Cast
Storyteller 1
Storyteller 2
Snuffy Pete
Mr. Cabot
Waitress
Nurse (Waitress and Nurse could be played by the same actor)

(The Storytellers are seated at stage left and stage right. In the center of the stage are two small benches. Mr. Cabot, Waitress, and Nurse sit upstage, facing away from the audience until they "enter." Snuffy Pete is seated on the right bench, with stomach extended, looking stuffed and uncomfortable)

Storyteller 1: Snuffy Pete took his seat on the second bench as you enter Union Station from the east. Every Christmas Day, for nine years, he had taken his seat there promptly at one o'clock. Every time he had done so, things had happened to him -

Snuffy: Charles Dickensy things -

Storyteller 1: Things that swelled his waistcoat above his heart.

Storyteller 2: Bu…