Personal Narrative: A Christmas Carol

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Scene: its Sunday the 23th days before Christmas. The curtain rises on a living room, to the left of the room is the believed hallway to the bedroom, and to the right is the door outside. There is a couch to the center left, with a coffee table. The room is sprinkled with Christmas decorations. A missile town hangs from the ceiling. In the right corner lies a Christmas tree. It’s filled with bright red and green balls, colorful lights, plenty of ornaments, and a beautiful silver star on the top. The setting is in an apartment, two bedroom, and one bath.

Beth [Offstage]: Kyle, we are leaving for church in twenty minutes.
[Beth walks into the living room, she is wearing a Christmas dress, but her winter coat covers most of it]
[Kyle
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Then how about we take a day trip down to Philadelphia? That will give Arthur more time to adjust to the Christmas spirit.
Beth: That would be perfect. We can see the Macy’s Christmas lights, Go ice skating, See the Christmas village, and the window displays. OH OH OH! Maybe we can even catch a mass around 5:00.
Kyle: Maybe
Beth: Then Dinner at Amadas! This sounds like it could be a good day after all.
Kyle: I can book us tickets for “A Christmas Carol” at the walnut street theater around 2:00?
Beth: How could you possibly get tickets for that this late?
Kyle: I remember you said, while at Julias birthday party, in October, that you saw it as a little girl, and really wanted to see it again.
Beth: That doesn’t explain?-
Kyle: They play it every Sunday. So I have been buying tickets for each show, and then selling them a week before, until you wanted to go.
Beth: Were you planning on telling me this?
Kyle: The last show is on December 30th. If you never really picked I would ask if you wanted to go to that one. The ones for this week didn’t resell, so unless I want to be out $40.
Beth: YES LETS GO! We can leave in one hour, have some time for sightseeing, and be ready by
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Beth: Jesus doesn’t need any kisses. As for you, go get ready, and we will see how I’m feeling. Want me to wait for you to make Breakfast?
Kyle: Yep, we can cook together, like back in college.
[Kyle leaves into the hallway to get ready for the day. Beth watches him leave, and then precedes to hang up her coat. She then sits back down on the couch and shrieks about her upcoming day in Philadelphia. Arthur Enters]
Arthur: Good god, what happened here?
[Beth shoots up, and puts her back against the Christmas tree]
Beth: Arthur, you are awake.
Arthur. Yes I am awake, I heard constant yelling for the past ten minutes, rather than sit in bed I thought to investigate. Were you shrieking by the horror done to our apartment?
Beth: Actually, I created the horror-
[Arthur walks over the drops the mistletoe in the trash.]
Arthur: YOU! How dare you do something like this! Take them all down now, or I

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