Since the special looks as if it were set some time in the past, maybe this incident is what led Santa to start making his "naughty or nice" lists to prevent this from happening again in the future...
Not so much horror, but when Albert confessed to trespassing and damaging the clock tower on Christmas Eve, you'd think Father Mouse could have roared "You mean you are responsible for damaging the clock, ruining the Clockmaker's business, impoverishing both his family and ours and cheating the town out of its one chance to curry Santa's favor and you are only coming clean NOW?!"
No wonder Albert waited so long to come clean. That's probably exactly the reaction he was expecting.
I'm more worried that Albert had to go off alone to fix the clock. It's nearly midnight on Christmas Eve, you want to send your child outside by himself to a clock tower? Won't it be cold, scary, and possibly dangerous to be up so high? Plus the ringing of the bells could damage Albert's ears (we see how loud it is when the camera pans back to him during the song). Father Mouse works on clocks for a living, you'd think he offer better advice than simply "Good luck." You know, like help his son with repairs, or simply do it himself.
I think if Father Mouse had known how to fix it himself, he would have already done it. It's implied that Albert is a university student (or the mouse equivalent) and has more of the necessary knowledge and resources. Why he didn't go along to help, though, is a different question.
We actually never see Father Mouse working on a clock, for that matter. The only time he's shown doing any work in Trundle's clock shop, he's merely polishing one of the clocks. He might not really know anything about the mechanics.
Also possible he knows the mechanics, but *Can't* work on them - likely because he doesn't have the required manual dexterity for more precision work.
