A DECORATIVE DRUM that once lived next to a Christmas tree dreamt of one day playing for a band. "It's a pity to see my talent wasted like that", he told the other Christmas ornaments on the tree. Thinking of him as nothing more than an ornament, just like every other, they put him down. He, on the other hand, lost little chance to sing his favorite Christmas song, which was none other than the Little Drummer boy.

A group of small children knocked on the door one day. The housewife opened with joy, and they entertained her as they sang the Christmas carols. "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way...", they sang, and our good drum got so excited to hear it that he followed their rhythm by beating his drumsticks, and the ornaments on the tree got very impressed by his talent. "You  should be a musician!", they told him as soon as he finished singing, and gave him all the coins they had to wish him for the new year.

So, our good drum decided to make his big dream of forming a band a reality. As a band is hard to be formed with just one member, however, he thought of asking the triangle and the striker to  collaborate. "We could put on a show where we sing the carols", he suggested and they both agreed with excitement. So, they went to a corner to avoid provoking the attention of others, and started rehearsing.

After making sure they had learned their words and the  music notes, they invited the ornaments of the tree to join them in their rehearsal for New Year's Day. "The old year is now fled...", the drum sang, at the same time hitting his drumsticks, and the triangle and striker followed him. Only a moment later, however, the drum got confused, as he had little experience with music shows. "The new year... is.... now.... I don't remember the lyrics", he admitted and the Christmas ornaments laughed at him.

Yet the triangle and the striker didn't find it funny. "Our collaboration ends here", they told him, and when New Year's Eve came, they sang the Carols without telling him a word. Ashamed as he was, and after realizing what had happened, the drum hid behind a branch of the Christmas tree and burst into tears. "Why don't you sing without them?", the ornaments consoled him, and he simply murmured: "because I'll never have my own band this way".

That same night, just before New Year's Day, the housewife came to unwrap the gifts just below the Christmas tree. She opened a big box that was covered in red paper and tied with a golden ribbon, out of which a whole army of drummer toys came, singing the "Little Drummer Boy".

" Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum

Our newborn King to see, pa-rum pum pum pum"

No sooner had they finished their first two verses, and our good drum jumped with joy. "This is my favorite song!", he exclaimed, then joined them, singing the song's lyrics without forgetting a single word.

As soon as he had finished, the Christmas ornaments on the tree burst into applause. So impressed were the drummer toys by his talent even, that they asked him to form a band with them. Eventually our good toy drum got what he wanted.