend 800 christmases together. there will be no christmas without a santa claus.and then we will turn into...
elfs who are grey and live in the stables. who'll have to liveamong rats and mouldy grains. now i will show you a real elf trick. then you will see what it's really like. 13. december. - 13., 13., 13., 13.!- sardine, sardine! the 13th is an unlucky day for humans,but a lucky day for us, elfs. that is why i am able, today - - to show you the rat and the mouldy grains,so you'll never forget.
let's see:"there is something rotten..."(in danish rat is 'rotte', thus the wordplay). no, here it is. not hear. not speak. and not see. "when you are not careful,maybe what will happen is that, - - santa claus stops working,and we will live with the rat." it's hideous here.i had actually forgotten that. and look at us!what did you do to us?
are these grains mouldy? i want to get out! this is how hideously we will live,if we don't do our job. we will turn crancky and troll-like.and christmas is finished. and then the bad atmospherewill live in our home. we understand. get us back home again. - let me see...- i want to go home too. it is in the big book.i've tried it before. it's the bad atmosphere!
high on the top of the christmas treechristmas glitter is twinckling fiddler play a cherry songnow the dance's beginning that won't go away with song. it's not the bad atmosphere!it's a rat. it will eat us! how does it go? what's going on?stop it! you sit down here,and you sit down there. what's wrong? can we have get some quiet, please!
don't get so hot-headed, krumme! - he's an idiot.- you're both childish and stupid. - what is the problem?- that stupid bet. krumme claims he can provethat santa claus exists. - he won't admit that he has lost.- i have not lost. stop this nonsense.we have to perform this in a week. put on your costumesand get started. look at this. who plays the star?
it's huge. the one, that was in the sky had toilluminate all the fields in the winter, - - so it could not have been small. there we go. - impressive. is it supposed to blink?- then it's more believable. it has to be ableto move across the sky. good idea, hans. mind the suspenders! i will make a wire,so that it can move from there to there.
- that is not necessary.- it's not a problem at all. good, hans. let me borrow your key for a second. let's get on with the rehearsel. we'll start with scene 1.the donkey, josef and maria get up there. come, yrsa, we're going to bethlehem. we'll start where josefand maria are riding the donkey. josef says to maria: "look, maria. a star,that shines brighter than others."
good line, right? than maria says: " i am sickand tired of being expectant, - - so i'm not in the mood forlooking at more stars." it's a bit modern. - what does "expectant" mean?- pregnant. then i'm saying "pregnant".it's more contemporary. use your hat, yulle.and think of something. - we could make it small.- that works completely different. maybe it will become bigger.or we'll become even smaller. - what is the rat?- it's ratty.
yulle... christmas spirit, hear my calling.bring us out of the stable. it was even worsethan i remembered. you see, if you don't listen,you might end up down there. i already forgot it.but i also have a bad... - what is it again that i don't have?- memory. if we can just go back again,then it's not that dangerous. that was becauseit was 13th december. once we end up as stable elfs,it could all be over.
you must remember.and now we need to get going. chimneys and fireplaces,take us on a journey! - we've landed.- it's better than travelling by sleigh. no. there is nothing, right? good day, my good man. it's you again? - you're not really here, right?- certainly. doctor hermansen said thatyou would disappear again. well, then we'll do that.
then i shall count to threeand you won't be here anymore. one, two, three! i'm coming! it worked! they're not here! we'll do what doc hermansen says. then it will all work out. mr olsen is overworked,and mrs svendsen's budgie flew away. mrs olsen and mr svendsen. we haveto get a hold of two santa claus outfits. i thought i heardsomething about santa claus.
- i don't think so.- you don't believe in him? grown-ups don't. what if he turned up anywayand was right in front of you? then i would make him disappear. i believe in santa claus. he livesin sã¸ndervr㥠and makes bikes in summer. where? in sã¸ndervrã¥. algade 25.right across from the baker. no.25 i sã¸ndervrã¥?very interesting. help!
- bent?- help me! i told you you can't. what in the world was that? let's do the end scene.you're all in that one. krumme, you hide behind the cribin your christmas elf costume. when everything's finished, you pop up and say your line. can i hear? it was just something the christmas elf made up. - i'm not crazy about that line.- what's wrong with it?
- it's nuts.- what do you mean? the jesus child ascends, and thenthe christmas elf says it's all a lie. - he just calls it into question.- then he should say something else. suddenly, she just sat there.it was like i knew her. was it a christmas elf? per? what are you doing? what are you staring at?come on, per! - victor!- calm down, yulle. victor is coming. here i am.
merry christmasand thank you very much. are you finding anything? i went to a place with many children.and someone in santa clothes. i went somewhere,where two held hands. where you went is something to be done. watch out, grunk. i need to unlock it. - did you eat the chocolates?- no, i have my own. what's wrong, grunk?
santa claus is really stupid. - will you write to him?- no. i don't want to. you don't have to either. - that was so exciting.- grunk was so sweet. he says i'm stupid.that's mean. maybe we'll go downthere again tomorrow. 14th december.'ceiling paiting'(eng. subs: julie kragh) bad atsmophere and lies,your colour is hideous and yellow leave and shut your eyes,'cause christmas is here saying hello.
good, yulle.shouldn't we go down? then i could get a new hairdo. - just like the lady in the picture.- absolutely not! but we are going down to grunk again. he says i'm stupid.that's not a nice thing to say about santa. point zero, point zero one,point zero zero. i'll go and see if there are any letters. there are never any letters anymore. i'll soon rather be a stable elfand be eaten by the rat.
teasing-elfs cannot become sad. i can. i don't want to godown to the stupid humans, - - who have so little christmas spiritand everything. - are you happy again?- i have such a bad memory. christmas elfs and human beingsare not meant to be in love 'cause it makes a mess of thingswe only meet at christmas in santa claus's old bookthe rules are written down what we shall and mustn't dowhen it's christmas but when i see
that guy per i can feel my heart beat for him elfs, they have a christmas jobevery year in december there are thousand things to dowhen it's christmas but christmas elf girls tend to forgetthat they are only christmas elfs i will have to tell myself"remember it's christmas soon" yes, when i see ingeborg,i couldn't help it. stop that blubbering.merry christmas.
thanks, you too. victor? is it you talking? but, victor!how did you get in? and you closed the cage.how good you're back. now, don't you fly off anywhere anymore.you must promise me. - i don't understand it, bent.- we are reversed santas. are we going to walk on our hands then? no. we steal all the presentsfrom the toy stores, - - and then we destroy them.
- why are we dressed in santa costumes then?- so that we won't be recognized. i'll tell you just one thing:i am not stealing anything. the two of us are going to destroy christmas forever. i hate christmas. then i don't understand whyyou are selling christmas trees. they write thick books aboutwhat you don't understand. svendsen's coming. thank god. now you just take everything nice and slowly.then nothing will happen. we need to get the 14th christmas elf in place.
only ten days left until christmas. - ho, ho, ho!- no, no one is here. you are not here.that's what doc hermansen said. boo! it's just us, svendsen. - why are you wearing santa outfits?- we are reversed santas. - may i?- your maners, amigo. please don't frighten me like that.i can't handle shocks. will you open the advent calendar,so that svendsen won't be overworked?
"today, we are removing spiderwebsand dust everywhere in the staircase." - first, we eat breakfast.- without food and drinks*...(*danish proverb: without food and drinks, the hero is no good). we'll go and change.and you just relax. look at this. we're ready. good, my boy. you can put it on the table. - it should stick now.- thank you, krumborg. and you will emphasize on your family,that they don't exaggerate things. we'll never get close to that area anymore. i'll go and buy presentswhile it's drying.
we're going to a christmas exhibition anyway.come, my boy. i had mrs olsen's note,so svendsen's christmas was saved. stella and nova!we have to get going. - we're coming now.- and we made a lot of presents you've been very hard-working.that's why you get to come along. it will be without me. because your respect for me is too littlefor what i want with christmas. the only thing i want is some bodyon my clothes or the other way around. let me see that magazine.
okay, fine, we'll renew the warddrobe. we'll see if it works. grap each other's hands. chimney and fireplaces,take us on a journey. finally the first pages are done. we've landed. nothing's there.you're fine. - your hair, yulle!- stop it! what on earth do we look like?
it's because you're way too severe. - mistakes and wrong things happen.- i think we look fine. there he is again,the sad man. they are not here.you're not here, right? almost not. can we go out dressed like this? it's a bit oldfashioned, but sinceyou are not here, it doesn't really matter. - i'd like some peace now.- by all means. a little springle on the moodgives peace at christmas.
i sold three decorations.i'll go up and give them the money. make sure to get it all down. hello? hello, is anyone home? it's not the huge christmas valuables,they have here. there won't be much to annihilate. but half a loaf is better than no bread. it's only because i hate christmasthat i'm selling krumborg's monstrocities. hello. and merry christmas.
- say merry christmas to the gentleman.- merry christmas. merry christmas. wasn't that the guywho didn't believe in you? i need to see if i'm stillhanging on my picture. - i want to hang there first.- calm down. we need to get back home. it's quite difficultto look at the human beings' christmas. now i understand why they can'treally find the christmas spirit. how can they stand to make christmasin such a mess?
please, can't i? we'll both do it.then it will be best. yes, that's fine. no more magic.come here, everybody. - she'll be smart.- here we start. hi, bent. hello. hurry, mom. it's really beautiful! you know very wellthat you are not allowed here.
- did you...- no., no. yes, of course. there you go. and merry christmas. it's really nice of him,but he can't do that. he also brought 3.000 dkk($600) for the decorations.(note:he'd only put 150dkk in the envelope). it's really nice of him, and he can visit,and the other one as well, - but he can't just go in. hi, christmas elf-stine! hi, stine. wow, you're pretty.
- who put this on me?- didn't you put it on yourself? - do you think i'm an idiot?- yes, a little. - keep your mouth shut!- it something wrong? i had a strange dream. i dreamt i was flyingand came down the chimney. somebody made stine dream. and all the decorations. it must bethe teasing-elfs who were on the loose. i wrote a letter to santa claus. i'm not really in the mood.
and you, krumme. and dad and mom. 15th december'thank you, mrs olsen'(eng subs: julie kragh) maybe it's amigo and bentwho fixed everything with victor. then bring them along.tomorrow at 12pm. we have been invitedfor lunch at mrs olsen's place. - sounds good. i'm famished.- but remember work. it's as a "thank you" for havingfound her victor. where was it? - but we haven't...- had any problems with it. i'm looking forward to seeingsenorita and all the others.
every man has his mrs. olsen. if you can hit it without looking,you can wish for whatever you want. and i wish for lots of snow.and a christmas elf. or maybe even santa claus himself. it works. two santas! - i can't see anyone.- they were there a moment ago. thank you, mom.it's too much. - krumme saw two santas in the yard.- krumme sees santas everywhere. you don't even rememberthat you walk around in santa costumes.
- be quiet, you little worm!- please be quiet. 2,40 metres. did you hurt yourself? try if you can support yourself. my leg can't reach the floor! no, it just made it. if i was a fragile,elderly woman, victor... if i was a personwho showed the slightest weakness... - then i would cry,break down and move away!
but i am mrs olsen!and i am ready for battle! and i will show who's boss! - she's gone completely cuckoo.- did you say something? svendsen is skipping.where's my list? it's gone.there must be christmas elfs here. do you see, victor? this will be the present ofthe year for mr krumborg. - here you are, svendsen.- what is that? mrs olsen's list ofwhat's in the advent calendar.
- where did you get that from?- i found it at mrs olsen's place. - "white wash the ceiling and make decorations"!- just throw it out. you have to take it back. you can'ttake things from people's apartments. besides, amigo has promisedto help me with this. now scram. - ho, ho, ho!- hello, bent and amigo. - how on earth did he recognize us?- it's probably the way we walk. if only they would stickto selling christmas trees. - i just don't understand.- we are performing as santa clauses.
- but we've emptied a toy store.- and then we will hand out the presents... no. we destroy the presents.we want to make christmas extinct. christmas is lovely.back in sã¸ndervrã¥... now listen: back when i was a little kid there was me and my big bro we didn't have a christmas tree and no food on the christmas stove oh nochristmas stove
and if a christmas present was big it was always for my bro there was nothing for me and neither any roast pork oh nono roast pork i cried for the whole of december and mom was madand dad was drunk i didn't even getan advent calendar and therefore it's hard to knowwhen it's christmas
oh nowhen it's christmas now it's christmasgood lord! the snow looks like a poluted fjord and everybody runs amok they will get a christmas shock oh yeaha christmas shock 'cause we will steal all and everything and then we near the ending there won't be any crumbs left
of the last christmas pudding oh yeahlast christmas pudding and santa claus can stay at home he can sitand talk to his old hat 'cause this year christmaswill be for the bad people and pine and christmas treeis completely christmas daft a warm welcome. i'm sorry for the inconvenience,but it is necessary. not a problem.especially since you're not even here.
- but we are right here.- i was thinking more like in dreams. yes. we are madeof the same things as dreams. - may i take a small sample?- yes, by all means. no no, yulle, rememberyou get stuck in the chimney. thank you. we're off. now you mustn't think,i'm insulting... but purely technologicogicalthey are fine. but i think they lacka bit of lovely gladness. - yule mom!- i'm coming now, yulle.
- there. and a lovely happy christmas.- you take care. - who was that?- no one. have a cookie. but i saw...was it them again? - they taste heavenly.- yes. that can't be. - they are gone.- they weren't there in the first place. he's a bit slow.can i have another? i saw them with my own eyes. there, mr krumborg.now you get a christmas present.
how on earth did it end up there? are there christmas elfs here? - hello, mr olsen.- hello, mrs jensen and yrsa. i think here are christmas elfs.the door keeps opening. it's that horrible family up therethat keeps trampling. that is half of my ceilingthat they trampled down. - shall i go up and give it to them?- yes please. - would you like a cup of tea?- yes, but only a small cup. - hi, yrsa.- hi, krumme.
- do you want to go with us to the woods?- yes. heart, apart, heart.i wish i wasn't a christmas elf. don't think like that. love isnot for elfs. that's the way it is. - boo hoo! - it's a good, we have such a bad memory. - for me?- from mrs olsen. unwrap it. come on.it's not a letterbomb. that can't be! it's pretty. try it on.
that was nice of her.i think i will sew something for her. did cranky mrs olsen reallyknit a sweater for dad? it's probably because i paintedfor her. it turned out good. if that falls down,the whole celing goes with it. i will wear it to the woods.it's actually nice and warm. listen,the christmas trees are calling. - thank you so much for tea.- we should do it more often. - thank you so much for the present.- it wasn't meant like that. did you knit it yourself.i'm wearing it.
are you wearing it? - do you want to see it?- not really. now it works again. goodbye. - may i join to cut down a christmas tree?- you have to clean your room. - take care of her.- yes. just a couple of hours. bye bye - shall we get started?- shouldn't we open that one? no no, when mrs olsen is occupyingour time, she can't expect us to work. well, lunch is also such a nice work.
no no no, yulle. it's completely wrong. there are no managed things.there isn't even any order. here we need to planing everything.i will do that, yulle.(note: yule mom mixes the language up) yes, this looks very bad indeed. that is expensive money. this looks very different indeed. calm down, yulle.it was just a small bang. i still remember that horriblechristmas in 1935, where... don't even speak of it.is that you, yulle?
that's our home! and that's the verse from... that explains... how did they get a holdof this confidential information? is this an attact against christmas?i'd better... you are not that book,and that book is not you -,and not the other way around,and then you put it down. they are tramblingeven when they are not at home. that's really strange.
who can tramblewhen they are not at home? svendsen. i wonderif it's those who are not there. don't ever say that! it's a weird house. the listwith svendsen's work was gone. now we are going to finish the meal -,- and afterwardswe'll really get to work. - you've been breaking for 5 min., dad.- it's because it's going down hill. now, we are going to go find that tree. - it should be a beech tree.- or a palm tree.
i wonder where all that smoke comes from. - we should have snapped ourselves here.- it was scary and exciting. reindeers are better.they don't smell like this. look nova, how nice it is here.this is where the woodland trolls live. - i don't believe in trolls.- then you don't believe in elfs either. - did you find a nice tree?- only a small one. there are a lot down here. wait, who are you? we'll run after them, krumme.
that's just too much!they ran after the girls! - stine!- mind your own business! that's good. even if it can'tcompare to the beautiful silver fir. it's perfect size. stine! - you're wrong!- you are not running after other girls! that goes for you too, krumme! come honey. let's see if it fits. first the tree is shownlater it is eaten*(note* refers to the candy deco on the tree)
i'm not eating that. now it will the axe taste. hallo. - now we found it.- you cannot cut down that tree. why not? because we stopped selling treesdue to the extensive theft. - just this one.- i'm sorry. and would you be so kind as to leave.this is private property. a very merry christmas.
a good thing, i'm not a countif that mood comes along with the title. 16th december.'bed snow'(eng subs. julie kragh) - mom, there's a christmas elf in here.- sure sure, grunk. krumme's human love. boo hoo! i woke up becauseit was snowing in my bed. maybe there was a hole in the roof.i had dreamt about that girl. there was no snow. but it was,as if the girl was outside. it's snowing! - krumme, it's only 5:30am- but it's snowing!
can't we sleep just a little longer? - what is that you're wearing?- can i wear it? it's a christmas elf hatwith a flashlight it's the weirdest things you makeat night. what will be the next? - a teaspoon that plays christmas songs.- that's a good idea. hi, christmas-stine.look what santa gave me. - you really pretty, stine.- did you put it on me, dad? - how dare you.- it wasn't me. it was too weird.a bit creepy and a bit exciting.
- krumme, have you been outside?- no, it snowed in my bed. - yulle, what's happening?- someone's coming. - nova!- hi. there's letter. thank god! what is this?where have you been? i don't remember.i have such a bad memory. what i can't remember,i forgot. where have you been? i have not been wherestella didn't dream. only a little. - with the family?- you can't do that.
how'd you know what nova or the other wayaround have dreamt, when elfs don't dream? - i don't understand anything.- is there any porridge? - you took that without permission.- they were in the attic. i took only one.no one saw it. on scout's honour. they will probably forget again, 'causeyour bad memory rubs off on them. but you can never do that again -,- because you know you canturn into... yes, you know. it's a diabolo, like those we madein the christmas workshop.
- do they taste good?- you put it like this. and then it bounces up. but now children only wantmachine-mechanical things. just like your travel-chimney-thingy. what?! i made that so i couldtravel faster and easier. i am after all santa claus. and it is strictly forbiddento ever travel at night. yes, and that's all!rice porridge in a bowl! and you can not travel bythe machine-mechanical thing at all.
- are you not going to read your letter?- yes, i am. it's once again from grunk.and again it's squiggles. - i can read squiggles.- well, then read it. "dear santa. thank youfor giving presents -,- but my dad needs some money.he wants to make everything himself. but my mom is sad because she can'tgive any fine presents, i think. kind regards grunk.you'd better bring a new sofa." a new sofa? a new sofa.
look dad, there's a christmas elfin our house in the advent calendar. - it looks like our kitchen.- indeed it does. who does she remind me of? it fits perfectly. that's not the same.it can't fit the both of us. - admit it, you got it from school.- no, i haven't. that's just not true.come mom. mine is on the bed. it was right here.that's really strange. you haven't started to believein christmas elfs?
- no, but it's really strange.- it's probably dad who's playing a prank. you got them, huh?you fit the role of a teasing-elf. - are you ready?- yes. here we go. it's very pretty.it's definitely better than before. enjoy yourselves everybody. jansen, can i borrow your...i forgot to... thank you. mind your suspenders, krumborg.
- now we get ready for scene 2.- shouldn't the guiding star go back? of course it should. krumme, would you mindgetting it ready again? and then we need the donkey. and then, let's see...and you are maria. - krumme-dad is out of his mind.- shut up! suddenly, it was likethe santa costume wanted to beat up hans. and i was all for it. krumme, put hans down now!
help, jansen! krumme! you really need to cool down. - go outside and cool off.- it was the santa costume that did it. are you really going to tell me thatthe santa costume made you do it? - it was as if it controlled it all.- your imagination. just go outside. unbelievable, that family!well, get down here. did you put santa clothes on them? are you stark ravingelf-impertinent? terrible things can happen. santaclothes are for elfs, not for humans.
- can't you understand it?- no. it looked so pretty. - we can go get it again, if you think.- i do not think that's a good idea. go and make some christmas presents. you've ruined everything. now, wecan't go and see them anymore. - see whom?- those two. - i have forgot them.- i haven't forgot what i remember. that's really strange. look at this. what is it? on this bill it only says 120dkk ($20).it used to be 12,000dkk ($2000).
and this one says 8dkk ($1,4).it used to be 800dkk ($140). that is weird. jens, you didn't... no no. it's not me. then christmas elfsmust be playing a prank. it's the weirdest christmasi've ever had. nothing will succeed. "13. december: it is refreshing to gointo nature. especially the woods. you can collect things for decorations.moss or pine cones." i should have thought of that yesterday.
"14. december: write christmas cards." christmas is hard on mom. let's make some moreof those decorative ones -,which bent and amigo can sell?people are crazy about the natural look. let's make something ordinary.i can't do anything anyway. i feel like a terrible motherand christmas mother. it's a good thing mom has us. you're a good mother.come, let's go and send the letter. that's right.go up and send the letter for santa.
stine! krumme! come on! the sofa! wait for us! if they're christmas elfs,where do they come from? - come on!- yes, yes, we're coming! - the door is open.- anybody can come and make a mess. i don't like that bent and amigo or anyoneare able to come here and make a mess. so many mysterious things are happening. one of the diabolos are missing.i put it here.
come on. santa claus is waiting. i'm starting to believein those letters soon. are you ready? here's the note, that i wrote -,- and send it mountains hightowards the starry sky. with the whistle of the windto santa claus we send. look how it flies. krumborg, krumborg, krumborg. what is that man thinking?krumborg, krumborg...
i think i will wait with these a bit. and then there's santa claus. should i throw them outlike the postmaster said? no. you don't throw out mail. 17th. december.'goodbye toys'(eng. subs: julie kragh) i had dreamt again. and wheni woke up the dream was still there. maybe she was there again?maybe she was outside the window? it was snowing.but it was as if it wasn't real. it was like in a fairytale.
- who are you?- no one. i'm not here at all. give me my clothes. my santa clothes, my santa clothes. i was probably dreaming. my dad says you shouldpinch yourself and it will pass. - ouch!- ouch, ouch! - who are you?- i'm a christmas elf. my name is nova. - are you going to take my clothes?- santa claus asked me to go and get it. santa claus?then santa really exists.
yes or no or yes.maybe sometimes. - that sounds weird.- yulle only gets letters from grunk. no one else has written.only krumme and yrsa. a love letter. we live off of dreams.if humans don't dream, we become... become what? grey stable elfs,who must live among rats. that's nasty.what you just said. said what?i forgot. i have such a bad...i forgot that too.
you mustn't touch me,because i'm made of a dream. just a little, so thati'm certain you're here. i'm leaving now, and i'mtaking the santa clothes with me. it can't stay, says yulle.hi you, goodbye me. she was gone. who would believe me if i told them? they would say,i have too much imagination. but she was here.maybe she could help me -,- so that hans and the otherscan see that santa exists.
tjuhi! bad atmosphere, be gone! silent nightholy night all is calm, all is bright - what kind of new song is that?- i don't know. where have you been, nova,when you're not allowed to go? nowhere.are we eating porridge soon? there's a letter for you, yulle. it's from grunk.again squiggles.
- where you gone again?- no. i just dreamt. dreamt? again? i remember. you haven't dreamt again,because you were not here. but now forgot it,and we must practise squiggles! what in the world is written here?all the scribble isn't clear no, i can read what it says 'cause it is written in a stylewhich elfs can understand yes, of course it's squiggles i wish for a bicycle that's blue
a bell should be attachedas if with glue 'cause i have been so nice this yearand i hope that when i hear the reindeers,you are bringing lots of gifts and if not you mightas well just stay at home. this year is scarce on christmas notes'cause last year those who wrote were several thousandevery time we'd get the mail and now we only have this onesquiggles, but we're having fun since for elfssquiggles are seen as daily fare he wishes for a bicycle that's blue
'cause he has been so nice this yearand we'll make sure that he hears the reindeers,that are bringing lots of gifts although he's written squiggles downand we're lost in translation if you're done with your porridge thenthere's squiggles. or the other way around. - christmas porridge!- in my christmas storridge! can you not tramble all over us? no, because otherwise, i can't get past. you're too big to sleep in our bed. then you are way bigger.
jens, you need to get up. what are you saying? - you are speaking in chinese.- i am? i dreamt,that we were all in china. - isn't it nice, mom?- yes. - did you put it in?- no. - it was probably stine or krumme.- that was strange. - present? you didn't?- you always put present in the socks. but i'm santa claus.only santa claus can...
we must immediately... we must call it back. it doesn't want to.i will get a scissor. - the present is gone.- what? my present is gone.you hid it. no, i haven't. you're mean. - i don't really like this.- just as long as you hang in there. then you will get your moneyand travel to spain.
you can't remove all toysfrom the whole world. - back in sã¸ndervrã¥...- amigo! i have big plans. you are too stupid, amigo.we are not playing black man, right? the two of us will get rid of christmas.annihilate it. - annihilate christmas?- yes. my brother loves christmas. and he's scaredi will destroy it for him. and what is stupid amigo supposedto do with the stupid presents? stupid amigo is going to dolike clever bent.
break them. then wrap them upand deliver them to the manor. then my brother and all his discustingchildren can weep on christmas eve. small children crying? i am not stupid,and i will not steal toys. goodbye, bent. we can talk about it. you can sit hereand think about it until i get back. but, amigo...
the essay was written,just like i dreamt. what is it, krumme? i just don't like rats. then it wasn't just my imagination.she was really there. - i'll get going now.- there's still time. i'd like to go a little early. you need to bring your lunch. - can i open it now?- no. - here it is.- a horse?
- where's the paper?- it got lost. where do you put the batteries? last year the letters were this high. it's gone completely under. if the bad atmosphere really... don't say it, yulle. yulle, look, they're travelling! - at mrs olsen.- it's svendsen. - what is it?- is anything the matter?
- what would that be?- you always call and complain. i can't be the nannyof the whole apartment complex... is it here? amigo? hello, you two, who are not here.are the other two not coming? - we are one and only.- and lonely i was almost cured. now i close my eyes and countto three. then you are gone. right?
- take care.- you care. one, two... ...three! here i come! i think i will miss them,when i'm cured. are you ill, svendsen? well, he seems to be losing his marbles. - hi, per.- hi, stine. - here you are.- thanks. but you shouldn't try to buy me. what do you mean?
we need to talk aboutthe girl in the woods. i also dreamt about youand a girl who looks like her. i can't help what you dream. i attach great importance to mydreams. and my dream was very real. besides, it's the year of the rat,and strange things are happening. - i can't help that.- it's a question of destiny. and about feelings.yours and my feelings. what if we were destined to carryall the feelings of the world. that's a bit much, isn't it?
is it you? - take your present!- stine! come on! she thinksthere's something about you. - she's a bit jealous.- jea-what? - nothing.- nothing at all? - do you go to this school?- i go both by foot and air. do you want this,now that stine doesn't? - you can't touch me!- it's just the present. can't you just put it there?
- it's a book about dance in africa.- what is africa? that's a good one. ha, ha, ha! - what does "ha, ha, ha" mean?- that you're kidding me. - do you believe in presents?- yes. - do you believe in christmas?- i love christmas. - do you believe in santa claus?- for fun maybe. - you should write him a letter.- you're funny. well, i've got to go.but i would like to meet you again. bye bye.
here is the crucial line. "ho, ho, santa claus will showyou the jesus child." it's superbly written. - are you not joining?- no, not yet. - what is that?- nothing. still searching for santa claus? - stop that, you big idiot!- i want to see santa claus. stop fighting.it's not in the manuscript. - get me out of here!- krumme! can't we get any peace from you?
help! let me out! let him out. get me out! enought. take off the costumes. he looked me in the closet. you all ought to beashamed of yourselves. you can't even make a nativity playwithout causing a ruckuss. krumme is the one causing a ruckuss. tomorrow, you hand inthe essay on santa claus.
come on, when we aremaking the nativity play... i told you to write an essayon santa as a historical phenomenon. just get going. goodbye. krumme, is something wrong? - no, it's just so weird.- what? - there are christmas elfs everywhere.- it is christmas afterall. not like that. it wasn't mewho looked hans in the closet. and that girl,she was sitting over there. right there.
maybe you should be a little lesseager to search for christmas elfs. - have you found santa yet?- no, not yet. - would you read this?- not now. another time. everything was so strange. 18th december'the door is gone.'(eng subs. julie kragh) is it you, krumme? you can't runaround here in the middle of the night. do you remember the verse to santa,that you read for me? please, no more christmas elfs.i can't take anymore. the drawing is one that my grandfatherdid, and more has been added.
look at her. i've seen her here. i've seen her a lot of times too,even though she's not here. she was at our place last night.and at my school. it's really scary.she seems so unreal. doc. hermansen's says i'm overworked.that's why i see things that aren't there. i believe she's there,in the real reality. she's not real,and she'll never be. that's why i closed it up over there,so that they can't get in and out. - where?- i'll show you.
it's a very strong double wallwith a very strong mortar. - what if you shut them out?- you can't shut someone out who's not there. but just in case, i walled it up,so i won't go nuts. what if doc hermansen isn't right,and someone's there? doc hermansen is never wrong. - shouldn't we call it a night?- can you read this for me? - i'm not really up for that.- please, svendsen. - dreams... oh dear, dreams.- what does it say? it says that the christmas elf(santa) lives on the inland ice
-,- and that he has two little helpers. they're teasing-elfs, it says. they live off of thechristmas spirit and porridge. and they are made out ofthe substance of dreams. if they meet the person who dreamsabout them, bad things happen. terrible things will happen.and then there are 3 exclamation marks. - what can happen?- the rest of the page is torn out. krumme? - you scared me.- i'm sorry.
- where have you been?- down at svendsen's. i just went for a walk,and there was light. for a walk in the middle of the night?i don't want that! what are you doing? what do you have there? why do you carry that around? it looksso torn. dad will be upset. it was hans at school. don't get so invested in this. dad's grandfather was a bit strange.he wasn't really in his right mind. he was an inventor and full of lies.
don't tell dad.he loved him very much. good night, mads krumborg. - have happy dreams.- rather not. it says in the bookthat it's dangerous to dream. one often dreams such nice dreams. weird things really happen here.there are christmas elfs. it's a good thingthat it's christmas soon. nova, are you there?come, we need to go home. mom might not believe in elfs.but she wasn't quite sure.
- i want to go home to yulle.- and you will. the hole to travel through is gone! what hole? what travel? i'm tired. - here's a bed.- good night. good night, little nova. for santa claus.for santa claus in greenland. for santa claus and all the elfs,santa claus, santa claus... what should i do with all these letters for santa claus?
what is that mess? there are so many letters... - what is that?- it's letters. i told you that lettersfor santa must to be thrown out! tell me:what is this? 1st december!1st december! and 3rd december! these are for krumborg.what are they doing here? i don't like givingthem to him all at once.
we are messengers. it's not our faultthat the man owes money everywhere. make sure to get it done.or else you're out! it's cool, it's christmas!it's christmas cool*.(note* danish tv advent calendar song) what does that mean?"it's christmas, it's cool." dinner's ready! listen nova! it's a christmas song! i was almost feeling better. then they come here and dance around.and dance and dance and dance around. - where did it go, the merry christmas?- the music is gone.
- you are not here.- but we are right here. how did you get in?it's closed up. how did you get in? according to the regulations, it isprohibited to crawl down the chimney. - regu-what?- regulastalations. it says so here.section 4, subsection 3: "it is absolutely prohibitedto use electric tools after 8pm..." no, that's not it.here it is. "the chimney..." there are not here.
- present for stine.- one the of fine ones. it's so pretty. her? you little bitch!get out here! get out of there! - stop it, stine!- what are you doing, stine? it's that stupid girlwho's lurking around here! who? - per is crazy about her!- who, stine?
i don't care. that's his business!but i don't want her lurking around here! tell me what it is,so i can butt in. shut up! - you're stomping on the forbidden spot!- i don't care. i'm furious! stop it now! if bent is at it again,we must stop his coming and going. i think it's nice of him. - it's the christmas elfs.- i'm afraid of christmas elfs. it's your fault if elfs are here.all your stupid letters.
there, there, stine. i'll just be gone for a minute. krumme is so confused.i hope nothing's wrong. what is that?look, jens. a list of chores andrecipes for christmas. - did you make it?- no. here's a list too,of things i need to do. somebody has written it.it's weird. there are a bit too many weirdthings happening around here.
indeed there are. indeed there really are. jingle bellsjingle bells svendsen? you can't barge in here like that.my nerves. - have you seen nova?- who? - the christmas elf girl.- there are no christmas elfs here. strange things are happenng at ourplace. mom and dad think it's bent. he's not here.amigo and bent are not here.
i was sure that the elfs couldn't findtheir way home with the chimney walled up. but svendsen had also seensomething strange in the attic. - hi, krumme.- hi, yrsa. nice weather today. - hi, nova.- hi, hi, hi. - what are you doing here?- doing what? - stine is furious.- fine stine, stine fine. you're really here, right?you're a real... no one can ask me anythingthat i can't answer. 'cause then i have to liveamong rats and mouldy grain.
doesn't santa claus look out for you? santa is in lack of christmas spirit.he needs letters from many children. what are you doing, krumme? oh, i see. - stay, yrsa.- no way! idiot! too bad! that wasn't clever. that was yrsa.she doesn't believe in santa claus. - why is your name nova?- i don't know. wait, nova.i want to know more about you.
christmas elfs might not exsist. and i might havetoo big an imagination. but nova was quite cute. then we need the christmas elfbehind the crib. and then we needmaria lying in the hay. the hay seems mouldy.it's completely green. well, it does take placein the old days. are you ready, yrsa? - i don't want to.- what's wrong? - nothing. i just don't want to.- come on, and join us.
i don't want to play alongside krumme. - i don't want play anymore.- come on! we sold all the tickets, andyou're going on your skiing vacation. - it's a wonderful play.- krumme can just leave. krumme, where is hans?we don't have time for all that. i will never walk to schoolwith you ever again. i can't believe yrsais jealous of a christmas elf. what is that?can we get some quiet, please! let hans out of the closet, krumme.
let me out! god damnit, that's it, krumme! did you tie my shoe laces as well? it's not me. can we get some quiet!sit down, everybody. now! you're all completely bonkers today. should we quit this? it was supposed to be so cozy,and now it's just inconvenient. hans, will you collect the essayson santa. then we'll see tomorrow.
then you'll have to work on spelling,and there will be no ski trip. come on! this is at the risk of one's life.i don't have the energy for that. - leave it.- you have to hand it in as well. no, i don't, you idiot! sit down, krumme!what's wrong now? he probably didn't write his essay. can i hand it in tomorrow? - but it looks fine.- but...
i gave up explaining. they wouldn't understand anyway.even i didn't. look at this! don't you want to join, krumme? - they turned out really well today.- i think it's bent's mother's recipe. jens. did you talk to bentabout his comings and goings? - they are not here.- svendsen hasn't seen them either. it works!it works like it should! look, it mixes!that dough is by the way phenomenal!
jens krumborg's baking factory. is it you, per? no, she's not here.yes, i will. bye. - what's wrong, stine?- he just needs to mind his own business. he can't make a fool out of me. - aren't you being a bit rough on him?- no! - oh well, here.- thanks. i'm going to go to the attic.i need to get some... wrapping paper. - do you want to come along, krumme?- yes.
- what was that?- i don't know. do you thinkit came from the chimney? no one's there... stella! nova! are you there? is there anyone there? hello? - it was santa claus.- i doubt that, krumme. - didn't you hear? stella and nova.- you're right about that. we're going to send a letter to santa. - come on, dad.- the santa mailbox is getting emptied.
stella! nova!wherever could they be? let's look in attic.they must be here somewhere. stella! nova! nova! stella! where are they? they are not here! - where are they?- everywhere or nowhere. but worst of all...you know. 19th december'poor stella'(eng. subs: julie kragh) in the attic sits the christmas elfwith his rice porridge, his rice porridge*.(note* danish christmas song)
christmas spirit was in the air.and it was not snow. nova! 'cause rice porridge is his favorit food. this is definitely not a dream. these glasses are quite expensive.they're from my childhood home. what do i care? - 19th december!- no! you'll hit the forbidden spot. - all the other children are allowed.- but they don't have mrs olsen downstairs. look here.you can do it over here.
there you are. 19th december. that's it! it was a nice shot. animal cruelty! now you'll get it in the neck! you'll get a whole tree log in the neck it's like a mountain climb. you're done,mr krumborg!
we talked to him about it,and it is very wrong... ... with all that noise. won't you come down for somehomemade chocolates this afternoon? hello, grunk, you little bandit.let's say 4 o'clock, right? i don't like itwhen she smiles. what did she want? to ask us if we wanted to comedown for some chocolates later. - what?- the world is out of joint. it the elfs can make mrs olsen glad,there's still hope for christmas.
jansen, look. i made this hoistfor the crib, so it can... what's happened? the kids are impossible,so i've dropped it all. but you've sold all the tickets. it's the day before the premiere,and they can't stop fighting. can't you just postpone itfor monday or tuesday? tomorrow, the christmas holiday starts. of course, that's true. i really hope you...thank you.
i really hopeyou change your mind. most of all, for krumme's sake. i'll just borrow your key. where's the nativity play?what about our skiing vacation? sit down. just sit down. you can't do that, jansen. hi, yrsa. - what are you doing, jansen?- you guys wouldn't cooperate.
but that's my fault.i shouldn't have forced you. we'll just have a couple of regularschool day, and then it's the holidays. - you can't do that.- that's for jansen to decide. shut up, yrsa. be quiet, okay? and thenthere's the thing with the essays. you've had almost 14 days to write them, - - but it's the worst c.r.a.pi have ever seen. there are only two essaysthat are above average. - one of which is hans'.- of course.
the other one,i'd like to read some aloud. krumme has written a brilliant essay.may i read some aloud? - but i didn't write it.- what nonsense. what a penmanship you have.it's really nice. i can read some aloud, right?good. listen to this: "santa claus lives in greenland. on themiddle of the ice. it's very beautiful. he lives together with yule momand some of the teasing-elfs. they are not children, but very old.an elf can turn more than 1,000 years old. they help santa clausin the making of christmas.
santa claus has been santa for morethan 800 years, and he loves christmas. santa claus and his familycan only live -,if there is somebodywho wishes them well. they are made out ofthe substance of dreams. if human beings don't believe in them,they will seize to exist. and then there is nothing left.only the huge, empty sadness." that's a really good essay, krumme. what about mine? krumme justmade up a lot of nonsense. - where is hans?- what's going on?
how on earth... krumme. could you be so kindas to explain what's going on? it's the christmas elfs. i thinkthey want something from us. grunk writes to santa every night.that might be why they've come. but there's something wrong withchristmas and the christmas elfs. - grunk writes santa every day?- we send it out the window. if we all did it,it would definitely work. there's nothing wrongwith your imagination. it's gone!your essay is gone!
i told you that i hadn't written it.it was probably the elfs. i see. it's a good thing you came.i've been waiting for you. here you are. don't you want it? - it's for you.- that's just something you think. - look for yourself.- what happened? nothing, and everything.i don't really remember. but i remember you,though i have such a bad memory.
it doesn't matter with the ears.they'd look lovely. you look like a fairie. i think i'm in love with you. you can't touch me!it's way to dangerous! - maybe i'm in love with you too.- wait! stay! little stella, long gone. stella disappearswhen love gets wings. - you can't go.- i'm right here. stine? - were you expecting someone else?- no.
- are those for me?- no. then who are they for? i might as well be honest.they were for someone else. i didn't think you wanted presents... don't say another word.just know that i love you. but christmas elf girls tends to forgetthat they are only christmas elfs that guy per i can fell my heart beat for him oh no! that santa claus who'scoming there, is not there.
take it easy, svendsen. one, two, three! he's not there! - hello, svendsen.- it is you, amigo? where have you been?where is bent? i have been santa in a shopping malland bent is destroying christmas. yulle, yulle! stella is gone! no, she isn't, right? i think so.she is most definitely. - wait, nova!- now, you're going home.
now we take each others hands.are you ready? chimneys and fireplaces,take us on a journey. he's gone. alas! stella is gone,and christmas is in danger. alas! what are we going to do? here, take the bristmas cook. nova. do you remember where she waswhen she suddenly wasn't there. at the place with all those children.
there must be something writtenin the big christmas book. 20th december'krumme visiting'(eng. subs: julie kragh) no note that no one wrote. what are you doing here? nothing. i just wantedto help santa claus. i remember you.i'm a teasing-christmas elf. you'd better leave again.there can't be any humans here. i don't know why i remember. i forgot.will you give me a kiss? i can't because thenyou will turn into...
nova, are there anymore letters? - here's one from my younger brother grunk.- stay here. i'll figure something out. - there's one from grunk.- there aren't any more letters? not at all. believe me. go and find outhow you can get stella home -,so she won't be a stabled grey elf. yes yes, but right now,christmas itself is at stake. - nova, hurry and make presents and gifts.- yessir. again from grunk
... but it's not squiggles. he writes that krumme has disappearedand asks me to find him. i wonder if that's a wish.this is very difficult. krumme is gone. come. something must be in the christmas book.maybe it can help stella. it concerns the 11-year-old mads krumborg. mads goes by the name krummeand has blonde hair. he disappeared yesterdayat brogerskolen in ã˜stervang.
contact the police,if you've seen or heard anything. - stine! did you see anything?- no. i miss him so. i know where he is.he's with santa claus. - maybe he will never come back.- of course he will. i will contact you. many childrendisappear every year. most turn up again. most? i've experienced something weird. there has been thisstrange girl at school. you know who it is.
yesterday, she was there, and theni touched her and she disappeared. it sounds weird,but i felt i had to tell you. stine! you were there too! well, i think...you'll hear from us. i'll follow you out. why won't the policeask santa claus? here it is. there might bea slight chance to save stella. but it requires a christmas spirit likenever before seen. we most go down there.
nova, you stay here. you don't look inthe big christmas book. i hope she's not with the ratand the moist grain. it will bring all of christmasin danger if we go down there. we have to go downto the humans first. - with the love letter?- yes, that's our return ticket. you must hurry back because ican't remember how to make christmas. - are we there yet?- in a second, yule mom. we just needto find the right exit.
come on. we just go and searchwhere she disappeared from. we'll go to the buildingwith the many children. do you want to help me make presents?stella's not here, and we're behind. it's a no-go.i'd better go and get stella. - do you know where she is?- with the rat. it's so scary. - have you been there?- yes, but we almost couldn't get back. but then yulle remembered the verse,one has to say to get back home. - do you know it?- no, because i'm so forgetful. but it's written in the book.
i'll show you. get lost, rat! if only i was with yulle,even though he is cranky. i wish nova was here. it wants to eat me! nova! help! i can't remember the verse again.i have such a bad memory. but i can write it for you. you'd better hurryand get back home.
i remember how to get back down tothe stable. it's witten in the book. - there you are..- thanks. come, you'd better leave now. i've tried. it doesn't work. now you can. get all the kids towrite letters. and the grown-ups too. they won't. - what if i help you?- how? - what does that mean?- just whisper it into their ears. - i will. bye.- bye bye.
you can say the verse now. chimneys and fireplaces,send us on a journey. in the attic, sits the christmas elf,so seet and kind so kind so sweetso kind so sweet*(note* singing a danish christmas song wrong) nova, get over here! watch out! - what does it want?- i don't know. what are you doing, rat? - did you understand what it said?- no, we'd better get out of here.
yulle couldn't come get you becausethen christmas might be gone completely. - can you get us out of here?- i've got the words here. hurry, nova. christmas spirit, hear my calling.bring us out of the stable. but yulle.why were we here? this must be whereshe disappeared from? that's why it must be herewe try to look at what happened. - there they are, both of them.- what are you saying? they are both here!
are you both coming from... you didn't look in the bigchristmas book, did you? but i'm not looking at it now. but now, we're here.aren't we going home to make christmas? you go. i need to find someonewho can fix my hair. - you just go.- no way! come on, yulle. then let me. not that, yulle.
not that either. - no, not that.- not that either? that's pretty. - yes, that is pretty, yulle.- it's beautiful. thanks, yulle. doesn't itlook like what i had before? no, not at all. off you go. someone's singingabout jingle bells everything was going so well, andthen you come here and are not here.
one, two, three! be gone! - you're still here.- so are you. doc hermansen says you are not real.and he is never wrong. then we better get going, so wedon't make doc hermansen into a liar. have a really nice christmas. now we're going to go hometo make christmas. come on. where are they? where did those bloody elfs go?
krumme? where have you been?the police is looking for you. - i was at santa's house.- yeah, sure. like i believe that. - krumme?- hi, dad. - where have you been?- i've been to santa's place. - i don't want you lying.- i'm not. - i'm sorry i'm late.- where have you been? that's a hard question.try an easy one. like "where does santa claus live?" - will you do me a favour?- what would that be?
- please.- sure. krumme has probably been to santa'splace and now he wants all of us to go. be quiet, hans! - put all your books aside.- we had just got started. now we all write a letter for santa clausand then we send it afterwards. - that is just so stupid.- just do it. - are we going to krumme's place today?- yes. what did you tell him? - i don't want to write it.- just do it, you cranky kid.
yes, it's this way. the chimney departs in just a moment. step inside.a return journey to santa claus. - what a freak!- you're not really here anyway. sorry to disturb.we have some letters, that we... ouch! svendsen. it's just me and my classmates.this is mr jansen, our teacher. - i'm really really sorry.- it will probably pass soon. krumme! where are you?
- where have you been?- i told dad. why didn't you tell me? hi. - we've been so scared.- it's been a bit of a mess. aren't we going to send those letters? - shouldn't we get going?- good idea, krumborg. come on, kids. all the lettersmust be send. i wrote 20 myself. why didn't you say anything? this is the stupidesti've ever had to do.
- what is that?- it's called diabolo. - did you make them yourself?- no, i've imported them. - can i have one?- yes, you can. dearest santa clausa letter's on its way and i hope that you can read all that i wrote 'cause i have so many wishesand i wrote it down onto my note though i know that you are busyon your play toy factory there are many other childrenthan just me
but i'm hoping that youhave sack of christmas things for me from you. 21st december'a storm of letters'(eng.subs: julie kragh) there are letters from the children! we succeded after all. now let's not get too excited. there are wishlists and everything.and it's not squiggles. it's quite constant,but something's still missing. couldn't you be a bit happy?then everything will follow.
yes yes, but there areapparently still some problems. amigo. work is calling. - i don't feel like it today.- feel like? this is work. we have to help svendsen,and kidnap santa claus. kidnap santa claus.i don't think senorita would like that. we have to annihilate christmas. are we annihilating christmas? i'll explain one more timefor prince knud* and you.(note: knud, hereditary prince of dk 1900-76) the man from the woods is my big brother.everything was always about him.
and on christmas eve, i had to wearhis cast-offs, while he got new clothes. my brother landed the whole estate,but i'm a count too. so it's actually my own trees,i've been stealing. i went to the estateand put all the destroyed toys.- - and gave my regards from santa. and now, i won't to ruinchristmas for my brother. i want to stop santa claus.and i know how to get him. so that i can smash up christmasfor my ridiculous brother. let's get going.
- back in sã¸ndervrã¥...- zip it, amigo. look, mom. it's us, dancing aroundthe christmas tree. that's fine, grunk. come and eat. - is this all, jens?- yes. on monday, we have to go downand pay 27,567dkk ($4,750.06) jens, we can't keep lying to ourselves. we'll have to pay what needs to be payed,and then use what's left for christmas. you can have everythingthat's in my bank account. - in my piggy bank too.- i have one too.
we can just borrow them, jens.we must scrape everything we can together. - what about christmas?- we'll do christmas for what's left. we can just get our presentsin january when there's a sale. we'll do one thing at a time. thank you for the christmas book. butit confuses more than it benefits. the christmas list is good, whoever madeit, but now we'll get to it ourselves. we need to bake vanilla cookies,we need a tree. do we have decorations? - yes, but one thing's missing.- the christmas star. that it snows.really snows.
we stand together.the krumborg family never surrenders. i can't figure it out. my stamps will be ruined.i hate christmas! i hate christmas, christmas hates me.we are hated christmas and me. hello, hello.the chimney is over there. i walled it up myself, because so manypeople were coming who are not here. you are not here either, right? - are you stark raving mad?- i don't know anything about that. can i think about it?but it was good question.
if you have to take the chimney,you'll have to do so from the attic. the station down here has been closed. do you know what this is? no, i don't know the brand. it's a gun. of course. go ahead and shoot me.i'm stark raving mad. it's all those christmas elf.just ask amigo and bent. - where is bent?- up in the yard, selling trees. no, there's only an idiot,claiming to be spanish.
yes yes, amigo is workingtogether with bent. bent is my brother. he's stolenall the trees in the woods. and i know him, he's up to somethinghere too. i've looked for him all over. i recognized the tree up there. it wasthe most beautiful silver fir in the woods. it was for us. bent knew it,and he stole it. he's been running around playinga bad santa at the estate. - when will bent be here?- i don't know. okay then, i'll find him myself.and don't call the police. and tell bent that this time,i mean it.
- i will shoot off his head!- yes yes, i got it. i can't take it anymore!i can't figure it out anymore! calm down. we'll put up a christmas elf,and i'll make a cup of coffee. and then i'll fix the stamps,because i can't handle that at all. what on earth is he doing now? amigo? cuckoo! - what are you doing?- nothing. what's wrong? put your hands down. - where is the silver fir?- the man with the gun took it.
- he said he was your brother.- he was here? he had a gun. he's insane!he stole our silver fir. this means war! - aren't there any trees left?- all's sold out. it's christmas soon. the beautiful silver fir as well? i would have liked to have made a deal.we're a little short on money. - have you sold any?- yes yes, right? yes yes, of course.we've sold 20.
thank you. they were much needed. now, where will we findsuch a beautiful tree? we also promised svendsen and olsen to helpout with the staircase, so they can win. that's nice of you. they're nice people, huh? - shall we invite them for christmas?- i don't know about that. we'll see. - bent, is this over soon?- over? it's just started. - it's nice of you to help out on a saturday.- that's no problem considering all your work. our dads and moms arelooking forward to seeing it.
i just hope we can make it. my dad saw the diabolo.he would like to buy some of them. it depends on the price. - if only, we could have a rehearsel.- what about tomorrow? - on a sunday?- and perform the night before christmas eve. if you really want to rehearsetomorrow and on monday -,- then it's possible. we need a heart there. - what do you think?- there's a long way to go.
if you only knewhow overworked i am -,- you wouldn't say such words. youwould praise us and encourage us instead. you need a reasonfor encouraging and praising. no, let's just give up on becoming thisyear's most beautiful christmas building. i won't hear of it, mrs olsen! i've spend the last month, working hardand slaving away due to that stupid competition! if you as much as thinkof cancelling everything -,- then i'll make sureyou're given notice to leave! i just meant...
here i walk around and see elfsand a man threatening me with a gun! - so, we'll go through with this nonsense!- yes, if you say so. i do! we can decorate the staircasetogether tomorrow, right, mrs jensen? of course. that sounds nice.then i'll make coffee. and we're baking today,so i can bring homemade cookies. my dad probably has some lightsthat can blink. and a star. then that's a deal. - good evening.- good evening.
aren't you somewhat latein bringing the mail? it's not the morning mail.it's letters for santa claus. grunk told me you send lettersto santa every night. you can join usand send letters now. make a cup of coffee for amigo, mrs olsen,and i'll help with the letters. -,- and send it mountains high,towards the starry sky. and i hope that you can readall that i wrote 'cause i have so many wishesand i wrote it down 22. december'everyone disappears'(eng. subs: julie kragh)
- did you hear that?- hear what? it was just like a stir.we must see what it is right away. - the christmas spirit is rising!- and the bad atmosphere is gone! remember the hat.don't run around naked. lots of letters! from china! and constantinobel! from polen and spain and minsk! guadalupe! and ghana! - and a single letter from amager.- finland and funen.
i knew it!letters, letters, letters! - now we can work.- work again? the presents must fit the wishes. this is from little ming in china.he wants a fire-breathing dragon. do we have that? we have that! herman from hessenwants a new bicycle. while you find kids who fit into the letters,i will make porridge with a scoop of butter. - can't we get two scoops today?- two scoops of butter. is hotter. it's really nice, grunk.
- is our christmas tree stand working?- yes yes. then we just need to christmas tree. - i think this is so cozy.- you've changed. it's just because we're all together. i just hate when people are busy,and drive 1,000km/h. - not dad's skoda.- now now! mrs olsen!come up, and yell at us! take it easy! little victor. say something.
little victor... you don't have to say "merry christmas".you can just say "cranky cow". that's too much. yes yes, mrs olsen. there is moreto life than your luxury problems. this is a matter of life and death. if he comes back with his gun,he'll get a hail of bullets. i've been a peaceful caretaker allthese years. now i've had enough. property inspector svendsen. come immediately!the krumborgs have committed a murder!
a murder? how terrible! a real living murder! good heavens! what has happened? - they murdered victor.- is it really... stone dead. what do you think? only one each.it's for christmas eve. - remember the cake for the nativity play.- i will bake the most beautiful cake ever. - are you done rehearsing?- we are going there this afternoon.
- it's per. how do i look, dad?- floured. be careful it's not mrs olsenthat you kiss. - hi.- are your parents at home? - what has happend?- you murdered victor! svendsen... svendsen, are you insane? have you completely lost your mind? i'm afraid i might have. - good day.- you are not here!
- i'm here to talk to my brother, bent.- the christmas tree seller is your brother? you have to hurry up to krumborg's.they murdered mrs olsen's bird. come, yrsa.we didn't see anything. - where is he?- don't know. just shoot me. i don't care. - are you stark raving mad?- did something happen? don't call anyone.it's just a superficial scratch. now the two of us will wait here,until my brother shows up. i had really begunto love that little bird. - it's really sad, mrs olsen.- it's terrible. sound travels in the house.
we should be more considerate. merry christmas, cranky cow. but, victor! i'm suffocationg! that's good, victor.it's been revived. let go of me! wake up, amigo. i was having such lovely dreamsabout senorita and all of the others. she has probably alreadyfound a bullfighter.
let's see if something has happened. - can't i get the money from the tree sales?- money doesn't grow on the christmas trees. you'll get the money, i give you. i think you need to be careful that i don'tget angry and do something i don't know. of course you'll get your money,but it's a bit difficult right now. - i think it's a bit scary with your brother.- i'll take care of him. - we need to keep our heads cool.- that's not a problem up here. - after you, senor.- where? - to santa's place.- i'm not going anywhere.
yes, you will. or i will tell my brotherthat you stole all the trees. - in that case, i think i will join.- that's better, amigo. how did he say? - there are plenty of presents soon.- yes, there are enough presents. let's see. this is that one. we'll catch them and open a museumwhere we can exhibit them. when christmas has been abolished,people will go crazy to see santa claus. i'd rather go home. chimney and oven,send us into the woods.
the bad atmosphere is stirring,and i'm feeling so weak. bad atmosphere and lies,your colour is hideous and yellow leave and shut your eyes,'cause christmas is here saying... i'll give you bad atmosphere. - may i snap away?- you can't. - what do you want?- it's nice here. we have to get going. if you get any closer,you could destroy christmas for everyone. - i doubt it.- for all eternity. we are going to talk business.i wanted to wait for christmas eve, but...
bent? santa claus? big stone, send me home. frozen margarita,where is senorita and all the others? that's a deal. we all decorate the staircase tomorrow. svendsen seems a bit overworked, so maybe we should leave him in peace. - shall we say at 7pm?- yes, thank you. that sounds good. i'm free! come here, you silly bird. now he's flying!
oh no! come here, little victor! victor! goodbye, cranky cow!and merry christmas! he's flying to the attic. mrs olsen... now you sit down, nice and easy.and we'll take care of everything. did you get it, jens? don't get sad, mrs olsen.dad and krumme will find it. thank you, dear.
victor won! chimneys and fireplaces,take me on a journey. it's inside the chimney. is it there? - it's gone.- it probably flew down to svendsen. yulle. have we now becomestabled grey elfs? yes, within 24 hours.and then everything will be over. can't you just say that verse,so we can go home again? i know it.i just don't remember it.
now it's serious seriousness.and it's over. christmas is over.and we shall live here forever. i don't want to! - you made your bed, now you must lie in it.- that's not what i wanted. - can't we just go back home again?- no, i'm afraid not. yulle, you can do magic and snap. not here. we're made of the substanceof dreams, and this is a nightmare. - oh, yulle!- it's over. only the warmest andmost sincere wishes can save us.
svendsen? are you there?victor flew away! not a sound. - is it locked?- yes. then he probably went to town. - what are you up to?- to have my brother locked up. - you can't sho...- if necessary, yes. - is he that dangerous?- yes, he is. leave amigo out of it.he's a nice guy. he's from spain. if he knows my brother,he is no nice guy.
- hello, victor.- hello, amigo. victor free from the cow! - merry christmas.- you too. - it's too bad about victor.- why won't svendsen help? he's completely overworked. - oh no! nova!- nova! do you think this heart is pretty?i wrote our names on it. do you rather want it to say nova? - why do you say that?- because you whispered her name just now.
- is that her?- yes. come. then i'll tell you everything. they're really having a good time. we'd better call for doc hermansen. we can't sit here all nightwith nothing to eat or drink. - doc hermansen says...- spare me your babbling. when this building have retiredfor the night, we'll go check the attic. you said yourself thatthey sleep up there sometimes. i don't have energyfor those christmas elfs.
- are you sure?- yes. i'm leaving againif there are any christmas elfs. - is it here?- yes, over there, in krumborg's loft. just put your hands down. - are you ready?- yes, krumme. how does the verse go? - are you spying?- no. - what on earth?- everything's crazy in this house. 23rd december'krumme's battle'(eng. subs: julie kragh)
- where are we, krumme?- in santa claus' house. that's amigo and victor. bent and santa claus are not here. they're all gone. shall we dance, senorita? amigo, wake up! bad atmosphere. - how did you get here?- through the chimney with bent. he wanted to capture santa claus,and then they all suddenly disappeared.
- that's sounds strange.- his brother is after him with a gun. that's the guy who was with svendsen. - help!- it's the bad atmosphere. help met to get it to disappear. happy christmaslovely christmas angels descend into hiding to and fro, they flywith paradise green it's gone. very beautiful. if only i waswith senorita and all of the others.
we only need yrsa and krumme.where are they? it was their idea. i don't mind playing maria,if that's what it takes. it's nice of you, but it's a big role.you can't just be an understudy like that. but the way, the donkey isno longer singing the donkey song. - then i don't want to play.- i only took out the unnatural parts. i think it's goodwhen the donkey is singing. krumme! - are krumme and yrsa here?- no. - without them, there is not premiere.- our children are gone.
yrsa too? krumme has a tendencyof disappearing once in a while. they've been gone since last night. - are they gone for real?- no, they're gone for unreal. then we must go looking for them.come. then we'll go looking. i read the verse in santa's book. - it's not working, krumme.- maybe if amigo joins. amigo. - that's not our thing.- you just have to wish with us.
we must find santa clausand his family. let's get started. begone!it's eating me! it's santa and his family and bent. krumme, i'm scared. - look, they're completely grey.- what do you want? it's somebody i can't remember,but whom i've not forgot. it's nova. nova, this is yrsa.
i look so wrong and ugly.we've almost turned into grey stable elfs. we've come to save you.and santa and stella and yule mom. it's too late. look, yulle. it's krummeand love-yrsa. they want to save usfrom becoming grey stable elfs. that's impossible. but it's love-humans, yulle.give him the hat. - help!- amigo? - bent!- amigo!
hurry and say the verse. help us, krumme. "when the sun sits low in the sky,and the star shines bright and clear, - then you can hear the bells up high,'cause christmas time makes people cheer - - with rice porridge and a christmas horse.now all we need is santa claus. santa claus, santa claus,start your sleigh and come one of the next few days or come tonight,and shine a light." it's going away! krumme, you've saved christmas!
come everybody! hurry! krumme! yrsa! christmas spirit, hear my calling.take us out of the stables. now we 're ready to make christmas. stella and nova, you prepare the reindeers. krumme and yrsa, you're going homebefore i destroy that chimney-fax-modem. yule mom, you're going to the kitchen.because now, it's christmas. - rudolph, it's christmas!- you will fly like a bird! "ho, ho, ho!"no, that's no good.
i'll do like i always do.and the route is ready. then you'll usually do by thetravel-deers like you rein? no, i'll rein by the usually-do-deers...what am i doing? you travel with the reindeersas you usually do. - the hat!- i've got that! we'll start in china,and travel with the sun. get up!hands up! - i'm going to shoot.- get that gun down. he's stark raving mad.look, he shot me.
he's stark raving mad. - is that true?- no... and yes. keep your hands up. - do you know where krumme and yrsa are?- yes, they disappeared through the chimney. - goodbye.- i'll never forget this day. you will forget. that's the way it is.elfs have such a bad memory. - can i ask santa something?- ask away. i made a bet with hans that you exist.but i have to prove it. - now hans will get his present.- one that only santa can make.
this will persuade him.but it only works once. grown-ups first. you two are staying. get to work.you have to help out with the presents. but first we have to...there's so much we need to do. no, amigo, what are you doing? of course, amigo.then we'll stay. don't worry. can you hold each others hands? and then you close your eyes. and then... think.
merry and safe journey. scoop of butter with porridge. - get to it, bent.- of course, amigo. you're good at telling stories,svendsen. jansen. - there you are.- anything new? the kids are looking different places. svendsen says he saw them disappearhere somewhere. yes, in the chimney.
did they say anything? yes, something like... who's crazy, huh? what on earth are you doing here? have you lost your minds? - that's a secret.- in a chimney? - it's from santa claus.- but of course. - give my regards and say thank you.- try and shake it. what's happening?
now, listen to this: santa claus' bookcan make you smart with just a look all he needs for christmasis written down in here 'cause in santa claus' bookare written things in many languages and without santa claus' bookit will never be christmas the secret verseand all such things they're written down in herein case i need advice 'cause santa claus' bookcan make you smart with just a look it doesn't matter what it is,you can find it here
the christmas spirit is very fragile but if children writeit will return soon the bad atmosphere with the eyesthat are yellow disappearsas soon as christmas begins a letter from loversis the best letter you can get if elfs do somethingwhere they should stay away they must live in the stableand will fade to grey wow! i must say! - how much did we bet?- 1,000dkk, but it's okay. merry christmas.
hans is nice guy after all. - hi, post (man).- hi, grunk. here are the last letters. - that many?- now what is that? it's the last letters for santa claus.and then there are these. i'm sorry to disturbthe day before christmas eve... ...but i wanted to give youa christmas tree. it's the beautiful silver fir.i didn't think you wanted to give it away. won't you come inside?
can you go get dad?i think he's in the attic. - then we can bring the letters with us.- i can help. there it is. - dad, we need to send 1,000 letters!- what on earth is that? - i call dips on sending them.- i would like to try too. there are so many. from china and brazil.and from valby. come, let's hurry and send them. i am a bad guy.i've never been nice to bent.
i cheated him out of his halfof the estate. even when we were kids, i cheated him. i remember once i stolea box of licorice from him. there there. blow your nose. out the window! - now it will be christmas. yuhuu!- that's right, grunk. - you're doing well.- it's really cozy. it's almost you speciality, huh, bent? - does the presents match the wishes?- and does the wishes match the presents?
now we have to make sure thatit's all divided nicely. - listen, yulle.- it's the snow that's melting. there are more letters! it's the nicestletter-christmas in 800 years. there are letters! - from hong kong, thy or thule!- and from where people are yellow! now, we need to get to work. the wishesmust match the presents. is it understood? santa claus existed.christmas was saved. everything was good. but how could santa visit us, now thatdad has nailed down the chimney door.
if only santa claus would come.that's my biggest wish. santa claus, santa claus, start your sleighand come one of the next few days 24. december'senorita'(eng. subs: julie kragh) snow! white christmas! perhaps the dreamwould come true after all. krumme, it's snowing! snow snow snowwhat happens, you never know and when we have drunk the milkwe are going out for a sleigh ride snow snow snow,what can happen, you don't know
"dearest sister, i will notbe coming by this christmas after all. i'll just trouble you,so i'm going to austria instead." what do you say, victor? just asi was getting ready for her critique. victor, you're not there. then youcan't understand what i'm saying. what now? mrs olsen?sã¸ren hansen, "ugeavisen" (week newspaper). you've won the prize for thisyear's most beautiful christmas building. - you're going to be photographed.- not i alone. everyone should be in it. - the whole staircase?- yes.
- hello, svendsen.- don't worry. i won't shoot. can i get a smile? - per!- merry christmas. now all we need is victor. - omelette.- omelette! they are respecting you more now,svendsen. maybe i should set an example -,- by shooting a tenantonce in a while. let's do the last ones.
"22. december: come andget your christmas chocolates." "23. december:rice porridge is served." "24. december: if you feel like it, you're welcomeat my place on christmas eve. with love mrs olsen." "with love"! alas. it's so lonelywithout my invisible friends. even the two scoundrels in there,i miss them. it has been a terribly confusing month.
i hope it's not her. - property inspector svendsen speaking.- this is bent's brother. - hi.- is krumme at home? wow, that's beautiful.ours can stand on a table. you can just join us. - jansen is quite upset.- is it the nativity play? - we can just make it.- what do you think, mom? if we can be home by 4pm.i would like to go to church. remember the christmas star must blinkwhen it flies across the sky.
look what busy elfs we are, when all thechristmas presents gifts we finish from are far. all the nicest children get a present and they are made by us,the christmas elfs race cars and a little book a baby doll says "mom"in different language when it's shook building bricks and a toy parrot a teddy bear in chequered sweaters all things must be gift-wrapped,and delivered and unwrapped. it's a very hard and dema-manding job
we can't make it all in time do you even know the date.today is passing by. we will have to speed upfrom tomorrow. until we smell the roast porkin the oven. spiderman and video games who is getting what and howis on the list of names we're in trouble, if it blows a fuse 'cause we don't have a lot ofextra screws all things must be gift-wrapped,and delivered and unwrapped
put more paint in the machine and a piece of plastic that has holesthe size of spleens soon it will become a toy gorilla and all the rest into a barbie villa animals are really popular we must make a rocking horseand a mynah bird we've run out of all the zebra stripes where's the help when all goesdown the drainpipes all things must be gift-wrappedand delivered and unwrapped
it's not everything that's fine there are children who willonly wish for calvin klein but we decide the toys. it isn't lies so they can stick thisright into their eyes. thousand present we must make red and yellow, green and white,and bluish like a lake christmas is a stressful time of year people loosing hair is what you hear all things must be gift-wrapped and deliveredand be gift-wrapped and delivered and be gift-wrapped
and delivered and un-wrapped. yulle is handsome as yulle! - it's time.- yes, it's time then we'll get going too.can we call a taxi? - my good man, we fly.- fly? maybe it is realityor maybe it's fantasy. but one thing's for certain:i only make triviality*.(note* literally: i only do elf stuffs/teasing) ho ho! thank you so much.
i would like to thank the children. thank you for supporting this.if not, it would not have succeded. and a special thanks to my colleguemr. krumborg, krumme's father -,-who made the fine decorations.thank you. excellent! bravo, krumborg! your hands have alwaysbeen screwed on properly. - hans told me about the diabolos you have.- these days, no one wants to buy them. i would like to buy them for my business. good, my buy. i'm taking overall of krumborg's diabolos.
i have good connections to other factoriesin poland, so we can expand it, if you want. - you never know.- polish beach balls are really good. - you were good.- thanks, krumme. you too. grunk! come and see! there are many presents! - what do you say to that?- i say wow! - the tree won't run crazy again, right?- no no. i fixed something. the christmas tree will take off likea rocket and fly off to santa claus. that was a good idea, stine.
i've made it blink,when it turns around. good. then we can all go to bed, andthe tree can celebrate christmas alone. look. bent and amigoare in the advent calendar. - they're together with santa claus.- that's unbelievable. maybe elfs do exist and they're calledbent and amigo. and mrs olsen is santa. i'm looking forward to a real christmas evewith dad, mom, grunk and even stine. now i was just hopingthat santa would come. is everything ready? - everything's ready, just not all.- what are you saying?
we need a few presents, but we knowwhere we can get them. it's for five children in polandwho wishes for diabolos. ah yes, but we can get those. but otherwise, wishes and presentsfit together? - all together.- now and forever. stop all that rhyming. have a nice present trip.and fly safely. watch out for the chimneys. this is not really my style.
couldn't we just call for a taxi? when you're at santa's,you'll travel the santa way. come here, bent.don't be scared. - when we rise, just sink.- or the other way around. fly fast,and come back home carefully. it's finally christmas. come on, rudolph!we need speed! - merry christmas!- merry christmas! i know it's been a strange december.
it's been a bit hectic. i just reallywanted to make a perfect christmas. - i think it's good. i can't wait for the presents.- it will come, grunk. we'll stop here, rudolph.now we're here where grunk lives. - drop the rope ladder.- rope ladder? ask the krumborg familyif we can have five diabolos. - never!- would you rather go back to the rat? no. of course not.after you, amigo. no, you go first.you're the oldest. - watch out. a step is missing.- si hi down there.
- hold tight.- be calm, rudolph. see you, amigo. you couldn't, by any change,drop me off in spain? - get going, amigo.- i'm coming now, bent. adios, amigo!nos vemos en espana! look, bent. it's snowing for real!just like back home in sã¸ndervrã¥! it's a real white christmas! - what is that?- it's probably santa claus. it's bent. and amigo.
- hello and pardon us.- what the devil are you doing? it probably sounds a bit silly,but we've come from santa claus. he's parked upstairs. - where's victor?- upstairs. then we have to go get himin that weather. what's going on here? we've come to ask if we can have some ofthe games upstairs. santa needs five presents. that's not so good,because i've actually sold them. dad! since it's for santa.
okay then. - it's getting more and more crazy.- it's more fun than so many other things. come, mom. - it's santa claus!- it can't be real. - merry christmas, everybody.- thank you, you too. - will you grant me the diabolos?- yes, of course. - there you are, santa claus.- thank you. - are you the real santa claus?- the real real santa claus. - i wrote to you in squiggles.- are you squiggles-grunk?
g.r.ã….m.p, grunk. thank you so much for the help, grunk. without you and krumme, it wouldnever have been christmas this year. - you're welcome. will i get what i wish for?- i think so. we have to get going. goodbye to you, through christmas snowing. hi krumme. a very merry christmas! it's incredible! look! what's that?
it's for you. merry christmas. - can i unwrap it now?- yes, for now it's christmas. it's nicely gift-wrapped, dad. wow, it's beautiful! - did you make that yourself?- well, most of it anyway. is that for me? thank you so much. may i open it? little buddy! it's so cute. - merry christmas!- it's victor!
merry christmas!where's the cow? jens, don't do that!don't do that! - i'll call it...- ingeborg. yes, why not? ingeborg. - oh no! not that!- what's happening? it's krumborg! what are you doing? victor!it was a good thing you came! come inside.
victor was sitting on the roof. if i had not been wearing my suspenders,i would have fallen down. svendsen. come here. aren't they cute? it's better to be two, right? dad? it's a good thing you wear suspenders. jens krumborg!i don't want you doing such things! shouldn't we all go to our placeand dance around the christmas tree?
bent. your brother called and saidyou were welcome at his place. - my brother. that can't be.- hurry, man! thanks. and sorry.a very merry christmas, everybody. - bent.- amigo. give my regards in spain, amigo. and senorita. come there we are. in the attic, sits the christmas elfwith his rice porridge, his rice porridge...
so good and sweethe nods and eats and he's so happy'cause rice porridge is his favorite food. but all around himall the rats are standing and they're staringand they're staring they really wantto have some of the goodies and they're dancingdancing round and round. there goes your chandelier. never mind.i always hated that thing. merry christmas!
- the door bell is ringing.- who could that be? and on christmas eve. hola!mi amigo esta aqui, verdad? who is it, grunk? - senorita!- amigo! now, it's finally christmas. i also want to dance. merry christmas, krumme. it's a good thing,christmas last until easter*.(note* a danish saying)
christmas star you're so far the twinkles are they for me? do you thinkchristmas comes this year? and why am i asking you? christmas star wishing far to meet up with santa claus to hearwhat such a christmas elf can can he make snow instead of the rain so the road is covered in snow all day
though the grown-ups keep on saying no i believe that santa's on his way. christmas star from afar believe you in santa claus? christmas elfs and christmas mail? and children in bethlehem? christmas star, would you like to listen to what i want? i want christmaswhile there's still some left
i wish it was snowinstead of the rain so the roadis covered in snow all day it's the only thingi'm wishing for if only santa'son his way