0:00:04 > 0:00:05Charlie!
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Lola?
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Charlie!
0:00:34 > 0:00:36I have this little sister, Lola...
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Ding-dong! It's Christmas!
0:00:39 > 0:00:41..she's small and very funny.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Christmas is nearly, really coming, isn't it?
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Yeah! We can open the first window on our advent calendar.
0:00:49 > 0:00:50# Oh! #
0:00:50 > 0:00:54What exactly does an advent calendar do, Charlie?
0:00:54 > 0:00:58It tells us how many days there are until Christmas.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- Ooh!- One day I open a door, one day YOU open a door.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04And then it's Christmas Day!
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Ooh! So if we opened all the doors straightaway now,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11it'll be Christmas Day right straightaway now?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Just open the first one, Lola!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Hmm. Number one...number one...
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Ah! There it is!
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- Oh! Is it Christmas Land? - Probably the North Pole.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Where Father Christmas lives. Far away!
0:01:29 > 0:01:31More further than even the moon?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Maybe even further!
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Ooh!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- Ooh, that's really long. - That looks lovely.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- We opened our advent calendar today. - So did I!
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- What was behind YOUR door?- An elf! With ears that are all pointy!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51- I'm an elf!- Me too!
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- What's an elf?- Elves are Father Christmas' little helpers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01They open all the letters, and wrap the presents.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Mmm. I like opening letters.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10- I had Father Christmas' sleigh. - Father Christmas' actual sleigh?
0:02:10 > 0:02:13That is going to land on our actual roof?
0:02:13 > 0:02:15With all our presents?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18ALL: Ooh!
0:02:18 > 0:02:22I had a horse with twigs on his head!
0:02:22 > 0:02:23ALL: Huh?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Oh! A horse with twigs on his head!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37- That's a reindeer, Lola!- A reindeer?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- It pulls Father Christmas' sleigh high up in the air!- Hmm?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44The reindeer doesn't look very well, Charlie.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49He's just snoozing before his big journey with Father Christmas.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52When's Christmas going to come?!
0:02:52 > 0:02:59- When we've opened all the doors, Lola. You just have to wait.- Huh.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Whee! And Sizzle's going down the hill really, really fast, and oh no!
0:03:04 > 0:03:07He's going to crash into a tree! Then...
0:03:07 > 0:03:09He doesn't! Whew!
0:03:09 > 0:03:15Does Father Christmas bring the same presents for everybody, everywhere?
0:03:15 > 0:03:19No, sometimes he brings the present you asked for in your letter,
0:03:19 > 0:03:22sometimes he brings surprises.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24And he always brings a tangerine.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Why does he always bring a tangerine?
0:03:28 > 0:03:31I dunno. Cos they're really boring.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37- Hmm. That is my card for Lotta. - That's really nice, Lola.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- What is it?- It's Away In A Manger with Baby Jesus.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Lotta really likes that song.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Especially the bit where the cattle are lowing.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51- What is lowing, Charlie? - It's like mooing.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55# The cattle are mooing... #
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Red for Lotta...
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Would you like me to write Lotta's name for you?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02No, I'll do it later,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06after I have given Soren Lorensen his card.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Soren Lorensen is Lola's imaginary friend.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12No-one else can see him.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Ooh! Thanks, Lola!
0:04:14 > 0:04:19It's a shiny, sparklyish, thing from a Christmas tree.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Yes! And you can see your face in it! Look!
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- Happy Christmas!- Happy Christmas! Happy Christmas!
0:04:29 > 0:04:33Ding-dong! Happy Christmas to you!
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- That...is a really nice Christmas card.- I knew you would like it!
0:04:41 > 0:04:46I have to go and write my letters to Father Christmas.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52I'm going to ask for something extra special for Charlie.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- Hmm... Presents...- I'm ready to write to Father Christmas now!
0:04:57 > 0:05:02I'm going to draw pictures of the things I would like.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07A purse on a string...
0:05:07 > 0:05:10And I really, also, really want...
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Granny and Grandpa to come and stay!
0:05:13 > 0:05:19- Hmmm.- I think I will ask Mum to help me with this bit...
0:05:19 > 0:05:23as there may be something for you-hoo!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Mum!
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Hmm. What would I like?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Maybe I'd like a tennis racquet.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Or a boomerang!
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Or...a chemistry set to do lots of experiments.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Yes!- There! Mum helped me.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Now, all I need to do is...
0:05:46 > 0:05:50put Father Christmas' letter in a RED envelope,
0:05:50 > 0:05:54because that is the same colour as his coat.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57And he likes red.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- Hmm.- No peeking, Lola. This is MY private letter to Father Christmas.
0:06:02 > 0:06:03OK, Charlie.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Oh. Hmm. Father Christmas... Lotta.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11Hmm. Erm...
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Lotta... Father Christmas.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18You write! "Father Christmas, Christmas Land,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22"Further Than The Moon, The Sky, Space, The Universe...
0:06:22 > 0:06:27- "Very, Very Far Away." - Father Christmas...
0:06:27 > 0:06:31L... O... T... T... A... Lotta!
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Oh, Charlie, I'm very excited!
0:06:33 > 0:06:38We can post our letters to Father Christmas on our way to school!
0:06:38 > 0:06:43Yeah! And we can post our cards for our friends in the school postbox.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47I can't wait, I can't wait! Oooh!
0:06:49 > 0:06:51- Oh!- Here you go...
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Hurry up, Lola!
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Don't get lost!
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- SHE WHISPERS:- "Please remember my special thing for Charlie!"
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I made five cards.
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Your one is the best!
0:07:10 > 0:07:15Maybe it's for you-hoo-hoo...
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Lola! Move up!
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- Lola? Have you already opened this one?- No, Charlie.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34What do you think it is, then?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Erm... Maybe it could be a robin,
0:07:37 > 0:07:43with a bit of mistletoe in his beak, standing on a twig with snow.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Maybe.- Hmm.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- Lola, you DID open my door, didn't you?- Come on, Charlie!
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- Dad's waiting! It's time to get our Christmas tree!- Huh!
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- So many to choose from! - I can't wait for Christmas!
0:08:03 > 0:08:09Do you think the little elf helpers will have opened our letters yet?
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Hmm. I don't know.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16They must have travelled more further than the moon, I think.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Much more further than the world, even.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- BOTH: Wow! - C'mon, we need to pick the tree!
0:08:25 > 0:08:26Oh, yes!
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Too branchy!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Too prickly! Ow!
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Too greeny... Oh! That one!
0:08:36 > 0:08:40I like that one! That big one!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Thank you! Hi, Lola!
0:08:42 > 0:08:45But... But... That was OUR Christmas tree!
0:08:45 > 0:08:47What about that one?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51It's only a baby tree!
0:08:51 > 0:08:53This is a better tree, Lola.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Look, it's got roots. And it's alive.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58That means you can use it every year.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- And every year it will grow bigger...and bigger.- Ooh!
0:09:03 > 0:09:06We absolutely must have this tree.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10- There!- Turn the lights on, Dad!
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Oh!- Wow!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15BOTH: Awww!
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Oh!- Ooh!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19BOTH: Awww.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Oh!
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Awww!
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Dad! Stop it!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26There!
0:09:36 > 0:09:42- My Sizzles is going faster than your Sizzles.- Yeah, but mine's got a hat!
0:09:43 > 0:09:46SHE GIGGLES
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I love his poppy-uppy nose!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Thank you, Lotta!
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Dear...Father...Christmas...
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- For Christmas... - Huh?- ..please may I have...
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- Oh, no, Lotta! That's my letter to Father Christmas!
0:10:07 > 0:10:11And if you've got my letter to Father Christmas,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15it means Father Christmas won't know about my purse on a string,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18or that I want Granny and Grandpa to come,
0:10:18 > 0:10:22and he won't bring the special surprise for Charlie!
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Oh! Maybe he won't come AT ALL!
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Oh no!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35SHE SNIFFS
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Christmas is all ruined, Charlie.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42If you write another letter super-quickly,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44and we post it right this minute,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48- then it might get to Father Christmas in time.- But how?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Let's stick all of my stamp collection on the letter,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54and maybe it'll get there faster! Come on!
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Please get to Father Christmas, please!
0:11:00 > 0:11:06PLEASE! And please remember my special thing for Charlie.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10- Oh!- It WILL get there!
0:11:15 > 0:11:20- Why was there a cuckoo clock inside the advent calendar?- I don't know.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Hmm. Still no snow, Charlie.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27D'you think the letter might have got there by now?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30- PHONE RINGS - That might be Father Christmas,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32to say he's got my letter!
0:11:34 > 0:11:38One...two...three...four... Four days to go!
0:11:38 > 0:11:44- Granny and Grandpa are definitely NOT coming for Christmas.- Why?
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Because Caspar the cat has broke his actual paw.
0:11:48 > 0:11:54- Oh, no!- And if Granny and Grandpa are definitely not coming, Charlie,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58it means that Father Christmas definitely did not get my letter!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Oh, Lola... There's still time.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Oh.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11A twinkling star on Christmas Eve!
0:12:11 > 0:12:15That definitely means Christmas is going to be good!
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Father Christmas must have got your letter by now.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Ooh!
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- It is a very pretty star.- Come on!
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Let's hang up our stockings!
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Look, Charlie!
0:12:29 > 0:12:32You might get double the presents!
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Ooh!
0:12:33 > 0:12:36How many more minutes until Christmas?
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Just time for some carols, then tomorrow...
0:12:40 > 0:12:42it'll be Christmas!
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Come on, then.
0:12:44 > 0:12:50ALL: # Away in a manger No crib for a bed
0:12:50 > 0:12:56# The little Lord Jesus Lay down his sweet head #
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Arroowwlll!
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- ALL: # The cattle are lowing... - Mooing! #
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Moo! Moo!
0:13:02 > 0:13:03# The baby awakes #
0:13:03 > 0:13:07# But little Lord Jesus... #
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Snow, Charlie!
0:13:08 > 0:13:10# ..No crying he makes... #
0:13:17 > 0:13:22- Snow definitely means that Christmas is coming, doesn't it?- Definitely!
0:13:22 > 0:13:26Biscuits for Father Christmas! Cos he must get very hungry.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31- The only thing that's left to do now, Charlie...- Careful, Lola!
0:13:31 > 0:13:35..is to open the very last door on the advent calendar
0:13:35 > 0:13:40TOMORROW, because then it will be Christmas Day! Ooh!
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Would it be all right if I just looked at the door,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47so that I know where it is for tomorrow?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Please?- OK, Lola, you can FIND it,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53but NO OPENING until tomorrow!
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Hmm...
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Where's Christmas Day?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Oh! Oh!
0:14:00 > 0:14:06- It's totally and completely not there, Charlie!- It must be!
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Where has Christmas gone? - I'll help you look.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12That's not it!
0:14:12 > 0:14:15There aren't any more closed doors, Lola!
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- Nothing!- No...
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- Nuh-uh. - All of them have been opened!
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Where's Christmas gone?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Hmm?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Oh!
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Well, if we can't find a door,
0:14:33 > 0:14:34We'll have to make one.
0:14:43 > 0:14:49Charlie, look! It's all white and snowy!
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- It's Christmas Land!- See, Lola...
0:14:52 > 0:14:54The reindeer IS sleeping!
0:14:54 > 0:14:55Just like I said!
0:14:55 > 0:14:58But Charlie, it's Christmas Eve.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03They need to be awake now, to pull Father Christmas' sleigh.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11BOTH: Hello!
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Ooh!
0:15:14 > 0:15:16THEY SIGH
0:15:16 > 0:15:21What has happened to Christmas? There's no door for Christmas!
0:15:21 > 0:15:26What Lola means is, our calendar didn't have a Christmas Day door!
0:15:26 > 0:15:30- IN NORDIC ACCENT:- I know! Everything was going well.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34All Father Christmas' letters came down the chute.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35ALL: Down the chute!
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- How d'you know all of them...- Ahem!
0:15:38 > 0:15:39ALL: Ahem!
0:15:39 > 0:15:44We had got all the toys ready for people who asked nicely.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45ALL: Asked nicely.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And we were just about to wake up the reindeer,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52when there was a CATASTROPHE!
0:15:52 > 0:15:54ALL: A CATASTROPHE!
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- What's a capastrophe, Charlie? - It's a really big disaster.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01We ran out of wrapping paper!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05THEY ALL SIGH
0:16:05 > 0:16:06BOTH: Oh...
0:16:06 > 0:16:08But everyone in the world
0:16:08 > 0:16:12has been waiting for Christmas for completely ages!
0:16:12 > 0:16:17If it doesn't come at all, it will be a really big disaster!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I know! It's a catastrophe!
0:16:20 > 0:16:23It IS! It IS a capastrophe!
0:16:24 > 0:16:27THEY ALL SIGH
0:16:27 > 0:16:29THEY BOTH SIGH
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Come on, Lola.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Ooh!
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Lola! Stop it!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47The sky's made of paper, Charlie!
0:16:47 > 0:16:53Paper? It is! The sky is made out of paper!
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Hmm?- What do you do with paper?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Um...- Wrapping up!
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Wrapping up paper!
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Little helper elves...!
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Hmm?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13ALL: Hmm?
0:17:13 > 0:17:14C'mon, c'mon!
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Urgh!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Yes!- Yes!
0:17:27 > 0:17:31HORN BLOWS
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Wheee!- Woo-hoo!
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- Present...- Wrap...
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- Sticky tape...- Bow.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Quickly! We may still have time!
0:18:28 > 0:18:31ALL: Present...wrap... sticky tape...bow.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Present...wrap... sticky tape...bow.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- Oh! The cuckoo clock! - That means it's nearly morning!
0:18:39 > 0:18:43We've got to get home, or WE'LL miss Christmas!
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Ooh. Are you sure you didn't see a red letter from Father Christmas?
0:18:50 > 0:18:52With lots and lots of stamps on it?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56We get a LOT of letters at this time of year.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Oh.- Come on, Lola.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- BOTH: Bye! - Goodbye!
0:19:03 > 0:19:06CHUTE RATTLES
0:19:08 > 0:19:11My! What a lot of stamps!
0:19:11 > 0:19:15ALL: Present...wrap... sticky tape...bow.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I told Mum all about the sky-paper,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22and how we saved Christmas, Charlie.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26And she said, we were very extremely clever.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Charlie...- You have to go to sleep!
0:19:29 > 0:19:34I might be a bit too excited to do sleeping.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37If you don't, Father Christmas won't come!
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Oh! Sleep...
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Sleep...
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Sle-e-ep...
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Oh!- Oh!
0:19:50 > 0:19:52BOTH: Christmas is here!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55It's came, Charlie! Presents!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Ooh! Yes!
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Look! They're all wrapped up in our twinkly sky-paper!
0:20:04 > 0:20:09- Uh? What's this one? - Ooh! A special thing, Charlie,
0:20:09 > 0:20:13I asked Father Christmas to bring, especially for you.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15This?
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Ye-e-es!
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- It's a pineapple, Lola!
0:20:21 > 0:20:23You said tangerines were not a surprise!
0:20:23 > 0:20:27So I asked Father Christmas, "Please, no tangerines",
0:20:27 > 0:20:30and he gave you a pineapple!
0:20:32 > 0:20:36CAR HORN TOOTS
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Ooh! It's Granny and Grandpa! - There they are!
0:20:41 > 0:20:45- Mum, Dad! - Granny and Grandpa are here!
0:20:45 > 0:20:48And I got a pineapple from Lola!
0:20:49 > 0:20:53You see, Charlie. Father Christmas DID get my letter.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55He definitely did, Lola!
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