EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - NIGHT
The city sleeps peacefully. But somewhere in the distance a low hum becomes a RUMBLE. The buildings shake.
A skyscraper crumbles. Voices cry out in terror.
ROOFTOP
SANTA CLAUS (60’s) stumbles as the building wobbles beneath him. He checks his watch: 01:24 AM - DECEMBER 25, 2012.
SANTA
God damn Aztec calendar.
He tosses his cup of eggnog. WHISTLES.
EIGHT REINDEER swoop down from the sky pulling a magnificent red sled. They land on the edge of the roof as Santa DIVES into the driver’s seat.
Santa checks the backseat. A sack full of toys. Considers its weight. Tosses it off the roof and into the crumbling foundation of another building. Somewhere a lucky child catches that choo-choo he wanted while falling to his death.
LUCKY CHILD
Thanks SantAHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Santa grips the reigns as a fissure TEARS THROUGH THE BUILDING! FIRE BURSTS FROM THE CHIMNEY STACK!
SANTA
Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder! On, Felicity!
The reindeer LUNGE FORWARD.
THE CRUMBLING SKYLINE
Santa jerks the reigns, pulling the sleigh HARD RIGHT--
--KABOOM! The CHRYSLER BUILDING barely misses his sleigh as
it SMASHES INTO TIMES SQUARE!
He jerks the reigns HARD LEFT and--
--HOLY SHIT! THERE GOES SOME MONUMENT!
Santa laughs, calling out to the crumbling city...
SANTA (CONT’D)
The North Pole is now Wisconsin!
So yeah... total win.
The silver lining here is that Tina over at The Clean White Page has decided to bestow upon this very blog the coveted Santa Claus award! Thanks much Tina!
In keeping with the pay-it-forward-esque tradition of the honor, I am required (by law I imagine) to pass it on to five worthy blogs... and without further ado...
Jesse Bayliss, The Steampunk Home, Kim Nunley, Frederator Studios
and last but certainly not least...
K.G. MadMan
Congrats to all and Happy Holidays!
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