Excerpts from a play by
Wenda Grabau©2014
Santa: “What a night! What a job! Everybody wants something from Santa Claus. Some kids are just out-right greedy. Some freeze when they get here and say nothing. Still others need a lot more than what they are asking for. (Sighs loudly and shakes his head.) I wish I could do more or those kids. I can say Santa will help, but he can’t really. I can’t help.”
(Santa addresses the audience.) “I’ve been doing this Santa-thing to get some quick cash. I know very well that old Santa Claus won’t be visiting me this year.”
Santa: “Sometimes, though, I wonder if this job is worth it. So many kids ask me for things I know very well Santa won’t be bringing them. Many write me letters. All of them are such nice kids. You’d like them. Let me tell you about one.”
Santa: “There is Eugenia. She’s a little girl I see on the street a lot … doesn’t seem to have much …no nice clothes. She lives with her mom. Her dad died a few years back. Her mom works nights to keep them going. But there’s hardly enough money to pay the fuel bill and buy enough groceries to feed them.”
(Enter Eugenia at home in ragged clothes, dirty face and hands in pockets, looking lonely. She sees a note on a chair for her. Reads it out loud.)
Eugenia: “Dear Eugenia, I had to run to the store for a few things. Then I am off to work. There’s a sandwich for you in the fridge. Be a good girl and stay in the apartment all night. I’ll see you in the morning.” (Eugenia wraps up in an old sweater and blanket. Blows on her hands. She looks around the apartment.) “I think I’ll write Santa. Maybe he can make it warm in here and bring me a big turkey with dressing and a fruitcake. There’s lots of Santa stuff goin’ on. I wonder who’s the most real at Christmas, Santa or this Jesus King people are singing about. I’ve seen Santa. He’s pretty real. I wonder if he believes in this Jesus King or if he believes in himself?”
Santa enters: “Eugenia did write me a letter. It broke my heart. She is a nice kid. She wrote, ‘Dear Santa, My name is Eugenia. I am 9 years old. Lots of kids get presents from you. Would you bring me a warm coat and something to eat for Christmas day? My mom says Christmas is about the birthday of a guy named Jesus. She says Jesus knew what not having a house was like. He knew how it is to be hungry, too. But my friends don’t think so.
Santa, is there really a Jesus King?’”
Santa: “I’ve been thinking of writing this little girl back. Her request deserves an answer. Santa can’t do much after all. But, maybe, here is something I can help her understand. Let me read it to you.”
Santa: Dear Eugenia, Your mommy is right. There really is a Jesus King. Anyone who tells you that there is no Jesus King is wrong.
The God of Heaven is invisible. Your friends’ eyes cannot see Him. Therefore, in their minds, they conclude that He does not exist. Unable to perceive the truth in the universe around them, they dare to make conclusions about God based on all in this universe which they do not know.
Jesus King exists as certainly as the sun comes up in the morning; as certainly as the night follows day. Who is like the Lord our God who is enthroned on high, who humbles Himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth? In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. He stretched out the vast heavens which even today are telling of His glory.
The Author of time and space personally broke into the realm of His own creation – Earth, a gulf that only He could ford. This God who made man in His own image, clothed Himself in the likeness of man. His life took on man’s vulnerability and helpless estate; that of an infant dependent totally on a young mother and her loving husband.
He increased in wisdom, and stature and in favor with God and man. He came not to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many, so that He might bring us to God. Jesus the King is the Christ. He died and was resurrected.
No Jesus King? Eugenia, I thank God that He lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, nay, ten-thousand times ten-thousand years from now, He will reign over all and continue to make glad the hearts of His children.”
(Santa addresses the audience.)
Santa: Jesus, the King, can meet every need of everyone, including you. He has authority, limitless resources and the ability to complete that job. The Christmas season really belongs to Him. Making everybody happy or to feel loved, is not Santa’s job. Put your faith in Jesus for every good and perfect gift each day … especially at Christmas. Be sure you go to the Lord.
Aroma of Christmas
3 sticks cinnamon
3 bay leaves
¼ cup whole cloves
1/3 lemon, cut up
½ peel from orange, cut up
1 quart water
Combine in saucepan; keep simmering on stove on low heat. Add water as needed.
Recipe credit: Mrs. Rod Grabau
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