In setting the stage, it is effective to make small windows, with diamond-shaped panes, and white sash-curtains, placing small pots of scarlet geraniums on the sills.

The song is "Good News on Christmas Morning," from St. Nicholas Songs (Century Company).

Where music is indicated through the play, any part of the carol is sung, except the last verse, which is used only once, just before the last curtain. For the Elves' dance, the Pizzicato from the ballet "Sylvia" by Delibes, Dvorak's "Humoresque," or a waltz, very lightly played, may be used.

[TOM’S PLAN]

IN TWO ACTS

CHARACTERS

Father Wright.
Mother Wright.
Phil}
Daisy}
Charlie}The little Wrights.
Tom}
Dot}
Sarah, the nurse.
Santa Claus.