Play out a Christmas Murder Mystery with 20 friends and share a special firkin of Miracle On Second Avenue: 'Ggnog Ale made just for the event. Your ticket also entitles you to 10% off your tab while at the event.

The holidays can be stressful for all of us—but they’re especially hard on the people who reenact a Christmas story every year for our entertainment. So good old Ebenezer Scrooge has started a “Holiday Derangement Syndrome” therapy group for characters from pop culture to get together and talk about their feelings.

Scrooge decides to act as therapist himself, since he knows all about the mixed feelings Christmas can bring. He is leading characters like the Grunch, the Sugar Plum Fairy and Shawn McClane through a discussion of what Christmas means to them when the lights suddenly go out.

There is a strange gurgling sound in the darkness, and when the lights come back on—Scrooge is dead with a sprig of holly through his heart! Was he killed by someone who was concerned about the secrets he knew? Someone who was scared of the direction the discussion was taking? Or maybe it was—YOU!

Costume Suggestions: Christmas Characters -- very do-it-yourself!

HELD AT THE BARRELHOUSE - 2505 West 2nd Avenue, Unit 13.

21+

You will receive a confirmation and your random character assignment three days before the event. Characters will be assigned in a gender-non-specific fashion.

Characters:

SHAWN McCLANE

Tough New York cop who helps villains die hard

BILLIE THE ELF

Raised as an elf, has grown too tall

GRUNCH

Hates Christmas season, no one quite knows the reason

GRUNCHESS

Almost as grumpy as her husband

CINDY LOU WOO

Used to love Christmas, but has developed a dislike of roast beast

MAXY

Grunch's dog, confused about Christmas

SANTA KLAUSE

Reluctant new Father Christmas

MRS. KLAUSE

Reluctant, hates baking cookies

RUE DOLPH

Reindeer, has a very shiny nose

KEL MCCANISTER

Left home alone too many times

SUGAR PLUM FAIRY

Sickened by too many Christmas sweets

CAPTAIN NUTCRACKER

Tired of waltzing, wants to rap

MACK SKELLINGTON

Wants to bring the Christmas spirit to Halloween

RALPHIE RYDER

Wants a B.B. gun for Christmas, but gets a leg lamp instead

MARK CRISWOLD

Bumbling father, needs a Christmas vacation

JACKY FROST

Fairy, tired of being cold

JINGLY BELLE

Santa’s adopted daughter, bored with Christmas

BOB CRATCHIT

Scrooge’s clerk, wants more time off

MRS. CRATCHIT

Tired of making plum puddings that don’t come out right

TINY KIM

Still waiting for a Christmas miracle that never comes