MORE THAN SANTA TO ME
A Comedic Christmas monologue
By Tara Meddaugh
BRANDY is at the food court in the mall, having a hot chocolate, speaking to her new boyfriend, Kris, the resident Mall Santa. It is Christmas Day. Since their young relationship has taken place entirely with Kris wearing his Santa Suit (he takes his role very seriously), he has expressed concern that Brandy will no longer want to be with him once he no longer appears to be Santa (he’s been dumped like this in the past). In the monologue, Brandy admits her initial attraction was because he is Santa, but she assures him that he has other qualities, outside of his beard and red suit, which she has grown to appreciate. She finally reveals that she loves him—for who he is, and she is not going to leave him when he is no longer Santa. And if he can believe in the North Pole, well…then he can believe in that.
DETAILS
Genre: Comedy/Romantic/Drama/Christmas
Cast: Female
Age range: late teens-40s
Setting: Christmastime, the mall food court
Running time: Around 2 minutes
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BRANDY
(to Kris, her new boyfriend, the Mall Santa)
I know you’re worried everything’s going to change tomorrow because Christmas will be over. I get it and I—I’m not going to lie. Your white beard is…freakin’ sexy—I said “freakin,’” Kris—I keep it PG for you and the elves—But you know it is. It’s so…so fluffy…I could bury my face in it for hours. And—oh…Kris, that laugh… When I first heard your “ho ho ho?” I mean. Please. I was a melted puddle of snowwoman at your feet.
(pause)
Of course…we all have these things that attract us to people at first. You liked my green pleather skirt and thigh high boots, remember? But we, you know, since then, we’ve connected deeper than that initial attraction. You—you’re so funny—having these long conversations with pets people bring to the mall, and when we share hot chocolate at the Food Court, like now…you always let me have the marshmallows. All of them.
(pause)
Look, I know we’ve only had five dates since we met on Black Friday, and—END OF EXCERPT
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