A Christmas for the Ages

From oldest to youngest, Marie, Joan, Kristi, and Savannah are four generations of mothers and daughters in the same family. While they all love one another, each respective mother and daughter has the most issues of protectiveness over and criticism of the other. They are adhering to many of their traditions this Christmas season, such as the four women alone having their annual tea to kick off the season together, the family planning on having its Christmas crawl, family gatherings of an appetizer party, a formal sit-down dinner and dessert party to be hosted by Marie, Kristi, and Joan, and all attending the Christmas Eve concert, at which they are trying to convince Joan to sing, at the theater where Savannah now works. Initially only known to some but which will become known to all, some things that will color the family interactions this Christmas season are that Marie and Savannah have new boyfriends: Jim, who is Marie's first since becoming widowed; and Rudy, who is Savannah's very first "serious" relationship. While Marie must justify a new man at her age, especially to herself and to Joan, Savannah is feeling the pressure as Marie, Joan, and Kristi were all married and had children by her age, and she isn't sure she feels ready for marriage to anyone, let alone Rudy. As they all navigate their relationships, Savannah, stemming from a conversation at the tea about what Christmases were like for each of the women when they were Savannah's age, and with access to costumes in working at the theater, comes up with the idea that each one of the gatherings in the Christmas crawl this year should reflect the young-adulthood era of its hostess: Marie's appetizer party reflecting the 1940s, Kristi's sit-down dinner the 1990s, and Joan's dessert party the 1960s. Written by Huggo