Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol'

Kelly!

Kelly!

Kelly!

Kelly, where are you? We're late.

How do little sisters know the exact worst time to disappear?

Hmm.

Tell me you haven't been in my room this whole time.

Well, not forever.

Didn't you hear me calling for you? We're late.

The Charity Christmas Ball starts in, like, five minutes.

All our friends and family are already there. Come on.

Small person not next to me.

Kelly? Come on.

Wow. Looks like someone's got the Christmas spirit.

This isn't Christmas.

Really? Because the calendar says December 24th, Christmas Eve.

And pretty much everyone we know is at the Charity Christmas Ball,

where we need to be.

I don't want to go to the Ball. I want to do what we do every Christmas Eve.

I want to stay home and make cookies and drink cocoa

and sing carols and open a special present.

That's what we do, and I'm staying here until we do it.

Okay. I know you miss what we usually do, but look what we get instead.

We'll go to a big party, spend time with our friends and family,

and support a really good cause.

The Ball will raise money for a hospital.

- It's Christmas. - I hate Christmas!

I see. Hmm.

You know what? I think it's okay if we run a little late.

I wanna show you something.

That's your snow globe. You said I wasn't allowed to touch it.

Well, this is a special occasion.

Go on.

There's a story behind this snow globe.

There is?

A story about the beauty of Christmas,

and how one girl discovered it many, many years ago.

O Christmas tree O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

O Christmas tree O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

You bloom with summer's fairest rose

And in the winter's bitter snows

O Christmas tree O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy

Thy

Thy

Branches

Eden Starling was the most famous singing star in Victorian England.

She was beautiful, talented...

... and incredibly full of herself.

I hate Christmas!

- Hey, that's what I said. - Really?

Hmm. Must be a coincidence.

Singing those insipid little carols every year.

I am a classically trained songstress. I perform opera, Chuzzlewit.

Opera.

Where's my tea and crumpets?

There's supposed to be a tray of tea and crumpets right here.

And where's Catherine?

Catherine! Catherine!

Catherine!

Deck the halls with boughs of holly

Fa la la la la la la la la

'Tis the season to be jolly

Fa la la la la la la la la

Don we now our gay apparel

Fa la la la la la la la la

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol

Fa la la la la la la la la

See the blazing Yule before us

Fa la la la la la la la la

Strike the harp and join the chorus

Fa la la la la la la la la

Follow me in merry measure

Fa la la la la la la la la

While I tell of Yuletide treasure

Fa la la la la Fa la la la

Fa la la la la la la la la

- Freddy... - So...

- When are you going... - To ask her?

Whoa!

Ann, Nan, ask who?

Come now, Freddy. We all know you want to ask Catherine out on a date.

Whoa!

If you want to ask her out, do it now, before we leave for Christmas holidays.

Otherwise, out of sight... Poof! Out of mind.

You think so?

I know so.

All right. I'm really going to do it.

I'm really going to do it.

I'm going to ask...

Catherine!

Oh!

Hello, Eden.

Hello, Chuzzie.

It's Chuzzlewit.

You know he hates Chuzzie.

And have you seen these?

Oh good, your crumpets.

- I told the stagehands to get them for you. - Well, they didn't. I had to ask them.

I had to talk to a stagehand. And look, they put on too much butter.

It's pooling, pooling, Catherine.

That's why it's your job to be there with my crumpets,

so they get just enough butter, and...

Excuse me?

My job is Gad's Hill Theater costume designer,

not crumpet butteriser.

I do that for you because you're my friend.

But still, have a look at them, they're pooling.

Eden, I know you feel better when I'm there to watch you perform,

but I couldn't tonight.

Don't worry. I know you were brilliant as always.

I don't need you to tell me I was brilliant, I know I was brilliant.

But as a costume designer, I thought you might want to do your job,

and see the dress you made onstage.

I understand.

So, what was so important that you couldn't come upstairs?

Look around you, Eden. Look at the tree, it's Christmas Eve.

We wanted to celebrate a little before we all go off on holiday.

Holiday? Who said anything about a holiday?

- Excuse me? - What?

- No holiday? - No!

No holiday?

- But it's... - Christmas!

I'm aware it's Christmas,

which means there's only two weeks before you will get

the privilege of being in Eden Starling's new show.

You should be begging to rehearse.

No, no, no, no.

This is an outrage!

- Eden, we can't work on Christmas. - We have people coming over.

- There's a turkey to stuff. - And pies to bake.

Oh, we can't be here.

Eden, please reconsider, I beg of you.

You don't want to work on Christmas?

You're not dedicated enough to this theatre?

Fine, stay home. But if you do, don't bother coming back, ever.

What?

You need to talk to Eden.

- Please, you've known her forever. - She listens to you.

Eden doesn't make a move without talking to you.

You're the only one who can change her mind

without getting us all fired, right?

Right. Keep your Christmas plans.

Okay, seriously, Eden, you can't...

"Eden doesn't make a move without talking to you."

Eden...

What, they all think I'm wrapped around your little finger?

I'm the star.

You're asking them to give up Christmas.

They have plans. I have plans.

Bigger plans than my next show?

Yes. I'm leaving town tomorrow and going home.

My whole family will be there for Christmas dinner this year.

That hasn't happened since we were kids.

You of all people should know how important that is to me.

You know what should be important to you? Me.

When I was discovered, I could have had

any costume designer in London for my company,

but I insisted on you, my oldest friend.

I did that.

I know you did, and...

And you don't care. But I expect that when push comes to shove,

I know only one person who's truly there for me, me.

It's like Aunt Marie always said,

"In a selfish world, the selfish succeed."

It's not a selfish world.

And do you really want to listen to what Aunt Marie said?

My Aunt Marie was brilliant.

If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be here right now, and neither would you.

But if you can't appreciate that, maybe you shouldn't work here any more.

Tell me you're not threatening to fire me.

I've seen you backstage sewing things that aren't for the show.

I guess working at the top theatre in London isn't enough for you.

You had to pick up something on the side.

What? No, that's not what you think.

Prove it, and show some dedication.

Take down the trees, stop the carols,

and get ready to work tonight, tomorrow, and all through the week.

Anyone complains, anyone goes home,

anyone breathes one word about Christmas, they're out,

including you.

Does everyone understand?

- Yes. - We...

- Understand. - Oui, oui.