Cast

PATIENT - Resident of a nursing home (male)

HOMEMAKER - Food-happy matron (female)

SHOPPER - Wealthy, materialistic socialite (female)

SPORTSMAN - Young ski enthusiast (male)

MERCHANT - Toy store owner (male)

TRADITIONALIST - Sentimental Swedish-American grandma (female)

CORPORATION MAN - Heavy-drinking party-goer (male)

*CHILD - Greedy little girl (female)

WORKING WIFE - Frazzled victim of the Christmas rush (female)

*May be read, in character, by an adult.

Presentation time: about half an hour

Using irony and humor, this work is designed to reveal the realities of Christmas - both the detrimental and the divine. This is not a play with scenery and characters who speak to one another. Cast members address visualized listeners as if no interruptions from other characters or changes of subject occ…