03x04 - Christmas in Wonderland

[bunniefuu]

[festive music playing]

I don't think I've ever been
this excited about Christmas.

I'm finally going to get my very own skis.

Of course I'm going to get them.
I've been clever

in letting Mom and Dad know
that they're what I want.

Of course, they might think I'm too young.

Boy, if they decide that,
it'll take a miracle to get them.

Gee, it would sure be a crummy Christmas
if I didn't get my own skis.

Oops. I almost forgot, I still have
some Christmas cards to drop off.

Special delivery.

[theme music playing]

♪ Seasons change and once a year ♪

♪ Holiday greetings now are here ♪

♪ Use your imagination
And you'll understand ♪

♪ It's Christmas in Wonderland ♪

♪ It's a magical time for something new ♪

♪ With Christmas cheer
And a carol or two ♪

♪ It's a holiday place
With a wonderful crew ♪

♪ Where yuletide wishes all come true ♪

♪ Use your imagination
You'll understand ♪

♪ It's Christmas in Wonderland ♪

♪ It's Christmas in Wonderland ♪

♪ It's Christmas in Wonderland ♪

A little more to the right, Rabbit.

Little more.

Not that far. Come back a little.

That's perfect. Perfect.

[gasps]

Your Majesty. It's beginning
to look a lot like Christmas.

It is Christmas.
You want it to look like Halloween?

I simply meant that the decorations
always put me in such a Christmassy mood.

Oh, me too.

I just love Christmas.

It's the one time of year everyone I pass
greets me with a smile,

and they don't want something.

Well, ever since
I was a little cottontail,

I've always loved the wonderful things
we do every year.

Ah, there's nothing like
those Wonderland Christmas traditions.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ I can't help feeling sentimental ♪

♪ Christmas comes but once a year ♪

♪ And those Wonderland
Christmas traditions ♪

♪ Always bring me joy and cheer ♪

♪ I can't wait to bob
For Christmas crabapples ♪

♪ Or bite into some
Christmas candy tarts ♪

♪ Playing Christmas tiddlywinks
Wearing Christmas cufflinks ♪

♪ Then baking a batch
Of luscious Christmas tarts ♪

♪ We'll go strolling
Through the Christmas rock garden ♪

♪ And go door to door
With Christmas kazoos ♪

♪ It's such fun to watch
The Christmas pudding harden ♪

♪ And the Christmas sack race
I never lose ♪

♪ Ah, those Wonderland
Christmas traditions ♪

♪ Those old-timey fun superstitions ♪

♪ Like the lucky Christmas dog
Howling at the Christmas log ♪

♪ Underneath the silvery Christmas moon ♪

♪ Those Wonderland Christmas traditions ♪

♪ Like going on the Christmas camel ride ♪

♪ Or hiking on the Christmas expeditions ♪

♪ Christmas makes me feel good inside
h*, h*, h* ♪

♪ Christmas makes me feel good inside ♪

Rabbit, I want you to hang
this pretty star right on top, there.

Oh! This garland isn't strong enough
to support that star, Your Majesty.

-How do you know that?
-We try it year after year.

Nonsense. Just do it.

Yes, Your Majesty.

See? Perfect.

Another Wonderland Christmas tradition.

[indistinct chatter]

Hi, everyone.

-What's everyone doing?
-Isn't it obvious?

We're hanging the Christmas produce.

Christmas produce?

Nothing says Christmas
like fruits and vegetables.

It wouldn't be a Christmas party
without the Christmas produce.

It's a Wonderland tradition.

What better way to end a party
than to eat the decorations?

Personally, I make a beeline
for the carrots.

Which fruit or vegetable
do you usually go after, Alice?

To be honest with you, Your Majesty,

back home, we don't hang produce
at Christmastime.

Well, if you want some friendly advice,

don't get stuck with the rutabaga.
Not festive.

Wait a minute.

You don't have this gleeful,
amusing, fun-making tradition back home?

No.

Well, surely you go door to door
playing your Christmas kazoo?

[blows kazoo]

No.

Because you're too busy
playing Christmas tiddlywinks, right?

-No.
-Bobbing for Christmas crabapples?

Well, this is terrible.

Poor Alice doesn't have
any Christmas traditions.

Oh, but I do.

Like decorating the Christmas tree
in the living room.

You have a tree in your living room?

I have enough trouble
keeping up with the vacuuming.

I sure wouldn't wanna rake the carpet.

Then where do you put your Christmas tree?

Uh, we don't have a Christmas tree.

You don't? Well, do you have
Christmas stockings?

Oh! Of course we do.

If we didn't have stockings at Christmas,
we'd freeze our little tootsies off.

After all, it is wintertime.

No, I meant Christmas stockings
that you fill with toys and goodies.

Aren't those a little hard
to pull over your feet?

No, you don't wear Christmas stockings.
You hang them on your fireplace.

Well, do you make gingerbread houses?

Exchange Christmas gifts?

Sorry, Alice.

Don't be sorry.
We have different traditions.

Yours are fun, and mine are fun,
so that's okay.

[indistinct chatter]

No, it's not.

If I'm the queen, then there shouldn't be
any fun traditions I don't have.

Like Christmas trees
and stockings with goodies

and gingerbread houses and gifts!

And I almost forgot. Christmas cards.

And Christmas cards!

[indistinct chatter]

Great card, Alice.

But what's all that white stuff?

-Yeah, you got it all on the ground there.
-And on top of the roof.

Well, that's snow.

Don't tell me you don't know what snow is.

Hey, Crystal, help me out.
Let's show them what snow is.

♪ From the sky
Snowflakes fall ♪

♪ Soft white powder on us all ♪

♪ It covers the world
With a pretty white swirl ♪

♪ Adventures in a winter Wonderland ♪

♪ When you sit by the fire ♪

♪ You can dream with desire ♪

♪ A flurry's coming down
Bringing beauty all around ♪

♪ Christmas brings us winter Wonderland ♪

♪ Falling in the snow
Feels like a pillow ♪

♪ Fresh and clean and crisp
Just like the air ♪

♪ Mold and shape the snow
Into a snowman ♪

♪ Your smiles and laughter
Echo everywhere ♪

♪ Ride a sled high and low ♪

♪ With your face all aglow ♪

♪ Make snowballs to throw
It's fun in the snow ♪

♪ Adventures in a winter Wonderland ♪

Snow is definitely cool, Alice.
No pun intended.

I used to think
our Christmas traditions were fun.

That was before I heard Alice's.

Oh, uh...

Why, yes.

Did she have to mention snow?

And tree...

hanging from fireplace, bread house.

Oh, dear.

I do hope the Queen likes all of this.

The best I could do on such short notice.

Oh, well.

At least it'll give the Queen a taste
of Alice's traditions,

so she won't feel left out.

Merry Christmas, Your Majesty!

What's all this?

Well, I know that you were disappointed

because Alice had Christmas traditions
that you didn't.

So I recreated hers for you.

How did you know what this stuff
was supposed to look like?

Actually, Your Majesty, I didn't.

So I just used my good common sense.

After all, when has it failed me?

Oh, please. Don't make me answer that.
It's Christmas.

-What's this tree doing in the palace?
-You remember.

Alice told us about the tradition
where you cut down a tree

drag it into the house, and decorate it.

Oh.

Uh, this doesn't look like
a gingerbread house.

Well, quite frankly,
Your Majesty, it isn't.

I didn't have time to make gingerbread,
but I did find sourdough.

-This is a sourdough bread house?
-Yes.

Isn't it amazing what you could do
by cutting off the crusts

and having a good floor plan?

Aren't these supposed to be stockings?

Well, yes, Your Majesty,
but you know, it's funny,

all our stockings were in the wash.

Then I realized we could get
even more Christmas goodies

by hanging Christmas galoshes.

Oops. Still a little mud on that one.

Oh, Rabbit, I know you mean well,
but please stop fussing.

But Your Majesty, I--

I thought Alice's Christmas traditions
sounded like fun to you.

They do. Especially the snow part.
It brought back memories.

Memories?

Your Majesty, do you mean
you've actually seen snow before?

But you never even mentioned it.

One Christmas when I was little,
my parents bought a cottage

in a faraway land
where it snowed every winter.

I laughed and I played in the snow.
I even made a snow queen.

It was the most fun I ever had
as a princess. Oh, Rabbit.

But like all vacations, it finally came
to an end. And we never went back.

-But why, Your Majesty?
-My parents hated it.

All they got out of it was wet long johns.

So they sold the cottage and bought
a house at the beach instead.

From then on, the only white
I saw at Christmastime

was white sandy beaches.

Since...

I knew I'd never see snow again...

I tried to forget about it.

And today, Alice reminded you of it.

And now, no matter how much I try
to enjoy Christmas this year...

all I can think about is...

how much I want it to snow.

But, Your Majesty...

it's never, ever snowed
in Wonderland before.

It would take a--

It would take a miracle
for that to happen.

I know.

I know.

So you see, Caterpillar,
Her Majesty's convinced

that she can't have a merry Christmas
without snow.

But it's impossible.

Nothing's impossible, Rabbit.
Not even snow.

I think you'd better listen to this story.

"Once there was a young squirrel
named Megan,

who lived with her mother
in a lovely green forest."

Merry Christmas.

"Megan's favorite time of year
was Christmas.

She loved decorating the tree.

She loved nibbling Christmas treats.

But mostly, Megan loved hearing the story
of a Christmas long ago,

when her mother
was still a little squirrel.

The story was about
one very special Christmas Eve,

when a magical thing happened.

All night, delicate sparkling
white crystals fell out of the sky

and covered everything in sight.

When the sun came up on Christmas morning,

the entire forest glittered
like a magical fairy kingdom."

There never was such a Christmas as that.

[Caterpillar] "Megan wanted her mother
to have another magical Christmas,

so she wished and wished...

[groans]

and wished.

And sure enough, on Christmas Eve,

the magical white crystals
started to fall.

When the sun came out on Christmas day,
the forest was a dazzling sight."

[mother squirrel] Oh, Megan, thank you.

You have wrapped up the whole forest
as a present just for me.

I'm the happiest squirrel in the world.

[Caterpillar] "'No, I am,'
thought Megan. 'I am.'"

Ah.

Yes, yes.
Boy, that's a lovely story, Caterpillar.

But I don't see how it's going to make
the Queen's wish come true.

Christmas is a very special time of year,
a time when miracles can happen.

Even snow.

In case you're wondering
why I've asked you all here,

I had a holiday surprise in mind,
and I wanted to tell you about it.

Won't that spoil the surprise?

No, it's not you I want to surprise.

If it's me,
remember green's my favorite color,

and I wear extra-extra-small.

Extra sma--

No, it's you I wanted to surprise either,
Dormouse.

I-- I thought we could-- Like, we should--

I'd like us to give the Queen
a Christmas present.

If it's supposed to be a surprise,
shouldn't this be a secret meeting?

Dee's right. We could blow up the whole
thing if the Queen saw us talking.

Only if she recognized us.

Much better.

Okay, does anybody have any ideas?

Yes. I have an idea. This is how
we're all going to look in 50 years.

Speak for yourself, Mr. Hare.

I think Dee was asking for gift ideas.

Well, actually, I already know
what the Queen wants for Christmas.

Oh, great!

She wants snow.

[all] Snow?

[laughing] Now, where in the world
are we gonna get snow?

I don't know.

But remember,
Christmas is a time for miracles.

Maybe even snow.

Rabbit, finding snow for the Queen
is quite a tall order.

I know it is.

But if you'd been there and heard

and seen how much this means to the Queen,

well, you'd know it's worth the trouble.

Mm-hm. Well, I know this is a long shot,

but would we have any use
for my snow machine?

You have a snow machine?

Does he have a snow machine?

You have a snow machine?

Hare...

Ta-da!

Hare, did you bring the snow cones?

Of course. I always bring the snow cones.

I don't know.

Oh, Rabbit.

When it comes to snowing the Queen...

nobody does it better.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ We love to the snow the Queen
With our snow-making machine ♪

♪ We will turn to ice
What once before was green ♪

♪ We love to snow
Snow, snow the Queen ♪

♪ We'll show you now
Just what we mean ♪

♪ Soon Christmas will be blowing ♪

♪ Once we get our machine going ♪

♪ Yes, Wonderland will glisten ♪

♪ When our lovely machine kicks in ♪

♪ Soft, soft white fluffy snow ♪

♪ We'll turn it on and let it go ♪

♪ Oh, how we love to snow the Queen ♪

♪ Oh, how we love to snow the Queen ♪

[all shouting]

And now, with one flick of this switch,

we'll have sparkling crystals of snow

that you'll want to catch on your tongue
because they're so refreshing.

And because they taste like grape,
lemon-lime and root beer.

Okay, here we go.

[all shouting]

Sorry. I guess my snow machine
had a meltdown.

Now it looks like we'll have to find
another way to make it snow in Wonderland.

Are you sure you don't have any snow
you can spare?

Well, thanks anyway.

So much for getting any help
from Frosty the Snowman.

Well, now what? We already tried
Joe Cool and Jack Frost.

Hey, there's an ad
for a store called Snow R Us.

Shouldn't that be "Snow Is Us"?

Well, what do you want, Alice?
Snow or good grammar?

Well, I don't see why she can't have both.

-Is this Snow R Us?
-[woman] Yeah.

-Do you have snow for sale?
-Yes.

You do? Great!

-Where's your store?
-North Pole.

Where? No, we'll be there.

I have good and bad news.
The good news is they have snow.

The bad news is their store
is at the North Pole.

The North Pole?

How are we gonna get up to the North Pole?

Well, if I can rent an airplane,
I think there's just enough time

to get to the Pole and back
before the Queen's Christmas party.

Right. That way we can actually make it
snow for her.

Oh, that would be wonderful.

This is so exciting.
The minute the Queen's party starts,

she's gonna get
her first ever Christmas present.

Do you think she'll be surprised?

Well, wouldn't you be surprised
if you got snow for Christmas?

Don't be silly. I know Tweedle Dum
flew off to get some.

I'm trying to reach him on the radio.

Snowflake Express. Come in, come in. Over.

All I know is the Caterpillar was right.
Miracles do happen.

-Merry Christmas, everyone.
-Merry, merry.

I'm sorry I'm not
my usual Christmassy self.

I wouldn't worry about
your Christmas spirit, Your Majesty.

-[plane approaching]
-What's that noise?

Pilot to ground, Snowflake Express.

I made it all the way back
from the North Pole with seconds to spare!

I read you loud and clear.

I'll let you know when it's time
to drop the snow on the Queen, over.

What is that awful buzzing noise?

Oh, Your Majesty, I can't hold it in
any longer. We have a gift for you.

A gift for me? But I don't see a gift.

No, but you can hear it.

What did you get me?
The world's biggest housefly?

Almost 4:00, everybody!

Five, four, three--

Two, one.

It's 4:00. Okay, Dum. It's snow time!

Roger, and over the top!

[shouting]

Boy, I sure wish I were down there
to see the Queen's face.

Surprise!

[shouts]

What was that?

It was snow, Your Majesty.

Emphasis on "was."

Oh!

Oh!

Oh! That's the last straw.

If all I'm gonna get for Christmas
is soaked,

then I'm skipping it altogether.

[shouting]

Of all the crummy holidays.

Merry Christmas, Your Majesty.

Not for me, it isn't.
I didn't get what I wanted.

-Are you sure?
-Of course I'm sure.

I wanted snow.
What I got was water dumped over my head.

How would you like it?

I wouldn't like that. Cats hate water.

So do Queens.

Unless, of course,
it's warmed to the right temperature.

Loaded with lots and lots of bubble bath.

And your rubber ducky.

Yes, and my little Quackers.

[both laughing]

I mean, I don't know
what rubber ducky you're talking about.

The point is, how could my subjects
be such chuckleheads?

You're right.

They'd have to be chuckleheads
to have gone to all the trouble they did.

-What trouble?
-The secret meetings,

the snow machine,
the flight to the North Pole.

All that trouble just to make you happy
on Christmas.

That was pretty silly of them.

I really goofed
trying to deliver that snow.

Oh. Let's not say "goofed."

Right. More like bungled,
muffed, blundered, botched.

-Can we go back to "goofed"?
-We shouldn't feel bad.

The reason the Queen got wet was we were
trying to do something nice for her.

Oh, sure. We were trying
to make it snow in Wonderland.

Oh! I knew it couldn't happen
without a miracle.

Don't forget, Rabbit. Miracles happen
when you most believe in them.

That's what makes them miracles.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Well, don't look so surprised.

Can't the Queen wish her own subjects
merry Christmas?

Well, yes.

But we thought you were still upset
over the bucket of melted snow.

Well, I admit, it did dampen
my Christmas spirits just a bit.

But then I realized that I was
only thinking about me, me, me.

Why should today be different
from any other day?

Oh! My point is,

I was all wet even before
that bucket of water hit me.

Because I forgot what Christmas
is really all about.

It's about showing people you care.

But you wanted presents.
You didn't get any.

Oh. Yes, I did.

Only good friends would've gone
through the trouble you went to

to get me some snow.

So you see, you've already given me
the best gift of all.

The gift of friendship.

Oh, I just love the miracles of Christmas.

[upbeat music playing]

♪ The best gifts of all
Are miracles disguised ♪

♪ They're in front of you
Right before your eyes ♪

♪ The miracles of Christmas
Are a Wonderland delight ♪

♪ Gifts to remember
On this starry Christmas night ♪

♪ The best gift of all
Is very plain to see ♪

♪ Not ornaments or presents ♪

♪ Or a decorated tree ♪

♪ Your friendships are the gifts
That make my Christmas right ♪

-♪ So wonderful
-So perfect ♪

♪ On this very special night ♪

♪ The best gifts of all
Are miracles disguised ♪

♪ They're in front of you
Right before your eyes ♪

♪ The miracles of Christmas
A Wonderland delight ♪

♪ Gifts to remember
On this starry Christmas night ♪

♪ The best gift of all ♪

Look.

Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?

Am I seeing what you think you're seeing?

It is? It really--

It really is.

Snow.

Snow.

But wait a minute, it can't possibly
be snowing in Wonderland.

Unless-- Unless--

Unless this is a miracle?

Merry Christmas, Rabbit.

-Merry Christmas!
-Merry Christmas!

[indistinct chatter]

You know, Dinah, I've been thinking.

I can still have a great Christmas,
even if I don't get my own skis.

I guess I was reminded that Christmas
isn't about "gimme."

It's about family and friends.

That's right, Dinah. Friends like you.

And I wouldn't trade you
for all the skis in the world.

Merry Christmas, Dinah.

[meows]

[theme music playing]

♪ That's all for now
But we'll see you again ♪

♪ Come back real soon
Now that we're all friends ♪

♪ It's a holiday place
With a wonderful crew ♪

♪ Where yuletide wishes all come true ♪

♪ Use your imagination
You'll understand ♪

♪ It's Christmas in Wonderland ♪

♪ It's Christmas in Wonderland ♪

♪ It's Christmas in Wonderland ♪

♪ Merry Christmas ♪