Best way to surprise kids with Hamilton tickets

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.

Put together an American Revolution-themed scavenger hunt!

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

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.

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?".

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!

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!

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!!!!!

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

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.

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.

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

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.