Santa Goes Green

Carly with Misty and Maddie. The kindergartners in Carly's class wore little elf hats. The kids in the other k class wore reindeer antlers. They were the first song of the program. They sang a song about being Santa's helpers and "Let's be jolly! Hang all the holly! Christmas season has begun!" The little kids are always so darn cute.

Our school does a musical every year. We order a play and we start working on the music at the end of October. This year's show was called "Santa Goes Green." It was about encouraging Santa to do more things to protect the environment. Each class sang a song that went with the play. We had songs about preserving our forests, penguins worrying about global warming, protecting our world, and recycling. All of the songs were cute, but I thought the 4th graders got the funnest one. It was about recycling fruitcake. It was so catchy that our kids learned it right away. Even Carly could sing the verses after hearing it just a few times. You are always a bit nervous when you get your song. You don't want to be the class that ruins the program. The songs sound really bad when you first start working on them. We do actions and little dances to go with them, so a lot of time goes into it. By the time you do the rehearsal with the rest of the school, the kids have it down and you quit worrying about it.

Ellen & Kayla. Their song was the final song called, "We're Going Green." It was kind of a chorus line type of song. It was cute and the sixth graders had cute actions and dancing. For the last month we have been bugging our kids to wear green shirts for the program and they did really well. We only had a few didn't wear one and we all tried to bring in some extras for those kids to wear. It looked sharp. The play went well. The audience enjoyed it and we all left school today feeling really good about it. If I could change one thing it would be to hold it in a real auditorium, but we don't have one. If any of you would like me to sing the fruitcake song over the holidays, give me a couple beers and I'll belt it out. I can't get it out of my head.