CHARACTERS LIST:

• Narrator

• Mary

• Joseph

• Main Angel

• Angels

• Shepherds

• Sheep

• Wise men

• Stars

• Star Holder (this person holds up a star and leads the wisemen in)

• Registrar

• Innkeeper

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SCENE 1

 “Oh Little Town of Bethlehem” will be playing in the background.

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Registrar will walk to stage right
Innkeeper will walk to stage left

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Narrator: In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. And everyone went to his own town to register.

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(Joseph and Mary walk on stage to the Registrar)

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Narrator: So, Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.

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(Joseph and Mary walk across the stage to the Innkeeper)

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Narrator: While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

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(Innkeeper shakes head “no”)

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(Joseph and Mary walk to center stage, sit in chairs and pull out baby Jesus from underneath one of the chairs.)

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“It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” will be playing in the background.

Main Angel will come in and stand stage left

Shepherds (and sheep) come in and stand (kneel) in front of angel

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Narrator: And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them,

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Angel: “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”

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All children on stage will sing “Away in a Manger”

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Angels will come in and stand with the Main Angel

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Narrator: Suddenly a great company of heavenly hosts appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”

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“Hark the Herald Angels Sing” Children will sing this song.

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Shepherds go see Jesus

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Narrator: So, they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

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All on stage will sing “Joy to the World”

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Angels, Registrar and Innkeeper will sit down.
King will go where the Angels were

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“We Three Kings” will be playing in the background

Wisemen and Star Holder will go to see the King

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Narrator: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, Wise Men from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born the king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.” Jesus was a king for all people and one day every knee will bow before him.

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Stars come in and stand in front

All on stage will sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

Stars will sit down on stage
Star holder will walk over and hold the star over Mary and Joseph
Wise men will walk slowly over to Mary and Joseph

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Narrator: After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

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Wise men bow down to baby Jesus and give their gifts

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Narrator: On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

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All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” which means,…

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“God with us.” (all children will say with narrator)