A Furchester Christmas The Furchester Hotel

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# Welcome to The Furchester Hotel

# Your room is ready for you

# Just need to get the bed

# The lamp, the desk the rug, the sink

# A pillow for your head

# The hotel's run by monsters and staff beyond compare

# We've got the kind of service you won't find anywhere

-# So welcome

-To The Furchester

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# Welcome...

ELMO GIGGLES

# To The Furchester

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-# Dining style

-So genteel

# Cookie come with every meal

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-# Here's your keys

-So check right in

-Let your furry stay begin

# Welcome to The Furchester Hotel. #

Do you think the bow's too much.

No, it's Christmas, Funella.

Ah! That's one festive Christmas bell.

Two Merry Christmas bells.

Three very festive, Christmasy Christmas bells.

-I think that's enough bells, Count, don't you?

-Oh, no.

We need more bells. Maybe two more bells or three more bells.

# Jingle bells, jingle bells... # Oh, Merry Christmas, Funella.

Ah! And a very Furry Christmas to you too, Mr Dull.

You know, I always get so excited

-on Christmas Eve.

-Me too. Excuse me.

Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr Dull.

We're just decorating the luggage trolley.

Well, that's OK, Furgus, my friend. Nothing bothers me at Christmas.

That's one. One very happy fellow.

Ha-ha-ha.

Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Ha-ha!

Hee-hee. Oh, Elmo can't wait,

Elmo can't wait!

-Me too.

-Oh, me too!

Elmo's first Christmas at the Furchester Hotel.

Boy, Elmo so happy that Big Bird and the Count are here too.

I've never spent Christmas in a hotel before.

Oh, Big Bird, you are going to love it! We do so many fun things.

How many fun things?

Well, tonight, we go Christmas carolling.

That's one. One fun thing.

And we decorate the Christmas tree.

-Two fun things.

-And we eat Christmas cookies!

Ah...that is three, three very fun things.

-Ha-ha-ha!

-BANG!

Oh, yes, there is nothing like a Furchester Christmas!

DING-DING!

# The lift is filled with holly

# The hotel's all a-glow

# The bells are on the trolley

# We're so jolly cos we know

-ALL:

-# It's a Furchester Christmas what a special time of year

# We're feeling warm and fuzzy

# With monster love and cheer

# It's a Furchester Christmas where each monster girl and boy

# And Wolf and Bob and Chicken are full of Christmas joy

# Every guest without exception

# Has a stocking at reception

# It's a Furchester Christmas let's be merry all day through

# And to all our guests and family

# A Furry Christmas to you! #

-Yeah!

-Woohoo!

Oh, I forgot to count the Christmas decorations on the 17th floor. Oh!

-Have fun.

-Is it time to start?!

Aye. The sooner we get started, the sooner it will be time for bed.

Oh, and then Santa will come!

Remember, Santa only comes when you're sleeping.

Oh, boy! Elmo can't wait. Elmo asked Santa for a yo-yo.

-Oh, and I asked Santa for some new roller-skates.

-Oh, so did I!

-DING!

-Oh, no.

-Oh, what's wrong, Big Bird?

I just remembered I forgot to tell Santa I was going to be here

-at the Furchester for Christmas.

-Oh, that's OK.

-Oh, no!

-What's wrong, Elmo?

Elmo forgot too!

Oh, how is Santa going to know we're here?

Big Bird and Elmo won't get any presents.

No presents? Oh, what's that word you always say at the Furchester

when something is a really big problem?

OTHERS: Catastrophe!

Yes, this is a catastrophe.

DING DING DING

# It's more than just a slip up or a mess-up or a mishap

# A Furchester catastrophe we need to fix it fast-rophe

# Put it in the past-rophe This simply can not last-rophe

# A Furchster catastrophe The problem is so bad-strophe

# We're really flabbergast-rophe

# Let's ding the bell full blast-trophe

-# Catastrophe catastrophe

-What a disas-trophe

-# Catastrophe catastrophe

-Fix it fast-trophe

# Catastrophe catastrophe Put it in the past-trophe

# It's a catastra what a disaster It's a catastrophe! #

Don't worry, Santa always brings us our presents here.

Yeah, but Phoebe lives here.

-Yes, we are just visiting. He might not know we are here!

-Yeah.

What if you write to Santa another letter and tell him you're here?

But Christmas is tomorrow. The letter won't get there in time.

We can send it by airmail. DING-DING, DING-DING, DING-DING!

Oh, boy, this was a lot easier when I was 22, I'll tell you that.

Oh, wait a minute. I've got to breathe. Haahh, haahh.

Oh, no.

CRASH!

Oh, my aching beak. Oh, boy!

Merry...

..Merry Christmas.

Somebody call for airmail?

Oh, yes, we need to send a letter to Santa in the North Pole right away!

-How soon can you get it there?

-Well, it's three days as the crow flies.

-Three days?!

-But I'm not a crow.

So it's going to be like...

-two weeks.

-Two weeks?! But Christmas is tomorrow.

I know. This is my busiest time of year, lady.

Now, if you don't mind, I've got to go.

-Merry Christmas, everybody.

-Merry Christmas.

Happy holidays and Feliz Navidad.

OK, here we go! Oh, watch out!

-CRASH!

-Oh, boy.

-Ho...

Now Santa will never know that we're at the Furchester Hotel.

-And we won't get any presents.

-Wait!

What if we call Santa?

I've got his number right here.

-Hello.

-Ho, ho, ho.

Santa can't come to the phone right now cos it's Christmas Eve.

Well, we'll keep trying.

-OK.

-Thanks, Auntie Funella.

Mum, Dad, we've got to do something.

Elmo and Big Bird are so upset.

What if we start singing Christmas carols?

Yes, that will take their minds off Santa.

Attention, guests.

The Furchester Christmas carolling is about to start.

Come on, Big Bird.

Elmo, you going to love singing our Furchester Christmas carols.

Come on.

# We wish you a furry Christmas

# We wish you a furry Christmas

# We wish you a furry Christmas

# And a fuzzy New Year. #

That was fun.

Elmo loves Christmas carols.

I told you. The next one is my favourite.

Ready, everyone?

One, two, three...

# Guess who's coming to the Furchester?

# He's riding in his sleigh

# Saying ho ho ho ho ho ho ho

# Santa's on his way. #

Oh, Santa.

Santa.

Is something wrong?

Elmo and I forgot to tell Santa

that we're going to be at the Furchester for Christmas.

Now he won't know where to find us.

And now we're not going to get any presents.

Oh, no, I forgot to tell Santa, too.

Oh, now I won't get my earmuffs.

HE HOWLS

Me too. Now I'll never get the lovely pink hair colour

that I asked for.

CLUCKING

Dad, we've got to do something fast.

Everyone is so upset.

What if we go and decorate the tree?

What about the carol singing?

We've only just started.

I'm so sorry, Phoebe, dear.

I know you're disappointed because it's not the way we planned it,

but we have to take everybody's minds off Santa.

ALL: Santa!

Come on, everybody, time to decorate the tree. Let's go.

That is one wonderful decoration.

Two glittery decorations.

Three colourful decorations.

Luckily, our guests seem to be enjoying decorating the tree.

No-one is thinking about Santa.

Dad, could you please put this on top of the tree for me?

I'll never get up there. I better go get a ladder.

I can do it.

It certainly is handy having such a big bird around.

Is something wrong, Big Bird?

It's this Santa decoration -

it reminds me about Santa.

Oh, now, Big Bird.

He's not going to know we're here.

And now we're not going to get any presents.

Excuse me. No presents?

I do not understand.

We forgot to tell Santa that we were going to be here

at the Furchester for Christmas.

Oh. This is terrible.

I forgot to tell Santa, too.

That was one, one very big mistake.

Now I won't have any presents to count.

I won't get my hair colour.

And I won't get my earmuffs.

HE HOWLS

Oh, dear.

CLUCKING

We can still decorate the tree.

We need to find another way to take everybody's minds off Santa again.

ALL: Santa!

Decorating the tree isn't working any more.

But we haven't finished it.

We always decorate the tree on Christmas Eve.

I know you are so disappointed, Phoebe, my love,

but we've still got a problem on our hands.

Everybody is worried that Santa won't find them here.

The Christmas cookies are ready.

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!

I love Christmas cookies.

A problem solved.

No-one is going to think about Santa if they're eating Christmas cookies.

Attention, guests.

Everyone into the dining room for Christmas cookies, now!

Come on, hurry up, this way.

Hey, come on, Phoebe,

you don't want to miss Gonger's Christmas cookies, do you?

Right. No.

That's one, one yummy Christmas cookie.

Two, two delectable Christmas cookies.

Don't you want to taste them, Count?

No, I just want to count them.

The Christmas cookies are working.

And our guests aren't even thinking about San...

You know who.

Things have finally calmed down.

GONGER SHOUTS

OK, me got it. These are for Santa.

ALL: Santa!

Why everybody so upset?

We forgot to tell Santa that we'll be here

at the Furchester for Christmas.

And now we're not going to get any presents.

Oh, no.

Me forgot to tell Santa that me here too.

Now me no get the cookies me ask for.

Oh, no.

What are we going to do? Everyone is so upset.

OK.

ALL: Tea time!

Why me forget to tell Santa that me here at the Furchester?

THEY TALK AT ONCE

You too?

The monsters forgot to tell Santa where they are, too.

Gonger, we need to get rid of these cookies.

They're making everyone think about Santa!

ALL: Santa!

Hold on a second. Me got this.

Cookie!

Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!

He ate Santa's cookies.

Oh, Cookie Monster,

I know you were trying to help but those cookies were for Santa.

ALL: Santa!

We'd better get everyone out of the dining room.

Shoo.

It's not fair.

We didn't get to finish the Christmas cookies.

I don't think anyone is thinking about cookies now, Phoebe.

Oh, Santa.

First we didn't get to finish singing Christmas carols,

and then we didn't get to finish decorating the tree,

and now we don't get to eat all the Christmas cookies.

Christmas is ruined!

Phoebe, wait.

Phoebe, dear.

What's going on here?

Mr Harvey P. Dull.

Phoebe just said that Christmas is ruined.

What, ruined? Christmas?

What happened?

First Elmo and Big Bird were upset.

You see, we forgot to tell Santa we would be

at the Furchester for Christmas.

So we might not get any presents.

Then all the guests,

they got upset because they forgot to tell Santa, too.

You know, there's more to Christmas than just getting presents.

Christmas is also about spending time with your family and friends.

Elmo, do you think that we ruined Christmas for Phoebe?

Oh, no. Big Bird's right.

What do we do, Mr Harvey P. Dull?

Why don't you put your furry and feathery heads together and think?

-Will Mr Harvey P. Dull think with us?

-Please.

Beings as it is Christmas.

ALL: Think!

Let's see, we have to stop thinking about ourselves and start

thinking about Phoebe.

And Auntie Funella and Uncle Furgus.

That's right.

You see, Christmas is also about doing something nice

for someone else.

-Feather-wubba.

-Feather-wubba?

That gives me a Big Bird idea.

Attention, guests.

We want to give Phoebe and Funella and Furgus

the best Furchester Christmas ever.

Who wants to help?

I'm sorry Christmas didn't turn out the way we planned it, Phoebe, dear.

We know you are disappointed.

This is the worst Christmas ever.

We didn't get to do any of the fun things we normally do.

CAROLLING

Listen.

Carollers?

Singing Furchester Christmas carols.

# Deck the halls and luggage trolleys

# Fuzzy wa ba wa, ba wa wa woo

# All our guests are feeling jolly

# Fuzzy wa ba wa, ba wa wa woo... #

Aren't you still upset about Santa?

Elmo knows there is more to Christmas than getting presents.

Yeah. We're really sorry we ruined Christmas for you, Phoebe.

We didn't mean to.

We were only thinking about ourselves.

That's OK.

Now you've made this the best Christmas ever.

Merry Christmas, Phoebe.

# Guess who's coming to the Furchester?

# He's riding in his sleigh...

-Listen, Phoebe, they're singing your favourite Christmas carols.

-Yeah!

# He's bringing lots of presents for our guests on Christmas Day

# Singing ho ho ho ho ho ho ho

# Santa's on his way. #

And now it's time to finish decorating the Christmas tree.

Really?

And there's Santa for the top of the tree.

CHEERING

It looks good, doesn't it?

OK, me got Santa cookies.

And now it's time to go to bed.

-You know what they say? Santa only...

-Furgus.

It's OK, because even if Santa doesn't bring me any presents,

I still had a great Christmas already.

Elmo, too. OK, good night, everybody.

ALL: Good night, Elmo.

Bye-bye, everybody.

Nighty night.

Oh, boy, oh, boy.

No! Not the cookies!

Sorry.

SNORING

One, two, three.

Four, five, six.

SNORING

QUACK-SNORING

SLURPING

Ooh! Yes.

Ho, ho, ho.

Shhh.

Santa?

Ho, ho, ho.

Attention, dear guests.

He's been! Santa has been.

EXCITED CHATTER

Oh, boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.

I got my roller-skates.

You got some too?

We got just what we asked for.

HOWLING

I can't believe that Santa found all of us at the Furchester hotel.

Merry Christmas, dear guests.

It's wonderful to spend Christmas with all of you.

ALL: Merry Christmas.

There's nothing like a Furchester Christmas.

# It's a Furchester Christmas, what a special time of year

# We're feeling warm and fuzzy with much to love and cheer

# It's a Furchester Christmas, let's be merry all day through

# And to all our guests and family, a furry Christmas

# Furry Christmas, furry Christmas to you. #

Merry Christmas, everybody.

# We've had such fun together

# It's been a monster day

# The Furchester is furrier when you come to stay

# Don't check out

# Don't check out

# Please, please, please, please don't go

# Don't check out

# Don't check out

# No, no, no, no, no, no, no, please, please, don't check out. #

# Ugga wugga tea time, ugga wugga clink

# Ugga wugga tea time, ugga wugga drink

# Farewell from the Furchester Hotel. #