The Christmas Gift by Sage
Jessa: (very whiny) Moooom….. Why don’t they ever play any good Christmas
carols? (Pulls off head phones) I want to hear Silver Bells or Deck the Halls!
I am sick and tired of listening to Jesus songs! (sighs)
Mom: Sweetie, Jesus is the Reason for the Season! Why would you say that?
Jessa: Yeah, I know, but you would think they could play a decent song once in a while!
Mom: <sighs>
Jessa: And Christmas lights? Why doesn’t anyone use pretty ones anymore? The white icicle ones! All I ever see are those hideous colored ones!
Mom: Jessa, why don’t you start being grateful for what you have? (Looking through mail and Jessa snatches a magazine from her)
Jessa: (opens magazine) Hey! Look at this! I want this for Christmas. It’s this cute sweater. Look, Mom! It’s only $59.99! It’s 20 dollars off!
Mom: And that is a good deal?!?!
Jessa: Well… Maybe not. What about this one? It’s only $49.99!
Mom: Sorry, Jessa. I’m not going to spent 50 or 60 dollars on a sweater that I could get for 20 online.
Jessa: Christmas is only 2 days away! Nothing comes in the mail this quick!
Mom: Well you better get that right out of your head then.
Jessa: You’re so mean! I can’t believe you! Christmas is all about presents!
Mom: While I’m being mean, I suppose I might as well tell you I signed us up to volunteer at the Soup Kitchen.
Jessa: YOU WHAT? ON CHRISTMAS???
Everyone freezes
<Christmas Tree and Presents Brought out by scene changers>
Mom: Sweetie, Jesus is the Reason for the Season! Why would you say that?
Jessa: Yeah, I know, but you would think they could play a decent song once in a while!
Mom: <sighs>
Jessa: And Christmas lights? Why doesn’t anyone use pretty ones anymore? The white icicle ones! All I ever see are those hideous colored ones!
Mom: Jessa, why don’t you start being grateful for what you have? (Looking through mail and Jessa snatches a magazine from her)
Jessa: (opens magazine) Hey! Look at this! I want this for Christmas. It’s this cute sweater. Look, Mom! It’s only $59.99! It’s 20 dollars off!
Mom: And that is a good deal?!?!
Jessa: Well… Maybe not. What about this one? It’s only $49.99!
Mom: Sorry, Jessa. I’m not going to spent 50 or 60 dollars on a sweater that I could get for 20 online.
Jessa: Christmas is only 2 days away! Nothing comes in the mail this quick!
Mom: Well you better get that right out of your head then.
Jessa: You’re so mean! I can’t believe you! Christmas is all about presents!
Mom: While I’m being mean, I suppose I might as well tell you I signed us up to volunteer at the Soup Kitchen.
Jessa: YOU WHAT? ON CHRISTMAS???
Everyone freezes
<Christmas Tree and Presents Brought out by scene changers>
Narrator: Jessa appears to have some problems. What do you
think?
Mom: Merry Christmas, Jessa!
Jessa; Merry Christmas, Mom!
Mom: Let’s open your presents so we can head over to the Soup Kitchen.
Jessa: <groans> You’re still making me go?
Mom: I signed you up, and you will be going!
<Everyone freezes. Scene Changers bring out 2 tables and fold up chairs as well as a pots/ bowls set on the side>
Narrator: Jessa is in for a big change. She just doesn’t know it yet.
(Mrs. Pattington and Bethany enter. Homeless (Luke, Jo/Joe, Bay, and Sophie) enter and sit down)
Mrs. Pattington: Hello, Mrs. Benton, Jessa. This is Bethany. She is also helping us today.
Mom: Hi, Mrs. Pattington. Nice to meet you, Bethany! This is my daughter, Jessa. She looks about your age.
Mrs. Pattington: Bethany, why don’t you show Jessa around? You’ve helped here enough to know your way around.
Bethany: Sure thing, Mrs. Paddington! Come on, Jessa. I’ll introduce you to some of the people who have come here for Christmas Dinner.
Jessa: (Laughs) So did your Mom make you come too?
Bethany: (shocked) Of course not! I want to help. These people do not have anyone else who cares about them! (More gently) They can’t have their own feast. Most of them don’t even have anywhere to live, let alone money to get themselves something to eat!
Jessa: Well, if they would quite being so lazy and get a JOB maybe they wouldn’t have to eat here!
Bethany: Come here a minute. I want to introduce you to someone. (Walks over to Luke)
Bethany: Hello, Luke. This is Jessa. She is here to help today. She is having a hard time understanding why you can’t get a job. Would you care to explain?
Luke: I don’t mind. Employers do not want homeless people working for them. They think that we will steal from them and skip shifts. They rarely hire someone who can’t provide an address. I want a job, and I have been trying and trying, but no one will give me a chance!
Jessa: (looks confused) But… That’s so dumb! You’re capable of working!
Bethany: I want you to meet another person, okay?
Jessa: Umm… Alright.
Bethany: (Walks over to Sophie) Hello, Sophie.
Sophie: (Barely moves) Hi
Bethany: Sophie has schizophrenia. She lives with special care at the Mission.
Jessa: But, doesn’t she have any family?
Bethany: Not that care about her. She is all alone. Her family ignores her because she is so different.
Most of them wish she wasn’t a part of their family. No one ever visits her.
We’ll see you later, okay Sophie?
Jessa: Who is that? (Points to Bay)
Bethany: That is Bay. She was disowned by her family. She came to us about 2 weeks ago.
Jessa: Her family kicked her out 2 weeks before Christmas???
Bethany: Makes you mad, huh?
Jessa: (silent)
Bethany: Hey Bay! Come here a sec!
Bay: (approaches) Hey! What’s up, Bethany?
Bethany: This is Jessa. She is helping out today.
Bay: Nice to meet ya, Jessa.
Jessa: What did you do?
Bethany: Uh.. Sorry. She doesn’t understand why people are here. I told her that you were disowned. I hope you don’t mind.
Bay: Of course not. My mom was sick of me, and to be perfectly frank, I like it here better. At least there aren’t any drugs.
Jessa: Drugs?
Bay: Both of my parents are into them. My parents. I guess they were sick of Goody Two Shoes living with them. One night they tried to force me to use, and I refused. They told my I wasn’t part of their family and told me to get out of here.
Jessa: But, can’t the cops do anything?
Bay: Not without a warrant.
Jessa: That’s not right!
Bay: Right or not, it’s true.
Bethany: See ya later, Bay.
Bay: See ya!
Bethany: And of course, there are some people who take advantage of our program here. Joe is one such example. He is not grateful for anything. He pretty much lives off of welfare and does not try to get a job. We do our best to help him, but we don’t let him get super comfortable. He is what most people think of when you hear, “Homeless.”
Joe: (Walks up) When do we eat? You sure aren’t very efficient! I am HUNGRY! Don’t you care?
Bethany: It’s cooking Joe. About an hour.
Joe: AN HOUR! Don’t you care that I haven’t eaten yet?
Bethany: Why didn’t you come to breakfast?
Joe: I was sleeping.
Bethany: (gives Jessa ‘that look’) Come on, Jessa. Let’s go see if they need any help in the kitchen. (Joe walks away & Jessa and Bethany walk to the center)
What do you think?
Jessa: I.. I didn’t know that there were people like Sophie, Bay, and Luke. I thought everyone was like Joe!
Mrs. Paddington: (off stage) Bethany! Help! I just spilled water all over the floor in here!
Bethany: Uh-oh. Let’s go.
Jessa: Um. I’ll be there in a sec. Okay?
Bethany: Alright.
Jessa: Dear Lord. Thank you so much for showing me how wrong I was about those less fortunate than me. Please help me to be content with what You gave me, and to help those who have not been so richly blessed. Thanks again, Lord, for Your Son, and His Gift. Please help me to spread the Good News, and to spread the gifts you give around. Thanks for reminding me of the True Meaning of Christmas! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
Now, let’s go clean up that mess! (Exits)
The End
Mom: Merry Christmas, Jessa!
Jessa; Merry Christmas, Mom!
Mom: Let’s open your presents so we can head over to the Soup Kitchen.
Jessa: <groans> You’re still making me go?
Mom: I signed you up, and you will be going!
<Everyone freezes. Scene Changers bring out 2 tables and fold up chairs as well as a pots/ bowls set on the side>
Narrator: Jessa is in for a big change. She just doesn’t know it yet.
(Mrs. Pattington and Bethany enter. Homeless (Luke, Jo/Joe, Bay, and Sophie) enter and sit down)
Mrs. Pattington: Hello, Mrs. Benton, Jessa. This is Bethany. She is also helping us today.
Mom: Hi, Mrs. Pattington. Nice to meet you, Bethany! This is my daughter, Jessa. She looks about your age.
Mrs. Pattington: Bethany, why don’t you show Jessa around? You’ve helped here enough to know your way around.
Bethany: Sure thing, Mrs. Paddington! Come on, Jessa. I’ll introduce you to some of the people who have come here for Christmas Dinner.
Jessa: (Laughs) So did your Mom make you come too?
Bethany: (shocked) Of course not! I want to help. These people do not have anyone else who cares about them! (More gently) They can’t have their own feast. Most of them don’t even have anywhere to live, let alone money to get themselves something to eat!
Jessa: Well, if they would quite being so lazy and get a JOB maybe they wouldn’t have to eat here!
Bethany: Come here a minute. I want to introduce you to someone. (Walks over to Luke)
Bethany: Hello, Luke. This is Jessa. She is here to help today. She is having a hard time understanding why you can’t get a job. Would you care to explain?
Luke: I don’t mind. Employers do not want homeless people working for them. They think that we will steal from them and skip shifts. They rarely hire someone who can’t provide an address. I want a job, and I have been trying and trying, but no one will give me a chance!
Jessa: (looks confused) But… That’s so dumb! You’re capable of working!
Bethany: I want you to meet another person, okay?
Jessa: Umm… Alright.
Bethany: (Walks over to Sophie) Hello, Sophie.
Sophie: (Barely moves) Hi
Bethany: Sophie has schizophrenia. She lives with special care at the Mission.
Jessa: But, doesn’t she have any family?
Bethany: Not that care about her. She is all alone. Her family ignores her because she is so different.
Most of them wish she wasn’t a part of their family. No one ever visits her.
We’ll see you later, okay Sophie?
Jessa: Who is that? (Points to Bay)
Bethany: That is Bay. She was disowned by her family. She came to us about 2 weeks ago.
Jessa: Her family kicked her out 2 weeks before Christmas???
Bethany: Makes you mad, huh?
Jessa: (silent)
Bethany: Hey Bay! Come here a sec!
Bay: (approaches) Hey! What’s up, Bethany?
Bethany: This is Jessa. She is helping out today.
Bay: Nice to meet ya, Jessa.
Jessa: What did you do?
Bethany: Uh.. Sorry. She doesn’t understand why people are here. I told her that you were disowned. I hope you don’t mind.
Bay: Of course not. My mom was sick of me, and to be perfectly frank, I like it here better. At least there aren’t any drugs.
Jessa: Drugs?
Bay: Both of my parents are into them. My parents. I guess they were sick of Goody Two Shoes living with them. One night they tried to force me to use, and I refused. They told my I wasn’t part of their family and told me to get out of here.
Jessa: But, can’t the cops do anything?
Bay: Not without a warrant.
Jessa: That’s not right!
Bay: Right or not, it’s true.
Bethany: See ya later, Bay.
Bay: See ya!
Bethany: And of course, there are some people who take advantage of our program here. Joe is one such example. He is not grateful for anything. He pretty much lives off of welfare and does not try to get a job. We do our best to help him, but we don’t let him get super comfortable. He is what most people think of when you hear, “Homeless.”
Joe: (Walks up) When do we eat? You sure aren’t very efficient! I am HUNGRY! Don’t you care?
Bethany: It’s cooking Joe. About an hour.
Joe: AN HOUR! Don’t you care that I haven’t eaten yet?
Bethany: Why didn’t you come to breakfast?
Joe: I was sleeping.
Bethany: (gives Jessa ‘that look’) Come on, Jessa. Let’s go see if they need any help in the kitchen. (Joe walks away & Jessa and Bethany walk to the center)
What do you think?
Jessa: I.. I didn’t know that there were people like Sophie, Bay, and Luke. I thought everyone was like Joe!
Mrs. Paddington: (off stage) Bethany! Help! I just spilled water all over the floor in here!
Bethany: Uh-oh. Let’s go.
Jessa: Um. I’ll be there in a sec. Okay?
Bethany: Alright.
Jessa: Dear Lord. Thank you so much for showing me how wrong I was about those less fortunate than me. Please help me to be content with what You gave me, and to help those who have not been so richly blessed. Thanks again, Lord, for Your Son, and His Gift. Please help me to spread the Good News, and to spread the gifts you give around. Thanks for reminding me of the True Meaning of Christmas! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
Now, let’s go clean up that mess! (Exits)
The End
Not Bad, considering I wrote it in 2 hrs! I think..... :P
I can't figure out how to shrink my type......
So Bye bye Now....
Oh no! Now I'm BOLD.
I am going to sign off.....
BLESSINGS & ROSES~
~Sage
I can't figure out how to shrink my type......
So Bye bye Now....
Oh no! Now I'm BOLD.
I am going to sign off.....
BLESSINGS & ROSES~
~Sage
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