The play cleverly uses verse to show that Christmas is not just about shopping and gifts but is about the birth of Jesus, our savior.
Specially scripted for use with small, medium or larger groups this script in rhyming verse can be performed with 5 - 25 actors (or more!). In fact you can use as many actors as you want to! This is ideal for a Christian School or Children's Church to present as the older children can play the speaking roles and younger children can act out the story.
Characters:
Narrators (2) – Narrators can take a line each or a group of lines each.
Shopkeepers (2+)
Mailbox / Mail Person
Credit Cards (2+)
Towns people (2+)
Parents (2+)
Children (2+)
Nativity Characters (Mary, Joseph, Shepherds, Three Kings, animals – depending on available actors).
Note: many roles can be doubled. For example Credit Cards, Mailbox, and Shopkeepers can play the
Nativity Characters. Parents and Children can be played by Townspeople and Mailbox.
Length: 8 - 10 Minutes
Cast: 5 to 25 actors (Flexible. Many roles are interchangeable between male and female actors).
Price: $15 (Buy once, download, and then print as many copies as you need for your actors).
The script comes with suggested stage instructions and directions.
The last 2 pages of the script are as follows...
Narrator/s:
They had shopped till exhausted
And bought all this stuff
But in the harsh light of day
It just wasn’t enough
Towns Person 1:
“What was it?”
Narrator:
they asked
Towns Person 2:
“What haven’t we bought?”
Narrator:
They’d seen all on offer
Narrator:
At least so they thought
Narrator/s:
‘Twas the night before Christmas
The presents were wrapped
The shopkeepers counted
Their profits and clapped
Narrator/s:
But something was missing
Something got lost on the way
And finally someone
Stood up to say
Towns Person 1:
“I’m not happy it’s Christmas
I think it’s a rip!
I’m sick of the parties
The drink and the dip
Towns Person 2:
I want something better
I want something more
I want back the Christmas
We had long before
Towns Person 1 or 3:
I remember a story
I know it was true
I think it’s what’s missing
I’ll share it with you
Towns Person 2 or 4:
I found this old book (Holding up over sized “Bible” book)
Not opened for years (Opens Bible book)
And what I’ve read here
Has reduced me to tears (Is helped by Towns Person 1 to blow nose – overly
dramatically).
Towns Person 1 or 3:
We’ve got it all wrong
We’ve made a mistake
Christmas is much more
Than presents and cake!”
(Nativity characters enter and create Nativity scene).
Narrator/s:
They read further on
And then they read more
And their eyes were opened
They finally saw
Narrator/s:
That the reason for Christmas
Is Jesus alone
His birth in a manger
A stable His home
Narrator/s:
For He came to this world
To bring it great joy
The future of all
Would rest on this boy
Narrator/s:
As a man He would lay down
His life for us all
But it started that Christmas
In a Bethlehem stall
Narrator/s:
So as you gather together
This Christmas eve
Don’t forget to accept
The one gift that is free
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