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  • The Kiddies' Christmas (1911)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Kiddies' Christmas (1911)
Short | Short, Drama
Arthur, ten years old; his sister Alice, soon to be nine; Dick and Daisy, twins, seven, and Toddlekyns, soon to be five, organize a conspiracy to waylay and rob Santa Claus. Thinking they have not been properly considered in the past, they...See moreArthur, ten years old; his sister Alice, soon to be nine; Dick and Daisy, twins, seven, and Toddlekyns, soon to be five, organize a conspiracy to waylay and rob Santa Claus. Thinking they have not been properly considered in the past, they conclude that Santa Claus doesn't know what children ought to have, and they decide to set him right. Also, they think he ought to be up to date, and get an airship and an automobile in place of his ancient reindeer and sleigh. Accordingly, after talking to their parents about their grievances, they write Santa Clans a letter, putting the case in plain terms. Santa Claus gets this letter, with millions of other letters, while he is directing his army of workmen in his great shop in the Region of Eternal Ice and Snow. He is almost buried alive in the letters that are sent to him, and summons a lot of gnomes and fairies to open and arrange his mail for him. When he gets the one written by the conspirators, he acts on it promptly. First, he issues a general order to turn the reindeer out to pasture in the snow fields, and orders an airship and an auto. Then he issues a proclamation, which his winged heralds make known throughout the world. The conspirators, asleep in their nursery, hear the heralds sound the proclamation through their trumpets, Santa proclaiming that he is the best judge of the manner in which his business should be conducted and that children who are discontented with the way he treats them will surely be punished. This puts Arthur on his mettle, and he solemnly pledges the rest of the children to arm themselves and hold up Santa Claus when he comes, and take away his entire bag of Christmas toys. Santa comes, by the way of the chimney; the children are ready for him. He is overpowered and bound, and his pack taken. Like regular bandits, the conspirators concern themselves chiefly with their loot, and Santa slips his bonds, and rolls to the fireplace. The children, eager for the fruits of their crime, plunge hands into the bag and find only a bundle of switches. Then they shake the bag upside down and nothing falls from It but ashes. They turn just in time to see Santa vanish up the chimney, thumbs on nose and wriggling his fingers. They climb the stairs all the way to the attic, Toddlekyns always bringing up the rear, and race over the house-tops, peeping down chimneys. Finally, they see Santa's conveyance standing by a chimney and reach it just as Santa bobs up out of the chimney. They fling away their weapons, fall on their knees, and beg Santa not to abandon them. Santa forgives. The children awake in their nursery, greatly surprised to find their stockings well filled, and mamma and papa at the door smiling a Merry Christmas. While they are making merry over their toys, Santa glides away homeward over the house-tops. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Dec 21, 1911
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Dec 21, 1911 (United States)

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