Christmas is coming soon. Check out this free script for the holidays.
Written by Warren Sager
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
A FATHER, MOTHER, AND TEENAGE DAUGHTER.
A father, mother and teenage daughter walk on stage and the father steps up to the microphone.
FATHER: Pastor asked us if we would share out testimonies about what Christmas means to us. I think I will let my wife go first.
MOTHER: Hello. Merry Christmas. Christmas to me…has always been a time for family. This year, we are having quite a bit of family coming to our house. My sisters and their families and my brother and his wife are all coming. My parents will be there as well. This will be the first time in quite a few years that the whole family has been together on Christmas. Well, actually the whole family won’t be there as our son will be missing. What I mean by that is…he has been sent to Iraq. We knew that this could happen, but we thought it would be later. It is hard enough to know your son is over there, and in harm’s way, but to have him go and be gone for Christmas is very hard. It will be hard for me to focus on my family and on the special time that we have together, because my thoughts are going to be with my son. Christmas will definitely be a lot harder this year. I appreciate your prayers. Not for us so much, but for our son, that God will protect him and keep him safe. I know he would much rather be home with all of us. I think Denese is going to go next.
DENESE: Thanks Mom. Hello. I’m Denese. This year, I got the lead part in the school Christmas musical. It was so exciting. My brother Danny has a beautiful voice and he is a good actor, too. Two years ago, he was the lead in the school musical. He did such a good job, and I knew then that I wanted to be able to do that, too. This year, he really encouraged me to try out. When I got the part, he spent a lot of time helping me with my lines and giving me pointers. I think he was as excited about me getting the part as I was. Being in this play is the biggest part of the Christmas season for me. My whole focus has been on the play and my performance. Now my brother is gone, and he won’t be here to see it. He was also going to help out the band by playing his guitar. I guess they can get by without him, but my mind is going to be on him and it will be hard to focus on my performance. I really wish he was going to be here. I miss him already. Christmas day will be nice with all my family there at the house, but it won’t be the same without Danny.
FATHER: So…now its my turn…and as you have heard, our son has left for Iraq. This would be hard at any time of the year, but especially hard at Christmas. We pray for him daily, and we will miss him greatly. We are proud of him as he is serving his country. Like my wife said, it will be harder on Christmas day not having him there, but having the rest of the family around us will help us and give us strength. We are glad that we will be having all of them. Christmas will still come and go and we will get through it. The fact that our son is overseas and fighting in this war will not change the fact that Christmas is here. The pastor wanted us to share our testimony about what Christmas means to us. Well, the meaning of Christmas does not change with our circumstances. Of course it will be a lot different for us without our son there, and we will miss him terribly. But the meaning of Christmas remains the same. We will still have our time with the family of reading the Christmas story from Luke chapter 2 and probably spend some time around the piano singing Christmas carols about the birth of our Savior. These are traditions that we will always do to keep the true meaning of the day in our hearts and minds. Danny won’t be there to play his guitar for us, but there are others who play instruments, and we will enjoy them. Christmas means to me the celebration of the birth of the Son of God, who came to earth, to become a man, so that He could die on the cross for me and take all of my sins upon Him and grant me eternal life. That is always the most precious gift that anyone could ever receive. The gift of God’s son to us, to give us life everlasting. It gives me great peace in knowing that my son, Danny also received that gift, and even though he will be far away from us, he will have Christ very near and dear in his heart. I think how hard it might have been for God to send His only Son to earth…for such a long time and to die such a cruel death. Ultimately it was a triumphant and victorious journey….planned from the beginning of time. Perhaps it will help me this year when I think about my son going so far away. Yes, this year’s Christmas will seem quite different, but its meaning really always stays the same.
THE END
Copyright 2004 Warren Sager