Twenty characters: Seven boys and four girls, from five to twelve years; the mother, and other adult Colonists, taken by boys and girls from seventeen to twenty.
Setting: One interior, a small cabin in the early days of the Colonies.
Time of playing: 45 minutes.
The little Puritan family, hearing from their young mother of happy Christmas in Old England, decide on a celebration of their own. The Colonists, surprising them, are very angry, and inclined to severe punishment, until a little Indian boy, who has been befriended by Mistress Delight and her children, shows that, for the sake of her kindness to him, the settlement has been spared a dreaded Indian raid. The peace and good will of Christmas touch the stern hearts of the Puritans, and they end by a friendly sharing of the festival.
| VII. [The Christmas Monks.] In Three Acts | [149] |
Twenty-five characters, all but two with speaking parts. Two may double. One adult for the Abbot. Eight older boys, four older girls. Seven boys, five girls, from five to ten years.
Setting: 1st. Roadway, outside the Convent walls.
2nd. The Christmas garden.
3rd. Chapel of the Convent.
Time of playing: 50 minutes.
It is unknown to many people that the Christmas toys grow from seed in the garden of the Christmas Monks. The play relates the adventures of the Prince, Peter, and Peter's little sister, in this wonderful place.
| VIII. [The Spell of Christmas.] In Two Scenes | [179] |
Fourteen characters: Eight boys and six girls, from six to sixteen years. Also a few voices for the singing of the Waits' carol off stage.
Setting: Two scenes—Seventeenth Century interiors.
Time of playing: 45 minutes.