Buck Denver Asks... Why Do We Call It Christmas? (2011 Video)

Phil Vischer: Buck Denver, Self, Clive, Ian, Chuck Wagon, Sunday School Lady, Marcy, Brother Louie, Captain Petey, Pastor Paul, King Michael, Monkey, Agnes, Winifred

Quotes 

• Captain Petey : thanks Mr Smartie-Monkey! er, what did you say your name was again?

  Monkey : Monkey.

  Captain Petey : do you have brothers and sisters?

  Monkey : yes, 12!

  Captain Petey : what are their names?

  Monkey : Monkey. our mother was a sweet soul, but not very creative.

• Ian : wow! Saint Nicholas really IS Santa Claus!

• Buck Denver : Um, do you wear that microphone everywhere?

  Marcy : I don't really have a choice, it's glued to my head.

• King Michael : Mother! can we watch a DVD involving "Mistletoe"? wait, you've already picked a DVD related to Christmas? is it the on with the snow, the elves the presents and the Santa Claus or the one with the sand, the stars, the sheep and the baby Jesus? Pierre and I were so confused that for a whole year we though that the elves followed the star to the North pole to see the little baby nutcracker!

• Ian : WE'RE IN TROUBLE!

  Chuck Wagon : we went right into that ditch.

  Brother Louie : I've never seen a horse get so frightened over a rabbit, we had no idea that your horses had a thing for rabbits.

  Clive : yeah well, you haven't met our horses. they get really frightened.

  Ian : poor ponies.

• Buck Denver : I'm glad I don't need to drag a huge Oak Tree into my house to remind me of Thor!

  Marcy : And I'm glad we don't hang them from the ceiling anymore, they'd be hard to decorate.

• Marcy : Um, I think he needs a cookie.

  Sunday School Lady : No dear, he doesn't need a cookie. what he needs is a party!

  Buck Denver : A what?

  Sunday School Lady : A Christmas Party! we'll invite all our friends! and tell them all about Christmas! maybe even give them some Christmas cookies!

  Buck Denver : Oh, I get it! an educational informational Christmical Party!

  Sunday School Lady : I'm not sure that Christmical is a word, but that's exactly what we need!

• Marcy : my Dad was once stung by a pack of bees!

  Sunday School Lady : no not pack of bees, the Maccabees!

• Marcy : someone once said to me "Merry Christmas and a happy Haunicca!", what's Haunicca?

  Buck Denver : oh yeah, is that one of those made-up holidays like Plumbers' Day?

  Sunday School Lady : oh *no*, Haunicca is a really old holiday. it's even older than Christmas!

• Captain Petey : so, Christ was born 12 years before Christ?

  Monkey : ironic, isn't it?

• Captain Petey : [singing]  and so we've learned an important lesson...

  Monkey : what lesson?

  Captain Petey : [singing]  always pay attention in math.

  Monkey : I'm not sure he got it wrong from not paying attention in math, but it's possible.

• Captain Petey : what? but, they don't celebrate Christmas in India!

  Monkey : nonsense! there are more Christians in India than in Canada! we love Christmas!

  Captain Petey : okay, then answer this question: on which year was Jesus born?

  Monkey : we don't exactly know.

  Captain Petey : GOTCHA! you wouldn't know this living in India but our calendar is set after Jesus' birth, so Jesus was born in the year 1.

  Monkey : yes, that was the idea, but it is not true.

  Captain Petey : whataya mean it's not true?

  Monkey : pick up that book down there and turn to the page about Dioniscious.

  Captain Petey : who's Dioniscious?

  Monkey : he was the guy who ment to figure out when Jesus was born.

  Captain Petey : and?