Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact #8 [254]

Last minute preparations are being made for the public Christmas Pageant. Fr.Carroll wants Maria to play the part of The Virgin Mary and goes to her home to ask her. Maria sees Chuck, but wants nothing to do with him and calls him a hateful man. After the pageant, Chuck meets with Fr.Carroll and Sr. Theresa at the Donly's house and presents them with a check for $1000 and a new Christmas tree to plant. Maria finds out that the state was going to build a highway where their old tree stood and it would have come down anyway. Chuck arranged for them to get the money from the sale of the tree.