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The introduction goes here ...

Sound: Movie intro

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On Christmas Eve, my siblings and I are preparing to go to bed early tonight because St. Nicholas and Krampus will be visiting our house.

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I leave my shoes neatly at the end of my bed to see what goodies I will find in the morning.

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We all hop into our beds, pull the covers up to our chins and wait for our parents to tuck us in. Father reminds us tonight we will know for sure if we’ve been good for the year.

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We’re kissed on our heads and told to sleep tight. The lights went out.

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I swear I only slept a few winks before I heard scratching outside our room.

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“What was that?!” I say to myself. I close my eyes tight, hoping whatever it is it will go away. But it’s not going away! I throw the covers over my head, whispering my prayers.

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I hear heavy footsteps coming across the wooden floor.

Sound: Foot steps

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I continue my prayers, trying to keep my breathing slow and steady. I stop mumbling and everything is silent. I’m too afraid to pull back the covers.

Sound: Whispering

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I muster up the courage and fling my covers off. To my surprise, there is no one in our room.

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I grab my flashlight and shine it the direction of my sister’s bed. No one is there, but at the end of her bed, there is a lump of coal.

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I am quick to my feet. Surely, she has to be playing a joke on me. I rip back her covers and search under her bed. She’s nowhere to be found.

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Oh no! Krampus has my sister! In a panic, I rush around the room. What am I supposed to do?

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I notice by my bed a few presents. These must be from St. Nicholas. Unwrapping them, I saw a pair of golden scissors, a candle of frankincense and a bottle of Myrrh.

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The instant I gathered them up, I was transported to a place of darkness and I could smell coal all around me.

Sound: Clinking of coal axes

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Suddenly, I am standing in a dark coal mine. I saw children with picks and shovels.

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“What is this place?”, I ask one of them.

“This is Krampus’ coalmine where he makes naughty children dig for coal,” one coughed.

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I just want to save my sister, but I can’t leave the other children behind. I looked at the chains around their ankles, took my golden scissors and cut through them as if they were made of paper.

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Everyone cheered. I saw my sister and gave her a hug.

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“These tunnels are a labyrinth and only Krampus knows the way out,” my sister said.

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I lit my candle. The flame was so bright, it was like the shining star. We used it to navigate through the tunnels.

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Eventually, we found our way to the entrance but were startled when we saw Krampus sleeping nearby.

Sound: Snoring

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“What are we going to do now?”, my sister pleaded.

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I opened up the bottle of Myrrh. “If we anoint ourselves with it, maybe we will become invisible and can escape,” I said.

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All the children passed the Myrrh around and before we knew it, we were all invisible. We tiptoed across the room, made it to the front door, opened it quietly, and snuck out.

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I thought we were in the clear, but we were on the side of a snowy mountain top with no way down. “We’re trapped,” said my sister.

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We were beginning to lose all hope. Then all of a sudden, we could hear sleigh bells faintly in the distance. Violently looking around, we saw St. Nicholas riding in his sleigh being pulled by flying reindeer.

Sound: Sleigh bells

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“Children! Quick! Get into my sleigh before Krampus catches you!”, said St. Nicholas.

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We piled into his sleigh, he tugged on the reigns and we took off, high into the sky.

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A howl came thundering through the skies. We turned around and realized Krampus was hot on our tails in his own sleigh being drawn by arctic wolves. Krampus hurled lumps of coal at us.

SOUND: Howling

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I yelled, “we’re under attack!”

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“Hang on!”, said St. Nicholas.

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Looking around for anything to help, my sister found presents. We each took a present and threw them at Krampus. No one hit him. He was gaining on us and fast! Finally, my sister threw one and hit the old goat right between the horns. He fell off the back of his sleigh, plummeting down to the ground far below.

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We rode through the night until we saw St. Nicholas’s workshop. He tugged on the reins and we softly landed right outside.

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The doors flung open and we all ran inside. We all stared in wonder and amazement. There were so many elves, having their Christmas celebration. We joined in the festivities. We started to miss our families. Getting tired, we all slowly made our way towards St. Nicholas. My sister and I climbed up into his lap and closed our eyes.

Sound: Party going on

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When we opened our eyes, we realized we were back in our own beds. How could this be?!

I looked at my sister, “was it a dream?”

She smiled at me, “it couldn’t have been.” Then she pointed at the end of our beds.

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There, we had one present each. In my sister’s box were a bunch of dolls that looked like the children we saved from the coal mine and there was even one of Krampus. I opened my box and pulled out a picture book, telling the story of our whole adventure.

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Roll credits ...

SOUND: Music