LUCIAN
Every Christmas it’s the same.
I’ve played Santa for as long as I can remember, both in front of and behind the scenes. All year-round too, not just on Christmas.
I think it’s enough.
But it’s a lonely life of being Mr. Claus without his significant other.
Checking in on the dressing room when I know I can’t be today Santa I find what I’ve been looking for.
Her.
But I know it’ll never be enough. Not until I have her as my own.
A lifetime’s worth of yearning solved in one single moment.
The day I meet my one true love.
And it’s Christmas.
There are angels, and I’ve had one fall to earth.
Right in my lap.
Carol.
My Christmas Carol.
CAROL
I hate Christmas.
But it’s usually a way to pick up extra work when everyone else is on holiday.
But I only hate it because it means being alone.
Again.
Until I see Lucian.
He’s my forever Christmas, even if it’s only in my mind.
The dream boss I figured wasn’t my boss at all.
As if an older guy like him would ever go for a younger curvy girl like me.
But he does.
He insists on it and I can’t refuse.
Maybe this Christmas won’t be so bad after all?