| From: | Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Christmas Joy |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Dec 1996 18:33:08 -0600 |
the
Boston newsnets!!!
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- -- scene: typical trid station newsroom - two talking heads, one male, one
female both with plastic hair and 20K nuyen smiles; big Gannet Newsnet logo --
Good evening! This is John Lovelace.
...And I'm Linda Holmes. Tonight a bizarre story developing over the
Boston Metroplex. It seems that Santa Claus is real! Really real!
People all over the city have reported sighting the jolly old elf
delivering Christmans joy. Massachussetts General Hospital, St. Ann's
Home for Children, the Back Bay Shelter, and Harbor Haven all seem to
have received a visit and gifts from the supposedly mythical St. Nick.
John...
Let's go, now, to Sheldon Terdwhistle, the well known news hound, who
first filed the story. Sheldon has been interviewing people around the
metroplex who claim to have seen the famous Kris Kringle. Sheldon...
- -- scene change: outside a rather old brownstone building, in falling
snow;
a weasle of a man standing next to a woman in gray and white clothing
with some kind of a headdress; the man speaks --
"Linda, John, I am at the St. Ann's Home for children in northeast
Boston. With me is Sister Helen Gawn, the Home's Superintendant.
Sister, can you tell the city what happened here tonight?"
"Ahhh, well, Mr. uh Terdwhistle, it seems that the Home was visited by
the good St. Nicholas. Several of the children and some of the other
nuns saw, what can only be described as a sleigh drawn by reindeer
outside the Home. Look here! You can see the tracks on the roof."
- -- camera view pans up and spotlights widen and brighten to reveal two
deep ruts and many roughly cylindrical depressions in the otherwise
unbroken expanse of snow on the roof --
"Gifts were left for ALL of the children! Why, even the sisters got a
gift. I don't know who, or or or how, but it's wonderful!!! I just
thank God."
"Thank you, Sister Helen. This same story has been repeated all over
the Boston metroplex. Here are some interviews I did earlier:"
- -- scene change: video apparently from an eye-cam; large, well lit,
modern
complex in the background; man in business clothes under a white
smock; name tag on the smock reads 'Dr. Fein - Staff Supervisor Mass.
General'; Dr. Fein appears to be angry, or frightened, or both --
"Yes, we saw the apparition... well at least some people did. I mean,
uh, I've reviewed the security camera images and it LOOKS like him...
but I mean - really! Hoaxes like these can be dangerous. How did they
get past all the security?!! Sure they... uh, he... well, whoever left
gifts for the pediatric patients, but... Well, who knows WHAT he, or
uh... they really wanted. I assure you, Mr. Terdwhistle a thorough
investigation will be conducted."
- -- scene change: video apparently from an eye-cam; surroundings appear
to
be similar to Seattle Barrens; the ruins of some kind of arena or
stadium
is in the near distance; the man in the foreground appears to be a
protypical squatter --
- -- from off camera:
"Mr. Gallega, can you tell us what you saw earlier tonight?"
"Duhhh... sure. Ya' see dis sled thing - all red, it wuz - pulled up in
front of da shelter. Uhhh a short, fat guy inna red fur coat got out
an' handed me a package. Yuh see dese new mittens? Dey wuz inna
pakcage - had a purty bow onnit, ya know? Welll, dis guy inna fur coat
laffs reel loud - HO, HO, HO, ya know? Den he janders inta da shelter,
like he owns da place - gotta big sack over his shoulder, ya know? I
wuz rippin open da package when he cums out an' jumps inta da sled - dey
wuz all deez dawgs, er sumpin' tied up ta it - ya know? Well, dis fat
guy starts yellin' at da dawgs an dey grunt, er bellow - do dawgs
bellow? Welll, dis fat guy inna fur coat yells at dem an off dey go -
right up inta da sky, ya know? Hay! I don' know nuttin'. I jest know
I got new mittens - ya know?"
- -- scene change: video apparently from an eye-cam; a large body of water
in
the background; a female ork faces the camera; she wears practical
work
clothes, but they are clean and well kept; this ork apparently
practices
good dental hygiene --
"Well it certainly gave us all a start. I thought it was funny, you
know, cute. I mean it was a scene right out of the old poem; complete
with reindeer. Sure it looked real... I mean it was real. Some of our
people are a little touchy, with the way they've been treated, and all,
and they almost started shooting. Puppy started shouting that it was a
helicopter, but nobody was really listening. The kids went crazy - all
the toys."
- -- chokes up and covers a sob; can't stop the tears; wipes her eyes --
"We'll have a proper feast around here today. Yes (laugh/cries) he left
food for all of us. I don't care what it really was - I'm telling you
that Santa Claus came here tonight. Excuse me... I, uh..."
- -- she turns away from the camera sobbing; a large male ork wearing a
shotgun for a sidearm walks into the scene and cradles her shoulders
with one arm; he puts his large, hairy hand in front of the camera --
- -- scene change; back to the portacam outside the brownstone building
and
Sheldon Terdwhistle; children playing with obviously new toys in
obviously
new parkas, hats and mittens are in the background --
"There you see it, Boston. Everyone may not agree that it was Santa
Claus or St. Nick or Kris Kringle, but no one can argue that something
out of the ordinary DID happen in the Metroplex, tonight. Given the
time of the year and the results (turns to indicate kids playing) I'm
going to come to my own conclusions. Back to you John and Linda. Merry
Christmas, Boston."
- -- scene change; back to the talking heads in the studio newsroom; both
have looks of wonder/disbelief?; the female speaks --
" Thank you Sheldon and Happy Holidays to you."
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What about that? I heard that not all of the orphanages and such got
visited (You remember that one where the super was accused of selling
some of the children to porn simsense studios? They didn't.) The whole
thing happened like all at once all over town. Too many places at once
to be like one guy masquerading. Makes me kind of want to believe, you
know?
Well, call this my Christmas card. Take care, you hear?]<<<<<
-- Andrea <04:21:32/12-25-57>
