The Jamaican Wise Man
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15.00    
 
 
An exhilarating, refreshing Christmas piece that will get your audience rejoicing about the true meaning of Christmas. A married couple, burned out on the rituals of the holiday, get ready for the Christmas eve service while reminiscing about the wonder they once had about Christmas. An irrepressibly joyful Jamaican wise man, stopping to get directions to the living Nativity in the next town, ends up sharing the celebration of the story of Christ's birth in a fresh, true way that ends with a Caribbean style version of "Oh Come all ye Faithful." Even Episcopalians at the 8AM service were singing along.

Children will talk about this for along time.

(2 m, 1 w; 15 min)
The Least of These
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15.00    
 
 
A Christmas piece based on Christ's reminder: "Whatsoever you do for the least of these, you do for me." It's Christmas eve, 45 minutes before the guests are to arrive for Jerry and Sissy's office party, when great aunt Flossy calls and demands to be picked up at the nursing home and brought to the party. Aunt Flossy is an aging world traveler with no family of her own. Once at the party she ends up recounting a hilarious story to Jerry's overbearing boss about Christmas in Monte Carlo in 1952. She wins the boss' heart and saves the party, much to Jerry and Sissy's glad surprise.

A warm-hearted family piece that is greatly appreciated by young and old.

(2 w, 2 m; 13 min)
A Little Christmas Tension
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15.00    
 
 
THEME: Christians dealing with tension in family relationships. The Fendleys are hosting the annual Christmas family reunion. Everyone is gearing up for lots of fun, feasting and , as always, the continuing angst between Jean Fendley and her sister Lois. It's always there, though no one ever discusses why or tries to resolve it. This Christmas it comes to a head and they have it out.

The outcome addresses how the root of bitterness can poison relationships and what it takes to just begin to make it right.

(5w., 5m 13 min)