Tis the Season

Celebrate the holiday season in a new way this year! These two short interrelated comedies provide a fresh alternative to traditional holiday dramas. In “‘Tis the Season” (3 m, 2 w, 2 flexible), the Scheduler has called a meeting of representatives of major winter festivals and holidays because the “people upstairs” have decided December is too cluttered with similar events. The group, including Santa, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, and Solstice, discuss who could retire, merge, or relocate, but they cannot agree. When the Scheduler is called away, the discussion escalates into combat! Festivus seems to emerge the winner, but at his moment of triumph the Scheduler appears with the replacement holiday: Winterval. The others finally unite--to oust the newcomer! In “Frostymas” (3 m, 3 w), a host family including Pop, Sorbet, and their teens Neapolitan and Suzi, welcome guests to their Frostymas celebration. The Frostymas faith, of course, honors the timeless snowman, Frosty, and all things snowman-related. As the family explains the meaning of the various elements and traditions, they lead up to the most sacred observance of all -- the eating of the traditional snow cones!