Up the Chimney

Jack’s letter to Santa asks for a toy soldier—but only a postscript remembers the warm gloves his father needs. Then Nurse Mary swallows medicine poured by Jack and spooned by Polly, and her aching back seems to vanish.

On a bitter Christmas Eve, a family gathers by the fire while the children leave their letters where Santa can find them. In Shepherd Knapp’s playful Christmas stage tale, Nurse Mary’s stories of their father’s childhood give way to a far stranger visitor: a little green man with news that Santa is ill. Jack and Polly must find a way to help before Christmas morning—and the right medicine may take more than a trip upstairs to the medicine case. Can two children reach the North Pole in time?

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