Book excerpt: Sisters Sam and Shelly’s blissful Christmas of violent video games and selfies is interrupted when their sentimental mother wants the family to watch the legendarily awful Christmas dog movie Santa Woofs! That’s when a mysterious Surviving Christmas App is uploaded on Shelly’s phone. Then, even though there is a blizzard, mysterious people keep showing up at the house with unfinished school worksheets and sudden marriage proposals. When a preacher arrives with thick accent and a pack of rowdy orphans, the sisters have to figure how to outwit the Surviving Christmas App. Christmas comedy One-act. 30-35 minutes 10-20 actors, gender flexible