Here is an original and fun script for your puppet team to use.
Moo-ving Inn
BOBBY: Moo! Moo!
JASMINE: Bobby! What are you doing?
BOBBY: I’m practicing for my part in the Christmas play. I’m a cow. Moo!
JASMINE: There are no cows in the Christmas story. You’re thinking of reindeer. Cows can’t fly
and pull Santa’s sled.
BOBBY: Reindeer can’t fly either. But the Christmas story isn’t about Santa, it’s about Jesus.
JASMINE: But what do trees and ornaments and presents have to do with Jesus?
BOBBY: Nothing. Don’t you know the Christmas story?
JASMINE: Sure, it goes, “T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house…..”
BOBBY: T’was? Who says t’was? I t’weren’t expecting that. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus.
JASMINE: Are you sure?
BOBBY: Yes. It all began when an angel appeared and told Mary she was gonna give birth to a
child and this child would be the Son of God. This message was puzzling to Mary because she and
Joseph were not even married yet. But Mary believed the angel and she did exactly what he told her
JASMINE: Angels – yes, that part sounds like Christmas. Then what happened?
BOBBY: Then another angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and explained to him that he should
not be afraid to take Mary as his wife because the baby that she was carrying was from the Holy
Spirit and according to God’s plan.
JASMINE: This is getting interesting.
BOBBY: Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem to be counted. Bethlehem was so crowded that
night that the only place that they could find to stay was in the stable with the animals.
JASMINE: So that’s where the cow comes in. What about the reindeer, were they in the stable,
too?
BOBBY: There are no reindeer! That night in the stable is where Jesus, the Son of God was born
on earth! His mother Mary gently wrapped baby Jesus in cloth and placed him in the manger to
sleep.
JASMINE: No reindeer? Then how did Santa get to Bethlehem?
BOBBY: Santa is not in the Christmas story. After Jesus was born, shepherds began to arrive to
welcome Jesus. An angel had already told them the good news that a Savior for all peoples had
been born in Bethlehem. They left their flocks to see the baby Jesus and honor him.
JASMINE: And Jesus was born in a stable, with animals?
BOBBY: Yes. There was no room for them at the inn, but they were allowed to take shelter in the
stable.
JASMINE: And Mary was okay with that? Her baby born in a barn? I’ll bet Joseph got an earful
about not reserving a room ahead of time.
BOBBY: The Bible doesn’t’ say, but God was in control. Jesus could have been born in a palace
and had all the comforts of life, if God had wanted, but he wanted us to know that Jesus experienced the same troubles and temptations we all do.
JASMINE: So instead of staying at the Hampton Regency Hotel, they ended up at the Moo-ving
Inn. The Moo-tel Six.
BOBBY: Jesus came as a humble man, in his ministry he was a servant. Jesus is our example. But
today he is King of Kings.
JASMINE: And all this is about Christmas?
BOBBY: No, Christmas is all about Jesus. Christmas is the time we celebrate that God loved us so
much he sent his son to be our Saviour.
JASMINE: Oh! I know this part. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
BOBBY: Yes. Jesus is the gift God gave us.
JASMINE: Jesus was the first Christmas gift! I get it.
BOBBY: Yes. And then he offered us the ultimate gift, eternal life by receiving him as Saviour.
JASMINE: Moo!
BOBBY: What was that?
JASMINE: I am just moo-ved when I think about all this.
BOBBY: I’m glad to see you are in a good mooo-d. Good night Jasmine.
JASMINE: See you soon.