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Instant Christmas Pageant Contents
How to Use This Pageant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Creating the Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Preparing the Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Publicizing the Pageant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Motions for “The First Noel” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Not-So-Silent Night: The Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Christmas Song Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

How to Use This
Instant Christmas Pageant Pageant
Congratulations! Most of the hard work in preparing your

children’s Christmas pageant is already done! You hold the result
of that work in your hands right now—The Not-So-Silent Night, an
Instant Christmas Pageant.
The Not-So-Silent Night provides a complete Christmas
program. All the spoken dialogue, sound effects, and music are
prerecorded and provided on the disc included with this book.
You even get songs for everyone in the audience to sing with
the children.
This Instant Christmas Pageant is flexible. Your kids can
perform it for
● a Sunday morning service,
● an afternoon or evening children’s program,
● a family night program,
● a special Sunday school program,
● a nursing home program,
● and more!
And it can be performed by children from ages four through
eighty-four.
Even teenagers and adults will enjoy putting on this pageant!
Or you can have a puppet group perform the pageant.
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The Not-So-Silent Night is easy to prepare for, too.
Just follow these simple steps: Helpful
1. Read the rest of this book, and listen to Hint
the CD. When you first put
the disk into your
2. Photocopy the clip art from this book or the computer, the CD will
disc to decorate fliers, bulletins, and posters play as if it is an audio
publicizing the pageant. The provided CD has both CD. To view the graphic
graphic images and music (and the music can play files on a PC, right click
your start menu button,
in a CD player or a computer).
and choose “Open
3. Determine how you’ll adjust the number of Windows Explorer.”
roles in the pageant to match the number of Under “Computer,” you
will see your CD/DVD-
children who’ll be in your program. You’ll find a few
ROM drive listed. After
ideas on how to vary the number of roles on page 7. clicking on that drive,
4. Have kids help you collect and create you will be able to
costumes and props. Many props can be collected retrieve the image files.
On a Mac, insert the
from kids’ homes. And you can create the rest using
CD and a window will
the photocopiable patterns in this book or on appear on the screen,
the disc. showing all the folders
and/or image files.
5. Play the CD for your children, and then
assign parts. Copyrights: You may
use the images on
6. Practice the play with your children. Here’s the
this disc for your own
fun part—kids don’t need to memorize their lines! nonprofit church
Don’t have them lip-sync the parts, either. Instead, publicity needs, such
direct kids to follow the action and movement as newsletters,
ulletins, and website.
instructions in the script. Or have kids come up with
their own actions. After one or two times through, Still need help?
kids will know how to pantomime all the actions! Connect with
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ACTIONS WORDS
BAILIFF enters, holding a staff, and stands

downstage center.
1 BAILIFF softly pounds the staff on the floor in Song: “The Not-So-Silent
time with the rap beat throughout “The Not- Night Rap”
So-Silent Night Rap.”
2 BAILIFF moves to stage left of the Judge’s

Bench and stands stiffly at attention.
BAILIFF
BAILIFF pounds the staff on the floor. All rise. Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! The
district court in and for the County of
JUDGE enters and sits at the bench. BAILIFF Bethlehem will now come to order. The
motions toward the JUDGE. honorable Willy Snooze presiding. You
may be seated.
Everyone sits except the BAILIFF.
BAILIFF picks up the index card. While Case number 3265104483…

“reading” the number, BAILIFF’S eyes bug
out. BAILIFF leans back and then flails arms
to regain balance.
JUDGE
JUDGE leans forward and looks annoyed. Are you done yet?
BAILIFF fills cheeks with air and shakes
head “no.”
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ACTIONS WORDS
BAILIFF
BAILIFF blows air out of cheeks and again …B!
stands at attention. The People vs. Josiah, Abel,
and Seth—Sons of Jacob, Shepherds
BAILIFF picks up the three file-folders and of Bethlehem. They are charged with
hands them to the JUDGE. disorderly conduct and disturbing
the peace.
JUDGE
How do you plead?
JOSIAH
JOSIAH stands and shakes his head solemnly. Not guilty, Your Honor.
ABEL
ABEL stands and droops his head. Not guilty, Your Honor.
SETH
SETH stands and looks around the Not guilty, Your Honor.
courtroom in wonder.
JUDGE
JUDGE looks at the PROSECUTOR and nods. Prosecutor, you may call your
first witness.
PROSECUTOR
PROSECUTOR stands and waves toward Ahem…I call Sophia Busybody.
the audience.
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Instant Christmas Pageant Contents

How to Use This Pageant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Creating the Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Preparing the Props . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Publicizing the Pageant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting the Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Motions for “The First Noel” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Not-So-Silent Night: The Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Christmas Song Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Congratulations! Most of the hard work in preparing your

BAILIFF enters, holding a staff, and stands

2 BAILIFF moves to stage left of the Judge’s

BAILIFF picks up the index card. While Case number 3265104483…

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