Holiday Homecoming
Adapted from Cindy McCormick’s original production
(Curtain opens. Students are sitting around a living room scene – sofa, chairs, rug, Christmas tree, fireplace.)
Song:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Student 1: Boy, we had a great Christmas last year!
Student 2: Yes, it was super. The snow was beautiful. Santa brought me some great presents,
too!
Student 3: I remember all the yummy Christmas cookies and candies!
Everyone: Mmmmh, Cookies and candies!
Student 4: Oh, that reminds me of a problem that happened last year at Christmas.
Everyone: What problem?
Student 5: Remember those kids, Hansel and Gretel? They lived in a gingerbread house in the
forest and those animals kept munching away on the house.
Student 6: I remember there was a happy ending, though. Those great tool guys from the
“This Old Home Improvement” TV show came and saved the day.
Student 7: Yes, Bob the Builder, Tim the Toolman and that famous master carpenter Gnorm,
really fixed up the house in a hurry!
Song:
The Further Adventures of 3 Builder (Blind) Mice
(MUSIC K-8, Vol. 16, No.1)
Student 8: I don’t believe my eyes… it’s Bob the Builder, Tim the Toolman and Gnorm!
Student 9: Hi, guys. What are you doing here?
Bob:
Well, after we repaired Hansel and Gretel’s cottage, we moved on to do some
repairs on a large shoe for a woman with lots of children.
Gnorm:
Then we helped a trio of pigs build a house of bricks.
Tim:
We were just down the road a bit and thought we’d drop by to wish you a Merry
Christmas!
Student 10: We were just reminiscing about past Christmas seasons.
Student 11: We’re really glad you’re here. You did a great job of saving the day last year, maybe
you can help us out this year, too.
Bob:
Well, sure. What’s the problem?
Student 12: It’s Brittney. She’s been gloomy ever since her parents had to fly to Australia on
business.
Tim:
Cheer up, Brittney. Your parents will have a great time. Maybe they’ll bring you
some presents from Australia.
Gnorm:
Wow! Australia in December! It’s summer down there in December. Instead of
having cold, wintry conditions, the Aussies are enjoying warm temperatures and
sunny days at the beach.
Student 13: Here in America we like to go caroling. I love “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
song that mentions a partridge in a pear tree.
Bob:
But in Australia they have a very different little bird called a kookaburra…and he’s
in a gum tree.
Song:
Kookaburra
(MUSIC K-8, Vol. 8, No.1)
(Kooky enters during the song and sits on a bench to play his didjeridu. The students are surprised
and thrilled to see him.)
Student 14: Hey, Kooky! What brings you to America?
Kooky:
Brittney’s family sent us to keep her company while they’re finishing their
business in Australia.
Holly:
Besides, we missed all of you. We haven’t seen you since the last time we got
together for Christmas.
Tanga:
(hopping like a kangaroo.) Coming to America has been a really hoppy experience!
(Kangaroos hop and giggle.)
Kooky:
We’ve been studying American history and have learned about some of the famous
men and women that helped build America.
Entrance Music for George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, And Yankee Doodle.
(Music-Hail to the chief)
George Washington… Benjamin Franklin… Betsy Ross… Yankee Doodle… is it really
you?
Tanga:
How can this be? You were alive back in the late 1700s.
G. Washington: I cannot tell a lie. Anything is possible in a Christmas program.
B. Ross:
We have brought some Christmas presents to welcome our Australian guests.
Yankee:
Here, open mine first!
Kooky:
(Unwrapping a gift with a confused and surprised look.) A box of macaroni? Uh… it’s just
what I always wanted.
B. Franklin: I brought a kite. (He hands Tanga a badly damaged kite.)
Yankee:
His kite looked a lot better before he flew it in the lightning storm!
Tanga:
Well, it certainly looks hysterical… I mean historical!
B. Ross:
I brought a special American flag.
Holly:
It’s beautiful! Look, just 13 stars, one for each of the original American colonies.
G. Washington: My gift is a song for our Australian guest. Perhaps this will help you learn a
little more about America.
Holly:
Song:
Fifty Nifty
Student 15: About one hundred years after the days of George Washington and his friends, the
American western frontier was alive and full of colorful characters.
Holly:
Tell us more.
G. Washinton: Yes, tell us more.
Student 16: Well, I’ve heard a story about some trouble they had in the Wild West one
Christmas. It seems there was a bad guy in town trying to ruin everyone’s
Christmas.
Yankee:
Was he robbing the stagecoaches or stealing cattle?
Student 17: Neither. He was chewing bogs of bubble gum and sticking it all over town – in the
soda fountain saloons, in the Christmas trees, and on everyone’s presents.
Kooky:
He sure sounds like a meanie!
Entrance Music for Bubble Gum Bart.
Billy the Kid – Theme from Bonanza 1st TX CD No. 10
(Bubble Gum Bart enters. Everyone steps back in fear. Some hide behind the sofa, the Christmas tree, etc.)
Song:
Bubble Gum Goo
Bart:
Howdy, pardners. I’m Bubble Gum Bart.
Student 18: We know who you are. Please don’t ruin our Christmas celebration.
Bart:
Oh, I don’t ruin Christmas anymore! You’re looking at the reformed Bubble Gym
Bart! You see, my good friend The Candy Cane Kid helped set me straight.
Entrance Music for The Candy Cane Kid.
Billy the Kid – Theme from Bonanza 1st TX CD No. 10
(Bubble Gym Bart and The Candy Cane Kid are happy to see each other. They shake hands, and exchange bubble
gum and candy cans.)
Student 19:
Kid:
Kooky:
Kid:
Bart:
Kid:
Tanga:
Song:
BW Skunk:
You must be the Candy Cane Kid.
Sure am, little lady.
We had heard that Bubble Gym Bart was a no-good, gum-chewing cowboy.
Well, once he found out that the townsfolk in Snowy Gulch really just wanted to
be his friend, he started sharing his bubble gum with everyone instead of ruining
their Christmas.
That’s right! Here’s some bubble gum for everyone. But, please place your gum in
the proper trash receptacle when you are finished. We don’t want any sticky
situations this Christmas!
It seems there have always been people who are treated badly just because they are
a little different.
I heard a story where even the forest creatures had trouble accepting others. The
black and white animals wouldn’t associate with any of the colorful animals.
Zebra Zydeco
(Music K8 Vol. 13, No. 5)
(The rest of the black and white and colorful animals enter near end of song.)
We black and white animals of the forest thought we were the best
kind of animals. (All black and white animals shake their heads in agreement.)
And we colorful animals thought we were the best! (All colorful
animals shake their heads in agreement.)
BW Panda:
But, then Santa arrived in his colorful red suit with brightly colored
packages…
Color peacock:
And helped us realize that no matter what color we are, or if we have
stripes or spots, we can all get along.
Gnorm:
Speaking of colors, I remember a Christmas when someone was blue.
Bob:
Blue? Did he fall in a bucket of paint?
Tim:
I don’t think so, Bob.
BW Penguin:
Maybe he was so cold he turned blue.
Gnorm:
No, no. I mean he was blue as in “sad”.
Bart:
Poor guy. Did he have a bubble gum problem, too?
Gnorm:
No, it was more of a rock ’n’ roll problem. You see, he knew elves were supposed
to enjoy making toys. But, in his heart, he really wanted to be a rock ‘n’ roll singer.
Color/Flamingo:
Entrance Music
(Elfis enters followed by four other elves.)
Song:
He’s So Blue
Elfis:
(Spoken in Elvis-type voice) Thank you, thank you very much!
BW Dalmation: Oh Elfis, we were just hearing about how sad you are.
Elfis:
Oh, I’m not sad anymore. I just like to sing that song!
Elf 1:
Once we got to know Elfis, we discovered he’s a really fun guy.
Elf 2:
Just because he likes to dress differently than we do doesn’t make him any less an
elf.
Elf 3:
And his hairstyle grows on you after a while.
Elf 4:
At first we weren’t very kind to Elfis, but Santa helped us learn to be tolerant and
understanding.
Elf 5:
He represents the giving spirit of Christmas.
Elf 6:
You know Santa… always coming to the rescue.
(Santa’s “Ho, ho, ho!” and “Whoa Dasher, whoa Dancer, slow down Rudolph” is heard off-stage. The sound of
reindeer hooves can also be hear – fast at first, then slowing to a stop.)
Santa:
Elf 7:
Elf 8:
Blitzen:
Elfis:
Elf 9:
Rudolf:
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas everyone! Am I too late for the holiday homecoming?
No sir, Santa. You’re right on time.
We were just about to ask Elfis to lead us in another song.
That’s a great idea! Will you do it, Elfis?
Oh, ho, yeah, man!
Clear the area, everyone. Give my man, Elfis, some room to work.
Listen up you boys and girls out there. Put your hooves together for “The Santa
Claus Rock!”
Song:
The Santa Claus Rock!
Student 20: What a terrific holiday homecoming we have had.
Student 21: Yes, it seems almost like a dream that all of those friends could come together for
Christmas.
Student 22: On way to celebrate the true spirit of Christmas is by being with family and
friends.
Student 23: Let’s invite all of our family and friends here tonight to join us in an old-fashioned
Christmas sing-along.
(All students and audience join in a Christmas sing-along.)
All students:
Merry Christmas everyone!