In the near future, Santa Claus can no longer afford to stay at the North Pole, and with climate change, it’s not really that cold anymore. He’s outsourced his workshop to Pluto and his only hope to save Christmas lies with the U.S.S. Underdrive, which is sailing through the galaxy on a rescue mission.
If this sounds like a plot fit for a movie house, that’s because it is. This Saturday, Collette Costa’s infamous take on traditional holiday fare returns to The Gold Town. Her 6th Annual Christmas Bazaar Extravaganza is taking on a Star Trek theme, with captain Costa at the helm.
“We have all the kinda usual suspects. Our dancing girls, our dancing ladies, our dancing ukulele people, our dancing jugglers and some live music.
The idea was born out of her love for the old time television variety shows and a desire to bring Juneau her own.
“Donnie and Marie always had variety shows at Christmas and they were awesome and they had a bunch of dumb stuff,” Costa said. “They had some dancing and it was always completely nonsensical and unrelated and someone was always knocking on the door like, ‘Oh, I wonder who that could be,’ and it was Bing Crosby or something ridiculous.”
But the show isn’t all about the holidays. Since they’re visiting the planets, some of the acts will take on a cosmic focus, including an encounter with the inhabitants of Venus.
“There may be a couple Uranus jokes. But it’s nothing dirty. I mean, it’s as dirty as Uranus can be. And how dirty can that really be? I mean, it’s way out there. Most people can’t even see Uranus from where they’re sitting. So, it’s not a big deal.”
Like last year, the two Saturday performances are expected to sell out, and get increasingly loose as the night progresses.
“I like to stick to the things that are important to me at Christmas. Presents, cookies and a fat man in a red suit giving me stuff,” Costa said.
Costa says “Playboy Spaceman, Bridget and George, Kari and Jason and many, many, many others,” will be at the party.
Tickets to Costa’s 6th Annual Christmas Bazaar Extravaganza can be purchased at the Gold Town Nickelodeon website or at their box office.
