FOURYEAROLD CAILLOU WAS ASLEEP SNUG AS A BUG

WITH GILBERT HIS CAT.

CAILLOU'S DADDY WAS ALREADY OUTSIDE SHOVELING SNOW

WHILE CAILLOU'S LITTLE SISTER ROSIE AND HIS MOMMY

WERE IN THE KITCHEN PREPARING BREAKFAST...

...TIME TO GET UP CAILLOU!

YAWN!

HERE YOU GO REXY YOU CAN STAY NICE AND WARM.

GILBERT WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WOW!

DAAAADY!

LOOK AT ALL THE SNOW! COME ON GILBERT!

CAILLOU WAS EXCITED TO SEE SO MUCH SNOW.

HE COULDN'T WAIT TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY.

GILBERT? (GIGGLES)

SILLY CAT! GET OUT OF THERE!

(GIGGLES)

DADDY I'M ALMOST READY TO GO OUTSIDE AND SHOVEL WITH YOU.

BUT YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR BREAKFAST YET CAILLOU.

WE'LL GO OUT TOGETHER LATER OK?

CAILLOU WAS UPSET BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO OUTSIDE RIGHT AWAY.

OK DADDY.

CAILLOU!

ROSIE EAT YOUR CEREAL SWEETHEART.

GOOD MORNING CAILLOU.

HUH! 'MORNING.

HMM? DID SOMEONE WAKE UP

ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED THIS MORNING?

CAILLOU WANTED TO COME OUTSIDE AND HELP ME SHOVEL

BUT I TOLD HIM HE HAD TO EAT BREAKFAST FIRST.

(PURRRR!)

WELL SOMEONE'S HUNGRY WHY DON'T YOU FEED GILBERT?

OK GILBERT. I'LL GET YOUR FOOD.

(GIGGLES)

GILBERT HUNGRY!

GILBERT NO!

GET DOWN.

COME ON ROSIE AH! LET'S GET YOU DRESSED.

HERE YOU GO PARTNER.

YOU'LL NEED YOUR ENERGY TO HELP ME SHOVEL ALL THAT SNOW!

CAILLOU WAS HUNGRY AFTER ALL

AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HELPING DADDY OUTSIDE.

BRRRMMMM!

LOOK ROSIE I'M A SNOWPLOW!

HEY!

I'M GONNA GET YOU!

(GIGGLES)

CLEMENTINE!

HI CAILLOU!

CAILLOU WAS HAPPY TO SEE HIS FRIEND CLEMENTINE.

HE HAD NO IDEA SHE WAS COMING OVER

AND CAILLOU LOVED SURPRISES!

HI ROSIE!

HI!

OH HOW LOVELY! COME ON IN.

WHEEEEEE!

TAG! YOU'RE IT!

I'M GONNA GET YOU CLEMENTINE!

= HA HA HA HA!

HI CAILLOU HI CLEMENTINE.

HERE IT'S AN INVITATION TO MY SCHOOL'S CHRISTMAS PLAY.

WOW! A CHRISTMAS PLAY.

YES!

I'LL BE THERE TOO. MY BROTHER BILLY IS IN THE PLAY.

THAT MEANS SANTA IS COMING SOON!

CAILLOU KNEW THAT CHRISTMAS WAS COMING SOON

BUT HE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW EXACTLY WHEN.

IS SANTA COMING TONIGHT SARAH?

NOT THAT SOON CAILLOU IN TWO WEEKS.

TWO WEEKS?

WHAT WILL I DO UNTIL THEN?

♪♪ I'M JUST A KID WHO'S FOUR EACH DAY I GROW SOME MORE

♪ I LIKE EXPLORING I'M CAILLOU

♪ THERE'S BIG NEWS TODAY CHRISTMAS IS NOT FAR AWAY

♪ SANTA I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M CAILLOU

♪ THERE IS A TOY I'D JUST LOVE TO GET

♪ I'VE BEEN A GOOD BOY SO SANTA DON'T FORGET

♪ ANGELS AND CANDY CANE FROST ON MY WINDOW PANE

♪ SANTA PLEASE HEAR MY NAME I'M CAILLOU

♪ CAILLOU CAILLOU

♪ I'M CAILLOU

HA HA!

♪ BRING IN THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH LIGHTS ALL TWINKLY

♪ FOR DADDY MOMMY ROSIE AND CAILLOU

♪ CHRISTMAS IS THE DAY TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND PLAY

♪ PLEASE SANTA COME THIS WAY I'M CAILLOU

♪ REINDEER ARE PRANCING THROUGH THE AIR

♪ SANTA'S ELVES ARE DANCING THERE'S LAUGHTER EVERYWHERE

HA HA!

♪ ANGELS AND CANDY CANE FROST ON MY WINDOW PANE

♪ SANTA PLEASE HEAR MY NAME I'M CAILLOU

♪ CAILLOU CAILLOU I'M CAILLOU

HA HA HA HA!

THAT'S ME!

SARAH AND CLEMENTINE HAD LEFT

AND CAILLOU WAS HAPPY TO COME IN FROM THE COLD.

DID YOU HAVE FUN SWEETHEART?

UH HUH!

DON'T FORGET TO PUT YOUR STUFF AWAY PLEASE.

OK BRRRM...

I'M A SNOW PLOW.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING MOMMY?

I'M WRITING CHRISTMAS CARDS TO OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY

TO WISH THEM A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

SARAH SAYS THAT CHRISTMAS IS IN TWO WEEKS

IS THAT A LONG TIME AWAY?

WE'LL LET'S SEE...

CHRISTMAS IS EXACTLY DAYS AWAY.

WHICH DOESN'T LEAVE US MUCH TIME TO GET EVERYTHING DONE!

LIKE WHAT?

WELL FIRST SEND OFF THESE CARDS

THEN WE HAVE TO GET A TREE DECORATE THE HOUSE

AND OF COURSE THERE'S THE SANTA CLAUS PARADE.

SANTA'S IN A PARADE!? WHEN?

HMM... IN A FEW DAYS I GUESS.

CAILLOU WAS VERY EXCITED AT THE THOUGHT OF SEEING SANTA.

BUT HE WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT

HOW MANY DAYS WERE LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

CAN I DRAW SOMETHING ON YOUR CARDS MOMMY?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS CARDS?

YES!

OOOH!

GILBERT?

AHEEHEE! SILLY CAT.

I'M GONNA MAKE A CARD FOR MOMMY AND DADDY

AND ROSIE AND GILBERT.

OH! AND SARAH AND LEO AND CLEMENTINE.

HI CAILLOU.

STOP IT ROSIE.

YOU'RE STEPPING ON MY CHRISTMAS CARDS.

ROSIE STOP!

WHAT'S WRONG CAILLOU?

ROSIE IS STEPPING ON ALL THE CARDS

THAT I'M GIVING MY FRIENDS!

ROSIE GIVE TOO!

COME ON ROSIE LET CAILLOU WORK

AND WE'LL THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU TO GIVE OK?

OH! I ALMOST FORGOT! GRANDMA AND GRANDPA.

CAILLOU WORKED ALL AFTERNOON ON HIS CHRISTMAS CARDS...

HERE YOU GO ROSIE.

DO YOU WANT MOMMY TO HELP YOU MAKE A PRESENT FOR CAILLOU?

WE COULD DRAW A PICTURE TOGETHER.

BUT ROSIE DIDN'T WANT MOMMY TO HELP HER. SHE WANTED TO BE

LIKE HER BIG BROTHER AND DO SOMETHING ALL BY HERSELF.

DADDY!

LOOK AT ALL THE CHRISTMAS CARDS I MADE.

CAN WE GIVE THEM TOMORROW?

WE USUALLY MAIL CHRISTMAS CARDS CAILLOU.

BUT THEY NEED THEM BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

DON'T WORRY EVERYONE WILL GET THEIR CARDS ON TIME.

HERE THIS CHRISTMAS CALENDAR WILL HELP YOU

KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY DAYS ARE LEFT UNTIL SANTA COMES.

SEE THESE WINDOWS?

THERE ARE OF THEM ONE FOR EACH DAY LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

I CAN COUNT TO !

GOOD FOR YOU! NOW EVERY NIGHT STARTING TONIGHT

WE'LL OPEN ONE WINDOW AND DISCOVER A STORY BEHIND IT.

I LIKE STORIES.

YOU'LL LIKE THESE STORIES A LOT.

EACH WINDOW SHOWS US HOW

CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED DIFFERENTLY ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WITH A TREE AND PRESENTS AND SANTA?

WELL THAT DEPENDS

SOME CHILDREN CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

CAN I OPEN A WINDOW?

SURE. THIS ONE.

IT'S STUCK.

CAILLOU DIDN'T WANT TO TEAR THE CALENDAR

SO HE OPENED IT VERY CAREFULLY.

HE WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT WAS BEHIND THE LITTLE DOOR.

A CHRISTMAS TREE!

THIS IS HOW CHRISTMAS WAS CELEBRATED A LONG TIME AGO

IN A COUNTRY CALLED GERMANY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT?

YES!

IN A COUNTRY FAR FAR AWAY

THERE LIVED A YOUNG BOY ABOUT YOUR AGE

WHO LOVED GOING TO WORK WITH HIS FATHER.

HIS NAME WAS FRITZ AND HIS FATHER WAS A LUMBERJACK

WHO CUT DOWN TREES FOR A LIVING.

FRITZ LIKED TO WATCH THE MEN DO THEIR WORK

AND HE KNEW THAT SOME DAY HE WOULD GROW UP

TO BE A LUMBERJACK JUST LIKE HIS FATHER.

FRITZ AND HIS DAD HEADED INTO THE VILLAGE TO SELL THEIR TREES.

(NEIGH!)

FRITZ NOTICED THAT THE MEN DIDN'T USE

THE TINY LITTLE TREE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLED.

BUT FRITZ SUDDENLY HAD AN IDEA HOW THAT

LITTLE TREE COULD BE USED. HE THOUGHT THE TREE

WOULD LOOK NICE IN HIS HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

AND FRITZ LOVED THE SMELL OF TREES BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

FRITZ'S MOTHER THOUGHT THE TREE

COULD USE A LITTLE DECORATION AND SINCE THAT TIME PEOPLE IN

MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE BROUGHT AN EVERGREEN TREE

INTO THEIR HOMES AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

I LIKE THE CHRISTMAS CALENDAR DADDY.

TOMORROW NIGHT WE'LL OPEN ANOTHER WINDOW.

AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO TO SLEEP.

GOOD NIGHT CAILLOU. (KISS).

GOOD NIGHT DADDY.

AND CAILLOU FELL ASLEEP DREAMING ABOUT GERMANY

AND FRITZ AND CHRISTMAS TREES.

CAILLOU WOKE UP IN A BIG HURRY THE NEXT MORNING.

ERGH!

CAN WE GET A CHRISTMAS TREE TODAY?

UH GOOD MORNING CAILLOU.

UM GOOD MORNING.

SO CAN WE GET A TREE?

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

ME TOO.

I'LL CALL A FRIEND OF MINE AND SEE IF WE CAN COME BY.

WHAT FRIEND DADDY? GO WHERE? WHEN?

HAHA! YOU'LL SEE. IT'S A SURPRISE.

CAILLOU LOVED SURPRISES

BUT HE REALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHO DADDY WAS CALLING

AND WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO GET THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE.

WHO IS DADDY CALLING?

CAN'T TELL IT'S A SURPRISE.

ALL SET.

LET'S FINISH BREAKFAST GET DRESSED AND GET GOING!

YAYYY!

ROSIE IS SURE SLEEPING IN LATE THIS MORNING.

(MEOW)

GILBERT?

GILBERT HIDING?

♪ GILBERT WHERE ARE YOU?

HA HA HA! SILLY CAT.

CAILLOU AND HIS FAMILY LEFT TO GO AND GET A CHRISTMAS TREE.

BUT CAILLOU STILL DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE GOING.

WHERE ARE WE GOING DADDY?

YEAH WHERE DADDY?

YOU'LL FIND OUT SOON.

BUT ALL CAILLOU COULD SEE

WERE TREES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD.

I KNOW! WE'RE GOING TO GERMANY RIGHT DADDY?

= HA HA HA! NO CAILLOU!

ROSIE LOOK! IT'S JONAH'S FARM!

JONAH! HORSIE!

BUT CAILLOU WAS SUDDENLY DISAPPOINTED. HE LIKED JONAH

BUT HE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET A CHRISTMAS TREE TODAY.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TREE DADDY?

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

JONAH HAS A CHRISTMAS TREE FARM!

OHHHH!

WELCOME BACK CAILLOUUUUU!

WHEEEEE!

ME TOO!

WHEEE!

THE PLACE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN THE WINTERTIME JONAH.

THANKS IT'S OUR BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR

WHAT WITH THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM AND ALL.

WHAT'S A TREE FARM JONAH?

YOU KNOW THAT AT CHRISTMAS TIME A LOT OF PEOPLE

LIKE A TREE TO PUT IN THEIR HOUSE TO DECORATE.

SO I GROW TREES JUST FOR THAT PURPOSE.

KIND OF LIKE A TREE GARDEN?

EXACTLY.

(NEIGH!)

I THINK SOMEONE OVER THERE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE YOU ALL

FOR A SLEIGH RIDE TO THE TREE FARM.

GINGER! BLACKIE!

HERE YOU GO CAILLOU DO YOU REMEMBER HOW TO FEED THEM?

GENTLE... GOOD BOY BLACKIE.

I THINK