Both he beginning and ending of the film occur at nighttime (late night and early morning hours respectively) and are marked by the sound of approaching and departing police car sirens.Disgusting.He reported the intoxicated ""Santa"" to Doris: "Your Santa Claus is intoxicated." When the ""Santa"" Claus collapsed on he float and went unconscious, Doris immediately hired the ""Santa"" look-alike as a last minute substitute and replacement: "Could you be Santa Claus? Have you had any experience?" He responded reluctantly ("I am not in the habit of substituting for spurious Santa Clauses"), but hen gladly agreed to help out: ("The children mustn""t be disappointed").I don""t see why she has to have his pain...It""s time for her shot.Do you understand? Do something! All she has to do is hold on until ten, and it""s past ten.She""s in pain.My daughter""s in pain.Give her the shot.Do you understand me? Give my daughter theshot! (She got the desired reaction, and then composed herself) Thank you very much.The thing that matters most is what you think of yourself.If there""s something you really want, or someone you really want to be, then the only person standing in your way is you.