Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets

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Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#1

Posted: 12/23/15 at 11:14pm

Hi All,

My wife and I got our kids, ages 9 - 14 tickets to Hamilton in Feb.  (Bought them in August.)  This will be a Christmas present for them.  They will be elated, largely as they know how tough it is to get tickets and will assume we aren't getting tickets anytime soon.  

 

Any thoughts as as how to break the news?  Our thought is to just give each kid an envelope with a ten dollar bill in it and see if they figure it out.  But we are open to other (better) suggestions.

[PalJoey]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#2

Posted: 12/23/15 at 11:17pm

 

Place each ticket inside a copy of the Ron Chernow biography.

 

[gypsy101]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#3

Posted: 12/23/15 at 11:20pm

Put together an American Revolution-themed scavenger hunt!

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[ebontoyan]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#4

Posted: 12/23/15 at 11:20pm

The $10 bill is a great idea! I got my 14 year old niece Hamilton tix for May as a bday present and planned to give her the Hamilton cast recording so she can "prep" for the show

Updated On: 12/23/15 at 11:20 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#5

Posted: 12/23/15 at 11:30pm

How fun! Maybe have 21 Chump Street playing in the background, too. :)

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[FindingNamo]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#6

Posted: 12/23/15 at 11:53pm

A $10 bill and a picture of Margaret Hamilton.  And a tomcat.  

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[TerrenceIsTheMann]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#7

Posted: 12/24/15 at 11:49am

Put in in the biography by Chernow lolol. They'll be like, "oh, okay, a book" and theyll open it and be like "OHHHHHHHH" Then have one of the songs cued up to play right when they find out.

[Call_me_jorge]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#8

Posted: 12/24/15 at 11:54am

No. You have to make them read the entire book by saying if you don't get to the end of the book you won't know the secret of Hamilton, and so they read the entire book and when they get to the last page they see a not that says go to your stocking. And inside their stocking it says go to your computer. And you have to set up the computer showing the tickets you bought.

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[FindingNamo]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#9

Posted: 12/24/15 at 11:56am

And by the time they finish the whole book the date of the show will have passed and you would have sold the tickets for a princely sum and the whole family can vacation in France and play Thomas Jefferson.  The kids won't even ask "What did we miss?".

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[ethan231h]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#10

Posted: 12/24/15 at 12:02pm

Call_me_jorge said: "No. You have to make them read the entire book by saying if you don't get to the end of the book you won't know the secret of Hamilton, and so they read the entire book and when they get to the last page they see a not that says go to your stocking. And inside their stocking it says go to your computer. And you have to set up the computer showing the tickets you bought."

 

LOL

[MyLife]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#11

Posted: 12/24/15 at 1:28pm

I like the idea of the book.. Give them the book, maybe they will be excited and maybe they won't. Then say "oh wait, I got you a bookmark to go along with it." Pull out the tickets and film the reaction for us all :)

 

Happy Holidays!

[KathyNYC2]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#12

Posted: 12/24/15 at 1:40pm

MyLife said: "I like the idea of the book.. Give them the book, maybe they will be excited and maybe they won't. Then say "oh wait, I got you a bookmark to go along with it." Pull out the tickets and film the reaction for us all :)

I LOVE this idea You don't need two books - one to share.. And then you don't really expect them to read it as a condition...but once they see the show, they can - or you can - find some interesting facts in the book to add to their experience. And if they want to read it, good for them.

 

 

 

Happy Holidays!

 

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Updated On: 12/24/15 at 01:40 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#13

Posted: 12/24/15 at 1:56pm

Rip up the tickets into tiny pieces and hide them all over town and then make a scavenger hunt for them to find the pieces!

[GreasedLightning]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#14

Posted: 12/24/15 at 2:35pm

FindingNamo said: "And by the time they finish the whole book the date of the show will have passed and you would have sold the tickets for a princely sum and the whole family can vacation in France and play Thomas Jefferson.  The kids won't even ask "What did we miss?".

 

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LOL!!!!!

[GreasedLightning]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#15

Posted: 12/24/15 at 2:35pm

FindingNamo said: "And by the time they finish the whole book the date of the show will have passed and you would have sold the tickets for a princely sum and the whole family can vacation in France and play Thomas Jefferson.  The kids won't even ask "What did we miss?".

 

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LOL!!!!!

[KCW]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#16

Posted: 12/24/15 at 3:48pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Rip up the tickets into tiny pieces and hide them all over town and then make a scavenger hunt for them to find the pieces!"

They would have to be quick because I'd be happy to get some. But go with the book idea.

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[Mike Costa]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#17

Posted: 12/24/15 at 4:27pm

I would guess that children that age would have no use for the book.

Pass on the book.  If they do not own the CD purchase a copy of that and then pull the tickets out of your pocket as an additional  surprise.  If they have the CD print out a copy of The Declaration of Independence and wrap that,  Again, pull out the tickets as an add on.

Updated On: 12/24/15 at 04:27 PM

[FindingNamo]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#18

Posted: 12/24/15 at 4:28pm

Give them the 87 cassette book on tape!  And a Walkman with one set of headphones.

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[KCW]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#19

Posted: 12/24/15 at 4:32pm

I think that plenty of kids those ages read books like Chernow's, an even if they wouldn't normally, then they would for the connections.

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[FindingNamo]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#20

Posted: 12/24/15 at 4:41pm

Give them a ton of canned ham and then play a real life game of pictionary!

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[Mike66]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#21

Posted: 12/24/15 at 5:20pm

Send them to me. 

I will send your kids copies of the book, and the stubs, and the CD, and a framed copy of Brantley's review. 

That way your children will have things of lasting value, that they can cherish forever (and enjoy on demand for years to come), rather than just a one time, fleeting evening in a dark hall surrounded by strangers.

 

[Glittergrrl]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#22

Posted: 12/24/15 at 5:44pm

MyLife said: "I like the idea of the book.. Give them the book, maybe they will be excited and maybe they won't. Then say "oh wait, I got you a bookmark to go along with it." Pull out the tickets and film the reaction for us all :)

 

 

 

Happy Holidays!

 

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I like this idea.  Then when they open the packages, you say, Oh, I forgot the bookmarks." Boom!

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[Comden Green]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#23

Posted: 12/24/15 at 5:57pm

Mike Costa said: "I would guess that children that age would have no use for the book.

 

Pass on the book.  If they do not own the CD purchase a copy of that and then pull the tickets out of your pocket as an additional  surprise.  If they have the CD print out a copy of The Declaration of Independence and wrap that,  Again, pull out the tickets as an add on.

 

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Oh dear.  Hamilton has no connection to the Declaration of Independence 

But, yes.  Kids will not in the least be interested in that book.   Have you guys read the thing?    I'm half way through it and don't want to say how long I've been at it.  

Updated On: 12/24/15 at 05:57 PM

[FindingNamo]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#24

Posted: 12/24/15 at 6:18pm

I say put the tickets in a copy of Gore Vidal's novel "Burr," the Chernow is a little too on the nose, don't you think?

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[CapnHook]

Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets#25

Posted: 12/25/15 at 12:04am

You should create a rap explaining that they need to pack bags and prepare to see the show that's the hardest to get tickets to. Perform the rap and let the final lyric be the reveal that they're going to see HAMILTON.

 

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