Christmas Story

This is my script I wrote for when I have to do the Christmas Eve services during Kid time. I get to tell the Christmas Story.

At Christmastime we think of wrapped presents, colorful decorations, warm cookies, yummy candies, and of course Santa Clause. But this is not what Christmastime is about. Christmas is a time in which we celebrate and remember the life of Jesus.

Mary, a virgin, was living in Galilee of Nazareth and was engaged to be married to Joseph, a Jewish carpenter. An angel visited her and explained to her that she would have a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. She would carry and give birth to this child and she would name him Jesus.
At first Mary was afraid by the angel's words. Being a virgin, Mary questioned the angel, "How will this be?" The angel told her that the child would be God's own Son and, therefore, "nothing is impossible with God." Humbled and in awe, Mary believed the angel of the Lord and rejoiced in God her Savior.
While Mary was still engaged to Joseph, she miraculously became pregnant through the Holy Spirit, as foretold to her by the angel. When Mary told Joseph she was pregnant, he felt angry and upset because he knew that the child was not his. Joseph had to make a tough decision. The decision was to marry her, divorce her, or have her be put to death by stoning according to Jewish law.
But God sent an angel to Joseph in a dream to tell him that Mary's story was true and reassure him that his marriage to her was God's will. The angel explained that the child within Mary was made by the Holy Spirit, that his name would be Jesus and that he was the Messiah, God with us. When Joseph woke from his dream, he obeyed God and took Mary home to be his wife.
At that time, Caesar Augustus decreed that a census be taken, and every person in the entire Roman world had to go to his own town to register. Joseph, being of the line of David, was required to go to Bethlehem to register with Mary. While in Bethlehem, Mary gave birth to Jesus. Due to the census, all the inns were too crowded, and Mary gave birth in a stable. She wrapped the baby in cloths and placed him in a manger.
Out in the fields, an angel of the Lord appeared to the shepherds who were tending their flocks of sheep by night. The angel announced that the Savior had been born in the town of David. Suddenly a great host of heavenly beings appeared with the angels and began singing praises to God. As the angelic beings departed, the shepherds decided to travel to Bethlehem and see the Christ-child. There they found Mary, Joseph and the baby, in the stable.

After their visit, they began to spread the word about this amazing child and everything the angel had said about him. They went on their way still praising and glorifying God. But Mary kept quiet, treasuring their words and pondering them in her heart. It must have been beyond her ability to grasp, that sleeping in her arms—the tender child she had just borne—was the Savior of the world.

After Jesus' birth, Herod was king of Judea. At this time wise men or Magi from the east saw a star; they came in search, knowing the star signified the birth of the king of the Jews. The wise men came to the Jewish rulers in Jerusalem and asked where the Christ was to be born. The rulers explained, "In Bethlehem in Judea.” Herod secretly met with the Magi and asked them to report back after they had found the child. Herod told the Magi that he too wanted to go and worship the babe. But secretly Herod was plotting to kill the child.
So the wise men continued to follow the star in search of the new born king and found Jesus with his mother in Bethlehem. They bowed and worshipped him, offering treasures of gold, incense and myrrh. When they left, they did not return to Herod. They had been warned in a dream of his plot to destroy the child.
Since the Magi did not return back to Herod this made him upset. Herod ordered that this child was to be killed. In a dream an angel appeared to Joseph warning him of the danger and told them to go to Egypt until Herod is dead. Joseph, Mary, and the baby traveled to Egypt and stayed there until Herod was dead. Then the family travelled back to Nazareth where Jesus grew up.
Jesus grew up to be a wise, strong, and spiritual man. When he was thirty years old he got baptized by John. This was the start to Jesus’ ministry. Followers gathered around him wherever he went, and he soon had twelve strong disciples who followed his teachings and spread his word to others.
When the time for Jesus’ death came to pass, he had already left on earth his many lessons on how to serve God, how to have eternal life, and how to love other people. He had preformed many miracles and healed many people, and finally, through his death and Resurrection, he saved us all.
All of you are going to get a candy cane. But when you look at the candy cane it will help you remember the life of Jesus, J. The white in the candy cane means Jesus lived a perfect life and the red represents his blood or death because he died for our sins. The greatest gift you can ever get on Christmas is Jesus.