The Christmas Carol Analysis

This past Sunday I attended the school play, which was a comedy based along the storylines of The Christmas Carol. I noticed many people from the community brought their children along for the comedy. For someone who doesn’t really care for plays, or Christmas it was somewhat interesting to go into the play having doubts beforehand and coming out of it with a different view. The exposition started off the same as The Christmas Carrol. Scrooge was being his typical self, hating everything about Christmas, while everyone else was enjoying and being thankful for the holidays. It all started to change when the ghost came to tell Scrooge he was the one to save Christmas. To change up the story a little, instead of having a ghost take Scrooge around, Frosty the Snowman was the one to guide Scrooge through his adventure of saving Christmas. The narrator was on the side giving side notes, to what was going on. Throughout the play Scrooge and Frosty meet all of the Christmas characters, like Rudolf, who joins along for their adventure. They also meet the little Drummer Boy, and the Candy …show more content…
They had the main idea of Scrooge trying to save Christmas, but even that was a little confusing. I have no clue if they wanted the only idea of Scrooge hating Christmas but gaining the Christmas spirit in the end, to be the only part of the plays that connect to one another. There was parts in the play that I was a bit confused as to why they were even in there. I remember watching Rudolph do this dance, and it just cut of one scene and went into that. So the transition there was pretty rough. Also when Frosty stopped at the Candy Cane palace, I wasn’t sure why that par was in there. I’m making the assumption that stopping there was just another part of his journey, but I also feel that that was another scene just thrown together last minute and stuffed into the