Christmas Cookies!

*This is a version of the JJ and ME musical originally entitled Cookies! with small
additions that makes it more of a holiday musical.

A Sweet Treat Musical For Young Voices

By John Jacobson

Synopsis

All the fresh baked cookies are happy to be hanging out with the rest of their batch.
The Gingerbread Boys and Girls, the Ginger Snaps, Lady Fingers, Shortbread and
of course, the giggling Snickerdoodles!

But wait! Someone heard a rumor that they are all being taken to a Cookie
Exchange! There, they will be separated from their familiar friends and forced to
live with cookies so unlike themselves! What fun for children to dress up like their
favorite cookies (Animal Crackers, Macaroons, Russian Tea Cakes and more) and
learn through participation in this musical the joy of meeting friends who may
seem different than them. This 25-30 minute musical features songs like A Round
of Bakers (featuring the Bakers who make the cookies), My Batch (about the joys
of belonging to a group), Who Wants A Cookie? (featuring puppies, of course!),
New Friends (about the joy of meeting new and different people), and Hip Hip
Hooray! (celebrating friends of all shapes and sizes!)
Cast:

A Rooster

Bakers

Biscotti
Fortune Cookie
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Butter Cookie
Macaroon
Shortbread
Snickerdoodle
Peanut Butter Cookie
Sugar Cookie
Ginger Bread Man
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Ginger snaps
Sandwich cookie
Almond biscuit
Macaron vs. Macaroon
Animal Cracker
Whoopie Pie
Ginger Snaps
Molasses Cookies (SLOW AS)
Kiss Cookies
Snowball cookies
Cut Out cookies (Christmas trees, stars, flowers)
Oreos
Fig Newtons
Digestive biscuit
Lady Finger
Russian Tea Cake
Any other cookies you can think up.

Christmas Cookies (Trees, Candy Cane Cookies, Stars, Snowpeople, etc.)

Puppies (lots and lots of puppies)….or a few.

Scene 1: A Rooster Crows!

Rooster: Cockadoodle doo! Cockaddoledoo!!

It’s time to wake up and do what bakers do!

A variety of alarm clock sounds are heard and all the bakers wake up and put on
their baker hats. They are already wearing their aprons . All of the bakers are
excited to do what they love the most. Bake cookies.

Song 1: A Round of Bakers (A Baker’s Round)

Part A:
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! ONE BY ONE!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! OH WHAT FUN!

IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!

IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! ONE BY ONE!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! OH WHAT FUN!

PART B:
EVERYDAY AT 5 AM WE RISE BEFORE THE REST.
BAKING PIES AND CAKES AND BREAD,
BUT COOKIES ARE THE BEST!

Repeat Part A as a round.

IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! ONE BY ONE!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! OH WHAT FUN!

IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!

IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! ONE BY ONE!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! COOKIES! COOKIES!
IT’S TIME TO BAKE THE COOKIES! OH WHAT FUN!

(Soloists shouting excitedly in time, one at a time)

Solo: They’re almost done!
Solo: Look! The sun!
Solo: Here they come!
Solo: One by one!

All: (sung) OH WHAT FUN!

Scene 2: (The Entrance of the Cookies)

Gingerbread Boy:
Come on everybody! Come follow me!
I’m the gingerbread boy as you can see!

Gingerbread Girl:
I’m the gingerbread girl! I’m oh so sweet!
And I’m decorated from my head to my feet!

(All “ooh” and ahh”)

Peanut Butter Cookie:

If you hear “cookies” and you’re heart starts to flutter,
You will love us, we’re peanut butter!

(All applaud)

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie:

Well look at us if you want to do some Praisin’
That’s ‘cause we’re….

All Oatmeal Raisin cookies: (shouting) Oatmeal Raisin!!

All: Amen!

Snickerdoodle 1:
(giggling) We’re so sweet the whole kit and caboodle,
Especially us, we are ….
All Snickerdoodles: Snickerdoodles!

(The Snickerdoodles giggle and snicker)

Christmas Cookies: (singing enthusiastically)

Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way!

All: (to the audience) Christmas Cookies!

Sugar Cookie:
We’re all cookies so give us a try!

Whoopie Pie:
You’ll love me! I’m a Whoopie Pie!

All: Whoopie!

Ginger Snaps: (Several together)

(Snapping their fingers on 2 and 4)
You’ll know us the best perhaps,
That’s ‘cause we are Gingersnaps.

Biscotti:
Everyone thinks I’m a little bit naughty.
I’m not bad. But I am…(pose) biscotti!

Animal Crackers: (making all kinds of animals sounds)

Animal Cracker #1(To the audience)

Guess what we are?

Fortune cookie #1:

Listen up everybody your future is clear.

Sandwich Cookie:
She’s (he’s) a fortune cookie so have no fear!

Fortune cookie #1:

(Reading from a slip of paper)
It may seem scary and it may seem strange.
But you’re all headed to a cookie exchange!

All: A cookie exchange! What’s that?

Macaroon: (with a French accent)

That is where the bakers get together and each bring a batch of cookies and they
mix us all together then everybody takes home a few of us!

Lady Finger: Sounds scary!

Chocolate Chip: Sounds fun!

Christmas Cookies: (singing enthusiastically)

Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way!

Sugar Cookie: Is that the only song you know?

Christmas Cookies: (Pause and look at each other. Then sing enthusiastically.)
Up on the housetop reindeer pause!
Out jumps good old Santa Claus!

Shortbread #1:
A cookie exchange? It sounds to me like there is a catch,
You mean we all get separated from our batch?

Shortbread #2:
Making new friends is something I don’t mind,
but I’d rather stick with my very own kind.

(Everybody talks at once agreeing with her, saying things like. “Yeah! I want to be
with my friends.” “Please don’t mix us up!” “I don’t like the sound of a cookie
exchange!” )

Song #2: My Batch

A herd of deer,
A swarm of bees,
We can live together like any of these.
Geese are in a gaggle before they even hatch.
That’s what it means to be part of a batch.

A pride of lions,
A school of fish,
Staying with my batch is all that I wish.
A colony of mice isn’t easy to catch
That’s why they stick together in their very own batch.

Refrain:
All alike! That’s what we like.
We learned that lesson long ago.
All alike! That’s what we like.
Sticking close to what we know.

Verse 2:
“A team of ox,
A charm of fox,
a mob of kangaroos is gettin’ ready to box.
A pack of mules can kick,
A stand of pelicans are pink,,
A drove of pigs can really stink” Shouted: P.U.!!!

Refrain:
All alike! That’s what we like.
We learned that lesson long ago.
All alike! That’s what we like.
Sticking close to what we know.

Or perhaps a spoken verse with lots of one line solos spoken in time.

Solo 1: We’re just like a pod of whales!

Solo 2: A pack of wolves!
Solo 3: Kittens with tails!
Solo 4: We stick together like a colony of bats.
Solo 5: One big batch is where we’re at!

Solo 6: A tower of giraffes!

Solo 7: A stand of flamingos
Solo 8: Where his batch goes, that’s where he goes!
Solo 9: We stick together like chicks that hatch!
Solo 10: Right at home in our own batch!

Refrain:
All alike! That’s what we like.
We learned that lesson long ago.
All alike! That’s what we like.
Sticking close to what we know.

Scene 3:

Oreo #1: (nervously)

I don’t know if I like this cookie exchange.
It all seems just a little bit strange.

Oreo #2: (Also nervous)

The whole thing seems quite scary to me,
I like my friends to stay close to me.

Ginger snap #1: (Snapping)

The whole idea seems like a trap.
I‘d rather stay here with the rest of the snaps.

Lady Finger #1:

We lady fingers don’t want trouble or fuss,

Lady finger #2:

But we’d rather be with cookies who are just like us.
(All agree)

(We hear some faint barking and the yelping of puppies)

Chocolate Chip:
Ahoy! Ahoy! For someone is approachin’
Tell us fortune cookie what is to be our fortune!

Fortune Cookie #1:

Someone is coming and they sure are in a hurry.
They have four legs and they look rather furry.

Fortune Cookie #2: (very frightened)

It’s a litter of puppies and they are out to have some fun.
They love cookies so we all better run!

All: Puppies!!!!!

(All the cookies scream and scatter as the puppies enter. )

Song 3: Who Wants A Cookie?

Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!

I can’t get enough!
Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!
Ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff!

Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!

And I want it now!
Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!
Bow wow wow wow wow!

(Puppies all howl and do doggie tricks)

Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!

I can’t get enough!
Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!
Ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff!

Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!

And I want it now!
Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!
Bow wow wow wow wow!

(Puppies all howl and do doggie tricks)

Shouted:
Sit! (hold for four counts)
Roll over! (hold for four counts)
Beg! (hold for four counts)
Sing! (They all howl)
Sit! (hold for four counts)
Roll over! (hold for four counts)
Beg! (hold for four counts)
Sing! (They all howl)

Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!

I can’t get enough!
Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!
Ruff ruff ruff ruff ruff!

Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!

And I want it now!
Who Wants A Cookie? I Want Cookie!
Bow wow wow wow wow!

Scene 4:

Gingerbread Boy: (sneaking out from his hiding position)

Does puppy want a cookie?

(All the puppies whimper and beg.)

Ginger bread girl: (to the boy) What are you crazy?
Gingerbread boy: Or would you rather have a bone?

(All puppies get very excited)

Ginger Bread Boy: Okay. Fetch! (He tosses a bone and all the puppies chase after
it and off stage.)

Chocolate Kiss Cookie #1:

Wow! That was the most frightened I’ve ever felt!

Chocolate Kiss Cookie #2:

I was so afraid I thought my kiss would melt!

Christmas Cookies: (singing enthusiastically)

Deck the halls with boughs of holly!
Fa la la la la la la la la!

Molasses Cookie: (speaking very slowly)

Listen everybody! I have something to say….

Russian Tea Cake #1: Why does he speak so slowly?

Russian Tea Cake #2: He’s made of molasses!

Molasses Cookie: (encouragingly)

I think we should reconsider the cookie exchange!
If we give it a chance it might not be so strange!

Sugar Cookie #1:

I agree! It might be time to try something new!
It’s good to get to know others who are not like you.

Snowball Cookie:
You mean a snowball cookie might get to know a digestive biscuit?

Sugar Cookie #2:

You’ll never know if you never risk it!

Russian Tea Cake:

You mean a Russian tea cake might become friends with a whoopee pie?

Sugar Cookie #2:

You’ll never know unless you give it a try!

Song #4: New Friends

New friends.
Aren’t so hard to take.
New friends
Aren’t so hard to make.
All you have to do is show them you are kind.
And new friends won’t be hard to find.

New friends,
All along the way
New friends
brighten everyday.
All you have to do is show that you are true,
And the new friends will be true to you.
And the new friends will be true to you.

4 lines: (dialog over sung “loo’s” in the second verse.)

Sugar Cookie: I don’t know why I was so afraid.

It’s fun to widen your circle of friends!

Kiss cookie: You are all the sweetest cookies I could ever ask for! (Blows a big
kiss) Mwahh!

Oreo: That’s true! I’m learning that it’s not so much what’s on the outside of
friends but what’s in your middle that really counts.

Animal Cracker: Me too! At the cookie exchange I’ll bet we will find out we’re
not so different after all.

Finish song.
Scene 5:

Christmas Cookies: (singing enthusiastically)

Oh Christmas Tree! Oh Christmas Tree!
How lovely are your branches!

Vanilla Wafer:
The cookie exchange will be here soon!
I hope I get to meet a nice macaroon!

Chocolate Chip Cookie #3:

I don’t know why I was frightened and scared.
Friendship, like cookies, ought to be shared.

Snickerdoodle #1: (Giggling)

It’s nice to meet others who are not just like you.
It’s nice to make a brand new friend or two.

Butter Cookie:
But wait! I think the puppies are back.
They really love cookies and are on the attack!

(Puppies run in! Barking a yelping)

Puppies: (chanting the same rhythm they sang before)

Who wants a cookie I wanna cookie!
I can’t get enough!
Who wants a cookie? I wanna cookie!
Ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff ….

Shortbread: (Stepping forward, Showing them a “STOP” hand and cutting them
off)
STAY!

Butter Cookie: Shortbread! Be careful!

(The puppies freeze)

Shortbread: (with determination)

These are all my friends and you just can’t beat them.
These are my friends and you just can’t eat them!

Puppies: (all in puppy talk) Huh?

Puppy 1: Bow Wow! That’s one tough cookie!

Shortbread: (hopefully and pointing offstage) But I heard there’s bacon right over
there!

Puppies: (All in puppy talk) Huh?

Puppies: Bacon? (pause)

They run off chanting;
Who wants some bacon? I want some bacon
and I want in now!
Who wants some bacon I want some bacon
Bow wow wow wow wow!

Biscotti:
Nice work shortbread! That was the bravest thing I’ve ever seen!

(Shortbread faints from relief)

Biscotti: (to the audience) So that’s the way a cookie crumbles!

Oreo #2:
What a fun and delicious day!
And we made a lot of friends all along the way!

Molasses: (slowly)
New friends may come in all shapes and sizes!
And making new friends can be full of surprises!

Christmas Cookies: (singing enthusiastically)

We wish you a merry Christmas!
We wish you a merry Christmas!
We wish you a merry Christmas!
And a happy new year!

Fortune Cookie:
Listen up everybody! (reading)
Your fortune tells me, you will all have lots of fun!
Let’s start with cookies for everyone!

All: Yay!

(During the last song the bakers could return and serve cookies to the audience)

Song #5: Hip Hip Hooray!

Hip Hip Hoo-ray! It's a spe-cial kind of day.

Ev-'ry-bod-y clap your hands and shout! (clap) COOK-IES!
Hip Hip Hoo-ray! There are cook-ies on their way!
No one here is going to go with-out! (clap) COOK-IES!
Choc-late chip or butter cream, macaroons or ginger snaps. (snap)
Variety is just our cup of tea!
Hip Hip Hooray! If a cookie comes your way,
please be careful how you're gonna treat it. COOKIES!
Hip Hip Hooray! If a cookie makes your day,
please be careful how you're gonna eat it! COOKIES!
Mixin' and a matchin', we're as sweet as sweet can ever be!
Together we are better can't you see?
Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hoo-ay!
It's a special kind of day!
Hip Hip Hoo-ray!

Bow Music: Instrumental reprise of Hip Hip Hooray