Gifted Christmas

Gifted Christmas© Theme: The gifts of Christmas Cast: Six puppets, any combination of male or female Can also be done...

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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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