PUPPET SKITS Rotation 13 -- Christmas

TITLE: What Should I Do?

CATEGORY:

Bible Story

(Bible Story; Social Issue, Comedy, Song, Black light, Shorts, Misc.)

STORY SUMMARY: A puppet with two coats, a tax collector, and a soldier all act out refusing to share with (or a willingness to extort) others John preaches and each, in turn, asks what s/he should do. John tells them how to repent and they, in turn, act out their repentance.

CRUX OF STORY/LESSON: We prepare for Christmas, for the coming of Christ, by changing the way we treat others. We prepare our hearts.

PUPPETS

PUPPETEERS

1. John the Baptist

2. Puppet with two coats

3. Tax collector

4. Soldier

5. Poor puppet

PROPS

PROPS

· Two coats

· Money purse

· Food

OUTLINE OF STORY:

PROPS / ACTIONS:

· Puppet with two coats enters.

· Sees puppet without coat who is cold and decides to leave because he is afraid puppet without a coat will steal one of his coats.

· Poor puppet is on stage. Puppet is cold and needs help

· Puppet with two coats enters.

· Puppet with two coats exits.

· Tax collector sees poor puppet.

· Tax collector sees that the poor puppet is weak, so he decides to tax him for more than he owes.

· Tax collector demands a high tax.

· Poor puppet objects but must pay all of what little he has to tax collector

· Tax collector enters.

· Tax collector exits

· Soldier sees poor man.

· Soldier is hungry and demands the food that the poor puppet has.

· Poor puppet objects but gives him food when solider threatens him.

· Soldier then scares poor puppet off.

· Soldier enters

· Soldier takes food from poor puppet.

· Poor puppet exits.

· Puppet with two coats and tax collector join solider and they decide to go hear John preach

· John asks, You brood of viper! Who warned you to flee the wrath to come? And tells them of Christ’s coming.

· Puppet with two coats and tax collector enters.

· John enters.

· Man with two coats asks what he must do to prepare for the coming of Christ.

· John tells him to share his coat.

· Tax collector asks what he must do.

· John tells him not to defraud others.

· Soldier asks what he must do.

· John tells him to be satisfied with his wages and not to force others to give him things.

· John leaves.

· All three look at each other and says, “Ooops!”

· Puppet with two coats goes to poor puppet and offers him his coat and wishes him a merry Christmas.

· Tax collector returns money he stole and wishes him a Merry Christmas

· Soldier offers to take man out to each and wishes him a Merry Christmas.

· Poor puppet is confused and asks, “Did I miss something here?”

· Soldier responds, “No, we did. But from now on, we won’t.”

· Poor puppet enters

· Puppet with two coats shares coat with poor puppet then exits.

· Tax collector gives money bag back to poor puppet then exits.

· Solider and poor puppet exit together.