The Other Christmas Story
A Christian drama script to download and use
£3.99
Christmas has always been a time for stories. All sorts of stories. There is James Bond on television, Santa books at bedtime, the story the family tell each other every year about the overcooked festive meal and what happened to Uncle Ted’s false teeth. They compete for our time and affection and we look forward to the familiarity of it all. But which one is the real Chrismas story?
This is presented as an audience participation piece, with two narrators using keywords that have actions attached. It allows scope for improvisation.
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| ONE | We want to tell you a story. |
| TWO | A story. |
| ONE | The Christmas Story. |
| TWO | Because Christmas is important. |
| ONE | But first, you need to learn some actions. |
| TWO | And make fools of yourselves! (At this point a small number of audience members may be invited to the front to help lead the actions.) |
| ONE | (to TWO) What actions do we need? |
| (TWO and ONE confer, whispering conspiratorially) | |
| ONE | Right, first word. VISITOR (mime knocking on door) Knock knock knock! |
| (Ensure that audience copy words and actions) | |
| TWO | Next, FLYING (mime bird flying) Flit Flit Flit! |
| ONE | KING (hands on head to make crown. Fanfare) Da-dadadada-da-Daaaaa! |
| TWO | AFRAID (mime cowering, deep intake of breath) Hhrrrrrr! |
| ONE | PRESENTS (mime handing over a present) Surprise! |
| TWO | DWARVES (bobs down. Slightly sinister chuckling) Hehehee! |
| ONE | Dwarves? What have dwarves got to do with it? |
| TWO | They’re an important part of the story. |
| ONE | They are? |
| TWO | They are! |
| ONE | (dubious) Oh… Well, lets get on with it. Are you all ready? |
| (At this point you could get the audience to go through all the actions again to make sure) | |
| ONE | Right. Ladies and Gentlemen, We present The Christmas Story! |
| TWO | (storytelling mode. speaking quite fast, excitedly, with lots of expression.) James Bond was in an exotic city to protect the KING. Suddenly, outside the door of his hotel room, he heard noises. An uninvited VISITOR. Bond reached the door in a stride and threw it open. Standing outside were two DWARVES, each armed with a gun. But James Bond was not AFRAID. He performed a Kung Fu kick that sent both DWARVES FLYING… |
| ONE | (has been looking increasingly surprised, puzzled, then annoyed) Woah, woah, what are you talking about? |
| TWO | I’m telling them the story. |
| ONE | That is NOT The Christmas Story. |
| TWO | (his turn to be puzzled) Isn’t it? But James Bond is on television every Christmas! |
© Rod Belt 2001, 2009
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