Grandsanta Quotes From Arthur Christmas (2011)

Grandsanta, the 136-year-old, hilariously grumpy, and undeniably experienced former Santa, delivers a treasure trove of memorable lines.

Grandsanta Motivational Quotes

“l did my 70 missions without any of this malarkey. Didn’t we, lad?”
“Christmas 1941, World War II… did the whole thing with six reindeer and a drunken elf! l was shot at, Arthur. Took 12 direct hits. Lost three reindeer.”
“l went on alone. l could still do it now, Arthur. Just give me a go!”
“”Relic”? “Relic”? l did the whole of Christmas in one of these, Arthur. Oh, yes. l didn’t need a trillion elves in bleepy hats.”
“So did l. Every young heir to the Pole gets took out by his father. Right back to Saint Nick. We Clauses used to be the only men in the world who could fly, Arthur, and see all this. It was a gift, a great big ball wrapped in oceans and mountains. l remember the look on your father’s face when he saw it.”
“You made it happen, lad. No one got left out.”
“The sleigh on the roof, the eight beautiful reindeer, and Santa– Me! –going down the \”chimbley.\” That’s what I wanted them to see. They missed the kid, but l got there. My way.”
“This is it, old fella! Maybe the next Santa never sat in my EVIE, but Arthur did, and he’s as good a man as any Santa there’s ever been!”
“We’ll fix this, Steve. We’ll be back home in a wobble of a reindeer’s buttocks.”
“Just keep worrying about Gwen. I’ll find a way there, boy. Whatever it takes. To Trelew!”

“Big girl’s blouse. Lot of fuss.”
“What happened… to going down the “chimbley”? Never did me any har– Get off me! You smell like a wet elf.”
“Christmas has gone right down the rodney hole. You’re a postman with a spaceship.”
“You get old, that’s all. Everything changes.”
“Christmas 1923. Had a heart attack at the reins. Left ventricle popped out me mouth. Pushed it back down and carried on!”
“The map of the Clauses. Used every Christmas night in history. Whatever your brother says, Arthur, it’s the same old world.”
“They used to say it was impossible to teach women to read. Follow me.”
“Breaking the rules, even in the old days.”
“It’s EVIE they’re after. She doesn’t fit this world, Arthur. She’s a relic.”
“I’m sorry I messed things up, lad. You see… the night l last took Evie out when there was all that fuss your father came to me. I’ll never forget it. Couldn’t look me in the eye. “Dad,” he says. “Steve thinks it best you don’t fly again. We’re scrapping the sleigh.” Me own son, who used to sit where you sat, looking up at me. l just wanted them to remember who I used to be. l was a bit like you, lad. Keen as cranberry. So was your dad.”

“Shut the door! Hell’s berries, it’s the North Pole!”
“What if you wake the odd nipper? A whack with a sock of sand, dab of whiskey on the lips… they don’t remember.”
“l can’t eat that. It gets in me teeth.”
“That turkey did more than him.”
“Forget Techno Tommy. He’s texting on his calculator after another job.”
“Aren’t you the fancy nancy? Don’t matter what you come up with. You may be next in line, but you’ll never get to be Santa unless you knock him off.”
“Ye baubles. And you a son of Santa?”
“(laughs) See? Who’s Santa now? Ho ho ho!”
“Robot Roy? Ha! l should cocoa. The next Santa, and he’s never even sat in a sleigh. Oi!”
“Not that one, that’s a steam train, ya ninny!”
“Come on, Lad. You’re as much use as a cheese chopstick!”
“Oh my big Aunt Betty. It will have to do!”
“Pishywibble, we’re nearly there!”
“France. (speaks in French)”
“They won’t eat me. I’m Santa! Lie down! Oh, right. Call the keeper!”
“Oh, my head. Ye baubles, a beautiful young reindeer. So who am l, then?”
“Don’t be silly, I’m Santa. Can’t you see from me suit?”
“I’m Santa, you naughty boys. Here, have a bonbon.”
“Whoppee!”