HALLMARK CHRISTMAS ROMCOMS ARE STRESSING ME OUT
A Christmas Comedic Monologue
By
Tara Meddaugh
Scarlett and Maia are waiting outside their children’s school for afternoon pickup. Scarlett comes clean to Maia about how she is having trouble holding up her end of a commitment they made together: to watch all the Hallmark Christmas romcoms that come out this season and discuss together. There are just too many movies that have come out and Scarlett can’t catch up! Watching Hallmark Christmas romcoms seems to be the most stressful part of this Christmas season!
DETAILS:
Genre: Comedic/Christmas
Running time: Approximately 1-1.5 minutes
Cast: Female (or any gender)
Age range: 20s-50s
Setting: Outside a school, December
Time period: contemporary
SCARLETT
I’ll never be able to finish in time. Maia—I can’t—I can’t do it. I’ve got—Lucy’s Christmas cookie exchange and that White Elephant thing at work and it’s like, every night, there’s something—a play or a concert or some light display we have to go to. And look—all of this is fine. I can manage it. I’ve been managing it for years. And I thought I could make time to build this new tradition with you…. But…
(pause)
I had no idea Hallmark was going to do double features all Thanksgiving weekend!
(pause)
I can’t—END OF EXCERPT
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