Narrator: Long, Long, Long time ago an angel appeared to a young lady named Mary.
Mary was probably very frightened!
Angel: FEAR NOT!
Mary: Who are you?
Angel: I am a messenger from God, he sent
me to tell you… You have been chosen to have the Holy baby, the son of God and
his name should be Jesus, Emmanuel the Holy one.
Mary was speechless….. Angel: Are you okay? nod if you
understand.. ” (Mary nods her head yes)
Angel: “Will you listen and obey God’s plan for your life?”
(Mary again
nods…yes) (The angel disappears)
Narrator: Mary sits speechlessly and in deep thought. That was a lot to say to a
young lady who was engaged to be married to her boyfriend Joseph…
Mary: What have I done? What will Joseph
say? What will everyone say?
Narrator: That very
night as Joseph slept softly well, not softly Joseph snored very loud… Joseph
woke up from his dream shaking his head, could it be? how? us? why?
Joseph
hurries to Mary’s house… She meets him…
Mary: …Joseph I need to talk to you…
(as she speaks so does he…) Joseph:
Mary, we need to talk…
Joseph: ” you go first… ”
Mary:”Joseph, you are never going to believe me….”
Joseph: “go ahead I think I may….”
Mary: Joseph, I was kneeling and praying and from no where there was an
angel, that said I was the chosen one. I told the angel I wasn’t married and
the angel said that was God’s plan… and I said yes before I could stop myself..
Joseph: “Mary, It’s okay the angel said the same to me, `Fear not and follow
the plans of God´
Narrator: The king sent a letter to everyone in the villages, It read you are to
go to the city of your birth place and pay your taxes. By this time Mary was
about to give birth to this baby, but the law was the law and it didn’t wait
for any baby! On a donkey with their bags they started their journey with no
hotel reservations, because they had no cell phone to call. Hoping for an empty
room somewhere they started knocking on doors, each time the same… sorry, no
rooms left, no rooms left … No rooms was always the answer…… The “inn” keeper´s
wife saw the young couple and the expecting mom,… she slipped out the side door
and stop them…
Inn keeper´s wife: Excuse me,
excuse me… We have a barn with animals in the back, there is no bed but you can
rest on the hay…
Joseph: Thank you, thank you it will work
for now, because we have travelled far
and my wife…
Inn keeper´s wife: I see … When’s the little one due?
Joseph: Anytime now….
(Barn scene opens….)
Duck: (quacked) I was listening at the door of the inn!
Chicken: yeah!
Mouse: (as he picks up some cheese… ) I know the story I was in the house and
outside!
Cow: What could
a mouse tell us?
(All laugh)
Pig: We can
sort this out if only one at a time talks. Chicken first!
Chicken: I was by the lady and I heard her say that this was the one!
Cow: One what!
Chicken: I don’t know, I just know he is the ONE!
Pig: okay, He
is the one! okay, duck
Duck: I heard the lady of the house say they only had the barn, the couple
said that would be fine they had travelled a long way.
Pig: okay, we
know He’s the one and they travelled a long way! mouse, do you have something
to add…
Mouse: Yeah, the man said that star was placed here so others would know!
Pig: okay we
know He’s the one, they travelled a long way and others will know by the star!
What will they know?
Horse (speaks up): They also said everyone had been waiting for him.
Pig: He’s the
one, they came along way, the star shows others, everyone is waiting for him.
okay we are getting a story together…cow!
Cow: don’t
forget the baby! I gave up my food for that little one. His mother said the
angel said that his name was Jesus! What’s an angel?
Pig: Don’t
know, so… He’s the one, they travelled a long way, the star shows others,
everyone is waiting for him. It’s about the baby the mother calls Jesus! Wait a
minute someone’s coming, sssshhhhhh, keep your ears open and mouths closed,
let’s see what’s going on…
Narrator: Over
the mountain the shepherds in the field watching their sheep and playing games
and all of a sudden BBOOOMM! a bright blinding light!
Angel: FEAR NOT!
( screaming
loudly they missed the command to FEAR NOT!)
oldest shepherd: settle down …. Everyone close your eyes, now open..
Smallest Shepherd: It’s real. Who are you and where did you come from?
how did you find us?
Angel: slow down…. I am a messager of God. I come in peace to tell you the
great news. Tonight in Bethlehem the city of David, the Messiah was born, if
you go you will find him in a manger. Go quickly follow the star….
( Shepherds
leave following the star……)
(lamb enters barn with
shepherds….)
lamb: excuse me, may I sit for a while? I walked from the other side of the
mountain…
pig: sure, what
do you know about what’s going on?
lamb: I know that my masters where playing games and an angel came from
nowhere and told them “the Lamb of God is born, follow the star and you will
find him in a manger”… And here we are!
cow: that’s my manger….
pig: He’s the
one, they travelled along way, the star shows others and everyone is waiting
for him. It’s about the baby the mother calls Jesus and the angel said he is
the lamb of God and is in a manger.
donkey: can I speak now?
Pig: sure, I forgot about you….
donkey: well it started when we were home.
I was resting and an angel appeared and spoke to my lady and said she was going
to have a baby and he would be the Messiah, the son of God… (There was a
aawwhhh in the barn!)
pig: …why didn’t
you speak up sooner donkey?
donkey: anyway, Joseph my lady’s husband, had a dream and an angel told him the
same thing and then he received a letter about taxes and here we are, no rooms
in the inns or homes and the nice lady and said we could stay here and here we
are in your barn with the most special baby to ever be born.
WOW they
said together!
Narrator: In
another part of the country was Magi, they where men who watched the
stars, like scientists, they were very smart men and that same night they too
saw the new star…
#1 wise men: Look!
#2 wise men: where?
#3 wise men: There you can’t miss it! WOW! there it is. It is as
bright and big as we thought it would be.
#1 wise men:We must go!Now?
#2: Yes! But
what about dinner?
#3: What about
it? should we eat first?
#1: There is
no time for that! we must go!
#3: Yeah!
#2: We must go
buy gifts for the king! But… where will we get gifts at 8:30? You know the
marketplace closed at 4:00
1-yeah you
are right…
Narrator: Digging
through old boxes one finds a tie?
3: I have a tie! It’s never been worn!
#1: And what
will a baby do with a tie!
#2: Yeah, the
king is a baby!
#3: Let’s just
get the gifts we had ready for the past few months for this occasion.
#1: I’ll take
the gold,
#2: I guess
I’ll get the incense
#3: That
leaves me with the myrrh, good thing I like myrrh!
#1: Let’s go!
Narrator: The magi /ˈmeɪdʒaɪ/had a long trip to make so they
left….Arriving later they too found the baby and presented their gifts fit for
a king.
(About that
time entering the barn the three camels……)
Camels: excuse us, may we rest here…
Pig: why not? This seems to be the most
special spot on earth tonight, why are you here?
camels: our masters are here to bring gifts to the new king…
pig: King,
Messiah, God’s son. Lamb of God, wow in our barn… God must really love us to
allow us to give our home up to the King of kings….. What a night!
Narrator: And that night with the chickens, duck, cows, donkey, pigs, lambs, and
the rest of the animals there it was a tiny baby boy. Mary could not take her
eyes off the beautiful baby. There in the sky was the brightest star they had
ever seen over the barn. See the King of the world was born in a barn! not a
hospital not a castle, but a barn! Still it didn’t matter to Mary or Joseph, he
was the most beautiful precious baby ever born!
That night
all that heard came to see and worship the son of God! That’s why we give gifts
to each other at Christmas to remind us of the gift God gave us. His son Jesus
was born and came to earth as a baby. Jesus is the reason for our season!
Merry
Christmas to all and to all a good night!
(We played a song, the animals sung around the
barn with all characters)
