This is in the vein of the C.S. Lewis' 'Screwtape Letters', except instead of a monologue, you hear both sides of the discussion. This skit suggests that both materialism and a level of complacency with the Christmas message can both lead to a degrading of Christmas

    Cast: Senior Devil, Junior Devil, Someone to play the cameo role of Mary and Santa

Santa: Ho, ho, ho….

Senior Devil: Ha, ha, ha, haaa! Don't you just love Santa Claus, Wormwood?

Junior Devil: He's fat, unfashionable, intrusive, unfit,…. I love him!

SD: Yes, humans can be such intelligent creatures when they put their minds to it. They're doing all the hard work for us.

JD: What do you mean? I thought our master would despise anything that provided people with laughter and hope.

SD: Ahhh, my younger devil, you have so much to learn. It all depends on who they hope in. Our master Satan is very pleased when young humans begin to hope in such a wonderful character as Mr Claus. As you've already pointed out, he has such endearing qualities.

JD: But wouldn't such a figure give enjoyment and fun to many of our subjects, leaving them with a sense of optimism and other such awful feelings that would be pleasing to the enemy?

SD: These things may last for a short while, but once our young subjects find out the illusory truth of the matter, they will instead be filled with feelings of mistrust and resentment, particularly towards their parents. This period of the fiscal year can be a very "productive" one for us.

JD: I like the pun, teacher.

SD: Thank you… I'm glad you have learnt something of my teaching. This commercialism you refer to works to our advantage. This further takes the focus away from the enemy and instead promotes what we term a "guilt offering", where people feel obliged to buy, and expect to receive. If nothing comes back in return, they become angry and depressed, and this
period of time is always beneficial for us.

JD: Yeah, because human beings are so selfish, they always want more than they have already. It's made so easy for us because their greed compliments our own.

[Mary sing to baby]

SD: There's another promising scene. [Looking to the nativity scene]

JD: What do you mean "promising"? Doesn't this put the focus right back on the enemy?

SD: You're right, my young apprentice, but what do they actually learn after years of repeating this same story?

JD: What I've learnt is that nobody ever holds the star still!

SD: Exactly! You learn absolutely nothing. For most humans, this putrid baby means about as much as the lyrics in a Spice Girls' song. Do you know what else this scene does for us?

JD: Well… You always seem to dry wretch whenever you see the kid…

SD: Yes, but this picture is often how people see our enemy. They never get past this stage, so for them, he is always a baby doll wrapped in blankets and lying in a manger. If we simplify the enemy in this way, he can be controlled in our subjects.

JD: But isn't his message simple anyway?

SD: Shhh! We know that, but many of them don't [pointing to the congregation]. His message wasn't just to be born though, was it?

JD: Definitely not. And I thought Christmas was a bad time of year for us devils.

SD: It all depends on what the focus is for each individual subject, so make sure you don't stress the "Christ" in "Christmas" too much. People might get the wrong idea…