Discarding Santa (2015) - full transcript

- Hi, I'm filmmaker Chip Rossetti.

What you're about to see
is real actual footage

that we came across and we put
together to tell the story.

As disturbing as it may seem,

this is a true story.

There have been countless attempts

to hide and destroy this footage,

but none of them have been successful.

I ask that you keep an open mind

in that what you're about to see

has never been seen publicly before.



I also ask that you determine
for yourself what happened.

Because this situation is
still being investigated.

And I also wanna reiterate one last thing,

this is not a typical
Christmas movie as we know it.

This is not a professionally
shot, scripted Christmas movie.

This was compiled and put together

from hours and hours and hours of footage

that one day just showed
up on our doorstep.

And we felt inclined to tell this story.

So enjoy Discarding Santa.

Thank you.

- Okay, I'd like to go ahead
and call this meeting to order.

I need a motion to approve the minutes

of the last meeting dated
September the 25th, 2010.



- Motion to approve.

- Second.

- All in favor?

Aye.

- Any opposed?

Motions carries, minutes approved.

I believe Councilman Mudd

has the first topic of today's agenda.

- I do, thank you Mayor.

Alright, the first item on the floor today

is the proposed Ordinance to eliminate

all references to Santa
Claus and Christmas.

Now, this is a city wide attempt

to decommercialize the season.

- You're joking right?

Can't have anything associated with Santa?

Can't say anything about Santa?

I'm just trying to understand,

what you are wanting from people.

Let's just get rid of Christmas
trees too, if you want too.

I mean, let's just get
rid of one and the other,

let's get rid of all of it.

- We need to stop calling it Christmas

and stop referring to Santa Claus.

It's a no-brainer.

We tell people everyday

that they can't talk about God in school.

Not everybody believes in God.

Folks talk about nativity
scenes and, I don't know,

any other Christian reference,

where you gonna find them at?

You're not gonna find 'em
here. You're not gonna find 'em

on municipal property or public property.

Not everybody's Christian.

The last, best shot we had
of pulling that one off,

Constantine was the Emperor.

It's been a while.

Why is it right to call it Christmas

when not everyone celebrates Christmas?

It's the Christmas season.

- No, it's the holiday season.

Holiday season.

Nobody should be bothered
by that, angered by that.

It's almost 2011,

nobody should even be
surprised about that.

It's the right thing to do.

- No it's not.
- It's the right thing to do.

- No.

- Mayor can we vote?

- Kevin, you're talking about
the parking issue right?

- No, I'm afraid you probably wish

I was talking about the parking issue,

but I'm talking about the
Ordinance of discarding Santa

from the city limits of Leitchfield.

- Well I just want you to know
what you're talking about.

- This is crazy.

I'll never vote for you two again.

- That's right, seriously.

Seriously this is crazy, seriously.

- Everyone just calm down,
just a second please.

Just calm.

I need a motion.

- I'll make the motion.

Guess I'll second.

All in favor of
eliminating Santa Claus

from all public and private
property within the city limits

signify by saying aye.

- Aye.

- Aye.

- Aye.

- Aye.

- Any opposed?

- Neigh.

- Motion carries.

City Ordinance 10 dash
195 passes four to one,

effective immediately there
will no reference to Santa Claus

within Leitchfield city
limits for Christmas.

- I hope you feel bad about this.

- I mean the holiday season, 2010.

- This is Cara Anderson with K105 News.

Right now, I'm standing
outside Leitchfield City Hall

where the Council just made
an unprecedented ruling.

They ruled that there
are to be no references

to Santa Claus this Christmas season.

On private, public and municipal property.

- City Ordinance 10 dash
195 passes four to one

effectively immediately
there will be reference

to Santa Claus within Leitchfield
city limits for Christmas.

- Just moments ago we
got to speak to one of

the Council members,

after the controversial decision was made.

As you can see there's still
a lot of discussion going on

about the most recent
Leitchfield City Council meeting.

And a lot of the people who attended

are pretty upset about the
decision that was made today.

We're hoping to catch one
of the Council members

as they exit, to get a word
on what went down today.

So Councilman, can you
please give us a word

on the meeting.

- Oh yeah, we're just
trying to bring Leitchfield

into the 21st Century.

And this is good Ordinance,

it's not gonna hurt anybody.

If folks wanna put up
their holiday decorations,

feel free to do so.

Lights and ornaments and, no issues.

Just no Santa Claus.

- And when will this become effective?

- It's effective right now,

before I came out here Mayor
Henderson signed the Ordinance,

so it's official.

- Okay, and where there
any members of the Council

in opposition to this Ordinance?

- It's nominal.

It passed four to one.

- Thank you for your time.

- Oh my pleasure.

Hey, happy holidays.

- Happy holidays to you too.

There you have it.

I'm Cara Anderson with K105 News.

Look, there's
nothing we can do about it.

I think it's stupid.

I think it's been stupid
for the past few weeks

and I think it's still stupid today.

Larry, we've
been cruising around here,

taking down Santa's for weeks now.

And now of all of sudden
it's bothering you?

Because we're
getting closer and closer

to Christmas, you see.

Ah, look here.

Here we go.

You're getting pulled over.

- What?

Are you serious?
- What did you do?

- What did you?

Unit 17.

Unit 17,
this is Dispatch go ahead.

Traffic
violation, on the square.

Unit 17, 10-4.

Did I do
something wrong officer?

- No, you weren't speeding
or anything ma'am.

But we need you to remove the Santa

out of your back window please.

- My Santa?

- Yes ma'am, your Santa.

If you could just remove it out the back.

Jason, you aren't
supposed to be saying

the name either.

- Yeah, if you could just hand

the holly, jolly, red doll back there

to the officer please.

Just take him down
and you can be on your way?

You guys
have gotta be kidding?

Take it.

- Thank you complying, Merry Christmas.

- Thank you.
- Jason!

I'm sorry, happy holidays.

We're not allowed to say
Merry Christmas either.

- What are you doing?

- City Ordinance 10-195.

No Santa shall be displayed
on private or public property.

You see, the police officer
right here, remind me of that.

- You've gotta be kidding me?

- Nope, it's a ticket-able offense,

take it down or pay the fine.

- Alright, gotta go.

Peyton hurry up.

Meet you up there!

- Hey Peyton, let's see is mom

will let us open up some presents.

- Remember just this one,

you've gotta wait until
Christmas for the rest.

- I know mom.

Come on, hurry
up, I wanna open mine.

- Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you.

This is the one I saw at Best Buy.

- I know, I wanted you to open it early

so we can get some video
of Christmas this year.

Seriously hurry up.

- It has a little bit of charge.

- It's my turn, it's
my turn, it's my turn.

It's a game, it's a game, I love games.

Hey mom, this
is the best present ever.

- Don't point that thing on me,

I look like death eating a cracker.

You look awesome mom,

can I interview you?

- What?

Hurry, before the battery dies.

- Alright.

So mom,

what do you think about this
whole Santa thing in town?

- Honey.

Seriously, Miss
Mudd said that people could,

like, get in big trouble because of it.

- I don't think it's gonna last honey.

It's just another politician's attempt

to make their mark on the world.

But why Santa?

- Because it has to be something.

A couple of years ago it was manger scenes

and before that it was
the Ten Commandments.

They won't even let us say

one nation under God at
the pledge at school.

- Well, trying saying
one nation under Santa

and see what happens.

Mom.

- Actually on second
thought, don't do that.

- Thank you so much, you're
watching the Christian View.

Hey, we talked about Easter.

And yeah, we just hit on Halloween,

but what about the modern day Santa Claus?

Jackie, is this just Satan's way

of robbing Jesus Christ of his glory,

by spreading, yet another diversion,

to get if off Jesus Christ
and the birth of Christ?

You can't even spell Santa
without spelling Satan.

- Yeah.
- I never saw that before.

That is tricky how Satan
gets in the middle of things.

Amazing isn't it.

- But I always say it
goes back to the heart,

and keeping your family and yourself,

focused on the person.

I know that Trudy loves to say

Jesus is the reason for the season.

And it sound trite when
we hear it so many times

but it's true.

And I didn't even realize
it 'til what you said.

But I always looked at Santa really,

as more business propaganda.

That it was the Macy's Santa
to get business stimulate,

stimulated during Christmas.

- You know, I think that
when you really get to it

and we think about Santa,

the whole essence of it,
it is a trick of Satan.

Oh,
they're in there already.

They're waiting on you to get started.

- Alright thanks, appreciate it.

- You guys busy today?

- No, we've had a couple of alarm calls,

a couple of traffic calls,
it's not been too bad.

- Good, that's what we like.

It's what we like.

- Sorry sir, busy morning.

- It's alright.

- Missed your alarm clock?

- Alright guys, listen in real
quick so we can get of here,

and second shift can get started.

First thing we wanna talk about,

we wanna talk about what everybody's,

all the chatter and stuff around town,

which is the new City Ordinance

that the Council enacted and passed.

You guys been doing a great job on that.

In three weeks, let's see here.

You guys have confiscated 300 Santa's.

Yeah, you guys oughta be proud of that.

But don't relax.

Don't, don't, don't relax on this

because with Christmas coming up,

I mean the actual holiday,
is just a week away.

- Do you expect any problems?

- No, no, I don't think so.

But you know guys, stranger
things have happened.

Just keep doing what you're
doing, and we'll be fine.

- With all due respect sir,

could we go over again
why we're doing this?

- Come on Jason, you know why.

It's our job, it's our
job to enforce the law.

- But sir, again with all due respect,

there's some of us here that
just believes this is silly.

- Well, we don't decide the rules,

we just enforce the law.

That's, that's our job.

You know, someone higher up

has thought that there's
something wrong with Santa.

And until, until that's changed

we're gonna do our job,

and we're gonna do what
we're supposed to do.

- Yes sir.

- And something else guys,

I don't ask this very often,

but on, or off duty, if you see a Santa,

I want you to take care of
business and do your job.

- Yes sir.

Something wrong Cartwright?

- Um, no sir, no, no, no.

Just, you said Santa three
times, and Christmas once.

I just thought, you know.

You might wanna--
- Oh god.

- Guys we're done, let's get out of here.

Let's get out of here.
- Yes sir.

- Hit the streets.

- I bet Becky hasn't saying Santa.

What would you care anyway?

It's the law.

- Hi.

♪ Do do do do ♪

Hey honey.

I see where they installed the cameras.

- Seriously Jason, do we
really need this many cameras?

They're everywhere, even the bathroom.

- This is the best package
that they had honey.

And after last months break in,

I ain't taking any chances.

Besides, we can shut the
ones off in the bathroom.

- Yeah, this may be a bit much.

- Bit much?
_ Hmm-mm.

- Look, when it comes to
protecting our family,

this is not near enough.

- Yeah, well you may think different

when you hear what
happened at school today.

- Oh no, what did he do?

- Temporary tattoos.

He put Santa tattoos all
over his arms and face

on the school bus.

- God.
- Go ahead and laugh.

- I'm sorry.
- They called me out of work

and made me go down to the school.

- What did they do?

- Made him go into the
bathroom and scrub them all off

before he could go back to class.

- Okay, okay, I'll talk
to him, I'll talk to him.

He's your boy.

Come on get up.

- I already know dad, you
don't have to say anything.

But it was freaking hilarious.

- Come on buddy, you know you
can't be doing that stuff.

- I know, I really just
want people to laugh at me.

- What about Mr. Mudd?

- Oh yeah, he was like freaking out.

- Dude, he's on City Council.

- This whole Santa thing is really stupid,

don't you think?

- It doesn't matter what I
think DJ, I enforce the law.

- Yeah, but like really,
what do you think about it?

- Well of course I think it's dumb DJ,

but you gotta do what you gotta do.

- To protect and serve.

Yeah, something like that.

And listen here mister,
one more screw up like that

and you are in some deep
trouble, you got it?

- Yes sir.

- Your dad means it DJ.

I don't wanna get called
down to the school again.

- Look mom, I really don't care.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I know mom, I'm sorry.

- I know mom, I'm sorry.

- Alright, well dinner's ready.

Go get your sister and let's go eat.

Jason we've gotta leave
in an hour for the party.

- Party?

What party?

- The Whitman's Christmas party.

- Oh, that's tonight?

- Yes, and no ugly Christmas sweater.

- Oh no, no no no, I'm wearing
my ugly Christmas sweater.

- Jason.
- Come on,

you make me go to that
stupid party every year.

I'm wearing my ugly sweater.

- Fine, whatever.

By the way, I gave Peyton
one of her gifts earlier.

- Really, which one?

Oh hey baby.

What you got?

- A camera.

- Yeah.

- Thank you, thank you,
thank you for the camera.

It was the best Christmas present ever.

- Wow, well you're more than welcome.

But now, I expect you to
take care of it, right?

You can handle that?

- Absolutely.

- Okay cool.

So can I ask you a favor?

Can I borrow that for the
Whitman's party tonight?

But daddy I just got it.

- I know, and you'll have
lots of time to film with it.

But I'm just,

kind of want to use it, just
for a little bit tonight.

What do you think?

- It's fine.

- Okay, thanks.

So how do you turn it on
and how do you fix it?

What do you?

You, when you turn it on

you flip it this way and
then punch that button.

- So, if I were to do
this we would turn it off.

- A small town in Kentucky
is making a surprising move

concerning Christmas.

The City Council in Leitchfield, Kentucky

recently voted to ban any
and all reference to Santa

within its city limits.

Anyone in the town who
publicly mentions Santa

or included images or references to Santa

in any decoration or celebration

will be subject to a criminal fine.

The ban took effect
immediately upon passage

and the Leitchfield Police Department

has already begun to issue citations.

Oh there it is.

There she is ladies and gentleman,

the most beautiful girl in town,

if not the entire world.

You look beautiful tonight sweetheart.

- You just come on.

Turn that thing off.

- No no no no,

I'm gonna capture every
bit of this party tonight.

I am gonna have a blast
with this thing okay.

Alright, now listen, me,

and the beautiful wife, that's Becky.

Okay.

We're at the Whitman's 2010 Christmas,

holiday get together.

And I'm in my super sexy,
incredible, fancy, awesome

and I daresay handsome sweater

and I can't wait to
get this thing started.

And they're going in without me, okay.

- Ladies and gentleman, kids have arrived.

With a camera.

With a camera.

Uh, yeah we thought
this would make a great,

you know, memory maker.

You know, it was Peyton's holiday gift.

- Oh that's fine with me,

but I can't speak for
the others around here.

After they get into
this eggnog that I made,

they're probably not going
to appeal to that camera.

- Well after I get into it,

I may not even be able to hold the camera.

- Oh, well that sounds good.

Hey, come in in and
let me take your coats.

- Oh yeah sure.
- Yes thank you.

- You're very welcome.
- Can you get my sleeve sorry?

- Well, I'll get his sleeve.
- Thanks.

Basically, basically.

Alright, alright, look at this
place, look at this place.

Hey guys.
- Hey, how are you guys?

You all are
looking sharp tonight.

How you feeling?
- It's been a while.

- Doing good, doing good.
- Doing good.

Yeah.

How's the drink?
- Good to see you again.

Good.
- Yeah.

That's right.

Miss Whitman.

- Hey there.
- You look beautiful.

- Thank you.

- Hey good job with the party so far.

Thank you.

Hey, I brought
my beautiful bride with me.

- Oh she's gorgeous.
- Isn't she?

- She is, I know.
- Great smile.

- Yes.
- Beautiful dress,

I picked that out.
- Uh huh.

- There is the husband.
- Oh I know.

- There's something about him.
- My dearest, my dearest.

- What are you doing man, I don't know.

Mr. Gregg what's up man?
- Hey.

Damn, how you doing man?

I'm doing well, doing well.

- Right good.

Hey wait, are you gonna
actually film this whole thing?

The whole time?

I'm here filming
as much as possible.

You know, trying to get into everything.

Well what are you doing
tonight young lady?

- Hey, how are you?

Enjoying yourself?
- Gonna get in trouble?

- Of course not.
- Good, good.

'Cause I'm a cop you know,
I'll keep an eye on you.

I can see how much
you're already drinking.

Look at that, it's almost down to nothing.

- Oh, it's just my third, fourth.

Just my, sixth.

Oh, so what's going on guys?

You all been okay?

- Good, you Jason.
- Good Jason.

- How are you?
- Pretty good, pretty good.

How do you like the food?

- It's amazing.
- Yeah, well you know.

- It's great, it's legit.
- Absolutely, absolutely.

- Hey Mary-Ann and Dan sure
know how to throw a party.

Boy, don't they though.

I tell you, this has been
gorgeous around here.

Definitely.

Oh crap.

- What, what?

- He's got a Santa in the window.

City Ordinance, I'm gonna
have to take care of this.

- Gosh.
- Yeah, I know, I know.

Excuse me, pardon me, pardon me.

Hey Dan, can I talk to you for a minute?

- Yeah sure, yeah.

- Look, I know this is your party and all

and I know I'm off duty.

But, can we take the Santa down?

- Oh come on Jason, don't be ridiculous.

- Look man, I can't help it.

If Captain O'Reilly comes by

and he sees that thing in the window,

he's gonna stop in here

and he's gonna enforce that Ordinance.

- Are you serious?

- He's been very serious.

And if they guys had come by
and they know that I'm here

and I didn't enforce it,

I could get in some serious trouble.

- Come on Jason.
- I'm serious.

Can you just please take it down?

- Alright, alright, I
will take down Santa.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

- Oh, you're not the only one that's armed

with one of those video cameras.

- Oh really?
- Yeah.

Rudy brought his this year.
- Rudy?

- He's armed and dangerous.
- Where's he at?

Where's he at?

- He was last spotted in the kitchen.

- What?

Oh, in the kitchen okay.

- In the kitchen.
- Alright.

- Loading this Santa.
- I am gonna do my best

to find him in just a minute.

Hey, where'd you get
this Santa doll thing?

Oh, I've had it for a long time.

Really, it's a gorgeous thing.

- Thanks.
- Old-fashioned and what not.

- There.
- Alright man, thanks a lot.

- You're welcome.
- I really appreciate it.

You throw the
best parties I tell you.

Thank you.

- Rudy, Rudy what's up man?

- Hey, what's going on Jason?

Hey, you brought a camera too.

- Heck yeah, this is one of
Peyton's Christmas presents.

I thought I'd bring it here
and kind of break it in.

- Man, we got two cameras tonight,

we can really catch trouble at
the Whitman Christmas party.

- You know, I have already
had to try and avoid it.

I had to tell Dan to take his
Santa down out of the window

in there a while ago.

Jason, are
you always on duty man?

- Look, I just don't wanna
get anybody in trouble okay?

Did he take it down?

- Yeah, he took it down.

Hey, I got it all right
here on the camera.

- Jason.
- Yeah.

Do you mean that Santa?

- Dude, what?
- Look man.

- Oh man.

Dan, man what's the deal?

Come on, I told you take that thing down.

- What are you talking about?

I didn't put anything up.

- I just asked you to take
that down a while ago.

What's it doing back up?

- I didn't put it there.

I did not put that Santa.

Maybe Mary-Ann did?

Maybe she thought it fell
down and she put it back up?

- Okay, whatever, whatever.

Can you just please take it down for me?

- Yeah.

- Just get out the window please.

- Alright, I will get rid of Santa.

- Alright, thank you, thank you.

So, a catastrophe averted.

- Yeah.

Thank you, now I know it's dumb

but I've gotta do my job, okay.

- I know, I know.

- Alright thanks.

Hey Jas, let's
get something to eat man.

I'm starving.

- Hey, that sounds like a good plan

right about now.

Oh man.
- This food looks good.

- You are outdoing yourself this year.

My goodness gracious, alright.

I'll be back in here for that.

You have got to be kidding me.

- So, are you gonna tell me why

we had to leave the party so early?

- Okay.

So what's the deal with Dan?

Huh?

Did he wanna get in trouble?

Did he wanna get me in trouble?

- You said the whole thing is
stupid, what's the big deal?

- Well the big deal is that I
asked him to take Santa down.

I watched him take it
down, three times Becky.

And then what, the minute
I walk out of the room

it goes right back up.

- He said he didn't do it.

- Well so did Mary-Ann.

So how did it get back up there Becky?

It didn't just put itself back up there.

Look, I just don't like being lied to

and I don't like being patronized.

- He's not patronizing you Jason.

- I'm going to bed.

- Thanks Mark,

and I wouldn't exactly call
Leitchfield a ghost town,

but it certainly is
strange to walk the streets

and not see a single reference

to jolly old Saint Nick anywhere.

Not in the windows of the stores,

not on the telephone poles.

It's just a strange sight.

And we've spoken to some of the residents

to see what they have to say.

- I don't have any problem with it,

if different people wanna believe

and celebrate different things,

and if we can't all agree then
there shouldn't be any of it.

- I think it's stupid.

What difference does it make
if someone has a Santa Claus

in their yard or store?

Yeah, I said it.

Santa, Santa, Santa.

- I'm gonna have to cite
you for what you just said.

- The folks of Leitchfield
have to be very careful

about the things that they're
saying this Christmas season.

The very mention of the name Santa Claus,

let alone a display of him

is getting people ticketed
and even fined in some cases.

Even this reporter isn't
immune to the Ordinance.

- Hey Cara, how are you?
- Hello.

We're doing fine, but we're
broadcasting right now.

- This is uh, I'm gonna have
to issue you a citation.

- Uh huh.

- For what you just said on air.

- The reference to--

- Well, the word, the word.

- Okay.

- You know there's a new City Ordinance

and I will cite you for that at this time.

- Okay.

Well, I guess I'll just pay my fine,

just like everybody else
who has made the mistake

of saying he shall not be named.

- It is what it is, the
city passed the Ordinance

and we're required to enforce it.

Some folks have
taken this Ordinance

to the extreme.

Trying to rid their households

and yards of jolly old Saint Nick.

And some have even been seen
taken down their inflatables

by stabbing them with knives.

- They say he's gotta go, he's gotta go.

Nobody's above the law.

- There have even been protests
in favor of this Ordinance.

He he, ho ho.

The jolly elf has got to go.

He he, ho ho.

But not all the
residents are in favor

of getting rid of, of him.

- We've been good all year

and now we ain't gonna get nothing.

Reporting live
from Leitchfield, Kentucky

I'm Cara Anderson with K105 News.

- Honey?

You home?

Anybody?

Hmm.

Shane, I've been
giving this a lot of thought.

Alright and I know that you've
been having a tough time

with these cut backs, so I'm
gonna make it easier on you.

Look, I get it,
what are you talking about?

I'm resigning it's--

Called at 12 % boss.

Well that explains it, 12 %.

Hmm, let me
rephrase that, 12 % glass.

Present?

I think you're right, he
died in the explosion.

You wanna contain the area?

No harm in that.

What's that now?

That's not, what you guys order?

Good jobs guys.

And I forgot
to put my jacket on.

So you survive?

Yeah, this time.

- What the?

- Hey man, I'm gonna take off.

- Alright, where you going?

- Oh my God.

- I'm just gonna shower at home

And then I've got some stuff
to take care of tonight.

- Alright see ya.

- Hey, happy birthday buddy.

- Thanks Marco.

- Honey?

Does he
know of anything I did?

- No, at least he better not.

- Anyone?

- I'll see you there.
- Alright.

- God.

I'll get a towel.

Yeah he really wants the blue.

He's on 22,000.

- What the?

How did?

That's not a mustery.

There's a place I know

ordered from manufacturing
plants, the coal mine and the--

- Becky!

- He actually had four--
- Becky!

At one time.

Not exactly the greatest clean up ever.

It shows Kirk was a loves
a vibrant nightlife.

Slowly though, on it's
way to stiff Michaels.

And in a recession it'd
be kind of hard to--

And the ones that didn't, they can--

- Hey, where are you?

We're at the
outlet off Middle Street.

- So, you're not here?

No, but I'll
be there in two minutes

is everything okay?

- Uh, yeah, I'll, I'll
tell you when you get here.

See you in five.

When the Carter's mine exploded

on November 9th 1998.

- Cameras, I'm glad I got those cameras.

Okay, okay, come on.

Come on, come on.

Show me something, come on.

Come on.

Seriously?

I'm telling you Larry.

I looked at that monitor screen

and everything in there was static.

Then the kitchen, then the living room.

And then, just before I came back in

they all came right back on.

- You know what I think?
- What?

- I think you're letting
this whole Santa thing

get to you just a little bit.

- Oh, so now you think I'm crazy?

- I didn't say that.

You could use a couple of extra
days off before next week.

- I'm just telling you.

If this was happening in your house,

you'd be talking to me about it.

- I'd be talking to somebody.

Good morning guys.

Morning Cap.

- Morning.

- Hey, we got a big
day today, ahead of us.

And on top of everything
else we have scheduled

I just got information that the Santa's

are ringing the bells and collecting money

in their little red
buckets again this year

in front of the businesses.

So, that's probably gonna be top priority.

That's what we gotta do today.

- We're gonna bust the
charity bell ringers.

- We not gonna bust them, Murray.

It's not busting, it's not busting.

We're just gonna take care of
business and enforce the law.

- Are we seriously gonna do this?

- Larry, knock it off.

- What?

It's ridiculous.

- Hey listen, listen, enough, enough.

Listen, it's the new City Ordinance,

it was passed, we're
gonna enforce the law.

It's that simple.

Just do your job.

- Alright.
- Alright.

- Alright, here's what we'll do.

We'll keep it simple and we'll be nice.

What I want you to do, is
I want you to approach 'em.

Tell 'em that you're gonna
watch your bucket for 'em,

while they go change clothes.

They get out of the Santa suits,

they come back out in their
regular street clothes.

They take the bucket from you,

they go on about their business.

We're not gonna be nasty,

we're not gonna write 'em tickets.

This is gonna be nice and easy, okay.

Nice and easy and professional.

- What if they don't wanna do that?

- Then we're gonna use
whatever means necessary,

within reason, within reason.

- What do you mean by that?

- What he means is no
tazing people, Larry.

- What are you looking at Larry for?

- You're the one who did it last.

- That was a long time ago, I was rookie.

- Hey hey, listen.
- This guy.

- Listen.

If you have to taze
somebody guys, taze 'em.

I'm gonna back you.

Make sure you're right,
because if you're not right

I'm not backing you.

- Okay.

- If you taze them out of
stupidity, I'm not backing you.

Know that you're right and
know that you're justified.

Okay.

That's simple.

It's simple guys.

You know, just be nice.

I want you to be nice to these people,

but we have to enforce it.

- Alright.
- Okay.

- Fair enough.
- Alright.

Alright guys, dismissed.

Hit the street.

Yeah?

- Captain, I just wanna
make sure that it's clear.

You said Santa.

- Look, look enough.

Out of here, come on.
- Let's go Larry.

- Come on get out of
here, get out of here.

- Would you back me is I tazed you?

- Get out of here, get out of here.

Here we go, call it in.

Unit 17 to Dispatch,

we've got a Santa on the
sidewalk of Highway 54.

10-4 Unit 17.

- Officers.

Santa, it's Santa Claus.

- Sir, we're gonna have to
ask you to cease and desist.

We'll watch your bucket
while you go change.

- Excuse me?

- Ordinance 10-195.

No Santa's allowed.

- I'm collecting for charity.

- And you'll be perfectly
capable of doing so

wearing normal clothing.

- This is a joke right?

This is a joke?

- No sir, we're extremely serious.

City Ordinance.

- I'm Santa, collecting for charity.

- Yeah, it doesn't matter to us.

We're gonna have to haul you in,

if you don't comply.

- Alright, alright, Jason.
- Yeah go ahead.

- Hey no, you can't touch that man.

What do you think you're doing?

- Sir, sir stop.
- No, ow, ow.

What are you doing to Santa?

- Listen, you are now under arrest

for assaulting an officer.
- Assaulting an officer?

Anything you say or do,

will be held against
you in a court of law.

Please stop resisting sir.

No, no, no.

- Ho, ho, ho.

- I said no, no, no.

- Can I taze him now?

- No, no tazing, put that away.

And please sir, stop resisting.

- I'm not resisting,
you're standing on my foot.

Did he say he's gonna taze me?

- No, there's no tazing,
put that thing away.

- Alright look man, you
done with the cuffs?

- Hold on a second, they're
stuck on the Santa suit.

This stupid Santa suits in the way.

- You're not making this
any easier on yourself.

- Come on, cuff him Larry.

- There buddy.

Relax, relax, okay.

Good?

- Now now now, stop it.

Just get in here.
- Ow.

- It's for charity.
- I do not care.

I'll make sure to put something
in the collection box.

Alright call it in.

Dispatch,
Unit 17, calling one in.

10-4 Unit 17.

Dispatch to all units.

We have a report an in store Santa

at Whoop De Doo Designs on Clara.

All units please respond.

Unit 17 to Dispatch.

We're en route.

♪ Fa la la la, la la la la ♪

♪ 'Tis the season to be jolly ♪

♪ Fa la la la, la la la la ♪

♪ So we have our days of presents ♪

Carol singers.

♪ For the ancient yuletide treasure ♪

♪ Fa la la la, la la la la ♪

- [Peyton} Yay it's Daddy.

Dispatch this is Unit 17,

on the scene at Whoop De Doo.

- Stay with him.
- Unit 17, 10-4.

Stay with him,
I'll take care of this.

You sure you don't need back up?

I think I can handle this.

♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪

♪ Jingle all the ways ♪

Is that Santa in there?

♪ Oh what fun it is to ride
in one-horse open sleigh ♪

♪ Jingle bells, jingles bells ♪

Okay everyone, I'm
gonna have to ask you to leave.

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls.

Santa's finished talking to you today.

- Officer, what are you doing?

- Unfortunately sir, y job.

- Excuse me, what's going on?

Marty, what's going on here?

- I've got no idea boss.

- Look, Ordinance 10-195 states
that you can't have a Santa.

- Can't have a Santa?

- Yes, City Council has decided

not to have Santa within
the city limits this year.

You're gonna have to leave.

- Mommy does this mean

there's not gonna be a Santa this year?

Okay, I didn't say

there wasn't going to
be a Santa, I just said

they can't be in the city
limits this year, okay.

Sir?

- Uh uh.

The North Pole.

Yes I know that

Santa's at the North Pole, but this year

he can't be within the city limits, okay.

Now look sir, either he has to leave

or I'm gonna have to give you a fine.

- A fine?

For what?

- For being Santa.

I told you, article 10-195 which states

that you can't have a Santa.

Now sir, please don't
cause a bigger scene.

I have another Santa already
in custody out in the car

and I don't wanna have to
haul another one off, okay.

- What does custody mean?

- Oh sweetheart, that means
someone's been arrested.

He arrested Santa?

- I, I--
- You arrested Santa.

- No, no I didn't arrest Santa.

I just have one out in the car.

- But you just said
you had him in custody?

Yes, I'm bringing
him for questioning okay.

- For what?
- Okay, for being Santa.

Sir.

Listen, that's enough.

Either you get rid of your Santa

or I'll shut you down completely.

It's your call sir.

- Sorry folks, Santa has to get
back to the North Pole early

to get ready for Christmas.

Don't forget to get a lollipop
before you leave the store.

- Why do they care about Santa?

- I don't know.
- It's crazy.

- Is he serious?

Daddy, what are you doing?

- Hi baby, what you doing?

You enjoying the festival?
- Yeah.

- Having a good time?
- Uh huh.

- Well, I'm still in the middle of work,

which is really stinky,
and I've got more to do.

- Well I love you daddy.
- I love you honey.

I'll be home soon, okay.
- Bye.

- Hi honey.
- Sweetie, what you doing?

Just watching DJ.

- You having a good time?

Yeah, what happened though?

- Oh, we'll talk about it
when I get to the house.

Alright.

- Hopefully I'll be
home in time for supper.

I hope so too.

- You got a little psychic with you today?

Gracie with us.

- That's awfully nice of her.

Alright guys I've gotta go.

Love you.
- Love you daddy.

♪ Really hold me tight ♪

♪ All the way home I'll be warm ♪

♪ The fire is delighting ♪

♪ And the deer was still-- ♪

Alright come on.

- No, lower your piece Larry.

You ready?

What now?

Do you know much this cost?

- You know what?

Take him down.

- Come on let's go.

- Annie, what's going on here?

- Jason's we have Santa's
all over the place.

Too many to put in the holding cells,

so we're just sticking
them wherever we can.

Every one of these got arrested?

That's what it looks like.

- Good lord, alright I'll be back.

- Come on.
- Can you stand for this?

- Let me go.
- Come on.

- Calm down.
- This means a lot.

- So we brought in 45 Santa's today.

Fortunately none of 'em were booked.

- Don't you think that's
pretty silly Jason?

- Well of course I do Becky,

but they sign my pay
check, what am I gonna do?

- Even if it's something
you don't believe in.

- Yeah.
- Daddy.

- Hi honey, what are you doing still up?

Mommy said
that you had a bad day.

- Eh, it weren't all that great.

But my day gets great when I come home.

So I see you're still digging
that camera ain't you?

Are you kidding?

I already had to clear
the card four times.

- Really?

- She taped me dusting for an hour today.

- Riveting stuff.

Are you excited for Christmas?

- You bet honey.

- I heard from Leanne, that
you arrested Santa today?

- I, I didn't arrest Santa.

There was just a guy in a
Santa suit that I brought in,

he got a little rowdy okay.

- Oh.
- Yeah.

- You better get to bed honey.

We've got a full day of
cookie baking tomorrow

and we're starting early.

- Nice.

- Mommy, I'm scared can you come with me?

- I better tuck her in.

- Alright, I've gotta get to bed anyway.

Gotta be at the station early.

- Night.
- Love you.

- Let's go sleep.
- Night baby.

Becky!

Becky!

- This is In The Know
for Friday December 24,

the 358th day of 2010.

There are seven days left in the year.

Good morning, MB, guiding you
through In The Know at K105.

Coming up today we'll
look back on a meeting

of the Leitchfield City Council,

we've got that and whole
lot more coming up today

here on In The Know.

She's the pride of Pumpkin Center,

the heiress to the great
mini burger fortune,

she's Vera Lang's arch nemesis

and the professional bargain
hunters woman of the year,

she's Misty Embry Thomas.

Hey.
- Hey.

- Hey Misty, how are you this morning?

- I'm great, how are you Mark?

- I'm doing well, it's Christmas Eve,

how are things coming
along at the Thomas house

the day before Christmas?

- You know, everything's
coming together nicely

before the big guy comes
down the chimney tonight.

- Great, I'm excited.

I gotta say though,

some people aren't so excited

about the big guy.

Did you hear that the City Council

has passed an Ordinance saying that

there're not allowed to be
any references to Santa Claus

anywhere in town?

- Yes I did.

You know, and I heard about
this a couple of weeks ago

and I just thought they were
being a little bit crazy.

But apparently they're
taking this pretty seriously.

I wanna show you an amateur video

that a listener sent to me

of a couple of police
officers arresting Santa Claus

as he was collecting money for charity.

Santa.

- Listen, you are now under arrest

for assaulting an officer?
- Assaulting an officer?

- I'm pretty outraged by this Misty.

I did some research and
here's what I found.

Most American's are okay
with holiday displays

on government property

as long as multiple
symbols are represented.

- Okay Mark, but what symbols?

You're gonna have to
break this down for me.

Where does Santa Claus fit into the Pole?

- 44 % say that Santa is okay by himself.

But 28 % of people that
Santa is only allowed

so long as there's at
least one other character

or symbol included.

- What other characters
are there for Christmas?

- Well like a La Bafana.

- Wait a minute, what is a La Bafana?

- La Bafana is kind of
like Santa Claus in style

but she doesn't look like Santa Claus.

- Oh, so there's a girl Santa Claus?

- She's a witch like character

who's become a big part of
Yuletide celebrations in Italy.

And there are varying back stories

but the most popular one
is that she was a woman

who was kind and gave food to the Wise Men

on their way to see the baby Jesus.

- Okay, I could get on board with that.

- So back to the poll.

20 % of people say there
should be no characters

displayed on government
property of any kind.

8 % were apathetic and they
said they really didn't care.

But 72 % of US adults said

that it was okay to have holiday displays

on government property
at least in some cases.

- 72 is a big number.

- It's a big number, but
so much for majority rules

here in Leitchfield, Kentucky.

We've gotta get to a break
and then we'll be back

with more here on In The Know from K105.

- So you woke up in a Santa suit?

- Oh shush man.

- What in the world do
you put in the eggnog?

- You too?
- What do you expect?

- Alright guys.

How's it going?

- Good.
- Alright.

Alright well.

With everything that happened yesterday,

it seems like we've got ourselves

in a little bit of hot water.

- We were just doing what
we were told to do Captain.

- I understand that, I know, I know.

But guys, videos are everywhere.

People are recording us
arresting Santa Claus

and it's making us look terrible.

We're just doing what
we're supposed to be doing,

I understand that.

So, you know, City Hall,

they have come up with this brilliant idea

that we'll put cameras in every cruiser.

So as of today, every
cruiser will have a camera.

- Did we do something wrong Captain?

- Absolutely not.

No, this is more for
insurance than anything.

Plus guys, Christmas Eve coming up,

hopefully these cameras
will keep anyone else

from making us look bad.

You know, that's, that's
what I'm hoping for.

That's, that's what we need.

- I think arresting Santa is
making us look bad enough sir.

- Yeah Jason, I know.

But regardless, each
car's gonna have a camera.

That's what City Hall says,
that's what we're gonna do.

- Yes sir.

- Uh, and here's the thing.

I expect the cameras to
be on for any altercation,

any traffic stop, any
time you deal with someone

I expect those cameras to be on.

- Yes.
- And be running.

I mean that's just, that's
just the way it is guys.

We've gotta have it.

We've gotta have it.

As you leave, pick you up a camera

and guys, be safe out there.

Yeah Larry.

- Sir, you both said Santa.

Just wanted to float that out there.

- Larry are you serious?

Are you serious?

- Well I just wanted to make sure.

- Are you serious?
- A little citation

needed to be wrote up.
- Really?

- What?
- Come on guys.

Get you, get you, get you
camera Larry and let's go.

Come on.

- Come on Captain.
- You said it twice.

Christmas and Santa.

You want me to give you a citation?

- Mom, how do you like
Christmas so far momma?

- Well, you know, it's a
little different this year

but, I think we're gonna have a good one.

- Yeah.

- Did you make your full
list for Santa already?

- Hmm-mm.

- We're not supposed to say that,

but don't tell daddy I said that.

So, Officer
Kemp how does it feel

to be on camera all day?

- Will you quit mucking
around with that thing.

It's only supposed to be on

when we've got a sighting or something.

- Nah.
- Come on man,

get that out my face.

I've got a sighting.

- What?
- Uh.

- No don't answer that.

Dispatch to Unit
17, what's your location?

- Unit 17 to Dispatch,

we are behind Grayson
County Middle School.

We have
another Santa sighting.

Suspect is southbound towards
the Wilkey Elementary.

Unit 17, we are in pursuit.

10-4 Unit 17.

Hey hey, look, look.

You see that?

Unit 17 to Dispatch.

We've found suspect
entering the side gym door.

We've definitely got one.

There.

Come on.

Stop!

Oh crap.

Stop, give it up.

You cannot play Santa.

Come on.

Stop you.

Jason!

You're not being very nice.

You need to stop in the name of the law.

Come on.

Alright.

Jason?

Come on Larry,
lose the bike come on.

Where'd he go?

I don't know.

Come on.

What?

Has anybody seen a Santa?

Jason.

Okay, a guy in a red suit.

He went that way.

- He went that way.

Oh man.

Where'd he go?

I don't know,
I know he came in here.

He couldn't
have got away from us,

you saw him come in right?

Well yeah, I mean

it's hard to see from this little lens

but I'm sure he came in here.

How did he get away from us?

I don't know.

Unit 17 this is
Dispatch, what's your status?

- You wanna tell 'em?

- Dispatch this is Unit 17, he got away.

Well Officer Kemp,

how are we gonna explain this--

Unit 1710-4.

- I don't know.

Put that thing down.

What?

Freeze.

What are you doing?

You had your Miranda
rights ever read to you?

- Of course I have.

Come on.

What did I do?

Impersonating a Santa.

Door is locked.

- I'll run.
- You're not going anywhere.

Gonna eat my potato chips.

Put 'em down, put
'em down, get out of the bag.

Out of the bag.

Get in the car.

Watch your head.

Is this ever gonna end?

- I don't know.

Come on, come on.

Cartwright, go get him in position.

I'm gonna go get my recorder.

- Come on.

- Okay, for the record
state your name please.

- My name's Shane, ask me again
and I'll tell you the same.

- So, you wanted to just take
us for a run this morning?

- Like I said officer,

what I told you in the
car coming over here.

I don't know what you're talking about.

- Through the building, down the alley.

What, you just wanted to go
out for a jog or something?

- A jog?

I can't jog.

I got a bad leg.

A war injury.

- You seemed to be doing pretty
good for yourself out there.

- Look officers, look.

I'm just walking down the street,

stopping at the garbage can

to see if there's any cans in there

or a little bite to eat maybe.

And this fella he come up to me

and he offered me $50 to
put this outfit here on

and go over there and
stand by your police car.

Now who am I to turn down $50?

- You're telling me, a
stranger gave you money

to put that suit on.

- That's right.

- Could you describe this guy?

- Uh.

My memory's not very good.

- What would it take to jog it?

Maybe some fruitcake?

- Fruitcake?

Well, it's getting worse now.

- How about a sandwich?

- Oh, a sandwich.

Well my mind's getting a
little better now I think.

I might be able to if I got a sandwich.

- Give it a try.

- Alright, let's see.

He was dressed in fur
from his head to his foot.

And his clothes were all
tarnished with ashes and soot.

He had a bag of toys slung over his back.

Well he looked like me
when I opened my sack.

His eyes were awesome and
his dimples were merry.

And his cheeks were rosy and
his nose red like a cherry.

His little mouth was drawn up like a bow.

And the beard on his chin
was as white as snow.

He had a black pipe stuck in his teeth

and when he smoked,

the smoke came out and
encircled his face like wreath.

- Anything else?

- He had a broad face
and a round little belly.

And when it laughed, it
shook like a bowlful of um--

- Jelly?

- No, um.

- Macaroni and cheese.

- No, um.

- Spinach dip?
- No, no, no.

- Cartwright, knock it off.

- Jelly, like a bowlful of jelly.

- Jelly.

- Uh, he was uh,

he was a jolly old elf.

I kind of laughed when I saw
him, I couldn't help myself.

- Hmm.

- Well that is pretty descriptive.

- Oh yeah, and he had a hat.

It matched his coat and his pants,

and it was red, solid red.

- So Mr. Shane do you think
you could recount this story

for our sketch artist?

- Well, I might be able
to if you fine gentleman

could get me that sandwich
that we've been talking about.

- Get the man a sandwich,
I wanna see the picture.

- Alright, be right back.

- Hey, well Kemp, what'd you find out?

- Nothing, he ain't our guy.

- You sure?

- He can barely walk.

There's no way he led us
on a chase through town.

- Get any information at all?

- Yeah he talked.

- Any good leads?

- Nothing we didn't already know.

Let's just him go.

But let him keep the suit,
it's gonna be cold tonight.

- It's a good idea, good idea.

- What's up guys?
- What's going on?

So I heard the old bearded
guy gave you the slip today?

- Ah, knock it off Willy.

- What, I've gotta know.

How does a guy that size
wearing that fleece,

or was it wool, out run you?

- He's a lot quicker than you think.

- An old fat guy gave him the slip.

- You too Helvey, come on man.

- No really, maybe
something else was going on.

- Like what?

- You know, the real
thing from the North Pole.

Magic.

I mean, you're not getting any younger.

- Well at least I didn't
have to jump on a bicycle

in order to catch him.
- That's true.

Good thing we don't have bike patrol.

♪ He's on, he's on the map ♪

♪ He's on, he's on the map ♪

Live from
Southern California,

it's the Chuckie Perez show.

- Oh man, hey listen
what else has happened,

what else has? Oh, oh, I know, I know.

Did you hear about this.

Leitchfield, Kentucky is banning Santa

and any reference to Santa on
public or private property.

Yep.

In fact, police are going around now

ticketing people that have
Santa displayed anywhere, yeah.

I know exactly what you're thinking.

'Cause I was actually
thinking the same thing,

where the heck is Leitchfield, Kentucky.

Exactly, you know.

But seriously though, I guess now we know

who's gonna be topping the
naughty list this year.

I mean what's next hunting
season on the Easter Bunny?

Come on Leitchfield.

Hey daddy.

- Hi honey.

Hey, where's your mom?

- Ran into town to get something,

said she'd be right back.

Hmm-mm, and your brother?

- In his room.

Merry Christmas Eve daddy.

- Merry Christmas Eve to you sweetheart.

So what you been doing today?

- Help mommy make Christmas cookies

and get the rest of the house decorated.

Wrapped some presents.

- Really, anything for me?

- Yeah, but I can't tell you what it is

or it won't be a surprise.

- Gotcha.

So cookies huh?

- Yeah we made sugar
cookies and decorated them.

- Hmm, no Santa cookies huh?

- No Santa's.

Don't know why we couldn't.

All we're gonna do is eat them.

- Rules and rules honey, rules are rules.

Hey momma.

- Hey guys.
- Hey babe, what you doing?

- I just picked something
up from the store.

Yeah.

- So, I heard something
a little crazy today.

Good, I could stand
some crazy, what you got?

- Well, this may not help.

But Mrs. Montgomery said
she saw you and Larry

running full speed chasing a
Santa Claus around 8th Street?

Yeah.

- Then she said she saw
you come out, out of breath

and how'd she put, Santa-less.

- Mrs. Montgomery needs to
mind her own business okay.

- Seriously Jason?

Chasing a Santa around town.

I don't remember any of this

in your oath when you
signed on to the force.

- Look, if it isn't me protecting the law

from that fleeced jolly
guy, who's it gonna be?

- It's wool.
- What?

- Santa's suit is wool.

- I didn't know you were an
expert on Christmas wear.

Anyway, all I wanna do tonight

is put on some sweats, sit
around and eat some cookies

until my gut busts.

- Just make sure you leave
some for, you know who,

when he comes down the chimney tonight.

- Yeah, the way things are going,

I don't think he's gonna get caught

anywhere near Leitchfield.

- Yeah.

- Well, Santa or no Santa,

I've got a feeling this is
gonna be a great Christmas.

- Me too.

You know, they can take
Santa out of Christmas,

but they can't take the spirit
of Santa out of Christmas.

You're right.

You know, I've got a feeling

that they're gonna look back on this

and figure out just how
ridiculous they actually were.

Man, maybe by this time next Christmas

it won't be quite so hectic on me.

- What do you mean?

- Well, because we're chasing
the Santa stuff down so much,

we're backlogged on everything else

back at the Police Department.

- That's ridiculous.

- It'll make for a busy
January, that's for sure.

Hey, speaking of, let's check the news.

- That's right Misty, we've
received several reports

of security camera being
down all over town tonight.

And I guess even on Christmas Eve,

there's still no rest for the
Leitchfield Police Department.

I'm Cara Anderson with K105 News.

- Well, at least there's
rest for this police officer.

- You got that right.

Goodnight.
- Goodnight.

- Love you.
- Love you.

What was that?
- What the heck?

I don't know.

- Mom and dad, I heard a noise.

- Yeah, me too honey.

- Okay, it's probably
just something outside.

Go get your brother and get
back here real quick, okay.

- Okay daddy.

- Thank you honey.

- Jason, do you think it's a break in?

- No, no honey, it's, it's nothing.

I'm gonna go outside
and check in a minute.

I have to deal with this at the
Police Station all the time.

- What, what is it?

- We heard a noise.

I think there's somebody in the house.

- I didn't hear anything.

- There's nobody in the house okay.

I'm gonna go out and check.

- Be careful honey.

- There it is again.

It's on but
I can't see anything.

Turn on the night vision.

Does it have that?

Ah, just let me see it.

Is it on?

It is now.

- Right DJ, hand your
mother the flashlight.

It's not working.

- Let me see it.

Yeah you're right, the batteries are dead.

I just put new ones in there.

We'll just
have to use the camera.

I'm going with you.

- Alright but go slow.

Wait a minute, wait a minute,
let me check something.

No, alright, come on.

Can you see anything in that?

A little bit, not much.

Here, take the
bat and let me have it.

Dad, there it is again.

Alright, alright, stay close.

Hey, what the?

What is it?

All these Santa's?

What?

Kids stay close
and watch your step.

I thought the power was out.

It is.

Then how's the Santa lit up?

I don't know Becky.

Mom, what's going on?

I have no idea DJ.

There it is again.

It's upstairs come on.

What?

Dad, this is dumb.

- It's not.
- Where did these come from?

I've got no idea.

Are you seeing these Santa's too?

We were just up here.

I think Santa's here.

Hush.

I think a lot
of Santa's are here.

This doesn't make any sense.

DJ, would any
of your friends be into,

like a practical joke on us or something?

No, no.

Alright look,
let's go downstairs

and check the cameras okay.

Now be slow, be careful, it's still.

Get behind me.

What the?

Dad, why are there cookies?

Where did these come from?

What, did you bake those?

We didn't
bake any Santa cookies.

Oh my gosh.

- The tree.
- Look at that.

What?

Alright, let's
go check the cameras.

Here DJ hold this.

Well that's money well spent.

That's upstairs Jason.

- Yeah.

Let's go.

What?

Okay, stay close.

It's coming from upstairs Jason.

Come on.

What?

- Daddy, I'm scared.
- Scared?

Look at all these presents.

Where did this come from?

- In there.

- The presents came from in there?

- The noise came from
the kitchen, come here.

What?

There's more stuff.

- I didn't bake those cookies.

- Well then who did?

Alright listen, get behind me.

Okay, honey can you get the door?

Yeah.

- What?

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

Alright, here DJ, hold the camera.

It says to the Kemp family.

What's it say?

Sometimes
the things we can't see

are what we should believe in the most.

Merry Christmas.

Who's it from?

Santa.

- Whoa!

There's a box in the hall.

It's got snowflakes on it.

Now what?

Alright.

Okay.

- Wait, just one DJ, just one.

- I can't believe Peyton fell
asleep through all of this

- I know.

- Another Santa.

- Put it with the rest of 'em.

- I get to open one
present and it's a Santa?

We should've waited for Peyton.

♪ Have yourself a merry little Christmas ♪

♪ Let your heart be light ♪

♪ From now on your troubles
will be out of sight ♪

♪ Have yourself a merry little Christmas ♪

♪ Make the Yuletide gay ♪

Hey mom, how are you?

I'm good, you know this whole Santa thing,

it's been driving me crazy.
- Come on Larry!

But you know
Jason's gotta do his job so.

The penalty for this is death.

He's really stressed

and he's a little bit.
- You're not leaving here.

- Stop.
- Next Christmas maybe.

- Slow down, it's over.
- I want the kids

to have a good Christmas and
we certainly know how to--

When we catch up to you.

Actual Santa for the city.

We'll knock the
beard off your face, stop.

Taking it as well
as I guess, he can take it.

- Get back.
- I feel so bad.

Outside the world is celebrating Christmas

and we can't celebrate
here in Leitchfield,

and I just, I wish they
could have a real Christmas,

you know.

Well, I got them all the
gifts they asked for but,

I don't know.

I kind of wanna sneak a little
Santa in there, just for fun.

- Get back!
- Jason would get mad

of course.
- Stop.

I wish he wouldn't
take this whole thing

so seriously, I just, wish
it were over and done with.

- We're going on this.
- It's so silly.

Oh, more Santa's.

Yeah, I guess you've
been following the news too.

Careful going
around these steps.

Well, I don't know.

I think they're gonna realize soon

that this never should have happened.

I'm glad to hear that
everything's going okay.

- Do not do that Santa.
- And tell dad, hello

and I'll see you in a couple of days.

Do not take another step.

I'm calling dispatch!

I got this camera on me too,

I hope Jason doesn't watch this.

Yeah, they're everywhere, it's ridiculous.

Anyway, I'll let you go,

but it's good to talk to you.

Love you mom, bye.