Characters (in order of appearance)
Child 1 (Lead Shepherd)
Child 2 (Mary)
Child 3 (Narrator)
Child 4 (Joseph)
Child 5 (Lead Angel)
Child 6 (Angel 2)
Director
Assistant Director
Kristy (Innkeeper's Wife)
Shepherd 2
Shepherd 3

Props
Dish towels
Bathrobes
White pillow cases
Cardboard box
Stuffed animals —a few
Piece of white fabric
“Scripts”
Broom
Clipboard
Tinsel halos
Cardboard star
Baby doll
Baby blanket

Notes
This play about doing a play drives home the central message of this volume — that the trappings of the Christmas holiday, including those of the church Christmas play or pageant, often are allowed to outweigh the message. Ideal for small Sunday schools, the play has only eleven speaking parts, as all the children are actors in the play-within-a-play. The Director and Assistant Di…