A couple of days ago my parents took me to see “The Christmas Carol” at the veterans hall in downtown Santa Cruz California. I sat directly in front of the stage with my mom and dad and my little sister. It was great because we could see the actors’ faces and bodies really well from so close. And we could touch the fake snow that was lying on the floor right in front of the stage. Sometimes the actors would walk right past us on their way to the stage.
We were so close that we were part of the play. When local actor Mike James, who was playing the mean, unhappy rich man Ebenezer Scrooge, swung a big stick at a homeless kid and almost hit him, it was right in front of us. Luckily, the kid ran away fast.
It was funny how Scrooge was scared when the Ghost of Christmas Past came to him. He was in shock seeing a ghost. Almost anyone would be scared of that, I think. Later on they turned off the light and it was pitch dark and Scrooge fell to the ground. He was kind of in tears and really scared.
A cool part of seeing the play was all of the costumes. The Ghost of Christmas Past, played by actress Andrea Sweeney Blanco, came out in a white wig and silver crown; she looked like a bright, sparkling angel. Actress Julie James, the Ghost of Christmas Present, came out in chains, taunting Scrooge, and looked scary and weird like a wicked witch with moles and pimples.
The best part about “The Christmas Carol” was that there were kid actors: a girl and a boy. The little boy played Tiny Tim, who needed a crutch to walk. His family was very afraid of him dying. And then he did die in the future, when the ghost of Christmas Future shows Scrooge how things will turn out, if he doesn’t change fast!
The story was really inspiring. At the end Scrooge learned his lesson. He finally paid attention and learned what Christmas is all about. He saw that it is actually pretty good and is not about money, it is about spending time with family, sharing and being kind. Mean old Scrooge turned into a nicer man, and even walked into the crowd to pat the head of a child, which happened to be my eight-year-old sister, Anais.
Tiny Tim came back to life and had not died at all because scrooge had turned into a good person now he was generous and money was not the most important thing to him any more then they all celebrated Christmas together, Scrooge and Tiny Tim’s family, and everyone was smiling, dancing and singing!
Coco Kettmann is a fourth grader at Live Oak Elementary School, who loves drawing and painting, sleepovers with her friends and Taylor Swift.
