Project Gutenberg 2005-01-24 Public domain in the USA. 72 Knapp, Shepherd 1873 1946 Up the Chimney Produced by Robert Cicconetti, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Up the Chimney" by Shepherd Knapp is a delightful children's play intended for performance as well as reading. Written in the early 20th century, this engaging narrative revolves around the themes of Christmas and childhood imagination. It is designed to capture the festive spirit of the holiday season, showcasing the joy of children as they engage with the magic of Santa Claus and Christmas traditions. The play begins on Christmas Eve, featuring two siblings, Jack and Polly, who eagerly prepare for Santa Claus by writing letters to him. Their adventure takes a turn when they meet Nurse Mary, who recounts tales from their father's childhood. Suddenly, a little green man appears and delivers a letter from Santa, revealing that he is ill and unable to deliver gifts. Determined to help, Jack and Polly use magical fairy items to journey to the North Pole, where they deliver medicine to Santa Claus, restoring his health. The story culminates in a joyous Christmas morning, filled with love, generosity, and the magic that the holiday brings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Christmas plays Children's plays PZ Text Christmas Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading 68408 68068 2024-09-06T13:09:42.710515 2023-09-07T04:52:59.854604 text/html text/html 64139 2020-12-19T06:45:50 text/html; charset=us-ascii 73235 2020-12-19T06:45:50 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 116150 2024-09-06T13:09:46.699439 application/epub+zip 114768 2024-09-06T13:09:44.139443 application/epub+zip 1520 2005-01-03T10:58:58 audio/midi 65941 2024-09-06T13:09:43.163437 application/epub+zip 482911 2024-09-06T13:09:48.532435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469811 2024-09-06T13:09:46.015443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121412 2022-09-07T18:17:07.519777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 57065 56984 2024-09-06T13:09:42.392583 2023-09-07T04:52:59.569595 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56936 2020-12-19T06:45:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21220 2020-12-19T06:45:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18697 2024-09-06T13:09:48.664416 application/rdf+xml 10018 2024-09-06T13:09:43.502447 image/jpeg 2709 2024-09-06T13:09:43.332429 image/jpeg 116218 2024-09-06T13:09:42.727445 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog