[instrumental music]
Come on, guys. This is where I found him.
[all gasping]
Hey, Tommy, I dare you to go grab the carrot.
[music continues]
[growling]
[screams]
[intense music]
[laughing]
[growling]
[gasps]
[screaming]
It's the headless snowman!
[growling]
[instrumental music]
♪ When the snowflakes are fallin' ♪
♪ And carolers are callin' ♪
♪ The friendly folks in homes ablaze with light ♪
♪ We get that special feelin' ♪
♪ That sends our senses reelin' ♪
♪ It's the magic of Christmas ♪
♪ Fright ♪♪
Boy, Daphne, it sure was nice of your uncle to let us use
his condo over Christmas.
If we can ever get there.
I can't see anything through this snow storm.
[instrumental music]
screech
And the road sure is icy.
Whoa! Whoa!
Shaggy! Scooby! You okay back there?
Ha ha, like, we're just wrapping a few presents.
Oh, no, the bridge is out.
[instrumental music]
(Daphne) Now we'll never get there.
Like, where are we supposed to spend Christmas Eve?
Why don't we head back to the last town we passed
and see if there's a detour?
[instrumental music]
[kids screaming]
Jeepers! I wonder what that was all about.
Why don't you ask him?
[instrumental music]
(Velma) Shaggy, that's just a snowman.
Huh?
Come on, gang. It's awful chilly.
Let's get inside for some Christmas cookies and cocoa.
[growls]
- Wait for me! - Me, too!
crash
Comin' through, ha ha.
Oh, great. Just what we need, out-of-towners.
Hey, what happened to good will toward men?
And girls. After all, it's Christmas.
Don't say that word around here.
Winter Hollow doesn't celebrate Christmas.
You wouldn't celebrate it either if it meant havin'
to deal with the headless snowman.
Headless?
For years now, he's been terrorizing this town.
Shows up right before Christmas and tears this place apart.
Alright, easy there, Jeb.
Don't you kids listen to a word of this.
I'm Sheriff Perkins, and old Jeb here
is about as reliable as the fox guarding the hen house.
The headless snowman is real.
How else do you explain all them chimneys coming down?
(Perkins) 'Those antique chimneys are two days older than dirt.'
'Now, I don't wanna hear another word'
'about this headless snowman business.'
Sheriff, we still need to get to our condo
in Mill's Corners tonight.
We were hoping you could recommend a detour.
Mill's Corners? Oh, I don't think so.
With the bridge out, the only way to get there's
to go back down 45 to where the old schoolhouse used to be.
'Then you pick up route 82 for a couple of hours'
then you cut across the top of the state
till you get to the barn where the cow's painted on the side—
Maybe we should just stay here in Winter Hollow for the night.
Oh, yeah, creepy legend, 9-foot snow monster
a whole town that hates Christmas
like, break out the mistletoe, man, ha ha.
It's winter wonderland!
[instrumental music]
Wow, I've never even heard of Winter Hollow before
but it seems to be quite the tourist hot spot.
These aren't tourists, they're townsfolk.
Who are you?
I'm Asa Buckwald, and this is my inn.
Boy, your business sure is booming.
Well, it's all due to that headless menace.
Each Christmas it destroys houses around these parts
and, well, folks need a place to stay.
People here in Winter Hollow haven't celebrated Christmas
for a long time. Fact is, some of the young ones have never
even seen a Christmas tree.
Do you have any rooms left for us?
Well, this here is the only one I have left.
[instrumental music]
Leave it to me, gang.
bang bang bang
A woman's touch.
I don't watch the remodeling channel for nothing.
[whirring]
[instrumental music]
I think it's time for my classic holiday sandwich.
A yam, marshmallow, and sweet relish club.
Yummy!
slurp
I don't see any bread.
Well, this fruitcake will have to do.
[instrumental music]
[rumbling]
Man, Scoob, your stomach sure is noisy.
- Uh-uh. - Aah!
Like, either Santa had a crash landing
or the headless snowman has been here.
Wow, sheriff, you sure got here fast.
Well, the flashing red and blue thing
on top of my car helps that along.
Can you tell us what happened?
Well, I was up anyway, just hoping Santa might come.
But then the fire went out, and I got really, really cold.
And then it was there, the headless snowman!
[growling]
[dramatic music]
How is Santa going to come if we don't have a chimney?
Well, maybe we can put it back together.
[grunts]
Man. Ha ha! These bricks sure are heavy.
I hate that stupid snowman.
'All because of him, we don't get Christmas.'
Hey, don't give up, Tommy.
After all, we've still got a few more hours to save Christmas.
Come on, guys, it's time to catch that snowman.
[instrumental music]
The tracks end right here at this snowdrift.
- Hmm. - Run!
[growling]
[intense music]
Quick, in here.
- Yikes! - Yikes!
[growling]
Sorry, man. Like, occupied.
(all) Whoa!
[instrumental music]
(Scooby) 'Ro ro ro!'
Wow, Santa!
crash
I called the professor, and he's on his way.
- Like, who is this guy again? - Professor Higginson?
Why, he wrote the book on Winter Hollow's ghost.
Works up at that college in Mill's Corner.
knock knock
Well, Asa, it looks like you got your way after all.
Ah, check us in. Can't stay in a freezing cold house.
Now, don't be that way, Mortimer.
You know at Christmas time it's safer for everyone
to move in here for a while.
Can we celebrate you-know-what here?
We'll sure try, son. Asa, the key?
Seems like half the town's moved in
since that headless horror showed up.
Asa's business is booming. I wonder..
Asa, where is it?
Where's the headless snowman?
Take me there immediately.
Ah, Professor Higginson, these are the kids I told you about.
Thanks for coming so quickly, professor.
Well, it's not that far to Mill's Corners university.
Besides, I'd travel hundreds of miles
to see the actual ghost of Blackjack Brody.
- Like, who? - Blackjack Brody.
Legend has it he's the headless snowman.
That's right, but the legend of the headless snowman
really starts Christmas Eve 1823
'when this man, Seamus Fagan, rode into Winter Hollow.'
'He had immigrated from the old country with a fortune in gold.'
Sadly, Seamus Fagan wasn't the only one
on that desolate road
for Blackjack Brody, the infamous highwayman
was laying in wait to rob any helpless wayward traveler.
(Daphne) Did he get away with it?
(Higginson) He got away with the gold, but he didn't exactly get away.
The villagers formed a posse.
For days they searched
every nook and cranny of Winter Hollow.
(Fred) Did they ever catch him?
(Higginson) No, it was the blizzard
that caught Blackjack Brody.
[intense music]
When they dug him out of that snowman
he was completely covered in chimney soot.
(Fred) Wow. What happened to the gold?
(Higginson) 'Never found.'
Legend has it that Blackjack Brody yearns for it still.
His ghost forever trapped in that frozen tomb of a snowman.
It's more than a legend.
That frosty freak just demolished
most of little Tommy's house.
Of course! One of the original Winter Hollow homes!
That's the oldest house in town. Except maybe Jeb's.
Well, I must check out Tommy's house right away.
[instrumental music]
Ha ha ha! It must be Christmas.
I thought for sure we'd have to go with him.
Yeah. He he he!
Don't worry, Shaggy.
We're not spending Christmas Eve
in a spooky old house
where a ghost just appeared.
- Oh! - Phew!
We're spending Christmas Eve in a spooky old house
where a ghost is going to appear.
Old Jeb's house. How's that sound?
- Like, ho ho horrible! - Hello, Jeb?
Huh? Looks like nobody's home.
He couldn't have gone far. His fire's still burning.
Let's write him that note, Freddy.
Uh, what note is that, Velma?
That he's in danger.
How we discovered that the headless snowman
is targeting the oldest houses in town, and..
Hey, who turned out the lights?
swoosh
- Jeepers. - J-j-jinkies, s-s-so cold.
[bell chimes]
[both whimpering]
Zoinks!
[intense music]
[growling]
thud
[growling]
Ah-ah-ah-ah..
[sneezes]
Gesundheit.
♪ Santa Claus Santa Claus ♪
♪ One gift's enough for all of us ♪
♪ Santa Claus Santa Claus ♪
♪ One gift's enough for all of us ♪
♪ We don't need any shiny new thing ♪
♪ When we hear your sleigh bells ring ♪
♪ Slide down that chimney and we'll tell you ♪
♪ Everything ♪
♪ Santa Claus Santa Claus ♪
♪ One gift's enough for all of us ♪
♪ Santa Claus Santa Claus ♪
♪ One gift's enough for all of us ♪
♪ You make a list so check it out twice ♪
♪ Bring only one gift tonight ♪
♪ Bring peace on earth for everyone ♪
♪ Everywhere ♪
♪ Santa Claus Santa Claus ♪
♪ One gift's enough for all of us ♪
♪ Santa Claus Santa Claus ♪♪
Hey, Scoob, looks like we lost him.
[ice cracking] Huh?
Rhaggy.
[whimpers]
Rikes! Cold!
[both whimpering]
Yeah, and I don't even like taking a bath
when the water's hot.
[intense music]
[instrumental music]
Shaggy! Scooby!
Fred, watch out for those icebergs.
[instrumental music]
It's Shaggy and Scooby.
What happened?
You were a human popsicle.
We need to get you two back to the inn
for a nice cozy hot cocoa.
What about the headless snowman?
Hah, let him get his own cocoa.
[intense music]
Sheriff Perkins.
What are you doing way out here?
I heard there was some commotion with that headless snowman.
I found suspicious footprints
leading from Jeb's place and followed them.
If I see any trace of that monster
you'll be the first to know.
That's okay, you can put us farther down on the list.
After, say, the highway patrol. Ha ha, and the US Marines.
You know, this isn't the first time the sheriff's shown up
right after the snowman's made an appearance.
(Fred) 'But how about Asa?'
The more chimneys that fall, the better his inn seems to do.
And that Jeb guy sure wants all visitors out of his town.
Look, here's the professor's book.
"Local Legends of New England
by William Fagan Higginson PhD."
Fagan. Hmm.
That name seems to be popular around these parts.
Find the chapter about the headless snowman.
Let's see. It says that Blackjack Brody was laid
to rest in the Winter Hollow cemetery. Let's split up.
Velma and Daphne, you'll come along with me.
Shaggy and Scooby, you two have been through enough tonight.
You should just stay here and keep warm.
Like, Fred, ha ha ha
that's the best split up suggestion you've ever had!
[instrumental music]
Oh-h-h. Now this is more like it. Huh?
swoosh
Hey, the fire's gone out.
Well, we don't have to worry about the headless snowman
unless... the room gets very c-c-cold.
Zoinks!
[intense music]
[screaming]
thud
crash
- Huh? - Huh?
[growling]
Whoa!
[music continues]
Oh!
[growling]
Whoa!
splosh
[snowman growling]
(Fred) Okay, everything's in place.
This year summer comes early here to Winter Hollow.
Now all we need is Shaggy and Scooby to lure him here.
(Shaggy) 'Yikes!'
[growling]
Now that's what I call teamwork.
Come on, girls, it's show time!
[growling]
Now!
click
[growling]
I'm melting!
Oh, what a world!
And the headless snowman is really..
- Huh? - Nobody? Wait.
[instrumental music]
- Professor Higginson? - Professor Higginson?
Professor, the time has come for your lecture.
(Higginson) 'So, when I did research on the town law'
I learned that the highwayman
Blackjack Brody robbed a man in 1823
and concealed the gold before they found him.
Blackjack Brody hid the stolen gold in a chimney.
That's why he was covered in soot.
Well, that gold is rightfully mine!
Why? Are you a descendant of Blackjack Brody?
No, he's William Fagan Higginson
a descendant of the man Blackjack robbed, Seamus Fagan.
It's true.
Brody robbed my great-grandfather
and Christmas was ruined for my family ever since.
The professor used the legend of the headless snowman
to cover his search of people's chimneys.
Because his disguise was made of snow
'he had to refrigerate every home he broke into.'
[instrumental music]
It was all for nothing.
I wanted my great-grandfather's gold
but all I found were bricks.
Wait a second! Gold. Bricks.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Let's go!
With a little elbow grease..
[instrumental music]
(Shaggy) 'Like, wow! Real gold!'
They're all gold!
Well, bust my buttons.
So Blackjack Brody hid the gold bullion bricks in the chimney.
So, the gold slips through my fingers once again.
And I suppose I'll have to go to jail
for all the trouble I caused.
Just another reason for me to hate Christmas.
I think it's sad what happened to the professor's family.
Since it's Christmas, can't we just forgive him?
Like anyone in Winter Hollow's going to forgive me.
Well, I forgive you.
After all I've done?
You're giving me a present?
Like, isn't that what Christmas is all about?
I think we all lost sight of that.
Well, professor, this was your family's gold.
Yeah, I reckon it's rightfully yours now.
What? Mine?
Well, maybe it is, but now it's my turn to give.
This gold belongs to the whole town!
- You don't have to do that. - But I want to.
I'm so sorry I ruined your homes and your holiday.
There's enough here for everybody!
Now that's what I call the spirit of Christmas.
Here's to professor Higginson, the richest man in town!
[instrumental music]
Ah.
[instrumental music]
Look!
(Tommy) Hey, it's a merry Christmas after all!
Merry Christmas, Tommy.
Merry Christmas, everybody!
Like, there's only one thing missing.
♪ No more sadness and no one's fighting ♪
♪ And everything is okay.. ♪
I was gonna say presents, but that's pretty good too.
♪ Sleigh bells ringing and carolers singing ♪
♪ And Santa is on his way ♪
♪ It's a merry Christmas a merry Christmas day ♪
♪ It's a merry Christmas ♪
♪ A merry Christmas day ♪♪
Scooby Dooby-Doo!
♪ Be doo be doo ♪♪
♪ Santa Claus Santa Claus
♪ One gift's enough for all of us ♪
♪ Don't need no Christmas tree ♪
♪ Don't need no silent night ♪
♪ Wanna hear the angels singing ♪
♪ Peace on earth ♪
♪ Everywhere tonight ♪
♪ And peace on earth ♪
♪ Everywhere tonight ♪
♪ Oh Santa Claus Santa Claus ♪
♪ One gift's enough for all of us ♪