Willis Elementary holiday show celebrates diversity.
By
Pam Eubanks
| 11:18 p.m. December 16, 2016
East County
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Which is better, green or red?
On Candy Cane Lane, the answer is both.
Third-grade students at Willis Elementary School on Dec. 15 celebrated diversity with performances of "Christmas on Candy Cane Lane." Red candy canes and green candy canes debated who was the best, pulling in Rudolph, Santa and others in their quest.
Ultimately, Mrs. Claus determined both colors were worth celebrating and created a new candy cane — one with red-and-green stripes.
Sofia Ortega pleads the case for green candy canes.
Dylan Graziano sported a Santa hat.
Trees Chelsea Grant and Hadley Lawrence listen as Addison Avery leads a discussion on candy cane color.
Carter Okuhara was one of four Christmas trees.
Wyatt Hossenlopp tried to prove red candy canes are better than green ones.
Rudolph (Morgan Cunningham) liked both colors, but Santa (Cooper Leiberick) prefers red.
Moksha Pitchala, center, and fellow elves Eva Smith, left, and Gavin Messner, right, help with the who-is-better question.
Kennedy Woods, MyTan Nguyan and Roman Medina know the motions to every song.
Aiden Hill, a general, leads the soldiers through Candy Cane Lane.
Boston Robertson, as Mrs. Claus, bridges the Candy Cane Lane color divide by creating a red-and-green candy cane.
Aaron Gordon shows off the results of the battle between red and green candy canes — a dual-colored candy cane.
