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Santa and his sleigh are stranded on a beach somewhere in Florida in inch-deep sand, his reindeer having flown back to the North Pole to cool off. Several kids (including [[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer|Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn]]) try to help him out with a variety of farm animals (and a guy dressed in a gorilla suit!), but to no avail. Just when all hope is given up, Santa is reminded of the story of ''[[Thumbelina]]'', where the film sidetracks us to said plot. The eponymous Ice Cream Bunny doesn't show up to help Santa until the very end, where the two drive off in his old fire truck.
Did we mention that the ''Thumbelina'' segment is actually an entirely different film, complete with
The ''Thumbelina'' segment was shot at the long-defunct [[w:Pirates World|Pirates World theme park]] in Florida in 1970, and stars Shay Garner as the title character. It is a re-telling of said story done in the style of a museum exhibit, complete with models of the sets. [[Nested Story|So, that makes the theme park itself a Framing Device, too!]]
Oddly enough, depending on where the film was shown, certain prints substituted the story of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' for ''Thumbelina'', also shot at Pirates World, with Mitchell Poulos as the boy hero. This was no improvement, especially as the Giant (Renato Boracherro) offered such lines as, "Wife, bring me my creepy-crawlies! Mmmm-mmmmmm!".
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* [[The Danza]]: All of the child actors are called by their real first name.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: The Ice Cream Bunny and his fire truck. Though, that doesn't explain how Santa can return to the North Pole...
** It's strongly implied that the Bunny ''drives'' Santa to the North Pole on the fire truck. Santa's sled teleports back to the North Pole as a
* [[Framing Device]]: The whole bit with Santa was just one of these for ''Thumbelina'', along with the theme park for said segment.
* [[Looping Lines]]: The entire thing was shot without sound, so all of it was dubbed in post-production.
* [[Mondegreen]]: Santa calling out "Kim!" is often misheard as "Kid!"
* [[Nested Story]]: The ''Thumbelina'' short...which even has its own ''credits''.
* [[No Ending]]: The film doesn't end. It just sort of stops.
* [[Only in Florida]]: Where else could a film like this be made? Or take place?
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* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: The Ice Cream Bunny supplies no ice cream whatsoever.
* [[Product Placement]]: For Pirates World theme park. The internal evidence suggests this film was created to double-dip off pre-existing movies previously funded by the park's owners for the kiddie matinée circuit.
** If you sense desperation, it's because Disney opened
* [[Public Domain Character]]: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, who serve no purpose to the plot other than extra [[Padding]]. It also stars [[Santa Claus]] who gets stuck in Florida.
* [[Stock Footage]]: One of the elves peers outside the workshop to view a clip of some reindeer on a [[They Just Didn't Care|''green'' landscape of the North Pole]].
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