All. Oh, yes, Santa, the world cannot spare you. We love you, and the children love you.
Santa Claus. [Smiling at Mother Goose and the rest.] Your words give me new courage. Yes, I will go on as if nothing had happened. I will never desert the dear children. They shall have their Christmas gifts as long as there is a Santa Claus.
Curtain [and distribution of gifts].
The First Thanksgiving Day
A One Act Play for Schools
By Agnes Miller
In order to make this play practicable for general use, the scenery and stage-directions suggested have been made as simple as possible. Regarding costumes, it may be said the play can be effectively produced when the children wear ordinary clothes, the Puritan costume being suggested by white caps and deep collars and cuffs for the women characters, and broad-brimmed hats and wide collars for the men. These accessories can be easily made of very inexpensive material, and copied from any of the well-known Puritan pictures. The Indians may either appear in the Indian costumes possessed by so many boys, or, in case these are unavailable, they may be draped in gay blankets and wear feather head-bands, which may be easily imitated.
CAST
| John Winthrop, | Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | |
| William Pierce, | Captain of the ship Lyon. | |
| Thomas Dudley, | Deputy-Governor of the colony. | |
| John Wilson, |  | Colonists. |
| Roger Clap, | ||
| Mrs. Freeman, | ||
| Mrs. Garrett, | ||
| Patience Freeman, | aged 8, daughter to Mrs. Freeman. | |
| Samuel Garrett, | aged 10, son to Mrs. Garrett. | |
| Chief of the Narragansett Indians. | ||
| Young Narragansett brave. | ||
| Man-servant to Governor Winthrop. | ||