Scene 1: The Busy Streets (this is just a rehersal, so the costumes come later)
(The curtain opens up to show many shoppers in a freeze frame at the eight notes of Christmas from the church bells.
Once they have been played a second time, the people start to move, greet each other, carrying gifts, etc.)

(Song: It's a Very Merry Christmas Eve! (Opening) begins) (anything italicized means that this is sung)

Chorus

Women: It's a Merry Christmas Eve
And I hardly can believe
How the time does fly as the years gone by
Since we trimmed the Christmas Tree!

Men: It's a Merry Christmas Eve
Like a world of make-believe!

Everyone: It's a magic night in a child's delight!
It's a Very Merry Christmas Eve!

Verse 1

Woman 1: Happy face gazing through the window panes.

Man 1: Children dreaming of sugar plums and candy canes.

Couple 1: Warm embraces passing over by the fire.

Everyone: Christmas Carols echoed from a choir!

Chorus 2

Women: It's a Merry Christmas Eve
Men: It's a Merry, Merry Christmas Eve
And I hardly can believe
And I hardly can believe
How the time does fly as the years gone by
Everyone: Since we trimmed the Christmas Tree!

Men: It's a Merry Christmas Eve
Women: It's a Merry, Merry Christmas Eve
Everyone: Like a world of make-believe!
It' a magic night in a child's delight!
It's a Very Merry Christmas Eve!

Verse 2

Man 2: Sleigh bells ringing through the village square again.

Woman 2: Carolers singing...

Man 1 and 2, Woman 1 and 2, and couple: Peace on Earth, good will to men!

Santa Claus: Shoppers hurry, looking for a special toy.

Everyone: Yuletide greetings filled with hope and joy!

Repeat Chorus 2

Everyone: It's a magic night in a child's delight!
It's a Very, Merry Christmas Eve....
It's a Very, Merry Christmas Eve! (song ends)

(Music for "Bill, it's Christmas Eve!" begins while the people continue their roles. Bill (Furrball) and Mary (Fifi)
are carrying suitcases and documents.)

Mary: Bill?

Bill: Yes, Mary?

Mary: STOP! (Crowd freezes and looks at her. Mary looks around and shrugs.) Oh, I'm sorry, not you. (turns to Bill) Wait!

Bill: What? (music continues as crowd starts to walk again)

Mary: Zhis eez as far as I go. (having trouble with supplies)

Bill: Do you need me to take some files? (comes over to her)

Mary: Yes, zhank you. (hands him the documents)

Bill (puts the documents in his suitcase): Come along, we have work to do.

Mary: Zhis eez as far as I go. My Mohzair and daughtair weell be here soon.

Bill: But, we have work to do. Mary, Monday's gonna be here before we know it!

Mary (stands on top of nearby crate): Bill, it's Christmas Eve! No more work, not tonight of all nights.

Bill: I need your help, I just can't do this work alone! What's the matter? Are we paying you enough as a consultant or what?
I need your help! C'mon, we're almost at my apartment. (starts to go, but sees that Mary isn't moving) Mary, come on!

Mary (comes down): Bill, I can't work tonight. My daughtair's een ze Christmas play. (smiles) She's an angel, you know.

Bill (chuckles): Just one minute, Mary, ONE. Just one minute is all I need, I promise you. I'd cross my heart, but I can't.

Mary: Zhat's what you said Thanksgiving. And as a matter of fact, you don't pay me enough, not for hours like zhis.

Bill: Not hours, Mary. Just one minute, honest. Please? (beginning to beg) PLEASE?

Mary (getting a little irritated): OK, one minute.

Bill (joyful): YES!

Mary (giggling): You are such a workaholeec! (grabs his arm as he turns to leave) Bill! Just stop for meenute, weell you? Look around. (glances at the people around them)
Look at zhe people getting ready for Christmas. Look at zheir faces, everyone's so happy.

Bill: But, Mary-

Mary: Just look, Bill! Zhe accounts won't fall apart eef you pause for a moment to look. Eet's wonderful...eet's my favorite time of year. Weell, you look?

Bill: Alright. (literally takes one glance around the place) Satisfied? Now, let's go.

Mary: We can't, I have t- (sees a younger female skunk and older cat entering from stage right) Oh, here they are!

Jenny (played by Pheffe Le Pew, Pepe's daughter and bellechat's character/ runs to Mary): Mommy!

Mary: Hi, sugarplum. You've been shoppeeng?

Jenny: Yeah, but you can't look! We got you a suprise robe.

Grandmother (played by Penelope Pussycat/ playfully to Jenny): Hush, big mouth. (back to Mary) Oh, she's been driving me all over town

Mary: Oh, Mother! (shows her Bill) This is Bill from the firm.

Grandmother (looks to Bill): Oh, yes! I've heard a lot about you.

Bill (smiling): None of it is true.

Grandmother: My thoughts exactly.

Mary (to Bill): And you know Jenny?

Bill (looks to Jenny): Yeah, I know her from the picture you showed me. (rubs her head) She's cuter in person. (Jenny giggles and blushes a little)

Mary (back to Grandmother): Mom, do you mind taking Jenny home? I have a...(struggles a little in speaking) couple of zhings to do.

Grandmother: But, you're singing tonight. A-And the pageant!

Jenny (looks up to Mary): I gotta be an angel.

Mary (smiles as she stopps down to her): You're already an angel. (to Grandmother) Now, we'll have plenty of time. I'll only be...(looks to Bill) one meenute.

Grandmother (a little worried): Well, if you have to. But, hurry along. (to Jenny) Come on, sweetheart. (leaves to stage right)

Bill: I think they like me.

Mary: I'm sure zhey do.

Bill: Come on, we better get going. I have to make the most of that minute. (Both turn to leave)

Mary (suddenly sees a group of people close to stage left): Oh! Carollers are collecting money for ophans. Maybe zhey'll seeng!

Bill (stops with Mary): Maybe they will. My apartment's just around the corner, I bet we'll be able to hear them up there.

Mary (starts to go to the carollers): Maybe zhey'll seeng eef I put money een ze pot.

Bill (starts to go after her): Maybe they'll come up to my apartment if I give a credit card; Mary, please!

Mary (puts a few dollars in the pot in front of carollers): Here you go. (begging to Bill) Now, I only want to hear a little bit.

Bill: *sigh* OK, but this is (points at her) YOUR minute, not mine.

Carollers: Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-laa-la-la-la-la! (both leave to stage left while town kids including Jenny come out)

(Song: "It's A Very Merry Christmas Eve!" (Reprise))

Kids: It's a Merry Christmas Eve
And I hardly can believe
How the time does fly as the years gone by
Since we trimmed the Christmas Tree!

Women (joining in): It's a Merry Christmas Eve
Like a world of make-believe!
It's a magic night in a child's delight!
It's a Merry, Merry Christmas Eve!

(Instrumental; kids start to pick up their toys and twirl around with them and throw them in the air to catch them in their own boxes and give it to Women. Women are now taking the boxes and do the prihouette with them while some wrapping paper and start to wrap their boxes from the bottom to the top. Then, they give the boxes to the Men
in order finish them by putting a colorful bow on top.)

Everyone: It's a Merry Christmas Eve
And I hardly can believe

Women: How the time does fly as the years gone by
Everyone: Since we trimmed the Christmas Tree!

Men: It's a Merry Christmas Eve
Women: It's a Merry, Merry Christmas Eve
Everyone: Like a world of make-believe!
It' a magic night in a child's delight!
It's a Merry, Merry Christmas Eve!

It' a magic night in a child's delight!
It's a Merry, Merry Christmas Eve...
It's a Merry, merry Christmas Eve! (song ends and curtain closes)