John Mcneil's 'A Christmas Odyssey'
A Christmas Odyssey
By John McNeil
Summary
A narrator takes a journey of discovery into the true meaning of Christmas, with Easter in view.
This play was designed as a vehicle for participation by all age groups of a Sunday School, who appear in sequence from youngest to oldest.
There are 2 alternate versions of this script. The first is written for a Southern Hemisphere summer Christmas, the second for a Northern Hemisphere winter Christmas. Script 1 Narrator: What does Christmas mean to you? Is it a family get-together, a big feed, Father Christmas and all that? Or what? You know, we've inherited a lot of European customs in our Christmas, perhaps when we should have been developing our own style of things. So while picnicking in blazing sun on the beach, …show more content…
Group of children: (Pre-schoolers; they wander on)
Narrator: Kids! Now that I think of it, kids were made for Christmas. It's really their time, with all the goodies we pile on them. Lots and lots of goodies. (Turns to group) What does Christmas mean to you?
(Narrator asks several questions, such as, "What's the first thing you do Christmas morning?" "Where do you go for Christmas?" "Did you ask Santa for anything special?" etc. After they have given their answers, Narrator suggests they sing a couple songs (Away in a Manger, ). When they have finished they go and sit in a corner, and pretend they're opening their Christmas stocking, quietly acting out what they hope to find inside.)
Narrator: It's a bit like watching yourself when you were young, isn't it! Those were the days . . . You know, there's something else about Christmas I was going to mention to you, but it's slipped my mind for the moment. It'll come back to me. ( 5-7 year olds enter dressed as carollers and chatting quietly) Oh yes, Singing!
Congregation sings: 'Angels from the realms of Glory'
Choir: (5-7 years; they file on, singing carol) Have this group do two or three
By John McNeil
Summary
A narrator takes a journey of discovery into the true meaning of Christmas, with Easter in view.
This play was designed as a vehicle for participation by all age groups of a Sunday School, who appear in sequence from youngest to oldest.
There are 2 alternate versions of this script. The first is written for a Southern Hemisphere summer Christmas, the second for a Northern Hemisphere winter Christmas. Script 1 Narrator: What does Christmas mean to you? Is it a family get-together, a big feed, Father Christmas and all that? Or what? You know, we've inherited a lot of European customs in our Christmas, perhaps when we should have been developing our own style of things. So while picnicking in blazing sun on the beach, …show more content…
Group of children: (Pre-schoolers; they wander on)
Narrator: Kids! Now that I think of it, kids were made for Christmas. It's really their time, with all the goodies we pile on them. Lots and lots of goodies. (Turns to group) What does Christmas mean to you?
(Narrator asks several questions, such as, "What's the first thing you do Christmas morning?" "Where do you go for Christmas?" "Did you ask Santa for anything special?" etc. After they have given their answers, Narrator suggests they sing a couple songs (Away in a Manger, ). When they have finished they go and sit in a corner, and pretend they're opening their Christmas stocking, quietly acting out what they hope to find inside.)
Narrator: It's a bit like watching yourself when you were young, isn't it! Those were the days . . . You know, there's something else about Christmas I was going to mention to you, but it's slipped my mind for the moment. It'll come back to me. ( 5-7 year olds enter dressed as carollers and chatting quietly) Oh yes, Singing!
Congregation sings: 'Angels from the realms of Glory'
Choir: (5-7 years; they file on, singing carol) Have this group do two or three