When Sam hears his friends talking about all the "STUFF" they've asked for at Christmas, he becomes sickened by their greed and selfishness. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," this skit is about a boy who takes matters into his own hands and decides to "steal" Christmas from his greedy and selfish friends. By reminding the family that Jesus was born in a stable surrounded by animals, and Joseph and Mary didn't seem to complain about the stench or the itchy hay, the family begins to realize they truly do have much to be thankful for and that getting into the Christmas spirit, even on an ark, isn't as hard as they originally thought.Ĭhristmas, Christmas on the ark, family togetherness, complaining, being thankful for what we have, thankfulness in any situationīased off of Dr. They set the record straight about the real meaning of Christmas, and the ability to be thankful no matter what situation you find yourself in. Even their Christmas carols are things like "Rain, rain go away" and "Raindrops keep falling on my head." The whining and complaining continues until Noah and Mrs. All they can think about is the gloom the rain brings, along with frizzy hair, and the stench of the animals or the itchiness of the hay. Noah couldn't be more thrilled that the holy day has finally arrived but their sons and their wives, aren't in the Christmas spirit. Liza is writing a story of what it would have been like to have Christmas on the ark. Zuriel likes the idea but the others feel the humans will never "go for it," so Zuriel is left to take matters into her own hands.Ĭhristmas Angels announcing the coming birth of Jesus human interaction with angels In the end, one angel suggests simply appearing to them and telling them not to be afraid might be the best solution. One angel wants to send Mary a letter announcing “You may have already been selected to carry God’s child! and another angel thinks impersonating a sheep to tell the shepherds about Jesus' arrival is a good idea. The only problem is they are having a hard time coming up with an idea that will not appear scary, creepy, freaky, strange, weird, or bizarre to the earthlings. So Zuriel, the head angel, calls a meeting with three other angels to discuss the best way to approach the humans with this great news. The time is nearing for Jesus' introduction to the world and God has requested His angels find a way to announce the news to the humans involved, like Joseph, Mary and the shepherds. This begs the question, while commercialism does play a part in our society, have we completely taken Christ out of our Christmas?Ĭhristmas, putting Christ in Christmas, helping others, ideas on helping people in our communities, commercialism In the midst of all his musings, the family discusses many upcoming activities like distributing winter coats their neighborhood has collected, sending phone cards to military personnel overseas, a live nativity and "adopting" a family for Christmas however, the family seems oblivious to all the "Christ-like" activities they and many others are actually participating in. He feels society in general thinks the only good presents are the biggest and most expensive, and that no one thinks of anyone but himself. With each turn of the newspaper, Dad feels more and more that Christmas has become commercialized and the society has taken "Christ" out of Christmas. It's a typical winter afternoon: Mom is addressing Christmas cards, Dad is reading the paper and their daughter, Sally is painting her nails. In the end, Meg discovers she likes the original Christmas story much better and asks Gramps to tell it to her one more time, allowing the true Christmas story to unfold for the audience.Ĭhristmas If Jesus had been born in our world today As Gramps points out, "That wouldn't be the humble beginnings God had in mind, and the focus wouldn't be where it needed to be: on God's love for us. Oz Jerry Springer tries to prove the paternity of the baby Jesus the Shepherds aren't afraid of the Angel at all and instead want to call Ghosthunters so they can be on tv and Mary doesn't understand why all her friends are "unfriending" her on Facebook. The three Wise Men have been replaced by Oprah, Dr. It doesn't take long to discover that it wouldn't be pretty. Meg thinks life may have been easier for Mary if she had more of the "comforts" of today, and " Jesus wouldn't have to be born in a barn with a bunch of smelly animals!" Using their imaginations, Gramps and Meg begin to think what this "alternate Christmas story" would have been like. How would the Christmas story have been different if Jesus had been born in our world today? That's what Gramps and his granddaughter, Meg, are trying to find out.
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