My Christmas Carol

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?