Noël (1992 TV Movie)

Beau Berdahl Oliver: Noel

Quotes 

• [repeated line] 

  Noel : Hi, my name is Noel, and I have a happiness!

• Noel : Hey, it's the world thing. The thing called the world. And... and it's Christmas all over the place! Good-bye, old house. There's a lot more of Christmas for me to see.

• Noel : What's happening now, Brutus?

  Brutus : It's become a thing called Christmas Eve: the reason you were made, and I was born.

  Noel : It feels like - *magic*.

• Noel : [as his soul flies through the city and its surrounding areas]  I'll race the Christmas dawn around the world. I'll meet *all* the other people in *all* the other houses. Houses made of wood, houses made of brick, old houses, new houses, *rich* houses and poor houses - *big* houses and small houses - houses so tall I can hardly see the top. Houses made of grass, houses made of snow, castles and bungalows, chateaus, and pagodas, and wigwams. And each has its *own* set of people and children things!

  Narrator : But some spoke different tongues and led different ways of life; some had never even heard of Christmas.

• Noel : Hey, the children things are getting bigger.

  Miss Freezenda : Oh, Noel, must you *always* be so dramatic?

  Noel : They're getting to look almost like the *people* things.

  Miss Freezenda : I couldn't care less.

• Noel : Psst. Where are we?

  Miss Freezenda : In the box thing, stupid. Each in our own little compartment.

  Noel : But we can't see each other this way.

  Miss Freezenda : I'd rather enjoy that.

  Noel : Not me.

  Miss Freezenda : You're a pest.

  Noel : But what about the others?

  Miss Freezenda : I couldn't care less.

• Noel : What's that down there, Brutus? I can't see inside.

  Brutus : Just a little toy stable.

  Noel : But why would they have a toy stable?

  Brutus : Well, Noel, seems to me that stable is the very thing that tonight is all about.

• Narrator : But then, it became a terrible thing called January second.

  First Father Thing : [as he begins putting the tinsel and ornaments away]  Back to normal.

  Noel : They're gonna put us in that all-dark box again, Brutus. Why?

  Brutus : Because - it's all over.

  Noel : He's not gonna get me. I won't go.

• Noel : Brutus, what's ole McIves so busy about?

  Brutus : He's trying to catch his tail.

  Noel : Why?

  Brutus : Don't know. But it seems very important for toy electric trains to catch their tails.

• Narrator : Yes, Herman's tear of joy had become Noel's happiness.

  Noel : I wonder what the world will hold for me?

• Narrator : Noel and the rest of the dozen were put into a high, dusty, dark thing called the attic, where they became a thing called forgotten. But, as it always does, the thing called time roamed relentlessly from season to season. And it became a thing called spring - and a thing called summer. Eventually, it was a thing called autumn, the time for pumpkins and turkeys. Then came that truly glorious day when the first snow of the year fell. Then - then, *finally*...

  Noel : Hey, it's back again - the good thing - the wonderful, beautiful Christmas-ful thing!

• Noel : Hi, my name is Noel, and I have a happiness.

  Brutus : [stroking Noel with one of his branches]  *Wonderful*. My name is Brutus. Glad to know you.

  Narrator : Kindly, Brutus became Noel's first friend. He was very patient. He didn't mind answering any of Noel's thousand and one questions.

• First Father Thing : Oh, what's the use? Kids scattered all over the country with families of their own. Let's not bother with the tree this year.

  First Mother Thing : All right, dear.

  Noel : Oh no! No Christmas? No more Christmas?

  Miss Freezenda : *Good*, a *vacation* at *last*!

• First Mother Thing : [as she hangs Noel on one of Brutus's branches]  Here's a good spot for you, little fella.

  Noel : I get it; what a neat idea!

  [as he swings a little on his hook] 

  Noel : Hey, look at me!

  Miss Freezenda : [annoyed]  Oh, Noel, *please* shut up!

• Noel : Psst, Miss Freezenda?

  Miss Freezenda : [interuppting]  Don't ask. We are in a thing called a home.

  Noel : What's a home thing?

  Blue Grapes Ornament : A people things' box.