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A World of Christmasses
A World of Christmasses
CHRISTMASES
Year 3 Nativity 2021
Cast
Santa: Oh, hello, hello! Welcome, welcome! It is so good to see you all. As you can see, I am getting
ready for the big night! Are you excited? Me, too! I am so lucky – I get to see so many wonderful
places celebrating Christmas on my travels. Did you know that every country celebrates Christmas in
its own way?
Child 1: Santa! Over here! (waves from the audience and stands up)
Child 1: Merry Christmas to you, too! Santa, we want to know more about how Christmas is
celebrated around the world. Can you share more with us?
Santa: I can do better than that! Why don’t you join me in my sleigh and we can see together! In
fact, bring your friends with you!
Elf: (enter stage right) Um, hey Santa, do you think that this is a good idea? I mean, we have had
children travel with us before and all it seems to do is cause trouble!
Santa: Not now, not now. They just want to learn! Now, go and see Mrs Clause to get some treats
for our guests so we can begin our journey!
Elf exits.
Child 1 gathers her friends from the audience and leads them to the stage
Elf: Here we are Santa! Delicious hot chocolate, candy canes, brownies and…oh no no no, this is far
too many children!
Santa to elf: Now be nice. You can come too if you behave nicely.
Santa: Really really! Now, everyone hop into the sleigh and let the magic begin!
Child 2: Santa?
Child 2: ________________
Santa: What a marvellous name!
Santa: Well, let’s start with Espagne! Or, as we say in English, Spain!
Choreographed movement in sleigh until Santa lands the reindeer and sleigh in Spain.
Spanish children enter and begin hustle and bustle of the scene, banging drums and playing guitars
signifying that midnight mass is over.
Child 3: Woah, what are they doing? I have never seen this before!
Santa: Hola everyone! Good to see you all again! Merry Christmas to you too! I have brought some
guests with me – they are here to see how you celebrate Christmas in Spain!
Child 3: What is going on? Why are you all banging drums and playing guitars?
Sophia: We have just been to La Misa del Gallo – Midnight Mass – del Gallo means rooster.
Carlos: We believe that a rooster crowed the night that Jesus was born
Marta: Now we will go carol singing around the neighbour’s houses and sometimes they give us
money. Would you like to join us?
All – Feliz Navidad (children walk around to others on the stage as they are singing and are given
money)
Maria: Well, it depends where you are! In the North of Spain, seafood is normally eaten. Elsewhere
we will eat Pavo Trufado de Navidad - turkey stuffed with mushrooms.
Santa: Delicioso! Thank you for the feast! We had better get going – lots of children to visit!
Children and Santa head back to sleigh as Spain moves off. Set up to New Zealand. Beach scene –
children playing beach games, pretending to sunbathe. Others talking and eating food.
Elf: (grumpily) Ughh. Its hot and sticky and where is the snow? Why are people eating ice cream!
(all children look confused asking questions like ‘what do you mean?’ What are they talking about?
Etc)
Child 1: Well, New Zealand is in the Southern hemisphere. That means, when it is winter in England,
it is summer in New Zealand! It is to do with the way the planet tilts towards the sun throughout the
year. When it is summer in the Southern hemisphere, the plant tilts towards the sun but the
Northern hemisphere tilts away from the sun (demonstrates with globe that the elf passes to them).
Ana: It is so good to see you…but why are you dressed like that? Where are your jangals and your
speedos?
Kaia: Kia Ora! Jangals are what you call flip flops…and a speedo is a bathing suit!
Tama: We just finished making the hangi! Would you like to join us?
Santa: Why thank you so much, we would love to! Now, why don’t you explain to our friends what
a hangi is.
Tai: A hangi is a traditional style of Maori cooking, where we place our meat and veggies into a
heated hole in the ground, cover it with soil and let it cook! We often cook this way for Christmas.
Child 3: That sounds weirdly delicious! But honestly, I have a sweet tooth! Do New Zealanders eat
any desserts for Christmas?
Manawa: Check this out! Although we have a lot of similar desserts to you in England, our all time
favourite is fruit pavlova. That’s sweet meringues topped with fresh whipped cream and fresh fruit.
Manawa: We will crack onto this once we have eaten from our hangi.
Child 5: So, what else does everyone do over Christmas in New Zealand?
Lily: Well, lots of towns have Christmas day parades, where we make floats that drive through the
town. We also sing lots of songs. One of my favourites is Te Harinui.
Santa: (looking at his watch) My Goodness! Is that the time? We need to move on, my friends!
Ana, Manawa, everyone. Thank you so much for sharing! It’s time for us to go!
Scene changes to Hawaii. Dancers in grass skirts/traditional Hawaiian dress – both boys and girls.