by Mj Ferruzza

Created on: December 12, 2008

Scene: Four carolers make their way door to door
around a cul de sac in an upscale neighborhood.
The four merrymakers are comprised of two married couples,
MARY ANNE and EDWARD
GILMARTIN with KAYE
and STUART CLEVENGER. The group all wear matching
Christmas sweaters, red for the ladies and green
for the men, and they all have donned Santa hats.
They also carry leather bound folders with sheet

music. They are full of Christmas cheer. Or so
they appear.

MARY ANNE:
Well that sounded just wonderful. This is so much fun!

KAYE:
Oh yes! A smaller group can sometimes sound so much
better.

STUART:
I liked our group last year, Kaye.

KAYE:
Oh, Stuart. You just liked drinking a few cocktails
beforehand with Todd Crane. And from what I heard...
since his divorce last summer, he is a complete mess. I
don't think we needed to invite him this year.

EDWARD:
Maybe he needed us more!

MARY ANNE:
What? What did you say, Honey?

EDWARD:
Nothing, Dear!

KAYE:
You know she left him the house and she moved back home
with her parents until they could settle the support
issue. I think he is to pay her... and the kids, of
course... over $7,000 a month.

EDWARD:
That would get me drinking more...

MARY ANNE:
What did you say, Honey?

EDWARD:
Nothing, Dear!

STUART:
Edward said how happy he is to have you!

MARY ANNE:
Oh! I'll never leave! Not while Edward is sitting on
top of that huge retirement package. Right, Honey! Ha
ha ha! I'm just having fun!

KAYE:
That's not what he said at all! Oh, these men! They all
stick up for one another!

STUART:
OK! Here we are at the Van Brocklin's house! Are we
singing?

MARY ANNE:
Oh, yes! She has been sick and missed our entire
clothes drive this year.

EDWARD:
What? The garage sale?

MARY ANNE:
It was not a garage sale! We do not have garage sales
in this neighborhood. It was a clothes drive for
charity.

STUART:
Yeah, Edward! Last week, on my way home from work, I
went to one of those "Clothes drives". Down on 10th
street! I found this great fishing pole and tackle box
set, all for next to nothing. I'm thinking about...

MARY ANNE:
10th Street? The inner city? What in the blazes would
possess you to stop or even, more so, get out of your
car in neighborhood like that? Did you have a flat on
that Audi 90 turbo of yours? No Triple AAA? Ha ha ha
ha.

EDWARD:
Maybe he left something in the pocket of a coat donated
to the clothes drive and went looking to get it back.

MARY ANNE:

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