Brave in Ribbons

Everyone knows the story of 'Scrooge' from Dickens' A Christmas Carol - that selfish miser who is visited by three "Christmas Ghosts" who - during the course of one, event-filled night - take Scrooge back into his past to witness several powerful and emotional revelations that show him the error of his ways. In Brave in Ribbons, a transgender woman ("Connie") appears in the place of Scrooge, but - being transgender - she faces her own unique and unexpected revelations, as shown to her by those three well-known Christmas Ghosts. As the three Ghosts take us back to see episodes from Connie's past, we see moments of joy and fulfillment, but we also see her suffer rejection and abandonment by those family members who once loved her, and whom she loved. Connie's older brother, Tommy - who has passed away and come to the afterlife - refuses to give up loving and supporting Connie, and it is Tommy who enlists both his Guardian Angel and Satan (who goes by the name of "Stan" in the afterlife) to play the part of those Ghosts who will help him keep watch over Connie. Brave in Ribbons tells the "truth" of a transgender woman, and of her place in the world during the Christmas Season. It is a story of undying love, devotion and sacrifice, but it is also a story of cruelty, injustice and sadness.