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2 questions about this flick

posted 16 years ago by elwooderino
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Firstly, let me just say that I did actually enjoy this film, even though I thought it was going to be a bit pony. I mean, it has a good cast, and anything with the gorgeous Rachel Weisz in it has to be given a chance.

My questions are as follows:

1. If all the boys presents were baseball bats, and the girls presents were hula hoops, then why were there all kinds of different shaped presents in Freds sack?

2. Why do you think the leprechauns gave Wanda a German teddy at the end? Maybe because the actress in question has a German sounding name? But Rachel Weisz is actually of Austrian and Hungarian extraction, so I guess that would be a goof then, right?

I await your kind responses with baited breath, and would like to wish all my fellow humans a jolly good Christmas, and an above average New Year.

"Go forth, be strong. Much love. That's why they call me Terry Tibbs."

[–] pastorjwallen 16 years ago

If I remember the film correctly (watched it last night), they were running out of time, so Fred stated that from that point on, hula hoops for girls, baseball bats for boys to save as much time as possible (those being the fastest and easiest to make according to the elves). We even saw some of them at the end.

~Pastor J.W. Allen~

[–] Timbo17 16 years ago

The Pastor's answer to #1 is correct. To answer #2, the flag the bear was holding was that of France ( it also wore a beret). I assume it was a prelude to the Paris trip.

Happy Holidays!

[–] StupidGroundhog 16 years ago

To answer question #1, there were lots of gifts already made, but they weren't going to have enough. Because they didn't have time to finish, all the rest of the gifts made were baseball bats and hula hoops. Thats why there were all different gift sizes.

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering...

[–] ghettette002 16 years ago

The answer to number 2 is as some of the previous posters said - it was a French Teddy Bear. Earlier in the film, Fred had promised to take his GF to Paris and never did. So he's eluding to a trip in the future (which we later see him take her there in the sleigh)

[–] gus00 14 years ago

Most letters automatically went into either the 'naughty' pile (no present), or the 'nice' pile (present made and waiting). It was the undetermined pile (a small number relatively speaking) that Fred blanket-stamped 'nice' causing the present shortage at the last moment.

That's my take anyway.

"Is this how time normally passes? Really...slowly...and in the right order?"

-The Doctor

[–] NobodymournstheWicked 11 years ago

Well to answer the first question, it is because Clyde shredded most of the kids letters with their Christmas wish for what they want for Christmas, and Santa and his gang did not have any copies as backups. So they made baseball bats and hula hoops because they thought those were the easiest presnets to make, go back and watch the movie, and if I am remembering correctly they only had a 10 hour or so limit before delivery time. Your second question I guess they felt that Wanda need a Christmas gift, but I thought the Bear was Fred's gift to her.