HUMBUG: It was out of our hands, Boss.
(Anna returns to the factory area, pushing an empty hand cart.)
ANNA: I'm here to pick up the big Christmas order to be delivered
tonight.
HUMBUG: I'm sorry to say we don't have it. We simply couldn't finish it.
ANNA: Well, it's not a trip wasted. I have a pick up from a Tiny Tom.
(Tom enters with a few boxes and sets them on Anna's hand cart.
The top box is open.)
TOM: Here I am. This is the last of them.
BELLE: What is that, Tom?
(Tom pulls a wooden nativity set out of the open top box.)
TOM: It's just a few presents I'm shipping out to family. Manger
scenes like this one here.
CAROLE: This is beautiful, Tom. You made this?
TOM: Yes, I whittle them while I watch the sheep. I give them as gifts
to help tell the story of Christmas.
SAM: (walking up to Tom and taking the manger out of the nativity set,
looking at it with newfound understanding) Emmanuel was born,
the Light of the World. The angels told the shepherds and they
came to worship Him. The wise men brought their gifts to the
King. (replacing the manger in the nativity) Tom, what a great
idea!
TOM: Thanks! It might be one of my better ideas.
SAM: Tonight … Marlo, Fuzzy, Anna … each visitor brought me a
piece of the story. They wove a Christmas yarn to tell me the
good news of Jesus' birth.
TOM: The good news is a gift itself!
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