A lot is expected of Santa and his elves at Christmas and that’s certainly the case in this year's Gaslight Holiday Extravaganza, which opens Friday.

"It's a real fast-paced kind of romp," said Michael Prince, the Gaslight Melodrama's artistic director and co-owner. "It's a throwback to old radio specials that happened on Christmas Eve."

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