Christmas Programs With a Twist
Elinor Briggs, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Religious Education Committee, 1989, reprinted 1991, 1994, 34 pp. ($5.50)
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Content: A real favorite. Ten stories which can be used as the basis for a Christmas program. Use one per year to add variety to your First-day program. Contains the following stories:
- Angels’ Night Off Angels' Night Off
- First Christmas First Christmas
- No Room at the Inn No Room at the Inn
- On a Wintry Hill On a Wintry Hill
- Peace in the Stable Yard Peace in the Stable Yard
- Shop on the Corner Shop on the Corner
- Snowstorm on Christmas Eve Snowstorm on Christmas Eve
- Trip to Bethlehem Trip to Bethlehem
- Wise Men Wise Men
- Donkey Parade Donkey Parade
Age Range: Intergenerational. Works with a small group but can be expanded to use as many people as desired.
Preparation Time: Two or three weeks to present a completed play. The introduction (prologue) explains the production process for anyone who has not produced a Christmas program before.
Number of Lessons: There are 10 plays from which to choose. Each play takes two or three weeks to produce a completed Christmas program.
Activities: These include discussion questions, games, writing your own parables, role plays, collages, cooking, planting, songs, other crafts.
Supplies/Equipment: Sets and costumes as desired and a place to perform the finished production.
Published by Curriculum Working Group of the Religious Education Executive Concerns Group, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, September 1998 (reprinted, November 2001).
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