Patricia’s Surprise,
The beautiful American girl is coming back from the Christmas market in the year 1850 in Virginia. Patricia’s father told her mom that he would delay coming home, because of the dense snow on the road. Patricia felt sad for her mom because she knew her mom had been waiting for that moment for a long time. She quickly decided to go to the Christmas market despite the severe frost outside, in order to buy a Christmas tree for her mom. She took her stubborn little sister Linda with her, her dog Bobby, and her sleigh to drag the tree easily. Meanwhile, Patricia was coming home, she went inside a sweet shop to get a nice sweets packet to present to her mom as a gift. What a beautiful surprise Patricia made for her mom! Read more
Uncle Bellagamba,
The funny Italian seller, who sells Christmas trees in the market. Uncle Bellagamba comes every Christmas season to sell his beautiful trees in the market after taking care of them for the whole year. He lived in Virginia in the year 1850. Everyone in the village knows him Because of his loud voice and funny American accent. His clothes reflect his poor situation. Despite his poor life, he has a cheerful and rich spirit. He always loves to laugh. Even though his lazy dog Ricks only eats, sleeps, and doesn’t do anything for him useful. Bellagamba believes that this dog is Irreplaceable :). At Christmas, Uncle Bellagamba is used to putting candies in his pocket to surprise children and walk around to make them happy on these special days.
Patricia & Uncle Bellagamba dialogue.
The scene reflects the moment when Uncle Bellagamba called Patricia to come back.
Bellagamba: Ciao, Patrizia. come va? e come stanno i tuoi genitori?
Patricia: Hahaha, Hello, uncle Bellagamba. I have always mentioned to you that I don’t understand Italian.
Bellagamba: Oh sorry Patrizia, I forgot. How are you? And how are your parents?
Patricia: They are doing well. Thanks for asking. But my father will delay coming home because of the dense snow on the road. So, I came with my little sister to buy a Christmas tree for my mom as a surprise.
Bellagamba: Oh, that sounds exciting. Which tree you would like to buy?
Patricia: Hum, I would like to buy that small one. Because I can’t put the big one in my sleigh.
Belagamba: Yes, definitely. Here you go.
Patricia: Thank you. How much is it?
Bellagamba: it costs $5.
Patricia: Thank you, Uncle Bellagamba. Goodbye.
Bellagamba: How come these little kids got out to buy a gift for their mom in this frost weather? What awesome kids. I’m proud of them. (He wondered).
Bellagamba: hey, Patrizia, Patrizia, Patrizia. Would you like to take one more for free? Come on, come on, Patrizia.
Patricia: Oh! Thank you, Uncle Bellagamba. That is very kind of you. I love it. Now I have two Christmas trees for Mom and Dad.
Bellagamba: You’re welcome, Patrizia. Hey Linda, do you want candies?
Linda: Yeah, Uncle Bellagamba, of course. Thank you for the sweets, uncle.
Patricia & Linda: Thank you Uncle Bellagamba, Merry Christmas. Goodbye.
Bellagamba: Merry Christmas, kids. Goodbye.
