Secret Santa
Part 1: The Switch Is On
“Merry Christmas, everyone!” Ed Sullivan is here, in his oddly decorated living room set, to read a story to the children. He introduces the main characters — the elves in Santa’s workshop, and the mean Frackles who live in a secret cave right underneath the shop…
| Sullivan
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“At the North Pole, in that special place where Santa Claus lives, it was the day before Christmas, the most exciting day of the year — and everything was going beautifully.” |
The elves are all busy at their work stations, making toys. Santa enters, with a cheery good morning. “It’s time for the morning meeting!” The elves do a roll call: Zippety! Skippety! Hoppity! Bing! Bong! and Fred.
To start off the meeting, Santa shows off some magic — the disappearing coin trick. He does a few passes with his hands.
| Hoppity
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Wowww! The coin magically disappeared! |
| Fred
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Yeah, and another coin magically appeared on the floor! |
| Elves
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Yeah! |
| Santa
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I’ll keep working on it. |
| Santa
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Speaking of that, tonight is Christmas Eve, so we have lots of work to do. Here are the assignments for today: Zippety, you work on toy airplanes! |
| Zippety
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Right. |
| Santa
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Skippety, you’re on baseball bats. |
| Skippety
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Okay! |
| Santa
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Hoppity, electric trains… |
| Hoppity
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Gotcha! |
| Santa
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Bing and Bong, the fuzzy toy kittens… |
| B & B
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Sure! |
| Santa
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Fred, the baby dolls. |
| Fred
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Great! |
| Santa
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Got that? |
| Elves
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Check! |
| (The elves break into song.) | |
| Zippety
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I’ll paint the planes… |
| Skippety
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I’ll wrap the bats… |
| Hoppity
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I’ll set the trains… |
| B & B
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We’ll comb the cats. |
| Fred
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I’ll fix the dolls so each one cries. |
| Santa
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While you do that, I’ll supervise. |
| Hoppity
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Good idea! |
| Elves
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We’re happy little Christmas elves.
We never are forlorn. We fill up all of Santa’s shelves For the kiddies Christmas morn. |
| Santa
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They’ll build a lot of pretty toys
For all the little girls and boys. |
| Elves
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We’re… Zippety! Skippety! Hoppity! Bing! Bong! |
| Fred
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… and Fred. |
| Zippety
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I paint the silver aeroplanes… |
| Skippety
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I wrap the baseball bats. |
| Hoppity
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I check out all the ‘lectric trains… |
| B & B
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We comb the cuddly cats. |
| Fred
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I fix the dolls, so each boo-hoos. |
| Santa
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While you do that, I’ll super-vooz. |
| Elves
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Yeah! |
| Santa
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You’re happy little Christmas elves.
You never are forlorn. |
| Elves
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We fill up all of Santa’s shelves
For the kiddies Christmas morn. We build a lot of pretty toys For all the little girls and boys… We’re Zippety! Skippety! Hoppity! Bing! Bong! |
| Fred
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… and Fred. |
| Sullivan
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“Yes, it was the day before Christmas, and Santa was getting ready to deliver his presents. But other people were getting ready to stop him…” |
by Danny Horn
