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What Christmas Means To Me

By Andrew Oxspring
Ages: 7-11yrs

Running Time

60 Mins Approx

Speaking Parts

30

Cast Size
(Including Non-Speaking)

55

Cast Size
Easily Reduced To

25

Suggestions for how to easily reduce and increase the cast size to suit your numbers are included in the "content samples" for this musical.

No. Of Songs

7

This entertaining Christmas musical takes a witty yet thoughtful look at the characters and events that shape our experiences of the festive season. Laugh at the blind panic of last-minute shoppers, Christmas day early-risers eager to get their hands on what’s under the tree, Christmas-cracker addicts, and the ageing Rich Clifford’s comeback challenge for the Christmas number one chart position! But we also consider how Christmas came to be and learn that all the trappings of our modern celebrations mean very little, unless we are able to share this time of year with our nearest and dearest.

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Overview

Plot Summary

Whatever your experiences of the festive season may be, this musical contains elements of Christmas that every child and adult will recognise. With songs and scenes that will make you laugh out loud, and others that will allow you to reflect on the deeper meaning behind all the sparkle and fun, ‘What Christmas Means To Me’ is a joyful yet moving celebration of what is most certainly everyone’s favourite time of year!

The show begins with a resounding, whole-cast sing-a-long of the opening number – ‘What Does Christmas Mean To You?’ after which we find ourselves in the familiar surroundings of a classroom! Although it‘s the last few days of the school term, and the children think they should be taking it easy, the teacher still wants her class to produce one more piece of writing, entitled ‘What Christmas Means To Me’. With the children’s discussion of their ideas providing the continuity, we become witness to some truly entertaining seasonal delights!

We all know what it’s like, trying to do some last-minute Christmas shopping, and the characters in our first scene sum up the experience beautifully, providing us with lots to laugh at! Song – ‘I’d Rather Stay At Home’

What would Christmas be without a festive song from an ageing pop star? Join daytime talk-show host, June Chandler, as she interviews the legendary Sir Rich Clifford, who at eighty years old has come out of retirement to make his fans go weak at the knees! Then sit back in a comfy chair and enjoy his not-quite-energetic performance, accompanied by his famous backing singers, the Bellafonté Sisters.
Song – ‘The Christmas Number One’

How many children can resist the urge to get up at 3 o’clock on Christmas morning to see what presents Santa has left under the tree? Certainly not the child in this scene, which isn’t surprising when the present in question is a shiny new games console! Mum and Dad’s numerous attempts throughout the day to drag their youngster away from the TV screen are futile! And what about poor Grandma and Grandpa, who just want to sit on the settee and watch the Queen? Song – ‘X-Box, Playstation or Wii’

Christmas crackers – don’t you just love them? Well, nobody loves them quite as much as the children in the next scene. Even when their relentless pursuit of ‘bangs’, paper hats and corny jokes threaten to ruin Christmas dinner, they still can’t help themselves! And who can blame them! song – ‘Let’s Pull Another Cracker’

Next we are reminded of the reason why we celebrate Christmas – the Nativity. A traditional tableau is presented to a short narration of the bible story and a gentle, meaningful song, ‘A Night To Remember’

So, with lots to think about, the class conclude that Christmas can mean different things to different people, and our hopes for the ‘big day’ may not necessarily be the same as everyone else’s. However, it is unanimously agreed that what really makes Christmas special is what many of us take for granted, the chance to spend some precious time with the people we love. Song – ‘Just Being Together’ After all, where’s the fun in pulling a cracker on your own?

Listen below to the songs from ‘What Christmas Means To Me’
"What Does Christmas Mean To You?"
"I'd Rather Stay At Home"
"The Christmas Number One"
"XBox, Playstation or Wii"
"Let's Pull Another Cracker"
"A Night To Remember"
"Just Being Together"

Characters

30 Speaking parts in order of appearance
(This number can be reduced or increased to suit your cast size – suggestions as to how are included in the script notes)

Teacher – still ‘cracking the whip’ even though it’s the end of term
6 children – expecting to take it easy….how wrong they are!
Checkout assistant – working on Christmas Eve
5 shoppers – frazzled and fed-up
June Chandler – a genteel daytime talk-show host
Rich Clifford – doddering old pop-star (with a singing solo)
The Bellafonté Sisters – be-bop backing singers
Early-rising child – eager to unwrap those pressies
Mum and Dad – all they want’s a good night’s sleep
Grandma and Grandpa – fed and watered and ready to watch the Queen
2 cracker-pulling kids – addicted to paper crowns and bad jokes
4 diners (adults) – not averse to the odd cracker themselves
Nativity narrator – this part could be divided between 2, 3 or 4

Ensemble characters for featured songs and scenes
More shoppers
Rich Clifford fans
Traditional Nativity characters
Carol singers

What do you get?

This musical production is available to buy in 2 different formats.

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A wire-bound book with:
Full script
Detailed stage directions
Character information
Tips for costumes, props and scenery
Piano score for all songs
Licensing information

An Audio CD with:
Vocal demo tracks to all songs
Backing tracks to all songs
Continuity/incidental music
Sound effects

Option 2 – Digital Download

Any order containing a digital download option must be paid for online at the point of ordering. Any order containing a digital download which is not accompanied by payment will not be processed.

Both PDF and editable MS Word documents of:
Full script
Detailed stage directions
Character information
Tips for costumes, props and scenery
Piano score for all songs
Licensing information

MP3 files of:
Vocal demo tracks to all songs
Backing tracks to all songs
Continuity/incidental music
Sound effects

Extras included:
JPEG files of cover artwork for making posters or other promo material.

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  1. Olwyn Johnston

    Olwyn Johnston

    Keep my NZ class busy and engaged right to the end of the year. Great music, fabulous messages throughout. Every child loved the experience.

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    eldon primary school

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    good

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    Johnny Summerfields school

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    i think it’s great because were doing a play about it and the songs are really funky!

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    scarlett ashdown

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    was grandma love the songs

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    This is really good especially the Rich Clifford bit

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    Bedford Girls School

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    Our Year Threes did this play for this Christmas and it was a delight to watch. Very funny as ‘What Christmas Means To Me’ really shows modern times in it. 5 star production. Also The song ‘Just Being Together’ really brings a shiver down your spine and is a beautiful song to watch then all sing.

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    Owen Firth The Chandler

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    The songs are AWESOME 👏 and I am doing a Christmas play today

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    Nicole in olog

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    i love all those songs and we are doing a assembly about it in 2 weeks

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    Eldon primary school

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    I LOOOVE it and I am doing it at school

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    duke street

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    really good

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    brianna

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    i love it its so good

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    Katie Eaton

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    In our school KS2 are doing it i’m a dancer it’s cool. Our school is Wichelsea Primary School in ruskington

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    Eden,BH

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    great plot my school are doing this product I cant wait I am shopper 1 and my lines are awesome!

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    oliwia iwaniuk hopping hill primary school

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    i was singing and dancing in lets pull a nother cracker it was really fun.

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    Kaitlyn Ashdown, Canvey Junior School

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    I was a dancer in Christmas number one it was fun

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