Characters
Rebecca
Lucy
Sarah
Gail
Jeff
Grandma
Lee
Robert
Max
Curt
Ryan
Jeanne
Carolers (choir members)

Props
Three small bistro tables
Chairs
Three candles (one on each table, one for everyone in the congregation)
Coffee cups
Manger with puppet animals and doll
Shopping bag
Loaf of bread
Christmas Tree

Theme
A holiday evening is both tiring and inspiring. Children and adults express real interests while aware that Christians around them are telling an ancient story of angelic messages, pregnant women, and a baby born in a barn. Not wanting to go to church, they tell the story for each other in the coffee shop, strangers no more.

Plot
Children, parents, and one grandparent are tired from their shopping and looking at beautiful things. They resist joining others already at church for “t…