51% off (Sale price $13.00, Reg. Price $26.87) :: General admission Age restriction: must be 8 years or older.A Don’t Hug Me Christmas CarolBar owner Gunner Johnson plays the role of the holiday humbugger in A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol, a Minnesota-flavored musical update of Dickens’s classic fable. While his wife Clara strings the tree and belts out soon-to-be-household carols such as “Gramma Cut the Christmas Cheese,” Gunner has nothing to add except a bit of musical criticism: “That song is worse than ‘Gramma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.’ At least that one has a positive message.” Faced with a cheery Christmas spent with his friends and family, Gunner decides to take his snowmobile for a spin instead—and ends up plunging through the frozen lake and into a coma (“Gunner Fell Into an Ice Hole”). In his dream, he receives a visit from Norwegian folk hero Sven Yorgensen, who curates a tour of Christmases Past, Present, and Future. Written by playwrights and native Edinans Paul and Phil Olson, the 17-song soundtrack features originals in all styles, such as the country-rock lament “The Wheel is Turnin’ But the Hamster is Dead” and the sultry, jazzy “I’d Rather Be Naughty.”
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