A Christmas comedy set in 1930s Paris, where three genial escaped convicts from Devil's Island have been secretly living in the attic of a struggling shopkeeper's home, posing as helpful handymen while quietly manipulating the family's fortunes for the better. As the family faces financial ruin and romantic setbacks, the three 'angels' use their considerably less-than-angelic skills, including a bit of judicious poisoning of unpleasant relatives and rivals, to engineer happy endings all around. The play finds warm, whimsical comedy in the contrast between the convicts' criminal pasts and their genuine, almost saintly devotion to the family they've adopted. It has become a beloved holiday-season favorite for community theaters for its gentle humor and heartwarming, if morally mischievous, resolution.

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