{"id":7470,"date":"2016-10-27T09:08:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T16:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?page_id=7470"},"modified":"2023-05-08T11:50:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:50:57","slug":"how-to-family-christmas-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/recipes-family-christmas\/how-to-family-christmas-play","title":{"rendered":"How to put on a family Christmas play (real ‘baby Jesus’ optional)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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How to put on a family Christmas play (real ‘baby Jesus’ optional)<\/span><\/h1>\n
Key ingredient: imagination
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How to put on a family Christmas play: Real “baby Jesus” not included<\/span><\/h1>\n
Key ingredient: imagination
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BY TIM AND DARCY KIMMEL
\nFounders of Family Matters<\/a>, a ministry dedicated to equipping families for every age and stage of life<\/span><\/p>\n
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Isn’t it ironic that so many of our cultural components of Christmas keep us from focusing on Jesus Christ whose birthday we celebrate? Remember it doesn’t have to be either\/or when it comes to the Christ of Christmas and all the other stuff. Taking time for even the simplest traditions can remind us what we are really celebrating this season. That’s why we are excited to share our family Christmas play script with you!<\/em><\/p>\n
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Recipe:<\/strong><\/em> Bethlehem<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Budget: <\/strong> $<\/span> $$ $$$<\/p>\n
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Kids of all ages<\/span><\/li>\n
Costumes from the linen closet or kitchen drawer<\/span><\/li>\n
Camera\/mobile phone
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Download our Christmas play script.<\/a> (PDF)
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Assign cast members.<\/span><\/li>\n
Assemble costumes and props (baby, blanket, manger, gifts for wise men, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n
Proceed with the greatest story ever told! <\/span><\/li>\n
Capture sweet moments on camera.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Recipe:<\/strong><\/em> Bethlehem<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Budget: <\/strong> $<\/span> $$ $$$<\/p>\n
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Kids of all ages<\/span><\/li>\n
Costumes from the linen closet or kitchen drawer<\/span><\/li>\n
Camera (a cell phone will work too!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Download our Christmas play script <\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
Assign cast members.<\/span><\/li>\n
Assemble costumes and props (baby, blanket, manger, gifts for wise men, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n
Proceed with the greatest story ever told! <\/span><\/li>\n
Capture sweet moments on camera.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
SEE MORE RECIPES LIKE THIS<\/a><\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1479173943754{padding-top: 35px !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”9055″ img_size=”medium”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_column_text]Make unforgettable memories with your family this Christmas with these 12 ideas!<\/p>\n
DIY, Family Activities, Prayer, and more.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_btn title=”Get the guide!” el_class=”.btn-popup”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_separator][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1479174315752{padding-bottom: 32px !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md”][vc_single_image image=”9055″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Make unforgettable memories with your family this Christmas with these 12 ideas!<\/p>\n
DIY, Family Activities, Prayer, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”18px”][vc_btn title=”Get the guide!” align=”center” link=”|||” el_class=”.btn-popup”][vc_empty_space height=”24px”][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-2″ css=”.vc_custom_1476855851833{padding-left: 25px !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Our ‘Recipe’ Story” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]As in our daily life, Christ lives in us, around us, and through us. In our own family, we enjoy all the trimmings of the season. But we have one tradition that makes sure the true meaning of Christmas comes through loud and clear.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”For the past 35 years, after we have finished our traditional Christmas Eve meal with family and friends, we assemble upstairs for our annual Christmas play, starring all of us!” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1478205505828{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][vc_column_text]What started with four rosy-cheeked toddlers now involves more than 30 kids, including those of our Jewish neighbors. Those first cast members are now the parents of the current cast of characters. (And if we ever suggest giving up this family tradition, the adults who grew up with it protest the most.)<\/span><\/p>\n
Some years, including this one, we have a real baby to play Jesus. On other years, a Cabbage Patch doll has sufficed. If we run out of kids before we fill all the parts, we enlist the help of any willing soul. We’ve had Josephs who were half as tall as Mary and wise men who sported a 5 o’clock shadow.<\/span><\/p>\n
For such a simple tradition, this play packs a huge wallop when it comes to keeping Christ in Christmas, and it reminds us of the greatest Gift ever given.<\/span><\/p>\n
As three generations finish our Christmas Eve celebration this year, with kids snuggled in parents’ and grandparents’ laps, we’ll join together to sing a few favorite Christmas carols and also take some time to reflect on our blessings of family, friends, and faith. May you also feel surrounded by the God who came as a baby among us!
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A few years ago, a handful of pastors and I began talking about Advent. Like many of you, we began to lament how our friends, families, churches, and in some ways, we ourselves were getting sucked into the craziness..<\/p>\n
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I grew up among musical people. My grandfather was a country fiddler who loved the stage. My mother played both guitar and banjo, breaking them out around the fire on a camping trip in summer or around the Christmas tree each winter..<\/p>\n
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Here’s one from the other night from my almost 6-year-old son: “God we like how you never lie to us. We like how you put blessings in our hearts and our brains. And how you make us grow up from babies to kids to teenagers..<\/p>\n
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