Screenplay Excerpt: ‘Too Bright For Christmas’ by Hallmark Mitchell

Hallmark Christmas Special season is upon us, and our Entertainment Editor and subleaser Mitchell Kennedy has been trying his hand at writing his own tearjerker. Here is a delightful excerpt that we found on the cutting room floor, so to speak, next to the toilet.

TOO BRIGHT FOR CHRISTMAS

A Tom Bready Christmas Special by Hallmark Mitchell

CHARACTERS

TOM BREADY, A FAMOUS RICH ATHLETE
GISELA, HIS FIANCÉ
BAD SANTA, A HOMELESS SANTA
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS 2022, A GOOD & WATCHFUL SPIRIT

ACT 1 SCENE i

TOM BREADY
Hello my darling here we are walking through the snow in the Christmas Wonderland Park.

GISELA
Yes, we are. It is lovely. I mean I love you. Kiss me, Tom Bready.

TOM BREADY
Yes, mmmmh mmmhh.

GISELA
Yes mmmh mmmh.

BAD SANTA
Hey you two respect the park it is Christmas Eve and there are children here for Pete’s sake.

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS 2022
Hey Bad Santa who let you out of the slammer?

BAD SANTA
Tom Bready felt sorry for me and let me go. He is also sheriff of this town you know.

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS 2022
Tom Bready is this true? But how could it be?

TOM BREADY
It is Christmas Eve and even Bad Santa has the right to enjoy the holiday.

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS 2022
But for this she is going to divorce you Tom Bready.

GISELA
Tom Bready I want a divorce.

And that is as far as Hallmark Mitchell got with this one. We can only hope for the sake of his entranced readership that he pushes on to the end of the scene, and act.