Project Gutenberg 2006-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 281 Hare, Walter Ben 1880 1950 The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays The White Christmas Anita's Secret or Christmas in the Steerage Christmas With the Mulligan's The Wishing Man A Christmas Carol or the Miser's Yuletide Dream Her Christmas Hat. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The White Christmas and Other Merry Christmas Plays" by Walter Ben Hare is a collection of festive plays likely written in the early 20th century. This work features a variety of morality plays centered around the themes of kindness, goodwill, and the joy of the Christmas season, making it ideal for holiday performances, particularly by children. The collection includes characters like Mary and Joseph from the nativity story, along with original tales such as "Anita's Secret," featuring a young Italian immigrant girl and the figure of Santa Claus. The opening of the first play, "The White Christmas," sets the stage during a cold Christmas night in Bethlehem, following Mary and Joseph as they search for lodging. Through a prologue, significant themes of hope and the Christmas spirit are introduced, emphasizing kindness and the joy of giving. As Joseph seeks shelter for the about-to-give-birth Mary, we are introduced to various townsfolk and shepherds, hinting at the multitude of characters that will enrich the unfolding story. The ambiance is filled with a blend of magical music and the promise of great joy, which sets the tone for the holiday plays that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/19826/19826-h/images/cover.jpg en Christmas plays PN Text Christmas Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 431214 431224 2024-09-08T13:47:57.349205 2023-09-09T05:52:01.320122 text/html text/html 438237 2011-07-06T10:37:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3207495 2011-07-06T10:38:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3279830 2024-09-08T13:48:13.131162 application/epub+zip 3281965 2024-09-08T13:48:00.888194 application/epub+zip 203399 2024-09-08T13:47:58.256212 application/epub+zip 3976885 2024-09-08T13:48:18.984111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3919404 2024-09-08T13:48:10.138164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317445 2022-09-09T11:25:42.858601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302985 302884 2024-09-08T13:47:54.668224 2023-09-09T05:51:58.785163 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 302908 2006-11-16T02:46:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 110195 2006-11-16T02:47:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 302901 2006-11-16T02:46:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110172 2006-11-16T02:47:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20242 2024-09-08T13:48:19.146091 application/rdf+xml 22413 2024-09-08T13:47:58.409209 image/jpeg 3622 2024-09-08T13:47:58.332200 image/jpeg 3223215 2024-09-08T13:47:57.499223 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