Local Christmas plays

I was able to attend my parent’s church’s annual Christmas play just recently. For the past several years, the pastor has written the play himself. I know there’s something to be said for professional productions – the beautiful sets and costumes, the perfect delivery of lines and the background music really are phenomenal. But there’s also just something about the local home-done plays that are really precious and memorable.

One year, the play was about a little angel who wanted to be a part of the excitement of the first Christmas but was too young. But when the teenage angels refused to listen to the youngest angel for instructions from God because she was so little, God sent her to deliver the news herself. This play was extremely cute, and it was so sweet to see all the little, and not so little, girls as angels.

Last year, the story was based on a Walton’s-type setting, where a large family welcomed a wealthy girl to their home over the holidays while her family was out of town on vacation without her. She learned the value of family over money, and in the end, her parents did too. In this one, my mother played the part of one of the sisters from the Walton’s story who had the “secret recipe.” It was so funny, she got tangled up in her shawl and then got tickled, so when she said her lines, she really did look a little tipsy!

This year, the play was about a toymaker during the war who was looking for a way to help the children to regain their joy and Christmas spirit during this dark time. God sent some angels with instructions to him to turn back to the joy he found in toys and to spread the joy through his toys. With this message, “Santa Claus” was born, and he helped remind the children and the townspeople that the joy of Christ was what Christmas was about. It ended with a procession to welcome the coming of the King, and baby Jesus was ushered in by Mary and Joseph and was surrounded by the three kings, a few angels, and others. If you look, you can see Mrs. Claus in the very corner of the photo!

Yes, these productions aren’t perfect, and there are usually longer than normal gaps as the props are changed and people find their places, but somehow it doesn’t matter. Regardless of how many times a child stutters over a line, or how obvious is it that someone is reading off a cue card, seeing the people you know and love get up there and put their all into it, well, you just can’t beat that. It makes me excited to think that I may get to see my kids in a Christmas play in the future. I just hope they’re braver than I was and can enjoy getting up there and letting their own star shine. How proud will I be!

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