Waiting for Santa
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"Waiting for Santa" was the first Barney and the Backyard Gang
Barney and the Backyard Gang
Barney and the Backyard Gang is a direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and was produced from October 13, 1988 to October 20, 1991. This series launched the stardom of the PBS television show Barney & Friends....

Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...

 special. Released on video in 1990, it features an array of traditional Christmas songs
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

.

Plot

Everyone is asleep in Michael's house. Michael and Amy wake up because Barney is trying to come down the chimney and has got stuck. After he is released, Barney magically brings the other kids to Michael's house and then bring them to Derek's house. Derek goes to Tina's school and Derek's sad that he doesn't have any friends, since he moved to his new house a couple weeks ago, and he worries that Santa may not know where he lives and may not be able to see him. Barney takes the kids to see Derek and then he quickly made friends with them, and then they hop on a sleigh to see Santa and to prove that Santa does know where Derek lives. At the North Pole
North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface...

, the kids meet Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus...

, A Snowman, and Mrs. Claus. After helping Santa, the gang returns home and Barney reads "A Visit from St. Nicholas
A Visit from St. Nicholas
"A Visit from St. Nicholas", also known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, although the claim has also been made that it was written by Henry...

" (also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"), and they all fall back asleep. At the very end of the episode, it fades out to black and we see a full moon
Full moon
Full moon lunar phase that occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. More precisely, a full moon occurs when the geocentric apparent longitudes of the Sun and Moon differ by 180 degrees; the Moon is then in opposition with the Sun.Lunar eclipses can only occur at...

 and a shadow of Santa with his reindeer passes over and he echos: "Ho ho ho ho. Meeeerrryy Christmas!", Then the screen fades out to black and the episode ends.

Cast

  • Barney (costume) - David Voss
  • Barney (voice) - Bob West
    Bob West
    Bob West is an American television actor best known as the voice of Barney in the hit children's show Barney & Friends. He has also appeared in several Barney-related shows such as concert tours...

  • Michael - Brian Eppes
  • Luci - Leah Gloria
  • Amy - Becky Swonke
  • Adam - Alexander Jhin
  • Derek - Rickey Carter
  • Tina - Jessica Zucha
  • Snowman (voice) - Bob West
    Bob West
    Bob West is an American television actor best known as the voice of Barney in the hit children's show Barney & Friends. He has also appeared in several Barney-related shows such as concert tours...

  • Mrs. Claus - Jeanne Cairns
  • Santa Claus - Henry Hammack

Songs & Rhymes

  1. Barney Theme Song
  2. When Santa Comes To Our House
  3. Waiting For Santa
  4. I Love You
  5. S-A-N-T-A
  6. Star Light, Star Bright
    Star Light, Star Bright
    "Star Light, Star Bright" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16339.-Lyrics:The lyrics usually conform to the following:-References in popular culture:...

  7. Up On The Housetop
  8. Jingle Bells
    Jingle Bells
    "Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...

  9. Winter's Wonderful
  10. Skating, Skating
  11. The Elves Rap
  12. Let's Do a Little Tapping
  13. Jolly Old St. Nicholas
  14. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol from the West Country of England. The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition where wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats to the carolers on Christmas Eve such as 'figgy...

  15. Deck the Halls
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