Gifted Christmas© Theme:
The gifts of Christmas
Cast:
Six puppets, any combination of male or female Can also be done as a standard drama
No special set, props, lighting or sound Run-time:
7 minutes
Script: Amy and Belinda are on stage Amy:
So the guy in the pink trunks he says, “Welcome to December!”
Amy and Belinda laughing uproariously Belinda:
Welcome to December! Wow, now there’s a knee slapper for ya!
Trudy peeks around the corner Amy:
What for you sneakin’ around here Trudy?
Trudy:
Oh, hi, just checking to see if he was here.
Belinda:
He? There’s no he’s here, who might be the he whom you seek?
Trudy:
Not seeking, trying to avoid actually.
Amy:
And that would be . . .?
Trudy, annoyed:
Hollis Henderson, that’s who!
Hollis comes on stage Hollis:
Hey guys, how’s things?
Trudy:
Errr, uh, hey Hollis, doin’ good mostly, just hangin’ out mostly. Just leavin’ quickly, actually.
Hollis:
Funny thing, every time I show up people seem to be leaving in a big hurry.
Trudy:
No way, you mean it looks that way to you as if I . . . well, see ya guys!
Hollis:
Fact is I came to talk to you about Christmas gifts I bought for all of you.
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Trudy:
So, catch you guys maybe later on after I have . . . . (double take, looks at Hollis), you mean, like Christmas gifts for, like, me?
Hollis:
Dear lady, I do believe you are gonna like your present I mean, matches your eyes and all.
Trudy:
My gift . . . oh my eyes, . . . oh my, Hollis . . . .
Belinda:
I was out all day shopping for Christmas presents, whew, big job that!
Amy:
Me too, I had this awful time finding a present for my little brother Harold. Nothing seemed just right.
Trudy:
I know what you mean, nothing quite good enough huh?
Amy:
Actually nothing quite cheap enough.
Belinda:
What matter the price when it is for your beloved brother?
Amy right up in Belinda’s face Amy:
My guess would be you have never met my weird brother Harold.
Hollis is marching off the width of the puppet stage, looking up, looking down, thinking Trudy:
Mind cluein’ us in on exactly what you might be doin’ Hollis?
Hollis, deep in thought:
Huh, me, oh sorry, was just measurin’ up the doors here.
Trudy:
What for you maybe want to measure up the doors for, Hollis?
Hollis:
Well, see, I have been out buyin’ Christmas presents for you guys, just checkin’ to see if they will come through the doors is all.
Hollis continues to measure doors Hollis:
Listen, I will be back later. First I gotta check those gifts again, a bit worried I might have to downsize some.
Hollis leaves Trudy:
That Hollis, he sure is some swell guy huh?
Belinda:
What you talkin’ about Trudy? Not a minute ago you were sayin’ how Hollis Henderson was the biggest pain this side of . . . forever, actually.
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Amy:
Instant change of opinion huh, Trudy?
Trudy:
Well, perhaps I was a tad harsh on poor Hollis, I mean, after all, he did go and buy me a big gift! And he bought a big gift for you guys too!
Belinda:
This is embarrassing! I mean, I bought Hollis a whistle. . . actually I didn’t exactly buy it, it came in a box of Dreadful Dinosaurs Cereal. I was going to throw it away then I thought why not give it to Hopeless Hollis.
Trudy:
What did you get Hollis for Christmas Amy?
Amy:
Remember the present you got for mean ol’ Sarah Sanderson last year?
Trudy, confused: Amy:
But I didn’t get anything for Sarah Sanderson last year.
Exactly! I got the same present for Hollis this year.
Nick and Laura come on stage angry Nick:
That guy is sooooo mean!
Laura:
Is so! Why would he say things like that and hurt people’s feelings?
Nick:
Well, I know one thing! I will never speak to Hollis Henderson again!
Laura:
Me either!
Trudy:
Hey, what’s wrong guys, you know Nick, Laura, you really shouldn’t be talking about Hollis that way, it being Christmas and all. Besides, Hollis is bringing us a huge . . .
Nick:
Don’t tell me! Hollis is bringing you a huge Christmas present right?
Laura:
Let me guess . . . Likely too big to go through the door, huh?
Trudy:
Well, yes, kinda, like how did you know?
Laura:
That turkey has been using the same story with kids all over town.
Nick:
Then when kids get him a Christmas present he takes the present and says that his present to you is a huge world full of Christmas wishes.
Trudy:
You mean, like no real Christmas gift?
Amy:
Like no present under the tree?
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Belinda:
Or on the tree?
Trudy:
That Hollis Henderson! Next time I lay eyes on him I am gonna teach him some kind of lesson!
Belinda:
Who would have thought even Hollis could be that mean? That does it! No way I am gonna give that pitiful whistle to Hollis for Christmas! I’m gonna go and throw that whistle away rather than give it to that mean Hollis Henderson.
Amy:
All of a sudden I wish I was going to give Hollis a present so I could decide not to give him what I wasn’t going to give him!
Belinda:
Some Christmas this is gonna be, all thanks to Hollis Henderson! I’m goin’ home!
Amy:
Wait up Belinda, I coming too! Some Christmas indeed!
Amy and Belinda go off stage Nick:
What about you Trudy, I ‘spose your Christmas is ruined too because of what Hollis did?
Trudy:
Well, I am upset with Hollis, I mean that was a really rotten thing for him to do, but Christmas isn’t about Hollis Henderson, Christmas is about Jesus.
Laura:
About Jesus?
Trudy:
Yep. I mean the only real reason for Christmas is celebrating Jesus’ birth.
Nick:
So you mean you never even think about the gifts at all?
Trudy:
‘Course I do, I like gifts same as the next guy, but gifts are just a small part of Christmas.
Laura:
Guess the first Christmas gifts were gifts to the Baby in the manger, weren’t they?
Nick:
You mean the gifts the wise men brought? Let’s see, it was gold, Frankenstein and fur?
Trudy:
That would likely be gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Nick:
Or that.
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Laura:
You know, when you think of it, the real gift of Christmas is Jesus coming to earth.
Trudy:
I think you are onto something there, Laura, and that’s a gift we can be thankful for every Christmas.
Nick:
Actually every day of the year.
Laura, to the audience:
Hey you guys out there! We have a Christmas gift for you!
Nick:
Jesus is born!
Laura:
He has come for you.
Trudy:
Especially for you!
Nick:
Amazing, isn’t it? He came to earth over two thousand years ago.
Trudy:
But He came especially for us, right here, right now!
Laura:
God’s gift is Jesus.
Trudy:
And the gift is for you!
all off stage
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