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00:00...commercial gift brought to you commercial-free from all of us at Ocean Spray.
00:20It is one of our favorite stories.
00:22Oh, by the way, here. I got you a little something.
00:25Oh, thanks. That's so nice.
00:26Uh, I got you something, too.
00:30Oh, thank you.
00:35You shouldn't have.
00:56Oh, thank you.
01:03Oh, thank you.
01:06Oh, thank you.
01:40You know, there's something special about autumn in New England.
01:45When the beautiful fall leaves color the countryside, everyone knows that the time has come for the annual cranberry harvest.
01:53And the cranberry growers gather their berries for Thanksgiving celebrations everywhere.
01:58But their work is far from over.
02:00Because as autumn turns to winter, people everywhere prepare their tables for yet another great feast, the Christmas feast.
02:10And so, as jack frost blows and the air grows cold, the bog freezes over to protect its precious vines.
02:21Now, thoughts of the harvest give way to the pleasures of winter.
02:27And in the little town of Cranberryport, as in towns and villages the world over, that can only mean one thing.
02:35Christmas is just around the corner.
02:46Christmas, you feel it in the air.
02:54Better write all your letters to Santa.
02:57They're shopping and wrapping to do.
03:02I bet you'll never believe it when you see what I got you.
03:09What did you get me?
03:10Christmas is just around the corner.
03:15Candles are glowing everywhere
03:23Can't wait until that night
03:30Reindeer appear
03:33Christmas
03:35I've been waiting all year
03:40Christmas
03:43Time to dream the tree
03:46Christmas
03:47Can it really be Christmas
03:51Yes, it's finally here
04:08My, don't these Christmas tree cookies look good?
04:12What shape shall we use next?
04:14You choose Maggie
04:15Hmm, they all make such beautiful cookies
04:18I don't know which one to pick
04:19Get off my tongue, you beastly brats
04:23Oh no, here we go again
04:26Oh dear
04:27If I've told you kids once
04:29I've told you a thousand times
04:32No, skating on my arm
04:37Uh-oh, here comes old man Gray
04:39We better run for it
04:41You better run, you little runs
04:43Because when I get my hands on
04:45He looks hurt
04:55This is bad
04:56Kids, I hate kids
05:02Are you hurt, Mr. Grape?
05:05I said
05:06Are you hurt, Mr. Grape?
05:11I'll be very well indeed
05:13When you get off my pond
05:16You mean bog, don't you, Grape?
05:18My bog
05:19Now look here, Whiskers
05:25If I've told you once
05:27I've told you a thousand times
05:29This is my pond
05:31And you, sir, are trespassing
05:33And that goes for all of you
05:35Now shoo!
05:36And as I've told you two thousand times, Mr. Grape
05:40This most certainly is not a pond
05:43This is a bog
05:45A cranberry bog
05:46And it is my cranberry bog
05:49Balderdash!
05:51Balderdash indeed
05:52My father grew cranberries from this bog before me
05:55And his father before him
05:57So I will thank you to leave my property at once
06:01I will do no such thing
06:03You know very well that this pond belongs to me
06:07Now remove yourself, sir
06:09Or I shall have no choice
06:11But to bring the sheriff to do the job
06:13Gentlemen, stop this arguing at once
06:16Uh-oh
06:17I will have no more of this bickering
06:20Imagine, it's almost Christmas Eve
06:22And this is the way you behave
06:24But he
06:25But nothing, sir
06:26Why, it's positively shameful
06:28Yes, ma'am
06:30Now, why don't each of you enjoy a cranberry cookie
06:33While we discuss this matter like adults
06:36Hmm, don't mind if I do
06:38I hate cookies
06:40And now, if you would all just leave my pond
06:43Bog
06:44Pond
06:45Bog
06:45Pond
06:46Bog
06:47Enough!
06:48This must be settled once and for all
06:51Now, each of you will return to your home
06:53And search your papers for the deed to your property
06:56Then we shall see just who is the rightful owner of this bog
07:01Pond
07:02Have I made myself clear, gentlemen?
07:06Yes, ma'am
07:08Very well
07:09Come now, Maggie
07:10Bye-bye, Mr. Whiskers
07:12Goodbye, Maggie
07:13Goodbye, Mr. Grape
07:15Goodbye, indeed
07:18Deed!
07:18Come on, Jack
07:21There we go
07:29Ah, home sweet home
07:35Now, where did I put that deed?
07:39Oh, boulders, Dash
07:45Not a word of it anywhere
07:47What am I to do?
07:49If the pond is not mentioned in my deed
07:51Is it possible that Whiskers might find mention of it in his own papers?
07:56Why, that would be a disaster!
07:59With no claim to the pond, I'd never know a moment's peace on a winter's day
08:06Children skating and laughing
08:09Day and night
08:11Night and day
08:12It's, it's unthinkable!
08:16Of course, if Whiskers were unable to locate his deed, then he could not claim the pond as his own
08:26Yes!
08:27That's it!
08:28That's it!
08:29I'll see to it that Whiskers shall never locate his deed
08:33Nobody is going to take my pond, or my name isn't Cyrus Grape!
08:40Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
08:43Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
08:45Yah!
08:51Oh dear, think Whiskers, think!
08:54Now, if you were me, where would you have put those papers?
09:00I...
09:01Oh!
09:02Wait!
09:03I...
09:04I am me!
09:05Ugh!
09:06And I still don't know where they are
09:09Hmm!
09:10Now that just might be the answer!
09:13Oh, yes, yes, I'm...
09:14I'm quite sure I placed the papers inside the...
09:17Gah!
09:18Gah!
09:19Gah!
09:20Gah!
09:21Here!
09:22Close it!
09:23Ouch!
09:24Ho ho ho ho ho ho!
09:28Oh, this is too easy!
09:30How could anyone find anything in that mess?
09:34Gah!
09:35Gah!
09:36What's this?
09:37Gah!
09:38Oh, it's that confounded girl!
09:40Gah!
09:41Gah!
09:42Gah!
09:43Gah!
09:44Gah!
09:45Oh!
09:46Oh!
09:47Gah!
09:48Ouch!
09:49Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the...
09:51Hmm, I didn't know Mr. Whiskers liked to build snowmen!
09:54Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm!
09:56Gah!
09:57Come in!
09:58Gah!
09:59Gah!
10:00Gah!
10:01Gah!
10:02A-choo!
10:03Gah!
10:04Gah!
10:05Gah!
10:06Gah!
10:07Gah!
10:08Gah!
10:09Gah!
10:10Hi, Mr. Whiskers!
10:11I thought I'd drop by and see how...
10:13Wow, what happened?
10:14Gah!
10:15Hmm?
10:16Oh, uh, it's nothing.
10:17I'm just looking to find something, that's all.
10:20What are you looking for?
10:22i can help well it seems i can't find the deed to my property anywhere and if i can't find the
10:29deed i don't know how to prove that the skating bog belongs to me and if i can't prove the bog
10:35belongs to me well it's all just too horrible to consider there do you think that's what you're
10:44looking for what's this oh no it can't be it mustn't be maybe that is the very paper you're
10:53looking for mr whiskers why maybe it is at that oh no i'm afraid it's it's only a letter don't you
11:05think you should read it i'm sorry read it well i if you think i should let me see oh
11:13it's from my sister who lives in the city well go ahead and open it silly yes yes i i let me see
11:21dear brother that would be me i'm writing to bring you good news oh i will be coming to visit you for
11:32christmas i arrive on christmas eve and do so hope to see you at the christmas eve but that's tonight
11:41oh oh this is a problem why to think that my sister would only give me a few hours notice of
11:51her visit actually mr whiskers your sister mailed this letter to you two months ago she did oh well
12:00that would explain it wouldn't it i am i suppose i should read my mail from time to time does she say
12:08anything else well let me see oh my what is it mr whiskers well it seems my sister found my home to
12:19be a bit um untidy the last time she visited now why do you imagine she would say a thing like that
12:27what else does she say well she says that if i can't take better care of my home
12:34um maybe the time has come for me to move in with her so they can better look after me move in with
12:42your sister but she lives in the city oh oh dear ah that that is outrageous i could no more move to
12:53the city and i could stop eating granny's cranberry cookies and celebrating christmas oh no oh no no this
13:01is bad this is very very bad yeah a stroke of good fortune with whiskers off living in the city
13:11there would be nobody left to challenge my ownership of the pond
13:16now let me see if i can assure that whisker's sister finds a very untidy home upon her arrival
13:29then the pond that's right i said pond the pond will be mine forever
13:37here mr whiskers have a cookie it always makes you feel better oh no maggie i'm much too upset to even
13:51consider eating
13:52maybe just one i suppose i must keep up my strength during these trying times
14:03oh thank you maggie
14:06i simply don't know what all the fuss is about
14:16but granny mr whisker's sister wants to take him away to live in the city only because he refuses to
14:24clean up that mess of a house he lives in but i don't want to live in the city then i suggest you
14:31grab him up and get to work
14:32you know clean the place up of course if your sister arrives to find a sparkling clean home there
14:43will be no reason to take you to the city really yes i think i see we'll simply clean my house
14:54haven't you ever cleaned your house before mr whiskers why of course i have i sweep it once a year
15:02whether it needs it or not
15:04so that's his plan huh not if cyrus grape has anything to say about it by the time i'm finished
15:16there won't be much of a house left to clean
15:20what is there to say about that mr great
15:32only is the meanie of a man
15:36nasty as a blister is that mr great
15:40better to avoid you can
15:44watch out for mr great
15:48when he comes onto the scene
15:52no doubt that sour grape
15:56will go and do something mean
16:00don't mess with mr great
16:04or what he's scheming about
16:07he will put you in a pickle and there's no escape
16:12what a stinker
16:15uh oh
16:19watch out for mr great
16:21i'm really quite excited about our little project
16:32uh i'm afraid the project might not be so little anymore
16:36oh my
16:42oh
16:43great
16:44that's right
16:50whiskers
16:51cyrus grape at your service
16:54and i do so hope you enjoy your new home
16:58in the city
17:00hey hey watch it
17:07oh dear
17:12when my sister sees this
17:14she will most certainly take me to the city to live with her
17:18and the children will have no place to skate
17:23don't worry mr whiskers
17:24we'll think of something
17:26right granny
17:27it seems to me
17:28that if mr whiskers really wants to remain in cranberry port
17:32he would not be giving up quite so easily
17:36but madam
17:37it would take a miracle to repair my home by christmas eve
17:41how do you imagine it could be done
17:43oh
17:44oh sorry
17:46i'm afraid it can't
17:49because
17:50wait for it
17:52wait for it
17:54and that should just about do it
18:01my job here is complete
18:03and i shall be on my way
18:06is everyone all right
18:12i
18:14i think so
18:16well then
18:17i suppose i'd best begin packing my bags
18:20what's this
18:21i don't know
18:25it must have fallen out of the floorboards
18:27official paper
18:31i wonder if
18:32well
18:33are we going to lollygag about
18:34or are we going to get to work
18:36but my sister will be here in just a few hours
18:39it simply cannot be done
18:41i'm afraid it's the city for me
18:44come on mr whiskers
18:46it's christmas
18:48anything can happen at christmas
18:50see
18:50the christmas tree is still standing
18:53anything can happen
18:54well
18:55i suppose so my dear
18:57but it's going to take a miracle
19:00a christmas miracle
19:02well then
19:05here we are
19:06home sweet home
19:09we'll see about that
19:10hopefully your house is in better condition than when last i visited
19:14yes
19:15i certainly hope it is
19:17why
19:24it's
19:24it's
19:25a miracle
19:26did you say something brother
19:28oh no
19:29nothing
19:29nothing at all
19:30so
19:31how do you like my house
19:34my
19:34goodness brother
19:36it's positively
19:37festive
19:38why
19:40thank you sister
19:41of course we've yet to see the inside
19:44shall we go in
19:45the inside
19:46yes
19:47yes
19:48i suppose we shall
19:50let me
19:54see if i can
19:55get this thing
19:56never
19:57ah
19:58there we go
19:59oh
20:01oh
20:02my
20:03goodness
20:04my brother
20:06it's
20:07it's
20:07beautiful
20:08uh
20:09yes
20:10yes
20:11it actually is
20:12isn't it
20:13what was that
20:16i didn't hear anything
20:18well then brother
20:19i think it's time we discuss your future living arrangements
20:23now wait
20:24you've just said my house looks beautiful
20:27there is no reason for you to take me to the city
20:30who said anything about taking you to the city
20:33i think you should stay right here
20:36in fact
20:39your house is so beautiful
20:42i believe i shall move in here with you
20:45what is that confounded noise
20:52oh this will not do
20:57this will not do at all
21:00get off my bum
21:02look
21:03here we go again
21:18what are you little trespassers looking at
21:26now get off my pond this instant
21:29or i'll have you all removed by the sheriff
21:32not so fast grape
21:34sheriff
21:36i demand you arrest these trespassers
21:39all of them
21:41and why would i do that mr grape
21:43because they are trespassing on my property
21:46i don't believe you've proven that this is your property mr grape
21:51and neither have you mr whiskers
21:54what's that dear
21:55oh
21:56yes i i believe i do have that here somewhere
22:00ah yes
22:01here it is
22:02ahem
22:03let me see
22:04ah here we go
22:05whereas the party of the first part
22:07that's me
22:07ipso facto
22:09what is all this nonsense
22:11sheriff do your job
22:13aha
22:15here it is
22:16a moment sheriff
22:17you might wish to have a look at this
22:19according to this piece of paper
22:21this cranberry bog belongs to mr whiskers
22:24so it would seem it is you who is trespassing mr grape
22:27you see i
22:28what
22:28that's ridiculous
22:30there's no way whiskers could have found his deed
22:33not after i
22:34i
22:35oh
22:36fine
22:40i'll go
22:40quietly
22:41ah
22:49oh
22:49that's a good idea
22:51maggie
22:51uh
22:52mr grape
22:53i was wondering if you might care to join us
22:58you
22:59you mean
23:00you're inviting me to skate
23:03with you
23:04sure
23:04it's christmas
23:06you should be having fun
23:07yes
23:08please mr grape
23:09join us
23:10but nobody has ever invited me to skate
23:13even when i was a child
23:15the other children never wanted to skate with me
23:18that's why i would never allow the children to skate on my pond
23:22bog
23:23yes
23:25mr whiskers
23:26you're bog
23:28i think these would fit you nicely mr grape
23:31those skates are for me
23:34put them on mr grape
23:36and so it was that cyrus grape became a friend to one and all in the little town of cranberry port
23:51and now when the cold winds blow and cranberry bogs freeze you can just bet that it'll be old cyrus grape himself that will be the very first to remind everyone that christmas is just around the corner
24:08you can just bet that it'll be old cyrus grape himself that will be the very first to remind everyone that christmas is just around the corner
24:24cotton couples are glowing everywhere
24:32can't wait until that night reindeer appear
24:42yes it's finally here
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