A PLAY ABOUT CHRISTMAS

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)