The following skit teaches (at least thats what the author intends!) the kids the importance of Bible, Sunday School and Christmas. 

This has been inspired by/loosely based on a short skit "Not What I Wanted"

Duration: (5-10 minutes. The number of actors and the dialogues can be refined further to narrow or broaden the duration)

Narrator: It’ a cold winter morning in a small city called Mysore. Three kids walk along the footpath, as they come upon two brothers, Jerome and Jeffrey, playing outside.

Remo: “Hey Jerome! Hey Jeff! Are you both not coming to Sunday School today?”

Jeffrey: “Hello friends. I got this ball as a Christmas present. It is so good. See how high it bounces. Do you guys want to play with me?”

Jerome (flaunting his new walkman): “And papa bought me this walkman. I can hear songs all day long. I had wanted it for so long. What did you all get for Christmas?”

Frank: “Hmm. Come let’s walk. We can discuss this while on our way to the church?”

Narrator: Jeffrey seems reluctant as he is happier playing with the ball and Jerome continues to listen to his walkman. Their Sunday School teacher, Ninu, drives by in her car but stops when she sees the kids. She gets down and walks towards the children.

Ninu: “Good Morning children. Come, Hop on! We are getting late.”

Susan: “But, chechi, Jeffrey and Jerome are not coming as they are playing with their new gifts”

Ninu (addressing Jerome): “Is that your Christmas present, Jerome?”

Jerome: “Yes chechi. Isn’t it nice?”

Ninu: “Do you know children?” Ninu pauses to get attention from the kids.
“When I was 8 years old, I got the best present in world”

Frank: “What was it chechi? Was it a video game? My parents gifted me one last Christmas. It was so good.”

Susan: “No it must be a nice dress. My aunty presented me a beautiful frock when she came from USA to clelebrate Christmas with us. It was the best present I ever got.”

Remo: “My grandparents have bought me a guitar this time for Christmas and my Dad has enrolled me for Guitar Lessons from Wilson uncle. They say he is the best guitarist in the world. Wonderful gift! Isn’t it? Did you also get a musical instrument, chechi?”

Jeffrey: “I like chocolates and cakes. Last Christmas papa had bought me lots of chocolates, and mummy had baked a very delicious cake. Was your gift also – chocolates, Chechi?”

Ninu: “No dear. It is none of these. My special gift was a Bible!”

Jerome: “But, how can Bible be the best gift?”

Ninu: “The Bible my parents gifted me is my best gift ever. In fact it’s a gift that keeps on giving away more gifts every day.”

Narrator: All the children are puzzled. What gift can produce? And that too, everyday!

Susan: “How is that possible chechi? What does Bible give you everyday?”

Ninu: “I read the Bible every day. If fills me with love, joy, peace and wisdom. The stories are real and so exciting; you’ll never get bored of reading them. And when you start understanding the stories, you learn how to build an everlasting relationship with God. Bible also teaches us the importance of the Christmas. Christmas is not about the worldly gifts that we receive each year, but it is about God’s gift to us - Jesus. Yes! Jesus, our saviour was born on Christmas day."

Jeffrey: “Chechi, will you tell me more about Jesus? I want to listen to his stories.”

Jerome: “Me too! I will ask my friends also to attend Sunday School regularly.”

Ninu: “Good choice kids! Is everyone ready to go to church?”

Kids (unanimously) : “Yes Chechi”

Ninu: “So hop on! We shall learn more about Christmas today. Do you all remember the carol - ‘Hark the herald angels’ that we all sung on Christmas day? Let’s sing together.”

Everybody sings - Hark the herald angels (The choir joins too) as the car drives away.

Narrator: The children learnt a very important lesson that day. Christmas is not about presents/gift that they get each year from their friends and family. It is a day to remember the most precious gift to the world from our heavenly father. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus who, by his death on the cross, cleansed us all from sin.
Thanks to Jerome, the next week there were 2 new children who joined the Sunday School. They also wanted to hear about Jesus’ story and the miracles he performed.

The End.

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Thanks.
Rosh