Puppet Ministry with Noah's Ark
by Richard W. LaFountain, all rights reserved.

Christmas Skit
"I Didn't Get Anything!"

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copywrite Richard W. LaFountain, all rights reserved.
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MC: Let's see who is going to appear from the Ark today Kids!

Puppet: (without being seen gives a loud growl)

MC: Hello in there!  It appears to be that grawling, grumbling Lion
that is going to visit with us today. Help me call him kids! Lion, are
you there?

Puppet: What's all the noise about?! Who's bothering me? Go away!
Leave me alone. The day is so beautiful I just want to sleep.

MC: But what a grouchy attitude for the Christmas season. You ought to
be happy!

Puppet: Crash-test, what Crash-test? I don't know anything about a
Crash-test? and why should I be happy?

MC: Lion, I didn't say Crash-test. I said CHRISTMAS!  

Puppet: No, nobody told me. I didn't know nothin' about CHRISTMAS!

MC: Christmas is a day of great happiness because one night long ago
Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

Puppet: Oh, yeah. Now I remember that story. Wasn't that the fairy
tale about how Santa Claus came into the world?  Yeah, there was a
star that appeared in the West - probably Elvis Pretzel and three
blind mice that came from the bar.

MC: No Lion! You've got the story all wrong. It wasn't Santa Claus. It
was Jesus who was born. And it wasn't a star like a Hollywood star
that appeared. It was a real star in the sky and it wasn't three blind
mice, they were three kings, or wise men that came from "a far", not
from a bar.

Puppet: Woops! Must of got the wrong story. Sorry! 

MC: Wrong story is right. Today is Christmas when we celebrate the
birth of Jesus Christ our Savior. When we remember what Jesus did for
us it makes us so happy we give gifts to each other which reminds us
that God gave his best gift to us - His one and only Son.

Puppet: Bummer! I didn't get any presents!

MC: Why not?

Puppet: I guess its because nobody likes me, everybody hates me.  So
there! I ain't gonna give anybody any presents anyway.

MC: Lion, is that why you are always growling? You think nobody likes
you?

Puppet: Well they don't like me. So I hate everybody right back.

MC: Lion, that's not true. Everybody doesn't hate you. In fact God
loves you so much that he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for
your sins. Jesus carried a heavy cross, and was crucified by bad
people. He hung on a cross and died between two theives just you you
and I don't have to die in our sins.

Puppet: I didn't know that. I thought Jesus was just another Santa
Claus story that makes everybody feel cold so they buy each other hats
and sweaters for Christmas.

MC: No, Lion. Jesus is real. Santa Claus is just a make-believe story.
Jesus died and came back to life so that he could always be alive and
come into our hearts and wash away our sins.

Puppet: Wow, I didn't know that. You sure he loves me?

MC: Sure he loves you. The bible tells us he even created you and
gives you life, and breath. It is Jesus that gives you your beautiful
mane, and your big strong body - even that magnificent roar you have.

Puppet: Cool! I did realize that.

MC: And you know what else Lion. Jesus the biggest present of all that
he wants to give you this Christmas.

Puppet: What's that - a Farrari?

MC: No, its bigger! Jesus wants to give you eternal life! 

Puppet: You mean so I don't have to die like the lions in Tarzan
movies.

MC: Not exactly. All of our bodies will die. They just wear out. They
were only made to last us a few years. But what's inside your body is
your heart - the real you. Jesus wants to make your heart live forever
with him in heaven.

Puppet: Awesome! Where can I pick up my present that will make me live
forever?

MC: Well Lion, you can get your present right now. All you have to do
is ask Jesus for it. Anyone who asks Jesus to come into their heart
and be their Savior get eternal life right now.

Puppet: OK! (Looks up to heaven) OK, Jesus! Hit me with that Eternal
Life gift right now.

MC: No, Lion not that way. You have to pray and ask Jesus to come into
your heart. He hears your prayer. He even hears your thoughts. Just
bow your head and ask him, right now.

Puppet: Mr Jesus - I'm sorry for being so grouchy about not getting a
Christmas present. I really would like to have your present that will
last forever. Please come into my heart and clean it up for me, then
when my body gets shot by a hunter please take me to be with you in
heaven.  That's all I want to ask right now. Thanks!  -- And Merry
Christmas!

MC: Lion, you say AMEN at the end of a prayer like that. It means
"Make it so, Lord" - kind of like Jean Luke Picard in Star Trek.

Puppet: Oh, sorry! AMEN!

MC: GREAT Lion! Now you belong to Jesus and have eternal life. Jesus
will always be with you and will never ever leave you.

Puppet: Yahoo! I'm gonna tell the other animals in the ark about
Jesus' present. And I'm feeling might good myself right now. Maybe
I'll even get some presents for them too.  Bye kids!


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