A Christmas tree story by Chicago playwright/musician Beau O'Reilly. (14 minutes)
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Act Four: Quarantweening
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Act One: Masked Crusaders
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Act Two: Screen Times at Ridgemont High
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Act Two: The Things That Money Can Buy
Beau O'Reilly gets a chance to settle a 17-year-old score with the help of the Chicago police.
Act Three: Mom Music
Beau O'Reilly and his mother Winifred, who had 14 children, discuss her secret feelings about Johnny Cash and other matters on Mother's Day.
Act Two: Inescapable Logic
Beau O'Reilly tells the story of a man who tried to run for President as a utopian nudist.