CHRISTMAS SCHOONER at MERCURY THEATER CHICAGO

Singing the Charles Dickens Blues? "Nutcracker" got you down? Is the thought of one more Christmas Pageant enough to make you scream? Take a ride on "The Christmas Schooner!"brbrThis critically acclaimed holiday treat tells the true story of a Michigan shipping captain who braves the deadly winter weather to bring Christmas trees to homesick German American families in turn-of-the-century Chicago. His voyages become a yearly tradition despite his wife's misgivings-until a fateful voyage makes her realize the true importance of his mission.