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Title: Santa Claus Gets His Wish
A Christmas Play in One Act For Young Children
Author: Blanche Proctor Fisher
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Santa Claus Gets His Wish
A Christmas Play in One Act
For Young Children
By
BLANCHE PROCTOR FISHER
_Author of "Finding the Mayflowers"_
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BOSTON
WALTER H. BAKER COMPANY
1921
Santa Claus Gets His Wish
A Play for Children
CHARACTERS
FIRST IMP.
SECOND IMP.
SANTA CLAUS.
SAND-MAN.
WISH-BONE.
LOLLIPOP.
ICE-CREAM CONE.
LITTLE GIRL.
[Illustration]
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY WALTER H. BAKER COMPANY
SUGGESTIONS FOR CHARACTERS
IMPS. In red sweaters and red masks covering the head, with a little
peak over each ear.
SAND-MAN. In gray tunic and gray pointed cap.
WISH-BONE. Is a slender boy holding his arms close to his body and
walking stiffly with legs spread far apart.
LOLLIPOP. A very slender boy with his head wrapped loosely in red
tissue-paper.
ICE-CREAM CONE. A little boy encased in a cornucopia of heavy
wrapping-paper with some soft white material showing at the top about
his face.
Santa Claus Gets His Wish
SCENE.--_The interior of_ SANTA CLAUS'S _home on Christmas
Eve. There is a door on each side of the stage, and a
fireplace at the back._ SANTA CLAUS'S _big easy-chair is
near the front of the stage at the left, and near the front
at the right is a table_.
(_As the curtain rises the two_ IMPS _are seated on the
floor, each with a section of harness, the bells of which
they are industriously polishing_.)
FIRST IMP. You must hurry. It's almost seven o'clock, and soon it will
be time to harness the reindeer.
SECOND IMP. I am hurrying as fast as I can. I shall get through now
before you do, and my bells will be just as bright as yours. It seems to
me that the more I shine them the sweeter their tone is.
FIRST IMP. I am polishing mine so bright that when Santa Claus drives
through the sky all the people will look up and think they see stars
twinkling overhead.
SECOND IMP. And I make my bells so bright that when they chime the
children will hear them in their sleep and dream they are listening to
birds singing in the springtime.
FIRST IMP (_scornfully_). What nonsense! How many children to-night do
you suppose are dreaming of birds and springtime?
SECOND IMP. Why shouldn't they?
FIRST IMP. Why should they,--when there are so many other things to
dream of at Christmas time? If you don't believe me, we'll leave it to
Santa Claus. Here he comes now. Hooray!
(_As_ SANTA CLAUS _enters from_ L. _of stage the_ IMPS _run
to meet him, and holding an end of the harness in each hand
form a ring and dance around him in time to the jingling of
the bells_.)
SANTA CLAUS. Hold on! Hold on there! When a fellow gets to be my age his
head isn't steady enough to stand any such merry-go-'round as this. Come
on now, let's see if you've done your work properly and polished the
bells as I told you.
(_He sits down in his big armchair and the_ IMPS _climb upon
his lap_.)
FIRST IMP. I said I would make my bells so bright that people would
think they were twinkling stars.
SECOND IMP. And _I_ said----
FIRST IMP (_interrupting_). Never mind what _you_ said. There wasn't any
sense to that. Santa Claus, tell us, what do children dream about at
Christmas time?
SANTA CLAUS. What do children dream about? Why, they dream about me, of
course.
BOTH IMPS (_each shaking a finger at him_). O-ho!
SANTA CLAUS. There! I suppose you think I'm a conceited old chap, but if
you don't believe me we'll ask the Sand-Man. (_The_ SAND-MAN _enters_,
L. _door, carrying a big bag over his shoulder, and a small bag in his
hand_.) Just starting off on your rounds, I see. Have you a heavy load
to-night?
SAND-MAN. The sand-bag is heavy, but the dream-bag is light. There isn't
much to a dream, you know;--just a whiff of fairy powder wrapped up in a
bit of mist. But they do the trick all the same,--and how the children
love them.
SANTA CLAUS. And what are these dreams which the children love? Are any
of them about me?
SAND-MAN. Why, no, Santa. Of course they _used_ to be, but times have
changed, you see. Children nowadays have so many interests.
SANTA CLAUS. But I thought perhaps just at Christmas time----
SAND-MAN. Yes, I know, I know. Yet, after all, dreams are really a
matter of habit. It's the things which the children enjoy all through
the year that stay in their minds after they fall asleep.
SANTA CLAUS. Well, what are these things which the children enjoy all
the year and dream about every night?
SAND-MAN. Ah! That would be telling. Mustn't give away the secrets of
the trade, you know. Well, I'm off. See you later.
[_Exit_, R. _door_.
SANTA CLAUS (_to the_ IMPS). Run out with him, boys, and help him down
the steps with his bags. (_Exeunt_ IMPS.) H'm! I didn't find out what I
wanted to, did I? I wish I could, though (_Yawning._), I wish I could;
but what's the old saying: "If wishes were horses, beggars might ride"?
Holloa! Who's this coming? (_The_ WISH-BONE _enters_, R. _door_.) How
strangely he walks,--must be kind o' stiff in his joints, or else he
hasn't any joints at all. Good-evening, friend, who might you be?
WISH-BONE (_in a melancholy tone_). My name is Wish-Bone. I am all
that's left of the Thanksgiving turkey.
SANTA CLAUS (_sympathetically_). I say, now, that's rather a lonely fate
for you; but cheer up, it might be worse.
WISH-BONE (_in the same melancholy tone_). It will be worse. I expect to
be laid up with a broken leg most any day now.
SANTA CLAUS. Broken leg? Why, bless my stars, man, what makes you expect
anything like that to happen?
WISH-BONE. It always happens to us wish-bones; runs in the family.
Sometimes it's both legs that are broken, and the head flies off; and
that's the greatest pity of all, for then there isn't any one gets their
wish.
SANTA CLAUS. Is your business something like mine, then; giving people
whatever they wish?
WISH-BONE. N-no,-not exactly _giving_ it,--just promising it. But it all
amounts to the same thing. Once make people believe they'll get what
they wish for, and somehow it always comes in the end.
SANTA CLAUS. Then perhaps you can help me out. My great wish just at
present is to know what the children are dreaming about to-night.
WISH-BONE. Sorry to refuse you, but I'm not ready for business yet.
Don't feel quite equal to it. Wait until I get a little more snap in me,
and then I'll call around again. Good-night.
[_Exit_ WISH-BONE, R. _door_.
SANTA CLAUS. He's about the gloomiest creature I ever saw; and yet he
struck sort of a hopeful note when he said people would get what they
wished for if they only believed it. I wonder how that would work out in
my case. (_The_ SAND-MAN _enters_, R. _door_.) Ah! here comes the
Sand-Man back again. Well, how did things go with you to-night? Is your
sand-bag empty?
SAND-MAN. Almost. It takes a powerful lot of sand to make the children
sleepy the night before Christmas.
SANTA CLAUS. And are the dreams all gone too?
SAND-MAN. Not quite. There was one little girl who refused to go to bed
at all, because she is so anxious to see Santa Claus when he comes. I
had two nice dreams picked out for her but I couldn't use them. Well, my
evening's work is over. (_Dropping his bags on the table._) I suppose
you'll be starting soon now.
SANTA CLAUS. Pretty soon. But what you told me about that little girl
has put me on my guard. It would never do to let her see me while I am
filling her stocking. So I think I'll sit down by the fire and wait for
a few minutes. She won't be able to keep awake very long. If you see my
Imps around anywhere, send them along in here. Lazy little scamps! It's
time they were helping me to pack up the toys. (_As the_ SAND-MAN _goes
out_, L. _door_, SANTA CLAUS _draws his chair up to the fireplace,
where he sits musing with his eyes half-closed; yawning_.)
I--wish--I--could--know--what the children are dreaming about to-night.
(_The two_ IMPS _enter_, L. _door, and tiptoe forward
cautiously_.)
FIRST IMP (_whispers_). Is Santa Claus asleep?
SECOND IMP. No, he's only thinking. But we could make him go to sleep if
we wanted to. Here's the Sand-Man's bag, and it isn't quite empty.
Wouldn't it be fun to drop some sand in Santa's eyes!
FIRST IMP. Hush! He'll hear you.
(_They creep up behind_ SANTA CLAUS _and toss the sand in
his face. He yawns again._)
SECOND IMP. I think he's almost asleep now. Here are two dreams in the
dream-bag. Let's open them.
FIRST IMP. Look out there, clumsy, you're spilling them!
SECOND IMP. They were so light I couldn't help it. The fairy powder is
flying all around the room. It's filling the air so that I can't see.
Are you afraid?
FIRST IMP. Of course not. There's nothing to be afraid of. Listen! Some
one is coming.
(_As the light grows dim, soft, slow music is heard, and
the_ LOLLIPOP _appears at the_ R. _of the stage and moves
slowly across to the_ L., _in time to the music._)
SECOND IMP (_whispering_). That looks like one of those red-headed
lollipops that Santa Claus made to put in the children's stockings. Do
you s'pose that one has escaped from the box?
FIRST IMP. I don't think it's a real lollipop. Maybe it's only a dream.
See! It's vanishing away.
(_The_ LOLLIPOP _disappears._ SANTA CLAUS _stirs in his
sleep, while the music, slightly louder, changes to a
livelier tune. The_ ICE-CREAM CONE _enters through the_ R.
_door and crosses the stage dancing a jig._)
SECOND IMP. Oh, how funny! What is it?
FIRST IMP. That is an ice-cream cone. All children love to eat them.
SECOND IMP. Why, I could make one of those. If I took a tin trumpet from
Santa Claus's toy-shop and piled it full of snow 'twould be just the
same thing, wouldn't it?
FIRST IMP. No--for even if you were to eat the snow all up, the tin
trumpet would still be left in your hand. But there's never anything
left of an ice-cream cone. Didn't you notice how quickly this one went,
almost as soon as it came?
SECOND IMP. But that is because it was only a dream.
FIRST IMP. That hasn't anything to do with it. A real ice-cream cone
wouldn't have lasted much longer. Sh! Who's coming now? (_As the_
ICE-CREAM CONE _disappears the music stops, and the light grows bright
again. The_ LITTLE GIRL _enters at the_ R. _She is wrapped in a muffler
and carries a lighted lantern. Coming toward the front of the stage she
stops in terror on seeing the_ IMPS.) Don't be frightened, little girl.
We're only Santa Claus's imps. We won't hurt you.
LITTLE GIRL. Then this really is where Santa Claus lives, and I didn't
make a mistake in the place? Please tell me, is Santa Claus at home? Oh,
there he is asleep by the fire. (_She puts her lantern on the floor and
goes up to_ SANTA CLAUS.) Santa Claus! Dear Santa Claus! Please wake up.
It's getting very late.
SANTA CLAUS (_rubbing his eyes_). Why, bless my soul! I must have been
napping. And who are you, my dear?
LITTLE GIRL. I'm the little girl who wouldn't go to bed to-night, for I
wanted to sit up to see Santa Claus. But I waited and waited, and you
didn't come. Oh, Santa Claus, don't say that you're not coming at all.
The children would be _so_ disappointed.
SANTA CLAUS. The children are happy. They are having sweet dreams. Ah! I
know now what they're dreaming about. Lollipops and ice-cream cones.
They're not thinking much about poor old Santa Claus.
LITTLE GIRL. Oh, but Santa Claus, we do think about you very often. We
love you much more than we do the lollipops and the ice-cream cones, for
they just melt away and don't last at all.
SANTA CLAUS. And what makes you think that I would last any longer?
LITTLE GIRL. Well, you know, Santa, you've already lasted a great many
years.
SANTA CLAUS. Kind of a slam on my age, that is. But it's true, every
word of it. I have lasted a great many years, and the best part of it
is, I'm good for as many years more. So if the children are expecting
me, we'd better hurry and be off. (_To the_ IMPS.) Bring along your
harness there, boys; it's time to hitch up the reindeer. Wrap your
muffler around you tight, little girl. We're going to have a cold ride.
Here, isn't this your lantern?
LITTLE GIRL. I shan't need the light of the lantern now, for the bells
on your harness are so bright they shine like stars.
FIRST IMP. That's exactly what I said when I was cleaning them.
SECOND IMP. And I said that their tones were so clear that the children
would believe they were the birds singing in the springtime. I was right
too, wasn't I?
LITTLE GIRL. No, you foolish Imp. When the children hear Santa Claus's
sleigh-bells ringing they will smile in their sleep and think that they
are listening to the music of the Christmas carols.
(_As the curtain falls the_ IMPS _jingle the bells, while
behind the scenes voices sing "Carol, brothers, carol," or
some other appropriate Christmas song._)
CURTAIN
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CHARACTERS
INSPECTOR MALCOME STEELE.
GEORGE CLIFFORD.
CAPTAIN FRANK DRUMMOND GLEASON.
LIEUTENANT HAMILTON WARWICK.
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DRISCOLL WELLS.
DOCTOR GORDON PEAK.
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EDITH ANDERSON.
ELLEN GLEASON.
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