SUBJECT: Homeless, True meaning of Christmas

CHARACTERS: Detective, Clyde, his partner, Homeless

people carrying plates of food (optional) 

PROPS: Trenchcoat and hat for Detective, Magnifying glass

for Clyde (optional), Plates and food for homeless people (optional) 

SETTING: Detective''s office 

Detective: "We were hired to do a job, see, but my

partner and me weren''t having much luck.  In all my years in this stinkin''

racket, this was the toughest cookie we ever had to crack.  See, a dame walks

in, Florence Nightingale type, and wants to hire us for a hunt and peck job. 

That means she wants us to look for something.  Won''t come right out and tell

us what it is, so I get squinty-eyed at her.  Finally, she spills it.  She

wants us to find the true meaning of Christmas.  Has something to do with…