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Revision as of 17:53, 31 December 2021
A factory worker decides to punish those who have been naughty.
Genre
Characters/Groups
Harry Stadling - Brandon Maggart
Philip Stadling - Jeffrey DeMunn
Dennis Stadling - Andy Fenwick
Harry's Childhood
Philip Stadling Jr. - Wally Moran
Harry Stadling Jr. - Gus Salud
Harry's Mother - Ellen McElduff
Harry's Father - Brian Hartigan
Neighborhood Children
Scotty Goodrich - Lance Holcomb
Susie Lovett - Elizabeth Ridge
Moss' Mother - Patricia Richardson
Jolly Dream Team
Tipsy Worker - Lloyd David Hart
Mrs. Fletcher - Francine Dumont
Willowy Springs State Hospital
Ricardo Bauma - Philip Casnoff
The Church
The Friends and Family Association
Little Girl - Jennifer Novtney
Accordian Player - Danny Federici
Saxophone Player - Arthur Bressler
The Line-Up
Detective Gottleib - Bobby Lesser
Black Santa - T. Wellington Perkins
The Alley
Frank Stoller's Family
Character thumbnails with links to profiles
Detailed Synopsis
On Christmas Eve 1947, Harry Stadling, Philip Stadling and Harry's Mother watch as Harry's Father, who is dressed as Santa, comes down the chimney and delivers presents under the tree. Philip laughs and Harry's Father returns up the chimney. Later Harry and Philip argue if it was Santa or not and Harry gets out of bed to prove that it was Santa. He hears laughing coming from the living room and sees "Santa" caressing Harry's Mother's legs. He runs to the attic grabs a snow globe and smashes it onto the ground and then cuts himself with the broken glass.
In the present, 55 days before Christmas, Harry, who lives in a home decorated with Christmas knickknacks and toys he makes in his free time, wakes up and dances to Christmas music. He goes to the top of the apartment building and spies on the neighborhood children. He sees Scotty Goodrich taking out the trash Susie Lovett playing with her doll and Moss Garcia cutting out a centerfold from a Penthouse magazine. He runs home and add each kids activity to either the Good Boys and Girls or Bad Boys and Girls books for 1980.
28 days before Christmas, Harry goes to work and tells Ben (Christmas Evil)|Ben, another Worker (Christmas Evil)|Worker and Jake (Christmas Evil)|Jake that no one at the factory is interested in making good, rigidly constructed toys. Ben asks him if he knows who is getting laid off in January and then gives him a hard time for not going to union meetings anymore. Frank Stoller walks up to them and asks if any of them will take over his shift that night as he has to leave early to go on a trip with his wife. None of them agree to take his shift and he walks up to Harry, takes a bite out of his sandwich and says he hates Christmas. Frank later calls Harry and tells him he is going to do him a favor and let him work his shift. After work, Harry is walking by a bar when he sees Frank inside and hears him bragging to the other patrons how he got Harry to work his shift. He walks over to Philip's house, which is the same one as they grew up in, and watches as Philip plays with Dennis Stadling and Marc Stadling and then has sex with Jackie Stadling on the couch.
On Thanksgiving Day, Harry watches a Christmas parade and gets excited to see Santa. Jackie asks Philip to not give Harry a hard time and then tells him what Marc and Dennis want for Christmas. Harry calls Philip and tells him that he isn't going to make it for Thanksgiving Dinner. He makes a Santa suit and paints his van to look like a sleigh.
As he is walking home, Moss, Scotty, Susie, Richie Sharp and Frankie (Christmas Evil)|Frankie wave at him. They tell him what they wished for that day and Richie says he wished he was the principle so he could throw out whoever he wanted at school. Frankie says he wishes he was a firefighter, while Moss says he wishes he had a lifetime subscription to Penthouse magazine. He goes home and adds another demerit to Moss' entry in the Bad Boys and Girls book. During the evening, he goes to Moss' house and watches him from the window. Harry smears dirt on his face and then presses it onto the house. Moss' Mother drags him outside and Moss sees Harry. Moss walks over to where Harry is hiding and tells Moss' Mother that a monster is hiding in the bushes and Moss' Mother slaps him and shoves him into the car.
At the Jolly Dreams Christmas party,