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It鈥檚 a follow-up to last year鈥檚 鈥淢iss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,鈥� which brings back the characters of Jane Austen鈥檚 鈥淧ride and Prejudice鈥� two years after the novel ends. Both Christmas comedies were penned by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Veronika Duerr is directing.

鈥淢iss Bennet鈥� focused on the Bennet family holiday get-together as the still-single middle child Mary Bennet navigated her alone-ness and fended off the usual family queries of why she can鈥檛 get a man. (Spoiler alert: She finds one.)

鈥淭he Wickhams鈥� is more hate than love for the holidays. Baby sister Lydia, the impetuous, boisterous of the Bennet girls who rushed into the arms of the scoundrel George Wickham, returns to her brother-in-law鈥檚 estate for the holidays. Her husband is not allowed to join her, which means Lydia is surrounded by family members in love.

But that scoundrel of a hubby is not one to sit on the sidelines. He sneaks into the estate late on the night before Christmas Eve and it鈥檚 up to the house staff downstairs to keep him out of sight. That鈥檚 not an easy task when Lydia discovers he鈥檚 in the house. Wickham tries to cajole his estranged wife to leave the family gathering and skip out to Europe, after, of course, she鈥檚 snagged a few bucks from the family coffers.

The festivities spiral into chaos once Lydia gets a letter that fell out of Wickham鈥檚 pocket outlining his true intentions 鈥� to abandon his wife once he gets the money.

We won鈥檛 give anything else away, but trust us when we say, this one is Lucille-Ball-in-the-candy-factory funny.

Performances at the Temple, 330 S. Scott Ave., are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, with 2 p.m. matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and on Dec. 1. Tickets are $25-$90 through or by calling 833-282-7328.