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CAST
Reader -
Elves:
--1 Scooter- bossy
--2 Twinkle – cutsey
--3 Quigley- nerdy
--4 Snicker - sarcastic
Santa -
Rudolph -
Reindeer 1 –
Reindeer 2 –
Reindeer 3 –
Sleepy Child (Duplicator FX)-
Excited Child (Duplicator FX)-
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READER- It was one day before Christmas, and in Santa’s Shop,
The elves were exhausted,
They were ready to drop.
All year they’d been working using every tool,
They’d been
1 SCOOTER- Hammering!
READER- And
2 TWINKLE- Painting!
READER- And
3 QUIGLEY- Sitting on my Stool!
4 SNICKER- A stool is not a tool!
1, 2, 4- Fool!
READER- So even though their responsibilities they never had shirked,
The Boss of the Elves yelled:
1-SCOOTER- Get back to work!
2-TWINKLE- But we’re done! Here it is: the last present! (holds up toy)
3-QUIGLEY- (reading from notepad)
364 days, 14 hours and 24 seconds!
4-SNICKER- We’re done! We’re done! It’s time to have fun!
ELVES 1,2,3,4- (sing to tune of
Beachboys' "Fun Fun Fun")
And we’ll have fun fun fun
When Santa takes the presents away...!
And we’ll have fun fun fun
When Santa takes the presents away...!
SANTA-(ENTERING) Ho ho ho!
Good work elves!
You have every reason
to be proud of yourselves.
(reads from checklist) Scooter!
1-SCOOTER- Yes sir!
SANTA- Have you wrapped all the presents?
1-SCOOTER- All except for these, and I’ll wrap them right now!
SANTA- Good work! ... Twinkle!
2-TWINKLE- Yes sir!
SANTA- Did you carry all the presents to the loading dock?
2-TWINKLE- I sure did! I put them in plastic garbage bags so they wouldn’t get wet!
SANTA- Very smart! Good work! ... Quigley!
(Quigley does not answer, is doing math on a notepad.)
EVERYONE- QUIGLEY!
3-QUIGLEY- (jumps-startled) Eeek! Where’s Quigley? Oh! I’m Quigley. Yes, Santa?
SANTA- Did you hitch up the reindeer and park the sleigh at the loading dock?
3-QUIGLEY- (squirms embarrassed)
Umm, .... not yet....
SANTA- Why not?
3-QUIGLEY- I was working on my invention! (Proudly pulls cloth off Duplicator and reads its label) This is the Amazing Duplicato-matic!
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SANTA- That’s a good elf. Snicker!
4-SNICKER- Yes, Sir!
SANTA- Did you take out the recyclables? The recycle truck comes today.
4-SNICKER- I couldn’t! The loading dock was full of presents.
SANTA- ... The loading dock....
EVERYONE- The loading dock. Uh-oh.
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READER
Yes, the recycle truck took those bags for a ride,
How could anyone tell there were presents inside?
Yes, those presents that took a whole year to make,
Took the recycle truck just 2 minutes to take,
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RUDOLPH and all REINDEER ENTER excited)
RUDOLPH- Santa Santa! The reindeer are ready! Ready to go!
REINDEER- Thru the ice, sleet and snow!
Reindeer are ready! Ready to GO!
GO GO GO, GO GO GO!
ELVES (moan)
SANTA- I’m sorry, Rudolph. The presents have been lost. I’m afraid we’ll have to CANCEL CHRISTMAS!
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3-QUIGLEY- Santa. I have a solution.
SANTA- What?
3-QUIGLEY- My duplicator! I can make MORE toys!
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REINDEER- Cocoa is ready! Ready to drink!
Drink drink drink, drink, drink, drink!
(RUDOLPH hands cups to fighting Twinkle and Snicker and the cups splash the Duplicator.
The Duplicator bounces.
LIGHTS FLICKER/ SOUND FX.)
SANTA- OH NO! Electrical short circuit! Everyone hit the deck!
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(While ELVES & SANTA comfort Quigley...)
REINDEER 1- Why did Quigley's invention
REINDEER 2- make all that smoke and noise?
RUDOLPH- Maybe it just,
REINDEER 3- ran out of toys!
REINDEER- MORE TOYS!!!
(REINDEER carry box of toys and dump it in duplicator.
The Duplicator bounces.
Flashing lights. Sound FX.
EVERYONE Screams and PANICS.)
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(Curtain opens: Christmas tree with presents in a home, Christmas morning.)
READER Christmas morning.
How time flies.
As kids the world over
were opening their eyes,
Under their trees was a big surprise...
(EXCITED KID ENTERS pulling SLEEPY KID.)
EXCITED Wake up! It’s Christmas!
SLEEPY What?
EXCITED Look presents!
SLEEPY What time is it?
EXCITED Open the presents! (hands Sleepy a present)
(Both open a present and pull out a very weird toy. Look at it with amazed horror, look at each other, look at the presents, then big smiles. Open another present- also a weird present.)
SLEEPY Wow!
EXCITED This is the best Christmas ever!
SLEEPY Open another!
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(CURTAIN OPENS- SANTA’S WORKSHOP, no toys. Elves and Santa sit looking exhausted and sad.)
READER
While back at the reindeer ranch,
There was no happy noise,
As Elves and Santa,
Thought of those sad girls and boys.
And though the addition of reindeer, can make anything worse,
Sometimes the addition of reindeer, can be like lifting a curse.
REINDEER (ENTERING with emails) Santa!
SANTA What is it now?
REINDEER Email!
SANTA Oh no! From lawyers??
RUDOLPH No! From children! Read them!
SANTA (READING)
Dear Santa,
Thank you for the Tyrannosaurus ballerina doll. I love her best of all my toys.
Love, Christianne.
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SANTA- I never thought I'd say it , but Quigley--
ELVES & SANTA- You saved Christmas!
3-QUIGLEY- Don’t forget the reindeer!
SANTA Good work, Reindeer!
ELVES- Yay! Reindeer!
REINDEER Reindeer are ready! Ready to Go!
Go go go, Go go go!
(CURTAIN CLOSES.)
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Dear Santa,
Thank you for the Tyrannosaurus ballerina doll.
I love her best of all my toys.
Love Christianne.
Dear Santa,
Thank you for the three headed Ninja mermaid vampire. I am going to be good every day all year so you will give me another great present next year.
Love Myles.
Props: Big box Duplicator Machine
Sound FX & Light Flickering for Duplicator
3 paint buckets and 1 brush
work table
Christmas Tree
Fake Presents
Toys, including 4 identical soft toys