Children who have been practicing a poem, a piano piece or a dance can put on a family christmas talent show with the best audience they could ask for when parents bring in a Santa Claus impersonator for hire in Columbus.
A Family Christmas Talent Show at Home
Each child picks one short act: a poem, a piano piece, a short dance, a joke or a riddle. An older child or a parent writes the order on a sheet of paper. Cousins can join if they have something ready. The family christmas talent show is that list, performed in one living room, with Santa watching from the front.
Clear a spot in front of the tree. Santa sits facing that spot. The family sits on either side. Italian Village, Whitehall and Pickerington families who call for this visit are asking for that living-room stage.
What Santa Does in the Audience
Santa watches each act from his seat, claps, and says something kind to each child about what they did. Then each child comes over for a turn and a picture. He remembers the poem, the dance step, the riddle. The children want him to have seen the act, and he has.
A shy child can perform with a brother, sister or parent, or hand Santa a drawing instead. That still counts as their turn. The list on the paper can have a drawing next to a dance and a joke. Santa treats each one the same.
Pictures of Every Act
One adult takes a picture of every act with Santa watching in the background, then each performer beside Santa, then the whole cast together. A phone camera is enough. Stand a little to the side so the tree lights stay soft in the picture. Santa photos of this kind are the reason some families book the visit around the show instead of around gifts.
Gifts are optional. If Santa will hand them out, they are labeled by name and handed to a grown-up first.
Close-up photos of each performer beside Santa look better with a real bearded Santa. The traditional Santa wears the traditional suit with a full styled beard and costs less, which suits a larger cousin group. Elves can join as add-ons and help the next child wait their turn.
A caroling party at home can end the same happy way, with everyone gathered around Santa after the last song. That evening is a caroling party at home. Send us a note with the date and how many children will perform, and we will match the visit to the show.
Tell us the date and about how many acts are on the paper. A family christmas talent show is the children performing, Santa watching, then the pictures. Italian Village living rooms, Whitehall family rooms and Pickerington dens all hold that order. Write the list. Clear the floor in front of the tree. Santa sits facing the acts.
Number the acts on the paper so the next child is ready while Santa is still talking to the one who just finished. A parent can stand at the side of the tree and nod when it is time. That keeps the show moving without anyone shouting names across the room.
If a piano piece is on the list, have the bench pulled out before Santa sits down so the child can start as soon as he is watching. A dance needs only the cleared floor. A drawing can wait in a folder until that child’s turn.
A family Christmas talent show is the children performing and Santa watching, then the pictures of every act. Italian Village, Whitehall and Pickerington living rooms all hold that order. Write the list the night before so nobody is hunting for a poem when he sits down. Have the phone charged before the first act starts.