Local: Urging Santa to go green: Holiday school musical has CO2-hysteric theme

Santa Claus can be a hard sell when it comes to changing his environmental footprint, but it didn't stop students at Lewiston Elementary School from asking him to put solar panels on his rooftop Thursday.

During their holiday program "Santa Goes Green," students from kindergarten through sixth grade sang about the dangers of global warming

The snowmen have lost a pound or two, the elves are spreading Coppertone instead of Christmas cheer, it's sleeting in the desert and the ice caps are melting, the children sang to Santa. And so, one might suspect the greenhouse effect.

Julie Zimmerman, third- and fourth-grade teacher, said that the message of the play was not lost on the students.

"Before kids can appreciate what they have around them, I thought, give them a neat global perspective," Zimmerman said. "As adults, we forget that kids understand more than we think they do. I hate to see things watered down because people think kids can't understand it."

Kindergarten and first-grade students gave their impression of what "going green" means to them.

"It means you save the world," said Sebastian Moulis, 5.

Mollie Ford, 6 1/2, had a more literal understanding of the movement.

"Everybody's going green. You have to change into green clothes," Mollie said.
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But Santa was not convinced about using ethanol instead of gas in his sleigh, so the students continued to school him.

More on brainwashed "Santa Goes Green" kids at a different school is here.